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LA Rev Stat § 33:4311 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§4311. Creation of commission; membership

RS 4311 - Creation of commission; membership The governing authorities of the municipalities of Carencro, Denham Springs, Lake Providence, Oakdale, Port Allen, Springhill, and Winnfield are hereby authorized to create utilities commissions, by ordinance adopted following the effective date of this Subpart. The commissions shall consist of five qualified electors and citizens of the respective parishes wherein the municipalities creating the commissions are located. Acts 1972, No. 598, §1; Acts 2011, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 20, §1, eff. June 12, 2011.
LA Rev Stat § 33:4312 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§4312. Qualification of members; appointment; oath; tenure

RS 4312 - Qualification of members; appointment; oath; tenure  A. The members composing the commission shall be qualified electors of the parish, of whom at least three must live within the limits of the municipality by whose authority the commission is created, and all of whom must live within the service area of the municipally owned utility system; shall have been residents of said parish for a period of at least three years, shall not hold any other municipal or state office; shall not be an employee of the state, parish or municipality, nor be an officer or employee or have any business connection with any privately owned utility. The term of each member shall be five years, and the members shall serve without compensation. B. The members composing the commission shall be appointed and selected by the respective mayor and board of aldermen in the ordinance creating the utility commission. Their appointment shall be evidenced by a commission issued by the mayor and board of aldermen, and each member's term of office shall begin as of the date the commission appointing him was issued. Each member shall take the oath required of all officers by the constitution of the state of Louisiana. The oath shall be in duplicate form and one copy shall be filed with the clerk of the court for the parish wherein the commission was created, and one with the clerk of the respective municipality. Initially, one of the members of the commission shall be appointed for a term of one year; one for a term of two years; one for a term of three years; one for a term of four years; and one for a term of five years. Thereafter, all appointments shall be for a term of five years. All vacancies occurring from any cause shall be filled for the unexpired term upon appointment by the respective mayor and board of aldermen. Acts 1972, No. 598, §2.
LA Rev Stat § 33:4314 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§4314. Public utilities defined

RS 4314 - Public utilities defined  Public utilities within the meaning of this Sub-part are hereby defined as follows: the municipally owned electric light and power and water system and other such utilities which are now owned, or which may hereafter be owned, by the municipality creating the commission, which the mayor and board of aldermen may from time to time place under the management of the said commission. Acts 1972, No. 598, §3.
LA Rev Stat § 33:4315 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§4315. Organizations; authority; by-laws; regulations

RS 4315 - Organizations; authority; by-laws; regulations  The commission shall meet within twenty days after the effective date of the ordinance creating the utility commission, for the purpose of organization or for any other legal purpose. It shall elect a chairman, vice-chairman, and secretary. The clerk of the municipality shall be the treasurer of the commission. The commission is authorized, if it so desires, to employ an auditor and an attorney or attorneys and to fix their terms of office and compensation and to make and adopt such bylaws and regulations as it may deem necessary for the economic and efficient management of the utilities herein defined, and for holding and conducting meetings thereof. Acts 1972, No. 598, §4.
LA Rev Stat § 33:4317 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§4317. Billing procedure; separate accounts; fidelity bonds

RS 4317 - Billing procedure; separate accounts; fidelity bonds  All bills for water, power, and lights, and other charges, shall be prepared and sent out monthly and payments thereof shall continue to be paid to and received by the clerk of the municipality. Separate bank accounts for the water, light and power systems shall be kept by the clerk of the municipality. The clerk of the municipality and all persons handling or receiving in any way funds from said systems shall execute to the fidelity bonds in such amounts and under such conditions and coverage as the commission may desire or deem advisable. Acts 1972, No. 598, §6.
LA Rev Stat § 33:4319 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§4319. Bond issue; election

RS 4319 - Bond issue; election  A. Solely upon the recommendation of this commission, and in accordance with existing laws, and subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the ordinances and resolutions of the municipality, providing for the issuance and sale of revenue bonds and certificates of indebtedness heretofore issued, and remaining unpaid, and interest thereon, the mayor and board of aldermen may incur debt and issue negotiable bonds or certificates or other evidence of debt secured by a pledge of the revenues of the said systems, after such proposition or propositions have been approved by a majority of the voters of the municipality authorizing the incurring of such debt. The rights conferred herein shall be in addition to any other right now conferred upon the municipalities of Louisiana with reference to the issuance of bonds or other evidences of debt, payable out of and secured by a pledge of the revenues of any revenue producing utility. This Act shall never be construed by anyone as repealing any of such rights, insofar as the municipality is concerned. B. The mayor and board of aldermen shall have the power to anticipate the five percent required to be placed in the renewal and replacement fund for a period not to exceed fifteen years and to borrow money against said fund, issue certificates or other forms of debt in such amount, and payable at such times and under such conditions as the commission may recommend and suggest. The certificates of indebtedness or other forms of debt shall bear interest at a rate not to exceed that provided by state law, shall be payable at such times and places as the commission shall recommend and may be secured by a pledge of the whole or any part of the said five percent required to be placed in the renewal and replacement fund. The proceeds of such certificates may be used in retiring certificates of indebtedness previously issued by the mayor and board of aldermen against said five percent or any part thereof, or for the purpose of making major renewals, replacements, extensions and improvements to the said systems, or for the payment of revenue bonds or interest thereon heretofore issued to prevent a default thereof. Acts 1972, No. 598, §8.
LA Rev Stat § 33:4320 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§4320. Abolition of commission; election

RS 4320 - Abolition of commission; election  A utilities commission, once created under authority of this Sub-part, shall remain in existence until abolished by a majority vote of the qualified electors in the municipality at an election called by the municipal governing authority upon petition of twenty-five percent of the qualified electors of the municipality. Acts 1972, No. 598, §9.
LA Rev Stat § 33:4321 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§4321. Refunding or refinancing of bonds secured by income and revenues of public utility

RS 4321 - Refunding or refinancing of bonds secured by income and revenues of public utility  Any municipal corporation (the city of New Orleans excepted), or other political subdivisions which have issued, or may issue bonds for the purpose of constructing, acquiring, extending or improving any revenue producing public utility under the provisions of Sub-parts B and C of Part I of this Chapter, may for the purpose of refunding or refinancing the bonds outstanding and without submitting the matter to a vote in the municipality or political subdivision, issue bonds secured in the manner set forth in the statute under which the bonds being refunded or refinanced were originally issued. Amended by Acts 1962, No. 261, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 33:4322 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§4322. Restrictions on bonds issued

RS 4322 - Restrictions on bonds issued  Any bonds issued under the provisions of this Sub-part shall not exceed in principal the amount of the original issue, shall not run for a period longer than the number of years of the original issue, and shall bear a maximum rate of interest not to exceed the rate of such original issue, shall not be sold for less than par, and the proceeds thereof shall not be used for any purpose other than that for which the bonds are issued.
LA Rev Stat § 33:4323 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§4323. Procedure for issuing bonds

RS 4323 - Procedure for issuing bonds  A. Any bonds issued under the provisions of this Sub-part shall be authorized by ordinance or resolution of the governing authorities of such municipality or other political subdivisions and shall be signed by the chief executive officer thereof in the name and under the seal of the municipality or other political subdivisions. In all other respects the refunding bonds shall be issued and secured in the manner prescribed by the statute under which the bonds being refunded or refinanced were originally authorized and issued. B. Bonds issued under the provisions of this Sub-part and the liability arising therefrom shall not be a charge upon the other income and revenues of the municipality or other political subdivisions issuing the bonds, and shall not be included in computing the indebtedness of the municipality or other political subdivisions for the purpose of determining any constitutional limitation. Amended by Acts 1962, No. 261, §2.
LA Rev Stat § 33:4324 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§4324. Contesting legality of bond issue

RS 4324 - Contesting legality of bond issue  For a period of thirty days from the date of the publication of the ordinance or resolution of the municipality or other political subdivisions authorizing the issuance of bonds under the provisions of this Sub-part, any person in interest shall have the right to contest the legality of such issue, or the security to be given. After the expiration of thirty days no one shall have any right or cause of action to contest the regularity, formality or legality of such bond issue or the security given for the same for any cause whatever, and all bonds shall be conclusively presumed to be legal, and no court shall thereafter have authority to inquire into such matters. Amended by Acts 1962, No. 261, §3.
LA Rev Stat § 33:4331 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§4331. Refunding of bonds secured by equipment or revenue of public utility

RS 4331 - Refunding of bonds secured by equipment or revenue of public utility  Any municipal corporation having a population of not more than two hundred thousand or less than seventy-five thousand and which has issued or which may issue bonds secured by a mortgage on the lands, buildings, machinery and equipment of any revenue-producing public utility, and by a pledge of the income and revenues of such public utility, or secured by either such mortgage or such pledge, for the purpose of refunding or refinancing any of such bonds so issued and outstanding, may, without submitting the matter to a vote of the electors of the municipal corporation, issue refunding bonds of the municipality secured exclusively, principal and interest, by a mortgage on the lands, buildings, machinery and equipment of such public utility and by a pledge of the income and revenues of such public utility, or secured either by such mortgage or by such pledge of said revenues, as the governing authority of the municipality may determine.
LA Rev Stat § 33:4332 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§4332. Amount, maturity and interest rate of bonds; use of proceeds

RS 4332 - Amount, maturity and interest rate of bonds; use of proceeds  Any bonds issued under the provisions of this Sub-part shall not exceed in principal the amount then outstanding and unpaid of the original bond issue sought to be refunded, shall become due and payable in annual installments beginning not more than one year after the date of issuance, and run for a period of not more than twenty years, shall bear a maximum rate of interest not to exceed the rate of such original issue and shall not be sold for less than par and accrued interest. The proceeds of the bonds shall not be used for any purpose other than the payment and retirement of the outstanding amount of the original bond issue sought to be refunded.
LA Rev Stat § 33:4333 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§4333. Ordinance authorizing bonds

RS 4333 - Ordinance authorizing bonds  Any bonds issued under the provisions of this Sub-part shall be authorized by ordinance or resolution of the governing authority of the municipality, which ordinance or resolution shall authorize the issuance of the bonds at such rate of interest as may be bid for the same in response to the advertisements hereinafter required. The ordinance or resolution shall not be voted unless notice of the intention to introduce the same has been given in a newspaper published in the municipality three times in ten days preceding introduction thereof, and shall be signed by the mayor or acting mayor of the municipality, in the name and under the seal of the municipality. The payment of the bonds shall be secured by an act of mortgage on the lands, buildings, machinery and equipment and by a pledge of the income and revenues of such public utility, or by either such mortgage or such pledge, as the governing authority of the municipality may determine and provide in the ordinance or resolution authorizing the issuance of the bonds.
LA Rev Stat § 33:4334 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§4334. Mortgage or pledge of revenues to secure bonds

RS 4334 - Mortgage or pledge of revenues to secure bonds  When the bonds are secured by a mortgage, the act shall be executed by the mayor or acting mayor of the municipality in the name and under the seal of the municipality. When the act has been executed and recorded the property thus mortgaged shall remain mortgaged for the security of the bonds in principal and interest, until they have been fully paid and discharged. The act whereby the income and revenues of such public utility are pledged (when the income and revenues are pledged to secure the bonds) shall be executed by the mayor or acting mayor of the municipality in the name and under the seal of the municipality. The act shall be recorded in the office of the recorder of mortgages for the parish in which the municipality is situated. It may be stipulated in the act of mortgage or pledge, as the case may be, that the whole or any part of the property or revenue thus mortgaged or pledged may be released from the mortgage or pledge when bonds secured thereby are paid in part.
LA Rev Stat § 33:4335 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§4335. Enforcing pledge and foreclosing mortgage in case of default

RS 4335 - Enforcing pledge and foreclosing mortgage in case of default  In case default occurs in the payment of such bonds or any of them, in whole or in part, or of any installment of interest thereon, when the same shall become due, the holder of such bond or bonds, or any of them, as to which there shall have been such default, may proceed against the governing authority of the municipality to enforce the pledge of income and revenues and foreclose the mortgage, as the case may be, by seizure and sale of the property mortgaged, or to do either or both, in event such bonds are secured by both pledge and mortgage, in like manner as if proceeding against a private person. Bonds issued under the provisions of this Sub-part and the liability arising therefrom shall not be a charge upon any other income or revenues of the municipality issuing the bonds and shall not be included in computing the indebtedness of the municipality for the purpose of determining any constitutional limitation.
LA Rev Stat § 33:4336 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§4336. Advertising for sealed bids for bonds

RS 4336 - Advertising for sealed bids for bonds  The governing authority of the municipality shall cause an advertisement to be published three times in ten days in a newspaper published in the municipality and in a newspaper published in the City of New Orleans, asking for sealed bids for any bonds authorized by this Sub-part. After the bids have been received, the governing authority shall sell the bonds to the bidder offering to purchase them at the lowest rate of interest. The governing authority may reject all bids and thereafter shall proceed anew in accordance with the provisions of this Section.
LA Rev Stat § 33:4337 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§4337. Fixing utility rates sufficient to meet obligation

RS 4337 - Fixing utility rates sufficient to meet obligation  Any municipality issuing bonds under the provisions of this Sub-part shall, during the time when any of such bonds remain outstanding and unpaid, impose rates for the service rendered by the public utility fully sufficient to pay the operating expenses of the utility and to pay the principal and interest on any bonds so outstanding and unpaid.
LA Rev Stat § 33:4338 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§4338. Purchaser of utility at foreclosure sale entitled to franchise

RS 4338 - Purchaser of utility at foreclosure sale entitled to franchise  In event foreclosure proceedings are instituted by virtue of any bonds issued under the provisions of this Sub-part, and in the event any person becomes the owner of such utility at the foreclosure sale, the purchaser shall without any further action on the part of the governing authority of the municipality become automatically vested with a franchise to operate the utility for such term as would have been required to pay and retire all of the bonds foreclosed upon in full.
LA Rev Stat § 33:4339 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§4339. Contesting legality of bond issue

RS 4339 - Contesting legality of bond issue  For a period of thirty days from the date of the final publication of the ordinance or resolution of the municipality authorizing the issuance of bonds under the provisions of this Part, any taxpayer paying ad valorem taxes to the municipality, or any other interested person, may contest the legality of the bond issue, or the security to be given, after which time no one shall have any right or cause of action to contest the regularity, formality or legality of the bond issue, or the security given, for any cause whatever, and no court shall have jurisdiction of the contest.
LA Rev Stat § 33:4341.1 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§4341.1. Hospital Service District No. 1 of Terrebonne Parish; exception

RS 4341.1 - Hospital Service District No. 1 of Terrebonne Parish; exception The sale or lease of Terrebonne General Medical Center by the governing authority of Hospital Service District No. 1 of Terrebonne Parish shall be in accordance with the provisions of R.S. 46:1064.1. Acts 1997, No. 1083, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 33:4341.2 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§4341.2. Hospital service districts; Jefferson Parish; exception

RS 4341.2 - Hospital service districts; Jefferson Parish; exception The sale or lease of any hospital owned by a hospital service district in Jefferson Parish shall be in accordance with the provisions of R.S. 46:1064.2. Acts 2001, No. 379, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 33:4342 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§4342. Election to determine whether to dispose of utility property; certified check as guaranty of good faith

RS 4342 - Election to determine whether to dispose of utility property; certified check as guaranty of good faith  When a written and signed proposition has been made to the governing authority of any municipality or parish for the purchase, lease or other acquisition of any of the properties owned by it, and franchise for operation of same, and which written proposition shall contain a complete and detailed statement of all terms and provisions of the franchise, the governing authority may submit to the qualified electors, at a special election called for that purpose, the question of whether or not the offer made shall be accepted. Upon presentation of a petition signed by electors, qualified to vote in a number equal to twenty per cent of those who participated in the last preceding election held in the parish or municipality, requesting the governing authority to accept any proposition made to it for the purchase or lease of any of the revenue producing municipal properties and franchise for its operation, the governing authority within fifteen days after the delivery of the petition to them or to their clerk, shall call a special election within fifty days of the date of filing the petition, at which they shall submit to the qualified electors the question of whether or not the offer made shall be accepted. Every proposition to purchase, as herein provided, shall be accompanied by a certified check for ten thousand dollars, as a guaranty of good faith, which check shall be forfeited to the municipality or parish, in event the proponent, if its proposition be accepted, does not comply with and consummate the offer. Amended by Acts 1972, No. 111, §2.
LA Rev Stat § 33:4343 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§4343. Persons entitled to vote

RS 4343 - Persons entitled to vote  Those entitled to vote at elections held under the provisions of this Sub-part shall be qualified electors under the laws of Louisiana. The registrar of voters shall furnish to the election commissioners appointed to hold the election a list of electors entitled to vote. This list shall be subject to correction in all respects in case of mistake or error. Amended by Acts 1972, No. 111, §3.