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LA Rev Stat § 38:1596.12 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§1596.12. Inspection and acceptance of work

RS 1596.12 - Inspection and acceptance of work  The governing authority shall provide for the final inspection of the work performed and the improvements made and, if the work is found to have been completed satisfactorily in accordance with the contract, as evidenced by a certificate of the project engineer, the governing authority shall by ordinance approve and accept the work and fulfill its obligations under the contract after compliance with laws relative to the completion of contracts involving public works by full payment therefor of any and all amounts and balances due the contractor, including all retained percentages of payments previously made thereon on engineer's estimates and which percentages were retained pending completion of the work.  Acts 1985, No. 979, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 38:1596.13 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§1596.13. Employment and duties of engineer and attorney

RS 1596.13 - Employment and duties of engineer and attorney  A. The district may engage the services of an engineer and provide for his payment. The engineer shall prepare all plans and specification for the work and improvements herein authorized and the governing authority shall approve such plans and specifications by resolution. The engineer so employed shall inspect the work as let in accordance with contracts hereunder and shall issue to the contractor his estimates thereon from time to time as the work progresses, which estimates may be paid by the drainage district either in full or by the retention of ten percent thereof as retained percentage. The engineer shall inspect the work as it progresses and shall be responsible for the performance and completion thereof in accordance with the plans and specifications. Upon completion of the work, the engineer shall submit a certified report to the governing authority of the drainage district as to the satisfactory completion of the work. In addition, the engineer shall perform any and all engineering duties required of him in this Part.  B. The district may employ an attorney to handle all legal work in connection with such improvements herein authorized and provide for the payment of his fee. In addition to his other duties, the attorney shall prepare a complete transcript of the record of the proceedings for each project completed hereunder and shall file the same with the clerk or secretary of the drainage district. This filed transcript shall constitute a permanent record thereof.  Acts 1985, No. 979, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 38:1596.14 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§1596.14. Prescriptive period to question validity of proceedings

RS 1596.14 - Prescriptive period to question validity of proceedings  No contest or proceedings to question the validity or legality of any resolutions or ordinances adopted or proceedings undertaken under the provisions of this Part shall be initiated in any court by any person for any cause whatsoever after the expiration of thirty days from the date when the resolution, ordinance, or proceeding was published, and after such time the regularity of such resolution, ordinance, or proceeding shall be conclusively presumed. If the validity of any certificates issued under the provisions of this Part is not raised within thirty days from date of publication of the resolution or ordinance issuing the certificates and fixing their terms, the authority to issue the certificates, the legality thereof, and the legality of the local or special assessments necessary to pay the same shall be conclusively presumed, and no court shall thereafter have authority to inquire into such matters.  Acts 1985, No. 979, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 38:1601 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§1601. Definitions; representation

RS 1601 - Definitions; representation  A. As used in this Chapter, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, the term "police jury" means the governing authority of the various parishes.  B. As used in this Part, the following words have the meaning ascribed to them in this Section, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:  (1) "Assessed benefits" means the increased value accruing to lands and other property by reason of the improvements set out in the plan for reclamation.  (2) "Owner" means the owner of record, and it shall not include usufructuaries, lessees, mortgagees, or trustees, who shall be considered as represented by the record owner for all purposes.  C. In all proceedings and matters had under the provisions of this Part, natural persons may be represented by their agents duly appointed, corporations by their officers or agents duly authorized by their board of directors, estates of deceased and interdicted persons by their legal representatives duly authorized by the court having jurisdiction over the estate, minors by their tutors duly authorized by the court.
LA Rev Stat § 38:1601.1 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§1601.1. Applicability of Chapter

RS 1601.1 - Applicability of Chapter  The provisions of this Chapter shall not apply to any undrained lands, including marsh, swamp, and overflow lands, located in the parish of Orleans or owned by the city of New Orleans.  Added by Acts 1975, No. 520, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 38:1602 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§1602. Parishes authorized to create drainage districts

RS 1602 - Parishes authorized to create drainage districts  For the purpose of draining and reclaiming the undrained or partially drained marsh, swamp, and overflowed lands in Louisiana that must be leveed and pumped in order to be drained and reclaimed, the various parishes on their own initiative, may create drainage districts embracing all or part of the land in their parishes. All of the land in any drainage district shall be contiguous. No drainage district created under this Part shall contain within its limits less than five landowners, resident or non-resident, and no land shall be included within more than one drainage district.
LA Rev Stat § 38:1603 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§1603. Creation of districts embracing lands in more than one parish

RS 1603 - Creation of districts embracing lands in more than one parish  When it seems desirable in the opinion of the parish governing authorities acting on their own initiative, to create drainage districts composed of contiguous lands situated partly in one parish and partly in one or more adjoining parishes, the drainage district may be created either by joint resolution of the respective governing authorities of the parishes or by an ordinance of the governing authority of one of the parishes approved by the governing authority of the other parish or parishes.
LA Rev Stat § 38:1604 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§1604. Creation of district on petition of property owners; procedure to be followed

RS 1604 - Creation of district on petition of property owners; procedure to be followed  Upon the failure or refusal of any parish to create drainage districts when needed, or on the failure or refusal of any one or more parishes to create drainage districts composed of lands situated partly in each parish, then the parishes shall create a drainage district when petitioned to do so by the property owners owning a majority of the acres of land in the proposed drainage district. The petition shall describe the area to be included in the drainage district and shall designate the name of the district. It shall be signed by the owners of a majority of the acreage to be included in the district, and shall be accompanied by a certificate of the clerk of court and ex-officio recorder of the parish or parishes in which the land is situated certifying to the ownership of the land to be included in the drainage district together with the acreage of each owner, as appears from the records of his office, and if the ownership of any land is unknown, this fact shall also be made to appear by the certificate. The clerks of court and recorders of the parishes shall furnish the certificate.  In creating a drainage district composed of lands situate in more than one parish, upon the petition of landowners, it shall not be necessary to present a petition to the governing authority of each of the parishes, but it shall be sufficient to present the petition to the governing authority of the parish in which the majority of the acreage of the lands in the proposed drainage district is situated, and the drainage district shall then be created by ordinance of the governing authority.
LA Rev Stat § 38:1605 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§1605. Approval of Department of Public Works; duties of department

RS 1605 - Approval of Department of Public Works; duties of department  No drainage district shall be created until the Department of Public Works shall have first approved the formation of the district with respect to the body of land to be included therein, and shall have furnished the police jury a map approved by the Department of Public Works showing the lands which in the opinion of the department should be included in the drainage district. If in the opinion of the Department of Public Works it is necessary to include in the district any high lands for the purpose of reclaiming the body of unreclaimed lands, the inclusion shall not invalidate the creation of the district or any proceeding taken in connection therewith, but the high lands shall be taxed only in the proportion, if any, as they shall be benefited by the reclamation and drainage works constructed in the district. The department of public works shall examine into and report its opinion or findings, and furnish all maps required to be given, made or furnished by it under the provisions of this Part.
LA Rev Stat § 38:1606 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§1606. Name of district

RS 1606 - Name of district  Drainage districts created under this Part shall be known as drainage districts with any other name or number which the parish may designate. When created upon petition, the name suggested in the petition shall be designated by the parish governing authority unless the name conflicts with the name of an existing drainage district. The parish shall then exercise its discretion in designating the name of the drainage district.
LA Rev Stat § 38:1608 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§1608. Appointment and terms of commissioners

RS 1608 - Appointment and terms of commissioners  A.(1) In the ordinance creating a drainage district, the police juries creating the district shall appoint the five commissioners, except in Lafourche Parish where the police jury shall appoint seven commissioners for Lafourche Parish Drainage District No. 1 and in St. Mary Parish where the police jury shall appoint seven commissioners for Wax Lake East Drainage District, who shall constitute the governing authority of the drainage district, and who shall possess the qualifications, as provided in R.S. 38:1607.  (2) The appointments of commissioners by the police jury shall be made upon the recommendations of a majority in number of acres of the landowners of the proposed drainage district, or a majority in numbers of the landowners of the districts. Where the proposed district has more than forty landowners embraced therein, then the appointments shall be made upon the recommendation of twenty-five of the landowners of the district. When there is a contest over the appointment of commissioners, the police jury must and shall give the appointment to those commissioners who are recommended by a majority in number of the landowners in the district.  B. The commissioners shall at their first meeting immediately determine by lot their terms of office, which shall be respectively, one, two, three, four and five years. They shall serve until their successors shall have been appointed and qualified.  C. The police jury or juries creating the drainage district shall thereafter annually at their regular meeting in the month nearest the date of the creation of the drainage district appoint one commissioner for the drainage district in the same manner as the original commissioners were appointed, and the commissioner shall hold office for a term of five years, or until his successor is appointed and qualified. The secretary of the board of commissioners of any drainage district created under this Part shall call to the attention of the police jury or juries the expiration of the term of office of any commissioner of the drainage district.  D. Recommendations of landowners for appointments of commissioners shall be in writing and signed by the landowners making the recommendation.  Amended by Acts 1950, No. 532, §1; Acts 1988, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 20, §1, eff. Oct. 27, 1988; Acts 1992, No. 714, §1.  {{NOTE: SEE ACTS 1988, 2ND EX. SESS., NO. 20, §2.}}
LA Rev Stat § 38:1609 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§1609. Removal of commissioners; appointment of successors

RS 1609 - Removal of commissioners; appointment of successors  Any commissioner of a drainage district may be removed for cause by the police jury appointing the commissioner, upon petition of landowners owning a majority of the acreage in the district. The police jury shall without delay appoint a commissioner to fill the unexpired term of the one so removed, and the appointment shall be made in the manner provided in R.S. 38:1608. Failure or refusal of a commissioner to perform any or all of the duties prescribed by this Part, or his ceasing to possess the qualifications prescribed in R.S. 38:1607, or incompetency, dishonesty, or favoritism on the part of a commissioner, shall be good cause for removal. A commissioner shall always have the right to have the court pass upon the legality of his removal.
LA Rev Stat § 38:1610 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§1610. Oath of commissioners

RS 1610 - Oath of commissioners  Before entering upon his official duties, each commissioner of a drainage district created under this Part shall take and subscribe to an oath before an officer authorized by law to administer oaths, that he will honestly, faithfully, and impartially perform the duties devolving upon him as a commissioner of the drainage district in which he was appointed, and that he will not neglect any of the duties imposed upon him by this Part. The oaths of the commissioners shall be recorded in the record book of the drainage district.
LA Rev Stat § 38:1611 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§1611. Officers of board; seal; depository; payment of funds

RS 1611 - Officers of board; seal; depository; payment of funds  At the time and place designated by the police jury in the ordinance creating the drainage district, or as soon thereafter as possible, the commissioners appointed in the ordinance shall meet and immediately organize by electing officers. They shall elect from among their number a president and a vice-president. The president shall preside over the meetings of the commissioners and perform the duties usually required of presidents of corporate bodies. The vice-president shall perform the duties of the president in case of his absence or disability.  The commissioners shall also elect a secretary-treasurer, who need not be a commissioner, who shall perform all duties required of him by the commissioners.  The secretary-treasurer shall furnish bond in a sum fixed by the board of commissioners, which bond shall not be for less than one-fourth over and above any amount that may come into the possession of the secretary-treasurer, and which shall be increased or diminished accordingly. The premium on the bond shall be paid by the district. The secretary-treasurer shall receive compensation not in excess of two hundred fifty dollars, per month, which the board of commissioners may determine. The board of commissioners shall adopt a suitable seal, and shall select without the necessity of advertising or receiving bids therefor one or more solvent chartered banks of the state, and other things being equal, a bank or banks situated within the drainage district, in which all funds of the drainage district derived from taxation shall be deposited. The depository shall pay not less than three per centum interest on daily balances.  Funds for the district shall be withdrawn or paid out only on warrants or checks of the board of commissioners signed in the manner provided by the board of commissioners.
LA Rev Stat § 38:1612 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§1612. Record of proceedings of board

RS 1612 - Record of proceedings of board  The board of commissioners of drainage districts shall cause to be kept a well bound book, entitled "Record of Board of Commissioners of (Here insert name of drainage district)" in which shall be recorded the minutes of all meetings, all proceedings, certificates, oaths of commissioners, bonds of employees and contractors, and any and all corporate acts. The records shall be in the possession of the secretary of the board and shall be open to inspection at all times by any person interested.
LA Rev Stat § 38:1613 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§1613. Domicile of district; place of suit; place of meetings

RS 1613 - Domicile of district; place of suit; place of meetings  The domicile of the drainage district shall be designated in the ordinance creating the district. The commissioners of a drainage district may at any time, by resolution, establish a different domicile, but the domicile shall always be within the parish or parishes in which any land of the district is situated, after having given notice of intention to change the domicile. The notice shall be signed by the president or secretary of the commissioners and published once a week for thirty days in a newspaper published in the parish of the then existing domicile, or if there is no newspaper, then in a newspaper published in an adjoining parish. After the publication of the notice, the commissioners by resolution may make the change of domicile. A copy of the resolution when adopted shall be recorded in the book of drainage records kept by the clerk of court.  Drainage districts shall be sued only in the court of their domicile.  In the ordinance creating drainage district under this Part a time and place for the commissioners of the district to hold their organization meeting shall be designated.  All meetings of the board of commissioners shall be held at the domicile of the drainage district. By unanimous vote of all of the commissioners composing the board at a meeting of the board held at the domicile, the board may designate a different place at which meetings of the board may be held, which the board of commissioners deemed most convenient to the board and the persons having business transactions therewith.
LA Rev Stat § 38:1615 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§1615. Record of proceedings of board

RS 1615 - Record of proceedings of board  The clerk of the district court and ex-officio recorder of every parish of this state shall keep among the records of his office a well-bound book, which shall be known as the "Drainage District Record Book," in which shall be recorded, with the date of recording set forth, all proceedings and matters pertaining to drainage districts required to be recorded by the provisions of this Part. The clerks of court and recorders shall make and keep a proper index of the matters recorded in the drainage district record book as they are recorded.  For recording the proceedings in the drainage district record book, the clerks of court and recorders shall receive the fees they now receive for recording deeds and matters in the conveyance records of the parishes.  No matter or thing recorded in the drainage district record book shall be reported by the clerk of court and recorder on any mortgage or conveyance certificate issued by him.
LA Rev Stat § 38:1616 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§1616. Recordation of certified copies of ordinances creating districts; publication

RS 1616 - Recordation of certified copies of ordinances creating districts; publication  Certified copies of all ordinances of police juries creating drainage districts under the provisions of this Part shall be recorded in the drainage district record book provided in R.S. 38:1615 in each parish in which any of the land is situate comprising the drainage district.  The ordinance creating the drainage district, after having been so recorded, shall be published once a week for two successive weeks in a newspaper published in the drainage district. If there is no newspaper published therein, then in a newspaper published in any parish in which any of the lands of the district are situated, or if there is no newspaper, then in a newspaper published in an adjoining parish. Whenever publication is made in a newspaper published outside the boundaries of the drainage district, copies of the ordinance shall be posted on the principal front door of the court house of the district court of each parish in which any lands of the district are situated, and shall also be posted at not less than four other public places within the drainage district.
LA Rev Stat § 38:1617 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§1617. Contest of legality of district

RS 1617 - Contest of legality of district  Any interested person desiring to contest the legality of any drainage district created under this Part shall do so by suit against the drainage district brought in the district court of the domicile of the district within sixty calendar days from the date of the second publication or of the date of the last posting of the ordinance creating the district as herein provided. No right to bring any contest shall exist and no court shall have jurisdiction to entertain any such contest after the lapse of sixty days.  If no contest is filed within the sixty days, it shall be conclusively presumed that in every particular the drainage district was regularly and legally created, and that all lands embraced within the boundaries of the district are properly and legally included therein.  Any contest brought under the provisions of this section shall be tried summarily and by preference over all other cases and without the intervention of a jury. Appeal may be had as in other cases and shall be heard and determined in a summary manner.