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LA Rev Stat § 33:3551 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§3551. Improvement of street adjacent to stream or canal; assessment of property farthest from stream; petition of property owners

RS 3551 - Improvement of street adjacent to stream or canal; assessment of property farthest from stream; petition of property owners In all cases where a public thoroughfare, located within the limits of any municipality (the City of New Orleans excepted) having a population exceeding one thousand, or within the limits of any incorporated parish seat, is adjacent to or bordering upon, or, when not adjacent to or bordering upon, is so near, or in such proximity, to a stream or canal that the property between the side of the street nearest the stream or canal is insufficient in value to warrant the imposition of paving assessments under existing laws, and is worth less than the cost of its proportionate share of the paving proposed for the street, the governing authority of the municipality may pave, gravel, macadamize, resurface, repair, or otherwise improve the public thoroughfares, (or any part thereof, not less than one block or more in length) and may levy and collect special taxes or local assessments on the property abutting the thoroughfare, for the purpose of defraying the cost of the work, repair, or improvement, which special taxes and local assessments shall be levied entirely against the property abutting on the side of the street farthest from the bank of the stream or canal, provided, that the owners of not less than sixty per cent of the lineal front footage of the property abutting on the side of the stream farthest from the bank of the stream or canal shall petition for the improvement, in writing, and shall state in the petition that in their opinion the property lying between the side of the street next to the stream, and the bank of the stream or canal, is insufficient in value to warrant its assessments for the paving under existing laws. On petition of the same percentage of the property owners on the side of the street farthest from the bank of the stream or canal, the property on both sides of the street may be assessed as now provided by existing laws, and if the property between the public thoroughfare, and the stream or canal should not be bid in at sheriff's sale in foreclosure of the paving assessment for an amount sufficient to pay the assessment against it, then, the entire costs shall be paid by the owners of the property on the side of the street farthest from the stream, or canal; and, in that event, the municipality and its transferees, shall have a lien and privilege on the property on the side of the street farthest from the stream, or canal, to secure the cost of paving the street.
LA Rev Stat § 33:3552 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§3552. Liability of owner of railway track in street

RS 3552 - Liability of owner of railway track in street In the event a railway bed or track, other than one owned by the municipality, occupies a portion of a street or alley, the owner thereof shall pay, of the total cost of the work, the proportion that the area occupied by the railroad bed bears to the total area of the street or alley to be improved, and also the cost of the extra work made necessary by the presence of the track in the street or alley to be improved.
LA Rev Stat § 33:3553 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§3553. Municipality's liability

RS 3553 - Municipality's liability The municipality may pay of the total cost the proportion that the net area of the street intersection, or street intersections, bears to the total area of the street, alley or curbing to be improved. In the event a municipally-owned railroad is on the street or alley, the municipality shall pay, in addition, only for the cost of the extra work made necessary by the presence of the track in the street or alley to be improved.
LA Rev Stat § 33:3554 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§3554. Abutting property owner's liability

RS 3554 - Abutting property owner's liability The owners of property abutting on the side of the street farthest from the bank of the stream shall pay for the balance of the cost of the improvements, in proportion to the respective front footage of the properties owned by them and abutting on the street or alley to be improved except as otherwise stipulated in R.S. 33:3552 and R.S. 33:3553.
LA Rev Stat § 33:3555 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§3555. Preparation of specifications; ordinance ordering improvement; advertising for bids; awarding contract

RS 3555 - Preparation of specifications; ordinance ordering improvement; advertising for bids; awarding contract Whenever the governing authority resolves to make any improvement authorized by this Sub-part, it shall prepare plans and specifications of the work to be placed on file in the office of the clerk or engineer, and shall adopt an ordinance or resolution, ordering and describing in general terms the contemplated improvement and authorizing the clerk or secretary to advertise for bids therefor; which advertisement, shall be inserted at least twice in some newspaper published in the municipality, or in the event there be no newspaper published therein, then in a newspaper having general circulation therein, the first insertion to be not less than ten days prior to the date fixed for the reception of the bids. The advertisement shall contain a general description of the contemplated work, and shall specify the hour, date, and place for the reception and opening of the bids. The governing authority shall then let the contract to the lowest responsible bidder who can furnish satisfactory security, but shall have the right to reject any and all bids, in which case the municipality may purchase the material and have the work done, the costs of the work when completed, to be assessed and paid as herein provided.
LA Rev Stat § 33:3556 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§3556. Acceptance of work; assessment and lien

RS 3556 - Acceptance of work; assessment and lien Upon final and satisfactory completion of the work, the governing authority shall accept it by ordinance, or resolution, and shall assess, all abutting real estate, railroad tracks and roadbeds in the amount due by the owners thereof, according to rules of apportionments adopted, under this Sub-part. A copy of the ordinance containing the assessment, certified by the clerk, shall, within thirty days after its passage, be filed for record in the office of the recorder of mortgages of the parish, and, when so filed, and recorded, it shall operate as a lien and privilege in favor of the municipality or its transferees against the property assessed. Amended by Acts 1954, No. 657, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 33:3557 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§3557. Enforcement of assessment

RS 3557 - Enforcement of assessment The amounts assessed in the ordinance or resolution shall be due and exigible immediately upon its passage and, if the amounts are not paid within thirty days after the passage of the ordinance or resolution, the municipality, or its transferees, may proceed by suit against the assessed properties and the owners thereof to enforce collection of the assessments, together with six per cent per annum interest from date of acceptance of the work until paid, and ten per cent of the amount of the judgment, as attorney's fees. Amended by Acts 1954, No. 658, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 33:3558 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§3558. Installment payments; notes evidencing deferred payments

RS 3558 - Installment payments; notes evidencing deferred payments The governing authority of the municipality, however, may provide in the ordinance accepting the work and making the assessment, that the property owners availing themselves of the privilege within thirty days after the passage of the ordinance or resolution, may pay in cash ten per cent of the amount of their respective indebtedness and pay the balance in nine equal annual installments. As evidence of the deferred payments, the property owners shall execute nine promissory notes, payable to the order of the municipality, each for ten per cent of the amount due by him, dated thirty days after the passage of the ordinance accepting the work, maturing, respectively, one to nine years, both inclusive, from date, or sooner, at the option of the maker, bearing a maximum rate of six per cent per annum interest from date, until paid and ten per cent attorney's fees, if placed in the hands of an attorney for collection after maturity, which notes, when paraphed by the municipal clerk or secretary to identify them with the ordinance levying the assessment, shall carry with them in the possession of any bona fide owner, the lien and privilege above provided. Amended by Acts 1954, No. 659, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 33:3559 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§3559. Transfer of assessments and notes to contractor

RS 3559 - Transfer of assessments and notes to contractor The assessments and the notes executed by the property owners, may be transferred by the municipality, without recourse, to the contractor at their face value and the contractor, or any of his transferees, shall enjoy the lien, privilege, and all other rights herein provided for and accruing to the municipality.
LA Rev Stat § 33:3621 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§3621. Improvement of sidewalks and curbings by certain municipalities; taxpayers' consent in municipalities of less than 1,000

RS 3621 - Improvement of sidewalks and curbings by certain municipalities; taxpayers' consent in municipalities of less than 1,000 Governing authorities of: (1) municipalities with a population of one thousand or more, or (2) villages with a population of three hundred or more having an approved high school located in them (the city of New Orleans and the city of Shreveport excepted), and (3) all parish seats with less than fifty thousand population may pave, gravel, plank, macadamize, or otherwise improve sidewalks and curbings or any part thereof, within their limits, and may levy and collect special taxes or local assessment on real estate abutting the sidewalk or curbing to be improved for the purpose of defraying the cost of the improvement. The governing authority of any municipality with a population of less than one thousand shall not exercise the power herein granted unless it shall obtain the consent in writing of at least sixty percent of the taxpayers who reside in the municipality or village in number and amount of assessment and who own property on the street to be improved.
LA Rev Stat § 33:3622 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§3622. Advertising for bids; awarding contract; assessment of abutting real estate; improvement by municipality

RS 3622 - Advertising for bids; awarding contract; assessment of abutting real estate; improvement by municipality Whenever the governing authority resolves to pave or improve any portion of the sidewalks or curbing in the municipality, it shall pass an ordinance calling for bids for the work. Ten days' notice of the ordinance shall be given in newspapers published in the municipality. The governing authority shall let the contract to the lowest responsible bidder who can give satisfactory security. After the contract has been awarded the council shall provide by ordinance for an assessment of all the real estate abutting the sidewalk, curbing, or portion thereof to be paved or improved. In case no satisfactory bid is received, the governing authority may pave, gravel, macadamize or otherwise improve the sidewalks, curbing or portions thereof, under the direction and supervision of the proper officers, and the cost shall be assessed against the owners of property abutting on the said sidewalks or portions thereof.
LA Rev Stat § 33:3623 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§3623. Abutting owners to pay cost

RS 3623 - Abutting owners to pay cost The owners of the abutting real estate shall pay the entire cost of the work, on the basis of the respective frontage of the property on the sidewalk or curbing to be paved or improved.
LA Rev Stat § 33:3624 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§3624. Enforcement of assessment; assessment lien; certificates showing amount due; transfer to contractor

RS 3624 - Enforcement of assessment; assessment lien; certificates showing amount due; transfer to contractor The sum assessed against the real estate shall be due within thirty days after the completion of the work and its acceptance by the governing authority, and, if not paid by that time, the governing authority may proceed by suit against the owners and the real estate to collect the delinquent assessment. The said municipality or village shall have a special privilege on the abutting property to secure the payment of the sum assessed against it, with six per cent interest per annum from the date due, until paid. The governing authority, instead of enforcing the assessment as above provided, may upon the payment in cash by the property owner of twenty per cent of the amount due by him authorize the mayor to sign and issue certificates showing the amounts respectively due by the persons and properties on the sidewalks or curbing paved or improved, which shall be payable in one, two, three, four, and five years, (or sooner, at the option of the owner of the property), with maximum rate of six per cent interest per annum, interest payable annually, which certificates duly paraphed by the clerk of the municipality or village as being secured by the special privilege and recorded in the mortgage office of the parish shall constitute a privilege on the property, and may be transferred, carrying the lien and privilege of the transferee at their face value, to the contractor in payment of the work on sidewalk, or curbing, or portions thereof. Where the work is done by the municipality or village, as provided in R.S. 33:3622, the certificate may be transferred to other persons, and shall also enjoy the lien and privilege. Amended by Acts 1954, No. 660, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 33:3651 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§3651. Petition for special street illumination

RS 3651 - Petition for special street illumination In any municipality of over twenty-five hundred population, New Orleans excepted, whenever more than fifty percent of the owners of the lineal frontage of real estate abutting on any street or portion thereof, one block or more in length, or of a district composed of one or more streets, highways, boulevards, or alleys, shall, by petition addressed to the governing authority, ask for the special illumination of the street or portions thereof and the installation, construction, equipping, and maintenance of additional street lights for that purpose, the governing authority may proceed to install and maintain the system as follows.
LA Rev Stat § 33:3652 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§3652. Notice of filing petition for improvement; resolution authorizing lighting system; liability of abutting owners

RS 3652 - Notice of filing petition for improvement; resolution authorizing lighting system; liability of abutting owners Notice of the filing of a petition for improvement under the provisions of this Sub-part shall be given by the clerk or secretary of the municipality by publication in the official journal or by publication in any other newspaper published in the municipality if there be no official journal. After thirty days from the date of this publication all persons shall be barred from contesting the validity or sufficiency of the petition for the improvements or interfere with the progress of the improvements as herein provided. The governing authority may thereupon by resolution or otherwise create the illuminated district and order the construction and equipment of the lighting system, the entire costs of the construction and equipment to be paid by the owners of the real property abutting thereon in proportion to their lineal frontage. Each portion shall constitute a privilege on the property.
LA Rev Stat § 33:3653 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§3653. Plans and specifications

RS 3653 - Plans and specifications The petitioning property owners may provide in their petition, plans, and specifications, including the kinds and types of poles and lights and other material to be used in the special lighting system. The governing authorities in such cases may order the specified material used in the construction of the system, or may reject any and all of the plans and specifications and have them prepared by the city or a special engineer who shall submit them to the governing authority for approval or rejection.
LA Rev Stat § 33:3654 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§3654. Advertising for bids; acceptance

RS 3654 - Advertising for bids; acceptance When the work has been duly authorized and the plans and specifications approved, the governing authority shall advertise for bids for installing and constructing the system in the same manner as now provided by law for the letting of public contracts. The specifications may provide for the installation of the lighting system on a one-time rental or lease basis. The governing authority, upon receipt of bids, shall accept the lowest responsible bid and enter into a contract for the installation of the street lighting facilities, in the manner provided by law, provided, that if the petitioning property owners in their original petition shall have fixed a maximum amount beyond which the entire cost of the work shall not extend for each lineal front footage, no bid shall be accepted or no contract let which shall be in excess of that maximum. Amended by Acts 1967, No. 117, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 33:3655 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§3655. Assessment of abutting owners; assessment lien

RS 3655 - Assessment of abutting owners; assessment lien Upon the final and satisfactory completion of the work, the governing authority shall accept it by ordinance and provide for the assessment of all abutting real estate in the amounts due by the owners according to the rule of apportionment stipulated in this Sub-part. A certified copy of the ordinance containing the assessment shall, within ten days after its passage, be filed for record in the office of the recorder of mortgages in the parish in which the assessed property is located, and when so filed and recorded, it shall operate as a lien and privilege in favor of the municipality or its transferees, against the real estate therein assessed.
LA Rev Stat § 33:3656 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§3656. Enforcement of assessments

RS 3656 - Enforcement of assessments The amounts assessed in the ordinance shall be due and exigible immediately upon its passage, and if not paid within ten days thereafter, the municipality, or its transferees, may proceed by suit against the assessed properties and the owners thereof to enforce collection of the amounts of the assessments, together with six percent per annum from date of acceptance and ten percent of the amount of the judgment as attorney's fees.
LA Rev Stat § 33:3657 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§3657. Installment payments

RS 3657 - Installment payments If the amount of the assessment is not paid within ten days, as provided in R.S. 33:3656, it will be conclusively presumed that any property owner whose property is affected thereby, exercises the right and option, which is hereby authorized, to pay the amount due in equal annual installments, bearing interest at a rate not exceeding six per cent per annum, payable annually, and extending over a period not exceeding ten years, all as may be provided for in the ordinance levying the local or special assessments. The first installment shall become due on December 31 of the then current year, and annually thereafter. Failure to pay any installment or interest thereon when due shall ipso facto cause all other installments and interest thereon to become due and payable and the municipality shall within thirty days from date of such default, proceed against the property for the collection of the total amount due thereon, including interest, plus ten per cent additional on principal and interest, unpaid as attorney fees. A certified copy of the ordinance, levying the local or special assessments on the real estate shall be filed with the clerk of court in the parish in which the municipality is situated, who shall forthwith record the same in the mortgage records of the parish, and when so filed and recorded, shall operate as a lien and privilege against all real estate therein assessed. Amended by Acts 1967, No. 117, §2.
LA Rev Stat § 33:3658 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§3658. Objections to proceedings

RS 3658 - Objections to proceedings For a period of thirty days from the date of the promulgation of the ordinance creating the illuminating district as hereinabove described, any person in interest may contest its legality, after which time no one shall have any cause or right of action to contest the legality, formality or regularity of the proceedings for any cause whatsoever and the authority to act and the regularity of all proceedings shall be conclusively presumed.
LA Rev Stat § 33:3659 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§3659. Municipality to operate lighting systems; financial aid; special tax

RS 3659 - Municipality to operate lighting systems; financial aid; special tax A. After the system has been completed and accepted, the full ownership of it shall vest in the municipality, except where the lighting system has been installed on a one-time rental or lease basis, in which case the lighting system shall remain the property of the lessor. The governing authority of a municipality may assist the illuminating district by paying any part for the equipment or installation of the lighting system out of its available funds. B. For the purpose of operating and maintaining such a lighting system, the governing authority of a municipality is hereby authorized to levy a special ad valorem tax not to exceed in any one year five mills for a term not to exceed ten years on all taxable property located within the boundaries of an illuminating district, except railroad rights of way and tracks located thereon. An ordinance imposing the tax herein authorized shall be adopted by a municipal governing authority only after the question of the imposition of the tax, including its rate, purpose, and duration, has been submitted to the electors of the illuminating district at an election called and held for that purpose in accordance with the election laws of the state of Louisiana and a majority of those voting in the election have voted in favor of the proposition. Amended by Acts 1967, No. 117, §3; Acts 1987, No. 652, §1, eff. July 9, 1987.