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LA Rev Stat § 33:4160.12 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§4160.12. Employment and duties of engineer and attorney

RS 4160.12 - Employment and duties of engineer and attorney  A. Municipalities or parishes which take advantage of the provisions of this Chapter, be and they are hereby authorized through their respective governing authorities if they elect to do so to engage the service of an engineer and provide for his payment, who shall prepare all plans and specifications for said work and improvements herein authorized, and that the governing authority shall approve such plans and specifications by a proper resolution duly adopted. Such engineer, so employed, shall inspect the work as let in accordance with contracts hereunder and shall issue to the said contractor, his estimates thereon from time to time as the said work progresses, which estimates may be paid by the municipality or parish either in full or by the retention of ten percent thereof as retained percentage. The said 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 final completion of the work, the said engineer shall render a report to the governing authority of the municipality or parish as to the completion of the work in a satisfactory manner, which report shall be duly certified to, and in addition thereto, the said engineer shall do and perform any and all engineering duties required of him in this Chapter. B. The governing authority of the municipality or parish is also hereby authorized to employ an attorney to handle all legal work in connection with such improvements, herein authorized, and to provide for the payment of his fee. The attorney, in addition to his other duties, shall prepare a complete transcript of the record of the proceeding covering each and every project completed and shall file the same with the clerk or secretary of the municipality or parish. This filed transcript shall constitute a permanent record thereof. Acts 1990, No. 782, §1, eff. July 24, 1990.
LA Rev Stat § 33:4160.13 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§4160.13. Prescriptive period to question validity of proceedings

RS 4160.13 - Prescriptive period to question validity of proceedings  No contest or proceeding to question the validity or legality of any resolutions or ordinances adopted or proceedings had under the provisions of this Chapter shall be begun 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 Chapter is not raised within thirty days from date of publication of the resolution or ordinance issuing said certificates and fixing their terms, the authority to issue said certificates, the legality thereof and 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 1990, No. 782, §1, eff. July 24, 1990.
LA Rev Stat § 33:4160.14 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§4160.14. Participation in payment of costs

RS 4160.14 - Participation in payment of costs  Any municipality or parish proceeding under the authority of this Chapter may participate in the payment of the total cost of any project authorized hereunder, in such a manner and to such extent that the governing authority of the municipality or parish may determine, provided that any funds so used by the municipality or parish shall be in such amounts as it may have available for such purpose and from sources other than the imposition of special assessments. Such participation by the municipality or parish may be allocated to any one or more projects as the governing authority of the municipality or parish may determine, and the amount of the municipality's or parish participation shall be deducted from the total cost of the improvements for the purpose of levying local or special assessments hereunder. Acts 1990, No. 782, §1, eff. July 24, 1990.
LA Rev Stat § 33:4160.21 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§4160.21. Establishment of system

RS 4160.21 - Establishment of system  The governing authority of the city of Lafayette may establish, acquire, construct, improve, extend, and maintain within said city a drainage system or systems, including such drainage facilities as may be required, with all necessary equipment and installations in connection therewith, including such extensions as may be proper to connect the system or systems with the drainage facilities of the city or any other drainage facilities within the city. The governing authority of the city may levy and collect local or special assessments on real property to be benefitted within the city or the area served within the city sufficient in amount to defray the total cost of said work, including the cost of street intersections and installations and connections necessary to connect the system with the main drainage system of the city or necessary to connect the system with any drainage facilities within the city, including the cost of establishing, constructing, improving, and extending any such drainage facilities, whether by purchase, lease, or otherwise, or including the cost of the construction of complete drainage facilities, including levees and pumping facilities, within the city, all within the form and manner and subject to the limitations and restrictions herein contained. Acts 1992, No. 472, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 33:4160.22 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§4160.22. Notice of intention to establish system; objections

RS 4160.22 - Notice of intention to establish system; objections  A. In order to take advantage of this Chapter, the governing authority of the city shall be required to adopt a resolution giving notice of its intention to establish, acquire, construct, improve, extend, and maintain such drainage system or systems and other improvements herein authorized. Such notice shall generally include the improvements contemplated, a list of streets, rights of way, or portions thereof, or area or areas which are to be improved or drained, and the manner of payment therefor. Such notice shall further contain substantially all things set forth in said resolution and shall state that the authority ordering the giving of such notice will, in open session on the date and at the time and place named, hear all objections to the proposed improvements and the manner of payment therefor. Such notice of intention shall be published in the official journal of the city once a week for three consecutive weeks beginning not later than fifteen days before the date of the proposed hearing. B. After hearing and passing on the objections, the governing authority may order the proposed improvements constructed in the manner hereinafter provided; however, the governing authority shall not order the construction of the proposed improvements if there is filed prior to or at the public hearing written objections to the proposed improvements signed by the property owners owning more than one-half of the total front feet of property which will be assessed to pay the cost of said improvements, if the assessments are to be on a front foot basis, or signed by the property owners owning more than one-half of the total square footage of property which will be assessed to pay the cost of such improvements, if the assessments are to be on a square foot basis. Such majority shall be determined after considering the front footage or square footage of all properties to be assessed and the owners of such portion shall be determined by the conveyance records of the parish. Acts 1992, No. 472, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 33:4160.23 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§4160.23. Specifications; advertising for bids

RS 4160.23 - Specifications; advertising for bids A. The governing authority, after having given notice of its intention as above set forth and after disposing of all objections and having decided to order the construction of such improvements, may without further delay have the necessary plans and specifications for said work prepared and may authorize the advertisement for bids therefor, as provided by law. Said notice shall contain a general description of work contemplated, shall refer to plans and specifications which shall be placed on file with the clerk, secretary, or purchasing agent of the governing authority, shall designate the hour, date, and place for the reception and opening of bids, and may provide either that the contractor be required to accept certificates of indebtedness hereafter authorized if the governing authority elects to make such requirement or that they may be sold in such a manner and at such time as the governing authority may elect. B. Drainage improvements authorized under the provisions of this Chapter may be combined, constructed, and installed as a part of road or street paving improvements undertaken by the city or jointly by the city with the parish or with the Department of Transportation and Development. Advertisement for bids on such projects shall be in accordance with the requirements of law applicable to road or street paving improvements ordered by the city, the parish, or the Department of Transportation and Development and it shall not be necessary that the project be advertised as otherwise provided in this Section. Where drainage improvements authorized under the provisions of this Chapter are included in and constructed as an integral part of a road or street paving project being undertaken by the city, the parish, or the Department of Transportation and Development, the lowest responsible bid received for the entire project shall govern, and assessments to be levied as hereinafter provided shall be based upon the total of the unit prices contained in the bid proposal and applicable to the drainage work included in the joint project as determined and certified by the city's engineer. Acts 1992, No. 472, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 33:4160.24 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§4160.24. Awarding contract; resolution authorizing execution of contract

RS 4160.24 - Awarding contract; resolution authorizing execution of contract  A. Except in the case of joint projects undertaken as provided and authorized by R.S. 33:4160.23, the governing authority of the city or its authorized office or agent shall receive bids on the date and at the place and hour named in the notice calling for bids and shall there publicly open and tabulate the bids. The contract shall thereafter be awarded to the lowest responsible bidder who can furnish satisfactory security. The governing authority may, however, reject any and all bids and at any time within a period of thirty days from the date of the reception and opening of the bids award the contract for the work without further advertisement, provided that no contract shall be let for an amount greater than that specified in the lowest sealed bid received from a responsible bidder. B. The contract awarded under the provisions of this Chapter shall be authorized by resolution or ordinance authorizing an officer of the governing authority to execute the contract for, on behalf of, and in the name of the city. It shall not be necessary to set forth the contract in full in the resolution or ordinance, but it shall be sufficient if the resolution or ordinance refers to a copy of the contract on file in the office of the clerk or secretary where it is available for public inspection. The resolution or ordinance shall be published in one issue of the official journal of the city, and a certified copy thereof shall be filed with the clerk of court of Lafayette Parish and shall be by him duly recorded in the mortgage records of Lafayette Parish. C. Where joint street and drainage projects are undertaken, bids shall be taken and received and the contract for such joint project awarded by the agency carrying out the street or road improvements, all in strict accordance and compliance with the provisions of law applicable to such street or road improvements. Acts 1992, No. 472, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 33:4160.25 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§4160.25. Statement of cost of improvement; definitions

RS 4160.25 - Statement of cost of improvement; definitions  A. Upon the award of any contract under the provisions of this Chapter, the city shall forthwith require of an engineer a duly certified statement or report showing in detail the total cost of the improvements, including the cost of street intersections, engineer's and attorney's fees, and all other expenses incidental to the cost. The report shall also show the amount of the cost chargeable to each lot or parcel to be benefitted in the proportion that its area bears to the total area to be assessed or in the proportion that its front footage bears to the total front footage to be assessed, as shall be determined by the governing authority. However, when the assessment is made on a front foot basis and any drainage line is constructed upon more than one side of any lot or parcel of real estate, the total front footage of such lot or parcel of real estate to be assessed shall be determined by taking the total front footage of said lot or parcel of real estate abutting all drainage lines to be constructed and dividing such total front footage by two. The report shall further describe each lot or parcel of real estate to be assessed with sufficient clarity to identify it. B. As used in this Chapter:  (1) The words "front footage" shall mean the footage of each lot or parcel of real estate abutting the right of way or street, along which the drainage line is constructed. (2) The words "square footage" shall mean the area of land measured in square feet to be improved or benefitted by the improvements to be constructed. Acts 1992, No. 472, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 33:4160.27 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§4160.27. Certificates of indebtedness

RS 4160.27 - Certificates of indebtedness  The governing authority may issue, execute, negotiate, sell, and deliver certificates of the city of Lafayette in an amount up to the total amount of the installments or deferred payments as provided in R.S. 33:4160.26. The certificates shall bear interest at a rate or rates of interest as set forth in the ordinance providing for their issuance, shall be payable annually, and shall mature serially over a period not exceeding twenty years, but in no event shall the certificates extend over a longer period of time than the total period of time for the payment of the local or special assessments described in R.S. 33:4160.26. The certificates may be of such form, bear such date, be of such denomination, and may be subject to such provisions as may be limited or expanded by the provisions of the resolution or ordinance providing for their issuance and as may be most likely to insure the prompt payment and/or marketability. They shall be payable in principal and interest from the irrevocable pledge and dedication of the funds to be derived from the special assessments hereinabove provided which are payable in annual installments or deferred payments as provided for by this Chapter, which funds shall be set aside in a separate trust fund and shall not be drawn upon for any purpose other than to pay the principal and interest of the certificates. Acts 1992, No. 472, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 33:4160.28 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§4160.28. Additional assessments

RS 4160.28 - Additional assessments  If the local and special assessments originally levied are insufficient, for any cause whatsoever, to pay the principal and interest, or the principal or interest, in any one year of the said drainage certificates outstanding at their respective maturity dates, the city, through its governing authority, is hereby authorized, empowered, and obligated by ordinance to levy and collect, at such time or times as may be necessary, an additional local or special assessment on each lot or parcel of real estate in the city or area involved sufficient in amount to pay in full the said principal and interest or the principal or interest of such drainage certificates at their respective maturity dates. The amounts assessed in such ordinance or ordinances shall be due and collectible immediately on its passage, and if not paid within thirty days from the date of its adoption, the governing authority shall proceed against the property for the collection of the amount of the additional local or special assessment so levied, plus interest thereon and ten percent additional for attorney's fees. A certified copy of each ordinance providing for the levy and collection of such additional local or special assessment shall be filed with the Lafayette Parish Clerk of Court promptly upon its adoption, who shall forthwith record the same in mortgage records of the parish, and when so filed and recorded shall operate as a lien and privilege against all the real estate therein assessed and shall prime all other liens except taxes and prior recorded local or special assessments levied for streets, sewerage, water, and underground wiring. Acts 1992, No. 472, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 33:4160.29 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§4160.29. Form and registration of certificates

RS 4160.29 - Form and registration of certificates  The said drainage certificates shall be signed by the regular or facsimile signatures of the mayor and council clerk on behalf of and in the name of the city and under the seal thereof. The seal of the city may be impressed or printed on the certificates. Acts 1992, No. 472, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 33:4160.30 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§4160.30. Sale and delivery of certificates; use of proceeds

RS 4160.30 - Sale and delivery of certificates; use of proceeds  The certificates may be sold by negotiated sale or may be advertised for sale on sealed bids as provided by law. The governing authority may reject any and all bids received as a result of the advertisement, or the city may contract to deliver the certificates to the contractor as hereinafter provided at a price not less than the best bid received at the advertised sale. The governing authority may, by resolution, authorize the mayor to negotiate and deliver the certificates, to collect the purchase price therefor, and to do any and all things necessary and incidental thereto, or may authorize the delivery to the contractor of all or any of the certificates in payment of their contractual obligation covering the improvements. The funds derived from the sale of the certificates shall be expended solely in payment of the costs of the improvements, and shall not be drawn upon for any other purpose. Acts 1992, No. 472, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 33:4160.31 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§4160.31. Certificates

RS 4160.31 - Certificates  Certificates issued hereunder shall not be invalid for any irregularity or defect in the proceedings for their issuance, sale, or delivery, and shall be incontestable in the hands of bona fide purchasers or holders for value thereof. Acts 1992, No. 472, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 33:4160.32 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§4160.32. Inspection and acceptance of work

RS 4160.32 - Inspection and acceptance of work  The governing authority of the city shall, upon the completion of any contract awarded as provided for herein, provide for the final inspection of the work performed thereunder and the improvements made, and, if the work is found to have been completed satisfactorily in accordance with said contract, as evidenced by a certificate of the project engineer, the governing authority shall by ordinance duly adopted 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 said 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 1992, No. 472, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 33:4160.33 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§4160.33. Prescriptive period to question validity of proceedings

RS 4160.33 - 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 Chapter 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 Chapter is not raised within thirty days from date of publication of the resolution or ordinance issuing said 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 1992, No. 472, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 33:4160.34 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§4160.34. Participation in payment of costs

RS 4160.34 - Participation in payment of costs  The city of Lafayette may participate in the payment of the total cost of any project authorized hereunder in such a manner and to such extent that the governing authority of the city may determine, provided that any funds so used by the city shall be in such amounts as it may have available for such purpose and from sources other than the imposition of special assessments. Such participation by the city may be allocated to any one or more projects as the governing authority may determine, and the amount of the city's participation shall be deducted from the total cost of the improvements for the purpose of levying local or special assessments hereunder. Acts 1992, No. 472, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 33:4161 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§4161. Revenue-producing public utility defined

RS 4161 - Revenue-producing public utility defined For the purposes of this Part, "revenue-producing public utility" means any revenue-producing business or organization that regularly supplies the public with a commodity or service, including electricity, gas, water, ice, ferries, warehouses, docks, wharves, terminals, airports, transportation, telephone, telegraph, radio, television, drainage, sewerage, garbage disposal, emergency medical services, and other like services; or any project or undertaking, including public lands and improvements thereon, owned and operated by a political subdivision authorized by the Constitution of Louisiana or by law to issue bonds, from the conduct and operation of which revenue can be derived. Amended by Acts 1954, No. 570, §1; Acts 2003, No. 407, §1, eff. June 18, 2003; Acts 2014, No. 158, §1.