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LA Rev Stat § 33:4261 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§4261. Service charge for sewerage and garbage facilities

RS 4261 - Service charge for sewerage and garbage facilities  Where the revenues pledged to the payment of bonds under this Subpart are revenues of a utility comprised of sewerage facilities, or garbage facilities, the governing authority of the municipality may each year impose against the owners of all real property in the municipality a service charge for the facilities afforded by the utility, which charge shall not be a lien upon the property. The charges shall be sufficient to provide for the cost of operating and maintaining the utility and paying the interest and principal of the bonds secured by the revenues of the utility. No charge shall be made against the owner of any property which is not benefited by the utility. A list of the names of all owners against whom charges are so made and the amounts of the charge made against each owner may be certified by the governing authority to the official charged with the assessment of taxes against the property at such time and in such manner in each year as to permit the amount of the charge to be carried upon the assessment roll of the real property in the municipality. Each charge may be carried on the roll as a special item due by the owner of the property individually and may be identified on the roll as "Special Sewerage or Garbage Charge of ____________ (inserting the name of the municipal corporation)". The charges may be paid to the official who collects the general taxes assessed against the real property located in the municipality, and may be paid at the same time and in the same manner as the general taxes are paid. Where the ownership of any real property changes, the municipality may require any subsequent owner seeking sewerage or garbage service to apply therefor, whereupon the charges imposed against the owner may be assessed and collected in the manner hereinabove provided. The municipality may pay the tax collecting official the same commission on the amounts collected by him as he receives for the collection of ad valorem taxes, and may pay the assessing official a sum sufficient to reimburse him for the additional expenses occasioned by reason of listing the charges on the assessment roll. The amounts to be paid to the assessor and collector shall be considered one of the costs of operating and maintaining the utility. Amended by Acts 1976, No. 461, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 33:4262 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§4262. No restriction of acts authorized

RS 4262 - No restriction of acts authorized  This Sub-part shall constitute full authority for the accomplishment of all acts herein authorized to be done. No other law restricting the carrying out of the acts authorized to be done shall be construed as applying to any proceedings had or acts done pursuant to this Sub-part.
LA Rev Stat § 33:4281 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§4281. Extension or improvement of municipally owned utility by city of 25,000 to 250,000

RS 4281 - Extension or improvement of municipally owned utility by city of 25,000 to 250,000  Any municipality having a population in excess of twenty-five thousand and less than two hundred fifty thousand owning and operating its electric power plant, waterworks, motor coach transportation, and sewerage system, may construct, maintain, extend, rehabilitate, enlarge or improve any municipally owned public utility either within or without its boundaries. In addition the municipality may consolidate and unite any non-revenue bearing utility with one or more revenue bearing public utilities, which, when so united and consolidated, shall be one unit and shall be considered and treated as a single revenue bearing utility.
LA Rev Stat § 33:4282 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§4282. Issuance of certificates of indebtedness

RS 4282 - Issuance of certificates of indebtedness  In order to obtain funds to construct, maintain, rehabilitate, extend, enlarge, or improve the municipally owned public utility the governing authority of the municipality may issue negotiable certificates of indebtedness and secure their payment by a pledge of the revenues and franchises of the revenue producing public utility, provided that the governing authority is first authorized to do so by a majority of the qualified resident electors of the municipality voting in an election to be held in the manner provided below.
LA Rev Stat § 33:4283 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§4283. Certificates of indebtedness payable from revenues of utility; form and requisites; redemption; sale

RS 4283 - Certificates of indebtedness payable from revenues of utility; form and requisites; redemption; sale  Upon obtaining the authority from a majority of the qualified electors of the municipality voting in the election, the governing body of the municipality may issue negotiable certificates of indebtedness which shall be payable solely from the income and revenues to be derived from the operation of the revenue producing utility or the franchises thereof. These certificates of indebtedness shall not constitute an indebtedness or pledge of the general credit of the municipality within the meaning of any constitutional or statutory limitation of indebtedness and shall contain a recital to that effect. The certificates of indebtedness shall be in coupon form, but may be registerable as to principal if so provided in the proceedings authorizing their issuance. The certificates of indebtedness shall be in the denominations of one hundred dollars or a multiple thereof, shall bear interest at a coupon rate not exceeding six per cent per annum, shall mature serially or otherwise, (but shall not mature later than twenty years from the date of issuance) shall be made payable at the place either within or without the state provided by the proceedings authorizing their issuance, and may be made redeemable at the option of the governing authority of the municipality prior to maturity at premiums not greater than ten per cent of the principal amount thereof. The certificates of indebtedness shall be signed by the chief executive officer under the official seal of the municipality in the manner provided in the proceedings authorizing their issuance. Interest coupons to be attached thereto may be executed with the facsimile signature of such officer, and in the event that any official whose signature appears on the certificates of indebtedness or coupons ceases to occupy his office before the delivery of the certificates to the purchaser, his signature shall nevertheless be valid and sufficient for all purposes. The certificates of indebtedness shall be sold at public sale after thirty days' advertisement in a newspaper in the municipality or in the parish in which the municipality is located, in such manner and at such times as the governing authority may determine, except that in no event shall the certificates be sold at less than their par value.
LA Rev Stat § 33:4284 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§4284. Pledge of revenues of utility; lien of certificate holders; enforcement of obligations of municipality; receivership

RS 4284 - Pledge of revenues of utility; lien of certificate holders; enforcement of obligations of municipality; receivership  Any certificates of indebtedness issued hereunder shall be negotiable and shall be secured by a pledge of the revenues of all or a portion of the incoming revenues derived from the operation of the revenue producing public utility not otherwise pledged or dedicated. The amount of income and revenue so pledged and dedicated shall be sufficient at all times to pay the principal and interest of the certificates as they mature; but there shall be made proper provisions for the current maintenance and operation of the utility and for establishing a reasonable depreciation and replacement fund. A lien upon the revenues and franchises shall exist in favor of the holders of the certificates of indebtedness, and the holders of the coupons attached thereto for the payment thereof, the lien to be effective until all of the certificates and coupons shall have been paid in full. In the event of default of payment of principal or interest of the certificates or coupons, any holder thereof shall have a preferential right of action to enforce and protect by suit, action, mandamus, receivership, or other proceedings the lien hereby conferred. He may bring such proceedings to compel performance of all obligations required to be performed by the governing authority of the municipality by the provisions of this Sub-part. If a receiver is appointed, he shall have an exclusive permit and franchise to maintain and operate the property and by all means to continue to supply to the public the commodities, products, or services theretofore supplied by the utility. He shall have the rights, powers, and privileges enjoyed by the municipality in the operation of the utility. This franchise shall continue for the period (not exceeding twenty years from the date of the receivership) fixed in the proceedings authorizing the certificates and shall not be subject to any statutory limitations pertaining to the granting of municipal franchises, not especially contained in this Sub-part. The receivership shall expire upon the payment in full of the certificates and coupons.
LA Rev Stat § 33:4285 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§4285. Priority of lien as between different series of certificates

RS 4285 - Priority of lien as between different series of certificates  If more than one series of negotiable certificates of indebtedness is issued hereunder, priority of lien and privileges on the revenues of the utility shall depend upon the time of delivery of the certificates, each series enjoying a lien prior and superior to that enjoyed by any other series of certificates subsequently delivered. However, as to any issue or series of certificates which is authorized as a unit to be delivered from time to time in blocks, it may be provided in the proceedings authorizing the issuance of the certificates that all such series or issues shall be equal as to lien and privileges regardless of the time of delivery.
LA Rev Stat § 33:4286 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§4286. Sinking fund

RS 4286 - Sinking fund  Whenever any certificates of indebtedness are issued in accordance with this Sub-part, the municipal authority shall provide for the creation of a sinking fund into which shall be paid from the revenues of the utility, subject only to prior payment of reasonable and necessary operation and maintenance expenses, sums fully sufficient to pay the principal and interest on the certificates, and to create reserves for contingencies provided in the resolution and election. The moneys in the sinking fund shall be applied to the payment of the principal and interest of the certificates or to the purchase or retirement of the certificates prior to maturity in the manner provided.
LA Rev Stat § 33:4287 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§4287. Charges for commodities or services provided by utility

RS 4287 - Charges for commodities or services provided by utility  When any municipal corporation has issued certificates of indebtedness hereunder and has pledged the revenues of any utility for the payment thereof, the municipality shall impose and collect fees and charges for the products, commodities, and services performed by the utility, in amounts and at rates fully sufficient at all times to  (1) pay the expenses of operating and maintaining the utility;  (2) provide a sinking fund sufficient to insure the prompt payment of the certificates of indebtedness and interest thereon as they fall due;  (3) provide such reasonable funds for contingencies as may be required; and  (4) provide an adequate depreciation fund for repairs, extensions, and improvements to the utility necessary to insure adequate and sufficient service to the public. There shall be no charge for services to the municipality itself or to its agencies and departments. The governing authority of the municipality or any duly appointed or qualified receiver shall have the exclusive authority to fix or supervise the making of these fees and charges.
LA Rev Stat § 33:4288 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§4288. Refunding certificates

RS 4288 - Refunding certificates  The governing authority of a municipality which issues certificates of indebtedness under this Sub-part, may authorize the issuance of certificates of indebtedness for the purpose of refunding outstanding certificates. Refunding certificates may either be sold and the proceeds applied to the retirement of the outstanding certificates, or may be delivered in exchange for the outstanding certificates. The refunding certificates shall be authorized in all respects as original certificates are herein required to be authorized, and the governing authority shall provide for the security of the refunding certificates and for the rights of the holders thereof in all respects as those herein authorized to be provided for under the authority of this Sub-part. The governing authority may also provide that the refunding certificates shall have the same priority of lien on the revenues pledged for their payment as was enjoyed by the certificates refunded.
LA Rev Stat § 33:4289 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§4289. Election to authorize issuance of certificates of indebtedness; resolution; notice of election; ballots; election contests

RS 4289 - Election to authorize issuance of certificates of indebtedness; resolution; notice of election; ballots; election contests  Whenever the governing authority of a municipal corporation desires to issue certificates of indebtedness as provided herein, it may, by resolution adopted by a vote of two-thirds of the members of the governing authority, order an election to be held to determine whether or not it is the wish of the qualified resident electors of the municipality that the certificates of indebtedness be so issued and secured. The resolution shall state specifically the amount of the certificates of indebtedness proposed to be issued, the number of years that they are to run, the maximum rate of interest they shall bear, the purpose or purposes for which they are to be issued, a description of the properties for which they are to be issued, a description of the properties of which the incomes and revenues are to be pledged for the security of the certificates of indebtedness, and shall designate the date of the election and the polling places. Notice of the election shall be given by publication for thirty days in a newspaper published in the municipality or in the parish in which the municipality is situated. The notice shall embrace substantially all matters required to be set forth in the resolution requiring the election and shall be signed by the chief executive officer of the municipality. The election shall be held in accordance with the rules and regulations for general state elections. Ballots shall be substantially in the following form:  "Shall the governing authority of the City of _______________ be authorized to issue certificates of indebtedness in the sum of ________ Dollars to run for _____ years, bearing interest not to exceed _____ per centum per annum, payable (annually or semiannually) for the purpose of _________________ to be secured by a pledge of income, revenues, and franchises of _______________?"  To vote in favor of this proposition the voter YES will make a cross mark (X) under the word ____ "Yes" and to vote against it, the voter will mark a cross mark (X) in the space underneath NO the word "No". ____ Any person interested shall have the right to resort to the district court of the parish in which the municipality is situated in order to contest the election or the issuance of certificates thereby authorized, provided suit is filed within sixty days from the date of promulgation of the returns of the election. After this time no court shall entertain the suit.
LA Rev Stat § 33:4290 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§4290. Procedure provided not exclusive; other laws inapplicable

RS 4290 - Procedure provided not exclusive; other laws inapplicable  The procedure provided for in this Sub-part shall not be exclusive. But no other provisions of law pertinent to the construction, acquisition, extension, or improvement of public utilities, or to the issuance of certificates of indebtedness, the granting of franchises, the creation of pledges, or the adoption of proceedings by the governing authority shall be construed as applying to any proceedings had or acts done under this Sub-part.
LA Rev Stat § 33:4301 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§4301. Creation of districts

RS 4301 - Creation of districts  The governing authorities of the several parishes are authorized and empowered upon their own initiative to divide their respective parishes into one or more gas utility districts with such names or numbers as the governing authorities may designate. A gas utility district may be created comprising all or part of the territory of more than one parish by resolution to be adopted by the governing authority of each parish affected. Any such district may contain within its boundaries all or part of the territory of one or more existing cities, towns or villages, and may overlap other taxing districts or political subdivisions, but shall not be authorized to engage in the operation of any utility hereunder in any existing city, town, village, political subdivision or taxing district which at the time of the creation of such gas utility district is then being served with gas by a gas utility company or is itself engaged in the operation of a like utility without obtaining the consent of the said gas utility company and the city, town, village, subdivision or taxing district which consent shall be evidenced by resolution to be adopted by the governing body thereof when authorized by vote of a majority in number and amount of the property taxpayers qualified to vote under the Constitution and laws of this state, who vote at an election held for that purpose after notice published or posted for thirty days in such manner as the legislature may prescribe. Each gas utility district created hereunder shall comprise a body corporate. Acts 1960, No. 415, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 33:4302 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§4302. Notice of intention to create district; hearing of objections; resolution fixing boundaries

RS 4302 - Notice of intention to create district; hearing of objections; resolution fixing boundaries  No gas utility district shall be created hereunder until notice of the intention to create such district shall have been ordered by resolution or resolutions which shall define the proposed boundaries of the district and state the purposes of the incorporation thereof. Such notice shall state that the governing authority will in open session on a day and at an hour and place therein named hear objections to the creation of such gas utility district and that it will at such time or at an adjournment of such meeting proceed to create the proposed district. Where the proposed district lies in more than one parish, such notice shall be given by the governing authority of each parish and a hearing shall be so held in each parish. Such notice shall be published once a week for four successive weeks and the first publication shall be not less than thirty days before the date fixed for the hearing. The notice shall be published in a newspaper published in each parish affected. The governing authority shall hear all objections at the time appointed or at any time to which the hearing may be adjourned, shall pass upon the same, and may eliminate such territory from the proposed district as it may consider fair and equitable to eliminate, provided that where the proposed district is to lie in more than one parish, the governing authority in each parish may eliminate from such district only territory lying within the boundaries of such parish. The decision of each governing authority shall be final and conclusive and at such hearing or at a subsequent meeting the governing authority shall, if it determines to create such district, adopt a resolution finally fixing the boundaries of the district and giving the district a numerical designation and name. Where the district is to lie within the boundaries of more than one parish, like resolutions shall be adopted by the governing authority of each parish affected. Notice of the formation of any such district shall be given forthwith by publication of an appropriate notice for one time in each parish affected. Acts 1960, No. 415, §2.
LA Rev Stat § 33:4304 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§4304. District to possess all powers of a corporation; expropriation

RS 4304 - District to possess all powers of a corporation; expropriation  Any district created hereunder shall have all the powers of a corporation, including perpetual existence, the power to incur debt and contract obligations, to sue and be sued, to have a corporate seal, to enter into short or long term contracts, to do and perform any and all acts in its corporate capacity and in its corporate name necessary and proper for the carrying out of the objects and purposes for which the district was created. Such district shall have the right and power of expropriating property for its corporate purposes under and in the manner provided by any general law of the state of Louisiana authorizing the expropriation of property for public purposes. Acts 1960, No. 415, §4.
LA Rev Stat § 33:4306 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§4306. District as a political subdivision

RS 4306 - District as a political subdivision Any gas utility district created pursuant to this Subpart shall be a political subdivision within the meaning of the general laws authorizing the issuance of bonds. Nothing in this Subpart shall be construed as authorizing the issuance and sale of property or ad valorem bonds. Acts 1960, No. 415, §6. Amended by Acts 1964, No. 414, §1; Acts 2014, No. 158, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 33:4307 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§4307. Authorization to construct, acquire, sell, etc., revenue producing gas public utilities

RS 4307 - Authorization to construct, acquire, sell, etc., revenue producing gas public utilities  Any gas utility district created hereunder is authorized to construct, acquire, sell, lease, mortgage, extend, improve, maintain and operate any revenue producing gas public utility within or partly within and partly without its boundaries and to obtain funds for the construction, acquisition, extension or improvement thereof or through the issuance of revenue bonds as hereinafter provided in this Sub-part or through the use of funds acquired in any other lawful manner. A "gas public utility" for the purposes of this Sub-part shall consist of a natural gas distribution system or a natural gas transmission and distribution system. Acts 1960, No. 415, §7.
LA Rev Stat § 33:4307.1 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§4307.1. Winn Parish; authorization to sell certain gas and utility lines

RS 4307.1 - Winn Parish; authorization to sell certain gas and utility lines  The governing authority of Winn Parish is authorized to sell or lease, without voter approval, a gas utility system owned by a gas utility district created pursuant to this Subpart. Acts 1991, No. 440, §1.