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LA Rev Stat § 48:571 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Roads, Bridges and Ferries|§571. Creation authorized; political subdivision

RS 571 - Creation authorized; political subdivision  Parish governing authorities may create road districts and sub-road districts in the manner and subject to the limitations and restrictions contained in this Part.  Road districts so created are sub-divisions of the state within the meaning of the laws of Louisiana relating to incurring debt and issuing bonds therefor.
LA Rev Stat § 48:572 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Roads, Bridges and Ferries|§572. District, defined

RS 572 - District, defined  Whenever used in this Part, except in R.S. 48:574 through 48:576, "district" means "road district, sub-road district, or consolidated road district." In R.S. 48:574 through 48:576, "district" means only "road district or sub-road district."
LA Rev Stat § 48:573 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Roads, Bridges and Ferries|§573. Territorial composition

RS 573 - Territorial composition  No district shall be created comprising the whole territory of a parish. It may, however, be composed of territory either wholly within one parish or partly within two or more parishes.
LA Rev Stat § 48:574 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Roads, Bridges and Ferries|§574. Notice of intention to create district

RS 574 - Notice of intention to create district  No district shall be created under the provisions of this Part until the notice prescribed in this Section has been given. Parish governing authorities may give this notice upon their own initiative. They shall give the notice when requested so to do by the petition in writing of one-fourth of the property taxpayers residing within the proposed district.  Notice of intention to create a road district or sub-road district shall be ordered by resolution which shall state the territory the district is proposed to be composed of, and the proposed boundaries thereof. This notice shall embrace substantially all matters required to be set forth in the resolution ordering it and shall set forth further that the parish governing authority ordering it will, in open session, on a date and at an hour and place named therein, proceed to create the proposed district.  The notice shall be published once a week for four successive weeks, the first publication being not less than thirty days before the date fixed for the hearing. Publication shall be in a newspaper published in the parish. If there is none, the notice shall be posted at two public places in the parish and published in a newspaper published in an adjoining parish.
LA Rev Stat § 48:575 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Roads, Bridges and Ferries|§575. Hearing of objections; powers of parish governing authority

RS 575 - Hearing of objections; powers of parish governing authority  The governing authority of the parish shall hear all objections at the time appointed or at any time to which the hearing thereof may be adjourned and pass upon them. Its decision thereon shall be final and conclusive.  At this hearing the parish governing authority may change the boundaries of the proposed district by excluding therefrom the lands of persons objecting or by including therein the lands of persons petitioning to be included.  After disposing of all objections, the parish governing authority shall, if it determines to create the district, adopt a resolution finally fixing the general boundaries of the district and giving the district a numerical designation and name, as follows:  "Road District No. ______ of the Parish of _____________."
LA Rev Stat § 48:576 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Roads, Bridges and Ferries|§576. Notice of formation

RS 576 - Notice of formation  Notice of the formation of the district shall be published in a newspaper published in the parish. If there is none, the notice shall be posted in two public places in the parish and published in a newspaper published in an adjoining parish. One publication is sufficient. If the parish governing authority, at the time it determines to create the district, also decides to submit to the qualified property taxpaying voters the question of incurring debt and issuing bonds of the district under the general laws of Louisiana, notice of the formation of the district and a description of the boundaries thereof may be included in the notice of election, in lieu of the above method. The notice of election shall be published in the manner prescribed by the general laws in relation to incurring debt and issuing bonds.
LA Rev Stat § 48:577 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Roads, Bridges and Ferries|§577. Abolishing district or changing boundaries thereof; notice by resolution

RS 577 - Abolishing district or changing boundaries thereof; notice by resolution  The parish governing authority may abolish a district in its entirety or may change or alter the boundaries thereof. However, neither the existence nor the territorial boundaries of any district shall be affected in any manner which would impair any obligations that may have been incurred by it during the period of its existence. A preliminary resolution declaring the intention of the parish governing authority to abolish the district or to alter its boundaries shall be adopted, fixing a date for hearing. Notice of this hearing shall be given as provided in R.S. 48:574 for the formation of a road or sub-road district. A hearing shall be had thereon before any order shall be entered in any manner affecting the existence or territorial limits of any district.
LA Rev Stat § 48:578 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Roads, Bridges and Ferries|§578. Domicile of districts

RS 578 - Domicile of districts  The domicile of each district is the parish seat of the parish in which it is created. The domicile of any district composed of territory partly within two or more parishes is the parish seat of the parish furnishing the most territory.
LA Rev Stat § 48:579 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Roads, Bridges and Ferries|§579. Corporate seal

RS 579 - Corporate seal  The corporate seal of the parish governing authority creating the district may be adopted by the district as its corporate seal.
LA Rev Stat § 48:580 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Roads, Bridges and Ferries|§580. Official journal

RS 580 - Official journal  The official journal of the parish governing authority or authorities creating the district is the official journal of the district.
LA Rev Stat § 48:581 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Roads, Bridges and Ferries|§581. Officers of districts; treasurer's bond

RS 581 - Officers of districts; treasurer's bond  The officers of the governing authority of the parish in which the particular district is located are the officers of the district. They shall serve without extra compensation. Where a district is composed of territory located wholly within one parish, the parish treasurer's bond also covers and guarantees the faithful performance of his duties as treasurer of the district. Where a district is composed of territory partly within two or more parishes, the officers of the governing authority of the parish furnishing the most territory are the officers of the district. The treasurer of a district lying partly within two or more parishes shall furnish a special bond to be fixed by the governing authority of the district for the faithful performance of his duties as such. The premium thereof shall be paid by the district.
LA Rev Stat § 48:582 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Roads, Bridges and Ferries|§582. Powers

RS 582 - Powers  Districts constitute public corporations, and as such have all the powers of public corporations. They have perpetual existence. They may incur debt and contract obligations; sue and be sued; have a corporate seal; do and perform all acts in their corporate capacity and in their corporate names necessary and proper for the purpose of constructing, maintaining, and improving public roads, highways, and bridges within their territorial limits, and for the ditching and drainage thereof; and generally may perform all acts necessary to carry out the object and purposes of their creation. They have the power of expropriating property for the purpose of acquiring rights of way for the building and constructing of public roads and highways and the cutting of necessary ditches and canals for the drainage thereof. They may acquire any machinery and equipment which is essential to the proper accomplishment of the purposes of their creation.
LA Rev Stat § 48:583 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Roads, Bridges and Ferries|§583. Governing body of district

RS 583 - Governing body of district  If a district is composed of territory wholly within one parish, the governing authority of that parish is the governing authority of the district. If a district is composed of territory partly within two or more parishes, the governing authorities of those parishes in joint session constitute the governing authority of the district.
LA Rev Stat § 48:584 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Roads, Bridges and Ferries|§584. Supervisory board; establishment; chairman and secretary

RS 584 - Supervisory board; establishment; chairman and secretary  The parish governing authority shall, on request of fifty per cent or more of the property tax payers resident in any district, appoint a supervisory board of three property tax payers, residing in the district. The property tax payers thus requesting may suggest the names of the members of the supervising board. In case of a contest or a failure to suggest, the parish governing authority shall exercise the discretion of choice.  The supervisors shall elect a chairman and a secretary from their own number. These officers shall serve without pay.
LA Rev Stat § 48:585 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Roads, Bridges and Ferries|§585. Powers of supervisory board

RS 585 - Powers of supervisory board  The members of supervisory boards are the agents of the parish governing authority in all matters pertaining to road construction in their respective districts.  During road construction, the supervisors shall meet every week.  The supervisory board may, after the road bond or tax is voted, provide the specifications under the terms of this Part for road construction, call for bids, let the contract for road construction, and supervise the construction of the roads in the district. During construction the supervisors shall, with the concurrence of the parish governing authority, approve all estimates of work before they are paid by the governing body of the district. After completion of construction, the supervisors shall meet only on call of the chairman. Their authority at that time extends only to the making of recommendations to the parish governing authority for the proper maintenance and repair of roads in their district.  The parish governing authority has, at all times, supervisory authority in all matters pertaining to road construction, location, and maintenance.
LA Rev Stat § 48:586 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Roads, Bridges and Ferries|§586. Parish may assume all indebtedness of districts

RS 586 - Parish may assume all indebtedness of districts  Subject to the provisions of Title 33, any parish may assume all the indebtedness, both bonded and floating, of any or all of the districts wholly within its territorial limits.
LA Rev Stat § 48:587 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Roads, Bridges and Ferries|§587. Proposition to incur additional indebtedness

RS 587 - Proposition to incur additional indebtedness  When, subject to the provisions of Title 33, an election is called for the purpose of submitting to the property taxpayers of a parish the question of the assumption by the parish of the indebtedness of any or all of the districts wholly within the parish, the parish governing authority may, at the same election and contingent upon that election carrying, submit to the property taxpayers of the parish qualified to vote in that election a proposition to incur additional indebtedness and issue negotiable bonds therefor for the purpose of constructing, improving, and maintaining the public roads, highways, and bridges of the parish.
LA Rev Stat § 48:588 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Roads, Bridges and Ferries|§588. Special tax for maintenance; election

RS 588 - Special tax for maintenance; election  Whenever an election is called by the governing authority of any parish or district for the purpose of incurring debt and issuing bonds therefor, for the purpose of acquiring, building, improving, or maintaining public roads or highways, the governing authority may, at the same time, submit to the property taxpayers of the parish or district a proposition to levy a special tax of not more than five mills on the dollar for a period of not more than ten years, for the purpose of maintaining and keeping in repair these public roads and highways.  When an indebtedness has been incurred in any parish or district and bonds have been issued therefor for the purpose of acquiring, building, maintaining, or improving public roads or highways, the governing authority of the parish or district may call an election throughout the parish or district for the purpose of submitting to the property taxpayers thereof the proposition set out in the first paragraph of this Section.  The rate, object, and purpose for which the tax is to be levied and the number of years it is to run shall be stated in the ordinance or resolution calling the election.
LA Rev Stat § 48:589 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Roads, Bridges and Ferries|§589. Budget; provision for maintenance and repair

RS 589 - Budget; provision for maintenance and repair  Whenever any gravel or other hard-surfaced roads have been constructed in any parish or district, the governing authority of the parish in which the roads are located shall provide annually in its budget for the amounts which will be required for the maintenance and repair of the roads. Any taxpayer may, by appropriate action, enforce the fulfillment of this requirement. This Section does not apply in cases where a special tax has been voted in any parish or portion of a parish to provide for the maintenance of the roads or highways in that locality where the tax is levied.
LA Rev Stat § 48:590 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Roads, Bridges and Ferries|§590. Consolidation of districts

RS 590 - Consolidation of districts  The governing authority of any parish in which there is one or more road districts or sub-road districts may, in the manner prescribed in R.S. 48:591, consolidate all of the road districts and sub-road districts or any number of them into one road district. It may, at the same time, add thereto and include in the new district any part or parts of the parish not previously included in a district.  Any such road district created shall be known as a consolidated road district and its bonds shall be known as consolidated road district bonds. No consolidated road district shall, however, comprise the entire territory of a parish. In case there is more than one consolidated road district in a parish, they shall be distinguished by adding to their names the letters A, B, C, etc.
LA Rev Stat § 48:591 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Roads, Bridges and Ferries|§591. Procedure for creating consolidated road district

RS 591 - Procedure for creating consolidated road district  The procedure to create a consolidated road district is as follows:  The parish governing authority shall pass an ordinance or resolution which shall specify (but need not describe) the existing districts to be included in the consolidated road district and their respective indebtedness, both bonded and floating. It shall declare that it is advisable to consolidate the roads of the several districts, and any unorganized road territory existing in the parish, into a consolidated road system; and shall make an estimate of the amount of new money presently needed to enlarge and extend the district system or systems. However, the amount of new money, when added to the aggregate of the bonded and floating debt of the road districts included in the consolidated district, shall not exceed ten per cent of the assessed valuation of the consolidated road district.  This ordinance shall be published once in the official journal of the parish.  Not less than ten days after the publication of the ordinance, the parish governing authority shall call an election in the consolidated district. This election shall be called, proclaimed, held, and promulgated in all particulars as near as may be in the manner prescribed by the general laws in relation to incurring debt and issuing bonds. At this election there shall be submitted the question of the issuance of consolidated road district bonds: (1) in a specified sum, which shall be the aggregate of the districts' debt and the new money as declared in the ordinance or resolution; (2) bearing interest at a specified rate which is not more than the highest rate which any road bonds of any of the road districts bear, (3) payable annually or semi-annually as the parish governing authority decides, and (4) maturing not more than forty years after the date of the issuance thereof, for the purpose of acquiring and constructing roads the title to which shall vest in the consolidated road district.  If a majority in number and amount of the qualified property taxpayers who vote at the election vote in favor of the bonds, the parish governing authority shall promulgate and publish the result of the election and shall thereupon adopt and have published in the official journal two ordinances: the first declaring that the consolidated road district has been created and the second providing for the issuance of consolidated road district bonds.
LA Rev Stat § 48:592 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Roads, Bridges and Ferries|§592. Liquidation bonds

RS 592 - Liquidation bonds  The bonding ordinance specified in R.S. 48:591 shall first order the preparation and execution of consolidated road district coupon bonds. These shall be of as many series as there are district bond issues and shall be called liquidation bonds. Except as to date of issue, which may be the date when the last interest coupon of the district issue was paid, each series shall be as nearly as possible identical with a corresponding issue of district bonds in denominations, date of maturity, date of interest payment, rate, percent, and recitals. Each series shall bear a series number which shall identify it with the issue it is intended to liquidate.
LA Rev Stat § 48:593 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Roads, Bridges and Ferries|§593. Consolidated road district bonds

RS 593 - Consolidated road district bonds  After provision is made for the issuance of consolidated road district liquidation bonds, the parish governing authority, either in the same or in another ordinance or ordinances, may provide for the issuance and sale of consolidated road district bonds of another series to provide new money for road purposes. Bridges shall be considered part of a road and proceeds may be used for the construction and repair thereof. This last series of bonds shall conform in all particulars with the requirements of this Part in the case of original issues by road districts. All floating indebtedness and all liabilities theretofore incurred by consolidated road districts shall be paid out of the proceeds of the first such bonds sold.
LA Rev Stat § 48:594 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Roads, Bridges and Ferries|§594. Custody of liquidation bonds; exchange of district bonds for liquidation bonds

RS 594 - Custody of liquidation bonds; exchange of district bonds for liquidation bonds  When the liquidation bonds have been prepared they shall be lodged with the State Treasurer. Any holder of a district bond may, upon surrendering the bond to the State Treasurer, receive in substitution therefor the corresponding liquidation bond. Until so exchanged the liquidation bonds shall, until they mature, continue in the possession of the State Treasurer.
LA Rev Stat § 48:595 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Roads, Bridges and Ferries|§595. Tax to pay principal and interest; custody and disposition of district bonds

RS 595 - Tax to pay principal and interest; custody and disposition of district bonds  The parish governing authority shall, in proper time and manner, levy a tax sufficient to pay the interest upon all the bonds of each series as it accrues and to pay the principal as it matures. The sums so levied shall pay the principal or interest of the corresponding district bond. All district bonds and coupons when paid in accordance with their terms shall be lodged with the State Treasurer, who shall cancel the liquidation bonds and coupons corresponding thereto. When all the bonds of any series are thus cancelled by payment of the corresponding district bonds, the State Treasurer shall mutilate them so that they cannot be reissued and shall return them to the treasurer of the parish which issued them.
LA Rev Stat § 48:596 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Roads, Bridges and Ferries|§596. Consolidated road districts succeed to liabilities, duties, and rights

RS 596 - Consolidated road districts succeed to liabilities, duties, and rights  The consolidated road district shall, upon lodging its liquidation bonds with the State Treasurer, succeed to and become charged with all the liabilities and duties and vested with all the rights, jurisdiction, and authority of the several districts included therein.  Nothing contained in this Section shall operate to extinguish the corporate existence of any district until all its debts and obligations have been paid.
LA Rev Stat § 48:631 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Roads, Bridges and Ferries|§631. Anticipation of revenues from special tax; borrowing money

RS 631 - Anticipation of revenues from special tax; borrowing money  Where, pursuant to R.S. 48:588, a special tax has been voted and authorized on behalf of a parish, or a road, sub-road, or consolidated road district, the governing authority of the parish, the parish of Orleans excepted, may, in order to pay for building roads and bridges in the parish or district, anticipate the revenues to be realized from the special tax for a period of not more than five years and may borrow money on behalf of the parish or district for which the special tax was voted, and issue negotiable certificates of indebtedness covering the loan. This money shall be used only for the purposes for which the special tax was voted.
LA Rev Stat § 48:632 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Roads, Bridges and Ferries|§632. Amount to be borrowed; payment of certificates of indebtedness

RS 632 - Amount to be borrowed; payment of certificates of indebtedness  The amount so borrowed for and on behalf of the parish or district shall not exceed seventy-five per cent of the estimated income to be realized from the special tax previously voted in the parish or district. The special taxes collected and the income therefrom shall be dedicated and set aside to the payment of the certificates of indebtedness as they mature.
LA Rev Stat § 48:633 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Roads, Bridges and Ferries|§633. Due date of certificates; interest rate

RS 633 - Due date of certificates; interest rate  The certificates of indebtedness shall be made due and payable annually not later than March 1st of the years following that for which the special taxes shall be dedicated and set aside. They shall bear interest at a rate of not more than six per cent per year.