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LA Rev Stat § 33:3428 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§3428. Proceedings against railroad or street railway

RS 3428 - Proceedings against railroad or street railway The municipality may proceed by ordering suit against any railroad company or street railway company for its proportionate share of the cost of the improvement and may recover a personal judgment against the railroad company or street railway company. Any of the property of the railroad company or street railway company shall be subject to seizure and sale for any judgment so obtained.
LA Rev Stat § 33:3429 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§3429. Contribution by municipality

RS 3429 - Contribution by municipality The governing authorities may contribute or appropriate out of any available funds a portion not exceeding one-third of the cost of any improvement undertaken under the provisions of this Sub-part, in which event the balance of the entire cost shall be assessed against and borne by abutting property owners in the manner hereinbefore indicated.
LA Rev Stat § 33:3451 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§3451. Municipalities of more than twenty-five hundred population authorized to make special improvements

RS 3451 - Municipalities of more than twenty-five hundred population authorized to make special improvements Municipalities may, upon the petition of property owners as herein set forth, provide by ordinance for any special improvements to any street, sidewalk and neutral ground, and/or to any portion thereof, including but not limited to, the planting of trees along the streets, sidewalks, and neutral grounds, the beautifying of streets, sidewalks and neutral grounds, the building of a mall out of the streets, sidewalks and neutral grounds, the installation of walkways, decorative sidewalks, fountains, shelters, rest areas, planters, the planting of trees, flowers and shrubbery, street lighting, the closing of streets or portions thereof, the closing of canals or open ditches and the construction and improvement of off-street parking facilities. Added by Acts 1970, No. 21, §1, emerg. eff. June 11, 1970, at 12:00 Noon. Amended by Acts 1972, No. 143, §2; Acts 1972, No. 192, §2; Acts 1974, No. 369, §2.
LA Rev Stat § 33:3453 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§3453. Bids; award of contract; resolution authorizing execution of contract

RS 3453 - Bids; award of contract; resolution authorizing execution of contract The governing authority shall meet in open session on the date and at the place and hour named in the notice calling for sealed bids for the construction of the improvement or improvements, and open the bids and award the contract to the lowest responsible bidder who can furnish satisfactory security. They 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 works 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. Any contract awarded under the provisions of this Sub-Part shall be authorized by resolution empowering the authorized officer of the municipality, and the clerk or secretary to execute the contract, on behalf of, and in the name of the municipality. It shall not be necessary to set forth the contract in full in the resolution, but it shall be sufficient if the resolution 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 shall contain the names of the streets, sidewalks and neutral grounds, or portions thereof, on which the improvement or improvements are requested, the character of the improvement or improvements, the name of the lowest bidder, and the price bid, and the resolution shall be published in one issue of the official journal of the municipality and a certified copy thereof shall be filed with the clerk of court of the parish in which the municipality is located and shall be by him duly recorded in the mortgage records of the parish without expense to the municipality. Where the work is undertaken by the municipality, the bids received for materials, equipment and supplies shall be opened and awarded or rejected as hereinabove provided. Added by Acts 1970, No. 21, §1, emerg. eff. June 11, 1970, at 12:00 Noon.
LA Rev Stat § 33:3454 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§3454. Report of engineer

RS 3454 - Report of engineer The municipality, upon award of any contract under the provisions of this Sub-Part may, and upon completion of such work, whether under contract or undertaken by the municipality, shall forthwith require of the engineer of the municipality a duly certified statement or report, showing in detail, the total cost of the improvement or improvements, including street intersections, engineers and attorneys 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 of real estate abutting the improvement or improvements in the proportion that its frontage bears to all of the abutting lots or parcels of real estate to be improved, and shall give a brief description of each parcel or lot of real estate with sufficient clearness to identify it; and the foregoing provisions shall affect and include lots or parcels of real estate located outside of the municipality abutting a street inside such municipality which has been or may be improved under the provisions of this Sub-Part. Added by Acts 1970, No. 21, §1, emerg. eff. June 11, 1970, at 12:00 Noon.
LA Rev Stat § 33:3456 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§3456. Issuance of interest-bearing coupon certificates

RS 3456 - Issuance of interest-bearing coupon certificates Municipalities complying with the provisions of this Sub-Part may issue, execute, negotiate, sell and deliver negotiable interest-bearing coupon certificates of the municipality in an amount not exceeding the total amount of the installments or deferred payments as provided for hereinabove, the certificates to bear interest not exceeding six per centum per annum payable annually and maturing serially over a period not exceeding ten years. In no event shall the certificates extend over a longer period of time than that provided for by the ordinance levying the local or special assessments which may be payable in annual installments. The certificates shall be of such form, date, denomination, and payable in principal and interest at such time and place as the governing authority may determine; the certificates shall be secured by and paid from, in principal and interest, the irrevocable pledge and dedication of the funds derived from the levy and collection of the special assessments on the real property abutting the improvement or improvements, and shall be payable in annual installments or deferred payments as provided for by this Sub-Part, which funds shall be set aside in a separate fund and shall not be drawn upon for any other purpose than to pay the principal and interest of the certificates. Added by Acts 1970, No. 21, §1, emerg. eff. June 11, 1970, at 12:00 Noon.
LA Rev Stat § 33:3457 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§3457. Additional assessments authorized

RS 3457 - Additional assessments authorized In the event the local and special assessments originally levied are insufficient to pay the principal or interest or both in any one year, of the certificates outstanding at their respective maturity dates, then the municipality issuing the certificates, through its governing authority, shall levy and collect, at such time as may be necessary, an additional local or special assessment on each lot or parcel of real estate abutting the streets, sidewalks, or neutral grounds, or any portion thereof, improved, sufficient in amount to pay in full the principal or interest or both of the certificates at their respective maturity dates. The amounts assessed in the ordinance shall be due and collectible immediately on its passage, and if not paid within thirty days from the date of its adoption, the municipality 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 attorneys fees. A certified copy of each ordinance providing for the levy and collection of the additional local or special assessment shall be filed with the clerk of court of the parish in which the municipality is located promptly upon its adoption, who shall forthwith record the same in the mortgage records of the parish and when so filed and recorded the ordinance shall operate as a lien and privilege against all the real estate therein assessed. Added by Acts 1970, No. 21, §1, emerg. eff. June 11, 1970, at 12:00 Noon.
LA Rev Stat § 33:3458 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§3458. Registration of coupon certificates; requirements

RS 3458 - Registration of coupon certificates; requirements  The certificates shall be signed by the chief executive officer of the municipality and by its clerk or secretary, on behalf of and in the name of the municipality and under the seal thereof. The interest coupons shall be signed with the facsimile signature of the said officers, and before delivery, shall be registered in the mortgage records of the parish in which the municipality is located as to the serial number, or numbers, amount, rate of interest, dates due, and streets, sidewalks or neutral grounds, or any portion thereof improved. Each of the certificates shall bear the following endorsement:  "This certificate registered in the Mortgage Records of the Parish of ______________ on this the _____ day of ___________, 20___. ________________________________ Clerk of Court and Ex Officio Recorder of Mortgages, Parish of ______________."  Added by Acts 1970, No. 21, §1, emerg. eff. June 11, 1970, at 12:00 Noon.
LA Rev Stat § 33:3459 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§3459. Sale and delivery of certificates

RS 3459 - Sale and delivery of certificates The governing authority of the municipality issuing the certificates, may, by resolution, authorize the chief executive officer, and the clerk or secretary, to negotiate and deliver the Local Improvement Certificates of the City of __________, Louisiana, and collect the purchase price therefor, and do any and all things necessary and incidental thereto, or authorize delivery to the contractor of all or any of the certificates in payment of their contractual obligation covering the improvement or improvements. The funds derived from the sale of the said certificates shall be expended solely in payment of the costs of the improvement or improvements, and shall not be drawn upon for any other purpose. Added by Acts 1970, No. 21, §1, emerg. eff. June 11, 1970, at 12:00 Noon.
LA Rev Stat § 33:3460 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§3460. Negotiability, validity and incontestability of coupon certificates

RS 3460 - Negotiability, validity and incontestability of coupon certificates Certificates issued hereunder shall have all the requisites of negotiable paper, and 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. Added by Acts 1970, No. 21, §1, emerg. eff. June 11, 1970, at 12:00 Noon.
LA Rev Stat § 33:3461 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§3461. Final inspection; payment of contractor

RS 3461 - Final inspection; payment of contractor The governing authority of any municipality taking advantage of the provisions of this Sub-Part, shall, upon the completion of any contract awarded as provided for herein, provide for the final inspection of the work performed, and the improvements made, and if the work is found to have been completed satisfactorily in accordance with the contract, as evidenced by a certificate of the engineer for the municipality, the governing authority shall, by ordinance, approve and accept the work and fulfill their obligations under the contract by full payment of all amounts due the contractor, including all retained percentages of payments previously made thereon on engineer's estimates, which percentages were retained pending the completion of the work. Added by Acts 1970, No. 21, §1, emerg. eff. June 11, 1970, at 12:00 Noon.
LA Rev Stat § 33:3462 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§3462. Employment of engineer and counsel; duties

RS 3462 - Employment of engineer and counsel; duties Municipalities which take advantage of the provisions of this Sub-Part may through their governing authorities, engage the services of an engineer and provide for his payment. This engineer shall prepare all plans and specifications for the work, and the governing authority shall approve them by a resolution. The engineer shall inspect the work as let in accordance with contracts hereunder and shall issue to the contractor, his estimates thereon from time to time as the work progresses, which estimates may be paid by the municipality either in full or by the retention of twenty percent thereof as retained percentage; provided that where the work is undertaken by the municipality the engineer so employed 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 engineer shall render a report to the governing authority of the municipality as to the completion of the work in a satisfactory manner, which report shall be duly certified, and in addition, the engineer shall perform all engineering duties required of him in this Sub-Part. The governing authority of the municipality may employ an attorney to handle all legal work in connection with the improvements, and 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 proceedings covering each project completed hereunder and shall file the same with the clerk or secretary of the municipality. This filed transcript shall constitute a permanent record of the municipality. Added by Acts 1970, No. 21, §1, emerg. eff. June 11, 1970, at 12:00 Noon.
LA Rev Stat § 33:3463 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§3463. Payment by owner of railway bed or track

RS 3463 - Payment by owner of railway bed or track In the event a railway bed or track, other than one owned by the municipality, occupies a portion of a street, sidewalk or neutral ground, the owner of the railway shall pay of the total cost of the improvement or improvements, the proportion that the area occupied by the railroad bears to the total area of the street, sidewalk, or neutral ground, or any portion thereof, to be improved and also the cost of the extra work made necessary by the presence of the track in the street, sidewalk, or neutral ground, or any portion thereof. Added by Acts 1970, No. 21, §1, emerg. eff. June 11, 1970, at 12:00 Noon.
LA Rev Stat § 33:3464 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§3464. Coupon certificates not included in limitation of indebtedness

RS 3464 - Coupon certificates not included in limitation of indebtedness Certificates issued under the provisions of this Sub-Part shall not be included in computing the indebtedness of the municipality for the purpose of determining any constitutional or statutory limitation of indebtedness. Added by Acts 1970, No. 21, §1, emerg. eff. June 11, 1970, at 12:00 Noon.
LA Rev Stat § 33:3465 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§3465. Participation by municipality

RS 3465 - Participation by municipality Any municipality proceeding under the authority of this Sub-Part may participate in the payment of the total costs of such project in the manner and to the extent that the governing authority of the municipality may determine, provided that any funds so used by the municipality 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 may be allocated to any one or more projects as the governing authority of the municipality may determine. Added by Acts 1970, No. 21, §1, emerg. eff. June 11, 1970, at 12:00 Noon.
LA Rev Stat § 33:3466 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§3466. Time for contesting validity

RS 3466 - Time for contesting validity No contest or proceeding to question the validity or legality of any resolutions or ordinances adopted or proceedings had under the provisions of this Sub-Part 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 Sub-Part is not raised within thirty days from the date of publication of the resolution or ordinance issuing said certificates and fixing their terms, the authority to issue the 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. Added by Acts 1970, No. 21, §1, emerg. eff. June 11, 1970, at 12:00 Noon.
LA Rev Stat § 33:3467 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§3467. City of Monroe; off-street parking facilities

RS 3467 - City of Monroe; off-street parking facilities A. The city of Monroe may exercise all of the authority granted by this Subpart to municipalities for the purposes authorized by this Subpart and may acquire immovable property to be used for the construction thereon of off-street parking facilities incidental to and in connection with a program of public improvement for the downtown Monroe area, and for the purpose of operating such facilities. B. In the purchase of such property the city may pay prices not to exceed the higher of two appraisals which shall be obtained from two qualified real estate appraisers, except as otherwise ordered by a court in an expropriation suit. C. If the governing authority of the city and a property owner do not agree on the price for property that the governing authority decides to acquire for parking facilities authorized by Subsection A of this section, the governing authority may acquire such property by expropriation under the general expropriation laws of this state. D. The compensation for property acquired by the city for parking facilities authorized by this section shall be paid out of the proceeds of assessments levied against property owners under the provisions of this Subpart or be paid with certificates issued by the municipality of the type authorized by this Subpart or be paid out of the proceeds derived from the sale of such certificates. The city may further participate in the payment of the costs of such parking facility projects as provided by R.S. 33:3465. E. The costs of operation of parking facilities authorized by this section, to the extent that such costs exceed revenues derived by the city from the operation thereof, may also be included in assessments which may be made against abutting property as provided in this Subpart and such costs may be paid out of the proceeds of such assessments or be paid with certificates issued by the municipality of the type authorized by this Subpart or be paid out of the proceeds from the sale of such certificates. Added by Acts 1973, No. 96, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 33:3491 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§3491. Cities of 100,000 authorized to make special improvements

RS 3491 - Cities of 100,000 authorized to make special improvements Municipalities having a population of one hundred thousand or more may upon the petition of property owners as herein set forth provide by ordinance for any special improvements to any street or portion thereof such as planting of trees along the streets and neutral grounds, the beautifying of neutral grounds and sidewalks either by planting or street lighting, and the closing and covering of canals or open ditches.
LA Rev Stat § 33:3492 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§3492. Petition for improvement; publication; withdrawal and addition of names

RS 3492 - Petition for improvement; publication; withdrawal and addition of names Whenever the owners of sixty percent or more of the real property abutting on any street or portion thereof present a petition to the governing authority requesting a local improvement for the street or portion thereof upon which their properties abut, the governing authority shall have the petition published in English in the official journal of the municipality four times within fifteen days. At any time on or before the tenth day following the last publication of the petition property owners may withdraw their signatures from the petition, and at any time on or before twenty days following the date of last publication, any property owners of abutting property within the limits of the proposed improvements may add their signatures to the petition. The withdrawals and additions shall not necessitate the republication of the petition. If, at the expiration of the time for withdrawing signatures from the petition or at the expiration of the time for adding signatures, the petition as modified represents not less than sixty per cent of the total property frontage included within the limits of the proposed improvement, the governing authority shall, by ordinance, direct the proportions, plans, and specifications for the improvements petitioned for, call for bids for the work specified, and set a date, hour and place for receiving and opening the bids. The ordinance shall be published at least twice in the official journal of the municipality, the first publication to be not less than ten days prior to the date fixed for the reception of bids. The governing authority shall let the contract to the lowest bidder who can furnish satisfactory security, but may reject all bids, in which case the municipality may purchase the material and have the work done, provided that no material shall be so purchased at a cost higher than that specified in the bid of the lowest private bidder.
LA Rev Stat § 33:3493 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§3493. Specifications for improved lighting

RS 3493 - Specifications for improved lighting If the improvements consist of street lighting, the specification shall provide for the design of the fixture, the detailed location for the placing of poles or lamps, the method and character of insulation to be used, the kind and character of lamps, and the candle power and wattage of the lamps.