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LA Rev Stat § 39:615 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 39 - Public Finance|§615. Issuing refunding bonds

RS 615 - Issuing refunding bonds  If the vote is in favor of the issuance of refunding bonds, the governing authority shall authorize their issuance by resolution, and the refunding bonds shall be of as many series as there are outstanding issues of bonds and shall be designated "Liquidation Bonds". Each series in amount, denomination, and recitals shall be as near as may be identical with each outstanding issue of bonds, except as to date of issue, rate of interest, and maturity. The date of issue may be the date of the last maturity of the outstanding bonds. The bonds shall bear interest at a rate or rates not exceeding the maximum authorized by Act No. 19 of the First Extraordinary Session of the Legislature of Louisiana for the year 1975, [R.S. 39:1421 to 39:1426], as the same now exists or may be hereafter amended hereinafter referred to as "Act 19", payable annually or semiannually, and they shall mature serially within a period not exceeding forty years from their date of issue. Each series shall bear a serial number which shall identify it with the issue it is intended to refund. NOTE: §615 as repealed by Acts 2018, No. 569, eff. July 1, 2021. RS 615 - Repealed by Acts 2018, No. 569, §2, eff. July 1, 2021.  Amended by Acts 1975, No. 163, §1; Acts 2018, No. 569, §2, eff. July 1, 2021.
LA Rev Stat § 39:615.1 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 39 - Public Finance|§615.1. Annual maturities of refunding bonds

RS 615.1 - Annual maturities of refunding bonds  The maturities of such refunding bonds shall be so fixed that the annual payments thereof, in principal and interest, shall be of an amount less than the amount required for the annual payment of principal and interest of the bonds or indebtedness refunded. NOTE: §615.1 as repealed by Acts 2018, No. 569, eff. July 1, 2021. RS 615.1 - Repealed by Acts 2018, No. 569, §2, eff. July 1, 2021.  Added by Acts 1975, No. 163, §1; Acts 2018, No. 569, §2, eff. July 1, 2021.
LA Rev Stat § 39:615.2 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 39 - Public Finance|§615.2. Sale and advertisement of refunding bonds

RS 615.2 - Sale and advertisement of refunding bonds When it is advantageous, the issuing authority may sell all of the refunding bonds issued hereunder at not less than par, after advertisement in the manner provided by Act 19. The funds realized from such sale shall be applied exclusively to the payment of the bonds refunded. Added by Acts 1975, No. 163, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 39:616 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 39 - Public Finance|§616. Exchanging refunding bond for replaced bond

RS 616 - Exchanging refunding bond for replaced bond  When liquidation bonds have been signed and registered in accordance with the terms of this Chapter, they shall be lodged with the State Treasurer and any holder of any outstanding bond may upon surrendering to the State Treasurer receive in substitution the corresponding liquidation bond. Until so exchanged the liquidation bonds shall, until they mature, continue in the possession of the State Treasurer. NOTE: §616 as repealed by Acts 2018, No. 569, eff. July 1, 2021. RS 616 - Repealed by Acts 2018, No. 569, §2, eff. July 1, 2021.  Acts 2018, No. 569, §2, eff. July 1, 2021.
LA Rev Stat § 39:616.1 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 39 - Public Finance|§616.1. Unpaid holder of matured bonds

RS 616.1 - Unpaid holder of matured bonds  Any holder of any outstanding bond of any such political subdivision issued under this Subpart, which has matured and has not been paid for lack of funds, upon surrendering such bond to the issuing authority, may receive in substitution therefor a refunding bond of the same amount, with such rate or rates of interest not exceeding the maximum authorized by Act 19 [R.S. 39:1421 to 39:1426], and such maturity not longer than forty years after the date of the refunding bond as is agreed upon between the holder of the outstanding bond or other evidence of indebtedness and the issuing authority. NOTE: §616.1 as repealed by Acts 2018, No. 569, eff. July 1, 2021. RS 616.1 - Repealed by Acts 2018, No. 569, §2, eff. July 1, 2021.  Added by Acts 1975, No. 163, §1; Acts 2018, No. 569, §2, eff. July 1, 2021.
LA Rev Stat § 39:617 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 39 - Public Finance|§617. Levy of tax for refunding bond

RS 617 - Levy of tax for refunding bond  The governing authority of any subdivision refunding its indebtedness under this Subpart shall levy a tax sufficient to pay the interest upon all the bonds of each series as it accrues and shall pay the principal as it matures. The principal and interest of any outstanding bonds not surrendered by the holder to the State Treasurer shall be paid at maturity by the governing authority of the subdivision from the taxes so levied, and the bonds and coupons of the outstanding bonds when paid in accordance with their terms shall be lodged with the State Treasurer, who shall cancel the liquidation bonds and coupons corresponding therewith. When all the bonds and coupons of any series are thus cancelled by payment of the corresponding outstanding bonds, the State Treasurer shall mutilate them so that they cannot be re-issued and shall return them to the treasurer of the subdivision. NOTE: §617 as repealed by Acts 2018, No. 569, eff. July 1, 2021. RS 617 - Repealed by Acts 2018, No. 569, §2, eff. July 1, 2021.  Acts 2018, No. 569, §2, eff. July 1, 2021.
LA Rev Stat § 39:618 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 39 - Public Finance|§618. Special funds may be charged with refunding expenses

RS 618 - Special funds may be charged with refunding expenses  A. Whenever the subdivisions specified in Article XIV, Section 14(a) of the constitution of 1921, as amended, are readjusting, extending, refunding or unifying the whole or any part of their outstanding bonds or certificates of indebtedness, and the interest thereon, pursuant to the requirements of any of the provisions of the constitution, as amended, or that hereafter may be adopted, they may charge against and deduct from the sinking funds or other special funds established and maintained for the payment of principal and interest of particular issues of bonds and certificates, such necessary expenses as are undischarged or that may be incurred or contracted in the readjustment, extension, refunding or unification of the particular issues of bonds and certificates of indebtedness.  B. The expenses may be authorized for payment by the bodies aforesaid, if it first has been ascertained and determined by them that to pay the expenses from their general funds would prejudice the payment of current statutory and ordinary charges or existing pledges and dedications, subject to the following provisions.  (1) Charges against or deductions from such sinking funds or other special funds shall not be made unless the interest otherwise payable therefrom has been provided for in proceedings authorizing the readjustment, refunding, extension or unification.  (2) None of the provisions of R.S. 9:3801 through 3814 shall be applicable to affect contrarily or adversely the operation of any of the provisions of this Section. NOTE: §618 as repealed by Acts 2018, No. 569, eff. July 1, 2021. RS 618 - Repealed by Acts 2018, No. 569, §2, eff. July 1, 2021.  Acts 2018, No. 569, §2, eff. July 1, 2021.
LA Rev Stat § 39:619 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 39 - Public Finance|§619. Political subdivisions may not file petitions in federal court for confirmation of readjustment plans without the consent of the state

RS 619 - Political subdivisions may not file petitions in federal court for confirmation of readjustment plans without the consent of the state No political subdivision, public board or corporation, parish, municipality, road or subroad district, school district, sewerage district, drainage or subdrainage district, levee district, waterworks or sub-waterworks district, irrigation district, road lighting district, harbor or terminal district, or other taxing district, shall, without the consent, approval and authority of the state through the governor and the Attorney General, file any petition in any court of the United States for confirmation of any plan of readjustment of its debts, or take any action to carry out any plan of readjustment of its debts, confirmed by any court of the United States. The term "debts" as herein used shall include, but shall not be limited to, bonds, notes, certificates of indebtedness, open accounts, or other indebtedness.
LA Rev Stat § 39:620 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 39 - Public Finance|§620. Certified copies of petitions or readjustment plans in federal court to be furnished governor and Attorney General

RS 620 - Certified copies of petitions or readjustment plans in federal court to be furnished governor and Attorney General When any such petition is proposed to be filed in, or any such plan of readjustment has been confirmed by, any court of the United States, the subdivision, public board or corporation, parish, municipality, or taxing district, shall, before it files the petition or takes any action necessary to carry out any confirmed plan, furnish a certified copy of the petition, or of the decree of confirmation, to the governor and the Attorney General and the petition shall not be filed, nor shall the plan of readjustment be carried out unless approved by both of them. In their discretion the governor or the Attorney General may approve or disapprove the petition or plan, and if the petition or plan is disapproved by either the governor or the Attorney General, the subdivision, public board or corporation, parish, municipality or taxing district, may not file the petition, or take any action to carry out the plan of readjustment so confirmed.
LA Rev Stat § 39:621 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 39 - Public Finance|§621. Enactment declared to be under powers reserved to state by federal constitution and laws

RS 621 - Enactment declared to be under powers reserved to state by federal constitution and laws  The legislature declares that it enacts R.S. 39:619 through 622 in the exercise of the powers reserved to the state by the tenth amendment to the constitution of the United States and by the Act of Congress approved May 24, 1934, c. 345, 48 Stat. 798, and in order to keep unimpaired the obligations of the contracts of the state, its political subdivisions, public boards and corporations, parishes, municipalities, and other taxing districts, and in their enforcement and payment to afford the holders of such contracts the due process of law guaranteed to them by the constitutions of the United States and the State of Louisiana. The legislature also declares that it enacts this legislation in furtherance of the condition imposed by the Congress of the United States for the confirmation of any plan of readjustment of debts authorized by the Act of Congress approved May 24, 1934, c. 345, 48 Stat. 798, which condition is that no such plan shall be confirmed by the courts of the United States unless the taxing district, as defined in said Act, is authorized by law, upon confirmation of the plan, to take all action necessary to carry out the plan.  Amended by Acts 1950, No. 316, §10.
LA Rev Stat § 39:622 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 39 - Public Finance|§622. Provisions retroactive

RS 622 - Provisions retroactive  The provisions of R.S. 39:619 through 621 shall extend to any plan proposed in any petition heretofore filed in any court of bankruptcy in the United States.
LA Rev Stat § 39:641 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 39 - Public Finance|§641. Parish One Cent Gasoline Fund; bonding

RS 641 - Parish One Cent Gasoline Fund; bonding In order to provide ready funds for the improvement of parish roads, as hereinafter provided, the governing authority of each parish of the state, subject to approval of the State Bond and Tax Board, may issue bonds, notes or certificates of indebtedness and pledge for their payment not to exceed one-half of the moneys accruing to the credit of the parish in and payable to the parish out of the Parish One Cent Gasoline Fund established and provided for by R.S. 47:727(B)(2). Acts 1970, No. 101, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 39:643 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 39 - Public Finance|§643. Continuation of Parish One Cent Gasoline Fund

RS 643 - Continuation of Parish One Cent Gasoline Fund The Parish One Cent Gasoline Fund as established and provided for in R.S. 47:727(B)(2) shall be continued and shall not be terminated or reduced as to any parish which had pledged moneys accruing to its credit in and paid over to it out of the Fund to the payment of bonds, notes or certificates so long as any such bonds, notes or certificates of indebtedness are outstanding. Acts 1970, No. 101, §3.
LA Rev Stat § 39:644 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 39 - Public Finance|§644. Expenditure of proceeds of sale of bonds, notes or certificates of indebtedness

RS 644 - Expenditure of proceeds of sale of bonds, notes or certificates of indebtedness Moneys received by the governing authority of any parish from the proceeds of the sale of bonds, notes or certificates of indebtedness authorized hereunder shall be used by the governing authority solely for the hard surfacing of parish roads. Expenditures shall be on the basis of projects for which the governing authority shall have caused plans and specifications to be prepared. A copy of the plans and specifications for each project for which expenditures of proceeds of bonds, notes or certificates of indebtedness issued hereunder are to be made, shall be filed with the State Bond and Tax Board and the filing shall be a condition precedent for approval of the issuance of the bonds, notes or certificates of indebtedness by the board. Acts 1970, No. 101, §4.
LA Rev Stat § 39:645 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 39 - Public Finance|§645. Applicability

RS 645 - Applicability The provisions of this Subpart shall be applicable only to the parishes of Lafayette, Vermilion, Acadia, East Baton Rouge, St. Mary, St. Martin, Richland, Caldwell, St. Landry, Catahoula, Concordia, LaSalle, Winn and Ouachita. Acts 1970, No. 101, §5.
LA Rev Stat § 39:661 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 39 - Public Finance|§661. Assumption by parish of debt of certain districts

RS 661 - Assumption by parish of debt of certain districts  In order to carry into effect the provisions of Article XIV, Section 14(k) of the constitution of 1921, any parish may assume the debt of any road district, subroad district, consolidated road district, drainage district, irrigation district, levee district, waterworks district, road lighting district, fire protection district, airport district, hospital service district, recreation district, sewerage district created by the governing authority of a parish, or school district, in the manner and subject to the limitations contained in this Subpart. NOTE: §661 as repealed by Acts 2018, No. 569, eff. July 1, 2021. RS 661 - Repealed by Acts 2018, No. 569, §2, eff. July 1, 2021.  Amended by Acts 1962, No. 111, §1; Acts 2018, No. 569, §2, eff. July 1, 2021.
LA Rev Stat § 39:662 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 39 - Public Finance|§662. Election necessary

RS 662 - Election necessary  A. No debt of any road district, subroad district, consolidated road district, drainage district, irrigation district, levee district, waterworks district, road lighting district, fire protection district, airport district, hospital service district, recreation district, sewerage district created by the governing authority of a parish, or school district, shall be assumed until the step has been authorized by a vote of a majority in number and amount of the property taxpayers of the parish qualified to vote under the constitution and the laws of this state who vote at an election held for that purpose.  B. The governing authority of any parish may call a special election and submit to the qualified taxpaying voters the question of assuming the debt of any one or more of the above districts and the parish school board may also submit to the qualified taxpaying voters the question of assuming the debt of any one or more school districts in the same manner. The governing authority shall call a special election for that purpose when requested so to do by a petition in writing of one-fourth of the property taxpayers eligible to vote at the election.  C. If any road district, subroad district, consolidated road district, drainage district, irrigation district, levee district, waterworks district, road lighting district, fire protection district, airport district, hospital service district, recreation district, sewerage district created by the governing authority of a parish, or school district, the debt of which is to be assumed, is composed of territory located in more than one parish, a parish may assume only that proportion of the debt of the district which bears against that territory wholly within the parish. NOTE: §662 as repealed by Acts 2018, No. 569, eff. July 1, 2021. RS 662 - Repealed by Acts 2018, No. 569, §2, eff. July 1, 2021.  Amended by Acts 1962, No. 111, §2; Acts 2018, No. 569, §2, eff. July 1, 2021.
LA Rev Stat § 39:663 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 39 - Public Finance|§663. Election procedure

RS 663 - Election procedure  Except as otherwise provided in this Subpart, the assumption of any debt must be made in accordance with the election procedure set forth in Part II* of this Chapter. NOTE: §663 as repealed by Acts 2018, No. 569, eff. July 1, 2021. RS 663 - Repealed by Acts 2018, No. 569, §2, eff. July 1, 2021.  Acts 2018, No. 569, §2, eff. July 1, 2021. *R.S. 39:501 et seq. (Repealed; see, now, R.S. 18:1281 et seq.)
LA Rev Stat § 39:664 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 39 - Public Finance|§664. Form of ballot

RS 664 - Form of ballot  The ballots to be used at the special election shall be in substantially the following form: Shall ______________________________________ assume  (Name of Parish) the outstanding debt of __________________________________ YES ____  (Designation of district) as follows: _____________________________________________ NO ____  (Description of debt to be assumed) Taxable Valuation $_____________________________________ ___________________________________ (Signature of Voter)  NOTICE TO VOTERS: To vote in favor of the proposition submitted on this ballot, place a cross (X) mark in the square opposite the word "YES"; to vote against it, place a similar mark opposite the word "NO". NOTE: §664 as repealed by Acts 2018, No. 569, eff. July 1, 2021. RS 664 - Repealed by Acts 2018, No. 569, §2, eff. July 1, 2021.  Acts 2018, No. 569, §2, eff. July 1, 2021.
LA Rev Stat § 39:665 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 39 - Public Finance|§665. Resolution assuming debt

RS 665 - Resolution assuming debt  If a majority in number and amount of the qualified property taxpayers voting at the election vote in favor of assuming the debt of any road district, subroad district, consolidated road district, drainage district, irrigation district, levee district, waterworks district, road lighting district, fire protection district, airport district, hospital service district, recreation district, sewerage district created by the governing authority of a parish, or school district, or that proportion of the debt of any of the above districts which bears against that territory wholly within the parish, the governing authority, after promulgation of the result of the election, shall by resolution, assume the debt, which shall be fully set forth in the resolution as to the amount, rate of interest, maturity, numbers, denominations, and places of payment. NOTE: §665 as repealed by Acts 2018, No. 569, eff. July 1, 2021. RS 665 - Repealed by Acts 2018, No. 569, §2, eff. July 1, 2021.  Amended by Acts 1962, No. 111, §3; Acts 2018, No. 569, §2, eff. July 1, 2021.
LA Rev Stat § 39:668 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 39 - Public Finance|§668. No other statutes applicable

RS 668 - No other statutes applicable  This Subpart shall be full authority for the assumption by any parish of the debt of any road district, subroad district, consolidated road district, drainage district, irrigation district, levee district, waterworks district, road lighting district, fire protection district, airport district, hospital service district, recreation district, sewerage district created by the governing authority of a parish, or school district, in the manner and subject to the limitations contained in this Subpart. No ordinance, resolution or proceeding relating to the assumption of debt shall be necessary, except such as is required by this Subpart. Any publication prescribed hereby may be made in any newspaper conforming to the terms of this Subpart, without regard to designation thereof as the official journal of the parish. NOTE: §668 as repealed by Acts 2018, No. 569, eff. July 1, 2021. RS 668 - Repealed by Acts 2018, No. 569, §2, eff. July 1, 2021.  Amended by Acts 1962, No. 111, §6; Acts 2018, No. 569, §2, eff. July 1, 2021.
LA Rev Stat § 39:669 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 39 - Public Finance|§669. Penalty for violations

RS 669 - Penalty for violations  The commissioners and clerks of elections held under the provisions of this Subpart shall have the powers and duties in conducting the elections, and in preserving order at the polls, as are conferred and imposed upon similar officers under the general election laws of this state. Whatever is declared in the general election laws to be a felony, other crime or misdemeanor, shall be such for any election held under the provision of this Subpart and shall be punished in the same manner. NOTE: §669 as repealed by Acts 2018, No. 569, eff. July 1, 2021. RS 669 - Repealed by Acts 2018, No. 569, §2, eff. July 1, 2021.  Acts 2018, No. 569, §2, eff. July 1, 2021.
LA Rev Stat § 39:670 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 39 - Public Finance|§670. Other elections

RS 670 - Other elections  The governing authority of any parish may submit the question of the assumption of road district, subroad district, consolidated road district, drainage district, irrigation district, levee district, waterworks district, road lighting district, fire protection district, airport district, hospital service district, recreation district, sewerage district created by the governing authority of a parish, or school district debt to the qualified taxpaying voters at the same time that an election is ordered for the purpose of incurring debt and issuing bonds authorized by existing law; provided, if more than one proposition is submitted at the same special election, each proposition shall be so submitted on the ballot and shall be so stated in the notice of election as to enable the voter to vote thereon separately. NOTE: §670 as repealed by Acts 2018, No. 569, eff. July 1, 2021. RS 670 - Repealed by Acts 2018, No. 569, §2, eff. July 1, 2021.  Amended by Acts 1962, No. 111, §7; Acts 2018, No. 569, §2, eff. July 1, 2021.
LA Rev Stat § 39:671 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 39 - Public Finance|§671. Assumption by Lafourche parish of drainage district debt

RS 671 - Assumption by Lafourche parish of drainage district debt  In order to carry out the provisions of Article XIV, Section 14(k) of the Constitution of 1921, the parish of Lafourche may assume the debt of the following named drainage district in the manner and subject to the limitations contained in this Subpart:  Sub-Drainage Districts Numbers 1-2-3-4 of Drainage District No. 12. NOTE: §671 as repealed by Acts 2018, No. 569, eff. July 1, 2021. RS 671 - Repealed by Acts 2018, No. 569, §2, eff. July 1, 2021.  Added by Acts 1950, No. 537, §1; Acts 2018, No. 569, §2, eff. July 1, 2021.