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LA Rev Stat § 33:3494 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§3494. Specifications for planting trees; approval or installation of trees by park commission

RS 3494 - Specifications for planting trees; approval or installation of trees by park commission If the improvement involves the planting of trees, the petition of the property owners shall specify the kind and character of trees, and if there be a park commission in the municipality the park commission shall approve the kind and character of trees to be planted before the governing authority shall receive and act on the petition. The park commission may install the trees provided that the cost to the property owners will be less than the cost of installation under contract bids.
LA Rev Stat § 33:3495 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§3495. Specifications where machinery is used

RS 3495 - Specifications where machinery is used If the local improvement involves the use of machines, the governing authority shall prepare plans and specifications for the machinery and an estimate of its cost. The municipality may do the work itself if it can purchase the equipment and perform the work at a cost less than that set forth in any private bid.
LA Rev Stat § 33:3496 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§3496. Tabulation and publication of bids; extra petitions; determining character of improvement

RS 3496 - Tabulation and publication of bids; extra petitions; determining character of improvement After all bids have been received and opened, the governing authority shall tabulate and publish them in the official journal, giving the name of the street on which the improvement is requested, the character of the improvement, the name of the lowest bidder, and the price bid. Should there be more than one petition for the same improvement, only that petition representing the greatest foot frontage of the property affected shall be acted upon. Should the petition of the property owners fail to specify the particular type, design, or plan of the improvement, the governing authority shall determine the detailed specifications of the improvement.
LA Rev Stat § 33:3497 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§3497. Agreement with contractor

RS 3497 - Agreement with contractor The governing authority may fix the method of payments to contractors and the periods of maintenance. The governing authority may make any pertinent additions in the specifications for the improvements that are necessary to guarantee the contract and maintenance, and may divide the work to invite separate bids.
LA Rev Stat § 33:3499 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§3499. Prescription of actions attacking improvement proceedings

RS 3499 - Prescription of actions attacking improvement proceedings All actions to enjoin or prevent any local improvement provided for in this Sub-part must be instituted in the court of competent jurisdiction prior to the signing of the contract. After the signing of the contract all actions shall be prescribed. These limitations shall not apply to actions instituted by the municipality.
LA Rev Stat § 33:3500 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§3500. Governing authority to designate other officers to perform functions of commissioner of public finance and commissioner of public property

RS 3500 - Governing authority to designate other officers to perform functions of commissioner of public finance and commissioner of public property The governing authority may designate, by ordinance, any municipal officer to perform the duties required in this Sub-part of the commissioner of public property and the commissioner of public finance when there is no corresponding officer in the municipality.
LA Rev Stat § 33:3521 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§3521. Power to order improvements

RS 3521 - Power to order improvements Municipalities shall have the power to order the improvement of drainage ditches, including the paving thereof, or otherwise. Acts 1952, No. 379, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 33:3522 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§3522. Notice of intention to make improvements

RS 3522 - Notice of intention to make improvements Any municipality taking advantage of this Sub-part shall adopt a resolution giving notice of its intention to make the proposed improvements, which notice shall contain a general description of the improvements contemplated, the manner of paying for them, and shall state whether the improvements shall be constructed under private contract or undertaken by the municipality. The notice shall be signed by the authorized officer of the municipality, and shall contain substantially all things set forth in the resolution, and shall set forth further that the authority ordering the giving of notice will, in open session, at the date and at the hour and place named, hear all objections to the proposed improvements, the manner of paying for them, and the manner in which the improvements shall be made. After hearing and passing on the objections, the governing authority may order the improvements constructed in the manner hereinafter provided. The notice of intention shall be published once a week for three consecutive weeks, the first publication being not less than fifteen days before the date fixed for the hearing of objections. The notice shall be published in a newspaper published in the municipality, or if there be none, then in some newspaper published in the parish where the municipality is located, or by posting in three public places, within the corporate limits of the municipality, fifteen days before the date of the hearing. Acts 1952, No. 379, §2.
LA Rev Stat § 33:3523 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§3523. Notice calling for bids; payment of cost of improvement

RS 3523 - Notice calling for bids; payment of cost of improvement The governing authority, after having given due notice of intention to make the proposed improvements and after disposing of all objections, and having decided to order the construction of the improvements, may, without further delay, have prepared the necessary plans and specifications for the work, and adopt a resolution or ordinance authorizing the advertisements for bids therefor, by giving notice, calling for sealed bids for the construction of the work. The notice shall be signed by an authorized officer of the municipality, and shall be published for three consecutive weeks in a newspaper published in the municipality, or if there be none, publication may be made in any newspaper having a general circulation in the parish where the municipality is located, the first insertion to be not less than fifteen days prior to the reception and opening of the bids. The notice shall contain a general description of the work contemplated, shall refer to the plans and specifications which shall be placed on file with the clerk or secretary of the municipality, and shall designate the hour, date, and place for the reception and opening of the bids, and may provide that the contractor be required to accept certificates of the municipality in payment for the work performed, and may stipulate that the right is reserved to reject any and all bids. Where the municipality has undertaken to construct the improvements, instead of being required to advertise for bids, and award the contract for the construction of the work as prescribed in this Section, the governing authority may advertise in the manner as hereinabove provided, for sealed bids for the purchase of the materials, equipment and supplies necessary for the improvements, with the right to reject any and all bids, and may thereafter, without further advertisement, purchase the materials, equipment and supplies, provided that the prices at which the purchases are made shall not be greater than that specified in the lowest sealed bid received for the materials, equipment and supplies, or any of them. Where no bids have been received, the purchases may be made without further advertisement at market prices. The total cost of the improvement, including labor, materials, equipment, and supplies, together with engineers' and attorneys' fees, and all other expenses incidental to the cost of the improvements shall be assessed and paid in the manner and form provided in this Sub-part, except, that the governing authorities may, if it so elects, pay and defray up to one-third of said total cost of improvements. The balance being assessed to abutting property owners as set forth above. Acts 1952, No. 379, §3.
LA Rev Stat § 33:3524 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§3524. Opening of bids; awarding of contract; resolution authorizing execution of contract

RS 3524 - Opening of bids; awarding 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 works, 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. A copy of the contract shall be set forth in full in the resolution, and the resolution shall be published in full in one issue of the official journal, and a certified copy of the resolution filed with the clerk of court of the parish in which the municipality is located, and duly recorded in the mortgage records of said 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. Acts 1952, No. 379, §4.
LA Rev Stat § 33:3525 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§3525. Engineer's report

RS 3525 - Engineer's report The municipality, upon the completion of such work when undertaken by the municipality, shall forthwith require of the engineer of the municipality a duly certified statement or report, showing in detail, the cost of the 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 improvements in 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. Acts 1952, No. 379, §5.
LA Rev Stat § 33:3526 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§3526. Local or special assessments

RS 3526 - Local or special assessments Upon receipt of the certified statement or report of the engineer as provided for in the preceding Section, the governing authority shall adopt an ordinance levying a local or special assessment on each lot or parcel of real estate abutting the drainage ditch to be improved in proportion that its frontage bears to all the abutting lots or parcels of real estate to be improved in accordance with the contract awarded or in accord with the cost of the improvements, when undertaken by the municipality. The total of all such local or special assessments shall represent the total cost of the improvements, including street intersections, engineers' and attorneys' fees, and all other costs incidental to the work. The amounts assessed in the ordinance shall be due and collectible immediately on its passage, and, if not paid within ten days from the date of the adoption of the ordinance, it will be conclusively presumed that any property owner whose property is affected thereby, exercises the right and option, which is hereby authorized, to pay the amount due in equal annual installments bearing interest at a rate not exceeding six (6%) per cent per annum, payable annually, and extending over a period not exceeding ten years, as provided for in the ordinance levying the local or special assessments. The first installment shall become due on December 31 of the then current year, and annually thereafter. The local or special assessments may be carried on the tax roll of the municipality and collected at the same time as taxes. The failure to pay any installment or the interest thereon when due, shall ipso facto cause all other installments and the interest thereon to become due and payable and the municipality shall within thirty days from date of such default, proceed against the property for the collection of the total amount due thereon, including interest, plus ten (10%) per cent additional on principal and interest unpaid as attorneys' fees. A certified copy of the ordinance, levying the local or special assessments on the real estate shall be filed with the clerk of court in the parish in which the municipality is situated, who shall forthwith record the same in the mortgage records of the parish, and when so filed and recorded, shall operate as a lien and privilege against all real estate therein assessed. The payments made in cash shall be expended for no other purpose than for the payment of the cost of the improvements. Acts 1952, No. 379, §6.
LA Rev Stat § 33:3527 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§3527. Certificates

RS 3527 - Certificates Municipalities complying with the provisions of this state 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 in the preceding Section, the certificates to bear interest not exceeding six (6%) per cent 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 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. Acts 1952, No. 379, §7.
LA Rev Stat § 33:3528 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§3528. Additional assessment

RS 3528 - Additional assessment 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 drainage ditch 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 (10%) per cent 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 forth-record1 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. Acts 1952, No. 379, §8. 1So in enrolled bill.
LA Rev Stat § 33:3529 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§3529. Execution and registration of certificates and interest coupons

RS 3529 - Execution and registration of certificates and interest coupons  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 facsimile signature of the said officers, and before delivery, shall be registered in the mortgage record of the parish in which the municipality is located as to the serial number, or numbers, amount, rate of interest, dates due, and the drainage ditch, or parts 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 ________________.  Acts 1952, No. 379, §9.
LA Rev Stat § 33:3530 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§3530. Sale and delivery of certificates

RS 3530 - 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 paving certificates 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 improvements. The funds derived from the sale of the paving certificates shall be expended solely in payment of the costs of the improvements, and shall not be drawn upon for any other purpose. Acts 1952, No. 379, §10.
LA Rev Stat § 33:3531 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§3531. Negotiability of certificates; validity and incontestability

RS 3531 - Negotiability of certificates; validity and incontestability 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. Acts 1952, No. 379, §11.
LA Rev Stat § 33:3532 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§3532. Final inspection; payment of contractor

RS 3532 - 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. Acts 1952, No. 379, §12.
LA Rev Stat § 33:3533 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§3533. Employment and duties of engineer and attorney

RS 3533 - Employment and duties of engineer and attorney 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 (20%) per cent 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 complete 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. Acts 1952, No. 379, §13.
LA Rev Stat § 33:3534 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§3534. Railway beds or tracks

RS 3534 - Railway beds or tracks In the event a railway bed or track, other than one owned by the municipality, occupies a portion of a drainage ditch, the owner of the railway shall pay of the total cost of the work, the proportion that the area occupied by the railroad bears to the total area of the drainage ditch to be improved and also the cost for the extra work made necessary by the presence of the track in the drainage ditch. Acts 1952, No. 379, §14.
LA Rev Stat § 33:3535 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§3535. Limitation of indebtedness

RS 3535 - 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. Acts 1952, No. 379, §15.
LA Rev Stat § 33:3536 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§3536. Exemption of certificates from taxation; acceptability as security

RS 3536 - Exemption of certificates from taxation; acceptability as security All certificates issued under the provisions of this Sub-part shall be exempt from taxation. They shall be acceptable as security for any deposit of public funds. Acts 1952, No. 379, §16.