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LA Rev Stat § 38:476 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§476. Taxes and local contributions for payment of principal; setting apart sufficient amount

RS 476 - Taxes and local contributions for payment of principal; setting apart sufficient amount  For the purpose of providing for the payment of the principal of the bonds issued under this Subpart as they mature, the levee board or levee and drainage board shall levy in an amount sufficient to pay the bonds maturing in each year the taxes and local contributions which they are authorized and empowered to levy, as well as any taxes and local contributions which they may hereafter be authorized to levy. From the first moneys realized from the taxes and local contributions, the state treasurer after providing for the payment of the principal and interest of the bonds shall set apart an amount sufficient to pay the principal of the bonds maturing that year, and the money thus set apart shall not be diverted to any other purpose.  Acts 1985, No. 785, §1, eff. July 22, 1985.
LA Rev Stat § 38:477 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§477. Extension and collection of taxes when board fails to levy

RS 477 - Extension and collection of taxes when board fails to levy  In case of failure of the board of commissioners of the district to levy the taxes and local contributions as provided for in R.S. 38:475 and 38:476 or in case for any other cause the taxes and local contributions are not so levied, the state auditor or whatever officer may at the time be charged with the functions of the state auditor shall order the proper officers to extend the taxes upon the assessment rolls of the parish or parishes in which any part of the district is located and to order the proper officer of the parish, parishes, and parts of parishes, to collect the taxes and local contributions to an amount sufficient to meet the purposes provided for by R.S. 38:475 and 38:476; and the officers shall assess and collect the taxes and local contributions as so ordered. To that end, the taxes and local contributions are now, once and for all, hereby levied and ordered to be collected to an amount sufficient to provide for the payment of the interest and principal of the bonds. The present levy of the taxes and local contributions shall be operative only in case the taxes and local contributions are not otherwise levied, either because of failure on the part of the board of commissioners to perform the duty imposed upon it by R.S. 38:475 and 38:476 or for any other cause. Nothing in this Subpart shall be construed to require the board of commissioners of the district to set aside funds or levy taxes for the payment of the principal and interest of bonds authorized to be issued under provisions of this Subpart, except insofar as it shall be necessary to provide for the payment of the principal and interest actually maturing and becoming due each year.  Acts 1985, No. 785, §1, eff. July 22, 1985.
LA Rev Stat § 38:478 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§478. Provisions for issuance; purposes; security; form of bonds

RS 478 - Provisions for issuance; purposes; security; form of bonds  A. The board of commissioners of the levee district or levee and drainage district shall have power and authority to issue bonds under the provisions of this Subpart for the purpose of constructing levees, drainage, levee drainage, and for all other purposes incidental thereto, including the payment of the cost of lands and improvements thereon used or destroyed for levees, drainage, or levee drainage purposes, and for the payment of any outstanding indebtedness incurred for such purposes or for any one or more of such purposes. The board of commissioners may issue bonds hereunder from time to time in the amounts which it may deem necessary and expedient and shall by resolution fix the form and terms of the bonds, the rate or rates of interest, and the manner in which the bonds may be issued and sold, not inconsistent herewith; however, no bonds shall be sold for less than par. The bonds shall be payable in such medium and at such place or places within or without the state as may be fixed by the resolution. All bonds shall constitute negotiable instruments and shall be signed by the president and the secretary of the board of commissioners under its official seal, and the interest coupons attached thereto shall be signed by the facsimile signatures of such officials. The delivery of any bonds or coupons so executed at any time thereafter shall be valid although before the date of delivery a person or persons signing the bonds or coupons shall cease to hold office. The provisions of this Subpart shall not be construed to require that all of the bonds authorized hereunder shall bear the same date, date of maturity, or rate of interest. The board of commissioners may in any resolution authorizing such bonds provide for the respective priorities of separate blocks, series, or issues of bonds issued under this Subpart or may provide for the issuance of additional bonds in the future on a parity under such conditions as may be therein specified. In the absence of any such provision, if one or more series of bonds shall be issued hereunder, priority of lien on the taxes, local contributions, and other income and revenues of the district from which such bonds are payable shall depend upon the time of delivery of such bonds, each series enjoying a lien prior and superior to that enjoyed by any series of bonds subsequently delivered.  B. Nothing in this Subpart to the contrary withstanding, any bonds issued hereunder shall be payable from the taxes, local contributions, and other income and revenues of the levee district or levee and drainage district.  Acts 1985, No. 785, §1, eff. July 22, 1985.
LA Rev Stat § 38:479 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§479. Bondholder's right to enforce levy and collection of tax

RS 479 - Bondholder's right to enforce levy and collection of tax  In case for any cause it becomes necessary to enforce payment of the principal and interest of the improvement bonds, any court of competent jurisdiction, at the joint or separate suit of any holder of bonds of the board, may require the tax collector of the parish or parishes in which any of the territory of the district which issued the bonds may be located, under the direction and orders of the court, to proceed to levy and collect the taxes and local contributions levied in R.S. 38:477 and to pay the amount so collected into the state treasury. The amount so paid shall not be used for any other purpose than to pay the interest and principal of the bonds.  Acts 1985, No. 785, §1, eff. July 22, 1985.
LA Rev Stat § 38:480 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§480. Binding obligation of state

RS 480 - Binding obligation of state  This Subpart and all other statutes authorizing any levee district or levee and drainage district in the state to levy and collect taxes and local contributions or to issue bonds shall not be repealed or modified to the detriment of the bonds authorized by this Subpart. This obligation not to so repeal or modify the statutes is hereby declared to be binding upon the state and to be a part of the contract of the bonds.  Acts 1985, No. 785, §1, eff. July 22, 1985.
LA Rev Stat § 38:481 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§481. Enforcement of performance of duties by mandamus

RS 481 - Enforcement of performance of duties by mandamus  The performance of the duties imposed by this Subpart upon the board of commissioners of the levee districts and levee and drainage districts of the state and other officers of this state may be enforced by mandamus at the separate or joint suit of any holder or owners of the bonds in case of failure on the part of the board or officers to perform their duties.  Acts 1985, No. 785, §1, eff. July 22, 1985.
LA Rev Stat § 38:482 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§482. §§482 to 490 Repealed by Acts 1985, No. 785, §1, eff. July 22, 1985.

RS 482 - §§482 to 490 Repealed by Acts 1985, No. 785, §1, eff. July 22, 1985.
LA Rev Stat § 38:491 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§491. Authority to borrow money and issue bonds

RS 491 - Authority to borrow money and issue bonds The levee districts and levee and drainage districts of Louisiana under the terms of any law which may be enacted by the Congress of the United States may borrow money from the United States government to be used for the purpose of constructing, repairing, or maintaining a levee, levees, drainage, or other works designed to protect the territory of the levee districts from the flood waters of the Mississippi River, upon terms which the congress may determine, and in evidence of the loans, may issue and deliver to the proper federal authorities at par value, negotiable bonds of the levee districts and levee and drainage districts, secured by the pledge of revenues and taxes. The bonds shall bear interest as provided in R.S. 39:1421 et seq., and in terms provide for their repayment, principal, and interest on an amortization plan by means of equal annual installments which will liquidate the bonds in periods ranging from twenty to forty years. The bonds shall not exceed fifteen percent of the total assessed valuation of property subject to levee taxation in any district issuing them, including the bond issues of the district heretofore authorized, issued, and outstanding. In all cases the loan shall be formally approved by the office of engineering whose approval shall be expressly written or printed in or across each bond. Acts 1985, No. 785, §1, eff. July 22, 1985; Acts 2012, No. 753, §5.
LA Rev Stat § 38:492 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§492. Form of bonds

RS 492 - Form of bonds The form of the bonds and interest coupons attached shall be as prescribed by the attorney general of the state, and each bond shall expressly show that the form thereof has been so prescribed and prepared by the officer whose official signature together with the signature of the chief engineer of the office of engineering and the president and secretary of the levee board or levee and drainage board availing itself of the provisions of this Subpart shall appear on each bond. The bonds issued under this Subpart shall be without prejudice to the bonds heretofore issued by the several levee districts and levee and drainage districts under the provisions of existing laws. Acts 1985, No. 785, §1, eff. July 22, 1985; Acts 2012, No. 753, §5.
LA Rev Stat § 38:493 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§493. Payment of interest

RS 493 - Payment of interest  For the purpose of paying the interest of the bonds, the levee board or levee and drainage board shall levy annually to an amount sufficient for that purpose the taxes and local contributions which levee boards and levee and drainage boards are authorized and empowered to levy or which they may hereafter be authorized to levy. From the first money realized from the taxes and local contribution, the state treasurer shall set apart annually the amount necessary to pay the interest and the money thus set apart shall not be diverted to any other purpose. The auditor in issuing his warrant for the payment of any interest coupons shall punch twice in the center each and every coupon so paid and shall paste the coupon so punched in a book or register to be kept by him for that purpose. Whenever the state shall have a fiscal agency in the city of New Orleans, the board of commissioners shall make the necessary arrangements through the state treasurer to have the interest paid at the New Orleans agency.  Acts 1985, No. 785, §1, eff. July 22, 1985.
LA Rev Stat § 38:494 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§494. Failure to levy taxes and local contributions; extension and collection

RS 494 - Failure to levy taxes and local contributions; extension and collection In case of the failure of the levee board or levee and drainage board to levy the taxes and local contributions as provided for in R.S. 38:493 or in case from any other cause the taxes and local contributions are not so levied, the state auditor or whatever officer may at any time be charged with the functions of state auditor shall order the proper officers to extend the taxes upon the assessment rolls of the several parishes composing the levee district or levee and drainage district and shall order the proper officers of the parishes to collect the taxes and local contributions to an amount sufficient to meet the purposes provided for by R.S. 38:493, and the officers shall assess and collect the taxes and local contributions as ordered. The taxes and local contributions are now, once and for all levied and ordered to be collected to an amount sufficient to provide for the payment of the interest. The present levy of the taxes and local contributions shall be operative only in the event the taxes and local contributions are not otherwise levied either because of failure on the part of the levee board or levee and drainage board to perform the duty imposed upon it by R.S. 38:493 or from any other cause.  Acts 1985, No. 785, §1, eff. July 22, 1985.
LA Rev Stat § 38:495 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§495. Mandamus to enforce discharge of duties; injunction prohibited

RS 495 - Mandamus to enforce discharge of duties; injunction prohibited  Should any officer charged with the duty of collecting or disbursing the revenues under the provisions of this Subpart fail, neglect, or refuse to perform the duties devolving on him, the board or any holder of bonds issued under this Subpart may apply for and obtain from any court of competent jurisdiction a mandamus to compel the delinquent officer to proceed to discharge his duties pursuant to the provisions of this Subpart, and no court shall enjoin the payment of the principal and interest of the bonds or the levy and collection of the tax.  Acts 1985, No. 785, §1, eff. July 22, 1985.
LA Rev Stat § 38:496 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§496. Deposit of bonds with state treasurer; withdrawal

RS 496 - Deposit of bonds with state treasurer; withdrawal  The bonds authorized by R.S. 38:491 shall be deposited with the state treasurer as soon as they have been printed; and before the bonds have been signed by the president of the board and attested by the signature of the secretary of the board of commissioners as provided by R.S. 38:492, they shall be registered at the office of the auditor who shall keep a record of the bonds. The bonds shall not be withdrawn from the treasury of the state except upon the warrant of the state auditor issued upon the order of the board of commissioners and countersigned by the secretary and in pursuance of a resolution of the board adopted at a regular meeting and shall not be withdrawn except after having all matured coupons removed. All matured coupons taken from the bonds shall be cancelled by the treasurer. The auditor and treasurer of the state shall keep a record of the bonds and of the coupons, subject to the inspection of any persons interested, and the bonds thus withdrawn from the treasury shall be conclusively presumed to have been executed, issued, and negotiated by the board.  Acts 1985, No. 785, §1, eff. July 22, 1985.
LA Rev Stat § 38:497 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§497. Binding obligation of state

RS 497 - Binding obligation of state  This Subpart and the laws providing for the creation and government of the levee districts and levee and drainage districts and their authority or power to levy and collect taxes and local contributions and to issue bonds shall not be repealed or modified to the detriment of the bonds authorized by this Subpart. This obligation not to repeal or modify these statutes is declared to be binding on the state and to be part of the contract of the bonds.  Acts 1985, No. 785, §1, eff. July 22, 1985.
LA Rev Stat § 38:501 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§501. Authority to fund into bonds or other evidences of indebtedness

RS 501 - Authority to fund into bonds or other evidences of indebtedness  The boards of commissioners of the levee districts and levee and drainage districts of the state may fund into bonds or other evidences of indebtedness the proceeds of taxes in excess of five mills on the dollar that have been voted and carried upon taxable property situated within the alluvial portions of the districts subject to overflow for the purpose of raising additional funds for constructing and maintaining levees, drainage, levee drainage, and other purposes incidental thereto pursuant to the authority conferred by Article VI, Section 40, of the Constitution.  Acts 1985, No. 785, §1, eff. July 22, 1985.
LA Rev Stat § 38:502 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§502. Maturity of bonds; interest; certificate of district attorney

RS 502 - Maturity of bonds; interest; certificate of district attorney  A. The bonds issued under the authority of this Subpart shall mature annually upon dates to be determined and fixed by the issuing body, and the total amount of debt incurred or bonds issued shall not exceed in principal and interest the aggregate proceeds of the tax during the period for which the tax is levied, estimated upon the avails of the special tax upon the assessed value subject to the tax as shown by the assessment rolls last made and filed prior to the election authorizing the special tax. The bonds shall not bear a greater rate of interest than provided in R.S. 39:1421, et seq., and shall be payable annually or semiannually on dates to be specified in the bonds, and each of the bonds shall bear across its face printed in red letters the following certificate:  "I hereby certify that I have examined the proceedings prior and relative to the voting of the special tax, the resolutions, ordinances and other proceedings of ............. pursuant to which the series of bonds of which this is one was issued; that the said proceedings are regular in form; and that the proceeds of the special tax dedicated to the payment of same, estimated upon the tax roll of the .......... of ............ last made and filed prior to the election authorizing the special tax, that is to say, for the year 19..., will be ample for the payment of said bonds, principal and interest.  This the ............. day of ......... 19.. ................................. District Attorney. ................................. Judicial District."  B. The foregoing certificate shall be signed by the district attorney of the judicial district in which the levee board or levee and drainage board is domiciled, and thereafter the bonds shall be incontestable for any cause, except as provided in Article VI, Section 35 of the Constitution of Louisiana. The district attorney shall receive as compensation for his services in making the examination and certificate required for this Subpart one-tenth of one percent of the total amount of bonds thus certified by him, but in no case shall he receive less than twenty-five nor more than one hundred dollars for this service which shall be paid by the levee board or levee and drainage board issuing the bonds.  Acts 1985, No. 785, §1, eff. July 22, 1985.
LA Rev Stat § 38:503 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§503. Ordinances and resolutions to be adopted; redemption prior to maturity

RS 503 - Ordinances and resolutions to be adopted; redemption prior to maturity  A. The levee board or levee and drainage board shall, through their respective governing bodies before the issuance of bonds under this Subpart, and in contemplation of the issuance, in each case, pass and adopt an ordinance or resolution setting forth substantially the denomination, maturity, form, and phraseology of the bonds and interest coupons and specifically dedicating the proceeds of the special tax voted for that purpose to the payment of the bonds, both principal and interest, as they mature and levying the tax for the whole term or series of years for which it was voted. The fund shall not be diverted to any other purpose so long as any bond of the series shall be outstanding and unpaid.  B. Nothing in this Section shall prevent the levee board or levee and drainage board from stipulating in the bonds that they may be redeemed at any time prior to maturity at the option of the levee board or levee and drainage board.  Acts 1985, No. 785, §1, eff. July 22, 1985.
LA Rev Stat § 38:511 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§511. Anticipation of revenues for five years; authority to borrow money and issue certificates of indebtedness

RS 511 - Anticipation of revenues for five years; authority to borrow money and issue certificates of indebtedness The boards of commissioners of the duly organized levee districts and levee and drainage districts, in their discretion, may anticipate, for five years in advance of their availability, through the existing processes of law, their annual revenues, by borrowing any sums which in their judgment may be required for the needs of the district, duly recommended and approved by the office of engineering, and issuing certificates of indebtedness, upon the terms they may see fit, at rates of interest as provided in R.S. 39:1421 et seq., or by issuing refunding certificates of indebtedness for the refunding of any outstanding certificates of indebtedness and to secure the certificates by pledge of the revenues of the district for the year or years so anticipated. Acts 1985, No. 785, §1, eff. July 22, 1985; Acts 2012, No. 753, §5.
LA Rev Stat § 38:512 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§512. Form of pledge; rights of pledgee

RS 512 - Form of pledge; rights of pledgee  The pledge shall be either by notarial act or by an act under private signature, duly acknowledged. A copy of the act shall be filed with the state treasurer, another copy shall be filed with the state auditor, and a third copy shall be filed in the archives of the office of the levee district or levee and drainage district. Upon filing, the pledgee shall be entitled to payment of the sums advanced upon the pledge out of the revenues of the year or years so anticipated, as collected, by preference and priority over all persons, subject only to the legal rights of the holders of any bonds theretofore issued by the levee district or levee and drainage district.  Acts 1985, No. 785, §1, eff. July 22, 1985.