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LA Rev Stat § 33:3891 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§3891. Failure of district to re-organize as required by statute; validation

RS 3891 - Failure of district to re-organize as required by statute; validation Wherever prior to July 30, 1952, the governing body of any parish acting pursuant to the provisions of this Sub-part created a sewerage district within the boundaries of such parish and adopted and entered on its minutes a resolution fixing the boundaries of such district, and where subsequently to July 30, 1952, such governing body failed to re-organize such districts within sixty days after July 30, 1952, as required by R.S. 33:3890, but has since such time adopted proceedings carrying out the requirements of R.S. 33:3885 through 33:3890, and where such governing body has adopted and entered upon its minutes an ordinance ratifying the creation of such district and re-defining its boundaries, all proceedings so had in connection with the original creation and with the re-organization of such district and the appointment of a board of supervisors for such district and the re-defining of its boundaries are hereby ratified, validated and confirmed, despite any irregularities which may have occurred in such proceedings and despite any failure to comply with the pertinent statutory requirements, and such district is hereby declared to be a valid and existing sewerage district with authority to exercise all powers granted sewerage districts outside municipalities under the pertinent laws of Louisiana, including the right to issue bonds pursuant to appropriate proceedings therefor to be adopted by its board of supervisors, and it is expressly hereby found and determined that all taxable property within the boundaries of such district as such boundaries have been so re-defined will be benefited by the construction of sewer improvements and facilities in said district. Any such district shall be regarded as having been created and come into existence on the date of the adoption of the original resolution creating it and fixing its boundaries, for all purposes of the application of homestead exemption reimbursal laws applicable to taxes imposed by sewerage districts. Added by Acts 1959, No. 118, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 33:3892 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§3892. Sewerage districts; Tangipahoa Parish

RS 3892 - Sewerage districts; Tangipahoa Parish A. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the provisions of this Section shall apply to any parish sewerage district located in the parish of Tangipahoa. B. Any such district shall have the authority to adopt and enforce rules and regulations or ordinances, exact penalties, and to institute such actions as may be within its corporate power for the prompt collection of the respective rates or connection charges fixed for services rendered by the sewerage district and as may be allowed by law. C. Any such district shall have the authority to make inoperable, disconnect, or otherwise terminate sewerage district services of any sewerage district customer on a private water well if payment for services is not made within sixty days of billing. D. Neither the district nor its governing board or employees, representatives or agents, nor the parish governing authority shall be liable for any act or omission of such sewerage district resulting in damage or injury, environmental or otherwise, to the premises of any customers pursuant to the provisions of Subsection C of this Section. Acts 2004, No. 344, §1; Acts 2011, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 20, §1, eff. June 12, 2011.
LA Rev Stat § 33:3911 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§3911. Authority and procedure for creation of sewerage districts

RS 3911 - Authority and procedure for creation of sewerage districts A. Municipal corporations, the city of New Orleans excepted, may by ordinance create one or more sewerage districts within their respective limits. Additionally any such municipal corporation may, by ordinance, and with the approval by resolution of the police jury in which such municipality is located, create one or more sewerage districts composed of areas within its municipal limits and also of portions of unincorporated areas in the parish. They may enlarge the districts and consolidate them. B. In addition to the authority set forth in Subsection A of this Section, and notwithstanding the provisions of R.S. 33:3881, the city of Shreveport may by ordinance and with the approval by resolution of the Caddo Parish Commission, create one or more sewerage districts in the area defined by Act No. 39 of the 1926 Regular Session of the Louisiana Legislature, as it exists now or as may hereafter be amended. The city may enlarge the district or districts and consolidate them. Any district so created shall be subject to this Subpart and applicable law. C.(1) All ordinances creating, enlarging, or consolidating a sewerage district, or bringing a sewerage district under the provisions of this Subpart, shall be published for thirty days in a newspaper published in the municipality in which the sewerage district is situated. Publication once a week for four weeks will constitute publication for thirty days. (2) Within thirty days from the date of the first publication any owner of property within the limits of the sewerage district or other party interested may appeal to the courts for the purpose of contesting the action of the governing authority of the municipality or urging any objection to the inclusion of his properties in the district. (3) After thirty days from the date of the first publication, the action of the governing authority shall be incontestable for any cause; it shall be conclusively presumed that the sewerage district is regularly and legally created, and that all properties therein are lawfully included in the district; and no court shall have jurisdiction to entertain any cause which calls into question the validity or regularity of the action of the governing authority of the municipality in creating, enlarging, consolidating, or reorganizing the district, or raises the question of whether the properties located therein should have been included within the district or will be benefited by the sewerage systems or plants. Acts 1989, No. 302, §1; Acts 1990, No. 225, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 33:3912 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§3912. Powers of sewerage districts

RS 3912 - Powers of sewerage districts Sewerage districts shall be political subdivisions of the state. They may: (1) Contract for, install, maintain and operate a sewerage system within their respective limits and exercise the powers of expropriation, both within and without their limits, for the purpose of laying, installing, and operating the sewerage system and appurtenances. (2) Incur indebtedness and issue negotiable bonds for the purpose of acquiring or installing such systems, in the manner provided by law. (3) Maintain and operate such systems, extend the sewerage pipes and mains outside of the sewerage districts, and use therefor the proceeds of the maintenance tax hereinafter provided, and any money appropriated by the municipality creating the district to protect the public health. (4) Do all things and enact all rules and regulations necessary or advantageous to the installing, maintenance, operation, and use of the sewerage systems or plants.
LA Rev Stat § 33:3913 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§3913. Governing authority of sewerage districts

RS 3913 - Governing authority of sewerage districts  The governing authority of the municipality creating the sewerage district shall be the governing authority of any sewerage district created under the provisions of this Subpart.  Said governing authority may appoint a board of sewerage commissioners to consist of five members whose terms of office shall be four years and until their successors have been appointed. The board of sewerage commissioners, subject to the supervision and approval of the governing authority of the municipality creating the district, may be vested with authority to manage the affairs of the district, let contracts for the construction, maintenance and operation of the sewer system of the district, expend revenues of the district, and appoint its secretary and fix his salary. The treasurer of the municipality shall be ex-officio treasurer of the district, and the attorney for the municipality shall be ex-officio attorney for the district, and shall serve as such without additional remuneration. The appointment of said board of sewerage commissioners shall be left to the discretion of the governing authority of the municipality creating the district and nothing herein shall require the appointment of such a board, and, if appointed, such board may be abolished at any time by a resolution adopted by unanimous vote of the governing authority for the municipality.  In addition to the powers granted elsewhere in this Subpart, the sewerage district, through its governing authority, may enter into contracts with other sewerage districts or the municipality in which it is located providing for the joint construction and financing of a new sewer system or extensions and improvements to any existing sewer system and such contracts shall cover all matters in relation thereto, including the future operation and maintenance of the system.  Amended by Acts 1958, No. 394, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 33:3914 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§3914. Tax to maintain sewerage system

RS 3914 - Tax to maintain sewerage system The governing authority of the municipality may levy and collect annually, in addition to all other taxes, upon the taxable property of the sewerage district, a tax not to exceed six mills on the dollar to maintain the sewerage system of the district, which tax shall be assessed, levied and collected, at the same time, and in the same manner as other municipal taxes are assessed, levied and collected.
LA Rev Stat § 33:3915 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§3915. Sewerage districts under prior laws

RS 3915 - Sewerage districts under prior laws  Any sewerage district which is operating under Act 26 of 1926, and Acts amendatory thereto, on the effective date of the Revised Statutes shall be governed by the provisions of this Subpart.  A sewerage district created by the governing authority of a municipality prior to July 28, 1926, which has not elected to come under the provisions of Act 26 of 1926, shall continue to operate under the law under which it was created. The board of commissioners of the district may, however, elect by ordinance to come under the provisions of this Subpart. Thereafter the district shall operate under the provisions of this Subpart as though it had originally been established under its provisions, but all taxes voted prior thereto securing the payment of the principal and interest of all outstanding bonds of the district shall continue to be levied until all of the bonds have been retired.
LA Rev Stat § 33:3931 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§3931. Application of Sub-part

RS 3931 - Application of Sub-part This Sub-part applies only to those sewerage districts which were created under Act 285 of 1908, and the Acts amendatory thereof, and which are operating thereunder on the effective date of the Revised Statutes.
LA Rev Stat § 33:3932 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§3932. Authority to enlarge or consolidate

RS 3932 - Authority to enlarge or consolidate Such sewerage districts may be enlarged and consolidated.
LA Rev Stat § 33:3933 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§3933. Powers of sewerage districts

RS 3933 - Powers of sewerage districts Such sewerage districts shall have the following powers: (1) To contract, sue and be sued in their corporate names; to own and possess a seal and to change the same at will. (2) To contract for, install, maintain, and operate a sewerage system within their respective limits; to exercise the power of expropriation both within and without their limits, for the purpose of laying, installing and operating the sewerage system and its necessary appurtenances. (3) To incur indebtedness and to issue and sell negotiable bonds for the purpose of acquiring or installing such sewerage systems in accordance with the applicable provisions of the state constitution and general laws. (4) To use for the purpose of maintaining and operating these systems funds which accrue from the tax voted in excess of the amount necessary to retire the bonds and the interest thereon and money appropriated by the municipality under its powers to protect the public health. (5) To do all such things and to enact all rules and regulations necessary or advantageous to the installing, maintenance, operation and use of the sewerage systems. (6) To extend the sewerage pipes and mains outside of the limit of the sewerage district, and to use therefor funds which accrue from the tax levied in excess of the amount necessary to retire the bonds and the interest thereon.
LA Rev Stat § 33:3934 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§3934. Board of sewerage commissioners; election; term

RS 3934 - Board of sewerage commissioners; election; term These powers shall be exercised by a board of commissioners, to be known as the board of sewerage commissioners, to consist of five members to be selected by vote of the property tax payers authorized to vote at elections in such districts for the issuance of negotiable bonds. An officer of the municipality shall not be eligible to membership on the sewerage commission. The commissioner shall hold office for four years and until their successors shall have been elected and qualified. They shall serve without remuneration.
LA Rev Stat § 33:3935 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§3935. Officers of board of sewerage commissioners; collection of taxes

RS 3935 - Officers of board of sewerage commissioners; collection of taxes The board shall, at its first meeting, elect from among its members a president, a vice president, secretary and treasurer, and may in its discretion elect the same person to the office of secretary and treasurer. The board shall, by ordinance, define the powers and duties of the secretary and treasurer. The treasurer shall give a good and solvent bond payable to the president of the district, in the sum fixed by the board conditioned for the faithful performance of his duties. The board in its discretion may select persons not members to fill the offices of secretary and treasurer. The city attorney shall be ex-officio attorney for the board. The tax collector of the municipality shall be ex-officio tax collector of the same and shall collect the taxes due the district in the same manner provided for the collection of other special taxes. The tax collector of the district shall be ex-officio assessor for the same and shall prepare the tax roll of the same by preparing and copying it from the assessments and rolls used by the state for the collection of taxes on the property within the district.
LA Rev Stat § 33:3936 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§3936. Failure to authorize bond issue

RS 3936 - Failure to authorize bond issue When an election has been called for a board of sewerage commissioners, and the commissioners have been elected, and subsequent thereto, an election is had for the voting of a tax and the issuance of bonds, and the result of the election shows that the bond issue has failed to carry, the board of sewerage commissioners shall cease to exist.
LA Rev Stat § 33:3937 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§3937. Tax for maintenance of sewerage system

RS 3937 - Tax for maintenance of sewerage system The governing authority of the municipality may levy an annual tax upon the taxable property within the sewerage district not to exceed one mill on the dollar, which tax shall be assessed, levied and collected at the same time and in the same manner as other municipal taxes. The proceeds thereof shall be paid to the board of sewerage commissioners to be applied to the maintenance of the sewerage system. The governing authority may not order the collection of the tax unless authorized by a majority, in number and amount, of the resident property taxpayers voting in an election called for that purpose.
LA Rev Stat § 33:3951 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§3951. Formation of sewerage districts by municipalities of less than 1,000

RS 3951 - Formation of sewerage districts by municipalities of less than 1,000 In addition to other powers relating to the creation of sewerage districts or the construction of sewers and sewerage disposal plants, the governing authority of any municipality having a population of one thousand or less may create sewerage districts to construct and maintain sewers and sewerage disposal works within their territorial limits in accordance with the provisions of this Sub-part.
LA Rev Stat § 33:3952 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§3952. Petition for construction of sewerage system

RS 3952 - Petition for construction of sewerage system Whenever more than sixty per cent of the owners of the lineal frontage of real estate abutting on any street or portion thereof not less than one block long, or of a district composed of one or more streets, highways, or alleys, by petition signed by the owners and addressed to the governing authority of the municipality, ask for the installation, construction, and equipment of sewers and sewerage disposal works for the purpose of serving the district, the governing authority may proceed as provided in the following Section.
LA Rev Stat § 33:3953 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§3953. Notice of filing petition; creation of sewerage system

RS 3953 - Notice of filing petition; creation of sewerage system A. Notice of the filing of a petition for the sewerage improvements shall be given by the clerk or secretary of the municipality by publication in the official journal, or by publication in any other newspapers in the municipality if there is no official journal, or by publication in a newspaper in the parish in which the municipality is situated if there is no newspaper published in the municipality. This notice shall be published once a week for thirty days, and after such publication for thirty days, all persons shall be barred from contesting the validity or sufficiency of the petition for the improvements or interfering with the progress of the improvements. B. The governing authority may thereupon create the sewerage district and order the construction and equipment of the sewerage system, the entire costs of the construction and equipment to be paid either by property owners in the district in accordance with R.S. 33:3980.1 or by the owners of the real property abutting on the streets in the district in proportion to their lineal frontage, each portion to constitute a first privilege on the property superior to the vendor's lien or any other lien, privilege, or mortgage, except taxes and paving liens for paving actually done. Acts 1999, No. 1167, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 33:3954 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§3954. Plans and specifications

RS 3954 - Plans and specifications The petitioning property owners may provide, in their petition, plans and specifications, together with the type of sewer pipes and other materials necessary to properly install the sewer and sewerage disposal works, or any part thereof which they desire to specify, and the governing authority may order the same to be used in the construction of the system. The governing authority, however, may reject any and all of the plans and specifications and have the same prepared by the city engineer or a special engineer.
LA Rev Stat § 33:3955 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§3955. Advertising for bids; awarding contract

RS 3955 - Advertising for bids; awarding contract When the work has been duly authorized and the plans and specifications approved, the governing authority shall advertise for bids for installing and constructing the system in the same manner provided by law for the letting of public contracts for the municipality, and shall accept any bid and enter into any contract for the installation in the manner provided by law. If the petitioning property owners in their original petition have fixed maximum amounts beyond which the entire cost of the work shall not extend for each lineal front foot, no bid shall be accepted or no contract let which is in excess of that maximum.
LA Rev Stat § 33:3956 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§3956. Assessment of abutting property; taxes on property

RS 3956 - Assessment of abutting property; taxes on property Upon the final and satisfactory completion of the work, the municipal authority shall accept it by ordinance which shall formally create the sewerage district and shall provide for the levy of taxes or fees in accordance with R.S. 33:3980.1 if approved by the voters or assessment of all real estate abutting on the streets in the district in the amounts due by the owners thereof according to the rule of apportionment stipulated in this Subpart. If abutting real estate is to be assessed, a certified copy of the ordinance containing the assessment shall be filed for record in the office of the recorder of mortgages in the parish in which the assessed property is located within ten days after its passage and when so filed and recorded the ordinance shall operate as a lien and privilege in favor of the municipality, or its transferees, against the real estate therein assessed. Acts 1999, No. 1167, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 33:3957 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§3957. Collection of assessments

RS 3957 - Collection of assessments The amounts assessed in the ordinance shall be due and payable immediately upon its passage and if not paid within ten days thereafter, the municipality or its transferees, may proceed by suit against the properties and the owners thereof, to enforce the collection of the amounts of the assessments, together with six per cent per annum from date of acceptance and ten per cent in addition to the amount of the judgment as attorney's fees.