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LA Rev Stat § 33:130.879 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§130.879. General compliances; enhancement

RS 130.879 - General compliances; enhancement  A. Except as otherwise specifically provided by Subsection D of this Section, no provision of this Subpart shall be construed so as to exempt the district from compliance with the provisions of Louisiana laws pertaining to open meetings, public records, fiscal agents, official journals, dual officeholding and employment, public bidding for the purchase of supplies and materials and construction of public works, the Code of Governmental Ethics, the Right to Property in Article I, Section 4 of the Constitution of Louisiana, or the Louisiana Election Code.  B. The district shall have the power and right to adopt a program or programs awarding contracts to, and establishing set-aside goals and preference procedures for the benefit of, businesses owned and operated by socially or economically disadvantaged persons in accordance with any of the provisions of R.S. 38:2233 and of Chapter 19 of Title 39 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, entitled "Louisiana Minority and Women's Business Enterprise Act".  C. The financial records of the district shall be subjected to audit pursuant to R.S. 24:513.  D. Records in the custody of the district pertaining to an active negotiation with a person for the purpose of retaining, expanding, or attracting economic or business development in Vernon Parish shall be confidential on the same basis as such records in the custody of the Department of Economic Development as set forth in R.S. 44:22, with the district's executive director performing the duties and obligations of the secretary of the Department of Economic Development and with any notice required therein being published in the official journal of Vernon Parish rather than the official journal of the state.  Acts 2020, No. 320, §1, eff. June 12, 2020.
LA Rev Stat § 33:131 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§131. Creation of regional planning areas

RS 131 - Creation of regional planning areas A. The legislative bodies of any municipality and a surrounding or contiguous parish; or any two or more contiguous municipalities; or of any one or more municipalities and one or more parishes all forming a single urbanized or suburbanized area; or of any one or more municipalities and one or more parishes all forming a single urbanized area of more than fifty thousand population and including municipalities and parishes contiguous thereto, hereinafter referred to as "urbanized areas" are hereby authorized to create a regional planning area out of their combined territories, and the police jury of any parish may likewise join with one or more counties in an adjoining state forming a single area for a like purpose. Such regional planning areas shall be created by identical ordinances which shall be adopted by each of the local legislative bodies desiring to cooperate in regional planning. B. Each such ordinance creating such regional planning area shall establish the boundaries of the regional planning area by reference to a map which shall be filed with the clerk and recorder of each affected parish, of the parish within which each affected municipality is located and with the division of administration. Such ordinances shall also provide for the creation of a regional planning commission. Acts 1956, No. 239, §1. Amended by Acts 1964, No. 343; Acts 1966, No. 114, §1; Acts 1968, No. 288, §2; Acts 2004, No. 33, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 33:131.1 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§131.1. Consolidation of governments creating a regional planning commission

RS 131.1 - Consolidation of governments creating a regional planning commission If the governing authorities of two or more local governmental subdivisions which have created a regional planning commission are, after creation of the commission, consolidated into a single governing authority, the consolidated governing authority and the planning commission may continue to operate in accordance with the provisions of this Subpart. Acts 2001, No. 81, §1. NOTE: See Acts 2001, No. 81, §2, relative to retroactive and prospective application.
LA Rev Stat § 33:133 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§133. Organization; meetings; rules

RS 133 - Organization; meetings; rules A regional planning commission shall elect a chairman from its membership and create and fill such other of its offices as it may determine. The term of chairman shall be one year, with eligibility for re-election. A commission shall hold at least one regular meeting in each month. It shall adopt rules for transaction of business and shall keep records of its resolutions, transactions, findings, and determinations, which records shall be public. Acts 1956, No. 239, §3.
LA Rev Stat § 33:134 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§134. Staff and finances

RS 134 - Staff and finances A commission may appoint such employees as it may deem necessary for its work, whose appointment, promotion, demotion, and removal shall be subject to the same general provisions as govern other corresponding civil employees of the parishes and municipalities cooperating to engage in regional planning. A commission may also contract with planning experts, engineers, architects, and other consultants for such services as it may require. The expenditures of a commission, exclusive of those made from funds received by gift, or grants of federal, state and other such agencies, shall be within the amounts appropriated for the purpose by the cooperating local legislative bodies, which shall provide the funds, equipment, and accommodations necessary for a commission's work. Acts 1956, No. 239, §4.
LA Rev Stat § 33:135.1 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§135.1. Additional powers

RS 135.1 - Additional powers A. Any two or more of the regional planning commissions are authorized to form an association for the purpose of coordinating comprehensive planning and development programs for the resolution of economic, social, physical, and governmental problems of the state and its citizens. B. The association may exercise any and all powers necessary or appropriate to effectuate this purpose, including but not limited to the following powers: (1) To enter into agreements or other transactions with any federal, state, or local governmental agency and with private sector organizations. (2) To apply for and receive state and other funds for distribution to the regional planning commissions belonging to the association based upon allocation formulas developed by these commissions. (3) To exercise all or any part or combination of powers granted and to do and perform all acts and things necessary or convenient to carry out the general powers expressly granted to the regional planning commissions when authorized by the several regional planning commissions belonging to the association. Acts 1984, No. 377, §2. {{NOTE: SEE ACTS 1984, NO. 377, §3.}}
LA Rev Stat § 33:135.2 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§135.2. Houma-Terrebonne zoning authority

RS 135.2 - Houma-Terrebonne zoning authority The Terrebonne Parish Consolidated Government may provide, by ordinance, that the Houma-Terrebonne Regional Planning Commission or its successor shall serve as the zoning commission for the city of Houma and any other part of the parish where zoning authority is exercised. The commission shall hold separate meetings and keep separate minutes and records when serving as a zoning commission. Acts 2001, No. 79, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 33:135.3 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§135.3. Additional powers; certain commissions

RS 135.3 - Additional powers; certain commissions A regional planning commission in any regional urbanized area with a population in excess of one million shall: (1) Be authorized to provide transportation design and transportation engineering services in support of the metropolitan transportation plan, the capital outlay program, and such related projects as may be requested and approved by member governmental entities. (2) Not exceed five hundred thousand dollars for engineering fees or design costs for any individual project. (3) Coordinate all transportation design and engineering with affected governmental entities, including concurrence of the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development prior to performing any transportation design or transportation engineering services involving a state highway. Should federal funds be involved, any such projects shall be confined to the federal-aid network and shall require prior approval by the Federal Highway Administration. Acts 2003, No. 783, §1, eff. July 1, 2003.
LA Rev Stat § 33:136 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§136. Regional development plan; filing; distribution

RS 136 - Regional development plan; filing; distribution Upon the preparation of the regional development plan or any phase or functional part thereof, or upon the preparation of any extension of or addition to the plan, the regional planning commission shall file such a plan, part of a plan, amendment, revision, extension or addition in the division of administration, and shall transmit copies of the same to the chief administrative officers, the legislative bodies and to the planning agencies of the parishes, municipalities or other local governments within its area, as well as to regional planning commissions established for adjoining areas. A regional planning commission shall make copies of the regional development plan or part of a plan available for general distribution or sale. Acts 1956, No. 239, §6. Amended by Acts 1968, No. 288, §2; Acts 2004, No. 33, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 33:137 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§137. Relationship of commission to municipal and parish planning commission

RS 137 - Relationship of commission to municipal and parish planning commission A. No regional planning commission shall be authorized to exercise the functions of any municipal planning commission or parish planning commission, where such are established within a regional planning area, except as hereinafter provided. B. In any municipality or parish located in a regional planning area as hereinabove defined, the legislative body of the municipality or parish may designate the regional planning commission as the municipal planning commission or the parish planning commission. Upon such designation the regional planning commission shall have all the powers and functions relating to making, adopting, amending, and adding to the master plan of the municipality or parish or part thereof, or relating to the planning of the municipality or parish as provided or granted by Revised Statutes 33:101 through 119 inclusive or by other laws to the planning commission of the municipality or parish; and the master plan, its parts, amendments, and additions made and adopted by the designated commission for the municipality or parish shall have the same force and effect in the municipality or parish as though made and adopted by a municipal planning commission appointed by the municipality or a parish planning commission appointed by the parish. In acting as the planning commission of the municipality, or the parish the designated regional planning commission shall follow the procedure specified by the provisions of Revised Statutes 33:101 through 119 inclusive and other laws relating to municipal or parish planning commissions. Any municipality or parish so designating a regional planning commission as its planning commission shall pay to the designated commission that portion of the expenses of the designated commission which is properly chargeable to the planning service rendered to the municipality or parish. C. In cases where a municipality or a parish has a municipal or a parish planning commission functioning within a regional planning area, then the regional planning commission shall recommend measures for the coordination of plans, and if appropriate, recommend plans for adoption by the said municipal or parish planning commission. D. For purposes of coordination of planning, a parish or municipal planning commission created under R.S. 33:101 through 119 or a smaller regional planning commission created under R.S. 33:131 through 140 geographically contained within an area comprising a planning and development or clearing house district as designated by the Louisiana Commission on Intergovernmental Relations may join any regional planning commission created to serve such planning and development district. In such cooperation for coordination of planning, the parish, municipal or smaller regional planning commission shall not lose its separate identity as a planning commission. Acts 1956, No. 239, §7. Amended by Acts 1972, No. 607, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 33:138 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§138. Local governments and planning agencies; filing of plans and reports; submission of proposals

RS 138 - Local governments and planning agencies; filing of plans and reports; submission of proposals To facilitate effective and harmonious planning of the region or metropolitan area, all parish and municipal legislative bodies, and all parish, municipal or other local planning agencies shall file with the appropriate regional planning commission, for its information, all parish or municipal plans, zoning ordinances, official maps, building codes, subdivision regulations, or amendments or revisions or any of them, as well as copies of their regular and special reports dealing in whole or in part with planning matters. Parish or municipal legislative bodies, or parish, municipal or other local planning agencies may also submit proposals for such plans, ordinances, maps, codes, regulations, amendments or revisions prior to their adoption, in order to afford an opportunity to the regional planning commission or its staff to study such proposals and to render advice thereon. Acts 1956, No. 239, §8.
LA Rev Stat § 33:139 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§139. Federal, state and local aid to regional planning commissions

RS 139 - Federal, state and local aid to regional planning commissions Regional planning commissions may request and accept grants of funds or services from the federal government or any of its agencies, from the state government or any of its agencies or from parish, municipal or other local governments within their planning area, or from private sources. Parishes and municipalities are hereby authorized to appropriate funds for the purposes of the regional planning commission established for all or parts of their area. The books and accounts of regional planning commissions shall be public records open for public inspection, and shall show the amounts and sources of all receipts and the amounts of all disbursements. Acts 1956, No. 239, §9.
LA Rev Stat § 33:140 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§140. Miscellaneous powers and duties of regional planning commission; payment of per diem, when authorized, to members thereof holding no other elected or appointed public office

RS 140 - Miscellaneous powers and duties of regional planning commission; payment of per diem, when authorized, to members thereof holding no other elected or appointed public office Members of a commission, when duly authorized by a commission, may attend planning conferences or meetings or planning institutes or hearings upon pending planning legislation, and a commission may, by resolution spread upon its minutes, pay the reasonable traveling expenses incident to such attendance. When so directed and authorized by the regional planning commission, members thereof who hold no other elected or appointed office may be paid a per diem of fifty dollars each for attendance at regular or specially called meetings of the full commission or the executive committee thereof in no event to exceed two such meetings per month, i.e. in no event is payment of a total per diem per such member to exceed one hundred dollars per month, payable out of the funds of the regional planning commission. All public officials shall, upon request, furnish to a commission, within a reasonable time, such available information as it may require for its work. A commission, its members, officers, and employees, in the performance of their functions, may enter upon any land and make examinations and surveys and place and maintain necessary monuments and marks thereon. In general, a commission shall have such powers as may be necessary to enable it to fulfill its functions, promote planning, and in all respects carry out the purposes of this subpart. Acts 1956, No. 239, §10. Amended by Acts 1973, No. 112, §2; Acts 1974, No. 249, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 33:140.1 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§140.1. General purposes

RS 140.1 - General purposes  It is the purpose and intent of this Sub-Part to authorize metropolitan planning in the City of Shreveport and its environs and to provide for the creation, organization, powers and duties of a metropolitan planning commission; for the regulation of the subdivision of land in the metropolitan planning area, as defined herein; for the making and adoption of an official map or maps to preserve the integrity of the major street plan and other plans by the regulation of buildings in mapped streets; for the making and adoption of a zoning plan and zoning ordinance or ordinances; for the adoption of ordinances prescribing minimum construction, health, and sanitation standards to prevent the spread of slums and to encourage and assist public and private agencies, corporations, and individuals in the rehabilitation and redevelopment of blighted areas; and for the adoption of other plans, ordinances, and measures to effectuate the purposes of this Sub-Part.  It is the intent of this Sub-Part to provide for the planning and the effectuation of plans for the orderly physical development of the metropolitan planning area as a whole. To this end provision is made for unified planning of the area within the City of Shreveport and environs; and, further, provision is made for joint or correlated action by the City Council of the City of Shreveport and the Police Jury of Caddo Parish in the adoption of ordinances or other measures to effectuate such unified plans. NOTE: §140.1 amended by Acts 2020, No. 294, eff. Jan. 1, 2022. RS 140.1 - General purposes  A. It is the purpose and intent of this Subpart to authorize metropolitan planning in the city of Shreveport and to provide for the creation, organization, powers and duties of a metropolitan planning commission; for the regulation of the subdivision of land in the metropolitan planning area, as defined in this Subpart; for the making and adoption of an official map or maps to preserve the integrity of the major street plan and other plans by the regulation of buildings in mapped streets; for the making and adoption of a zoning plan and zoning ordinance or ordinances; for the adoption of ordinances prescribing minimum construction, health, and sanitation standards to prevent the spread of slums and to encourage and assist public and private agencies, corporations, and individuals in the rehabilitation and redevelopment of blighted areas; and for the adoption of other plans, ordinances, and measures to effectuate the purposes of this Subpart.  B. It is the intent of this Subpart to provide for the planning and the effectuation of plans for the orderly physical development of the metropolitan planning area.  Acts 1962, No. 52, §1; Acts 2020, No. 294, §1, eff. Jan. 1. 2022. NOTE: See Acts 2004, No. 362, §3, relative to repeal of Acts 1975, No. 573, Acts 1978, No. 554, Acts 1980, No. 411, Acts 1984, No. 162, and Acts 2003, No. 265.
LA Rev Stat § 33:140.2 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§140.2. Separate actions by city and parish

RS 140.2 - Separate actions by city and parish  A. Where joint or correlated legislative action is required, as above provided, it is contemplated in this Sub-Part that such joint or correlated legislative action will be taken within a reasonable time after the submission of such ordinances or other measures to the City Council or the Police Jury by the planning commission.  B. In the event such legislative action is not taken by either the City Council or the Police Jury, nothing in this Sub-Part shall be construed to prohibit, prevent, or impair the other from taking such action unilaterally with respect to the territory within its lawful jurisdiction; provided, that in such case either the City Council or Police Jury, as the case may be, that has failed to take such legislative action shall forfeit to the other all rights and privileges with respect to joint action, such as appointment of members of the board of appeals, and such rights and privileges shall remain forfeited until such time as the joint or correlated action contemplated is taken. NOTE: §140.2 as amended by Acts 2020, No. 294, eff. Jan. 1, 2022. RS 140.2 - Conflict with other laws  A. If other laws relating to the physical planning, zoning, airport zoning, effectuation of plans, platting, and other purposes of this Subpart are in conflict with the provisions of this Subpart, the provisions of this Subpart shall prevail; provided, however, that where such other laws or provisions thereof provide for other and additional duties, powers, authority, and responsibility, such other laws shall be applicable insofar as they are not in conflict with the provisions of this Subpart.  B. If the city council fails to make use of the provisions of this Subpart, the provisions of this Subpart shall not be construed to displace, amend, supersede or affect existing planning or zoning laws or statutes of the state of Louisiana or of the municipality.  Acts 1962, No. 52, §2; Acts 2020, No. 294, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2022.