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LA Rev Stat § 38:1637 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§1637. Sale of land for delinquent taxes

RS 1637 - Sale of land for delinquent taxes  In the event any land or property subject to a tax lien for drainage taxes imposed by this Part shall be adjudicated to the state or any state subdivision or to any parish or municipality for non-payment of taxes, the land shall not be liable to the drainage district taxes while owned by the state or by any subdivision thereof, or by such parish or municipality, but after the property has been disposed of, it shall be subject to all installments of drainage district taxes, and assessments made for maintenance thereafter accumulating. If the property is redeemed from any tax sale, the person redeeming shall pay all installments of drainage district taxes and assessments made for maintenance due on the property, including those for the year for which the property was adjudicated.  At any sale for delinquent taxes of any property liable for drainage district taxes imposed under the provisions of this Part, the board of commissioners of the drainage district in which the property is situated may purchase the property in the same manner as any other bidder. In the event that the property is being sold for drainage district taxes only, the property, in default of other bidders, shall be adjudicated to the drainage district levying the taxes, and shall be held by it in the same manner as the state holds property adjudicated to it for non-payment of taxes. All property adjudicated for taxes to any drainage district shall be liable for state and parish taxes while so held by the drainage district.
LA Rev Stat § 38:1638 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§1638. Works and improvements authorized

RS 1638 - Works and improvements authorized  In order to effect the drainage, protection and reclamation of the land and other property in the district subject to tax, the board of commissioners may clean out, straighten, widen, change the course and flow, alter or deepen any ditch, drain, watercourse, pond, lake, creek, bayou or natural stream in or out of the district, fill up any creek, drain, channel, watercourse or natural stream, and concentrate, divert or divide the flow of water in or out of the district. In so doing, the drainage district shall make adequate provision for the drainage of all lands and property affected thereby. The board may construct and maintain main and lateral ditches, canals, levees, dikes, dams, sluices, revetments, reservoirs, holding basins, floodways, pumping stations and syphons and any other works and improvements deemed necessary to preserve and maintain the works in or out of the district. They shall construct or enlarge or cause to be constructed or enlarged any and all bridges that may be needed in or out of the district across any drain, ditch, canal, floodway, holding basin, excavation, public highway, railroad right of way, track, grade, fill or cut, construct roadways over levees and embankments, construct any and all of the works and improvements across, through or over any public highway, railroad right of way, track, grade, fill or cut in or out of the district, remove any fence, building, or other improvements in or out of the district, and hold, control, and acquire by donation or purchase, and if need be, expropriate any land, servitude, railroad right of way, sluice, reservoir, holding basin or franchise in or out of the district for right of way, or holding basin for any of the purposes herein provided.
LA Rev Stat § 38:1639 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§1639. Expropriation of land

RS 1639 - Expropriation of land  The board may expropriate for the use of the district any land or property within or without the district not acquired or condemned by the court on the report of the board of appraisers assessing benefits and damages, and shall follow the procedure that is now provided by law for expropriation of land or other property taken for telegraph, telephone, and railroad rights of way.
LA Rev Stat § 38:1640 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§1640. Payment for property expropriated; assessment of portion not taken

RS 1640 - Payment for property expropriated; assessment of portion not taken  The board of commissioners of drainage districts may not enter upon or take possession of any land or property expropriated for rights of way, canals, levees, holding basins, pumping plant sites, or other works of the districts, until the prices awarded to the owners of the land or property shall have been paid to the owners or into the hands of the clerk of the court condemning the property for the use of the owners. If the sums awarded are not paid within five years from the date of the judgment of expropriation, the judgment shall be without further force or effect. Whenever any land is acquired by any district under the provisions of this Part and the price of the property has been paid the owner by the district, the title, use, possession and enjoyment of the property shall pass from the owner and be vested in the district, and subject to its use, profit, employment and final disposition. The price awarded for all lands acquired by any district for rights of way, canals, levees, holding basins, pumping plant sites, or other works, and the amount of damages assessed by the board of appraisers and confirmed by the court to any tract or parcel of land or other property in the district, shall be paid in cash to the owner or to the clerk of the court for the use of the owner, and that portion of any tract or parcel of land or other property not taken for use of the district shall be assessed for the benefits accruing in accordance with the provisions of previous sections of this Part.
LA Rev Stat § 38:1641 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§1641. Bridges; ditch or lateral across highway; removal of bridge, flume or other work

RS 1641 - Bridges; ditch or lateral across highway; removal of bridge, flume or other work  All bridges and enlargements of existing bridges, shall be built or enlarged according to the plans and specifications approved by the chief engineer of the district. Where the bridges are outside of the drainage district the Department of Public Works shall first approve the plans and specifications therefor.  All new bridges and all enlargements of existing bridges made necessary by the work of reclamation shall be built or enlarged at the expense of the drainage district. All new bridges built at the expense of the drainage district shall be maintained by the drainage district. Any increased cost of maintenance of existing bridges occasioned by any enlargement thereof made by a drainage district shall be borne by the drainage district. Any owner of land within or without the district, desiring to do so, may, at his own expense, and in compliance with the terms and provisions of this Part, construct a bridge across any drain, ditch, canal, or excavation in or out of the district.  All drainage districts may construct and maintain any ditch or lateral provided in the plan for reclamation across any of the public highways of this state, without proceedings for the condemnation of the highways, or being liable for damages therefor. Within ten days after having completed a ditch across any public highway, the drainage district shall construct and maintain a bridge over the ditch where the ditch crosses the highway.  All drainage districts when deepening, enlarging, or cleaning out any natural drain in or out of the district shall remove any bridge, flume, or other work in, over, or under the natural drain, without the necessity of condemnation or of paying damages therefor. The bridge, flume, or other work shall be replaced by the drainage district within a reasonable time and at its own expense.
LA Rev Stat § 38:1642 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§1642. Raising of embankments to conform to district levee

RS 1642 - Raising of embankments to conform to district levee  When any right of way for levees has been obtained, over any embankment belonging to any person, railroad, tramway, or other corporation, the owner of the embankment shall raise the embankment so that the embankment will conform with the levee of the district. If the person or corporation fails or refuses to raise the embankment in the manner herein provided, the district may within three months after it has finished the building of its own levee enter upon and raise the embankment of the person or corporation to conform with the district levee. The cost for the construction in all cases shall be paid by the drainage district.
LA Rev Stat § 38:1643 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§1643. Exemption of bonds from taxation

RS 1643 - Exemption of bonds from taxation  All bonds issued by any drainage or sub-drainage district created, organized or reorganized under the provisions of this Part, shall be exempt from taxation.
LA Rev Stat § 38:1644 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§1644. Effect of change of ownership of land

RS 1644 - Effect of change of ownership of land  The death, interdiction, or ceasing to be owner, of any landowner who has signed any petition required to be signed by a majority of the landowners in connection with the creation, organization or administration of a drainage district or of any landowner required to be notified only by published notice, shall in no manner affect any proceedings had, begun, or taken under the provisions of this Part. The death, interdiction, or ceasing to be owner of any party to any proceeding required to be served with citation or who has filed contest in any proceeding required to be filed in suit in the district court shall not abate any proceeding, but upon suggestion the court shall order the legal representative of the party to be made party to the proceedings and served with a copy of the order not less than five days prior to any hearing of the proceeding. If the legal representatives be absentees or unknown, then the court shall appoint an attorney at law as curator ad hoc to represent them, and he shall be served as provided in this Section. The matter shall then proceed in all respects as in case of the original parties being in court.
LA Rev Stat § 38:1645 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§1645. Change of venue; recusation of judge

RS 1645 - Change of venue; recusation of judge  No change of venue shall be allowed in any proceeding required under the provision of this Part to be brought before the district court. The judge may be recused and a judge ad hoc appointed as is now provided by law in civil matters in this state.
LA Rev Stat § 38:1646 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§1646. Injunction or other writ granted only on rule nisi

RS 1646 - Injunction or other writ granted only on rule nisi  No injunction or other writ to prevent or delay the creation, organization or reclamation of any drainage or sub-drainage district created under this Part shall be granted or issued except upon a rule nisi.
LA Rev Stat § 38:1647 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§1647. Compensation and expenses of officers and employees; removal of employees

RS 1647 - Compensation and expenses of officers and employees; removal of employees  The board of commissioners, except where otherwise provided in this Part, shall by resolution, at the time of hiring or appointing, provide for the compensation for work to be done and expenses incurred by any officer, engineer, attorney, or other employee and they shall also pay the fees, per diem, and necessary expenses of all court and parish officers who may by virtue of this Part render service to the district.  The board of commissioners may at any time, for cause, remove any officer, attorney or other employee appointed or employed by the board.
LA Rev Stat § 38:1648 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§1648. Change of plan of reclamation

RS 1648 - Change of plan of reclamation  The board of commissioners of any drainage district, when petitioned by the land owners owning more than two-thirds of the acreage of all lands within the limits of the drainage district, with the advice and consent of the chief engineer of the district, may change the plan for reclamation theretofore adopted by the board.
LA Rev Stat § 38:1649 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§1649. Enlargement of boundaries of district

RS 1649 - Enlargement of boundaries of district  The police jury or juries that by ordinance may have created any drainage district under the provisions of this Part, shall enlarge the boundaries thereof so as to include additional lands and property therein when petitioned to that effect by the land owners owning a majority of the acreage of the lands to be added to the drainage district. The petition shall be approved by the board of commissioners and the Department of Public Works.  Certified copies of the ordinance enlarging the boundaries of a drainage district shall be recorded without delay in the drainage district record book kept by the clerk of court and recorder in each parish in which any of the land is situated comprising the drainage district as enlarged.
LA Rev Stat § 38:1650 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§1650. Appointment of appraisers upon change of boundaries or plan

RS 1650 - Appointment of appraisers upon change of boundaries or plan  In the event of a change in the boundaries of a drainage district so as to include additional land therein, or of a change in the plan for reclamation, the board of commissioners shall appoint three appraisers possessing the same qualifications as the appraisers appointed under R.S. 38:1623 to appraise property to be expropriated, assess benefits and damages, and estimate costs of improvements to be made under the plan for reclamation, and they shall do so and make their report in the same manner as is provided by R.S. 38:1623, 38:1624, 38:1625, 38:1626, after which the same proceedings shall be had as is provided for in preceding sections of this Part.
LA Rev Stat § 38:1651 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§1651. Benefits, taxes, bonds and reclamation of sub-district

RS 1651 - Benefits, taxes, bonds and reclamation of sub-district  Wherever under the provisions of this Part a sub-drainage district has been formed, and a plan for reclamation of the sub-drainage district has been prepared, filed and adopted, the proceeding for assessing benefits, levying taxes, issuing bonds and reclaiming the subdistrict, shall be the same in that case as is provided in this Part for drainage districts.
LA Rev Stat § 38:1652 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§1652. Issuance of bonds; form and terms

RS 1652 - Issuance of bonds; form and terms  The board of commissioners, may, if in their judgment it seems best, issue coupon bonds not to exceed ninety-one per cent of the total amount of the taxes levied under the provisions of R.S. 38:1631 in denominations of not less than fifty dollars, bearing interest from their date at a rate not to exceed six per cent per annum, payable semi-annually, to mature at annual intervals within a period not exceeding forty years from and after their date commencing after a period of years not later than five years, to be determined by the board of commissioners, both principal and interest payable at some convenient banking house or trust company's office to be named in the bonds. The bonds shall be signed by the president of the board of commissioners, attested with the seal of the district and by the signature of the secretary of the board, and the coupons shall be signed by the facsimile signatures of the officers. The delivery at any time thereafter of any bonds or coupons so executed shall be valid, although before the date of delivery the persons signing the bonds or coupons shall have ceased to hold office.
LA Rev Stat § 38:1653 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§1653. Sale of bonds

RS 1653 - Sale of bonds  All of the bonds shall be executed and delivered to the secretary-treasurer of the district, who shall sell the bonds in the quantities and at the dates which the board of commissioners may deem necessary to meet the payments for the works and improvements in the district. The bonds shall not be sold for less than ninety per cent of par and accrued interest to date of delivery, and shall show on their face the purpose for which they are issued, and shall be payable out of money derived from the taxes levied as provided by previous sections of this Part.
LA Rev Stat § 38:1654 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§1654. Payment of principal and interest of bonds

RS 1654 - Payment of principal and interest of bonds  A sufficient amount of the drainage tax shall be appropriated by the board of commissioners for the purpose of paying the principal and interest of the bonds, and the taxes, when collected, shall be preserved in a separate fund for that purpose and no other. All bonds and coupons not paid at maturity shall bear interest at the rate of six per centum per annum from maturity until paid, or until sufficient funds have been deposited at the place of payment, named in the bonds and coupons, and the interest for deferred payment shall be appropriated by the board of commissioners out of the penalties and interest collected on delinquent taxes or any other available funds of the district. Any expense incurred in paying the bonds and interest thereon and a reasonable compensation to the bank or trust company for paying the same, shall be paid out of other funds in the hands of the district and collected for the purpose of meeting the expense of administration. The board of commissioners in making the annual tax levy, as heretofore provided, shall take into account the maturing bonds and interest on all bonds and to make an ample provision in advance for the payment thereof.
LA Rev Stat § 38:1655 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§1655. Additional levy for payment of principal and interest

RS 1655 - Additional levy for payment of principal and interest  In case the proceeds of the original tax levy made under the provisions of R.S. 38:1631 are not sufficient to pay the principal and interest of all bonds issued, then the board of commissioners shall make any additional levy or levies upon benefits assessed necessary for this purpose. Under no circumstances shall any tax levies be made that will in any manner or to any extent impair the security of the bonds or the funds available for the payment of the principal and interest of the bonds.
LA Rev Stat § 38:1656 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§1656. Limit of tax levy

RS 1656 - Limit of tax levy  The total taxes levied, exclusive of taxes levied for interest on bonds, for maintenance, or under R.S. 38:1669, shall not exceed the total assessed benefits as decreed by the court under R.S. 38:1628. The annual installment of taxes shall not exceed in any one year ten per cent of the total taxes levied, exclusive of maintenance taxes and taxes levied under R.S. 38:1669.
LA Rev Stat § 38:1657 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§1657. Bond of secretary-treasurer

RS 1657 - Bond of secretary-treasurer  The secretary-treasurer shall, at the time of the receipt by him of the bonds, execute and deliver to the president of the board of commissioners of the district, a bond with good and sufficient sureties, to be approved by the board of commissioners, conditioned that he shall account for and pay over as required by law and as ordered by the board of commissioners any and all money received by him on the sale of the bonds, or any of them, and that he will only sell and deliver the bonds to the purchaser or purchasers thereof under and according to the terms herein prescribed, and that he will return, duly canceled, any and all bonds not sold, to the board of commissioners when ordered by the board so to do. The treasurer's bond shall remain in the custody of the president of the board of commissioners, who shall produce the same for inspection or for use as evidence whenever and wherever legally requested so to do. All premiums for the bond shall be at the expense of the board. The secretary-treasurer shall promptly report all sales of bonds to the board of commissioners.  The board of commissioners shall cause to be deposited at the place of payment sufficient funds to pay the maturing bonds and coupons when due, as well as a reasonable compensation to the bank or trust company for paying the bonds and coupons.  The successor in office of any secretary-treasurer shall not be entitled to the bonds or the proceeds thereof until he shall have complied with all the foregoing provisions applicable to his predecessor in office. The bond of the secretary-treasurer, may, if the board shall so direct, be furnished by a surety or bonding company, which may be approved by the board of commissioners.
LA Rev Stat § 38:1658 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§1658. Use of funds derived from the sale of bonds

RS 1658 - Use of funds derived from the sale of bonds  The funds derived from the sale of bonds or any of them shall be used for the purpose of paying the cost of the drainage works and improvements and any costs, expenses, fees, and salaries which may be authorized by law, and for no other purpose.