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LA Rev Stat § 33:3660 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§3660. Issuance of certificates for payment of costs

RS 3660 - Issuance of certificates for payment of costs Municipalities complying with the provisions of this Subpart 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 R.S. 33:3657, the certificates to bear interest not exceeding six 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 in such form, date, denomination, and payable in principal and interest at such times 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 streets along which the street lighting system has been installed, shall be payable in annual installments or deferred payments as provided for by this Subpart, 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. Added by Acts 1967, No. 117, §4.
LA Rev Stat § 33:3661 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§3661. Form of the certificates; registration

RS 3661 - Form of the certificates; registration  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 the facsimile signature of said officers, and before delivery, shall be registered in the mortgage records of the parish in which the municipality is located as to the serial number, or numbers, amount, rate of interest, date due, and the streets, roads, or parts thereof, along which the street lighting facilities have been installed. Each of these certificates shall bear the following endorsement:  "This certificate registered in the Mortgage Records of the Parish of ________ on this, the ______ day of ________, 20__."  Added by Acts 1967, No. 117, §5.
LA Rev Stat § 33:3662 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§3662. Certificates to have requisites of negotiable paper

RS 3662 - Certificates to have requisites of negotiable paper 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. Added by Acts 1967, No. 117, §6.
LA Rev Stat § 33:3663 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§3663. Certificates not included in computing indebtedness

RS 3663 - Certificates not included in computing 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. Added by Acts 1967, No. 117, §7.
LA Rev Stat § 33:3664 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§3664. Prescriptive period to question validity of proceedings

RS 3664 - Prescriptive period to question validity of proceedings No contest or proceeding to question the validity or legality of the resolutions or ordinances adopted or proceedings had under the provisions of this Subpart with respect to the issuance of certificates shall be instituted in any court by any person for any cause whatsoever, after the expiration of thirty days from the date when the resolution, ordinance or proceeding with respect to said certificates was published; after such time the regularity of such resolution, ordinance or proceeding shall be conclusively presumed. If the validity of any such certificate ordinance is not raised within thirty days from the date of publication of the resolution or ordinance issuing said certificates and fixing their terms, the authority to issue said certificates, the legality thereof and of the local or special assessments necessary to pay the same shall be conclusively presumed and no court shall thereafter have authority to inquire into such matters. Added by Acts 1967, No. 117, §8.
LA Rev Stat § 33:3671 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§3671. Liens ranked

RS 3671 - Liens ranked A. The liens or privileges provided for in this Part shall rank as follows: (1) Liens for street, alley and sidewalk construction, paving, surfacing, and repairing, according to the date of their recordation; (2) Liens for street lighting; (3) Liens for tree planting and for closing ditches and canals. The liens for street and sidewalk paving and for street lighting shall prime all other claims except taxes. In the City of New Orleans, liens for street lighting shall not prime the vendor's privilege. Subject to the priorities established in (1) and (2) above, the liens for tree planting and for closing ditches and canals shall prime all other claims except taxes and vendor's privileges. B. In the event of a conflict between the lien for the installation of a sewerage system provided for in R.S. 33:3986 or the lien for sewerage connections provided for in R.S. 33:4044 and a lien for street, alley, and sidewalk construction, paving, surfacing, and repairing provided for in this Part, the first recorded lien shall prevail. The lien for the installation of a sewerage system provided in R.S. 33:3986 and the lien for sewerage connections provided in R.S. 33:4044 shall prime a lien for street lighting, tree planting, or closing ditches and canals provided in this Part.
LA Rev Stat § 33:3675.1 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§3675.1. Improvements authorized

RS 3675.1 - Improvements authorized Municipalities may construct, pave surface, resurface with concrete, cement, asphalt, brick, gravel, crushed stone, shell, or any paving material, and repair or otherwise improve streets, roads, sidewalks, and alleys, together with the necessary ditching, curbing, guttering, aprons, drains, and headers within their corporate limits, and may levy and collect local or special assessments on the real property to be benefited thereby, sufficient in amount to defray the total cost of the works, including street intersections, in the form and manner and subject to the limitations and restrictions provided in this Sub-part. Added by Acts 1956, No. 517, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 33:3675.2 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§3675.2. Notice of intention to make improvements; hearings; publication

RS 3675.2 - Notice of intention to make improvements; hearings; publication Any municipality taking advantage of this Subpart 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 and the manner of paying for them. The notice shall be signed by the authorized officer of the municipality. It 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 and the manner of paying for them. After hearing and passing on the objections, the governing authority may order the improvements constructed in the manner hereinafter provided. The notice shall be published three times during at least two consecutive weeks, the first publication being not less than thirteen days before the date fixed for the hearing of objections and the last publication being in the last week. The notice shall be published in a newspaper published in the municipality, or if there is 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 hearing. Added by Acts 1956, No. 517, §1. Amended by Acts 1980, No. 295, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 33:3675.3 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§3675.3. Plans and specifications; advertisement for bids; contents of notice

RS 3675.3 - Plans and specifications; advertisement for bids; contents of notice 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. It shall be published three times during at least two consecutive weeks, the first publication being not less than thirteen days prior to the reception and opening of bids in a newspaper published in the municipality, or if there is none, publication may be made in any newspaper having general circulation in the parish in which the municipality is located. 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, shall designate the hour, date, and place for the reception and opening of the bids, 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. The total cost of the improvements, 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 Subpart. Added by Acts 1956, No. 517, §1. Amended by Acts 1980, No. 295, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 33:3675.4 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§3675.4. Awarding of contracts

RS 3675.4 - Awarding of contracts 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 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. Added by Acts 1956, No. 517, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 33:3675.5 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§3675.5. Report of improvement cost; liability of real estate benefited

RS 3675.5 - Report of improvement cost; liability of real estate benefited The municipality upon the award of any contract under the provisions of this Sub-part, shall forthwith require of the engineer of the municipality a duly certified statement or report, showing in detail the total 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 to be benefited, said charge to be made against each lot or parcel of real estate, or portion thereof, situated within one hundred (100') feet of each side of the street to be improved, whether such property abuts the street to be improved or not, in the proportion that its area bears to the total area to be assessed, except where a plat of the subdivision has been filed, in which case the depth shown on the plat if less than 100 ft. will control; provided, however, that for the purposes of this act, the plat of this subdivision filed must have been approved by the municipal authorities. Property within one hundred feet of the street to be improved shall be deemed to be benefited by said improvements; except where a plat of the subdivision has been filed, in which case the depth shown on the plat if less than 100 ft. will control; provided, however, that for the purposes of this act, the plat of the subdivision filed must have been approved by the municipal authorities provided, however, that no portion of the cost shall be chargeable against any public property forming a part of the street or streets to be improved. The report shall show the cost chargeable to each lot or parcel of real estate in the area involved in proportion that its area bears to the total area assessable on the street to be improved, as herein provided, and the report shall further describe each lot or parcel of real estate to be assessed with sufficient clearness to identify it. Added by Acts 1956, No. 517, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 33:3675.6 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§3675.6. Assessments; payments; lien

RS 3675.6 - Assessments; payments; lien Upon the receipt of the certified statement or report of the engineer as provided for in R.S. 33:3675.5, the governing authority shall adopt an ordinance levying a local or special assessment on each lot or parcel of real estate in the area involved in proportion that its area bears to the total area, as herein provided. The total of all such local or special assessments shall represent the total cost of the improvements, including street intersections, engineers' 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 thirty 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 per centum (6%) per annum, payable annually, and extending over a period not exceeding fifteen 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 installments and 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 the 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 attorney's 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. Added by Acts 1956, No. 517, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 33:3675.7 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§3675.7. Certificates

RS 3675.7 - Certificates Municipalities complying with the provisions of this Sub-part 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 in R.S. 33:3675.6, the certificates to bear interest not exceeding six per centum (6%) per annum payable annually and maturing serially over a period not exceeding fifteen 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 as hereinabove provided 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. Added by Acts 1956, No. 517, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 33:3675.8 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§3675.8. Additional assessments

RS 3675.8 - Additional assessments 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 in the area involved, 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 per cent (10%) additional for attorney's 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 forthwith record 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. Added by Acts 1956, No. 517, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 33:3675.9 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§3675.9. Form of certificates; registration

RS 3675.9 - Form of certificates; registration  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 the facsimile signature of the said officers, and before delivery, shall be registered in the mortgage records of the parish in which the municipality is located as to the serial number or numbers, amount, rate of interest, dates due, and streets, roads, or alleys, 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 ____________."  Added by Acts 1956, No. 517, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 33:3675.10 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§3675.10. Delivery of certificates; collections; use of proceeds

RS 3675.10 - Delivery of certificates; collections; use of proceeds 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 or 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. Added by Acts 1956, No. 517, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 33:3675.11 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§3675.11. Requisites of negotiable paper; incontestability

RS 3675.11 - Requisites of negotiable paper; 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. Added by Acts 1956, No. 517, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 33:3675.12 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§3675.12. Final inspection; payment

RS 3675.12 - Final inspection; payment 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. Added by Acts 1956, No. 517, §1.