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LA Rev Stat § 38:1758 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§1758. Board of commissioners; eligibility

RS 1758 - Board of commissioners; eligibility  All gravity drainage districts formed or created under the provisions of this Part shall be governed and controlled by five commissioners, who shall be the governing authority of the district or sub-district. These commissioners or their wives must be assessed with real estate in the district to the value of five hundred dollars, or they must be the representative of some corporation owning lands in the district to the value of five hundred dollars. The representative of a corporation may be an officer of the corporation, or may be some person not connected with the corporation as officer or stock holder, but is designated to represent the corporation by a resolution of the board of directors to that effect. Persons possessing the qualifications, or persons thus designated to represent a corporation, may be drainage commissioners, whether they be residents or non-residents. A drainage commissioner may hold the position of drainage commissioner in two or more drainage districts and may hold these positions in addition to any other office that may be held by him, and the holding of position as drainage commissioner shall not be considered in contemplation of law as dual office holding.
LA Rev Stat § 38:1759 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§1759. Appointment and terms of commissioners

RS 1759 - Appointment and terms of commissioners  A. The police jury organizing the drainage district shall appoint five commissioners in each district, two of the commissioners for the term of two years and three for the term of four years, and all selections or appointments thereafter shall be for the term of four years. The appointment of commissioners by the police jury shall be made upon the petition or recommendation of a majority in number of acres or a majority of the resident land owners in the district where the district contains forty or fewer land owners. Where more than forty land owners are embraced in the district, the appointment shall be made upon the recommendation or petition of twenty-five of the land owners of the district. Where there is a contest over the appointment of commissioners, the police jury shall give the appointment to those commissioners who are recommended by the land owners owning the greatest number of acres of land in the districts. In the absence of any petition or recommendation, the police jury may appoint commissioners in their discretion.  B. Notwithstanding the provisions of Subsection A of this Section, the board of commissioners of Gravity Drainage District No. 2 and Gravity Drainage District No. 5 of Livingston Parish shall consist of seven members, subject to all other requirements of qualifications for office provided in Subsection A of this Section.  Amended by Acts 1966, No. 447, §1; Acts 2017, No. 169, §1, eff. June 12, 2017; Acts 2019, No. 84, §1, eff. June 4, 2019.
LA Rev Stat § 38:1760 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§1760. Creation of districts in adjoining parishes

RS 1760 - Creation of districts in adjoining parishes  When the drainage by gravity of any locality is such that in the opinion of the police juries of the respective parishes, it becomes necessary to organize or create gravity drainage districts composed partly of land situated in two or more parishes, then the drainage districts may be created by joint resolution of the police juries of the respective parishes, or by a resolution to that effect passed by the police jury of one parish and approved by the police jury or juries of the other parish or parishes. The police juries shall create the district upon a petition being presented to them as provided in R.S. 38:1751 covering the creation of gravity drainage districts from lands lying in one parish.
LA Rev Stat § 38:1761 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§1761. Selection of commissioners

RS 1761 - Selection of commissioners  In the event of the creation of a gravity drainage district within two or more parishes, the drainage commissioners shall be appointed or selected as aforesaid, three by the police jury of the parish which has the greatest area in the district and two by the police jury of the other parish. When all or portions of three parishes are included, two commissioners shall be appointed by the governing authority of the parish having the greatest area in the district, two shall be appointed by the governing authority of the parish having the second largest area in the district, and one shall be appointed by the governing authority of the other parish. When all or portions of four parishes are included, two commissioners shall be appointed by the governing authority of the parish which has the greatest area in the district and one commissioner shall be appointed by the governing authorities of each of the other parishes. When all or portions of five parishes are included, the governing authorities of each of the parishes shall appoint one commissioner. When all or portions of more than five parishes are included, the governing authorities of the five parishes having the greatest acreage in the district each shall appoint one of the five commissioners. When all or portions of more than one parish are included within the district, the commissioners shall determine the terms by drawing lots for the long and short terms. Any commissioner so appointed may be removed for cause by the police jury appointing him. Failure or refusal by a commissioner to perform any or all of the duties prescribed by this Part shall be good cause for removal.  Amended by Acts 1966, No. 447, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 38:1762 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§1762. Creation of districts upon petition of property owners

RS 1762 - Creation of districts upon petition of property owners  Upon the failure or refusal of the police juries to organize a gravity drainage district when needed of territory composed partly of the parishes of each, they are hereby required to form the gravity drainage district when petitioned so to do by property owners as is provided for in R.S. 38:1751 governing the creation of gravity drainage districts from lands of one parish. The police juries shall form gravity drainage districts within the parishes when petitioned in the manner provided in R.S. 38:1751, and shall create, or shall approve the creation of gravity drainage districts composed of lands situated in two or more parishes, in the manner as provided in R.S. 38:1760, upon there being presented to the police juries a petition signed by the requisite number of property owners as provided for in R.S. 38:1751, governing the creation of gravity drainage districts from the lands of one parish. The fact that there may be presented to any police jury, or juries, a petition objecting to the creation of the gravity drainage district, or districts, shall not be just ground for the police jury or juries refusing to create or approve the creation of the gravity drainage district or districts when thus petitioned.
LA Rev Stat § 38:1763 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§1763. Gravity sub-drainage districts

RS 1763 - Gravity sub-drainage districts  Gravity sub-drainage districts shall be composed of territory which is wholly within the limits and is less than the entire territory of a gravity drainage district. The sub-drainage district may be created from the land of one land owner. The governing body of any gravity sub-drainage district shall be the board of drainage commissioners of the gravity drainage district in which the sub-drainage district is situated. The resolution or resolutions creating gravity sub-drainage districts shall define the limits of the sub-drainage district, and the boundaries may be changed by the police jury or police juries creating the district, if the action be taken prior to the issuing of bonds or the levying of taxes therein. Gravity sub-drainage districts may also be formed on the petition of the board of commissioners of the gravity drainage district in which the proposed gravity sub-drainage district is situated, and they shall be formed upon a petition being presented as provided in R.S. 38:1751 for the compulsory creation of gravity drainage districts. The corporate seal of a gravity drainage district may be used as the corporate seal of any gravity sub-drainage district situated within its limits.
LA Rev Stat § 38:1765 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§1765. Domicile; organization meeting

RS 1765 - Domicile; organization meeting  The police juries creating gravity drainage districts as aforesaid, with corporate powers, shall designate the domicile of the corporation, at which domicile it shall be sued and service of citation made on its president, either in person or on some person in charge of the office. The domicile of a sub-drainage district shall be the domicile of the parent district. The domicile of the drainage district when once established by the police jury may thereafter be changed and a new domicile fixed by a resolution of the drainage commissioners, and notice to that effect, signed by the president of the commission, shall be published for thirty days in a newspaper published in the parish in which the gravity drainage district is situated. When any gravity drainage district is created hereunder, the police jury shall designate the time and place for the first meeting of the commission.
LA Rev Stat § 38:1766 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§1766. Officers of the board; fiscal agent

RS 1766 - Officers of the board; fiscal agent  A.(1) Immediately upon meeting, the board of commissioners shall proceed to organize by electing from among their number a president and a vice president. The president shall preside over all meetings of the board and perform all duties usually required of presidents of corporate bodies. The vice president shall perform the duties of the president in case of his absence or disability.  (2) The board shall elect a treasurer, who shall also serve as secretary. The secretary-treasurer shall receive a salary of not less than fifteen dollars nor more than two hundred dollars per month, to be fixed by the board. The secretary-treasurer shall maintain an office at the parish seat of each parish and shall keep the office open during business hours for the purpose of transacting the business of the district and for the convenience of the taxpayers thereof. The secretary-treasurer shall furnish bond in such amount and in the manner now provided by law for the faithful accounting of all funds turned over to him for the account of the district.  (3) Notwithstanding the provisions of Paragraph (2) of this Subsection, the secretary-treasurer of the board of commissioners of Gravity Drainage District No. 1 of Rapides Parish shall receive a salary of not less than fifteen dollars nor more than five hundred dollars per month, to be fixed by the board. B. The board shall also elect one of the solvent chartered banks of the state, and other things being equal, a bank situated in the drainage district or parish or parishes in which the district is situated, in which all funds shall be deposited, which bank shall pay interest at not less than three percent per annum, on daily balances. A fiscal agent may be chosen, who will materially aid the sale of the bonds of any drainage or subdrainage district, in which event, the fiscal agent may pay a lesser rate of interest or no interest at all.  Amended by Acts 1972, No. 116, §1; Acts 1975, No. 519, §1; Acts 1984, No. 172, §1; Acts 2001, No. 345, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 38:1767 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§1767. Powers and duties of board of commissioners

RS 1767 - Powers and duties of board of commissioners  The board of drainage commissioners may open all natural drains which they deem necessary in their respective districts and perform all work connected therewith, which they may deem necessary to make the opening of the natural drains effective. They may cut and open new drains, ditches, and canals wherever deemed necessary. In order to carry out the drainage works, the drainage commissioners may enter into contracts for the performance of these works, or purchase machinery and have the work performed under their supervision, and perform all other acts necessary to fully drain all the land in their districts and maintain the drainage when established.
LA Rev Stat § 38:1768 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§1768. Levy of tax or forced contribution

RS 1768 - Levy of tax or forced contribution  The commissioners may provide the funds necessary for conducting drainage work by levying any tax or forced contribution which is authorized by the constitution and laws of this state. If the tax to be levied is an acreage tax levied by the vote of the electors of the gravity drainage district for gravity drainage, then the tax shall by resolution of the governing authority of the district, be levied for the full term for which it was voted. If the tax levied be an ad valorem tax assessed for the purpose of paying the principal and interest of the bonded indebtedness issued upon the vote of the property taxpayers, then the ad valorem tax shall be levied annually.
LA Rev Stat § 38:1769 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§1769. Issuance of bonds

RS 1769 - Issuance of bonds  Gravity drainage districts and gravity subdrainage districts created under this Part may as political subdivisions incur debt and issue negotiable bonds payable from an ad valorem tax on the property within the district under the constitution and laws of the state of Louisiana relating to incurring debt and issuing bonds.
LA Rev Stat § 38:1771 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§1771. Submission to taxpaying voters of question of levying forced contribution or acreage tax

RS 1771 - Submission to taxpaying voters of question of levying forced contribution or acreage tax  The governing authority of any gravity drainage district or gravity sub-drainage district may call a special election and submit to the qualified taxpaying voters, or submit at any special election in the district called for other purposes, the question of levying a forced contribution or acreage tax hereunder and incurring debt and issuing negotiable bonds secured by the tax. The governing authority shall call a special election for the purpose or purposes when requested so to do by the petition in writing of one-fourth of the property taxpayers eligible to vote at the election. The election may be held on the same date and at the same election places as other elections, general or special, are held. The election shall be ordered by resolution which shall state the purpose for which the debt is to be incurred, the amount of the debt, the maximum number of years for which the bonds are to run, and the maximum rate of interest.
LA Rev Stat § 38:1772 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§1772. Notice of elections

RS 1772 - Notice of elections  Notice of the election shall be given embracing substantially all matters required to be set forth in the resolution ordering the election, and shall set forth further that the authority ordering the election will, in open session, at an hour and place named, proceed to open the ballot boxes, canvass the returns, and declare the result. The notice shall be published for thirty days in a newspaper published in the parish, or if there be no newspaper published in the parish, the publication shall be made in a newspaper published in an adjoining parish and by posting in three public places in the district ordering the election. Four publications, in a newspaper once a week shall constitute publication for thirty days, provided thirty days intervene between the date of the first publication and the date of the election.
LA Rev Stat § 38:1773 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§1773. Use of funds collected from taxes

RS 1773 - Use of funds collected from taxes  Taxes, whether ad valorem or forced contributions or acreage taxes, shall only be levied and debt shall only be incurred and negotiable bonds issued to construct gravity drainage works for the district or subdistrict or to readjust, refund, extend, or unify the bonded indebtedness of the district or subdistrict and to support or secure the payment of the bonds, and for no other purposes. The title to the works shall be in the district.  The provisions of this Part relative to incurring debt and issuing bonds for the purpose of readjusting, refunding, extending or unifying any outstanding indebtedness of the district or subdistrict to be secured by an acreage tax or forced contribution, are not intended to repeal or otherwise affect any legislation that may hereafter be enacted relating to the same subject matter, but shall be construed as an additional method for readjusting, refunding, extending or unifying any outstanding indebtedness of the district or subdistrict to be secured by an acreage tax or forced contribution.
LA Rev Stat § 38:1774 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§1774. Polling places; ballot boxes; election officers; right to vote

RS 1774 - Polling places; ballot boxes; election officers; right to vote  The governing authority ordering the election shall designate the polling places, provide the ballot boxes, ballots, valuations of property, and statement of the voters in number and amount, and fix the compensation of the election officers. It shall appoint for each polling place three commissioners and one clerk of election. Only property taxpayers qualified as electors under the constitution and laws of this state shall be entitled to vote at any election hereunder. The qualifications of the taxpayers as voters shall be as prescribed by the constitution and statutes without regard to sex. There shall be no voting by proxy.
LA Rev Stat § 38:1775 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§1775. List of voters

RS 1775 - List of voters  The registrar of voters shall furnish the election commissioners appointed to hold the elections with a list of the land owners entitled to vote, together with the number of acres of each land owner entitled to vote as shown by the assessment roll made and filed prior to the election. When any land owner's name or the number of acres shall be omitted from the list or erroneously entered thereon the commissioners of election may receive affidavits of the land owner entitled to vote and the number of acres owned by him, which affidavit shall be attached to the voter's ballot. No defect or irregularity in or omission from the list of voters furnished by the registrar of voters hereunder shall affect the validity of the election, unless it shall be established that voters were deprived of votes sufficient in number or in number of acres to have changed the result of the election.
LA Rev Stat § 38:1776 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§1776. Form of ballot

RS 1776 - Form of ballot  The question submitted to the voters at special elections held under the provisions of this Part and the ballot to be used at the elections, when refunding bonds are not to be issued, or acreage taxes or forced contributions are not to be levied for the payment thereof, shall be in substantially the following form: "Shall ................. (name of subdivision) impose, levy and collect annually for the term of ...... years, beginning with the year 19..., an acreage tax or forced contribution of ...... cents per acre per year on each and every acre of YES [ ]NO[ ]issue bonds to the amount of ...... dollars, to run not more than ...... years from date with interest at the maximum rate of ...... per cent per annum, for the purpose of constructing gravity drainage works, said bonds to be payable from and secured by an acreage tax or forced contribution of ...... cents per acre per year and for a term of ...... years beginning with the year 19...?" Number of acres: ..................................................... YES [ ] .................................................................................... NO [ ]  (Signature of Voter) When refunding bonds are to be issued or acreage taxes or forced contributions are to be levied to support or secure the payment of refunding bonds, the question to be submitted to the voters at special elections held hereunder and the ballot to be used thereat, shall be in substantially the following form: "Shall ................. (name of subdivision) incur debt and issue bonds to the amount of $...... to run not more than ...... years from date with interest at the maximum rate of ...... per cent per annum, for the purpose of readjusting, refunding, extending and unifying the (whole) (part of the principal) (principal and interest) (interest) of the outstanding bonds of the district, to be secured by an acreage tax or [ ]NO[ ]and collect annually, for a term of ...... years, beginning with the year 19..., an acreage tax or forced contribution of .... cents per acre per year on each and and every acre of land in said .............. (name of subdivision) such acreage tax or forced contribution to represent (a reduction) (an increase) in the acreage tax or forced contribution now being levied, up to and including the year ...., and the levy and imposition of additional acreage taxes or forced contributions for the additional years, the proceeds of  which acreage or forced contribution to support or secure the payment of the bonded indebtedness of the district to be [ ]Number of acres: .......................................................NO [ ]Notice to Voters: To vote in favor of the proposition submitted on this ballot place a cross (X) mark in the square after the word "YES". To vote against it, place a similar mark after the word "NO".
LA Rev Stat § 38:1777 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§1777. Absence of commissioner or clerk of election; oaths

RS 1777 - Absence of commissioner or clerk of election; oaths  If any commissioner or clerk of election shall be unable, fail, or neglect to attend or serve at the polling place designated, and at the hour fixed for opening the polls or within one hour thereafter, the commissioners present shall appoint, or in the absence of all commissioners the voters present shall elect the necessary number of commissioners and clerks, who shall have the same powers, compensation, and duties as other commissioners and clerks and shall serve in the place and stead of the absentee or delinquent appointees. Commissioners and clerks of elections before opening the polls shall be sworn to perform all the duties incumbent on them. The oaths shall be taken before any officer authorized to administer oaths, or by the clerk, and each commissioner of election before any other commissioner. The commissioners may administer any oath and receive any affidavit provided for in this Part.