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LA Rev Stat § 33:222 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§222. Contracts; transfer of facilities

RS 222 - Contracts; transfer of facilities The parties may provide in the contract that in order to avoid unnecessary duplication of facilities either party will convey its respective facilities in the annexed area to the party granted exclusive jurisdiction over the area for the purpose of serving the inhabitants thereof. Such reasonable compensation as is agreed upon by the parties shall be paid in consideration for the transfer, and no such conveyance shall be made without such compensation or in such a manner as to impair any outstanding obligations of either party. Added by Acts 1975, No. 142, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 33:223 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§223. Contracts; recordation

RS 223 - Contracts; recordation An executed copy of the contract shall be recorded in the mortgage records of the parish in which the municipality is located and shall be binding upon the parties thereto as of the date such contract is so filed for recordation. Added by Acts 1975, No. 142, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 33:224 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§224. Annexation and maintenance of parish roads

RS 224 - Annexation and maintenance of parish roads Whenever any municipality annexes territory by any of the methods provided for in this Chapter it shall also annex and maintain any parish road which is within the territory proposed to be annexed, but only insofar as the road is within the municipality. Where the road is adjacent to but not within the annexed territory the municipality and the parish shall equally share the maintenance of the road. Any annexation contrary to the provisions of this Section shall be invalid. The provisions of this Section shall not apply to any parish in which there is a city-parish form of government. Added by Acts 1983, No. 123, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 33:225 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§225. Incorporation within East Baton Rouge Parish; maintenance of roads and drainage

RS 225 - Incorporation within East Baton Rouge Parish; maintenance of roads and drainage A. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, when Central is incorporated in the parish of East Baton Rouge pursuant to Subpart A of Part I of Chapter 1 of this Title on and after the date the Central Transition District ceases existence, the governing authority of the newly created municipality shall be responsible for the maintenance of any road or drainage maintained by or dedicated to the parish of East Baton Rouge prior to the effective date of incorporation which is located within the boundaries of the municipality. B. Notwithstanding the provisions of Subsection A of this Section, the governing authority of East Baton Rouge Parish shall be responsible for maintaining the following roadways: (1) Comite Drive from Blackwater Road to the Comite River (0.72 miles). (2) Dyer Road from the Comite River to Blackwater Road (1.2 miles). (3) Joor Road from Hooper Road to Greenwell Springs-Port Hudson Road (6.27 miles). (4) The proposed Central Thruway from the Comite River to Sullivan Road (2.21 miles). (5) Sullivan Road from Greenwell Springs Road to Wax Road (2.21 miles). (6) Sullivan Road from Hooper Road to Joor Road (1.19 miles). Acts 2005, No. 376, §1, eff. June 30, 2005.
LA Rev Stat § 33:226 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§226. Naming of bridge by governing authority of East Baton Rouge Parish

RS 226 - Naming of bridge by governing authority of East Baton Rouge Parish Notwithstanding R.S. 42:267 or any other law to the contrary, the governing authority of East Baton Rouge Parish may name a bridge that is part of the Central Thruway and crosses over Beaver Creek in honor of a living person who represented East Baton Rouge Metropolitan Council District Four from 1992 until 2008 and served as mayor pro tem of the East Baton Rouge Parish Metropolitan Council. Acts 2009, No. 439, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 33:231 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§231. Abolition of municipality not containing one hundred inhabitants; debt not discharged

RS 231 - Abolition of municipality not containing one hundred inhabitants; debt not discharged If in any case a census taken by resolution of the board of aldermen of any municipality created after July 29, 1898, shows that the municipality contains less than one hundred inhabitants, the governor shall issue his proclamation abolishing the same; and thenceforward it shall not exercise any corporate power or function whatever, and shall cease to exist. The person who was mayor thereof, at the time shall record the proclamation on the minute book and deposit the same with all of the other records of the defunct corporation, in the office of the clerk of the district court of the parish, who shall receive the same, and preserve them as records; but such dissolution shall not relieve the property theretofore liable for the debt of the municipality. In the performance of his duties under this Section, the governor shall not be bound by the returns of a census, if he is of the opinion that the same are fraudulent. In such case, he may ascertain the facts for himself, in such manner as he may deem proper, and abolish municipalities accordingly.
LA Rev Stat § 33:251 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§251. Petition for dissolution of any municipality with a population of not more than twenty-five hundred persons

RS 251 - Petition for dissolution of any municipality with a population of not more than twenty-five hundred persons  A. If the surrender of the charter and dissolution of a municipality with a population of not more than twenty-five hundred persons according to the latest federal decennial census is sought, a petition shall be submitted to the governing authority of the municipality, referred to in this Subpart as the "local governing authority". The petition shall be limited to the request that an election be called and held in the municipality for the purpose of determining whether the municipality shall be dissolved, shall be signed by a majority of the qualified electors of the municipality as certified by the registrar of voters, and shall be in compliance with the provisions of R.S. 18:3.  B. If the petition meets the requirements of Subsection A of this Section, then the local governing authority shall adopt a resolution calling a special election, for the purpose specified in Subsection A of this Section, to be held within the municipality on any of the dates set forth in R.S. 18:402(F).  Acts 2016, No. 313, §1, eff. June 2, 2016.
LA Rev Stat § 33:252 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§252. Procedures; notice of election

RS 252 - Procedures; notice of election  The procedures for the election and notice of the election shall be in compliance with the provisions of Chapter 6-A and Chapter 6-B of Title 18 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950.  Acts 2016, No. 313, §1, eff. June 2, 2016.
LA Rev Stat § 33:253 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§253. Form of ballot

RS 253 - Form of ballot  The ballot for the election shall provide as follows: "PROPOSITION ELECTION  Shall the Charter of the municipality of __________________be surrendered and the municipality dissolved?".  Acts 2016, No. 313, §1, eff. June 2, 2016.
LA Rev Stat § 33:254 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§254. Election officers; oath

RS 254 - Election officers; oath  Commissioners-in-charge and commissioners shall take the oath or affirmation provided in R.S. 18:424 and 425.  Acts 2016, No. 313, §1, eff. June 2, 2016.
LA Rev Stat § 33:255 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§255. Elections officers; substitutes

RS 255 - Elections officers; substitutes  The commissioner-in-charge and the commissioners shall be present at the polling place at least thirty minutes prior to the time the polls are open. A commissioner-in-charge who fails to so appear shall be replaced in accordance with R.S. 18:433(H). If any commissioner fails to so appear, or if the number of commissioners present is less than the number necessary to conduct the election as previously established by the local governing authority, the commissioner-in-charge shall appoint the necessary number of commissioners in accordance with R.S. 18:434(D)(2).  Acts 2016, No. 313, §1, eff. June 2, 2016.
LA Rev Stat § 33:256 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§256. Applicable election laws

RS 256 - Applicable election laws  The election laws of this state applicable to other elections held under Part V and VI of Chapter 5, Chapter 6-A, Chapter 6-B, Chapter 7, Chapter 8, Chapter 8-A, and Chapter 9 of Title 18 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950 shall govern elections held pursuant to this Subpart.  Acts 2016, No. 313, §1, eff. June 2, 2016.
LA Rev Stat § 33:257 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§257. Canvass of returns; proces verbal

RS 257 - Canvass of returns; proces verbal  A. On the date and at the hour and place specified in the notice of election, the local governing authority ordering the election, in public session, shall examine and canvass the returns and declare the result of the election. The result shall be promulgated by one publication in a newspaper of general circulation in the municipality or, if there is none, in a newspaper of general circulation in the parish, or if there is no newspaper of general circulation in the parish, then in a newspaper of general circulation in an adjoining parish.  B. The local governing authority ordering the election shall preserve a proces verbal of the canvass. The governing authority shall forward a copy of the proces verbal to the secretary of state, who shall record it. A copy also shall be forwarded to the clerk of the district court, and in Orleans Parish to the clerk of the civil district court, who shall record it in the mortgage records. A copy shall be retained in the archives of the office of the local governing authority ordering the election.  Acts 2016, No. 313, §1, eff. June 2, 2016.
LA Rev Stat § 33:258 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§258. Contests

RS 258 - Contests  For sixty days after promulgation of the results of an election held under this Subpart, any person in interest may contest the legality of the election as provided in Chapter 9 of Title 18 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950. After that time no one shall have any cause or right of action to contest the regularity, formality, or legality of the election. If the validity of the election is not raised within the sixty days, the authority to dissolve the municipality shall be conclusively presumed to be valid, and no court shall have authority to inquire into such matters.  Acts 2016, No. 313, §1, eff. June 2, 2016.
LA Rev Stat § 33:259 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§259. Tax levy by police jury to liquidate municipal indebtedness

RS 259 - Tax levy by police jury to liquidate municipal indebtedness  If any municipality is dissolved and its charter surrendered under the provisions of this Subpart, and is, on the day of dissolution, indebted in any sum to any person, the police jury of the parish in which the municipality is situated shall levy such tax as the governing authority of the municipality could have legally levied, for the purpose of liquidating the outstanding indebtedness of the municipality.  Acts 2016, No. 313, §1, eff. June 2, 2016.
LA Rev Stat § 33:260 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§260. Liquidation of other affairs of municipality

RS 260 - Liquidation of other affairs of municipality  The governing authority of a municipality dissolved under this Subpart, in office at the time of its dissolution shall liquidate the other affairs of the municipality as speedily as possible and shall continue in office until the final settlement thereof.  Acts 2016, No. 313, §1, eff. June 2, 2016.
LA Rev Stat § 33:261 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§261. Disposition of surplus funds of municipality

RS 261 - Disposition of surplus funds of municipality  If after the payment of all the debts of a municipality dissolved under this Subpart, any balance of money remains, it shall be turned over to the school board of the parish to be used in the education of the children of school age residing within the territory covered by the municipality.  Acts 2016, No. 313, §1, eff. June 2, 2016.
LA Rev Stat § 33:321 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§321. Municipalities governed by mayor-board of aldermen form of government

RS 321 - Municipalities governed by mayor-board of aldermen form of government All municipalities shall be governed by the provisions of this Part except those municipalities governed by a special legislative charter or a home rule charter or plan of government adopted pursuant to Article VI of the Constitution of Louisiana. Acts 1986, No. 1076, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1987; Acts 2010, No. 39, §1, eff. May 26, 2010.
LA Rev Stat § 33:322 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§322. Election to adopt mayor-board of aldermen form of government

RS 322 - Election to adopt mayor-board of aldermen form of government The legislative body of any municipality not governed by this Part may by a majority vote call an election to become governed by the provisions of this Part. The election shall be held in accordance with the procedures specified in R.S. 18:1300 and other applicable provisions of the Louisiana Election Code. If a majority of the legal votes cast are for adopting the provisions of this Part, the municipality shall be governed by its provisions, and the result of the election shall be certified to the secretary of state, who shall make a record of the same in his office. If a majority of the votes cast are against adopting the provisions of this Part, the legislative body may not call another election on the question for at least twelve months after the date of the election. Acts 1986, No. 1076, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1987; Acts 2010, No. 861, §15.
LA Rev Stat § 33:323 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§323. Repealed by Acts 1986, No. 1076, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 1987.

RS 323 - Repealed by Acts 1986, No. 1076, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 1987.
LA Rev Stat § 33:341 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§341. Division into cities, towns, and villages

RS 341 - Division into cities, towns, and villages Municipal corporations shall be divided into three classes: cities, towns, and villages. Those having five thousand inhabitants or more are cities; those having less than five thousand but more than one thousand inhabitants are towns; and those having one thousand or fewer inhabitants are villages. Acts 1986, No. 1076, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1987.
LA Rev Stat § 33:342 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§342. Change in classification of municipality; governor's proclamation; census not conclusive; judicial notice

RS 342 - Change in classification of municipality; governor's proclamation; census not conclusive; judicial notice A.(1) Whenever a census taken by resolution of the board of aldermen of any municipality or a certified report from the federal Census Bureau shows that its population has increased or decreased so as to take the municipality out of its present municipal class, the board of aldermen shall adopt a resolution requesting the governor to change the classification of the municipality. The results of any census taken by resolution of the board of aldermen shall have been certified by the person authorized to take the census. (2) Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section and the provisions of R.S. 33:341, the governing authority of a municipality may elect not to change the classification of the municipality when a census shows that its population has increased by fewer than two hundred persons since the last decennial census, but such increase would change the municipality's classification from village to town. If the governing authority, by resolution, elects to retain its classification and not change the classification as otherwise required, the mayor shall transmit a copy of the resolution to the governor and to the secretary of state for recordation. Laws applicable to municipalities based upon their population shall be applicable to a municipality that elects not to change its classification as authorized in this Paragraph based upon its population and not its classification. B. The mayor of the municipality shall transmit the resolution to the governor. The governor shall investigate the facts; in such investigation, the governor shall not be bound by the census submitted and, if he believes the findings are inaccurate, he may ascertain the facts in any manner he deems appropriate. If the governor finds that the municipality is wrongly classified, he shall issue a proclamation correctly classifying the municipality, and such proclamation shall be transmitted to the mayor of the municipality. C. Upon receipt of the proclamation, the board of aldermen of the municipality shall adopt an ordinance changing the name of the municipality to reflect its new classification. A copy of the proclamation and the ordinance shall be transmitted to the secretary of state for recordation. D. The courts shall take judicial notice of the class to which each municipality belongs. Amended by Acts 1954, No. 46, §1; Acts 1986, No. 1076, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1987; Acts 2011, No. 260, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 33:343 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§343. Nomenclature; village, town, or city council

RS 343 - Nomenclature; village, town, or city council A.(1) Notwithstanding the terminology used in this Part or in any other provision of law, the governing authority of any municipality governed by this Part may, by duly adopted resolution, elect to be known and referred to as a village, town, or city council as appropriate for a municipality of its size or, if the municipality elects to retain its classification as a village as authorized in R.S. 33:342(A)(2), as appropriate for its classification rather than its size. (2) If the governing authority elects to be known as a village, town, or city council, each individual member of such council shall thereafter be known and referred to as a council member. The municipal governing authority may make other conforming changes in naming conventions, but no change pursuant to this Section shall in any way alter the applicability of state law to the municipality, its governing authority, or the members thereof. B. The governing authority shall submit a copy of the adopted resolution to the office of the secretary of state for recordation. Acts 1997, No. 255, §1; Acts 2011, No. 260, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 33:361 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§361. Municipal powers

RS 361 - Municipal powers A. Except as otherwise provided in this Part, a municipality shall be vested with all powers, rights, privileges, immunities, authorities, and duties heretofore possessed in accordance with all constitutional and statutory provisions with respect thereto. A municipality is further authorized to exercise any power and perform any function necessary, requisite, or proper for the management of its affairs not denied by law. B. The power to perform any function necessary, requisite, or proper for the management of its affairs shall specifically include the power to levy and collect taxes and to assume indebtedness as provided by law. In this regard, the board of aldermen of a municipality may levy and collect taxes, incur debt, and issue bonds and other evidences of indebtedness as authorized by law. Acts 1985, No. 890, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986. {{NOTE: SEE ACTS 1985, NO. 890, §3.}}
LA Rev Stat § 33:362 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§362. Exercise of municipal powers; legislative, executive

RS 362 - Exercise of municipal powers; legislative, executive A.(1) The legislative powers of a municipality shall be vested in and exercised by the board of aldermen. (2) The board of aldermen may: (a) Repealed by Acts 1986, No. 1076, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 1987. (b) Enact ordinances and enforce the same by fine not to exceed five hundred dollars or imprisonment not exceeding sixty days, or both. (c) Provide by ordinance for assessing against the abutting property the cost of cutting, destroying, or removing noxious weeds, grass, or other deleterious, unhealthy, or noxious growths or accumulations on any sidewalk; assess on the owner of such lot or place or area the cost of cutting, destroying, or removing noxious weeds, grass or other deleterious, unhealthy, or noxious growths or accumulations within the corporate limits; and on the owner of any lot or place or area within the corporate limits the cost of cutting, destroying or removing noxious weeds, grass, or other deleterious, unhealthy, or noxious growth or accumulation on the lot or place or area; and provide for the filing of notice of such cost which shall constitute a privilege upon the property and shall be prior in rank to mortgages, vendor's privileges, and all other privileges except tax privileges. (d)(i) Seek reimbursement from a former municipal employee on whose behalf the municipality paid licensure fees for a commercial driver's license when such employee is employed by the municipality for a period of six months or less from the date upon which the municipality paid such licensure fee on behalf of the employee. Reimbursement shall be limited to the amount of the licensure fee paid by the municipality. (ii) The former employee of the municipality shall be liable to the municipality for an amount equal to the amount of the licensure fee paid by the municipality. (3) Subject to law, including R.S. 33:423.2 and 423.3, and applicable civil service rules and regulations, the board of aldermen shall, by ordinance, provide policies and procedures regulating the employment of municipal employees including the hiring and firing of such employees. B. The mayor shall be the chief executive officer of the municipality. C. Any department of a municipality, other than the police department in a municipality with an elected chief of police, shall be created, abolished, merged, or consolidated by the board of aldermen, upon written recommendation of the mayor. Acts 1985, No. 890, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986; Acts 1986, No. 1076, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 1987; Acts 1997, No. 441, §1. {{NOTE: SEE ACTS 1985, NO. 890, §3.}}