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LA Rev Stat § 33:3689.8 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§3689.8. Paving certificates

RS 3689.8 - Paving certificates Any parish upon complying with the provisions of R.S. 33:3689.1-33:3689.17, shall have and is hereby authorized through its police jury as the governing authority thereof to issue, execute, negotiate, sell and deliver negotiable interest bearing coupon paving certificates of the parish in an amount not exceeding the total amount of the unpaid installments or deferred payments as provided for in the preceding Section, said paving certificates to bear interest at a rate of interest not exceeding six (6%) per centum per annum, payable annually, and to mature serially over a period not exceeding twenty years, but in no event shall said certificates extend over a longer period of time than that provided for by the ordinance levying the local or special assessments which may be paid in annual installments. Said paving certificates shall be of such form, date, denomination and payable in principal and interest at such time and place as the police jury may determine, and such certificates shall be secured by and payable in principal and interest by the irrevocable pledge and dedication of the funds derived from the levy and collection of the local or special assessments on the real property abutting said improvements payable in annual installments as provided for by R.S. 33:3689.1-33:3689.17 together with all interest on such assessments, and which funds shall be set aside in a separate fund and shall not be drawn upon for any purpose other than to pay the principal and interest of said paving certificates. The purchaser of any paving certificates issued under the provisions of R.S. 33:3689.1-33:3689.17 shall not be obligated to see to the proper application of any funds coming into possession of the police jury. Acts 1952, No. 430, §8.
LA Rev Stat § 33:3689.9 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§3689.9. Additional assessments

RS 3689.9 - Additional assessments In the event the local or special assessments originally levied are insufficient for any cause whatsoever to pay the principal and interest or the principal or interest in any one year on the said paving certificates outstanding at their respective maturity dates, then in that event the parish issuing such paving certificates under the provisions of R.S. 33:3689.1-33:3689.17, through its police jury, is hereby empowered, authorized and obligated by ordinance to levy and collect, at such time or times as may be necessary, an additional local or special assessment on each lot or parcel of real estate abutting the street, road, sidewalk or alley so improved sufficient in amount to pay in full the said principal and interest or the principal or interest of such paving certificates at their respective maturity dates. The amounts assessed in such ordinance or ordinances shall be due and collectible immediately on its passage and if not paid within thirty days from the date of its adoption and publication, the police jury 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 (10%) per cent additional for attorney's fees. A certified copy of each ordinance providing for the levy and collection of such additional local or special assessment shall be filed with the clerk of court of the parish within ten days from the date of its adoption, 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 the real estate therein assessed and shall prime all other claims except taxes. Acts 1952, No. 430, §9.
LA Rev Stat § 33:3689.10 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§3689.10. Execution and registration of certificates and interest coupons

RS 3689.10 - Execution and registration of certificates and interest coupons  The said paving certificates shall be signed by the president and by the secretary of the police jury for, on behalf of, and in the name of the parish and under the seal thereof. The interest coupons shall be signed with the facsimile signatures of the said officers and before delivery thereof, they shall be registered in the mortgage records of the parish affected as to the serial number or numbers, amount, rate of interest, dates due and street or streets, road or roads, alley or alleys or parts thereof improved. Each of the said certificates shall bear the following endorsement, viz:  "This certificate registered in the Mortgage Records of the Parish of __________, Louisiana, on this the _____ day of __________, 20___. ________________________ Clerk of Court and Ex-Officio Recorder of Mortgages, Parish of ____________, Louisiana"  Acts 1952, No. 430, §10.
LA Rev Stat § 33:3689.11 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§3689.11. Sale and delivery of certificates

RS 3689.11 - Sale and delivery of certificates The police jury of the parish issuing such paving certificates may by resolution empower and authorize its president and its secretary to negotiate and deliver such paving certificates and collect the purchase price therefor and do any and all things necessary and incidental thereto, or authorize delivery to the contractor of all or any part thereof in payment of its contractual obligation covering such improvements. The funds derived from the sale of the said paving certificates shall be expended solely in payment of the costs of the improvements herein authorized and shall not be drawn upon for any other purpose whatsoever. Acts 1952, No. 430, §11.
LA Rev Stat § 33:3689.12 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§3689.12. Negotiability of certificates; validity and incontestability

RS 3689.12 - Negotiability of certificates; validity and incontestability Paving certificates issued hereunder shall have all the qualities of negotiable paper under the law merchant, 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 thereof for value. Acts 1952, No. 430, §12.
LA Rev Stat § 33:3689.13 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§3689.13. Inspection and acceptance of work; payment

RS 3689.13 - Inspection and acceptance of work; payment The police jury shall upon the completion of any contract awarded as provided for herein, provide for the final inspection of the work performed thereunder and the improvements made, and if the work be found to have been completed satisfactorily in accordance with said contract, as evidenced by a certificate of the engineer for the parish, said police jury shall by ordinance duly adopt, approve and accept said work and fulfill its obligations under the said contract by full payment therefor of any and all amounts and balances due the said contractor, including all retained percentages for payments previously made thereon on engineer's estimates and which percentages were retained pending the completion of said work. Acts 1952, No. 430, §13.
LA Rev Stat § 33:3689.14 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§3689.14. Engineer; employment and duties; attorney

RS 3689.14 - Engineer; employment and duties; attorney Said parishes are hereby authorized through their police juries to engage the services of an engineer and provide for his payment, which engineer shall prepare all plans and specifications as to grade, subgrade, drainage, manner and type of paving, surfacing, sidewalks, or other improvements, including the necessary curbing, guttering, aprons, headers and drains, providing that the police jury shall approve such plans and specifications by a proper resolution duly adopted. Such engineer so employed shall inspect the work as let in accordance with contracts hereunder and shall issue to the said contractor his estimates thereon from time to time as the said work progresses, which estimates may be paid by the parish either in full or by the retention of an amount not exceeding twenty (20%) per cent thereof as retained percentage. Upon final completion of the work the said engineer shall render a report to the police jury of the parish as to the completion of the work in a satisfactory manner, which report shall be duly certified to, and in addition thereto the said engineer shall do and perform any and all engineering duties required of him in R.S. 33:3689.1-33:3689.17. The police juries of the respective parishes are also hereby authorized to employ an attorney or firm of attorneys to handle all legal work in connection with such improvements herein authorized and provide for the payment of his or their fee. Acts 1952, No. 430, §14.
LA Rev Stat § 33:3689.15 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§3689.15. Limit of indebtedness

RS 3689.15 - Limit of indebtedness Paving certificates issued under the provisions of R.S. 33:3689.1-33:3689.17 shall not be included in computing the indebtedness of the parish for the purpose of determining any constitutional or statutory limitation of indebtedness. Acts 1952, No. 430, §15.
LA Rev Stat § 33:3689.16 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§3689.16. Exemption of certificates from taxation; acceptability as security

RS 3689.16 - Exemption of certificates from taxation; acceptability as security All paving certificates issued under the provisions of R.S. 33:3689.1-33:3689.17 shall be exempt from taxation. They shall be acceptable as security for any deposits of public funds. Acts 1952, No. 430, §16.
LA Rev Stat § 33:3689.17 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§3689.17. Period within which to question validity of certificates

RS 3689.17 - Period within which to question validity of certificates If the validity of any paving certificates issued under the provisions of R.S. 33:3689.1-33:3689.17 is not raised within thirty days from the date of publication of the resolution or ordinance issuing said paving certificates, the authority to issue said paving 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. Acts 1952, No. 430, §17.
LA Rev Stat § 33:3689.18 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§3689.18. Financing costs of improvements other than by sale of certificates

RS 3689.18 - Financing costs of improvements other than by sale of certificates Any parish having available funds with which to finance the cost of said street improvements may utilize said funds for the purpose, without the necessity of issuing and selling paving certificates or other evidence of indebtedness, provided that the cost of such improvements to the abutting property owners is less than five dollars per front foot. Added by Acts 1963, No. 102, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 33:3689.19 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§3689.19. Construction of Sections 3681 through 3689.18

RS 3689.19 - Construction of Sections 3681 through 3689.18 Sections 3681 through 3689.18 of Title 33 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes shall be construed to provide a method by which parishes may construct street improvements and levy special assessments to cover the cost thereof, which method shall be in addition to all other methods of making street improvements and levying special assessments to finance the cost thereof now or heretofore authorized by this Legislature. Added by Acts 1963, No. 102, §2.
LA Rev Stat § 33:3690.1 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§3690.1. Jefferson Parish; blacktopping of streets

RS 3690.1 - Jefferson Parish; blacktopping of streets In addition to the authority provided in R.S. 33:3689.1 through 3689.19, the parish of Jefferson, through its governing authority, shall have and is hereby vested with full power and authority to blacktop roads and streets or install culverts within the unincorporated areas of the parish and shall have full power and authority to levy and collect local or special assessments on the immovable property abutting said improvements to defray a portion of the cost of such improvements, all in the form and manner and subject to the limitations and restrictions as contained in this Subpart. Acts 1962, No. 256, §1; Acts 2000, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 70, §1, eff. April 17, 2000.
LA Rev Stat § 33:3690.2 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§3690.2. Petition; resolution of intention; conditions

RS 3690.2 - Petition; resolution of intention; conditions Upon the written petition of not less than fifty percent of the property owners owning not less than fifty percent of the lineal frontage of immovable property abutting on any road or street in the unincorporated areas of Jefferson Parish, the Jefferson Parish Council may adopt a resolution giving notice of its intention to blacktop said road or street or install culverts thereon, provided that the following conditions are complied with: (1) The road or street to be blacktopped has an average minimum width of at least eighteen feet. (2) The road or street is at least one block in length. (3) That water and drainage are available in the area, as determined by the Department of Public Works of Jefferson Parish. (4) A deposit of at least fifty percent of the total cost of the improvements is made with the director of finance of Jefferson Parish, by cash or certified check. (5) The number of abutting real estate owners and the property owned by them shall be determined by the conveyance records of Jefferson Parish, and the number of such owners and the property which they own shall be determined as of the date of presentation of the written petition to the governing authority of the parish. (6) Those property owners who decide to pay their assessments in cash must pay cash in the amount of one hundred percent of the assessments levied against them. Acts 1962, No. 256, §2; Acts 2000, No. 70, §1, eff. April 17, 2000.
LA Rev Stat § 33:3690.3 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§3690.3. Notice and hearing

RS 3690.3 - Notice and hearing If the governing authority of the parish determines to make the proposed improvements, it shall adopt a resolution giving notice of the intention to make such improvements and embody therein in a general way the improvements contemplated and the manner of payment therefor. Such notice shall be signed by the chairman of the Jefferson Parish Council, duly attested by the council clerk, and shall contain substantially all things set forth in said resolution, and shall set forth further that the Jefferson Parish Council will, in open session, on the date and at the time and place named, proceed to hear any and all objections to the proposed improvements and the manner of payment therefor, and after hearing and passing on such objections, proceed, if it so determines, to order such improvements constructed in the manner hereinafter provided. Such notice of intention shall be published once a week for three consecutive weeks in a newspaper published in the parish, the first publication to be made not less than fifteen days before the date fixed for the said hearing of objections to the proposed improvements. Acts 1962, No. 256, §3; Acts 2000, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 70, §1, eff. April 17, 2000.
LA Rev Stat § 33:3690.4 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§3690.4. Written objection by more than fifty percent of abutting real estate owners

RS 3690.4 - Written objection by more than fifty percent of abutting real estate owners The Jefferson Parish Council shall not order the construction of said improvements in the event there is filed at the public hearing written objection to the proposed improvements signed by more than fifty percent of the abutting real estate owners owning more than fifty percent of the lineal frontage of real estate abutting on the road or street to be improved, the ownership to be determined as set forth in R.S. 33:3690.2(5). Acts 1962, No. 256, §4; Acts 2000, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 70, §1, eff. April 17, 2000.
LA Rev Stat § 33:3690.5 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§3690.5. Resolution of authorization

RS 3690.5 - Resolution of authorization The Jefferson Parish Council, after having given due notice of intention in the manner provided in this Subpart and after having disposed of all objections to the contemplated improvements, in the event that not more than fifty percent of the abutting real estate owners in number and in lineal frontage abutting the improvements shall have objected to the improvements, may adopt a resolution authorizing the Department of Public Works of Jefferson Parish to blacktop the road or street in question or install culverts thereon. Acts 1962, No. 256, §5; Acts 2000, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 70, §1, eff. April 17, 2000.
LA Rev Stat § 33:3690.6 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§3690.6. Statement or report of total cost; pro rata shares

RS 3690.6 - Statement or report of total cost; pro rata shares The Jefferson Parish council shall then require of the engineer for the department of roads and bridges of Jefferson Parish a statement or report duly certified to and showing in detail the total cost of the improvements, including street intersections, engineer's and attorney's fees, if any, and other expenses incidental to the cost of said improvements, and showing the amount chargeable to each lot or parcel of real estate abutting the street or road owned by those property owners who have not paid in cash their pro rata share of the cost of the improvements, in proportion that the frontage of each such lot or parcel of real estate bears to all of the abutting lots or parcels of real estate to be improved. Such report shall give a legal description of each such abutting lot or parcel with sufficient clearness to identify it. Acts 1962, No. 256, §6.
LA Rev Stat § 33:3690.7 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§3690.7. Levy of local or special assessment

RS 3690.7 - Levy of local or special assessment Upon receipt of the statement or report referred to in R.S. 33:3690.6, the Jefferson Parish council shall adopt an ordinance levying a local or special assessment on each lot or parcel of real estate abutting the street or road to be improved owned by those property owners who have not paid in cash their pro rata share of the cost of such improvements, in proportion that the frontage of each such lot or parcel of real estate bears to the total frontage of all the abutting lots or parcels of real estate to be improved, in accordance with the cost of the improvements as shown on said certified statement or report. The total of the amounts paid by the other property owners in cash and of the said local or special assessments shall represent the total cost of the improvements, including street intersections, engineer's and attorney's fees, if any, and all other costs incidental to the work. Acts 1962, No. 256, §7.
LA Rev Stat § 33:3690.8 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§3690.8. Collection of amounts assessed

RS 3690.8 - Collection of amounts assessed The amounts assessed in the said local or special assessment ordinance shall be due and collectible immediately on its passage, and if not paid within ten (10) days from the date of publication of said 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 semi-annual installments bearing interest at a rate not exceeding 6% per annum, payable semi-annually, and amortized over a period not exceeding two years, as provided for in the said local or special assessment ordinance and within the discretion of the Jefferson Parish council. The first installment shall become due on December 31st of the then current year and subsequent installments shall become due semi-annually thereafter. The failure to pay any installment or the interest thereon when due shall ipso facto cause all other installments and the interest thereon to become due and payable, and the Jefferson Parish council may within 30 days from the date of each default proceed, by an action either in rem against the property or in personam against the owner, or both, for the collection of the total amount due, including interest and 20% additional on principal and interest as attorney's fees. Acts 1962, No. 256, §8.
LA Rev Stat § 33:3690.9 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§3690.9. Filing of levying ordinance; lien and privilege

RS 3690.9 - Filing of levying ordinance; lien and privilege A certified copy of the ordinance levying the local or special assessments as hereinbefore provided shall be filed with the clerk of court of Jefferson parish, who shall forthwith record the same in the mortgage records of said parish. Such ordinance, when so filed and recorded, shall operate as a lien and privilege against all real estate therein assessed, which lien and privilege shall prime all other claims and liens except taxes or prior recorded special assessment liens. Acts 1962, No. 256, §9.
LA Rev Stat § 33:3690.10 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§3690.10. Establishment of fund

RS 3690.10 - Establishment of fund The Jefferson Parish council is hereby authorized to establish such a fund as may be necessary to provide for the cost of the said improvements not covered by the cash payments. Acts 1962, No. 256, §10.
LA Rev Stat § 33:3690.11 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§3690.11. Contesting validity; prescription

RS 3690.11 - Contesting validity; prescription No contest, action or proceeding to question the validity or legality of any resolution, ordinance, notice or other proceeding adopted or published in accordance with the foregoing shall be begun in any court by any person for any cause whatsoever after the expiration of thirty days from the date when the resolution, ordinance, notice or proceeding was adopted or published and thereafter the legality and validity of such resolution, ordinance, notice or proceeding shall be conclusively presumed and no court shall thereafter have authority to inquire into such matters. Acts 1962, No. 256, §11.