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LA Rev Stat § 33:4052 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§4052. Notice of intention to create district; publication; public hearings; incontestability of creation after publication

RS 4052 - Notice of intention to create district; publication; public hearings; incontestability of creation after publication Before any such consolidated district shall be finally created the governing authority of the parish shall publish in the official journal of the parish at least once not less than fifteen days prior to the date of hearing a notice of its intention to create such district and fixing a date for the holding of a public hearing in which all persons interested may be heard on the question of benefit accruing to their property by reason of the creation of the district. The governing authority in determining the boundaries of any such consolidated district shall take into consideration the question of benefits accruing to the property therein. Such notice of hearing shall set forth the proposed name and boundaries of the district, list the districts to be so consolidated and state the amount of outstanding indebtedness of each and shall state the time and place fixed for the hearing. Following the creation of any such district notice of such creation stating the boundaries of the district shall be published one time in the official journal of the parish. Thirty days after such publication the creation of the district shall become incontestable and no court shall have any right to entertain litigation questioning the legality of the creation of such district. If the governing authority shall desire to call an election in any such district on the issuance of bonds, the levy of special taxes or the assumption of indebtedness, notice of such election may be published during the expiration of such thirty day period. Added by Acts 1958, No. 276, §1, par. 2.
LA Rev Stat § 33:4053 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§4053. Effect of consolidation on authority to issue bonds; transfer of records to consolidated district; assumption of outstanding indebtedness; rights and privileges of consolidated district

RS 4053 - Effect of consolidation on authority to issue bonds; transfer of records to consolidated district; assumption of outstanding indebtedness; rights and privileges of consolidated district  At the expiration of such thirty day period, sewerage districts included in any such consolidated district shall no longer have the right to issue bonds and all books and records and assets thereof shall be transferred to the consolidated district. Unless such consolidated district shall vote to assume the indebtedness of each underlying district as hereinafter provided, it shall be the duty of the governing authority of the consolidated district to cause taxes to continue to be levied for the payment of the outstanding indebtedness of each underlying district in all respects as would have been required had such consolidation not been effected, except that where such indebtedness of any underlying district consists of revenue bonds payable from service charges or obligations payable from the proceeds of special assessments, the governing authority shall continue to impose and collect such service charges and assessments. Such taxes as may be levied by the governing authority of the consolidated district in the underlying districts shall be entitled to the benefit of the exemption and to the reimbursal authorized by R.S. 39:253.  Consolidated sewerage districts created under this Sub-part shall have all rights, powers and privileges granted to and enjoyed by other sewerage districts under the constitution and laws of Louisiana.  Added by Acts 1958, No. 276, §1, pars. 3, 4. NOTE: Former R.S. 39:253 was repealed by Act No. 10 of the 1972 Extraordinary Session.
LA Rev Stat § 33:4054 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§4054. Effect of consolidation on rights of bond holders; assumption of indebtedness; consolidation of districts existing prior to August 1, 1956; purposes of consolidated district

RS 4054 - Effect of consolidation on rights of bond holders; assumption of indebtedness; consolidation of districts existing prior to August 1, 1956; purposes of consolidated district  The creation of any consolidated sewerage district under this Sub-part shall not affect or impair in any manner contract rights enjoyed by the holders of any outstanding bonds of the underlying districts and to the extent required by such contract rights, taxes, special assessments and service charges on the property subject to the payment of principal of and interest on such bonds shall continue to be levied as above provided, provided, however, that any consolidated sewerage district may assume all indebtedness of its underlying districts in the manner and with the effect provided by R.S. 39:661, et seq. for the assumption of indebtedness by parishes. In the event indebtedness is so assumed, taxes for the payment thereof shall be levied by the governing authority on all taxable property in the consolidated district. Where the sewerage districts consolidated into any consolidated district under this Sub-part have been in existence prior to August 1, 1956, the creation of the consolidated district will be solely for the purpose of continuing the sewer improvement programs for which the districts so consolidated were originally created and the provisions of R.S. 39:253 shall be regarded as applicable in all respects to all taxes levied by any such consolidated district and such district shall be considered to be a district created prior to August 1, 1956, for all purposes of said section.  For the purpose of this Sub-part, any sewerage district which may have been theretofore created in any parish and which does not at the time of consolidation have outstanding any indebtedness or unexpired special taxes may be considered by the governing authority to be an existing district for purposes of consolidation or such district may be abolished by the governing authority and the territory therein contained regarded as unorganized territory for sewerage purposes.  Added by Acts 1958, No. 276, §1, pars. 5, 6. NOTE: Former R.S. 39:253 was repealed by Act No. 10 of the 1972 Extraordinary Session.
LA Rev Stat § 33:4055 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§4055. Refunding bonds; authority to issue; purpose of issuance; law governing

RS 4055 - Refunding bonds; authority to issue; purpose of issuance; law governing Any consolidated sewerage district created under this Sub-part in addition to its right to issue bonds for improvement purposes payable from sewer revenues is hereby empowered to issue its refunding bonds for the purpose of refunding any outstanding revenue bonds of one or more of its underlying districts, or in its discretion, may authorize and deliver a single issue of revenue bonds for both improvement and refunding purposes. Nothing in this Section shall be construed to authorize the refunding of any bonds which have not matured or been properly called for redemption under a right of redemption therein reserved or which the holders thereof may not voluntarily surrender. Refunding bonds so authorized shall be authorized and issued in the manner provided by law for the issuance of other bonds of sewerage districts and shall be secured in the manner so provided by law, except that the governing authority may, in its discretion provide for changes in the source of payment of such bonds as it may consider desirable and except that any refunding bonds so authorized may be either sold or may be delivered in exchange for a like principal amount of the bonds refunded or may be sold in part or exchanged in part. Where any such refunding bonds are issued for the purpose of refunding bonds which are maturing or have been called for redemption within a period of six months from the issuance of such refunding bonds, such bonds may be sold and the proceeds thereof escrowed to be used in paying the bonds refunded on the date on which they so become payable through maturity or call for redemption. No election shall be necessary to the issuance of such refunding bonds. The provisions of law applicable to maturities and interest rates borne by other revenue bonds of sewerage districts shall be applicable to such refunding bonds. Refunding bonds so issued shall not exceed in principal amount the principal amount of the bonds to be so refunded. Where any such underlying district has outstanding bonds payable from ad valorem taxes and the indebtedness represented by such bonds is assumed by the consolidated district as herein authorized, the bonds of such underlying district may be refunded into bonds of the consolidated district in the manner provided in this Section for the refunding of revenue bonds. Added by Acts 1958, No. 276, §1, par. 7.
LA Rev Stat § 33:4062 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§4062. Statement of purpose

RS 4062 - Statement of purpose A. It is the intention of R.S. 33:4061 through 33:4063 that a comprehensive sewerage system shall be established in East Baton Rouge Parish through the efforts and upon the findings and recommendations of a citizens' board. Such board shall be the commission authorized in R.S. 33:4061. The commission shall be empowered and authorized to: (1) Review economic, statistical, engineering, and other data related to such sewerage system. (2) Make ongoing surveys and studies of the maintenance and operation of sewerage collection, transmission, treatment, and disposal facilities within its jurisdiction. (3) Formulate a uniform schedule of sewerage service charges based on incremental units of cost to be applied equally within classifications of like character. (4) Publish public notices, hold public hearings, and receive input from all interested citizens in the discharge of the commission's duties and responsibilities, including but not limited to, determining rates, fees, and charges to be fixed. (5) Recommend by resolution the fees and charges to be levied by the council with respect to any sewer improvement area, sewerage system, or sewerage district created by the council, which area, system, or district has been made subject to the jurisdiction of the commission. B. Nothing herein contained shall be construed as divesting or altering the power of the council to fix and amend sewer service charges, or the power, authority and autonomy of the municipal governments of Baker and Zachary to levy and collect sewer service charges with respect to the municipal sewerage systems owned and operated by either of said municipalities. Acts 1984, No. 546, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 33:4063 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§4063. Creation of sewerage commission districts

RS 4063 - Creation of sewerage commission districts The commission authorized by R.S. 33:4061 may be created by the adoption of a resolution of intention by the council and the publication by the council of a notice setting forth its intention to create the commission. The notice shall be published once a week for three consecutive weeks, with the first notice to appear in the official journal of the parish not less than ten days prior to the date specified for a public hearing to be held on the council's intention to create such commission. After holding public hearings on the matter, the council may adopt a resolution creating the commission and designating sewerage areas, systems, or districts, including the Greater Baton Rouge Consolidated Sewerage District, placed under the jurisdiction of the commission. The resolution adopted by the council shall contain the names of the twelve commissioners appointed by the mayor-president and approved by the council, and shall designate the date, time, and location of the first meeting of the commission. Acts 1984, No. 546, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 33:4064.1 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§4064.1. Creation; purpose

RS 4064.1 - Creation; purpose The Environmental Services Commission of St. Tammany Parish, hereinafter in this Subpart referred to as "the commission", is hereby created as a political subdivision of the state, with power to sue and to be sued in its corporate name. The commission shall be responsible for the protection of public health and the environment through the control, monitoring, and inspection of public and private sewerage and water systems and the provision and/or supervision of environmental services, all in the unincorporated portion of the parish of St. Tammany, and through enforcement of all ordinances and state and local regulations relative to such systems and services, all as further provided in this Subpart. The commission may also construct, purchase, own, maintain, operate, and improve sewerage and water systems as further provided in this Subpart. In addition to other powers specifically granted, the commission shall be authorized to exercise all powers and functions granted to any sewerage district and/or any waterworks district as provided by the Louisiana Constitution. The commission may also avail itself of the provisions of R.S. 33:3822.2, 3981 through 3996, 4041 through 4049, 4066.1 through 4066.17, and 4169 through 4169.2, all as amended. Acts 1986, No. 934, §1; Acts 1990, No. 805, §1, eff. July 24, 1990; Acts 1992, No. 1051, §1, eff. July 13, 1992; Acts 1993, No. 833, §1, eff. June 22, 1993.
LA Rev Stat § 33:4064.2 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§4064.2. Composition; terms, compensation; quorum

RS 4064.2 - Composition; terms, compensation; quorum A. The commission shall be comprised of seven members, as follows: two appointed by the governor; four appointed by the governing authority of St. Tammany Parish; and the president of said parish governing authority, or his designee, which designee must be a member of the governing authority of St. Tammany Parish. Each appointed member shall be a registered voter of St. Tammany Parish and a resident of the parish for at least two years prior to his appointment. B. The initial members of the commission shall serve terms as follows: of the members appointed by the governor, one shall serve a one-year term and one shall serve a two-year term, as designated by the governor, and of the members appointed by the parish governing authority, two shall serve three-year terms and two shall serve four-year terms, as designated by said authority. Thereafter, all appointed members shall serve four-year terms. C. In the event that an appointed member of the commission is elected to any office or moves his residence outside St. Tammany Parish, his membership on the commission shall be vacated, and his successor shall be immediately appointed by the original appointing authority. D. All members of the commission shall be subject to the Code of Governmental Ethics, R.S. 42:1101, et seq. E. Removal of commission members from office shall only be for cause. F. Each commission member shall receive compensation in an amount of fifty dollars per meeting of the commission for no more than twenty-four meetings in any one calendar year. Each member shall also be reimbursed for actual expenses incurred in performance of his official duties. G. Four members of the commission shall constitute a quorum. The commission shall adopt rules fixing its meetings and procedures; such rules may be amended only by a two-thirds vote of the membership of the commission at a regular meeting. All meetings shall be held in accordance with the rules adopted by the commission and shall be open and public. All transactions of the commission shall be recorded in writing, and records of the commission shall be public. Acts 1986, No. 934, §1; Acts 1989, No. 782, §1, eff. July 9, 1989.
LA Rev Stat § 33:4064.3 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§4064.3. Executive director; employees

RS 4064.3 - Executive director; employees A. The commission shall, by a two-thirds vote of its membership, appoint an executive director and shall fix his salary and bond. No elected official or commission member shall serve as executive director. The executive director shall hold office at the pleasure of the commission, and his duties shall be fixed by the commission. The commission may only remove the executive director by a two-thirds vote of its membership. B. The commission may employ persons necessary for its efficient administration and operation. Employees of the commission shall be members of the Parochial Employees Retirement System. The commission shall also have authority to obtain legal counsel to supervise and conduct its legal business. Acts 1986, No. 934, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 33:4064.6 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§4064.6. Conformity to development plans; franchising

RS 4064.6 - Conformity to development plans; franchising A. The commission shall have the authority, upon authorization of the governing authority of St. Tammany Parish, to plan, adjust, and relocate sewerage and water systems within the unincorporated portion of St. Tammany Parish to conform with development plans approved by the parish governing authority. B. The commission shall have sole authority to franchise, on an exclusive or nonexclusive basis, construction or operation of sewerage and water systems in the unincorporated portion of St. Tammany Parish. Existing franchise agreements shall remain in force and shall comply with provisions of existing franchise agreements. The commission shall be responsible for the monitoring, enforcement, and supervision of all existing and future franchise agreements relative to sewerage and water systems. Nothing in this Section shall be construed to conflict with the powers of the Louisiana Public Service Commission. Existing public, nonprofit, and not-for-profit sewerage and water districts shall comply with all parish ordinances and regulations and with rules and regulations adopted by the commission relative to sewerage and water systems. Acts 1986, No. 934, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 33:4065.1 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§4065.1. Creation; purpose; boundaries

RS 4065.1 - Creation; purpose; boundaries A. The Lake Catherine Sewage and Water District, hereinafter in this Subpart referred to as "the district", is hereby created as a political subdivision of the state with power to sue and to be sued in its corporate name. The district shall be responsible for the protection of public health through the control, monitoring, and inspection of sewerage and water systems in the Lake Catherine area of the parish of Orleans and through enforcement of all ordinances and state and local regulations relative to such systems, all as further provided in this Subpart. The district may also construct, purchase, own, maintain, operate, and improve sewerage and water systems as further provided in this Subpart. B. The boundaries of the district shall consist of the area between Chef Menteur Pass and Rigolets Pass along both sides of U.S. Highway 90 for approximately 46,000 lineal feet, including, those camps along the Old Hospital Road and on Lake Catherine in the vicinity of the Old Hospital Road in Sections 24 and 25, Township 10, Range 14 and the Fort Pike Subdivision including the surrounding area of the subdivision. Acts 1990, No. 950, §2, eff. July 25, 1990; Acts 1992, No. 1050, §2, eff. July 31, 1992; S.C.R. No. 165, 1992 R.S., eff. June 18, 1992; Acts 1999, No. 394, §1,§3; Acts 1999, No. 1167, §1; Acts 1999, No. 1203, §1, §3.
LA Rev Stat § 33:4065.2 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§4065.2. Composition; terms; compensation; quorum

RS 4065.2 - Composition; terms; compensation; quorum A. The district shall be governed by a board of commissioners which shall be known as the Board of Commissioners of the Lake Catherine Sewage and Water District, hereinafter referred to as the "commission". The commission shall be comprised of nine members, as follows: (1)(a) Two appointed by the Lake Catherine Camp and Landowners Civic Organization, Inc. (b) One appointed by the Lake Catherine Land Company, Inc. (2) Two appointed by the state senator in whose senatorial district the district is located. (3) One appointed by the councilman of councilmanic District E. (4) Two members representing the major landowners in the district shall be appointed by the other seven members of the commission. (5) One by the state representative representing District No. 103. B. The terms of the commission members shall be three years; however, commissioners may be removed by the appointing authority and may be reappointed. C. All members of the commission shall be subject to the Code of Governmental Ethics, R.S. 42:1101 et seq. D. Repealed by Acts 1999, No. 394, §4 and Acts 1999, No. 1203, §4. E. If funds are available, each commission member shall receive compensation in an amount of fifty dollars per meeting of the commission for no more than twenty-four meetings in any one calendar year, and each shall also be reimbursed for actual expenses incurred in performance of his official duties. F. Five members of the commission shall constitute a quorum. The commission shall adopt rules fixing its meetings and procedures; such rules may be amended only by a two-thirds vote of the membership of the commission at a regular meeting. All meetings shall be held in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 1 of Title 42 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950. All records of the commission shall be subject to the provisions of Chapter 1 of Title 44 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950. G. The board of commissioners shall elect from its members a chairman, a vice chairman, a secretary-treasurer, and such other officers as it may deem necessary at its first meeting. H. Repealed by Acts 1999, No. 394, §4 and Acts 1999, No. 1203, §4. Acts 1990, No. 950, §2, eff. July 25, 1990; Acts 1992, No. 1050, §2, eff. July 31, 1992; S.C.R. No. 165, 1992 R.S., eff. June 18, 1992; Acts 1999, No. 394, §§1, 4; Acts 1999, No. 1203, §§1, 4.