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2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:1353. Authority of local housing authority to form, join, and participate in interlocal risk management agency

RS 33:1353 - Authority of local housing authority to form, join, and participate in interlocal risk management agency
A. Any two or more local housing authorities may make and execute an intergovernmental agreement between or among themselves to form and become members of an interlocal risk management agency. After an interlocal risk management agency has been formed, any local housing authority may, subject to the bylaws and requirements of such agency, become a member and through participation in the agency may:
(1) Pool its general liability risks in whole or in part with those of other local housing authorities.
(2) Pool its workers' compensation risks in whole or in part with those of other local housing authorities.
(3) Pool its public officials liability risks, including employment practices liability coverage, in whole or in part with those of other local housing authorities.
(4) Pool its property coverage risks in whole or in part with those of other local housing authorities.
(5) Pool other coverage risks the board of trustees of the interlocal risk management agency may determine to be appropriate in whole or in part with those of other local housing authorities.
(6) Purchase insurance for risks of general liability, workers' compensation, public officials liability, including employment practices liability, property or other insurance for such other lines of coverage pooled by the interlocal risk management agency with other local housing authorities participating in and belonging to the interlocal risk management agency. The pooled risks of the participating local housing authorities shall be described in a plan of coverages with the total premium prorated among such participants.
B. Local housing authorities concluding an agreement under the provisions hereof may by resolution duly adopted by the governing body thereof designate the Louisiana Housing Council, Inc. to administer the interlocal risk management agency and any group self-insurance fund or funds established by said agency and to administer the terms and conditions of the intergovernmental agreement by which the agency and any self-insurance fund or funds have been established.
C. All arrangements and agreements made under the authority of this Section shall be reduced to writing. A local housing authority may become a member of an interlocal risk management agency by the authority of an ordinance adopted by the governing body thereof in the same manner as are other proceedings of such governing body. The interlocal risk management agency will operate under such name and style as shall be provided in the agreement creating same and shall have the power to sue and be sued.
D. Repealed by Acts 1999, No. 48, §2, eff. May 28, 1999
Added by Acts 1981, No. 802, §1. Acts 1983, 1st Ex.Sess., No. 1, §6; Acts 1999, No. 48, §§1, 2, eff. May 28, 1999; Acts 2004, No. 700, §1, eff. July 6, 2004; Acts 2015, No. 236, §1, eff. June 29, 2015.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:1354. Governance of interlocal risk management agencies

RS 33:1354 - Governance of interlocal risk management agencies
In the event the Louisiana Housing Council, Inc. is designated to administer an interlocal risk management agency, the insurance committee of the Louisiana Housing Council, Inc. shall constitute the board of trustees of such agency established as provided in Section 1353(B) of this Subpart and shall be authorized as such to adopt bylaws for the administration of the agency, subject to approval by the executive committee of the Louisiana Housing Council, Inc.
Added by Acts 1981, No. 802, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:1355. Interlocal risk management agency not an insurance company or insurer

RS 33:1355 - Interlocal risk management agency not an insurance company or insurer
An interlocal risk management agency is not an insurance company or an insurer under the laws of this state and the development and administration by such agency of a group self-insurance fund or funds established for one or more risks shall not constitute doing an insurance business. Agreements between housing authorities providing for the creation and maintenance of an interlocal risk management agency shall not be deemed to constitute insurance as defined by R.S. 22:46, nor shall the interlocal risk management agency or the development of a group self-insurance fund be subject to the provisions of Chapter 1 of Title 22 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950.
Added by Acts 1981, No. 802, §1; Acts 2004, No. 700, §1, eff. July 6, 2004; Acts 2008, No. 415, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 2009.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:1356. Minimum contributions before risk sharing

RS 33:1356 - Minimum contributions before risk sharing
A self-insurance fund shall not function as a means of sharing risks of loss among the members of an interlocal risk management agency until the interlocal risk management agency administering such fund shall have received, for general liability, workers' compensation, public officials liability, including employment practices liability, property coverage, and any other pooled line of coverage risks, an annual gross premium, calculated in accordance with the applicable manual premium rate or rates, plus or minus applicable experience credits or debits, of not less than two hundred thousand dollars for each line of risk.
Added by Acts 1981, No. 802, §1. Acts 1983, 1st Ex.Sess., No. 1, §6; Acts 1999, No. 48, §1, eff. May 28, 1999; Acts 2004, No. 700, §1, eff. July 6, 2004; Acts 2015, No. 236, §1, eff. June 29, 2015.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:1357. Limited liability of members

RS 33:1357 - Limited liability of members
A. A local housing authority shall not, by reason of being a member of an interlocal risk management agency and contributing to a self-insurance fund, be liable to such interlocal risk management agency, to any other member, or to any claimant against the agency itself or another member, except for payment of contributions provided for in the intergovernmental agreement between the local housing authority and the interlocal risk management agency, and no more. No interlocal risk management agency agreement shall have the effect of providing for a donation, in whole or in part, of the public funds of one local housing authority for the benefit of another. Nothing herein shall be construed to in any way reduce or limit a participating member's rights or obligations with respect to its employees under the provisions of Chapter 10 of Title 23 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950.
B. An intergovernmental risk management agency shall administer the assets of a self-insurance fund to maintain appropriate levels of reserves and to ascertain full and timely payment of all fund obligations, including without limitation, loss fund requirements, administrative expenses and costs of insurance.
Added by Acts 1981, No. 802, §1; Acts 2004, No. 700, §1, eff. July 6, 2004.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:1358. Authority of commissioner of insurance

RS 33:1358 - Authority of commissioner of insurance
A. Annually each interlocal risk management agency shall file with the commissioner of insurance certified audited financial statements and a review of its operations and general condition by a certified independent casualty actuary.
B. No interlocal risk management agency shall become operative until issued a certificate of authority by the commissioner of insurance under such rules and regulations as he may promulgate to assure compliance with the provisions of this Subpart. The commissioner of insurance or his chief examiner shall have authority to examine the books, records, and affairs of any interlocal risk management agency for the purpose of determining compliance with this Subpart and to revoke the certificate of authority of any such agency which he determines is not in compliance with this Subpart.
Added by Acts 1981, No. 802, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:1359. Excess insurance

RS 33:1359 - Excess insurance
A. An interlocal risk management agency shall maintain at all times a contract or contracts of specific excess insurance of at least one million dollars per occurrence and a contract or contracts of annual aggregate excess insurance of at least five million dollars with respect to general liability claims.
B. The agency shall provide statutory workers' compensation benefits coverage and shall maintain at all times a contract or contracts of specific excess insurance of at least two million dollars per occurrence and a contract or contracts of annual aggregate excess insurance of at least two million dollars.
C. The provisions of this Section regarding excess insurance shall apply only to self-insurance funds.
D. Nothing herein shall be construed to in any way reduce or limit a participating local housing authority member's rights or obligations with respect to his or its employees under the other provisions of this Chapter.
E. The agency shall maintain at all times contracts of excess insurance with respect to property coverage and such other lines of coverage as may be approved by the board of trustees of the interlocal risk management agency in such amounts as determined by the board of trustees of the interlocal risk management agency.
F. Any excess insurance purchased under this Section shall not be subject to the provisions of R.S. 22:1265.
Added by Acts 1981, No. 802, §1. Acts 1983, 1st Ex.Sess., No. 1, §6; Acts 1999, No. 48, §1, eff. May 28, 1999; Acts 2004, No. 700, §1, eff. July 6, 2004; Acts 2005, No. 294, §2; Acts 2015, No. 236, §1, eff. June 29, 2015.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:1360. Audit of funds

RS 33:1360 - Audit of funds
The legislative auditor shall have the authority to examine and audit the books and accounts of any fund established under the provisions of this Subpart pursuant to the provisions of R.S. 24:513. In addition, each participating local housing authority member shall have the authority to cause an examination and audit by its representatives of any self- insurance fund in which it participates.
Added by Acts 1981, No. 802, §1; Acts 2004, No. 700, §1, eff. July 6, 2004.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:1361. Power to adopt code of laws

RS 33:1361 - Power to adopt code of laws
On or before January 1, 1977, all municipalities, or parish governing authorities, regardless of population, shall adopt a code embracing all of the laws which they have enacted, pursuant to and in accordance with the provisions of this Part.
Amended by Acts 1972, No. 61, §1; Acts 1975, No. 635, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:1362. Local laws unaffected until promulgation of code

RS 33:1362 - Local laws unaffected until promulgation of code
R.S. 33:1361 through R.S. 33:1363 shall have no effect on the laws, by-laws, or ordinances of such municipalities or parish governing authorities until such time as the code has been promulgated.
Amended by Acts 1975, No. 635, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:1363. New laws to be amendments to code; promulgation of code and amendments

RS 33:1363 - New laws to be amendments to code; promulgation of code and amendments
When the municipality or parish governing authority adopts the code, new laws, by-laws, or ordinances shall be in the form of amendments to the code. In the adoption of the code it shall not be necessary to promulgate the entire code or body of laws, but the same shall be considered as having been legally and properly promulgated when the title thereof has been published for once a week for three consecutive weeks in the official journal of the municipality or parish. All subsequent amendments to the code shall be published in the manner that ordinances are required to be promulgated by the charter of the municipality or parish governing authority.
Amended by Acts 1972, No. 61, §2; Acts 1975, No. 635, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:1364. Revision of ordinances

RS 33:1364 - Revision of ordinances
Any municipality or parish may, through its governing authority amend and revise on any date its existing ordinances, in whole or in part, may compile the revision in book or pamphlet form and may adopt and promulgate the same.
Amended by Acts 1975, No. 635, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:1365. Resolution adopting revised ordinances; certificate

RS 33:1365 - Resolution adopting revised ordinances; certificate
The revised ordinances shall be adopted by a resolution to that effect, passed by the governing authority of the municipality or parish which shall mention the number of ordinances contained in the revision, by whom the compilation was prepared, and that same is being adopted pursuant to R.S. 33:1364 through R.S. 33:1367. The resolution shall also state that the compilation of revised ordinances has been presented to, examined, and considered by the governing authority of the municipality or parish and approved by them. Upon passage of the resolution adopting the revised ordinances, the governing authority, shall thereupon execute and sign the following certificate on one volume of the compiled ordinances:
"Official copy of revised ordinances of the City or Parish of __________ (or town or village as the case may be), adopted and approved this ________ day of __________, in the year 20__."
The signed copy shall be retained by the official custodian of the records of the municipality or parish and become its property, and same shall be considered as the original official copy of the ordinances. No other formality shall be required for the adoption or passage of the revised ordinances.
Amended by Acts 1975, No. 635, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:1366. Promulgation of revised ordinances

RS 33:1366 - Promulgation of revised ordinances
The revised ordinances shall be promulgated by publication of a notice giving the date on which the ordinances were approved and passed by the governing authority of the municipality or parish and containing the titles of the various ordinances embodied in the compilation, the notice to be published once in the official journal of the municipality or parish. No other promulgation shall be required beyond the publication of the notice of the passage of the revised ordinances and their respective titles.
Amended by Acts 1975, No. 635, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:1368. Building, electrical, or traffic codes

RS 33:1368 - Building, electrical, or traffic codes
Any municipality or parish which may adopt a building, electrical, traffic, or other code may do so by ordinance of the governing authority without the necessity of publishing the text of the code. The code shall be identified in the ordinance and signed by the mayor and by the secretary or clerk of the municipality, or by the president or chief executive officer of the parish.
Amended by Acts 1975, No. 635, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:1369. Ordinance proposing adoption of code; publication

RS 33:1369 - Ordinance proposing adoption of code; publication
Any ordinance proposing the adoption of the code shall be introduced at a session of the governing body of the municipality or parish and shall lie over for final action until notice of the introduction of the ordinance has been given by publication once in the official journal at least one week before the date on which final action is to be taken on the ordinance.
Amended by Acts 1975, No. 635, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:1370. Local authority to furnish copy of code

RS 33:1370 - Local authority to furnish copy of code
The governing body of the municipality or parish shall keep an ample supply of copies in pamphlet form of the code, which shall be made available to any interested party at reasonable cost.
Amended by Acts 1975, No. 635, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:1371. Reapportionment of municipal districts required after each decennial census; effective date

RS 33:1371 - Reapportionment of municipal districts required after each decennial census; effective date
A.(1) Except as otherwise provided in a homerule charter, the governing authority of any municipality which contains two or more districts from which public officials are elected shall, within one year after the official release of every decennial census, examine the apportionment plan of the municipal districts composing the municipal governing authority to determine if there exists any substantial variation in the representation of the districts. After the examination the governing authority of such municipality shall, by ordinance adopted by a majority of the members thereof, either declare the apportionment of the districts to be equitable and continue its existing apportionment plan or provide for a new apportionment plan.
(2) The time period for examination of the apportionment plan of municipal districts, as provided herein, for municipalities governed by the provisions of Part I of Chapter 2 of Title 33 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950 shall be within six months of the official release of every decennial census.
B. If reapportionment is necessary it shall be made effective at the end of the term of the incumbent officials. However, the effective date of such reapportionment shall not occur between the date on which municipal officials qualify for election and the date of the election.
C.(1) The boundaries of any election district for a new redistricting or apportionment plan from which members of a municipal governing authority are elected shall contain, to the extent practicable, whole election precincts established by the parish governing authority under R.S. 18:532 or 532.1.
(2) If the municipal governing authority is unable to comply with applicable law regarding redistricting and reapportionment, including adherence to traditional redistricting principles, in the creation of its redistricting or apportionment plan using whole precincts, the municipal governing authority may divide a precinct into portions that are bounded by visible census tabulation boundaries or census tabulation boundaries that are the boundaries of the municipality, as applicable.
(3) The portion of any precinct within the boundary of a municipality which is divided only because it contains incorporated and unincorporated portions shall be considered to be a whole precinct for the purposes of this Subsection.
(4) The municipal governing authority shall make every effort to minimize the number of portions the governing authority divides a precinct into and the number of precincts the governing authority divides into portions.
Added by Acts 1981, No. 855, §1, eff. Aug. 2, 1981. Amended by Acts 1982, No. 558, §2, eff. July 22, 1982; Acts 1986, No. 1072, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1987; Acts 1991, No. 109, §1, eff. June 30, 1991; Acts 1999, No. 326, §1; Acts 2010, No. 824, §3, eff. June 30, 2010.
NOTE: See Acts 1986, No. 1072, §2.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:1372. Traffic offenses; written agreement to appear; payment of fine by mail

RS 33:1372 - Traffic offenses; written agreement to appear; payment of fine by mail
A. Each governing authority which adopts ordinances defining and punishing traffic violations shall adopt one or more ordinances to establish a procedure by which an alleged offender may promise, in writing, to appear in court to answer the charges. The written promise to appear shall be accepted in lieu of posting bond or depositing a driver's license.
B. Each governing authority which adopts ordinances defining and punishing traffic violations shall adopt one or more ordinances to establish a procedure by which an alleged offender may plead guilty or nolo contendere to the alleged offense and pay the fine by mail. If the fine is paid by certified mail and the postmark indicates that the payment was mailed on or before the date indicated on the citation, the payment shall be considered to have been made timely and no further penalty or costs or other charges may be assessed.
C. The provisions of this Section shall not apply to citations alleging that the operator of the motor vehicle was:
(1) Operating the motor vehicle under the influence of alcohol or controlled substances.
(2) Exceeding the speed limit by fifteen miles per hour or more.
(3) Exceeding the speed limit in a school zone.
(4) Driving with a suspended license.
(5) Drag racing.
(6) Cited for failure to maintain compulsory security.
D. The provisions of this Section shall not apply when the operator was involved in an accident in which a person was injured, nor shall those provisions apply when an operator is alleged to have committed the same offense twice within a period of one hour.
Acts 1995, No. 1036, §2; Acts 2003, No. 1032, §2.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:1375. Maximum penalties; city of New Orleans

RS 33:1375 - Maximum penalties; city of New Orleans
A.(1) Except as otherwise provided by this Section, in the city of New Orleans, the maximum monetary penalty which may be imposed for a first offense violation of any ordinance enacted by the governing authority of the city shall be a fine of one thousand dollars. For the second or any subsequent offense, the maximum monetary penalty which may be imposed shall be two thousand dollars.
(2) The maximum imprisonment penalty which may be imposed for any violation of an ordinance enacted by the governing authority of the city is six months in jail.
B. The maximum penalties established by the provisions of this Section shall not apply to any penalty imposed for a non-moving or parking violation or any other traffic violation, including any violation captured by an automated traffic enforcement system.
C. The penalty which may be imposed for each violation of an ordinance prohibiting the dumping of trash, debris, refuse, garbage, other solid and liquid waste, greases, and oils, such as but not limited to cooking oil and fats, motor oil, antifreeze, truck and automotive fluids, paint, paint thinners, and gasoline into drainage culverts, lines, or canals, upon any public place within the parish, upon private property within the parish not owned by the person accused of the violation, upon property owned or controlled by the parish, or in or on the waters within the parish, whether from a vehicle or otherwise, including but not limited to any public highway, public park, beach, campground, forestland, recreational area, trailer park, highway, road, street, or alley, shall not exceed one thousand dollars, or a greater amount if a state statute authorizes a greater penalty for the violation of such an ordinance, or imprisonment in accordance with Paragraph (A)(2) of this Section.
Acts 2014, No. 637, §1; Acts 2023, No. 304, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:1376. Ordinances; battery-charged fences; parishes and municipalities

RS 33:1376 - Ordinances; battery-charged fences; parishes and municipalities
A. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the governing authority of any parish or municipality may provide, by ordinance, for the regulation of battery-charged fences installed within its jurisdiction. Any such ordinance shall require that a battery-charged fence meet the following requirements:
(1) Interfaces with a monitored alarm device in a manner that enables the alarm system to transmit a signal intended to summon law enforcement in response to an intrusion or burglary.
(2) Is located on property that is not zoned exclusively for residential use.
(3) Has an energizer that is powered by a commercial storage battery that is not more than twelve volts of direct current.
(4) Has an energizer that meets the standards set forth by the International Electrotechnical Commission Standard 60335-2-76, current edition.
(5) Is surrounded by a nonelectric perimeter fence or wall that is not less than five feet in height.
(6) Is the higher of ten feet in height or two feet higher than the height of the nonelectric perimeter fence or wall.
(7) Is marked with conspicuous warning signs that are located on the battery-charged fence at not more than forty-foot intervals and that read: "WARNING-ELECTRIC FENCE".
B. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, no parish or municipal governing authority shall enact an ordinance that:
(1) Requires a permit or fee for the installation or use of a battery-charged fence that is in addition to an alarm system permit issued by the parish or municipality.
(2) Imposes installation or operational requirements for the battery-charged fence that are inconsistent with the requirements provided for in Subsection A of this Section.
(3) Prohibits the installation or use of a battery-charged fence.
C. As used in this Section, "battery-charged fence" means a new or existing alarm system and ancillary components or equipment attached to such a system, including but not limited to: a fence, a battery-operated energizer which is intended to periodically deliver voltage impulses to the fence connected to it, and a battery charging device used exclusively to charge the battery. However, "battery-charged fence" does not mean an electrically charged fence used for agriculture or animal containment purposes.
Acts 2020, No. 349, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:1377. Liquefied petroleum gas; parishes and municipalities

RS 33:1377 - Liquefied petroleum gas; parishes and municipalities
A. The regulation of a liquefied petroleum gas dealer's authority to operate and serve customers is a matter of statewide concern. No code, ordinance, land use restriction, or general or specific plan provision or part of a code, ordinance, land use regulation, or general or specific plan provision adopted by a parish or municipality may prohibit or have the effect of restricting a person's or entity's ability to use the services of a liquefied petroleum gas provider who is capable and authorized to provide the service at the person's or entity's property.
B. A parish or municipality may not deny a permit application based on the liquefied petroleum gas dealer's proposal to provide service to the project.
C. A parish or municipality may establish rules, ordinances, or requirements that do not supersede and are not in conflict with existing federal or state laws, rules, or regulations regarding the use or storage of liquefied petroleum gas.
Acts 2022, No. 512, §1.
NOTE: See Acts 2022, No. 512, regarding prospective application of Act.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:1391. Lafayette Parish and the city of Lafayette; charter commission; plan for unified city-parish government

NOTE: Former §1391, dealing with the charter commission and the plan for unification of the parish and city of Lafayette, was removed from the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950 pursuant to Acts 2014, No. 158, §4, but remains in effect as a Local and Special Act; see Acts 1990, No. 187 for content.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:1392. Terrebonne Parish; charter commission; plan of government

NOTE: Former §1392, dealing with the charter commission and plan of government for Terrebonne Parish, was removed from the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950 pursuant to Acts 2014, No. 158, §4 but remains in effect as a Local and Special Act; see Acts 1979, No. 341 for content.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:1395. Method of proposing home rule charter

RS 33:1395 - Method of proposing home rule charter
A. Any parish or municipality may draft, adopt, or amend a home rule charter. The method to be used is the charter commission, which can either be appointed by the governing body or elected by the people.
B. A charter commission must be elected when the clerk of a municipality or parish is presented with a petition for the election of a home rule charter commission as provided in Article VI, Section 5(B) of the Louisiana Constitution of 1974 signed by not less than ten percent of the electors or ten thousand electors, whichever is fewer, who live within the boundaries of the affected municipality or parish as certified by the registrar of voters, and the governing authority of the municipality or parish shall call an election to elect a commission to prepare and propose a home rule charter or alternate charter. The election of the commission shall be called by the governing authority of the municipality or parish and on the next date allowed under the provisions of R.S. 18:402 for a primary or general election, special election, or bond, tax, or other election but not less than one hundred twenty days after the petition is presented to the clerk. Any such election shall otherwise be held pursuant to and in accordance with the election law of the state.
Acts 1980, No. 703, §1. Acts 1984, No. 672, §2.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:1395.1. Charter commission, membership, number; term; preparation, submission, and publication of charter

RS 33:1395.1 - Charter commission, membership, number; term; preparation, submission, and publication of charter
A. The commission shall consist of not less than seven nor more than eleven members who shall be elected or appointed in the manner provided by the governing authority of the municipality or parish. Each member of the commission shall hold office until a charter is either adopted or rejected by the registered voters of the municipality, as provided hereafter, and any vacancies in the commission shall be filled by appointment of the remaining members. The members of the commission shall take office immediately after election or appointment and shall propose the charter and submit it to the governing authority of the municipality within eighteen months thereafter. The proposed charter shall not be altered or changed in any way by the governing authority of the municipality.
B. The terms of charter commission members shall expire with either the adoption or rejection of the charter by the voters. In situations where no charter has been drafted by the end of the eighteen-months time period, members' terms shall automatically expire.
C. The full text of the proposed charter shall be published once in the official publication of the municipality or parish within thirty days after its submission to the local governing authority of the municipality or parish. Responsibility for publication rests with the governing body affected. If a parish and a municipality are involved, publication shall be by the parish in its official journal.
Acts 1980, No. 703, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:1395.2. Submission of charter to electors

RS 33:1395.2 - Submission of charter to electors
The calling of an election on a proposed charter once it has been completed by the charter commission is mandatory. The governing authority of the municipality or parish to which the proposed charter is submitted shall call an election to adopt or reject the charter on the next date allowed under the provisions of R.S. 18:402 for a primary or general election, special election, or bond, tax, or other election but not earlier than sixty days after its publication.
Acts 1980, No. 703, §1. Acts 1984, No. 672, §2.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:1395.3. Ratification by majority vote; supersession of existing charter; filing of copies of new charter

RS 33:1395.3 - Ratification by majority vote; supersession of existing charter; filing of copies of new charter
If a majority of the qualified voters voting thereon at such election shall vote in favor of the home rule charter, it shall be deemed to be ratified and shall become the organic law of such municipality or parish and any existing charter under which said local government may be operating shall be thereby superseded. One copy of the charter so ratified and approved shall be filed with the secretary of state, one with the clerk of court for the parish in which the municipality is located, and one in the archives of the local government or governments to remain as its permanent record.
Acts 1980, No. 703, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:1395.4. Amendment of charter

RS 33:1395.4 - Amendment of charter
A. The method and frequency of amending the charter may be provided in said charter and the charter may provide a procedure by which the local governing authority or resident of the municipality or parish may propose changes in the charter. Notwithstanding the provisions of R.S. 33:1395(A), in addition, any parish or municipality may amend an existing home rule charter either by amendments proposed by the charter commission or by amendments proposed by the governing body.
B. The proposed changes in the charter shall be approved by a majority of the electors of the municipalities or parish as provided by Article VI, Section 5 of the Louisiana Constitution of 1974.
Acts 1980, No. 703, §1; Acts 2006, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 15, §1, eff. Feb. 23, 2006.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:1395.5. Effect on existing commissions

RS 33:1395.5 - Effect on existing commissions
Appointed or elected municipal charter commissions currently in existence at the time of the passage of this Act shall be permitted to function under authority at the time of their election or appointment.
Acts 1980, No. 703, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:1402. Statement of policy

RS 33:1402 - Statement of policy
Because of the existing possibility of attack upon the United States of unprecedented size and destructiveness, and in order, in the event of such an attack, to assure continuity of government through legally constituted leadership, authority and responsibility in offices of the governments of political subdivision; to provide for the effective operation of such governments during an emergency; and to facilitate the early resumption of functions temporarily suspended, it is found and declared to be necessary to provide for additional officers for emergency interim succession to governmental offices of the political subdivisions in the event the incumbents thereof and their deputies, assistants or other subordinate officers authorized, pursuant to law, to exercise all of the powers and discharge the duties of such offices hereinafter referred to as deputies are unavailable to perform the duties and functions of such offices.
Acts 1963, No. 114, §2.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:1403. Definitions

RS 33:1403 - Definitions
Unless otherwise clearly required by the context, as used in this Part:
(a) "Unavailable" means either that a vacancy in office exists and there is no deputy authorized to exercise all of the powers and discharge the duties of the office, or that the lawful incumbent of the office including any deputy exercising the powers and discharging the duties of an office because of a vacancy and his duly authorized deputy are absent or unable to exercise the powers and discharge the duties of the office.
(b) "Emergency interim successor" means a person designated pursuant to this Part, in the event the officer is unavailable, to exercise the powers and discharge the duties of an office until a successor is appointed or elected and qualified as may be provided by the constitution, statutes, charters and ordinances or until the lawful incumbent is able to resume the exercise of the powers and discharge the duties of the office.
(c) "Office" includes all local offices, the powers and duties of which are defined by the constitution, statutes, charters, and ordinances.
(d) "Attack" means any attack or series of attacks by an enemy of the United States causing or which may cause, substantial damage or injury to civilian property or persons in the United States in any manner by sabotage or by the use of bombs, missiles, shellfire, or atomic, radiological, chemical, bacteriological or biological means or other weapons or processes.
(e) "Political subdivision" includes parishes, municipalities, districts and other public subdivisions and entities, whether organized and existing under charter or general law.
Acts 1963, No. 114, §3.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:1404. Enabling authority for emergency interim successors for local offices

RS 33:1404 - Enabling authority for emergency interim successors for local offices
With respect to local offices for which the legislative bodies of municipalities, parishes and other units of local government may enact resolutions or ordinances relative to the manner in which vacancies will be filled or temporary appointments to office made, such legislative bodies are hereby authorized to enact resolutions or ordinances providing for emergency interim successors to offices of the aforementioned governmental units. Such resolutions and ordinances shall not be inconsistent with the provisions of the Part.
Acts 1963, No. 114, §4.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:1405. Emergency interim successors for local officers

RS 33:1405 - Emergency interim successors for local officers
The provisions of this section shall be applicable to officers of political subdivisions including but not limited to municipalities, parishes, and special districts not included in R.S. 33:1404. Such officers, subject to such regulations as the executive head or heads of the political subdivision may issue, shall upon approval of this Part, designate by title, if feasible, or by named person, emergency interim successors and specify their order of succession. The officer shall review and revise, as necessary, designations made pursuant to this Part to insure their current status. The officer will designate a sufficient number of persons so that there will be not less than three nor more than seven deputies or emergency interim successors, or any combination thereof, at any time. In the event that any officer of any political subdivision or his deputy provided for pursuant to law is unavailable, the powers of the office shall be exercised and duties shall be discharged by his designated emergency interim successors in the order specified. The emergency interim successors shall exercise the powers and discharge the duties of the office to which designated until such time as a vacancy which may exist shall be filled in accordance with the constitution or statutes, or until the officer or his deputy or a preceding emergency interim successor again becomes available to exercise the powers and discharge the duties of his office.
Acts 1963, No. 114, §5.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:1406. Formalities for taking office

RS 33:1406 - Formalities for taking office
At the time of their designation emergency interim successors shall take such oath as may be required for them to exercise the powers and discharge the duties of the office to which they succeed. Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, no person, as a prerequisite to the exercise of the powers or discharge the duties of an office to which he succeeds, shall be required to comply with any other provision of law relative to taking office.
Acts 1963, No. 114, §6.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:1407. Period in which authority may be exercised

RS 33:1407 - Period in which authority may be exercised
Officials authorized to act as emergency interim successors are empowered to exercise the powers and discharge the duties of an office as herein authorized only after an attack upon the United States, as defined herein, has occurred. The governing body of the political subdivision, by resolution, may at any time terminate the authority of said emergency interim successors to exercise the powers and discharge the duties of office as herein provided.
Acts 1963, No. 114, §7.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:1408. Removal of designees

RS 33:1408 - Removal of designees
Until such time as the persons designated as emergency interim successors are authorized to exercise the powers and discharge the duties of an office in accordance with this Part, including R.S. 33:1407, said persons shall serve in their designated capacities at the pleasure of the designating authority and may be removed or replaced by said designating authority at any time, with or without cause.
Acts 1963, No. 114, §8.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:1411. Reapportionment required after each decennial census; effective date

RS 33:1411 - Reapportionment required after each decennial census; effective date
A. All parish governing authorities the form of government of which provides for the election of all or part of its members from wards, districts or other subdivisions shall within six months after the official release of every decennial census, examine the apportionment plan of its body to determine if there exists any substantial variation in the representation of the election districts. After this examination the body shall by ordinance adopted by a majority of the members thereof, either declare its apportionment to be equitable and continue its existing apportionment plan or provide for a new apportionment plan.
B. If reapportionment be necessary it shall be made effective at the end of the term of the incumbent officials.
C. The boundaries of any election district for a new apportionment plan from which members of the parish governing authority are elected shall contain whole election precincts established by the parish governing authority under R.S. 18:532 or 532.1.
Added by Acts 1968, No. 424, §1. Amended by Acts 1982, No. 558, §2, eff. July 22, 1982.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:1419. Subsidies and incentives prohibited

RS 33:1419 - Subsidies and incentives prohibited
At no time shall a political subdivision enter into any program providing subsidies or incentive payments for the production of compressed natural gas, liquefied petroleum gas, reformulated gasoline, methanol, or ethanol.
Acts 1990, No. 954, §2.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:1419.1. Legislative findings

RS 33:1419.1 - Legislative findings
A. This Subpart may be cited as the "Alternative Fuel Vehicle Revolving Loan Fund Act".
B. The legislature finds and declares that:
(1) It is an important public purpose of the state that the motor vehicle fleets of its parishes, municipalities, school boards, ports, levee districts, and other political subdivisions of the state be economical and efficient in this time of expensive motor vehicle fuels, as well as being propelled by clean fuel vehicle equipment which help to keep the state's air clean.
(2) It also recognizes that the state has access to abundant reserves of natural gas and other resources which may be effectively used to produce motor vehicle fuels which are a clean alternative to gasoline and diesel, thus contributing to the economic development of the state.
C.(1) To assist in financing its political subdivisions for these purposes, the Alternative Fuel Vehicle Revolving Loan Fund Program is established in this Subpart to facilitate a state effort and to operate to the extent determined feasible by the Department of Energy and Natural Resources in conjunction with federal assistance under a state transportation plan or any other federal or private source of assistance or funding, or both.
(2) The financial administration of the Alternative Fuel Vehicle Revolving Loan Fund shall be with the Department of Energy and Natural Resources.
(3) Relative to the Alternative Fuel Vehicle Revolving Loan Fund Program, the Department of Energy and Natural Resources shall have the authority to establish assistance priorities and perform oversight and other related activities.
Acts 2010, No. 118, §1, eff. July 1, 2010; Acts 2023, No. 150, §8, eff. Jan. 10, 2024.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:1419.3. Alternative Fuel Vehicle Revolving Loan Fund Program

RS 33:1419.3 - Alternative Fuel Vehicle Revolving Loan Fund Program
A. There shall be an Alternative Fuel Vehicle Revolving Loan Fund Program within the Department of Energy and Natural Resources through which the state may provide financial assistance to a local governing authority in the manner provided for in this Subpart for the costs of converting all or a portion of the local governing authority's fleet of motor vehicles to qualified clean fuel vehicles propelled by an alternative fuel.
B. The Department of Energy and Natural Resources may promulgate rules and regulations as are necessary to implement the provisions of this Subpart, in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act, subject to oversight by the Senate Committee on Natural Resources and the House Committee on Natural Resources and Environment.
Acts 2010, No. 118, §1, eff. July 1, 2010; Acts 2023, No. 150, §8, eff. Jan. 10, 2024.