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2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:3885. Corporate status and powers

RS 33:3885 - Corporate status and powers
Sewerage districts created under this Subpart shall constitute public corporations, and as such shall have all powers of public corporations, including perpetual existence; the power to incur debt and contract obligations; sue and be sued; to have a corporate seal; to do and perform all acts in their corporate capacity and in their corporate names, which are necessary and proper for the purpose of constructing and maintaining sewers and sewerage disposal works within their territorial limits; and generally to perform any and all acts and duties necessary to carry out the objects and purposes of their creation. These sewerage districts may expropriate property for the purpose of acquiring rights of way for the laying and installing of sewers and sewerage disposal works, and may acquire machinery, tools and equipment, essential to the proper accomplishment of the purposes of their creation.
Any sewerage district, through its governing authority, may by an ordinance or resolution establish, maintain and collect rates, charges, or connection charges for any service rendered by the sewerage district to be paid by the owner of each parcel of real estate, or building that is connected with and uses or is served by the sewerage system of the district, and may readjust such rates, charges or connection charges, from time to time. Rates or connection charges shall be sufficient in each year for the payment of the proper and reasonable expenses of operation, repair, replacement, and maintenance of the sewerage system and for the establishment of the necessary sinking fund for the payment of the principal and interest of any revenue producing public utility bonds which may have been issued and sold for the purpose of constructing, acquiring, extending or improving the sewerage system. The governing authority of the sewerage district shall adopt and enforce rules, regulations and ordinances, exact penalties, and institute such actions at law as are within its corporate power, for the prompt collection of the respective rates or connection charges fixed for service rendered by the sewerage system.
Amended by Acts 1952, No. 495, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:3885.1. Authority of district to employ legal counsel

RS 33:3885.1 - Authority of district to employ legal counsel
Any sewerage district created pursuant to this Subpart shall, through its board of supervisors, be authorized to employ the services of an attorney when necessary and to fix his fees or salary. The provisions of this Section shall be inapplicable with respect to sewerage districts within the parishes of Calcasieu, Cameron, Jefferson Davis, Lafourche, St. John the Baptist, and St. Charles.
Acts 1989, No. 225, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:3885.3. Inclusion on tax rolls charges for sewerage systems

RS 33:3885.3 - Inclusion on tax rolls charges for sewerage systems
Sewerage districts created under this Subpart may include on the tax rolls, in addition to taxes upon the property of the sewerage district, rates, charges, or connection charges for any services rendered by the sewerage district, to be paid by the owner of each parcel of real estate, or building connected with and users that are served by the sewerage system for the district, which rates, charges, or connection charges may not be assessed, levied, and collected at the same time and manner as other taxes are assessed, levied, and collected.
Acts 1991, No. 619, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:3886. Domicile of districts; seal; depository

RS 33:3886 - Domicile of districts; seal; depository
The domicile of the sewerage district shall be designated at some place within its boundaries in the resolution of the police jury creating said district. The governing authority of the sewerage district shall, at its first meeting, adopt an official seal for said district and shall designate the official journal thereof. They shall select a solvent chartered bank within the parish where the district is organized in which all of the money of the district shall be deposited.
Amended by Acts 1952, No. 495, §2.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:3886.1. Depository for Sewerage District Number One of St. Martin Parish

RS 33:3886.1 - Depository for Sewerage District Number One of St. Martin Parish
Notwithstanding the provisions of R.S. 33:3886, Sewerage District Number One of St. Martin Parish is additionally authorized to deposit its funds in a solvent chartered bank located in St. Mary Parish or Assumption Parish; however, said district shall transfer such funds monthly to its depository located in St. Martin Parish. The district shall not expend such funds during the time that the funds are deposited in a bank other than its depository. The district may invest funds deposited in a bank other than its depository only until such time as the funds are deposited in its depository as required in this Section.
Acts 1985, No. 116, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:3887. Supervising board

RS 33:3887 - Supervising board
A. In the ordinance or resolution creating the district, the police jury shall appoint at least three but no more than five property taxpayers residing within the district as the board of supervisors thereof. If a petition of twenty-five percent or more of the residents of the district is presented to the police jury requesting the appointment of supervisors, the police jury shall appoint the persons so named. If more than one petition is presented, then the police jury shall appoint the members receiving the majority in number and assessment according to the certificate of the parish assessor. The supervisors shall elect a chairman and a vice chairman from their own members, and shall appoint a secretary-treasurer, who may be either a part-time or full-time employee and shall fix the salary for such position. The supervisors shall meet each week during the construction of the sewerage facilities and monthly thereafter. The board of supervisors shall by resolution designate a regular meeting place for the holding of their meetings, which shall be held at some place located within the sewerage district or at the parish seat of the parish in which the district is located. The parish governing authority of the parish in which the district is located may pay a per diem to each member of the board of supervisors in an amount not to exceed sixty dollars for each day of his attendance at meetings of the board up to and including twenty-four days in each year. Such governing authority may also pay each member per diem for attendance of up to and including twelve emergency meetings of the board of supervisors of such district called in any one calendar year. Per diem provided by this Section shall be paid out of the district funds in the hands of the treasurer.
B. Notwithstanding the provisions of Subsection A of this Section, the governing authority of the parish of Caldwell may authorize the treasurer of the Columbia Heights Sewerage District No. 1 to pay the members of the board of supervisors of the district a per diem of up to one hundred dollars for attendance at meetings.
C. Notwithstanding the provisions of Subsection A of this Section, the board of supervisors of the Livingston Parish Sewer District shall consist of seven members, subject to all other requirements of qualifications for office provided in Subsection A of this Section.
Amended by Acts 1952, No. 495, §3; Acts 1954, No. 329, §1; Acts 1962, No. 280, §1; Acts 1974, No. 10, §1; Acts 1975, No. 633, §1; Acts 1976, No. 168, §1; Acts 1981, No. 552, §1; Acts 1982, No. 614, §1; Acts 2009, No. 113, §1; Acts 2017, No. 167, §1, eff. June 12, 2017.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:3887.1. Rapides Parish; supervising board; per diem

RS 33:3887.1 - Rapides Parish; supervising board; per diem
Notwithstanding the provisions of R.S. 33:3887, or any other law to the contrary, the parish governing authority of Rapides Parish may pay a per diem to each member of the board of supervisors in an amount not to exceed ninety dollars for each day of attendance at meetings of the board up to and including twenty-four days in each year. The governing authority of Rapides Parish may also pay each member per diem for attendance of up to and including twelve emergency meetings of the board of supervisors called in any one calendar year. Per diem provided by this Section shall be paid out of the designated funds in the hands of the treasurer.
Acts 2001, No. 331, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:3887.2. Concordia Parish Sewerage District No. 1; supervising board; per diem

RS 33:3887.2 - Concordia Parish Sewerage District No. 1; supervising board; per diem
Notwithstanding the provisions of R.S. 33:3887, the governing authority of the parish of Concordia may pay members of the supervising board of the Concordia Parish Sewerage District No. 1 a per diem not to exceed one hundred twenty-five dollars for attending meetings of the board for a maximum of twenty-four meetings per year and for each emergency meeting not to exceed twelve emergency meetings per year. Per diem paid pursuant to this Section shall be paid out of the district funds in the hands of the treasurer.
Acts 2006, No. 697, §1, eff. July 1, 2006.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:3887.3. Livingston Parish Sewer District No. 2; supervising board; per diem

RS 33:3887.3 - Livingston Parish Sewer District No. 2; supervising board; per diem
Notwithstanding the provisions of R.S. 33:3887, or any other law to the contrary, the parish governing authority of the parish of Livingston shall pay members of the supervising board of the Livingston Parish Sewer District No. 2 a per diem not to exceed one hundred dollars for attending a meeting of the board for a maximum of twelve meetings per year, and for attending an emergency meeting not to exceed twelve emergency meetings per year. Per diem paid pursuant to this Section shall be paid out of the district funds in the hands of the treasurer.
Acts 2009, No. 481, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:3887.4. Livingston Parish Sewer District No. 1; supervising board; per diem

RS 33:3887.4 - Livingston Parish Sewer District No. 1; supervising board; per diem
Notwithstanding the provisions of R.S. 33:3887, or any other law to the contrary, the parish governing authority of the parish of Livingston shall pay members of the supervising board of the Livingston Parish Sewer District No. 1 a per diem not to exceed one hundred dollars for attending a meeting of the board for a maximum of twelve meetings per year, and for attending an emergency meeting not to exceed twelve emergency meetings per year. Per diem paid pursuant to this Section shall be paid out of the district funds in the hands of the treasurer.
Acts 2009, No. 482, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:3887.5. Rapides Parish Sewerage Districts No. 1 and No. 2; supervising board; per diem

RS 33:3887.5 - Rapides Parish Sewerage Districts No. 1 and No. 2; supervising board; per diem
Notwithstanding the provisions of R.S. 33:3887, 3887.1, or any other law to the contrary, the parish governing authority of Rapides Parish may pay to each member of the board of supervisors of Sewerage Districts No. 1 and No. 2 a per diem not to exceed one hundred fifty dollars for each day of attendance at meetings of the board up to and including twenty-four days in each year. The governing authority of Rapides Parish may also pay each member a per diem for attendance of up to and including twelve emergency meetings of the board of supervisors called in any one calendar year. Per diem provided by this Section shall be paid out of the designated funds in the hands of the treasurer.
Acts 2011, No. 122, §1; Acts 2017, No. 178, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:3887.6. Tangipahoa Parish Sewerage District No. 1; supervising board; per diem

RS 33:3887.6 - Tangipahoa Parish Sewerage District No. 1; supervising board; per diem
Notwithstanding the provisions of R.S. 33:3887 or any other law to the contrary, the governing authority of the parish of Tangipahoa may pay to each member of the board of supervisors of the Tangipahoa Parish Sewerage District No. 1 a per diem not to exceed one hundred fifty dollars for each day of attendance at regular meetings of the board, not to exceed twenty-four days in each calendar year and for attendance at special meetings of the board of supervisors, not to exceed twelve in each calendar year. Per diem provided by this Section shall be paid out of the district funds in the hands of the treasurer.
Acts 2012, No. 62, §1, eff. July 1, 2012.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:3887.7. Individual sewerage districts; consolidation and merger

RS 33:3887.7 - Individual sewerage districts; consolidation and merger
A sewerage district located wholly within the boundaries of a parish with a population between one hundred twenty thousand and one hundred sixty thousand according to the latest federal decennial census shall be able to merge or consolidate itself into another sewerage district wholly located within the same parish according to the procedure provided for in Article VI, Section 16 of the Constitution of Louisiana.
Acts 2016, No. 439, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:3887.8. Home rule charter parishes; districts; governance

RS 33:3887.8 - Home rule charter parishes; districts; governance
A. The governing authority of any parish governed by a home rule charter may provide, by ordinance, for the governance of districts created by the parish. Any such ordinance may provide for the creation of one or more supervising boards to govern such districts. Any ordinance that creates a supervising board shall provide for the appointment and compensation of board members.
B. This Section shall not apply to the parish of Orleans.
Acts 2019, No. 69, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:3888. Officers of district

RS 33:3888 - Officers of district
The officers of the board of supervisors shall be the officers of the district, and shall serve without compensation in their capacity as officers. They may be reimbursed their actual expenses when traveling on the business of the district. The secretary-treasurer of the sewerage district shall furnish a special bond to be fixed by the governing authority for the faithful performance of the duties of his office, and the premium shall be paid by the sewerage district.
Amended by Acts 1952, No. 495, §4; Acts 1962, No. 280, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:3889. Provision in budget for maintenance and repair

RS 33:3889 - Provision in budget for maintenance and repair
Whenever there have been laid, installed, or constructed in any sewerage district any sewers or sewerage disposal works, the board of supervisors shall provide an annual budget of the amount required for the maintenance and repair of the sewers and sewerage disposal works.
Amended by Acts 1952, No. 495, §5.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:3890. Reorganization of districts

RS 33:3890 - Reorganization of districts
Within sixty days after July 30, 1952, the board of supervisors of any sewerage district heretofore created shall meet and reorganize in accordance with the provisions of this Sub-part, and such board shall thereafter be the governing authority of such district.
Added by Acts 1952, No. 495, §6.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:3891. Failure of district to re-organize as required by statute; validation

RS 33:3891 - Failure of district to re-organize as required by statute; validation
Wherever prior to July 30, 1952, the governing body of any parish acting pursuant to the provisions of this Sub-part created a sewerage district within the boundaries of such parish and adopted and entered on its minutes a resolution fixing the boundaries of such district, and where subsequently to July 30, 1952, such governing body failed to re-organize such districts within sixty days after July 30, 1952, as required by R.S. 33:3890, but has since such time adopted proceedings carrying out the requirements of R.S. 33:3885 through 33:3890, and where such governing body has adopted and entered upon its minutes an ordinance ratifying the creation of such district and re-defining its boundaries, all proceedings so had in connection with the original creation and with the re-organization of such district and the appointment of a board of supervisors for such district and the re-defining of its boundaries are hereby ratified, validated and confirmed, despite any irregularities which may have occurred in such proceedings and despite any failure to comply with the pertinent statutory requirements, and such district is hereby declared to be a valid and existing sewerage district with authority to exercise all powers granted sewerage districts outside municipalities under the pertinent laws of Louisiana, including the right to issue bonds pursuant to appropriate proceedings therefor to be adopted by its board of supervisors, and it is expressly hereby found and determined that all taxable property within the boundaries of such district as such boundaries have been so re-defined will be benefited by the construction of sewer improvements and facilities in said district. Any such district shall be regarded as having been created and come into existence on the date of the adoption of the original resolution creating it and fixing its boundaries, for all purposes of the application of homestead exemption reimbursal laws applicable to taxes imposed by sewerage districts.
Added by Acts 1959, No. 118, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:3892. Sewerage districts; Tangipahoa Parish

RS 33:3892 - Sewerage districts; Tangipahoa Parish
A. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the provisions of this Section shall apply to any parish sewerage district located in the parish of Tangipahoa.
B. Any such district shall have the authority to adopt and enforce rules and regulations or ordinances, exact penalties, and to institute such actions as may be within its corporate power for the prompt collection of the respective rates or connection charges fixed for services rendered by the sewerage district and as may be allowed by law.
C. Any such district shall have the authority to make inoperable, disconnect, or otherwise terminate sewerage district services of any sewerage district customer on a private water well if payment for services is not made within sixty days of billing.
D. Neither the district nor its governing board or employees, representatives or agents, nor the parish governing authority shall be liable for any act or omission of such sewerage district resulting in damage or injury, environmental or otherwise, to the premises of any customers pursuant to the provisions of Subsection C of this Section.
Acts 2004, No. 344, §1; Acts 2011, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 20, §1, eff. June 12, 2011.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:3911. Authority and procedure for creation of sewerage districts

RS 33:3911 - Authority and procedure for creation of sewerage districts
A. Municipal corporations, the city of New Orleans excepted, may by ordinance create one or more sewerage districts within their respective limits. Additionally any such municipal corporation may, by ordinance, and with the approval by resolution of the police jury in which such municipality is located, create one or more sewerage districts composed of areas within its municipal limits and also of portions of unincorporated areas in the parish. They may enlarge the districts and consolidate them.
B. In addition to the authority set forth in Subsection A of this Section, and notwithstanding the provisions of R.S. 33:3881, the city of Shreveport may by ordinance and with the approval by resolution of the Caddo Parish Commission, create one or more sewerage districts in the area defined by Act No. 39 of the 1926 Regular Session of the Louisiana Legislature, as it exists now or as may hereafter be amended. The city may enlarge the district or districts and consolidate them. Any district so created shall be subject to this Subpart and applicable law.
C.(1) All ordinances creating, enlarging, or consolidating a sewerage district, or bringing a sewerage district under the provisions of this Subpart, shall be published for thirty days in a newspaper published in the municipality in which the sewerage district is situated. Publication once a week for four weeks will constitute publication for thirty days.
(2) Within thirty days from the date of the first publication any owner of property within the limits of the sewerage district or other party interested may appeal to the courts for the purpose of contesting the action of the governing authority of the municipality or urging any objection to the inclusion of his properties in the district.
(3) After thirty days from the date of the first publication, the action of the governing authority shall be incontestable for any cause; it shall be conclusively presumed that the sewerage district is regularly and legally created, and that all properties therein are lawfully included in the district; and no court shall have jurisdiction to entertain any cause which calls into question the validity or regularity of the action of the governing authority of the municipality in creating, enlarging, consolidating, or reorganizing the district, or raises the question of whether the properties located therein should have been included within the district or will be benefited by the sewerage systems or plants.
Acts 1989, No. 302, §1; Acts 1990, No. 225, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:3912. Powers of sewerage districts

RS 33:3912 - Powers of sewerage districts
Sewerage districts shall be political subdivisions of the state. They may:
(1) Contract for, install, maintain and operate a sewerage system within their respective limits and exercise the powers of expropriation, both within and without their limits, for the purpose of laying, installing, and operating the sewerage system and appurtenances.
(2) Incur indebtedness and issue negotiable bonds for the purpose of acquiring or installing such systems, in the manner provided by law.
(3) Maintain and operate such systems, extend the sewerage pipes and mains outside of the sewerage districts, and use therefor the proceeds of the maintenance tax hereinafter provided, and any money appropriated by the municipality creating the district to protect the public health.
(4) Do all things and enact all rules and regulations necessary or advantageous to the installing, maintenance, operation, and use of the sewerage systems or plants.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:3913. Governing authority of sewerage districts

RS 33:3913 - Governing authority of sewerage districts
The governing authority of the municipality creating the sewerage district shall be the governing authority of any sewerage district created under the provisions of this Subpart.
Said governing authority may appoint a board of sewerage commissioners to consist of five members whose terms of office shall be four years and until their successors have been appointed. The board of sewerage commissioners, subject to the supervision and approval of the governing authority of the municipality creating the district, may be vested with authority to manage the affairs of the district, let contracts for the construction, maintenance and operation of the sewer system of the district, expend revenues of the district, and appoint its secretary and fix his salary. The treasurer of the municipality shall be ex-officio treasurer of the district, and the attorney for the municipality shall be ex-officio attorney for the district, and shall serve as such without additional remuneration. The appointment of said board of sewerage commissioners shall be left to the discretion of the governing authority of the municipality creating the district and nothing herein shall require the appointment of such a board, and, if appointed, such board may be abolished at any time by a resolution adopted by unanimous vote of the governing authority for the municipality.
In addition to the powers granted elsewhere in this Subpart, the sewerage district, through its governing authority, may enter into contracts with other sewerage districts or the municipality in which it is located providing for the joint construction and financing of a new sewer system or extensions and improvements to any existing sewer system and such contracts shall cover all matters in relation thereto, including the future operation and maintenance of the system.
Amended by Acts 1958, No. 394, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:3914. Tax to maintain sewerage system

RS 33:3914 - Tax to maintain sewerage system
The governing authority of the municipality may levy and collect annually, in addition to all other taxes, upon the taxable property of the sewerage district, a tax not to exceed six mills on the dollar to maintain the sewerage system of the district, which tax shall be assessed, levied and collected, at the same time, and in the same manner as other municipal taxes are assessed, levied and collected.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:3915. Sewerage districts under prior laws

RS 33:3915 - Sewerage districts under prior laws
Any sewerage district which is operating under Act 26 of 1926, and Acts amendatory thereto, on the effective date of the Revised Statutes shall be governed by the provisions of this Subpart.
A sewerage district created by the governing authority of a municipality prior to July 28, 1926, which has not elected to come under the provisions of Act 26 of 1926, shall continue to operate under the law under which it was created. The board of commissioners of the district may, however, elect by ordinance to come under the provisions of this Subpart. Thereafter the district shall operate under the provisions of this Subpart as though it had originally been established under its provisions, but all taxes voted prior thereto securing the payment of the principal and interest of all outstanding bonds of the district shall continue to be levied until all of the bonds have been retired.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:3933. Powers of sewerage districts

RS 33:3933 - Powers of sewerage districts
Such sewerage districts shall have the following powers:
(1) To contract, sue and be sued in their corporate names; to own and possess a seal and to change the same at will.
(2) To contract for, install, maintain, and operate a sewerage system within their respective limits; to exercise the power of expropriation both within and without their limits, for the purpose of laying, installing and operating the sewerage system and its necessary appurtenances.
(3) To incur indebtedness and to issue and sell negotiable bonds for the purpose of acquiring or installing such sewerage systems in accordance with the applicable provisions of the state constitution and general laws.
(4) To use for the purpose of maintaining and operating these systems funds which accrue from the tax voted in excess of the amount necessary to retire the bonds and the interest thereon and money appropriated by the municipality under its powers to protect the public health.
(5) To do all such things and to enact all rules and regulations necessary or advantageous to the installing, maintenance, operation and use of the sewerage systems.
(6) To extend the sewerage pipes and mains outside of the limit of the sewerage district, and to use therefor funds which accrue from the tax levied in excess of the amount necessary to retire the bonds and the interest thereon.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:3934. Board of sewerage commissioners; election; term

RS 33:3934 - Board of sewerage commissioners; election; term
These powers shall be exercised by a board of commissioners, to be known as the board of sewerage commissioners, to consist of five members to be selected by vote of the property tax payers authorized to vote at elections in such districts for the issuance of negotiable bonds. An officer of the municipality shall not be eligible to membership on the sewerage commission. The commissioner shall hold office for four years and until their successors shall have been elected and qualified. They shall serve without remuneration.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:3935. Officers of board of sewerage commissioners; collection of taxes

RS 33:3935 - Officers of board of sewerage commissioners; collection of taxes
The board shall, at its first meeting, elect from among its members a president, a vice president, secretary and treasurer, and may in its discretion elect the same person to the office of secretary and treasurer. The board shall, by ordinance, define the powers and duties of the secretary and treasurer. The treasurer shall give a good and solvent bond payable to the president of the district, in the sum fixed by the board conditioned for the faithful performance of his duties.
The board in its discretion may select persons not members to fill the offices of secretary and treasurer. The city attorney shall be ex-officio attorney for the board. The tax collector of the municipality shall be ex-officio tax collector of the same and shall collect the taxes due the district in the same manner provided for the collection of other special taxes. The tax collector of the district shall be ex-officio assessor for the same and shall prepare the tax roll of the same by preparing and copying it from the assessments and rolls used by the state for the collection of taxes on the property within the district.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:3936. Failure to authorize bond issue

RS 33:3936 - Failure to authorize bond issue
When an election has been called for a board of sewerage commissioners, and the commissioners have been elected, and subsequent thereto, an election is had for the voting of a tax and the issuance of bonds, and the result of the election shows that the bond issue has failed to carry, the board of sewerage commissioners shall cease to exist.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:3937. Tax for maintenance of sewerage system

RS 33:3937 - Tax for maintenance of sewerage system
The governing authority of the municipality may levy an annual tax upon the taxable property within the sewerage district not to exceed one mill on the dollar, which tax shall be assessed, levied and collected at the same time and in the same manner as other municipal taxes. The proceeds thereof shall be paid to the board of sewerage commissioners to be applied to the maintenance of the sewerage system. The governing authority may not order the collection of the tax unless authorized by a majority, in number and amount, of the resident property taxpayers voting in an election called for that purpose.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:3951. Formation of sewerage districts by municipalities of less than 1,000

RS 33:3951 - Formation of sewerage districts by municipalities of less than 1,000
In addition to other powers relating to the creation of sewerage districts or the construction of sewers and sewerage disposal plants, the governing authority of any municipality having a population of one thousand or less may create sewerage districts to construct and maintain sewers and sewerage disposal works within their territorial limits in accordance with the provisions of this Sub-part.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:3952. Petition for construction of sewerage system

RS 33:3952 - Petition for construction of sewerage system
Whenever more than sixty per cent of the owners of the lineal frontage of real estate abutting on any street or portion thereof not less than one block long, or of a district composed of one or more streets, highways, or alleys, by petition signed by the owners and addressed to the governing authority of the municipality, ask for the installation, construction, and equipment of sewers and sewerage disposal works for the purpose of serving the district, the governing authority may proceed as provided in the following Section.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:3953. Notice of filing petition; creation of sewerage system

RS 33:3953 - Notice of filing petition; creation of sewerage system
A. Notice of the filing of a petition for the sewerage improvements shall be given by the clerk or secretary of the municipality by publication in the official journal, or by publication in any other newspapers in the municipality if there is no official journal, or by publication in a newspaper in the parish in which the municipality is situated if there is no newspaper published in the municipality. This notice shall be published once a week for thirty days, and after such publication for thirty days, all persons shall be barred from contesting the validity or sufficiency of the petition for the improvements or interfering with the progress of the improvements.
B. The governing authority may thereupon create the sewerage district and order the construction and equipment of the sewerage system, the entire costs of the construction and equipment to be paid either by property owners in the district in accordance with R.S. 33:3980.1 or by the owners of the real property abutting on the streets in the district in proportion to their lineal frontage, each portion to constitute a first privilege on the property superior to the vendor's lien or any other lien, privilege, or mortgage, except taxes and paving liens for paving actually done.
Acts 1999, No. 1167, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:3954. Plans and specifications

RS 33:3954 - Plans and specifications
The petitioning property owners may provide, in their petition, plans and specifications, together with the type of sewer pipes and other materials necessary to properly install the sewer and sewerage disposal works, or any part thereof which they desire to specify, and the governing authority may order the same to be used in the construction of the system.
The governing authority, however, may reject any and all of the plans and specifications and have the same prepared by the city engineer or a special engineer.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:3955. Advertising for bids; awarding contract

RS 33:3955 - Advertising for bids; awarding contract
When the work has been duly authorized and the plans and specifications approved, the governing authority shall advertise for bids for installing and constructing the system in the same manner provided by law for the letting of public contracts for the municipality, and shall accept any bid and enter into any contract for the installation in the manner provided by law. If the petitioning property owners in their original petition have fixed maximum amounts beyond which the entire cost of the work shall not extend for each lineal front foot, no bid shall be accepted or no contract let which is in excess of that maximum.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:3956. Assessment of abutting property; taxes on property

RS 33:3956 - Assessment of abutting property; taxes on property
Upon the final and satisfactory completion of the work, the municipal authority shall accept it by ordinance which shall formally create the sewerage district and shall provide for the levy of taxes or fees in accordance with R.S. 33:3980.1 if approved by the voters or assessment of all real estate abutting on the streets in the district in the amounts due by the owners thereof according to the rule of apportionment stipulated in this Subpart. If abutting real estate is to be assessed, a certified copy of the ordinance containing the assessment shall be filed for record in the office of the recorder of mortgages in the parish in which the assessed property is located within ten days after its passage and when so filed and recorded the ordinance shall operate as a lien and privilege in favor of the municipality, or its transferees, against the real estate therein assessed.
Acts 1999, No. 1167, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:3957. Collection of assessments

RS 33:3957 - Collection of assessments
The amounts assessed in the ordinance shall be due and payable immediately upon its passage and if not paid within ten days thereafter, the municipality or its transferees, may proceed by suit against the properties and the owners thereof, to enforce the collection of the amounts of the assessments, together with six per cent per annum from date of acceptance and ten per cent in addition to the amount of the judgment as attorney's fees.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:3958. Installment payments and notes for deferred payments

RS 33:3958 - Installment payments and notes for deferred payments
The governing authority of the municipality may provide, in the ordinance accepting the work and making the assessment, that the property owners therein assessed, availing themselves of the privilege within ten days after the passage of the ordinance, may pay in cash twenty per cent of the amount of their indebtedness and pay the balance in four equal annual installments. As evidence of such deferred payments, the property owners shall sign and execute four promissory notes, payable to the order of the municipality, each for twenty per cent of the amount due by him, dated ten days after the passage of the ordinance accepting the work, maturing respectively, one, two, three and four years from that date, or sooner, at the option of the owner, bearing a maximum rate of six per cent yearly interest from date and ten per cent attorney's fees if placed in the hands of an attorney for collection after maturity, which notes, when paraphed by the city clerk or secretary to identify them with the ordinance levying the assessment, shall carry with them in the possession of any owner, the lien and privilege hereinabove provided for. The assessments and the notes, executed by the property owners pursuant to the provisions of this Sub-part, may be transferred by the municipality without recourse, to the contractor, at their face value, and the contractor, or any transferee thereof, shall enjoy the lien and privilege and all other rights provided in this Sub-part accruing to the municipality authorizing and ordering the work.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:3959. Objections to proceedings

RS 33:3959 - Objections to proceedings
For a period of thirty days from the date of the promulgation of the ordinance creating the sewerage district as hereinabove described, any person in interest may contest the legality of the proceedings after which time no one shall have any cause or right of action to contest the legality, formality, or regularity of the proceedings for any cause. If the validity of any of the proceedings provided for herein shall not be contested within the thirty days herein prescribed, the authority to act and the regularity of all proceedings shall be conclusively presumed, and no court shall have jurisdiction to inquire into such matters.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:3960. Municipality to own and operate sewerage system

RS 33:3960 - Municipality to own and operate sewerage system
After the sewerage system has been completed and accepted, the full ownership thereof shall vest in the municipality, which shall thereafter maintain and operate it at its own expense and as a part of its sewerage system and a public utility of the municipality and at no further cost or charge to the abutting property owners. The governing authority of any municipality acting under the provisions of this Sub-part may assist the sewerage district by paying in part for the installation and erection of a sewerage system out of its available funds.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:3961. Creation, consolidation or enlargement of sewerage districts and sub-districts; ordinance; publication; judicial review

RS 33:3961 - Creation, consolidation or enlargement of sewerage districts and sub-districts; ordinance; publication; judicial review
Any municipality desiring to avail itself of the provisions of this Sub-part may by ordinance of its governing authority create, consolidate or enlarge a sewerage district or districts, and create, consolidate or enlarge sub-district or sub-districts within said districts, irrespective of whether said sub-districts be contiguous or not, for the purpose of purchasing, constructing, improving or maintaining a sewerage system or systems; all ordinances creating, consolidating or enlarging said district or districts, sub-district or sub-districts shall be published for thirty days in a newspaper published in the municipality in which the sewerage district is situated. Four publications in the newspaper for four consecutive weeks shall be considered as published for thirty days, and within thirty days from the date of the first publication any owner of property within the limits of said sewerage district or sub-district shall have the right to appeal to the courts for the purpose of contesting the action of the governing authority of the municipality, after which time such action of said governing authority shall be incontestable for any cause whatsoever, and no court shall be vested with jurisdiction to entertain any cause of action which calls into question the validity or regularity of the action of the governing authority of the municipality in creating, consolidating, or enlarging said district or sub-district.
Acts 1950, Ex.Sess., No. 6, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:3962. Districts as political subdivisions of state; powers

RS 33:3962 - Districts as political subdivisions of state; powers
Sewerage districts and sub-districts when created under this Sub-part shall be political divisions of the state which possess and have the following powers, to-wit:
(1) To contract for, to install, to maintain and operate a sewerage system within their respective limits and to exercise the powers of expropriating, both within and without their limits, for the purpose of laying and installing and operating said system and all appurtenances necessary thereto.
(2) To incur indebtedness and to issue and sell negotiable bonds for the purpose of acquiring or installing such systems or plants in the manner hereafter provided.
(3) To levy assessments.
(4) To fix sewerage charges and to negotiate notes all for the purpose of acquiring or installation of sewerage systems, and all in the manner hereinafter provided.
(5) To maintain and operate such systems, make all contracts therefor, and to protect the public health of said districts or sub-districts.
(6) To enact all rules and regulations as may be necessary or advantageous to the installing, maintenance, operation and use of said systems or plants.
(7) To negotiate, pledge and hypothecate property owners' notes or monthly sewerage charges for the property provided for in this Sub-part.
(8) To borrow money, incur indebtedness, and issue negotiable bonds therefor, to an amount not exceeding ten per cent. of the assessed valuation of property within said district or sub-district, as may be provided by the Constitution of the State of Louisiana.
Acts 1950, Ex.Sess., No. 6, §2.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:3963. Board of sewerage commissioners; powers; terms of office

RS 33:3963 - Board of sewerage commissioners; powers; terms of office
The governing authority of the municipality creating said districts or sub-districts shall appoint a board of sewerage commissioners to consist of five members, all residents of the district or sub-district owning property to be served by the sewerage improvements and authorized to vote under the laws of Louisiana in the municipality in which the district or sub-district is located. Said board, subject to the supervision of the governing authorities of the municipality, shall manage the affairs of the district and let all contracts for the construction, maintenance, improvement and operation of the said district or sub-district; said commissioners shall hold office for a term of four years and until their successors have been appointed by the governing authority of the municipality in which their district or sub-district is located. The governing authority of any sewerage district shall likewise be the governing authority of any sub-district located in said district.
Acts 1950, Ex.Sess., No. 6, §3.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:3964. Districts previously created not affected; construction

RS 33:3964 - Districts previously created not affected; construction
This Sub-part shall not affect any sewerage districts heretofore created, but said sewerage districts shall continue to operate under the provisions of the statutes under which such districts were created and this Sub-part shall be construed as an additional means whereby sewerage districts or sub-districts may be created, enlarged or consolidated, and may accomplish the objects and purposes herein provided for.
Acts 1950, Ex.Sess., No. 6, §4.