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2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:3818.1. Additional powers of board of commissioners of Lafourche water district

RS 33:3818.1 - Additional powers of board of commissioners of Lafourche water district
A. Upon authorization by the Lafourche Parish Police Jury as provided for in R.S. 33:3811.1, and in addition to the powers granted in R.S. 33:3818 and R.S. 33:3820, the board of commissioners of the Lafourche water district may establish, maintain and collect rates, charges or connection charges for any service rendered by the 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.
B. The board 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.
C. The board may effect improvement in the sewerage system and for this purpose enter into contracts for the performance of work or the purchase of machinery. The board itself may supervise work under its contracts or may delegate the supervision to a licensed engineer who shall be a citizen of Louisiana. It may employ the necessary labor for directing and installing a sewerage system.
The board may levy a service charge in the manner provided by law for the purpose of maintaining and operating the sewer system of the district and for the purpose of paying reasonable rental that may be due for trunk and disposal facilities outside of any such district into which the sewage of any such district is carried.
Added by Acts 1974, No. 440, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:3819. Meetings of commissioners; meeting place; absences; compensation

RS 33:3819 - Meetings of commissioners; meeting place; absences; compensation
A. The commissioners of each waterworks district may meet as often as necessary, but shall meet at least once every three months. The board of waterworks commissioners by resolution shall designate a regular meeting place for the holding of its meetings, which shall be held at a place located within the waterworks district or at the parish seat of the parish in which the district is located, even though the parish seat is not within the boundaries of the waterworks district. The absence of a commissioner from any four consecutive meetings shall be deemed to create a vacancy and it shall be filled by the police jury, if the commissioner had been appointed by the police jury, or by appointment of the governing authority of a municipality included in the district, if the commissioner had been appointed by the municipal governing authority. The parish governing authority in the parish in which each waterworks district is located may fix and pay a per diem to members of the board of commissioners of the respective waterworks districts in an amount not less than sixty dollars and not more than per diem paid to members of the Louisiana Legislature for each meeting they attend, up to and including twenty-four meetings in each year and for each special meeting not to exceed twelve special meetings in each year. Per diem provided by this Section shall be paid out of the district funds in the hands of the treasurer; however, no elected official serving as a member of the board of commissioners shall receive any per diem for attending meetings of the board.
B - L. Repealed by Acts 2020, No. 290, §2.
Amended by Acts 1952, No. 496, §1; Acts 1954, No. 90, §1; Acts 1956, No. 23, §1; Acts 1956, No. 267, §1; Acts 1960, No. 418, §1; Acts 1962, No. 281, §1; Acts 1964, Ex.Sess., No. 26, §4; Acts 1966, No. 302, §1; Acts 1970, No. 528, §1; Acts 1971, No. 56, §1; Acts 1974, No. 98, §1; Acts 1975, No. 107, §1; Acts 1980, No. 100, §1; Acts 1981, No. 553, §1; Acts 1982, No. 614, §1; Acts 1995, No. 677, §1; Acts 2001, No. 831, §1; Acts 2003, No. 1059, §1, eff. July 1, 2003; Acts 2008, No. 383, §1; Acts 2008, No. 871, §1; Acts 2009, No. 114, §1; Acts 2009, No. 120, §1; Acts 2009, No. 470, §1; Acts 2010, No. 322, §1, eff. July 1, 2010; Acts 2015, No. 97, §1; Acts 2016, No. 546, §1; Acts 2018, No. 56, §1; Acts 2018, No. 323, §1; Acts 2020, No. 290, §§1, 2.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:3820. Water rates

RS 33:3820 - Water rates
The commissioners of a waterworks district may fix the rates at which it will supply water to persons within as well as outside the district and may dispense water from its waterworks system upon a flat rate or upon a meter rate. The cost of connecting and installing meters shall be borne entirely by the person using them.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:3821. Authority to issue bonds and levy taxes

RS 33:3821 - Authority to issue bonds and levy taxes
Waterworks districts shall be subdivisions of the state and as such may issue bonds and levy taxes in accordance with the provisions of Part III of Chapter 4 of Subtitle II of Title 39 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950.
Acts 2014, No. 158, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:3821.1. Waterworks District No. 1 of Natchitoches Parish; authority to levy taxes

RS 33:3821.1 - Waterworks District No. 1 of Natchitoches Parish; authority to levy taxes
A. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the board of commissioners of Waterworks District No. 1 of the parish of Natchitoches, in addition to all other taxes that the district is now or hereafter authorized to levy and collect, is hereby authorized to levy and collect an ad valorem tax not to exceed ten mills on the dollar of assessed valuation upon all taxable property situated within the boundaries of the district, subject to approval by a majority of electors in the district voting thereon at an election called by the governing authority and held for that purpose. The tax shall be levied and collected in the same manner and at the same time as all other ad valorem taxes on property subject to taxation by the parish are collected.
B. The proceeds of the tax may be used for the purposes and benefit of the district as the board of commissioners may determine.
C. The avails of the tax shall be paid by the sheriff and ex officio tax collector to the board of commissioners of Waterworks District No. 1 of the parish of Natchitoches.
Acts 1985, No. 679, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:3822. Construction, improvement, etc., of waterworks systems; petition

RS 33:3822 - Construction, improvement, etc., of waterworks systems; petition
The governing authority of any parish, municipality or waterworks district is hereby vested with full power and authority, after having been petitioned by sixty percent of the resident property owners of any such political subdivision, or by a vote of a majority in number and amount of the resident property taxpayers qualified to vote under the constitution and laws of this state who vote at an election held for that purpose in the manner provided by R.S. 39:501 through 39:518, in the discretion of the governing authority, to establish, acquire, construct, improve, extend and maintain within said political subdivision a waterworks system or systems, including such treatment facilities as may be required, with all necessary equipment and installations in connection therewith, including such extensions as may be proper to connect said system or systems with the main waterworks system of said political subdivision or any other available system or facilities whether within or without any such political subdivision; or, if the area which is to be served be an area within a parish, municipality or waterworks district already having water facilities or which may be able to acquire such facilities, within or without such political subdivision, then by the petition of the property owners in such area owning property comprising not less than sixty percent of the frontage of all lots or parcels of real estate to be improved or benefited by the laying of such water lines or the installation of such improvements, or by vote of the qualified resident property taxpayers within such area, and they shall have full power and authority to levy and collect local or special assessments on the property within such political subdivision or the area so served or to establish rates for the sale of water within such political subdivision or the area so served sufficient in amount to defray the total cost of said work, including the cost of street intersections and installations and connections necessary to connect said system with the main water system of the political subdivision or necessary to connect said system with any facilities, outside of such political subdivision, including the cost of acquiring any such outside facilities whether by purchase, lease or otherwise, or including the cost of the construction of complete waterworks facilities either within or without the political subdivision, all within the form and manner and subject to the limitations and restrictions herein contained.
Acts 1962, No. 313, §1. Amended by Acts 1966, No. 18, §1, eff. June 2, 1966, at 2:32 P.M.; Acts 1969, No. 159, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:3822.1. Construction, improvement, etc. of sewerage system by Lafourche water district

RS 33:3822.1 - Construction, improvement, etc. of sewerage system by Lafourche water district
Upon the authorization of the Lafourche Parish Police Jury as provided for in R.S. 33:3811.1, the Lafourche water district shall become vested with full power and authority, after having been petitioned by sixty percent of the resident property owners of any such political subdivision, or by a vote of a majority in number and amount of the resident property taxpayers qualified to vote under the constitution and laws of this state who vote at an election held for that purpose in the manner provided by R.S. 39:501 through 39:518, in the discretion of the board of commissioners, to install, construct and equip sewers and sewerage disposal works for the purpose of serving the district.
Added by Acts 1974, No. 440, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:3822.2. Construction, improvement, and maintenance of waterworks systems in St. Tammany Parish, its municipalities or waterworks districts

RS 33:3822.2 - Construction, improvement, and maintenance of waterworks systems in St. Tammany Parish, its municipalities or waterworks districts
A. The governing authority of St. Tammany Parish or of any municipality therein or of any waterworks district in St. Tammany Parish is hereby vested with full power and authority, after having been petitioned by sixty percent of the resident property owners, or in its own discretion, to establish, acquire, construct, improve, extend, and maintain within said political subdivision a waterworks system or systems, including such treatment facilities as may be required, with all necessary equipment and installations in connection therewith, including such extensions as may be proper to connect said system or systems with the main waterworks system of said political subdivision or any other available system or facilities whether within or without any such political subdivision. The governing authority shall have full power and authority to levy and collect local or special assessments on the property within such political subdivision or the area so served or to establish rates for the sale of water within such political subdivision or the area so served sufficient in amount to defray the total cost of said work, including the cost of street intersections and installations and connections necessary to connect said system with the main water system of the political subdivision or necessary to connect said system with any facilities, outside of such political subdivisions, including the cost of acquiring any such outside facilities whether by purchase, lease, or otherwise, or including the cost of the construction of complete waterworks facilities either within or without the political subdivision, all within the form and manner and subject to the limitations and restrictions herein contained.
B. The governing authority of any political subdivision taking advantage of the provisions of this Section shall comply with the requirements of R.S. 33:3823.
Added by Acts 1981, Ex.Sess., No. 7, §1, eff. Nov. 19, 1981.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:3822.3. Waterworks systems; extension outside municipal limits of Shreveport

RS 33:3822.3 - Waterworks systems; extension outside municipal limits of Shreveport
A. The governing authority of the city of Shreveport, after having been petitioned by sixty percent of the property owners within an area to be served, which is outside of the municipal limits but within the parish of Caddo, or by a vote of a majority in number and amount of the resident property taxpayers of such an area qualified to vote at an election held for that purpose, is hereby vested with full power and authority in its discretion to establish, acquire, construct, improve, extend, and maintain outside of the municipal limits of Shreveport, but within the parish of Caddo, a waterworks system or systems, including such treatment facilities as may be required, with all necessary equipment and installations in connection therewith, including such extensions as may be proper to connect the system or systems with the main municipal waterworks system or any other available system or facilities whether within or without the municipal limits.
B. Upon the petition of the property owners in an area outside of the city of Shreveport owning property comprising not less than sixty percent of the frontage of all lots or parcels of real estate to be improved or benefitted by the laying of such water lines or the installation of such improvements, or by vote of a majority of those registered voters within such area voting at an election held for that purpose, the resident property taxpayers within such area, the governing authority shall have full power and authority to levy and collect local or special assessments on the property within the area so served and to establish rates for the sale of water within the area so served sufficient in amount to defray the total cost of said work, including the cost of street intersections and installations and connections necessary to connect said system with the main water system of the municipality or necessary to connect said system with any facilities outside of the municipal limits, including the cost of acquiring any such outside facilities, whether by purchase, lease, or otherwise, or the cost of the construction of complete waterworks facilities, either within or without the municipal limits, all within the form and manner and subject to the limitations and restrictions herein contained.
C. The elections provided for in this Section shall be held in accordance with Chapter 6-B of Title 18 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950. However, nothing contained herein shall be construed to require the governing authority to make such improvements and the authority granted in this Section shall be exercised at the discretion of the governing authority. Any construction, improvement, or extension shall be performed in compliance with the provisions of R.S. 38:2212.
Added by Acts 1982, No. 810, §1, eff. Aug. 4, 1982. Acts 1991, No. 169, §1; Acts 1991, No. 257, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:3823. Notice of intention; hearings

RS 33:3823 - Notice of intention; hearings
A. Any political subdivision taking advantage of R.S. 33:3822 through 33:3835, and proceeding by petition, shall, through its governing authority, be required to adopt a resolution giving notice of its intention to establish, acquire, construct, improve, extend and maintain such water system or systems and embody therein in a general way the improvements contemplated, a list of streets or portions thereof or area or areas which are to be improved or benefited thereby, and the manner of payment therefor. Such notice shall be signed by the chief executive officer of the governing authority and shall contain substantially all things set forth in said resolution, and shall set forth further that the authority ordering the giving of such notice will, in open session, on the date and at the time and place named, hear all objections to the proposed improvements and the manner of payment therefor, and, after hearing and passing on such objections, proceed, if it so determines, to order such improvements provided for. Such notice of intention shall be published once a week for three consecutive weeks in a newspaper published within the political subdivision, or if there is none published in the political subdivision, in some newspaper published in the parish wherein the political subdivision is located or in an adjoining parish. If the governing authority proceeds by election, then the election shall be held in the manner provided by R.S. 39:501 through 39:518, and before ordering the construction of any improvements, the governing authority shall also receive and consider any objections which may be filed with it in writing on or before the date of the election by the owners of property to be assessed but who are not entitled to vote at such election.
B. Upon the authorization of the Lafourche Parish Police Jury as provided in R.S. 33:3811.1, the provisions of this section shall also apply to the Lafourche water district when it determines to construct or maintain sewers and sewerage disposal works.
Acts 1962, No. 313, §2. Amended by Acts 1974, No. 440, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:3824. Plans and specifications; advertisement for bids

RS 33:3824 - Plans and specifications; advertisement for bids
The governing authority of such political subdivision, after having given notice of its intention as above set forth and after disposing of all objections and having decided to order the construction of such improvements, or after having been authorized by the election herein provided for and after having received and considered any written objections filed by property owners not entitled to vote at such election, may without further delay have the necessary plans and specifications for said work prepared and adopt a resolution or ordinance authorizing the advertisement for bids therefor by the giving of notice calling for sealed bids for the construction of said work, such notice to be signed by the chief executive officer, and to be published for three consecutive weeks in a newspaper published in the political subdivision, or if there be no newspaper published therein, then in some newspaper of general circulation in the parish wherein the political subdivision is located or in an adjoining parish. Said notice shall contain a general description of the work contemplated, shall refer to the plans and specifications which shall be placed on file with the clerk or secretary of the governing authority, and shall designate the hour, date and place for the reception and opening of bids, and may provide that the contractor be required to accept the certificates of indebtedness hereafter authorized in payment for the work performed under his contract, if the governing authority elects to make such requirement.
Acts 1962, No. 313, §3.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:3825. Awarding of contract

RS 33:3825 - Awarding of contract
The governing authority of said political subdivision shall meet in open session on the date and at the place and hour named in the notice calling for bids and shall proceed to open said bids and award the contract to the lowest responsible bidder who can furnish satisfactory security; or it may reject any and all bids, and, at any time within a period of thirty days from the date of the reception and opening of said bids, may award a contract for said works without further advertisement, provided that no such contract shall be let for an amount greater than that specified in the lowest sealed bid received from a responsible bidder. Any contract awarded under the provisions of R.S. 33:3822 through 33:3835 shall be authorized by resolution authorizing and empowering the chief executive officer of the governing authority to execute said contract for, on behalf of, and in the name of the political subdivision and a copy of said contract shall be set forth in full in said resolution, and the resolution shall be published in full in one issue of the official journal, and a certified copy thereof filed in the office of the clerk of court of the parish in which the political subdivision is located and shall be recorded in the mortgage records of said parish.
Acts 1962, No. 313, §4.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:3826. Report of total cost; amounts chargeable to each lot

RS 33:3826 - Report of total cost; amounts chargeable to each lot
The political subdivision, upon the award of such contract, shall forthwith or at a reasonable time thereafter require of the engineers of the political subdivision a duly certified statement or report showing in detail the total cost of the improvements, including the cost of street intersections, outside water facilities, engineering, legal and other fees, and all other expenses incidental to the cost of said improvements. If a local or special assessment has been levied the report shall also show the amount of the cost chargeable to each lot or parcel of real estate to be improved or benefited in the proportion that its front footage bears to the total front footage to be assessed, as shall be determined by the governing authority, provided, however, that where any water line is constructed upon more than one side of any lot or parcel of real estate, the total front footage of such lot or parcel of real estate to be assessed shall be determined by taking the total front footage of said lot or parcel of real estate abutting all water lines to be constructed and dividing such total front footage by two. The report shall further describe each lot or parcel of real estate to be assessed with sufficient clearness to identify it. The words "front footage" as used in R.S. 33:3822 through 33:3835 shall mean the footage of each lot or parcel of real estate abutting the street or right of way along which the water line is constructed.
Acts 1962, No. 313, §5. Amended by Acts 1966, No. 18, §1, eff. June 2, 1966, at 2:32 P.M.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:3828. Coupon certificates; amortized promissory notes

RS 33:3828 - Coupon certificates; amortized promissory notes
The governing authority of any such political subdivision complying with the provisions of R.S. 33:3822 through 33:3835 shall have the power and is hereby authorized to issue, execute, negotiate, sell and deliver, negotiable interest bearing coupon certificates of the political subdivision in an amount not exceeding the total amount of the installments or deferred payments as provided for in R.S. 33:3827, and certificates to bear interest not exceeding 6% per annum, said interest to be paid annually and said certificates to mature serially over a period not exceeding forty years, but in no event shall said certificates extend over a longer period of time than that provided for by the ordinance levying the local or special assessments which may be payable in annual installments. Said certificates shall be of such form, date, denomination, and payable in principal and interest at such time and place as the governing authority may determine, the payment of such certificates to be secured in principal and interest by the irrevocable pledge and dedication of the funds derived from the levying and collection of the special assessments as hereinabove provided for by R.S. 33:3822 through 33:3835, and which funds shall be set aside in a separate fund and shall not be drawn upon for any other purpose than to pay the principal and interest of said certificates, provided, however, that the governing authority may issue amortized promissory notes without coupons providing for partial payments of principal and accrued interest at stated periods for a definite time at the expiration of which the entire debt will be extinguished, which notes shall not be for a longer period than forty (40) years and shall bear interest not to exceed 6% per annum and which notes may be secured by property belonging to said political subdivision whether said property be movable or immovable, and/or by a pledge of anticipated revenues from the sale of water by said district.
Acts 1962, No. 313, §7. Amended by Acts 1966, No. 18, §1, eff. June 2, 1966, at 2:32 P.M.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:3829. Additional local or special assessments

RS 33:3829 - Additional local or special assessments
In the event the local and special assessments originally levied or the water rates originally provided are insufficient for any cause whatsoever, to pay the principal and interest, or the principal or interest, in any one year of the said waterwork certificates outstanding at their respective maturity dates, or to make timely payments in connection with any amortized promissory notes issued, then in such event the political subdivision issuing such waterworks certificates or amortized notes under the provisions of R.S. 33:3822 through 33:3835, through its governing authority, is hereby authorized, empowered and obligated by ordinance to levy and collect, at such time or times as may be necessary, additional local or special assessments on each lot or parcel of real estate in the political subdivision or area involved, on a front foot basis, sufficient in amount to pay in full the said principal and interest, or the principal or interest of such waterwork certificates at their respective maturity dates or the necessary payments in connection with any amortized promissory notes issued. The amounts assessed in such ordinance or ordinances shall be due and collectible immediately on its passage and if not paid within thirty days from the date of its adoption, the governing authority of the political subdivision shall proceed against the property for the collection of the amount of the additional local or special assessments so levied, plus interest thereon and 10% additional for attorney's fees. A certified copy of each ordinance providing for the levy and collection of such additional local or special assessments shall be filed with the clerk of court of the parish in which the political subdivision is located promptly upon its adoption, who shall forthwith record the same in the mortgage records of the parish, and when so filed and recorded shall operate as a lien and privilege against all the real estate therein assessed and shall prime all other liens except taxes, and prior recorded local or special assessments levied for streets, sewerage or waterworks improvements.
Acts 1962, No. 313, §8. Amended by Acts 1966, No. 18, §1, eff. June 2, 1966, at 2:32 P.M.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:3830. Signing of certificates and coupons; endorsement

RS 33:3830 - Signing of certificates and coupons; endorsement
A. The said waterworks certificates or amortized note, together with the mortgage or pledge securing same, shall be signed by the chief executive officer of the governing authority of any such political subdivisions and by its clerk or secretary, for, on behalf of, and in the name of the said political subdivision and under the seal thereof. If certificates are issued the interest coupons shall be signed with the facsimile signature of the said officers, and before delivery thereof, they shall be registered in the mortgage records of the parish in which the political subdivision is located as to the serial number, or numbers, amount, rate of interest and dates due. Each of the said certificates shall bear the following endorsement, viz:
"This certificate registered in the Mortgage Records of the Parish of ______, on this the ______ day of ______, 20__.
Clerk of Court and Ex Officio Recorder of Mortgages, Parish of ______, Louisiana."
B. The provisions of this section are applicable to sewer certificates issued by the Lafourche water district.
Acts 1962, No. 313, §9. Amended by Acts 1966, No. 18, §1, eff. June 2, 1966, at 2:32 P.M; Acts 1974, No. 440, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:3831. Delivery of certificates and collection of price

RS 33:3831 - Delivery of certificates and collection of price
A. The governing authority of the political subdivision issuing such waterworks certificates or amortized note may, by resolution, empower and authorize the chief executive officer and its clerk or secretary to negotiate and deliver such waterworks certificates or amortized note and collect the purchase price thereof and do any and all things necessary and incidental thereto, or authorize delivery to the contractor of all or any part of the said waterworks certificates or the promissory note in payment of their contractual obligation covering such improvements, as may be determined by the said governing authority. The funds derived from the sale of said certificates or amortized note shall be expended solely in payment of the cost of the improvements herein authorized, and shall not be drawn upon for any other purpose whatsoever.
B. The provisions of this section are applicable to sewer certificates issued by the Lafourche water district.
Acts 1962, No. 313, 10. Amended by Acts 1966, No. 18, §1, eff. June 2, 1966, at 2:32 P.M.; Acts 1974, No. 440, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:3832. Negotiability

RS 33:3832 - Negotiability
A. Waterwork certificates and amortized promissory notes issued hereunder shall have all the requisites of negotiable paper under the law merchant, and shall not be invalid for any irregularity or defect in the proceedings for their issuance, sale or delivery, and shall be incontestable in the hands of bona fide purchasers or holders for value thereof.
B. The provisions of this section are applicable to sewer certificates issued by the Lafourche water district.
C. All work performed under the provisions of this Act1 shall come under the provisions of R.S. 38:2211.
Acts 1962, No. 313, §11. Amended by Acts 1966, No. 18, §1, eff. June 2, 1966, at 2:32 P.M; Acts 1974, No. 440, §1.
1Act 440 of 1974 added R.S. 33:3811.1, amended R.S. 33:3812, amended R.S. 33:3813(C), added R.S. 33:3815.1, amended R.S. 33:3817, added R.S. 33:3818.1, added R.S. 33:3822.1 and amended R.S. 33:3823, R.S. 33:3830, R.S. 33:3831, and R.S. 33:3832.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:3833. Final inspection; payment

RS 33:3833 - Final inspection; payment
The governing authority of any political subdivision taking advantage of the provisions of R.S. 33:3822 through 33:3835 shall upon the completion of any contract awarded as provided herein, provide for the final inspection of the work performed thereunder and the improvements made, and if the work be found to have been completed satisfactorily in accordance with said contract, as evidenced by a certificate of the project engineer, the said governing authority shall by ordinance duly adopted approve and accept said work and fulfill its obligations under the said contract after compliance with the laws of Louisiana relative to the completion of contracts involving public works, by full payment therefor of any and all amounts and balances due the said contractor, including all retained percentages of payments previously made thereon on engineer's estimates, and which percentages were retained pending the completion of the said work.
Acts 1962, No. 313, §12.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:3834. Engineers and attorneys

RS 33:3834 - Engineers and attorneys
Political subdivisions which take advantage of the provisions of R.S. 33:3822 through 33:3835 be and they are hereby authorized, through their respective governing authorities, if they elect to do so, to engage the services of an engineer and provide for his payment, who shall prepare all plans and specifications for said work and improvement herein authorized, and the governing authority shall approve such plans and specifications by a proper resolution duly adopted. Such engineer, so employed, shall inspect the work as let in accordance with contracts hereunder and shall issue to the said contractor, his estimates thereon from time to time as the work progresses, which estimates may be paid by the political subdivision either in full or by the retention of 10% thereof as retained percentage. The said engineer shall inspect the work as it progresses and shall be responsible for the performance and completion thereof in accordance with the plans and specifications. Upon final completion of the work the said engineer shall render a report to the governing authority of the political subdivision as to the completion of the work in a satisfactory manner, which report shall be duly certified to, and in addition thereto, the said engineer shall do and perform any and all engineering duties required of him in R.S. 33:3822 through 33:3835. The governing authority of the political subdivision is also hereby authorized to employ attorneys to handle all legal work in connection with such improvements herein authorized, and to provide for the payment of their fee and said attorneys, in addition to their other duties, shall prepare a complete transcript of the record of the proceedings had covering each and every project completed hereunder and shall file the same with the clerk or secretary of the political subdivision; and said filed transcript shall constitute a permanent record thereof.
Acts 1962, No. 313, §13.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:3834.1. Engineer not required

RS 33:3834.1 - Engineer not required
Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the governing authority of a waterworks system shall not be required to employ an engineer for any public works project the total cost of which is less than fifty thousand dollars including labor and materials.
Acts 2004, No. 895, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:3835. Contesting validity

RS 33:3835 - Contesting validity
No contest or proceeding to question the validity or legality of any resolutions or ordinances adopted or proceedings had under the provisions of R.S. 33:3822 through 33:3835 shall be begun in any court by any person for any cause whatsoever, after the expiration of thirty days from the date when the resolution, ordinance or proceeding was published, and after such time the regularity of such resolution, ordinance, or proceeding shall be conclusively presumed. If the validity of any certificates or amortized notes issued under the provisions of R.S. 33:3822 through 33:3835 is not raised within thirty days from the date of publication of the resolution or ordinance authorizing the issuing of said certificates or amortized note and fixing their terms, the authority to issue said certificates or amortized note, the legality thereof and of the local or special assessments necessary to pay the same shall be conclusively presumed and no court shall thereafter have authority to inquire into such matters.
Acts 1962, No. 313, §14. Amended by Acts 1966, No. 18, §1, eff. June 2, 1966, at 2:32 P.M.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:3836. Contracts for purchase of water

RS 33:3836 - Contracts for purchase of water
Any parish or municipal corporation, east of the Mississippi River, including any agency, instrumentality or board thereof, may enter into contracts for the purchase of water over periods of years not exceeding sixty. Payments under any such contract shall be measured by the amount of water annually made available to the parish or municipality and used or distributed by it, provided that a parish or municipality may agree, in such contract or any amendment thereto, to accept and pay for, in each future year during a period not exceeding the life of the contract, a minimum quantity of water per year. Such a contract may, but need not, provide for the granting to the parish or municipality of all or part of the facilities of the seller, with or without further consideration, but if payments are measured as above provided, such contract shall not be deemed the incurring of indebtedness or the borrowing of money and no approval of the State Bond and Tax Board or any other board or commission shall be required in order that such contract be effective. Such contract may, but need not, limit the sources from which payment for such water shall be made.
Any such contract may be authorized or ratified by resolution of the governing authority of the parish or municipality and such resolution (which shall refer to a contract or form of contract available for public inspection in the office of the parish or municipality) shall be published one time in a newspaper of general circulation in the parish or municipality. For a period ending thirty days after the publication of such resolution any person in interest shall have the right to contest the legality of such contract for any cause; after such time no one shall have any cause or right of action to contest the regularity, formality or legality of said contract for any cause whatsoever. If the validity of any such contract is not raised within the thirty days herein prescribed the authority to enter into such contract, the legality thereof and all covenants and obligations contained therein shall be conclusively presumed and no court shall have authority to inquire into such matters.
Added by Acts 1966, No. 529, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:3837. Use of revenues; DeSoto Parish

RS 33:3837 - Use of revenues; DeSoto Parish
Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, all revenues from any tax levied or assessment or charge imposed pursuant to this Chapter in a parishwide waterworks district in DeSoto Parish shall be made available to such district and shall not be diverted for use by any other entity or for any other purposes than those of such district.
Acts 1997, No. 937, §1; Acts 2001, No. 349, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:3838. Small community public water systems; fees; time frame

RS 33:3838 - Small community public water systems; fees; time frame
A. "Small community public water system" shall mean a community public water system serving a population of three thousand three hundred or less persons in accordance with the definition for small public water systems in the Federal Safe Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. 300g-1, §1412(b)(4)(E)(ii)(II) and (III)).
B. The determination of engineering fees charged to small community public water systems shall be based on the following criteria:
(1) Fees for projects not requiring surveying or on-site inspections shall be in accordance with the allowable fees for engineering services set by Rural Utility Services of the United States Department of Agriculture in its Standard Form of Agreement between owner and engineer.
(2) Fees for projects requiring surveying, reviewing, and on-site inspections shall be in accordance with the allowable fees for engineering services set by Rural Utility Services of the United States Department of Agriculture in its Standard Form of Agreement between owner and engineer.
C. Time frames for the completion of review process by paid consulting engineers for small community public water systems as follows:
(1) Review of projects conducted by paid consulting engineers and not requiring surveying or on-site inspections shall be completed within thirty days of receipt of the proper application for review.
(2) Review of projects conducted by paid consulting engineers and which require surveying, reviewing, and on-site inspections shall be completed within sixty days of receipt of the proper application for review.
Acts 2006, No. 546, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:3881. Power to create sewerage districts

RS 33:3881 - Power to create sewerage districts
A. Except as provided in R.S. 33:3911(B), police juries may create sewerage districts composed of territory outside the corporate limits of municipalities. Any sewerage district so created shall continue to function in its entirety under the authority of the police jury which created it even though all or part of the district may be later incorporated within the limits of a municipality.
B. A sewerage district may levy a service charge in the manner provided by law for the purpose of maintaining and operating the sewer system of the district and for the purpose of paying reasonable rental that may be due for trunk and disposal facilities outside of any such sewerage district into which the sewage of any such district is carried.
C. The boundaries of such sewerage districts may be so arranged that they overlap. When two or more districts overlap, bonds of the districts may be issued only in such amounts that the pro rata indebtedness of the overlapping portion does not exceed ten percent of the assessed valuation of taxable property in the portion.
D. Sewerage districts so created shall be subdivisions of the state within the meaning of the statutes relating to incurring debt and issuing bonds.
Acts 1989, No. 302, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:3881.1. Sewer treatment plants outside of active sewer districts; authority of parish governing authority

RS 33:3881.1 - Sewer treatment plants outside of active sewer districts; authority of parish governing authority
Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, where any sewerage treatment plant as defined by R.S. 40:1281.1 is established outside of an incorporated municipality and outside of any active sewer district, the site for the facility as well as the facility itself may be under the authority, control, and supervision of the applicable parish governing authority for its operation, management, and maintenance, subject to the approval of the office of health and environmental quality. It shall be the duty of such parish governing authority to effectuate the purposes of this Section, and to that end each such governing authority shall adopt such ordinances as may be necessary and appropriate thereto.
The provisions of this Section shall not apply to any municipally owned sewerage treatment plant which may be located outside the corporate limits or to any industrial plant which provides its own sewerage treatment.
Added by Acts 1979, No. 319, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:3882. Notice of intention to create sewerage district

RS 33:3882 - Notice of intention to create sewerage district
Notice of intention to create a sewerage district shall be ordered by resolution which shall state the territory the sewerage district is to be composed of, and its proposed boundaries. This notice shall embrace substantially all matters required to be set forth in the resolution ordering the notice, and shall set forth further that the police jury ordering the notice will, in open session, on a day and at an hour and place named, proceed to create the proposed sewerage district.
No sewerage districts shall be created hereunder until this notice has been given. Police juries may give this notice upon their own initiative. They shall give the notice when required so to do by the petition in writing of one-fourth of the property taxpayers residing within the proposed district.
The notice shall be published once a week for three successive weeks, the first publication being not less than fifteen days before the date fixed for the hearing. The publication shall be in the official journal of the governing authority.
Amended by Acts 1968, No. 73, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:3883. Procedure for forming sewerage district

RS 33:3883 - Procedure for forming sewerage district
The police jury shall hear all objections at the time appointed, or at any time to which the hearing may be adjourned and pass upon the same, and its decision shall be final and conclusive.
At the hearing the police jury may change the boundaries of the proposed district by excluding therefrom the lands of the persons objecting or by including therein the lands of persons petitioning to be included therein. After disposing of all objections, the police jury shall, if it determines to create the district, adopt an ordinance finally fixing the general boundaries of the district and giving the district a numerical designation and name as follows:
"Sewerage District No. _____ (here insert number) of the Parish of __________ (here insert name of parish)".
Notice of the formation of the district shall forthwith be given publication in a newspaper published in the parish, or if there be none, then by posting in two public places in the parish, and publication in a newspaper published in an adjoining parish. One publication shall be sufficient, but if the police jury at the time it determines to create the district, also decides to submit to the qualified property taxpaying voters the question of incurring debt and issuing bonds on the district, notice of the election may contain notice of the formation of the district and a description of the boundaries thereof. The notice of election shall be published in the manner prescribed by the general laws in relation to incurring debt and issuing bonds.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:3884. Abolition of district or change of boundaries

RS 33:3884 - Abolition of district or change of boundaries
The police jury may repeal any ordinance creating a sewerage district, or may abolish a sewerage district in its entirety, or may change or alter its boundaries, but neither the existence nor the territorial boundaries of a sewerage district shall be affected in any manner which will impair any obligations that may have been incurred by the sewerage district during the period of its existence.
A preliminary resolution declaring the intention of the police jury to repeal or to abolish or to alter the boundaries shall be adopted, fixing a date for hearing. Notice of the hearing shall be given in the same manner as in the case of the formation of a sewerage district. A hearing shall be held before any order is entered which affects the existence or territorial limits of any sewerage district.