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2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:4066.1. Power to create individual sewerage system districts

RS 33:4066.1 - Power to create individual sewerage system districts
A. The governing authority of any parish is authorized to create individual sewerage system districts composed of territory outside the corporate limits of municipalities. Any individual sewerage system district so created shall continue to function in its entirety under the governing authority of the parish which created it even though all or part of the district may be later incorporated within the limits of a municipality.
B. An individual sewerage system district may levy a service charge in the manner provided by law for the purpose of maintaining and operating individual sewerage systems within the district.
C. The governing authority of the individual sewerage system district may levy and collect annually, in addition to all other taxes, upon the taxable property of the district, a tax not to exceed five mills on the dollar, to maintain the individual sewerage system of the district, which tax shall be assessed, levied, and collected, at the same time, and in the same manner as other ad valorem taxes are assessed, levied, and collected.
D. The boundaries of such individual sewerage system districts may be so arranged that they overlap the bounds of each other and any existing or hereinafter created sewerage districts. Where two or more individual sewerage system 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 any applicable limitation provided by law or the Constitution of Louisiana.
E. Individual sewerage system districts so created shall be political subdivisions of the state within the meaning of the statutes relating to incurring debt and issuing bonds.
Acts 1987, No. 919, §1, eff. July 20, 1987.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:4066.2. Procedure for creation of individual sewerage system districts

RS 33:4066.2 - Procedure for creation of individual sewerage system districts
The governing authority of any parish which desires to create an individual sewerage system district shall substantially follow the procedures set forth in R.S 33:3882 and 3888.
Acts 1987, No. 919, §1, eff. July 20, 1987.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:4066.3. Governing authority

RS 33:4066.3 - Governing authority
The governing authority of any individual sewerage system district shall be the governing authority of the parish within which such district is located, unless the governing authority of such parish by a two-thirds vote adopts a resolution appointing a board of supervisors for such individual sewerage system district. The board of supervisors shall consist of five individuals domiciled within the district, each of whom shall be appointed by a majority vote of the governing authority of the parish for a term ending May 1, 1988. Future terms for the members of the board of supervisors shall terminate on May first of each fourth year thereafter. The provisions of R.S. 33:3888 shall be applicable to the members and officers of the board of supervisors.
Acts 1987, No. 919, §1, eff. July 20, 1987.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:4066.4. Powers of individual sewerage system districts

RS 33:4066.4 - Powers of individual sewerage system districts
Any individual sewerage system district shall have all the powers and authority granted to sewerage districts pursuant to any provision of law, but may only own, install, construct, lease, finance, maintain, and inspect individual sewerage systems and shall additionally have the powers and authority granted pursuant to this Subpart relating to individual sewerage systems.
Acts 1987, No. 919, §1, eff. July 20, 1987.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:4066.5. Establishment of system

RS 33:4066.5 - Establishment of system
A. The governing authority of any parish, the parish of Orleans excepted, sewerage district, individual sewerage system district, or any commission established pursuant to Part II of Chapter 9 of Title 33 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, is hereby vested with full power and authority to establish, acquire, construct, improve, and maintain individual sewerage treatment facilities within the boundaries of said parish, sewerage district, or commission which are not served by an existing trunk line sewerage disposal system.
B. The cost of acquiring, planning, constructing, improving, and maintaining said individual sewerage system may be funded by the levy and collection of local or special assessments on the real property to be benefited or area served thereby sufficient in amount to defray the total costs of said work, including engineering and attorney's fees, and through the issuance of bonds to provide loans to finance the purchase of the individual sewerage system, provided that a person, including all legal entities, may only be given two loans and then only for two pieces of property, all within the form and manner and subject to the limitations and restrictions herein contained.
C. For purposes of this Subpart "individual sewerage system" means any system of piping, treatment, device or other facility used for a single family residence that conveys, stores, treats, or disposes of sewage on the property where it originates.
Acts 1987, No. 919, §1, eff. July 20, 1987.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:4066.6. Notice of intention to establish individual sewerage system; objections

RS 33:4066.6 - Notice of intention to establish individual sewerage system; objections
Any parish, sewerage district, individual sewerage system district, or commission taking advantage of this Subpart 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 individual sewerage treatment system or systems and other improvements herein authorized and embody therein, in a general way, the improvements contemplated, a list of the area or areas which are to be improved or sewered, 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. Such notice of intention shall be published once a week for three consecutive weeks, the first at least fifteen days prior to the date set for the hearing in the official journal of the governing authority. After hearing and passing on the objections, the governing authority may order the proposed improvements constructed in the manner hereinafter provided.
Acts 1987, No. 919, §1, eff. July 20, 1987.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:4066.7. Specifications; advertising for bids

RS 33:4066.7 - Specifications; advertising for bids
The governing authority of such parish, sewerage district, or commission, 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, may, without further delay, have the necessary plans and specifications for said work prepared and may authorize the advertisement of bids therefor, by the giving of notice calling for sealed bids for the construction of said work, said notice to be signed by the chief executive officer or purchasing agent of the parish, sewerage district, or commission, and to be published once a week for three consecutive weeks in the official journal of the parish, sewerage district, or commission, or in any newspaper having general circulation in the parish where the parish, sewerage district, or commission is located. Said notice shall contain a general description of work contemplated, shall refer to plans and specifications which shall be placed on file with the clerk, secretary, or purchasing agent of the said governing authority, and shall designate the hour, date, and place for the reception and opening of bids, and may provide either that the contractor be required to accept sewerage certificates hereafter authorized, if the governing authority elects to make such requirement, or that they may be sold in such a manner and at such time as the governing authority may elect.
Acts 1987, No. 919, §1, eff. July 20, 1987.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:4066.8. Awarding contract; resolution authorizing execution of contract

RS 33:4066.8 - Awarding contract; resolution authorizing execution of contract
The governing authority of the parish, sewerage district, or commission, or its authorized officer or agent, shall receive bids on the date and at the place and hour named in the notice calling for bids and shall there publicly open and tabulate the bids. The governing authority shall provide for approval of at least three types of septic tanks and at least three types of individual treatment plants in order to avoid one company from monopolizing the supplying of such items to the district creating the sewerage system. All septic tanks and individual treatment plants provided must have prior approval of the Department of Environmental Quality. The contract shall thereafter be awarded to the lowest responsible bidder who can furnish satisfactory security and who is licensed by the state health officer to install individual sewerage systems. The contract awarded under the provisions of this Subpart shall be authorized by resolution authorizing the chief executive officer of the governing authority to execute the contract for, on behalf of, and in the name of the parish, sewerage district, or commission. It shall not be necessary to set forth the contract in full in the resolution, but it shall be sufficient if the resolution refers to a copy of the contract on file in the office of the clerk or secretary where it is available for public inspection.
Acts 1987, No. 919, §1, eff. July 20, 1987.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:4066.9. Election to participate

RS 33:4066.9 - Election to participate
Property owners who desire to fund the acquisition, construction, and maintenance of the individual sewerage system through this program shall affirmatively elect to participate in the program and shall submit to the engineer for the program his election to participate in the program together with the type of approved individual treatment system he desires to fund. The individual sewerage system that is funded through this program shall comply with all guidelines established by the governing authority of the parish, sewerage district, or commission. This election to participate may also provide for the property owner to fund the purchase of the individual sewerage system through the issuance of bonds by the parish, sewerage district, or commission as hereinafter provided. This election to participate may be done on a monthly basis.
Acts 1987, No. 919, §1, eff. July 20, 1987.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:4066.10. Periodical engineering report

RS 33:4066.10 - Periodical engineering report
Any parish, sewerage district, or commission, upon the award of any construction contract under the provisions of this Subpart, shall forthwith require of the engineer of the parish, sewerage district, or commission a duly certified statement or report, showing the total cost of the various sewerage treatment improvements, including the cost pro rata of engineers' and attorneys' fees, and all other expenses incidental to the cost. This report may be done on a monthly basis depending on the number of resident property owners desiring to participate. The report shall also show the amount of the cost chargeable to each lot or parcel of real estate to be benefited by the installation of an individual sewerage system.
Acts 1987, No. 919, §1, eff. July 20, 1987.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:4066.12. Pooled finances

RS 33:4066.12 - Pooled finances
The parish, sewerage district, or commission taking advantage of this Subpart may, subject to the approval of the state bond commission, incur debt and issue bonds, sewerage certificates, notes, or other debt obligations in order to provide a pool of funds to provide resident property owners with funds to purchase, lease, and maintain individual sewerage treatment facilities as described herein. The funds obtained through the issuance of the aforementioned debt obligations shall be loaned to the property owners to purchase, lease, and maintain the individual sewerage treatment facilities and shall be secured by and payable from the irrevocable pledge and dedication of the funds to be derived from the assessments as provided in Section 4066.11 hereof. Said debt obligations are to bear interest not exceeding the rate established by Chapter 13 of Subtitle III of Title 39 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, payable annually, and to mature serially over a period not exceeding twenty years, but in no event shall such 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. Said debt obligations may be sold by private sale in the manner determined by the governing authority of the issuer of the debt obligations. However, if the certificates are sold at public sale, they shall be sold in accordance with R.S. 39:1426(B).
Acts 1987, No. 919, §1, eff. July 20, 1987.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:4066.13. Additional assessments

RS 33:4066.13 - Additional assessments
A. In the event the local and special assessments originally levied are insufficient for any cause whatsoever to pay the principal and interest, or the principal or interest, in any one year of the said certificate of indebtedness outstanding at their respective maturity dates, then in that event the parish, sewerage district, or commission issuing such sewerage certificates under the provisions of this Subpart, 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, an additional local or special assessment on each lot or parcel of real estate in the district or area involved, sufficient in amount to pay in full the said principal and interest, or the principal or interest, of such certificates of indebtedness at their respective maturity dates.
B. 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 adoption, the governing authority of the parish, sewerage district, or commission may proceed against the property for the collection of the amount of additional local or special assessment so levied, plus interest thereon and twenty percent additional for attorneys' fees.
C. A certified copy of each ordinance providing for the levy and collection of such additional local or special assessment shall be filed with the clerk of court of the parish in which the parish, sewerage district, or commission is located promptly upon its adoption, who shall forthwith record the same in 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 assessments levied for streets, sewerage, or water.
Acts 1987, No. 919, §1, eff. July 20, 1987.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:4066.14. Prescriptive period to question validity of proceedings

RS 33:4066.14 - Prescriptive period to question validity of proceedings
No contest or proceeding to question the validity or legality of any resolutions or ordinances adopted or proceedings had under the provisions of this Subpart 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 issued under the provisions of this Subpart is not raised within thirty days from date of publication of the resolution or ordinance issuing said certificates and fixing their terms, the authority to issue said certificates, the legality thereof, and 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 1987, No. 919, §1, eff. July 20, 1987.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:4066.15. Inspection and acceptance of work

RS 33:4066.15 - Inspection and acceptance of work
The governing authority of any parish, sewerage district, or commission taking advantage of the provisions of this Subpart shall, upon the completion of any contract awarded as provided for herein, provide for the final inspection of the work performed thereunder and the improvements made, and if the work be found to have been completed satisfactorily in accordance with said contract, as evidenced by a certificate of the project engineer and by a certificate of the state health officer or his representative working through the parish health unit, the said governing authority shall by ordinance duly adopted approve and accept the 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 said work.
Acts 1987, No. 919, §1, eff. July 20, 1987.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:4066.16. Employment and duties of engineer and attorney

RS 33:4066.16 - Employment and duties of engineer and attorney
The governing authority of any parish, sewerage district, or commission which takes advantage of the provisions of this Subpart, is hereby authorized, if it elects 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 improvements 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 said work progresses, which estimates may be paid by the sewerage district either in full or by the retention of ten percent thereof as retained percentage. The said engineer shall inspect the work as it progresses in accordance with the plans and specifications. Upon completion of the work the said engineer shall render a report to the governing authority 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 this Subpart. The governing authority of the parish, sewerage district, or commission is also hereby authorized to employ an attorney to handle all legal work in connection with such improvements, herein authorized, and to provide for the payment of his fees and said attorney, in addition to his 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 parish, sewerage district, or commission, and said filed transcript shall constitute a permanent record thereof.
Acts 1987, No. 919, §1, eff. July 20, 1987.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:4066.17. Applicability of state health laws and regulations

RS 33:4066.17 - Applicability of state health laws and regulations
Nothing in this Subpart shall be construed to waive or supercede the necessity of complete compliance by any party with all state laws and regulations pertaining to sewerage systems, the installation of such systems, or discharges from such systems.
Acts 1987, No. 919, §1, eff. July 20, 1987.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:4067.1. Receipt and disbursement of unclaimed water deposits; St. Bernard Parish

RS 33:4067.1 - Receipt and disbursement of unclaimed water deposits; St. Bernard Parish
Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, in St. Bernard Parish, any water deposits collected by a water and sewerage commission which are unclaimed or abandoned after one year after services are terminated shall be deposited to the credit of the commission. However, such deposit to the credit of the commission shall not affect any person's right to reclaim a water deposit. The commission shall report all such unclaimed or abandoned property to the administrator of the Uniform Unclaimed Property Act of 1997 in accordance with R.S. 9:159, and the department shall publish notice of such property in accordance with applicable provisions of R.S. 9:161.
Acts 1995, No. 913, §1; Acts 1997, No. 658, §2; Acts 2000, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 135, §4, eff. July 1, 2000; Acts 2001, No. 354, §1, eff. June 13, 2001.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:4068. Pretreatment regulations; penalties

RS 33:4068 - Pretreatment regulations; penalties
Notwithstanding any provision of law or home rule charter to the contrary, any municipal or parish governing authority or sewerage district operating a pretreatment program for industrial waste, as required by the United States Environmental Protection Agency, may assess a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars for each offense for any violation of pretreatment rules and regulations duly established by such entity.
Acts 1990, No. 658, §1, eff. July 19, 1990.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:4073. Officers of sewerage and water board; compensation of members

RS 33:4073 - Officers of sewerage and water board; compensation of members
The mayor shall be ex officio president of the board. The board shall elect an executive director, whose salary and bond shall be fixed by the board. The executive director shall hold office at the pleasure of the board. The election or removal of the executive director, the amount of his salary, and the acceptance of his bond shall be determined by a majority vote of the entire board at one of its regular monthly meetings. The duties of the executive director shall be fixed by the board. No member of the board shall receive any salary or compensation for his services, except actual expenses incurred in travelling by authority of, or for the benefit of the board. The board shall have power to elect one of its members president pro tempore who shall act in the absence or disability of the president.
Amended by Acts 1974, No. 308, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:4074. Meetings of the board

RS 33:4074 - Meetings of the board
All meetings of the board shall be held in accordance with rules adopted by the board and shall be open and public. All its transactions shall be recorded in the minutes to be kept in writing by the executive director, and its records shall be public. Six members thereof shall constitute a quorum.
Amended by Acts 1974, No. 309, §1; Acts 2013, No. 345, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2014; Acts 2018, No. 366, §1.
NOTE: See Acts 2013, No. 345, §§3, 4 relative to effectiveness and board members.
NOTE: See Acts 2018, No. 366, related to effectiveness and board members.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:4075. General superintendent; advisory board

RS 33:4075 - General superintendent; advisory board
The board shall elect a competent and skillful engineer as general superintendent and shall fix his salary, and shall define his duties and powers. He shall hold office at the pleasure of the board. The board may organize and employ a board of advisory engineers in order to arrange and devise an efficient public sewerage and drainage system and to provide an adequate public water supply of pure water. The board may fix the compensation of the advisory board.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:4076. Employees of board; civil service

RS 33:4076 - Employees of board; civil service
The board may employ all necessary clerks, engineers, firemen, and other skilled and unskilled employees necessary and proper to the efficient administration, operation and control of the public sewerage, water, and drainage systems. All the employees, except unskilled laborers, shall be appointed only after they have passed the civil service examination administered by the civil service commissioners of the city of New Orleans. They shall hold their positions during good behavior and shall be removed only for cause. Nothing herein shall be construed as preventing the board from dispensing with the services of unnecessary employees. Civil service rules shall not apply to the executive director, the general superintendent, or the Board of Advisory Engineers.
Amended by Acts 1956, No. 551, §1; Acts 1960, No. 551, §1; Acts 1968, No. 413, §1; Acts 1973, No. 62, §1; Acts 1980, No. 627, §1, eff. July 24, 1980.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:4077. Legal advisor of board; special counsel

RS 33:4077 - Legal advisor of board; special counsel
The city attorney shall be the legal advisor of the board. The city attorney shall appoint, with the advice and consent of the board, a special counsel who shall have charge of and conduct the legal business of the board, and who shall receive as compensation for his services, a sum of not less than three thousand, five hundred dollars, per annum, payable monthly out of the funds of the board. The city attorney may remove the special counsel only with the advice and consent of the board previously had, and shall remove him when requested so to do by resolution of the board adopted at its regular meeting by a vote of two-thirds of the members of the board.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:4077.1. Agent for service of process

RS 33:4077.1 - Agent for service of process
The agent for service of process of any legal papers served on the board shall be the executive director of the board or the special counsel appointed pursuant to R.S. 33:4077.
Acts 1988, No. 155, §1, eff. June 29, 1988.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:4078. Expropriation of necessary property; servitudes; restriction on use and disposition of property

RS 33:4078 - Expropriation of necessary property; servitudes; restriction on use and disposition of property
Whenever it becomes necessary to expropriate any property convenient or necessary for the sewerage, water or drainage systems, the city attorney, or the special counsel of the board, on the request of the board, shall institute expropriation proceedings in the name of the city of New Orleans, and acquire the title to the property in the name of the city. The title to all the public works constructed by the board, and to all the property acquired by the board shall be vested in the city of New Orleans. The board may expropriate any property in the parishes of Plaquemines, St. Bernard, Jefferson and St. Charles that it may find convenient and necessary for the proper execution of the powers granted to it, and may extend its works in the said parishes for the benefit of the city of New Orleans, and have jurisdiction and authority in such parishes over the works therein situated. Should the board exercise the authority to acquire by negotiation or expropriation property in any of the four parishes aforementioned for the purpose of installing or constructing intake lines to the Mississippi river, water plants and appurtenances, or water mains, the water boards or water districts having jurisdiction of the preparation and distribution of the public water supply in the respective parishes in which said installation or construction shall be located, shall have the right to purchase from the board, and the board shall be obligated to sell to them, reasonable amounts of water passing through the facilities thus created at cost of the water to the board. However, such sales shall be confined exclusively to said water authorities. Further, should the board acquire title to property or servitudes in order to install water mains through any of the aforementioned parishes to the confines of the parish of Orleans, such area will be available to the respective parish authorities to be used as a public roadway, provided, said roadway shall not be so used as to cause damage to the installations of the board. The board may acquire in the name of the city of New Orleans servitudes necessary in the conduct of its business. The city of New Orleans shall not sell, exchange, utilize or dispose of any streets wherein are located any of the facilities and utilities of the board without prior written consent of the board.
Amended by Acts 1952, No. 262, §1; Acts 1956, No. 426, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:4079. Conformity to plans for drainage system

RS 33:4079 - Conformity to plans for drainage system
The board shall plan, adjust, and arrange the public sewerage, public water systems, and related facilities so as to make them conform to existing approved plans for the drainage system. This Section shall not affect the apportionment provided for in R.S. 33:4088.
Acts 2005, No. 290, §1, eff. June 29, 2005.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:4080. Shifting private mains to accommodate public system

RS 33:4080 - Shifting private mains to accommodate public system
A. Any person who has laid mains, pipes, or conduits, or constructed any railroads, buildings, works, or structures of any kind in, on, or over the public streets, roads, drainage systems or canals, sewerage systems, or water systems may be compelled at his own cost and expense to shift or adjust any such mains, pipes, conduits, or structures to the exigencies of the public sewerage and public water and drainage systems.
B.(1) Only properties within Orleans Parish and under the jurisdiction of the New Orleans Sewerage and Water Board will be affected.
(2)(a) In addition, all grounds adjacent to and including the 17th Street Drainage Canal will not be subject to the provisions of this Section.
(b) The rights, interests, and/or obligations that any parties at interest have in, to, or on, that portion of the 17th Street Canal from the southside of Hammond Highway Bridge northward to Lake Pontchartrain shall not be affected by this Section, nor shall the rights, interests, and/or obligations of the respective parties at interest relative to the right or authority to moor boats in said canal from the Veterans Memorial Bridge northward to Lake Pontchartrain be affected by this Section.
Acts 1984, No. 912, §1, eff. July 20, 1984.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:4081. Plans and specifications; rules and regulations; penalty for violating regulations

RS 33:4081 - Plans and specifications; rules and regulations; penalty for violating regulations
A. The board shall have authority over the construction of all underground work necessary or incidental to the sewerage and water systems and over all drains, inlets, catch-basins, etc., and over all connections which may be made to such drains by the city or by private persons. Plans and specifications for any drainage connections shall be approved by the properly authorized officer of the sewerage and water board and the construction of the work shall be subject to his inspection. Copies of plans and profiles for all other underground structures shall be filed in the sewerage and water board office before construction.
B. If the plans are found not to conflict in depth or location with existing or proposed sewers, drains, or watermains, it shall be so certified by the general superintendent, and no underground structure shall be constructed without his certificate.
C. The board may make rules and regulations to prevent the obstruction of, interference with, or damage to the public systems of drainage, sewerage, and water supply. It may compel all premises to be connected with the sewerage system and compel the closing and discontinuance of all other sewers, and all vaults, cesspools, privies, waterclosets, urinals, foul water drains, and outlets for any kind of fluid material whatever.
D. Whoever violates any of the rules and regulations established by the board and duly promulgated in the official journal of the city shall be fined not more than one thousand dollars for each offense or imprisoned not more than thirty days, or both. So much of the fines as may be inflicted for the violation of the rules pertaining to the sewerage system shall revert to the city health authorities. Nothing in this Part shall be construed as taking away the inspecting and supervisory powers of the board of health over the sanitary condition of the premises.
Acts 1989, No. 594, §1, eff. July 6, 1989.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:4082. Leasing of conduits; fiber optic cable

RS 33:4082 - Leasing of conduits; fiber optic cable
The board shall have authority to lease and install conduits attached to pipe for housing fiber optic cable for the generation and transmission of electricity to board facilities as a part of its authority to operate, install, and repair the sewer, water and drainage systems under its control.
Acts 2005, No. 308, §1, eff. June 29, 2005.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:4082.1. Authorization to furnish water and other services to adjoining parishes

RS 33:4082.1 - Authorization to furnish water and other services to adjoining parishes
The sewerage and water board is authorized to contract with parties having franchises for that purpose to supply water and other services to consumers in the adjoining parishes, at rates to be fixed by the sewerage and water board.
Added by Acts 1975, No. 60, §1; Acts 2017, No. 311, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:4083. Receipt and disbursement of funds

RS 33:4083 - Receipt and disbursement of funds
All funds received by the board from water rates, and from the city by appropriation from its treasury, shall be deposited to the credit of the board as collected, with fiscal agent of the city, and shall not be paid out except upon duly adopted resolution of appropriation, promulgated in the official journal, and the board shall determine by rule which of its officers shall be authorized to draw and sign checks for withdrawal of the moneys of the board.
Amended by Acts 1952, No. 262, §4.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:4083.1. Receipt and disbursement of unclaimed customer credit balances and water deposits

RS 33:4083.1 - Receipt and disbursement of unclaimed customer credit balances and water deposits
Any unclaimed customer credit balances or deposits collected from consumers for the supply of water to such consumers for which a request for refund is not made within eighteen months after termination of services and which are unclaimed or abandoned after such eighteen-month period shall be deposited to the credit of the board in a special fund designated as the "Water Help Program Fund". Within ninety days after termination of services, the board shall notify the customer by electronic mail, regular postage, or certified mail sent to the last known address of the customer that his unclaimed customer credit balance or deposit will be deposited to the "Water Help Program Fund"; however, a claim for return of the unclaimed customer credit balance or deposit shall not prescribe, if not claimed within eighteen months after termination of services. The board may deduct postage costs of the notice from the unclaimed customer credit balance or deposit. The monies in such fund shall be disbursed in accordance with the provisions of R.S. 33:4083 and shall be used solely for the "Water Help Program Fund".
Acts 1995, No. 524, §1; Acts 1997, No. 456, §1, eff. June 22, 1997; Acts 2015, No. 246, §1, eff. June 29, 2015.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:4085. Construction work; letting contracts

RS 33:4085 - Construction work; letting contracts
A. The Sewerage and Water Board of New Orleans may do construction work on its public systems of water, sewerage, and drainage, with its own forces in those cases where the amount of work involved in the particular project does not exceed the annual amount in accordance with R.S. 38:2212.
B.(1) For all public works contracts where the amount of the contract exceeds the limit in accordance with R.S. 38:2212, the Sewerage and Water Board of New Orleans shall let the contract to the lowest responsible and qualified bidder after advertising as required by R.S. 38:2212.
(2) All bidders bidding on public works for the Sewerage and Water Board of New Orleans shall submit all bid forms required by statute or by the Louisiana Administrative Code to the governing authority of the Sewerage and Water Board of New Orleans prior to the opening of all bids relative to a contract for public works in accordance with R.S. 38:2212(B)(3)(a). In all such contracts, regardless of the amount, which require or involve the employment of mechanics or laborers the specifications shall contain a provision stating the minimum wages to be paid various classes of laborers and mechanics which shall be based upon the wages that will be determined by the secretary of the Department of Labor of the United States to be the prevailing wage of the corresponding classes of laborers and mechanics employed on projects of a character similar to the contract work within the city of New Orleans.
C. Repealed by Acts 2003, No. 1126, §1, eff. July 2, 2003.
Amended by Acts 1952, No. 262, §6; Acts 1968, No. 528, §1; Acts 1978, No. 410, §1; Acts 1994, 3rd Ex. Sess., No. 111, §1, eff. July 7, 1994; Acts 1997, No. 1290, §1; Acts 2003, No. 1126, §1, eff. July 2, 2003; Acts 2010, No. 548, §1, eff. June 25, 2010; Acts 2020, No. 227, §1, eff. June 11, 2020.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:4086. Board members not to be interested in contracts

RS 33:4086 - Board members not to be interested in contracts
No member of the board shall borrow money from any contractor or shall be interested, directly or indirectly, in any contract, or in the losses or profits of any contract for labor, supplies, material or construction made by the board, nor for six months after the termination of his connection with the board, under the penalty of dismissal from the board and the absolute nullity of the contract. No member, officer, or employee of the board shall be surety for any contractor. In case any member of the board is a director or stockholder in any corporation, or is agent for any person, who is financially interested in any subject before the board, he shall not at any meeting of the board or of any of its committees, discuss or vote on the subject.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:4087. Contractors required to hire residents of New Orleans if available; exceptions; permanent employees to be residents; bond requirement

RS 33:4087 - Contractors required to hire residents of New Orleans if available; exceptions; permanent employees to be residents; bond requirement
All contracts executed by the board for the construction or repair of the public systems of sewerage, water and drainage, shall contain a clause stipulating that the contractor shall give preference in employment to bona fide residents of the City of New Orleans, both as skilled and unskilled laborers, and shall not employ any non-resident laborers, skilled or unskilled (except confidential clerks, chief superintendents and chief engineers) as long as any resident laborer is ready, willing and able to do the work required.
Whoever violates this Section shall forfeit the sum of twenty-five dollars, for each person unlawfully employed, to be deducted by the board from the contract price due the contractor. The general superintendent of the board may dismiss all persons employed in violation of this Section. This Section shall not apply to skilled mechanics and machinists brought to the City of New Orleans by the manufacturers of machinery solely for the purpose of erecting and testing the same.
No person shall be considered a bona fide resident of the City of New Orleans under this Section, unless he has actually resided in the City of New Orleans for one year prior to his employment.
All the permanent employees of the board, who are required to be appointed after civil service examination, shall be of good moral character, and bona fide residents of New Orleans for at least one year prior to their appointment. The board shall require bonds with good and sufficient surety for the faithful performance of their duties from all of its employees who handle money or material, or who fill positions of responsibility.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:4088. Apportionment of available funds among water, sewerage and drainage enterprises; emergencies excepted

RS 33:4088 - Apportionment of available funds among water, sewerage and drainage enterprises; emergencies excepted
The board may apportion its funds among the water, sewerage, and drainage systems, but any such apportionment shall be made by a vote of not less than ten members of the board, exclusive of the mayor, and shall also be approved by the mayor in writing. In case ten members and the mayor cannot agree on any apportionment, the matter shall be referred to the city council, which may make the apportionment. Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary the provisions of this section shall not be applicable in case of an emergency as provided in R.S. 33:4082 and 33:4084 or elsewhere in this title.
Amended by Acts 1973, No. 120, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:4089. Debt limitation

RS 33:4089 - Debt limitation
The board may not obligate itself or create any debt for construction purposes in excess of the cash amount of the proceeds of any sewerage, water and drainage serial bonds, the public improvement fund, the construction and extension fund of the sewerage and water board, the surplus from the water revenues, and any surplus from taxes or other sources. All debts and obligations in excess of the actual cash amount of those funds shall be absolutely null and void; nor may the board, in any year, expend any sum of money, or create any debt for the maintenance and operation of the public systems of sewerage, water and drainage, in excess of the actual revenues of that year. All debts and obligations in excess of the actual revenues of that year, shall be absolutely null and void. The surplus revenue of one year may be carried forward and added to the revenues of the following year; but no contract or expenditures of any kind shall ever be made in anticipation of any surplus of either construction or maintenance fund.
Amended by Acts 1952, No. 262, §7.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:4090. Apportionment of cost of connections with mains; making connections

RS 33:4090 - Apportionment of cost of connections with mains; making connections
A.(1) For a lot of record which existed prior to 1954, one sewer connection and one water connection extending from the respective main to the property line shall be installed by and at the expense of the board, and from that point on, each shall be made at the cost and expense of the owner of the property.
(2) For all lots created after 1954, the property owner shall bear all costs, inclusive of meter boxes, for connections extended from the sewer and water main to the property line. Any additional costs from the property line to onsite facilities shall be installed and maintained at the cost of the property owner.
B. Each owner may contract with a licensed plumber in the state of Louisiana for the installation of connections and any subsequent work, but all such work shall be subject to the regulation, inspection, and control of the board.
C. In the event that the board performs physical work that causes a disruption of the water or sewer connection from the main to the property line, including but not limited to proactive repairs, moving or replacing a meter box, or replacing a lead water line, the board shall bear the cost of repairing the disrupted connection.
D. For lots of record developed in compliance with the voluntary inclusionary zoning provisions of the city comprehensive zoning ordinance, as certified by the director of the Department of Safety and Permits, the board shall bear the cost of the initial connections from the sewer and water main to the property line. All other provisions of this Section shall remain in effect.
Amended by Acts 1982, No. 87, §1; Acts 2020, No. 227, §1, eff. June 11, 2020; Acts 2022, No. 711, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:4092. Extension of systems

RS 33:4092 - Extension of systems
The extension of the sewerage, water and drainage systems shall be made, as far as practicable, in areas adjacent to inhabited portions of the city, divided into squares and lots, and where dedicated streets are open and in use as such, or wherever hereafter opened, dedicated and in use.
Added by Acts 1952, No. 262, §8.