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2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:3965. Improvements; notice of intention; publication; hearing; objections

RS 33:3965 - Improvements; notice of intention; publication; hearing; objections
A. Any sewerage district or subdistrict desiring to take advantage of this Subpart through its governing authority shall, after securing the approval of the governing authority of the municipality in which it is located, adopt a resolution giving notice of its intention to purchase, construct, improve, or maintain such sewerage system or systems and embody therein in a general way the improvement contemplated and the manner of payment therefor and what portion thereof, if any, shall be paid by assessment on the property within said district or subdistrict, what portion, if any, shall be paid by taxes on property in the district levied pursuant to R.S. 33:3980.1, and what portion shall be paid by the monthly sewerage charges hereinafter provided for, if any, and whether the municipality in which said district or subdistrict is located shall issue its own notes secured by the above named sources of revenue or incur debt or issue bonds secured by taxes on property pursuant to R.S. 33:3980.1. Such notice shall be signed by the governing authority of the sewerage district or subdistrict and approved by the governing authority of the municipality in which such district or subdistrict is located and shall set forth further that the authority ordering the giving of such notice will be in open session at a date, hour, and place, and said authority, on such date, hour, and place, shall proceed to hear any and all objections to the proposed improvements and the manner of payment therefor, which objections shall be in writing and filed with the governing authority prior to the hearing.
B. Only property owners owning property within the sewerage district or subdistrict, and who are qualified to vote in the municipality in which the district or subdistrict is located under the laws of Louisiana shall have the right to file objections.
C. After hearing and passing upon all such objections, and finding that not more than forty percent of the property owners within the district or subdistrict, in number and assessed value, qualified to object have objected and refused to withdraw their objections, said authority shall proceed, if it so determines, to order such improvements constructed, maintained, or acquired in the manner hereinafter provided for.
D. Such notice of intention shall be published once a week for three consecutive weeks and shall be made in a newspaper published within the district, or, if there be none published, in some newspaper in the parish where the district is located.
Acts 1950, Ex.Sess., No. 6, §5; Acts 1999, No. 1167, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:3966. Plans and specifications; advertisement for bids; publication

RS 33:3966 - Plans and specifications; advertisement for bids; publication
The governing authority of such district or sub-district, after having given notice of its intention as above set forth and after having decided to order the construction of such improvement, 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 governing authority and approved by the governing authority of the municipality in which said district or sub-district is located and shall be published for three consecutive weeks in a newspaper in the district or sub-district, and if there be none published therein, then in some newspaper of general circulation in the parish wherein the district or sub-district is located. Such notice shall contain a general description of the work contemplated, which refers to the plans and specifications which shall be placed on file with the clerk or secretary of the said governing authority of the municipality in which said sewerage district or sub-district is located, 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 indebtedness of the property owners within the district flowing from the lien hereinafter provided for or the notes issued by said property owners as hereinafter provided for, or the municipality may issue its own notes payable solely by pledge of the funds derived from the square foot assessment notes of the property owners and the monthly sewerage charges hereinafter provided for, or either of them.
Acts 1950, Ex.Sess., No. 6, §6.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:3967. Opening of bids; awarding of contract; resolution; publication

RS 33:3967 - Opening of bids; awarding of contract; resolution; publication
The governing authority of the said district or sub-district 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 date of reception and opening of said bids may award a contract for said work 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 this Sub-part shall be authorized by resolution authorizing and empowering the governing authority of said sewerage district or sub-district to execute the said contract for and on behalf of and in the name of the district or sub-district and a copy of the said contract shall be set forth in full in said resolution and the said resolution shall be published in full in one issue of a newspaper published in said district or sub-district or, if there be none, published in some newspaper in the parish wherein the district or sub-district is located and a certified copy thereof filed in the office of the clerk of court of the parish in which the district or sub-district is located and same shall be recorded in the mortgage records of said parish.
Acts 1950, Ex.Sess., No. 6, §7.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:3968. Engineer's statement of costs of improvement and charges; contents

RS 33:3968 - Engineer's statement of costs of improvement and charges; contents
Any sewerage district or sub-district, upon the completion and acceptance of such contract, shall forthwith require of the engineer of the said sewerage district or sub-district within thirty days of said completion and acceptance a statement showing in detail the total cost of said improvement, including street intersections, engineering, legal and other fees and all expenses incidental to the cost of said improvements and the said engineer shall also show the amount thereof chargeable to each lot or parcel of real estate in the district or sub-district in which the improvement was located in the proportion that its area bears to the total area within said district or sub-district and shall give a legal description of each such lot or parcel of ground with sufficient clearness to identify same and shall further show the proportion of said cost as previously fixed in the resolution calling for bids that shall be paid for by the monthly sewerage charges.
Acts 1950, Ex.Sess., No. 6, §8.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:3970. Monthly sewerage charges; collection; cost of collection; application for service

RS 33:3970 - Monthly sewerage charges; collection; cost of collection; application for service
The governing authority of said district or sub-district shall have the power, if it so desires and has given notice thereof in the notice of intention provided for in R.S. 33:3961, to levy a monthly sewerage charge proportioned upon the number of water outlets maintained by the user of each sewer connection. The charges to be so made shall be in such amounts as the governing body shall determine in each year and shall be sufficient to provide for the proportionate cost of constructing, operating and maintaining the utility as set forth in the notice of intention provided by R.S. 33:3961. No such charge shall be made against the owner of any property which is not a user of the utility. A list of the names of all owners against whom charges so made and amounts of charges made against each such user shall be certified by the governing authority to the official in charge of the assessment of taxes against such property at such time and in such manner in each year as to permit the amount of such charge to be carried upon the assessment roll of the real property within the municipal corporation. Each such charge shall be carried on said roll as a special item due by the owner of the property individually and shall be identified on the roll as special sewerage charge of ________ (inserting the name of the municipal corporation in which the district or sub-district is located). Such charge shall be paid to the official who collects the general taxes assessed against the municipal property located within the municipal corporation and shall be collected at the same time and in such manner as the general taxes are paid and collected. Where a non-user of the utility during the year shall change to a user thereof, the municipal corporation in which said sewerage district or sub-districts are located may require said user seeking sewerage service to apply therefor by proper application, wherefore the charges to be so imposed upon such user shall be assessed in the manner hereinabove provided. The municipal corporation may pay the tax-collecting official the same commission on the amounts collected by him as the sheriff and ex-officio tax collector for the parish in which the district is located receives for the collection of ad valorem taxes and may pay the assessing official a sum sufficient to reimburse him for the additional expense occasioned by reason of listing the charges on the assessment roll. The amounts to be paid to the assessor and collector shall be considered one of the costs of purchasing, constructing or operating and maintaining the utility.
Acts 1950, Ex.Sess., No. 6, §9.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:3971. Negotiable interest bearing coupon certificates of municipality; payment; pledge and dedication of funds

RS 33:3971 - Negotiable interest bearing coupon certificates of municipality; payment; pledge and dedication of funds
The governing authority of the municipality in which said sewerage district or sub-districts are located shall have authority and are hereby authorized to issue, execute, negotiate, sell and deliver negotiable interest-bearing coupon certificates of the municipality in an amount not exceeding the total amount of the funds necessary for the purchase, construction or maintenance of the sewers in said sewerage district or sub-districts; said certificates to bear interest not to exceed six per cent per annum, said interest to be paid annually in installments and to mature serially over a period not exceeding ten years and in no event shall said certificates extend more than ninety days longer than the period of time provided for by the ordinance levying the local or special assessments hereinabove provided. Said certificates shall be payable in annual installments and payable solely from the funds derived from the pledged sewerage charges and/or square-foot assessments, and shall be in such form, date, denomination, and payable in principal and interest at such time and places as the governing authority of the municipality may provide. Such certificates are to be secured in principal and interest by the irrevocable pledge and dedication of the funds derived from the levying and collecting of the local and special assessments on the real property within said sewerage district or sub-districts as provided for by this Sub-part, and, if the governing authorities so desire, the irrevocable pledge and dedication of the funds derived from the sewerage charges provided for in this Sub-part and either or both of said funds if pledged to secure said certificates shall be set aside in a separate fund and shall not be drawn upon for any other purpose than to pay the interest and principal of said certificates.
Acts 1950, Ex.Sess., No. 6, §11.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:3972. Form of sewer certificates

RS 33:3972 - Form of sewer certificates
The said sewer certificate shall be signed by the mayor on the behalf of and in the name of the municipality and under the seal thereof. The interest coupons shall be signed with facsimile signature of the said officer and before delivery thereof the certificate shall be registered in the mortgage records in the parish in which said district or sub-districts are located, as to the serial number or numbers, amount, rate of interest, dates due and sewer district or districts improved. Each of said certificates shall bear the following endorsement: "This certificate registered in the mortgage records of the Parish of ______ on this the _____ day of ___________, 20___, (Signature Line--) Clerk of Court and Ex-Officio Recorder of Mortgages, Parish of _______________".
Acts 1950, Ex.Sess., No. 6, §12.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:3973. Negotiation and delivery of sewer certificates; sale; disposition of proceeds

RS 33:3973 - Negotiation and delivery of sewer certificates; sale; disposition of proceeds
The governing authority of the municipality may by resolution empower and authorize the mayor to negotiate and deliver such sewer certificates 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 hereof of the said sewer certificates in payment of the contractual obligation covering such improvements. The funds derived from the sale of said sewer certificates shall be expended solely in payment of the cost of the improvement herein authorized and shall not be drawn upon for any other purpose whatsoever, provided that any surplus funds remaining after the cost of such improvement and incidental expenses expended therewith shall be expended for any purpose whatsoever for the improvement or maintenance of the sewer system of the district or sub-districts involved.
Acts 1950, Ex.Sess., No. 6, §13.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:3975. Exclusion of sewer certificates from municipal debt computation; exemption from taxation; security for public deposits

RS 33:3975 - Exclusion of sewer certificates from municipal debt computation; exemption from taxation; security for public deposits
A. Sewer certificates issued under the provisions of this Sub-part shall not be included in computing the indebtedness of the municipality nor in determining any constitutional or statutory limitations upon the indebtedness of the municipality.
B. All sewer certificates issued under this Sub-part shall be exempt from taxation. They shall be acceptable as security for any deposit of public funds.
Acts 1950, Ex.Sess., No. 6, §§15, 16.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:3976. Liberal construction; effect on other laws

RS 33:3976 - Liberal construction; effect on other laws
A. This Sub-part shall be liberally construed to promote the purposes for which it is enacted.
B. This Sub-part shall not repeal, modify, affect or supersede any law whatsoever on the same subject matter, but is intended to furnish additional means whereby municipalities may create sewerage districts and sub-districts and said sewerage districts or sub-districts heretofore or hereafter created may accomplish the objects and purposes provided for in this Sub-part.
Acts 1950, Ex.Sess., No. 6, §§17, 18.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:3980.1. Additional taxing authority

RS 33:3980.1 - Additional taxing authority
A. In addition to all authority granted in this Chapter or by any other provision of law, the governing authority of any parish, municipality, or sewerage district which is authorized to provide sewage disposal systems may levy taxes on real property within the political subdivision for the purpose of funding any aspect of providing such system subject to the provisions of this Section.
B. Such taxes may be levied in the form of ad valorem taxes or parcel fees which shall be levied on all taxable property within the political subdivision.
C. Any such tax or fee shall be levied and collected and be due and owing annually. Such tax may be carried on the tax rolls for the parish in which such political subdivision is located and collected and such collection enforced in the same manner as parish ad valorem taxes.
D. The governing authority of the political subdivision may incur debt and issue bonds payable in whole or in part from an irrevocable pledge and dedication of all or a portion of the proceeds of such taxes on property.
E. The proceeds of the tax or parcel fee or of bonds secured by such tax or fee may be used by the political subdivision for any aspect of providing sewage disposal services, including but not limited to acquisition, construction, improvement, extension, operation, repair, or maintenance of all or any element of a sewerage system.
F. No such tax or fee shall be levied nor any debt incurred nor bonds issued until such action is approved by a majority of the voters of the political subdivision voting at an election held for such purpose in accordance with the Louisiana Election Code.
G. Any procedure established in this Chapter for the apportioning of costs associated with sewerage systems to those receiving services or otherwise directly benefiting from such system shall not apply in the exercise of the authority granted by this Section.
Acts 1999, No. 1167, §1.
NOTE: See Acts 1999, No. 1167, §1 relative to legislative intent.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:3981. Establishment of system

RS 33:3981 - Establishment of system
The governing authority of any sewerage district, either within or without the corporate limits of a municipal corporation, is hereby vested with full power and authority to establish, acquire, construct, improve, extend and maintain within said district a sewerage system or systems, including such sewerage disposal 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 sewerage disposal facilities of the said district or any other disposal facilities whether within or without any such district, and it shall have full power and authority to levy and collect local or special assessments on the real property to be benefited thereby within the said district, or the area served within the said district, 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 sewer system of the district or necessary to connect said system with any disposal facilities whether within or without the district, including the cost of establishing, constructing, improving and extending any such disposal facilities, whether by purchase, lease or otherwise, or including the cost of the construction of complete sewerage disposal facilities, either within or without the said district, all within the form and manner and subject to the limitations and restrictions herein contained.
Amended by Acts 1950, No. 462, §1; Acts 1954, No. 622, §1; Acts 1958, No. 395, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:3981.1. Extension of existing sewerage system by city of Shreveport

RS 33:3981.1 - Extension of existing sewerage system by city of Shreveport
A. The city of Shreveport, after having been petitioned by sixty percent of the property owners within the area to be served which is outside of the municipal limits but within Caddo Parish, or by a vote of a majority in number and amount of the resident property taxpayers in such area voting at an election held for this purpose, is hereby vested with full power and authority in its discretion to establish, acquire, construct, improve, extend, and maintain outside of the limits of the municipality, but within the parish of Caddo, a sewerage system or systems, including such sewerage disposal 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 sewerage disposal facilities of the municipality or any other available system or facilities, whether within or without the municipality.
B. The city of Shreveport shall have full power and authority to levy and collect local or special assessments on the real property to be benefited thereby within the area to be 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 sewer system of the municipality or necessary to connect said system with any disposal facilities whether within or without the municipality, including the cost of establishing, constructing, improving, and extending any such disposal facilities, whether by purchase, lease, or otherwise, or including the cost of the construction of complete sewerage disposal facilities, either within or without the municipality all within the form and manner and subject to the limitations and restrictions contained in this Subpart, except that the provisions of R.S. 33:3982 shall not apply.
C. Any construction or improvements shall be performed in compliance of the provisions of R.S. 38:2212. The term "sewerage district" as used in this Subpart shall include the city of Shreveport. The election provided for in this Section shall be held in accordance with Chapter 6-B of Title 18 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950.
Added by Acts 1982, No. 809, §1, eff. Aug. 4, 1982. Acts 1991, No. 170, §1; Acts 1991, No. 375, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:3982. Notice of intention to establish system; objections

RS 33:3982 - Notice of intention to establish system; objections
A.(1) Any sewerage district 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 sewerage system or systems and other improvements herein authorized, 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 sewered, and the manner of payment therefor.
(2)(a) 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.
(b) 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.
B.(1) After hearing and passing on the objections, the governing authority may order the proposed improvements constructed in the manner hereinafter provided. However, the governing authority of any district shall not order the construction of the proposed improvements in the event there is filed at the public hearing written objections to the proposed improvements:
(a) Signed by the resident property owners owning more than one-half of the total front feet of property which will be assessed to pay the cost of said improvements, if the assessments are to be on a front foot basis.
(b) Signed by the resident property owners owning more than one-half of the total square footage of property which will be assessed to pay the cost of such improvements, if the assessments are to be on a square foot basis.
(c) Signed by owners of one-half of the parcels in the district, if the improvements are to be funded by a parcel fee, or signed by owners of one-half of the value of the property subject to ad valorem taxation in the district, if the improvements are to be funded by ad valorem taxes.
(2) Such majority shall be determined after considering the front footage, square footage, number of parcels, or value of all properties to be assessed and the owners of such portion shall be determined by the conveyance records or the tax assessor's records of the parish.
Amended by Acts 1950, No. 462, §2; Acts 1958, No. 395, §2; Acts 1968, No. 74, §1; Acts 1999, No. 1167, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:3983. Specifications; advertising for bids

RS 33:3983 - Specifications; advertising for bids
A. The governing authority of such district, 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 for 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 district, and to be published once a week for three (3) consecutive weeks in the official journal of the district, or in any newspaper having general circulation in the parish where the district is located, the first insertion to be not less than fifteen (15) days prior to the reception and opening of the bids. 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 certificates of indebtedness 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.
B. Sewerage improvements authorized under the provisions of this sub-part may be combined, constructed and installed as a part of road or street paving improvements undertaken jointly by the district with a municipality, or parish, in which the district is located or with the Louisiana Department of Highways. Advertisements for bids on such joint projects shall be in accordance with the requirements of law applicable to road or street paving improvements ordered by any such municipality, parish, or the Louisiana Department of Highways, and it shall not be necessary that the project be advertised as otherwise provided in this section. Where sewer improvements authorized under the provisions of this Subpart are included in and constructed as an integral part of a road or street paving project being undertaken by a municipality or parish in which the district is located, or by the Louisiana Department of Highways, the lowest responsible bid received for the entire project shall govern, and assessments to be levied as hereinafter provided shall be based upon the total of the unit prices contained in the bid proposal and applicable to the sewer work included in the joint project.
Amended by Acts 1950, No. 462, §3; Acts 1964, No. 104, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:3984. Awarding contract; resolution authorizing execution of contract

RS 33:3984 - Awarding contract; resolution authorizing execution of contract
Except in the case of joint projects undertaken as provided and authorized by Section 3983(B) hereof, the governing authority of the district, 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 contract shall thereafter be awarded to the lowest responsible bidder who can furnish satisfactory security. The governing authority may, however, reject any and all bids, and at any time, within a period of thirty (30) days from the date of the reception and opening of the bids, award the contract for the work without further advertisement, provided that no contract shall be let for an amount greater than that specified in the lowest sealed bid received from a responsible bidder. The contract awarded under the provisions of this Sub-part 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 district. 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. The resolution shall be published in one issue of the official journal of the district, and a certified copy thereof shall be filed with the clerk of court of the parish in which the district is located and shall be by him duly recorded in the mortgage records of the parish. Where joint street and sewer projects are undertaken, bids shall be taken, and received, and the contract for such joint project awarded by the agency carrying out the street or road improvements, all in strict accordance and compliance with the provisions of law applicable to such street or road improvements.
Amended by Acts 1950, No. 462, §4; Acts 1964, No. 104, §2.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:3985. Statement of cost of improvement

RS 33:3985 - Statement of cost of improvement
Any sewerage district, upon the award of any contract under the provisions of this Sub-part, shall forthwith require of the engineer of the district a duly certified statement or report, showing in detail the total cost of the improvements, including the cost of street intersections, engineers' and attorneys' fees, and all other expenses incidental to the cost. The report shall also show the amount of the cost chargeable to each lot or parcel of real estate to be benefited in the proportion that its area bears to the total area to be assessed, or 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 the assessment is made on a front foot basis and any sewer 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 sewer 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 this Sub-part shall mean the footage of each lot or parcel of real estate abutting the right of way, street or sewer way along which the sewer line is constructed.
Amended by Acts 1950, No. 462, §5; Acts 1958, No. 395, §3.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:3987. Certificates of indebtedness

RS 33:3987 - Certificates of indebtedness
The governing authority of any such sewerage district complying with the provisions of this Sub-part, shall have the power and is hereby authorized to issue, execute, negotiate, sell and deliver negotiable interest-bearing coupon certificates of the district in an amount not exceeding the total amount of the installments or deferred payments as provided for in R.S. 33:3986, said certificates to bear interest not exceeding six per centum per annum, payable annually, and to mature serially over a period not exceeding twenty 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, and such certificates shall be secured by and payable in principal and interest from the irrevocable pledge and dedication of the funds to be derived from the special assessments hereinabove provided, which are payable in annual installments or deferred payments as provided for by this Sub-Part, which funds shall be set aside in a separate trust fund and shall not be drawn upon for any purpose other than to pay the principal and interest of said certificates.
Amended by Acts 1950, No. 462, §7; Acts 1958, No. 395, §5.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:3988. Additional assessments

RS 33:3988 - Additional assessments
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 sewerage certificates outstanding at their respective maturity dates, then in that event the sewerage district issuing such sewerage certificates under the provisions of this Sub-part, 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 sewerage certificates at their respective maturity dates. 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 sewerage district shall proceed against the property for the collection of the amount of the additional local or special assessment so levied, plus interest thereon and ten per cent additional for attorneys' fees. 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 sewerage district 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 or special assessments levied for streets or sewerage.
Amended by Acts 1950, No. 462, §8; Acts 1958, No. 395, §6.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:3989. Form and registration of certificates

RS 33:3989 - Form and registration of certificates
The said sewerage certificates shall be signed by the chief executive officer of the governing authority of any such sewerage district and by its clerk or secretary, for, on behalf of and in the name of the said district and under the seal thereof. 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 sewerage district 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 ____________."
Added by Acts 1950, No. 462, §9.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:3990. Sale and delivery of certificates; use of proceeds

RS 33:3990 - Sale and delivery of certificates; use of proceeds
The certificates may be advertised for sale on sealed bids once a week for three consecutive weeks in the official journal of the sewerage district provided, however, the governing authority may reject any and all bids. If no bids are received or if all bids are rejected, the certificates may be sold by private sale within sixty days after the date advertised for the reception of sealed bids at a price not less than the best bid which shall have been received, or the sewerage district may contract to deliver the certificates to the contractor as hereinafter provided at a price not less than the best bid received at the advertised sale. The governing authority of the sewerage district issuing the certificates, may, by resolution, authorize the chief executive officer, and the clerk or secretary to negotiate and deliver the certificates and collect the purchase price therefor and do any and all things necessary and incidental thereto, or authorize the delivery to the contractor of all or any of the certificates in payment of their contractual obligation covering the improvements. The funds derived from the sale of the certificates shall be expended solely in payment of the costs of the improvements, and shall not be drawn upon for any other purpose.
Added by Acts 1950, No. 462, §10. Amended by Acts 1958, No. 395, §7.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:3991. Certificates as negotiable paper

RS 33:3991 - Certificates as negotiable paper
Sewerage certificates 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.
Added by Acts 1950, No. 462, §11.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:3992. Inspection and acceptance of work

RS 33:3992 - Inspection and acceptance of work
The governing authority of any sewerage district taking advantage of the provisions of this Sub-part, 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, 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 the said work.
Added by Acts 1950, No. 462, §12.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:3993. Employment and duties of engineer and attorney

RS 33:3993 - Employment and duties of engineer and attorney
Sewerage districts which take advantage of the provisions of this Sub-part, 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 improvements herein authorized, and that 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 per cent 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 sewerage district 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 Sub-part. The governing authority of the sewerage district 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 fee 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 sewerage district; and said filed transcript shall constitute a permanent record thereof.
Added by Acts 1950, No. 462, §13.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:3994. Prescriptive period to question validity of proceedings

RS 33:3994 - 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 Sub-part 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 Sub-part 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 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.
Added by Acts 1950, No. 462, §14. Amended by Acts 1958, No. 395, §8.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:3995. Validation of present projects

RS 33:3995 - Validation of present projects
Where prior to July 30, 1958 any sewerage district has issued the notice of intention provided for in R.S. 33:3982 and has thereby initiated a sewerage project under this Sub-part, it is expressly provided and declared that such district may proceed with such project and complete same under this Sub-part as amended.
Added by Acts 1958, No. 395, §9.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:3996. Participation in payment of costs

RS 33:3996 - Participation in payment of costs
Any sewerage district proceeding under the authority of this Subpart may participate in the payment of the total cost of any project authorized hereunder, in such a manner and to such extent that the governing authority of the district may determine, provided that any funds so used by the district shall be in such amounts as it may have available for such purpose and from sources other than the imposition of special assessments. Such participation by the district may be allocated to any one or more projects as the governing authority of the district may determine, and the amount of the district's participation shall be deducted from the total cost of the improvements for the purpose of levying local or special assessments hereunder.
Added by Acts 1964, No. 104, §3.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:4001. General authority for municipalities to construct sewerage system and appurtenances

RS 33:4001 - General authority for municipalities to construct sewerage system and appurtenances
Any municipal corporation may
(1) Own, purchase, acquire, construct, extend, equip, operate, and maintain within and without its corporate limits, a sewerage system, sewerage collection system, sewage treatment plant, intercepting sewers, outfall sewers, force mains, pumping stations, ejector stations and all other appurtenances necessary for the collection, treatment, purification and disposal in a sanitary manner of the liquid and solid waste and sewage of the municipal corporation;
(2) Acquire by gift, grant, purchase, condemnation or otherwise, all necessary lands, rights of way and property therefor, within and without its corporate limits; and
(3) Issue bonds to pay the costs of these public improvements and property in the manner provided for by laws applicable to revenue producing public utilities, public utilities, and works of public improvement.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:4002. Charges for use of sewerage system

RS 33:4002 - Charges for use of sewerage system
Any municipal corporation may by an ordinance or resolution establish, maintain, and collect rates, charges, or connection charges for the use of and service rendered by the sewerage system to be paid by the owner of each parcel of real estate or building that is connected with or in any way uses or is served by the sewerage system of the municipality, and may re-adjust the rates, charges or connection charges from time to time. Rates or charges or connection charges shall be sufficient in each year for the payment of the proper and reasonable expenses of operation, repairs, 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, and the governing authority of the municipal corporation shall adopt and enforce appropriate rules, regulations, and ordinances and exact penalties, and institute actions at law, for the prompt collection of the respective rates, charges, or connection charges fixed for service rendered by the sewerage system.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:4004. Compelling connection with sewerage system

RS 33:4004 - Compelling connection with sewerage system
Any municipal corporation which has or which may hereafter construct, acquire, extend, or improve a sewerage system as a revenue producing public utility, shall compel the connection therewith by all owners of premises within three hundred feet of the sewerage system, and the governing authority of the municipal corporation may adopt the necessary ordinance or resolution enforcing the connections and exacting penalties for non-compliance therewith.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:4041. Compelling connection with sewerage system

RS 33:4041 - Compelling connection with sewerage system
Municipalities and sewerage districts having a public system of sewerage may compel the connection therewith by owners of premises within three hundred feet of the public sewer and may compel owners to connect with water mains or provide other means for flushing purposes.