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2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements › §38:416. Assessors to prepare duplicate list of producers

RS 38:416 - Assessors to prepare duplicate list of producers
A. The assessor of each parish wholly or in part within the limits of one of the levee districts or levee and drainage districts of the state shall make out and complete on or before the first day of June of each year a duplicate list containing the names of all producers of articles subject in the parish for which he is assessor to the special assessment or forced contribution in the crop year preceding the first day of June and showing also the number of acres cultivated by each producer and in what cultivated, and the number of thousand pounds of sugar, hogsheads of sugar, barrels or sacks of sugar, bales of cotton, barrels of molasses, barrels of syrup, sacks of rice, sacks and barrels of esculents, and barrels of oranges produced by each producer.
B. For performing the duties imposed by this Section the assessor shall receive a reasonable compensation to be fixed and paid by the levee board or levee and drainage board within whose limit the parish of the assessor is situated. The assessor shall file one of the lists in the office of the clerk of court of the parish and shall transmit the other to the secretary of the levee board or levee and drainage board of the district in which his parish is situated on or before the fifteenth day of June of each year.
Acts 1985, No. 785, §1, eff. July 22, 1985.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements › §38:417. Issuance of warrants for compensation of assessors upon completion of duties

RS 38:417 - Issuance of warrants for compensation of assessors upon completion of duties
The state auditor shall not audit or warrant the compensation of any assessor of the state whose parish or any portion thereof lies within a levee district or levee and drainage district until the assessor shall exhibit to and file with the auditor a certificate from the president of the levee board or levee and drainage board showing that he has performed the duties imposed upon him by R.S. 38:416.
Acts 1985, No. 785, §1, eff. July 22, 1985.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements › §38:419. Declaration by producers; estimate by sheriff

RS 38:419 - Declaration by producers; estimate by sheriff
The assessor if so directed by the presidents of the various levee boards or levee and drainage boards shall, and the sheriff may, require each producer of articles liable to the produce special assessment or forced contribution to declare under oath the number of acres cultivated by him in the current and in the past crop year, and in what crop cultivated, the amount of produce raised by the person in the last crop year and by what carrier the produce was shipped, and at what date the assessor and sheriff may administer the oath. The sheriff shall administer the oath and furnish the statement whenever so directed by the presidents of the various levee boards and levee and drainage boards. On the refusal or failure of any person to answer under oath when thus required, the sheriff shall make a written statement estimating the amount of the special assessment or forced contribution for which the person is liable on produce raised by him and shall send a copy thereof to the president of the levee board or levee and drainage board to which the assessment is due. The written statement of the sheriff shall be prima facie evidence in any judicial proceeding instituted for the collection of the special assessment or forced contribution of the amount due, and the defendant who has thus refused or failed to answer shall be made to pay the costs of the judicial proceedings, together with fifteen dollars attorney's fees in each case, to be taxed as costs.
Acts 1985, No. 785, §1, eff. July 22, 1985.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements › §38:420. Collection by sheriffs and deputies; returns of deputies

RS 38:420 - Collection by sheriffs and deputies; returns of deputies
The sheriff is prohibited from entrusting the collection of the produce tax to any person who is not sworn as a deputy sheriff. Any sheriff violating this Section shall be fined not less than twenty-five dollars nor more than one hundred dollars. Deputy sheriffs charged with the collection of the produce special assessment or forced contribution shall make written returns at the end of each month showing the names of persons from whom and the description of articles on which the special assessment or forced contribution has been collected, the amount of tax collected from each person, the dates of collection, by what carrier the produce has been shipped, and the date of shipment. The returns shall be sworn to and shall be kept by the sheriff.
Acts 1985, No. 785, §1, eff. July 22, 1985.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements › §38:422. §§422, 423 Repealed by Acts 1985, No. 785, §1, eff. July 22, 1985.

RS 38:422 - §§422, 423 Repealed by Acts 1985, No. 785, §1, eff. July 22, 1985.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements › §38:431. Authority to issue bonds; interest rate, etc.

RS 38:431 - Authority to issue bonds; interest rate, etc.
The boards of commissioners of the levee districts and levee and drainage districts of the state may issue bonds not to exceed the total amount of bonds which they have been heretofore authorized by law to issue in the sums and denominations which every board may in its own case prescribe but of not less than one hundred dollars each. The bonds shall be drawn payable to bearer and signed by the president of the board, and attested by the signature of the secretary and the seal of the board. The bonds shall become due in fifty years, and be payable at the option of the board in forty years from the date of their issue, and bear interest as provided in R.S. 39:1421 et seq. from date of their issue. The interest shall be evidenced by coupons attached to the bonds payable semiannually at the fiscal agency in New Orleans or the office of the state treasurer.
Acts 1985, No. 785, §1, eff. July 22, 1985.
{{NOTE: REGARDING R.S. 38:431-436, SEE ALSO R.S. 38:1117(A)(3) AS PER ACTS 1985, NO. 466, §2, WHICH MAY BE CONFLICTING.}}
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements › §38:432. Bonds in lieu of outstanding bonds

RS 38:432 - Bonds in lieu of outstanding bonds
The intent of this Subpart is that the levee districts and levee and drainage districts may issue bonds in lieu of the bonds already authorized, not in addition thereto, but in carrying out the power to refund outstanding bonds into bonds under this Subpart. The bonds under this Subpart may be negotiated before the retirement of the outstanding bonds, but the proceeds of the bonds thus negotiated shall remain in the state treasury, as provided in R.S. 38:435.
Acts 1985, No. 785, §1, eff. July 22, 1985.
{{NOTE: REGARDING R.S. 38:431-436, SEE ALSO R.S. 38:1117(A)(3) AS PER ACTS 1985, NO. 466, §2, WHICH MAY BE CONFLICTING.}}
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements › §38:433. Refunding of outstanding bonds

RS 38:433 - Refunding of outstanding bonds
The refunding of the outstanding bonds of a levee district or levee and drainage district into the bonds authorized by this Subpart may be effected by a direct exchange of bonds or by a negotiation of the bonds authorized by this Subpart, and the application of the proceeds to the payment of redemption of the bonds now outstanding.
Acts 1985, No. 785, §1, eff. July 22, 1985.
{{NOTE: REGARDING R.S. 38:431-436, SEE ALSO R.S. 38:1117(A)(3) AS PER ACTS 1985, NO. 466, §2, WHICH MAY BE CONFLICTING.}}
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements › §38:434. Exchange of new for old bonds; duties of state treasurer and auditor

RS 38:434 - Exchange of new for old bonds; duties of state treasurer and auditor
The direct exchange of bonds shall be effected by the state treasurer, upon the warrant of the auditor of the state, in pursuance of a resolution of the levee board or levee and drainage board. The treasurer, immediately upon effecting the exchange, shall cancel by irremediably defacing the bonds received in exchange and immediately draw up a proces verbal which shall be made in triplicate reciting the transaction giving an exact description of the bonds exchanged, by the number, series, date, maturity, etc. The treasurer shall keep one original in his office and shall transmit one original to the state auditor to be kept there on file and one original to the secretary of the levee board or levee and drainage board. The bonds received in exchange and cancelled by being defaced shall be immediately transmitted by the treasurer to the secretary of the board to be destroyed by the board in open session at the meeting of the board next following the date of transmission. A proces verbal of the destruction, giving the description of the bonds by numbers, series, denominations, etc., shall be entered upon the minutes of the meeting, and when the exchange has been finally completed, a general proces verbal of the destruction shall be signed by the president and secretary of the board respectively and published in the official journal of the state, and a certified copy thereof shall be filed with the state auditor. The board shall fix the rate not to be less than par at which the bonds shall be exchanged.
Acts 1985, No. 785, §1, eff. July 22, 1985.
{{NOTE: REGARDING R.S. 38:431-436, SEE ALSO R.S. 38:1117(A)(3) AS PER ACTS 1985, NO. 466, §2, WHICH MAY BE CONFLICTING.}}
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements › §38:435. Sale of bonds for redemption of outstanding bonds; disposition of surplus

RS 38:435 - Sale of bonds for redemption of outstanding bonds; disposition of surplus
The bonds, when negotiated as authorized by R.S. 38:433, shall be issued to the purchaser or purchasers thereof by the treasurer of the state upon the warrant of the auditor and in pursuance of a resolution of the board; and the purchase price shall be paid to the state treasurer and shall not be withdrawn from the state treasury except upon the warrant of the auditor and in pursuance of a resolution of the board and for the purpose of paying or redeeming, in whole or in part, the bonds of the board now outstanding. Bonds thus paid or redeemed shall be disposed of in the same manner as provided in R.S. 38:434 for bonds received in exchange. Any surplus remaining on hand from the proceeds from the sale of bonds negotiated, shall, after redemption of the bonds now outstanding, be transferred to the general account of the board.
Acts 1985, No. 785, §1, eff. July 22, 1985.
{{NOTE: REGARDING R.S. 38:431-436, SEE ALSO R.S. 38:1117(A)(3) AS PER ACTS 1985, NO. 466, §2, WHICH MAY BE CONFLICTING.}}
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements › §38:436. Sale of bonds for other purposes; disposition of proceeds

RS 38:436 - Sale of bonds for other purposes; disposition of proceeds
Bonds under this Subpart not issued for the purpose of refunding outstanding bonds shall be issued by the state treasurer upon the warrant of the state auditor in pursuance of a resolution of the levee board or levee and drainage board and the proceeds shall be paid into the state treasury to the general account of the levee district or levee and drainage district.
Acts 1985, No. 785, §1, eff. July 22, 1985.
{{NOTE: REGARDING R.S. 38:431-436, SEE ALSO R.S. 38:1117(A)(3) AS PER ACTS 1985, NO. 466, §2, WHICH MAY BE CONFLICTING.}}
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements › §38:437. Annual tax to pay interest

RS 38:437 - Annual tax to pay interest
For the purpose of paying the interest of the bonds, the levee boards and levee and drainage boards shall levy annually to an amount sufficient for that purpose the taxes and local contributions which they are authorized and empowered to levy and which they may hereafter be authorized to levy. From the first money realized from the taxes and local contributions, the state treasurer shall set apart annually the amount necessary to pay the interest and the money thus set apart shall not be diverted to any other purpose. The auditor, in issuing his warrant for the payment of any interest coupons, shall punch twice in the center each coupon so paid and shall paste the coupons so punched in a book or register to be kept by him for that purpose. Whenever the state shall have a fiscal agency in the city of New Orleans, the board of commissioners shall make the necessary arrangements through the state treasurer to have the interest paid at the agency.
Acts 1985, No. 785, §1, eff. July 22, 1985.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements › §38:438. Annual tax to create sinking fund for principal of bonds

RS 38:438 - Annual tax to create sinking fund for principal of bonds
For the purpose of providing a sinking fund to meet the payment of the principal of the bonds issued under this Subpart, the levee board or levee and drainage board, beginning ten years before the maturity of the bonds, shall levy annually to an amount sufficient for that purpose, the taxes and local contributions which it is authorized and empowered to levy and which they may be hereafter authorized to levy. From the first money realized from the taxes and local contributions, the state treasurer, after providing for the payment of the interest of the bonds, shall set apart annually, beginning ten years before the maturity of the bonds, an amount sufficient to pay ten percent of the bonds outstanding. The money thus set apart shall not be diverted to any other purpose, except the purchase of outstanding bonds.
Acts 1985, No. 785, §1, eff. July 22, 1985.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements › §38:439. Duty of auditor where levee boards and levee and drainage boards fail to levy tax

RS 38:439 - Duty of auditor where levee boards and levee and drainage boards fail to levy tax
In case of the failure of the levee board or levee and drainage board to levy the taxes and local contributions, as provided for in R.S. 38:437 and 38:438, or in case from any other cause the taxes and local contributions are not so levied, the state auditor, or officer charged with the functions of the state auditor, shall order the proper officers to extend the taxes upon the assessment rolls of the parishes and parts of parishes composing the levee district or levee and drainage district and shall order the proper officers of the parishes and parts of parishes to collect the taxes and local contributions to an amount sufficient to meet the purposes provided for by R.S. 38:437 and 38:438. The officers shall assess and collect the taxes and local contributions as so ordered; and, to that end, the taxes and local contributions are now, once and for all, hereby levied and ordered to be collected to an amount sufficient to provide for the payment of the interest and the creation of the sinking fund. The present levy of taxes and local contributions shall be operative only in the case the taxes and local contributions are not otherwise levied either because of failure on the part of the board to perform the duty imposed upon it by R.S. 38:437 and 38:438 or from any other cause.
Acts 1985, No. 785, §1, eff. July 22, 1985.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements › §38:440. Courts may enforce payment of principal and interest

RS 38:440 - Courts may enforce payment of principal and interest
In case for any cause it becomes necessary in order to enforce payment of the principal or interest of the bonds, any court of competent jurisdiction, at the joint or separate suit of any holder or holders of the bonds, shall require the tax collectors of the respective parishes of the levee district or levee and drainage district, under the direction and orders of the court, to proceed to levy and collect taxes and local contributions levied in R.S. 38:439 and to pay the amount so collected into the state treasury. The amount so paid shall not be used for any other purpose than to pay the interest and principal of the bonds.
Acts 1985, No. 785, §1, eff. July 22, 1985.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements › §38:441. Binding obligation of state

RS 38:441 - Binding obligation of state
This Subpart and the laws providing for the creation and government of the levee districts and levee and drainage districts and their authority or power to levy and collect taxes and local contributions and to issue bonds shall not be repealed or modified to the detriment of the bonds authorized by this Subpart. This obligation not to repeal or modify these statutes is declared to be binding on the state and to be a part of the contract of the bonds.
Acts 1985, No. 785, §1, eff. July 22, 1985.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements › §38:442. Mandamus to compel action by authorities

RS 38:442 - Mandamus to compel action by authorities
The performance of the duties imposed by this Subpart upon the boards and other officers of this state may be enforced by mandamus at the separate or joint suit of any holder or holders of the bonds in case of failure on the part of the boards to perform the duties.
Acts 1985, No. 785, §1, eff. July 22, 1985.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements › §38:443. Existing rights to issue bonds not limited

RS 38:443 - Existing rights to issue bonds not limited
Nothing contained in this Subpart shall be construed as depriving the levee districts and levee and drainage districts of the right or power to issue their bonds in the manner and form already authorized if the boards of commissioners of the district so prefer.
Acts 1985, No. 785, §1, eff. July 22, 1985.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements › §38:451. Authority to issue

RS 38:451 - Authority to issue
The board of commissioners of any levee district or levee and drainage district in Louisiana may issue bonds of the district in addition to any bond which it may by law now issue for the purpose of paying, refunding, or refinancing the principal and interest of any valid outstanding bonds, notes, or certificates of indebtedness heretofore or hereafter issued by the district for lawful purposes. The refunding bonds may be issued on or prior to the maturity of the outstanding bonds, notes, or certificates of indebtedness or on or prior to any date upon which they may be redeemable, or upon the surrender of the bonds, notes, or certificates of indebtedness by the holders thereof prior to maturity. The bonds shall be known as "Levee Refunding Bonds", and shall mature at a date or dates, not exceeding forty years from the date they bear, and in the amounts which shall be prescribed by the boards of commissioners of the districts respectively. The bonds shall bear interest as provided in R.S. 39:1421 et seq. payable semiannually and shall be sold at the time and in the amount which the boards of commissioners of the levee districts and levee and drainage districts shall determine. Refunding bonds shall not be issued in an amount exceeding the par value and accrued interest thereon of the bonds, notes, or certificates so to be paid, refunded, or refinanced. In the event that the bonds bearing interest at the same rate as specified in the bonds, notes, or certificates of indebtedness to be refunded cannot be sold for their par value and accrued interest, then the board of commissioners may provide for the issuance and delivery of the bonds in exchange for and upon surrender and cancellation of a like amount of the outstanding bonds, notes, or certificates of indebtedness and accrued interest to be refunded.
Acts 1985, No. 785, §1, eff. July 22, 1985.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements › §38:452. Resolution authorizing bonds

RS 38:452 - Resolution authorizing bonds
Refunding bonds shall be authorized by a resolution of the board of commissioners of the levee district or levee and drainage district, and the resolution shall be promulgated by one insertion in the official journal of the district to be made within thirty days after the date of the adoption of the resolution. For a period of thirty days from and after the date of publication of the resolution, any person in interest shall have the right in any court of competent jurisdiction, to contest the regularity, formality, or legality of the bonds or of the provision for the payment thereof, for any cause. After this time, no person shall have any cause or right of action to contest the regularity, formality, or legality of the bonds or of the provision for the payment thereof for any cause. If the regularity, formality, or legality of the refunding bonds or of the provision for the payment of the bonds is not contested within the thirty days herein prescribed, the authority of the levee board or levee and drainage board to issue the bonds, the regularity, formality, and legality of the bonds and of the provision for payment shall be conclusively presumed, and no court shall have authority to inquire into these matters.
Acts 1985, No. 785, §1, eff. July 22, 1985.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements › §38:453. Payment of interest

RS 38:453 - Payment of interest
The interest on refunding bonds shall be paid out of funds arising from the collection of taxes and other revenues of the levee board or levee and drainage board, and the state treasurer shall pay any and all interest that may be due on the bonds when presented by any bona fide holder or holders, and a sufficient amount of the taxes and revenues shall always remain on hand to pay one-half year's interest on the bonds and shall not be diverted to any other purpose by any authority except as may be necessary to pay the principal of and interest on the bonds theretofore issued by the board. All bonds issued under this Subpart shall be accorded the same rank and priority in the application and distribution of the taxes and revenues as were originally accorded to the bonds, notes, or certificates of indebtedness paid, refunded, or refinanced.
Acts 1985, No. 785, §1, eff. July 22, 1985.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements › §38:454. Payment of bonds

RS 38:454 - Payment of bonds
The board of commissioners shall set aside and deduct out of the taxes, local contributions, and other revenues of the levee board or levee and drainage board, by preference over all other claims, an amount sufficient to pay the bonds as they mature, as provided in the resolution authorizing the issuance of the bonds, and the amount set aside shall be used to pay and discharge the bonds at maturity. This Subpart shall not be construed so that bonds issued under the provisions of this Subpart shall constitute a charge upon the revenues prior to the charge of any outstanding bonds, notes, or certificates of indebtedness heretofore issued by the levee district or levee and drainage district, pursuant to authority conferred by law, except that bonds issued under the provisions of this Subpart shall be accorded the same rank and priority in the application and distribution of the taxes and revenues which were originally accorded to the bonds, notes, or certificates of indebtedness paid, refunded, or refinanced.
Acts 1985, No. 785, §1, eff. July 22, 1985.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements › §38:455. Levy of taxes and local contributions; setting apart amounts necessary; order of payment

RS 38:455 - Levy of taxes and local contributions; setting apart amounts necessary; order of payment
For the purpose of paying the principal of and the interest on the bonds issued under this Subpart, the board of commissioners of the district shall annually levy, in an amount sufficient for these purposes, the taxes and local contributions which the board is authorized and empowered to levy. From the first moneys realized from the taxes and local contributions, the state treasurer shall set apart annually the amounts necessary to pay the principal and interest, and the funds so set apart shall be used for no other purpose. The funds so realized from the taxes and local contribution shall in all cases be applied first to the payment of interest and then to the payment of principal, and as provided in R.S. 38:454, all bonds issued under the provisions of this Subpart shall be accorded the same rank and priority in the application and distribution of the taxes and other revenues as were originally accorded to the bonds, notes, or certificates of indebtedness paid, refunded, or refinanced.
Acts 1985, No. 785, §1, eff. July 22, 1985.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements › §38:456. Extension and collection of taxes when board fails to levy

RS 38:456 - Extension and collection of taxes when board fails to levy
In the event of the failure of the board of commissioners of the levee district or levee and drainage district to levy the taxes and local contributions, as provided in R.S. 38:455 or, if for any other cause the taxes and local contributions are not so levied, the state auditor or whatever officer may at the time be charged with the functions of the state auditor shall order the proper officers to extend the taxes upon the assessment rolls of the parish or parishes in which any part of the district is located and to order the proper officer of the parish, parishes, and parts of parishes to collect the taxes and local contributions to an amount sufficient to meet the purposes provided for by R.S. 38:455, and the officers shall assess and collect the taxes and local contributions as so ordered. The taxes and local contributions are now, once and for all, hereby levied and ordered to be collected to an amount sufficient to provide, as aforesaid, for the payment of the interest and principal of the bonds. The present levy of the taxes and local contributions shall be operative only in case the taxes and local contributions are not otherwise levied, either because of failure on the part of the board of commissioners to perform the duty imposed upon it by R.S. 38:455, or for any other cause, but nothing in this Subpart shall be construed to require the board of commissioners of the district to set aside funds or levy taxes for the payment of the principal of and interest on bonds authorized to be issued under the provisions of this Subpart, except insofar as it is necessary to provide for the payment of the principal and interest actually maturing and becoming due each year.
Acts 1985, No. 785, §1, eff. July 22, 1985.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements › §38:457. Issuance from time to time; differences in date, maturity or interest

RS 38:457 - Issuance from time to time; differences in date, maturity or interest
It is the intent of this Subpart that the boards of commissioners may issue bonds under the provisions of this Subpart for the purpose of paying, refunding, or refinancing the principal and interest of any valid outstanding bonds, notes, or certificates of indebtedness heretofore or hereafter issued by any levee districts or levee and drainage districts for lawful purposes, and the boards of commissioners may issue bonds hereunder from time to time and in the amounts which the board may deem necessary or expedient subject only to the limitations of this Subpart. The provisions of this Subpart shall not be construed to require that all of the bonds authorized hereunder shall bear the same date, date of maturity, or rate of interest. Except as provided in R.S. 38:453, 38:454, and 38:455, all bonds authorized to be issued under the provisions of this Subpart regardless of variance of date, dates of maturity, rates of interest, or the respective dates of delivery shall rank on a parity in the distribution and application of the taxes and other revenues of the district.
Acts 1985, No. 785, §1, eff. July 22, 1985.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements › §38:458. Enforcement of collection of taxes and local contributions by court

RS 38:458 - Enforcement of collection of taxes and local contributions by court
In case for any cause it becomes necessary to enforce payment of the principal of or the interest on any bonds issued under this Subpart, any court of competent jurisdiction at the joint or separate suit of any holder or holders of the bonds may require the tax collector of the parish or parishes in which any of the territory of the district may be located, under the direction and orders of the court, to proceed to levy and collect the taxes and local contributions levied in R.S. 38:456 and to pay the amount so collected into the state treasury. The amount so paid shall not be used for any other purpose than to pay the interest on and the principal of the bonds.
Acts 1985, No. 785, §1, eff. July 22, 1985.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements › §38:459. Repeal or modification of statute to detriment of bonds

RS 38:459 - Repeal or modification of statute to detriment of bonds
This Subpart and all other statutes authorizing levee districts and levee and drainage districts in the state to levy and collect taxes and local contributions or to issue bonds shall not be repealed or modified to the detriment of the bonds authorized by this Subpart, and it is hereby declared that this obligation not to repeal or modify these laws shall be binding upon the state and shall be and form a part of the contract evidenced by the bonds.
Acts 1985, No. 785, §1, eff. July 22, 1985.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements › §38:460. Enforcement of duties by mandamus

RS 38:460 - Enforcement of duties by mandamus
The performance of the duties imposed by this Subpart upon the boards of commissioners of the levee districts and levee and drainage districts, and upon other officers of this state may be enforced by mandamus at the separate or joint suit of any holder or holders of any of the bonds issued hereunder in the event of the failure on the part of any board or officers to perform their duties.
Acts 1985, No. 785, §1, eff. July 22, 1985.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements › §38:461. Full authority for issuing bonds; additional and alternative methods

RS 38:461 - Full authority for issuing bonds; additional and alternative methods
This Subpart without reference to any other statute shall be deemed to be full and complete authority for the issuance of refunding bonds by the levee districts and levee and drainage districts of this state and shall be construed as an additional and alternative method for issuing bonds. No proceedings shall be required for the issuance of refunding bonds other than those provided and required in this Subpart, and all powers necessary to be exercised by the boards of commissioners in order to carry out the provisions of this Subpart are hereby conferred.
Acts 1985, No. 785, §1, eff. July 22, 1985.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements › §38:471. Authority to issue bonds

RS 38:471 - Authority to issue bonds
The board of commissioners or other governing authority of any levee district or levee and drainage district in the state may issue bonds of the district, in addition to any bonds which it is now authorized by law to issue, for the purpose of constructing levees, drainage, levee drainage, and for all other purposes incidental thereto, including the purchase of equipment, the payment of the cost of lands and improvements thereon used or destroyed for levees, drainage, or levee drainage purposes, and for the payment of any outstanding indebtedness incurred for such purposes or for any one or more of such purposes. The bonds shall be known as "Levee Improvement Bonds" and shall mature in annual installments in the amounts which shall be prescribed by the board of commissioners of the district beginning not more than three years from their date and running not more than forty years from their date. The bonds shall bear interest as provided in R.S. 39:1421 et seq., payable annually or semiannually. The bonds shall be sold at the time or times and in the amounts which the board of commissioners of the district shall determine.
Acts 1985, No. 785, §1, eff. July 22, 1985.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements › §38:472. Resolution authorizing bonds; contest of legality of bonds or tax

RS 38:472 - Resolution authorizing bonds; contest of legality of bonds or tax
The improvement bonds shall be authorized by a resolution of the board of commissioners of the district, and the resolution shall be promulgated by one insertion in a newspaper of general circulation published in the district. For a period of sixty days from the date of publication of the resolution, any person in interest may contest the legality of the bonds or of the tax authorized for the payment thereof for any cause. After this time, no one shall have any cause or right of action to contest the regularity, formality, or legality of the bond authorization or the tax provision for any cause. If the validity of the tax or bond issue is not contested within the time delay set forth in the constitution, the authority to issue the bonds, the legality thereof, and of the taxes necessary to pay the bonds shall be conclusively presumed, and no court shall have authority to inquire into these matters.
Acts 1985, No. 785, §1, eff. July 22, 1985.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements › §38:473. Interest on bonds

RS 38:473 - Interest on bonds
The interest on the bonds shall be paid out of funds arising from the collection of taxes and other revenues of the levee board or levee and drainage board, and the state treasurer shall pay any interest that may be due on the bonds when presented by any bona fide holder or holders of the bonds. A sufficient amount of the taxes and revenues shall always remain on hand to pay one-half year's interest on the bonds and shall not be diverted to any other purpose by any authority whatever, except as may be necessary to pay the principal and interest of the bonds already issued by the levee board.
Acts 1985, No. 785, §1, eff. July 22, 1985.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements › §38:474. Payment of bonds at maturity

RS 38:474 - Payment of bonds at maturity
The board of commissioners shall set aside and deduct out of the taxes, local contributions, and other revenues of the board by preference over all other claims an amount sufficient to pay the series of bonds maturing each year as provided in the resolution authorizing the issuance of the bonds, and the bonds shall be paid annually and discharged from the principal of the bonds at maturity. This Subpart shall not be construed to constitute bonds, issued under the provisions of this Subpart, a charge upon the revenues prior to the change of any outstanding bonds, notes, or certificates of indebtedness issued by the district pursuant to authority conferred by law*.
Acts 1985, No. 785, §1, eff. July 22, 1985.
*NOTE: AS APPEARS IN ENROLLED BILL.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements › §38:475. Taxes and local contributions for payment of interest; setting apart amount necessary

RS 38:475 - Taxes and local contributions for payment of interest; setting apart amount necessary
For the purpose of paying the interest on the bonds, the board of commissioners of the levee district or levee and drainage district shall annually levy, in an amount sufficient for that purpose, taxes and local contributions which they are authorized and empowered to levy as well as taxes and local contributions which it may hereafter be authorized to levy. From the first money realized from the taxes and local contributions, the state treasurer shall set apart annually an amount necessary to pay the interest and the money thus set apart shall not be diverted to any other purpose.
Acts 1985, No. 785, §1, eff. July 22, 1985.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements › §38:476. Taxes and local contributions for payment of principal; setting apart sufficient amount

RS 38:476 - Taxes and local contributions for payment of principal; setting apart sufficient amount
For the purpose of providing for the payment of the principal of the bonds issued under this Subpart as they mature, the levee board or levee and drainage board shall levy in an amount sufficient to pay the bonds maturing in each year the taxes and local contributions which they are authorized and empowered to levy, as well as any taxes and local contributions which they may hereafter be authorized to levy. From the first moneys realized from the taxes and local contributions, the state treasurer after providing for the payment of the principal and interest of the bonds shall set apart an amount sufficient to pay the principal of the bonds maturing that year, and the money thus set apart shall not be diverted to any other purpose.
Acts 1985, No. 785, §1, eff. July 22, 1985.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements › §38:477. Extension and collection of taxes when board fails to levy

RS 38:477 - Extension and collection of taxes when board fails to levy
In case of failure of the board of commissioners of the district to levy the taxes and local contributions as provided for in R.S. 38:475 and 38:476 or in case for any other cause the taxes and local contributions are not so levied, the state auditor or whatever officer may at the time be charged with the functions of the state auditor shall order the proper officers to extend the taxes upon the assessment rolls of the parish or parishes in which any part of the district is located and to order the proper officer of the parish, parishes, and parts of parishes, to collect the taxes and local contributions to an amount sufficient to meet the purposes provided for by R.S. 38:475 and 38:476; and the officers shall assess and collect the taxes and local contributions as so ordered. To that end, the taxes and local contributions are now, once and for all, hereby levied and ordered to be collected to an amount sufficient to provide for the payment of the interest and principal of the bonds. The present levy of the taxes and local contributions shall be operative only in case the taxes and local contributions are not otherwise levied, either because of failure on the part of the board of commissioners to perform the duty imposed upon it by R.S. 38:475 and 38:476 or for any other cause. Nothing in this Subpart shall be construed to require the board of commissioners of the district to set aside funds or levy taxes for the payment of the principal and interest of bonds authorized to be issued under provisions of this Subpart, except insofar as it shall be necessary to provide for the payment of the principal and interest actually maturing and becoming due each year.
Acts 1985, No. 785, §1, eff. July 22, 1985.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements › §38:478. Provisions for issuance; purposes; security; form of bonds

RS 38:478 - Provisions for issuance; purposes; security; form of bonds
A. The board of commissioners of the levee district or levee and drainage district shall have power and authority to issue bonds under the provisions of this Subpart for the purpose of constructing levees, drainage, levee drainage, and for all other purposes incidental thereto, including the payment of the cost of lands and improvements thereon used or destroyed for levees, drainage, or levee drainage purposes, and for the payment of any outstanding indebtedness incurred for such purposes or for any one or more of such purposes. The board of commissioners may issue bonds hereunder from time to time in the amounts which it may deem necessary and expedient and shall by resolution fix the form and terms of the bonds, the rate or rates of interest, and the manner in which the bonds may be issued and sold, not inconsistent herewith; however, no bonds shall be sold for less than par. The bonds shall be payable in such medium and at such place or places within or without the state as may be fixed by the resolution. All bonds shall constitute negotiable instruments and shall be signed by the president and the secretary of the board of commissioners under its official seal, and the interest coupons attached thereto shall be signed by the facsimile signatures of such officials. The delivery of any bonds or coupons so executed at any time thereafter shall be valid although before the date of delivery a person or persons signing the bonds or coupons shall cease to hold office. The provisions of this Subpart shall not be construed to require that all of the bonds authorized hereunder shall bear the same date, date of maturity, or rate of interest. The board of commissioners may in any resolution authorizing such bonds provide for the respective priorities of separate blocks, series, or issues of bonds issued under this Subpart or may provide for the issuance of additional bonds in the future on a parity under such conditions as may be therein specified. In the absence of any such provision, if one or more series of bonds shall be issued hereunder, priority of lien on the taxes, local contributions, and other income and revenues of the district from which such bonds are payable shall depend upon the time of delivery of such bonds, each series enjoying a lien prior and superior to that enjoyed by any series of bonds subsequently delivered.
B. Nothing in this Subpart to the contrary withstanding, any bonds issued hereunder shall be payable from the taxes, local contributions, and other income and revenues of the levee district or levee and drainage district.
Acts 1985, No. 785, §1, eff. July 22, 1985.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements › §38:479. Bondholder's right to enforce levy and collection of tax

RS 38:479 - Bondholder's right to enforce levy and collection of tax
In case for any cause it becomes necessary to enforce payment of the principal and interest of the improvement bonds, any court of competent jurisdiction, at the joint or separate suit of any holder of bonds of the board, may require the tax collector of the parish or parishes in which any of the territory of the district which issued the bonds may be located, under the direction and orders of the court, to proceed to levy and collect the taxes and local contributions levied in R.S. 38:477 and to pay the amount so collected into the state treasury. The amount so paid shall not be used for any other purpose than to pay the interest and principal of the bonds.
Acts 1985, No. 785, §1, eff. July 22, 1985.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements › §38:480. Binding obligation of state

RS 38:480 - Binding obligation of state
This Subpart and all other statutes authorizing any levee district or levee and drainage district in the state to levy and collect taxes and local contributions or to issue bonds shall not be repealed or modified to the detriment of the bonds authorized by this Subpart. This obligation not to so repeal or modify the statutes is hereby declared to be binding upon the state and to be a part of the contract of the bonds.
Acts 1985, No. 785, §1, eff. July 22, 1985.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements › §38:481. Enforcement of performance of duties by mandamus

RS 38:481 - Enforcement of performance of duties by mandamus
The performance of the duties imposed by this Subpart upon the board of commissioners of the levee districts and levee and drainage districts of the state and other officers of this state may be enforced by mandamus at the separate or joint suit of any holder or owners of the bonds in case of failure on the part of the board or officers to perform their duties.
Acts 1985, No. 785, §1, eff. July 22, 1985.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements › §38:482. §§482 to 490 Repealed by Acts 1985, No. 785, §1, eff. July 22, 1985.

RS 38:482 - §§482 to 490 Repealed by Acts 1985, No. 785, §1, eff. July 22, 1985.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements › §38:491. Authority to borrow money and issue bonds

RS 38:491 - Authority to borrow money and issue bonds
The levee districts and levee and drainage districts of Louisiana under the terms of any law which may be enacted by the Congress of the United States may borrow money from the United States government to be used for the purpose of constructing, repairing, or maintaining a levee, levees, drainage, or other works designed to protect the territory of the levee districts from the flood waters of the Mississippi River, upon terms which the congress may determine, and in evidence of the loans, may issue and deliver to the proper federal authorities at par value, negotiable bonds of the levee districts and levee and drainage districts, secured by the pledge of revenues and taxes. The bonds shall bear interest as provided in R.S. 39:1421 et seq., and in terms provide for their repayment, principal, and interest on an amortization plan by means of equal annual installments which will liquidate the bonds in periods ranging from twenty to forty years. The bonds shall not exceed fifteen percent of the total assessed valuation of property subject to levee taxation in any district issuing them, including the bond issues of the district heretofore authorized, issued, and outstanding. In all cases the loan shall be formally approved by the office of engineering whose approval shall be expressly written or printed in or across each bond.
Acts 1985, No. 785, §1, eff. July 22, 1985; Acts 2012, No. 753, §5.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements › §38:492. Form of bonds

RS 38:492 - Form of bonds
The form of the bonds and interest coupons attached shall be as prescribed by the attorney general of the state, and each bond shall expressly show that the form thereof has been so prescribed and prepared by the officer whose official signature together with the signature of the chief engineer of the office of engineering and the president and secretary of the levee board or levee and drainage board availing itself of the provisions of this Subpart shall appear on each bond. The bonds issued under this Subpart shall be without prejudice to the bonds heretofore issued by the several levee districts and levee and drainage districts under the provisions of existing laws.
Acts 1985, No. 785, §1, eff. July 22, 1985; Acts 2012, No. 753, §5.