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2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:1246.12. Federal and state aid

RS 33:1246.12 - Federal and state aid
Ambulance service districts created hereunder shall have full power to do such things and enter into such contracts and agreements with the United States of America or with any state or federal agency or instrumentality as may be necessary to procure aids and grants to assist such districts in carrying out the purposes for which they are created.
Added by Acts 1975, No. 369, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:1247.2. Object of the districts

RS 33:1247.2 - Object of the districts
The objects and purposes of the ambulance service districts and the governing bodies created under the provisions of this Chapter shall be to own and operate ambulances for the care and transportation of persons suffering from illnesses or disabilities which require ambulance care.
Added by Acts 1976, No. 113, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:1247.3. Commission, qualification of members; officers, appointment; vacancies; compensation; removal of commissioners

RS 33:1247.3 - Commission, qualification of members; officers, appointment; vacancies; compensation; removal of commissioners
A. Any ambulance service district formed or created under these Sections shall be governed by a board of five commissioners, hereafter referred to as the commission, who shall be qualified voters and residents of the district. The commission shall be appointed by the governing authority of the parish. Two of the first commissioners so appointed shall serve for two years, two for four years, and one for six years.
B. At the expiration of their respective terms of office, the successors to such appointees shall be appointed within thirty days for six-year terms. The parish governing authority shall fill vacancies in the same manner as the predecessor appointees were selected. Any member of the commission may be removed from office for cause and his appointment rescinded by two-thirds vote of the elected membership of the parish governing authority.
C. The commission annually shall elect one of its members chairman, and one vice chairman. The meeting shall be held at the domicile of the district established by the parish governing authority. At least three regular meetings shall be held annually. Special meetings may be held at such times and places as shall be specified, by call of the chairman or the parish governing authority.
Added by Acts 1976, No. 113, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:1247.4. Powers and duties of commission

RS 33:1247.4 - Powers and duties of commission
In addition to the duties defined elsewhere, the commission shall have the duty and authority:
(1) To represent the public interest in providing ambulance care in the district.
(2) To advise the parish governing authority and the ambulance director on problems concerning the operation of the ambulance service district.
(3) To make, alter, amend, and promulgate rules and regulations governing the conduct of the ambulance service district.
(4) To conduct hearings and pass upon complaints by or against any officer or employee of the district.
(5) To review and modify, or set aside any action of the officers or employees of the district which the commission may determine to be desirable or necessary in the public interest.
(6) To appoint a director of the ambulance service district and to perform such other duties as may now or hereafter be required by law.
(7) To appoint the necessary standing and special committees which may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this Chapter.
(8) To establish rates of pay for the use of facilities provided by the district.
(9) To enter into lease agreements with recognized and duly constituted nonprofit associations which are primarily engaged in the operation of ambulance related organizations.
(10) To designate a bank to act as agent for depositing funds.
(11) To designate rules and regulations for safekeeping of the funds acquired, collected, or loaned by or to the district, and to provide for regular audits of the accounts of the district.
Added by Acts 1976, No. 113, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:1247.5. Director of ambulance service district

RS 33:1247.5 - Director of ambulance service district
The board of commissioners shall appoint a director of ambulance service district hereafter referred to as "director," who has had experience in the field of administration and is familiar with the principles and methods of medical care or who in the opinion of the board of commissioners has held a responsible position in the area of management. He shall assume full responsibilities as director of the district and shall receive a salary fixed by the commission. He shall serve at the pleasure of the commission.
Added by Acts 1976, No. 113, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:1247.6. Staff

RS 33:1247.6 - Staff
The commission shall appoint such staff as is necessary to provide adequate ambulance service in the parish of Jefferson. The staff shall assist the director in the operation of the service district, promulgate rules and regulations, and approve the appointment of a director made by the commission.
Added by Acts 1976, No. 113, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:1247.7. Petition for organization of district

RS 33:1247.7 - Petition for organization of district
Upon failure or refusal of the governing authority of the parish to organize an ambulance service district, they are hereby required to, and shall form such district when petitioned to do so upon petition presented to the governing authority of the parish, signed by not less than twenty-five persons owning or assessed for lands in the districts. In presenting such petition to the governing authority of the parish, such petition shall set forth substantially the boundaries of the district which is proposed to be organized.
Added by Acts 1976, No. 113, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:1247.8. District to constitute body corporate; powers

RS 33:1247.8 - District to constitute body corporate; powers
Any ambulance service district thus created shall constitute a body corporate in law with all the powers of a corporation, shall have perpetual existence, shall have the power and right to incur debts and contract obligations, to sue and be sued, and to do and perform any and all acts in its corporate capacity and its corporate name necessary and proper for the carrying out of the objects and purposes for which the ambulance service district was created. It may acquire by donation or purchase, any existing ambulance facility in the district. It also shall have the power and authority to acquire any and all necessary equipment and buildings for the purpose of performing the objects for which it is formed, and shall own all sites and physical facilities which are acquired either by donation, purchase, exchange, and otherwise in full ownership.
Added by Acts 1976, No. 113, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:1247.9. Procedure in organizing district

RS 33:1247.9 - Procedure in organizing district
In the creation of an ambulance service district, the governing authority of the parish shall at the same time designate a time and place for the first meeting of the commission, the meeting to take place within sixty days from the date of their appointment. At the first meeting of the commission, they shall proceed to organize by electing a chairman and a vice chairman.
It shall be the duty of the chairman to preside over the meetings of the commission and to perform such other duties as are usually required of presidents or chairmen of the other corporate bodies. It shall be the duty of the vice chairman to act in the absence of the chairman and in case of the disability of the chairman to act.
The commission shall elect the director of the ambulance service district who shall serve as secretary and treasurer for the commission. The director shall furnish a surety bond in a sum equal to the amount of taxes collected in said district during any one year. The premium on this bond shall be paid by the ambulance district out of its funds. The commission shall have authority to fix his salary and define his authority and duties not otherwise provided in this Chapter. The director shall assume the responsibilities of the office and shall hold his office at the pleasure of the commission.
Added by Acts 1976, No. 113, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:1247.10. Rules and regulations; contracts

RS 33:1247.10 - Rules and regulations; contracts
The ambulance district or the commission of the ambulance district shall have the power, and it shall be their duty, to adopt rules and regulations for the proper conduct and operation of any ambulance or medical facilities under its administration. They shall have the power and authority to enter into contracts for the acquiring of ambulances and medical facilities necessary for the administration of services for their district.
Added by Acts 1976, No. 113, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:1247.11. Domicile; service of citation

RS 33:1247.11 - Domicile; service of citation
The governing authority of the parish creating an ambulance service district, with corporate powers, shall designate the domicile of such corporation, at which domicile it shall be sued and service of citation made on the director, and in his absence, upon the chairman of the commission, and in his or their absence, then upon the vice chairman of the commission; provided that in fixing the domicile of the district the governing authority of the parish shall at all times fix the same at a place within the district.
Added by Acts 1976, No. 113, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:1247.12. District as political subdivision; incurring debt; election imposing taxes; authority

RS 33:1247.12 - District as political subdivision; incurring debt; election imposing taxes; authority
Any ambulance service district created is hereby declared to be a political subdivision of the state. For carrying out the purposes of the ambulance service district as provided in these Sections, the district, under the provisions of the Louisiana Constitution of 1974, shall have the powers of taxation and the power to incur debt and issue bonds and to call an election for the purpose of imposing any authorized taxes or to incur debt, provided that the district shall not impose any tax increasing measures until the qualified electors of the district have approved the additional taxes. Whenever the governing body of a district calls an election for the purpose of submitting to the qualified electors of the district the question of incurring debt and issuing bonds for the purpose of efficient ambulance service it may, in the same election, submit to the qualified electors of the district, in the manner provided by Title 39, Subtitle II, Chapter 4, and by Sections 32 and 33 of Article VI of the Louisiana Constitution of 1974, a proposition to levy a special tax of not more than ten mills on the dollar for the purpose of maintaining and operating the ambulance service facilities of the district. The provisions of this Section do not prohibit the voting of this maintenance tax by any district which has acquired or proposes to acquire its ambulance service facilities through some means other than the issuance of bonds.
Added by Acts 1976, No. 113, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:1247.13. Federal and state aid

RS 33:1247.13 - Federal and state aid
Ambulance service districts created hereunder shall have full power to do such things and enter into such contracts and agreements with the United States of America or with any state or federal agency or instrumentality as may be necessary to procure aids and grants to assist such districts in carrying out the purposes for which they are created.
Added by Acts 1976, No. 113, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:1261. Creation; authority of Allen Parish Police Jury

RS 33:1261 - Creation; authority of Allen Parish Police Jury
The Allen Parish Police Jury is authorized and empowered, upon its own initiative, to form and create one or more ambulance service districts within Allen Parish. The police jury is further authorized to alter the boundaries of any ambulance service district, provided that no such boundary change shall cause an impairment of the obligations of any contract of the ambulance service district.
Added by Acts 1982, No. 39, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:1261.1. Purpose

RS 33:1261.1 - Purpose
The purpose of an ambulance service district created under the provisions of this Part shall be to own and operate ambulances for the transportation of persons suffering from illnesses or disabilities which necessitate ambulance care.
Added by Acts 1982, No. 39, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:1261.2. Board of commissioners; membership; qualifications; appointment; terms, vacancies; removal; officers; meetings

RS 33:1261.2 - Board of commissioners; membership; qualifications; appointment; terms, vacancies; removal; officers; meetings
A. An ambulance service district created under the provisions of this Part shall be governed by a board of commissioners composed of five qualified voters of the district, to be appointed by the Allen Parish Police Jury.
B. Two of the initial commissioners shall serve two year terms, two shall serve four year terms, and one shall serve a six year term, as designated by the police jury. Successors to the initial commissioners shall serve six year terms. Vacancies shall be filled by appointment of the police jury. Any commissioner may be removed from office for cause, and his appointment rescinded by a two-thirds vote of the elected membership of the police jury.
C. The first meeting of the board of commissioners shall be within sixty days of the date of the appointment of the members. A chairman and vice chairman of the board shall be elected, and a director of the district shall be appointed, at the first meeting. Thereafter, the board of commissioners shall hold a minimum of three meetings annually. The Allen Parish Police Jury or the chairman of the board of commissioners may call additional meetings.
Added by Acts 1982, No. 39, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:1261.3. Corporate status of district; authority of board

RS 33:1261.3 - Corporate status of district; authority of board
A. An ambulance service district created under the provisions of this Part shall constitute a body corporate in law with all the power and right to incur debts and contract obligations, to sue and be sued, and to do and perform any and all acts in its corporate capacity and its corporate name necessary and proper for the carrying out of the objects and purposes for which the ambulance service district was created. It may acquire by donation or purchase any existing ambulance facility in the district. It also shall have the power and authority to acquire any and all necessary equipment and buildings for the purpose of performing the objects for which it is formed, and shall own all sites and physical facilities which are acquired either by donation, purchase, exchange, and otherwise in full ownership. The district shall be domiciled as designated by the police jury.
B. The board of commissioners of an ambulance service district thus created shall have the following authority:
(1) To represent the public interest in providing ambulance care in the district.
(2) To advise the police jury and the ambulance director on problems concerning the operation of the ambulance service district.
(3) To make, alter, amend, and promulgate rules and regulations governing the conduct of the ambulance service district.
(4) To conduct hearings and pass upon complaints by or against any officer or employee of the district.
(5) To review and modify, or set aside any action of the officers or employees of the district which the commission may determine to be desirable or in the public interest.
(6) To appoint a director of the ambulance service district.
(7) To appoint the standing and special committees which may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this Part.
(8) To establish charges for the use of facilities provided by the district.
(9) To enter into lease agreements with recognized and duly constituted nonprofit associations which are primarily engaged in the operation of ambulance related organizations.
(10) To designate a bank to act as agent for depositing funds.
(11) To designate rules and regulations for safekeeping of the funds acquired, collected, or loaned by or to the district, and to provide for regular audits of the accounts of the district.
Added by Acts 1982, No. 39, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:1261.4. Director

RS 33:1261.4 - Director
The board of commissioners shall appoint a director of the ambulance service district who has had experience in the field of administration and is familiar with the principles and methods of medical care or who in the opinion of the board of commissioners has held a responsible position in the area of management. The director shall serve as secretary-treasurer of the board. He shall furnish a surety bond in a sum equal to the amount of taxes collected annually in the district. The premium on this bond shall be paid by the board out of the funds of the district. The director shall assume full responsibilities as director of the district, shall receive a salary fixed by the board, and shall serve at the pleasure of the board.
Added by Acts 1982, No. 39, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:1261.5. Staff

RS 33:1261.5 - Staff
The board shall appoint such staff as is necessary to provide adequate ambulance service in Allen Parish. The staff shall assist the director in the operation of the district, promulgate rules and regulations, and approve the appointment of a director.
Added by Acts 1982, No. 39, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:1261.6. Taxation; authority, procedure

RS 33:1261.6 - Taxation; authority, procedure
Any ambulance service district created is hereby declared to be a political subdivision of the state. For carrying out the purposes of the ambulance service district as provided in this Part, the district, under the provisions of the Constitution of Louisiana, shall have the power of taxation and the power to incur debt and issue bonds and to call an election for the purpose of imposing any authorized taxes, or to incur debt, provided that the district shall not impose any tax increasing measures until the qualified electors of the district have approved the additional taxes.
Added by Acts 1982, No. 39, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:1261.7. Federal and state aid

RS 33:1261.7 - Federal and state aid
Ambulance service districts created hereunder shall have full power to do such things and enter into such contracts and agreements with the United States of America or with any state or federal agency or instrumentality as may be necessary to procure aids and grants to assist such districts in carrying out the purposes for which they are created.
Added by Acts 1982, No. 39, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:1321. Terms defined

RS 33:1321 - Terms defined
For the purposes of this Part "Municipality" shall include cities, towns, villages, or other special districts or other political subdivisions created to perform one or more public functions or services. "Governing body" shall mean the body with authority to enact ordinances and resolutions and in which is vested responsibility for the public policy; and "bonds" shall mean any bonds issued pursuant to any law by any parish or municipality, whether such bonds are payable from revenues of a revenue producing project, or from ad valorem taxes on real estate, acreage taxes, or from any other source whatever.
Amended by Acts 1954, No. 665, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:1324.1. Political corporations and subdivisions contracts for services

RS 33:1324.1 - Political corporations and subdivisions contracts for services
In order to effect economy of operation, any two or more political corporations or subdivisions may contract with each other to combine the use of administrative and operative personnel and equipment upon such basis of compensation therefor as may be mutually agreed to by all such political corporations and subdivisions.
Added by Acts 1972, No. 9, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:1325. Form and publication of agreements

RS 33:1325 - Form and publication of agreements
All arrangements concluded under the authority of R.S. 33:1324 shall be reduced to writing. For this purpose it shall suffice for each party to the agreement, acting through its governing body, to accept the agreement by the passage of an ordinance or resolution setting out the terms of the agreement. The agreement, ordinance, or resolution shall be published in the official journal of the parish or municipality, in the same manner as are the other proceedings of the governing body.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:1326. Service agreements

RS 33:1326 - Service agreements
A.(1)(a) Any parish, municipality, or political subdivision, or combination thereof, operating a gas, water, or electric light or power system, sewerage plant, or transportation system may extend such services to persons and business organizations located outside its territorial bounds, or to any other parish or municipality.
(b) Such extension shall be in accordance with the terms of service agreements entered into by the parish, municipality, or political subdivision, or combination thereof, supplying the service and the persons, business organizations, parishes, or municipalities receiving the service.
(2) No parish, municipality, or political subdivision, or combination thereof, operating an electric utility system shall sell electric power at retail outside its territorial bounds unless such power is transmitted from such electric utilities distribution system and delivered to retail customers solely through facilities owned by such parish, municipality, or political subdivision, or combination thereof.
B.(1) Nothing in this Section shall prohibit or mandate the performance by any parish, municipality, or political subdivision, or combination thereof, of any agreement for the sale of electric power to persons and business organizations located outside its territorial bounds under an agreement executed prior to January 1, 1984 or any renewal of such an agreement.
(2) Nothing in this Section shall prohibit or mandate the delivery or transmission of power in furtherance of such an agreement through facilities owned by others if the request had been communicated to the electric public utility prior to January 1, 1984.
Acts 1984, No. 349, §1, eff. July 2, 1984.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:1329. Acquisition of property

RS 33:1329 - Acquisition of property
Any parish or municipality or commission appointed under this part may acquire by gift, grant, purchase, or condemnation proceedings or otherwise, all property, including rights-of-way, necessary to effectuate arrangements concluded under the terms of this Part. Where condemnation is necessary, the parish or municipality shall follow the procedures which, under existing law, govern its acquisition of property by condemnation.
In the alternative whenever a reasonable price cannot be agreed upon or whenever the owner is legally incapacitated, is absent, is unknown, or is unable to convey valid title, any parish or municipality, or any commission appointed under the terms of this part shall have and is hereby given full power and authority to acquire by expropriation or condemnation any land, rights, rights-of-way, servitudes, flooding and overflow rights, franchises, and other property of any kind or nature declared to be necessary in connection with the joint exercise of any power authorized and anticipated by this Part. Where condemnation is necessary, each said parish, municipality or commission shall have the right to invoke and shall follow the procedures outlined and provided for in R.S. 48:1259.
Amended by Acts 1956, No. 443, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:1331. Financing agreements

RS 33:1331 - Financing agreements
Agreements concluded under R.S. 33:1324 and all written agreements concluded under R.S. 33:1325 shall include a statement of the financial obligations of each of the parties to the agreement. Any parish or municipality may appropriate such sums, issue its bonds, as defined in R.S. 33:1321, or levy any special taxes, except income taxes, in the manner provided by law, for any public project or improvement, as defined in R.S. 33:1324(4), to raise such sums as are necessary to fulfill its obligations under the terms of any agreements authorized by this part, including its obligations incurred in connection with the issuance of its bonds or other obligations issued under the authority of this part, and may charge and collect such fees, fares and tolls as are contemplated in said agreements. In furtherance hereof, each such municipality, parish or political subdivision may levy and collect such special taxes, except income taxes, as are not prohibited by the constitution of the state in effect at the time of such tax levy, including, but not limited to, ad valorem, license or excise taxes. Such taxes shall be for the sole purpose of enabling the municipality, parish or political subdivision to meet its financial obligations under the agreements entered into pursuant to Section 1325. No tax authorized herein shall be levied or increased until authorized by a majority of the electors of each municipality or parish affected thereby who vote thereon in an election held for that purpose.
Amended by Acts 1954, No. 665, §3; Acts 1974, No. 463, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1975.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:1332. Administration of agreements; joint commission

RS 33:1332 - Administration of agreements; joint commission
A. Any parishes or municipalities concluding an agreement under the provisions of this Part may create by resolutions duly adopted by the governing bodies thereof a joint commission as an agency and instrumentality of such parishes or municipalities to administer the terms of such agreement.
B.(1) The members of such commission shall be appointed by the respective participating parishes or municipalities, but no member of a parish governing authority or employee thereof shall serve as a member of a joint commission that has as its function the operation and maintenance of a causeway and its related roadways, created by the parish by agreement with one or more other parishes.
(2) Members of the joint commission shall receive such compensation for services performed by virtue of such appointment as shall be provided in such agreement, but any member of such commission who is also an officer or employee of a parish or municipality concluding such agreement shall also receive the compensation to which he is otherwise entitled as such officer or employee; provided, however, that any member of a joint commission, created by agreement of two or more parishes, that has as its function the operation and maintenance of a causeway and its related roadways who is also an officer or employee of a parish concluding such agreement shall not serve as a member of such joint commission.
C.(1) Each such commission shall be a body corporate under such corporate name and style as shall be provided in such agreement, shall have power to sue and be sued and shall continue in existence until all bonds, including refunding bonds, issued by such commission or any of such parishes or municipalities pursuant to such agreements have been finally paid and discharged.
(2) Each such commission shall have such powers relative to the construction, acquisition, improvement, operation, and management of any public project or improvement, as shall be provided in such agreement, and shall have power, if provided in such agreement to issue in its corporate name, but for and on behalf of such parishes or municipalities, any bonds to finance the cost of the construction or acquisition or improvement of such public projects or improvements, which bonds may be the joint obligation, several obligations, or joint and several obligations of such parishes or municipalities.
D. No such agreement shall have the effect of providing for a donation, in whole or in part, of the public funds or services of one parish or municipality for the benefit of another.
Amended by Acts 1954, No. 665, §4; Acts 1988, No. 363, §1, eff. July 8, 1988.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:1333. Agreements concerning collection and disposal of solid wastes

RS 33:1333 - Agreements concerning collection and disposal of solid wastes
Any political subdivision may make agreements pursuant to R.S. 33:1324 and 1324.1 in order to create greater efficiency and economy and further extension of services in the area of solid waste disposal. All such agreements shall be pursuant to the provisions of this Part, but, in addition to the ability to acquire by gift, grant, purchase, or condemnation proceedings as provided in R.S. 33:1329, the political subdivisions may use any state equipment that may be available for purposes of solid waste disposal. The political subdivisions pursuant to R.S. 33:1332 may issue bonds to finance construction, acquisition, improvement, maintenance, or operation of such public projects, which are hereby declared to be works of public improvement under Part III of Chapter 4 of Subtitle II of Title 39 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950 and Article VI, Section 32 of the Constitution of 1974, thereby allowing such political subdivisions to collect an ad valorem tax pursuant to the procedure set forth in Article VI, Section 32 of the Constitution of 1974 and applicable law. Arrangements for financing such operations, including the issuance of bonded indebtedness, shall be set forth in the agreement between the political subdivisions as required by R.S. 33:1331.
Added by Acts 1973, No. 103, §1; Acts 2014, No. 158, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:1336. Financing agreements

RS 33:1336 - Financing agreements
Any municipality and/or joint commission entering into a Contract pursuant to the provisions of R.S. 33:1335 may appropriate such sums as are necessary to fulfill its obligations under the terms of such Contract, and may incur debt and issue revenue bonds for the purpose of providing the municipality and/or joint commission's share of the cost of the construction and acquisition of the joint electric power generation and transmission facilities authorized under the provisions of R.S. 33:1335. Said bonds may be issued by any municipality and/or joint commission substantially in compliance with the procedures established by Subpart C, Part 1, Chapter 10, Title 33 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, but as to a joint commission created and acting pursuant to the authority of R.S. 33:1334, such bonds may be issued without the necessity of securing the approval of the electorate at a referendum. All properties or interest in properties at any time owned by a municipality and/or joint commission, and all bonds issued by a municipality and/or joint commission under the authority of this Section and the income therefrom shall be exempt from all taxation in the state of Louisiana. Also, for the purpose of R.S. 51:702(2) and any amendment thereto or substitution therefor, bonds issued by a municipality and/or joint commission hereunder shall be determined to be securities issued by a public instrumentality of a political subdivision of the state of Louisiana. The provisions of R.S. 33:1334(E) shall be applicable to bonds issued under this Section.
Added by Acts 1975, No. 597, §1, eff. July 17, 1975.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:1337. Liberal construction

RS 33:1337 - Liberal construction
These provisions shall be liberally construed, to the end that, through the use of arrangements and agreements provided for herein between one or more municipalities and/or joint commissions, and/or one or more electric public utility companies, greater economy and efficiency in the providing of electrical and energy services to the citizens may be achieved; and further to this end, the governing authority of the municipality and/or joint commission entering into an Energy Resource Contract as authorized by R.S. 33:1335 shall be empowered to adopt such other ordinances and resolutions, take such other actions and charge and collect such fees as may be contemplated or necessary by the said Contract, all for the purpose intended and in accordance with the authority of Article VII, Section 14(C) of the Constitution of 1974.
Added by Acts 1975, No. 597, §1, eff. July 17, 1975.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:1344. Governance of interlocal risk management agencies

RS 33:1344 - Governance of interlocal risk management agencies
If the Louisiana Municipal Association, the Police Jury Association of Louisiana, or the Louisiana School Board Association is designated to administer an interlocal risk management agency, the executive boards of the Louisiana Municipal Association and of the Police Jury Association of Louisiana, as the case may be, and the board of directors of the Louisiana School Board Association shall constitute the board of trustees of each such agency established as provided in R.S. 33:1343, and shall be authorized as such to adopt bylaws for the administration of their respective agencies.
Added by Acts 1979, No. 462, §1; Acts 2015, No. 309, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:1345. Interlocal risk management agency not an insurance company or insurer

RS 33:1345 - Interlocal risk management agency not an insurance company or insurer
An interlocal risk management agency is not an insurance company or an insurer under the laws of this state and the development and administration by such agency of one or more group self-insurance funds shall not constitute doing an insurance business. Intergovernmental agreements providing for the creation and maintenance of an interlocal risk management agency shall not be deemed to constitute insurance as defined by R.S. 22:46, nor shall the interlocal risk management agency or the development of a group self- insurance fund be subject to the provisions of Title 22, Chapter I, of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950.
Added by Acts 1979, No. 462, §1; Acts 2008, No. 415, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 2009.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:1346. Minimum contributions before risk sharing

RS 33:1346 - Minimum contributions before risk sharing
A group self-insurance fund shall not function as a means of sharing among its members an interlocal risk management agency risk of loss until the interlocal risk management agency administering such fund shall have received:
(1) For public liability and workers' compensation:
Each fund shall have an annual gross premium, calculated in accordance with the applicable manual premium rate or rates, plus or minus applicable experience credits or debits, of not less than two hundred thousand dollars.
(2) For accident and health protection:
Each fund shall have an annual gross premium of not less than two hundred thousand dollars.
(3) For coverage for those risks defined in R.S. 22:47(3), (6), (7), and (10):
Each fund shall have an annual gross premium of not less than two hundred thousand dollars.
Added by Acts 1979, No. 462, §1. Amended by Acts 1982, No. 454, §1; Acts 1983, 1st Ex.Sess., No. 1, §6; Acts 1991, No. 507, §1; Acts 2008, No. 415, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 2009.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:1347. Limited liability of members

RS 33:1347 - Limited liability of members
A local governmental subdivision shall not by reason of being a member of an interlocal risk management agency and contributing to a group self-insurance fund be liable to such interlocal risk management agency, to any other member or to any claimant against the agency, itself or another member, except for payment of contributions provided for in the intergovernmental agreement between the local governmental subdivision and the interlocal risk management agency, and no more. No interlocal risk management agency agreement shall have the effect of providing for a donation, in whole or in part, of the public funds of one local governmental subdivision for the benefit of another, provided, however, that nothing herein shall be construed to in any way reduce or limit a participant's right or obligations with respect to his or its employees under the provisions of Chapter 10 of Title 23 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950.
Added by Acts 1979, No. 462, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:1348. Authority of Commissioner of Insurance

RS 33:1348 - Authority of Commissioner of Insurance
(A) Annually each interlocal risk management agency shall file with the commissioner of insurance certified audited financial statements and a review of its operations and general condition by a certified independent casualty actuary.
(B) No interlocal risk management agency shall become operative until issued a certificate of authority by the commissioner of insurance under such rules and regulations as he may promulgate to assure compliance with the provisions of this Subpart. The commissioner of insurance or his chief examiner shall have authority to examine the books, records and affairs of any interlocal risk management agency for the purpose of determining compliance with this Subpart, and to revoke the certificate of authority of any such agency which he determines is not in compliance with this Subpart.
Added by Acts 1979, No. 462, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:1349. Excess insurance

RS 33:1349 - Excess insurance
A. An interlocal risk management agency shall maintain at all times a contract or contracts of specific excess insurance or aggregate excess insurance in an amount as may be stipulated or approved by the commissioner of insurance for any or all forms of insurance risks, except as otherwise stated in this Section.
B. The agency shall provide statutory workers' compensation benefits and shall maintain at all times a contract or contracts of specific excess of at least two million dollars per occurrence and a contract or contracts of aggregate excess of at least two million dollars. The effective date for such excess and aggregate amounts shall be the first day of the fund year following the effective date of this bill.
C. Nothing herein shall be construed to in any way reduce or limit a participant's rights or obligations with respect to his or its employees under the other provisions of this Subpart.
D. An interlocal risk management agency shall maintain at all times a contract or contracts of specific excess insurance of at least one million dollars and aggregate stop loss insurance of at least one million dollars with respect to accident and health coverage claims.
E. An interlocal risk management agency may pool any excess funds, if any, after payment of claims and cost of administration of a fund, as determined at the end of each fund year, with excess funds of another fund, and use such pooled excess funds to establish a special loss reserve fund for the purpose of reinsuring all or any part of the excess insurance amounts otherwise required by Subsections A, B, and D of this Section. Such special loss reserve fund shall not constitute doing insurance business or be deemed to constitute insurance as defined by R.S. 22:46, nor shall be subject to the provisions of Chapter 1 of Title 22 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950.
F. An interlocal risk management agency may, either in its own name or jointly with another such interlocal risk management agency, use such pooled excess funds to form an insurance company under the provisions of Title 22 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950 for the purpose of reinsuring the risks of the interlocal risk management agency or agencies whose pooled excess funds are so used.
Added by Acts 1979, No. 462, §1. Amended by Acts 1981, No. 808, §1, eff. Aug. 2, 1981; Acts 1982, No. 454, §1; Acts 1983, 1st Ex.Sess., No. 1, §6; Acts 1985, No. 230, §1; Acts 1986, No. 640, §1; Acts 1997, No. 1084, §1; Acts 2008, No. 415, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 2009.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:1350. Audit of funds

RS 33:1350 - Audit of funds
The legislative auditor shall have the authority to examine and audit the books and accounts of any fund established under the provisions of this Subpart pursuant to the provisions of Section 513 of Title 24 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950. In addition, each participating local governmental subdivision shall have the authority to cause an examination and audit of said fund by its representatives.
Added by Acts 1979, No. 462, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:1350.1. Louisiana Association of Chiefs of Police Risk Management Agency

RS 33:1350.1 - Louisiana Association of Chiefs of Police Risk Management Agency
A. There is hereby created, in accordance with this Subpart, an interlocal risk management agency to be known as the Louisiana Association of Chiefs of Police Risk Management Agency, hereinafter referred to as "the agency". The agency shall be in the form of a trust.
B. All powers, duties, functions, and responsibilities of the agency shall be vested in a board of trustees, which shall be appointed by the Louisiana Association of Chiefs of Police. The board shall have the power to perform all functions necessary to pool liability insurance risks of its member police departments in accordance with the provisions of this Subpart. The board of trustees shall consist of six full-time, professional law enforcement officers appointed by the Louisiana Association of Chiefs of Police and one risk management specialist elected from the professional committee which serves under the board.
C. The agency shall be exempt from all fees and all taxes levied by this state or any of its subdivisions except taxes levied on real or personal property.
D. The agency shall be subject to the excess insurance requirements established in R.S. 33:1349.
Acts 1988, No. 354, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:1350.2. Louisiana Hospital Association Workers' Compensation Interlocal Risk Management Agency

RS 33:1350.2 - Louisiana Hospital Association Workers' Compensation Interlocal Risk Management Agency
A. There is hereby created, in accordance with this Subpart, an interlocal risk management agency to be known as the Louisiana Hospital Association Workers' Compensation Interlocal Risk Management Agency, hereinafter referred to as the "agency". The agency shall be in the form of a trust, the majority of the members of which shall be governmental subdivisions.
B. All powers, duties, functions, and responsibilities of the agency shall be vested in a board of trustees to be appointed by the Louisiana Hospital Association from among the members of the trust in accordance with the provisions of the trust. The board shall have the power to perform all functions necessary to pool hospital employers' liability and workers' compensation insurance risks for the trust's hospital members in accordance with the provisions of this Subpart.
C. The agency shall be subject to the provisions of R.S. 33:1345, 1346, 1347, 1348(A), 1349, and 1350. In addition, the commissioner of insurance or its chief examiner shall have the authority to examine the books, records, or officers of the agency for the purpose of determining compliance with the provisions of this Section and to revoke the certificate of authority of the agency in the event the commissioner determines that the agency fails to comply with the provisions of this Section.
Acts 1997, No. 1084, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:1352. Definitions; terms defined

RS 33:1352 - Definitions; terms defined
The following words and terms shall have the meaning indicated unless the context shall clearly indicate a different meaning:
(1) "Governing body" means the body which exercises the functions of the local housing authority.
(2) "Interlocal risk management agency" means an association formed by two or more local housing authorities by an interagency agreement made pursuant to the provisions of this Part VII, for the development and administration of an interlocal risk management program and one or more group self-insurance funds.
(3) "Interlocal risk management program" means a plan and activities carried out under such plan by an interlocal risk management agency to reduce risk of loss, including safety engineering and other loss prevention and control techniques, and to administer one or more local self-insurance funds, each established for one or more risks, including the processing and defense of claims brought against members of the agency.
(4) "Local housing authority" means any parish or municipal housing authority.
(5) "Self-insurance fund" means a pool of public monies established by an interlocal risk management agency from contributions of its members in order:
(a) To pool any one or more of the following risks: general liability, workers' compensation, public officials liability, including employment practices liability, property, or any other line of coverage approved by the board of trustees of the interlocal risk management agency.
(b) To purchase insurance for risks of general liability, workers' compensation, property coverage, or other lines of coverage approved by the board of trustees of the interlocal risk management agency.
(6) Repealed by Acts 2004, No. 700, §2.
Added by Acts 1981, No. 802, §1. Acts 1983, 1st Ex.Sess., No. 1, §6; Acts 2004, No. 700, §§1, 2, eff. July 6, 2004; Acts 2015, No. 236, §1, eff. June 29, 2015.