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2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:1419.4. Alternative Fuel Vehicle Revolving Loan Fund

RS 33:1419.4 - Alternative Fuel Vehicle Revolving Loan Fund
A. There is hereby established the Alternative Fuel Vehicle Revolving Loan Fund, hereinafter referred to in this Subpart as the "alternative fuels loan fund", which shall be maintained, operated, and administered by the Department of Energy and Natural Resources.
B.(1) All grants, gifts, and donations received by the state for the purposes of the alternative fuels loan fund program; money appropriated by the legislature to the fund; and other revenues as may be provided by law, including federal funds and state funds to match any federal funds which are available to fund the Alternative Fuel Vehicle Revolving Loan Fund Program as provided in this Subpart, shall be deposited into and credited to the Alternative Fuel Vehicle Revolving Loan Fund.
(2) All money credited to the accounts of, or to be received by the alternative fuels loan fund, including sums to be received pursuant to grants, gifts, donations, or letters of credit, shall be expended, committed, or pledged in a manner consistent with the terms and conditions of the grants, gifts, donations, letters of credit and other sources of such deposits, credits, and letters of credit and as provided in federal and state law.
C.(1) The money in the fund not retained or used for loans and other purposes of the Alternative Fuel Vehicle Revolving Loan Program shall be invested by the treasurer in the same manner as money in the state general fund and interest earned on the investment of the money shall be credited to the fund after compliance with the requirements of Article VII, Section 9(B) relative to the Bond Security and Redemption Fund.
(2) All unexpended and unencumbered money in the fund at the end of a fiscal year shall remain in the fund to be used for loans and other purposes of the program in future fiscal years.
D.(1) The money in the alternative fuels loan fund shall be appropriated by the legislature and shall be used by the Department of Energy and Natural Resources solely for administrative costs of and the purposes of the Alternative Fuel Vehicle Revolving Loan Fund Program as provided for in this Subpart.
(2) Repayment of principal and interest on program loans and other obligations financed from the fund may be used to finance other program loans and obligations, provided that reserves for expenditures for administration of the fund and program the department deems necessary and prudent may be retained in the fund.
Acts 2010, No. 118, §1, eff. July 1, 2010; Acts 2023, No. 150, §8, eff. Jan. 10, 2024.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:1419.5. Use of the alternative fuels loan fund

RS 33:1419.5 - Use of the alternative fuels loan fund
Money from the alternative fuels loan fund may be used:
(1) To provide loans at or below market interest rates for a period not to exceed ten years from the completion date of the conversion of all or a portion of local governing authorities' fleets of motor vehicles to qualified clean fuel vehicles propelled by alternative fuels which are financed by the loans. The loans shall be subject to approval by the Department of Energy and Natural Resources.
(2) To purchase or refinance, at an interest rate that is less than or equal to the market interest rate, debt obligations arising from the program.
(3) To guarantee or purchase insurance for debt obligations arising from the program, if the total proceeds of such debt obligation support a fleet conversion eligible for assistance under this Subpart, or if such guarantee or purchase of insurance would improve credit market access or reduce the interest rate applicable for the obligation.
(4) To provide a source of revenue or security for the payment of principal, interest, or premium on revenue or general obligation bonds or other evidences of indebtedness issued by the Department of Energy and Natural Resources, or any political subdivision, governmental agency, public corporation, public trust, or any other entity having the authority to issue debt for or on behalf of the state, if the net proceeds of the debt instruments are deposited in the alternative fuels loan fund, are used to finance a fleet conversion approved by the Department of Energy and Natural Resources, or are used to refund any obligation which finances a fleet conversion approved under this Subpart.
Acts 2010, No. 118, §1, eff. July 1, 2010; Acts 2023, No. 150, §8, eff. Jan. 10, 2024.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:1419.6. Loan conditions and repayment

RS 33:1419.6 - Loan conditions and repayment
A. Upon approval of an application by the Department of Energy and Natural Resources, the department may lend amounts on deposit in the alternative fuels loan fund to a local governing authority to finance all or a portion of the cost of a fleet conversion. The loans are subject to the borrower's compliance with the conditions of the loan, as well as any applicable rules or regulations promulgated by the department.
B. Prior to making a loan, the Department of Energy and Natural Resources shall determine that the clean fuel vehicles will be fully insured and that the local governing authority has the ability to repay the loan and may require a dedicated source of repayment and impose additional requirements as the department deems necessary.
C. Each loan, unless prepaid, shall be payable subject to the loan agreement, with principal and interest payments commencing not later than one year after the completion date of the project for which the loan was made, and each loan shall be fully amortized not later than ten years after the completion date.
D.(1) The interest rate on each loan shall be established by the secretary of the Department of Energy and Natural Resources, subject to any limitations provided for federal assistance under a state transportation plan or other limitations required for the use of other federal funds by applicable federal law. Criteria to be considered in the development of the interest rate shall include but are not limited to administrative costs of the program, program priorities established by the department, the creditworthiness of the applicant, the cost of bonds issued to provide loan funding, and the long-term viability of the alternative fuels loan fund.
(2) The interest rate for a loan may include any additional rate that the Department of Energy and Natural Resources considers reasonable or necessary to provide a reserve for the repayment of the loan. The additional rate may be fixed or variable, may be calculated according to a formula, and may differ from the rate established for any other loans.
E. Each loan shall be evidenced by a bond, note, or other evidence of indebtedness of the borrower, in a form prescribed or approved by the Department of Energy and Natural Resources. The evidences of indebtedness shall be consistent with the provisions of this Subpart and, if federal funds are used, consistent with the terms of the appropriate federal act and are not required to be identical for all loans.
Acts 2010, No. 118, §1, eff. July 1, 2010; Acts 2023, No. 150, §8, eff. Jan. 10, 2024.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:1420.1. Special retirement benefits; Plaquemine

RS 33:1420.1 - Special retirement benefits; Plaquemine
A. The legislature finds that it is in the best interest of the state to authorize municipal governments, recognizing the services of retired city employees, to create plans which provide special retirement benefits as part of their retirement programs for the benefit of their employees. Such benefits are intended to assist retired city employees in obtaining the basic necessities of life in their retirement years as the cost of living increases and to recognize their services to local government.
B. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, the governing authority of the city of Plaquemine may adopt an ordinance to implement a special plan as part of its retirement program for its retired employees to provide city retirees with a special additional retirement benefit to supplement existing retirement compensation.
C. For purposes of this Section, the term "retired employee" shall mean a retired full-time city employee who was employed by the city for more than fifteen years and other retired employees as defined by ordinances of the city of Plaquemine for purposes of this Section.
Acts 1992, No. 1025, §1; Acts 1999, No. 110, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:1420.2. New Orleans cocktail

RS 33:1420.2 - New Orleans cocktail
There shall be an official cocktail of the city of New Orleans. The official New Orleans cocktail shall be the Sazerac. The Sazerac, created in the nineteenth century by Antoine Amedee Peychaud in the French Quarter of New Orleans, is world known for the use of a local product known as "Peychaud's Bitters". Its use on official documents of the city of New Orleans and with the insignia of the city of New Orleans is hereby authorized.
Acts 2008, No. 928, §1, eff. July 15, 2008.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:1420.11. Authority to create special districts

RS 33:1420.11 - Authority to create special districts
A. Pursuant to and in accordance with Article VI, Sections 16 and 19 of the Constitution of Louisiana and the Jefferson Parish home rule charter, the governing authority of Jefferson Parish may, upon its own initiative, establish, create, merge, consolidate, and abolish special districts and subdistricts within which may be provided fire protection, recreation facilities, water, streets, sidewalks, street lighting, waste and garbage collection and disposal, sewerage and sewage disposal systems, drainage, security, and other essential facilities and services.
B. The provisions of this Part shall only be applicable to districts and subdistricts lying wholly within Jefferson Parish.
Acts 1999, No. 880, §1, eff. July 2, 1999; Acts 2001, No. 382, §1, eff. June 13, 2001.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:1420.12. District status; taxing authority; procedures

RS 33:1420.12 - District status; taxing authority; procedures
A. Any district or subdistrict governed by the provisions of this Part shall be a political subdivision of the state. Pursuant to and in accordance with the Constitution of Louisiana, any such district or subdistrict may levy taxes and incur debt and issue bonds. However, except as otherwise provided by law, no such district or subdistrict shall levy or increase any tax until such tax or tax increase has been approved by a majority of the qualified electors of the district or subdistrict voting in an election held for such purpose, or a greater percentage of the qualified electors, at the discretion of the governing authority. Any such district may call an election for the purpose of voter approval of any authorized tax or incurring any authorized debt.
B.(1) A tax or tax increase levied pursuant to this Section may either be at a flat rate or as an ad valorem millage. For the purposes of this Section, a flat rate tax shall be one imposed as a fixed sum on each parcel or portion of ground or a class of property without regard to its value. The governing authority of the district may define "parcel" and "class" in the ordinance levying or increasing the flat rate tax.
(2) Any tax proposition submitted to the voters pursuant to this Part shall state the purpose and duration of the tax and the rate of a proposed ad valorem tax or the amount of a proposed flat rate tax.
Acts 1999, No. 880, §1, eff. July 2, 1999; Acts 2001, No. 382, §1, eff. June 13, 2001.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:1420.13. Governing authority

RS 33:1420.13 - Governing authority
A. In accordance with the provisions of the Jefferson Parish home rule charter, the governing authority of any district or subdistrict governed by the provisions of this Part shall be the Jefferson Parish Council. When acting as the governing body of any special district or subdistrict, as provided by this Part or by the home rule charter, the parish governing authority shall have the same jurisdiction and powers as when acting as the governing authority of the parish.
B. In addition to the authority granted in any general or specific Act authorizing the creation of any special district in Jefferson Parish, the parish council as governing authority of the district may, at its discretion, govern any such special district in accordance with this Part.
C. Nothing in this Part shall limit the authority and powers granted to the Jefferson Parish Council in the Jefferson Parish home rule charter to levy and collect special assessments, service charges, license charges, fees, taxes, and other revenues.
Acts 1999, No. 880, §1, eff. July 2, 1999; Acts 2001, No. 382, §1, eff. June 13, 2001.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:1420.15. Authority of certain consolidated special districts

RS 33:1420.15 - Authority of certain consolidated special districts
A. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, any district created pursuant to this Part shall continue to function in its entirety under the authority of the Jefferson Parish Council even though all or part of the district became or becomes incorporated or annexed within the limits of a municipality subsequent to the creation of the district. Any district merged or consolidated pursuant to this Part shall likewise continue to function in its entirety under the authority of the Jefferson Parish Council even though all or part of an underlying district became or becomes incorporated or annexed within the limits of a municipality subsequent to the creation of the underlying district which forms part of any such merged or consolidated district.
B. The provisions of this Section shall apply specifically, but shall not be limited to Garbage District No. 6 of the Parish of Jefferson, State of Louisiana, which was created May 25, 1972, and to any district into which Garbage District No. 6 was or may become merged or consolidated.
Acts 2000, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 50, §1, eff. April 17, 2000; Acts 2001, No. 382, §1, eff. June 13, 2001.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:1420.21. Special districts; approval of actions by local governmental subdivision

RS 33:1420.21 - Special districts; approval of actions by local governmental subdivision
A. If the governing authority of a local governmental subdivision is also the governing authority of a special district that the local governmental subdivision created pursuant to state law or the local governmental subdivision's home rule charter and action of the governing authority of the special district requires approval of the governing authority of the local governmental subdivision, the action of the governing authority of the special district and the approval by the local governmental subdivision may occur in one meeting of the governing authority of the local governmental subdivision.
B. The provisions of this Section shall apply only when the members of the governing authority of the local governmental subdivision and of the special district are identical in number and in name.
C. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section, the governing authority of the local governmental subdivision and the governing authority of the special district shall independently follow any notice requirements applicable to any actions taken by such entity.
D. As used in this Part, "local governmental subdivision" means a parish or municipality.
Acts 2014, No. 707, §1, eff. June 18, 2014.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:1423.1. Redesignated as R.S. 13:5524 pursuant to Acts 2011, No. 248, §3.

RS 33:1423.1 - Redesignated as R.S. 13:5524 pursuant to Acts 2011, No. 248, §3.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:1426.1. Redesignated as R.S. 13:5528 pursuant to Acts 2011, No. 248, §3.

RS 33:1426.1 - Redesignated as R.S. 13:5528 pursuant to Acts 2011, No. 248, §3.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:1429.1. Redesignated as R.S. 13:5532 pursuant to Acts 2011, No. 248, §3.

RS 33:1429.1 - Redesignated as R.S. 13:5532 pursuant to Acts 2011, No. 248, §3.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:1432.1. Redesignated as R.S. 13:5536 pursuant to Acts 2011, No. 248, §3.

RS 33:1432.1 - Redesignated as R.S. 13:5536 pursuant to Acts 2011, No. 248, §3.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:1435.1. Redesignated as R.S. 13:5540 pursuant to Acts 2011, No. 248, §3.

RS 33:1435.1 - Redesignated as R.S. 13:5540 pursuant to Acts 2011, No. 248, §3.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:1437.1. Redesignated as R.S. 13:5543 pursuant to Acts 2011, No. 248, §3.

RS 33:1437.1 - Redesignated as R.S. 13:5543 pursuant to Acts 2011, No. 248, §3.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:1448.1. Redesignated as R.S. 13:5555 pursuant to Acts 2011, No. 248, §3.

RS 33:1448.1 - Redesignated as R.S. 13:5555 pursuant to Acts 2011, No. 248, §3.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:1448.2. Redesignated as R.S. 13:5556 pursuant to Acts 2011, No. 248, §3.

RS 33:1448.2 - Redesignated as R.S. 13:5556 pursuant to Acts 2011, No. 248, §3.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:1448.3. Redesignated as R.S. 13:5557 pursuant to Acts 2011, No. 248, §3.

RS 33:1448.3 - Redesignated as R.S. 13:5557 pursuant to Acts 2011, No. 248, §3.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:1450.1. Redesignated as R.S. 13:5560 pursuant to Acts 2011, No. 248, §3.

RS 33:1450.1 - Redesignated as R.S. 13:5560 pursuant to Acts 2011, No. 248, §3.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:1501.1. Repealed by Acts 2006, No. 621, §23(D), eff. when Orleans Parish sheriff takes office in 2010; Acts 2008, No. 873, §1, extended the date to 2014; Acts 2009, No. 125, §1, changed the date to 2010.

RS 33:1501.1 - Repealed by Acts 2006, No. 621, §23(D), eff. when Orleans Parish sheriff takes office in 2010; Acts 2008, No. 873, §1, extended the date to 2014; Acts 2009, No. 125, §1, changed the date to 2010.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:1519.1. Repealed by Acts 2006, No. 621, §23(D), eff. when Orleans Parish sheriff takes office in 2010; Acts 2008, No. 873, §1, extended the date to 2014; Acts 2009, No. 125, §1, changed the date to 2010.

RS 33:1519.1 - Repealed by Acts 2006, No. 621, §23(D), eff. when Orleans Parish sheriff takes office in 2010; Acts 2008, No. 873, §1, extended the date to 2014; Acts 2009, No. 125, §1, changed the date to 2010.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:1521.1. Redesignated as R.S. 13:5601 pursuant to Acts 2011, No. 248, §3.

RS 33:1521.1 - Redesignated as R.S. 13:5601 pursuant to Acts 2011, No. 248, §3.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:1523.1. Redesignated as R.S. 13:5603 pursuant to Acts 2011, No. 248, §3.

RS 33:1523.1 - Redesignated as R.S. 13:5603 pursuant to Acts 2011, No. 248, §3.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:1556.1. Redesignated as R.S. 13:5707 pursuant to Acts 2011, No. 248, §3.

RS 33:1556.1 - Redesignated as R.S. 13:5707 pursuant to Acts 2011, No. 248, §3.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:1559. Repealed by Acts 2003, No. 1001, §1, eff. July 2, 2003.

RS 33:1559 - Repealed by Acts 2003, No. 1001, §1, eff. July 2, 2003.
NOTE: See Acts 2003, No. 1001, §2, relative to effectiveness and applicability of repeal of R.S. 33:1559.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:1559.1. §§1559.1 to 1559.3 Repealed by Acts 1984, No. 570, §1.

RS 33:1559.1 - §§1559.1 to 1559.3 Repealed by Acts 1984, No. 570, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:1561.1. §§1561.1 to 1561.3 Repealed by Acts 1984, No. 570, §1.

RS 33:1561.1 - §§1561.1 to 1561.3 Repealed by Acts 1984, No. 570, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:1573.1. Redesignated as R.S. 13:5724 pursuant to Acts 2011, No. 248, §3.

RS 33:1573.1 - Redesignated as R.S. 13:5724 pursuant to Acts 2011, No. 248, §3.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:1651. Election and term; location of office; removal for cause; exceptions

RS 33:1651 - Election and term; location of office; removal for cause; exceptions
A. The police jury shall elect a parish treasurer for a term of two years. The office of the parish treasurer shall be located at such site as may be designated by the local governing authority; however, the parish treasurer shall also maintain an office at the parish seat. The parish treasurer may be removed from office for misfeasance, malfeasance, or any other lawful cause by vote of the majority of the elected members of the parish governing authority.
B. Notwithstanding the provisions of Subsection A of this Section, the treasurer of St. Tammany Parish shall not be required to maintain an office in the parish seat if he maintains an office as provided by R.S. 33:1236(47)(b).
C. Notwithstanding the provisions of Subsection A of this Section, the governing authority of Acadia Parish shall elect a parish secretary-treasurer for a term of four years. The secretary-treasurer's term shall be concurrent with the term of the members of the parish governing authority. If a vacancy occurs other than by an expiration of the term, it shall be filled by appointment by the parish governing authority for the unexpired term.
Amended by Acts 1981, No. 356, §1. Acts 1984, No. 260, §1; Acts 1997, No. 173, §1; Acts 2019, No. 175, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:1652. Penalty for not keeping required office

RS 33:1652 - Penalty for not keeping required office
Any parish treasurer neglecting or refusing to comply with R.S. 33:1651 shall be subject to pay a fine of not less than one hundred dollars, nor more than three hundred dollars, recoverable before any court of competent jurisdiction, at the discretion of the court, to be added to the school fund of the parish.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:1654. Duties

RS 33:1654 - Duties
The parish treasurer shall receive the money of the parish, disburse the same agreeably to law, and take receipts therefor. He shall keep regular accounts of all receipts and expenditures, and of all debts due to or from the parish, and direct prosecutions ordered by the police jury, for all debts due the parish.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:1655. Reports to police jury

RS 33:1655 - Reports to police jury
The parish treasurer shall make a detailed report at every regular meeting of the police jury and at other times directed by the police jury, of all money received and disbursed, of all the debts due to and from the parish, and of all other proceedings in his office, so that the receipts into the treasury and the accounts of disbursements, together with the debts due to and from the parish, may clearly and distinctly appear.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:1658. Presentation of claims against parish

RS 33:1658 - Presentation of claims against parish
Any person having a claim against any parish, allowed by the proper authorities, shall present the claim within sixty days from the date of allowance to the treasurer. The treasurer shall keep a well bound book, in which he shall make an entry, describing the claim and date of presentation, and also indorse his name across the back of the claim, with the day and date of indorsement. No claim shall be received by him from any sheriff or collector of taxes which has not been so indorsed.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:1659. Oath required of tax collector making claim against parish

RS 33:1659 - Oath required of tax collector making claim against parish
The parish treasurer shall not receive any claim against the parish from any collector of taxes, unless the collector makes oath or affirmation (to be administered by the treasurer) that he has paid the full amount expressed on the face of the claim and that he has not, directly or indirectly, speculated in the public money.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:1660. Oath in connection with settling accounts

RS 33:1660 - Oath in connection with settling accounts
No parish treasurer shall be allowed credit for any voucher he presents in the settlement of any account, until he has first taken an oath that he has paid the full amount of the voucher in money, or that he has received the same in payment of parish dues, and that he has not speculated thereon himself, nor has he been directly or indirectly interested in any speculation that may have been made in its acquisition.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:1661. Compensation and bond

RS 33:1661 - Compensation and bond
The police jury shall fix the compensation and amount of bond to be furnished by the parish treasurer. The bond shall be recorded in the mortgage book of the parish and shall have the effect of a mortgage on all the property of the principal. When the parish treasurer produced his quietus, showing that he has accounted for all the funds and property in his possession, he may have his bond canceled and the mortgage resulting from its inscription erased.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:1662. Penalty for neglect

RS 33:1662 - Penalty for neglect
Any parish treasurer failing or refusing to comply with R.S. 33:1651 through R.S. 33:1661, shall forfeit, for every offense, the sum of twenty-five dollars, to go into the parish treasury.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:1663. Misapplication of funds

RS 33:1663 - Misapplication of funds
Any parish treasurer who misapplies the public funds placed in his hands belonging to the parish, or refuses to account satisfactorily for the same, shall be fined not less than five hundred dollars, for the use of the parish, and imprisoned at the discretion of the court for not less than three months, and, together with his securities, shall pay interest, as damages, at the rate of five per cent. per month on all sums not accounted for in which judgment has been rendered.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:1702.1. Redesignated as R.S. 13:5803 pursuant to Acts 2011, No. 248, §3.

RS 33:1702.1 - Redesignated as R.S. 13:5803 pursuant to Acts 2011, No. 248, §3.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:1702.2. Redesignated as R.S. 13:5804 pursuant to Acts 2011, No. 248, §3.

RS 33:1702.2 - Redesignated as R.S. 13:5804 pursuant to Acts 2011, No. 248, §3.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:1702.3. Redesignated as R.S. 13:5805 pursuant to Acts 2011, No. 248, §3.

RS 33:1702.3 - Redesignated as R.S. 13:5805 pursuant to Acts 2011, No. 248, §3.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:1704.1. Redesignated as R.S. 13:5808 pursuant to Acts 2011, No. 248, §3.

RS 33:1704.1 - Redesignated as R.S. 13:5808 pursuant to Acts 2011, No. 248, §3.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:1704.2. Redesignated as R.S. 13:5809 pursuant to Acts 2011, No. 248, §3.

RS 33:1704.2 - Redesignated as R.S. 13:5809 pursuant to Acts 2011, No. 248, §3.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:1704.3. Redesignated as R.S. 13:5810 pursuant to Acts 2011, No. 248, §3.

RS 33:1704.3 - Redesignated as R.S. 13:5810 pursuant to Acts 2011, No. 248, §3.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:1704.4. Redesignated as R.S. 13:5811 pursuant to Acts 2011, No. 248, §3.

RS 33:1704.4 - Redesignated as R.S. 13:5811 pursuant to Acts 2011, No. 248, §3.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:1704.5. Redesignated as R.S. 13:5812 pursuant to Acts 2011, No. 248, §3.

RS 33:1704.5 - Redesignated as R.S. 13:5812 pursuant to Acts 2011, No. 248, §3.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:1761. §§1761 to 1800 [Blank] See, now, R.S. 11:3841 to 3870.

RS 33:1761 - §§1761 to 1800 [Blank] See, now, R.S. 11:3841 to 3870.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:1815. Removal of certain officers in cities of 100,000; right to public trial

RS 33:1815 - Removal of certain officers in cities of 100,000; right to public trial
Subject to the provisions of any applicable civil service law, in a municipality having a population in excess of one hundred thousand, the governing body shall, before removal or suspension from office of any deputy commissioner, head of a department, or employee, any of whom have been elected to their respective positions by the governing body, cause a written copy of the charge to be served upon the deputy, department head, or employee sought to be removed or suspended. The deputy commissioner, departmental head, or employee shall have a right to a public trial of the charges before the governing body and shall be removable only by the decision and vote of a majority of the governing body.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:1817. Grounds for removal

RS 33:1817 - Grounds for removal
Subject to the provisions of any applicable civil service law, the deputy commissioners, departmental heads, or employees, shall be liable to removal from office only for high crimes and misdemeanors in office, incompetency, corruption, favoritism, extortion, or oppression in office, and for gross misconduct or habitual drunkenness.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:1818. New appointments on change of appointing authorities

RS 33:1818 - New appointments on change of appointing authorities
Nothing in R.S. 33:1815 through R.S. 33:1817 shall prohibit the appointment of new deputy commissioners, heads of departments, or employees, subject to any applicable civil service law, whenever the terms of office of the governmental authorities expire and their successors are elected and qualified.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:1819. Substitute for marshal or tax collector

RS 33:1819 - Substitute for marshal or tax collector
Whenever the office of marshal or tax collector of any municipal corporation, New Orleans excepted, becomes vacant, and until his successor is elected or appointed and qualified, or whenever the marshal, or tax collector is absent therefrom, any sheriff, deputy sheriff, or constable of the parish or ward in which the municipality is situated may perform all the duties incumbent on the marshal or tax collector.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:1821. Village citizen as substitute marshal

RS 33:1821 - Village citizen as substitute marshal
Whenever the office of marshal of any incorporated village becomes vacant, and until his successor has been elected or appointed and qualified, or whenever the marshal is absent therefrom, the mayor may appoint any male citizen of the village, above the age of twenty-one years, to perform the duties incumbent on the marshal.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:1881. Cancellation of official bond with security and mortgages

RS 33:1881 - Cancellation of official bond with security and mortgages
Any district judge, having jurisdiction in the parish where any parish or ward officer or other interested party applies for the cancellation of the parish or ward officer's official bond, shall order the recorder of mortgages to cancel the bond with security and mortgages furnished by the officer only in the event that the officer has resigned or died or been dismissed from office, or his office has expired by limitation.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:1882. Notice of application for cancellation

RS 33:1882 - Notice of application for cancellation
The applicant shall give public notice by publication, during thirty days, after the manner of judicial advertisements, in one newspaper published in the parish, calling upon all persons therein interested to show cause in writing before the judge, and within ninety days after the termination of the publication, why the bond and mortgage for the cancelling of which the application is made should not be ordered cancelled and annulled.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:1884. Liability for failure to serve process; prima facie evidence

RS 33:1884 - Liability for failure to serve process; prima facie evidence
Upon a neglect, failure, or refusal of any sheriff or his deputies, or the coroner, or constable, to serve any legal process in either a civil or criminal proceeding by which any person, the state, parish, or municipal corporation, ordering the same is injured, or loses his recourse on the claim sued on, or on the property which was liable to seizure under any writs at the time they were placed in the hands of the officer, the officer shall be responsible, as well as his securities on his official bonds, to the party injured for the full amount owing on the claim sued on, or the writ he has failed to execute, or other damage. Proof by the party injured that the officer failed to serve the process on the proper party, or that he made illegal service thereof, so that prescription barred the claim, or the court was deprived of jurisdiction, or that when the legal process was placed in the officer's hands, the party against whom it was issued, had property, rights, or credits liable to seizure, and within the jurisdiction of the officer, and he failed to seize the same, shall be prima facie evidence of liability of the officer and his securities on his official bond for the amount of the writ. However, the sheriff or other officer may require an indemnifying bond or the advance of or security for costs in cases provided by law.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:1885. Municipal elections concurrent with congressional elections; term of office

RS 33:1885 - Municipal elections concurrent with congressional elections; term of office
A. Municipalities may, by ordinance of the governing authority, adopt a plan for holding municipal elections at the congressional elections in accordance with R.S. 18:402(B). Any plan so adopted shall be filed with the secretary of state no later than January 1 of the year in which the plan is to take effect. No such plan shall be revocable by the governing authority. Any municipality that complies with the provisions of this Section may hold municipal elections at the congressional elections in accordance with R.S. 18:402(B). The officers elected shall take office on the first day of January following their election and shall hold their office for four years.
B. No plan shall be adopted pursuant to this Section if such plan would result in extending the term of office of a municipal official unless such plan was adopted at least thirty days prior to the primary election for the term to be extended.
Acts 1985, No. 781, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:1891. Merit awards

RS 33:1891 - Merit awards
The governing body of any municipality shall have authority to grant merit awards to full-time permanent employees of the municipality in accordance with the provisions of this Part. Nothing herein shall be in conflict with Civil Service rules and regulations.
Added by Acts 1979, No. 535, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:1892. Merit award system; reduction to writing

RS 33:1892 - Merit award system; reduction to writing
Prior to the granting of any awards, the governing body may formulate, adopt, establish, and maintain a plan to encourage and reward unusual and meritorious suggestions, actions, procedures, and accomplishments by its employees, which promote economy and efficiency in the performance of any function of the municipal government. The plan shall be reduced to writing and may be made available for inspection to all municipal employees.
Added by Acts 1979, No. 535, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:1893. Maximum amount of awards

RS 33:1893 - Maximum amount of awards
Awards may be in cash or in the form of corporeal movables. An award in cash shall be for a sum not in excess of two thousand dollars. An award in the form of a corporeal movable shall have a fair market value not greater than twelve hundred dollars.
Added by Acts 1979, No. 535, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:1894. Sunshine rule

RS 33:1894 - Sunshine rule
All proceedings of the governing body in relation to the plan and all proceedings pursuant to the plan shall be open to the public. All records, documents, and evidentiary material shall be public records. This Section shall apply notwithstanding any other provision of the law.
Added by Acts 1979, No. 535, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:1941. Medal for member of police or fire department

RS 33:1941 - Medal for member of police or fire department
Any member of a police or fire department who, in the regular performance of his duty, renders some act of valor, or any act conducive to the betterment and credit of the department of which he is a member, shall be awarded a gold medal of honor, properly inscribed, to be presented by the board created by this Part.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:1942. Board authorized to award medal

RS 33:1942 - Board authorized to award medal
The board shall consist of the mayor and the heads of the police and fire departments, who shall sit in session whenever such deeds of valor, or acts conducive to the betterment and credit of the department are brought to their attention by anyone; the board is vested with full discretion in the matter of the award of gold medals, after a full investigation of all matters covered by the purposes of this Part.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:1946. Procedural requirements; investment of funds

RS 33:1946 - Procedural requirements; investment of funds
Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, and in addition to the investment procedures and methods presently authorized by law, those Firemen's Pension Funds and the Policemen's Pension Funds of municipalities of under one hundred fifty thousand population are hereby authorized to adopt and be governed by the same procedures, and to the same extent with regard to investment of funds as are authorized by law for the municipal governing authorities of their respective municipalities.
Acts 1970, No. 580, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:1947. Redesignated to R.S. 40:1665.3. See Acts 2014, No. 158, §3 and 7.

RS 33:1947 - Redesignated to R.S. 40:1665.3. See Acts 2014, No. 158, §3 and 7.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:1948. Development of Hepatitis B or Hepatitis C during employment in fire or police service; occupational disease

RS 33:1948 - Development of Hepatitis B or Hepatitis C during employment in fire or police service; occupational disease
A. Because of exposure to blood and saliva of accident and crime victims, when a firefighter or policeman in the classified service, who has completed two or more years of service, has contracted Hepatitis B or Hepatitis C, such disease shall be deemed an occupational disease or infirmity connected with the duties of a firefighter or policeman. The disease or infirmity shall be presumed to have been caused or to have resulted from such work performed. The presumption shall be rebuttable by evidence meeting judicial standards, and shall be extended to a member following termination of service for a period of three months for each full year of service not to exceed sixty months commencing with the last actual date of service. The presumption shall also be rebuttable by evidence that the otherwise eligible affected member was at the time of diagnosis of Hepatitis B or C, or within one year of such diagnosis, unlawfully using controlled substances by means of intravenous injection, or lived in an intimate relationship with any person who has been diagnosed with Hepatitis B or C.
B. The affected member or his survivors shall be entitled to all rights and benefits as granted by state or federal law to which one suffering from an occupational disease is entitled as service connected in the line of duty.
C. The provisions of this Section shall not be construed to affect in any way the provisions of R.S. 33:2011 or R.S. 33:2581.
Acts 2001, No. 443, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:1961. Application of Sub-part

RS 33:1961 - Application of Sub-part
This Subpart applies to any paid fire department operated by a municipality which has a population of thirteen thousand or more and also to firemen paid by any parish or fire protection district.
Amended by Acts 1950, No. 193, §1; Acts 1956, No. 359, §1; Acts 1962, No. 134, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:1964. Inspection work; fire drill

RS 33:1964 - Inspection work; fire drill
The chief fire engineer may use both the day and night forces for inspection work on their offshift, once each month, assigning to each of the men certain territory to inspect. The chief engineer may also call any fire company, when going off duty, to the central fire station for fire drill. However, no one company shall be called for drill more than twice in any month.
This Section does not apply to a fire department in a municipality having one hundred thousand inhabitants or more.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:1965. Regulation of department; working conditions

RS 33:1965 - Regulation of department; working conditions
A. If the municipality has less than one hundred thousand inhabitants, the governing authority of the municipality shall regulate the fire department, shall provide a sufficient number of officers and men to carry out the purposes of this Subpart, and shall provide a sufficient number of beds for the men on night duty.
B. If the municipality has one hundred thousand or more inhabitants:
(1) The chief engineer or commanding officer of the fire department or other proper authority shall regulate the department, fix the hours of duty, provide a sufficient number of officers and men to carry out the purposes of this Subpart, and provide for substitutes in the department.
(2) The members of the department shall not perform any hours of service longer than those fixed.
(3) All fire drills shall take place during the hours of platoon watch or service.
(4) Sufficient beds shall be furnished to each company for the men on night duty.
C. If a nonprofit corporation under contract with a fire protection district, municipality, or other political subdivision operates, administers, or maintains a fire department, the provisions of Subsections A and B of this Section shall apply. Additionally, firemen employed by such nonprofit corporation shall be considered a firefighter covered by and benefitting from the occupational disease presumptions and other provisions of R.S. 33:1948, 2011, 2581, 2581.1, and 2581.2.
Acts 2020, No. 224, §1, eff. June 11, 2020.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:1966. Continuous duty in case of emergency

RS 33:1966 - Continuous duty in case of emergency
If an emergency should arise the chief engineer may order all of the forces, both day and night, to remain on continuous duty until the emergency has passed, at which time the fire department shall return to the two shifts. During the period of continuous service the men shall be granted time to go home for their meals three times daily, one hour for each meal.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:1967. Captain of force

RS 33:1967 - Captain of force
A. A member of the department holding the rank of captain shall be in charge of each force in each fire company during each shift and at all times. "Force" as used herein means any single piece of fire fighting or rescue apparatus. In any paid fire department operated by a municipality having a population of thirteen thousand or more or by any parish or fire protection district which employs eight or more full-time paid fire suppression employees, excluding the fire chief and any training officer, every fire fighting or rescue apparatus shall be operated by a member of the department holding the rank of engineer or fire driver, by whichever designation he may be known, provided the term "fire fighting apparatus" shall not be construed to include standard passenger vehicles, nor any other type of automotive equipment assigned to fire department use other than vehicles specially designed for fire fighting or rescue purposes. Provided further, that all fire departments, regardless of the number of employees in their employ, now having engineers, captains, or fire drivers operating each force, fire car, or other fire vehicle shall continue this practice.
B. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section or any law to the contrary, the governing authority of a municipal fire department governed by the provisions of this Subpart, a parish fire department, and a fire protection district may assign a member of such department holding the rank of captain to operate fire cars and other fire vehicles.
C. Notwithstanding the provisions of Subsection A of this Section or any law to the contrary, the fire department in the city of Baton Rouge and any fire protection district comprised of unincorporated areas of the parish of Jefferson may continue the staffing procedures in effect on July 2, 1999.
Amended by Acts 1950, No. 193, §2; Acts 1956, No. 359, §1; Acts 1962, No. 134, §1; Acts 1993, No. 521, §1; Acts 1999, No. 849, §1, eff. July 2, 1999; Acts 2011, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 20, §1, eff. June 12, 2011.