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2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:7616. Development by corporations; surplus profits

RS 33:7616 - Development by corporations; surplus profits
A. Notwithstanding R.S. 33:7625, but consistent therewith, a corporation may, itself, or through the use of one or more subsidiary corporations, or through partnerships or joint ventures, as permitted in R.S. 33:7610, develop, construct, operate or maintain any facilities, structures, and appurtenances, provided, however, that the corporation shall not engage in any such activities unless or until the board of directors of the corporation, after review of all available information and data, shall determine that it would not be economically feasible or practical for such development, construction, operation or maintenance to be undertaken by private enterprise acting alone.
B. Any profits derived from the developmental activities of a corporation shall be applied by its board of directors to meet the needs, goals and objectives of the new community, including, but not limited to the development of programs designed to meet social objectives, the development of amenities for the residents of the new community development area and for such related purposes as the board of directors shall determine.
C. The board of directors of a corporation shall from time to time review the financial condition of any new community project and determine if there are surplus profits available for distribution by the corporation to the parish or municipality. In the event that the board of directors determines that there are surplus profits available for distribution to the parish or municipality, it shall so certify to the governing body and immediately transfer such surplus profits to the treasury of the parish or municipality. Upon such certification, the governing body, by ordinance or resolution, shall determine how and for what purposes the surplus profits shall be expended.
D. Subsections B and C of this section shall be subject to any agreement with noteholders, bondholders, guarantors or others interested in any evidence of indebtedness of a corporation.
Acts 1972, No. 553, §11.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:7618. Security for bonds or notes

RS 33:7618 - Security for bonds or notes
A. The principal of and interest on any bonds or notes issued by a corporation may be secured as provided in R.S. 33:7617B and may be secured by a mortgage or other instrument covering all or any part of any lands or all or any part of a development project, including any additions, improvements, extensions to or enlargements of any development project thereafter made.
B. Bonds or notes issued for the acquisition, construction, rehabilitation, or improvement of a development project may be secured by an assignment of any lease of or mortgage on such development project and by an assignment of the revenues and receipts derived by a corporation from any such lease or mortgage.
C. The proceedings under which the bonds or notes are authorized to be issued and any mortgage, lease or other instrument may contain agreements and provisions respecting the maintenance of any development projects covered thereby, the fixing and collection of rents or other revenues therefrom, including monies received in repayment of mortgage loans, and interest thereon, the creation and maintenance of special funds from such rents or other revenues and the rights and remedies available in the event of default, all as a corporation shall deem advisable.
D. Each pledge, agreement, mortgage or other instrument made for the benefit or security of any of the bonds or notes of a corporation shall continue effective until the principal of and interest on the bonds or notes for the benefit of which the same were made shall have been fully paid, or until provisions shall have been made for such payment in the manner provided in the proceedings under which the same may be authorized.
Acts 1972, No. 553, §13.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:7619. Bonds and notes as legal investment

RS 33:7619 - Bonds and notes as legal investment
Any parish or any municipality, all other parishes or municipalities, the state, all banks, trust companies, bankers, savings banks and institutions, building and loan associations, savings and loan associations, investment companies and other persons carrying on a banking or investment business, all insurance companies, insurance associations, and other persons carrying on an insurance business; and all executors, administrators, curators, trustees, and other fiduciaries, may legally invest any sinking funds, monies, or other funds belonging to them or within their control in any bonds or notes, issued by a corporation pursuant to this chapter, including such bonds or notes as shall be secured by an agreement between the issuer and the federal government in which the federal government agrees to guarantee the payment of the full amount of such bonds or notes. It is the purpose of this section to authorize any persons, political subdivisions and officers, public or private, to use any funds owned or controlled by them for the purchase of any such bonds, notes or other obligations. Nothing contained in this section with regard to legal investments shall be construed as relieving any person or persons of any duty of exercising reasonable care in selecting securities.
Acts 1972, No. 553, §14.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:7620. Corporation funds; audit; investment

RS 33:7620 - Corporation funds; audit; investment
A. All monies of a corporation from whatever source derived shall be paid to the treasurer of the corporation and shall be deposited forthwith in a bank or banks in the state designated by the corporation. The monies in such account or accounts shall be paid out on checks signed by the treasurer or other agent duly authorized and designated by by-laws of the corporation.
B. The auditor of the parish or municipality and his legally authorized representatives and an independent auditor designated by the board of directors and his legally authorized representatives are authorized and empowered from time to time to examine the accounts and books of a corporation including its receipts, disbursements, contracts, leases, sinking funds, investments and all other records and papers relating to its financial standing. The parish or municipal auditor shall conduct an examination at least once every three years, provided, however, that the parish or municipal auditor is authorized to accept from a corporation in lieu thereof an independent outside examination of the corporation's books and accounts made at the request of such corporation.
C. Any monies of a corporation including the proceeds of bonds or notes not required for immediate use may, at the discretion of the corporation, be invested in obligations of the state, the parish or municipality or the United States of America or obligations the principal and interest on which are guaranteed by the state, the parish or municipality or the United States of America.
D. A corporation shall have power to contract with holders or guarantors of any of its bonds or notes as to the custody, collection, securing, investment and payment of any monies of the corporation, of any monies held in trust or otherwise for the payment of bonds or notes, and to carry out such contract.
E. Subject to the provisions of any contract with bondholders, noteholders or guarantors a corporation shall prescribe a system of accounts.
F. The results of all audits of a corporation whether made by the parish or municipal auditor or an independent outside auditing firm shall be submitted to the executive officer within thirty days of the receipt thereof by the corporation.
Acts 1972, No. 553, §15.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:7621. Property exempt from taxes and from levy and sale by virtue of an execution

RS 33:7621 - Property exempt from taxes and from levy and sale by virtue of an execution
A. All property of a corporation, including funds owned or held by it for the purposes of this chapter, shall be exempt from levy and sale by virtue of an execution, and no execution or other judicial process shall issue against the same nor shall judgment against the corporation be a charge or lien upon such property; but the provisions of this section shall not apply to or limit the right of obligees or guarantors to pursue any remedies for the enforcement of any pledge or lien given pursuant to this chapter by a corporation on its real or personal property, rents, fees, grants or revenues for a new community development project.
B. The property of a corporation acquired or held for the purposes of this chapter is declared to be public property used for essential public and governmental purposes and such property, or any interest therein, in the hands of the corporation or any subsidiary thereof, shall be exempt from all taxes of the parish or municipality, the state, or any political subdivision thereof or any other taxing body.
Acts 1972, No. 553, §16.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:7623. Title of purchase

RS 33:7623 - Title of purchase
Any instrument executed by a corporation, purporting to convey any right, title or interest in any property under this chapter shall be conclusively presumed to have been executed in compliance with the provisions of this chapter insofar as title or other interest of any bona fide purchasers, lessees or transferees of the property is concerned.
Acts 1972, No. 553, §18.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:7624. Annual report

RS 33:7624 - Annual report
A corporation shall file, with the governing body, on or before March 31 of each year, a report of its activities for the preceding calendar year, which report shall include a complete financial statement setting forth its assets, liabilities, receipts and disbursements as of the end of such calendar year. At the time of filing the report, the corporation shall publish in a newspaper of general circulation in the parish or municipality, a notice to the effect that such report has been filed with the governing body and that the report is available for inspection during business hours in the office of the clerk and in the office of the corporation.
Acts 1972, No. 553, §19.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:7625. Encouragement of private enterprise

RS 33:7625 - Encouragement of private enterprise
Consistent with the purposes of this chapter and the needs of the parish or municipality, a corporation shall encourage the full participation of private enterprise in the development and construction of residential, commercial, industrial, institutional, recreational and other facilities, structures, and appurtenances necessary or convenient in connection with a development project and, to afford the maximum opportunity for such full participation, shall formulate such rules and regulations as it deems necessary for the purpose.
Acts 1972, No. 553, §20.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:7626. Indemnity of directors, officers, agents and employees

RS 33:7626 - Indemnity of directors, officers, agents and employees
A corporation shall indemnify and hold harmless any director, officer, agent or employee against any liability or loss arising from the carrying out of the powers set forth in this chapter other than liability of loss resulting from his own acts of gross negligence or willful misconduct.
Acts 1972, No. 553, §21.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:7627. Authority of parishes, municipalities and subdivisions thereof to appropriate and dedicate funds to a new community trust fund

RS 33:7627 - Authority of parishes, municipalities and subdivisions thereof to appropriate and dedicate funds to a new community trust fund
Notwithstanding any other provision of general or special law, the purposes for which a parish or municipality, or any agency or subdivision of either, may levy taxes or appropriate funds to a new community trust fund include the preservation and enhancement of the tax base of such parish, municipality, subdivision or agency and the furthering of the purposes of such parish, municipality, subdivision or agency as provided by law.
Acts 1987, No. 815, §1, eff. July 20, 1987.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:7631. Short title

RS 33:7631 - Short title
This Chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "Cooperative Local Government Incentives Act".
Acts 2014, No. 746, §1, eff. June 19, 2014; Acts 2018, No. 513, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:7632. Declaration of purpose; applicability

RS 33:7632 - Declaration of purpose; applicability
A. The legislature hereby finds and declares that the health, safety, and welfare of the people of this state are dependent upon the continued encouragement, development, growth, and expansion of private sector economic development within the state. The legislature further finds and declares that there are certain depressed areas in the state that need the particular attention of government. These depressed areas often have declining or minimal tax revenues creating a widening gap in funding between the costs of public project needs and available resources at the local level to address them. Finally, investment in public infrastructure could dramatically improve the quality of life of residents and make the areas more attractive to private sector economic development. Therefore, it is declared to be the purpose of this Chapter to stimulate a partnership between government and the private sector for business growth in these depressed areas through local incentives for private sector donations for local public infrastructure projects.
B. This Chapter shall apply only to cooperative endeavor agreements which expressly cite this Chapter as authority for the agreement, and shall not be construed as being applicable or otherwise limit a local government entity to enter into cooperative endeavor agreements generally.
Acts 2014, No. 746, §1, eff. June 19, 2014.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:7633. Cooperative endeavor agreements

RS 33:7633 - Cooperative endeavor agreements
A.(1) As authorized by Article VII, Section 14(C) of the Louisiana Constitution, political subdivisions and political corporations may enter into a cooperative endeavor agreement with any public or private association, corporation, or individual to carry out a local infrastructure project to achieve a public purpose. Any capital improvements shall be on public property and for local infrastructure projects as authorized in this Chapter.
(2) As used in this Chapter, a "local governmental entity" shall mean the political subdivision or political corporation authorized to execute a cooperative endeavor agreement under this Chapter.
B. This cooperative endeavor agreement may provide for the investment, pledge, use, or deposit of private funds and the guarantee by the public or private association, corporation, or individual of certain financial obligations, to achieve the goals set forth in the agreement. The agreement shall state how the donation for the project will result in the furtherance of a public purpose of the local government entity.
C. The cooperative endeavor agreement shall set forth in reasonable detail the following items:
(1) The obligations of the various parties.
(2) A showing of reasonable expectations that the benefits to be received by the local governmental entity from the donation equal or exceed any local tax rebates, tax credits, or other incentives to be awarded on the project.
(3) Consequences to the public or private association, corporation, or individual in the event of a default or breach of the agreement by the association, corporation, or individual that shall include a repayment to the local governmental entity when appropriate, of any rebates, tax credits, or other incentives awarded or expenses incurred.
Acts 2014, No. 746, §1, eff. June 19, 2014.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:7634. Tax rebates, tax credits, or other incentives for donations to local governments

RS 33:7634 - Tax rebates, tax credits, or other incentives for donations to local governments
A. Tax rebates, tax credits, or other tax incentives, all hereafter in this Section referred to as incentives, may be allowed for qualified donations made to a local governmental entity for a qualified project or use subject to the following limitations:
(1) A donor shall submit to the financial officer designated by the local governmental entity a written report reasonably documenting the cash, equipment, goods, or services donated for a qualified project or use, including supporting documentation deemed necessary by that officer. Prior to the approval of incentives, the officer shall verify the value of the qualified donation.
(2) The local governmental entity may approve incentives to the donor in an amount as determined by the governing authority of the local governmental entity receiving the donation.
B.(1) The term "qualified donation" shall mean a donation made to a local governmental entity to assist in a qualified project or use as determined by the governing authority of that local governmental entity. The donation may be in the form of cash, equipment, goods, or services.
(2) The term "qualified project or use" shall mean a project or use as determined by the local governmental entity.
(3) The term "incentives" may be applied only to revenue or resources of the local governmental entity.
C. The local governmental entity shall promulgate such ordinances, rules, and regulations necessary to carry out the purposes of this Chapter.
D. The provisions of this Chapter shall apply to verified qualified donations made after July 1, 2014.
Acts 2014, No. 746, §1, eff. June 19, 2014; Acts 2018, No. 513, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:7701. Definition

RS 33:7701 - Definition
The term "consolidated special service district" shall mean consolidated waterworks districts, consolidated sewerage districts, consolidated fire protection districts, consolidated hospital service districts, consolidated recreation districts, and consolidated garbage districts created under the authority conferred by this Chapter.
Added by Acts 1975, No. 94, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:7701.1. Consolidated drainage and gravity drainage districts

RS 33:7701.1 - Consolidated drainage and gravity drainage districts
A. A parish governing authority may, except in the parish of Rapides, create consolidated drainage districts, consolidated gravity drainage districts, or consolidated drainage and gravity drainage districts under the authority conferred by this Chapter. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, such districts may be created and administered in accordance with the provisions of this Chapter.
B. A consolidated drainage and gravity drainage district may be comprised of existing drainage districts and existing gravity drainage districts and territory not included in an existing district.
Acts 1993, No. 19, §1, eff. May 18, 1993.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:7702. Consolidation authority

RS 33:7702 - Consolidation authority
A. The governing authority of any parish may create by ordinance one or more consolidated special service districts in the parish, each of which shall be comprised of one or more existing districts of the same type; however, no consolidated garbage district shall include territory within the corporate limits of any municipality.
B. Such consolidated special service districts may also include territory not within the boundaries of an existing district of the same type and shall include territory not within the boundaries of an existing district of the same type, when only one existing district is to be so consolidated.
C. As a prerequisite to the creation of any consolidated special service district, the governing authority of the parish shall be furnished with a certified copy of a resolution, adopted by the governing authority of each existing district to be consolidated and by the governing authority of each municipality all or part of whose territory is proposed to be included in the consolidated district, requesting the parish to create a consolidated special service district and describing and defining the boundaries thereof.
D.(1) Notwithstanding the provisions of Subsection C of this Section, the governing authority of the parish of Sabine may create, by ordinance, a consolidated waterworks district comprised of the Ebarb Waterworks District and the South Toledo Bend Waterworks District without being furnished with a certified copy of a resolution adopted by the governing authority of each existing district or by the governing authority of each municipality all or part of whose territory is proposed to be included in the consolidated waterworks district requesting the parish to create such district.
(2) Except as provided in Paragraph (1) of this Subsection, the consolidated waterworks district shall be otherwise governed by the provisions of this Chapter.
Added by Acts 1975, No. 94, §1; Acts 2005, No. 85, §1, eff. June 21, 2005.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:7703. Designation of consolidated districts; governing authority

RS 33:7703 - Designation of consolidated districts; governing authority
A. A consolidated special service district so created shall be known and designated as "Consolidated _____ District No. ___ of the Parish of _____, Louisiana", and as so created shall constitute a waterworks district, sewerage district, fire protection district, hospital service district, recreation district, drainage district, gravity drainage district, drainage and gravity drainage district, or garbage district, as the case may be, within the meaning of Article VI, Section 19, of the Constitution of Louisiana, and as such shall enjoy all rights, powers, and privileges enjoyed by other districts of the same type under the constitution and laws of this state, including the right to issue bonds and levy taxes, and in the case of consolidated sewerage districts, also to levy special assessments.
B. The governing authority of each such consolidated special service district shall be the governing authority of the parish creating the district; however, the governing authority of the parish may name and appoint an advisory board of not more than five persons to assist in the operation and administration of the affairs of the consolidated district under the general control of the parish governing authority. Such a board shall be organized and have such powers and duties as the parish governing authority may determine.
Added by Acts 1975, No. 94, §1. Acts 1993, No. 19, §1, eff. May 18, 1993.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:7704. Notice of intention to create; public hearing; boundaries

RS 33:7704 - Notice of intention to create; public hearing; boundaries
Before any such consolidated special service district is finally created, the governing authority of the parish shall publish in the official journal of the parish at least once not less than fifteen days prior to the date of the hearing a notice of its intention to create the district and fixing a date for the holding of a public hearing at which all persons interested may be heard on the question of the advisability of creating the consolidated district. The notice of hearing shall set forth the proposed name and boundaries of the district, list the districts to be so consolidated, define the boundaries of any territory not then within the boundaries of an existing district of the same type which territory is proposed to be included in the consolidated district, state the amount of outstanding indebtedness of each district to be consolidated, and the time and place fixed for the hearing. Upon conclusion of the hearing, the governing authority, in its discretion, may proceed to create the consolidated district with boundaries as set out in the notice of intention or may refrain from creating the consolidated district.
Added by Acts 1975, No. 94, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:7705. Notice of creation; incontestability after unchallenged delay; interim authority to call an election to issue bonds, levy taxes or assume indebtedness

RS 33:7705 - Notice of creation; incontestability after unchallenged delay; interim authority to call an election to issue bonds, levy taxes or assume indebtedness
After the creation of any consolidated special service district, notice of the creation, stating the boundaries of the district, shall be published one time in the official journal of the parish. Thirty days after such publication, the creation of the district shall become incontestable, and no court shall have jurisdiction to entertain litigation questioning the legality of the creation of such district. If the governing authority desires to call an election in any such district to authorize the issuance of bonds, the levy of special taxes, or the assumption of indebtedness, it may call such election and publish notice thereof prior to the expiration of the thirty-day period.
Added by Acts 1975, No. 94, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:7706. Assumption of rights and responsibilities of districts consolidated

RS 33:7706 - Assumption of rights and responsibilities of districts consolidated
At the expiration of the thirty-day period provided for in R.S. 33:7705, existing districts of the same type included in any such consolidated district shall no longer have the right to issue bonds or other obligations, and all books and records and assets thereof shall be transferred to the consolidated district. The governing authority of the consolidated district shall cause taxes to continue to be levied for the payment of the outstanding indebtedness of each underlying district of the same type which has not been assumed by the consolidated district, as hereinafter provided, in all respects as would have been required had such consolidation not been effected. In addition, if such indebtedness of any underlying district consists of revenue bonds or special assessment certificates payable from service charges or assessments, the governing authority of the consolidated district shall continue to impose and collect such service charges or assessments, as well as any special taxes previously authorized and legally dedicated by covenant with bondholders to the payment of maintenance or operation expenses.
Added by Acts 1975, No. 94, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:7707. Continuation of rights and obligations of districts

RS 33:7707 - Continuation of rights and obligations of districts
The creation of a consolidated special service district hereunder shall not affect or impair in any manner contract rights enjoyed by the holders of any outstanding bonds or obligations of the underlying districts, and to the extent required by such contract rights, taxes, service charges, and assessments on the property subject to the payment of principal of and interest on such bonds or obligations shall continue to be levied and collected as above provided; however, any consolidated special service district may assume all or any indebtedness of its underlying districts in the manner and with the effect provided by R.S. 39:661 et seq. for the assumption of indebtedness by parishes.
Added by Acts 1975, No. 94, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:7708. Refunding bonds

RS 33:7708 - Refunding bonds
Any consolidated special service district created hereunder, in addition to its right to issue bonds or other obligations for the purposes and in the manner elsewhere provided in the constitution and laws of this state, may issue its refunding bonds for the purpose of refunding any outstanding revenue bonds or obligations of one or more of its underlying districts or, in its discretion, may authorize and deliver a single issue of revenue bonds for both improvement and refunding purposes. Refunding bonds so authorized shall be authorized and issued in the manner provided by law for the issuance of the bonds or other obligations refunded and shall be secured in the same manner as the bonds or obligations refunded, except that the governing authority, in its discretion, may provide for changes in the source of payment of such bonds or obligations as it considers desirable, and except that any refunding bonds so authorized either may be sold and the funds realized from the sale thereof applied exclusively to the payment of the bonds or obligations refunded or may be delivered in exchange for a like principal amount of the bonds or obligations refunded or may be sold in part or exchanged in part. Such refunding bonds also may be sold and the proceeds thereof escrowed to be used in paying the bonds or obligations refunded on the date on which they become payable through maturity or call for redemption. Refunding bonds so issued shall not exceed in principal amount the principal amount of the bonds or obligations to be so refunded.
Added by Acts 1975, No. 94, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:7711. Consolidated waterworks and sewerage districts

RS 33:7711 - Consolidated waterworks and sewerage districts
The governing authority of any parish may, in the same manner, by use of the same procedure and provisions, and with the same effects as provided in Chapter 22 of this Title for consolidated special service districts, create one or more consolidated waterworks/sewerage districts within that parish. Any such district shall be comprised of one or more existing waterworks districts, sewerage districts, consolidated waterworks districts, consolidated sewerage districts, or consolidated waterworks/sewerage districts.
Acts 1987, No. 944, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:7721. Creation of districts as political subdivisions

RS 33:7721 - Creation of districts as political subdivisions
The governing authority of any parish may by ordinance create mosquito abatement districts composed of any part or all of the territory lying wholly within the parish. Such districts shall be political and legal subdivisions of the state, with power to sue and be sued in their corporate names.
Added by Acts 1975, No. 512, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:7722. Purposes

RS 33:7722 - Purposes
The purposes for which mosquito abatement districts may be organized and the nature of the business to be carried on by them are as follows: the abatement, control, eradication, and study of mosquitoes and other arthropods of public health importance, and all activities incidental thereto.
Added by Acts 1975, No. 512, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:7723. Board of commissioners; membership; qualifications and terms

RS 33:7723 - Board of commissioners; membership; qualifications and terms
A. When any such district is created, the parish governing authority creating it shall appoint a board of commissioners, composed of five members, to govern its affairs, and shall fix the domicile of the board at any point within the parish. The members of the board shall be qualified electors of the district, two of whom shall be appointed for terms of two years and three for terms of three years, dating from the date of the adoption of the ordinance creating the district. Thereafter, all appointments of the members shall be for terms of three years. Such boards shall serve without compensation, but the members shall be reimbursed for reasonable expenses incurred in connection with their official duties.
B. Notwithstanding Subsection A of this Section, the term of members appointed to the commission after the initial appointments may be up to five years as established by home rule charter or parish ordinance. If so authorized and the term is longer than the term of a member serving on January 1, 2018, the additional period of the longer term may be applied to consecutive terms of the member, as determined by the governing authority.
Added by Acts 1975, No. 512, §1; Acts 2018, No. 476, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:7724. Powers of board

RS 33:7724 - Powers of board
A. Each board of commissioners has authority to manage and control the affairs of its district, to adopt ordinances reasonably necessary to further the purposes for which the district is created, and to fix penalties for violations of such ordinances by fine or imprisonment within the limits fixed by law for violations of ordinances of the parish governing authority.
B. Each board has authority to purchase, maintain, and operate machinery and equipment necessary or useful in the eradication, abatement, or control of mosquitoes and other arthropods of public health importance, and to maintain an adequate administrative staff.
Added by Acts 1975, No. 512, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:7725. Combination of administrative personnel of two or more districts; approval of ordinances by state health officer

RS 33:7725 - Combination of administrative personnel of two or more districts; approval of ordinances by state health officer
To effect economy of operation, any two or more districts may combine the use of administrative and operative personnel and equipment upon such basis of compensation therefor as is mutually agreed to by all such boards of commissioners participating. The methods to be used in the eradication, abatement, and control of mosquitoes and other arthropods shall be submitted to the division of health of the Louisiana Health and Human Resources Administration annually for approval by the state health officer or his successor, and the ordinances of any such board of commissioners hereinabove referred to shall not be legally effective without such approval.
Added by Acts 1975, No. 512, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:7726. Service charges for mosquito control

RS 33:7726 - Service charges for mosquito control
A. A mosquito abatement district created under the provisions of this Chapter may levy and collect special taxes, including monthly service charges to customers of waterworks districts within the mosquito control district, to finance its programs. It may use legal, proper, necessary, and expedient means to collect and enforce the collection of such taxes, including the contracting with a waterworks district located within the same parish to collect a monthly service charge for mosquito control.
B. Any monthly service charge so levied shall be uniform upon the customers of the waterworks district, but each separate water meter or connection to the waterworks district's water supply lines shall be treated as a separate customer for purposes of the service charge. The waterworks district, acting as collection agency for special taxes of the mosquito abatement district, may add the tax levied by said mosquito abatement district to the water bills of its customers. On or before the tenth day of the month following the collection of the taxes, the waterworks district shall remit to the mosquito abatement district all funds collected for the purposes of mosquito control, less a small and reasonable service charge for administrative purposes of collection.
Acts 1969, No. 155, §§1, 2. Amended by Acts 1972, No. 613, §1; Acts 1975, No. 512, §2.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:7727. Boards of commissioners in Ouachita Parish; appointment of additional members

RS 33:7727 - Boards of commissioners in Ouachita Parish; appointment of additional members
Notwithstanding the provisions of R.S. 33:7723, the governing authority of Ouachita Parish is hereby authorized to increase the membership of boards of commissioners of mosquito abatement districts in Ouachita Parish from five to seven members. The two additional members authorized by this Section shall be appointed by the governing authority of Ouachita Parish and shall serve initial terms of two and three years respectively; thereafter, their successors shall serve three-year terms as provided in R.S. 33:7723. All other provisions of law relative to members of the board shall apply to the additional members and their successors.
Acts 1984, No. 549, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:7729. Board of commissioners of the Cameron Parish Mosquito Abatement District No. 1 in Cameron Parish; appointment of additional members

RS 33:7729 - Board of commissioners of the Cameron Parish Mosquito Abatement District No. 1 in Cameron Parish; appointment of additional members
Notwithstanding the provisions of R.S. 33:7723, the governing authority of Cameron Parish is hereby authorized to increase the membership of the board of commissioners of Mosquito Abatement District No. 1 in Cameron Parish from five to seven members. The two additional members authorized by this Section shall be appointed by the governing authority of Cameron Parish and shall serve initial terms of two and three years respectively; thereafter, their successors shall serve three-year terms as provided in R.S. 33:7723. All other provisions of law relative to members of the board shall apply to the additional members and their successors.
Acts 2008, No. 680, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:7751. Fire ant abatement districts; creation

RS 33:7751 - Fire ant abatement districts; creation
The governing authority of any parish may by ordinance create fire ant abatement districts composed of any part or all of the territory lying wholly within the parish. Such districts shall be political and legal subdivisions of the state, with the power to sue and be sued in their corporate names.
Acts 1992, No. 198, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:7752. Purposes

RS 33:7752 - Purposes
The purposes for which fire ant abatement districts may be organized and the nature of the business to be carried on by them are as follows: the abatement, control, eradication, and study of fire ants.
Acts 1992, No. 198, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:7753. Board of commissioners; membership; qualifications and terms

RS 33:7753 - Board of commissioners; membership; qualifications and terms
When any such district is created, the parish governing authority creating it shall appoint a board of commissioners, composed of five members, to govern its affairs, and shall fix the domicile of the board at any point within the parish. The members of the board shall be qualified electors of the district, two of whom shall be appointed for terms of two years and three for terms of three years, dating from the date of the adoption of the ordinance creating the district. Thereafter, all appointments of the members shall be for terms of three years. Such boards shall serve without compensation, but the members shall be reimbursed for reasonable expenses incurred in connection with their official duties.
Acts 1992, No. 198, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:7754. Powers of board

RS 33:7754 - Powers of board
A. Each board of commissioners has authority to manage and control the affairs of its district, to adopt ordinances reasonably necessary to further the purposes for which the district is created, and to fix penalties for violations of such ordinances by fine or imprisonment within the limits fixed by law for violations of ordinances of the parish governing authority.
B. Each board has authority to purchase, maintain, and operate machinery and equipment necessary or useful in the eradication, abatement, or control of fire ants and to maintain an adequate administrative staff.
C. The methods to be used in the eradication, abatement, and control of fire ants shall be submitted to the Louisiana Department of Health annually for approval by the state health officer and the commissioner of agriculture. The ordinances of the board of commissioners shall not be legally effective without such approval.
Acts 1992, No. 198, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:7755. Service charges for fire ant abatement

RS 33:7755 - Service charges for fire ant abatement
A. A fire ant abatement district created under the provisions of this Chapter may levy and collect special taxes, or assess special fees or service charges to residents and property owners within the fire ant abatement district to finance its programs. However, the question of the imposition of any such tax, fee, or charge shall have been submitted to the qualified electors of the district at an election to be conducted in accordance with the election laws of the state and the majority of those voting in said election shall have voted in favor of the imposition of said tax, fee, or charge. It may use legal, proper, necessary, and expedient means to collect and enforce the collection of such taxes, including the contracting with a waterworks district located within the same parish to collect special fees or service charges for fire ant abatement.
B. Any special fee or service charge so levied shall be uniform upon the customers of the waterworks district, but each separate water meter or connection to the waterworks district's water supply lines shall be treated as a separate customer for purposes of such special fee or service charge. The waterworks district, acting as collection agency for special taxes of the fire ant abatement district, may add the tax levied by said fire ant abatement district to the water bills of its customers. On or before the tenth day of the month following the collection of the taxes, the waterworks district shall remit to the fire ant abatement district all funds collected for the purposes of fire ant abatement less a reasonable service charge for administrative purposes of collection.
Acts 1992, No. 198, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:7756. Combination of administrative personnel of two or more districts; approval of ordinances by state health officer

RS 33:7756 - Combination of administrative personnel of two or more districts; approval of ordinances by state health officer
To effect economy of operation, any two or more districts may combine the use of administrative and operative personnel and equipment upon such basis of compensation therefor as is mutually agreed to by all such boards of commissioners participating.
Acts 1992, No. 198, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:7801. Definitions

RS 33:7801 - Definitions
As used in this Chapter, the following terms shall have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:
(1) "Board" means the Board of Commissioners of St. Bernard Parish Water and Sewer Commission.
(2) "Commission" means the St. Bernard Parish Water and Sewer Commission.
(3) "Districts" means, collectively, Sewer District No. 1, Sewer District No. 2, Water District No. 1 and Water District No. 2, all of the parish of St. Bernard, state of Louisiana.
(4) "Parish" means the parish of St. Bernard, state of Louisiana.
(5) "Sewer District No. 1" means Sewer District No. 1 of the parish of St. Bernard, state of Louisiana.
(6) "Sewer District No. 2" means Sewer District No. 2 of the parish of St. Bernard, state of Louisiana.
(7) "Water District No. 1" means Water District No. 1 of the parish of St. Bernard, state of Louisiana.
(8) "Water District No. 2" means Water District No. 2 of the parish of St. Bernard, state of Louisiana.
Acts 1986, No. 377, §1, eff. July 2, 1986.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:7802. Creation of commission; territorial jurisdiction

RS 33:7802 - Creation of commission; territorial jurisdiction
The creation of the commission, pursuant to an intergovernmental agreement executed on November 13, 1985 between the parish and the districts, is hereby ratified, confirmed, and approved. The commission is hereby constituted and declared to be a body politic and political subdivision of the state of Louisiana, as defined in Article VI, Section 44 of the Constitution of Louisiana. Pursuant to Article VI, Section 19 of the Constitution of Louisiana, the commission is hereby granted the rights, powers, and authorities herein described, including, but not limited to, the power of taxation and the power to incur debt and issue bonds. The powers of the commission shall be exercised within the boundaries of the parish, as the boundaries of the parish are presently constituted.
Acts 1986, No. 377, §1, eff. July 2, 1986.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:7803. Purpose

RS 33:7803 - Purpose
The commission is hereby created for the object and purpose of providing economy and efficiency in the furnishing of water, sewer, and sewage disposal services to the citizens of the parish, and it shall have the authority to plan, finance, construct, acquire, improve, operate, and maintain water, sewer, and sewage disposal improvements and facilities within the parish.
Acts 1986, No. 377, §1, eff. July 2, 1986.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:7804. Board of commissioners; membership

RS 33:7804 - Board of commissioners; membership
A.(1) The commission shall be governed by a board of commissioners to be known as the "Board of Commissioners of the St. Bernard Parish Water and Sewer Commission". The board shall be composed of seven members, each of whom shall be a person who is actually domiciled in St. Bernard Parish during his term of office. Any member of the commission who removes his domicile from St. Bernard Parish shall thereby vacate his office, any declaration of retention of domicile notwithstanding.
(2) The board shall elect its officers which shall include a president, first vice president, second vice president, and secretary-treasurer. The secretary-treasurer may be, but shall not be required to be, a member of the board. All other officers shall be members of the board.
B.(1) Members of the board shall be selected as follows:
(a) One member by the governing authority of the parish.
(b) One member by the governing authority of Sewer District No. 1.
(c) Two members by the governing authority of Sewer District No. 2.
(d) Two members by the governing authority of Water District No. 1.
(e) One member by the governing authority of Water District No. 2.
(2) In the event that any one or more of such districts ceases to exist, the appointments to be made thereafter by such district shall be made by the governing authority of the parish.
Acts 1986, No. 377, §1, eff. July 2, 1986; Acts 1990, No. 337, §1, eff. July 10, 1990.
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