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2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:221. Contracts; taxes

RS 33:221 - Contracts; taxes
A. If a municipality annexes territory contained in a parochial water, sewer, or fire protection district, hereinafter collectively referred to as special service districts, the municipality and each such special service district are hereby authorized to enter into a contract granting to either the municipality or the special service district the exclusive right to provide service in the annexed area.
B. If the municipality and the special service districts provide in the contract that the municipality thereafter will have jurisdiction to serve the annexed area, the special service district shall continue to levy taxes in the annexed area for the retirement of any outstanding tax-secured bonds of the district and may continue to levy such maintenance tax as theretofore has been authorized for the full period of such authorization; however, the district shall not thereafter be authorized to levy any new maintenance taxes in the annexed area, and, if the district thereafter issues any tax-secured bonds, the assessed valuation of the annexed area shall not be used in computing the capacity of the district to issue such bonds, and taxes shall not be levied in the annexed area for the retirement of new bonds of the district, notwithstanding any provisions of law to the contrary.
C. If any of the territory contained in Waterworks District No. 9 of Ward 4 of Calcasieu Parish is annexed by a municipality, the waterworks district shall continue to levy and collect taxes, including maintenance taxes, within the annexed area as provided in this Section, and shall continue to provide service within the annexed area unless the waterworks district reaches an agreement with the municipality to the contrary. The district may levy any new maintenance taxes in the annexed area, and if the district thereafter issues any tax-secured bonds, the assessed valuation of the annexed area shall be used in computing the capacity of the district to issue such bonds and taxes shall be levied in the annexed area for the retirement of new bonds of the district, unless prior to the levy of the new tax or the issuance of the bonds, the district and the municipality enter into a contract granting to the municipality the exclusive right to provide service in the annexed area.
Added by Acts 1975, No. 142, §1. Amended by Acts 1981, No. 524, §1; Acts 1985, No. 573, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:221.2. Annexed areas of parochial subdivisions; taxes

RS 33:221.2 - Annexed areas of parochial subdivisions; taxes
A. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any parochial subdivision which, at the time of a proposed annexation, levies any previously authorized sales and use taxes or ad valorem taxes may, upon such annexation, extend the levy and collection of such taxes to the additional territory to be included within such parochial subdivision. Such taxes shall be extended only upon receipt of a petition by a majority of the qualified electors residing in the annexed territory or upon approval by a majority of the voters voting in a special election held within such additional territory by the parochial subdivision for such purpose subsequent to such annexation. Prior to extending the boundaries of any parochial subdivision, the parish governing authority may call and hold a special election to extend the levy and collection of such taxes in the area proposed to be annexed. Where no registered voters reside within the area annexed or proposed to be annexed, no petition or election shall be required to extend the levy and collection of such taxes. The special district shall reimburse the parish governing authority for the cost of any such election.
B. Any petition received by the governing authority of a parochial subdivision requesting an extension of its authorized tax levies shall be verified by the registrar of voters of the parish or parishes in which the additional territory proposed to be taxed lies. A copy of such certification shall thereafter be filed with the assessor for the parish or parishes in which such ad valorem taxes are being levied or the sales tax collector for the parish or parishes affected where sales and use taxes are being levied. The taxes shall become effective only after the certification is filed.
Acts 2001, No. 891, §1, eff. June 26, 2001.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:222. Contracts; transfer of facilities

RS 33:222 - Contracts; transfer of facilities
The parties may provide in the contract that in order to avoid unnecessary duplication of facilities either party will convey its respective facilities in the annexed area to the party granted exclusive jurisdiction over the area for the purpose of serving the inhabitants thereof. Such reasonable compensation as is agreed upon by the parties shall be paid in consideration for the transfer, and no such conveyance shall be made without such compensation or in such a manner as to impair any outstanding obligations of either party.
Added by Acts 1975, No. 142, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:223. Contracts; recordation

RS 33:223 - Contracts; recordation
An executed copy of the contract shall be recorded in the mortgage records of the parish in which the municipality is located and shall be binding upon the parties thereto as of the date such contract is so filed for recordation.
Added by Acts 1975, No. 142, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:224. Annexation and maintenance of parish roads

RS 33:224 - Annexation and maintenance of parish roads
Whenever any municipality annexes territory by any of the methods provided for in this Chapter it shall also annex and maintain any parish road which is within the territory proposed to be annexed, but only insofar as the road is within the municipality. Where the road is adjacent to but not within the annexed territory the municipality and the parish shall equally share the maintenance of the road. Any annexation contrary to the provisions of this Section shall be invalid. The provisions of this Section shall not apply to any parish in which there is a city-parish form of government.
Added by Acts 1983, No. 123, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:225. Incorporation within East Baton Rouge Parish; maintenance of roads and drainage

RS 33:225 - Incorporation within East Baton Rouge Parish; maintenance of roads and drainage
A. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, when Central is incorporated in the parish of East Baton Rouge pursuant to Subpart A of Part I of Chapter 1 of this Title on and after the date the Central Transition District ceases existence, the governing authority of the newly created municipality shall be responsible for the maintenance of any road or drainage maintained by or dedicated to the parish of East Baton Rouge prior to the effective date of incorporation which is located within the boundaries of the municipality.
B. Notwithstanding the provisions of Subsection A of this Section, the governing authority of East Baton Rouge Parish shall be responsible for maintaining the following roadways:
(1) Comite Drive from Blackwater Road to the Comite River (0.72 miles).
(2) Dyer Road from the Comite River to Blackwater Road (1.2 miles).
(3) Joor Road from Hooper Road to Greenwell Springs-Port Hudson Road (6.27 miles).
(4) The proposed Central Thruway from the Comite River to Sullivan Road (2.21 miles).
(5) Sullivan Road from Greenwell Springs Road to Wax Road (2.21 miles).
(6) Sullivan Road from Hooper Road to Joor Road (1.19 miles).
Acts 2005, No. 376, §1, eff. June 30, 2005.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:226. Naming of bridge by governing authority of East Baton Rouge Parish

RS 33:226 - Naming of bridge by governing authority of East Baton Rouge Parish
Notwithstanding R.S. 42:267 or any other law to the contrary, the governing authority of East Baton Rouge Parish may name a bridge that is part of the Central Thruway and crosses over Beaver Creek in honor of a living person who represented East Baton Rouge Metropolitan Council District Four from 1992 until 2008 and served as mayor pro tem of the East Baton Rouge Parish Metropolitan Council.
Acts 2009, No. 439, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:231. Abolition of municipality not containing one hundred inhabitants; debt not discharged

RS 33:231 - Abolition of municipality not containing one hundred inhabitants; debt not discharged
If in any case a census taken by resolution of the board of aldermen of any municipality created after July 29, 1898, shows that the municipality contains less than one hundred inhabitants, the governor shall issue his proclamation abolishing the same; and thenceforward it shall not exercise any corporate power or function whatever, and shall cease to exist. The person who was mayor thereof, at the time shall record the proclamation on the minute book and deposit the same with all of the other records of the defunct corporation, in the office of the clerk of the district court of the parish, who shall receive the same, and preserve them as records; but such dissolution shall not relieve the property theretofore liable for the debt of the municipality.
In the performance of his duties under this Section, the governor shall not be bound by the returns of a census, if he is of the opinion that the same are fraudulent. In such case, he may ascertain the facts for himself, in such manner as he may deem proper, and abolish municipalities accordingly.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:251. Petition for dissolution of any municipality with a population of not more than twenty-five hundred persons

RS 33:251 - Petition for dissolution of any municipality with a population of not more than twenty-five hundred persons
A. If the surrender of the charter and dissolution of a municipality with a population of not more than twenty-five hundred persons according to the latest federal decennial census is sought, a petition shall be submitted to the governing authority of the municipality, referred to in this Subpart as the "local governing authority". The petition shall be limited to the request that an election be called and held in the municipality for the purpose of determining whether the municipality shall be dissolved, shall be signed by a majority of the qualified electors of the municipality as certified by the registrar of voters, and shall be in compliance with the provisions of R.S. 18:3.
B. If the petition meets the requirements of Subsection A of this Section, then the local governing authority shall adopt a resolution calling a special election, for the purpose specified in Subsection A of this Section, to be held within the municipality on any of the dates set forth in R.S. 18:402(F).
Acts 2016, No. 313, §1, eff. June 2, 2016.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:252. Procedures; notice of election

RS 33:252 - Procedures; notice of election
The procedures for the election and notice of the election shall be in compliance with the provisions of Chapter 6-A and Chapter 6-B of Title 18 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950.
Acts 2016, No. 313, §1, eff. June 2, 2016.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:253. Form of ballot

RS 33:253 - Form of ballot
The ballot for the election shall provide as follows:
"PROPOSITION ELECTION
Shall the Charter of the municipality of __________________be surrendered and the municipality dissolved?".
Acts 2016, No. 313, §1, eff. June 2, 2016.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:254. Election officers; oath

RS 33:254 - Election officers; oath
Commissioners-in-charge and commissioners shall take the oath or affirmation provided in R.S. 18:424 and 425.
Acts 2016, No. 313, §1, eff. June 2, 2016.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:255. Elections officers; substitutes

RS 33:255 - Elections officers; substitutes
The commissioner-in-charge and the commissioners shall be present at the polling place at least thirty minutes prior to the time the polls are open. A commissioner-in-charge who fails to so appear shall be replaced in accordance with R.S. 18:433(H). If any commissioner fails to so appear, or if the number of commissioners present is less than the number necessary to conduct the election as previously established by the local governing authority, the commissioner-in-charge shall appoint the necessary number of commissioners in accordance with R.S. 18:434(D)(2).
Acts 2016, No. 313, §1, eff. June 2, 2016.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:256. Applicable election laws

RS 33:256 - Applicable election laws
The election laws of this state applicable to other elections held under Part V and VI of Chapter 5, Chapter 6-A, Chapter 6-B, Chapter 7, Chapter 8, Chapter 8-A, and Chapter 9 of Title 18 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950 shall govern elections held pursuant to this Subpart.
Acts 2016, No. 313, §1, eff. June 2, 2016.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:257. Canvass of returns; proces verbal

RS 33:257 - Canvass of returns; proces verbal
A. On the date and at the hour and place specified in the notice of election, the local governing authority ordering the election, in public session, shall examine and canvass the returns and declare the result of the election. The result shall be promulgated by one publication in a newspaper of general circulation in the municipality or, if there is none, in a newspaper of general circulation in the parish, or if there is no newspaper of general circulation in the parish, then in a newspaper of general circulation in an adjoining parish.
B. The local governing authority ordering the election shall preserve a proces verbal of the canvass. The governing authority shall forward a copy of the proces verbal to the secretary of state, who shall record it. A copy also shall be forwarded to the clerk of the district court, and in Orleans Parish to the clerk of the civil district court, who shall record it in the mortgage records. A copy shall be retained in the archives of the office of the local governing authority ordering the election.
Acts 2016, No. 313, §1, eff. June 2, 2016.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:258. Contests

RS 33:258 - Contests
For sixty days after promulgation of the results of an election held under this Subpart, any person in interest may contest the legality of the election as provided in Chapter 9 of Title 18 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950. After that time no one shall have any cause or right of action to contest the regularity, formality, or legality of the election. If the validity of the election is not raised within the sixty days, the authority to dissolve the municipality shall be conclusively presumed to be valid, and no court shall have authority to inquire into such matters.
Acts 2016, No. 313, §1, eff. June 2, 2016.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:259. Tax levy by police jury to liquidate municipal indebtedness

RS 33:259 - Tax levy by police jury to liquidate municipal indebtedness
If any municipality is dissolved and its charter surrendered under the provisions of this Subpart, and is, on the day of dissolution, indebted in any sum to any person, the police jury of the parish in which the municipality is situated shall levy such tax as the governing authority of the municipality could have legally levied, for the purpose of liquidating the outstanding indebtedness of the municipality.
Acts 2016, No. 313, §1, eff. June 2, 2016.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:260. Liquidation of other affairs of municipality

RS 33:260 - Liquidation of other affairs of municipality
The governing authority of a municipality dissolved under this Subpart, in office at the time of its dissolution shall liquidate the other affairs of the municipality as speedily as possible and shall continue in office until the final settlement thereof.
Acts 2016, No. 313, §1, eff. June 2, 2016.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:261. Disposition of surplus funds of municipality

RS 33:261 - Disposition of surplus funds of municipality
If after the payment of all the debts of a municipality dissolved under this Subpart, any balance of money remains, it shall be turned over to the school board of the parish to be used in the education of the children of school age residing within the territory covered by the municipality.
Acts 2016, No. 313, §1, eff. June 2, 2016.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:321. Municipalities governed by mayor-board of aldermen form of government

RS 33:321 - Municipalities governed by mayor-board of aldermen form of government
All municipalities shall be governed by the provisions of this Part except those municipalities governed by a special legislative charter or a home rule charter or plan of government adopted pursuant to Article VI of the Constitution of Louisiana.
Acts 1986, No. 1076, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1987; Acts 2010, No. 39, §1, eff. May 26, 2010.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:322. Election to adopt mayor-board of aldermen form of government

RS 33:322 - Election to adopt mayor-board of aldermen form of government
The legislative body of any municipality not governed by this Part may by a majority vote call an election to become governed by the provisions of this Part. The election shall be held in accordance with the procedures specified in R.S. 18:1300 and other applicable provisions of the Louisiana Election Code. If a majority of the legal votes cast are for adopting the provisions of this Part, the municipality shall be governed by its provisions, and the result of the election shall be certified to the secretary of state, who shall make a record of the same in his office. If a majority of the votes cast are against adopting the provisions of this Part, the legislative body may not call another election on the question for at least twelve months after the date of the election.
Acts 1986, No. 1076, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1987; Acts 2010, No. 861, §15.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:341. Division into cities, towns, and villages

RS 33:341 - Division into cities, towns, and villages
Municipal corporations shall be divided into three classes: cities, towns, and villages. Those having five thousand inhabitants or more are cities; those having less than five thousand but more than one thousand inhabitants are towns; and those having one thousand or fewer inhabitants are villages.
Acts 1986, No. 1076, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1987.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:342. Change in classification of municipality; governor's proclamation; census not conclusive; judicial notice

RS 33:342 - Change in classification of municipality; governor's proclamation; census not conclusive; judicial notice
A.(1) Whenever a census taken by resolution of the board of aldermen of any municipality or a certified report from the federal Census Bureau shows that its population has increased or decreased so as to take the municipality out of its present municipal class, the board of aldermen shall adopt a resolution requesting the governor to change the classification of the municipality. The results of any census taken by resolution of the board of aldermen shall have been certified by the person authorized to take the census.
(2) Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section and the provisions of R.S. 33:341, the governing authority of a municipality may elect not to change the classification of the municipality when a census shows that its population has increased by fewer than two hundred persons since the last decennial census, but such increase would change the municipality's classification from village to town. If the governing authority, by resolution, elects to retain its classification and not change the classification as otherwise required, the mayor shall transmit a copy of the resolution to the governor and to the secretary of state for recordation. Laws applicable to municipalities based upon their population shall be applicable to a municipality that elects not to change its classification as authorized in this Paragraph based upon its population and not its classification.
B. The mayor of the municipality shall transmit the resolution to the governor. The governor shall investigate the facts; in such investigation, the governor shall not be bound by the census submitted and, if he believes the findings are inaccurate, he may ascertain the facts in any manner he deems appropriate. If the governor finds that the municipality is wrongly classified, he shall issue a proclamation correctly classifying the municipality, and such proclamation shall be transmitted to the mayor of the municipality.
C. Upon receipt of the proclamation, the board of aldermen of the municipality shall adopt an ordinance changing the name of the municipality to reflect its new classification. A copy of the proclamation and the ordinance shall be transmitted to the secretary of state for recordation.
D. The courts shall take judicial notice of the class to which each municipality belongs.
Amended by Acts 1954, No. 46, §1; Acts 1986, No. 1076, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1987; Acts 2011, No. 260, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:343. Nomenclature; village, town, or city council

RS 33:343 - Nomenclature; village, town, or city council
A.(1) Notwithstanding the terminology used in this Part or in any other provision of law, the governing authority of any municipality governed by this Part may, by duly adopted resolution, elect to be known and referred to as a village, town, or city council as appropriate for a municipality of its size or, if the municipality elects to retain its classification as a village as authorized in R.S. 33:342(A)(2), as appropriate for its classification rather than its size.
(2) If the governing authority elects to be known as a village, town, or city council, each individual member of such council shall thereafter be known and referred to as a council member. The municipal governing authority may make other conforming changes in naming conventions, but no change pursuant to this Section shall in any way alter the applicability of state law to the municipality, its governing authority, or the members thereof.
B. The governing authority shall submit a copy of the adopted resolution to the office of the secretary of state for recordation.
Acts 1997, No. 255, §1; Acts 2011, No. 260, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:361. Municipal powers

RS 33:361 - Municipal powers
A. Except as otherwise provided in this Part, a municipality shall be vested with all powers, rights, privileges, immunities, authorities, and duties heretofore possessed in accordance with all constitutional and statutory provisions with respect thereto. A municipality is further authorized to exercise any power and perform any function necessary, requisite, or proper for the management of its affairs not denied by law.
B. The power to perform any function necessary, requisite, or proper for the management of its affairs shall specifically include the power to levy and collect taxes and to assume indebtedness as provided by law. In this regard, the board of aldermen of a municipality may levy and collect taxes, incur debt, and issue bonds and other evidences of indebtedness as authorized by law.
Acts 1985, No. 890, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986.
{{NOTE: SEE ACTS 1985, NO. 890, §3.}}
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:362. Exercise of municipal powers; legislative, executive

RS 33:362 - Exercise of municipal powers; legislative, executive
A.(1) The legislative powers of a municipality shall be vested in and exercised by the board of aldermen.
(2) The board of aldermen may:
(a) Repealed by Acts 1986, No. 1076, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 1987.
(b) Enact ordinances and enforce the same by fine not to exceed five hundred dollars or imprisonment not exceeding sixty days, or both.
(c) Provide by ordinance for assessing against the abutting property the cost of cutting, destroying, or removing noxious weeds, grass, or other deleterious, unhealthy, or noxious growths or accumulations on any sidewalk; assess on the owner of such lot or place or area the cost of cutting, destroying, or removing noxious weeds, grass or other deleterious, unhealthy, or noxious growths or accumulations within the corporate limits; and on the owner of any lot or place or area within the corporate limits the cost of cutting, destroying or removing noxious weeds, grass, or other deleterious, unhealthy, or noxious growth or accumulation on the lot or place or area; and provide for the filing of notice of such cost which shall constitute a privilege upon the property and shall be prior in rank to mortgages, vendor's privileges, and all other privileges except tax privileges.
(d)(i) Seek reimbursement from a former municipal employee on whose behalf the municipality paid licensure fees for a commercial driver's license when such employee is employed by the municipality for a period of six months or less from the date upon which the municipality paid such licensure fee on behalf of the employee. Reimbursement shall be limited to the amount of the licensure fee paid by the municipality.
(ii) The former employee of the municipality shall be liable to the municipality for an amount equal to the amount of the licensure fee paid by the municipality.
(3) Subject to law, including R.S. 33:423.2 and 423.3, and applicable civil service rules and regulations, the board of aldermen shall, by ordinance, provide policies and procedures regulating the employment of municipal employees including the hiring and firing of such employees.
B. The mayor shall be the chief executive officer of the municipality.
C. Any department of a municipality, other than the police department in a municipality with an elected chief of police, shall be created, abolished, merged, or consolidated by the board of aldermen, upon written recommendation of the mayor.
Acts 1985, No. 890, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986; Acts 1986, No. 1076, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 1987; Acts 1997, No. 441, §1.
{{NOTE: SEE ACTS 1985, NO. 890, §3.}}
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:363. Village of Palmetto in St. Landry Parish; authority to provide academic scholarships

RS 33:363 - Village of Palmetto in St. Landry Parish; authority to provide academic scholarships
A. The legislature finds that it is important to utilize all available opportunities to aid meritorious but needy students in their efforts to obtain a college education. The legislature further finds that there exists a benefit to the state to educate its citizens in Louisiana institutions of higher education and to encourage such students to remain in Louisiana after completing their education. The legislature further finds that, when possible, the funding of scholarships for such students is a public purpose and, pursuant to Article VII, Section 14 of the Constitution of Louisiana, the legislature intends to approve and encourage such purpose.
B. The governing authority of the village of Palmetto may use any surplus public funds unexpended in prior fiscal years, including accumulated interest paid thereon, to fund academic scholarships for meritorious but needy students.
C. The governing authority of the village of Palmetto shall establish said scholarships by appropriate ordinance or resolution, which establishment shall be preceded by a public hearing, said hearing having been advertised in the official journal of the village at least once and at least fifteen days before adoption of the ordinance or resolution.
D. Such ordinance or resolution shall provide procedures and criteria for application for and award of such scholarships. Each student to whom a scholarship is awarded shall be a resident of the village of Palmetto in St. Landry Parish, shall be accepted to attend or be enrolled as an undergraduate student in a Louisiana institution of higher education, shall have a cumulative high school or college grade point average of at least three points when calculated on a four-point basis, and shall be adjudged needy by standards equivalent to or more stringent than those of nationally recognized analyses such as those used by the College Scholarship Service or the American College Testing Service. In the event that no student meets the residency criterion, a scholarship may be awarded to a student whose parent or legal guardian is a utility customer of the village in good standing. The village governing authority may establish additional criteria and procedures as are necessary to administer the scholarships. In the administration of the program, no student shall be discriminated against on the basis of race, color, gender, disability, as defined in R.S. 51:2232, national origin, or creed.
Acts 1988, No. 157, §1; Acts 1991, No. 181, §1, eff. July 2, 1991; Acts 1993, No. 820, §5.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:364. Town of Gueydan; municipal officials and employees; increase in compensation; certain prohibition

RS 33:364 - Town of Gueydan; municipal officials and employees; increase in compensation; certain prohibition
The compensation of any municipal official or employee of the town of Gueydan shall not be increased:
(1) During the period from six months prior to any regularly scheduled municipal election of municipal officials until the term of the municipal officials in office expires.
(2) Prior to any special election of any municipal official after the election date is set, in the town of Gueydan.
Acts 1991, No. 87, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:365. Naming of town hall; town of Jonesboro

RS 33:365 - Naming of town hall; town of Jonesboro
The governing authority of the town of Jonesboro may name its town hall after Richard Zuber, its former long-time mayor.
Acts 1999, No. 1306, §1; Acts 2011, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 20, §1, eff. June 12, 2011.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:381.1. Election or appointment of marshal

RS 33:381.1 - Election or appointment of marshal
The marshal who is the chief of police in such municipalities shall be elected at large, provided that, notwithstanding any other provisions of law to the contrary, a majority of the qualified electors voting therein may, at a special election called by the board of aldermen for that purpose, authorize the mayor to thereafter appoint a marshal with the approval of the board of aldermen. Such special election shall be called only upon the presentation of a petition, directed to the board of aldermen and signed by at least twenty-five percent of the qualified electors of the municipality. Once such an election has been called and held, no further or other election on the same question shall be held for at least four years.
If the people of any municipality vote to authorize the mayor to appoint the marshal, the first such appointment shall be made at the end of the term of the marshal in office at the time the election was held unless at that time the office of marshal is vacant or the incumbent is an appointed official.
Upon the expiration of at least four years after the effective date of any such determination that the marshal shall be an appointed rather than an elected official the people of any such municipality may determine that said official shall be elective, but only in the same manner and through the same petition and election procedure as hereinabove set forth.
Added by Acts 1970, No. 647, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:381.2. Election or appointment of marshal in municipalities of five thousand or less

RS 33:381.2 - Election or appointment of marshal in municipalities of five thousand or less
A. Notwithstanding the provisions of R.S. 33:381 and 381.1 to the contrary, in any municipality with a population of five thousand or less according to the latest federal decennial census, a majority of the qualified electors voting therein may, at a special election called by the governing authority of the municipality for that purpose, authorize the mayor to thereafter appoint a marshal who is the chief of police with the approval of the governing authority or provide for the election of a marshal who is the chief of police. Such special election shall be called only upon the adoption of an ordinance by a two-thirds vote of the governing authority. Once such an election has been called and held, no further or other election on the same question shall be held for at least four years.
B. If the people of any municipality vote to authorize the mayor to appoint the marshal, the first such appointment shall be made at the end of the term of the marshal in office at the time the election was held unless at that time the office of marshal is vacant or the incumbent is an appointed official. If the people of any municipality vote to elect the marshal, the term for the elected marshal shall begin at the end of the term of the marshal in office at the time the election was held unless at that time the office of marshal is vacant.
C. Upon the expiration of at least four years after the effective date of any such determination that the marshal shall be an appointed rather than an elected official or an elected rather than an appointed official, the people of any such municipality may determine that said official shall be elected or appointed, as the case may be, but only in the same manner and through the same procedure as hereinabove set forth.
Acts 2003, No. 492, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:383. Municipal elections; term of office; filling vacancies; officers holding over under new form of government

RS 33:383 - Municipal elections; term of office; filling vacancies; officers holding over under new form of government
A.(1) Except as otherwise provided by this Subsection and R.S. 33:383.2, municipal elections shall be held every four years on the date for municipal and ward elections in accordance with R.S. 18:402(C). The officers elected shall take office on the first day of July following their election and shall hold their office for four years.
(2)(a) Any municipality by ordinance of the governing authority may 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 not less than one year prior to the opening of the qualifying period for the congressional primary election at which municipal officers shall be elected initially under the plan. This election shall be the first congressional primary election after termination of the terms of office to which municipal officers in office on the effective date of this Subsection were elected.
(b) No such plan shall be revocable by the governing authority.
(c) Any municipality that complies with the provisions of this Paragraph may hold municipal elections at the congressional elections in accordance with R.S. 18:402(B).
(d) The officers elected shall take office on the first day of January following their election and shall hold their office for four years.
(3) Repealed by Acts 2022, No. 402, §1.
B. If no election is held on the day herein prescribed or if a vacancy in any municipal office elective by the people occurs or if an officer elected fails to qualify, such vacancy shall be filled in accordance with the provisions of Article VI, Section 13 of the Constitution of Louisiana or as otherwise provided by law.
C. Any vacancy in a municipal office to which the officer is elected or appointed by the mayor and board of aldermen may be filled for the term by the mayor and board of aldermen at any regular or special meeting.
D. Officers of a municipality who are in office when the municipality elects to come under the provisions of this Part under R.S. 33:322, shall retain their offices until the first election under this section, with the powers of like offices under this Part.
Amended by Acts 1970, No. 122, §1; Acts 1984, No. 829, §1, eff. July 13, 1984; Acts 1987, No. 413, §1; Acts 2003, No. 693, §1; Acts 2018, No. 395, §1, eff. May 22, 2018; Acts 2022, No. 402, §1.
{{NOTE: SEE ACTS 1984, NO. 829, §2.}}
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:383.1. City of Harahan; limitation of terms of elected officials; referendum

RS 33:383.1 - City of Harahan; limitation of terms of elected officials; referendum
The board of aldermen of the city of Harahan may enact an ordinance limiting the number of terms of office which any elected official of the municipality may serve to two consecutive terms in the same office. Any ordinance herein authorized shall become effective only after the question of such term limitation has been submitted to and approved by a majority of the qualified electors of the city of Harahan who vote on the proposition at a regularly scheduled primary or general election held in accordance with the Louisiana Election Code.
Acts 1993, No. 304, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:383.2. Municipal elections in certain municipalities

RS 33:383.2 - Municipal elections in certain municipalities
A.(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the governing authority of any municipality with a population of not more than one thousand persons according to the latest federal decennial census and which holds municipal elections at the same time as the 2004 congressional election as provided by R.S. 18:402(B), may, by ordinance, adopt a plan for holding municipal elections at the gubernatorial election in accordance with R.S. 18:402(A). No such plan shall be revocable by the governing authority of the municipality.
(2) Any plan adopted pursuant to this Section shall be filed with the secretary of state not less than one year prior to the opening of the qualifying period for the gubernatorial primary election at which municipal officers shall be elected initially under the plan. The first such election under the plan shall be held at the 2007 gubernatorial election.
(3) Any municipality that complies with the provisions of this Subsection may hold its municipal elections at the gubernatorial election in accordance with R.S. 18:402(A).
B. The officers elected under the plan shall take office on the first day of January following their election and shall hold their office for four years. The municipal officers of a municipality that complies with Subsection A of this Section who are elected at municipal elections held at the same time as the 2004 congressional election, as provided by R.S. 18:402(B), shall serve until their successors elected under the plan take office on January 1, 2008.
C. If no election is held on the day authorized by the plan adopted by a municipality or if a vacancy in any municipal office elective by the people occurs or if an officer elected fails to qualify, such vacancy shall be filled in accordance with the provisions of Article VI, Section 13 of the Constitution of Louisiana or as otherwise provided by law.
D. Any vacancy in a municipal office to which the officer is elected or appointed by the mayor and board of aldermen may be filled for the term by the mayor and board of aldermen at any regular or special meeting.
Acts 2003, No. 693, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:383.3. Municipal governing authorities; limitation of terms of elected officials; referendum

RS 33:383.3 - Municipal governing authorities; limitation of terms of elected officials; referendum
The governing authority of a municipality having a population between two thousand five hundred and five thousand within a parish having a population between two hundred thousand and two hundred fifty thousand, based on the latest federal decennial census, may enact an ordinance limiting the number of terms of office which any elected official of the municipality may serve to two consecutive terms in the same office. Any ordinance herein authorized shall become effective only after the question of such term limitation has been submitted to and approved by a majority of the qualified electors of the municipality who vote on the proposition at a regularly scheduled primary or general election held in accordance with the Louisiana Election Code.
Acts 2014, No. 768, §1, eff. June 19, 2014.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:384. Qualifications of mayor

RS 33:384 - Qualifications of mayor
The mayor shall be an elector of the municipality who at the time of qualification as a candidate for the office of mayor shall have been domiciled and actually resided for at least the immediately preceding year in the municipality.
Acts 1985, No. 890, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986; Acts 1986, No. 1076, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1987; Acts 1993, No. 522, §1.
{{NOTE: SEE ACTS 1985, NO. 890, §3.}}
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:385. Qualifications of alderman; vacancies; office holding; contracting

RS 33:385 - Qualifications of alderman; vacancies; office holding; contracting
A. The qualifications of the aldermen shall be the same as are prescribed for the mayor, and in addition, those elected from wards must be residents of their respective wards.
B. A vacancy in the office of alderman shall be filled pursuant to R.S. 18:602. In the event of a tie vote in filling a vacancy, the mayor as the presiding officer shall vote to break the tie. If the mayor fails or refuses to do so, the members of the board of aldermen shall notify the governor of the existence of the vacancy, and within ten days after he receives the notice, the governor shall make an appointment to fill the vacancy.
C. No member of the board of aldermen shall hold any other office or employment under the municipal government while he is a member of the board, except as is provided for in R.S. 33:381 and R.S. 33:386. No member of the board of aldermen, or any other officer of the corporation, shall be directly or indirectly interested in any work, business, or contract the consideration of which is to be paid from the treasury of the municipality, nor be surety for any person having a contract, work, or business with the municipality, for the performance of which security may be required, nor be surety for any officer or employee, except that the aldermen of the town of Erath shall be permitted to enter into contracts with said town for services or supplies where such services or supplies are available only by aldermen and there has been public notice of such and full compliance with the public bid law.
Amended by Acts 1979, No. 550, §1. Acts 1985, No. 890, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986.
{{NOTE: SEE ACTS 1985, NO. 890, §3.}}
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:385.1. Qualifications of elected chief of police

RS 33:385.1 - Qualifications of elected chief of police
A. Except as otherwise provided in this Section, an elected chief of police of a municipality shall be an elector of the municipality. At the time of qualification as a candidate for the office of chief of police, he shall have been domiciled for at least the immediately preceding year in the municipality except that a person who resides outside of the corporate limits of the village of Maurice may be elected chief of police. Additionally, a person who resides outside of the corporate limits of the town of Gueydan, but within the territorial limits of Ward Eight of Vermilion Parish, may be elected chief of police of the town. The provisions of this Section shall not apply to the village of Napoleonville.
B. The elected chief of police of a village shall reside within the boundaries of the parish in which the village is located.
C.(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, no person who is serving as an elected chief of police shall be eligible to qualify as a candidate for reelection to that office if the person has served as an elected chief of police for at least the one year immediately preceding the latest date to qualify for the office and has not met the requirements of R.S. 33:2345(A) and (B).
(2)(a) A person who was elected to the office of chief of police prior to January 1, 2004, and has been in continuous service since that date is not required to meet the requirements of R.S. 33:2345(A) to be eligible to qualify as a candidate for reelection to that office.
(b) The provisions of Paragraph (1) of this Subsection shall not apply to any person who has served as an elected chief of police continuously since January 1, 1983.
(c) The provisions of Paragraph (1) of this Subsection shall not apply to police chiefs if the training required by R.S. 33:2345 is not funded in accordance with R.S. 33:2345(D).
(3) The Law Enforcement Executive Management Institute shall establish a procedure by which any person who is serving as an elected chief of police and who has failed to meet the requirements of R.S. 33:2345(A) due to emergency circumstances may apply for an exemption from the requirements for the purpose of being eligible to qualify as a candidate for reelection to the position. If the Law Enforcement Executive Management Institute approves the exemption, the elected chief of police shall not be ineligible to qualify as a candidate for reelection for failure to meet the requirements.
Added by Acts 1979, No. 262, §1. Amended by Acts 1981, No. 789, §1; Acts 1986, No. 322, §1, eff. June 30, 1986; Acts 1986, No. 1076, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1987; Acts 1991, No. 202, §1, eff. July 2, 1991; Acts 1999, No. 425, §1; Acts 2016, No. 73, §1; Acts 2018, No. 26, §1, eff. May 10, 2018; Acts 2021, No. 358, §1, eff. June 14, 2021; Acts 2022, No. 212, §1, eff. May 31, 2022; Acts 2023, No. 348, §1.