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2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:3527. Certificates

RS 33:3527 - Certificates
Municipalities complying with the provisions of this state may issue, execute, negotiate, sell, and deliver negotiable interest bearing coupon certificates of the municipality in an amount not exceeding the total amount of the installments or deferred payments as provided for in the preceding Section, the certificates to bear interest not exceeding six (6%) per cent per annum payable annually and maturing serially over a period not exceeding ten years. In no event shall the certificates extend over a longer period of time than that provided for by the ordinance levying the local or special assessments which may be payable in annual installments. The certificates shall be of such form, date, denomination, and payable in principal and interest at such time and place as the governing authority may determine; the certificates shall be secured by and paid from, in principal and interest, the irrevocable pledge and dedication of the funds derived from the levy and collection of the special assessments on the real property abutting the improvements and shall be payable in annual installments or deferred payments as provided for by this Sub-part, which funds shall be set aside in a separate fund and shall not be drawn upon for any other purpose than to pay the principal and interest of the certificates.
Acts 1952, No. 379, §7.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:3528. Additional assessment

RS 33:3528 - Additional assessment
In the event the local and special assessments originally levied are insufficient to pay the principal or interest or both in any one year, of the certificates outstanding at their respective maturity dates, then the municipality issuing the certificates, through its governing authority, shall levy and collect, at such time as may be necessary, an additional local or special assessment on each lot or parcel of real estate abutting the drainage ditch improved, sufficient in amount to pay in full the principal or interest or both of the certificates at their respective maturity dates. The amounts assessed in the ordinance shall be due and collectible immediately on its passage and if not paid within thirty days from the date of its adoption, the municipality shall proceed against the property for the collection of the amount of the additional local or special assessment so levied, plus interest thereon and ten (10%) per cent additional for attorneys' fees. A certified copy of each ordinance providing for the levy and collection of the additional local or special assessment shall be filed with the clerk of court of the parish in which the municipality is located, promptly upon its adoption, who shall forth-record1 the same in the mortgage records of the parish, and when so filed and recorded the ordinance shall operate as a lien and privilege against all the real estate therein assessed.
Acts 1952, No. 379, §8.
1So in enrolled bill.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:3529. Execution and registration of certificates and interest coupons

RS 33:3529 - Execution and registration of certificates and interest coupons
The certificates shall be signed by the chief executive officer of the municipality and by its clerk or secretary, on behalf of and in the name of the municipality and under the seal thereof. The interest coupons shall be signed with facsimile signature of the said officers, and before delivery, shall be registered in the mortgage record of the parish in which the municipality is located as to the serial number, or numbers, amount, rate of interest, dates due, and the drainage ditch, or parts thereof improved. Each of the certificates shall bear the following endorsement:
This certificate registered in the Mortgage Records of the Parish of __________, on this the _____ day of __________, 20___.
_________________________________
Clerk of Court and Ex-Officio
Recorder of Mortgages,
Parish of ________________.
Acts 1952, No. 379, §9.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:3530. Sale and delivery of certificates

RS 33:3530 - Sale and delivery of certificates
The governing authority of the municipality issuing the certificates, may, by resolution, authorize the chief executive officer, and the clerk or secretary, to negotiate and deliver the paving certificates and collect the purchase price therefor and do any and all things necessary and incidental thereto, or authorize delivery to the contractor of all or any of the certificates in payment of their contractual obligation covering the improvements. The funds derived from the sale of the paving certificates shall be expended solely in payment of the costs of the improvements, and shall not be drawn upon for any other purpose.
Acts 1952, No. 379, §10.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:3531. Negotiability of certificates; validity and incontestability

RS 33:3531 - Negotiability of certificates; validity and incontestability
Certificates issued hereunder shall have all the requisites of negotiable paper, and shall not be invalid for any irregularity or defect in the proceedings for their issuance, sale, or delivery, and shall be incontestable in the hands of bona fide purchasers or holders for value.
Acts 1952, No. 379, §11.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:3532. Final inspection; payment of contractor

RS 33:3532 - Final inspection; payment of contractor
The governing authority of any municipality taking advantage of the provisions of this Sub-part, shall, upon the completion of any contract awarded as provided for herein, provide for the final inspection of the work performed and the improvements made, and if the work is found to have been completed satisfactorily in accordance with the contract, as evidenced by a certificate of the engineer for the municipality, the governing authority shall, by ordinance, approve and accept the work and fulfill their obligations under the contract by full payment of all amounts due the contractor, including all retained percentages of payments previously made thereon on engineer's estimates, which percentages were retained pending the completion of the work.
Acts 1952, No. 379, §12.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:3533. Employment and duties of engineer and attorney

RS 33:3533 - Employment and duties of engineer and attorney
Municipalities which take advantage of the provisions of this Sub-part may through their governing authorities engage the services of an engineer and provide for his payment. This engineer shall prepare all plans and specifications for the work, and the governing authority shall approve them by a resolution. The engineer shall inspect the work as let in accordance with contracts hereunder and shall issue to the contractor, his estimates thereon from time to time as the work progresses, which estimates may be paid by the municipality either in full or by the retention of twenty (20%) per cent thereof as retained percentage; provided that where the work is undertaken by the municipality the engineer so employed shall inspect the work as it progresses and shall be responsible for the performance and completion thereof in accordance with the plans and specifications. Upon final completion of the work, the engineer shall render a report to the governing authority of the municipality as to the completion of the work in a satisfactory manner, which report shall be duly certified, and in addition, the engineer shall perform all engineering duties required of him in this Sub-part. The governing authority of the municipality may employ an attorney to handle all legal work in connection with the improvements and provide for the payment of his fee. The attorney, in addition to his other duties, shall prepare a complete transcript of the record of the proceedings covering each project complete hereunder and shall file the same with the clerk or secretary of the municipality. This filed transcript shall constitute a permanent record of the municipality.
Acts 1952, No. 379, §13.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:3534. Railway beds or tracks

RS 33:3534 - Railway beds or tracks
In the event a railway bed or track, other than one owned by the municipality, occupies a portion of a drainage ditch, the owner of the railway shall pay of the total cost of the work, the proportion that the area occupied by the railroad bears to the total area of the drainage ditch to be improved and also the cost for the extra work made necessary by the presence of the track in the drainage ditch.
Acts 1952, No. 379, §14.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:3535. Limitation of indebtedness

RS 33:3535 - Limitation of indebtedness
Certificates issued under the provisions of this Sub-part shall not be included in computing the indebtedness of the municipality for the purpose of determining any constitutional or statutory limitation of indebtedness.
Acts 1952, No. 379, §15.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:3536. Exemption of certificates from taxation; acceptability as security

RS 33:3536 - Exemption of certificates from taxation; acceptability as security
All certificates issued under the provisions of this Sub-part shall be exempt from taxation. They shall be acceptable as security for any deposit of public funds.
Acts 1952, No. 379, §16.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:3551. Improvement of street adjacent to stream or canal; assessment of property farthest from stream; petition of property owners

RS 33:3551 - Improvement of street adjacent to stream or canal; assessment of property farthest from stream; petition of property owners
In all cases where a public thoroughfare, located within the limits of any municipality (the City of New Orleans excepted) having a population exceeding one thousand, or within the limits of any incorporated parish seat, is adjacent to or bordering upon, or, when not adjacent to or bordering upon, is so near, or in such proximity, to a stream or canal that the property between the side of the street nearest the stream or canal is insufficient in value to warrant the imposition of paving assessments under existing laws, and is worth less than the cost of its proportionate share of the paving proposed for the street, the governing authority of the municipality may pave, gravel, macadamize, resurface, repair, or otherwise improve the public thoroughfares, (or any part thereof, not less than one block or more in length) and may levy and collect special taxes or local assessments on the property abutting the thoroughfare, for the purpose of defraying the cost of the work, repair, or improvement, which special taxes and local assessments shall be levied entirely against the property abutting on the side of the street farthest from the bank of the stream or canal, provided, that the owners of not less than sixty per cent of the lineal front footage of the property abutting on the side of the stream farthest from the bank of the stream or canal shall petition for the improvement, in writing, and shall state in the petition that in their opinion the property lying between the side of the street next to the stream, and the bank of the stream or canal, is insufficient in value to warrant its assessments for the paving under existing laws. On petition of the same percentage of the property owners on the side of the street farthest from the bank of the stream or canal, the property on both sides of the street may be assessed as now provided by existing laws, and if the property between the public thoroughfare, and the stream or canal should not be bid in at sheriff's sale in foreclosure of the paving assessment for an amount sufficient to pay the assessment against it, then, the entire costs shall be paid by the owners of the property on the side of the street farthest from the stream, or canal; and, in that event, the municipality and its transferees, shall have a lien and privilege on the property on the side of the street farthest from the stream, or canal, to secure the cost of paving the street.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:3552. Liability of owner of railway track in street

RS 33:3552 - Liability of owner of railway track in street
In the event a railway bed or track, other than one owned by the municipality, occupies a portion of a street or alley, the owner thereof shall pay, of the total cost of the work, the proportion that the area occupied by the railroad bed bears to the total area of the street or alley to be improved, and also the cost of the extra work made necessary by the presence of the track in the street or alley to be improved.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:3553. Municipality's liability

RS 33:3553 - Municipality's liability
The municipality may pay of the total cost the proportion that the net area of the street intersection, or street intersections, bears to the total area of the street, alley or curbing to be improved. In the event a municipally-owned railroad is on the street or alley, the municipality shall pay, in addition, only for the cost of the extra work made necessary by the presence of the track in the street or alley to be improved.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:3554. Abutting property owner's liability

RS 33:3554 - Abutting property owner's liability
The owners of property abutting on the side of the street farthest from the bank of the stream shall pay for the balance of the cost of the improvements, in proportion to the respective front footage of the properties owned by them and abutting on the street or alley to be improved except as otherwise stipulated in R.S. 33:3552 and R.S. 33:3553.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:3555. Preparation of specifications; ordinance ordering improvement; advertising for bids; awarding contract

RS 33:3555 - Preparation of specifications; ordinance ordering improvement; advertising for bids; awarding contract
Whenever the governing authority resolves to make any improvement authorized by this Sub-part, it shall prepare plans and specifications of the work to be placed on file in the office of the clerk or engineer, and shall adopt an ordinance or resolution, ordering and describing in general terms the contemplated improvement and authorizing the clerk or secretary to advertise for bids therefor; which advertisement, shall be inserted at least twice in some newspaper published in the municipality, or in the event there be no newspaper published therein, then in a newspaper having general circulation therein, the first insertion to be not less than ten days prior to the date fixed for the reception of the bids. The advertisement shall contain a general description of the contemplated work, and shall specify the hour, date, and place for the reception and opening of the bids. The governing authority shall then let the contract to the lowest responsible bidder who can furnish satisfactory security, but shall have the right to reject any and all bids, in which case the municipality may purchase the material and have the work done, the costs of the work when completed, to be assessed and paid as herein provided.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:3556. Acceptance of work; assessment and lien

RS 33:3556 - Acceptance of work; assessment and lien
Upon final and satisfactory completion of the work, the governing authority shall accept it by ordinance, or resolution, and shall assess, all abutting real estate, railroad tracks and roadbeds in the amount due by the owners thereof, according to rules of apportionments adopted, under this Sub-part. A copy of the ordinance containing the assessment, certified by the clerk, shall, within thirty days after its passage, be filed for record in the office of the recorder of mortgages of the parish, and, when so filed, and recorded, it shall operate as a lien and privilege in favor of the municipality or its transferees against the property assessed.
Amended by Acts 1954, No. 657, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:3557. Enforcement of assessment

RS 33:3557 - Enforcement of assessment
The amounts assessed in the ordinance or resolution shall be due and exigible immediately upon its passage and, if the amounts are not paid within thirty days after the passage of the ordinance or resolution, the municipality, or its transferees, may proceed by suit against the assessed properties and the owners thereof to enforce collection of the assessments, together with six per cent per annum interest from date of acceptance of the work until paid, and ten per cent of the amount of the judgment, as attorney's fees.
Amended by Acts 1954, No. 658, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:3558. Installment payments; notes evidencing deferred payments

RS 33:3558 - Installment payments; notes evidencing deferred payments
The governing authority of the municipality, however, may provide in the ordinance accepting the work and making the assessment, that the property owners availing themselves of the privilege within thirty days after the passage of the ordinance or resolution, may pay in cash ten per cent of the amount of their respective indebtedness and pay the balance in nine equal annual installments. As evidence of the deferred payments, the property owners shall execute nine promissory notes, payable to the order of the municipality, each for ten per cent of the amount due by him, dated thirty days after the passage of the ordinance accepting the work, maturing, respectively, one to nine years, both inclusive, from date, or sooner, at the option of the maker, bearing a maximum rate of six per cent per annum interest from date, until paid and ten per cent attorney's fees, if placed in the hands of an attorney for collection after maturity, which notes, when paraphed by the municipal clerk or secretary to identify them with the ordinance levying the assessment, shall carry with them in the possession of any bona fide owner, the lien and privilege above provided.
Amended by Acts 1954, No. 659, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:3559. Transfer of assessments and notes to contractor

RS 33:3559 - Transfer of assessments and notes to contractor
The assessments and the notes executed by the property owners, may be transferred by the municipality, without recourse, to the contractor at their face value and the contractor, or any of his transferees, shall enjoy the lien, privilege, and all other rights herein provided for and accruing to the municipality.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:3621. Improvement of sidewalks and curbings by certain municipalities; taxpayers' consent in municipalities of less than 1,000

RS 33:3621 - Improvement of sidewalks and curbings by certain municipalities; taxpayers' consent in municipalities of less than 1,000
Governing authorities of:
(1) municipalities with a population of one thousand or more, or
(2) villages with a population of three hundred or more having an approved high school located in them (the city of New Orleans and the city of Shreveport excepted), and
(3) all parish seats with less than fifty thousand population may pave, gravel, plank, macadamize, or otherwise improve sidewalks and curbings or any part thereof, within their limits, and may levy and collect special taxes or local assessment on real estate abutting the sidewalk or curbing to be improved for the purpose of defraying the cost of the improvement. The governing authority of any municipality with a population of less than one thousand shall not exercise the power herein granted unless it shall obtain the consent in writing of at least sixty percent of the taxpayers who reside in the municipality or village in number and amount of assessment and who own property on the street to be improved.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:3622. Advertising for bids; awarding contract; assessment of abutting real estate; improvement by municipality

RS 33:3622 - Advertising for bids; awarding contract; assessment of abutting real estate; improvement by municipality
Whenever the governing authority resolves to pave or improve any portion of the sidewalks or curbing in the municipality, it shall pass an ordinance calling for bids for the work. Ten days' notice of the ordinance shall be given in newspapers published in the municipality. The governing authority shall let the contract to the lowest responsible bidder who can give satisfactory security. After the contract has been awarded the council shall provide by ordinance for an assessment of all the real estate abutting the sidewalk, curbing, or portion thereof to be paved or improved. In case no satisfactory bid is received, the governing authority may pave, gravel, macadamize or otherwise improve the sidewalks, curbing or portions thereof, under the direction and supervision of the proper officers, and the cost shall be assessed against the owners of property abutting on the said sidewalks or portions thereof.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:3624. Enforcement of assessment; assessment lien; certificates showing amount due; transfer to contractor

RS 33:3624 - Enforcement of assessment; assessment lien; certificates showing amount due; transfer to contractor
The sum assessed against the real estate shall be due within thirty days after the completion of the work and its acceptance by the governing authority, and, if not paid by that time, the governing authority may proceed by suit against the owners and the real estate to collect the delinquent assessment. The said municipality or village shall have a special privilege on the abutting property to secure the payment of the sum assessed against it, with six per cent interest per annum from the date due, until paid. The governing authority, instead of enforcing the assessment as above provided, may upon the payment in cash by the property owner of twenty per cent of the amount due by him authorize the mayor to sign and issue certificates showing the amounts respectively due by the persons and properties on the sidewalks or curbing paved or improved, which shall be payable in one, two, three, four, and five years, (or sooner, at the option of the owner of the property), with maximum rate of six per cent interest per annum, interest payable annually, which certificates duly paraphed by the clerk of the municipality or village as being secured by the special privilege and recorded in the mortgage office of the parish shall constitute a privilege on the property, and may be transferred, carrying the lien and privilege of the transferee at their face value, to the contractor in payment of the work on sidewalk, or curbing, or portions thereof. Where the work is done by the municipality or village, as provided in R.S. 33:3622, the certificate may be transferred to other persons, and shall also enjoy the lien and privilege.
Amended by Acts 1954, No. 660, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:3651. Petition for special street illumination

RS 33:3651 - Petition for special street illumination
In any municipality of over twenty-five hundred population, New Orleans excepted, whenever more than fifty percent of the owners of the lineal frontage of real estate abutting on any street or portion thereof, one block or more in length, or of a district composed of one or more streets, highways, boulevards, or alleys, shall, by petition addressed to the governing authority, ask for the special illumination of the street or portions thereof and the installation, construction, equipping, and maintenance of additional street lights for that purpose, the governing authority may proceed to install and maintain the system as follows.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:3652. Notice of filing petition for improvement; resolution authorizing lighting system; liability of abutting owners

RS 33:3652 - Notice of filing petition for improvement; resolution authorizing lighting system; liability of abutting owners
Notice of the filing of a petition for improvement under the provisions of this Sub-part shall be given by the clerk or secretary of the municipality by publication in the official journal or by publication in any other newspaper published in the municipality if there be no official journal. After thirty days from the date of this publication all persons shall be barred from contesting the validity or sufficiency of the petition for the improvements or interfere with the progress of the improvements as herein provided. The governing authority may thereupon by resolution or otherwise create the illuminated district and order the construction and equipment of the lighting system, the entire costs of the construction and equipment to be paid by the owners of the real property abutting thereon in proportion to their lineal frontage. Each portion shall constitute a privilege on the property.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:3653. Plans and specifications

RS 33:3653 - Plans and specifications
The petitioning property owners may provide in their petition, plans, and specifications, including the kinds and types of poles and lights and other material to be used in the special lighting system. The governing authorities in such cases may order the specified material used in the construction of the system, or may reject any and all of the plans and specifications and have them prepared by the city or a special engineer who shall submit them to the governing authority for approval or rejection.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:3654. Advertising for bids; acceptance

RS 33:3654 - Advertising for bids; acceptance
When the work has been duly authorized and the plans and specifications approved, the governing authority shall advertise for bids for installing and constructing the system in the same manner as now provided by law for the letting of public contracts. The specifications may provide for the installation of the lighting system on a one-time rental or lease basis. The governing authority, upon receipt of bids, shall accept the lowest responsible bid and enter into a contract for the installation of the street lighting facilities, in the manner provided by law, provided, that if the petitioning property owners in their original petition shall have fixed a maximum amount beyond which the entire cost of the work shall not extend for each lineal front footage, no bid shall be accepted or no contract let which shall be in excess of that maximum.
Amended by Acts 1967, No. 117, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:3655. Assessment of abutting owners; assessment lien

RS 33:3655 - Assessment of abutting owners; assessment lien
Upon the final and satisfactory completion of the work, the governing authority shall accept it by ordinance and provide for the assessment of all abutting real estate in the amounts due by the owners according to the rule of apportionment stipulated in this Sub-part. A certified copy of the ordinance containing the assessment shall, within ten days after its passage, be filed for record in the office of the recorder of mortgages in the parish in which the assessed property is located, and when so filed and recorded, it shall operate as a lien and privilege in favor of the municipality or its transferees, against the real estate therein assessed.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:3656. Enforcement of assessments

RS 33:3656 - Enforcement of assessments
The amounts assessed in the ordinance shall be due and exigible immediately upon its passage, and if not paid within ten days thereafter, the municipality, or its transferees, may proceed by suit against the assessed properties and the owners thereof to enforce collection of the amounts of the assessments, together with six percent per annum from date of acceptance and ten percent of the amount of the judgment as attorney's fees.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:3657. Installment payments

RS 33:3657 - Installment payments
If the amount of the assessment is not paid within ten days, as provided in R.S. 33:3656, it will be conclusively presumed that any property owner whose property is affected thereby, exercises the right and option, which is hereby authorized, to pay the amount due in equal annual installments, bearing interest at a rate not exceeding six per cent per annum, payable annually, and extending over a period not exceeding ten years, all as may be provided for in the ordinance levying the local or special assessments. The first installment shall become due on December 31 of the then current year, and annually thereafter. Failure to pay any installment or interest thereon when due shall ipso facto cause all other installments and interest thereon to become due and payable and the municipality shall within thirty days from date of such default, proceed against the property for the collection of the total amount due thereon, including interest, plus ten per cent additional on principal and interest, unpaid as attorney fees. A certified copy of the ordinance, levying the local or special assessments on the real estate shall be filed with the clerk of court in the parish in which the municipality is situated, who shall forthwith record the same in the mortgage records of the parish, and when so filed and recorded, shall operate as a lien and privilege against all real estate therein assessed.
Amended by Acts 1967, No. 117, §2.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:3658. Objections to proceedings

RS 33:3658 - Objections to proceedings
For a period of thirty days from the date of the promulgation of the ordinance creating the illuminating district as hereinabove described, any person in interest may contest its legality, after which time no one shall have any cause or right of action to contest the legality, formality or regularity of the proceedings for any cause whatsoever and the authority to act and the regularity of all proceedings shall be conclusively presumed.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:3659. Municipality to operate lighting systems; financial aid; special tax

RS 33:3659 - Municipality to operate lighting systems; financial aid; special tax
A. After the system has been completed and accepted, the full ownership of it shall vest in the municipality, except where the lighting system has been installed on a one-time rental or lease basis, in which case the lighting system shall remain the property of the lessor. The governing authority of a municipality may assist the illuminating district by paying any part for the equipment or installation of the lighting system out of its available funds.
B. For the purpose of operating and maintaining such a lighting system, the governing authority of a municipality is hereby authorized to levy a special ad valorem tax not to exceed in any one year five mills for a term not to exceed ten years on all taxable property located within the boundaries of an illuminating district, except railroad rights of way and tracks located thereon. An ordinance imposing the tax herein authorized shall be adopted by a municipal governing authority only after the question of the imposition of the tax, including its rate, purpose, and duration, has been submitted to the electors of the illuminating district at an election called and held for that purpose in accordance with the election laws of the state of Louisiana and a majority of those voting in the election have voted in favor of the proposition.
Amended by Acts 1967, No. 117, §3; Acts 1987, No. 652, §1, eff. July 9, 1987.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:3660. Issuance of certificates for payment of costs

RS 33:3660 - Issuance of certificates for payment of costs
Municipalities complying with the provisions of this Subpart may issue, execute, negotiate, sell and deliver negotiable interest bearing coupon certificates of the municipality in an amount not exceeding the total amount of the installments or deferred payments as provided for in R.S. 33:3657, the certificates to bear interest not exceeding six per cent per annum payable annually and maturing serially over a period not exceeding ten years. In no event shall the certificates extend over a longer period of time than that provided for by the ordinance levying the local or special assessments which may be payable in annual installments. The certificates shall be in such form, date, denomination, and payable in principal and interest at such times and place as the governing authority may determine; the certificates shall be secured by and paid from, in principal and interest, the irrevocable pledge and dedication of the funds derived from the levy and collection of the special assessments on the real property abutting the streets along which the street lighting system has been installed, shall be payable in annual installments or deferred payments as provided for by this Subpart, which funds shall be set aside in a separate fund and shall not be drawn upon for any other purpose than to pay the principal and interest of the certificates.
Added by Acts 1967, No. 117, §4.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:3661. Form of the certificates; registration

RS 33:3661 - Form of the certificates; registration
The certificates shall be signed by the Chief Executive Officer of the municipality and by its Clerk or Secretary, on behalf of and in the name of the municipality and under the seal thereof. The interest coupons shall be signed with the facsimile signature of said officers, and before delivery, shall be registered in the mortgage records of the parish in which the municipality is located as to the serial number, or numbers, amount, rate of interest, date due, and the streets, roads, or parts thereof, along which the street lighting facilities have been installed. Each of these certificates shall bear the following endorsement:
"This certificate registered in the Mortgage Records of the Parish of ________ on this, the ______ day of ________, 20__."
Added by Acts 1967, No. 117, §5.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:3662. Certificates to have requisites of negotiable paper

RS 33:3662 - Certificates to have requisites of negotiable paper
Certificates issued hereunder shall have all the requisites of negotiable paper, and shall not be invalid for any irregularity or defect in the proceedings for their issuance, sale, or delivery, and shall be incontestable in the hands of bona fide purchasers or holders for value.
Added by Acts 1967, No. 117, §6.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:3663. Certificates not included in computing indebtedness

RS 33:3663 - Certificates not included in computing indebtedness
Certificates issued under the provisions of this sub-part shall not be included in computing the indebtedness of the municipality for the purpose of determining any constitutional or statutory limitation of indebtedness.
Added by Acts 1967, No. 117, §7.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:3664. Prescriptive period to question validity of proceedings

RS 33:3664 - Prescriptive period to question validity of proceedings
No contest or proceeding to question the validity or legality of the resolutions or ordinances adopted or proceedings had under the provisions of this Subpart with respect to the issuance of certificates shall be instituted in any court by any person for any cause whatsoever, after the expiration of thirty days from the date when the resolution, ordinance or proceeding with respect to said certificates was published; after such time the regularity of such resolution, ordinance or proceeding shall be conclusively presumed. If the validity of any such certificate ordinance is not raised within thirty days from the date of publication of the resolution or ordinance issuing said certificates and fixing their terms, the authority to issue said certificates, the legality thereof and of the local or special assessments necessary to pay the same shall be conclusively presumed and no court shall thereafter have authority to inquire into such matters.
Added by Acts 1967, No. 117, §8.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:3671. Liens ranked

RS 33:3671 - Liens ranked
A. The liens or privileges provided for in this Part shall rank as follows:
(1) Liens for street, alley and sidewalk construction, paving, surfacing, and repairing, according to the date of their recordation;
(2) Liens for street lighting;
(3) Liens for tree planting and for closing ditches and canals.
The liens for street and sidewalk paving and for street lighting shall prime all other claims except taxes.
In the City of New Orleans, liens for street lighting shall not prime the vendor's privilege.
Subject to the priorities established in (1) and (2) above, the liens for tree planting and for closing ditches and canals shall prime all other claims except taxes and vendor's privileges.
B. In the event of a conflict between the lien for the installation of a sewerage system provided for in R.S. 33:3986 or the lien for sewerage connections provided for in R.S. 33:4044 and a lien for street, alley, and sidewalk construction, paving, surfacing, and repairing provided for in this Part, the first recorded lien shall prevail.
The lien for the installation of a sewerage system provided in R.S. 33:3986 and the lien for sewerage connections provided in R.S. 33:4044 shall prime a lien for street lighting, tree planting, or closing ditches and canals provided in this Part.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:3675.1. Improvements authorized

RS 33:3675.1 - Improvements authorized
Municipalities may construct, pave surface, resurface with concrete, cement, asphalt, brick, gravel, crushed stone, shell, or any paving material, and repair or otherwise improve streets, roads, sidewalks, and alleys, together with the necessary ditching, curbing, guttering, aprons, drains, and headers within their corporate limits, and may levy and collect local or special assessments on the real property to be benefited thereby, sufficient in amount to defray the total cost of the works, including street intersections, in the form and manner and subject to the limitations and restrictions provided in this Sub-part.
Added by Acts 1956, No. 517, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:3675.2. Notice of intention to make improvements; hearings; publication

RS 33:3675.2 - Notice of intention to make improvements; hearings; publication
Any municipality taking advantage of this Subpart shall adopt a resolution giving notice of its intention to make the proposed improvements, which notice shall contain a general description of the improvements contemplated and the manner of paying for them. The notice shall be signed by the authorized officer of the municipality. It shall contain substantially all things set forth in the resolution and shall set forth further that the authority ordering the giving of notice will, in open session, at the date and at the hour and place named, hear all objections to the proposed improvements and the manner of paying for them. After hearing and passing on the objections, the governing authority may order the improvements constructed in the manner hereinafter provided. The notice shall be published three times during at least two consecutive weeks, the first publication being not less than thirteen days before the date fixed for the hearing of objections and the last publication being in the last week. The notice shall be published in a newspaper published in the municipality, or if there is none, then in some newspaper published in the parish where the municipality is located or by posting in three public places within the corporate limits of the municipality fifteen days before the date of hearing.
Added by Acts 1956, No. 517, §1. Amended by Acts 1980, No. 295, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:3675.3. Plans and specifications; advertisement for bids; contents of notice

RS 33:3675.3 - Plans and specifications; advertisement for bids; contents of notice
The governing authority, after having given due notice of intention to make the proposed improvements and after disposing of all objections, and having decided to order the construction of the improvements, may, without further delay, have prepared the necessary plans and specifications for the work and adopt a resolution or ordinance authorizing the advertisements for bids therefor, by giving notice calling for sealed bids for the construction of the work. The notice shall be signed by an authorized officer of the municipality. It shall be published three times during at least two consecutive weeks, the first publication being not less than thirteen days prior to the reception and opening of bids in a newspaper published in the municipality, or if there is none, publication may be made in any newspaper having general circulation in the parish in which the municipality is located. The notice shall contain a general description of the work contemplated, shall refer to the plans and specifications which shall be placed on file with the clerk or secretary of the municipality, shall designate the hour, date, and place for the reception and opening of the bids, may provide that the contractor be required to accept certificates of the municipality in payment for the work performed, and may stipulate that the right is reserved to reject any and all bids. The total cost of the improvements, including labor, materials, equipment, and supplies, together with engineers' and attorneys' fees, and all other expenses incidental to the cost of the improvements shall be assessed and paid in the manner and form provided in this Subpart.
Added by Acts 1956, No. 517, §1. Amended by Acts 1980, No. 295, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:3675.4. Awarding of contracts

RS 33:3675.4 - Awarding of contracts
The governing authority shall meet in open session on the date and at the place and hour named in the notice calling for sealed bids for the construction of the works, and open the bids and award the contract to the lowest responsible bidder who can furnish satisfactory security. They may, however, reject any and all bids, and at any time, within a period of thirty days from the date of the reception and opening of the bids, award the contract for the works without further advertisement, provided that no contract shall be let for an amount greater than that specified in the lowest sealed bid received from a responsible bidder. Any contract awarded under the provisions of this Sub-part, shall be authorized by resolution empowering the contract, on behalf of and in the name of the municipality. A copy of the contract shall be set forth in full in the resolution, and the resolution shall be published in full in one issue of the official journal, and a certified copy of the resolution filed with the clerk of court of the parish in which the municipality is located, and duly recorded in the mortgage records of said parish without expense to the municipality.
Added by Acts 1956, No. 517, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:3675.5. Report of improvement cost; liability of real estate benefited

RS 33:3675.5 - Report of improvement cost; liability of real estate benefited
The municipality upon the award of any contract under the provisions of this Sub-part, shall forthwith require of the engineer of the municipality a duly certified statement or report, showing in detail the total cost of the improvements, including street intersections, engineers' and attorneys' fees, and all other expenses incidental to the cost. The report shall also show the amount of the cost chargeable to each lot or parcel of real estate to be benefited, said charge to be made against each lot or parcel of real estate, or portion thereof, situated within one hundred (100') feet of each side of the street to be improved, whether such property abuts the street to be improved or not, in the proportion that its area bears to the total area to be assessed, except where a plat of the subdivision has been filed, in which case the depth shown on the plat if less than 100 ft. will control; provided, however, that for the purposes of this act, the plat of this subdivision filed must have been approved by the municipal authorities. Property within one hundred feet of the street to be improved shall be deemed to be benefited by said improvements; except where a plat of the subdivision has been filed, in which case the depth shown on the plat if less than 100 ft. will control; provided, however, that for the purposes of this act, the plat of the subdivision filed must have been approved by the municipal authorities provided, however, that no portion of the cost shall be chargeable against any public property forming a part of the street or streets to be improved. The report shall show the cost chargeable to each lot or parcel of real estate in the area involved in proportion that its area bears to the total area assessable on the street to be improved, as herein provided, and the report shall further describe each lot or parcel of real estate to be assessed with sufficient clearness to identify it.
Added by Acts 1956, No. 517, §1.