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2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:4712.3. Disposal of dedicated property; St. Tammany Parish

RS 33:4712.3 - Disposal of dedicated property; St. Tammany Parish
A.(1) The police jury of the parish of St. Tammany is hereby authorized to dispose of dedicated property that the police jury determines to be no longer needed for public purposes. Except as otherwise provided in this Section, the procedures set forth in R.S. 33:4712 for disposition of property no longer needed for public purposes by municipalities shall be applicable to the police jury.
(2) For the purposes of this Section, "dedicated property" is defined as any property that has been tacitly or otherwise dedicated to the parish of St. Tammany for the express purpose of providing access to or for utilities and which has been held by the police jury for at least ten years.
B. If the owner of property abutting the property to be disposed of is the original grantor of the property or his heir or legatee, the police jury shall return the property to him at no cost other than for expenses incurred by the police jury relative to the disposal.
C. Disposal of any property pursuant to this Section shall not have the effect of denying access to such property to any person.
Acts 1987, No. 193, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:4712.5. Lease of or grant of concessions or rights of use for property by the city of Westwego for purposes which benefit the public

RS 33:4712.5 - Lease of or grant of concessions or rights of use for property by the city of Westwego for purposes which benefit the public
A. The city of Westwego may lease or grant concessions or rights of use for any property or portions thereof, including real property, owned by the city, which in the opinion of its governing authority is to be used for purposes which benefit the public, in accordance with the procedures set forth in R.S. 33:4712, except as otherwise specifically provided in this Section. Any lease, concession, or right of use granted pursuant to this Section shall not exceed a term of twenty-five years.
B. For the purposes of this Section, the term "purposes which benefit the public" shall mean operations of public or private enterprise which provide civic, recreational, educational, cultural, or social activities or opportunities to the public, which the city of Westwego is otherwise authorized and empowered to provide through its own forces, but which in the opinion of its governing authority the city does not currently have the funds, expertise, or facilities to provide to the public directly.
C. Any lease, concession, or right of use granted pursuant to this Section shall be granted pursuant to a written agreement including all terms, conditions, and regulations of said activity deemed proper by the city of Westwego. Said terms and conditions shall include a provision that the general activities shall be carried on subject to such admission or activity fees as may be approved by the city in said agreement.
Acts 1991, No. 721, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:4712.6. Sale, exchange, or lease of property by the city of Covington

RS 33:4712.6 - Sale, exchange, or lease of property by the city of Covington
A. The city of Covington may sell, lease for a term of up to ninety-nine years, exchange, or otherwise dispose of, to or with other political corporations of this state, or private persons, at public or private sale, any property, or portions thereof, including immovable property.
B. Before disposition can be made of property under the provisions of this Section, an ordinance must be introduced, giving the reasons for the action on the part of the governing authority, and fixing the minimum price and terms of the sale, lease, exchange, or other contract to be made with reference to the property. In instances of exchanges of city-owned immovable property valued at one hundred thousand dollars or more, the city, prior to introduction of the aforementioned ordinance, shall for a minimum of three times in thirty days advertise for and receive other proposals for the exchange of property comparable with the exchange of properties proposed by the city; however, exchanges involved in the relocation of public streets, roads, highways, servitudes, rights of way, and/or public franchises shall not be subject to this requirement. Thereafter, notice of the proposed ordinance must be published three times in fifteen days, one week apart, in a newspaper published in the city or, if there is no such newspaper, in a newspaper having a general circulation in the city, and if there is no newspaper of general circulation in the city, by posting it in three public and conspicuous places in the city.
C. Any opposition to the proposed ordinance shall be made in writing and filed with the clerk or secretary of the city within fifteen days after posting of the above notice or its first publication. If an opposition is filed, the governing authority shall not adopt the ordinance until a hearing has been held. If the ordinance is adopted, it shall not become effective until ten days after its passage, during which time any interested citizen may apply to the district court having jurisdiction of the city for an order restraining the disposition of the property. After the ordinance becomes effective, it cannot be contested for any reason.
Acts 1992, No. 217, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:4712.7. Acquisition of movables; financing; disposition upon nonappropriation

RS 33:4712.7 - Acquisition of movables; financing; disposition upon nonappropriation
A. Notwithstanding any other provisions of law to the contrary, any political subdivision may finance the acquisition of equipment and other movable property to be used by such political subdivision by entering into an installment sale, lease, or similar agreement with any lender or other person. Such agreement shall be subject to approval of the State Bond Commission in accordance with the provisions of R.S. 39:1410.60 et seq.
B. Under such agreement, title to the equipment or other movable property may vest by contract with either the political subdivision or the other party to the agreement during the term of such agreement. Regardless of whether title to such property vests with the political subdivision or the other party to the agreement under the terms of the agreement or by operation of law, the agreement may provide that the equipment or movable property shall be transferred by the political subdivision to the other party to the agreement or its assignee if the political subdivision fails to appropriate funds sufficient to make payments under the agreement.
Acts 1999, No. 792, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:4712.8. Disposition of property by the town of Vinton

RS 33:4712.8 - Disposition of property by the town of Vinton
A. The town of Vinton may sell, lease for a term of up to ninety-nine years, exchange, or otherwise dispose of, to or with other political corporations of this state, or private persons, at public or private sale, any property, or portions thereof, including immovable property.
B. Before disposition can be made of property under the provisions of this Section, an ordinance must be introduced, giving the reasons for the action on the part of the town governing authority, and fixing the minimum price and terms of the sale, lease, exchange, or other contract to be made with reference to the property. In instances of exchanges of town-owned immovable property valued at one hundred thousand dollars or more, the town, prior to introduction of the ordinance, shall for a minimum of three times in thirty days advertise for and receive other proposals for the exchange of property comparable with the exchange of properties proposed by the town; however, exchanges involved in the relocation of public streets, roads, highways, servitudes, rights-of-way, or public franchises shall not be subject to this requirement. Thereafter, notice of the proposed ordinance must be published three times in fifteen days, one week apart, in a newspaper published in the town or, if there is no such newspaper, in a newspaper having a general circulation in the town, and if there is no newspaper of general circulation in the town, by posting the notice in three public and conspicuous places in the town.
C. Any opposition to the proposed ordinance shall be made in writing and filed with the clerk or secretary of the town within fifteen days after posting of the notice or its first publication. If an opposition is filed, the governing authority shall not adopt the ordinance until a hearing has been held. If the ordinance is adopted, it shall not become effective until ten days after its passage, during which time any interested citizen may apply to the district court having jurisdiction of the town for an order restraining the disposition of the property. After the ordinance becomes effective, it cannot be contested for any reason.
Acts 2003, No. 649, §1, eff. June 27, 2003.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:4712.10. Purchase of immovable property by political subdivisions; appraisal required

RS 33:4712.10 - Purchase of immovable property by political subdivisions; appraisal required
Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, no political subdivision shall purchase immovable property with a value greater than three thousand dollars unless prior to such purchase the property has been appraised by a qualified appraiser. No such appraisal shall include the value of improvements proposed to be made to the property after purchase by the political subdivision.
Acts 2007, No. 346, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:4712.11. Naming of civic center by governing authority of the city of Shreveport

RS 33:4712.11 - Naming of civic center by governing authority of the city of Shreveport
Notwithstanding R.S. 42:267 or any other law to the contrary, the governing authority of the city of Shreveport may name the civic center located at the corner of Texas Avenue and Murphy Street in the city in honor of James C. Gardner, a living person who served as mayor from 1954 through 1958; served as a state representative from Caddo Parish from 1952 through 1954; served on the Shreveport City Council from 1978 through 1982 and was elected chairman of the first city council to serve under the new mayor/council form of government.
Acts 2007, No. 135, §1, eff. June 25, 2007.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:4712.12. Sale of property owned by parish or municipality; commission or fee of real estate broker

RS 33:4712.12 - Sale of property owned by parish or municipality; commission or fee of real estate broker
A. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, a parish or municipality may pay a real estate broker's fee or commission to a real estate broker upon the offer and acceptance to purchase and sell property owned by the parish or municipality which the broker has assisted the parish or municipality in selling.
B. The fee or commission shall be paid from the proceeds of the sale of the property, and the fee or commission shall not exceed ten percent of the final sales price.
Acts 2008, No. 257, §1, eff. June 17, 2008.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:4712.13. Naming of park behind Mandeville City Hall

RS 33:4712.13 - Naming of park behind Mandeville City Hall
The Mandeville City Council may name the park located behind Mandeville City Hall and generally known as Mandeville City Park in honor of Paul D. Cordes.
Acts 2005, No. 173, §1, eff. June 28, 2005.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:4712.15. Naming of courthouse annex building; Beauregard Parish

RS 33:4712.15 - Naming of courthouse annex building; Beauregard Parish
The governing authority of the parish of Beauregard may name a building used as a courthouse annex located in the parish seat as the M. Bolivar Bishop Courthouse Annex Building in honor of M. Bolivar Bishop, a living person who has served as sheriff for more than thirty-five years commencing in 1972.
Acts 2008, No. 560, §1, eff. June 30, 2008; Acts 2011, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 20, §1, eff. June 12, 2011.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:4712.16. Naming of the Tangipahoa Parish tourist information center

RS 33:4712.16 - Naming of the Tangipahoa Parish tourist information center
The governing authority of the parish of Tangipahoa may name the tourist information center building owned by the Tangipahoa Parish Convention and Visitors Bureau in honor of Betty Stewart.
Acts 2014, No. 248, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:4712.17. Naming of St. John the Baptist Sheriff's Office law enforcement training facility

RS 33:4712.17 - Naming of St. John the Baptist Sheriff's Office law enforcement training facility
Notwithstanding R.S. 42:267 or any other law to the contrary, the St. John the Baptist Parish Sheriff may name the sheriff's office law enforcement training facility located on Cambridge Drive in LaPlace in honor of Lloyd B. Johnson, a living person who served as sheriff of St. John the Baptist Parish for more than twenty years.
Acts 2017, No. 130, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:4712.18. Donation of the use of equipment and utilization of personnel between political subdivisions

RS 33:4712.18 - Donation of the use of equipment and utilization of personnel between political subdivisions
A.(1) As set forth in Article 7, Section 14(B)(14) of the Constitution of Louisiana, political subdivisions may donate the use of public equipment and the utilization of personnel to another political subdivision for an activity or function the requesting political subdivision is authorized to exercise, provided that both entities have executed a written agreement for the use of the equipment or utilization of personnel.
(2) The written agreement shall set forth the following:
(a) Identify the equipment that will be shared.
(b) Explain the use of the equipment and the approximate length of time for use of the equipment by the requesting political subdivision.
(c) Provide for the responsibility for repairing or replacing the equipment when the equipment becomes inoperable for its intended use due to a mechanical or other breakdown while in the possession of the requesting political subdivision.
(d) Include a hold harmless provision releasing the lending political subdivision from expenses, damages, or losses arising from the use of the equipment.
(e) Provide for responsibility to maintain in force and effect any and all compulsory policies of insurance mandated by state law.
(3) With respect to personnel, the written agreement shall provide:
(a) Identity and employment position of employee.
(b) Delineation of responsibility for worker's compensation and employment liability insurance coverage.
(c) Responsible entity for issuance of pay and reporting of earnings to appropriate federal and state authorities.
(d) Whether the employee is a direct or borrowed employee of the respective political subdivisions.
(e) Include hold harmless and indemnification provision relating to damages arising out of or connected with the activities of the employee.
(4) The donor shall provide an estimate of the value of the donation.
B. The provisions of R.S. 33:2337 and 2338 shall supersede and control in the event of conflict with the provisions of this Section.
Acts 2017, No. 191, §1, eff. June 12, 2017; Acts 2018, No. 548, §3; Acts 2020, No. 279, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:4712.19. Naming of police complex; Kenner

RS 33:4712.19 - Naming of police complex; Kenner
Notwithstanding R.S. 42:267 or any other law to the contrary, the governing authority of the city of Kenner may name the police complex in Kenner in honor of Nick Congemi.
Acts 2018, No. 298, §1, eff. May 15, 2018.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:4712.20. Naming of fire station; Amite City

RS 33:4712.20 - Naming of fire station; Amite City
Notwithstanding R.S. 42:267, the governing authority of Amite City may name a fire station in honor of Bruce Cutrer.
Acts 2019, No. 131, §1, eff. June 6, 2019.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:4712.21. Naming of community center; Church Point

RS 33:4712.21 - Naming of community center; Church Point
Notwithstanding R.S. 42:267, the governing authority of the town of Church Point may name a community center in honor of Gertrude Wimberly Broach.
Acts 2019, No. 132, §1, eff. June 6, 2019.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:4712.22. Naming of sports complex by the governing authority of certain parishes

RS 33:4712.22 - Naming of sports complex by the governing authority of certain parishes
Notwithstanding R.S. 42:267 or any other law to the contrary, the governing authority of a parish with a population of not less than three hundred fifty thousand persons and not more than four hundred thirty-five thousand persons according to the most recent federal decennial census may name a sports complex in honor of a living person.
Acts 2019, No. 356, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:4712.23. Naming of certain buildings, parks, and civic complexes by the governing authority of certain parishes

RS 33:4712.23 - Naming of certain buildings, parks, and civic complexes by the governing authority of certain parishes
Notwithstanding R.S. 42:267 or any other law to the contrary, the governing authority of a parish with a population of not less than three hundred forty thousand and not more than four hundred twenty thousand persons according to the most recent federal decennial census may name certain buildings, parks, and civic complexes in honor of a living person.
Acts 2019, No. 356, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:4712.24. Naming of facilities that are part of the district headquarters; St. George Fire Protection District No. 2

RS 33:4712.24 - Naming of facilities that are part of the district headquarters; St. George Fire Protection District No. 2
Notwithstanding R.S. 42:267 or any other law to the contrary, the governing board of St. George Fire Protection District No. 2 may name facilities that are part of the district's headquarters in honor of a living person.
Acts 2022, No. 104, §1, eff. May 25, 2022.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:4712.25. Naming of Kenner council on aging building

RS 33:4712.25 - Naming of Kenner council on aging building
Notwithstanding R.S. 42:267 or any other law to the contrary, the governing authority of the city of Kenner may name the Kenner council on aging building in honor of Mable Trepagnier Brown.
Acts 2022, No. 327, §1, eff. June 10, 2022.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:4713. Providing quarters for court and parish officers

RS 33:4713 - Providing quarters for court and parish officers
A. Each parish shall provide and bear the expense of a suitable building and requisite furniture for the sitting of the district and circuit courts and such offices, furniture, and equipment as may be needed by the clerks and recorders of the parish for the proper conduct of their offices and shall provide such other offices as may be needed by the sheriffs of these courts and by the tax collectors and assessors of the parish and shall provide the necessary heat and illumination therefor.
B. The cost of such furniture and equipment, supplies, and maps, as may be needed by the tax collector and assessors of each parish shall be borne proportionately by all tax recipient bodies in the parish in the proportion of the amount received from such tax monies by each recipient body in the parish.
C. The police jury or other governing authority shall make these purchases and then bill the other tax recipients for their proportionate share. If a tax recipient body fails to reimburse the police jury or parish governing authority within ninety days from the receipt of such bill, then the police jury or parish governing authority shall notify the sheriff, in writing, and the sheriff shall withhold the amount owed to the police jury or parish governing authority from the next available tax collection for the tax recipient body which failed to remit the proportionate share of expenses as required by this Section. The sheriff shall remit the amount withheld from the tax recipient body to the police jury or parish governing authority no later than fifteen days from the date the funds were withheld.
Amended by Acts 1954, No. 702, §1; Acts 1958, No. 251, §1; Acts 2010, No. 261, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:4714. City of New Orleans to provide quarters, offices, salaries, or operating expenses for certain city or parish officials

RS 33:4714 - City of New Orleans to provide quarters, offices, salaries, or operating expenses for certain city or parish officials
A. The city of New Orleans shall provide suitable courtrooms and offices to the various courts of the parish of Orleans, the criminal and civil sheriffs, the recorder of mortgages and register of conveyances, and the clerks and constables of the city courts.
B. Repealed by Acts 1986, No. 450, §2.
C. Courts and officers with judicial expense funds are hereby authorized to assist the city of New Orleans with the repair, renovation, or construction of suitable courtrooms and quarters for the proper operation of their respective courts in Orleans Parish.
Amended by Acts 1980, No. 823, §1, eff. Aug. 1, 1980. Acts 1985, No. 437, §1, eff. July 5, 1985; Acts 1986, No. 450, §2.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:4715. Providing parish court-house and jail

RS 33:4715 - Providing parish court-house and jail
The police jury of each parish shall provide a good and sufficient court-house, with rooms for jurors, and a good and sufficient jail, at such place as they may deem most convenient for the parish at large, provided that when the seat of justice is established by law, they shall not have power to remove it.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:4716. Jurisdiction over real property owned by a municipality or parish and situated within another municipality or parish

RS 33:4716 - Jurisdiction over real property owned by a municipality or parish and situated within another municipality or parish
Whenever any municipality or parish, the parishes of Bossier and Caddo and the cities of Bossier City and Shreveport excepted, owns real property wholly within the territorial limits of another municipality or parish, and not contiguous to the territorial limits of the owning parish or municipality, the municipality or parish in which the real property is located shall exercise the police power and have jurisdiction of the real property.
The municipality or parish in which the real property is located may go upon the property for the purpose of policing it, make arrests, and confine any person charged with crime in the jail of the parish or municipality. All offenses committed upon the real property shall be subject to the jurisdiction of the courts of the parish or municipality in which the property is located.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:4717. Sale of municipal or parish property no longer needed for public use

RS 33:4717 - Sale of municipal or parish property no longer needed for public use
A. Wherever, in the opinion of the governing authority of any parish or municipality, any immovable property, not taken by expropriation, owned by such parish or municipality, including streets, sidewalks, buildings, or any other property, dedicated to public use, shall no longer be needed or necessary for the public use to which it was originally destined or dedicated, and which property is needed for public buildings, public utilities or any other public use, by the United States of America, or the state of Louisiana, or any department or agency of either, or any parish or municipality, the governing authority of such parish or municipality shall have the power and authority, upon a two-thirds vote of the members present thereof, to revoke the destination or dedication of such property, and to sell at private sale to the United States of America, the state of Louisiana, or any department, or agency thereof, or any other parish or municipality, by which such property shall be needed for public buildings, public utilities, or other public use. The ordinance authorizing the revocation of the destination or revocation of the dedication and the sale, at private sale, or the exchange, of such property shall set forth the price, consideration, and terms of such sale; and, upon the adoption of such ordinance by such two-thirds vote, the governing authority, through its duly authorized officer, shall have the power to convey title to such property, as therein set forth.
B. Notwithstanding any provisions of Subsection A of this Section, the city of New Orleans shall have the authority to transfer ownership of immovable property to a nonprofit organization which is tax exempt pursuant to Section 501(c) of the Internal Revenue Code or to a first-time home buyer on the basis of appraised value without the necessity of bid. Such first-time homebuyers shall receive credit for investments such as money, materials, and labor made on the property prior to the transfer, and the municipality may allow the transfer of the property to take the form of a lease-to-purchase agreement.
Added by Acts 1957, No. 4, §1; Acts 1995, No. 652, §1; Acts 2011, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 20, §1, eff. June 12, 2011.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:4717.1. Use of excess property for industrial inducement purposes

RS 33:4717.1 - Use of excess property for industrial inducement purposes
Wherever, in the opinion of the governing authority of any parish, any real property owned by such parish, including land, streets, sidewalks, buildings, or any other property, dedicated to public use, shall no longer be needed or necessary for the public use to which it was originally destined or dedicated, the governing authority of such parish shall have the power and authority, upon a two-thirds vote of the members thereof, to revoke the destination or dedication of such property, and may thereafter utilize such property for industrial inducement purposes. Whenever the governing authority of such parish shall have created an industrial development board as authorized by R.S. 51:1151, et seq., the police jury may contract with such development board for the administration, improvement, and development of said industrial area, and, upon the adoption of an ordinance by such two-thirds vote, the governing authority, through its duly authorized officer, shall have the power to convey title to such property to said industrial development board for such consideration as it shall deem advisable, and for such purposes the said industrial development board is hereby declared to be a special district within the intent and meaning of R.S. 33:1321 et seq., and the ownership, operation and administration of said industrial area by said police jury and industrial development board are hereby declared to be public and governmental functions, exercised for a public purpose and as a matter of public necessity.
Added by Acts 1968, No. 338, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:4717.3. Donation of abandoned or blighted property; municipality and parishes

RS 33:4717.3 - Donation of abandoned or blighted property; municipality and parishes
The governing authority of a municipality or parish may donate any abandoned or blighted housing properties owned by the parish to any nonprofit organization which is recognized by the Internal Revenue Service as a 501(c)(3) or 501(c)(4) nonprofit organization and which agrees to renovate and maintain such property until conveyance of the property by such organization.
Acts 1996, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 12, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:4718. Revocation of dedication of parks, public squares or plots, reversion of property

RS 33:4718 - Revocation of dedication of parks, public squares or plots, reversion of property
A. The parish governing authorities and municipal corporations of the state, except the parish of Orleans, may revoke and set aside the dedication of all parks, public squares or plots dedicated to public use within their respective limits, when such parks, public squares or plots have been abandoned or are no longer needed for public purposes.
B. Upon such revocation, the title to the land covered by and embraced in said parks, public squares or plots, shall revert to the person or persons who were the owners of such land at the time of the dedication, their heirs, successors or assigns. The reversion provided for in this Section shall not apply in a parish with a population greater than one hundred seven thousand five hundred and less than one hundred sixteen thousand five hundred as shown by the latest federal decennial census when a parish governing authority exchanges property dedicated to public use for property of equal or greater value to be dedicated for the same such public purpose or use, provided that the property is used for the purpose for which it was dedicated by June 1, 2014.
Added by Acts 1958, No. 229, §1; Acts 2012, No. 821, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:4719. Transfer of administration of public property to state

RS 33:4719 - Transfer of administration of public property to state
Whenever, in the opinion of the governing authority of any parish or municipality, any real property being administered by such parish or municipality under authority of any general or special law, including buildings, parks, amusement facilities, or any other real property, dedicated to public use, exclusive of streets and sidewalks, could be administered to the greater advantage of the public by the state, or any department or agency thereof, the governing authority of such parish or municipality shall have the power to authorize by ordinance the transfer of the administration of such property to the state of Louisiana, or any department or agency thereof; provided, the state of Louisiana, or the department or agency concerned has manifested its consent to accept the said transfer by appropriate action according to the laws and regulations of the respective agency. Upon the adoption of such ordinance, the governing authority of such parish or municipality, through its duly authorized officer, shall have the power to execute an authentic act transferring the administration of such property, as hereinabove set forth.
Added by Acts 1959, No. 99, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:4720.11. Sale of property in the Lower Ninth Ward

RS 33:4720.11 - Sale of property in the Lower Ninth Ward
Note: New Chapter 13-A was to be enacted by Acts 2014, Acts 801, §1, effective subject to Section 3 of Acts 2014, No. 801. Section 3 of Act 801 reads as follows:
Section 3. This Act shall take effect and become operative if and when the Act which originated as House Bill No. 489 of this 2014 Regular Session of the Legislature is enacted and becomes effective.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:4720.15.1. Repealed by Acts 2008, No. 819, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 2009.

RS 33:4720.15.1 - Repealed by Acts 2008, No. 819, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 2009.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:4720.51. Short title

RS 33:4720.51 - Short title
This Chapter shall be referred to as the "New Orleans Community Improvement Act".
Acts 2004, No. 349, §1.
NOTE: See Acts 2004, No. 349, §2, relative to repeal of Acts 1968, No. 170, and all Acts amending it, including Acts 1972, No. 299, Acts 1980, Nos. 571 and 572, Acts 1984, No. 155, Acts 1994, 3rd Ex. Sess., Nos. 65 and 135, Acts 1995, Nos. 30 and 375, Acts 1997, No. 101, and Acts 2003, Nos. 266 and 968.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:4720.53. Workable program

RS 33:4720.53 - Workable program
The city of New Orleans, Louisiana, for the purposes of this Chapter may formulate a workable program for the community improvement for utilizing appropriate private and public resources to eliminate and prevent the development or spread of slums and urban blight, to encourage needed rehabilitation, and to provide for the redevelopment of slum or blighted areas or facilities which are functionally obsolescent or to undertake other feasible municipal activities as may be suitably employed to achieve the objectives of such workable program.
Acts 2004, No. 349, §1; Acts 2005, No. 437, §1, eff. July 11, 2005.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:4720.54. Encouragement of private enterprise

RS 33:4720.54 - Encouragement of private enterprise
The "New Orleans Redevelopment Authority", referred to in this Chapter as the "authority", to the greatest extent it determines to be feasible in carrying out the provisions of this Chapter, shall afford maximum opportunity, consistent with the sound needs of the city of New Orleans as a whole, to the rehabilitation or redevelopment of the community improvement area by private enterprise. The powers shall give consideration to this objective in exercising its authority under this Chapter.
Acts 2004, No. 349, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:4720.58. Acquisition of real property in community improvement area

RS 33:4720.58 - Acquisition of real property in community improvement area
A. Subject to the requirements of R.S. 33:4720.57, and except as provided in R.S. 33:4720.56(4), the authority may acquire by purchase, lease, option, gift, grant, bequest, device, or by the exercise of the power of expropriation any real property, or interest therein, which it may deem necessary for or in connection with a community improvement plan or project under this Chapter.
B. The authority may exercise the power of expropriation in the manner provided in the Civil Code relative to the transfer of property and the laws supplementary or amendatory thereto, or it may exercise the power of expropriation in the manner provided by law for the exercise of the power of expropriation. Property already devoted to a public use may be purchased in a like manner, but no real property belonging to the United States, the state of Louisiana, or any political subdivision of the state may be acquired without the consent of the political body owning such property.
C. In any proceeding to fix or assess compensation for damages for the purchase of property, or any interest therein, through the exercise of expropriation, evidence, or testimony bearing upon the following matters shall be admissible and shall be considered in fixing such compensation or damages, in addition to evidence or testimony otherwise admissible:
(1) The institution of any legal or administrative proceedings with respect to any use, condition, occupancy, or operation of such property, which is unlawful or violative of, or subject to elimination, abatement, prohibition, or correction under any law or ordinance or regulatory measure of the state, parish, municipality, or other political subdivision, or any agency thereof, in which such property is located, as being unsafe, substandard, unsanitary, or otherwise contrary to the public health, safety, or welfare.
(2) The effect on the value of such property, of any such use, condition, occupancy, or operation, or of the elimination, abatement, prohibition, or correction of any such use, condition, or operation.
(3) Testimony or evidence that any public body or public officer charged with the duty or authority so to do has rendered, made, or issued any judgment, decree, determination, or order for the abatement, prohibition, elimination, or correction of any such use, condition, occupancy, or operation shall be admissible and shall be prima facie evidence of the existence and character of such use, condition, or operation.
Acts 2004, No. 349, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:4720.63. Bonds as legal investment

RS 33:4720.63 - Bonds as legal investment
A. All banks, trust companies, bankers, savings banks, and institutions, building and loan associations, savings and loan associations, investment companies, and other persons carrying on a banking or investment business; all insurance companies, insurance associations, and other persons carrying on an insurance business; and all executors, administrators, curators, trustees, and other fiduciaries may legally invest any sinking funds, monies, or other funds belonging to them or within their control in any bonds or other obligations issued by the authority pursuant to this Chapter; but the bonds and other obligations shall be secured by an agreement between the issuer and the federal government in which the issuer agrees to borrow from the federal government and the federal government agrees to lend to the issuer, prior to the maturity of such bonds or other obligations, monies in any amount which together with any other monies irrevocably committed to the payment of principal and interest on the bonds or other obligations will suffice to pay the principal of the bonds or other obligations with interest to maturity thereon, which monies under the terms of said agreement are required to be used for the purpose of paying the principal of and the interest on the bonds or other obligations at their maturity. Bonds and other obligations shall be authorized security for all public deposits. It is the purpose of this Section to authorize any persons, political subdivisions, and officers, public or private, to use any funds owned or controlled by them for the purchase of any such bonds or other obligations.
B. Nothing contained in this Section with regard to legal investments shall be construed as relieving any persons of any duty of exercising reasonable care in selecting securities.
Acts 2004, No. 349, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:4720.64. Property exempt from taxes and from levy and sale by virtue of an execution

RS 33:4720.64 - Property exempt from taxes and from levy and sale by virtue of an execution
A. All property of the authority, including funds owned or held by it for the purpose of this Chapter, shall be exempt from levy and sale by virtue of an execution, and no execution or other judicial process shall issue against the same nor shall judgment against the authority be a charge or lien upon such property; but the provisions of this Section shall not apply to or limit the right of obligees to pursue any remedies for the enforcement of any pledge or lien given pursuant to this Chapter by the authority on its rents, fees, grants, or revenues from community improvement projects; further, the provisions of this Section shall not apply to or limit the right of an obligee to foreclose or otherwise enforce the terms and provisions of any mortgage, note, or other security given by the authority in connection with any immovable property owned by it.
B. The property of the authority acquired or held for the purposes of this Chapter is declared to be public property used for essential public and governmental purposes, and such property shall be exempt from all taxes of the municipality, the parish, the state, or any political subdivision thereof or any other taxing body; but such tax exemption shall terminate when the authority sells, leases, or otherwise disposes of the property in a community improvement area to a purchaser or lessee which is not a public body entitled to tax exemption with respect to the property; however, when any property or portion thereof reenters commerce while owned by the authority or any other public body, the tax exemption herein provided for shall cease as long as such property or portion thereof is used in commerce.
Acts 2004, No. 349, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:4720.66. Title of purchase

RS 33:4720.66 - Title of purchase
Any instrument executed by the authority purporting to convey any right, title, or interest in any property under this Chapter shall be conclusively presumed to have been executed in compliance with the provisions of this Chapter insofar as title or other interest of any bona fide purchaser, lessees, or transferees of the property is concerned.
Acts 2004, No. 349, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:4720.69. Severability

RS 33:4720.69 - Severability
The provisions of this Chapter are hereby declared to be severable, and if any Section, Subsection, Paragraph, provision, exception, sentence, clause, phrase, or part of this Chapter is held unconstitutional or void, the remainder of this Chapter shall continue in full force and effect, it being the legislative intent, now hereby declared, that this Chapter would have been enacted even if such unconstitutional or void matter had not been included therein. Notwithstanding any other evidence of legislative intent, it is hereby further declared to be the controlling legislative intent that, if any provisions or part of this Chapter, or the application thereof to any person or circumstances, is held invalid, the remainder of this Chapter, and the application of such provision or part to persons or circumstances other than those as to which it is held invalid, shall not be affected thereby. Insofar as the provisions of this Chapter are inconsistent with the provisions of any other law, the provisions of this Chapter shall be controlling.
Acts 2004, No. 349, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:4720.72. Construction of Chapter

RS 33:4720.72 - Construction of Chapter
This Chapter, being necessary for the welfare of the state and its residents, shall be liberally construed to effect the purposes thereof.
Acts 2005, No. 437, §1, eff. July 11, 2005.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:4720.82. Workable program

RS 33:4720.82 - Workable program
The St. Charles Parish Council, for the purposes of this Chapter, may formulate a workable program for community improvement for utilizing appropriate private and public resources to eliminate and prevent the development or spread of slums and blight, to encourage needed rehabilitation, and to provide for the redevelopment of slum or blighted areas or to undertake other feasible parochial activities as may be suitably employed to achieve the objectives of such workable program.
Acts 2004, No. 583, §1, eff. June 25, 2004.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:4720.83. Encouragement of private enterprise

RS 33:4720.83 - Encouragement of private enterprise
The "St. Charles Parish Council", hereinafter referred to in this Chapter as the "parish governing authority", to the greatest extent it determines to be feasible in carrying out the provisions of this Chapter, shall afford maximum opportunity, consistent with the sound needs of St. Charles Parish as a whole, to the rehabilitation or redevelopment of the community improvement area by private enterprise. The parish governing authority shall give consideration to this objective in exercising its authority under this Chapter.
Acts 2004, No. 583, §1, eff. June 25, 2004.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:4720.86. Acquisition of real property in community improvement area

RS 33:4720.86 - Acquisition of real property in community improvement area
A. Subject to the requirements of R.S. 33:4720.85, and except as provided in R.S. 33:4720.84(4), the parish governing authority may acquire by purchase, lease, option, gift, grant, bequest, or device, or by the exercise of the power of expropriation, any real property, or interest therein which it may deem necessary for or in connection with a community improvement plan or project under this Chapter.
B. The parish governing authority may exercise the power of expropriation in the manner provided in the Civil Code relative to the transfer of property and the laws supplementary or amendatory thereto, or it may exercise the power of expropriation in the manner provided by law for the exercise of the power of expropriation. Property already devoted to a public use may be purchased in a like manner, but no real property belonging to the United States, the state of Louisiana, or any political subdivision of the state may be acquired without the consent of the political body owning such property.
C. In any proceeding to fix or assess compensation for damages for the purchase of property, or any interest therein, through the exercise of expropriation, evidence, or testimony bearing upon the following matters shall be admissible and shall be considered in fixing such compensation or damages in addition to evidence or testimony otherwise admissible:
(1) The institution of any legal or administrative proceedings with respect to any use, condition, occupancy, or operation of such property which is unlawful or violative of, or subject to elimination, abatement, prohibition, or correction under any law or ordinance or regulatory measure of the state, parish, municipality, or other political subdivision, or any agency thereof, in which such property is located, as being unsafe, substandard, unsanitary, or otherwise contrary to the public health, safety, or welfare.
(2) The effect on the value of such property, of any such use, condition, occupancy, or operation, or of the elimination, abatement, prohibition, or correction of any such use, condition, or operation.
(3) Testimony or evidence that any public body or public officer charged with the duty or authority so to do has rendered, made, or issued any judgment, decree, determination, or order for the abatement, prohibition, elimination, or correction of any such use, condition, occupancy, or operation shall be admissible and shall be prima facie evidence of the existence and character of such use, condition, or operation.
Acts 2004, No. 583, §1, eff. June 25, 2004.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:4720.103. Workable program

RS 33:4720.103 - Workable program
The city of Opelousas, Louisiana, for the purposes of this Chapter may formulate a workable program for the community improvement for utilizing appropriate private and public resources to eliminate and prevent the development or spread of slums and urban blight, to encourage needed rehabilitation, and to provide for the redevelopment of slum or blighted areas or facilities which are functionally obsolescent or to undertake other feasible municipal activities as may be suitably employed to achieve the objectives of such workable program.
Acts 2007, No. 380, §1, eff. July 10, 2007.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:4720.104. Encouragement of private enterprise

RS 33:4720.104 - Encouragement of private enterprise
The "Opelousas Redevelopment Authority", referred to in this Chapter as the "authority", to the greatest extent it determines to be feasible in carrying out the provisions of this Chapter, shall afford maximum opportunity, consistent with the sound needs of the city of Opelousas as a whole, to the rehabilitation or redevelopment of the community improvement area by private enterprise. The powers shall give consideration to this objective in exercising its authority under this Chapter.
Acts 2007, No. 380, §1, eff. July 10, 2007.