Title 33, Municipalities and Parishes

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La. Rev. Stat. § 33:1738 Redesignated as R.S
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§1738. Redesignated as R.S. 13:5828 pursuant to Acts 2011, No. 248, §3.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:1739 Redesignated as R.S
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§1739. Redesignated as R.S. 13:5829 pursuant to Acts 2011, No. 248, §3.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:174 Suit to contest reasonableness of proposed extension of corporate limits
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§174. Suit to contest reasonableness of proposed extension of corporate limits A. Any interested citizen of the municipality or of the territory proposed to be annexed thereto may, within the thirty-day period before the ordinance becomes effective, file suit in the district cour…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:1740 Redesignated as R.S
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§1740. Redesignated as R.S. 13:5830 pursuant to Acts 2011, No. 248, §3.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:1741 Redesignated as R.S
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§1741. Redesignated as R.S. 13:5831 pursuant to Acts 2011, No. 248, §3.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:1742 Redesignated as R.S
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§1742. Redesignated as R.S. 13:5832 pursuant to Acts 2011, No. 248, §3.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:1743 Redesignated as R.S
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§1743. Redesignated as R.S. 13:5833 pursuant to Acts 2011, No. 248, §3.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:1744 Redesignated as R.S
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§1744. Redesignated as R.S. 13:5834 pursuant to Acts 2011, No. 248, §3.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:175 Peremption of right to attack ordinance
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§175. Peremption of right to attack ordinance A. If no suit is filed within the thirty-day period, or if no appeal is taken within the legal delays from a judgment of the district court sustaining the ordinance, same shall then become operative and cannot be contested or attacked…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:176 Procedure to contract boundaries
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§176. Procedure to contract boundaries To contract the boundaries of a municipality the same procedure shall be followed as outlined above and the same notice must be published and the same right of appeal to the courts is granted as is provided for in the case of the enlargement…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:1761 §§1761 to 1800 [Blank] See, now, R.S
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§1761. §§1761 to 1800 [Blank] See, now, R.S. 11:3841 to 3870.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:177 Consolidation of suits to contest enlargement or contraction of boundaries
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§177. Consolidation of suits to contest enlargement or contraction of boundaries Any number of persons interested in contesting the enlargement or contraction of the boundaries of a municipality may join in one suit for the purpose of appealing to the district court from the ordi…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:178 Ordinance defining territory excluded or included and description of boundary as
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§178. Ordinance defining territory excluded or included and description of boundary as changed required to be filed with clerk of district court A. Where the boundaries of a municipality have been enlarged or contracted, the ordinance with reference thereto must define with certa…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:179 Rights of residents and owners of included territory
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§179. Rights of residents and owners of included territory Where the corporate limits of municipalities have been extended or enlarged as hereinabove provided, the annexed territory, the inhabitants thereof, and the owners of property therein shall enjoy as to themselves and thei…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:180 Ordinance to annex territory owned by a public body
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§180. Ordinance to annex territory owned by a public body A. The governing body of any municipality other than the city of New Orleans may, by ordinance, enlarge the boundaries of the municipality to include territory within which all of the land is owned by a state agency, polit…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:1811 Limitation on number of municipal attorneys
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§1811. Limitation on number of municipal attorneys Except where otherwise specially provided, a municipality shall have no more than one municipal attorney and no more than three assistant municipal attorneys.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:1812 Repealed by Acts 1970, No
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§1812. Repealed by Acts 1970, No. 154, §1
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:1813 Additional counsel
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§1813. Additional counsel A municipality may employ, fix the compensation for, and pay additional counsel in cases of extreme necessity. Acts 1983, No. 364, §1, eff. July 2, 1983.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:1814 Repealed by Acts 1983, No
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§1814. Repealed by Acts 1983, No. 364, §2, eff. July 2, 1983.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:1815 Removal of certain officers in cities of 100,000; right to public trial
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§1815. Removal of certain officers in cities of 100,000; right to public trial Subject to the provisions of any applicable civil service law, in a municipality having a population in excess of one hundred thousand, the governing body shall, before removal or suspension from offic…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:1816 Review of decision in removal proceedings
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§1816. Review of decision in removal proceedings The deputy commissioner, departmental head, or employee, shall have a right of action at law to have the decision of the governing body reviewed de novo as to the law and facts.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:1817 Grounds for removal
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§1817. Grounds for removal Subject to the provisions of any applicable civil service law, the deputy commissioners, departmental heads, or employees, shall be liable to removal from office only for high crimes and misdemeanors in office, incompetency, corruption, favoritism, exto…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:1818 New appointments on change of appointing authorities
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§1818. New appointments on change of appointing authorities Nothing in R.S. 33:1815 through R.S. 33:1817 shall prohibit the appointment of new deputy commissioners, heads of departments, or employees, subject to any applicable civil service law, whenever the terms of office of th…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:1819 Substitute for marshal or tax collector
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§1819. Substitute for marshal or tax collector Whenever the office of marshal or tax collector of any municipal corporation, New Orleans excepted, becomes vacant, and until his successor is elected or appointed and qualified, or whenever the marshal, or tax collector is absent th…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:1820 Compensation of substitute marshal or tax collector
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§1820. Compensation of substitute marshal or tax collector Whenever any sheriff, deputy sheriff, or constable performs the duties of the marshal or tax collector of the municipality, he may demand the same fees and compensation that are allowed to the marshal or tax collector.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:1821 Village citizen as substitute marshal
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§1821. Village citizen as substitute marshal Whenever the office of marshal of any incorporated village becomes vacant, and until his successor has been elected or appointed and qualified, or whenever the marshal is absent therefrom, the mayor may appoint any male citizen of the …
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:1822 Compensation of substitute marshal
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§1822. Compensation of substitute marshal Whenever any person is appointed by the mayor as provided for in R.S. 33:1821, he may demand the same fees and compensation that are allowed to the marshal of the incorporated village.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:1851 §§1851 TO 1857 Repealed by Acts 1958, No
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§1851. §§1851 TO 1857 Repealed by Acts 1958, No. 504, §1
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:1881 Cancellation of official bond with security and mortgages
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§1881. Cancellation of official bond with security and mortgages Any district judge, having jurisdiction in the parish where any parish or ward officer or other interested party applies for the cancellation of the parish or ward officer's official bond, shall order the recorder o…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:1882 Notice of application for cancellation
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§1882. Notice of application for cancellation The applicant shall give public notice by publication, during thirty days, after the manner of judicial advertisements, in one newspaper published in the parish, calling upon all persons therein interested to show cause in writing bef…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:1883 Bond to be cancelled in absence of opposition
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§1883. Bond to be cancelled in absence of opposition Should there be no opposition or should it be not well founded, the judge shall order the cancellation and annullment as aforesaid. Otherwise the application shall be denied.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:1884 Liability for failure to serve process; prima facie evidence
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§1884. Liability for failure to serve process; prima facie evidence Upon a neglect, failure, or refusal of any sheriff or his deputies, or the coroner, or constable, to serve any legal process in either a civil or criminal proceeding by which any person, the state, parish, or mun…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:1885 Municipal elections concurrent with congressional elections; term of office
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§1885. Municipal elections concurrent with congressional elections; term of office A. Municipalities may, by ordinance of the governing authority, adopt a plan for holding municipal elections at the congressional elections in accordance with R.S. 18:402(B). Any plan so adopted sh…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:1886 §§1886, 1887 [Terminated] See Acts 1976, No
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§1886. §§1886, 1887 [Terminated] See Acts 1976, No. 697, §4
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:1891 Merit awards
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§1891. Merit awards The governing body of any municipality shall have authority to grant merit awards to full-time permanent employees of the municipality in accordance with the provisions of this Part. Nothing herein shall be in conflict with Civil Service rules and regulations.…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:1892 Merit award system; reduction to writing
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§1892. Merit award system; reduction to writing Prior to the granting of any awards, the governing body may formulate, adopt, establish, and maintain a plan to encourage and reward unusual and meritorious suggestions, actions, procedures, and accomplishments by its employees, whi…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:1893 Maximum amount of awards
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§1893. Maximum amount of awards Awards may be in cash or in the form of corporeal movables. An award in cash shall be for a sum not in excess of two thousand dollars. An award in the form of a corporeal movable shall have a fair market value not greater than twelve hundred dollar…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:1894 Sunshine rule
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§1894. Sunshine rule All proceedings of the governing body in relation to the plan and all proceedings pursuant to the plan shall be open to the public. All records, documents, and evidentiary material shall be public records. This Section shall apply notwithstanding any other pr…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:191 Contiguous municipalities in same parish may consolidate
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§191. Contiguous municipalities in same parish may consolidate Any two contiguous municipalities, lying in the same parish, may consolidate and become one municipality in the manner provided in this Subpart. For this purpose municipalities separated only by a river or other strea…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:192 Approval in each municipality required
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§192. Approval in each municipality required Consolidation may be effected only after the same has been approved in each municipality affected by a majority of the qualified electors thereof voting at an election held for that purpose as hereinafter provided.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:193 Consolidation election to be ordered upon motion of governing body or upon petition of voters
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§193. Consolidation election to be ordered upon motion of governing body or upon petition of voters The governing body of each municipality may order a consolidation election upon its own motion. Upon the presentation to the governing body of a petition, signed by twenty-five per…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:194 Ordinance ordering consolidation election
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§194. Ordinance ordering consolidation election A consolidation election shall be ordered by ordinance. The ordinance shall set the date for the election, which shall be not less than thirty days nor more than sixty days from the date of its adoption. The ordinance shall set out …
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:1941 Medal for member of police or fire department
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§1941. Medal for member of police or fire department Any member of a police or fire department who, in the regular performance of his duty, renders some act of valor, or any act conducive to the betterment and credit of the department of which he is a member, shall be awarded a g…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:1942 Board authorized to award medal
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§1942. Board authorized to award medal The board shall consist of the mayor and the heads of the police and fire departments, who shall sit in session whenever such deeds of valor, or acts conducive to the betterment and credit of the department are brought to their attention by …
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:1943 Value of medal
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§1943. Value of medal The gold medals shall not cost less than ten dollars nor more than fifty dollars, and the city treasurer shall honor the cost voucher of any medal awarded under this Part when approved by the mayor.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:1944 Duty to wear medal
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§1944. Duty to wear medal Every member of the police or fire department honored with the reward of a medal shall wear the medal when in service or on parade.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:1945 Withdrawal of medal
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§1945. Withdrawal of medal Any member of the police or fire department who is awarded a medal shall have the same withdrawn for any act bringing discredit or shame to the department of which he is a member, or any act destructive of department discipline.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:1946 Procedural requirements; investment of funds
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§1946. Procedural requirements; investment of funds Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, and in addition to the investment procedures and methods presently authorized by law, those Firemen's Pension Funds and the Policemen's Pension Funds of municipalities …
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:1947 Redesignated to R.S
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§1947. Redesignated to R.S. 40:1665.3. See Acts 2014, No. 158, §3 and 7.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:1948 Development of Hepatitis B or Hepatitis C during employment in fire or police service; occupational disease
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§1948. Development of Hepatitis B or Hepatitis C during employment in fire or police service; occupational disease A. Because of exposure to blood and saliva of accident and crime victims, when a firefighter or policeman in the classified service, who has completed two or more ye…