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La. Rev. Stat. § 33:2585.6 Election; results; rules and regulations; promulgation
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§2585.6. Election; results; rules and regulations; promulgation A. The administrative head shall submit a written report of the election results to the municipal or parochial civil service commission and the governing authority of the parish or municipality within three days afte…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:2585.7 Contest of election
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§2585.7. Contest of election Any election held under the provisions of Sections 2585 through 2585.9 may be contested in accordance with the provisions of the general laws of this state applicable to contests of elections of public officials. Added by Acts 1980, No. 563, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:2585.8 Initial election; successors; vacancies
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§2585.8. Initial election; successors; vacancies A. The initial election of the classified employee member of the commission hereunder shall be held within ninety days after January 1, 1981, and the member then elected shall take office on May 1, 1981. Each successor thereafter s…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:2585.9 Previously selected member; election of successor
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§2585.9. Previously selected member; election of successor The administrative head of any municipal or parochial civil service which, prior to the effective date of this Section, has selected a classified employee member in accordance with the provisions of Act 410 of the 1979 Re…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:2586 Fire and police civil service; incentive pay
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§2586. Fire and police civil service; incentive pay The fire and police civil service board of any municipality, parish, or fire protection district with a classified fire and police civil service system established as provided in R.S. 33:2471 or 2531 may establish a plan for awa…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:2587 City of Opelousas Municipal Civil Service Board; board membership
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§2587. City of Opelousas Municipal Civil Service Board; board membership Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the City of Opelousas Municipal Civil Service Board shall have two members who shall be selected by the classified employees of the city of Opelous…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:2588 Determination that certain constitutional provisions are not applicable to city
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§2588. Determination that certain constitutional provisions are not applicable to city In the event that the civil service of any city pursuant to the city civil service provisions of Part I of Article X of the Constitution of Louisiana is determined by a final judgment of a cour…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:2589 Additional compensation for work on holidays; firemen and policemen
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§2589. Additional compensation for work on holidays; firemen and policemen Any fireman or policeman who is employed by a municipality to which the provisions of this Part are applicable and who is required to work during the calendar day on any holiday which is declared by the go…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:2589.1 Shreveport chief of fire support staff; competitive appointment
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§2589.1. Shreveport chief of fire support staff; competitive appointment A. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the governing authority in the city of Shreveport may create, by ordinance, the position of chief of fire support staff in accordance with the p…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:259 Tax levy by police jury to liquidate municipal indebtedness
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§259. Tax levy by police jury to liquidate municipal indebtedness If any municipality is dissolved and its charter surrendered under the provisions of this Subpart, and is, on the day of dissolution, indebted in any sum to any person, the police jury of the parish in which the mu…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:2591 System of classified service
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§2591. System of classified service A. There is created in every municipality having a population between two hundred fifty thousand and five hundred thousand a classified civil service embracing the positions of employment, the officers and the employees of the fire and police s…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:260 Liquidation of other affairs of municipality
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§260. Liquidation of other affairs of municipality The governing authority of a municipality dissolved under this Subpart, in office at the time of its dissolution shall liquidate the other affairs of the municipality as speedily as possible and shall continue in office until the…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:261 Disposition of surplus funds of municipality
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§261. Disposition of surplus funds of municipality If after the payment of all the debts of a municipality dissolved under this Subpart, any balance of money remains, it shall be turned over to the school board of the parish to be used in the education of the children of school a…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:2621 Authority to tax motor vehicles
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§2621. Authority to tax motor vehicles A. Under rules, regulations, or methods of valuation to be prescribed by the Louisiana Tax Commission, all municipalities and districts created by municipalities, through their governing authorities, may levy, assess, and collect taxes upon …
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:2622 Assessment limited to cash value
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§2622. Assessment limited to cash value No motor vehicle shall be assessed for more than its actual cash value.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:2623 Judicial review of assessment
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§2623. Judicial review of assessment Any taxpayer may test the correctness of his assessment of any motor vehicle before the district court at the domicile of the assessing authority, provided the suit is instituted within thirty days after the date the tax collector is authorize…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:2624 Collection of tax
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§2624. Collection of tax The taxes authorized in this Sub-part to be assessed shall be levied and collected in accordance with existing laws.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:2661 Petition for special tax; title to property; election
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§2661. Petition for special tax; title to property; election Whenever two hundred fifty of the resident registered property taxpayers of any parish or municipality petition the governing authority to levy a special tax, not to exceed two mills, on all taxable property of the pari…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:2662 Form of petition and ballot
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§2662. Form of petition and ballot The petition mentioned in R.S. 33:2661 shall be in writing. More than one copy may be circulated in order to facilitate the obtaining of the signatures required. The petition shall designate the object and the rate of the tax to be levied each y…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:2663 Ordinance levying tax
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§2663. Ordinance levying tax If a majority in number and value of the taxpayers of the parish or municipality vote in favor of the special tax, the governing authority shall immediately pass an ordinance levying the tax for the time specified in the petition and designating the y…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:2664 Voters must be registered
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§2664. Voters must be registered All taxpayers voting at the election shall be registered voters.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:2665 Levy and collection of tax
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§2665. Levy and collection of tax The governing authority shall, when the vote is in favor of the levy of the special tax, levy and collect annually, in addition to other taxes, the tax at the rate voted by the property taxpayers and during the years designated, upon all the taxa…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:2701 Petition for special tax; election
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§2701. Petition for special tax; election Whenever one-fifth of the registered property taxpayers of any parish or municipality petition the governing authority to levy a special tax on all taxable property of the sub-division for the purchase and improvement of grounds and for p…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:2702 Form of petition; rate and duration of tax
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§2702. Form of petition; rate and duration of tax The petition mentioned in R.S. 33:2701 shall be in writing and shall designate the object and rate of the tax to be levied each year and the number of years during which it shall be levied. The tax shall not exceed in any one year…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:2703 Ordinance levying tax
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§2703. Ordinance levying tax If a majority in number and value of the property tax payers vote in favor of the special tax, the governing authority shall immediately pass an ordinance levying the tax for the time specified in the petition and designating the years in which the ta…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:2704 Voters must be registered
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§2704. Voters must be registered All tax payers voting at the election shall be registered voters.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:2705 Levy and collection of tax
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§2705. Levy and collection of tax The governing authority shall, when the vote is in favor of the levy of the tax, levy and collect the tax annually, in addition to other taxes, at the rate voted by the property tax payers and during the years designated, upon all the taxable pro…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:2740.1 Public cemetery maintenance; ad valorem tax
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§2740.1. Public cemetery maintenance; ad valorem tax Any parish in this state or any ward in any parish, subject to the approval of a majority of the property taxpayers both in number and assessed valuation, may levy an ad valorem tax of not to exceed one mill on the dollar for a…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:2740.10 St
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§2740.10. St. Tammany Parish sales tax district A. The police jury of St. Tammany Parish is hereby authorized to create a special taxing district within Wards Seven, Eight, and Nine of the unincorporated portions of the parish. No municipality or any portion thereof shall be incl…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:2740.11 St
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§2740.11. St. Tammany Parish tax district; levy of ad valorem tax A. The police jury of St. Tammany Parish is hereby authorized to create one or more special taxing districts within Ward Eight of the parish. No municipality or any portion thereof shall be included within any dist…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:2740.12 Lincoln Parish; special taxing district; ad valorem tax
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§2740.12. Lincoln Parish; special taxing district; ad valorem tax A. There is hereby created a special taxing district which shall be comprised of Lincoln Parish in its entirety. The governing authority for the district shall be the police jury of Lincoln Parish, its domicile sha…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:2740.13 St
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§2740.13. St. Tammany Parish sub-road districts A.(1) In addition to any other taxing districts which may be created under authority of this Part, the police jury of St. Tammany Parish may create special taxing districts comprised of territory within St. Tammany Parish. Such dist…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:2740.14 St
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§2740.14. St. Tammany Parish special recreation districts A. The governing authority of the parish of St. Tammany is hereby authorized to create special recreation districts comprised of territory within the boundaries of St. Tammany Parish. All of the land in any such district s…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:2740.15 The Hammond Downtown Development District; Downtown Development Authority; creation, composition, and powers; preparation of plans; levy of ad valorem taxes and issuance of bonds
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§2740.15. The Hammond Downtown Development District; Downtown Development Authority; creation, composition, and powers; preparation of plans; levy of ad valorem taxes and issuance of bonds A. The Legislature of Louisiana hereby finds and declares that it is necessary for the publ…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:2740.16 Assumption Parish Gravity Drainage Districts; parcel fee
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§2740.16. Assumption Parish Gravity Drainage Districts; parcel fee A.(1) Each gravity drainage district in Assumption Parish may levy and collect a parcel fee within the parish which shall not exceed one hundred fifty dollars per parcel per year. (2) The parcel fee shall be impos…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:2740.17 City of Kenner; New Orleans International Airport Sales Tax District; authorization
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§2740.17. City of Kenner; New Orleans International Airport Sales Tax District; authorization A.(1) The council of the city of Kenner is hereby authorized to create within said city a sales tax district designated as the New Orleans International Airport Sales Tax District. The b…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:2740.19 Baton Rouge Inner City Economic Development District; creation, composition and powers
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§2740.19. Baton Rouge Inner City Economic Development District; creation, composition and powers A. The Baton Rouge Inner City Economic Development District, hereinafter referred to as the "district", is hereby created, and the boundaries of the district shall be coterminous with…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:2740.2 Homes for senior citizens; ad valorem tax
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§2740.2. Homes for senior citizens; ad valorem tax Any parish, ward or municipality of this state may, in addition to all other taxes, but subject to the approval of a majority of the property taxpayers both in number and assessed valuation, levy an ad valorem tax of not to excee…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:2740.23 West Bank Corridor Improvement Commission; creation, composition, and powers
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§2740.23. West Bank Corridor Improvement Commission; creation, composition, and powers A. The West Bank Corridor Improvement Commission, hereinafter referred to as the "commission", is hereby created, and the jurisdiction of the commission shall be coterminous with the parish of …
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:2740.24 Minden Downtown Development District; commission; powers
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§2740.24. Minden Downtown Development District; commission; powers A. The legislature hereby finds and declares that it is necessary for the public, health, safety, and welfare of the city of Minden that the property value deterioration in the principal area or areas of the city …
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:2740.27 The Algiers Development District; creation, composition, and powers; levy of ad
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§2740.27. The Algiers Development District; creation, composition, and powers; levy of ad valorem taxes and issuance of bonds A.(1) There shall be, and there hereby is, created a special taxing district comprised of all territory within the fifteenth ward of Orleans Parish, which…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:2740.28 Rapides Parish; criminal expense ordinance authorized
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§2740.28. Rapides Parish; criminal expense ordinance authorized The Rapides Parish Police Jury may create within the Rapides Parish Code of Laws an ordinance requiring the levy of an additional twenty dollars court cost specifically dedicated to defray the cost of the criminal ju…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:2740.29 Abbeville; downtown development district
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§2740.29. Abbeville; downtown development district The Community and Historic Preservation District of the city of Abbeville as created and provided for by city ordinance 93-20, adopted December 7, 1993, and any amendment thereto, shall be deemed to be and shall be recognized as …
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:2740.3 The Downtown Development District of the City of New Orleans; creation,
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§2740.3. The Downtown Development District of the City of New Orleans; creation, composition, and powers; preparation of plans; levy of ad valorem taxes and issuance of bonds A.(1) There shall be, and there hereby is, created a special taxing district within the city of New Orlea…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:2740.30 New Iberia; downtown development district
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§2740.30. New Iberia; downtown development district The New Iberia Downtown Commercial Historic District as created and provided for by city ordinance 459-93 adopted November 16, 1993, and any amendment thereto shall be deemed to be and shall be recognized as a downtown developme…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:2740.31 Berwick Development District
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§2740.31. Berwick Development District A. There is hereby created a body politic and corporate of the state which shall exist in perpetuity and be known as Berwick Development District, hereinafter referred to as the "district". The district shall be composed of all of the territ…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:2740.32 Morgan City Development District
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§2740.32. Morgan City Development District A. There is hereby created a body politic and corporate which shall exist in perpetuity and be known as Morgan City Development District, hereafter in this Section referred to as the "district". The district shall be composed of all of t…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:2740.33 Broussard redevelopment districts
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§2740.33. Broussard redevelopment districts A. The governing authority of the town of Broussard is hereby authorized, subject to the provisions of this Section, to create by ordinance a Downtown Development District and other similar districts for redevelopment purposes in other …
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:2740.35 Economic development districts; city of New Orleans; creation, composition, and powers; preparation of plans; levy of ad valorem taxes and issuance of bonds
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§2740.35. Economic development districts; city of New Orleans; creation, composition, and powers; preparation of plans; levy of ad valorem taxes and issuance of bonds A.(1) There is hereby created a special taxing district within the city of New Orleans comprised of the territory…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:2740.36 Tax on dumped trash; certain districts in the city of New Orleans
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§2740.36. Tax on dumped trash; certain districts in the city of New Orleans A. For the purposes of this Section: (1) "Dumped" shall include dumped, deposited, abandoned, or otherwise discarded. (2) "Trash" shall include any of the following if dumped in any area of a business and…