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La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3551 Improvement of street adjacent to stream or canal; assessment of property farthest from stream; petition of property owners
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§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 exceed…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3552 Liability of owner of railway track in street
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§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 ra…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3553 Municipality's liability
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§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…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3554 Abutting property owner's liability
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§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 a…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3555 Preparation of specifications; ordinance ordering improvement; advertising for bids; awarding contract
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§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 …
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3556 Acceptance of work; assessment and lien
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§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…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3557 Enforcement of assessment
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§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, …
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3558 Installment payments; notes evidencing deferred payments
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§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 …
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3559 Transfer of assessments and notes to contractor
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§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 lie…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:361 Municipal powers
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§361. Municipal powers A. Except as otherwise provided in this Part, a municipality shall be vested with all powers, rights, privileges, immunities, authorities, and duties heretofore possessed in accordance with all constitutional and statutory provisions with respect thereto. A…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:362 Exercise of municipal powers; legislative, executive
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§362. Exercise of municipal powers; legislative, executive A.(1) The legislative powers of a municipality shall be vested in and exercised by the board of aldermen. (2) The board of aldermen may: (a) Repealed by Acts 1986, No. 1076, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 1987. (b) Enact ordinances and…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3621 Improvement of sidewalks and curbings by certain municipalities; taxpayers' consent in municipalities of less than 1,000
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§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 havin…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3622 Advertising for bids; awarding contract; assessment of abutting real estate; improvement by municipality
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§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 fo…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3623 Abutting owners to pay cost
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§3623. Abutting owners to pay cost The owners of the abutting real estate shall pay the entire cost of the work, on the basis of the respective frontage of the property on the sidewalk or curbing to be paved or improved.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3624 Enforcement of assessment; assessment lien; certificates showing amount due; transfer to contractor
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§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 …
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:363 Village of Palmetto in St
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§363. Village of Palmetto in St. Landry Parish; authority to provide academic scholarships A. The legislature finds that it is important to utilize all available opportunities to aid meritorious but needy students in their efforts to obtain a college education. The legislature fu…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:364 Town of Gueydan; municipal officials and employees; increase in compensation; certain prohibition
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§364. Town of Gueydan; municipal officials and employees; increase in compensation; certain prohibition The compensation of any municipal official or employee of the town of Gueydan shall not be increased: (1) During the period from six months prior to any regularly scheduled mun…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:365 Naming of town hall; town of Jonesboro
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§365. Naming of town hall; town of Jonesboro The governing authority of the town of Jonesboro may name its town hall after Richard Zuber, its former long-time mayor. Acts 1999, No. 1306, §1; Acts 2011, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 20, §1, eff. June 12, 2011.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3651 Petition for special street illumination
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§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 l…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3652 Notice of filing petition for improvement; resolution authorizing lighting system; liability of abutting owners
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§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 publicat…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3653 Plans and specifications
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§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 or…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3654 Advertising for bids; acceptance
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§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 publi…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3655 Assessment of abutting owners; assessment lien
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§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 …
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3656 Enforcement of assessments
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§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 the…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3657 Installment payments
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§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 th…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3658 Objections to proceedings
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§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 a…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3659 Municipality to operate lighting systems; financial aid; special tax
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§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 wh…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3660 Issuance of certificates for payment of costs
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§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…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3661 Form of the certificates; registration
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§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 …
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3662 Certificates to have requisites of negotiable paper
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§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…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3663 Certificates not included in computing indebtedness
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§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. …
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3664 Prescriptive period to question validity of proceedings
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§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 inst…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3671 Liens ranked
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§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 p…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3675.1 Improvements authorized
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§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 d…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3675.10 Delivery of certificates; collections; use of proceeds
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§3675.10. Delivery of certificates; collections; use of proceeds 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 collec…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3675.11 Requisites of negotiable paper; incontestability
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§3675.11. Requisites of negotiable paper; 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 …
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3675.12 Final inspection; payment
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§3675.12. Final inspection; payment 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 improveme…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3675.13 Employment of engineers and attorneys; duties
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§3675.13. Employment of engineers and attorneys; duties 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 specifi…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3675.14 Liability of railroads
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§3675.14. Liability of railroads In the event a railway bed or track, other than one owned by the municipality, occupies a portion of a street, road or alley, the owner of the railway shall pay of the total cost of the work, the proportion that the area occupied by the railroad b…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3675.15 Certificates not included in computing municipal indebtedness
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§3675.15. Certificates not included in computing municipal 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 i…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3675.16 Certificates tax exempt; security for deposits
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§3675.16. Certificates tax exempt; security for deposits 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. Added by Acts 1956, No. 517, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3675.17 Limitation on contesting validity of resolutions and proceedings
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§3675.17. Limitation on contesting validity of resolutions and proceedings No contest, action or proceedings to question the validity or legality of any resolutions adopted or proceedings had under the provision of this Sub-part shall be begun in any court by any person for any c…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3675.2 Notice of intention to make improvements; hearings; publication
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§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 improvemen…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3675.3 Plans and specifications; advertisement for bids; contents of notice
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§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 improveme…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3675.4 Awarding of contracts
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§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…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3675.5 Report of improvement cost; liability of real estate benefited
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§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 t…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3675.6 Assessments; payments; lien
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§3675.6. Assessments; payments; lien Upon the receipt of the certified statement or report of the engineer as provided for in R.S. 33:3675.5, the governing authority shall adopt an ordinance levying a local or special assessment on each lot or parcel of real estate in the area in…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3675.7 Certificates
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§3675.7. Certificates Municipalities complying with the provisions of this Sub-part 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 paym…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3675.8 Additional assessments
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§3675.8. Additional assessments 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 certif…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3675.9 Form of certificates; registration
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§3675.9. Form of 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 th…
