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La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3723 Servitude over lands abutting street for street widening purposes; rights of abutting owners
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§3723. Servitude over lands abutting street for street widening purposes; rights of abutting owners Upon the passage of the ordinance the municipality shall be held to have taken a servitude of passage over all lands abutting the part or of the street to which the building line o…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3724 Determination of damages to landowners; prescriptions; measure of damages
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§3724. Determination of damages to landowners; prescriptions; measure of damages The municipality may determine the damages to the owners of the lands under the law of eminent domain. The owners of the land may likewise institute in any court of competent jurisdiction their actio…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3725 Acquisition of land for street widening
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§3725. Acquisition of land for street widening At the end of the period designated in the ordinance the municipality shall proceed to widen the street named therein, and to that end shall acquire by purchase, condemnation or otherwise, the land necessary for the widening, and the…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3726 Recovery of damages not arising from servitude
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§3726. Recovery of damages not arising from servitude If, between the time of the passage of the ordinance and the widening of the street, the owners of land abutting the building line are damaged by the passage of the ordinance in any manner other than by taking of the servitude…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3727 Payment of damages
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§3727. Payment of damages Damages for the servitude taken or damages to any owner, may be paid by the municipality out of any general or special fund which may be provided for that purpose.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3728 Power to establish building lines not abridged
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§3728. Power to establish building lines not abridged This Part shall not limit or abridge any other power of a municipality to establish building lines.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3741 Exchanging public property for other property for public purposes
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§3741. Exchanging public property for other property for public purposes The governing authority of any municipality may, by ordinance, unless otherwise specifically prohibited or restricted by existing law, exchange any public property owned by said municipality, except municipa…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3742 Damages resulting from change of grade of streets
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§3742. Damages resulting from change of grade of streets In suits against municipalities for damages resulting from the change or alteration of the grade of streets or the disturbance of the natural contour of the ground, the damages to be paid to the owners of abutting property …
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3743 Curtailing width of street
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§3743. Curtailing width of street Municipalities having a population less than seventy-five thousand and more than twenty-five thousand may curtail the width of any street or alley and sell the part not needed or exchange it for other ground to be used for street purposes as an e…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3746 Prescription of claims, liens and privileges for local or special assessments for paving and sewerage improvements; reinscription
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§3746. Prescription of claims, liens and privileges for local or special assessments for paving and sewerage improvements; reinscription A. Claims, liens, and privileges resulting from the levying of local or special assessments by any parish, municipality, sewerage district, or …
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3747 Written notice to non-resident and resident property owners prior to enactment of ordinances levying local or special assessments on property for improvements to streets, alleys, sidewalks, curbing or
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§3747. Written notice to non-resident and resident property owners prior to enactment of ordinances levying local or special assessments on property for improvements to streets, alleys, sidewalks, curbing or any part of them; invalidity of assessments made without such notice Any…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3748 Municipalities in St
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§3748. Municipalities in St. Mary Parish; property taxes and charges for drainage works A. The governing authority of any municipality within the parish of St. Mary shall have and is hereby vested with full power and authority to: (1) Levy special taxes on all the property within…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:381 Municipal officers
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§381. Municipal officers A. The officers of every municipality shall be a mayor, aldermen, a chief of police, a tax collector, and a clerk. B. The mayor and chief of police in all municipalities shall be elected at large. The clerk or chief of police may be a tax collector or ass…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:381.1 Election or appointment of marshal
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§381.1. Election or appointment of marshal The marshal who is the chief of police in such municipalities shall be elected at large, provided that, notwithstanding any other provisions of law to the contrary, a majority of the qualified electors voting therein may, at a special el…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:381.2 Election or appointment of marshal in municipalities of five thousand or less
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§381.2. Election or appointment of marshal in municipalities of five thousand or less A. Notwithstanding the provisions of R.S. 33:381 and 381.1 to the contrary, in any municipality with a population of five thousand or less according to the latest federal decennial census, a maj…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3811 Division of parishes into waterworks districts
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§3811. Division of parishes into waterworks districts Police juries may divide their respective parishes into one or more waterworks districts, with such name or numbers as the police jury may designate. The police jury may repeal any ordinance creating a waterworks district, or …
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3811.1 Authority of Lafourche Parish Police Jury to expand powers of Lafourche water district
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§3811.1. Authority of Lafourche Parish Police Jury to expand powers of Lafourche water district In addition to the provisions of R.S. 33:3811, the Lafourche Parish Police Jury may authorize the Lafourche water district to do and perform all acts in its corporate capacity and in i…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3811.2 Authority of Calcasieu Parish Police Jury to expand powers of waterworks districts
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§3811.2. Authority of Calcasieu Parish Police Jury to expand powers of waterworks districts In addition to the powers granted by R.S. 33:3811, the Calcasieu Parish Police Jury may create waterworks subdistricts within the boundaries of existing or future waterworks districts. The…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3812 Waterworks commissioners; qualifications
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§3812. Waterworks commissioners; qualifications A. All waterworks districts created under the provisions of this Chapter shall be governed by a board of five members, to be known as waterworks commissioners, except that where the district includes one or more municipalities, as h…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3813 Appointments of waterworks commissioners; terms; vacancies
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§3813. Appointments of waterworks commissioners; terms; vacancies A. In the ordinance creating a waterworks district under this Chapter, the police jury shall appoint five commissioners recommended in the petition for the creation of the district. B. If no recommendation is made …
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3813.1 Assumption Parish Waterworks District No
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§3813.1. Assumption Parish Waterworks District No. 1; waterworks commissioners; appointment; terms Notwithstanding the provisions of R.S. 33:3812 or R.S. 33:3813, the membership of the Assumption Parish Waterworks District No. 1 shall be composed of eleven members, nine to be app…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3813.2 Tangipahoa Water District
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§3813.2. Tangipahoa Water District A. Notwithstanding the provisions of R.S. 33:3812, in the event there is formed under the provisions of this Chapter, within one year of July 13, 1992, a new water district in Tangipahoa Parish to be known as "The Tangipahoa Water District", com…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3813.3 N.E.W
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§3813.3. N.E.W. Carroll Water District A. Notwithstanding the provisions of R.S. 33:3812, the governing authorities of the parishes of East Carroll and West Carroll may create and provide, by resolution duly adopted by each governing authority, the N.E.W. Carroll Water District, …
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3814 Petition for waterworks district
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§3814. Petition for waterworks district Police juries shall form a waterworks district when petitioned to do so in writing by not less than twenty-five persons owning and assessed for lands in the district. Corporations may sign the petition only if they are domiciled in the dist…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3815 Powers of waterworks districts
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§3815. Powers of waterworks districts A. Any waterworks district thus created and named or numbered by a police jury shall constitute a body corporate in law, with all the powers of a corporation, and all powers necessary for it to carry out the objects for which it was created. …
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3815.1 Additional powers of the Lafourche water district
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§3815.1. Additional powers of the Lafourche water district Upon authorization by the Lafourche Parish Police Jury as provided in R.S. 33:3811.1, and in addition to the powers granted to the district in R.S. 33:3815, the Lafourche water district may expropriate property for any pu…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3815.2 Powers of waterworks districts; water supply; agreements between waterworks districts and waterworks districts, fire districts, or persons in adjoining parishes
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§3815.2. Powers of waterworks districts; water supply; agreements between waterworks districts and waterworks districts, fire districts, or persons in adjoining parishes A. This Section shall apply only to waterworks districts created under Title 33 of the Louisiana Revised Statu…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3815.3 Raw water intake regulations
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§3815.3. Raw water intake regulations A. It shall be unlawful for any person to abandon any vessel or object of any kind in the restricted area surrounding a raw water intake facility for any public water purification system or other public facility producing potable water suppli…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3815.4 Waterworks District Number Three of Beauregard Parish; authorization to sell certain waterlines
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§3815.4. Waterworks District Number Three of Beauregard Parish; authorization to sell certain waterlines Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, specifically the provisions of R.S. 33:4341, the board of commissioners for Waterworks District Number Three of Bea…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3815.5 Waterworks District No
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§3815.5. Waterworks District No. 3 of Rapides Parish; authority to acquire privately owned system in Grant Parish A. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, Waterworks District No. 3 of Rapides Parish may acquire, by donation, one privately owned water system …
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3816 Domicile of waterworks district
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§3816. Domicile of waterworks district The police jury shall designate the corporate domicile of the district at some place within the district, at which domicile it shall be sued and service of citation made on the president, and in his absence, upon the vice-president, and in t…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3817 Officers of board of commissioners of district; fiscal agent
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§3817. Officers of board of commissioners of district; fiscal agent A. The police jury shall designate a time and place within the waterworks district for the commissioners to meet. The commissioners must meet within sixty days after the date of their appointment and elect office…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3818 Powers of board of commissioners
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§3818. Powers of board of commissioners A. The board of commissioners of the waterworks district shall have absolute control and authority over the waterworks in the district and shall adopt by-laws, rules and regulations for the proper conduct and operation of a waterworks syste…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3818.1 Additional powers of board of commissioners of Lafourche water district
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§3818.1. Additional powers of board of commissioners of Lafourche water district A. Upon authorization by the Lafourche Parish Police Jury as provided for in R.S. 33:3811.1, and in addition to the powers granted in R.S. 33:3818 and R.S. 33:3820, the board of commissioners of the …
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3819 Meetings of commissioners; meeting place; absences; compensation
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§3819. Meetings of commissioners; meeting place; absences; compensation A. The commissioners of each waterworks district may meet as often as necessary, but shall meet at least once every three months. The board of waterworks commissioners by resolution shall designate a regular …
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:382 Number of aldermen; election; municipal districts; divisions of the board
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§382. Number of aldermen; election; municipal districts; divisions of the board A. The number of aldermen in a city shall be not less than five nor more than nine; the number of aldermen in a town shall be five; and the number of aldermen in a village shall be three. B. If a city…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3820 Water rates
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§3820. Water rates The commissioners of a waterworks district may fix the rates at which it will supply water to persons within as well as outside the district and may dispense water from its waterworks system upon a flat rate or upon a meter rate. The cost of connecting and inst…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3821 Authority to issue bonds and levy taxes
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§3821. Authority to issue bonds and levy taxes Waterworks districts shall be subdivisions of the state and as such may issue bonds and levy taxes in accordance with the provisions of Part III of Chapter 4 of Subtitle II of Title 39 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950. Acts …
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3821.1 Waterworks District No
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§3821.1. Waterworks District No. 1 of Natchitoches Parish; authority to levy taxes A. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the board of commissioners of Waterworks District No. 1 of the parish of Natchitoches, in addition to all other taxes that the distric…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3822 Construction, improvement, etc., of waterworks systems; petition
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§3822. Construction, improvement, etc., of waterworks systems; petition The governing authority of any parish, municipality or waterworks district is hereby vested with full power and authority, after having been petitioned by sixty percent of the resident property owners of any …
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3822.1 Construction, improvement, etc
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§3822.1. Construction, improvement, etc. of sewerage system by Lafourche water district Upon the authorization of the Lafourche Parish Police Jury as provided for in R.S. 33:3811.1, the Lafourche water district shall become vested with full power and authority, after having been …
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3822.2 Construction, improvement, and maintenance of waterworks systems in St
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§3822.2. Construction, improvement, and maintenance of waterworks systems in St. Tammany Parish, its municipalities or waterworks districts A. The governing authority of St. Tammany Parish or of any municipality therein or of any waterworks district in St. Tammany Parish is hereb…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3822.3 Waterworks systems; extension outside municipal limits of Shreveport
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§3822.3. Waterworks systems; extension outside municipal limits of Shreveport A. The governing authority of the city of Shreveport, after having been petitioned by sixty percent of the property owners within an area to be served, which is outside of the municipal limits but withi…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3823 Notice of intention; hearings
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§3823. Notice of intention; hearings A. Any political subdivision taking advantage of R.S. 33:3822 through 33:3835, and proceeding by petition, shall, through its governing authority, be required to adopt a resolution giving notice of its intention to establish, acquire, construc…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3824 Plans and specifications; advertisement for bids
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§3824. Plans and specifications; advertisement for bids The governing authority of such political subdivision, after having given notice of its intention as above set forth and after disposing of all objections and having decided to order the construction of such improvements, or…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3825 Awarding of contract
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§3825. Awarding of contract The governing authority of said political subdivision shall meet in open session on the date and at the place and hour named in the notice calling for bids and shall proceed to open said bids and award the contract to the lowest responsible bidder who …
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3826 Report of total cost; amounts chargeable to each lot
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§3826. Report of total cost; amounts chargeable to each lot The political subdivision, upon the award of such contract, shall forthwith or at a reasonable time thereafter require of the engineers of the political subdivision a duly certified statement or report showing in detail …
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3827 Local or special assessment
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§3827. Local or special assessment A. Upon receipt of the certified statement or report of the engineer of the political subdivision as provided for in the preceding section, the governing authority shall review said certified statement or report, including the proposed local or …
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3828 Coupon certificates; amortized promissory notes
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§3828. Coupon certificates; amortized promissory notes The governing authority of any such political subdivision complying with the provisions of R.S. 33:3822 through 33:3835 shall have the power and is hereby authorized to issue, execute, negotiate, sell and deliver, negotiable …
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3829 Additional local or special assessments
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§3829. Additional local or special assessments In the event the local and special assessments originally levied or the water rates originally provided are insufficient for any cause whatsoever, to pay the principal and interest, or the principal or interest, in any one year of th…
