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La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4001 General authority for municipalities to construct sewerage system and appurtenances
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§4001. General authority for municipalities to construct sewerage system and appurtenances Any municipal corporation may (1) Own, purchase, acquire, construct, extend, equip, operate, and maintain within and without its corporate limits, a sewerage system, sewerage collection sys…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4002 Charges for use of sewerage system
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§4002. Charges for use of sewerage system Any municipal corporation may by an ordinance or resolution establish, maintain, and collect rates, charges, or connection charges for the use of and service rendered by the sewerage system to be paid by the owner of each parcel of real e…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4003 Prohibition of privy vaults and cesspools
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§4003. Prohibition of privy vaults and cesspools Any municipal corporation, through its governing authority, may prohibit the construction of privy vaults and cesspools and suppress those already constructed.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4004 Compelling connection with sewerage system
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§4004. Compelling connection with sewerage system Any municipal corporation which has or which may hereafter construct, acquire, extend, or improve a sewerage system as a revenue producing public utility, shall compel the connection therewith by all owners of premises within thre…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:404 Duties of mayor
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§404. Duties of mayor A. The mayor shall have the following powers, duties, or responsibilities: (1) To supervise and direct the administration and operation of all municipal departments, offices, and agencies, other than a police department with an elected chief of police, in co…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:404.1 Compensation of municipal officers
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§404.1. Compensation of municipal officers The board of aldermen shall by ordinance fix the compensation of the mayor, aldermen, clerk, chief of police, and all other municipal officers. The board of aldermen may by ordinance increase or decrease their compensation and the compen…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4041 Compelling connection with sewerage system
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§4041. Compelling connection with sewerage system Municipalities and sewerage districts having a public system of sewerage may compel the connection therewith by owners of premises within three hundred feet of the public sewer and may compel owners to connect with water mains or …
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4042 Notice to connect with sewer; plans and specifications; doing work or advertising for bids
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§4042. Notice to connect with sewer; plans and specifications; doing work or advertising for bids Whenever the governing authority of any municipality or sewerage district, having a public sewerage system deem it necessary for the public health that owners of one or more premises…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4043 Apportionment of cost
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§4043. Apportionment of cost The entire cost of all the sewerage connections, closets, equipment, pipes, water connections, service pipes, labor, engineering, etc., shall be ascertained by the engineer and the costs to each property shall be assessed according to the material use…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4044 Assessment against property; assessment lien
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§4044. Assessment against property; assessment lien The governing authority of the municipality or sewerage district shall, upon final and satisfactory completion of the work, accept the same by ordinance and provide for the levy of taxes or fees in accordance with R.S. 33:3980.1…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4045 Amount assessed placed on tax rolls; installments; cash discount;
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§4045. Amount assessed placed on tax rolls; installments; cash discount; enforcement of liability The amounts assessed in the ordinance shall be placed upon the tax rolls divided in five equal installments, the first installment being due and payable at the same time as the taxes…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4045.1 City of Lake Charles; amount assessed placed on tax rolls; installments; cash discount; enforcement of liability
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§4045.1. City of Lake Charles; amount assessed placed on tax rolls; installments; cash discount; enforcement of liability A. Notwithstanding the provisions of R.S. 33:4045, in the city of Lake Charles the amounts assessed in the ordinance adopted pursuant to R.S. 33:4044 shall be…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4046 Issuance of certificates of indebtedness; requisites of certificates; redemption; sewerage account
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§4046. Issuance of certificates of indebtedness; requisites of certificates; redemption; sewerage account The governing authority of the municipality or sewerage district, after the expiration of the ten days in which the owners may pay cash, shall issue certificates of indebtedn…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4047 Penalty for delinquency in paying assessment
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§4047. Penalty for delinquency in paying assessment Upon any delinquency on the part of the property owner in paying the assessment on or before the date of maturity, the property holder's assessment shall bear additional interest at the rate of one per cent per month as a penalt…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4048 Extension upon tax rolls of installments due
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§4048. Extension upon tax rolls of installments due When the assessment rolls for the year in which the work hereinabove provided for, has been filed before the work has been completed and accepted by the municipality, or sewerage district, the tax collector of the municipality o…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4049 Prescription of right to contest proceedings
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§4049. Prescription of right to contest proceedings After the expiration of sixty days from the publication of the ordinance accepting the work, no person shall have the right to contest the regularity, formality, or validity of any proceedings under the provisions of this Sub-pa…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:405 Meetings of board of aldermen; notice; quorum; compensation; mayor pro tempore duties
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§405. Meetings of board of aldermen; notice; quorum; compensation; mayor pro tempore duties A.(1) The mayor shall preside at all meetings of the board of aldermen, and in case there is an equal division, he shall give the deciding vote. (2) The mayor and board of aldermen shall h…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4050.1 Condemnation, removal, and maintenance of sewerage systems; liens; Calcasieu
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§4050.1. Condemnation, removal, and maintenance of sewerage systems; liens; Calcasieu Parish A.(1) The governing authority of the parish of Calcasieu is authorized to enact ordinances and adopt rules and regulations in order to condemn and cause to be demolished, removed, or both…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4051 Consolidation of districts by parish governing authority; approval of governing body; rights of consolidated district; governing body of district
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§4051. Consolidation of districts by parish governing authority; approval of governing body; rights of consolidated district; governing body of district The governing authority of any parish may create within such parish one or more consolidated sewerage districts comprised of on…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4052 Notice of intention to create district; publication; public hearings; incontestability of creation after publication
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§4052. Notice of intention to create district; publication; public hearings; incontestability of creation after publication Before any such consolidated district shall be finally created the governing authority of the parish shall publish in the official journal of the parish at …
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4053 Effect of consolidation on authority to issue bonds; transfer of records
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§4053. Effect of consolidation on authority to issue bonds; transfer of records to consolidated district; assumption of outstanding indebtedness; rights and privileges of consolidated district At the expiration of such thirty day period, sewerage districts included in any such co…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4054 Effect of consolidation on rights of bond holders; assumption of
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§4054. Effect of consolidation on rights of bond holders; assumption of indebtedness; consolidation of districts existing prior to August 1, 1956; purposes of consolidated district The creation of any consolidated sewerage district under this Sub-part shall not affect or impair i…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4055 Refunding bonds; authority to issue; purpose of issuance; law governing
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§4055. Refunding bonds; authority to issue; purpose of issuance; law governing Any consolidated sewerage district created under this Sub-part in addition to its right to issue bonds for improvement purposes payable from sewer revenues is hereby empowered to issue its refunding bo…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:406 Enactment, recording, and publication of ordinances and resolutions
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§406. Enactment, recording, and publication of ordinances and resolutions A.(1) Any law enacted by a board of aldermen shall be by ordinance. The style of all ordinances shall be: "Be it ordained by the board of aldermen of the City (or Town or Village, as the case may be) of ...…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4061 Sewerage Control Commission of East Baton Rouge Parish
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§4061. Sewerage Control Commission of East Baton Rouge Parish A. The Metropolitan Council of the parish of East Baton Rouge, Louisiana and the city of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, hereinafter referred to as "the council," with the approval of the mayor-president of the city of Baton R…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4062 Statement of purpose
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§4062. Statement of purpose A. It is the intention of R.S. 33:4061 through 33:4063 that a comprehensive sewerage system shall be established in East Baton Rouge Parish through the efforts and upon the findings and recommendations of a citizens' board. Such board shall be the comm…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4063 Creation of sewerage commission districts
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§4063. Creation of sewerage commission districts The commission authorized by R.S. 33:4061 may be created by the adoption of a resolution of intention by the council and the publication by the council of a notice setting forth its intention to create the commission. The notice sh…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4064.1 Creation; purpose
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§4064.1. Creation; purpose The Environmental Services Commission of St. Tammany Parish, hereinafter in this Subpart referred to as "the commission", is hereby created as a political subdivision of the state, with power to sue and to be sued in its corporate name. The commission s…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4064.2 Composition; terms, compensation; quorum
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§4064.2. Composition; terms, compensation; quorum A. The commission shall be comprised of seven members, as follows: two appointed by the governor; four appointed by the governing authority of St. Tammany Parish; and the president of said parish governing authority, or his design…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4064.3 Executive director; employees
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§4064.3. Executive director; employees A. The commission shall, by a two-thirds vote of its membership, appoint an executive director and shall fix his salary and bond. No elected official or commission member shall serve as executive director. The executive director shall hold o…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4064.4 Powers of commission
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§4064.4. Powers of commission A. The commission shall have the power to expropriate property pursuant to R.S. 19:2, et seq., whenever necessary or convenient for its purposes. Title to the property shall be in the name of the commission. The commission shall have the authority to…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4064.5 Funding
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§4064.5. Funding A. Subject to the approval of a majority of the electors of the unincorporated portion of St. Tammany Parish voting in an election held for that purpose, the commission is hereby authorized to levy and collect an ad valorem tax not to exceed five mills for an ini…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4064.6 Conformity to development plans; franchising
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§4064.6. Conformity to development plans; franchising A. The commission shall have the authority, upon authorization of the governing authority of St. Tammany Parish, to plan, adjust, and relocate sewerage and water systems within the unincorporated portion of St. Tammany Parish …
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4065.1 Creation; purpose; boundaries
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§4065.1. Creation; purpose; boundaries A. The Lake Catherine Sewage and Water District, hereinafter in this Subpart referred to as "the district", is hereby created as a political subdivision of the state with power to sue and to be sued in its corporate name. The district shall …
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4065.11 Creation; purpose
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§4065.11. Creation; purpose A. The Broussard Environmental Service and Enhancement District, hereinafter in this Subpart referred to as the "district", is hereby created as a political subdivision of the state, with the power to sue and be sued in its corporate name. The district…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4065.12 Composition; terms; compensation; quorum
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§4065.12. Composition; terms; compensation; quorum A. The district shall be comprised of eight members, to include (1) the mayor; (2) six members appointed by the governing authority of the city of Broussard, who may or may not be members of the governing authority; and (3) one d…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4065.13 Powers of the district
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§4065.13. Powers of the district A. The district may: (1) Acquire ownership of property, both movable and immovable, corporeal and incorporeal, by gift, grant, purchase, condemnation proceedings, or any other means, or lease such property as lessee; and hold and use any such prop…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4065.14 Funding
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§4065.14. Funding A. The district may fix and collect compensation from public or private entities which it contracts. B. Subject to approval of the State Bond Commission, the district may incur debt and issue bonds for the purpose of constructing, acquiring, extending, or improv…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4065.2 Composition; terms; compensation; quorum
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§4065.2. Composition; terms; compensation; quorum A. The district shall be governed by a board of commissioners which shall be known as the Board of Commissioners of the Lake Catherine Sewage and Water District, hereinafter referred to as the "commission". The commission shall be…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4065.3 Powers of commission
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§4065.3. Powers of commission A. The commission shall be authorized, subject to the approval of the governing authority of Orleans Parish, to use any public street, road, servitude, or right-of-way in the conduct of its business at no cost to the district. B. The commission shall…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4065.4 Funding
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§4065.4. Funding A. Subject to the approval of a majority of the electors of the district voting in an election held for that purpose, the commission is hereby authorized to levy and collect an ad valorem tax not to exceed five mills for an initial term not to exceed ten years on…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4065.5 Conformity to development plans; franchising
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§4065.5. Conformity to development plans; franchising A. The district shall have the authority to plan, adjust, and relocate sewerage and water systems within the district. B. The district shall have sole authority to franchise, on an exclusive or nonexclusive basis, construction…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4065.6 Sewerage and water board relieved of responsibility and obligations
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§4065.6. Sewerage and water board relieved of responsibility and obligations A. The provisions of R.S. 33:4071 through R.S. 33:4159 notwithstanding, the Sewerage and Water Board of New Orleans is relieved of any and all responsibility to provide the public water system and the pu…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4066.1 Power to create individual sewerage system districts
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§4066.1. Power to create individual sewerage system districts A. The governing authority of any parish is authorized to create individual sewerage system districts composed of territory outside the corporate limits of municipalities. Any individual sewerage system district so cre…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4066.10 Periodical engineering report
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§4066.10. Periodical engineering report Any parish, sewerage district, or commission, upon the award of any construction contract under the provisions of this Subpart, shall forthwith require of the engineer of the parish, sewerage district, or commission a duly certified stateme…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4066.11 Special assessments; installment notes; effect of default; assessment lien
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§4066.11. Special assessments; installment notes; effect of default; assessment lien A. Upon receipt of the certified statement or report of the engineer of the parish, sewerage district, or commission as provided for in the preceding Section, the governing authority shall review…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4066.12 Pooled finances
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§4066.12. Pooled finances The parish, sewerage district, or commission taking advantage of this Subpart may, subject to the approval of the state bond commission, incur debt and issue bonds, sewerage certificates, notes, or other debt obligations in order to provide a pool of fun…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4066.13 Additional assessments
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§4066.13. Additional assessments A. In the event the local and special assessments originally levied are insufficient for any cause whatsoever to pay the principal and interest, or the principal or interest, in any one year of the said certificate of indebtedness outstanding at t…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4066.14 Prescriptive period to question validity of proceedings
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§4066.14. Prescriptive period to question validity of proceedings No contest or proceeding to question the validity or legality of any resolutions or ordinances adopted or proceedings had under the provisions of this Subpart shall be begun in any court by any person for any cause…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4066.15 Inspection and acceptance of work
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§4066.15. Inspection and acceptance of work The governing authority of any parish, sewerage district, or commission taking advantage of the provisions of this Subpart shall, upon the completion of any contract awarded as provided for herein, provide for the final inspection of th…
