Title 33, Municipalities and Parishes
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La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3051 Issuance, sale, and proceeds of bonds
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§3051. Issuance, sale, and proceeds of bonds Any municipality, parish or parish school board which has heretofore issued or hereafter issues bonds payable from a pledge and dedication of any portion of a local sales and use tax levied and collected under the authority of Subpart …
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3052 Application
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§3052. Application This Part shall constitute additional and supplemental authority for the issuance of refunding bonds and shall not repeal or supersede any existing law. Acts 1966, No. 477, §2.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3061 Statement of purpose
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§3061. Statement of purpose It is recognized that municipalities, parishes, and school boards of the state must insure themselves and their employees and officers from various monetary risks and exposures, and that it is necessary to accord municipalities, parishes, and school bo…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3062 Acquisition of insurance; self-insurance or shared risk programs not insurance
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§3062. Acquisition of insurance; self-insurance or shared risk programs not insurance A. The governing authority of any municipality, parish, school board, or interlocal risk management agency authorized pursuant to R.S. 33:1341, et seq., hereafter referred to in this Part as the…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3063 Financing prepayments
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§3063. Financing prepayments Any governing authority may borrow money for the purpose of financing any advance payment of the cost of insurance or in the case of an interlocal risk management agency, to establish reserves for risk sharing or for reinsurance purposes. Such borrowi…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3064 Security for payments; approvals required
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§3064. Security for payments; approvals required Any governing authority may pledge or obligate current or future years' revenues of its general fund or of special funds not otherwise dedicated to the payment of insurance costs or to the repayment of principal and interest fallin…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3071 Legislative findings; purpose
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§3071. Legislative findings; purpose The legislature hereby finds and determines that upon the incorporation of the city of Central within East Baton Rouge Parish a state of emergency will exist in the municipality until cash flow can be developed through the levy and collection …
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3072 Definitions
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§3072. Definitions Whenever used in this Part, unless a different meaning clearly appears in the context, the following terms, whether used in the singular or plural, shall be given the following interpretations: (1) "Board" means the board of directors of the district or any suc…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3073 Continued levy of tax by East Baton Rouge Parish
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§3073. Continued levy of tax by East Baton Rouge Parish Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, upon incorporation of Central, the parish may continue to levy and collect the parish tax within the corporate limits of the municipality, pursuant to an intergovernmental agreement b…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3074 Central Transition District; sales tax
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§3074. Central Transition District; sales tax A. In furtherance of the purposes of this Part, the Central Transition District is hereby created as a special taxing district whose boundaries are coterminous with the municipality, and it shall be a body politic and corporate and a …
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3075 Liberal construction
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§3075. Liberal construction This Part does and shall be construed to provide a complete method for the doing of the things authorized by this Part. The provisions of this Part shall be liberally construed for the accomplishment of its purposes. Acts 2005, No. 10, §1, eff. June 9,…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3076 Legislative findings; purpose
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§3076. Legislative findings; purpose The legislature hereby finds and determines that in the event the lawsuit challenging the incorporation of the city of St. George within East Baton Rouge Parish is unsuccessful, a state of emergency will exist in the municipality until cash fl…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3077 Definitions
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§3077. Definitions Whenever used in this Part, unless a different meaning clearly appears in the context, the following terms, whether used in the singular or plural, shall be given the following interpretations: (1) "Board" means the board of directors of the district or any suc…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3078 Continued levy of tax by East Baton Rouge Parish
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§3078. Continued levy of tax by East Baton Rouge Parish Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, in the event the city of St. George, as approved by the voters on October 12, 2019, is incorporated, the parish may continue to levy and collect the parish tax within the corporate li…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3079 St
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§3079. St. George Transition District; sales tax A. In furtherance of the purposes of this Part, and only in the event the city of St. George is incorporated, the St. George Transition District is hereby created as a special taxing district whose boundaries are coterminous with t…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3080 Liberal construction
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§3080. Liberal construction This Part does and shall be construed to provide a complete method for the doing of the things authorized by this Part. The provisions of this Part shall be liberally construed for the accomplishment of its purposes. Acts 2020, No. 361, §1, eff. June 1…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3081 Mosquito abatement service charge; Avoyelles Parish; assessment and collection
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§3081. Mosquito abatement service charge; Avoyelles Parish; assessment and collection A.(1) The governing authority of the parish of Avoyelles may establish, by majority vote of the members of the governing authority, a mosquito abatement service charge or rates of service charge…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3091 Impact fees; village of Folsom
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§3091. Impact fees; village of Folsom A. The governing authority of the village of Folsom is authorized to impose an impact fee on any new development within the corporate limits of the village in order to finance capital improvements or facility expansions necessitated by or att…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:31 Cellular telephone usage in motor vehicles; state preemption
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§31. Cellular telephone usage in motor vehicles; state preemption Regulation of operator or passenger use of cellular telephones and other electronic communications devices in a motor vehicle is exclusively reserved to and preempted by the state. No local governmental subdivision…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3101 Municipal revenue amnesty program; city of New Orleans
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§3101. Municipal revenue amnesty program; city of New Orleans A. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the city of New Orleans may establish a municipal revenue amnesty program. The program may provide for the waiver of all or a uniform percentage of interes…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3111 Ad valorem taxes for volunteer fire departments; voter notification requirements
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§3111. Ad valorem taxes for volunteer fire departments; voter notification requirements The notice of intent and proposition for ad valorem taxes levied to fund volunteer fire departments shall include a statement that a portion of the tax proceeds is required to be contributed t…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3121 Ad valorem property tax agreements in Orleans Parish; abatement, payment
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§3121. Ad valorem property tax agreements in Orleans Parish; abatement, payment in lieu of tax, and other cooperative endeavor agreements; notice requirements; limitations A. An applicant entering into a tax abatement, payment in lieu of tax, or other cooperative endeavor agreeme…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:321 Municipalities governed by mayor-board of aldermen form of government
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§321. Municipalities governed by mayor-board of aldermen form of government All municipalities shall be governed by the provisions of this Part except those municipalities governed by a special legislative charter or a home rule charter or plan of government adopted pursuant to A…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:322 Election to adopt mayor-board of aldermen form of government
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§322. Election to adopt mayor-board of aldermen form of government The legislative body of any municipality not governed by this Part may by a majority vote call an election to become governed by the provisions of this Part. The election shall be held in accordance with the proce…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:323 Repealed by Acts 1986, No
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§323. Repealed by Acts 1986, No. 1076, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 1987.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3301 Street improvements authorized
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§3301. Street improvements authorized Municipalities, including those operating under a home rule or special legislative charter, may construct, pave, surface, resurface with concrete, cement, asphalt, brick, gravel, crushed stone, shell, or any paving material, and repair or oth…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3302 Resolution and notice of proposed improvements; publication or posting
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§3302. Resolution and notice of proposed improvements; publication or posting A. Any municipality taking advantage of this Subpart shall adopt a resolution giving notice of its intention to make proposed improvements. The resolution shall contain a general description of the impr…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3303 Advertising for bids; contents of notice
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§3303. Advertising 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 after deciding to order the construction of the improvements, may without further delay …
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3304 Awarding the contract
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§3304. Awarding the contract 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 f…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3305 Statement of cost of improvement; liability of abutting property
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§3305. Statement of cost of improvement; liability of abutting property The municipality, upon award of any contract under the provisions of this Sub-part may, and upon completion of such work, whether under contract or undertaken by the municipality, shall forthwith, require of …
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3306 Special assessment and lien installment payments
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§3306. Special assessment and lien installment payments A. Upon receipt of the certified statement or report of the engineer as provided for in the preceding section, the governing authority shall review said certified statement or report, including the proposed local or special …
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3307 Issuance of certificates for payment of cost
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§3307. Issuance of certificates for payment of cost 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 th…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3308 Additional assessment to meet deficiency; enforcement
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§3308. Additional assessment to meet deficiency; enforcement 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 mu…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3309 Form of certificates; registration
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§3309. 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 the …
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3310 Delivery of certificates; use of proceeds
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§3310. Delivery of certificates; 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 collect the purchase …
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3311 Certificates to have requisites of negotiable paper
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§3311. 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. § 33:3312 Final inspection of work; completion of payments
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§3312. Final inspection of work; completion of payments 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 perform…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3313 Engineer to prepare specifications; inspections and reports; employing attorney; transcript of record of proceedings
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§3313. Engineer to prepare specifications; inspections and reports; employing attorney; transcript of record of proceedings Municipalities which take advantage of the provisions of this Sub-part may through their governing authorities engage the services of an engineer and provid…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3314 Portion to be paid by owner of railway track in street
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§3314. Portion to be paid by 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, road or alley, the owner of the railway shall pay of the total cost of the work, the proportion that the ar…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3315 Certificates not included in computing indebtedness
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§3315. 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. § 33:3316 Certificates to be tax exempt
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§3316. Certificates to be tax exempt 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.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3317 Construction and maintenance by parish government of streets and roads within municipality
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§3317. Construction and maintenance by parish government of streets and roads within municipality Wherever streets and roads within a municipality are constructed and maintained by the parish government and not by the city government, the parish government shall have all of the p…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3318 Participation by municipality
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§3318. Participation by municipality Any municipality proceeding under the authority of this Subpart may participate in the payment of the total costs of such project in the manner and to the extent that the governing authority of the municipality may determine, provided that any…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3319 Prescriptive period to question validity of proceedings
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§3319. Prescriptive period to question validity of proceedings No contest or proceeding to question the validity, legality, ranking, or status of any resolutions or ordinances adopted or proceedings initiated under the provisions of this Subpart, including but not limited to the …
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3331 Petition for street improvement; power of municipality to improve and defray cost
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§3331. Petition for street improvement; power of municipality to improve and defray cost Upon the written petition of not less than sixty per cent of the resident abutting real estate owners in number and assessed valuation on the street or alley, or portion thereof to be improve…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3332 Abutting owner's liability; liability of owner of railway track in street
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§3332. Abutting owner's liability; liability of owner of railway track in street The entire cost of the improvement shall be paid by the owners of real estate abutting upon the street or alley, or portion thereof to be improved, according to the frontage of the property owned by …
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3333 Specifications; advertising for bids and awarding contract
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§3333. Specifications; advertising for bids and awarding contract Whenever the governing authority resolves to make an improvement under the provisions of this Sub-part, they shall prepare plans and specifications of the work to be placed on file in the office of the municipal cl…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3334 Acceptance of work; assessment of abutting property
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§3334. Acceptance of work; assessment of abutting property 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 and railroad tracks and roadbeds in the amounts due …
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3335 Enforcement of assessments
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§3335. Enforcement of assessments The amounts assessed in the ordinance shall be due and eligible immediately upon its passage, and if not paid within thirty days thereafter the municipality, or its transferees, may proceed by suit against the assessed properties and the owners t…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3336 Installment payments; notes evidencing deferred payments; municipality as abutting owner
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§3336. Installment payments; notes evidencing deferred payments; municipality as abutting owner The governing authority of the municipality may provide in the ordinance accepting the work and making the assessment that the property owners therein assessed (including the municipal…