Title 33, Municipalities and Parishes
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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…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3681 Police juries authorized to improve streets and sidewalks
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§3681. Police juries authorized to improve streets and sidewalks The police juries may pave, plank, gravel, macadamize, or otherwise improve the streets and alleys or any part thereof not less than one block in length, and the sidewalks, or any part thereof, and construct curbing…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3682 Petition of abutting owners
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§3682. Petition of abutting owners Upon the written petition of the owners of not less than fifty per cent of the front footage of land abutting a street or road, or portion thereof, to be improved, any parish, Orleans excepted, shall improve such street or road, or portion there…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3682.1 Petition of abutting owners in Livingston Parish
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§3682.1. Petition of abutting owners in Livingston Parish Upon the written petition of not less than fifty percent of the individual owners of land abutting a street, a road, or streets inclusive within a subdivision, or any portion of such a street or road to be improved, the go…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3682.2 Petition of abutting landowners in Caddo Parish
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§3682.2. Petition of abutting landowners in Caddo Parish Upon the written petition of the owners of not less than fifty percent of the front footage of land abutting a street, road, or streets inclusive within a subdivision, or any portion thereof, the same being contiguous with …
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3683 Preparation of specifications; ordinance ordering improvement; advertising for bids; awarding contract
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§3683. Preparation of specifications; ordinance ordering improvement; advertising for bids; awarding contract Upon receipt of a petition requesting the improvement the parish governing body shall prepare plans and specifications of the work to be placed on file in the secretary's…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3684 Liability of abutting property owners
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§3684. Liability of abutting property owners The total costs of improving sidewalks and curbing, including corners, as herein provided, shall be paid for by the owners of the real estate abutting upon the sidewalks or curbing on the basis of the respective frontage of the propert…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3684.1 Liability of abutting property owners in Livingston Parish
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§3684.1. Liability of abutting property owners in Livingston Parish Notwithstanding the provisions of R.S. 33:3383 and 3384 to the contrary, the total cost of improving a street, a road, streets inclusive within a subdivision, sidewalks, or curbing, including corners, in Livingst…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3685 Apportionment of cost
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§3685. Apportionment of cost The entire cost, including costs of culverts, headers, filling, engineering, attorney's fees, labor, and material, of the improvement shall be apportioned as follows: (1) The abutting real estate owners shall pay all the costs of paving or improving s…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3686 Acceptance of improvement; assessment and lien
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§3686. Acceptance of improvement; assessment and lien Where any street, alley, sidewalk, curbing, or portion thereof is paved, or otherwise improved, the police jury shall, upon the final satisfactory completion of the work, accept the same by ordinance and provide for an assessm…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3687 Enforcement of assessment
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§3687. Enforcement of assessment A. The amount assessed in the ordinance shall be due and exigible immediately upon its passage, and, if not paid within thirty days after the passage of the ordinance, the parish may proceed by suit against the assessed properties and owners there…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3688 Installment payments; notes evidencing deferred payments
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§3688. Installment payments; notes evidencing deferred payments NOTE: AS AMENDED BY ACTS 1950, NO. 71, §1: The governing authority of the parish shall provide in the ordinance accepting the work and making the assessment that the property owners therein assessed, (including the p…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3689 Local assessment ordinances; record of proceedings
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§3689. Local assessment ordinances; record of proceedings All ordinances relative to sidewalks and street paving and curb constructions shall be known as "Local Assessment Ordinances" and shall be numbered separately from other ordinances of the parish, and all petitions, bids, r…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3689.1 Authority to construct and improve streets and sidewalks
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§3689.1. Authority to construct and improve streets and sidewalks A. The parishes in the state of Louisiana, through the police juries as the governing authorities thereof, shall have, and are hereby vested with, full power and authority to construct, pave, surface, or otherwise …
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3689.10 Execution and registration of certificates and interest coupons
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§3689.10. Execution and registration of certificates and interest coupons The said paving certificates shall be signed by the president and by the secretary of the police jury for, on behalf of, and in the name of the parish and under the seal thereof. The interest coupons shall …
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3689.11 Sale and delivery of certificates
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§3689.11. Sale and delivery of certificates The police jury of the parish issuing such paving certificates may by resolution empower and authorize its president and its secretary to negotiate and deliver such paving certificates and collect the purchase price therefor and do any …
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3689.12 Negotiability of certificates; validity and incontestability
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§3689.12. Negotiability of certificates; validity and incontestability Paving certificates issued hereunder shall have all the qualities of negotiable paper under the law merchant, and shall not be invalid for any irregularity or defect in the proceedings for their issuance, sale…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3689.13 Inspection and acceptance of work; payment
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§3689.13. Inspection and acceptance of work; payment The police jury shall upon the completion of any contract awarded as provided for herein, provide for the final inspection of the work performed thereunder and the improvements made, and if the work be found to have been comple…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3689.14 Engineer; employment and duties; attorney
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§3689.14. Engineer; employment and duties; attorney Said parishes are hereby authorized through their police juries to engage the services of an engineer and provide for his payment, which engineer shall prepare all plans and specifications as to grade, subgrade, drainage, manner…