Title 33, Municipalities and Parishes
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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…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:383 Municipal elections; term of office; filling vacancies; officers holding over under new
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§383. Municipal elections; term of office; filling vacancies; officers holding over under new form of government A.(1) Except as otherwise provided by this Subsection and R.S. 33:383.2, municipal elections shall be held every four years on the date for municipal and ward election…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:383.1 City of Harahan; limitation of terms of elected officials; referendum
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§383.1. City of Harahan; limitation of terms of elected officials; referendum The board of aldermen of the city of Harahan may enact an ordinance limiting the number of terms of office which any elected official of the municipality may serve to two consecutive terms in the same o…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:383.2 Municipal elections in certain municipalities
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§383.2. Municipal elections in certain municipalities A.(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the governing authority of any municipality with a population of not more than one thousand persons according to the latest federal decennial census and which h…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:383.3 Municipal governing authorities; limitation of terms of elected officials; referendum
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§383.3. Municipal governing authorities; limitation of terms of elected officials; referendum The governing authority of a municipality having a population between two thousand five hundred and five thousand within a parish having a population between two hundred thousand and two…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3830 Signing of certificates and coupons; endorsement
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§3830. Signing of certificates and coupons; endorsement A. The said waterworks certificates or amortized note, together with the mortgage or pledge securing same, shall be signed by the chief executive officer of the governing authority of any such political subdivisions and by i…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3831 Delivery of certificates and collection of price
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§3831. Delivery of certificates and collection of price A. The governing authority of the political subdivision issuing such waterworks certificates or amortized note may, by resolution, empower and authorize the chief executive officer and its clerk or secretary to negotiate and…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3832 Negotiability
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§3832. Negotiability A. Waterwork certificates and amortized promissory notes issued hereunder shall have all the requisites of negotiable paper under the law merchant, and shall not be invalid for any irregularity or defect in the proceedings for their issuance, sale or delivery…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3833 Final inspection; payment
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§3833. Final inspection; payment The governing authority of any political subdivision taking advantage of the provisions of R.S. 33:3822 through 33:3835 shall upon the completion of any contract awarded as provided herein, provide for the final inspection of the work performed th…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3834 Engineers and attorneys
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§3834. Engineers and attorneys Political subdivisions which take advantage of the provisions of R.S. 33:3822 through 33:3835 be and they are hereby authorized, through their respective governing authorities, if they elect to do so, to engage the services of an engineer and provid…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3834.1 Engineer not required
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§3834.1. Engineer not required Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the governing authority of a waterworks system shall not be required to employ an engineer for any public works project the total cost of which is less than fifty thousand dollars including…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3835 Contesting validity
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§3835. Contesting validity No contest or proceeding to question the validity or legality of any resolutions or ordinances adopted or proceedings had under the provisions of R.S. 33:3822 through 33:3835 shall be begun in any court by any person for any cause whatsoever, after the …
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3836 Contracts for purchase of water
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§3836. Contracts for purchase of water Any parish or municipal corporation, east of the Mississippi River, including any agency, instrumentality or board thereof, may enter into contracts for the purchase of water over periods of years not exceeding sixty. Payments under any such…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3837 Use of revenues; DeSoto Parish
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§3837. Use of revenues; DeSoto Parish Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, all revenues from any tax levied or assessment or charge imposed pursuant to this Chapter in a parishwide waterworks district in DeSoto Parish shall be made available to such district and …
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3838 Small community public water systems; fees; time frame
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§3838. Small community public water systems; fees; time frame A. "Small community public water system" shall mean a community public water system serving a population of three thousand three hundred or less persons in accordance with the definition for small public water systems …
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:384 Qualifications of mayor
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§384. Qualifications of mayor The mayor shall be an elector of the municipality who at the time of qualification as a candidate for the office of mayor shall have been domiciled and actually resided for at least the immediately preceding year in the municipality. Acts 1985, No. 8…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:385 Qualifications of alderman; vacancies; office holding; contracting
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§385. Qualifications of alderman; vacancies; office holding; contracting A. The qualifications of the aldermen shall be the same as are prescribed for the mayor, and in addition, those elected from wards must be residents of their respective wards. B. A vacancy in the office of a…