Title 33, Municipalities and Parishes
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La. Rev. Stat. § 33:385.1 Qualifications of elected chief of police
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§385.1. Qualifications of elected chief of police A. Except as otherwise provided in this Section, an elected chief of police of a municipality shall be an elector of the municipality. At the time of qualification as a candidate for the office of chief of police, he shall have be…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:386 Appointment of municipal officials; bond required
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§386. Appointment of municipal officials; bond required A. At the first regular meeting of the board of aldermen elected at a regular municipal election, the mayor, subject to confirmation by the board of aldermen, shall appoint a clerk, tax collector, except as provided for in R…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3881 Power to create sewerage districts
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§3881. Power to create sewerage districts A. Except as provided in R.S. 33:3911(B), police juries may create sewerage districts composed of territory outside the corporate limits of municipalities. Any sewerage district so created shall continue to function in its entirety under …
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3881.1 Sewer treatment plants outside of active sewer districts; authority of
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§3881.1. Sewer treatment plants outside of active sewer districts; authority of parish governing authority Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, where any sewerage treatment plant as defined by R.S. 40:1281.1 is established outside of an incorporated municip…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3882 Notice of intention to create sewerage district
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§3882. Notice of intention to create sewerage district Notice of intention to create a sewerage district shall be ordered by resolution which shall state the territory the sewerage district is to be composed of, and its proposed boundaries. This notice shall embrace substantially…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3883 Procedure for forming sewerage district
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§3883. Procedure for forming sewerage district The police jury shall hear all objections at the time appointed, or at any time to which the hearing may be adjourned and pass upon the same, and its decision shall be final and conclusive. At the hearing the police jury may change t…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3884 Abolition of district or change of boundaries
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§3884. Abolition of district or change of boundaries The police jury may repeal any ordinance creating a sewerage district, or may abolish a sewerage district in its entirety, or may change or alter its boundaries, but neither the existence nor the territorial boundaries of a sew…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3885 Corporate status and powers
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§3885. Corporate status and powers Sewerage districts created under this Subpart shall constitute public corporations, and as such shall have all powers of public corporations, including perpetual existence; the power to incur debt and contract obligations; sue and be sued; to ha…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3885.1 Authority of district to employ legal counsel
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§3885.1. Authority of district to employ legal counsel Any sewerage district created pursuant to this Subpart shall, through its board of supervisors, be authorized to employ the services of an attorney when necessary and to fix his fees or salary. The provisions of this Section …
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3885.2 Repealed by Acts 1991, No
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§3885.2. Repealed by Acts 1991, No. 570, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3885.3 Inclusion on tax rolls charges for sewerage systems
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§3885.3. Inclusion on tax rolls charges for sewerage systems Sewerage districts created under this Subpart may include on the tax rolls, in addition to taxes upon the property of the sewerage district, rates, charges, or connection charges for any services rendered by the sewerag…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3886 Domicile of districts; seal; depository
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§3886. Domicile of districts; seal; depository The domicile of the sewerage district shall be designated at some place within its boundaries in the resolution of the police jury creating said district. The governing authority of the sewerage district shall, at its first meeting, …
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3886.1 Depository for Sewerage District Number One of St
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§3886.1. Depository for Sewerage District Number One of St. Martin Parish Notwithstanding the provisions of R.S. 33:3886, Sewerage District Number One of St. Martin Parish is additionally authorized to deposit its funds in a solvent chartered bank located in St. Mary Parish or As…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3887 Supervising board
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§3887. Supervising board A. In the ordinance or resolution creating the district, the police jury shall appoint at least three but no more than five property taxpayers residing within the district as the board of supervisors thereof. If a petition of twenty-five percent or more o…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3887.1 Rapides Parish; supervising board; per diem
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§3887.1. Rapides Parish; supervising board; per diem Notwithstanding the provisions of R.S. 33:3887, or any other law to the contrary, the parish governing authority of Rapides Parish may pay a per diem to each member of the board of supervisors in an amount not to exceed ninety …
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3887.2 Concordia Parish Sewerage District No
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§3887.2. Concordia Parish Sewerage District No. 1; supervising board; per diem Notwithstanding the provisions of R.S. 33:3887, the governing authority of the parish of Concordia may pay members of the supervising board of the Concordia Parish Sewerage District No. 1 a per diem no…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3887.3 Livingston Parish Sewer District No
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§3887.3. Livingston Parish Sewer District No. 2; supervising board; per diem Notwithstanding the provisions of R.S. 33:3887, or any other law to the contrary, the parish governing authority of the parish of Livingston shall pay members of the supervising board of the Livingston P…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3887.4 Livingston Parish Sewer District No
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§3887.4. Livingston Parish Sewer District No. 1; supervising board; per diem Notwithstanding the provisions of R.S. 33:3887, or any other law to the contrary, the parish governing authority of the parish of Livingston shall pay members of the supervising board of the Livingston P…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3887.5 Rapides Parish Sewerage Districts No
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§3887.5. Rapides Parish Sewerage Districts No. 1 and No. 2; supervising board; per diem Notwithstanding the provisions of R.S. 33:3887, 3887.1, or any other law to the contrary, the parish governing authority of Rapides Parish may pay to each member of the board of supervisors of…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3887.6 Tangipahoa Parish Sewerage District No
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§3887.6. Tangipahoa Parish Sewerage District No. 1; supervising board; per diem Notwithstanding the provisions of R.S. 33:3887 or any other law to the contrary, the governing authority of the parish of Tangipahoa may pay to each member of the board of supervisors of the Tangipaho…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3887.7 Individual sewerage districts; consolidation and merger
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§3887.7. Individual sewerage districts; consolidation and merger A sewerage district located wholly within the boundaries of a parish with a population between one hundred twenty thousand and one hundred sixty thousand according to the latest federal decennial census shall be abl…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3887.8 Home rule charter parishes; districts; governance
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§3887.8. Home rule charter parishes; districts; governance A. The governing authority of any parish governed by a home rule charter may provide, by ordinance, for the governance of districts created by the parish. Any such ordinance may provide for the creation of one or more sup…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3887.9 Cameron Parish Wastewater District No
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§3887.9. Cameron Parish Wastewater District No. 1 A. The Cameron Parish Wastewater District No. 1 is hereby created and shall be governed by a board of directors. B.(1) The Cameron Parish Wastewater District No. 1 board of directors shall be comprised of five members appointed by…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3888 Officers of district
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§3888. Officers of district The officers of the board of supervisors shall be the officers of the district, and shall serve without compensation in their capacity as officers. They may be reimbursed their actual expenses when traveling on the business of the district. The secreta…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3889 Provision in budget for maintenance and repair
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§3889. Provision in budget for maintenance and repair Whenever there have been laid, installed, or constructed in any sewerage district any sewers or sewerage disposal works, the board of supervisors shall provide an annual budget of the amount required for the maintenance and re…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3890 Reorganization of districts
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§3890. Reorganization of districts Within sixty days after July 30, 1952, the board of supervisors of any sewerage district heretofore created shall meet and reorganize in accordance with the provisions of this Sub-part, and such board shall thereafter be the governing authority …
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3891 Failure of district to re-organize as required by statute; validation
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§3891. Failure of district to re-organize as required by statute; validation Wherever prior to July 30, 1952, the governing body of any parish acting pursuant to the provisions of this Sub-part created a sewerage district within the boundaries of such parish and adopted and enter…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3892 Sewerage districts; Tangipahoa Parish
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§3892. Sewerage districts; Tangipahoa Parish A. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the provisions of this Section shall apply to any parish sewerage district located in the parish of Tangipahoa. B. Any such district shall have the authority to adopt and e…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3911 Authority and procedure for creation of sewerage districts
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§3911. Authority and procedure for creation of sewerage districts A. Municipal corporations, the city of New Orleans excepted, may by ordinance create one or more sewerage districts within their respective limits. Additionally any such municipal corporation may, by ordinance, and…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3912 Powers of sewerage districts
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§3912. Powers of sewerage districts Sewerage districts shall be political subdivisions of the state. They may: (1) Contract for, install, maintain and operate a sewerage system within their respective limits and exercise the powers of expropriation, both within and without their …
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3913 Governing authority of sewerage districts
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§3913. Governing authority of sewerage districts The governing authority of the municipality creating the sewerage district shall be the governing authority of any sewerage district created under the provisions of this Subpart. Said governing authority may appoint a board of sewe…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3914 Tax to maintain sewerage system
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§3914. Tax to maintain sewerage system The governing authority of the municipality may levy and collect annually, in addition to all other taxes, upon the taxable property of the sewerage district, a tax not to exceed six mills on the dollar to maintain the sewerage system of the…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3915 Sewerage districts under prior laws
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§3915. Sewerage districts under prior laws Any sewerage district which is operating under Act 26 of 1926, and Acts amendatory thereto, on the effective date of the Revised Statutes shall be governed by the provisions of this Subpart. A sewerage district created by the governing a…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3931 Application of Sub-part
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§3931. Application of Sub-part This Sub-part applies only to those sewerage districts which were created under Act 285 of 1908, and the Acts amendatory thereof, and which are operating thereunder on the effective date of the Revised Statutes.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3932 Authority to enlarge or consolidate
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§3932. Authority to enlarge or consolidate Such sewerage districts may be enlarged and consolidated.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3933 Powers of sewerage districts
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§3933. Powers of sewerage districts Such sewerage districts shall have the following powers: (1) To contract, sue and be sued in their corporate names; to own and possess a seal and to change the same at will. (2) To contract for, install, maintain, and operate a sewerage system …
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3934 Board of sewerage commissioners; election; term
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§3934. Board of sewerage commissioners; election; term These powers shall be exercised by a board of commissioners, to be known as the board of sewerage commissioners, to consist of five members to be selected by vote of the property tax payers authorized to vote at elections in …
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3935 Officers of board of sewerage commissioners; collection of taxes
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§3935. Officers of board of sewerage commissioners; collection of taxes The board shall, at its first meeting, elect from among its members a president, a vice president, secretary and treasurer, and may in its discretion elect the same person to the office of secretary and treas…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3936 Failure to authorize bond issue
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§3936. Failure to authorize bond issue When an election has been called for a board of sewerage commissioners, and the commissioners have been elected, and subsequent thereto, an election is had for the voting of a tax and the issuance of bonds, and the result of the election sho…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3937 Tax for maintenance of sewerage system
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§3937. Tax for maintenance of sewerage system The governing authority of the municipality may levy an annual tax upon the taxable property within the sewerage district not to exceed one mill on the dollar, which tax shall be assessed, levied and collected at the same time and in …
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3951 Formation of sewerage districts by municipalities of less than 1,000
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§3951. Formation of sewerage districts by municipalities of less than 1,000 In addition to other powers relating to the creation of sewerage districts or the construction of sewers and sewerage disposal plants, the governing authority of any municipality having a population of on…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3952 Petition for construction of sewerage system
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§3952. Petition for construction of sewerage system Whenever more than sixty per cent of the owners of the lineal frontage of real estate abutting on any street or portion thereof not less than one block long, or of a district composed of one or more streets, highways, or alleys,…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3953 Notice of filing petition; creation of sewerage system
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§3953. Notice of filing petition; creation of sewerage system A. Notice of the filing of a petition for the sewerage improvements shall be given by the clerk or secretary of the municipality by publication in the official journal, or by publication in any other newspapers in the …
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3954 Plans and specifications
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§3954. Plans and specifications The petitioning property owners may provide, in their petition, plans and specifications, together with the type of sewer pipes and other materials necessary to properly install the sewer and sewerage disposal works, or any part thereof which they …
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3955 Advertising for bids; awarding contract
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§3955. Advertising for bids; awarding contract 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 provided by law for the letting of publi…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3956 Assessment of abutting property; taxes on property
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§3956. Assessment of abutting property; taxes on property Upon the final and satisfactory completion of the work, the municipal authority shall accept it by ordinance which shall formally create the sewerage district and shall provide for the levy of taxes or fees in accordance w…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3957 Collection of assessments
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§3957. Collection of assessments The amounts assessed in the ordinance shall be due and payable immediately upon its passage and if not paid within ten days thereafter, the municipality or its transferees, may proceed by suit against the properties and the owners thereof, to enfo…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3958 Installment payments and notes for deferred payments
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§3958. Installment payments and notes for deferred payments The governing authority of the municipality may provide, in the ordinance accepting the work and making the assessment, that the property owners therein assessed, availing themselves of the privilege within ten days afte…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3959 Objections to proceedings
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§3959. Objections to proceedings For a period of thirty days from the date of the promulgation of the ordinance creating the sewerage district as hereinabove described, any person in interest may contest the legality of the proceedings after which time no one shall have any cause…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3960 Municipality to own and operate sewerage system
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§3960. Municipality to own and operate sewerage system After the sewerage system has been completed and accepted, the full ownership thereof shall vest in the municipality, which shall thereafter maintain and operate it at its own expense and as a part of its sewerage system and …