Title 33, Municipalities and Parishes
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La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4071 Creation and organization of sewerage and water board
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§4071. Creation and organization of sewerage and water board A.(1) The public water system, the public sewerage system, and the public drainage system of the city of New Orleans shall be constructed, controlled, maintained, and operated by a sewerage and water board to be compose…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4072 Drainage operations; city of New Orleans
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§4072. Drainage operations; city of New Orleans A. At the beginning of every quarter, the Coastal Protection Restoration Authority, the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development, the Governor's Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness, and representativ…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4073 Officers of sewerage and water board; compensation of members
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§4073. Officers of sewerage and water board; compensation of members The mayor shall be ex officio president of the board. The board shall elect an executive director, whose salary and bond shall be fixed by the board. The executive director shall hold office at the pleasure of t…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4074 Meetings of the board
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§4074. Meetings of the board All meetings of the board shall be held in accordance with rules adopted by the board and shall be open and public. All its transactions shall be recorded in the minutes to be kept in writing by the executive director, and its records shall be public.…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4075 General superintendent; advisory board
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§4075. General superintendent; advisory board The board shall elect a competent and skillful engineer as general superintendent and shall fix his salary, and shall define his duties and powers. He shall hold office at the pleasure of the board. The board may organize and employ a…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4076 Employees of board; civil service
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§4076. Employees of board; civil service The board may employ all necessary clerks, engineers, firemen, and other skilled and unskilled employees necessary and proper to the efficient administration, operation, and control of the public sewerage, water, and drainage systems. All …
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4077 Legal advisor of board; special counsel
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§4077. Legal advisor of board; special counsel The city attorney shall be the legal advisor of the board. The city attorney shall appoint, with the advice and consent of the board, a special counsel who shall have charge of and conduct the legal business of the board, and who sha…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4077.1 Agent for service of process
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§4077.1. Agent for service of process The agent for service of process of any legal papers served on the board shall be the executive director of the board or the special counsel appointed pursuant to R.S. 33:4077. Acts 1988, No. 155, §1, eff. June 29, 1988.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4078 Expropriation of necessary property; servitudes; restriction on use and disposition of property
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§4078. Expropriation of necessary property; servitudes; restriction on use and disposition of property Whenever it becomes necessary to expropriate any property convenient or necessary for the sewerage, water or drainage systems, the city attorney, or the special counsel of the b…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4079 Conformity to plans for drainage system
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§4079. Conformity to plans for drainage system The board shall plan, adjust, and arrange the public sewerage, public water systems, and related facilities so as to make them conform to existing approved plans for the drainage system. This Section shall not affect the apportionmen…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4080 Shifting private mains to accommodate public system
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§4080. Shifting private mains to accommodate public system A. Any person who has laid mains, pipes, or conduits, or constructed any railroads, buildings, works, or structures of any kind in, on, or over the public streets, roads, drainage systems or canals, sewerage systems, or w…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4081 Plans and specifications; rules and regulations; penalty for violating regulations
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§4081. Plans and specifications; rules and regulations; penalty for violating regulations A. The board shall have authority over the construction of all underground work necessary or incidental to the sewerage and water systems and over all drains, inlets, catch-basins, etc., and…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4081.1 Lead service line replacement; right of entry
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§4081.1. Lead service line replacement; right of entry A. A municipality may adopt an ordinance that allows the municipality or municipal water system, or any agent thereof, to enter a property within the municipality to perform a lead service line replacement, provided that the …
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4082 Leasing of conduits; fiber optic cable
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§4082. Leasing of conduits; fiber optic cable The board shall have authority to lease and install conduits attached to pipe for housing fiber optic cable for the generation and transmission of electricity to board facilities as a part of its authority to operate, install, and rep…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4082.1 Authorization to furnish water and other services to adjoining parishes
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§4082.1. Authorization to furnish water and other services to adjoining parishes The sewerage and water board is authorized to contract with parties having franchises for that purpose to supply water and other services to consumers in the adjoining parishes, at rates to be fixed …
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4083 Receipt and disbursement of funds
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§4083. Receipt and disbursement of funds All funds received by the board from water rates, and from the city by appropriation from its treasury, shall be deposited to the credit of the board as collected, with fiscal agent of the city, and shall not be paid out except upon duly a…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4083.1 Receipt and disbursement of unclaimed customer credit balances and water deposits
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§4083.1. Receipt and disbursement of unclaimed customer credit balances and water deposits Any unclaimed customer credit balances or deposits collected from consumers for the supply of water to such consumers for which a request for refund is not made within eighteen months after…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4084 Purchase of supplies; machinery and equipment; emergency purchase; preference to
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§4084. Purchase of supplies; machinery and equipment; emergency purchase; preference to home merchants A.(1)(a) All purchases of materials or supplies required by the board for the conduct, operation, maintenance, and repair of the public systems of sewerage, water, and drainage …
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4085 Construction work; letting contracts
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§4085. Construction work; letting contracts A. The Sewerage and Water Board of New Orleans may do construction work on its public systems of water, sewerage, and drainage, with its own forces in those cases where the amount of work involved in the particular project does not exce…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4086 Board members not to be interested in contracts
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§4086. Board members not to be interested in contracts No member of the board shall borrow money from any contractor or shall be interested, directly or indirectly, in any contract, or in the losses or profits of any contract for labor, supplies, material or construction made by …
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4087 Contractors required to hire residents of New Orleans if available; exceptions; permanent employees to be residents; bond requirement
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§4087. Contractors required to hire residents of New Orleans if available; exceptions; permanent employees to be residents; bond requirement All contracts executed by the board for the construction or repair of the public systems of sewerage, water and drainage, shall contain a c…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4088 Apportionment of available funds among water, sewerage and drainage enterprises; emergencies excepted
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§4088. Apportionment of available funds among water, sewerage and drainage enterprises; emergencies excepted The board may apportion its funds among the water, sewerage, and drainage systems, but any such apportionment shall be made by a vote of not less than ten members of the b…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4089 Debt limitation
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§4089. Debt limitation The board may not obligate itself or create any debt for construction purposes in excess of the cash amount of the proceeds of any sewerage, water and drainage serial bonds, the public improvement fund, the construction and extension fund of the sewerage an…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4090 Apportionment of cost of connections with mains; making connections
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§4090. Apportionment of cost of connections with mains; making connections A.(1) For a lot of record which existed prior to 1954, one sewer connection and one water connection extending from the respective main to the property line shall be installed by and at the expense of the …
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4091 Reports of board
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§4091. Reports of board A. On or prior to the first day of May of each year, the board shall make to the city council, in writing, a full and detailed report of its acts, doings, receipts, and expenditures, the same to be put in printed form for public distribution, and a synopsi…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4092 Extension of systems
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§4092. Extension of systems The extension of the sewerage, water and drainage systems shall be made, as far as practicable, in areas adjacent to inhabited portions of the city, divided into squares and lots, and where dedicated streets are open and in use as such, or wherever her…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4093 New Orleans; special acts ratified
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§4093. New Orleans; special acts ratified The special tax for public improvements, voted by the property taxpayers of the city of New Orleans, on June 6, 1899, and levied by the city council by Ordinance No. 15391, approved June 22, 1899, is hereby ratified, and its validity shal…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4094 New Orleans; sewerage, water, and drainage system; special tax; disbursements
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§4094. New Orleans; sewerage, water, and drainage system; special tax; disbursements A. It shall be the duty of the council of the city of New Orleans or its successor, as the governing body of said city of New Orleans, to levy and collect for the year 1993, and annually thereaft…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4094.1 New Orleans; sewage, water, and drainage system; special tax for drainage
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§4094.1. New Orleans; sewage, water, and drainage system; special tax for drainage A.(1) It shall be the duty of the council of the city of New Orleans or its successor, as the governing body of the city of New Orleans, to levy and collect a special ad valorem tax of four mills o…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4095 New Orleans; sewerage, water and drainage system; extension; special tax
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§4095. New Orleans; sewerage, water and drainage system; extension; special tax It shall be the duty of the council of the city of New Orleans, or its successor, as the governing body of said city of New Orleans, to levy and collect for the year 1951, and annually thereafter for …
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4096 New Orleans sewerage and water board; water rates; water revenue bonds
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§4096. New Orleans sewerage and water board; water rates; water revenue bonds A.(1) The Sewerage and Water Board of New Orleans shall fix the rates to be charged consumers of water, including the power to exceed the total rates in force on November 1, 1913, and shall collect the …
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4097 New Orleans; sewerage, water and drainage bonds, limitation upon bonded indebtedness
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§4097. New Orleans; sewerage, water and drainage bonds, limitation upon bonded indebtedness The Sewerage and Water Board of New Orleans, by resolution adopted by affirmative vote of a majority of its members and subject to the approvals hereinafter set forth, shall have the power…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4098 New Orleans; tax levy to pay bonds; disposal of residue; proceeds from assessments
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§4098. New Orleans; tax levy to pay bonds; disposal of residue; proceeds from assessments The Board of Liquidation, City Debt, shall annually retain from the revenues derived from the tax levy of two mills for the sewerage, water and drainage systems of the city of New Orleans pr…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4099 New Orleans; tax exemption of bonds; investment in bonds; use as security; registration
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§4099. New Orleans; tax exemption of bonds; investment in bonds; use as security; registration Bonds issued under the authority of R.S. 33:4097 shall be exempt from all taxation for state, parish, municipal or other local purposes. Savings banks, tutors of minors, curators of int…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:41 Illegal contracts
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§41. Illegal contracts A. Any contract awarded or executed, or purchase made in violation of R.S. 14:118 (public bribery), and where a conviction has been obtained, shall be null and void and shall not be enforced in the courts of this state. However, in instances where the contr…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4100 New Orleans; interest rate of bonds; form; execution; details of bonds; costs; peremption
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§4100. New Orleans; interest rate of bonds; form; execution; details of bonds; costs; peremption Bonds issued under the authority of R.S. 33:4097 shall bear such rate or rates of interest as provided for in R.S. 39:1424 and 1424.1, shall be payable at such time or places on or be…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4101 New Orleans; sale of bonds
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§4101. New Orleans; sale of bonds All bonds issued under the authority of R.S. 33:4097 shall be sold in the manner provided for water revenue bonds in R.S. 33:4096(B)(4). Added by Acts 1976, No. 167, §1. Acts 1985, No. 731, §1, eff. July 16, 1985.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4102 New Orleans; proceeds of bond sale
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§4102. New Orleans; proceeds of bond sale The proceeds of all sales of bonds issued under the authority of R.S. 33:4097, except refunding bonds which shall be governed by the provisions of the resolution of the Board of Liquidation, City Debt, fixing the details thereof, shall be…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4103 New Orleans; continuation of Board of Liquidation, City Debt; application of tax proceeds
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§4103. New Orleans; continuation of Board of Liquidation, City Debt; application of tax proceeds The Board of Liquidation, City Debt, as now organized and created, and with the powers, duties and functions prescribed by existing laws and by the constitution, shall be continued wh…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4104 New Orleans; application of R.S
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§4104. New Orleans; application of R.S. 33:4097 to R.S. 33:4103 to other related provisions The provisions of R.S. 33:4097 to R.S. 33:4103, inclusive, of this Part, shall not affect the right, power and authority of the city of New Orleans to levy a tax on all taxable property in…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4105 New Orleans; effectiveness
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§4105. New Orleans; effectiveness The provisions of R.S. 33:4097 to R.S.33:4104, inclusive, are self-operative, and the city of New Orleans and the several boards and bodies therein referred to, shall have full power to carry them into effect. No proceedings or approvals not requ…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4106 New Orleans; classification for drainage purposes
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§4106. New Orleans; classification for drainage purposes A. At the present time the drainage development of the city of New Orleans is such as to create a natural difference in the classification for drainage purposes between the largely undrained sections of the city comprised o…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4107 New Orleans; hearing relating to drainage area
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§4107. New Orleans; hearing relating to drainage area At the time and place fixed by the resolution of the sewerage and water board for the hearing said board shall meet and shall hear and consider all written objections timely filed by the owners of land in the drainage area who…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4108 New Orleans; proceedings following hearing relating to drainage area
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§4108. New Orleans; proceedings following hearing relating to drainage area If, after hearing the objections of the owners of property in the defined drainage area, the sewerage and water board shall determine to proceed with the drainage of the defined area, it shall file a peti…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4109 New Orleans; construction of drainage works
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§4109. New Orleans; construction of drainage works Upon receipt of a certified copy of the decree of the district court, or the decree as affirmed or amended upon appeal if any appeal is taken therefrom, the sewerage and water board shall publish a notice in a daily newspaper pub…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4110 New Orleans; assessments charged in drainage area
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§4110. New Orleans; assessments charged in drainage area Upon the adoption by the sewerage and water board of the resolution fixing the assessments to be charged to each parcel of land in the drainage area, the sewerage and water board shall cause said resolution to be recorded i…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4111 New Orleans; property subject to assessment; interest; certification; collection
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§4111. New Orleans; property subject to assessment; interest; certification; collection No property in the defined drainage area shall be exempt from such assessments. Property owned in the defined drainage area by the city of New Orleans, by the state of Louisiana or by any boar…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4112 New Orleans; delinquent installments
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§4112. New Orleans; delinquent installments Failure to pay any installment of assessments and interest when due or within thirty days after such due date shall have the effect of maturing all unpaid installments of assessments, and the lien on the property shall then be enforced …
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4113 New Orleans; issuance of certificates following no interest period
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§4113. New Orleans; issuance of certificates following no interest period After expiration of the period within which property owners may pay their total assessment without interest, the sewerage and water board of New Orleans may by resolution adopted by the affirmative vote of …
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4114 New Orleans; sale of certificates
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§4114. New Orleans; sale of certificates Said certificates shall be sold by the sewerage and water board at public sale at not less than par and accrued interest after advertisement for bids published in two daily newspapers in New Orleans and one in New York, New York at least o…