Title 40, Public Health and Safety
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La. Rev. Stat. § 40:401.1 Housing authority of the parish of St
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§401.1. Housing authority of the parish of St. Landry; commissioners In the parish of St. Landry, the board of commissioners shall be composed of no more than six members. A majority of the commissioners shall constitute a quorum of the authority for the purpose of conducting its…
La. Rev. Stat. § 40:401.2 Repealed by Acts 1997, No
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§401.2. Repealed by Acts 1997, No. 1188, §2.
La. Rev. Stat. § 40:401.3 Repealed by Acts 1997, No
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§401.3. Repealed by Acts 1997, No. 1188, §2.
La. Rev. Stat. § 40:401.4 Repealed by Acts 1997, No
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§401.4. Repealed by Acts 1997, No. 1188, §2.
La. Rev. Stat. § 40:401.5 Repealed by Acts 1997, No
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§401.5. Repealed by Acts 1997, No. 1188, §2.
La. Rev. Stat. § 40:401.6 Repealed by Acts 1997, No
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§401.6. Repealed by Acts 1997, No. 1188, §2.
La. Rev. Stat. § 40:401.7 Repealed by Acts 1997, No
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§401.7. Repealed by Acts 1997, No. 1188, §2.
La. Rev. Stat. § 40:401.8 Repealed by Acts 1997, No
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§401.8. Repealed by Acts 1997, No. 1188, §2.
La. Rev. Stat. § 40:401.9 Repealed by Acts 1997, No
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§401.9. Repealed by Acts 1997, No. 1188, §2.
La. Rev. Stat. § 40:402 Executive committees
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§402. Executive committees Housing authorities that have nine or more commissioners may, by resolution or by law, establish an executive committee of at least five commissioners. The committee shall have such powers over the management or operation of such housing authority as th…
La. Rev. Stat. § 40:403 Responsibility for debts or liabilities of local housing authorities
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§403. Responsibility for debts or liabilities of local housing authorities Except to the extent the municipality or parish may expressly elect to undertake such liability, neither the municipality or parish with respect to which a local housing authority is established, nor any m…
La. Rev. Stat. § 40:404 Repealed by Acts 2011, 1st Ex
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§404. Repealed by Acts 2011, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 12, §2, eff. June 12, 2011.
La. Rev. Stat. § 40:404.1 Housing authorities of the cities of Gonzales and St
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§404.1. Housing authorities of the cities of Gonzales and St. Martinville; per diem Each commissioner of the housing authorities of the cities of Gonzales and St. Martinville may receive a per diem, to be paid from funds of the respective housing authority, for a maximum of twent…
La. Rev. Stat. § 40:405 Exemptions from levy and execution
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§405. Exemptions from levy and execution Except to the extent a local housing authority or its subsidiaries may otherwise expressly agree, all real and personal property of a local housing authority and its subsidiaries shall be exempt from execution, levy, and sale for the payme…
La. Rev. Stat. § 40:406 Exemptions from certain laws
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§406. Exemptions from certain laws A. All representatives of a local housing authority, acting within the scope of carrying out the business and conducting the affairs of a local housing authority, shall be exempt from all licensing requirements imposed by any law with respect to…
La. Rev. Stat. § 40:41 Disclosure of records
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§41. Disclosure of records A. All certificates in the custody of the state registrar are open to inspection, subject to the provisions of this Chapter. No employee of the state shall disclose data contained in vital records, except as authorized by this Chapter. B.(1)(a) Disclosu…
La. Rev. Stat. § 40:411 Creation
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§411. Creation A. If the governing body of each of two or more parishes in the same general geographical location, regardless of their population, declares by resolution that there is a need for one regional housing authority for both or all of such parishes, a public body corpor…
La. Rev. Stat. § 40:412 Area of operation
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§412. Area of operation A. In the case of a regional housing authority, the authority's area of operation shall be an area equivalent to the total areas of operation which the local housing authorities, if created separately by political subdivisions establishing the regional hou…
La. Rev. Stat. § 40:413 Increasing area of operation
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§413. Increasing area of operation The area of operation of a regional or consolidated housing authority shall be increased from time to time to include one or more additional parishes or municipalities not already within a regional or consolidated housing authority and, in the c…
La. Rev. Stat. § 40:414 Effect on local authorities of adoption of consolidated or regional authorities
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§414. Effect on local authorities of adoption of consolidated or regional authorities In the event that a municipality or parish that has an established local housing authority elects to participate in a regional housing authority, pursuant to R.S. 40:411, or a consolidated housi…
La. Rev. Stat. § 40:415 Prerequisites to adoption of resolution creating or expanding regional or consolidated authority
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§415. Prerequisites to adoption of resolution creating or expanding regional or consolidated authority A. The governing body of its respective parish or municipality shall adopt a resolution pursuant to R.S. 40:411 only if it finds that: (1) In the area of its respective parish o…
La. Rev. Stat. § 40:416 Public hearings to create regional or consolidated authority or increase its area of operation
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§416. Public hearings to create regional or consolidated authority or increase its area of operation A. The governing body of a parish or municipality shall not adopt any resolution authorized by R.S. 40:411 or 413 unless a public hearing has first been held. The governing body s…
La. Rev. Stat. § 40:417 Consent of obligees and commissioners of local authority to substitution of regional or consolidated authority, transfer of rights, duties and property
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§417. Consent of obligees and commissioners of local authority to substitution of regional or consolidated authority, transfer of rights, duties and property A. The governing body of a parish or municipality shall not adopt a resolution pursuant to the provisions of R.S. 40:411 o…
La. Rev. Stat. § 40:418 Notification of mayor of adoption of consolidated authority
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§418. Notification of mayor of adoption of consolidated authority When the governing body of a municipality adopts a resolution declaring that there is a need within it for a consolidated housing authority, it shall promptly notify the mayor of the municipality of that adoption. …
La. Rev. Stat. § 40:419 Transfer of property to regional or consolidated authority; registration
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§419. Transfer of property to regional or consolidated authority; registration When any immovable property of a housing authority vests in a regional or consolidated housing authority under the provisions of R.S. 40:417, it shall execute an act transferring the property to the re…
La. Rev. Stat. § 40:42 Evidentiary character of certificates
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§42. Evidentiary character of certificates A. Except for delayed or altered certificates, every original certificate on file in the vital records registry is prima facie evidence of the facts therein stated. The names of parents as entered on birth and death records shall not be …
La. Rev. Stat. § 40:420 Time of official creation; contents of resolution; resolution as evidence
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§420. Time of official creation; contents of resolution; resolution as evidence In any proceeding relating in any way to any contract of a regional or consolidated housing authority, the authority shall be conclusively deemed to have become established and authorized to transact …
La. Rev. Stat. § 40:421 Decreasing area of operation; conversion to parish or municipal authority
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§421. Decreasing area of operation; conversion to parish or municipal authority A. The area of operation of a regional or consolidated housing authority shall be decreased from time to time to exclude one or more parishes or municipalities if the governing body of each of the par…
La. Rev. Stat. § 40:422 Prerequisites to adoption of resolution decreasing area of operation
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§422. Prerequisites to adoption of resolution decreasing area of operation A. The governing body of each of the parishes or municipalities in the area of operation of the regional or consolidated housing authority and the commissioners of the authority shall adopt a resolution pu…
La. Rev. Stat. § 40:423 Public hearing necessary before decrease
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§423. Public hearing necessary before decrease The governing body of a parish or municipality shall not adopt the resolution authorized in R.S. 40:421 unless a public hearing has been held in the manner described in R.S. 40:416. Acts 1997, No. 1188, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 40:424 Creditors of agency must consent to decrease
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§424. Creditors of agency must consent to decrease No action may be taken pursuant to R.S. 40:421 if the regional or consolidated housing authority has outstanding bonds, notes, or other evidences of indebtedness, unless all the holders thereof first consent in writing to that ac…
La. Rev. Stat. § 40:425 Disposal of property held in eliminated area
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§425. Disposal of property held in eliminated area Any property held by regional or consolidated housing authority within a parish or municipality excluded from the area of operation of the particular authority shall be disposed of by the authority in the public interest as soon …
La. Rev. Stat. § 40:426 Creation of new local authority in parishes and municipalities excluded from regional or consolidated authority
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§426. Creation of new local authority in parishes and municipalities excluded from regional or consolidated authority A. At any time after a parish or municipality is excluded from an area of operation of a regional or consolidated housing authority, the governing body of the par…
La. Rev. Stat. § 40:427 Commissioners of regional or consolidated housing authority; appointment
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§427. Commissioners of regional or consolidated housing authority; appointment A. The governing body of each parish included in a regional housing authority, originally or by an expansion of its area of operation, shall appoint one commissioner of the authority. The first commiss…
La. Rev. Stat. § 40:428 Terms of commissioners
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§428. Terms of commissioners The commissioners first appointed to any regional or consolidated housing authority, including any additional commissioner appointed as provided in R.S. 40:427, shall draw lots to determine whether their terms of office as commissioners shall be for o…
La. Rev. Stat. § 40:429 Certificates of appointment of commissioners
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§429. Certificates of appointment of commissioners A. A certificate of the appointment of any regional or consolidated authority commissioner appointed by the governing body of a parish or municipality signed by the presiding officer or the clerk of the municipality, as the case …
La. Rev. Stat. § 40:43 Repealed by Acts 1987, No
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§43. Repealed by Acts 1987, No. 886, §4, eff. Jan. 1, 1988.
La. Rev. Stat. § 40:431 General character of local housing authority powers
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§431. General character of local housing authority powers A. A local housing authority shall possess all powers necessary, convenient, or desirable in carrying out the purposes of this Chapter, exercising any power provided herein, and engaging in any activity related to furtheri…
La. Rev. Stat. § 40:431.1 Jefferson Parish Housing Authority; power of taxation
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§431.1. Jefferson Parish Housing Authority; power of taxation A. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the Jefferson Parish Housing Authority may levy and collect annually an ad valorem tax, as authorized by the housing authority, subject to prior approval o…
La. Rev. Stat. § 40:432 Examinations and investigations
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§432. Examinations and investigations A. Pursuant to approval of the local housing authority's board of commissioners, acting through one or more of its commissioners or other designees, a local housing authority may: (1) Conduct examinations and investigations with respect to an…
La. Rev. Stat. § 40:433 Issue subpoenas and commissions
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§433. Issue subpoenas and commissions A local housing authority may issue subpoenas requiring the attendance of witnesses or the production of books and papers and commissions for the examination of witnesses who are out of state, unable to attend before the authority, or are exc…
La. Rev. Stat. § 40:434 Funds and investments
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§434. Funds and investments A local housing authority may invest or cause to be invested any funds held as reserves or sinking funds and any sums not required for immediate disbursement in connection with the operations of the authority, its developments and its programs, in prop…
La. Rev. Stat. § 40:435 Assessments and planning
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§435. Assessments and planning A local housing authority may conduct studies, assessments, and analyses of living conditions and affordable housing and community development and redevelopment needs and the means and methods through which unsatisfactory living conditions may be im…
La. Rev. Stat. § 40:436 Development
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§436. Development A. A local housing authority may plan, prepare, carry out, develop, construct, acquire, improve, reconstruct, renovate, rehabilitate, enlarge, reduce, alter, manage, own, lease, and operate housing, housing projects or developments, or any portions of housing pr…
La. Rev. Stat. § 40:437 Development, operations, and activities
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§437. Development, operations, and activities A local housing authority may: (1) Finance an authority's developments, operations, and other activities in such manner, utilizing such public or private source or sources of revenue, and employing such financing methods or techniques…
La. Rev. Stat. § 40:438 Maintenance of housing developments
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§438. Maintenance of housing developments A local housing authority may maintain, repair, and replace all housing developments, any portions thereof and any facilities and improvements contained therein or associated therewith. Acts 1997, No. 1188, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 40:439 Rental of housing and other property
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§439. Rental of housing and other property Subject only to the limitations contained in R.S. 40:482 through 489, a local housing authority may: (1) Lease or rent any dwellings, facilities, or other real or personal property owned, controlled, or possessed by the authority, or wit…
La. Rev. Stat. § 40:44 Compulsory registration of births; rejection of certificates
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§44. Compulsory registration of births; rejection of certificates A.(1) A certificate of every childbirth shall be filed with the local registrar within fifteen days after birth in the parish in which the birth occurred or, at the direction of the state registrar, the certificate…
La. Rev. Stat. § 40:440 Acquisition and sale of housing and other property
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§440. Acquisition and sale of housing and other property A. A local housing authority may: (1) Acquire title, long-term and short-term leasehold interests, possessory rights, options upon, cooperative interests in, or any other interest in or relating to land, dwellings, faciliti…
La. Rev. Stat. § 40:441 Non-residential and mixed-use properties and facilities
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§441. Non-residential and mixed-use properties and facilities A local housing authority may: (1) Develop, acquire, own, lease, and operate properties and facilities that are non-residential in character, which are used for office, administrative, management, maintenance, commerci…