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La. Rev. Stat. § 33:131 Creation of regional planning areas
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§131. Creation of regional planning areas A. The legislative bodies of any municipality and a surrounding or contiguous parish; or any two or more contiguous municipalities; or of any one or more municipalities and one or more parishes all forming a single urbanized or suburbaniz…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:131.1 Consolidation of governments creating a regional planning commission
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§131.1. Consolidation of governments creating a regional planning commission If the governing authorities of two or more local governmental subdivisions which have created a regional planning commission are, after creation of the commission, consolidated into a single governing a…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:132 Regional planning commission; alternatives of membership and appointment; tenure
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§132. Regional planning commission; alternatives of membership and appointment; tenure A.(1) A regional planning commission shall consist of not less than five members, nor more than nine members, at the discretion of the local legislative bodies, all to be appointed by the gover…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:1321 Terms defined
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§1321. Terms defined For the purposes of this Part "Municipality" shall include cities, towns, villages, or other special districts or other political subdivisions created to perform one or more public functions or services. "Governing body" shall mean the body with authority to …
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:1322 Short title
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§1322. Short title This Part may be cited as "The Local Services Law."
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:1323 Liberal construction
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§1323. Liberal construction This Part shall be construed liberally, to the end that, through the use of the arrangements provided herein, greater economy and efficiency in the operation of local services may be encouraged, and the benefits of such services may be extended.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:1324 Grant of authority to parishes, municipalities, police juries, harbor districts and terminal districts to act jointly
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§1324. Grant of authority to parishes, municipalities, police juries, harbor districts and terminal districts to act jointly Any parish, municipality or political subdivision of the state, or any combination thereof, may make agreements between or among themselves to engage joint…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:1324.1 Political corporations and subdivisions contracts for services
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§1324.1. Political corporations and subdivisions contracts for services In order to effect economy of operation, any two or more political corporations or subdivisions may contract with each other to combine the use of administrative and operative personnel and equipment upon suc…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:1325 Form and publication of agreements
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§1325. Form and publication of agreements All arrangements concluded under the authority of R.S. 33:1324 shall be reduced to writing. For this purpose it shall suffice for each party to the agreement, acting through its governing body, to accept the agreement by the passage of an…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:1326 Service agreements
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§1326. Service agreements A.(1)(a) Any parish, municipality, or political subdivision, or combination thereof, operating a gas, water, or electric light or power system, sewerage plant, or transportation system may extend such services to persons and business organizations locate…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:1327 Charges for services
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§1327. Charges for services All charges collected for such service extensions shall be reasonable and non-discriminatory.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:1328 Consent to extension of services
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§1328. Consent to extension of services No parish shall extend services into the bounds of another parish without the consent of such parish; and no city, town, or village shall extend services into another city, town, or village without the consent thereof.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:1329 Acquisition of property
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§1329. Acquisition of property Any parish or municipality or commission appointed under this part may acquire by gift, grant, purchase, or condemnation proceedings or otherwise, all property, including rights-of-way, necessary to effectuate arrangements concluded under the terms …
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:133 Organization; meetings; rules
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§133. Organization; meetings; rules A regional planning commission shall elect a chairman from its membership and create and fill such other of its offices as it may determine. The term of chairman shall be one year, with eligibility for re-election. A commission shall hold at le…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:1330 Protection of property
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§1330. Protection of property The police power of parishes and municipalities shall extend to any property acquired by them under the provisions of this Part.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:1331 Financing agreements
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§1331. Financing agreements Agreements concluded under R.S. 33:1324 and all written agreements concluded under R.S. 33:1325 shall include a statement of the financial obligations of each of the parties to the agreement. Any parish or municipality may appropriate such sums, issue …
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:1332 Administration of agreements; joint commission
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§1332. Administration of agreements; joint commission A. Any parishes or municipalities concluding an agreement under the provisions of this Part may create by resolutions duly adopted by the governing bodies thereof a joint commission as an agency and instrumentality of such par…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:1333 Agreements concerning collection and disposal of solid wastes
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§1333. Agreements concerning collection and disposal of solid wastes Any political subdivision may make agreements pursuant to R.S. 33:1324 and 1324.1 in order to create greater efficiency and economy and further extension of services in the area of solid waste disposal. All such…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:1334 Issuance of revenue bonds by commissions; prescriptive period
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§1334. Issuance of revenue bonds by commissions; prescriptive period A. Any joint commission created by any parishes or municipalities as an agency and instrumentality of such parishes and municipalities under the provisions of this Part shall have the power, if provided in the a…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:1335 Energy Resource Contracts
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§1335. Energy Resource Contracts Any municipality and/or joint commission created under this Part is hereby authorized to engage with one or more electric public utility companies as defined in R.S. 45:121, in the financing, construction, maintenance, and operation of joint elect…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:1336 Financing agreements
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§1336. Financing agreements Any municipality and/or joint commission entering into a Contract pursuant to the provisions of R.S. 33:1335 may appropriate such sums as are necessary to fulfill its obligations under the terms of such Contract, and may incur debt and issue revenue bo…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:1337 Liberal construction
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§1337. Liberal construction These provisions shall be liberally construed, to the end that, through the use of arrangements and agreements provided for herein between one or more municipalities and/or joint commissions, and/or one or more electric public utility companies, greate…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:134 Staff and finances
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§134. Staff and finances A commission may appoint such employees as it may deem necessary for its work, whose appointment, promotion, demotion, and removal shall be subject to the same general provisions as govern other corresponding civil employees of the parishes and municipali…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:1341 Short title
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§1341. Short title This Subpart shall be known and may be cited as the "Local Governmental Subdivision Self-Insurance Act of 1979." Added by Acts 1979, No. 462, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:1342 Definitions; terms defined
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§1342. Definitions; terms defined The following words and terms shall have the meaning indicated unless the context shall clearly indicate a different meaning. (1) "Accident and health protection" means indemnification of public employees and/or their dependents for hospitalizati…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:1343 Authority of governmental subdivisions to form, join, and participate in interlocal
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§1343. Authority of governmental subdivisions to form, join, and participate in interlocal risk management agency; employer contributions toward premiums; ownership of record A. Any two or more local governmental subdivisions may make and execute an intergovernmental agreement be…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:1344 Governance of interlocal risk management agencies
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§1344. Governance of interlocal risk management agencies If the Louisiana Municipal Association, the Police Jury Association of Louisiana, or the Louisiana School Board Association is designated to administer an interlocal risk management agency, the executive boards of the Louis…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:1345 Interlocal risk management agency not an insurance company or insurer
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§1345. Interlocal risk management agency not an insurance company or insurer An interlocal risk management agency is not an insurance company or an insurer under the laws of this state and the development and administration by such agency of one or more group self-insurance funds…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:1346 Minimum contributions before risk sharing
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§1346. Minimum contributions before risk sharing A group self-insurance fund shall not function as a means of sharing among its members an interlocal risk management agency risk of loss until the interlocal risk management agency administering such fund shall have received: (1) F…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:1347 Limited liability of members
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§1347. Limited liability of members A local governmental subdivision shall not by reason of being a member of an interlocal risk management agency and contributing to a group self-insurance fund be liable to such interlocal risk management agency, to any other member or to any cl…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:1348 Authority of Commissioner of Insurance
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§1348. Authority of Commissioner of Insurance (A) Annually each interlocal risk management agency shall file with the commissioner of insurance certified audited financial statements and a review of its operations and general condition by a certified independent casualty actuary.…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:1349 Excess insurance
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§1349. Excess insurance A. An interlocal risk management agency shall maintain at all times a contract or contracts of specific excess insurance or aggregate excess insurance in an amount as may be stipulated or approved by the commissioner of insurance for any or all forms of in…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:135 General powers and duties
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§135. General powers and duties A regional planning commission shall: (1) Prepare and from time to time revise, amend, extend or add to a plan or plans for the development of the regional planning area, which plan or plans collectively shall be known as the regional development p…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:135.1 Additional powers
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§135.1. Additional powers A. Any two or more of the regional planning commissions are authorized to form an association for the purpose of coordinating comprehensive planning and development programs for the resolution of economic, social, physical, and governmental problems of t…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:135.2 Houma-Terrebonne zoning authority
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§135.2. Houma-Terrebonne zoning authority The Terrebonne Parish Consolidated Government may provide, by ordinance, that the Houma-Terrebonne Regional Planning Commission or its successor shall serve as the zoning commission for the city of Houma and any other part of the parish w…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:135.3 Additional powers; certain commissions
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§135.3. Additional powers; certain commissions A regional planning commission in any regional urbanized area with a population in excess of one million shall: (1) Be authorized to provide transportation design and transportation engineering services in support of the metropolitan…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:1350 Audit of funds
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§1350. Audit of funds The legislative auditor shall have the authority to examine and audit the books and accounts of any fund established under the provisions of this Subpart pursuant to the provisions of Section 513 of Title 24 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950. In addi…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:1350.1 Louisiana Association of Chiefs of Police Risk Management Agency
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§1350.1. Louisiana Association of Chiefs of Police Risk Management Agency A. There is hereby created, in accordance with this Subpart, an interlocal risk management agency to be known as the Louisiana Association of Chiefs of Police Risk Management Agency, hereinafter referred to…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:1350.2 Louisiana Hospital Association Workers' Compensation Interlocal Risk Management Agency
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§1350.2. Louisiana Hospital Association Workers' Compensation Interlocal Risk Management Agency A. There is hereby created, in accordance with this Subpart, an interlocal risk management agency to be known as the Louisiana Hospital Association Workers' Compensation Interlocal Ris…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:1351 Short title
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§1351. Short title This Subpart shall be known and may be cited as the "Local Housing Authority Self-Insurance Act of 1981." Added by Acts 1981, No. 802, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:1352 Definitions; terms defined
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§1352. Definitions; terms defined The following words and terms shall have the meaning indicated unless the context shall clearly indicate a different meaning: (1) "Governing body" means the body which exercises the functions of the local housing authority. (2) "Interlocal risk m…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:1353 Authority of local housing authority to form, join, and participate in interlocal risk
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§1353. Authority of local housing authority to form, join, and participate in interlocal risk management agency A. Any two or more local housing authorities may make and execute an intergovernmental agreement between or among themselves to form and become members of an interlocal…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:1354 Governance of interlocal risk management agencies
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§1354. Governance of interlocal risk management agencies In the event the Louisiana Housing Council, Inc. is designated to administer an interlocal risk management agency, the insurance committee of the Louisiana Housing Council, Inc. shall constitute the board of trustees of suc…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:1355 Interlocal risk management agency not an insurance company or insurer
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§1355. Interlocal risk management agency not an insurance company or insurer An interlocal risk management agency is not an insurance company or an insurer under the laws of this state and the development and administration by such agency of a group self-insurance fund or funds e…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:1356 Minimum contributions before risk sharing
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§1356. Minimum contributions before risk sharing A self-insurance fund shall not function as a means of sharing risks of loss among the members of an interlocal risk management agency until the interlocal risk management agency administering such fund shall have received, for gen…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:1357 Limited liability of members
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§1357. Limited liability of members A. A local housing authority shall not, by reason of being a member of an interlocal risk management agency and contributing to a self-insurance fund, be liable to such interlocal risk management agency, to any other member, or to any claimant …
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:1358 Authority of commissioner of insurance
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§1358. Authority of commissioner of insurance A. Annually each interlocal risk management agency shall file with the commissioner of insurance certified audited financial statements and a review of its operations and general condition by a certified independent casualty actuary. …
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:1359 Excess insurance
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§1359. Excess insurance A. An interlocal risk management agency shall maintain at all times a contract or contracts of specific excess insurance of at least one million dollars per occurrence and a contract or contracts of annual aggregate excess insurance of at least five millio…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:136 Regional development plan; filing; distribution
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§136. Regional development plan; filing; distribution Upon the preparation of the regional development plan or any phase or functional part thereof, or upon the preparation of any extension of or addition to the plan, the regional planning commission shall file such a plan, part …
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:1360 Audit of funds
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§1360. Audit of funds The legislative auditor shall have the authority to examine and audit the books and accounts of any fund established under the provisions of this Subpart pursuant to the provisions of R.S. 24:513. In addition, each participating local housing authority membe…