Title 33, Municipalities and Parishes
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La. Rev. Stat. § 33:1225 Qualifications
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§1225. Qualifications Members of the police juries shall possess the same qualifications at the time of their election as members of the house of representatives and in addition thereto shall not hold or exercise the office of mayor of any municipality having a population of 5000…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:1226 Organization of police jury; personal responsibility of police jurors
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§1226. Organization of police jury; personal responsibility of police jurors A. Police jurors elected in the state general election of 1983 and thereafter shall on the second Monday in January next succeeding their election meet at the courthouse of their respective parishes, tak…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:1226.1 Repealed by Acts 1992, No
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§1226.1. Repealed by Acts 1992, No. 439, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:1227 Regular meetings
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§1227. Regular meetings Police juries may fix the periods of their respective regular meetings, and meet at any other times which they deem necessary.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:1228 Special meetings
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§1228. Special meetings The president of a police jury shall call a meeting of the police jury whenever he is thereto required by twelve inhabitants, freeholders.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:1229 Convening police jury when office of president is vacant
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§1229. Convening police jury when office of president is vacant When the police jury has elected a vice-president pursuant to its authority under R.S. 33:1226, the vice-president may convene the police jury whenever the president is absent or unable to serve for any reason. Under…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:123 Ex-officio members
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§123. Ex-officio members The mayors of incorporated municipalities in the parish, the president of the parish school board, and the chairman of the police jury finance committee, or the equivalent thereof, shall be ex-officio members of a parish development board. The ex-officio …
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:1230 Notice of meetings
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§1230. Notice of meetings Notice to members shall be necessary only in cases of special meetings.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:1231 Resignation of president
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§1231. Resignation of president The president, when desirous of resigning his seat as a member or president, shall tender his resignation to the police jury.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:1232 Vice-president or president pro tempore to perform duties of president who does not attend
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§1232. Vice-president or president pro tempore to perform duties of president who does not attend When the police jury has elected a vice-president pursuant to its authority under R.S. 33:1226, the vice-president shall have all the powers and perform all the duties required by la…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:1233 Compensation
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§1233. Compensation A.(1) Every parish governing authority in Louisiana organized under the police jury system of government shall, by ordinance approved by a majority of the elected members of the governing authority in open public meeting, after public hearing which has been ad…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:1234 Payment of official expenses
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§1234. Payment of official expenses A.(1) Police juries may pay the official expenses of any officer or member thereof, when such expenses have been incurred on trips outside of the parish on official business authorized by the police jury. (2) Payment of official expenses herein…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:1235 Penalty for failure to perform duties
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§1235. Penalty for failure to perform duties If the president of a police jury fails to perform any of the duties imposed on him by law, without reasonable excuse, he shall forfeit the sum of twenty-five dollars for each failure, to be recovered before any court of competent juri…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:1236 Powers of parish governing authorities
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§1236. Powers of parish governing authorities The police juries and other parish governing authorities shall have the following powers: (1) To make regulations for their own government. (2)(a) To regulate the proportion and direction, the making and repairing of the roads, bridge…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:1236.1 Power to employ parish manager and assistant parish manager
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§1236.1. Power to employ parish manager and assistant parish manager The police juries shall have the power and authority to employ a parish manager and an assistant parish manager and to fix their salaries for a term not to exceed that of the police jury, who shall be registered…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:1236.10 Powers of governing authority of Calcasieu Parish; weight limitations of parish roads; enforcement
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§1236.10. Powers of governing authority of Calcasieu Parish; weight limitations of parish roads; enforcement The governing authority of Calcasieu Parish shall have the authority to adopt ordinances to set weight limitations on parish roads in Calcasieu Parish, to establish a sche…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:1236.11 Authority of governing authority of Calcasieu Parish to add cost of abating a public nuisance to ad valorem tax bill
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§1236.11. Authority of governing authority of Calcasieu Parish to add cost of abating a public nuisance to ad valorem tax bill A.(1) The governing authority of Calcasieu Parish may provide in its ordinances relative to the abatement of public nuisances that the actual costs of su…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:1236.12 Authority to regulate operation of certain watercraft within Calcasieu Parish
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§1236.12. Authority to regulate operation of certain watercraft within Calcasieu Parish A. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary and in particular R.S. 34:851.27, the parish governing authority and any municipal governing authority of Calcasieu Parish shall h…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:1236.13 Funding of the general administrative office of the Rapides Parish Police Jury
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§1236.13. Funding of the general administrative office of the Rapides Parish Police Jury A. At the same time that the police jury of Rapides Parish annually prepares the general budget of expenses, said police jury shall annually budget, appropriate, and pay to the general admini…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:1236.14 Authority of certain parish governing authorities to provide uniforms for certain employees
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§1236.14. Authority of certain parish governing authorities to provide uniforms for certain employees The governing authority of St. Landry Parish, the governing authority of Calcasieu Parish, and the governing authority of Iberia Parish shall have the authority to provide unifor…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:1236.15 Tipping fee for disposal of construction waste; Livingston Parish
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§1236.15. Tipping fee for disposal of construction waste; Livingston Parish The governing authority of Livingston Parish shall have the authority to levy and collect a tipping fee of fifty dollars per ton for the disposal of construction debris in landfills located within the par…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:1236.16 St
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§1236.16. St. Martin Parish; solid waste A. The governing authority of St. Martin Parish is hereby authorized by ordinance to provide for the zoning, land use, and siting of any public or private facility for the disposal of solid waste within the parish and the types and quantit…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:1236.17 Gathering or cutting of Spanish moss on Lake St
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§1236.17. Gathering or cutting of Spanish moss on Lake St. John; prohibition Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the gathering or cutting, for sale, of Spanish moss located on Lake St. John is hereby prohibited. Acts 1992, No. 634, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:1236.18 Funding of the general administrative office of St
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§1236.18. Funding of the general administrative office of St. Landry Parish A. At the same time the governing authority of St. Landry Parish annually prepares the general budget of expenses, said governing authority shall annually budget, appropriate, and pay to the general admin…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:1236.19 Funding of the general administrative office of Washington Parish
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§1236.19. Funding of the general administrative office of Washington Parish A. At the same time the governing authority of Washington Parish annually prepares the general budget of expenses, said governing authority shall annually budget, appropriate, and pay to the general admin…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:1236.2 Powers of the governing authorities of Calcasieu Parish and Ouachita Parish; litter ordinances
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§1236.2. Powers of the governing authorities of Calcasieu Parish and Ouachita Parish; litter ordinances A. The governing authorities of Calcasieu Parish and Ouachita Parish may enact ordinances and impose penalties for violation of ordinances related to the regulating and prohibi…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:1236.20 Liens for removal and securing dangerous structures; maintenance of property; interest; assistance of national guard; Iberia Parish
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§1236.20. Liens for removal and securing dangerous structures; maintenance of property; interest; assistance of national guard; Iberia Parish A.(1) The governing authority of the parish of Iberia may: (a) Adopt ordinances, rules, and regulations in order to secure or cause to be …
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:1236.21 Liens for removal and securing dangerous structures; maintenance of property; interest; Iberia Parish; assistance of national guard
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§1236.21. Liens for removal and securing dangerous structures; maintenance of property; interest; Iberia Parish; assistance of national guard A.(1) The governing authority of the parish of Iberia may adopt ordinances, rules, and regulations in order to secure or cause to be secur…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:1236.22 Pointe Coupee Parish Poydras Fund; authority to expend revenue
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§1236.22. Pointe Coupee Parish Poydras Fund; authority to expend revenue The governing authority of the parish of Pointe Coupee may expend any interest and other revenues earned by the Pointe Coupee Parish Poydras Fund for any lawful educational or cultural purpose as well as to …
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:1236.23 Naming of senior citizens' services administrative building by certain parish governing authorities
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§1236.23. Naming of senior citizens' services administrative building by certain parish governing authorities Notwithstanding R.S. 14:316 or any other law to the contrary, a parish governing authority of a parish with a population of not less than one hundred eighty thousand and …
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:1236.24 Calcasieu Parish; road improvements
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§1236.24. Calcasieu Parish; road improvements A. The governing authority of Calcasieu Parish may initiate the procedures set forth in R.S. 33:3689.1 through 3689.17, or similar procedures established by law, with respect to a road which is not part of the parish road system if bo…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:1236.25 Pointe Coupee Parish; False River; encroachments
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§1236.25. Pointe Coupee Parish; False River; encroachments A. The governing authority of the parish of Pointe Coupee may adopt ordinances relative to the regulation of the construction of buildings and other structures over False River, including but not limited to the constructi…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:1236.26 Powers of the governing authorities of Pointe Coupee Parish, St
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§1236.26. Powers of the governing authorities of Pointe Coupee Parish, St. Charles Parish, St. John the Baptist Parish, St. Landry Parish, and West Baton Rouge Parish; nuisance ordinance regarding grass and obnoxious weeds; notice required A. The governing authorities of the pari…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:1236.27 Cameron Parish; liquid or solid waste
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§1236.27. Cameron Parish; liquid or solid waste A. The governing authority of Cameron Parish may provide by ordinance for zoning and land use regarding any public or private facility for the disposal, incineration, or storage of liquid or solid waste within the parish. The types …
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:1236.28 Liens for removal and securing dangerous structures; maintenance of property; interest; assistance of national guard
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§1236.28. Liens for removal and securing dangerous structures; maintenance of property; interest; assistance of national guard A.(1) The governing authority of a parish or municipality may adopt ordinances, rules, and regulations to: (a) Provide for the securing of any building o…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:1236.29 Excavating equipment pilot program; parishes
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§1236.29. Excavating equipment pilot program; parishes A. In parishes having populations in excess of forty-eight thousand five hundred persons but not more than fifty-two thousand persons, based on the latest federal decennial census, a pilot program may be established in accord…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:1236.3 Powers of the police jury of St
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§1236.3. Powers of the police jury of St. Helena Parish; zoning ordinance A.(1) The governing authority of St. Helena Parish may enact a comprehensive zoning ordinance to regulate and restrict the height, number of stories, size, erection, structural alteration or use of all buil…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:1236.31 Lincoln Parish hospital proceeds; investments
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§1236.31. Lincoln Parish hospital proceeds; investments The governing authority of Lincoln Parish may invest funds that it received from the sale of a hospital and that it placed in a permanent trust in the same manner as post-employment benefits trusts may be invested pursuant t…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:1236.4 Powers of the police juries of St
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§1236.4. Powers of the police juries of St. Charles, St. John the Baptist, Iberville, West Baton Rouge, and Tangipahoa Parishes; ambulance services The police juries of St. Charles, St. John the Baptist, Iberville, West Baton Rouge, and Tangipahoa Parishes shall have authority to…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:1236.5 Authority of parish governing authorities to furnish space to community service centers; St
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§1236.5. Authority of parish governing authorities to furnish space to community service centers; St. Bernard Parish The governing authority of the parish of St. Bernard shall have the power to furnish office space and secretarial assistance to community service centers or multis…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:1236.6 Powers of police juries of parishes of Calcasieu, Beauregard, Allen, St
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§1236.6. Powers of police juries of parishes of Calcasieu, Beauregard, Allen, St. Landry, Acadia, Assumption, Iberville and West Baton Rouge; disposal of industrial waste A. The police juries of the parishes of Calcasieu, Beauregard, Allen, St. Landry, Acadia, Assumption, Ibervil…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:1236.7 Powers of the sheriffs and governing authorities of the parishes of
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§1236.7. Powers of the sheriffs and governing authorities of the parishes of East Feliciana, West Feliciana, and Avoyelles A. The sheriffs and the governing authorities of the parishes of East Feliciana and West Feliciana each shall have authority to purchase, operate, and mainta…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:1236.8 Authority of police jury of St
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§1236.8. Authority of police jury of St. Bernard Parish to accept beneficial interest in a public trust The police jury of the parish of St. Bernard shall have the power, authority, and jurisdiction to accept the beneficial interest in a public trust or trusts created pursuant to…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:1236.9 Power of governing authority for Tangipahoa Parish to prohibit transportation of water; penalties
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§1236.9. Power of governing authority for Tangipahoa Parish to prohibit transportation of water; penalties A. The governing authority for the parish of Tangipahoa may adopt ordinances prohibiting any person, firm, corporation, public body, quasi-public body, or political subdivis…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:1237 Power to close and dam streams
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§1237. Power to close and dam streams A police jury may close and dam, on its own initiative, small canals or streams of water in the parish which it finds hazardous or detrimental as well as destructive or harmful to property or to the public health and which are not under the j…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:1238 Notice; hearing and determination
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§1238. Notice; hearing and determination The police jury desiring to take such action shall give public notice thereof in the official journal of the parish for a period of at least thirty days. The notice shall give the date, hour, and place of a meeting to be held for the purpo…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:1239 Reporting licenses to auditor
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§1239. Reporting licenses to auditor Police juries shall report to the auditor, through their respective presidents, by the fifteenth day of April of each year, a complete list of the names and business of persons paying licenses, the amount of each license, and date of payment a…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:124 Removal of appointive members
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§124. Removal of appointive members The appointive members of a parish development board may be removed by the appointing authority, after adoption of a proper resolution for that purpose, for inefficiency, neglect of duty, malfeasance in office, and for any other cause that may,…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:1240 Financial condition of parish to be reported
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§1240. Financial condition of parish to be reported The report shall also contain a complete statement of the financial condition of the parish, the nature and amount of indebtedness, the credits, whether judgment, or otherwise, cash on hand, and rate of taxation.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:1241 Giving names of certain officers of police jury to secretary of state
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§1241. Giving names of certain officers of police jury to secretary of state Police juries shall keep the secretary of state advised of the names and post office addresses of their respective presidents, vice-presidents and secretaries. Amended by Acts 1963, No. 53, §1.