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La. Rev. Stat. § 33:142 Police jury to arrange for special election; appointment of commissioners and clerk
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§142. Police jury to arrange for special election; appointment of commissioners and clerk All qualified electors in the two parishes may vote at the special election. The police juries of the respective parishes shall appoint for each polling place three commissioners and one cle…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:1420.1 Special retirement benefits; Plaquemine
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§1420.1. Special retirement benefits; Plaquemine A. The legislature finds that it is in the best interest of the state to authorize municipal governments, recognizing the services of retired city employees, to create plans which provide special retirement benefits as part of thei…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:1420.11 Authority to create special districts
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§1420.11. Authority to create special districts A. Pursuant to and in accordance with Article VI, Sections 16 and 19 of the Constitution of Louisiana and the Jefferson Parish home rule charter, the governing authority of Jefferson Parish may, upon its own initiative, establish, c…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:1420.12 District status; taxing authority; procedures
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§1420.12. District status; taxing authority; procedures A. Any district or subdistrict governed by the provisions of this Part shall be a political subdivision of the state. Pursuant to and in accordance with the Constitution of Louisiana, any such district or subdistrict may lev…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:1420.13 Governing authority
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§1420.13. Governing authority A. In accordance with the provisions of the Jefferson Parish home rule charter, the governing authority of any district or subdistrict governed by the provisions of this Part shall be the Jefferson Parish Council. When acting as the governing body of…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:1420.14 Notice of creation; incontestability after unchallenged delay; assumption of assets, rights, and responsibilities of the districts and continuation of obligations
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§1420.14. Notice of creation; incontestability after unchallenged delay; assumption of assets, rights, and responsibilities of the districts and continuation of obligations A. The establishment, creation, consolidation, or merger of any special service district by the Jefferson P…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:1420.15 Authority of certain consolidated special districts
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§1420.15. Authority of certain consolidated special districts A. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, any district created pursuant to this Part shall continue to function in its entirety under the authority of the Jefferson Parish Council even though all o…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:1420.16 Special district in Jefferson Parish
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§1420.16. Special district in Jefferson Parish A. Creation. The governing authority of the parish of Jefferson is hereby authorized pursuant to this Part and more specifically by this Section to create, by ordinance, a special taxing district and political subdivision of the stat…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:1420.17 Special district in Jefferson Parish
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§1420.17. Special district in Jefferson Parish A. Creation. The governing authority of the parish of Jefferson is hereby authorized pursuant to this Part and more specifically by this Section to create, by ordinance, a special taxing district and political subdivision of the stat…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:1420.18 Special district in Jefferson Parish
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§1420.18. Special district in Jefferson Parish A. Creation. The governing authority of the parish of Jefferson is hereby authorized pursuant to this Part and more specifically by this Section to create, by ordinance, a special taxing district and political subdivision of the stat…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:1420.19 Special district in Jefferson Parish
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§1420.19. Special district in Jefferson Parish A. Definitions. As used in this Section, the following words and phrases shall have the following meanings unless the context otherwise requires: (1) "Board" means the governing board of the district or, if such board has been abolis…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:1420.2 New Orleans cocktail
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§1420.2. New Orleans cocktail There shall be an official cocktail of the city of New Orleans. The official New Orleans cocktail shall be the Sazerac. The Sazerac, created in the nineteenth century by Antoine Amedee Peychaud in the French Quarter of New Orleans, is world known for…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:1420.21 Special districts; approval of actions by local governmental subdivision
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§1420.21. Special districts; approval of actions by local governmental subdivision A. If the governing authority of a local governmental subdivision is also the governing authority of a special district that the local governmental subdivision created pursuant to state law or the …
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:1420.31 Local government officials; training; certain municipalities
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§1420.31. Local government officials; training; certain municipalities A. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, all mayors and members of the governing authorities of municipalities with a population of fifteen thousand persons or less according the latest f…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:1420.32 Public-private contract training
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§1420.32. Public-private contract training A. Beginning on July 1, 2026, all elected officials of municipalities and municipal employees, as provided in Subsection B of this Section, shall complete a minimum of one hour of annual training on procurement and the letting of public …
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:143 General primary law to apply
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§143. General primary law to apply The special election shall be held in accordance with Title 18, Chapter 2, Part I, except as specially provided for in this Sub-part.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:144 Counting ballots; promulgation of result
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§144. Counting ballots; promulgation of result On a day and hour fixed by the police juries before the holding of the election, these bodies shall in public session, within three days after the holding of the election, open the ballot boxes, examine and count the ballots, canvass…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:145 Two-thirds vote favoring change required
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§145. Two-thirds vote favoring change required If two-thirds of the total vote cast at the election in each parish is in favor of the ordinance changing the boundary line, then the boundary line shall be changed as set forth in the ordinance.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:146 Prescription of election contest
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§146. Prescription of election contest After a lapse of sixty days from the date of the publication of the returns of the election as provided in R.S. 33:144, no cause of action shall lie to set aside the election.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:151 Petition for annexation of territory
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§151. Petition for annexation of territory Whenever one-third in number and value of the bona fide owners of any lots or land, lying contiguous and adjacent to the territorial corporate limits of any city or town, the city of New Orleans excepted, desire that such lots or land be…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:152 Proces verbal and plat of survey
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§152. Proces verbal and plat of survey Such petition shall be accompanied with a proces verbal and plat of survey of such lots or land desired to be annexed to and included in the territorial corporate limits of such city or town made by the parish surveyor of the parish in which…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:153 Recording proces verbal and plat of survey; ordering election in area to be annexed
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§153. Recording proces verbal and plat of survey; ordering election in area to be annexed Upon presentation as provided in R.S. 33:151 and 33:152, the petition and proces verbal and plat of survey shall be recorded and transcribed upon the public record-book wherein the ordinance…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:154 Notice of election
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§154. Notice of election A. Any election shall be held under the general election laws and preceded by a notice of ten days or more in one or more newspapers published in such city or town, or if there is none, by posting as required in sheriff's and constable's sales. The notice…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:155 Persons entitled to vote
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§155. Persons entitled to vote At the election no person shall be allowed to vote except those who are qualified to vote under the general election laws, and who reside in and upon the lots or land proposed to be annexed to and included in the territorial corporate limits of such…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:156 Returns of election; recording returns; proclaiming result
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§156. Returns of election; recording returns; proclaiming result The returns of the election shall be made to the municipal authorities of the city or town within forty eight hours after the closing of the polls at the election. Such returns shall likewise be recorded and transcr…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:157 Election in municipality annexing territory
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§157. Election in municipality annexing territory After the expiration of the publication of the result of the election, if a majority in number and value of the qualified electors residing in and upon the lots or land proposed to be annexed to and included in the territorial cor…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:157.1 Municipal governing authority of Rapides Parish; authority to annex
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§157.1. Municipal governing authority of Rapides Parish; authority to annex In Rapides Parish, after the expiration of the publication of the result of the election, if a majority in number of the qualified electors residing in and upon the lots or land proposed to be annexed to …
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:158 Notice of election in municipality
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§158. Notice of election in municipality Such election shall likewise be preceded by a notice of ten days in one or more newspapers published in the city or town, or if there be none by posting as required in sheriff's and constable's sales. The notice shall likewise set forth sp…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:159 Persons entitled to vote
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§159. Persons entitled to vote At such election no person shall be allowed to vote except those who are qualified to vote under the general election laws and who reside in the corporate limits of the city or town as theretofore established and constituted.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:160 Returns of election; recording returns; proclaiming result; effect of vote favoring
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§160. Returns of election; recording returns; proclaiming result; effect of vote favoring annexation A. The returns of such election shall be made to the municipal authorities of the city or town within forty-eight hours after the closing of the polls. The returns of election sha…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:161 Subsequent elections
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§161. Subsequent elections No election proposing to annex to the corporate limits of any city or town the same contiguous and adjacent lots or land shall be held oftener than once in twelve months.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:1651 Election and term; location of office; removal for cause; exceptions
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§1651. Election and term; location of office; removal for cause; exceptions A. The police jury shall elect a parish treasurer for a term of two years. The office of the parish treasurer shall be located at such site as may be designated by the local governing authority; however, …
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:1652 Penalty for not keeping required office
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§1652. Penalty for not keeping required office Any parish treasurer neglecting or refusing to comply with R.S. 33:1651 shall be subject to pay a fine of not less than one hundred dollars, nor more than three hundred dollars, recoverable before any court of competent jurisdiction,…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:1653 Police jury member and tax collector ineligible for treasurer
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§1653. Police jury member and tax collector ineligible for treasurer No member of the police jury shall be eligible as parish treasurer. No person shall hold at the same time the two offices of parish treasurer and collector of parish taxes.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:1654 Duties
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§1654. Duties The parish treasurer shall receive the money of the parish, disburse the same agreeably to law, and take receipts therefor. He shall keep regular accounts of all receipts and expenditures, and of all debts due to or from the parish, and direct prosecutions ordered b…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:1655 Reports to police jury
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§1655. Reports to police jury The parish treasurer shall make a detailed report at every regular meeting of the police jury and at other times directed by the police jury, of all money received and disbursed, of all the debts due to and from the parish, and of all other proceedin…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:1657 Authorization required for paying out money
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§1657. Authorization required for paying out money No money shall be paid out of any parish treasury to any person, unless the same has been previously allowed by the police jury, or some court or officer lawfully authorized to make the allowance.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:1658 Presentation of claims against parish
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§1658. Presentation of claims against parish Any person having a claim against any parish, allowed by the proper authorities, shall present the claim within sixty days from the date of allowance to the treasurer. The treasurer shall keep a well bound book, in which he shall make …
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:1659 Oath required of tax collector making claim against parish
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§1659. Oath required of tax collector making claim against parish The parish treasurer shall not receive any claim against the parish from any collector of taxes, unless the collector makes oath or affirmation (to be administered by the treasurer) that he has paid the full amount…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:1660 Oath in connection with settling accounts
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§1660. Oath in connection with settling accounts No parish treasurer shall be allowed credit for any voucher he presents in the settlement of any account, until he has first taken an oath that he has paid the full amount of the voucher in money, or that he has received the same i…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:1661 Compensation and bond
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§1661. Compensation and bond The police jury shall fix the compensation and amount of bond to be furnished by the parish treasurer. The bond shall be recorded in the mortgage book of the parish and shall have the effect of a mortgage on all the property of the principal. When the…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:1662 Penalty for neglect
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§1662. Penalty for neglect Any parish treasurer failing or refusing to comply with R.S. 33:1651 through R.S. 33:1661, shall forfeit, for every offense, the sum of twenty-five dollars, to go into the parish treasury.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:1663 Misapplication of funds
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§1663. Misapplication of funds Any parish treasurer who misapplies the public funds placed in his hands belonging to the parish, or refuses to account satisfactorily for the same, shall be fined not less than five hundred dollars, for the use of the parish, and imprisoned at the …
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:1664 Combining offices of treasurer and clerk of police jury
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§1664. Combining offices of treasurer and clerk of police jury The police jury may combine the offices of parish treasurer and clerk of the police jury and elect one person to both offices.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:1665 Performing duties of both offices; bond
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§1665. Performing duties of both offices; bond Whenever one person is elected to the offices of parish treasurer and clerk of the police jury he shall perform all of the services required of both officers and shall give the bond required of parish treasurers.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:1666 Salary
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§1666. Salary Whenever the police jury combines the offices of treasurer and clerk they shall at the same time fix the salary to be paid to the person elected to both offices, the salary to be full compensation for all services rendered.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:171 Ordinance to enlarge or contract corporate limits; distribution of certain revenues in
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§171. Ordinance to enlarge or contract corporate limits; distribution of certain revenues in annexed areas A. The limits and boundaries of incorporated municipalities shall remain as established on July 31, 1946, but may be enlarged or contracted, by ordinance of the governing bo…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:172 Petition to annex territory; valuation of property; notice of filing petition; hearing
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§172. Petition to annex territory; valuation of property; notice of filing petition; hearing concerning proposed ordinance; alternative methods A.(1)(a)(i) No ordinance enlarging the boundaries of a municipality shall be valid unless, prior to the adoption thereof, a petition has…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:172.1 Petition to annex territory in Jefferson Parish; valuation of property; notice of filing petition; hearing concerning proposed ordinance
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§172.1. Petition to annex territory in Jefferson Parish; valuation of property; notice of filing petition; hearing concerning proposed ordinance A. No ordinance enlarging the boundaries of a municipality in Jefferson Parish shall be valid unless prior to the adoption thereof a pe…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:172.2 Municipal governing authority of Westlake; authority to annex
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§172.2. Municipal governing authority of Westlake; authority to annex Notwithstanding any provisions of this Part or any other law to the contrary, the governing authority of the city of Westlake may annex property, not to exceed twenty acres, which is not contiguous or adjacent …
