Louisiana § RS 33:140.50.12 - Adoption of master plan
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§ RS 33:140.50.12. Adoption of master plan
A. The commission may recommend the adoption of the master plan as a whole, or, as the work of making the whole master plan progresses, may from time to time recommend a part or parts thereof, any such part to correspond generally with one or more of the functional subdivisions of the subject matter of the plan.
B.(1) The adoption of the plan or any part, amendment, or addition shall be by resolution carried by the affirmative vote of a majority of the town council, in the case of its applicability to the municipality, or by the police jury, in the case of its applicability to areas outside of the municipality.
(2) The resolution shall refer expressly to the maps, descriptive matter, and other matters intended by the commission to form the whole or part of the plan, and the action taken shall be recorded on the adopted plan or part thereof by the identifying signature of the secretary of the town council or the police jury, and a copy of the plan or part thereof shall be certified to each of the following: the town council, the police jury, the Bossier Parish school board, and the clerk of court and recorder of the parish, who shall record such plan or part thereof on the conveyance records of the parish.
C. The plan or part thereof shall take effect after the date it has been adopted by the town council, in the case of its applicability to the municipality, or by the police jury, in the case of its applicability to areas outside the municipality.
Acts 2019, No. 75, §1.
Source: official Louisiana text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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