Louisiana § RS 33:3301 - Street improvements authorized
Full text of Louisiana Louisiana Civil Code § RS 33:3301 — Street improvements authorized, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ RS 33:3301. Street improvements authorized
Municipalities, including those operating under a home rule or special legislative charter, may construct, pave, surface, resurface with concrete, cement, asphalt, brick, gravel, crushed stone, shell, or any paving material, and repair or otherwise improve streets, roads, sidewalks, and alleys, together with the necessary ditching, curbing, guttering, aprons, drains, and headers within their corporate limits, including such streets, alleys or other public ways which may be entirely within the limits or boundaries of such municipality, but along the boundary or limit thereof in such manner that abutting property on one side of such street or other public way is situated wholly or partly outside of such municipality, and may levy and collect local or special assessments on the real property abutting the improvements, including such property as may be located outside the municipal limits but abutting a street or other public way located within the municipal limits, sufficient in amount to defray the total cost of the works, including street intersections, in the form and manner and subject to the limitations and restrictions as follows provided, however, that all such work shall be done under the provisions of R.S. 38:2211.
Amended by Acts 1950, No. 192, §1; Acts 1975, No. 46, §1, eff. June 23, 1975.
Source: official Louisiana text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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What does Louisiana Civil Code § RS 33:3301 cover?
Section RS 33:3301 ("Street improvements authorized") is part of the Louisiana Civil Code, the codified statutory law of Louisiana. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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