Louisiana § RS 33:3691 - Additional authority for street improvements
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§ RS 33:3691. Additional authority for street improvements
A. Whenever one or more roads or streets are located partially within the boundaries of two adjoining parishes, and outside of any municipality, the governing authority of either parish, with the consent of the governing authority of the other parish, may construct, pave, surface, or otherwise improve, together with the necessary curbs, gutters, aprons, drains, and headers, such streets or roads or any part thereof at such time or times as they determine. The governing authority which performs work authorized by this Section may levy and collect local or special assessments on the real property abutting such improvements sufficient in amount to defray the total cost of said work, including street intersections, all in the form and manner and subject to the limitations and restrictions provided in R.S. 33:3689.1 through 3689.19 except for the following provisions:
(1) The governing authority of each parish must approve the notice of intention to improve such roads or streets by resolution or ordinance.
(2) The governing authority proceeding under this Section may exclude from the description of property abutting streets or roads to be improved any lot or parcel found not to be benefitted by the proposed improvement, including wetlands determined by said governing authority to be not reasonably subject to development.
(3) The ordinance levying the local or special assessments must be recorded in the mortgage records of each parish.
(4) The assessments shall be at such rates as may be set forth in the ordinance levying the local or special assessments.
(5) Any paving certificates shall be issued subject to the provisions of Chapter 13 of Title 39 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950 and the provisions of that Chapter shall be controlling in the event of any conflict with the provisions of R.S. 33:3689.1 through 3689.19.
B. Any parish which performs work on streets or roads pursuant to this Section, with the approval of the governing authority of the adjoining parish, may include such streets or roads in its road system and shall thereafter treat such streets or roads as streets and roads of the parish performing the work.
Acts 1995, No. 262, §1, eff. June 14, 1995.
NOTE: See Acts 1995, No. 262, §2.
Source: official Louisiana text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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