Louisiana § RS 33:3881 - Power to create sewerage districts
Full text of Louisiana Louisiana Civil Code § RS 33:3881 — Power to create sewerage districts, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ RS 33:3881. Power to create sewerage districts
A. Except as provided in R.S. 33:3911(B), police juries may create sewerage districts composed of territory outside the corporate limits of municipalities. Any sewerage district so created shall continue to function in its entirety under the authority of the police jury which created it even though all or part of the district may be later incorporated within the limits of a municipality.
B. A sewerage district may levy a service charge in the manner provided by law for the purpose of maintaining and operating the sewer system of the district and for the purpose of paying reasonable rental that may be due for trunk and disposal facilities outside of any such sewerage district into which the sewage of any such district is carried.
C. The boundaries of such sewerage districts may be so arranged that they overlap. When two or more districts overlap, bonds of the districts may be issued only in such amounts that the pro rata indebtedness of the overlapping portion does not exceed ten percent of the assessed valuation of taxable property in the portion.
D. Sewerage districts so created shall be subdivisions of the state within the meaning of the statutes relating to incurring debt and issuing bonds.
Acts 1989, No. 302, §1.
Source: official Louisiana text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section RS 33:3881 ("Power to create sewerage districts") 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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