Louisiana § RS 33:4301 - Creation of districts
Full text of Louisiana Louisiana Civil Code § RS 33:4301 — Creation of districts, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ RS 33:4301. Creation of districts
The governing authorities of the several parishes are authorized and empowered upon their own initiative to divide their respective parishes into one or more gas utility districts with such names or numbers as the governing authorities may designate. A gas utility district may be created comprising all or part of the territory of more than one parish by resolution to be adopted by the governing authority of each parish affected. Any such district may contain within its boundaries all or part of the territory of one or more existing cities, towns or villages, and may overlap other taxing districts or political subdivisions, but shall not be authorized to engage in the operation of any utility hereunder in any existing city, town, village, political subdivision or taxing district which at the time of the creation of such gas utility district is then being served with gas by a gas utility company or is itself engaged in the operation of a like utility without obtaining the consent of the said gas utility company and the city, town, village, subdivision or taxing district which consent shall be evidenced by resolution to be adopted by the governing body thereof when authorized by vote of a majority in number and amount of the property taxpayers qualified to vote under the Constitution and laws of this state, who vote at an election held for that purpose after notice published or posted for thirty days in such manner as the legislature may prescribe. Each gas utility district created hereunder shall comprise a body corporate.
Acts 1960, No. 415, §1.
Source: official Louisiana text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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What does Louisiana Civil Code § RS 33:4301 cover?
Section RS 33:4301 ("Creation of 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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