Louisiana § RS 34:1225 - Prescriptive period

Full text of Louisiana Louisiana Civil Code § RS 34:1225 — Prescriptive period, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.

§ RS 34:1225. Prescriptive period

For a period of sixty days from the date of the adoption of any resolution of the commission authorizing the issuance of its bonds or notes, any person interested may test the legality of said resolution and the validity of said bonds or notes issued or proposed to be issued thereunder, after which time no one shall have any cause of action to contest the regularity, formality or legality of said resolution or to draw in question the legality of said bonds or notes or the debt represented thereby for any cause whatever, and it shall be conclusively presumed that every legal requirement has been complied with, and no court shall have authority to inquire into such matters after the lapse of said sixty days.

Any bonds issued in accordance with the provisions of this Chapter shall be sold to the highest bidder, at a public sale, for not less than par and interest, after advertisement at least once a week, for not less than thirty days by the commission in Baton Rouge, Chicago, New York, and such other places as the commission may determine, reserving to the commission the right to reject any and all bids, and the right to readvertise for new bids.  If after advertisement as hereinabove provided, no bids are received, or if such bids as are received are considered in the discretion of the commission to be unsatisfactory, then in that event the commission may publicly negotiate for the sale of such bonds.

Acts 1952, No. 10, §5.

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What does Louisiana Civil Code § RS 34:1225 cover?

Section RS 34:1225 ("Prescriptive period") 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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