Louisiana § RS 38:1571 - Transfer of property from drainage district to municipality; resolution of board of commissioners

§ RS 38:1571. Transfer of property from drainage district to municipality; resolution of board of commissioners

Drainage districts organized under the laws of this state, the territorial limits of which drainage district lie wholly within the boundaries of any municipality, and all the bonded and other indebtedness of which has been paid and satisfied, may be liquidated and finally dissolved, and all the canals, works and property of the drainage district, and the control thereof, may be transferred to the municipality within which the drainage district lies, all by resolution of the board of commissioners of the district.  The resolution shall be adopted at a special meeting, called and held for the purpose.  The meeting shall be preceded by a notice, published by the president of the board, for at least ten days, in a newspaper published in the municipality, notifying the public of the calling of the meeting, and that the foregoing proposition will be considered and acted upon at the meeting.