Louisiana § RS 40:1749.19 - Voluntary participation by incorporated municipalities and parish governments
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§ RS 40:1749.19. Voluntary participation by incorporated municipalities and parish governments
A. Each incorporated municipality or parish government which owns or operates, in its own right or through a special district or districts created pursuant to constitutional or statutory authority, a drainage system, a sewer system, drainage, water or water system, traffic control system, an electrical energy system and/or a gas or natural gas system underground facility within its local jurisdiction which would otherwise be included in R.S. 40:1749.14, and which does not desire to be so included, shall adopt an ordinance indicating this desire by December 31, 1998. The ordinance shall be filed with the secretary of state for verification purposes. An incorporated municipality or parish government which fails to adopt the ordinance shall be subject to the provisions of this Part on and after December 31, 1998.
B. Each municipality or parish government which owns or operates in its own right, or through a special district or districts created pursuant to law, a drainage system, a sewer system, water or water system, telephone or telegraph, fiber optic, electronics equipment system, traffic control system, an electrical energy system, natural gas system, and/or a gas system underground facility within its local jurisdiction which would otherwise be included in R.S. 40:1749.17, and which is incorporated or created subsequent to July 1, 1997, and which does not desire to be so included, shall comply with the provisions of Subsection A of this Section within one year of the date of its first municipal elections or within one year of the date of creation of a special district.
Acts 1988, No. 923, §1; Acts 1997, No. 1050, §1, eff. July 11, 1997.
Source: official Louisiana text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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