Louisiana § RS 48:1305 - Notice of intention to create; public hearing; publication of resolution; incontestability
Full text of Louisiana Louisiana Civil Code § RS 48:1305 — Notice of intention to create; public hearing; publication of resolution; incontestability, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ RS 48:1305. Notice of intention to create; public hearing; publication of resolution; incontestability
Before any such consolidated district shall be finally created, the governing authority of the parish shall publish in the official journal of the parish at least once not less than fifteen days prior to the date of hearing a notice of its intention to create such district and fixing a date for the holding of a public hearing in which all persons interested may be heard on the question of the advisability of creating the district. Such notice of hearing shall set forth the proposed name and boundaries of the district, list the districts to be so consolidated, and set forth the rate and duration of taxes authorized to be levied in each such underlying district, and shall state the date, time and place fixed for the hearing. Following the creation of any such district, the resolution creating the district and setting forth the boundaries thereof shall be published one time in the official journal of the parish. Thirty days after such publication, the creation of the district shall become incontestable, and no court shall have any right to entertain litigation questioning the legality of the creation of such district.
Acts 1964, No. 223, §2; Acts 2024, No. 610, §2A; Redesignated from R.S. 48:1302.
NOTE: Former R.S. 48:1305 redesignated as R.S. 48:1308 by Acts 2024, No. 610, §2A.
Source: official Louisiana text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section RS 48:1305 ("Notice of intention to create; public hearing; publication of resolution; incontestability") 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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