2015 Louisiana Laws
Revised Statutes
TITLE 33 - Municipalities and Parishes
RS 33:251 - Petition for dissolution of municipality having population of less than 2500
SUBPART B. DISSOLUTION BY PETITION AND ELECTION
§251. Petition for dissolution of municipality having population of less than 2500
When in any municipality having a population of not more than twenty-five hundred a petition signed by a majority in number and amount of the property taxpayers qualified to vote is presented to the governing authority of the municipality, praying for the surrender of the charter and the dissolution of the municipal corporation, the governing authority by resolution shall immediately order a special election for the purpose of determining whether the charter should be surrendered and the municipality dissolved.
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