2018 Louisiana Laws
Revised Statutes
TITLE 39 - Public Finance
RS 39:831 - Public works authorized

Universal Citation: LA Rev Stat § 39:831 (2018)

NOTE: §831 eff. until July 1, 2021. See Acts 2018, No. 569.

§831. Public works authorized

            Any political subdivision shall, in order to carry out the object of this Part, have authority to undertake, own and operate, a comprehensive program of public works, which shall include among other things the following:

            (1) Construction, repair and improvement of public highways, streets and parkways, public buildings, and any publicly owned instrumentalities and facilities;

            (2) Conservation and development of natural resources, including control, utilization, and purification of waters, prevention of soil or coastal erosion, development of water power, transmission of electric energy, and construction of river and harbor improvements and flood control;

            (3) Any projects of the character heretofore constructed or carried on either directly by public authority or with public aid to serve the interests of the general public;

            (4) Construction, reconstruction, alteration, or repair under public regulation or control of low-cost housing or slum-clearance projects;

            (5) Any project of any character heretofore eligible for loans under subsection (a) of Section 201 of the Emergency Relief and Construction Act of Congress of 1932, as amended, whether included in the foregoing classes or not, including any self-liquidating project which will be made self-supporting and financially solvent and the construction cost of which will be returned within a reasonable period by means of tolls, fees, rents, or other charges, or by other means;

            (6) Any revenue-producing public utility, instrumentality or facility;

            (7) Construction, acquisition, repair, extension or improvement of any buildings or facilities which any subdivision has authority to construct, acquire, repair, extend or improve under general or specific provisions of the law creating it, or under any other law.

            And the proceeds of any such loan or of the sale of said bonds, notes or certificates of indebtedness shall be applied to the purpose for which the debt is incurred by the governing authority incurring it.

NOTE: §831 as repealed by Acts 2018, No. 569, eff. July 1, 2021.

§831. Repealed by Acts 2018, No. 569, §2, eff. July 1, 2021.

            Acts 2018, No. 569, §2, eff. July 1, 2021.

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