2019 Louisiana Laws
Revised Statutes
Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes
§4066.5. Establishment of system

RS 4066.5 - Establishment of system

A. The governing authority of any parish, the parish of Orleans excepted, sewerage district, individual sewerage system district, or any commission established pursuant to Part II of Chapter 9 of Title 33 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, is hereby vested with full power and authority to establish, acquire, construct, improve, and maintain individual sewerage treatment facilities within the boundaries of said parish, sewerage district, or commission which are not served by an existing trunk line sewerage disposal system.

B. The cost of acquiring, planning, constructing, improving, and maintaining said individual sewerage system may be funded by the levy and collection of local or special assessments on the real property to be benefited or area served thereby sufficient in amount to defray the total costs of said work, including engineering and attorney's fees, and through the issuance of bonds to provide loans to finance the purchase of the individual sewerage system, provided that a person, including all legal entities, may only be given two loans and then only for two pieces of property, all within the form and manner and subject to the limitations and restrictions herein contained.

C. For purposes of this Subpart "individual sewerage system" means any system of piping, treatment, device or other facility used for a single family residence that conveys, stores, treats, or disposes of sewage on the property where it originates.

Acts 1987, No. 919, §1, eff. July 20, 1987.