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La. Rev. Stat. § 33:1321 (2026)
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PART VII. INTERGOVERNMENTAL FUNCTIONS
SUBPART A. GENERAL PROVISIONS
§1321. Terms defined
For the purposes of this Part "Municipality" shall include cities, towns, villages, or other special districts or other political subdivisions created to perform one or more public functions or services. "Governing body" shall mean the body with authority to enact ordinances and resolutions and in which is vested responsibility for the public policy; and "bonds" shall mean any bonds issued pursuant to any law by any parish or municipality, whether such bonds are payable from revenues of a revenue producing project, or from ad valorem taxes on real estate, acreage taxes, or from any other source whatever.
Amended by Acts 1954, No. 665, §1.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 12
cases, 1952–2000 · leading case: JTS Realty Corp. v. City of Baton Rouge, 499 So. 2d 274 (La. Ct. App. 1986).
JTS Realty Corp. v. City of Baton Rouge, 499 So. 2d 274 (La. Ct. App. 1986). “an ordinance by such two-thirds vote, the governing authority, through its duly authorized officer, shall have the power to convey title to such property to said industrial development board for such consideration as it shall deem advisable, and for such purposes the said…”
CITIZEN Comm. v. City of Lafayette, 685 So. 2d 289 (La. Ct. App. 1996). “R.S. 33:1321, et seq. and approved by the Office of the Louisiana Attorney General pursuant to Attorney General Opinion 93-619.”
City of Westwego v. Marrero Land & Imp. Ass'n, 59 So. 2d 885 (La. 1952). “Regardless of the merits of intervenor’s contention, it is our opinion that under LSA-R.S. 33:1321 et seq., “The Local Services Law”, the municipality was not only authorized to enter into these agreements aforesaid, but was also authorized to exercise the power of eminent…”
LeBlanc v. City of Plaquemine, 448 So. 2d 699 (La. Ct. App. 1984). “R.S. 33:1321 et seq.) demonstrates that the term "service agreements" cannot reasonably be construed to mean more than a contract valid under Louisiana's law of obligations.”
Bd. of Com'rs of La. v. All Taxpayers Etc., 360 So. 2d 863 (La. 1978). “Any parish or municipality may appropriate such sums, issue its bonds, as defined in R.S. 33:1321, or levy any special taxes, except income taxes, in the manner provided by law, for any public project or improvement, as defined in R.”
City of Baton rouge/Par. of East Baton Rouge v. Johnca Props., 764 So. 2d 1221 (La. Ct. App. 2000). “The Local Services Law, LSA-R.S. 33:1321, et seq., allows agreements between political subdivisions to accomplish certain objectives.”
Faciane v. Bosco, 236 So. 2d 601 (La. Ct. App. 1970). “Tammany Parish and the Police Jury of Jefferson Parish pursuant to authorization granted by R.S. 33:1321 through 1332, and subsequently by Article 6, Sec.”
Cent. Louisiana Bank & Trust Co. v. Avoyelles Par. Police Jury, 493 So. 2d 1249 (La. Ct. App. 1986). “This was done pursuant to Article VI, Section 20 of the Louisiana Constitution of 1974, and the Local Services Law, R.S. 33:1321, et seq. Approval of the bond issue had previously been obtained from the State Bond Commission.”
Town of Welsh v. Jefferson Davis Par. Sanitary Landfill Comm'n, 576 So. 2d 1112 (La. Ct. App. 1991). ““The Commission was created by the Jefferson Davis Parish Police Jury, the City of Jennings, the Town of Lake Arthur, and the Town of Welsh, pursuant to LSA R.S. 33:1321, et seq. “LSA R.S. 33:1321, et seq.”
Waterworks Dist. No. 3 of Rapides Par. v. City of Alexandria, 109 So. 2d 426 (La. 1959). “the increasing shortage would bring on an emergency which would prove very difficult to solve and would be impossible of solution upon any basis as sound and economical as that afforded by the proposed system; and in order to complete the construction of the system it was…”
Kunz v. Greater New Orleans Expressway Comm'n, 186 So. 2d 435 (La. Ct. App. 1966). “Tammany Parishes on October 20, 1954, pursuant to the provisions of LSA-R.S. 33:1321 — 33 :1332, inclusive, to construct, improve, maintain and operate a toll, motor vehicle expressway across Lake Ponchartrain connecting the two parishes.”
Ford Motor Co v. Dep't of Treasury, 323 U.S. 459, 464 , 65 S.Ct. 347, 350-51 , 89 L.Ed. 389 (1945). Accordingly, we must determine whether the GNO, 144 F.3d 342. “R.S. 33:1321 et seq., which empowers any combination of parishes to agree to jointly construct, acquire or improve any public project, including causeways, bridges, highway facilities and other means of public transportation.”
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