§ 33:178 — Ordinance defining territory excluded or included and description of boundary as

Louisiana § 33:178

• Jurisdiction: Louisiana
• Title 33: Municipalities and Parishes

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§178. Ordinance defining territory excluded or included and description of boundary as
changed required to be filed with clerk of district court
A. Where the boundaries of a municipality have been enlarged or contracted, the
ordinance with reference thereto must define with certainty and precision the territory which
is proposed to be included in or excluded from the corporate limits, as the case may be. The
ordinance need not contain a description of the entire boundary of the municipality as
changed, but, within ten days after the adoption of the ordinance, a description of the entire
boundary of the municipality as changed shall be filed by the clerk of the municipality with
the clerk of the district court of the parish in which the municipality is located. Such
description so filed shall become the official boundary of the municipality on the effective
date of the ordinance.
B. Whenever the boundaries of the city of Shreveport have been enlarged or
contracted, a description of the entire boundary of the municipality as changed shall be filed
as provided for in Subsection A of this Section with the clerk of the district court of Caddo
Parish, and the description filed in Caddo Parish shall become the official boundary of the
city on the effective date of the ordinance. Whenever any of the territory included or
excluded by a change in the boundaries of the city of Shreveport is located in Bossier Parish,
the description shall also be filed with the clerk of the district court of Bossier Parish.
C. Each municipal governing authority shall furnish, by electronic medium, the
registrar of voters and the secretary of state a copy of the municipal ordinance enlarging or
contracting the boundaries of the municipality within fifteen days after adoption of such
ordinance, as well as a map and written description of the entire boundary of the municipality
as changed. If the municipal governing authority does not have the ability to submit the
information required by this Subsection by electronic medium, the governing authority shall
submit the information by certified mail or commercial courier.
D. As used in this Section, the following terms shall have the meanings ascribed to
them by this Subsection:
(1) "Commercial courier" means any foreign or domestic business entity having as
its primary purpose the delivery of letters and parcels of any type which acquires a signed
receipt from the addressee, or the addressee's agent, of the letter or parcel upon completion
of delivery and has no direct or indirect interest in the outcome of the matter to which the
letter or parcel concerns.
(2) "Electronic medium" means by electronic mail or facsimile.

Legislative History

Amended by Acts 1964, No. 499, §1; Acts 1978, No. 304, §1; Acts 1985, No. 411, §1; Acts 2016, No. 294, §1, eff. May 31, 2016.