Louisiana § 33:7553 Corporate status and domicile; funds

Louisiana Statutes

§ 33:7553 — Corporate status and domicile; funds

Louisiana § 33:7553

Title 33Municipalities and Parishes

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La. Stat. Ann. § 33:7553 (2026).

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A.Any environmental protection district created under the provisions of this Chapter shall constitute a body corporate and shall have the power and right to incur debts and enter into contracts and to do and perform any and all acts in its corporate name which are necessary or proper for carrying out the objects and purposes for which the district is created, including but not limiting the expropriation of property, the acquisition of equipment, buildings and physical facilities. It shall have the power to sue and be sued, to buy and sell, to acquire by purchase, gifts, expropriation or otherwise every kind of property and servitude, right-of-way and other right deemed necessary to its purpose, and to lease, build, operate and maintain any works or machinery designed to accomplish the pur

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A. Any environmental protection district created under the provisions of this Chapter shall constitute a body corporate and shall have the power and right to incur debts and enter into contracts and to do and perform any and all acts in its corporate name which are necessary or proper for carrying out the objects and purposes for which the district is created, including but not limiting the expropriation of property, the acquisition of equipment, buildings and physical facilities. It shall have the power to sue and be sued, to buy and sell, to acquire by purchase, gifts, expropriation or otherwise every kind of property and servitude, right-of-way and other right deemed necessary to its purpose, and to lease, build, operate and maintain any works or machinery designed to accomplish the purposes of the district. The district shall constitute an agency of the parish designated to carry out an essential governmental function of the parish, all of the property of which district shall be exempt from taxation. It shall have the authority to cooperate and contract with the government of the United States or any department or agency thereof and to accept gifts, grants, donations of property and money therefrom. It shall have the authority to cooperate with the State of Louisiana or any political subdivision, department, agency, corporation or other environmental protection district of said state for the construction, operation and maintenance of facilities designed to accomplish the purpose for which the district is created on any basis including the matching of funds and by participating in projects authorized by any federal or state law as it may see fit.
B. The governing authority creating an environmental protection district shall designate the domicile of such corporation which shall be located within the district.
C. The governing authority of the parish shall provide the operating and capital improvement funds of any such district or districts out of the general fund of the parish.