§ 38:1903 — Indebtedness and taxes for completion of drainage system

When debts have been incurred and ad valorem or acreage taxes have been levied, as authorized by the provisions of Section 14 of Article XIV of the Constitution of 1921, for the construction of a gravity drainage system, gravity drainage districts and gravity sub-drainage districts through their respective governing authorities may, without further submission to the property taxpayers, incur an additional indebtedness and levy an additional ad valorem or acreage tax or forced contribution, and fund the tax into bonds, all within the limits prescribed in the provisions of the Constitution for the purpose of perfecting and completing, or of paying the expense or cost of perfecting and completing, the system of gravity drainage, eighty per cent of which shall have been accomplished at the time of incurring the additional indebtedness and the levying of the additional taxes.