§ 48:1307 — Road lighting districts in existence prior to Aug. 1, 1956; status as to exemptions;

§1307. Road lighting districts in existence prior to Aug. 1, 1956; status as to exemptions;
new territory
Where road lighting districts consolidated into any consolidated district hereunder
have been in existence prior to August 1, 1956, the creation of the consolidated district will
be solely for the purpose of continuing the road lighting programs for which the districts so
consolidated were originally created, and the provisions of R.S. 39:253 shall be regarded as
applicable in all respects to taxes levied by any such consolidated district, and such district
shall be considered to be a district created prior to August 1, 1956, for all purposes of said
section, provided, however, the exemption authorized herein shall not apply to new territory
added to any consolidated district as authorized herein, nor shall the exemption apply to taxes
levied by a consolidated district for the benefit of underlying districts not eligible therefor
under existing provisions of R.S. 39:253.
NOTE: Former R.S. 48:1307 redesignated as R.S. 48:1302 by Acts 2024, No. 610, §2A.

Legislative History

Acts 1964, No. 223, §4; Acts 2024, No. 610, §2A; Redesignated from R.S. 48:1304.