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Louisiana Revised Statutes Tit. 40, § 1503. West Baton Rouge Parish Fire Protection District No. 1; creation; subdistricts; boards; powers, duties, and functions

Current as of January 01, 2023 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

A. When used in this Section, the following terms have these meanings:

(1) “Council” means the West Baton Rouge Parish Council.

(2) “District” means West Baton Rouge Parish Fire Protection District No. 1.

(3) “Fire protection service” means, but is not necessarily limited to:

(a) Acquiring and maintaining land for a fire station site.

(b) Acquiring, constructing, maintaining, and operating fire protection facilities.

(c) Acquiring, maintaining, and operating fire trucks and other fire protection or emergency equipment.

(d) Obtaining water for fire protection purposes, including charges for fire hydrant rentals and service.

(e) Paying salaries of firemen.

(4) “Parish” means West Baton Rouge Parish.

B. In addition to other authority granted by law, the West Baton Rouge Parish Council may create a fire protection district in the manner and subject to the limitations and restrictions contained in this Section. The district shall be designated as “West Baton Rouge Parish Fire Protection District No. 1” and may include two or more fire protection subdistricts.

C. The boundaries of the district shall be coterminous with the boundaries of the parish.

D. Subject to the provisions of this Section, the district shall be a political subdivision within the meaning of the laws of the state relating to voting and levying of special maintenance taxes, voting and levying of service charges or fees, incurring debt, and issuing bonds therefor, including but not limited to the provisions of Subtitle II, Chapter 4, of Title 39 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950.  1

E. (1) Notice of intention to create the district shall be ordered by resolution of the council only if concurred in, by resolution, by each municipal governing authority in the parish. The resolution shall state that all of the parish shall be within the district and set forth the boundaries proposed for the subdistricts. The notice shall state that the council shall, in open session, on a date and at an hour and place named, proceed to create the proposed district.

(2) This notice shall be published once a week for two successive weeks, the first publication being not less than fifteen days before the date fixed for the hearing, in the parish's official journal.

F. At the place and time specified in the notice provided for in Subsection E of this Section, the council shall hold a public hearing concerning the creation of the proposed district.

G to L. Repealed by Acts 2013, No. 129, § 2, eff. June 5, 2013.

1 R.S. 39:471 et seq.
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