§ 19-71. Created; boundaries; powers and duties, etc.

There is hereby created garbage district no. 1 of the parish, having limits coterminous with the limits of the parish and composed of all of the territory wholly within the parish and outside of the corporate limits of all municipal corporations situated in the parish. The district herein created shall be a political and legal subdivision of the state with full power to sue and to be sued in its corporate name; to incur debts and to contract obligations; to have a corporate seal and to do and perform all acts in its corporate capacity and in its corporate name necessary and proper for the purpose of constructing and maintaining garbage disposal works and garbage collection and disposal systems within its territorial limits; to enter into contracts with any persons or corporations; to provide and maintain garbage collection services within its territorial limits; and generally to perform any and all acts and duties necessary to carry out the objectives and purposes of its creation, acting through the parish council as its governing authority.

(Code 1975, § 24:200)