The district board controls how district funds are spent for mosquito abatement, and it may extend services outside the district under a service agreement.
§7728. Board of commissioners of St. Tammany Parish Mosquito Abatement District No. 2; expenditure of district funds; extension of service A. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the board of commissioners of St. Tammany Parish Mosquito Abatement District No. 2 shall exercise sole authority for determining the manner in which funds of the district may be expended for purposes of mosquito abatement, control, eradication, and study, subject to the approval of the director of the district. B. The board of commissioners of St. Tammany Parish Mosquito Abatement District No. 2 may extend any service authorized by this Chapter outside the territorial boundaries of the district in accordance with the terms of a service agreement between the board and the governing authority of any parish or municipality. Said agreement shall be concluded pursuant to the Local Services Law (R.S. 33:1321-1334) and shall include a statement of the financial obligations of each party to the agreement. In order to meet its financial obligations under such an agreement, any such parish or municipal governing authority may assess special taxes or service charges against persons within its jurisdiction provided the service. C. The board of commissioners may pay the health insurance claims of district employees when the district's employee health insurance carrier becomes insolvent and is unable to satisfy those claims. The board may use surplus funds of the district to pay the unpaid claims. D. The St. Tammany Parish Police Jury may include within the boundaries of St. Tammany Parish Mosquito Abatement District No. 2 all or any portion of Wards 3, 4, and 7 of said parish, and that portion lying within Ward 2, to wit: From the intersection of the section line common to sections 37 and 38, Township 5 South, Range 10 East, and the Tchefuncte River, also the point of beginning, go east along said section line to the section corner common to sections 6, 37, and 38, Township 5 South, Range 10 East; thence follow the eastern section line of section 38 to the corner common to sections 38, 39, and 18, Township 5 South, Range 10 East; thence go south along the eastern boundary of section 39 approximately 800 feet to a point approximately 200 feet north of Park Lane; thence go south 40 degrees east approximately 2200 feet to a point on the southern right of way of Louisiana Highway 40 approximately 200 feet east of Albert Thompson Road; thence go south and southeast along a line 200 feet east of and parallel to the eastern right of way of Albert Thompson Road to a point approximately 200 feet east of Delaune Road; thence go southeast and east along the line 200 feet east of and parallel to Delaune Road to a point 200 feet north of the eastern end of Delaune Road; thence go south 57 degrees east 1800 feet; thence go south 15 degrees and 30 minutes east 2500 feet; thence go south 14 degrees west approximately 500 feet to La. Hwy. 1078; thence follow said highway southeast to its intersection with the township line common to Townships 5 and 6 South, also the southern boundary of Ward 2; thence go west along said township line to its intersection with the Tchefuncte River; thence follow the meanderings of said river upstream in a generally northward direction in its intersection with the section line common to sections 37 and 38, Township 5 South, Range 10 East, and the point of beginning; provided that the imposition therein of all previously authorized taxes of the district shall have been first approved by a majority of voters of the area proposed to be included at an election held for such purpose. E. If the St. Tammany Parish Council changes the name of St. Tammany Parish Mosquito Abatement District No. 2, such redesignation shall not affect the respective powers of the board of commissioners of the district or the parish council provided by this Section. If the parish council changes the name of the district, any reference in this Section to St. Tammany Parish Mosquito Abatement District No. 2 shall be deemed to refer to the district under its new designation. Acts 1985, No. 87, §1, June 29, 1985; Acts 1986, No. 310, §1; Acts 1991, No. 713, §1; Acts 1993, No. 910, §1, eff. June 23, 1993; Acts 2007, No. 76, §1, eff. June 22, 2007.