§4066.13. Additional assessments

A. In the event the local and special assessments originally levied are insufficient for any cause whatsoever to pay the principal and interest, or the principal or interest, in any one year of the said certificate of indebtedness outstanding at their respective maturity dates, then in that event the parish, sewerage district, or commission issuing such sewerage certificates under the provisions of this Subpart, through its governing authority, is hereby authorized, empowered, and obligated by ordinance to levy and collect, at such time or times as may be necessary, an additional local or special assessment on each lot or parcel of real estate in the district or area involved, sufficient in amount to pay in full the said principal and interest, or the principal or interest, of such certificates of indebtedness at their respective maturity dates.

B. The amounts assessed in such ordinance or ordinances shall be due and collectible immediately on its passage and if not paid within thirty days from the date of adoption, the governing authority of the parish, sewerage district, or commission may proceed against the property for the collection of the amount of additional local or special assessment so levied, plus interest thereon and twenty percent additional for attorneys' fees.

C. A certified copy of each ordinance providing for the levy and collection of such additional local or special assessment shall be filed with the clerk of court of the parish in which the parish, sewerage district, or commission is located promptly upon its adoption, who shall forthwith record the same in mortgage records of the parish and when so filed and recorded shall operate as a lien and privilege against all the real estate therein assessed and shall prime all other liens except taxes and prior recorded local assessments levied for streets, sewerage, or water.

Acts 1987, No. 919, §1, eff. July 20, 1987.