Vermilion Parish Hurricane Flood Protection & Drainage District v. City of Abbeville

SAUNDERS, Judge.

| iThis is a case where a district created by a parish policy jury attempted to call to election an ad valorem tax which would include the land located within a municipality. The municipality’s city charter prohibits the police jury from taxing within its municipal limits unless for specified purposes. The ad valorem tax was not for one of those specified purposes.

The trial court held that the district could not call the election due to prohibition by the municipality’s city charter. The district appeals this judgment. We affirm.

FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY:

On February 10,…