A.  Municipalities or parishes which take advantage of the provisions of this Chapter, be and they are hereby authorized through their respective governing authorities if they elect to do so to engage the service of an engineer and provide for his payment, who shall prepare all plans and specifications for said work and improvements herein authorized, and that the governing authority shall approve such plans and specifications by a proper resolution duly adopted.  Such engineer, so employed, shall inspect the work as let in accordance with contracts hereunder and shall issue to the said contractor, his estimates thereon from time to time as the said work progresses, which estimates may be paid by the municipality or parish either in full or by the retention of ten percent thereof as retained percentage.  The said engineer shall inspect the work as it progresses and shall be responsible for the performance and completion thereof in accordance with the plans and specifications.  Upon final completion of the work, the said engineer shall render a report to the governing authority of the municipality or parish as to the completion of the work in a satisfactory manner, which report shall be duly certified to, and in addition thereto, the said engineer shall do and perform any and all engineering duties required of him in this Chapter.

B.  The governing authority of the municipality or parish is also hereby authorized to employ an attorney to handle all legal work in connection with such improvements, herein authorized, and to provide for the payment of his fee.  The attorney, in addition to his other duties, shall prepare a complete transcript of the record of the proceeding covering each and every project completed and shall file the same with the clerk or secretary of the municipality or parish.  This filed transcript shall constitute a permanent record thereof.

Acts 1990, No. 782, §1, eff. July 24, 1990.