§ 5-207. Legislative authority -- Public safety

   (a) Establishment of public safety units. -- A municipality may establish and maintain:

   (1) a fire department; and

   (2) a police force.

(b) Regulation of hazardous and explosive materials. -- A municipality may:

   (1) provide for the removal of fire hazards;

   (2) control the use and handling of dangerous and explosive materials; and

   (3) prevent the discharge of firearms or other explosive instruments.

(c) Miscellaneous. -- A municipality may:

   (1) pay rewards for information relating to crime committed in the municipality;

   (2) prohibit vagrancy, vice, gambling, and houses of prostitution in the municipality;

   (3) enforce all ordinances relating to disorderly conduct and nuisances equally:

      (i) within the municipality; and

      (ii) up to one-half mile outside the municipal limits, except where there is a conflict with the powers of another municipality; and

   (4) prohibit minors from being on the streets and in public places at certain hours of the night.

HISTORY: An. Code 1957, art. 23A, § 2(b)(9), (10), (12), (22), (23), (34); 2013, ch. 119, § 2.