La. Stat. tit. 39 § 619
No political subdivision, public board or corporation, parish, municipality, road or subroad district, school district, sewerage district, drainage or subdrainage district, levee district, waterworks or sub-waterworks district, irrigation district, road lighting district, harbor or terminal district, or other taxing district, shall, without the consent, approval and authority of the state through the governor and the Attorney General, file any petition in any court of the United States for confirmation of any plan of readjustment of its debts, or take any action to carry out any plan of readjustment of its debts, confirmed by any court of the United States. The term "debts" as herein used shall include, but shall not be limited to, bonds, notes, certificates of indebtedness, open accounts, or other indebtedness.
La. R.S. § 39:619