In event foreclosure proceedings are instituted by virtue of any bonds issued under the provisions of this Sub-part, and in the event any person becomes the owner of such utility at the foreclosure sale, the purchaser shall without any further action on the part of the governing authority of the municipality become automatically vested with a franchise to operate the utility for such term as would have been required to pay and retire all of the bonds foreclosed upon in full.
La. R.S. § 33:4338