La. Rev. Stat. § 34:409 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 409
Elections to levy special tax
Status: in_force

For the purpose of providing funds to carry out the objects and purposes for which created, navigation districts through their board of commissioners, after approval of the qualified electors of the district at an election held in accordance with Chapter 6-A of the Louisiana Election Code, 1 may levy by resolution annually a special tax not to exceed one mill on the dollar upon all the taxable property within the district, to run for a period of not more than ten years.

The board shall not be required to levy the full one mill tax, but their failure to levy the full tax in any one year shall not permit them to exceed the one mill tax for any subsequent year.

Amended by Acts 1978, No. 56, §1.

1 R.S. 18:1281 et seq.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:852.18 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 852.18
Forms; investigations
Status: in_force

A. The department shall prescribe and provide suitable forms of applications, financing statements, certificates of title, and all other notices and forms necessary to carry out this Part.

B. The department may make necessary investigations to procure information required to carry out this Part.

Acts 2007, No. 319, §2, eff. July 1, 2008; H.C.R. No. 25, 2008 R.S., eff. May 28, 2008.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:1865 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 1865
Officers of the board; meetings
Status: in_force

The commission shall elect from among its own members a president, vice president, secretary, and treasurer, whose respective duties shall be prescribed by the commission. At the option of the commission, the offices of the secretary and treasurer may be held by one person. The commission shall meet in regular session once each month and shall also meet in special session at the call of the president of the commission or on the written request of three members of the commission. A majority of the members of the commission shall constitute a quorum, and all action or resolutions of the commission shall be approved by the affirmative vote of not less than a majority of all members of the commission. The commission shall prescribe rules to govern its meetings and shall fix the place at which meetings shall be held.

Acts 1998, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 67, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:852.17 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 852.17
Certificate of origin; evidence of ownership; rebuttal
Status: in_force

Issuance of a certificate of origin under provision of the law shall be prima facie evidence of ownership of a vessel or outboard motor and entitlement of the owner to a certificate of title, but such certificate of origin and certificate of title shall be subject to rebuttal.

Acts 2007, No. 319, §2, eff. July 1, 2008; H.C.R. No. 25, 2008 R.S., eff. May 28, 2008; Acts 2009, No. 508, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 2011.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:3307 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 3307
Authority to expropriate and acquire property for the AGMAC Deepening Project prior to judgment
Status: in_force

A. When the Department of Transportation and Development or its agent cannot amicably acquire property needed for the AGMAC Deepening Project as provided in this Chapter, it may acquire the same by expropriation and may acquire the property prior to judgment in the trial court on the amount of compensation due to the owner of the property.

B. Except as otherwise provided in this Chapter, such expropriation shall be conducted in the manner that the department is permitted to expropriate property for highway purposes, as set forth in R.S. 48:449 through 459.

C. The right of expropriation granted herein shall be exercised only by the non-federal sponsor if the United States Army Corps of Engineers agrees to accept the operation and maintenance of the Freshwater Bayou By-Pass channel, structures, and improvements.

Acts 2004, No. 728, §1, eff. July 6, 2004.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:816 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 816
Time for seizure of vessel; peremption of privilege
Status: in_force

If the offending vessel is not seized within one year after the cause of action created under this Sub-part against it has arisen, the lien and privilege shall perempt, and thereafter no proceedings shall lie to enforce it; provided that the offending vessel is within the territorial jurisdiction of the State of Louisiana continuously during the ten consecutive calendar days immediately preceding the termination of the said one year period; otherwise, the lien and privilege and the proceedings to enforce it shall continue and remain in full force and effect after the termination of the one year period until the offending vessel thereafter will be continuously within the territorial jurisdiction of the State of Louisiana for ten consecutive calendar days, or for a period aggregating thirty non-consecutive calendar days, whichever will occur first, but thereafter the lien and privilege hereby created shall perempt and no further proceedings shall lie to enforce it.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:869 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 869
Causing desertion or interfering with authority of master; penalty
Status: in_force

Any master of a vessel; any keeper of a boarding house for seamen, or any servant, agent or other person in his employ; and any broker, shipping master or other person engaged in procuring seamen for vessels, who goes on board a vessel without the consent of the master or other person in charge thereof, and refuses to leave when ordered to do so, or who goes on board such vessel to cause any officer or member of the crew to desert, or to leave the vessel without the consent of the master or other officer in charge thereof, or who goes on board such vessel to interfere with the execution of any command or authority of the master or other officer in charge of the vessel, shall be fined not less than one hundred dollars, nor more than five hundred dollars, or imprisoned not less than one month, nor more than twelve months, or both.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:1127 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 1127
Contesting validity of commission decisions
Status: in_force

Proceedings may be brought before courts of competent jurisdiction under state law for the purpose of contesting the validity of any decision of the commission hereunder.

Acts 1968, No. 579, §7.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:945 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 945
Additional pilots; examination; procedure for appointment
Status: in_force

A. Whenever there exists a necessity for more bar pilots the board of examiners shall hold examinations for all applicants who have registered with them for these posts under rules, regulations, and requirements adopted in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act. Applicants having satisfactorily passed these examinations shall be recommended by the board to the governor for appointment. Notices of the filing of such recommendation giving the names and addresses of persons recommended, shall be given by the board to the president of the Board of Commissioners of the Port of New Orleans and the president of the Board of Trade of New Orleans. If they have objection to any appointment they shall, within five days from receipt of this notice, file with the governor a written protest against the appointment, setting forth their objections, which protest shall be considered and passed upon by the governor; the governor shall thereupon appoint or decline to appoint the applicant.

B. The chairman of the board of examiners shall issue identification cards to all qualified bar pilots, attesting to the fact that they are commissioned and qualified.

C. The board of examiners shall also:

(1) Promulgate rules and regulations in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act establishing minimum standards of conduct for bar pilots including neglect of duty, drunkenness, carelessness, habitual intemperance, substance abuse incompetency, unreasonable absence from duty, and general bad conduct, and make other rules and regulations for the proper and safe pilotage upon the waters covered by this Subpart and for the efficient administration of this Subpart.

(2) Conduct hearings pursuant to the Administrative Procedure Act, including the right to subpoena documents and witnesses pursuant to R.S. 49:975.1, and to investigate the violation of any provisions of this Subpart or rules or regulations adopted by the board of examiners, and to report all findings and conclusions to the governor should the board request action by the governor.

(3) Have the authority to impose a fine of not more than five hundred dollars upon any bar pilot, to reprimand or remove from a vessel any bar pilot, or to recommend to the governor that the commission of any bar pilot be suspended or revoked, if after a hearing conducted in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act, a bar pilot is found in violation of a provision of this Subpart or of any rule or regulation adopted by the board of examiners. In any event, the board of examiners shall have the authority to suspend a bar pilot's commission in accordance with R.S. 49:977.3(C).

(4) Provide all bar pilots and bar pilot candidates with copies of its rules and regulations.

Amended by Acts 1988, No. 418, §1, eff. July 10, 1988.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:3457 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 3457
Allocation, reallocation of funds; deposit to Transportation Trust Fund
Status: in_force

A. The Transportation Trust Fund shall be the source of state funds provided for any port project on the priority list approved pursuant to the provisions of this Chapter. Prior to the commencement of any work, the department shall require the presiding officer of each port authority involved in a project to execute an agreement and statement of sponsorship to provide a ten percent local match for the cost of construction of the project including the cost of any items stipulated under the provisions of Paragraph (1) of this Subsection. The department shall further stipulate that such agreement include but not be limited to the following:

(1) Agreement by the port authority to furnish all lands, easements, rights of way, and spoil disposal areas necessary to construct, operate, and maintain the project without cost to the state, unless such lands, easements, rights of way, and spoil disposal areas are critical to the project being applied for.

(2) Agreement by the port authority to furnish all engineering services for the project, including consultant engineering services, if required, without cost to the state, unless such services are provided by the department as authorized in R.S. 34:3458(B).

(3) Agreement by the port authority to assume all maintenance and operation costs for the project as may be required without cost to the state.

B. Any monies allocated for any project not needed for said project may be reallocated for the completion of any other project or projects specified. Any monies not needed for the completion of said projects shall be deposited in and credited to the Transportation Trust Fund.

Acts 1989, No. 452, §1, eff. June 30, 1989. Amended by Acts 1993, No. 476, §1; Acts 1998, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 161, §1, eff. May 7, 1998.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:1405 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 1405
Prescriptive period; sale of bonds
Status: in_force

A. For sixty days after promulgation of the result of an election held to incur or assume debt, issue bonds, or levy a tax, any person in interest may contest the legality of the election, the bond issue provided for, or the tax authorized, for any cause. After that time no one shall have any cause or right of action to contest the regularity, formality, or legality of the election, tax provisions, or bond authorization, for any cause whatsoever. If the validity of any election, tax, debt assumption, or bond issue authorized or provided for is not raised within the sixty days, the authority to incur or assume debt, levy the tax, or issue the bonds, the legality thereof, and the taxes and other revenues necessary to pay the same shall be conclusively presumed to be valid, and no court shall have authority to inquire into such matters.

B. A resolution authorizing the issuance of bonds or other debt obligation by the commission shall be published at least once in the official journal of the parish. For thirty days after the date of publication, any person in interest may contest the legality of the resolution and of any provision therein made for the security and payment of the bonds. After that time, no one shall have any cause of action to test the regularity, formality, legality, or effectiveness of the resolution or any provisions thereof for any cause whatever. Thereafter, it shall be conclusively presumed that every legal requirement for the issuance of the bonds or other debt obligation has been complied with, including all things pertaining to the election, if required, at which the bonds or other debt obligation were authorized. No court shall have authority to inquire into any of these matters after the thirty days.

C. Any bonds issued in accordance with the provisions of R.S. 34:1404 shall be sold to the highest bidder at a public sale, for not less than par and interest, after advertisement at least once a week for not less than thirty days by the commission in Monroe, Chicago, New York, and such other places as the commission may determine, reserving to the commission the right to reject any and all bids and the right to readvertise for new bids.

Acts 1998, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 45, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:27 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 27
Dedication of property to United States
Status: in_force

The Board of Commissioners of the Port of New Orleans may, by ordinance, contract, or otherwise, change the dedication of particular parcels or portions of lands and property under its administration or control from a state to a federal use; and sell, lease or otherwise alienate to the United States Government, or any department thereof, any of said lands and property which may be needed for federal purposes.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:3412 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 3412
Authority to expropriate and acquire property for river deepening projects prior to judgment
Status: in_force

A. When the Department of Transportation and Development or its agent cannot amicably acquire property needed for river deepening projects as provided in this Chapter, it may acquire the same by expropriation and may acquire the property prior to judgment in the trial court on the amount of compensation due to the owner of the property.

B. Except as otherwise provided in this Chapter, such expropriation shall be conducted in the manner that the department is permitted to expropriate property for highway purposes, as set forth in R.S. 48:449 through 459.

Acts 1987, No. 244, §1; Acts 1989, No. 21, §1, eff. June 14, 1989.

{{NOTE: SEE ACTS 1987, NO. 244, §2.}}
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:852.15 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 852.15
Transfer of title; absence of executor or administrator of estate
Status: in_force

If the titled owner is deceased and no one has qualified as administrator or executor of the owner's estate, a transfer may be made by a legatee or distributee. The legatee or distributee shall present to the department the original certificate of title, a copy of the decedent's death certificate, and a statement to the effect that there has not been or is not expected to be anyone who qualifies as executor or administrator. The statement shall contain the name, residence at the time of death, and date of death of the decedent, and the name of any other person having an interest in the vessel or outboard motor for which the title is to be transferred. If these persons are of legal age, they shall indicate in writing their consent to the transfer of the title.

Acts 2007, No. 319, §2, eff. July 1, 2008; H.C.R. No. 25, 2008 R.S., eff. May 28, 2008; Acts 2009, No. 508, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 2011.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:808 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 808
Intervention of interested parties
Status: in_force

Any person having any interest therein may claim the offending vessel and file an articulate verified answer to the plaintiff's petition, and thereafter the cause shall proceed contradictorily between the plaintiff and the claimant-respondent in the manner provided for the disposition of civil suits at law, except as otherwise herein specifically provided.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:3401 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 3401
Object and purpose
Status: in_force

It is the object and purpose of this Chapter to provide for the Mississippi River Deepening Project, allowing more efficient deep draft navigation access to the New Orleans and Baton Rouge reaches of the Mississippi River via Southwest Pass by enlarging in phases or stages the existing channel to a project depth of forty-five feet; to authorize the first phase of the project; to designate the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development as the assuring and coordinating agency of the state; to furnish to the United States such assurances as may be required by the Congress of the United States as a condition for such project, including, among other things, that the state or an agency, department, or subdivision thereof will provide such lands, servitudes, and rights-of-way or other rights or interest necessary to said construction and maintenance of the project, including, suitable areas for initial and subsequent disposal of dredged material and all alterations and relocations of submarine pipelines, cables, and other structures and improvements necessary for project purposes, berthing areas and local access channels, public terminal and transfer facilities and prohibition of the erection of structures within one hundred feet of the project channel, and also agreements to indemnify and hold harmless the United States from claims arising out of the construction, maintenance, and operation of the project in certain instances; to share the portion of the costs, and to reimburse to the United States all or such portion of the costs, of the construction and maintenance of the deepened channel as may be required by the Congress; to impose upon and exact from commercial waterway commerce such tolls, charges, and user fees as may be required and as may be authorized by the Congress to be used for such purposes as so authorized.

Acts 1986, No. 83, §1, eff. June 17, 1986; Acts 1989, No. 21, §1, eff. June 14, 1989.

{{NOTE: SEE ACTS 1989, NO. 21, §§2-6.}}
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:870 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 870
Place of arrest or trial
Status: in_force

Any person or persons accused of any of the offenses provided for in R.S. 34:869, may be arrested and tried in any parish in which the vessel on which such offense was committed, may moor.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:2303.1 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 2303.1
Dual membership; prohibited
Status: in_force

No member of the commission may simultaneously serve on any port commission within the jurisdiction of the waterway. Membership on the commission shall terminate thirty days after July 7, 1989, for any person not in compliance herewith and the vacancy shall be filled for the unexpired portion of the term in accordance with R.S. 34:2304.

Acts 1989, No. 671, §1, eff. July 7, 1989.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:5222 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 5222
Board of directors
Status: in_force

A. The commission shall be governed by a board of directors, which shall be solely responsible for setting the policy and managing the activities of the commission.

B. The board shall be composed of the following members:

(1) One member appointed by the governor who shall serve as chairman.

(2) The commissioner of multimodal commerce in the Department of Transportation and Development who shall serve as vice chairman.

(3) The secretary of Louisiana Economic Development or his designee.

(4) One member of the House of Representatives appointed by the speaker of the House of Representatives.

(5) One member of the Senate appointed by the president of the Senate.

(6) Six members appointed by the governor from a list of four nominated individuals, submitted per port classification by the Port Association of Louisiana, as follows:

(a) Two members from inland ports.

(b) Two members from coastal ports.

(c) Two members from deepwater ports.

(7) One representative of the Louisiana Railroads Association appointed by the governor.

(8) One representative of the Louisiana Motor Transport Association appointed by the governor.

C. Members appointed by the governor pursuant to Paragraphs (B)(6) through (8) of this Section shall be the executive director of the entity or his designee, subject to Senate confirmation.

D. A majority of the members of the board shall constitute a quorum for the purpose of transacting business, and all official actions of the board shall require the favorable vote of two-thirds of the entire membership of the board.

E. The board shall adopt rules for transacting its business and shall keep an accurate record of all of its proceedings and official actions. All papers, documents, and records pertaining to the board shall be filed at the domicile of the board.

F. For purposes of this Chapter, the classification of ports as inland, coastal, and deepwater shall be in accordance with the Louisiana Legislative Auditor's Informational Report regarding Louisiana's Public Port System, dated January 31, 2024, and any subsequent updates or as amended from time to time.

Acts 2024, No. 755, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:1506 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 1506
Right to expropriate
Status: in_force

The Lake Providence Port Commission may acquire by expropriation in accordance with expropriation laws of the state of Louisiana, any wharves, landings or any other property necessary for the benefit and advantage of the commerce of the said commission.

Added by Acts 1958, No. 450, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:955 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 955
Pilots' duty to remain on board ship until crossing bar; additional fees for late sailing
Status: in_force

When boarding an outward bound ship or vessel at the boarding stations bar pilots shall remain on board the ship until she crosses the bar, unless permission is given by the master for the pilot to absent himself from the ship or vessel. If the sailing of the ship is delayed for more than two hours by the master or owner after the pilot has boarded the ship and the pilot has not been given permission to leave, then in addition to the regular charges provided in this Sub-part, the pilot shall be paid for detention at the rate of five dollars for the first two hours and two dollars per hour or fraction thereof thereafter, until the ship or vessel sails.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:1901 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 1901
Creation of Columbia Port Commission
Status: in_force

A. There is hereby created a commission to be known as the Columbia Port Commission. It shall be composed of five members, who shall serve without compensation and who shall be appointed as follows:

(1) Two commissioners shall be appointed by the governing authority of the parish of Caldwell;

(2) Two commissioners shall be appointed by the governing authority of the town of Columbia;

(3) One commissioner shall be elected by the appointed commissioners at their initial meeting.

B. One of the two commissioners initially appointed by the governing authority of the parish of Caldwell shall serve for one year. One of the commissioners initially appointed by the governing authority of the town of Columbia shall serve for two years. The commissioner initially elected by the appointed commissioners shall serve a term of three years. The remaining commissioner initially appointed by the governing authority of the town of Columbia shall serve a term of four years and the remaining commissioner, initially appointed by the governing authority of the parish of Caldwell, shall serve a term of five years. Thereafter, the successors of such commissioners shall be appointed for five-year terms.

C. Any vacancy on the commission for any reason shall be filled in the same manner as the original appointments and for the unexpired term of office. Each commissioner shall be a citizen of the United States, and a qualified voter and a taxpayer of the State of Louisiana.

Added by Acts 1962, No. 239, §1. Amended by Acts 1966, No. 446, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:406 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 406
General powers
Status: in_force

Navigation districts have authority to buy, expropriate or otherwise acquire and hold, and to sell, transfer or otherwise dispose of property of every description; to make and execute contracts and generally, to do and perform all acts necessary to carry out the objects for which they are created.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:3471 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 3471
Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in this Chapter, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, the following definitions shall apply:

(1) "Department" means the Department of Transportation and Development.

(2) "Governmental entity" means the state or any political subdivision and the federal government as a cost share partner.

(3) "Joint committee" means the House Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works and the Senate Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works, functioning as a joint legislative committee.

(4) "Office" means the office of multimodal commerce within the Department of Transportation and Development.

(5) "Waterway" means any navigable bayou, canal, channel, or river, or portion thereof.

(6) "Waterway dredging and deepening priority program" means the priority list of projects submitted by the office and approved by the joint committee pursuant to this Chapter.

(7) "Waterway project" means a program, either new or continuing, that is planned and implemented with the primary goal of dredging and deepening waterways in the state to include cost share projects with the federal government and construction and maintenance costs associated with dredging and disposing of dredged material.

Acts 2017, No. 382, §1, eff. July 1, 2017.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:810 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 810
Procedure when offending vessel not claimed
Status: in_force

If the offending vessel is not claimed on or before the return day of the process issued hereunder, the court shall proceed to determine the case ex parte, in the manner provided for in the disposition of civil suits at law where the defendant, after having been duly cited, does not appear and answer, and the court shall render a judgment in his favor and against the offending vessel for the amount which the plaintiff in the cause may be entitled to recover, with interest and costs, and thereupon, when the judgment will have become final within the time prescribed for the finality of judgments in civil proceedings at law, and the said judgment has not been appealed from as provided in the Code of Civil Procedure for appeals from money judgments, the plaintiff may issue execution against the offending vessel and have it seized under a writ of fieri facias and sold to pay the amount of plaintiff's judgment, with interest and costs, by preference and priority over all persons whomsoever. Any amount remaining in the hands of the sheriff after the payment of the plaintiff's judgment, with interest and costs, shall be disposed of by the sheriff as provided by the laws of Louisiana for the disposition of property in the hands of the sheriff belonging to unknown persons.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:1075 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 1075
Associations of river port pilots
Status: in_force

The pilots may form themselves into associations as they may see fit, not in conflict with any special or general law of the State or of the United States, except that since competitive associations of pilots is detrimental to the public interest, only one association of pilots shall be formed in each locality served by the same general waterway.

Amended, by Acts 1954, No. 525, §3.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:2404 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 2404
Authority for issuance of bonds; levy of taxes, election; issuance of bonds
Status: in_force

A. The commission shall have authority, when authorized so to do by a vote of a majority in number and amount of the property taxpayers of the district qualified to vote at an election for the purpose held in accordance with law, to levy annually on all property situated within the district, subject to taxation, an ad valorem tax not to exceed three mills on the dollar. The commission may, upon its own initiative, call a special election and submit to the qualified tax-paying voters of the district the question of authorizing the levy of such a tax. The commission shall call such a special election when requested so to do by petition in writing signed by one-fourth of the property taxpayers in number eligible to vote at such election. These special taxes shall be levied, assessed and collected on the property within the district under the same methods, terms and conditions and at the same time as state and parish taxes are levied, assessed and collected. These taxes shall be secured by the same liens upon the property subject to taxation within the district as taxes for state and parish purposes. The property subject to any taxes within said district shall be sold for failure to pay the same in the same manner as property is sold for delinquent state, parish and other taxes under the laws of the state.

B. The provisions of the constitution and all laws regulating the collection of taxes, the creating of tax liens and mortgages, tax penalties and tax sales also shall apply to the collection of all taxes authorized by this Section. The sheriff and ex officio tax collector for the parish of Madison shall make a monthly settlement with the treasurer of the commission and receive from him a receipt for the amount of the taxes paid over in the same manner as tax collectors are required to settle with the comptroller of the state. The tax collector shall receive from the treasurer the same quietus for a full settlement of taxes due and exigible in any given year and account for the delinquents or deductions in the same manner as though accounting to the comptroller of the state for state taxes. The sheriff and ex officio tax collector shall retain from all taxes collected by him for the port area the same commission allowed thereon to him by law on special taxes and shall deposit the amount thereof with the parish treasurer to the credit of the sheriff's salary fund. Upon the failure of the tax collector to comply with the provisions of this Section, the commission shall proceed against him and the sureties on his official bond for the collection of whatever money may be owing to the commission for such special taxes.

C. With the approval of the State Bond and Tax Board, said district, through the commission as its governing authority, is authorized to incur debt for its lawful purposes and to issue negotiable bonds in its name representing the debt, and to pledge and dedicate for the payment of the principal and interest of such negotiable bonds the revenue derived from the ad valorem tax authorized by this section and/or other revenues received by the district or the commission from other sources, as may be provided by the commission in the resolution authorizing the issuance of such bonds and providing the security therefor; provided, however, that such bonds shall not be issued requiring principal and interest payments in any year in excess of eighty per cent of the tax revenues which would have been received by the district had the three mill tax been levied on the last assessment roll filed and of record. Such bonds shall be issued by the commission with such dates, forms, terms, series, interest rates, maturities, denominations, redemption provisions and security provisions as the commission may determine in compliance with this section and the provisions of Article XIV, Section 31 of the Constitution of the State of Louisiana for the year 1921, as amended. Such bonds, when authorized to be issued, shall constitute a general obligation of the district to the payment of which the full faith and credit of the district and the commission shall be and is hereby pledged. In addition to the pledge of said tax and/or other revenues to secure the payment of said bonds in principal and interest, the commission may further secure their payment by a conventional mortgage upon any and all of the properties constructed or acquired, or to be constructed and acquired by it from the proceeds of such bonds. In the event any bonds are issued secured by a pledge and dedication of said tax revenues, said tax shall be levied and collected as long as said bonds are outstanding in an amount sufficient to pay such bonds in principal and interest as they respectively mature. Any resolution authorizing the issuance of bonds of the district may contain such covenants as the commission may deem proper to assure the enforcement, collection and proper application of tax or other revenues pledged and dedicated to the payment and security of the bonds, and other security provisions including the establishment of a bond reserve if deemed advisable by the commission. Except as specifically provided in this section, said bonds shall be issued in compliance with the requirements of R.S. 34:2405, R.S. 34:2406 and said Article XIV, Section 31 of the Constitution, including the provisions for a public sale of such bonds and the thirty days prescriptive period to contest the legality of such bonds and the security therefor, all as more fully therein provided.

Added by Acts 1966, No. 369, §1. Amended by Acts 1968, No. 111, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:2029 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 2029
Obligations of the district
Status: in_force

A. The district shall have authority to incur debt for any one or more of its lawful purposes set forth in this Chapter, to issue in its name negotiable bonds, notes, certificates of indebtedness, or other evidences of debt and to provide for the security and payment thereof.

B.(1) The district may in its own name and behalf incur debt and issue general obligation ad valorem property tax secured bonds under the authority of and subject to the provisions of Article VI, Section 33 of the Constitution of Louisiana, Subpart A of Part III of Chapter 4 of Subtitle II of Title 39 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, when approved by a majority of the qualified voters who vote in a special election called and conducted under the authority of the Louisiana Election Code, including Chapter 6-A of Title 18 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, as amended. General obligation bonds of the district may be issued for any of the purposes for which the district is created or is authorized to act under any provisions of this Chapter, all of which purposes are hereby found and declared to be public purposes and functions of the state of Louisiana, which are delegated to the district.

(2) The district may in its own name and behalf issue revenue bonds for the purposes for which the district is created or is authorized to act under any of the provisions of this Chapter, including industrial and commercial development revenue bonds. Said bonds shall be issued in the manner as provided for in R.S. 39:991 through 1001 and R.S. 39:1011 through 1024.

(3) The district may in its own name and behalf borrow from time to time in the form of certificates of indebtedness. The certificates shall be secured by the dedication and pledge of monies of the district derived from any lawful sources, including fees, lease rentals, service charges, local service agreement payments from one or more other contracting parties, the avails of ad valorem property taxation, or any combination of such sources of income, provided that the term of such certificates shall not exceed ten years, and the annual debt service on the amount borrowed shall not exceed the anticipated revenues to be dedicated and pledged to the payment of the certificates of indebtedness, as shall be estimated by the board of commissioners of the district at the time of the adoption of the resolution authorizing the issuance of such certificates. The estimate of the board of commissioners referred to in the authorizing resolution shall be conclusive for all purposes of this Section.

(4) The district may borrow the amount of the anticipated ad valorem tax, not to exceed five mills, authorized by R.S. 34:2026 for a period not to exceed ten years and may issue certificates of indebtedness therefor and may dedicate the avails of the tax funded for the payment thereof for the period of time said certificates are outstanding.

(5) The board of commissioners, as the governing authority of the district, is authorized to adopt all necessary resolutions or ordinances which may be necessary for ordering, holding, canvassing, and promulgating the returns of any election required for the issuance of general obligation bonds, or limited tax secured obligations, or for the voting of a property tax millage, which resolution or ordinances may include covenants for the security and payment of any bonds or other evidence of debt so issued.

(6) For a period of thirty days from the date of publication of any resolution or ordinance authorizing the issuance of any bonds, certificates of indebtedness, notes, or other evidence of debt of the district, any interested person may contest the legality of such resolution or ordinance and the validity of such bonds, certificates of indebtedness, notes, or other evidence of debt issued or proposed to be issued thereunder and the security of their payment, after which time no one shall have any cause of action to contest the legality of said resolution or ordinance or to draw in question the legality of said bonds, certificates of indebtedness, notes, or other evidence of debt, the security therefor, or the debts represented thereby for any cause whatever, and it shall be conclusively presumed that every legal requirement has been complied with, and no court shall have authority to inquire into such matters after the lapse of thirty days.

(7) The issuance and sale of such bonds, certificates of indebtedness, notes, or other evidence of debt by the district shall be subject to approval by the State Bond Commission.

(8) Such bonds, certificates of indebtedness, notes, or other evidence of debt shall have all the qualities of negotiable instruments under the commercial laws of the state of Louisiana.

Acts 1990, No. 710, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:46 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 46
Organization of industrial districts
Status: in_force

A. The board may create and organize industrial districts in connection with the operation, by the board, of the Inner Harbor Navigation Canal in the city of New Orleans, and to that end, the board may:

(1) Acquire land, or the control thereof, by purchase, lease, contract, or expropriation.

(2) Levy and collect benefit assessments against lands benefited by improvements, by contract with the owner or owners thereof.

(3) Issue bonds or certificates of indebtedness, for which neither the credit of the state nor or of the board shall ever be pledged, and the payment of which shall be based on and secured by the payment of such benefit assessments and by the land itself; however, neither the state nor the board shall be liable for such benefit assessments.

(4) Enter into all contracts incidental to the purposes herein with public or private persons, firms, and corporations.

B. The authority granted by this Section shall be a continuing authority, and the creating or organizing of the first industrial district thereunder shall not exhaust the power of the Board of Commissioners of the Port of New Orleans.

Added by Acts 1975, No. 464, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:2105 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 2105
Examinations and investigations; control and regulation; annual reports
Status: in_force

The board shall examine and investigate all questions relating to the interest and welfare of the district. It shall control and regulate the same. It shall make an annual report to the governor showing all receipts and disbursements of the board; the number of arrivals and departures of vessels and their tonnage; the number of arrivals and departures of aircraft; the exports and imports passing through the port district; setting forth the general condition of the district and its buildings, structures, facilities, and other properties; and making such recommendations for the development and welfare of the district and its management as may seem advisable. A copy of this report shall be promptly published in a newspaper printed in the district.

Added by Acts 1964, No. 68, §1. Amended by Acts 1977, No. 431, §2.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:334.3 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 334.3
Powers of board; title to structures and facilities
Status: in_force

The said board shall have the power to regulate the commerce and traffic of said harbor and terminal district in such manner as may, in its judgment, be best for the public interest; it shall have and enjoy all the rights, privileges and immunities granted to corporations of Louisiana; it shall be empowered to own and have charge of, to administer, contract, operate and maintain wharves, warehouses, landings, docks, sheds, belt and connecting railroads, roads, streets, basins, locks, elevators and other structures and facilities necessary or proper for the use and development of the business of such district, including buildings and equipment for the accommodation of passengers and in the handling, storage, transportation and delivery of freight, express and mail; it may sell, lease or otherwise dispose of by suitable and appropriate contract, to any enterprise locating or existing within such district, a plant or industrial site, including buildings, wharves, appurtenances and other structures and facilities, either jointly, or severally; it may borrow from any person or corporation using or renting any facility of the district such sums as shall be necessary to improve the same and to erect and construct such improvements, and agree that the loan therefor shall be liquidated by deducting from the rent, dockage, wharfage or tollage charges payable for such property, a percentage thereof to be agreed on; it may maintain proper depth of water to accommodate the business of the district; it may provide mechanical facilities and equipment for use in connection with the wharves, sheds and other structures; it may provide lights, water and police protection for the district and for all harbor and terminal facilities situated therein; and, it may make reasonable charges and collect the same for the use of all structures, works and facilities administered by the board, and for any and all services rendered by the board; it may regulate, supervise and control the fees and charges to be made by privately owned wharves, docks, warehouses, elevators, and other facilities within the limits of the district where the same are offered for the benefit and use of the public.

Subject to the right of the board to sell, lease or otherwise dispose of same as set forth above, all buildings, railroads, wharves, elevators, and other structures, equipment and facilities herein referred to are declared to be works of public improvement and title thereto shall vest in the public.

Added by Acts 1956, No. 466, §1. Amended by Acts 1972, No. 109, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:1715 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 1715
Collection of taxes
Status: in_force

The provisions of the constitution and all laws regulating the collection of taxes and the creating of tax liens and mortgages, tax penalties and tax sales shall also apply to the collection of all taxes authorized by this Chapter. The sheriff and ex-officio tax collector of the parish of St. Bernard shall make a monthly settlement with the treasurer of the board of commissioners and receive from him a receipt for the amount of taxes paid over, in the same manner as tax collectors are required to settle with the auditor of the state. The tax collector shall receive from the treasurer the same quietus for a full settlement of taxes due and exigible in any given year and account for the delinquencies or deductions in the same manner as though accounting to the auditor of the state for state taxes. The tax collector shall retain from taxes collected by him for the district the commission thereon allowed him by law on special taxes and shall deposit the amount thereof with the parish treasurer to the credit of the sheriff's salary fund. Upon failure of the tax collector to comply with the provisions of this Chapter the board of commissioners shall proceed against him and the sureties on his official bond for the collection of whatever money may be owing to the board of commissioners for such special taxes.

Added by Acts 1960, No. 228, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:3418 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 3418
Defendant's answer; requirements; delay for filing
Status: in_force

Where property is expropriated pursuant to this Chapter any defendant may apply for a trial to determine the measure of compensation to which he is entitled, provided:

(1) He files an answer within one year from the date he is notified in writing by the department that it has finally accepted the construction of the river deepening project for which the property was expropriated; provided, he may file his answer prior to the date he is notified by the department.

(2) His answer sets forth the amount he claims, including the value of each parcel expropriated and the amount he claims as damages to the remainder of his property.

(3) His damage claim is reasonably itemized.

(4) His answer has a certificate thereon showing that a copy thereof has been served personally or by mail on all parties to the suit.

Acts 1987, No. 244, §1.

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La. Rev. Stat. § 34:1041 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 1041
Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in this Part, the following term have the meaning ascribed to them in this Section, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:

(1) "Board of examiners" means the Board of Examiners for New Orleans and Baton Rouge steamship pilots for the Mississippi River, established in R.S. 34:1042.

(2) "Pilot" means a New Orleans and Baton Rouge Steamship Pilot, as designated in R.S. 34:1043.

Amended by Acts 1988, No. 418, §1, eff. July 10, 1988; Acts 2015, No. 18, §1, eff. May 26, 2015.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:1403 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 1403
Rights and powers of commission
Status: in_force

A. The commission shall exercise the powers herein conferred upon it within the port area, consisting of the parish of Ouachita.

B. The commission may authorize a reasonable travel allowance for its members in the performance of their official duties. It may employ such officers, agents, and employees as it may find necessary in the performance of its duties and may prescribe their duties, powers, and compensation. The commission may contract for legal, financial, engineering, and other professional services necessary or expedient in the conduct of its affairs and may utilize the services of the other executive departments of the state, upon terms and conditions mutually agreeable.

C. The commission shall regulate the commerce and traffic within the port area in such a manner as in its judgment may be for the best interests of the state. It shall have charge of and administer public wharves, docks, sheds, and landings and may construct or acquire and equip wharves, landings, and other structures useful for the commerce of the port area and provide mechanical facilities therefor; erect sheds or other structures on the wharves and landings; maintain proper depths of water at the wharves and landings; provide light, water, police protection, and other services for its facilities; construct or acquire, maintain, and operate basins, locks, canals, warehouses, and elevators; charge for the use of all facilities it administers and for all services it renders such fees, rates, tariffs, or other charges as it may establish; establish harbor lines within the port area by agreement with the Corps of Engineers; and construct, own, operate, and maintain terminal rail facilities and other common carrier rail facilities for the purpose of rendering rail transportation to and from the facilities to be erected, owned, and operated by the commission in both intrastate and interstate commerce. Title to all property and improvements thereon operated by the commission shall vest in the commission. Nothing herein shall operate as a restriction upon the lawful use and development of private property within the port area for port purposes, including the construction and operation of grain elevators and docks appurtenant thereto.

D. The commission may charge a reasonable fee to each vessel arriving in the port area in ballast or carrying cargo of any kind. It may also charge for each copy of any certificate issued by it or by any of its officers or employees for inspecting hatches, surveying cargo, or making other surveys or inspections of vessels in the port area, but it shall furnish without charge to the master of each such vessel one copy of all surveys upon his vessel or cargo.

E. The commission may enter into contracts, leases, and other agreements with railroads, trucking companies, barge lines, and any other companies interested in the transportation, storage, and shipping of goods and other products, whether by rail, truck line, barge line, oceangoing vessels, or otherwise, for the use of all or any part or portion of the facilities administered by the commission for a period of time not exceeding forty years. However, no exclusive franchise shall be granted to any carrier.

Acts 1998, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 45, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:2476.3 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 2476.3
Revenue bonds for authorized functions and purposes
Status: in_force

In addition to other authorized methods of issuance of revenue bonds and as separate and distinct authority for the issuance of revenue bonds, in addition to any other procedures and authorization, the port is hereby authorized as follows:

(1) Revenue bonds may be issued by the port to accomplish any of the authorized public functions or purposes set forth in this Chapter. All such bonds shall be negotiable instruments and shall be solely the obligations of the port. Such bonds shall be authorized and issued by resolution adopted by a majority vote of the board of commissioners of the port and shall be of such series, bear such date or dates, mature at such time or times, bear interest at such rate or rates, be in such denominations, be in such form, either coupon or fully registered without coupons, carry such registration and exchangeability privileges, be payable at such place or places, be subject to such terms of redemption, and be entitled to such priorities on the income, revenue, and receipts of the port as such resolution may provide. The bonds shall be signed by such officers as the port shall determine and such signatures may be by facsimile.

(2) Such bonds shall be sold by the port in such manner as may be determined by the executive director with the approval of the commission to be most beneficial to the port and the port may pay all expenses and commissions which it may deem necessary or advantageous in connection with the issuance and sale of such bonds. Such bonds may in the discretion of the commission be additionally secured by a mortgage on all or any part of the projects acquired, constructed, extended, or improved with the proceeds thereof, and the commission shall have full discretion to make such provisions as it may see fit for the making and enforcement of such mortgage and provisions to be therein contained.

(3) The issuance and sale of such bonds by the port shall be approved by the State Bond Commission. At least seven days prior to the sale of such bonds by the port, the port shall cause to have published a notice of sale in a newspaper of general circulation in the parish of the location of the project. This notice of sale shall state if any proposals have been made for the purchase of the bonds and that other proposals will be considered and that the proposal most advantageous to the port will be accepted at the time of the sale. For a period of thirty days from the date of publication of the notice of sale, any person or persons with interest shall have the right to contest the legality of the notice of sale, resolution, or other proceeding authorizing the issuance of the bonds and the legality of the bond issue for any cause, after which time no one shall have any cause or right of action to contest the legality of such resolution or other proceedings or of the bonds authorized thereby for any cause whatsoever. If no suit, action, or proceedings are begun contesting the validity of the bonds within the thirty days herein prescribed, the port to issue the bonds and to provide for the payment thereof, the legality thereof, and of all of the provisions of the resolution or other proceedings authorizing the issuance of the bonds shall be conclusively presumed, and no court shall have authority to inquire into such matters.

(4) Such bonds shall have all the qualities of negotiable instruments under the commercial laws of the state of Louisiana. All such bonds shall be special and limited obligations of the port. In no event shall any such bonds constitute an obligation, either general or special, of the general credit of the port or of the state of Louisiana within the meaning of any constitutional or statutory provision whatsoever, and the bonds shall contain a recital to that effect.

Acts 2004, No. 307, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:3116 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 3116
Coordination and cooperation
Status: in_force

A. It is the policy of this chapter that the authority development program be pursued so that there is full coordination and cooperation between agencies and groups that have complementing or overlapping interests and the authority. It is not the policy of this chapter that the authority development program be pursued independently and with a view toward narrow, short-term interests.

B. The executive director shall take affirmative steps to fully coordinate all aspects of the authority development program with the secretary of the Department of Conservation and Energy or his designee charged with the development of the coastal zone management plan.

C. The executive director shall take affirmative steps to ensure that the authority development program is coordinated into the planning programs of other modes of transportation, to include rail, road, waterway, air, and pipeline, so that there is a long-term and orderly pursuit of transportation services in the coastal zone which are interrelated and coordinated so as to achieve the most efficient and economical transportation program that is feasible and that will be least destructive of other values in the state.

D. The executive director shall ensure that the appropriate federal agencies which are required by federal law to plan or regulate transportation facilities or programs are consulted regularly and are fully involved in the authority development program where appropriate.

Added by Acts 1974, No. 358, §13; Acts 2011, No. 207, §10(A); Acts 2023, No. 150, §9, eff. Jan. 10, 2024.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:851.33 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 851.33
Possession of outboard motor with serial number removed prohibited
Status: in_force

A. No person shall knowingly or intentionally possess an outboard motor or motorboat from which the manufacturer's supplied identification plates bearing the serial number or hull identification number have been removed or altered.

B. An outboard motor or motorboat described in Subsection A shall be considered contraband and shall be disposed of as provided for in R.S. 15:41(B).

C. Whoever violates this Section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars and cost of court.

Acts 1984, No. 288, §1; Acts 1987, No. 173, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:1866 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 1866
Rights and powers of the commission
Status: in_force

A. The commission may authorize a reasonable travel allowance for its members in the performance of their official duties. It may employ such officers, agents, and employees as it finds necessary in the performance of its duties, and it may prescribe the duties, powers, and compensation of such officers, agents, and employees. The commission on such terms as it agrees upon, may contract for legal, financial, engineering, and other professional services necessary or expedient in the conduct of its affairs and, on terms and conditions mutually agreeable, may utilize the services of the other executive departments of the state.

B. The commission shall regulate the commerce and traffic within such port area in such manner as may, in its judgment, be for the best interest of the state. It shall have charge of and administer public wharves, docks, sheds, and landings and may construct or acquire and equip wharves and landings and other structures useful for the commerce of the port area and provide mechanical facilities therefor. It shall also have authority to erect sheds or other structures on such wharves and landings; to maintain proper depths of water at all such wharves and landings; to provide light, water, police protection, and other services for its facilities as it may deem advisable; to construct or acquire, maintain, and operate basins, locks, canals, warehouses, and elevators; to charge for the use of all facilities administered by it and for all services rendered by it such fees, rates, tariffs, or other charges as it may establish; to establish harbor lines within the port area by agreement with the United States Corps of Engineers; and to construct, own, operate, and maintain terminal rail facilities and other common carrier rail facilities for the purpose of rendering rail transportation to and from the facilities to be erected, owned, and operated by the commission in both intrastate and interstate commerce.

C. The commission may charge a reasonable fee to each vessel arriving in the port area in ballast or carrying cargo of any kind. It may also charge for each copy of any certificate issued by any of its officers or employees for inspecting hatches, surveying cargo, or making other surveys or inspections of vessels in the port area, but shall furnish, without charge, to the master of each such vessel one copy of all surveys upon his vessel or cargo.

D. The commission may make and enter into contracts, leases, and other agreements with railroads, trucking companies, barge lines, and with any and all companies interested in the transportation, storage, and shipping of goods and other products, whether by rail, truck line, barge line, oceangoing vessels, or otherwise for the use of facilities administered by the commission or any part or portion thereof for a period of time not exceeding forty years. However, no exclusive franchise shall be granted to any carrier.

Acts 1998, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 67, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:852.22 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 852.22
Violations; penalties
Status: in_force

Any person found in violation of this Part shall be fined not less than five hundred dollars but no more than one thousand dollars, imprisoned for not more than thirty days, or both, for each violation.

Acts 2007, No. 319, §2, eff. July 1, 2008; H.C.R. No. 25, 2008 R.S., eff. May 28, 2008.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:3461 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 3461
Audit of distribution to recipient port authorities
Status: in_force

The state monies distributed to the recipient authorities and the local matching funds shall be audited by the legislative auditor or a certified public accountant at least biennially pursuant to R.S. 24:513(A) and shall issue and distribute all audit reports pursuant to R.S. 24:516(A). To the extent that funds available to the legislative auditor permit, the audits of each recipient port authority of the use of the monies shall include an investigation of any failure to comply with the recommendations for planning, design, and construction adopted by the department. The recipient port authority shall certify annually to the legislative auditor that the funds made available under this Chapter have been expended in accordance with the standards established by law.

Acts 1989, No. 452, §1, eff. June 30, 1989.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:852.19 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 852.19
Adoption of rules and regulations
Status: in_force

The department shall adopt the necessary rules and regulations to implement the provisions of this Part.

Acts 2007, No. 319, §2, eff. July 1, 2008; H.C.R. No. 25, 2008 R.S., eff. May 28, 2008.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:3455 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 3455
Projects undertaken by the department
Status: in_force

A. After adoption of the department's recommendations by the joint committee, the approved list of projects shall be forwarded to the department for implementation. The approved list shall be implemented by the department by the use of funds appropriated, funding obligation authority, or pursuant to the cash management program as provided by R.S. 48:251(D). Funding or funding obligation authority shall be allocated to projects in accordance with the prioritized list of projects approved by the joint committee. Funding obligation authority may be granted or authorized for a project from funds appropriated or obligated for another project or projects within the Port Priority Construction and Development Program provided that such authority does not impede such project or projects. Such funding obligation authority shall be extinguished for a project at such time as funds are made available for obligation for the project. The department shall not delete, add, or substitute any projects for those approved by the joint committee, except as provided in R.S. 34:3456; however, the secretary of the department may, at his discretion, authorize projects to be undertaken and financed due to an emergency out of the secretary's emergency fund.

B. No port project shall be undertaken by the department except those included in the approved program listing which are funded or which have funding obligation authority for that fiscal year with the exception of projects undertaken and financed out of the secretary's emergency fund.

Acts 1989, No. 452, §1, eff. June 30, 1989; Acts 1998, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 64, §2, eff. July 1, 1998; Acts 1998, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 161, §1, eff. May 7, 1998; Acts 2006, No. 18, §1, eff. May 4, 2006.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:2282 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 2282
Governing authority
Status: in_force

A. The Tensas Parish Port Commission, hereinafter referred to as "the commission," is hereby created and established as the governing authority of the district. The commission shall be composed or seven commissioners, who shall be appointed and shall serve for terms as follows:

(1) Three of the commissioners shall be appointed by the governing authority of the Parish of Tensas;

(2) Three of the commissioners shall be appointed, one each, by the governing authority of each of the incorporated municipalities in the Parish of Tensas on the effective date of this Chapter;

(3) One commissioner shall be elected by the above mentioned members of the commission.

The commissioner initially appointed by the members of the commission and one of the three commissioners initially appointed by the governing authority of the Parish of Tensas, and one of the commissioners initially appointed by the governing authorities of the incorporated municipalities within the parish, shall be appointed to serve for a term of two years. One of the three commissioners initially appointed by the governing authority of the parish of Tensas, and one of the three commissioners initially appointed by the governing authorities of the incorporated municipalities within the parish shall serve for four years. The remaining commissioners shall be initially appointed to serve for a term of six years. The initial terms of the three members appointed by the governing authorities of the incorporated municipalities in the parish, as stated in this Paragraph, shall be determined by lot. Thereafter, the successors to each of the seven commissioners shall be appointed to serve for terms of six years.

B. Each commissioner shall be a citizen of the United States, a qualified voter and taxpayer of the State of Louisiana and a resident of the Parish of Tensas.

C. In the event any commissioner ceases to be a commissioner for any reason, his successor shall be appointed in the same manner as the original appointment and shall serve for the remainder of the unexpired term of the outgoing commissioner.

D. The commissioners shall serve without compensation, but the commission may authorize a reasonable travel allowance for the commissioners in the performance of their official duties.

E. The commission shall elect from among its membership a chairman and a vice-chairman. It may also select from among its membership or otherwise a secretary and a treasurer, whose respective duties shall be prescribed by the commission. At the option of the commission, the offices of secretary and treasurer may be held by the same person.

F. The commission shall meet in regular session, once each month, and shall also meet in special session at the call of the chairman of the commission, or on the written request of three commissioners. The commission shall prescribe rules to govern its meetings and shall fix the place at which meetings shall be held. A majority of the commissioners shall constitute a quorum, and all action or resolutions of the commission, to be valid, must be approved by the affirmative vote of not less than a majority of the entire membership of the commission.

Added by Acts 1964, Ex.Sess., No. 11, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:1052 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 1052
Employing pilot without a commission; liability of vessel, master, and owner
Status: in_force

When a vessel, subject to the pilot charges prescribed in R.S. 34:1048, employs as a pilot a person who is not a commissioned New Orleans and Baton Rouge steamship pilot, when such a pilot offers his services, the vessel, her captain and owners shall be liable for a civil penalty of and shall forfeit to the state of Louisiana the sum of fifteen thousand dollars, with privilege on the vessel, to be recovered before any court of competent jurisdiction. An action for forfeiture under this Section may be brought by the attorney general of the state of Louisiana or by the New Orleans and Baton Rouge Steamship Pilot Association. If a judgment is obtained hereunder, the court shall include in its judgment a reasonable attorney's fee as may be determined by the court.

Added by Acts 1983, No. 331, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:2477 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 2477
Transitional
Status: in_force

R.S. 34:2471 through 2476 shall be construed as continuations of and as substitutes for the provisions of Article VI, Section 33.1 of the Louisiana Constitution of 1921 and not as new enactments, and shall be amended or repealed only in accordance with Article VI, Section 43 of the Louisiana Constitution of 1974.

Acts 1975, No. 65, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:5204 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 5204
Levy of taxes
Status: in_force

A. For any of the purposes within the authority delegated to the district or the commission, the commission is hereby authorized to levy annually an ad valorem tax not to exceed three mills on the dollar on the property subject to ad valorem property tax situated in the district, when authorized by a majority of the voters in the district qualified to vote under the constitution and laws of this state, who vote at an election held for that purpose. Such election shall be called under the conditions and be conducted in the manner prescribed by the provisions of R.S. 39:551 et seq.

B.(1) For any of the purposes within the authority delegated to the district or the commission, the commission is hereby authorized to levy annually a sales and use tax on goods and property within the territorial limits or territorial jurisdiction of the district, provided that any taxes levied by the commission may not exceed the limitation set forth by Article VI, Section 29(A) of the Constitution of Louisiana and shall be imposed, collected, and enforced subject to the terms of the resolution imposing the tax and the provisions of R.S. 47:337.1 et seq.

(2) Any taxes or assessments of any type to be levied by the district shall be levied only after the commission has adopted an appropriate resolution giving notice of its intention to levy such taxes or assessments, which resolution shall include a general description of the taxes or assessments to be levied, and notice of this intention shall be published once a week for two weeks in the official journal of the district, the first publication to appear at least fourteen days before the public meeting of the commission at which the commission shall meet in an open and public session to hear any objections to the proposed taxes or assessments. The notice of intent so published shall state the date, time, and place of the public hearing. Such taxes or assessments may be levied only after the commission has called a special election submitting the proposition for the levy of such taxes or assessments to the qualified electors of the district, and the proposition has received the favorable vote of a majority of the electors voting in the election; however, in the event there are no qualified electors in the district, no such election shall be required. The powers and rights conferred by this Section shall be in addition to the powers and rights conferred by any other general or special law. This Section does and shall be construed to provide a complete and additional method for the levy of any taxes or assessments. No election, proceeding, notice, or approval shall be required for the levy of such taxes or assessments except as provided herein.

Acts 2016, No. 331, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2017.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:864 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 864
Certificate of discharge; master's duty to give
Status: in_force

The master of every vessel arriving at any port shall give to every person shipped on board such vessel, who is entitled to his discharge, or who is discharged there, a certificate in the following form:

"A.B., one of the crew of the ship or vessel called the ________ of __________ on her voyage from ________ to ________ is hereby discharged.

Dated _____ of _______ in the year of ______

(Signed,)

C.D., Commanding said vessel."
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:3157 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 3157
Advertisement; R.S. 43:111 not to apply
Status: in_force

The prohibition, contained in R.S. 43:111, against advertising in any newspaper, book, pamphlet or periodical, shall not apply to the Natchitoches Parish Port Commission in carrying out its functions and duties under the constitution and laws of this state.

Added by Acts 1975, No. 40, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:401 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 401
General application of provisions
Status: in_force

The provisions of this Part shall apply to all navigation districts created or which may hereafter be created by the legislature.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:1073 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 1073
Body of pilots; name; duty
Status: in_force

There shall be a body of pilots to be known as the Associated Branch Pilots for the Port of Lake Charles whose duty it shall be to pilot seagoing vessels within the state of Louisiana, on all navigable streams, canals, channels, rivers, and boundary waters within the Intracoastal Canal, Calcasieu, and Sabine Rivers, and across the bars and passes, except that this Section shall not apply to the pilotage of vessels or ships for entrance of and upon the Mississippi River or any other waterway connecting the port of New Orleans or any other port on the Mississippi River with the Gulf of Mexico.

Amended by Acts 1954, No. 525, §2; Acts 2004, No. 902, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2005.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:851.37 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 851.37
Special certificate agents; rules and regulations
Status: in_force

A.(1) The Department of Wildlife and Fisheries may establish a system of special certificate agents.

(2) The special certificate agents may do the following:

(a) Collect the certificate of number and other registration fees authorized by this Chapter, as well as applicable sales and use taxes, and issue registration certificates and decals to motorboats or sailboats.

(b) Receive and process applications filed for certificates of number and other registration certificates, duplicate registration certificates, renewals of registration, and registration of a homemade boat.

(c) Contract with the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries for the administration of an electronic media system to permit the voluntary recording of motorboat or sailboat registration information.

(d) Receive and process applications filed for commercial fisherman's licenses, issue commercial fisherman's licenses, and may collect the license fees authorized by R.S. 56:303.

(3) In accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act, the secretary shall develop and publish rules and regulations for the following:

(a) Implementation and governing of a system of special certificate agents.

(b) Requirement that special certificate agents other than municipal and parish governing authorities must furnish security for the faithful performance of their duties as follows:

(i) Each special certificate agent other than a municipal or parish governing authority shall execute a good and sufficient surety bond with a surety company qualified to do business in Louisiana as surety. The bond shall be for a sum of not less than ten thousand dollars nor more than one hundred thousand dollars as determined by the secretary. The bond shall name the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries as obligee and shall be subject to the condition that, if such special certificate agent shall, throughout the entire term of the bond, timely file with the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries all applications delivered to such special certificate agent for filing and remit all fees and taxes collected by such special certificate agent, then the obligation of the surety shall be void. If the special certificate agent does not do so, then the obligation of the surety shall remain in full force and effect. A special certificate agent having multiple locations need furnish only a single bond for a sum of not less than ten thousand dollars nor more than one hundred thousand dollars as determined by the secretary in addition to any other bonds required by law.

(ii) The surety bond furnished pursuant to this Subparagraph shall be delivered to the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries.

(4) The secretary may enter into contracts with special certificate agents other than municipal and parish governing authorities. The contracts shall state the required procedures for the implementation of this Section. Such contracts may terminate upon violation of any of the provisions of this Section or as determined by rules and regulations issued pursuant thereto.

(5) No elected state official or employee of the state shall be allowed to become a special certificate agent.

B. The system of special certificate agents shall be in addition to the offices of the secretary delegated to collect the certificate of number and other registration certificate fees, and to issue the commercial fisherman's license.

C. Special certificate agents shall be authorized by contract to collect a convenience fee in addition to the registration certificate fees or commercial license fees. The convenience fee shall not exceed twelve dollars per certificate or license, and the special certificate agents shall retain the full amount of the collected convenience fee.

Acts 2005, No. 133, §1, eff. June 22, 2005.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:3151 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 3151
Creation of Natchitoches Parish Port Commission
Status: in_force

There is hereby created a commission to be known as the Natchitoches Parish Port Commission, which shall be composed of five members who shall serve without compensation and who shall be appointed as follows:

(1) Two commissioners appointed by the governing authority of the city of Natchitoches.

(2) Two commissioners appointed by the police jury of the parish of Natchitoches.

(3) One commissioner shall be appointed directly by the governor of Louisiana.

One of the commissioners appointed by the governing authority of the city of Natchitoches and one of the commissioners appointed by the police jury of the parish of Natchitoches shall serve for two years, the other commissioners appointed by the governing authority of the city of Natchitoches and the police jury of the parish of Natchitoches shall serve for four years, and the commissioner appointed directly by the governor shall serve for a term of six years. Thereafter, the successors to each of such commissioners shall be appointed for terms of six years.

Any vacancy on the commission for any reason shall be filled in the same manner as the original appointments and for the unexpired term of office. Each commissioner shall be a citizen of the United States, and a qualified voter and a taxpayer of the state of Louisiana.

Added by Acts 1975, No. 40, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:1226 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 1226
Right to expropriate
Status: in_force

The Greater Baton Rouge Port Commission may acquire by expropriation in accordance with the expropriation law of the State of Louisiana any wharves, landings or any other properties necessary for the benefit and advantage of the commerce of the said commission.

Acts 1952, No. 10, §6.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:1134 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 1134
Meetings; quorum
Status: in_force

A. The board shall meet at least twice per year, at a place of its choosing, and at other such times and places as it may determine. Five members of the board shall constitute a quorum. A decision by a vote of a majority of the members of the board present shall constitute the decision of the board.

B. The governor shall appoint members and convene the first meeting of the board on or before March 1, 2005.

C. At the first meeting and annually thereafter, the board shall elect a chairman and such other officers of the board as they may determine necessary and appropriate for the administration, implementation, and enforcement of this Part.

Acts 2004, No. 902, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2005; Acts 2022, No. 396, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:3266 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 3266
Bylaws, rules and regulations; quorum; proxy
Status: in_force

The commission shall adopt such bylaws, rules and regulations as it may deem necessary for its own government and the conduct of its business, including the terms of its officers, not in conflict with this Chapter. A quorum for the transaction of business at meetings shall consist of not less than three members. With reference to salaries and compensation of employees, per diem and travel allowance of members, the incurring of funded, general or bonded debt and the levy of taxes, the affirmative vote of three members shall be necessary. Vote by proxy shall not be permitted.

Added by Acts 1982, No. 391, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:817 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 817
Waiver of provisions
Status: in_force

None of the provisions of this Sub-part shall be deemed to be jurisdictional so as to require compliance therewith where the parties to the litigation herein provided for shall waive such provisions in writing.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:1714 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 1714
Annual taxes
Status: in_force

The board shall levy annually the taxes as provided herein on all property situated within the district under the same methods, terms and conditions and at the same time as state and parish taxes are levied, assessed and collected; these taxes shall be secured by the same lien upon the property subject to taxation within the district as taxes for state and parish purposes; the property subject to any taxes within the district shall be sold for failure to pay the same in the same manner as property is sold for delinquent state, parish and other taxes.

Added by Acts 1960, No. 228, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:1864 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 1864
Transitional provisions
Status: in_force

All lands and rights of way or servitudes and revenues therefrom within the hereinabove described district belonging to the Concordia Port Commission on the effective date of this Act are hereby granted, conveyed, transferred, and delivered to the Vidalia Port Commission without the necessity of any other act, deed, or instrument of transfer. To evidence the conveyance, an act of transfer shall be executed between the Concordia Port Commission and the Vidalia Port Commission within thirty days of the effective date of this Act.

Added by Acts 1981, Ex.Sess., No. 10, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:1959.1 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 1959.1
Ad valorem taxes; special taxes; special election
Status: in_force

A. The commission shall not levy any tax, whether ad valorem or special, unless authorized to do so and unless the levy, maximum rate, and maximum duration of the tax is approved by a majority of the qualified electors voting on the proposition at an election held for that purpose and conducted in accordance with the Louisiana Election Code. The commission may call an election for such purpose.

B. The South Tangipahoa Parish Port Commission shall cease, on July 1, 2003, to levy and collect all taxes, whether ad valorem or special, except taxes pledged to the repayment of bonds or other debt, that have not been authorized by a majority of the qualified electors of the district voting in an election held for that purpose. No taxes, other than those so pledged, shall be owed, and the commission shall not collect taxes for the 2003 tax year. No special election shall be necessary to repeal the levy of such taxes.

Acts 2003, No. 884, §§1 and 2, eff. July 1, 2003.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:851.3 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 851.3
Application and justification
Status: in_force

The provisions of this Part shall be applicable to all watercraft operating on all of the waterways of this state. The provisions of this Part shall be construed to supplement federal laws and regulations when not expressly inconsistent therewith on all waterways where such federal laws and regulations are applicable.

Acts 1960, No. 43, §3. Acts 1984, No. 288, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:3227 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 3227
Contracts; bids; bond
Status: in_force

Whenever any work is to be let by contract under the provisions of this Part the price of which is to exceed two thousand five hundred dollars on materials and five thousand dollars for materials and labor, the board of commissioners shall proceed to provide through its engineering department proper specifications for the work and thereafter the board shall advertise for bids for the performance of such work according to the plans and specifications as prepared. These advertisements shall appear not less than three times during a period of fifteen days in a newspaper published in the parish of Acadia, and in any other paper, or papers, that may be selected by the board. The advertisements shall state the place where the bids will be received, the time and place where they will be opened and a general outline of the work to be performed. Every bid shall be accompanied by a certified check of the bidder in an amount equal to five percent of the amount of the bid which check shall be forfeited to the board should the bidder, to whom such contract is awarded, fail to enter into the contract within ten days after written notice so to do is given by the board. The checks of all unsuccessful bidders shall be returned after the contract is awarded. All bids submitted shall be sealed and addressed to the board of commissioners and shall be publicly opened and read at the time stated in the advertisement. The board may reject any and all bids, but whenever a contract is awarded, unless for cause, it shall be awarded to the lowest responsible bidder. The board may also execute the work with its own force and equipment under its own supervision.

When contracts are let to others, however, the bidders shall be required to furnish bond of a surety company authorized to do business in Louisiana or other good and solvent surety to the satisfaction of the board in an amount equal to one-half of the amount of the contract, conditioned that the work shall be performed in accordance with the plans and specifications and the terms of the contract, and containing any other stipulations, provisions and covenants that may be required by the board. The awarding of a contract to a successful bidder shall be binding upon both parties even though for some cause the actual contract cannot be signed.

Added by Acts 1976, No. 196, §1. Amended by Acts 1977, No. 468, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:868 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 868
Innkeepers harboring or concealing deserters; penalty
Status: in_force

If the keeper of any tavern, lodging or boarding house, knowingly receives, harbors, lodges, or conceals any deserter from any merchant vessel, he shall, on conviction, pay a fine of one hundred dollars, or be imprisoned not exceeding thirty days.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:1958 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 1958
Refunding bonds; issuance
Status: in_force

Bonds may be issued under authority of this chapter or under authority of any other applicable law for the purpose of refunding all or any part of bonds heretofore or hereafter issued by the commission. The refunding bonds may run for not longer than forty years and may bear interest at not to exceed eight percent per annum, but in all other respects shall have such details and the proceedings authorizing the bonds may contain such provisions as may be determined by the commission, including, but without limitation, provisions as to denomination, maturities, places of payment, registration, convertibility into bonds of other denominations, method of sale and delivery, manner of execution, reservation of options to redeem prior to maturity, and covenants for the security and better marketability of the bonds. Any refunding bonds so issued may be exchanged for the bonds to be refunded or may be sold in such manner as may be determined by the commission or may be sold in part and exchanged in part. If sold, the proceeds thereof may be applied to the payment of the bonds refunded or, as to such bonds as are not yet maturing or redeemable or voluntarily surrendered by the holders thereof, such proceeds may be deposited in escrow to be held until such time as the bonds to be refunded become available for payment, and during such period of escrow may be invested in direct obligations fully guaranteed by the United States of America, in which case such obligations must mature or be payable in advance of maturity at the option of the holder in such manner and must bear interest at such rates as to provide funds which, together with any uninvested money placed in the escrow, will be sufficient to pay when due or called for redemption the bonds refunded, together with interest thereof accrued and to accrue and redemption premiums, if any, and such refunding bonds proceeds or obligations so purchased therewith which, with other funds legally available to the commission for such purpose, may be deposited in escrow with a banking corporation or association doing business in Louisiana which is a member of Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any successor thereof.

There may be included in the refunding bonds so issued bonds in an amount sufficient to pay interest accrued on the bonds refunded, any redemption premiums to be paid thereon, and expenses to be reasonably incurred in connection with the refunding. Such refunding bonds may be made payable from any or all taxes and other revenues which were or could have been pledged to the payment of the bonds refunded.

Added by Acts 1968, No. 4, §5. Amended by Acts 1970, No. 228, §1, emerg. eff. July 2, 1970, at 1:05 P.M.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:3161 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 3161
Special taxes; assessment; collection
Status: in_force

A. The commission shall have authority, when authorized so to do by a vote of a majority of the electors residing in the port area qualified to vote and voting at an election for such purpose in accordance with law, to levy annually on all property situated within the port area, subject to taxation, an ad valorem tax not to exceed two and one-half mills on the dollar. Upon its own initiative the commission may call a special election and submit to the qualified electors of the port area the question of authorizing the levy of such a tax. The commission shall call such a special election when requested so to do by petition in writing signed by one-fourth of the qualified electors eligible to vote at such election. These special taxes shall be levied, assessed and collected on the property within the port area under the same methods, terms, and conditions and at the same time as state and parish taxes are levied, assessed, and collected. These taxes shall be secured by the same liens upon the property subject to taxation within the port area as apply to taxes for state and parish purposes, and the property subject to any taxes within the port area shall be sold for failure to pay the same in the manner as property is sold for delinquent state, parish, and other taxes under the laws of the state.

B. The provisions of the constitution and all laws regulating the collection of taxes, the creating of tax liens and mortgages, tax penalties and tax sales also shall apply to the collection of all taxes authorized by this Section. The sheriffs and ex officio tax collectors for the parishes of Caddo and Bossier shall make a monthly settlement with the treasurer of the commission and receive from him a receipt for the amount of the taxes paid over in the same manner as tax collectors are required to settle with the state. The tax collector shall receive from the treasurer the same quietus for a full settlement of taxes due and exigible in any given year and account for the delinquents or deductions in the same manner as though accounting to the state for state taxes. The sheriff and ex officio tax collector shall retain from all taxes collected by him for the port area the same commission allowed thereon to him by law on special taxes and shall deposit the amount thereof with the parish treasurer to the credit of the sheriff's salary fund. Upon the failure of the tax collector to comply with the provisions of this Section, the commission shall proceed against him and the sureties on his official bond for the collection of whatever money may be owing to the commission for such special taxes.

Added by Acts 1975, No. 66, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:333.6 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 333.6
Acquisition of lands; public aid
Status: in_force

The board is authorized to acquire by purchase, donation, expropriation, or otherwise any lands in the district needed for railways, wharves, sheds, buildings, canals, channels and other facilities required for the operation of the board and to be owned and operated by the board. The board may also provide that payment for such lands be made out of the funds under its control not otherwise specifically appropriated.

The board is further authorized to receive by gift, grant, donation or otherwise, any sum of money, aid or assistance from the United States, the State of Louisiana, or any of the political subdivisions thereof, for the purpose of carrying out the objects and purposes of this Part.

Acts 1954, No. 253, §6.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:852.14 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 852.14
Transfer or repossession of vessel or outboard motor by operation of law or court order
Status: in_force

A. In the event of a transfer by operation of law or order of a court of the title or interest of an owner in a vessel or outboard motor titled under the provisions of this Part, the transferee or the transferee's legal representative shall make application to the department for a certificate of title within sixty days of the transfer. The application shall be accompanied by the title previously issued, if available, or an original or authentic copy of the legal transfer document, together with such instruments or documents of authority, or copies thereof, satisfactory to the department as proof of ownership, and the required fee.

B. For purposes of this Part, transfer by operation of law or order of a court shall include transfers to anyone as legatee or distributee or as surviving joint owner or by an order in bankruptcy or insolvency, execution sale, repossession upon default in the performance of the terms of a lease or executory sales contract, or transfers pursuant to any written agreement ratified or incorporated in a decree or order of a court of record, or otherwise than by the voluntary act of the person whose title or interest is so transferred.

C. The provisions of this Section shall not apply to vessel or outboard motor dealers and supervised financial organizations or licensed lenders as defined in R.S. 9:3516, when they acquire or dispose of such vessels or outboard motors in connection with enforcement of any security interest held therein.

Acts 2007, No. 319, §2, eff. July 1, 2008; H.C.R. No. 25, 2008 R.S., eff. May 28, 2008; Acts 2009, No. 508, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 2011.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:3275 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 3275
Pledge of state
Status: in_force

The state of Louisiana hereby pledges to and agrees with the holders of bonds issued by the commission under the provisions of this Chapter, that it will not limit or impair the rights hereby vested in the commission until all such bonds at any time issued, together with the interest thereon, are fully paid and discharged.

Added by Acts 1982, No. 391, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:960 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 960
Pilot's duty to exhibit license
Status: in_force

Whoever offers to pilot a ship or other vessel shall, if required, exhibit to the commander thereof his identification card as a bar pilot, attested to by the chairman of the board of examiners; and if he refuses or neglects to do so, he shall not be entitled to any remuneration for any services he may render as pilot.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:382 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 382
Areas requiring facility; connection to public road
Status: in_force

Publicly owned access sites consisting of at least one boat launching ramp and one parking area shall be constructed or provided where the tracts of land are comprised of at least five acres and shall be located on the shoreline of the new lake, adjacent to public roads or connected to a public road by right of way acquired for public use.

Acts 1968, No. 652, §2.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:247 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 247
Construction of works of public improvement
Status: in_force

The board is authorized to make and construct any of the works of public improvements in the district and anything in connection therewith that may be necessary or useful for the business of the board; to purchase machinery or materials and equipment for performing such work, and to supervise the making of the same, or to make and construct such works through contracts with others and, generally, to do all other acts necessary or proper to carry out the powers vested in it with regard to such works of public improvement.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:1359 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 1359
Collection of taxes
Status: in_force

The provisions of the constitution and all laws regulating the collection of taxes and the creating of tax liens and mortgages, tax penalties and tax sales shall also apply to the collection of all taxes authorized by this Chapter. The sheriff and ex officio tax collector of the parish of Plaquemines shall make a monthly settlement with the treasurer of the district governing authority and receive from him a receipt for the amount of taxes paid over, in the same manner as tax collectors are required to settle with the auditor of the state. The tax collector shall receive from the treasurer the same quietus for a full settlement of taxes due and exigible in any given year and account for the delinquencies or deductions in the same manner as though accounting to the auditor of the state for state taxes. The tax collector shall retain from taxes collected by him for the district the commission thereon allowed him by law on special taxes and shall deposit the amount thereof with the parish treasurer to the credit of the sheriff's salary fund. Upon failure of the tax collector to comply with the provisions of this chapter the district shall proceed against him and the sureties on his official bond for the collection of whatever money may be owing to the district for such special taxes.

Added by Acts 1954, No. 567, §1. Amended by Acts 1970, No. 373, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1971; Acts 1970, No. 503, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1971.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:299 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 299
Fees and ad valorem tax; borrowing money
Status: in_force

A. The board may charge a reasonable fee to each vessel arriving in ballast or carrying cargo of any kind. It may also charge for each copy of any certificate issued by it or its deputies for inspecting hatches, surveying cargoes and the like. The master of each vessel shall, however, be furnished free one copy of all surveys upon his vessel or cargo.

B. The board may, when necessary, levy annually an ad valorem tax not to exceed two and one-half mills on the dollar of the property subject to taxation situated in the district. All funds derived under this section may be used for any expenses or purposes of the board.

C. The board shall likewise have the right to borrow money, from time to time, and to issue certificates of indebtedness therefor to be secured by dedication and pledge of the revenues from (1) any fees authorized under this part, (2) any taxes authorized under this section; provided that the term of any such loan shall not exceed fifteen years and the amount thereof shall not exceed that portion of the anticipated revenues authorized to be dedicated and pledged to the payment thereof.

Amended by Acts 1973, No. 97, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:2101 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 2101
Creation of the West Calcasieu Port
Status: in_force

A. There is hereby created a district to be known as the West Calcasieu Port, which district shall be governed by a board of commissioners composed of five members, who shall be citizens of the United States and of the state of Louisiana, and who shall be domiciled in and residents of the district during their terms of office, and who shall be appointed to their terms of office, as follows:

(1) One of the commissioners shall be appointed by the mayor, subject to approval of the city council of the city of Sulphur.

(2) One of the commissioners shall be appointed by the city council of the city of Sulphur.

(3) Three of the commissioners shall be appointed by the police jurors serving Ward Four of Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana, as follows: one appointed by the police jurors of Ward Four of Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana, which member shall reside in the unincorporated area of the parish within the district, one from a list of three nominees submitted by the Lake Charles General Trade Council, and one from a list of three nominees submitted by the West Calcasieu Association of Commerce.

B. The commissioners, and their successors, shall serve terms of five years each.

C.(1) Except as otherwise provided by law, any vacancy in the commission caused by death, resignation, moving out of the district, expiration of a term of office, or any other cause shall be filled by the respective authority that filled the original appointment for the office vacated or expired.

(2) Concerning any vacancy occurring in the positions filled by nomination by the Lake Charles General Trade Council or the West Calcasieu Association of Commerce, the respective nominating organization shall submit its list of nominees within thirty days after being notified of the vacancy. Thereafter the appointing authority shall designate the successor to the vacancy within thirty days after receipt of the list of nominees. If the appointing authority fails to act within thirty days after the receipt of the list of nominees from the respective nominating organization, the respective nominating organization shall appoint from the list of nominees previously submitted to the appointing authority, a member to the board for the balance of the unexpired term or for the full term in the case of the filling of an unexpired term.

D. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section, the members serving on the board whose terms expire in October, 1987, October, 1988, and October, 1989, shall be succeeded at the end of their terms or upon the occurrence of any vacancy by the appointee of the Calcasieu Parish police jurors of Ward Four. The member serving on the board of commissioners on September 1, 1987, whose term expires in October, 1990, shall be succeeded at the end of his term or upon the occurrence of any vacancy by the appointee of the city council of the city of Sulphur. The member serving on the board of commissioners on September 1, 1987, whose term expires in October, 1991, shall be succeeded at the end of his term or upon the occurrence of any vacancy by the appointee of the mayor of the city of Sulphur.

Added by Acts 1964, No. 68, §1. Amended by Acts 1975, No. 238, §1; Acts 1977, No. 431, §1; Acts 1986, No. 472, §1; Acts 1987, No. 754, §1; Acts 2004, No. 119, §1.

NOTE: See Acts 1986, No. 472, §§2 and 3.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:2036 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 2036
No conflict
Status: in_force

While the economic and industrial inducement powers and provisions of this Chapter are intended to be broadly interpreted to allow the commission to promote and provide for economic development throughout the geographical limits of Jefferson Parish, the powers of the commission under this Chapter are not intended to nor should they be construed to conflict in any way with the rights and powers of the board of commissioners of the Port of New Orleans as set forth in R.S. 34:1 et seq. to regulate the maritime commerce and traffic on the navigable waterways of the port and harbor of New Orleans having a depth exceeding fifteen feet mean low gulf (MLG) as determined by the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey.

Acts 2003, No. 887, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:1225 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 1225
Prescriptive period
Status: in_force

For a period of sixty days from the date of the adoption of any resolution of the commission authorizing the issuance of its bonds or notes, any person interested may test the legality of said resolution and the validity of said bonds or notes issued or proposed to be issued thereunder, after which time no one shall have any cause of action to contest the regularity, formality or legality of said resolution or to draw in question the legality of said bonds or notes or the debt represented thereby for any cause whatever, and it shall be conclusively presumed that every legal requirement has been complied with, and no court shall have authority to inquire into such matters after the lapse of said sixty days.

Any bonds issued in accordance with the provisions of this Chapter shall be sold to the highest bidder, at a public sale, for not less than par and interest, after advertisement at least once a week, for not less than thirty days by the commission in Baton Rouge, Chicago, New York, and such other places as the commission may determine, reserving to the commission the right to reject any and all bids, and the right to readvertise for new bids. If after advertisement as hereinabove provided, no bids are received, or if such bids as are received are considered in the discretion of the commission to be unsatisfactory, then in that event the commission may publicly negotiate for the sale of such bonds.

Acts 1952, No. 10, §5.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:464 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 464
Board of commissioners; appointment and qualification of members
Status: in_force

A. The Jennings Navigation District of Louisiana shall be governed, and its affairs managed and controlled by a board of commissioners composed of five members, all of whom shall be qualified electors, domiciled in the district. They shall be chosen as follows: the police jury of the parish of Jefferson Davis shall elect, in such manner as it may determine, five citizens thereof possessing the requisite qualifications to serve as members of the board of commissioners. One of the commissioners shall be appointed for a term of two years, two for four years, and two for six years. At the expiration of their respective terms of office their successors shall be appointed by the police jury of the parish of Jefferson Davis for a period of six years each.

B. Any vacancy occurring during a term shall be filled by the Jefferson Davis Parish Police Jury for the remainder of the unexpired term.

C. The commissioners shall serve without compensation and shall have the power to organize and reorganize legal, executive, engineering, clerical and other departments and forces of said board and to fix the duties, powers and compensation of all officers, agents and employees under said board. They shall be entitled to receive all necessary expenses incurred in attending meetings of the board or while attending to the business of the board. In the event the secretary should be also a commissioner of the district, he shall be paid a salary for his services to be fixed by the board.

Amended by Acts 1966, No. 446, §1; Acts 1978, No. 56, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:216 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 216
Authority for issuance of bonds
Status: in_force

The board of commissioners, as governing authority of the Lake Charles Harbor and Terminal District, is authorized to incur debt for its lawful purposes and to issue in its name, negotiable bonds or notes therefor, and to pledge for the payment of the principal and interest of such negotiable bonds or notes all or any part of the revenues derived from the operation of properties and facilities maintained and operated by it, and all other revenues received by the board of commissioners from other sources; provided, however, that the amount of such bonds and notes outstanding at any one time shall not exceed one hundred million dollars. Such bonds shall be issued by the board of commissioners with such dates, forms, terms, series, interest rates not to exceed eight percent per annum, maturities, denominations, redemption, registration and convertibility provisions and security provisions as the board of commissioners may determine in compliance with the constitution and laws of the state of Louisiana, as herein amended, and the board of commissioners shall have complete authority to incur debt and issue bonds of each type and in every manner provided by these laws. The board of commissioners is further authorized to receive by gift, grant, donation or otherwise, any sum of money, aid or assistance from the United States, the state of Louisiana, or any political subdivision thereof, and unless otherwise provided by the terms of such gift, grant, or donation, in its discretion, it may pledge all or any part of such moneys for the further securing of the payment of the principal and interest of its bonds or notes. Neither the full faith and credit of the state of Louisiana or the Lake Charles Harbor and Terminal District shall secure any bonds issued pursuant to this Section.

Added by Acts 1973, No. 81, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:5223 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 5223
Powers and duties of the commission
Status: in_force

A. The commission shall:

(1) Represent the public interest in the administration of this Chapter and shall be responsible to the governor, the legislature, and the public.

(2) Promulgate and amend rules and regulations, in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act, necessary for the administration of the functions of the commission.

(3) Organize, plan, supervise, direct, administer, execute, and be responsible for the functions and programs vested in the commission, in the manner and to the extent provided by this Chapter.

(4) Advise the governor on problems concerning the administration of the commission and the functions and operations of Louisiana ports.

(5) Make reports and recommendations on its own initiative or upon the request of the governor, the legislature, or any committee or member thereof.

(6) Compile and provide, on an annual basis, all information necessary for confecting an annual budget.

B.(1) The commission may:

(a) Employ, appoint, remove, assign, and promote such personnel as is necessary for the efficient administration of the council and the performance of its powers, duties, functions, and responsibilities.

(b) Accept and use, in accordance with law, gifts, grants, bequests, and endowments for purposes consistent with the responsibilities and functions of the council and take such actions as are necessary to comply with any conditions required for such acceptance.

(c) Take any other action, consistent with the law, as may be necessary to properly perform the functions vested in it.

(2) Any decision made by the commission shall require a two-thirds vote of the entire membership to be approved.

Acts 2024, No. 755, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:345 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 345
Private canals; charges for vessels publicly owned
Status: in_force

Wherever the right of expropriation has been, or may be, exercised in the location of a canal for the transportation of vessels or carriers, the owners thereof, or those in control thereof, shall not charge for the transportation, or passage through the canal, of any boat or vessel belonging to the State of Louisiana, or any board or commission or subdivision thereof, more than five cents per linear foot of the boat or vessel, for a single passage one way.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:3162 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 3162
Authority to issue bonds; contesting regularity of issuance; sale of bonds
Status: in_force

A. The commission, with the approval of the State Bond Commission, is authorized to incur debts for its lawful purposes, to issue in its name, bonds or notes therefor, and to pledge for the payment of the principal and interest of such bonds or notes the revenues derived from the operation of properties and facilities maintained and operated by it, or received by the commission from any taxes authorized under R.S. 34:3161 or from other sources. In addition to the pledge of revenues to secure said bonds and notes, the commission may further secure their payment by conventional mortgage upon any or all of the properties constructed or acquired or to be constructed or acquired by it. The commission may receive, by gift, grant, donation, or otherwise, any sum of money, aid, or assistance from the grant, donation, or otherwise, any sum of money, aid or assistance from the United States, the state of Louisiana, or any political subdivision thereof; and unless otherwise provided by the terms of such gift, grant, or donation, in its discretion, the commission may pledge all or any part of such monies for the further securing of the payment of the principal and interest of its bonds or notes.

B. For a period thirty days after the date of the adoption of any resolution of the commission authorizing the issuance of its bond or notes, any person interested may test the legality of such resolution and the validity of such bonds or notes issued or proposed to be issued thereunder, after which time no one shall have any cause of action to contest the regularity, formality, or legality of said resolution or to draw in question the legality of said bonds or notes or the debts represented thereby for any cause whatever, and it shall be conclusively presumed that every legal requirement has been complied with, and no court shall have authority to inquire into such matters after the lapse of said thirty days.

C. Any bonds issued in accordance with this Section shall bear interest at the rates, shall be sold in the manner, and may be issued with such terms and provisions as are set forth by R.S. 39:1421 through R.S. 39:1430.

D. Repealed by Acts 1994, No. 9, §2, eff. June 7, 1994.

Added by Acts 1975, No. 66, §1. Amended by Acts 1978, No. 316, §2, eff. July 10, 1978; Acts 1994, No. 9, §§1, 2, eff. June 7, 1994.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:3476 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 3476
Commencement of projects; substitutions
Status: in_force

The projects planned for the year for which appropriations have been made or which have funding obligation authority shall be commenced in that year; however, if a project cannot be commenced within the year for which it is authorized, the commissioner of the office of multimodal commerce shall file with the project records a public statement as to the factors causing the delay. Projects which have been funded or which have obligation authority shall retain such funding or authority until the project is completed and the project costs are liquidated.

Acts 2017, No. 382, §1, eff. July 1, 2017.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:2104 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 2104
Powers of commission; title to structures
Status: in_force

The board of commissioners may regulate the commerce and traffic of the port, harbor, and terminal district in such a manner as may in its judgment be best for the public interest; it has all the rights, privileges, and immunities granted to corporations in Louisiana; it may own, administer, contract for, construct, operate, and maintain docks, wharves, sheds, elevators, locks, slips, laterals, basins, warehouses, belt and connecting railroads, airports, works of public improvement, and all other property, structures, equipment, and facilities necessary or useful for port, harbor, and terminal purposes, including buildings and equipment for the accommodation of passengers and the handling, storage, transportation, and delivery of freight, express, and mail; it may dredge and maintain shipways, channels, canals, slips, basins, and turning basins; it may establish, operate, and maintain in cooperation with the federal government, the state of Louisiana and its various agencies, subdivisions, and public bodies, navigable waterway systems; it may acquire land necessary for the business of the district; it may acquire industrial plant sites and necessary property or appurtenances therefor and it may acquire or construct industrial plant buildings with necessary machinery and equipment within the district; it may lease or sublease for processing, manufacturing, commercial, and business purposes, lands or buildings owned, acquired, or leased as lessee by it, which leases may run for any term not exceeding forty years at a fixed rental, but may run for any term not exceeding ninety-nine years; provided they shall contain a clause or clauses for readjustment of the rentals upon the expiration of a primary term of forty years, and it may ratify, confirm, and approve any such leases heretofore granted and acquired by it; it may borrow from any person or corporation using or renting any land, dock, warehouse or any other facility of such district such sums as shall be necessary to improve the same according to plans and specifications approved by it, and it may erect and construct such improvement, and agree that the loan therefor shall be liquidated by deducting from the rent, dock, wharf, or toll charges payable for such property a percentage thereof to be agreed on, subject, however, to any covenants or agreements made with the holders of revenue bonds issued under the authority hereinafter set forth; it may maintain proper depths of water to accommodate the business of the district; it may provide mechanical facilities and equipment for use in connection with such wharves, sheds, docks, elevators, warehouses, and other structures; it may provide light, water, and police protection for the district and for all harbor and terminal facilities situated therein; it may make and collect reasonable charges for the use of all structures, works, and facilities administered by the board, and for any and all services rendered by it; it may regulate, reasonably, the fees and charges to be made by privately owned wharves, docks, warehouses, elevators, and other facilities within the limits of the district when the same are offered for the use of the public; it may borrow funds for the business of the district; it may levy and collect taxes; it may mortgage properties constructed or acquired by the district and it may mortgage and pledge any lease or leases and the rents, income, and other advantages arising out of any lease or leases granted, assigned, or subleased by it; it may incur debt and issue bonds for its needs in the manner provided by the constitution and laws of the state of Louisiana, including, but not by way of limitation, R.S. 39:471(12), 39:551.1, 39:551.2, 39:570.1 and R.S. 34:340.1 through 34:340.6.

All buildings, railroads, wharves, elevators, and other structures, equipment, and facilities herein referred to are declared to be works of public improvement and title thereto shall vest in the public.

Added by Acts 1964, No. 68, §1. Amended by Acts 1977, No. 431, §2.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:851.7 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 851.7
Interference with navigation
Status: in_force

No person shall operate any watercraft in a manner which shall unreasonably or unnecessarily interfere with other watercraft or with the free and proper navigation of the waterways of the state. Anchoring under bridges or in heavily traveled channels shall constitute such interference if unreasonable under the prevailing circumstances.

Acts 1960, No. 43, §7. Acts 1984, No. 288, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:301 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 301
Taxes for payment of bonds
Status: in_force

The board shall levy annually the tax as provided herein on all property situated within the district under the same methods, terms and conditions and at the same time as state and parish taxes are levied, assessed and collected; these taxes shall be secured by the same liens upon the property subject to taxation within the district as taxes for state and parish purposes; the property subject to any taxes within the district shall be sold for failure to pay the same in the same manner as property is sold for delinquent state, parish and other taxes.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:852.23 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 852.23
Titling abandoned and salvaged vessels and outboard motors
Status: in_force

The department shall adopt rules and regulations pursuant to the Administrative Procedure Act to establish guidelines and procedures for the registration and titling of vessels or outboard motors which are abandoned, salvaged, towed and stored abandoned vessels, court ordered transferred, and vessels or outboard motors which lack prior documentation of ownership.

Acts 2009, No. 508, §2, eff. July 1, 2009; Acts 2025, No. 216, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:851.15 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 851.15
Waterskiing
Status: in_force

A.(1) No motorboat which shall have in tow or shall be otherwise assisting a person on water-skis, surfboard, or similar contrivance shall be operated or propelled in or upon any waterway unless such motorboat shall be occupied by at least two competent persons.

(2)(a) This Subsection shall not apply to motorboats used by representatives of duly constituted water-ski schools in the giving of instruction or to motorboats used in duly authorized water-ski tournaments, competitions, expositions, or trials therefor if applicable permit has been obtained from the department or the United States Coast Guard.

(b) This Subsection shall not apply to a motorboat being operated by a person sixteen years old or older, which is equipped with a wide-angle convex marine rearview mirror of a minimum size of seven inches by fourteen inches in a position to observe the skiers being towed.

(c) Repealed by Acts 2008, No. 34, §1.

B. No motorboat shall have in tow or shall be otherwise assisting a person on water skis, surfboard, or similar contrivance from the period of one hour after sunset to one hour prior to sunrise; however, this Subsection shall not apply to motorboats used in duly authorized water ski tournaments, competitions, expositions, or trials therefor.

C. All motorboats having in tow or otherwise assisting a person on water skis, surfboard, or similar contrivance shall be operated in a careful and prudent manner and at a reasonable distance from persons and property so as not to endanger the life or property of any person.

D. No motorboat shall have in tow or shall be otherwise assisting a person on water skis, surfboard, or similar contrivance on that portion of Lake Louis in Catahoula Parish from latitude 31degrees 47 minutes 42.6 seconds, longitude N. 91degrees 40 minutes 57.7 seconds W., known locally as the "Rocks", southward on Bayou Louis. Additionally, no person shall operate a personal watercraft, as defined in R.S. 34:855.2, above bare steerage speed, the slowest speed the vessel can travel while allowing the operator to maintain directional control to produce the minimum water surface turbulence, in the portion of Lake Louis and Bayou Louis provided for in this Subsection.

Acts 1960, No. 43, §15. Amended by Acts 1978, No. 367, §1; Acts 1982, No. 411, §2; Acts 1984, No. 288, §1; Acts 1999, No. 1001, §1; Acts 2008, No. 34, §1; Acts 2014, No. 66, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:2205 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 2205
Advertisement; R.S. 43:111 not applicable
Status: in_force

The prohibition contained in R.S. 43:111 against advertising in any newspaper, book, pamphlet or periodical, shall not apply to the Terrebonne Port Commission in carrying out its functions and duties under the constitution and laws of this state.

Added by Acts 1964, No. 485, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:1351 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 1351
Creation and territorial limits
Status: in_force

The creation of the Plaquemines Parish Port Authority, created as a public corporation and political subdivision of the State of Louisiana is hereby ratified and approved and such authority is hereby declared to be and constituted a port, harbor and terminal district pursuant to Section 31 of Article XIV of the Constitution of the State of Louisiana for the year 1921, as amended, said Plaquemines Parish Port Authority shall hereafter be known as the Plaquemines Port, Harbor and Terminal District and shall have territorial limits coextensive with the parish of Plaquemines, Louisiana, as presently constituted.

Added by Acts 1954, No. 567, §1. Amended by Acts 1970, No. 373, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1971; Acts 1970, No. 503, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1971.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:3463 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 3463
Misuse of funds; withholding of distribution; notification of district attorney
Status: in_force

A.(1) If, on the basis of the report of the legislative auditor, or from its own investigation, the Legislative Audit Advisory Council, hereinafter referred to as the "council", determines that there has been a misuse by a recipient port authority of funds from the program, it shall then determine whether a partial or total withholding of the authority's appropriation for any remaining portion of the current fiscal year shall be necessary. Should the council determine that it is necessary to withhold all or any part of the authority's appropriation, the council shall send notification of its determination to the co-chairmen of the joint committee and to each member of the legislature who represents any portion of the authority.

(2) If, thirty days after the co-chairmen and the members of the legislature are notified, the council determines that the misuse has not yet ceased, the council shall, by written resolution, instruct the state treasurer to immediately suspend distributions to the port authority of funds appropriated for the program. The suspension of funds shall remain in effect until the Legislative Audit Advisory Council verifies, in writing, to the state treasurer that the offending authority is again in compliance with this Chapter. Such written verification shall be given when the legislative auditor certifies to the council that, to the best of his knowledge, the authority is in compliance with this Chapter or, in the absence of said certification, when the council determines that the authority is in compliance with this Chapter. Upon receipt of the council's written verification, the state treasurer shall reinstate the distribution of funds and distribute all funds previously withheld to the affected recipient port authority.

(3) The council shall report any action it has taken with regard to the suspension of funds to the joint committee and to the legislature at the next regular session, along with any recommendations it may have for forfeiture of suspended funds by those authorities which are still in noncompliance with this Chapter. Forfeiture of funds can be authorized only by the legislature.

B. In any case where there has been a determination made by the council that there has been a misuse by a recipient port authority of funds appropriated for the program, the council shall furnish a copy of the written resolution directing the state treasurer to withhold funds to the district attorney of the parish or parishes where the misuse of funds occurred. The district attorney shall, within thirty days, advise the chairman of the council as to action he has taken or proposes to take in connection with the misuse of funds cited in the resolution. Where future action is proposed by the district attorney, the council shall set a date for receipt of further advice in the matter. Where such advice is not forthcoming from the district attorney, or where it is evident that suitable action has not been taken, the council shall report the matter to the joint committee and to the legislature at its next regular session for whatever action the joint committee and the legislature deems advisable under the circumstances.

Acts 1989, No. 452, §1, eff. June 30, 1989.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:3111 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 3111
Public contracts
Status: in_force

A. Subject to the provisions of Subsection F of Section 3109 of this Chapter, all public works exceeding the sum of ten thousand dollars, including both labor and materials, to be performed by the authority and paid for out of public funds shall be governed by Part II, Chapter 10, Title 38 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950. However, this provision shall not apply in cases of extreme public emergency, where the authority has certified such public emergency, but in such case notice of such public emergency shall be published in the official journal of the authority within ten days thereof.

B. Where the authority deems it advisable and in the public interest to purchase machinery, equipment or vehicles of certain makes, kinds or types, the advertisement may specify the makes, kinds or types and, after the advertising, the authority may purchase those makes, kinds or types, but they shall not pay more than the actual market price for the machinery, equipment or vehicles.

Added by Acts 1972, No. 444, §1. Amended by Acts 1977, 1st Ex.Sess., No. 11, §1, eff. Aug. 17, 1977.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:841 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 841
Blowing the stacks prohibited
Status: in_force

It shall be unlawful for the captain or pilot or anyone acting under the orders thereof of any vessel, as defined in R.S. 34:801, operating a vessel on the Mississippi River to "blow the stacks" on the vessel while the vessel is in port. As used in this Section to "blow the stacks" means to clean out the conduits and pipes of the vessel by the use of compressed air or steam from the boilers in such a manner that smoke, soot, oil residue, or other pollutants are released through the stacks of the vessel into the air.

Whoever violates the provisions of this Section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall, upon conviction, be fined not less than two hundred dollars nor more than five hundred dollars or be imprisoned for not more than six months, or both.

Added by Acts 1975, No. 579, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:2027 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 2027
Prescriptive period; sale of bonds
Status: in_force

A. For a period of thirty days from the date of the adoption of any resolution of the commission authorizing the issuance of its bonds or notes, any interested person may test the legality of said resolution and the validity of said bonds or notes issued or proposed to be issued thereunder, after which time no one shall have any right or cause of action to contest the regularity, formality, or legality of said resolution or to draw in question the legality of said bonds or notes or the debt represented thereby for any cause whatever, and it shall be conclusively presumed that every legal requirement has been complied with, and no court shall have authority to inquire into such matters after the lapse of thirty days.

B. Any general obligation bonds issued in accordance with the provisions hereof shall be sold to the highest bidder, at a public sale, for not less than par and accrued interest, after advertisement at least once a week for not less than thirty days by the commission in New Orleans, Chicago, New York, and such other places as the commission may determine, reserving to the commission the right to reject any and all bids and the right to readvertise for new bids. If, after advertisement as hereinabove provided, no bids are received, or if such bids as are received are considered in the discretion of the commission to be unsatisfactory, then and only in that event the commission may publicly negotiate for the sale of such bonds.

C. Any type of bonds issued by the district, other than general obligation bonds, may be sold at public or private sale, through solicitation of bids, negotiation, or any other means set forth in the resolution authorizing such sale.

Acts 1990, No. 710, §1; Acts 2003, No. 887, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:333.9 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 333.9
Fees; ad valorem tax; borrowing money
Status: in_force

A. The board may charge a reasonable fee to each vessel arriving in ballast or carrying cargo of any kind. It may also charge for each copy of any certificate issued by it or its deputies for inspecting hatches, surveying cargoes, and the like. The master of each vessel shall, however, be furnished free one copy of all surveys upon his vessel or cargo.

B. The board may, when necessary, levy annually an ad valorem tax not to exceed two and one-half mills on the dollar on the property subject to taxation situated in the district. All funds derived under this Section may be used for any expenses or purposes of the board.

C. The board shall have the right to borrow money from time to time and to issue certificates of indebtedness to be secured by dedication and pledge of the revenues from (1) any fees authorized under this Part,* (2) any taxes authorized under this Section, provided that the term of any loan shall not exceed fifteen years and the amount shall not exceed that portion of the anticipated revenues authorized to be dedicated and pledged to the payment of the loan.

Acts 1954, No. 253, §9; Acts 1985, No. 124, §1.

*AS APPEARS IN ENROLLED BILL.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:802 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 802
Injury or damage by careless navigation; privilege on vessels
Status: in_force

In all cases where any injury, loss or damage is caused or occasioned within the territorial jurisdiction of the State of Louisiana to the person or property of any person by carelessness, neglect or want of skill in the navigation, direction or management of any vessel, the person suffering such injury shall have a first lien and privilege on the offending vessel for the amount of the injury, loss or damage.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:207 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 207
Construction of works of public improvement
Status: in_force

The board may make or construct any of the works of public improvement in the district and anything in connection therewith that may be necessary or useful for the business of the board; it may purchase machinery, materials and equipment for performing such work, and supervise the making of the same, or make and construct such works through contracts with others; and generally it may do all other acts necessary or proper to carry out the powers hereby vested with regard to such works of public improvement.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:877 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 877
Abandonment of ship or refusal to perform duty; forfeiture and damages
Status: in_force

Any person who ships upon a vessel to do service thereon either by the month or voyage, in the capacity of officer, engineer, pilot, clerk, mate, carpenter, cook, steward, cabin boy, watchman, fireman, deck hand, or laborer, and abandons the boat before having fulfilled his engagements, or refuses to do his duty in the capacity for which he shipped, shall, besides forfeiting all claims to the wages due for the service, be liable to the owners of the vessel for any damages which they may sustain by the abandonment or refusal to do duty.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:3107 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 3107
Executive director; selection; duties; employees; compensation
Status: in_force

A. The governor shall appoint an executive director who shall exercise all control over all executive functions and the general operation of the authority. The authority may through its executive director employ such other agents and employees permanent and temporary, as it may require and shall determine their qualifications, duties, and compensation. The executive director shall serve at the pleasure of the governor. All employees of the authority shall be responsible to the executive director who shall organize the personnel employed by the authority in the most efficient manner to accomplish the purpose of the authority as provided in this Chapter and by regulations established by the authority, all to be accomplished in accordance with applicable civil service laws, rules, and regulations.

B. The secretary of the Department of Transportation and Development shall fix the compensation of the executive director, which shall be reasonable in light of fees charged by the authority to provide for its administrative costs attributable to the authority development program.

C. All employees of the authority, except the executive director, an assistant executive director, an executive secretary to the executive director, and professional employees employed on a contract basis, shall be in the classified service of the state.

Added by Acts 1972, No. 444, §1; Amended by Acts 1976, No. 378, §1; Acts 1986, No. 962, §1; Acts 2011, No. 207, §10(A).
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:3457.1 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 3457.1
Reimbursement for project construction
Status: in_force

A sponsoring port authority may make application under the provisions of this Chapter to utilize its own funds for project construction and to be reimbursed by the Port Construction and Development Priority Program provided that all program criteria are met in accordance with the provisions of this Chapter, the project is listed in the recommended construction program, and all program criteria are met in accordance with the program's "Procedural Manual for Funded Projects" and the rules and regulations promulgated by the department to implement the provisions of this Chapter.

Acts 2006, No. 18, §1, eff. May 4, 2006.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:3483 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 3483
Misuse of funds; withholding of distribution; notification of district attorney
Status: in_force

A.(1) If, on the basis of the report of the legislative auditor, or from its own investigation, the Legislative Audit Advisory Council, hereinafter referred to as the "council", determines that there has been a misuse by a recipient governmental entity of funds from the program, it shall then determine whether a partial or total withholding of the governmental entity's appropriation for any remaining portion of the current fiscal year shall be necessary. Should the council determine that it is necessary to withhold all or any part of the governmental entity's appropriation, the council shall send notification of its determination to the co-chairmen of the joint committee and to each member of the legislature who represents any portion of the governmental entity.

(2) If, thirty days after the co-chairmen and the members of the legislature are notified, the council determines that the misuse has not yet ceased, the council shall, by written resolution, instruct the state treasurer to immediately suspend distributions to the governmental entity of funds appropriated for the program. The suspension of funds shall remain in effect until the Legislative Audit Advisory Council verifies, in writing, to the state treasurer that the offending entity is again in compliance with this Chapter. Such written verification shall be given when the legislative auditor certifies to the council that, to the best of his knowledge, the entity is in compliance with this Chapter or, in the absence of said certification, when the council determines that the entity is in compliance with this Chapter. Upon receipt of the council's written verification, the state treasurer shall reinstate the distribution of funds and distribute all funds previously withheld to the affected recipient governmental entity.

(3) The council shall report any action it has taken with regard to the suspension of funds to the joint committee and to the legislature at the next regular session, along with any recommendations it may have for forfeiture of suspended funds by those entities that are still in noncompliance with this Chapter. Forfeiture of funds can be authorized only by the legislature.

B. In any case where there has been a determination made by the council that there has been a misuse by a recipient governmental entity of funds appropriated for the program, the council shall furnish a copy of the written resolution directing the state treasurer to withhold funds, to the district attorney of the parish or parishes where the misuse of funds occurred. The district attorney shall, within thirty days, advise the chairman of the council as to action he has taken or proposes to take in connection with the misuse of funds cited in the resolution. Where future action is proposed by the district attorney, the council shall set a date for receipt of further advice in the matter. Where such advice is not forthcoming from the district attorney, or where it is evident that suitable action has not been taken, the council shall report the matter to the joint committee and to the legislature at its next regular session for whatever action the joint committee and the legislature deems advisable under the circumstances.

Acts 2017, No. 382, §1, eff. July 1, 2017.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:1902 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 1902
Officers of the commission; meetings
Status: in_force

The commission shall elect from among its own members a president, a vice-president, a secretary and a treasurer, whose respective duties shall be prescribed by the commission. At the option of the commission, the office of the secretary and treasurer may be held by one person. The commission shall meet in regular session, once each month, and shall also meet in special session at the call of the president of the commission, or on the written request of three members of the commission. A majority of the commission shall constitute a quorum, and all actions or resolutions of the commission must be approved by the affirmative vote of not less than a majority of all members of the commission. The commission shall prescribe rules governing its meeting and shall fix a place at which the meetings shall be held.

Added by Acts 1962, No. 239, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:835 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 835
Vessels in Atchafalaya bay; discharge of ballast; penalty for unlawful discharge
Status: in_force

No one in command of any vessel arriving in the Atchafalaya bay in less than five fathoms of water, having ballast on board, shall discharge any portion thereof into the bay, nor into water near thereto having a depth of less than five fathoms; the ballast of such vessels shall be discharged at such place or places as shall be designated to them, by the persons appointed to superintend the discharging of the ballast from on board all vessels that may come into the waters of the said bay.

Whoever violates the foregoing provisions as to the manner of discharging ballast, shall be punished by a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars and not less than two hundred dollars.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:3312 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 3312
Contesting validity of proposed taking; waiver of defenses
Status: in_force

A. Any defendant desiring to contest the validity of the taking on the ground that the property taken for the AGMAC Deepening Project was not expropriated for a public purpose may file a motion to dismiss the suit within fifteen days after the date on which the notice was served on him. He shall certify thereon that a copy thereof has been served personally or by mail on either the plaintiff or its attorney of record in the suit. This motion shall be tried contradictorily with preference to the judge alone and shall be decided prior to fixing the case for trial on the compensation or damages due to the defendant.

B. Failure to file the motion within the time provided constitutes a waiver of all defenses to the suit except claims for compensation or damages.

Acts 2004, No. 728, §1, eff. July 6, 2004.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:3276 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 3276
Construction of Chapter
Status: in_force

This Chapter shall be liberally construed to promote the purposes for which it is enacted.

Added by Acts 1982, No. 391, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:42 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 42
Certificates of indebtedness
Status: in_force

A. To enable said board to provide the funds necessary to build and construct such improvements, the board may issue certificates of indebtedness on such terms and conditions as the discretion of the board may determine, not to exceed two million dollars in principal at any time outstanding, secured by a mortgage on the real estate improved, or to be improved, and by the payment of the benefit assessment to be levied on the property by agreement between the land owners thereof and the board.

B. Savings banks and insurance companies are authorized to invest funds in their hands in such certificates of indebtedness and the said certificates may be used for deposit with any officer, board, municipality, or other political subdivision in any case where deposit or security may be required. Such certificates of indebtedness shall be negotiable instruments, and they shall be incontestable in the hands of bona fide holders for value.

C. Nothing contained in this Section shall be construed as pledging the credit of the State of Louisiana or the Board of Commissioners of the Port of New Orleans for the payment of the said certificates of indebtedness, nor shall the said certificates of indebtedness be construed as obligations of the State of Louisiana or of the Board of Commissioners of the Port of New Orleans.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:3462 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 3462
Report of any misuse of funds
Status: in_force

If the legislative auditor determines that any expenditures by the recipient port authority have not been made in accordance with this Chapter, he shall promptly report the facts of such expenditure to the Legislative Audit Advisory Council. The council shall make further investigation of the matter as it deems necessary.

Acts 1989, No. 452, §1, eff. June 30, 1989.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:1957 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 1957
Advertisement; R.S. 43:111 not to apply
Status: in_force

The prohibition contained in R.S. 43:111 against advertising in any newspaper, book, pamphlet or periodical shall not apply to the commission in carrying out its functions and duties under the constitution and laws of this state.

Added by Acts 1962, No. 299, §1. Amended by Acts 1972, No. 497, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:2304 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 2304
Terms of office; vacancies
Status: in_force

The parish members of the commission shall serve for terms of six years, except that the initial terms of office shall run from the date of appointment to the following dates:

Two members shall serve to July 1, 1967;

Two members shall serve to July 1, 1969; and

Three members shall serve to July 1, 1971.

The governor shall designate the term of office of each initial parish member when he makes his appointments.

The members-at-large shall serve for a term concurrent with that of the governor by whom appointed.

Any vacancies occurring by reason of expiration of term of office or otherwise shall be filled by appointment of the governor in like manner as the original appointments. An individual appointed to fill a vacancy occurring other than by reason of expiration of term of office shall be appointed to serve only for the unexpired portion of the term.

Members shall continue to serve until their successors have been appointed and have taken their oaths of office and filed the same in accordance with law.

Added by Acts 1965, No. 17, §4.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:2281 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 2281
Creation of district
Status: in_force

The Tensas Parish Port, Harbor and Terminal District, hereinafter referred to as "the district," is hereby created as a political subdivision of the state with full corporate powers. The territorial limits and territorial jurisdiction of said district shall be the entire Parish of Tensas as the boundaries and limits of said parish are presently fixed by law.

Added by Acts 1964, Ex.Sess., No. 11, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:2028 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 2028
Right to expropriate
Status: in_force

The Jefferson Parish Economic Development and Port District may acquire by expropriation, in accordance with the expropriation laws of the state, any properties necessary for its public purposes; however, said commission shall not have the right to expropriate minerals or mineral rights, nor the property or facilities of public utilities or communications companies.

Acts 1990, No. 710, §1; Acts 2003, No. 887, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:1048 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 1048
Pilotage fees; exceptions
Status: in_force

A. The pilots shall be entitled to ask for and receive a pilotage fee. The pilots' fees shall be established by the Pilotage Fee Commission as described in R.S. 34:1121 et seq.

B. Pilots' charges shall be paid by every vessel subject to pilotage navigating between the ports of New Orleans and Baton Rouge and intermediate ports. When pilot services are timely offered and refused, the vessel shall pay the charges nevertheless.

C. Vessels of one hundred tons or under, lawfully engaged in the coastwide trade of the United States, shall not be required to take a pilot; but the master of the vessel may demand pilot services.

Amended by Acts 1952, No. 312, §1; Acts 1956, No. 146, §1; Acts 1960, No. 67, §1; Acts 1967, No. 6, §1; Acts 2015, No. 18, §1, eff. May 26, 2015.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:851.14.2 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 851.14.2
Safety and security zones
Status: in_force

A. For the purposes of this Section, the following terms shall have the following meanings:

(1) A "safety zone" shall mean a zone established for the protection of any vessel, structure, waters, or shore area from a safety or environmental hazard and shall include a water area, shore area, or water and shore area to which, for safety or environmental purposes, access is limited to authorized persons, vehicles, or vessels. The zone may be stationary and described by fixed limits, or it may be described as a zone around a vessel in motion.

(2) A "security zone" shall mean a zone established for national security interests and shall include all areas of land or water which are so designated by the captain of the port for such time as he deems necessary to prevent damages or injury to any vessel or waterfront facility, to safeguard ports, harbors, territories, or waters of the state or to secure the observance of the rights and obligations of the state.

B. No person shall violate any restriction of a safety zone or security zone established pursuant to rules and regulations promulgated by the United States Coast Guard under authority granted by the Ports and Waterways Safety Act, 33 U.S.C. 1231, or the Magnuson Act, 50 U.S.C. 191.

C.(1) Whoever knowingly violates or should have known he violated the restriction of a safety zone shall be subject to the penalty provisions of a class two violation as specified in R.S. 56:32.

(2) Whoever knowingly violates or should have known he violated the restriction of a security zone shall be fined not more than nine hundred fifty dollars or imprisoned for not more than one hundred twenty days, or both.

Acts 2010, No. 47, §1, eff. May 26, 2010.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:3313 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 3313
Defendant's answer; requirements; delay for filing
Status: in_force

Where property is expropriated pursuant to this Chapter, any defendant may apply for a trial to determine the measure of compensation to which he is entitled, provided:

(1) He files an answer within one year from the date he is notified in writing by the department that it has finally accepted the construction of the AGMAC Deepening Project for which the property was expropriated; provided, he may file his answer prior to the date he is notified by the department.

(2) His answer sets forth the amount he claims, including the value of each parcel expropriated and the amount he claims as damages to the remainder of his property.

(3) His damage claim is reasonably itemized.

(4) His answer has a certificate thereon showing that a copy thereof has been served personally or by mail on all parties to the suit.

Acts 2004, No. 728, §1, eff. July 6, 2004.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:2406 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 2406
Sale of bonds, prescriptive period to contest
Status: in_force

All bonds issued under authority of this Chapter shall be sold to the highest bidder at a public sale, for not less than par and accrued interest, after advertisement by the district at least once a week for not less than thirty days, in a newspaper of general circulation within the district and in a financial newspaper or journal published in New Orleans, Louisiana, New York, New York, or Chicago, Illinois, reserving to the district the right to reject any and all bids and to readvertise for bids. If the bonds are not sold pursuant to the advertisement, they may be sold by the commission by private sale within sixty days after the date advertised for the reception of sealed bids, but no private sale shall be made at a price less than the highest bid which was received. If not sold, the bonds shall be readvertised in the manner herein prescribed.

For a period of sixty days from the date of the adoption of any resolution of the commission authorizing the issuance of its bonds or notes, any person in interest shall have the right to contest the legality of such resolution and the validity of such bonds or notes issued or proposed to be issued thereunder, after which time no person shall have any cause or right of action to contest the regularity, formality or legality of said resolution or to draw into question the legality of said bonds or notes or the debts represented thereby for any cause whatever, and it shall be conclusively presumed that every legal requirement has been complied with, and no court shall have authority to inquire into such matters after the lapse of said sixty days.

Such bonds shall have all the qualities of negotiable instruments under the law merchant and the Negotiable Instruments Law of this state.

Added by Acts 1966, No. 369, §1. Amended by Acts 1968, No. 111, §3.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:3159 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 3159
Officers of the board; meetings; quorum
Status: in_force

A. The commission shall elect from among its own members a president, a vice president, a secretary and a treasurer, whose respective duties shall be prescribed by the commission. At the option of the commission, the office of the secretary and treasurer may be held by one person.

B.(1) The commission shall meet once each month in regular session and shall also meet in special session at the call of the president of the commission or on the written request of three members of the commission. A majority of the members of the commission shall constitute a quorum, and all actions or resolutions of the commission must be approved by the affirmative vote of not less than a majority of all members of the commission. The commission shall prescribe rules governing its meetings and shall fix a place at which the meetings shall be held.

(2) In addition to the requirements governing regular and special meetings delineated in Paragraph (1) of this Subsection, the commission shall hold a specially called annual meeting to fully advise the public of projects located in the port area that may affect adjacent landowners.

Added by Acts 1975, No. 66, §1; Acts 2021, No. 152, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:851.28 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 851.28
Filing of regulations
Status: in_force

A copy of the regulations adopted pursuant to this Part and of any amendments thereto shall be filed in the office of the commission. Rules and regulations shall be published by the commission in a convenient form and become effective twenty days after adoption.

Acts 1984, No. 288, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:3404 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 3404
Bonds
Status: in_force

Any public trust of which the state is the beneficiary is hereby authorized to issue revenue bonds on behalf of the department for any purpose authorized under this Chapter payable out of and secured by any part or all of the revenues, tolls, charges, user fees, and receipts derived or to be derived by the department pursuant to this Chapter, or from any other sources whatsoever, including, but not by way of limitation, other monies which, by law or contract, may be made available to the department. Said bonds shall be issued in accordance with the requirements of the public trust act, R.S. 9:2341 through 2347; however, the requirements of R.S. 9:2347(J) relating to legislative approval and inclusion of the project in a capital budget shall not apply to the revenue bonds or project authorized hereby.

Acts 1986, No. 83, §1, eff. June 17, 1986.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:1053 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 1053
Employing a pilot without a commission; penalties
Status: in_force

A. No master, owner, or agent of a vessel required to pay pilot charges under R.S. 34:1048 to a New Orleans and Baton Rouge steamship pilot shall, when such a pilot offers his services, employ as a pilot a person who is not a commissioned New Orleans and Baton Rouge steamship pilot.

B. Whoever violates this Section shall be fined not less than one thousand five hundred dollars nor more than five thousand dollars, or imprisoned for not more than six months, or both.

Added by Acts 1983, No. 331, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:831 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 831
Pleasure craft; tolls; wharfage
Status: in_force

All water crafts propelled by internal combustion engines, when owned and used exclusively for pleasure purposes shall be exempt from the payment of tolls in the canals and waterways owned by the State of Louisiana when the said water craft are twenty feet in length and under.

In canals and waterways owned by the state the wharfage or dockage space charge shall not be more than twelve dollars per year on all craft coming within the meaning of this section.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:3155 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 3155
Prescriptive period; sale of bonds
Status: in_force

For a period of sixty days from the date of the adoption of any resolution of the commission authorizing the issuance of its bonds or notes, any person interested may test the legality of such resolution and the validity of such bonds or notes issued or proposed to be issued thereunder, after which time no one shall have any cause of action to contest the regularity, formality, or legality of said resolution or to draw in question the legality of said bonds or notes or the debts represented thereby for any cause whatever, and it shall be conclusively presumed that every legal requirement has been complied with, and no court shall have authority to inquire into such matters after the lapse of said sixty days.

Any bonds issued in accordance with the provisions hereof shall be sold to the highest bidder, at a public sale, for not less than par and accrued interest, after advertisement, once a week for not less than thirty days, by the commission in a newspaper of general circulation published in Natchitoches, Louisiana; Chicago, Illinois; New York, New York, and such other places as the commission shall determine, reserving to the commission the right to reject any and all bids, and the right to readvertise for new bids. If, after advertisement as hereinabove provided, no bids are received, or if such bids as are received are considered in the discretion of the commission to be unsatisfactory, then and in that event, the commission may publicly negotiate for the sale of such bonds.

Added by Acts 1975, No. 41, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:2 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 2
Confirmation not required; removal; procedure
Status: in_force

All appointments of members of the board shall be made by the governor as provided in this Subpart and without the need for confirmation by the Senate. No member thus appointed shall be removed except for cause on charges preferred against him in writing by the attorney general and after public hearing and proof of the sufficiency of the changes to justify his removal, before a commission of three disinterested citizens residing within the jurisdictional area of this port, one to be appointed by the governor, one to be appointed by the president of Tulane University of Louisiana, and one to be appointed by the president of Loyola University in New Orleans; however, any member so removed shall have the right to test in the courts the sufficiency of the charges and the evidence in support of the charges.

Amended by Acts 1976, No. 289, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:3115 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 3115
Remedies and enforcement
Status: in_force

In addition to all other rights herein granted, the authority and the courts shall have the power to assure compliance with the purposes of this Chapter as follows:

(1) If the authority's executive director has reasonable cause to believe that there exists a violation of this Chapter or of the authority's rules and regulations, which could result in irreparable injury to the authority's operations, the environment, or the public interest, the authority may petition the Civil District Court for the parish of Orleans, or any other court of competent jurisdiction, for appropriate mandatory, injunctive, or other relief pending final adjudication of such matters.

(2) The authority may issue such orders as the public interest and equities of the case may require, and as may be necessary to effectuate the purposes of this Chapter, including but not limited to: cease and desist orders; revocation of, or other appropriate action affecting, licenses issued by the authority; such affirmative action as may be appropriate; and the imposition of fines not exceeding ten thousand dollars per day.

(3) Any individual found to be responsible for a violation of this Chapter or the authority's rules and regulations, whether acting for himself or for others, may be fined not more than ten thousand dollars for each offense. Each day that a violation occurs constitutes a separate offense.

(4) In the event that the authority shall determine that any order made by it, and not then the subject of judicial review, is being violated, the authority may institute a civil action in the Civil District Court for the parish of Orleans or any other court of competent jurisdiction, for enforcement of the authority's order. The enforcement proceeding shall be confined to the record before the authority. The court may enforce, remand, reverse or modify the order of the authority.

Added by Acts 1974, No. 358, §13; Acts 2011, No. 207, §10(A).
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:423 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 423
Levee boards, provisions not to affect
Status: in_force

Nothing contained in this Chapter shall deprive the levee boards of their authority with respect to levees within their respective districts.

Added by Acts 1975, 1st Ex.Sess., No. 48, §1, eff. Feb. 20, 1975.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:2313 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 2313
Bonds as legal investments
Status: in_force

All public officers, municipal corporations, political subdivisions and public bodies, all banks, trust companies, bankers, savings banks and institutions, building and loan associations, savings and loan associations, investment companies and other persons carrying on a banking business; all insurance companies, insurance associations, and other persons carrying on an insurance business; all funds established for pension or other benefits for public employees; and all executors, administrators, tutors, curators, trustees, and other fiduciaries may legally invest any sinking funds, moneys, or other funds belonging to them or within their control in any bonds of the district or other obligations issued by the commission. These bonds and other obligations are also security for all public deposits. It is the purpose of this section to authorize any persons, political subdivisions, and officers, public or private, to use any funds owned or controlled by them for the purchase of any such bonds or other obligations issued by the commission. However, nothing contained in this section with regard to legal investments relieves any person of any duty of exercising reasonable care in selecting securities. The commission shall not be liable to beneficiaries, minors, wards or interdicted persons for moneys paid to their trustees, tutors or curators on account of such bonds or obligations.

Added by Acts 1965, No. 17, §13.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:365 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 365
Bond issues; special taxes
Status: in_force

The said municipalities or parishes, through their governing authorities, are authorized to incur debt and issue negotiable bonds for the construction of the works of public improvement, and for such other public purposes outlined in this Part; and to that effect, they are authorized to call any special elections that are necessary to levy taxes, incur debt, and to issue and sell negotiable bonds, all in conformity with the constitution and other laws.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:3451 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 3451
Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in this Chapter, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, the following definitions shall apply:

(1) "Construction or development project" means a program of construction or development, either new or continuing, that will be planned and implemented with the primary goal of improving ports and harbors in the state.

(2) "Department" means the Department of Transportation and Development.

(3) "Joint committee" means the House Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works and the Senate Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works, functioning as a joint legislative committee.

(4) "Port authority" means the governing authority of any port area or port, harbor, and terminal district.

(5) "Port construction or development priority program" means the priority list of projects submitted by the department and approved by the joint committee pursuant to this Chapter.

Acts 1989, No. 452, §1, eff. June 30, 1989.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:3223 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 3223
Powers of board; title to structures and facilities
Status: in_force

The board shall have the power to regulate the commerce and traffic of the district in such manner as may in its judgment be best for the public interest; it shall have and enjoy all the rights, privileges and immunities granted to corporations in Louisiana; it shall be empowered to own and have charge of, to administer, construct, operate and maintain wharves, warehouses, landings, docks, sheds, belt and connecting railroads, shipways, canals, channels, slips, basins, locks, elevators and other structures and facilities necessary and proper for the use and development of business, industrial inducement, or recreational interests of such district, including buildings and equipment for the accommodation of passengers and in the handling, storage, transportation and delivery of freight, express and mail; it may dredge shipways, channels, slips, basins and turning basins in waters within the district, in particular, but not limited to slips to facilitate the transportation of agricultural products; it may establish, operate and maintain in cooperation with the federal government, the state of Louisiana and its various agencies, subdivisions and public bodies, navigable waterway systems; it may acquire, by purchase, lease or otherwise, industrial plant sites and necessary property or appurtenances therefor and acquire or construct industrial plant buildings with necessary machinery and equipment within such district; it may sell for processing, manufacturing, commercial, business, industrial inducement or recreational purposes, lands or buildings owned or acquired by it; it may lease as lessor, sublessor, or assignor, for processing manufacturing, commercial, industrial inducement, business or recreational purposes, lands or buildings owned, acquired or leased as lessee by it, which leases may run for any term not exceeding forty years at a fixed rental, but may run for a term not exceeding ninety-nine years provided they shall contain a clause or clauses for readjustment of the rentals upon the expiration of a primary term of forty years; and it is hereby provided that all leases heretofore executed by said board, whether as lessor or lessee, are hereby ratified and confirmed; it may mortgage properties constructed or acquired by it; it may mortgage and pledge any lease or leases and the rents, income and other advantages arising out of any lease or leases granted, assigned or subleased by it; it may borrow from any person or corporation using or renting any facility of the district such sums as shall be necessary to improve the same and to erect and construct such improvements, and agree that the loan therefor shall be liquidated by deducting from the rent, dockage, wharfage or tollage charges payable for such property, a percentage thereof to be agreed on, subject however, to any covenants or agreements made with the holders of revenue bonds issued under the authority hereinafter set forth; it may maintain proper depth of water to accommodate the business, industrial inducement, and recreational interests of the district; provide mechanical facilities and equipment for use in connection with the wharves, sheds, and other structures; provide lights, water and police protection for the district and for all harbor and terminal facilities situated therein; and make reasonable charges and collect the same for the use of all structures, works, and facilities administered by the board, and for any and all services rendered by the board; it may regulate reasonably the fees and charges made by privately owned wharves, docks, warehouses, elevators, and other facilities within the limits of the district when the same are offered for the use of the public.

All buildings, railroads, wharves, elevators, and other structures, equipment and facilities herein referred to are declared to be works of public improvement and title thereto shall vest in the public.

Added by Acts 1976, No. 196, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:2287 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 2287
Advertisement; R.S. 43:111 not to apply
Status: in_force

The prohibition contained in R.S. 43:111 against advertising in any newspaper, book, pamphlet or periodical, shall not apply to the Tensas Parish Port Commission in carrying out its functions and duties under the constitution and laws of this state.

Added by Acts 1964, Ex.Sess., No. 11, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:840 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 840
Discharge of grading material into Mississippi River; penalty
Status: in_force

Any master or mate of any vessel, or other person who causes to be discharged into the Mississippi river or any of its tributaries, any ballast, gravel, sand or other material used for or suitable for filling or grading purposes, shall be fined not less than ten dollars and not more than one hundred dollars, and imprisoned not less than ten days and not more than thirty days or both. The enforcement of this Section shall not interfere with public works, the building of jetties, stopping of crevasses, or the enforcement of health ordinances.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:1807 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 1807
Advertisement; R.S. 43:111 not to apply
Status: in_force

The prohibition, contained in R.S. 43:111, against advertising in any newspaper, book, pamphlet or periodical, shall not apply to the Avoyelles Parish Port Commission in carrying out its functions and duties under the constitution and laws of this state.

Added by Acts 1960, No. 331, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:206 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 206
Acquisition of lands
Status: in_force

The board may acquire by purchase, donation, expropriation, lease or otherwise, any and all lands in the district needed for railways, warehouses, docks, wharves, sheds, buildings, canals, channels, slips, basins and other facilities to be owned and operated by the board or to lease to others for manufacturing, commercial and business purposes to promote the industrial development of the district and it may provide for the payment of such land out of the funds under its control not otherwise specially appropriated.

Amended by Acts 1958, No. 344, §2.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:3274 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 3274
Property
Status: in_force

All parishes, cities, towns, villages and other political subdivisions and all public departments, agencies and commissions of the state of Louisiana, notwithstanding any contrary provision of law, are hereby authorized and empowered to lease, rent, grant or convey to the commission at its request upon such terms and conditions as the proper authorities of such parishes, cities, towns, villages and political subdivisions and departments, agencies or commissions of the state may deem reasonable and fair and without the necessity of any advertisement, order of court or other action or formality other than the regular and formal action of the authorities concerned, any real or personal property which may be necessary or convenient to the effectuation of the authorized purposes of the commission, including public roads and other real property already devoted to public use.

Added by Acts 1982, No. 391, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:53 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 53
Public-private partnership
Status: in_force

A. The board may solicit proposals for a public-private partnership to design, construct, finance, operate, and maintain the St. Bernard Transportation Corridor roadway project as provided in this Subpart.

B. In the solicitation of a public-private partnership, the board shall adhere to the provisions set forth in R.S. 48:2084 through 2084.15, as applicable to public-private partnership projects undertaken by the Louisiana Transportation Authority. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, the Louisiana Transportation Authority shall neither be required to grant approval for the development of the St. Bernard Parish Transportation Corridor roadway project nor serve as a party to the comprehensive agreement with any private entity. The final concession agreement with the public-private partner shall be approved by the Joint Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works.

C. Any agreement entered into by the board for a public-private partnership shall require a bond with good, solvent, and sufficient surety in an amount equal to or exceeding the requirements established for contracts by the Department of Transportation and Development pursuant to R.S. 48:256.3. Additionally, any agreement shall incorporate the provisions set forth in R.S. 48:256.5.

Acts 2025, No. 217, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:340.21 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 340.21
Port security and safety plan; statewide
Status: in_force

A. In addition to the authority granted in this Chapter and by other state or federal laws and regulations, ports in the state of Louisiana shall have the authority to develop and undertake port security and safety plans for protection of all persons, maritime facilities, and vessels operating within their respective physical and operational jurisdictions. Such plans will set forth how the port will deter and respond to transportation security incidents utilizing authority granted in this Chapter and in other state and federal laws and regulations, including but not limited to the "Maritime Transportation Security Act of 2002", United States Code Title 46, Subtitle VI, Chapter 701.

B. The port commissions, districts, and authorities in the state of Louisiana shall have the authority to enter into cooperative endeavor agreements with federal, state, and local political subdivisions or agencies to implement a port security and safety plan as required by the Maritime Transportation Security Act. In addition, the ports in the state of Louisiana together with other governmental agencies may enter into cooperative endeavor agreements with privately owned and operated facilities, vessels, and fleets to implement applicable security and safety plans. All security and safety plans for ports and privately owned or operated facilities, vessels, and fleets in the state of Louisiana shall be classified as "Security Sensitive Information".

C. Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, information developed relative to public and private security plans, vessel or fleet security plans, port or facility vulnerability assessments, security and safety plans, or other information related to security plans, procedures, or programs for facilities or vessels shall not be required to be disclosed to the public and shall not be deemed a public record under the provisions of R.S. 44:1 et seq.

D. Nothing in this Subpart shall prevent the disclosure of information pertaining to the names of consultants competing for business from public entities or consultants selected through the public bidding process nor the amount of fees paid by the public entity to such consultants for implementing port security and safety plans, procedures, or programs for port commissions, districts, authorities, privately owned or operated facilities, vessels, and fleets.

Acts 2003, No. 667, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:2474 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 2474
Authority to issue bonds and levy taxes
Status: in_force

A. The port, with the approval of the State Bond Commission, may incur debt for its lawful purposes and issue in its name, negotiable bonds or notes therefor, and pledge for the payment of the principal and interest of such negotiable bonds or notes the revenues derived from the operation of properties and facilities maintained and operated by it, or received by the port from other sources. The port, with the approval of the State Bond Commission, and in order to accomplish any of its lawful purposes, may borrow other and further sums and issue bonds when the following conditions exist:

(1) When the port has ascertained and certified in writing to the State Bond Commission the amount of revenue and income of the port for the two fiscal years immediately preceding, after deducting therefrom the amount of operating and maintenance charges and expenses and all sums payable during said years upon maturing principal and interest of its bonded debt; and

(2) When the State Bond Commission has verified and approved said certificate, the port may borrow money and issue bonds to an amount the greatest annual combined interest and principal payment upon which is not in excess of a sum equal to the average net revenue for the two fiscal years immediately preceding, as shown by said certificate, plus the contemplated average annual net income and revenues to be derived from the operation of any revenue producing wharf, dock, warehouse, elevator, other structures, including but not limited to industrial facilities or parks, or improvements than to be acquired by said port by purchase or otherwise from the proceeds of such bond issue, for the two succeeding fiscal years as said contemplated net revenues are certified by the port and approved by the State Bond Commission. Bonds of the port, when authorized to be issued, shall constitute, first, a general obligation of the port. In addition to the pledge of revenues to secure said bonds and notes, the port may further secure their payment by a conventional mortgage upon any or all of the properties constructed or acquired, or to be constructed and acquired by it. The port also may receive, by gift, grant, donation, or otherwise, any sum of money, aid, or assistance from the United States, the state of Louisiana, or any political subdivision thereof, and unless otherwise provided by the terms of such gift, grant, or donation, in its discretion, may pledge all or any part of such moneys for the further securing of the payment of the principal and interest of its bonds or notes.

(3) The authority to issue bonds provided for by this Section shall be in compliance with the provisions of R.S. 39:991.1.

B. The commission shall have authority, subject to the approval of the State Bond Commission, when authorized to do so by a vote of a majority of the electors in the boundaries of the port area who vote thereon at an election for that purpose in accordance with law, to levy annually on all property situated within the port area, subject to taxation, an ad valorem tax not to exceed three mills on the dollar. The revenues from said tax shall constitute revenue of the port which may be pledged to the payment of its negotiable bonds or other matters. The commission shall have the right to acquire on and over unimproved lands within the port area such reasonable servitudes as may be necessary for rights of way for passage to and from facilities administered by it.

Acts 1975, No. 65, §1; Acts 1999, No. 852, §1, eff. July 2, 1999; Acts 2004, No. 307, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:1452 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 1452
Officers of the commission; meetings
Status: in_force

The commission shall elect from among its own members a president, a vice president, a secretary, and a treasurer, whose respective duties shall be prescribed by the commission. At the option of the commission the office of the secretary and treasurer may be held by one person. The commission shall meet in regular session once each month, and shall also meet in special session at the call of the president of the commission, or on the written request of three members of the commission. A majority of the members of the commission shall constitute a quorum and all actions or resolutions of the commission must be approved by the affirmative vote of not less than a majority of all members of the commission in attendance. The commission shall prescribe rules to govern its meetings and shall fix the place at which meetings shall be held.

Added by Acts 1956, No. 228, §1. Amended by Acts 1956, No. 246, §1; Acts 2016, No. 325, §1, eff. June 2, 2016.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:334.5 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 334.5
Examinations and investigations; control and regulations; annual reports
Status: in_force

The board shall examine and investigate the questions relating to the interest and welfare of the district; it shall control and regulate the same, and make an annual report to the mayor and town council of the town of Vinton and to the police jury of Calcasieu Parish showing all receipts and disbursements of the board; the number of arrivals and departures of vessels and their tonnages; the exports and imports passing through the port districts; setting forth the general conditions of the district and its buildings, structures, facilities and other properties; and making such recommendations for the development and welfare of the district and its management as may seem advisable. A copy of this report shall be promptly published in a newspaper printed in the parish of Calcasieu, Louisiana.

Added by Acts 1956, No. 466, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:1906 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 1906
Right to expropriate denied
Status: in_force

The Columbia Port Commission may not acquire by expropriation any wharves, landings or any other property now in use by private interests.

Added by Acts 1962, No. 239, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:47 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 47
Transitional
Status: in_force

R.S. 34:45 and 34:46 shall be construed as continuations of and as substitutes for the provisions of Article VI, Sections 16, 16.1, 16.2, 16.3, and 16.4 of the Louisiana Constitution of 1921 and not as new enactments, and shall be amended or repealed only in accordance with Article VI, Section 43 of the Louisiana Constitution of 1974.

Added by Acts 1975, No. 464, §3.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:1363 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 1363
Revenue and mortgage revenue bonds
Status: in_force

For the purpose of acquiring lands for the uses of the said district and to provide funds for the making and construction of the public works, facilities and improvements outlined in this Chapter, the Plaquemines Port, Harbor and Terminal District is authorized to issue revenue bonds in the manner and subject to the terms and conditions of Subpart C, Part I, Chapter 10, Title 33, as well as mortgage revenue bonds in the manner and subject to the terms and conditions of Subpart B, Part I, Chapter 10, Title 33.

Added by Acts 1970, No. 373, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 1971; Acts 1970, No. 503, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 1971.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:3163 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 3163
Right of expropriation
Status: in_force

The Caddo-Bossier Parishes Port Commission may acquire by expropriation, and in accordance with the applicable expropriation laws of the state of Louisiana, any property necessary for the benefit and advantage of the commerce of the port; however, private wharves or landings in existence on November 8, 1966 shall not be subject to expropriation.

Added by Acts 1975, No. 66, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:334.2 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 334.2
Board of commissioners; appointment and qualifications of members; terms of office; compensation
Status: in_force

The governing authority of said district is hereby declared to be a board of commissioners, consisting of five members, who shall be citizens of the United States and qualified voters and taxpayers within the limits of said district during the term of office. The said commissioners shall be appointed as follows:

(1) Three members to be appointed by the mayor and town council of the town of Vinton, Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana.

(2) Two members to be appointed by the police jury of the parish of Calcasieu, state of Louisiana.

The commissioners initially appointed shall be appointed for terms respectively of 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 years, to be determined as follows: Initially the commissioners appointed for terms of 1, 3 and 5 years shall be appointed by the mayor and town council of the town of Vinton, Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana, and those commissioners appointed for terms of 2 and 4 years shall be appointed by the police jury of the parish of Calcasieu, state of Louisiana. Any vacancy in any original term shall be filled in the manner for original appointments. Any vacancy occurring due to expiration of the original term shall be filled by the board of commissioners, for the term of five years, from a panel of names submitted to them as follows:

Two names to be submitted by each of the following:

(1) The governing authority of the town of Vinton, Louisiana.

(2) The police jury of the parish of Calcasieu, Louisiana.

Added by Acts 1956, No. 466, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:335.6 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 335.6
Advertisement
Status: in_force

The prohibition contained in R.S. 43:111 against advertising in any newspaper, book, pamphlet, or periodical shall not apply to the board of commissioners of the Alexandria Regional Port in carrying out its functions and duties under the constitution and laws of this state.

Acts 1987, No. 440, §1; Acts 1992, No. 770, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:1074 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 1074
Oath of office and bond of pilots
Status: in_force

All the pilots shall take an oath of office and furnish bond to the extent of one thousand dollars approved by the board of examiners of each port.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:3108 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 3108
Acquisition of sites; lease of state owned lands and water bottoms
Status: in_force

A.(1) To enable the authority to perform the work herein provided, the state of Louisiana, acting by and through the register of state lands, is hereby authorized, empowered and directed to grant to the authority a lease on state owned lands and water bottoms which are selected by the authority as sites for offshore terminal facilities; provided, however, that the mineral rights on any and all state lands shall be reserved to the state of Louisiana.

(2) Upon receipt of a request from the authority describing the lands to be leased by the authority, it is hereby made the mandatory duty of the register of state lands to issue a certificate of title evidencing the lease of the land to the authority as described in the request.

B. The register of state lands shall lease the selected tracts to the authority for five dollars per acre per annum.

C. All such leases shall be for a term of forty years, but the legislature may reevaluate the rental payments upward or downward to reflect changing economic conditions.

D. All proceeds arising from the transfer of such leases of state owned lands and water bottoms shall be paid by the authority to the state treasurer and shall become part of the general fund of the state of Louisiana.

E. Nothing in this Chapter is intended to authorize the authority to lease state owned lands and water bottoms for the exploration, development and production of oil, gas, sulphur or other minerals or for the cultivation or production of marine resources or detract from the authority of the State Mineral and Energy Board and/or Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Commission to lease for such purposes. However, tracts once leased to the authority may not be leased by the State Mineral and Energy Board or the Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Commission without the express consent of the authority, unless it can be shown by the State Mineral and Energy Board or the Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Commission, by clear and convincing evidence, that such lease or leases will not adversely affect present or future authority operations.

Added by Acts 1972, No. 444, §1. Amended by Acts 1974, No. 358, §6; Acts 2009, No. 196, §3, eff. July 1, 2009; Acts 2011, No. 207, §10(A).
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:814 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 814
Sale of vessel when damaged or subject to deterioration
Status: in_force

If any offending vessel, upon seizure by the sheriff, is in a damaged condition so that the expense of keeping the same is excessive or disproportionate, or if it is liable to be lost or suffer injury or great deterioration by being detained in custody, the court may, on the application of the sheriff or on the application of either party, order the offending vessel to be sold at public sale, without appraisement, for cash, after such advertisement and at such time and place as the court may direct; provided that prior to adjudication of the vessel at any such sale any claimant of such offending vessel may cause the same to be released from seizure and delivered to him upon appearing and giving bond in the manner hereinabove provided.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:1657 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 1657
Fees; ad valorem tax, borrowing money
Status: in_force

The commission may charge a reasonable fee to each vessel using the port facilities. It may also charge for each copy of any certificate issued by it or its deputies for inspecting hatches, surveying cargoes and the like in regard to vessels using the port facilities in the port area. The master of each vessel shall, however, be furnished free one copy of all surveys upon his vessel or cargo. The commission may, when authorized so to do by a vote of a majority in number and value of the property taxpayers of the district qualified to vote at an election held for the purpose in accordance with law, and for the period of time authorized in said elections, levy annually an ad valorem tax not to exceed two and one-half mills on the dollar on the property subject to taxation situated in the district. All funds derived under this section may be used to defray the administrative, operative, and maintenance expenses of the board. The commission may likewise borrow money for the said purpose from time to time and issue certificates of indebtedness secured by any fees authorized under this section and by any taxes authorized under this section provided that such indebtedness shall in no year exceed the estimated revenues for such year.

Acts 1968, No. 521, §4.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:1076 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 1076
Pilotage fees; exceptions
Status: in_force

A. The Associated Branch Pilots for the Port of Lake Charles shall be entitled to and receive a fee for their pilotage services.

B. The fees for pilotage services shall be established in accordance with R.S. 34:1121 et seq.

C. The river port pilots shall also be entitled to enter into agreements with the masters, owners, or their agents, of ships and vessels, not otherwise subject to compulsory pilotage as provided by these statutes, for special services, boats, equipment, transportations, and other necessary fees at such rates and for such sums as may be agreed between them.

D. All vessels shall employ a pilot when navigating the operating territory described in this Part except those vessels exempted by the laws of the United States or vessels of one hundred gross tons or less, lawfully engaged in coastwise trade.

E. In case of refusal to take a pilot as required, the master, owner, agent, or consignee of any vessel required to employ a pilot shall pay the established pilot fee as if a pilot had been employed.

F. The pilot shall have a lien and privilege upon any vessel employing a pilot for the nonpayment of pilotage fees and charges and for all reasonable attorney fees incurred in connection with the recovery of pilotage fees and charges and enforcement of the lien. The lien and privilege may be enforced in any court of competent jurisdiction.

G. The pilots shall be entitled to and receive from every vessel subject to pilotage entering or leaving ports an additional pilotage fee for every day she may be detained at a quarantine station, provided that the pilots are detained on board the vessel. Pilotage fees and all reasonable attorney fees incurred in connection with the recovery of the pilotage fees and enforcement of a lien shall bear as a lien and privilege upon the vessel. The lien and privilege may be enforced in any court of competent jurisdiction.

H. The provisions of this Section do not apply to the pilotage of vessels or ships for entrance of and upon the Mississippi River, or any other waterway connecting the port of New Orleans or any other port on the Mississippi River with the Gulf of Mexico.

Amended by Acts 1952, No. 36, §1; Acts 1968, No. 64, §1, eff. Oct. 1, 1968; Acts 2004, No. 902, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2005.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:445 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 445
Powers and duties of board; duties of secretary
Status: in_force

A. The board shall adopt bylaws, rules, and regulations for its own government and for the government of its officers and employees and prescribe their duties. The board shall devise, adopt, and carry out plans through financial cooperation with the government of the United States and otherwise; it shall also adopt rules and regulations for the carrying into effect and perfection, of a system having for its object the improvement of Red River from the Louisiana-Arkansas state line to its mouth, so as to secure and maintain the navigability thereof. The board shall apply for and receive allocation of funds, supplies, machinery, and personnel for such purposes, from the government of the United States. It shall keep a record of its proceedings which shall be published at least once in a daily newspaper having a general circulation in the district, within thirty days after each board meeting. The board shall, at each meeting, examine all its accounts and operations; determine in what manner the work of the board shall be undertaken, and provide the means to carry it out.

B. The secretary shall keep full and complete records of all receipts and expenditures of the district; he shall safely keep and preserve all books, records, reports, contracts, vouchers, and correspondence relative to the affairs of the district, and maintain a perpetual inventory of its property of all descriptions.

Acts 1999, No. 634, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:806 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 806
Provisional seizure of vessel
Status: in_force

Upon the filing of the petition and bond, the court shall issue an order, in the manner now or hereafter provided for the issuance of writs of provisional seizure, directed to the sheriff ordering him to provisionally seize and take into his possession the offending vessel and hold the same subject to further orders of the court, and directing at the same time that public notice be given to all persons interested to appear within fifteen days to answer the petition so presented; and thereupon the sheriff shall provisionally seize and take into his possession the offending vessel and hold her subject to the further orders of the court, and shall cause public notice thereof and of the time assigned for the filing of an answer to the petition to be given by public notice published three times within ten days in a daily newspaper of general circulation at the place where the proceeding is pending, or if there is no such newspaper then public notice shall be given in any manner that the court shall direct, by publication at any place within the state, posting or otherwise.