La. Rev. Stat. § 34:218 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 218
Calcasieu River and Pass Project
Status: in_force

A.(1) In addition to any other provision of law, the Lake Charles Harbor and Terminal District is authorized and empowered to carry out any and all functions within or outside of its territorial limits necessary to serve, on behalf of the state of Louisiana which shall be the local sponsor, as agent for the state and as the single entity responsible to act and to secure rights of way, to furnish assurances to the secretary of the United States Army, and for the construction, operation, and maintenance of the Calcasieu River and Pass Project as designated by the United States Army Corps of Engineers.

(2)(a) Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section to the contrary, the Lake Charles Harbor and Terminal District, or any person on behalf of the district including but not limited to lessees, assignees, or any third party otherwise occupying property, shall not as to property the district owns in Cameron Parish, other than that property which it currently owns in Sections 43 and 44, Township 12 South, Range 9 West and in Sections 1 and 12, Township 12 South, Range 10 West, in the Southwestern Land District, Louisiana Meridian, Cameron Parish, Louisiana, hereafter referred to as "the exempt property", undertake any port activities in Cameron Parish.

(b) As used in this Section, "port activities" shall mean the acquisition or leasing of land for the construction, operation, or maintenance of docks, wharfs, sheds, slips, canals, machinery, or industrial plant facilities or facilities for the handling of cargos or materials of any type and other substantially similar activities, other than dredged materials in connection with construction operation and maintenance of the Calcasieu River and Pass Project. Any function by the Lake Charles Harbor and Terminal District necessary for the construction, operation, and maintenance of the Calcasieu River and Pass Project shall not be considered port activities.

(c) The Lake Charles Harbor and Terminal District may conduct port activities on any property in Cameron Parish pursuant to an intergovernmental agreement or cooperative agreement with the approval of the governing authority of Cameron Parish. As to the exempt property as defined in Subparagraph (a) of this Paragraph, nothing in this Section shall require the Lake Charles Harbor and Terminal District to enter into any intergovernmental agreement or cooperative agreement with the governing authority of Cameron Parish.

B. The district shall have the authority to acquire by purchase, lease, expropriation, or otherwise, any land for the purposes of the construction, operation, and maintenance of the Calcasieu River and Pass Project. The venue for any petition for expropriation filed by the district for property located in Cameron Parish shall be in accordance with R.S. 19:2.1.

C.(1) The district shall not acquire by purchase, lease, expropriation, or otherwise, or convey, sell, assign, or donate any land in Cameron Parish, except for the purposes of the construction, operation, and maintenance of the Calcasieu River and Pass Project or pursuant to a cooperative endeavor agreement with the governing authority of Cameron Parish.

(2) The provisions of this Subsection shall not apply to the exempt property as defined in Subparagraph (A)(2)(a) of this Section.

(3) Prior to the sale of any land in Cameron Parish purchased or expropriated by the Lake Charles Harbor and Terminal District, the governing authority of Cameron Parish shall have the first right of refusal for the purchase of such land, which right is subordinate to the following:

(a) A first right of refusal if so reserved in the act of sale by the seller of the property sold to the district.

(b) A first right of refusal in favor of the owner from whom the property was expropriated.

Acts 2012, No. 848, §1, eff. June 14, 2012.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:1054 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 1054
Offering of services
Status: in_force

As used in this Part, reference to the offering of a New Orleans and Baton Rouge steamship pilot or the offering of services by a New Orleans and Baton Rouge steamship pilot shall mean any offering of any advice or assistance with respect to pilotage by the commissioned New Orleans and Baton Rouge steamship pilot or by his authorized representative, including but not limited to advice concerning weather, channel conditions, and other navigational conditions.

Added by Acts 1983, No. 331, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:874 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 874
Harboring or secreting seamen; penalty
Status: in_force

Any person either on shipboard or on shore, other than those enumerated in R.S. 34:868 and 34:869, who harbors or secretes a seaman who has signed shipping articles to proceed on a voyage, or who inveigles or procures such seaman to desert or disregard the articles which he has signed, shall be fined not more than three hundred dollars and imprisoned for not more than three months at the discretion of the court.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:876 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 876
Shipping articles as evidence
Status: in_force

On the trial of any person under R.S. 34:874 and R.S. 34:875, a copy of the articles of any vessel authenticated by the affidavit of the captain, sworn to before any magistrate, shall be admissible in evidence to prove that any seaman whose name appears subscribed thereto, has actually signed said articles.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:3273 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 3273
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 1982, No. 391, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:407 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 407
Improvement and maintenance of navigation; advice of department of public works; cooperation with federal and state agencies
Status: in_force

Navigation districts shall have, with respect to the improvement and maintaining of navigation, the advice of the Department of Public Works, and it shall be the duty of the department to make such surveys, inspections and investigations; render such reports, estimates and recommendations; and furnish such plans and specifications as the board of commissioners of the district may request. Navigation districts may cooperate with the government of the United States, and contribute financially to the expense of such improvements and projects as may be adopted by the federal government; they may cooperate also with all agencies of this state in all undertakings, the result of which will be the furtherance of the objects for which the districts are created.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:3109 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 3109
Powers
Status: in_force

A. The authority shall be empowered to do any and all things necessary or proper to carry out the purposes of this Chapter, including but not limited to the following:

(1) To make such investigations and conduct such investigatory and adjudicatory hearings, by itself or through its executive director, or any person appointed by the authority for that purpose, to develop such facts as may be necessary to assist in assuring compliance with the purposes of this chapter and the rules, regulations, and orders of the authority.

(2) To enter, at all reasonable times, in or upon any private or public property for the purpose of inspecting or investigating conditions in order to ascertain the state of compliance with this chapter and the rules, regulations, and orders of the authority.

(3) To inspect, at reasonable times, relevant records, files, papers, processes, controls, operations, and facilities for the purpose of ascertaining the state of compliance with this chapter and the rules, regulations, and orders of the authority.

(4) To take such actions, promulgate such rules and regulations, and issue such orders, as necessary or appropriate to carry out the provisions of this Chapter; provided, however, that all such actions shall be performed in accordance with the Administrative Procedures Act.

(5) To institute in courts of competent jurisdiction legal proceedings to compel compliance with any order entered by the authority, or with this chapter or the authority's rules and regulations.

(6) To issue licenses, certificates, and permits for the construction of facilities or use of services or facilities subject to the authority's jurisdiction, pursuant to rules and regulations promulgated by the authority.

(7) To transfer, pursuant to rules and regulations promulgated by the authority, rights of the authority under any license, certificate, permit, or other authorization granted to the authority.

(8) To fix reasonable and just rates, fares, tolls or charges for the services and facilities within the authority's jurisdiction.

(9) To employ such engineers, accountants, attorneys, other professionals, employees and agents as may be necessary and advisable, and to fix their compensation on a contract or other appropriate basis.

B. To assert Louisiana's interest in any offshore terminal facilities development in proximity to the Louisiana coast, the authority is empowered to negotiate with and enter into contracts, compacts or other agreements with agencies, bureaus or other divisions of the federal government or other states of the United States concerning the authority development program, including jurisdictional aspects of the location of the offshore terminal facility, sharing of revenues derived from the operation of the offshore terminal facilities, and promulgation and enforcement of regulations governing authority operations.

C. In addition to all other powers granted to the authority, the authority is hereby granted the following powers and duties:

(1) To own, construct, operate, maintain, and lease docks, wharves, sheds, elevators, pipelines, pumping stations and related facilities, storage facilities, housing and food facilities, heliports, locks, slips, laterals, basins, warehouses, and all other property, structures, equipment, and facilities, including belt and connecting lines of railroads and works of public improvement necessary or useful for the authority development program.

(2) To dredge and maintain shipways, channels, slips, basins, and turning basins.

(3) To establish, operate, and maintain navigable waterway systems in cooperation with the federal government, the state of Louisiana and its various agencies, subdivisions, and public bodies.

(4) To acquire by expropriation title to any real property, leaving the ownership of any minerals or mineral rights in the former owners, and the prescription of nonuse shall not run against said minerals or mineral rights. In the event of expropriation, the compensation to be paid shall be the actual market value of the property at the time of taking. In the event of the acquisition of a servitude, or use of any state owned waterbottoms on which there has been granted an oyster lease by the Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Commission, the private oyster lessee shall be reimbursed by the authority for the actual market value of said lease.

(5) To borrow from any person using or renting any land or dock or warehouse or any facility of the authority such sums as are necessary to improve the same according to plans and specifications approved by the authority and to 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 set forth in R.S. 34:3112 or R.S. 34:3112.1.

(6) To collect tolls and fees.

(7) To borrow funds for the business of the authority.

(8) To mortgage properties constructed or acquired by the authority and to mortgage, pledge, and assign any or all right, title, and interest of the authority in any lease, sale, loan, or financing agreement, and the revenues and other advantages arising therefrom.

(9) To make secured or unsecured loans, but solely from funds obtained from the sale of revenue bonds issued under R.S. 34:3112.1 for the purpose of financing or refinancing the acquisition, construction, improvement, or equipping of a revenue bond project or revenue bond projects; to charge and collect interest on such loans and pledge the proceeds of loan agreements as security for the payment of the principal and interest of bonds, or designated issues of bonds issued by the authority and any agreements made in connection therewith, whenever the secretary of the Department of Transportation and Development finds such loans to be in furtherance of the public purposes and obligations of the authority and in the public interest, it being recognized that the funds being loaned are not funds of the state or of any political subdivision thereof, but are monies obtained from revenue bonds secured by payments to be made by licensees and other private industrial and commercial enterprises.

(10) To enter into lease, sale, loan, and financing agreements with licensees pursuant to which licensees agree to construct, operate, and maintain deepwater ports and offshore terminal facilities; and to use the proceeds of revenue bonds to pay or reimburse licensees for project costs, including those for which licensees have expended their own funds, and to make payments through fiduciaries to third parties for obligations which licensees have incurred for project costs.

D. The authority is hereby empowered to take all necessary steps to protect Louisiana's unique coastal environment from any short-term or long-term damage or harm which might occur from any aspect of the authority development program.

E. The authority may contract with any agency, public or private, to provide for public utilities on such terms as are agreed upon by the authority and the respective utilities for the financing, construction and extension of sewerage, water, drainage, electricity, gas and other necessary public utilities in and through said development.

F. The authority may lease or sublease lands leased from the state of Louisiana and is authorized to negotiate and enter into leases, subleases, contracts, or agreements with any person for the construction or operation of deepwater ports or offshore terminal facilities, including petroleum, coal, or other bulk cargoes in accordance with a license or licenses granted by the authority; however, the provisions of R.S. 38:2211, et seq. shall not apply to this Section.

G. The authority shall have exclusive and plenary power to issue licenses, certificates and permits, and otherwise regulate all phases of the construction and operation by any person of offshore terminal facilities within the jurisdiction of the authority. Nothing in this Chapter shall be construed to relieve, exempt or immunize any person, including the authority, from any environmental or safety requirement or regulation of a local governmental subdivision.

Added by Acts 1972, No. 444, §1. Amended by Acts 1974, No. 358, §§2, 7, 8; Acts 1976, No. 378, §1; Acts 1977, 1st Ex.Sess., No. 11, §1, eff. Aug. 17, 1977; Acts 1983, No. 218, §1; Acts 2011, No. 207, §10(A).
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:851.32 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 851.32
Disposition of funds
Status: in_force

A. Funds accruing to the state of Louisiana from registration fees paid by owners of motorboats and sailboats shall be paid into the state treasury and shall be credited to the Bond Security and Redemption Fund. Out of the funds remaining in the Bond Security and Redemption Fund, after a sufficient amount is allocated from that fund to pay all obligations secured by the full faith and credit of the state which become due and payable within any fiscal year, the treasurer shall, prior to placing such remaining funds in the state general fund, pay into the Aquatic Plant Control Dedicated Fund Account an amount equal to the total amount of the sums recovered as fees for motorboat and sailboat registrations in R.S. 34:851.20 and 851.23.

B. The revenues derived from the registration fees paid into the Conservation Fund pursuant to Subsection A of this Section shall be made available for the purpose of providing the necessary additional funds for the administration and enforcement of the provisions of this Part or for such other purposes as may be determined by the Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Commission.

C. Funds accruing to the state of Louisiana from the fees paid for the registration of houseboats shall be paid into the state treasury and shall be credited to the Bond Security and Redemption Fund. Out of the funds remaining in the Bond Security and Redemption Fund, after a sufficient amount is allocated from that fund to pay all obligations secured by the full faith and credit of the state which become due and payable within any fiscal year, the treasurer shall pay into the Derelict Houseboat Fund Account an amount equal to the total amount of the sums recovered as fees for houseboat registrations in R.S. 34:851.20.

Acts 1984, No. 288, §1; Acts 2018, No. 628, §1; Acts 2018, No. 698, §1; Acts 2019, No. 139, §1; Acts 2021, No. 114, §18, eff. July 1, 2022; Acts 2021, No. 356, §1, eff. Nov. 15, 2021.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:809 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 809
Ex parte proceedings upon claimant's failure to answer
Status: in_force

If any claimant who has filed a release bond does not thereafter make due answer to the plaintiff's petition on or before the return day, the court shall on motion of the plaintiff declare the claimant in default, and thereafter the cause shall proceed ex parte, as provided for in the disposition of civil suits at law where the defendant has failed to appear and answer.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:1077 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 1077
Report of incompetency, carelessness, etc. of pilots; removal, suspension or reprimand; attempt to exercise functions without commission
Status: in_force

In the event that the Board of River Port Pilot Commissioners and Examiners shall receive reports in writing from any person which charges any pilot or pilots with the incompetency, carelessness, especially charges of carelessness or incompetency, in connection with damages caused to or by the ship of which the pilot had charge, neglect or refusal to perform his duty, habitual drunkenness, gross violation of the rules of said board or any other conduct that the board deem prejudicial to the public interest or the local port, the board shall notify the pilot so charged and all other persons concerned and shall hold a hearing to investigate the charges, and after said investigation and hearing the board shall have the authority to remove, suspend, or reprimand said pilot within their discretion, or if the board deems necessary, they may recommend to the Governor that the state pilot commission of said pilot be revoked.

Whoever attempts to exercise the functions of a pilot of ships, subject to regulation by the state of Louisiana, without having been commissioned by the Governor, shall be fined not less than twenty-five dollars, nor more than two hundred dollars, or imprisoned for not less than thirty days nor more than four months, or both.

Amended by Acts 1954, No. 525, §4.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:340.5 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 340.5
Bonds; character
Status: in_force

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

Added by Acts 1975, No. 101, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:871 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 871
Arrest by master or person in charge
Status: in_force

Any master or person in charge of any vessel upon which the offenses enumerated in R.S. 34:869 are committed, may arrest any person so offending and deliver him to the proper authorities for trial.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:3459 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 3459
Inspection
Status: in_force

A. The department shall approve the engineering and construction plans for any proposed projects that are prepared by consultant or contract engineers for any recipient port authority. The department may inspect the construction of a project at any time to assure project compliance.

B. The department shall inspect a complete project with the consultant or contract engineer. The engineer shall certify that construction is in accordance with plans and specifications. The department may inspect a completed project at any time to assure that the project is being maintained in accordance with project specifications and agreements.

Acts 1989, No. 452, §1, eff. June 30, 1989.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:2476.2 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 2476.2
Additional powers; industrial development
Status: in_force

A. In addition to authority granted in this Chapter or by other state or federal law, the port may construct and/or acquire industrial parks and/or industrial plant buildings within, and without, the geographic boundaries of the port, including sites and other necessary property or appurtenances therefor, and may acquire, construct, improve, operate, maintain and provide improvements and services necessary therefor, including but not limited to roads, street lighting, bridges, rail facilities, drainage, sewers, sewerage disposal facilities, solid waste disposal facilities, waterworks and other utilities and related properties; provided that in connection with any projects outside the geographic boundaries of the port, the executive director, with approval of the commission, shall make a determination that such development provides a substantial benefit to the port or to the business and industry of persons located within the geographic boundaries of the port. The port may also sell, lease or otherwise dispose of, by suitable and appropriate contract, to any enterprise locating or existing within the geographic boundaries of the port, all or any part of an industrial plant site, industrial plant building or other property owned by the port. In determining the consideration for any contract to lease, sell, or otherwise dispose of lands, buildings or other property of the port, the port may take into consideration the value of the lands, buildings, or other properties involved as well as the potential value of the economic impact of the industrial or business enterprise being assisted. Such economic impact shall include increased employment, increased use of local labor, wages and salaries to be paid, consumption of local materials, products and resources and special tax revenues to be generated by the industrial or business enterprise acquiring or leasing lands, buildings or other property from the port.

B.(1) In addition to any other authority or powers granted the port, the port shall have full power and authority to issue obligations and to provide funds for the furtherance and accomplishment of any authorized public function. For purposes of this Chapter, "authorized public function" shall mean and include, but shall not be limited to providing, developing, securing, and improving water storage, treatment, supply, and distribution services and facilities; sanitary and storm sewer and other liquid and solid waste collection, disposal, treatment, and drainage services, gas, electric, petroleum, coal, and other energy collection, recovery, generation, storage, transportation, and distribution facilities and activities; industrial, manufacturing, and other economic development facilities and activities; antipollution and air, water, ground, and subsurface pollution abatement and control facilities and activities; airport and waterport and related facilities, services, and activities; and facilities, property, and equipment of any nature for the use or occupancy of (a) the state or of any governmental units in the state, (b) the United States, or any agencies or instrumentalities thereof, or (c) any other private person or entity. Each of the functions described herein shall constitute an "industry" within the meaning of Article VI, Section 21 of the Constitution of Louisiana and the powers granted in this Chapter to assist such industries, including, without limitation, the loan, grant or donation of funds is hereby deemed to be the assistance of industry within the meaning of Article VI, Section 21 of the Constitution of Louisiana.

(2) The port may issue obligations to accomplish any of the foregoing authorized public functions or purposes and shall have the following powers, together with all powers incidental thereto or necessary for the performance of all of the following:

(a) To acquire, whether by purchase, exchange, gift, lease, or otherwise, and to construct and improve, maintain, equip, and furnish one or more projects that qualify as authorized public functions, including all real and personal properties which the executive director with the approval of the board of commissioners of the port may deem necessary in connection therewith and whether or not any such project shall then be in existence.

(b) To lease or to contract for the use to or by others any or all of its authorized projects and to charge and collect rent, fees, or charges therefor, and to terminate any such lease or contractual arrangement upon the failure of the lessee to comply with any of the obligations thereof.

(c) To sell, exchange, donate, and convey any or all of its projects upon such terms and conditions as the executive director with the approval of the board of commissioners may deem advisable, including the power to receive for any such project the note or notes of the purchaser of a project whenever any such action is in furtherance of the purposes for which the port was organized.

(d) As security for the payment of the principal of and interest on any bonds so issued, and any agreements made in connection therewith, to mortgage and pledge any or all of its projects or any part or parts thereof, whether then owned or thereafter acquired, and to pledge the revenues and receipts therefrom or from any source thereof.

C.(1) The port may enter into any cooperative endeavor.

(2)(a) "Cooperative endeavor" means any form of economic development assistance between or among the commission and the state, any of its local governmental subdivisions, political corporations, or public benefit corporations, the United States or its agencies, or any public or private association; corporation, or individual. The term "cooperative endeavor" shall include, but shall not be limited to, cooperative financing, cooperative development, or any other form of cooperative economic development activity.

(b) "Cooperative financing" means any method of financing and economic development project between or among the port and the state, any of its local governmental subdivisions, political corporations, or public benefit corporations, the United States or its agencies, or any public or private association, corporation, or individual. Such methods of financing shall include loans, loan guarantees, land write-downs, grants, lease guarantees, or any form of financial subsidy or incentive. Such loan, grant, donation and other means of cooperative financing is deemed to be the assistance of the industries authorized to be assisted by this Chapter under the provisions of Article VI, Section 21 of the Constitution of Louisiana.

(c) "Cooperative development" means any method of cooperative development between or among the port and the state, any of its local governmental subdivisions, political corporations, or public benefit corporations, the United States or its agencies, or any public or private association, corporation, or individual. Said methods of cooperative development shall include, but shall not be limited to, any number of joint development agreements such as condominiums and cooperative ownership limited partnerships and investment syndicates.

D. The port shall have the authority and power necessary in order to carry out and effectuate the purposes and provisions of this Chapter, including, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the following specific authority and powers, which shall be in addition to others granted in this Chapter:

(1) To apply for and to receive and accept for or from any federal agency, the state, or political subdivision of the state, or for or from any public or private source, any grants, loans, or advances for or in the aid of an economic development cooperative endeavor, project, or projects, to give and accept such equity or security as may be required, and to enter into and carry out a contract or contracts of agreements in connection therewith, provided that public notice is given prior to such action.

(2) To procure insurance against any losses in connection with its property in such amounts and from such insurers as may be necessary and desirable.

(3) To sponsor and conduct conferences and studies, to collect and disseminate information, and to issue periodic reports.

(4) To assist local and regional businesses in applying for federal research grants and state or federal procurement contracts including dissemination of information on the availability of such grants and contracts.

(5) To collect and disseminate information on financial, technical, marketing, management, and other services available to local and regional businesses on a free or for-hire basis from universities, private for-profit businesses, and nonprofit organizations, or to provide for such services itself or in cooperation with public or private persons.

(6) To receive, loan, or expend seed capital or venture capital.

Acts 2004, No. 307, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:2026 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 2026
Fees and ad valorem tax; borrowing money
Status: in_force

A. The board of commissioners may, when necessary, levy annually an ad valorem tax not to exceed five mills on the dollar of assessed valuation of all property, provided that the amount, term, and purpose of said tax, as set out in a proposition submitted to a vote in accordance with the Louisiana Election Code, shall be approved by the approval of two-thirds of the parish council and a majority of the qualified electors voting in a special election held for that purpose.

B. All funds derived under this Section may be used for any expenses or purposes of the district. The board of commissioners shall establish and maintain, in addition to all necessary and normal accounts, the following special accounts:

(1) An economic development operational fund, for the development and attraction of industries to accomplish the following:

(a) The operational fund shall be used for operating expenses necessary in creation of industrial and commercial development, in hiring sufficient staff to accomplish the purposes set out in this Chapter, and other related expenses.

(b) The operational fund may also be utilized in contracting for services as may be required by the district including but not limited to planning assistance, surveys, land use studies, technical services, and other services necessary to effectuate a unified industrial development plan.

(2) An account for the maintenance and operation of a governmental procurement center to provide necessary information to companies and individuals engaged in providing services and goods to accomplish the following:

(a) Pinpoint and identify potential buying centers and aid in placing the company on a bidder's list for these centers and assist companies in obtaining specifications for their products or services.

(b) Provide trained counselors to assist in acquiring solicitation and bid packages and conduct seminars designed to disseminate other information needed by the target companies and individuals.

Acts 1990, No. 710, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:956 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 956
Carrying pilot out to sea; liability of master or owner of vessel
Status: in_force

If through the fault of the master or owner, any outward bound vessel carries off any pilot to sea when a boat is attending to receive him, the master or owner shall, in addition to the pilotage charges fixed herein, pay the pilot the same monthly wages during the passage of such vessel as the master is receiving, and his transportation and expenses to return home.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:245 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 245
Examinations and investigations; control and regulation; annual report
Status: in_force

The board of commissioners shall examine and investigate all questions relating to the interest and welfare of the district; it shall control and regulate the same, and make an annual report to the governor showing all receipts and disbursements of the board, the number of arrivals and departures of vessels and crafts and their tonnage, the exports and imports passing through the port district, setting forth the general condition of said district, its buildings, structures, facilities, and other properties, and making such recommendations for the development and welfare of the district and its management as to the board may seem advisable. A copy of said report shall be promptly published in a newspaper printed in the City of New Iberia.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:296 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 296
Acquisition of lands
Status: in_force

The board may acquire by purchase, donation, expropriation or otherwise any and all lands in the district needed for railways, warehouses, docks, wharves, sheds, buildings, and other facilities owned and operated by the board and it may provide for the payment of such land out of the funds under its control not otherwise specially appropriated.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:1124 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 1124
Fees and charges to remain in effect until changed
Status: in_force

All pilotage fees and charges provided by applicable laws shall remain in full force and effect until changed by majority vote of the Pilotage Fee Commission.

Acts 1968, No. 579, §4; Acts 2004, No. 902, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2005.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:3101 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 3101
Object; purpose of Chapter
Status: in_force

A. It is the object and purpose of this Chapter to provide for the creation of a state agency of the state of Louisiana, possessing full corporate powers, known as the Offshore Terminal Authority, hereinafter referred to as the "authority", to promote, plan, finance, develop, construct, control, license, regulate, supervise, operate, manage, maintain and/or modify offshore terminal facilities within the jurisdiction of said authority in order to promote the economic welfare of its citizens. It is hereby declared to be in the public interest that this offshore terminal authority be created as a state agency of the state of Louisiana.

B. It is further the object and purpose of this Chapter:

(1) To promote the economic and industrial well being of the state of Louisiana and international trade for the state of Louisiana, its subdivisions and the area served by the Mississippi River and its tributaries;

(2) To promote the industrial and petrochemical base of the Mississippi Valley region of the United States by providing adequate deep draft port facilities for the handling of the cargoes of deep draft vessels;

(3) To promote, in addition to port operations, scientific and all other uses directly related to the offshore terminal facilities which shall be in the public interest;

(4) To accommodate and plan for the technological innovations occurring in the worldwide and domestic shipping industry to increase efficiency and the flow of commerce through the offshore terminal facilities;

(5) To protect environmental values and Louisiana's unique coastal marshland ecosystem through the adoption of an environmental protection plan;

(6) To assert and protect Louisiana's economic, social and environmental interests in the development of any offshore terminal facilities outside the state of Louisiana where such development may have an impact upon the state of Louisiana;

(7) To create a state agency of the state of Louisiana to exercise the powers and functions granted hereby and to serve as an agency to assist licensees, as hereinafter defined, in the financing of deepwater ports and offshore terminal facilities. The functions exercised by the authority empowered herein shall be deemed to be governmental functions and public obligations of the state of Louisiana performed on behalf of the state.

(8) To assure that the authority shall not be required to pay any taxes or assessments on any property acquired or used by it under the provisions of this chapter or upon the income therefrom. Any bonds issued hereunder shall be serviced from the income of said facility and shall be exempt from taxation by the state of Louisiana, and by any municipal or political subdivision of the state.

Added by Acts 1972, No. 444, §1; Amended by Acts 1974, No. 358, §2; Acts 1976, No. 378, §1; Acts 1977, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 11, §1, eff. Aug. 17, 1977; Acts 2011, No. 207, §10(A).
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:202 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 202
Lake Charles Harbor and Terminal District; ratification; board of commissioners; members; officers; agents; and employees
Status: in_force

A.(1) The governing authority of the district shall be a board of commissioners which shall be known as the Board of Commissioners of the Lake Charles Harbor and Terminal District. The board shall consist of seven members who shall be citizens of the United States and qualified voters, and inhabitants of this district during their terms of office.

(2) The governor shall appoint seven commissioners, subject to Senate confirmation. Effective August 1, 2015, commissioners shall serve staggered terms of four years, which begin on August first of the appointment year and expire on July thirty-first in the fourth year following the appointment year, and shall be appointed from nominations as follows:

(a) One member, designated as Position A, shall be appointed from a list of three nominees submitted by the governing authority of the city of Westlake.

(b) One member, designated as Position B, shall be appointed from a list of three nominees submitted by the governing authority of Cameron Parish.

(c) One member, designated as Position C, shall be appointed from a list of three nominees submitted by the governing authority of the city of Lake Charles.

(d) One member, designated as Position D, shall be appointed from a list of three nominees submitted by the governing authority of Calcasieu Parish.

(e) Three members, designated as positions E, F, and G, shall be appointed from a list of nominees submitted jointly by the state legislators who represent any part of the district.

(3) Effective August 1, 2014, any vacancy whether by reason of death, resignation, expiration of term, or any other cause in the membership of the board shall be filled for the remainder of any unexpired term, in the same manner as provided in Paragraph (2) of this Subsection. Not later than ten calendar days after the occurrence of a vacancy on the board for any cause, the president or other presiding officer of the board shall send notice of the vacancy by registered or certified United States mail to the appropriate nominating authority. The nominating authority shall submit its nominations to the governor no later than sixty calendar days after occurrence of the vacancy. If a nominating authority fails to submit nominations to the governor within one hundred twenty calendar days after occurrence of the vacancy, the governor shall forthwith make an appointment to fill the vacancy.

(4) Nominations from the legislative delegation for positions E, F, and G and appointments by the governor from those nominations shall be made so that the composition of the board includes at least two members of a racial minority or one member of a racial minority and one woman.

(5) No member shall serve more than two and one-half terms in three consecutive terms. After having served at least two and one-half terms in three consecutive terms, a commissioner shall not be eligible for appointment to the board for a period of twelve years after completion of that service on the board.

(6) Members shall continue to serve until their successors have been appointed and take office.

B. Any commissioner may be removed by the governor but only for cause, including but not limited to a violation of Subsection D of this Section, and on charges preferred against him in writing and after public hearing and proof of the sufficiency of such charges. Any commissioner so removed shall have the right to test in the courts the sufficiency of the charges and of the evidence tendered in support thereof.

C. The commissioners shall serve without compensation.

D. The commission shall be responsible for establishing broad, directional policies of the district and may take only such action which is in accordance with powers and authorities established in this Part or otherwise as authorized by state or federal law. Neither the board of commissioners nor any individual member thereof shall conduct day-to-day business and operational affairs of the district nor shall any individual member direct or attempt to direct the day-to-day operational decisions of the port director or any other employee of the district.

Amended by Acts 1964, No. 401, §1; Acts 1975, No. 102, §1; Acts 1975, No. 789, §2; Acts 1980, No. 370, §1; Acts 1984, No. 798, §1, eff. July 13, 1984; Acts 1988, No. 351, §1, eff. Sept. 15, 1988; Acts 2003, No. 149, §1, eff. May 29, 2003; Acts 2014, No. 485, §1.

NOTE: See Acts 2003, No. 149, §2 and Acts 2014, No. 485, §2, relative to appointment and terms of members.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:1451 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 1451
Creation of Greater Krotz Springs Port Commission
Status: in_force

A.(1) There is hereby created a commission to be known as the Greater Krotz Springs Port Commission, which shall be composed of eleven members, appointed as follows:

(a) Two commissioners, who shall be residents of the city of Eunice, or who shall live within five miles of the city limits of Eunice, to be appointed by the governing authority of the city of Eunice.

(b) Two commissioners, who shall be residents of the city of Opelousas, or who shall live within five miles of the city limits of Opelousas, to be appointed by the governing authority of the city of Opelousas.

(c) Two commissioners, who shall be residents of the town of Krotz Springs, or who shall live within five miles of the city limits of Krotz Springs, to be appointed by the governing authority of the town of Krotz Springs.

(d) Two commissioners, who shall be residents of St. Landry Parish, appointed by the St. Landry Parish Municipal Association, one of whom shall be of a minority race.

(e) Three commissioners, who shall be residents of St. Landry Parish, appointed by the St. Landry Parish Police Jury, one of whom shall be of a minority race.

(2) The members of the commission shall serve without compensation but may receive per diem at an amount not to exceed seventy-five dollars. A member of the commission may be removed by the appointing authority with or without cause.

B. Any vacancy on the commission for any reason shall be filled in the same manner as the original appointment, for the unexpired term of office. Each commissioner shall be a citizen of the United States and a qualified voter* of the State of Louisiana and the Parish of St. Landry.

C. Each appointment shall be submitted to the Senate for confirmation at the next regular session of the legislature after the appointment shall have been made.

Added by Acts 1956, No. 228, §1; Amended by Acts 1956, No. 246, §1; Acts 1960, No. 387, §1; Acts 1966, No. 446, §1; Acts 1970, No. 613, §1; Acts 1976, No. 195, §1, eff. Aug. 1, 1976; Acts 1982, No. 377, §1. Acts 1984, No. 798, §2, eff. July 13, 1984. Acts 1984, No. 888, §2, eff. July 20, 1984; Acts 1985, No. 841, §1, eff. July 23, 1985; Acts 1988, No. 918, §1; Acts 2004, No. 397, §1.

*"AND TAXPAYER" WAS INCLUDED IN ACTS 1984, NO. 798, §2.

NOTE: See Acts 1985, No. 841, §2.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:1803 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 1803
Rights and powers of the board
Status: in_force

The commission shall exercise the powers herein conferred upon it, within the port area, consisting of the entire parish of Avoyelles as the boundaries and limits of said parish are presently fixed by law.

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

The commission shall regulate the commerce, and traffic, within such port area in such a 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 shall have authority to construct or acquire and equip wharves and landings, and other structures useful for the commerce of the port area, and provide mechanical facilities therefor; to erect sheds or other structures on said 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 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. The legislature may confer additional powers upon the commission not inconsistent with the provisions hereof; provided, however, that it shall not impair any contracts lawfully entered into by the commission. Title to all property and improvements thereon operated by the commission shall vest in the state of Louisiana.

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 shall furnish, without charge, to the master of each such vessel, one copy of all surveys upon his vessel or cargo.

The commission shall have authority to 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, ocean going 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. No exclusive franchise, however, shall be granted to any carrier.

Added by Acts 1960, No. 331, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:340.6 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 340.6
Nothing to affect Port of New Orleans
Status: in_force

Nothing in this Subpart shall add to or detract from the provisions of law relative to the Board of Commissioners of the Port of New Orleans, the rights under all of said provisions being preserved.

Added by Acts 1975, No. 101, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:851.1 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 851.1
Declaration of policy
Status: in_force

It is the policy of this state to promote safety for persons and property in and connected with the use, operation and equipment of vessels and to promote uniformity of laws relating thereto.

Acts 1960, No. 43, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:333.11 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 333.11
Annual taxes
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 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.

Acts 1954, No. 253, §11.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:852.12 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 852.12
Dealer's record of vessels bought, sold, or transferred
Status: in_force

Every dealer shall maintain for at least three years a record of any vessel or outboard motor bought, sold, exchanged, or received for sale or exchange. This record shall be available for inspection by department representatives during reasonable business hours.

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. § 34:851.13 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 851.13
Riding on decks and gunwales
Status: in_force

No person operating a motor boat of twenty-six feet or less in length shall allow any person to ride or sit on either the starboard or port gunwales thereof or on the decking over the bow of the vessel while underway unless such motorboat is provided with adequate guards or railing to prevent passengers from being lost overboard. Nothing in this Section shall be construed to mean that passengers or other persons aboard a motorboat cannot occupy the decking over the bow of the boat to moor the watercraft to a mooring buoy or to cast off from such a buoy or for any other necessary purpose.

Acts 1960, No. 43, §13. Acts 1984, No. 288, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:995 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 995
Association of river port pilots
Status: in_force

The said river port pilots may form themselves into an association as to them may seem fit, not in conflict with law, or with the rules and regulations of the river port pilot commissioners, but nothing herein shall affect any association presently existing.

Acts 1952, No. 177, §5.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:3310 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 3310
Vesting of title
Status: in_force

Title to the property and the property rights specified in the petition shall vest in the department upon final court order declaring that the property described in the petition has been taken for the AGMAC deepening purposes, and the right to just and adequate compensation therefor shall vest in the persons entitled thereto. Upon vesting of title, the department may enter upon and take possession of the property.

Acts 2004, No. 728, §1, eff. July 6, 2004.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:1903 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 1903
Rights and powers of the commission
Status: in_force

A. The commission shall exercise the powers herein conferred upon it, within the port area, consisting of the entire parish of Caldwell. Provided, however, that specifically excluded from the port area are any docks, landings or wharves presently in use and businesses now engaged in river operations in the port area.

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

C. The commission shall regulate the commerce, and traffic, within such port area in such a manner as may, in its judgment, be for the best interests of the state. It shall have charge of and administer public wharves, docks, sheds and landings, and shall have authority to construct or acquire and equip wharves and landings, and other structures useful for the commerce of the port area, and provide mechanical facilities therefor; to erect sheds or other structures on said 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 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. The legislature may confer additional powers upon the commission not inconsistent with the provisions hereof; provided, however, that it shall not impair any contracts lawfully entered into by the commission. Title to all property and improvements thereon operated by the commission shall vest in the state of Louisiana.

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 shall furnish, without charge, to the master of each such vessel, one copy of all surveys upon his vessel or cargo.

E. The commission shall have authority to 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, 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. No exclusive franchise, however, shall be granted to any carrier.

F. All debts and obligations created by the commission shall be the sole responsibility of the commission.

Added by Acts 1962, No. 239, §1; Acts 1999, No. 387, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:25 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 25
Ordinances of New Orleans; force and effect; enforcement of ordinances of board
Status: in_force

A.(1) The ordinances of the city of New Orleans, applying to the wharves and landings and river front of the city of New Orleans in force on July 9, 1896, shall remain in full force and effect, except as amended by the Board of Commissioners of the Port of New Orleans.

(2) All ordinances passed by the board concerning the territory, jurisdiction, and control of the Port of New Orleans, and the proper conduct thereof, shall be enforceable by fine not to exceed five hundred dollars or imprisonment not to exceed six months in the parish jail, or both fine and imprisonment, in the discretion of the court.

B. The Board of Commissioners of the Port of New Orleans shall by proper ordinances make rules and regulations for the conduct, management, and control of the port, its commerce, traffic and navigation, the waters and landings within its territorial jurisdiction, the structures and other facilities under its administration, and for the government thereof, which may, in its judgment, be necessary or proper in the exercise of the powers now conferred upon it by the constitution and statutes of the state of Louisiana, and shall, from time to time, enlarge, modify, or change such rules and regulations in its discretion.

C. By such ordinances said board may, without limitation of such powers granted herein, adopt such rules and regulations with respect to:

(1) The safety and efficiency of port operations, the protection of property, life, and personal safety and welfare of its employees and of the public.

(2) The control, use, and protection of the landings, docks, wharves, warehouses, equipment, and other facilities and improvements and appurtenances thereto, under its administration.

(3) The navigation and use of the waters within its jurisdiction.

(4) The loading, unloading, transfer, or transshipment of cargoes from, to, or between all watercraft and other vehicles within its jurisdiction.

(5) The prevention of interference with and the obstruction of facilities and services necessary or related to the orderly and efficient handling of the commerce and traffic of the port.

(6) The protection, removal, and disposition of cargoes.

(7) Generally with respect to the safety and efficiency of the operations of the port.

D. Except as provided in R.S. 13:2571.1, the Criminal District Court for the parish of Orleans or the municipal or traffic court of the city of New Orleans shall have jurisdiction of the trial and punishment of all violations of the ordinances passed by the board committed within the parish of Orleans, except parking violations; and the district courts of the parishes within the limits of the Port of New Orleans shall have jurisdiction of the trial and punishment of all violations of such ordinances committed within their respective districts, except parking violations.

E. Through an administrative procedure pursuant to R.S. 13:2571, the board shall have jurisdiction of the adjudication of all parking violations of such ordinances committed in the parish of Orleans.

F. A city court located in Orleans Parish, a parish court located within Jefferson Parish, or a justice of the peace court located in St. Bernard Parish shall have jurisdiction to review the decision of the initial adjudication of parking violations of the parking ordinances of the Board of Commissioners of the Port of New Orleans occurring within their respective jurisdictions.

Amended by Acts 1970, No. 673, §1; Acts 1993, No. 353, §1; Acts 2001, No. 744, §2, eff. July 1, 2001; Acts 2001, No. 1135, §1, eff. June 28, 2001.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:335.4 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 335.4
Authority to levy and collect taxes; issuance of bonds
Status: in_force

A. The board of commissioners, when authorized to do so by a vote of a majority of the electors residing in the port qualified to vote and voting at an election for such purpose in accordance with law, may levy annually on all property situated within the port subject to taxation an ad valorem tax not to exceed ten mills on the dollar. The board of commissioners, upon its own initiative, may call a special election and submit to the qualified electors of the port the question of authorizing the levy of such a tax. The board of commissioners shall call such a special election when requested to do so by a petition in writing signed by at least 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 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 as taxes for state and parish purposes. The property subject to any taxes within said port 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, and tax penalties and tax sales shall also apply to the collection of all taxes authorized by this Section. The tax collector 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 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. The tax collector shall retain from all taxes collected by him for the port an amount sufficient to reimburse the expenses of his office for the collection of the tax. Upon the failure of the tax collector to comply with the provisions of this Section, the board of commissioners shall proceed against him and the sureties on his official bond for the collection of whatever money is owing to the board for such special taxes.

C. With the approval of the State Bond Commission, the board of commissioners may incur debts 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 board from any taxes authorized under this Section or from other sources. In addition to the pledge of revenues to secure the bonds and notes, the board of commissioners 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 board of commissioners 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 monies for the further securing of the payment of the principal and interest of its bond or notes.

D. The board of commissioners, on behalf of the port may, as an additional grant of authority, incur debt and issue negotiable general obligation bonds to finance any of its authorized purposes, with the approval of the State Bond Commission a majority of those voting in an election called and held for that purpose in accordance with the procedures set forth in Chapter 6-A of Title 18 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, as amended. Said general obligation bonds shall be issued in the form and manner and subject to the limitations, restrictions, and provisions contained in Part III, Chapter 4 of Title 39 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950 as amended, and shall be sold in the manner subject to the provisions of Chapter 13 of Title 39 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950.

Acts 1987, No. 440, §1; Acts 1992, No. 770, §1; Acts 2025, No. 318, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:297 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 297
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 or 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 vested with regard to such works of public improvements.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:3305 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 3305
Construction of Chapter; controlling law
Status: in_force

To the extent that the provisions of this Chapter are inconsistent with any other provisions of any general statute or special act or parts thereof, the provisions of this Chapter shall be deemed controlling.

Acts 2004, No. 728, §1, eff. July 6, 2004.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:2032 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 2032
General compliances; enhancement
Status: in_force

A. No provision of this Chapter shall be construed so as to exempt the district from compliance with the provisions of Louisiana laws pertaining to open meetings, public records, fiscal agents, official journals, dual office holding and employment, public bidding for the purchase of supplies and materials and construction of public works, the Code of Governmental Ethics, the Right to Property in Article I, Section 4 of the Constitution of Louisiana, and the Louisiana Election Code.

B. The financial records of the district shall be audited pursuant to R.S. 24:513.

Acts 1990, No. 710, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:334.41 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 334.41
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 part. The sheriff and ex-officio tax collector of the parish of St. Mary 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 delinquents 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 part 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 1974, No. 604, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:334.37 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 334.37
Contracts; bids
Status: in_force

Whenever any work is to be let by contract under the provisions of this Part, the board shall comply with the provisions of R.S. 38:2211 et seq.

Added by Acts 1974, No. 604, §1; Acts 2001, No. 655, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:2033 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 2033
Additional economic development functions
Status: in_force

A. In addition to any other powers and functions, the commission may perform the functions of an economic and industrial development entity. Such functions may include, without limitation:

(1) Public relations, advertising, marketing, and providing and disseminating information.

(2) Government relations, ombudsman, and government liaison.

(3) Financial and financing assistance.

(4) Tax abatement.

(5) Planning and coordination for economic development and resource utilization, including such functions as industrial and economic research and industrial programming and solicitation.

(6) Industrial training, technical assistance, and technology transfer.

(7) The use of public and other legal powers to facilitate development.

(8) Promoting transfer mechanisms to take ideas from their point of origin or development to commercially successful utilization by local enterprises.

(9) Fostering entrepreneurial activity in the district's jurisdiction.

(10) Promoting the development of new products, processes, or services or new uses for existing products, processes, or services manufactured or marketed in the district's jurisdiction.

(11) Supporting market research aimed at identifying new markets for local or regional products and processes, including international markets; determining the characteristics, needs, and preferences of those markets; and developing new marketing techniques to exploit those markets.

(12) Fostering and supporting economic and industrial development and education in cooperation with private business enterprises, financial institutions, educational institutions, nonprofit institutions and organizations, state government and political subdivisions of the state, the federal government, and other organizations or persons concerned with research, development, education, commercial application, and economic or industrial development in ways which increase the economic base in the district's jurisdiction.

B. For the purposes enumerated in Subsection A of this Section, the commission may engage in whatever activities and projects it deems most appropriate to encourage and assist economic growth and development in accordance with and pursuant to provisions of this Chapter.

Acts 2003, No. 887, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:997 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 997
Pilotage fees; vessel subject to pilotage
Status: in_force

A. The river port pilots shall be entitled to ask for and to 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, transportation, and other necessary fees at such rates and for such sums as may be agreed between them, but not to exceed those rates established in accordance with R.S. 34:1121, et seq.

D. All vessels shall employ a river port pilot when navigating the operating territory described in this Subpart except those vessels exempted by the laws of the United States or vessels of one hundred gross tons or less.

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

Acts 1952, No. 177, §7. Amended by Acts 1958, No. 17, §1; Acts 1960, No. 137, §1; Acts 1963, No. 109, §1; Acts 1986, No. 960, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:851.21 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 851.21
Numbering system
Status: in_force

A. The motorboat, houseboat, or sailboat identification number issued by the commission pursuant to this Part shall be divided into parts which include a symbol indicating the state and a combination of numerals, letters, and words indicating the individual identification of the motorboat, houseboat, or sailboat. The group of three digits appearing between letters shall be separated from those letters by hyphens or equivalent spaces. Numbers shall be block characters not less than three inches in height and of a color to contrast on the hull, dark on light or light on dark or as otherwise provided by rules and regulations of the commission.

B.(1) "LA" shall be the symbol indicating Louisiana.

(2) The second part of the motorboat, houseboat, or sailboat number shall consist of not more than four Arabic numerals and not more than two capital letters as a suffix separated by a hyphen or equivalent space. Since the letters "I", "O", and "Q" may be mistaken for numerals, they shall not be used.

(3) Motorboats, houseboats, or sailboats for hire or rent shall have painted or attached to each side of the bow the word "HIRE" in letters of not less than one and one-half inches which shall appear below the awarded number.

(4) Motorboats, houseboats, or sailboats owned by the state or any of its political subdivisions shall have painted or attached to each side of the bow the word "PUBLIC" in letters of not less than one and one-half inches which shall appear below the awarded number except when used for undercover or investigative work.

Acts 1990, No. 894, §1; Acts 2018, No. 628, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:1000 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 1000
Privilege for charges and attorney's fees
Status: in_force

The river port pilots shall have a lien and privilege upon any vessel employing a river port 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 lien. The lien and privilege may be enforced in any court of competent jurisdiction.

Acts 1952, No. 177, §10; Acts 1986, No. 960, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:3523 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 3523
Design-build contracts; pilot program for ports
Status: in_force

A.(1) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, any port may utilize the design-build method, pursuant to the pilot program as specified and limited herein, on any non-architectural project where the project involves the transport, production, storage, or manufacturing of port cargos and where sixty percent or more of the construction cost estimate in the "design criteria package", as determined by the port's retained design professional, consists of engineered products and components and the services, fabrication, and installation for such products and components. The authority granted pursuant to this pilot program is limited to a total of ten projects statewide as for the duration of this pilot program.

(2) A port may utilize this method on projects funded by any manner for any port project that a notice of intent is advertised for in accordance with this Section prior to December 31, 2020.

(3) A port which seeks to utilize the design-build pilot program authorized by this Section shall submit the proposed project to the joint committee for approval within thirty days of publishing the notice of intent required by Subsection C of this Section. Should the joint committee fail to act on the proposed project within sixty days from receipt of the proposed project, the port shall be authorized to proceed with the project utilizing the design-build method.

(4) As used in this Section, the following words shall have the following meanings:

(a) "Design criteria package" shall mean concise, performance-oriented drawings or specifications of the public construction project prepared by a qualified Louisiana-licensed engineer.

(b) "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.

(c) "Non-architectural" shall mean a project that does not require the use of an architect.

(d) "Port" shall mean any port commission or port, harbor, and terminal district created and established by law under the provisions of this Title.

B. Every design-builder shall be duly licensed and registered to do business in the state of Louisiana. Each design-builder shall have the following rights and powers:

(1) The design-builder may sublet responsibility for professional design services to an individual, firm, or corporation duly licensed and registered in the state of Louisiana to provide professional design services.

(2) The design-builder may sublet responsibility for construction or other services requiring a contractor's or trade subcontractor's license to persons or entities duly registered, licensed, or otherwise qualified to provide those services as required by law.

(3) The design-builder may contract with any individual port, as part of a design-build contract to provide professional services or construction services that the design-builder is not itself licensed, registered, or otherwise qualified in accordance with this Section.

C.(1) A notice of intent to select a design-builder for design-build services and to request letters of interest and statements of qualifications from qualified firms or teams shall be advertised in its official journal and, if one exists, the Internet website of the port. Additionally, the port may select other publications deemed appropriate by the port for advertisement of the notice. All notices of intent shall be advertised two times within a thirty-day time period prior to the deadline for receipt of responses and shall contain a brief description of the project, the required scope of services, and sufficient information for design-build entities to determine their interest and to enable them to submit a letter of interest and statement of qualifications. The port may readvertise the notice of intent using additional media or publications in an attempt to solicit additional responses if the number of responses received by the port is inadequate.

(2)(a) The port shall use a retained design professional to develop the "design criteria package" and provide technical advice, construction review services, and professional expertise on behalf of the port throughout the project duration; the private design professional shall be selected by the port using the procedures set forth in R.S. 38:2310 through 2318. The purpose of the design criteria package is to furnish sufficient information to permit design-build firms to prepare a bid or a response to the port's request for proposal. A design criteria package shall be required for each design-build project, and these documents shall specify technical requirements and performance-based criteria for the public construction project, including legal descriptions of the site, survey information, space requirements, material quality standards, schematic layouts and conceptual design criteria of the project, construction cost estimates, design and construction schedules, site development requirements, provisions for utilities, and storm water retention and disposal. Any person who participates in any way with the development or preparation of the design criteria package or evaluation of proposals shall not participate in any way or capacity with the preparation or submission of proposals or the performance of any design-build services.

(b) The design-build entity shall include a registered design professional who shall be the engineer of record for the project and independent from the port's design professional and named in the port's design-build entity's proposal.

(c) The port shall identify all required information in the notice of intent and in the standard response forms provided by the port. The notice of intent shall include statements of qualification by credentials and experience of design component members for the areas of expertise specific to the project and statements of qualification by experience and resources of the constructions team component. The notice of intent shall also include statements of qualification by credentials and experience in design-build project delivery of the design-builder and its team members. The completed response form and any other required information shall be transmitted to the port by the responding entity prior to the deadline to submit such forms and information as provided in the notice of intent. Any response failing to meet all of the requirements contained in the notice of intent, as determined in the discretion of the port, shall not be considered by the port. False or misrepresented information furnished in response to a notice of intent shall be grounds for rejection by the port and disbarment for future participation in any future work undertaken by the port.

D.(1) A primary design-build evaluation committee established by the port shall evaluate the responses to the notice of intent received by the port. The following general criteria used by the primary evaluation committee in evaluating responses to the notice of intent for design-build services shall apply to both the design and construction components of any responding entity:

(a) Experience of both the design and construction entity components and of key personnel as related to the project under construction.

(b) Past performance of port projects.

(c) Any project-specific criteria, as established by the port, which may apply to project needs.

(2) The primary evaluation committee shall evaluate the letters of interest from responding entities on the basis of the criteria set forth in this Subsection and shall select a short list of not more than five of the highest rated entities; however, if fewer than three letters of interest from responding entities are received by the port, the port shall have the discretion to proceed with the design-build process. The primary evaluation committee may, at its discretion, be assisted by other port personnel in its evaluation of an entity's qualifications. The primary design-build evaluation committee shall present its short list to the port director or chief administrative officer of the port. The short-listed entities shall be invited by the port director or chief administrative officer to submit a detailed technical and cost proposal, submitted after the technical proposal, but before published results of the technical scores, for the design-build project. The invitation from the port director to the short-listed entities shall specify a reasonable deadline for submission of such proposals.

E.(1) Depending upon the complexity of the project and the degree of flexibility in the approach to design and construction methods, the specific requirements of the technical proposal shall be identified by the port to the entities making the short list by means of a "design criteria package". Generally, the technical proposal shall include discussions of design strategy and preliminary design concepts, construction sequencing, techniques, materials, and methods, the schedule for commencement and completion of all phases of work, and a lump sum cost for all services in fulfillment of the requirements and within the constraints of the "design criteria package".

(2) The port shall compensate all the unsuccessful short-listed entities for the expense of preparing the technical proposal in the form of a stipend. The stipend shall be predetermined by the port and included in the design criteria package, but shall be no less than twenty one-hundredths of a percent of the construction cost estimate in the "design criteria package".

F. The port director or chief administrative officer of the port shall establish a technical review committee for evaluation of design-build proposals. The port director or chief executive officer, shall assign a project manager who shall become chairman of the technical review committee for the project. The technical review committee, including the project manager, shall identify specific technical elements of the project, depending upon the characteristics of the project, to be included in the technical score. Additionally, the port director may select additional port engineering and technical experts to serve as committee members to score each technical element of the project. Members of the technical review committee shall not have served as members of the primary evaluation committee. Each member of the technical review committee shall make his scoring of assigned elements available for public review. Such scores shall be considered public record.

G.(1) An adjusted score approach shall be used by the port in determining the winning proposal. An adjusted score shall be determined using the following three components:

(a)(i) The technical score determined by the technical review committee. Weighing factors may be assigned to each element depending on its relative magnitude or significance to the overall project. Each technical review committee member shall rate his assigned element of the proposal from each of the entities on the short list and shall submit such scores to the chairman of the technical review committee. The schedule and price bid shall not be made known to the technical review committee during the scoring process. The chairman of the technical review committee shall adjust the scores for any applicable weighing factors and shall determine the total technical score for each proposal.

(ii) Prior to determining the adjusted score, the chairman of the technical review committee shall notify each design-build proposer, in writing, of each proposer's final technical score. A proposer may request, in writing, no later than ten business days from the date of the chairman's notice, a review of its final technical score by the port director or his designated representative. If any proposer requests a review of its total technical score, the port director shall hold a hearing to review such within a reasonable time after the request has been received by the port director. The port director shall give the requesting proposer reasonable notice of the time and place of such hearing. The requesting proposer may appear at the hearing and present facts and arguments in support of the request for review of its final total technical score.

(iii) The port director shall present his findings from the hearing to the governing authority of the port. The governing authority shall determine what action shall be taken regarding the proposer's request to review its final technical score. The decision of the governing authority of the port shall be final and not subject to appeal or review by any legal process or otherwise, except upon clear and convincing evidence of fraud by the port or arbitrary and capricious action by the port.

(b) The time value, consisting of the product of the proposed contract time expressed in calendar days multiplied by the value-per-calendar-day expressed in dollars established by the port and included in the "design criteria package".

(c) The price proposal which will be publicly opened after the published results of the technical scores.

(2) The successful proposal shall be the proposal with the lowest adjusted score. The adjusted score for each entity's design-build proposal shall be determined by the following formula: adjusted score = the sum of the price bid and the time value, divided by the technical score. If the time value is not used, the adjusted score shall be determined by the following formula: adjusted score = price bid divided by technical score.

H. Any decision of the governing authority of the port, the port director or chief administrative officer of the port, or other employee of the port or any member of the primary evaluation committee or the technical review committee relating to the provisions of this Section shall be final and not subject to appeal or review by any legal process or otherwise, except upon clear and convincing evidence of fraud or arbitrary and capricious action by the port or any person acting on behalf of the port. Further, any legal process commenced or filed relating to any action or any inaction arising out of the provisions of this Section shall be filed within ten days of such action or inaction.

I. The Department of Transportation and Development, the intermodal division of the office of multimodal planning, shall promulgate rules and regulations according to the Administrative Procedure Act, subject to the oversight of the House and Senate committees on transportation, highways, and public works, as may be necessary for the implementation of this Section which shall be effective no later than one hundred twenty days from June 12, 2012.

J. This Section shall have no effect on projects for which a port authority has not issued an advertisement of a notice of intent as provided by Subsection C of this Section by December 31, 2020.

Acts 2012, No. 755, §1, eff. June 12, 2012; Acts 2015, No. 156, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:24 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 24
Statistical and financial reports
Status: in_force

A. The board of commissioners shall examine and investigate all questions relating to the interest and commerce of the port of New Orleans.

B.(1) On or before September 15 of each year, the board shall cause to be compiled and published an annual report, presenting in detail the operations of the board for the preceding fiscal year, ending June 30, and such other statistical and financial data as may be requisite to show the nature, extent and results of the operations of the board and of the several departments thereof; such report to be prepared according to generally accepted reporting and accounting principles.

(2) Copies of this report, verified by the oath of the chairman or vice chairman, and of the president and chief executive officer of the board, shall, within five days after the issuance thereof, be sent to the governor, to the legislative auditor, and to the state auditor, and unverified copies furnished to the daily newspapers of the city of New Orleans and of the city of Baton Rouge.

Acts 1988, No. 265, §1; Acts 2001, No. 1102, §7.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:1861 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 1861
Creation of Vidalia Port Commission
Status: in_force

A. There is hereby created a commission to be known as the Vidalia Port Commission, which shall be composed of seven members, who shall be residents of the parish of Concordia, who shall serve without compensation, and who shall be appointed by the governing authority of the town of Vidalia.

B. Of the commissioners initially appointed by the governing authority of the town of Vidalia, two shall be appointed for a term of two years, two shall be appointed for a term of four years, and the remaining commissioners shall be appointed for a term of six years. Thereafter, the successors to each of the commissioners shall be appointed for terms of four years.

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 taxpayer of the state of Louisiana.

Added by Acts 1981, Ex.Sess., No. 10, §1; Acts 2014, No. 505, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:1360 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 1360
Powers of district; title to structures and facilities
Status: in_force

The district, acting through its governing authority, shall have the power to regulate the commerce and traffic within said 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 connection railroads, shipways, canals, channels, slips, basins, locks, elevators and other structures and facilities necessary and proper for the use and development of the business of such district, including buildings and equipment for the accommodation of passengers and those used in the handling, storage, transportation and delivery of freight, express and mail; it may construct, acquire, extend, improve, maintain and operate such storm protection levees and protective levee and drainage facilities, without reference to whether the land within the district drains by gravity or requires drainage by leveeing and pumping, as may in its judgment be necessary or useful to protect or develop the port, harbor and terminal facilities within its territorial jurisdiction; it may dredge shipways, channels, slips, basins and turning basins in and to the Mississippi River-Gulf Outlet, and other waters within the district; 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 waterways systems; it may acquire, by purchase, lease or otherwise, industrial plant sites and necessary property or appurtenances therefor; it may lease as lessor, sublessor or assignor, for processing, manufacturing, commercial or business purposes, lands or buildings owned, acquired or leased as lessee by it, which leases may run for a 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, 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 of the district; provide mechanical facilities and equipment for use in connection with the wharves, sheds, and other structures; provide lights, water and other utilities for the district and for all port, 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 district and for any and all services rendered by the district; 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 hereinabove referred to are declared to be works of public improvement and title thereto shall vest in the public.

Added by Acts 1970, No. 373, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 1971; Acts 1970, No. 503, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 1971.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:2308 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 2308
Exercise of powers; status of commission
Status: in_force

The commission shall constitute an instrumentality of the State of Louisiana exercising public and essential governmental functions; and the exercise by the commission of the powers conferred by this Chapter in the establishment, operation and maintenance of the waterway and the acquisition, construction, operation and maintenance of the various port and related facilities hereinafter authorized shall be deemed and held to be essential governmental functions of the state of Louisiana. As the exercise of the powers granted hereby will be in all respects for the benefit of the people of the state, for the increase of their commerce and prosperity, and for the improvement of their health and living conditions, the commission shall not be required to pay any taxes or assessments upon any property acquired or used by the commission under the provisions of this Chapter, or upon the income therefrom, and any property acquired or used by the commission under the provisions of this Chapter and the income therefrom, and any bonds issued hereunder and the income therefrom shall be exempt from taxation by the State of Louisiana and by any parish, municipality or political subdivision of the state. The commission shall not be deemed to be a public utility and shall not be subject in any respect to the authority, control or supervision of the Louisiana Public Service Commission or any other regulatory body of the state or any political subdivision thereof.

Added by Acts 1965, No. 17, §8.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:2285 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 2285
Issuance of bonds
Status: in_force

A. The district, acting by and through the commission, with the approval of the State Bond Commission, is authorized to incur debts 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 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 this Chapter or from other sources.

B.(1) No such bonds shall run for a longer period than forty years from the date of issuance.

(2) Should the commission neglect or fail for any reason to impose or collect the taxes for the payment of the principal and interest of any such bonds, any person in interest shall have a cause of action, enforceable in any court having jurisdiction of the subject matter, to enforce the imposition and collection of such taxes.

(3) In addition to the pledge of revenues derived from taxes, the commission may pledge for the payment of the principal and interest of such bonds, the revenues derived from the operation of properties and facilities maintained and operated by it, or received by the commission from other sources. The commission is authorized to pledge for the further securing of the payment of the principal and interest of such bonds, all or any part of any moneys received by the commission from the United States, the state of Louisiana, or any political subdivision thereof, by gift, grant, donation or otherwise, unless otherwise provided by the terms of such gift, grant or donation. In addition to the pledge of revenues to secure said bonds, above stated, 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.

(4) Such bonds shall be authorized by a resolution of the commission and shall be of such series, bear such date or dates, be in such denominations, be in such form, either coupon or fully registered without coupons, carry such registration and exchangeability privilege, be payable in such medium of payment and at such place or places and be subject to such terms of redemption as such resolution may provide. The bonds shall be signed by such officers as the commission shall determine, and coupon bonds shall have attached thereto interest coupons bearing the facsimile signatures of the officer or officers of the district it designates. Any such bonds may be issued and delivered, notwithstanding that one or more of the officers signing such bonds or the officer or officers, whose facsimile signature or signatures may be upon the coupons, shall have ceased to be such officer or officers at the time the bonds shall actually have been delivered.

Added by Acts 1964, Ex.Sess., No. 11, §1; Acts 2025, No. 335, §1, eff. June 11, 2025.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:1224 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 1224
Authority for issuance of bonds; ad valorem tax
Status: in_force

A. The commission, with the approval of the State Bond Commission, 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, the revenues derived from the operation of properties and facilities maintained and operated by it, or received by the commission from other sources; however, the amount of such bonds and notes outstanding at any one time shall not exceed one hundred million dollars. Such bonds, when authorized to be issued, shall constitute, first, a general obligation of the commission, and secondly, the full faith and credit of the parish of East Baton Rouge, the parish of West Baton Rouge, the parish of Iberville, and thirdly, the state of Louisiana, and shall be and are hereby pledged. The full faith and credit of the parish of Ascension is hereby irrevocably pledged on a parity with that of the parishes of East Baton Rouge, West Baton Rouge, and Iberville in respect to the commission's bonds, notes, and obligations presently outstanding, as well as to all bonds, notes, and obligations hereafter authorized, sold, and incurred by the commission. The full faith and credit of the parish of Pointe Coupee is hereby irrevocably pledged on a parity with that of the parishes of East Baton Rouge, West Baton Rouge, Iberville, and Ascension in respect to the commission's bonds, notes, and obligations presently outstanding, as well as to all bonds, notes, and obligations hereafter authorized, sold, and incurred by the commission. In addition to the pledge of revenues to secure said bonds and notes, the commission 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 commission 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, to 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. The commission shall have authority, when authorized to do so by a vote of the 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. The commission shall not have the authority to levy the tax provided for in R.S. 34:338.1.

Acts 1983, No. 439, §1; Acts 1990, No. 402, §1; Acts 2019, No. 180, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2020.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:1655 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 1655
Right to expropriate
Status: in_force

The Greater Lafourche Port Commission may acquire by expropriation, in accordance with the expropriation laws of the state, any properties necessary for the construction of port facilities and a deep sea channel, provided, however, that said Port Commission shall not have the right to expropriate minerals or mineral rights, and shall not have the right to expropriate existing facilities. Should the properties expropriated hereunder cease to be used for the purposes for which they were expropriated, such properties shall revert to the original landowner, or his heirs or assigns, provided such landowner, or his heirs or assigns, shall reimburse said Port Commission, or its successor, in the full amount originally paid by the Port Commission for such land.

Added by Acts 1960, No. 222, §1. Amended by Acts 1961, No. 97, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:1651 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 1651
Greater Lafourche Port Commission; creation; members; election by divisions; vacancies; qualifications; officers; meetings; per diem; removal for excessive absences
Status: in_force

A. There is hereby created a commission, to be known as the Greater Lafourche Port Commission, which shall be composed of nine members.

B. Each member of the commission shall be elected to a designated division of the commission to serve a term of six years. The divisions shall be for the sole purpose of nomination and election of commission members. The divisions shall be designated alphabetically as Divisions "A" through "I" respectively. Each commission member in office on the effective date of this Subsection as amended in 1980 shall be placed in one of the designated divisions by name alphabetically. A candidate for nomination and election to the commission shall, at the time of filing his declaration as a candidate therefor, designate only one division of the commission for which he is a candidate. The electors of the port area shall elect one member from among the candidates for each division of the commission, beginning with the congressional elections in 1982.

C. Should a vacancy occur in the office of any member of the commission, for any reason whatsoever, the vacancy shall be filled for the remainder of the unexpired term as provided by Article VI, Section 13 of the Louisiana Constitution of 1974.

D. Each commissioner shall be a citizen of the United States and a qualified voter and taxpayer of the state of Louisiana, and of the tenth ward, parish of Lafourche as the boundaries and limits of said ward are presently fixed by law. Not more than two members of the legislature may serve as members of the commission at the same time.

E. 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 offices of 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 five 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 to govern its meetings and shall fix the place at which the meetings shall be held.

F. The commission may fix a per diem not to exceed one hundred fifty dollars to be paid to members of the commission for each day the member attends a meeting of the commission and each day the member spends on business of the commission authorized by the commission, not to exceed six per diem payments per month.

Added by Acts 1960, No. 222, §1. Amended by Acts 1961, No. 97, §1; Acts 1962, No. 11, §1; Acts 1963, No. 116, §2; Acts 1976, No. 160, §1; Acts 1980, No. 623, §1, eff. July 23, 1980; Acts 2003, No. 177, §1, eff. June 5, 2003; Acts 2009, No. 25, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:852.3 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 852.3
Certificate of title authorized
Status: in_force

A. Any person who purchases or possesses either of the following to be principally operated on the waters of this state and not held as inventory for sale or lease may apply to the department for a certificate of title for the following:

(1) A vessel valued in excess of two thousand five hundred dollars and required to be numbered and transferred for the first time on or after July 1, 2008.

(2) An outboard motor transferred for the first time on or after January 1, 2011.

B. A person who is the owner of a vessel with a valid certificate of documentation issued by the United States Coast Guard shall not be issued a certificate of 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; Acts 2010, No. 628, §§1, 2; Acts 2023, No. 356, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:5205 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 5205
Bonds
Status: in_force

A. The district, acting by and through the commission, is hereby authorized and empowered to issue and sell from time to time bonds, notes, renewal notes, refunding bonds, interim certificates, certificates of indebtedness, certificates of participation, debentures, warrants, commercial paper, or other obligations or evidences of indebtedness to provide funds for and to fulfill and achieve its public purpose or corporate purposes, as set forth in this Chapter, including but not limited to the payment of all or a portion of the costs of a project, to provide amounts necessary for any corporate purposes, including necessary and incidental expenses in connection with the issuance of the obligations, the payment of principal and interest on the obligations of the district, the establishment of reserves to secure such obligations, and all other purposes and expenditures of the district incident to and necessary or convenient to carry out its public functions or corporate purposes, and any credit enhancement for said obligations.

B. Except as may otherwise be provided by the commission, all obligations issued by the district shall be negotiable instruments and payable solely from the revenues of the district as determined by the commission, or from any other sources whatsoever, that may be available to the district but shall not be secured by the full faith and credit of the state.

C. Obligations shall be authorized, issued, and sold by a resolution or resolutions of the commission. Such bonds or obligations may be of such series, bear such date or dates, mature at such time or times, bear interest at such rate or rates, including variable, adjustable, or zero interest rates, be payable at such time or times, be in such denominations, be sold at such price or prices, at public or private negotiated sale, after advertisement as is provided for in R.S. 39:1426, be in such form, 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, or available to, the district, as applicable, as may be provided by the commission in the resolution or resolutions providing for the issuance and sale of the bonds or obligations of the district.

D. The obligations of the district shall be signed by such officers of the commission by either manual or facsimile signatures as shall be determined by resolution or resolutions of the commission, and shall have impressed or imprinted thereon the seal of the district, or a facsimile thereof.

E. Any obligations of the district may be validly issued, sold, and delivered, notwithstanding that one or more of the officers of the commission signing such obligations, or whose facsimile signature or signatures may be on the obligations, shall have ceased to be such officer of the commission at the time such obligations shall actually have been delivered.

F. Obligations of the district may be sold in such manner and from time to time as may be determined by the commission to be most beneficial, subject to approval of the State Bond Commission, and the district may pay all expenses, premiums, fees, or commissions, which it may deem necessary or advantageous in connection with the issuance and sale thereof.

G. The district may authorize the establishment of a fund or funds for the creation of a debt service reserve, a renewal and replacement reserve, or such other funds or reserves as the commission may approve with respect to the financing and operation of any project funded with the proceeds of such bonds and as may be authorized by any bond resolution, trust agreement, indenture of trust, or similar instrument or agreement pursuant to the provisions of which the issuance of bonds or other obligations of the district may be authorized.

H. Any cost, obligation, or expense incurred for any of the purposes or powers of the district shall be a part of the project costs and may be paid or reimbursed as such out of the proceeds of bonds or other obligations issued by the district.

I. For a period of thirty days from the date of publication of the resolution authorizing the issuance of bonds hereunder, any persons in interest shall have the right to contest the legality of the resolution 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 said resolution or of the bonds authorized thereby for any cause whatsoever. If no suit, action, or proceeding is begun contesting the validity of the bond issue within the thirty days herein prescribed, the authority to issue the bonds and to provide for the payment thereof, and the legality thereof and all of the provisions of the resolution authorizing the issuance of the bonds shall be conclusively presumed, and no court shall have authority to inquire into such matters.

J. Neither the members of the commission nor any person executing the bonds shall be personally liable for the bonds or be subject to any personal liability by reason of the issuance thereof; however, the limitation of liability provided for in this Paragraph shall not apply to any gross negligence or criminal negligence on the part of any member of the commission or person executing the bonds. No earnings or assets of the district shall accrue to the benefit of any private person.

K. All obligations authorized to be issued by the district pursuant to the provisions of this Section, together with interest thereof, income therefrom, and gain upon the sale thereof, shall be exempt from all state and local taxes.

L. The state and all public officers, any parish, municipality, or other subdivision or instrumentality of the state, any political subdivision, any bank, banker, trust company, savings bank and institution, building and loan association, savings and loan association, investment company or any person carrying on a banking or investment business, any insurance company or business, insurance association, and any person carrying on an insurance business, and any executor, administrator, curator, trustee, and other fiduciary, and any retirement system or pension fund may legally invest any sinking funds monies, or other funds belonging to them or within their control in any bonds or other obligations issued by the district, pursuant to the provisions of this Section, and such bonds or other obligations shall be authorized security for all public deposits. It is the purpose of this Section to authorize such persons, firms, corporations, associations, political subdivisions and officers, or other entities, public or private, to use any funds owned or controlled by them, including but not limited to sinking, insurance, investment, retirement, compensation, pension and trust funds, and funds held on deposit, for the purchase of any such bonds or other obligations of the district, and that any such bonds shall be authorized security for all public deposits. However, nothing contained in this Section with regard to legal investments or security for public deposits shall be construed as relieving any such person, firm, corporation, or other entity from any duty of exercising reasonable care in selecting securities.

Acts 2016, No. 331, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2017.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:996 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 996
Operating territory
Status: in_force

A. The river port pilots shall have the exclusive right to pilot vessels on the Mississippi River between New Orleans, Louisiana and Pilottown, Louisiana and within the Port of New Orleans between Southport and Mereauxville; within the Industrial Canal, between the Mississippi River to and including Lake Pontchartrain; within the Intracoastal Canal, between the Industrial Canal and the turning basin at Michoud, inclusive; also for the Mississippi River Gulf Outlet between the Industrial Canal and Mile 28.3, the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway from the Louisiana-Mississippi state line to the Mississippi River Gulf Outlet, including Michoud Slip and Michoud Canal, Chef Pass, Algiers Cutoff, and the Harvey Canal; the Venice Jump within six and one-half miles of the Mississippi River; Bayou Sauvage; and Bayou Liberty.

B. However, nothing herein contained shall prevent an exchange of river port pilots at what is known as "Quarantine Anchorage" or "The Point" or "General Anchorage" between the river port pilots herein named and the pilots engaged in the piloting of vessels above Southport, nor shall anything herein provided prevent pilots engaging in piloting vessels above Southport from ending or beginning the pilotage from any wharf or "The Point" or "General Anchorage" in the Harbor of New Orleans.

Acts 1952, No. 177, §6; Acts 1986, No. 960, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:1005 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 1005
Privilege; communications between river port pilot and Board of River Port Pilot Commissioners
Status: in_force

Unless required by a subpoena issued by a court of competent jurisdiction, all communications by and between the Board of River Port Pilot Commissioners and a river port pilot, including all testimony, statements, drawings, logs, or other information designated confidential by the Board of River Port Pilot Commissioners, obtained by, or provided to, the Board of River Port Pilot Commissioners in connection with or during the course of any investigation or hearing shall be privileged and such circumstances, testimony, statements, drawings, logs, or other information designated confidential shall not be required to be disclosed in any original proceedings save the appeal process in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act and pursuant to reporting requirement to the governor.

Acts 1986, No. 960, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:1652.6 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 1652.6
Additional powers; industrial development
Status: in_force

A. The commission shall have authority to construct and/or acquire industrial parks and/or industrial plant buildings within the port area, including sites and other necessary property or appurtenances therefor, and to acquire, construct, improve, operate, maintain and provide improvements and services necessary therefor, including but not limited to roads, street lighting, bridges, rail facilities, drainage, sewers, sewerage disposal facilities, solid waste disposal facilities, waterworks and other utilities and related properties. The commission shall also have the authority to sell, lease or otherwise dispose of, by suitable and appropriate contract, to any enterprise locating or existing within the port area, all or any part of an industrial plant site, industrial plant building or other property owned by the commission. In determining the consideration for any contract to lease, sell or otherwise dispose of lands, buildings or other property of the commission, the board may take into consideration the value of the lands, buildings or other properties involved as well as the potential value of the economic impact of the industrial or business enterprise being induced to locate or expand within the port area. Such economic impact may include increased employment, increased use of local labor, wages and salaries to be paid, consumption of local materials, products and resources and special tax revenues to be generated by the industrial or business enterprise acquiring or leasing lands, buildings or other property from the commission.

The resolution or ordinance adopted by the board authorizing any lease, sale or other disposition of lands, buildings or other property of the commission shall set forth, in a general way, the terms of the authorized lease, sale or other disposition and such resolution or ordinance shall be published as soon as possible in one issue of the official journal of the commission or board. For a period of thirty days from the date of publication of any such resolution or ordinance, any interested person may contest the legality of such resolution or ordinance or the validity of the authorized lease, sale or other disposition of commission property, 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 the authorized lease, sale or other disposition of commission property for any cause whatsoever, and it shall be conclusively presumed thereafter 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.

B. Said commission may provide access by public road to any and all entrances to the premises of each and every plant in the area employed for industrial purposes, for use by employees of such industry or for use by employees of independent contractors working on such premises, or for delivery of materials or supplies, other than by rail or water transportation, to such premises.

C. Notwithstanding any other laws to the contrary, and in addition to any other authority or powers granted said commission, the commission shall have full power and authority to levy on all taxable property within the port area an ad valorem tax not to exceed fifteen mills, provided said commission has received prior approval for the levy of said millage by a vote of the qualified electors within the port area at an election called by the governing authority of said port area for said purposes. Said election shall be conducted under the general election laws of the state of Louisiana applicable for such election.

Added by Acts 1976, No. 160, §3.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:3552 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 3552
Coastal Port Advisory Authority; creation; membership; duties and functions
Status: in_force

A. The Coastal Port Advisory Authority is hereby created in the office of multimodal planning within the Department of Transportation and Development.

B. The authority shall perform its duties and functions through a board composed of the following members:

(1) One member appointed at large by the governor who shall serve as chairman of the authority and have knowledge of the deepwater Gulf of Mexico.

(2) The governor's executive assistant for coastal activities or his designee.

(3) The secretary of the Department of Transportation and Development or his designee.

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

(5) The secretary of the Department of Natural Resources or his designee.

(6) A representative of the Ports Association of Louisiana selected by its chairman of the board of directors.

(7) One member from each of Louisiana's coastal ports appointed by each port's executive director.

(8) One member from each of Louisiana's deep draft ports appointed by each port's executive director.

C. The members shall select a vice chairman to serve in the absence of the chairman. The marine and rail transportation administrator within the office of multimodal planning, Department of Transportation and Development, shall serve as secretary of the authority and shall not vote.

D.(1) The authority shall be advisory in nature.

(2)(a) The authority shall research and study economic development opportunities available to the state's maritime industries and the needs of the oil and gas industry relative to coastal and deep draft ports. The authority shall inventory and evaluate the resources and infrastructure of coastal and deep draft ports, including existing and future resource and infrastructure needs in order to attract business and increase future market shares, identify technical research and previously developed information on markets available to coastal and deep draft ports, study coastal and deep draft port capacities and utilization, identify potential future deficit areas, and investigate incentives for coastal and deep draft port development.

(b) The authority shall not be eligible to apply for or receive funding from the Port Construction and Development Priority Program as provided in R.S. 34:3451 et seq.

(c) The authority shall be prohibited from advising on any matter related to the Port Construction and Development Priority Program.

(3) Not later than May 1, 2015, and not later than May first annually thereafter, the authority shall report the progress of its activities to the House and Senate Committees on Transportation, Highways, and Public Works.

(4) The authority may call upon the expertise of others with knowledge of Gulf of Mexico deep water exploration and production, including but not limited to the Louisiana Mid-Continent Oil and Gas Association, the Louisiana Oil and Gas Association, the American Petroleum Institute, the National Ocean Industries Association, the Gulf Economic Survival Team, chambers of commerce, Louisiana universities, fabrication companies, the Louisiana Association of Waterway Operators and Shipyards, the Louisiana River Pilots' Association, and port organizations.

(5) Executive agencies and departments of the state represented on the authority may enter into interagency agreements to share costs necessary to perform authority duties, functions, and responsibilities.

E.(1) A majority of the members shall constitute a quorum. A quorum being present, the favorable vote of at least a simple majority of the total membership present shall be required for the authority to take action on any matter.

(2) The board shall meet at least once per year, or more frequently as necessary, upon call of the chairman.

(3) Members of the authority shall not receive a salary or reimbursement for mileage or expenses incurred for attendance at authority meetings from the authority.

F. The provisions of this Chapter shall terminate on June 30, 2018.

Acts 2013, No. 180, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:2314 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 2314
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 1965, No. 17, §14.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:2021 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 2021
Jefferson Parish Economic Development and Port District
Status: in_force

A. There is hereby created in the hereinafter described area of Jefferson Parish, a special parish district designated as the "Jefferson Parish Economic Development and Port District", which, through its board of commissioners, shall have the power to acquire, construct, improve, maintain, and operate projects as provided in this Chapter and to provide such additional parish services within the district as may be required by the Jefferson Parish Council. The district is hereby constituted and is declared to be a body politic and political subdivision of the state of Louisiana, as defined in Article VI, Section 44 of the Constitution of Louisiana. Pursuant to Article VI, Sections 19 and 21 of the Constitution of Louisiana, the district, acting through its board of commissioners, the governing authority of said district, is hereby granted all of the rights, powers, privileges, and immunities granted to political subdivisions for industrial, commercial, research, and economic development purposes, including but not limited to the power of taxation, the power to incur debt and issue revenue and general obligation bonds, certificates of indebtedness, bond and certificate anticipation notes, and refunding bonds, subject to the limitations hereinafter provided.

B. The Jefferson Parish Council shall have control over and responsibility for the functions, management, affairs, operation, and administration of said district and may exercise such powers as are necessary to govern such functions, management, affairs, operation, and administration.

C. The Jefferson Parish Economic Development and Port District, a special parish district created by this Chapter, shall constitute a body corporate in law, with all of the powers of a corporation, including the power to sue and be sued. The district shall also have all powers and rights conferred by this Chapter; all powers of a special district as provided by the home rule charter of Jefferson Parish; and the power to perform any other act in its corporate capacity and in its corporate name which is necessary and proper for effectuating the purposes and objects for which said district was created.

D. The Jefferson Parish Economic Development and Port District shall be managed by a board of commissioners, hereinafter referred to as "the commission", which shall be composed of qualified voters and residents of Jefferson Parish except that the board may include two qualified voters residing outside Jefferson Parish who have their principal place of business in Jefferson Parish. The Jefferson Parish Council shall by ordinance or resolution prescribe the number, manner of appointment, terms, and the duties of the members of the commission; the number and manner of selection of officers of the commission; and rules governing meetings of the commission.

Acts 1990, No. 710, §1; Acts 2003, No. 887, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:293.2 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 293.2
Additional powers; redevelopment
Status: in_force

With regard to redevelopment functions, the authority, through the board, shall have all powers necessary or convenient to carry out and effectuate the purposes and provisions of this Part within the territory comprised of all of the territory included within House of Representatives District No. 44 and Districts 1 and 5 of the Lafayette City Council as geographically drawn on June 20, 2022, including but not limited to the following:

(1) The authority shall have the power to create and execute redevelopment plans for specified areas within the territory defined in this Section. The implementation of all such plans shall not proceed until, to the extent required by law, the authority has obtained the approval of the local planning commission or zoning board. In the execution of such redevelopment plan, the authority shall have the powers provided in this Paragraph.

(2) To undertake and carry out redevelopment projects and related activities.

(3) To develop, test, and report methods and techniques and carry out demonstrations and other activities for the prevention and the elimination of slums and urban blight.

(4) To plan, develop, regulate, operate, and maintain activities and planned land uses to foster any type of property development.

(5) The authority may purchase adjudicated properties within the territory defined in this Section from any political subdivision of the state of Louisiana, which shall include all rights, powers, and authorities granted to parish redevelopment authorities pursuant to R.S. 33:4720.161(K)(1) through (6).

(6) The authority may purchase, sell, lease, exchange, or otherwise dispose of or transfer to or with other political subdivision of this state or public or private persons at public or private sale any land, property, improvements, or portions thereof, including immovable property and housing, which is, in the opinion of the board, appropriate to accomplish the objective and purposes of the district. Prior to any sale, lease, conveyance, disposition, or transfer of property pursuant to this Paragraph, the authority shall fix the price and terms of the sale, lease, exchange, or other contract to be made with reference to the property. Such sale, lease, conveyance, disposition, or transfer shall comply with the terms and provisions of this Part.

(7) The authority may sell, lease, exchange, or otherwise transfer immovable property or any interest therein acquired by it for residential commercial or industrial uses or for public use, subject to such covenants, conditions, and restrictions, including covenants running with the land, as it may deem to be necessary or desirable to assist in carrying out the purposes of this Part.

(8) The authority may temporarily operate, maintain, or lease immovable property acquired by it in a redevelopment area for or in connection with a redevelopment project pending disposition of the property as authorized in this Part for such uses and purposes as may be deemed desirable even though not in connection with the redevelopment plan.

(9) The authority may dispose of any immovable property within a redevelopment area acquired by purchasing adjudicated properties. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, immovable property acquired in accordance with the redevelopment plan may be disposed of to a public body for public reuse.

(10) To require and issue licenses.

(11) To levy and collect sales and use taxes within the boundaries of the district for such purposes and at such rate as provided by the propositions authorizing their levy, not to exceed in aggregate one percent, which taxes may not exceed the limitation set forth in the Constitution of Louisiana, provided that the proposition submitted to a vote in accordance with the Louisiana Election Code shall be approved by a majority of the qualified electors of the jurisdiction of the authority voting in an election held for that purpose.

(12) To purchase property at a sale conducted pursuant to enforcement of judicial mortgages created in accordance with R.S. 13:2575(C) by tendering a bid equal to or greater than the minimum bid advertised. The bid may be a credit bid consisting of the authority to satisfy the bid by payment to the political subdivision holding the lien being enforced in accordance with intergovernmental agreements between the authority and the political subdivision. The bid shall be given priority over all other bids regardless of the amount, except that a holder of a conventional mortgage on the property may purchase the property by tendering the highest bid.

(13) The authority may initiate an expedited quiet title and foreclosure action pursuant to the provisions of R.S. 33:4720.161(S) to quiet title to immovable property held by the authority, interests in property purchased by the authority at tax sales, or in formerly adjudicated properties acquired by the authority from a political subdivision.

Acts 2024, No. 531, §1, eff. June 10, 2024; Acts 2025, No. 326, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:2306 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 2306
By-laws, rules and regulations; quorum; proxy
Status: in_force

The commission shall adopt such by-laws, 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 six 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 six members shall be necessary; otherwise the affirmative vote of a simple majority of members present shall be sufficient for action. Vote by proxy shall not be permitted.

Added by Acts 1965, No. 17, §6.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:1709 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 1709
Construction of works of public improvement
Status: in_force

The board is authorized to make and 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; 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.

Added by Acts 1960, No. 228, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:1604 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 1604
Authority to levy and collect taxes; issuance of bonds
Status: in_force

A. The district, when authorized to do so 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, may levy annually on all property situated within the port area subject to taxation an ad valorem tax not to exceed ten mills on the dollar. The district, upon its own initiative, 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 district shall call such a special election when requested to do so 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 parish and district taxes are levied, assessed, and collected. These taxes shall be secured by the same liens upon the property subject to taxation within the port areas taxes for parish and district purposes. The property subject to any taxes within said port area shall be sold for failure to pay the same in the manner as property is sold for delinquent parish and district 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, and tax penalties and tax sales shall also apply to the collection of all taxes authorized by this Section. The sheriffs and ex officio tax collectors for the parishes of Iberia and Vermilion, respectively, shall make a monthly settlement with the treasurer of the district and receive from him a receipt for the amount of taxes paid over in the manner tax collectors are required by law to make settlements for parish taxes. 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 parish. Upon the failure of the tax collector to comply with the provisions of this Section, the district shall proceed against him and the sureties on his official bond for the collection of whatever money is owing to the district for such special taxes.

C. With the approval of the State Bond Commission, the district may incur debts 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 district from any taxes authorized under this Section or from other sources; however, the amount of such bonds or notes outstanding at any one time shall not exceed five million dollars. Such bonds, when authorized to be issued, shall constitute a general obligation of the district, to which the full faith and credit of the district shall be and is hereby pledged. In addition to the pledge of revenues to secure said bonds and notes, the district may further secure their payment by conventional mortgage upon any or all of the properties constructed, or acquired, or to be constructed and acquired by it. The district 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 monies for the further securing of the payment of the principal and interest of its bonds or notes.

D. For the purpose of acquiring lands for the uses of the district and to provide funds for the making and construction of the public works, facilities and improvements, the board 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 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, as well as Subpart B, Part I, Chapter 10, Title 33. The board is also authorized to incur debt and issue tax secured bonds for the above purposes in the manner and subject to the terms and conditions of Subpart A, Part III, Chapter 4, Title 39.

E. The provisions of this Section shall not be deemed to supersede the requirements of R.S. 39:501 to 39:514. Notwithstanding any provision of this Chapter to the contrary the provisions of R.S. 39:1421 to 39:1426 shall be applicable to the Delcambre Port Commission.

F. Nothing in this Section shall be construed to supersede or repeal any provisions of Act 689 of the 1976 Regular Session.

Acts 1977, No. 203, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:2405 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 2405
Purpose of bonds
Status: in_force

For the purpose of acquiring lands or rights of way for the uses of the said district and to provide funds for the making and construction of the public works, facilities, improvements and other lawful purposes outlined in this Chapter, the commission is authorized to issue revenue bonds in the manner and subject to the terms and conditions of Sub-Parts B and C, Part I, Chapter 10, Title 33, as well as industrial inducement revenue bonds in the manner and subject to the requirements of R.S. 39:991 to 39:1001, inclusive, and Article XIV, Section 14, Paragraph (b.3) of the Constitution of Louisiana. The commission is also authorized to incur debt and issue tax secured bonds for the above purposes in the manner and subject to the terms and conditions of Sub-Part A, Part III, Chapter 4, Title 39, as well as industrial inducement bonds in the manner and subject to the requirements of Article XIV, Section 14, Paragraph (b.2) of the Constitution of Louisiana. Bonds shall be issued only after approval at an election held in accordance with the requirements of the applicable constitutional or statutory provisions cited in this paragraph.

In addition to the above power to issue bonds and without reference to any other provisions of the constitution or statutes of the state other than Article XIV, Section 31 of the Constitution, the Madison Parish Port, Harbor and Terminal District is authorized, with the approval of the State Bond and Tax Board, to issue negotiable bonds for any of the purposes described in this Chapter, and to pledge for the payment of the principal and interest of such negotiable bonds the income and revenues derived or to be derived from the properties and facilities maintained and operated by it, or received by the district from other sources. In addition to the pledge of income and revenues to secure said bonds, the district 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. Said district 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, donation, in its discretion, to pledge all or any part of such moneys for the further securing of the payment of the principal and interest of its bonds. Such bonds shall be authorized by a resolution of the commission and shall be of such series, bear such date or dates, mature at such time or times not exceeding forty years from their respective dates, bear interest at such rate or rates not exceeding the applicable constitutional or statutory provision above referred to, payable semi-annually, be in such denominations, be in such form, either coupons or fully registered without coupons, carry such registration and exchangeability privilege, be payable in such medium of payment and at such place or places, be subject to such terms of redemption not exceeding one hundred five percent of the principal amount thereof, and be entitled to such priority on the revenues of the district as such resolution or resolutions may provide. The bonds shall be signed by such officers as the district shall determine, and coupon bonds shall have attached thereto interest coupons bearing the facsimile signatures of such officer or officers of the district as it shall designate. Any such bonds may be issued and delivered, notwithstanding that one or more of the officers signing such bonds or the officer or officers whose facsimile signature or signatures may be upon the coupons shall have ceased to be such officer or officers at the time such bonds shall actually have been delivered.

No proceedings in respect to the issuance of any such bonds shall be necessary except such as are contemplated by this Section, and no further or other legislation shall be required to effectuate the same.

Added by Acts 1966, No. 369, §1. Amended by Acts 1968, No. 111, §2.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:1045 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 1045
Examination of pilots; qualifications
Status: in_force

Whenever there exists a necessity for more pilots the board of examiners shall hold examinations, under such rules and regulations, and with such requirements as it may provide, with the governor's approval. No applicant shall be considered by the board unless he submits proper evidence of moral character, is a voter of this state, and complies with all requirements set forth in the board's Pilot Development Program as provided for in Subpart 3 of Part 70 of Title 46, comprised of LAC 46:LXX:6101 et seq. Upon the certification of the board to the governor that the applicant has complied with the provisions of this Part, the governor may, in his discretion, appoint the applicant or applicants to existing vacancies.

Amended by Acts 1988, No. 418, §1, eff. July 10, 1988; Acts 2015, No. 18, §1, eff. May 26, 2015.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:470 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 470
Contracts
Status: in_force

Anything in this part to the contrary notwithstanding, any construction undertaken, or materials purchased pursuant to the authority granted in this Chapter shall be in accordance with the provisions of Part II, Chapter 10 of Title 38 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950.

Added by Acts 1978, No. 56, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:851.31 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 851.31
Penalties
Status: in_force

A.(1) Any person who violates any provision of R.S. 34:851.7, 851.9, 851.11, 851.12, 851.13, 851.14, 851.15, 851.16, 851.17, 851.18, 851.19, 851.20, 851.21, 851.23, 851.24, 851.27(C), and 851.30 shall be guilty of a class one violation, R.S. 56:31.

(2) In the event that a citation is issued for a violation of R.S. 34:851.20, for failure to have in one's possession the required boat registration certificate, such citation shall be voided if proof of a valid previously issued registration certificate is furnished to the authority which issued the citation not later than ten days after the issuance of the citation.

B. Any person who violates the provisions of R.S. 34:851.8 shall be guilty of a class four violation, R.S. 56:34.

C. Any person who violates any provision of R.S. 34:851.10 shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be subject to a fine of five hundred dollars or imprisonment for not less than six months, or both.

D. Any person who violates R.S. 34:851.24(J) shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be subject to a fine of not less than two hundred and fifty dollars nor more than five hundred dollars or six months imprisonment, or both.

E.(1) Should the Greater New Orleans Expressway Commission determine that any vessel is in violation of any provision of R.S. 34:851.24(J) within the prohibited zone, it may impose against any such vessel owner or operator or charterer a civil penalty not exceeding one thousand dollars per vessel for each violation thereof. Any civil penalty imposed by the expressway commission may, in its discretion be suspended in whole or in part.

(2) For purposes of this Subsection, should the monitoring equipment indicate that Loran C equipment assigned to a particular operator has intruded into the prohibited zone defined in R.S. 34:851.2(11), proof of such indication shall constitute prima facie evidence that the operator to whom the equipment was assigned has violated R.S. 34:851.24(J)(2) and is liable for a civil penalty under this Subsection.

(3) The provisions of the Louisiana Administrative Procedure Act regarding administrative adjudications shall apply to civil penalty proceedings under this Subsection.

Acts 1984, No. 288, §1; Acts 1988, No. 552, §1, eff. July 14, 1988; Acts 1991, No. 966, §1; Acts 2003, No. 324, §1; Acts 2004, No. 238, §1; Acts 2009, No. 513, §2.

NOTE: See Acts 1988, No. 552, §2.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:1654 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 1654
Prescriptive period; sale of bonds; limitation on interest rates
Status: in_force

A. For a period of thirty days from the date of the publication 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 said thirty days. The newspaper to be used for any such publication shall be a newspaper published in the district, or if no newspaper is published therein, then a newspaper published and having general circulation in Lafourche Parish.

B. 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 at least once a week for not less than thirty days in a newspaper of general circulation within the port area and in a financial newspaper or journal published in New Orleans, New York or Chicago, 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.

C. Repealed by Acts 2019, No. 278, §2, eff. June 11, 2019.

Added by Acts 1960, No. 222, §1. Amended by Acts 1963, No. 116, §1; Acts 1967, No. 71, §1; Acts 1968, No. 521, §3; Acts 2019, No. 278, §2, eff. June 11, 2019.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:1047 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 1047
Association of pilots
Status: in_force

The pilots may form themselves into an association or associations, as to them may seem fit, not in conflict with law or the rules and regulations of the board of examiners.

Amended by Acts 1988, No. 418, §1, eff. July 10, 1988.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:340.31 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 340.31
Samuel B. "Sammy" Nunez, Jr., Building
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding R.S. 42:267 or any other law to the contrary, the board of commissioners of the St. Bernard Port, Harbor and Terminal District may name the administration/security building of the port located at 100 Port Boulevard in Chalmette in honor of Samuel B. "Sammy" Nunez, Jr., a living person who contributed to the growth and well-being of St. Bernard Port, Harbor and Terminal District; served as a state representative from St. Bernard Parish from 1964 through 1969; served as a state senator from 1969 through 1996 from St. Bernard Parish; and was inducted into the Louisiana Political Hall of Fame on January 30, 2010.

Acts 2010, No. 35, §1, eff. May 26, 2010.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:1502 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 1502
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 meetings and shall fix a place at which the meetings shall be held.

Added by Acts 1958, No. 450, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:851.24 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 851.24
Classification and required equipment
Status: in_force

A. Motorboats and vessels subject to the provisions of this Part shall be divided into four classes as follows:

(1) Class A. Less than sixteen (16) feet in length.

(2) Class 1. Sixteen (16) feet or over and less than twenty-six (26) feet in length.

(3) Class 2. Twenty-six (26) feet or over and less than forty (40) feet in length.

(4) Class 3. Forty (40) feet or over.

B. Every motorboat or vessel when underway in all weather from sunset to sunrise shall carry and exhibit the following lights and during such time no other lights which may be mistaken for those prescribed shall be exhibited:

(1) Every motorboat or vessel of Class A and 1 shall carry the following lights:

(a) First. A bright white light aft to show all around the horizon.

(b) Second. A combined lantern in the fore part of the vessel and lower than the white aft showing green to starboard and red to port so fixed as to throw the light from right ahead to two points abaft the beam on their respective sides.

(2) Every motorboat or vessel of Classes 2 and 3 shall carry the following lights:

(a) First. A bright white light in the fore part of the vessel as near the stern as practicable so constructed as to show an unbroken light over an arc of the horizon of twenty points of the compass and so fixed as to throw the light ten points on each side of the vessel, namely from right ahead to two points abaft the beam on either side.

(b) Second. A bright white light aft to show all around the horizon and higher than the white light forward.

(c) Third. On the starboard side, a green light so constructed as to show an unbroken light over an arc of the horizon of ten points of the compass and so fixed as to throw the light from right ahead to two points abaft the beam on the starboard side. On the port side, a red light so constructed as to show an unbroken light over an arc of the horizon of ten points of the compass so fixed as to throw the light from right ahead to two points abaft the beam on the port side. The side lights shall be fitted with inboard screens of sufficient height so set as to prevent these lights from being seen across the bow.

(3) Motorboats and vessels of Classes A and 1 when propelled by sail alone shall carry the combined lanterns but not the white light aft prescribed by this Section. Motorboats and vessels of Classes 2 and 3 when so propelled shall carry the suitably screened colored side lights, but not the white lights prescribed by this Section. Motorboats and vessels of all classes when underway shall carry ready at hand a lantern or flashlight showing a white light which shall be exhibited in sufficient time to avert collision.

(4) All motorboats anchored in navigable waterways of this state shall exhibit a white three hundred and sixty degree stern light between the hours of sunset to sunrise. This light shall be the highest such light to be exhibited.

(5) Every white light prescribed by this Section shall be of such character as to be visible at a distance of at least two miles. Every colored light prescribed by this Section shall be of such character as to be visible at a distance of at least one mile. The word "visible" in this Subsection when applied to lights shall mean visible on a dark night with clear atmosphere.

(6) When propelled by sail and machinery any motorboat shall carry the lights required by this Section for a motorboat propelled by machinery only.

C. Any vessel may carry and exhibit the lights required by the federal regulations for preventing collisions at sea, as set forth in 33 U.S.C. 1602, Rule 20 through 31, as amended, in lieu of the lights required by Subsection B of this Section.

D. Every motorboat or vessel of Class 1, 2, or 3, shall be provided with an efficient whistle or other sound-producing mechanical appliance.

E. Every motorboat or vessel of Class 2 or 3 shall be provided with an efficient bell.

F.(1) Every motorboat or vessel shall carry at least one life preserver, life belt, ring buoy, or other device of the sort prescribed by the regulations of the commission for each person on board so placed as to be readily accessible; however, every owner or operator of motorboats carrying passengers for hire shall provide and carry so placed as to be readily accessible at least one life preserver of the sort prescribed by the regulations of the commission for each person on board.

(2) Every person sixteen years or younger on board a Class A or Class 1 motorboat or vessel shall wear a coast guard approved life jacket or life preserver while such outboard motorboat or vessel is underway. However, the provisions of this Paragraph shall not apply to persons thirteen years of age or older while engaged in commercial fishing operations on commercial fishing vessels.

(3) For the purpose of this Subsection "underway" shall mean at all times except when a boat is anchored, moored, aground or is being propelled solely by an electric trolling motor.

(4) The operator of the boat shall be responsible and held liable for violations of this Subsection.

G. Every motorboat shall be provided with such number, size, and type of fire extinguishers, capable of promptly and effectually extinguishing burning gasoline, as may be prescribed by the regulations of the commission. Such fire extinguishers shall be kept in condition at all times for immediate and effective use and shall be so placed as to be readily accessible.

H. Every motorboat shall have the carburetor or carburetors of every engine therein, except outboard motors, using gasoline as fuel equipped with such efficient flame arrestor, backfire trap, or other similar device as may be prescribed by the regulations of the commission.

I. Every such motorboat and every such vessel, except open boats, using as fuel any liquid of a volatile nature shall be provided with such means as may be prescribed by the regulations of the commission for properly and efficiently ventilating the bilges of the engine and fuel tank compartments so as to remove any explosive or inflammable gases.

J.(1) All tugs, towboats, self-propelled dredges, jack-up barges, jack-up rigs, and all self-propelled vessels of one hundred net tons or greater, or one hundred feet in overall length or greater, and all vessel flotillas of one hundred aggregate net tons or greater operating on Lake Pontchartrain, shall be equipped with, and shall have operating on board transmitting and receiving devices compatible and appropriate for use with the Loran C Early Warning System. If a vessel as defined in this Subsection does not have such equipment as required by this Subsection, and if that vessel is under contract, the individual or entity which hires the vessel shall be responsible for ensuring that the transmitting and receiving devices required herein are provided and operating aboard the vessel while the vessel is operating on Lake Pontchartrain. Upon establishment of an improved system to protect the Causeway Bridge from marine collision, the Greater New Orleans Expressway Commission may suspend or abolish the requirement that vessels have aboard the Loran C equipment required by this Paragraph.

(2) Except as required to navigate through the Lake Pontchartrain Causeway Bridge openings on such course and upon such directions as may be given by the causeway bridge tender, or except as hereafter provided in this Subsection, no tug, towboat, self-propelled dredge, jack-up barge, jack-up rig, barge, self-propelled vessel of one hundred net tons or greater, or one hundred feet in overall length or greater, or vessel flotilla of one hundred aggregate net tons or greater shall enter, navigate, moor, or anchor in any manner within a "prohibited zone".

(3) Notwithstanding Paragraph (2) of this Subsection, nothing shall prevent vessels owned or hired by the United States of America or any department of the United States, or the state of Louisiana, or any department, agency or political subdivision of the state of Louisiana from entering the prohibited zone, for any official purpose consistent with the laws of the United States and the state of Louisiana.

(4)(a) Notwithstanding Paragraph (2) of this Subsection, privately owned vessels otherwise prohibited from entering the prohibited zone may enter the prohibited zone to exercise such property rights as they may have, or to conduct such other lawful business, but only upon receiving written approval of the Greater New Orleans Expressway Commission under such conditions as the expressway commission may see fit to impose.

(b) The Greater New Orleans Expressway Commission, or its designated representative shall meet with the applicant and any other interested parties within ninety days of the filing of such a petition with the Greater New Orleans Expressway Commission to consider the petition. Within thirty days from the date of such meeting, the Greater New Orleans Expressway Commission or its designated representative, may either allow such activity under such conditions as it determines is appropriate, or disallow such activity. The Greater New Orleans Expressway Commission shall establish and afterwards amend, as necessary, such guidelines as may be necessary for filing, hearing, and acting upon such petitions.

(c) In the event such approval is denied, or in the event the party is not agreeable to such conditions as the Greater New Orleans Expressway Commission may impose, the party desiring to undertake such vessel activity may petition the state district court possessed of jurisdiction over the location where the vessel activity is to take place, for permission to conduct such activity. The Greater New Orleans Expressway Commission shall be made defendants in such an action. In considering such a petition, the district court may allow such activity, but only upon making a determination with reasons stated in open court and on the record, or as set forth in a written order, that such activity may take place without threatening the causeway bridge or persons and property lawfully traveling on the causeway bridge. Where such vessel activity is allowed by the court, the court: (i) shall impose on such vessels and their owners, charterers, operators and other parties hiring such vessels or associated with such vessel activity, at the sole expense of the party seeking to conduct such activity, such conditions as are necessary to assure that such vessels are monitored and manned at all times and such other conditions as the court may find necessary to assure that the causeway bridge, and persons and property traveling on the causeway bridge, are not threatened; (ii) shall require the party desiring to conduct such activity to post bond in the amount necessary to assure full compliance with the court's order; and (iii) shall require the party conducting such activity to post a bond or to maintain liability insurance coverage fully protecting the operator, the state, and the Greater New Orleans Expressway Commission from all liabilities that reasonably may be anticipated as a result of such activity. Any party to such a court proceeding may appeal the district court's order to the court of appeals with jurisdiction over the district court in which the action was filed in accordance with the procedure for appealing injunction orders. However, no such vessel activity shall take place until such appeal has been decided, or until the time for taking all appeals has run without any appeal having been taken.

(5) Nothing in this Subsection shall prevent any vessel from entering the prohibited zone in an emergency to protect against loss of life or property.

K. The commission is hereby authorized to make rules and regulations modifying the equipment requirements contained in this Section to the extent necessary to keep these requirements in conformity with the provisions of the federal navigation laws or with the navigation rules promulgated by the United States Coast Guard.

L. No person shall operate or give permission for the operation of a vessel which is not equipped as required by this Section or modification thereof.

M. Such additional equipment designed to promote the safety of navigation and of person shall be required as the commission may find to be appropriate and for which it has provided in its rules and regulations.

Acts 1984, No. 288, §1; Acts 1988, No. 508, §1; Acts 1988, No. 552, §1, eff. July 14, 1988; Acts 2009, No. 513, §2.

NOTE: See Acts 1988, No. 552, §2.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:363 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 363
Co-operation with state or federal government; financial aid
Status: in_force

The municipalities or parishes are further authorized to cooperate with the state or federal government in performing any of the works, and to receive from, and furnish to the federal government, any financial aid or assistance for the completion and maintenance of any of the said works.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:3172 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 3172
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 Red River Parish Port Commission in carrying out its functions and duties under the constitution and laws of this state.

Added by Acts 1975, No. 294, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:855.2 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 855.2
Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in this Part, "personal watercraft" means a vessel which uses an inboard motor powering a water jet pump as its primary source of motive power and which is designed to be operated by a person sitting, standing, or kneeling on the vessel, rather than the conventional manner of sitting or standing inside the vessel.

Acts 1991, No. 97, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:1662 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 1662
Transportation development
Status: in_force

A. Notwithstanding any provision of this Chapter or the Louisiana Transportation Development Act, R.S. 48:2020 et seq., hereafter in this Section, the "Development Act", to the contrary, the commission is hereby deemed to constitute an "authority" with the rights, powers, duties, obligations, and authority granted to an authority under the Development Act. However, the provisions of R.S. 48:2022 shall not apply, and in the exercise of such rights, powers, duties, obligations, and authority, the port commission shall govern the authority.

B. In connection with the exercise of its rights, powers, duties, and obligations as an authority under the Development Act, the commission may contract with any person, partnership, association, or corporation desiring the use of any part of a project, including the right-of-way adjoining the paved portion, for placing thereon telephone, water, fiber optic, telegraph, electric light, or power lines, gas stations, garages, and restaurants, or for any other purpose, and to fix the terms, conditions, rents, and rates of charges for such use. Any utilities which are placed within the right-of-way shall be locatable through the one-call system and the utility companies shall place locator strips on any buried object. The contract or lease shall require the removal, at the expense of the lessee, of any utilities or other obstructions placed within the right-of-way when expansion of the toll facility requires such removal. Installation and removal of utility facilities shall be consistent with rules and regulations promulgated by the federal government and the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development.

C. Additionally, nothing in the Development Act shall be construed as limiting the ability of the commission to condemn any roadway, path, highway, transit way, bridge, tunnel, or other paved surface or structure that is replaced with a project undertaken pursuant to the Development Act.

D. Any debt incurred by the commission to finance a project in accordance with the Development Act shall be excluded from the calculation of debt for the purpose of any debt limitations applicable to the commission.

Acts 2003, No. 105, §1, eff. May 28, 2003.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:3458 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 3458
Preparation of plans and specifications; letting of bids for construction; supervision of construction
Status: in_force

A. Port authorities located in a parish with a population of fifty thousand persons or more shall be responsible for the preparation of plans and specifications for their respective port project. These authorities shall also be responsible for the letting of bids for construction, and the supervision of construction for all projects, all in accordance with the provisions of this Chapter.

B. For port authorities located in a parish with a population of less than fifty thousand persons, the department may prepare the necessary plans and specifications, may let the contract for bid, and may supervise the construction of the project.

Acts 1989, No. 452, §1, eff. June 30, 1989.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:1701 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 1701
Creation and territorial limits
Status: in_force

The St. Bernard Port, Harbor and Terminal District, created as a public corporation and political subdivision of the state of Louisiana under the authority of Section 31 of Article XIV of the Constitution of the state of Louisiana for the year 1921, as amended, shall have territorial limits coextensive with the parish of St. Bernard. The territorial limits and territorial jurisdiction of said district shall be the territory, including all lands, waterways, rivers, lakes, and navigable bodies, comprising and lying within the limits and boundaries of St. Bernard Parish. The board of commissioners for the district shall have complete jurisdiction to regulate all domestic, coastwise, and intercoastal commerce and traffic of said district, and all commerce and traffic within the district including cargo bound for and/or in and/or coming out of international commerce where such commerce is conducted by or through a facility wholly owned by the district.

Added by Acts 1960, No. 228, §1. Amended by Acts 1962, No. 109, §1; Acts 1964, No. 404, §1; Acts 1970, No. 416, §1; Acts 1976, No. 285, §1; Acts 1980, No. 500, §1, eff. Aug. 1, 1980; Acts 1992, No. 40, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:3152 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 3152
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 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 meetings and shall fix a place at which the meetings shall be held.

Added by Acts 1975, No. 40, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:1364 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 1364
Bonds secured by general revenues
Status: in_force

In addition to the above power to issue bonds, the Plaquemines Port, Harbor and Terminal District is authorized, with the approval of the State Bond and Tax Board, to issue negotiable bonds for any of the works of public improvement described in this Chapter, and to pledge for the payment of the principal and interest of such negotiable bonds the income and revenues derived or to be derived from the properties and facilities maintained and operated by it, or received by the district from any other sources. In addition to the pledge of income and revenues to secure said bonds, the district 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. Said district 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, donation, in its discretion, to pledge all or any part of such moneys for the further securing of the payment of the principal and interest of its bonds. Such bonds shall be authorized by a resolution of the governing authority of the district and shall be of such series, bear such date or dates, mature at such time or times not exceeding forty years from their respective dates, bear interest at such rate or rates payable annually or semi annually, be in such denominations, be in such form, either coupon or fully registered without coupons, carry such registration and exchangeability privilege, be payable in such medium of payment and at such place or places, be subject to such terms of redemption not exceeding one hundred five percent of the principal amount thereof, and be entitled to such priority on the revenues of the district as such resolution or resolutions may provide. The bonds shall be signed by such officers as the district shall determine, and coupon bonds shall have attached thereto interest coupons bearing the facsimile signatures of such officer or officers of the district as it shall designate. Any such bonds may be issued and delivered, notwithstanding that one or more of the officers signing such bonds or the officer or officers whose facsimile signature or signatures may be upon the coupons shall have ceased to be such officer or officers at the time such bonds shall actually have been delivered.

Said bonds shall be sold for not less than par and accrued interest, to the highest bidder at a public sale after advertisement by the district at least once a week for not less than three consecutive weeks, the first publication being not less than fifteen days prior to the date fixed for the reception of bids, in a newspaper of general circulation within the district and in a financial newspaper or journal published in New Orleans, New York or Chicago, 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 district 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 shall have been received. If not so sold, the bonds shall be readvertised in the manner herein prescribed.

No proceedings in respect to the issuance of any such bonds shall be necessary except such as are contemplated by this section, and no further or other legislation shall be required to effectuate the same.

For a period of thirty days from the date of publication of the resolution authorizing the issuance of bonds hereunder, any persons in interest shall have the right to contest the legality of the resolution 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 said resolution or of the bonds authorized thereby for any cause whatsoever. If no suit, action or proceeding is begun contesting the validity of the bond issue within the thirty days herein prescribed, the authority to issue the bonds and to levy the necessary tax for the payment thereof, the legality thereof and of all of the provisions of the resolution authorizing the issuance of the bonds shall be conclusively presumed, and no court shall have authority to inquire into such matters.

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

Added by Acts 1970, No. 373, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 1971; Acts 1970, No. 503, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 1971.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:2354 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 2354
Authority for issuance of bonds; levy of taxes; election
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 port area qualified to vote at an election for the 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. The commission may, upon its own initiative, call a special election and submit to the qualified tax paying voters 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 property taxpayers in number 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 taxes for state and parish purposes; and the property subject to any taxes within said 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 sheriff and ex officio tax collector for the parish of Grant 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 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 delinquents or deductions in the same manner as though accounting to the auditor of the 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. The commission, with the approval of the Board of Liquidation of the State Debt, is authorized to incur debts 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 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 this Section or from other sources; provided, however, that the amount of such bonds or notes outstanding at any one time shall not exceed fifteen million dollars. Such bonds, when authorized to be issued, shall constitute, first, a general obligation of the commission, and secondly, the full faith and credit of the parish of Grant is hereby pledged. 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 and acquired by it. The commission 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, to 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.

Added by Acts 1966, No. 49, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:1352 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 1352
Governing authority and jurisdiction
Status: in_force

The Plaquemines Parish Commission Council is hereby declared to be the governing authority of the Plaquemines Port, Harbor and Terminal District, and shall prescribe rules to govern its meetings with regard to said port authority, and it may contract with and employ attorneys, clerks, engineers, superintendents, and such other employees and agents and fix their compensation and term of employment as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of their authority.

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; Acts 1975, No. 789, §4.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:23 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 23
Acquisition of wharves and landings; expropriation
Status: in_force

The board of commissioners may acquire by purchase, or by expropriation in accordance with the expropriation laws, any property, wharves, or landings necessary for the benefit of the commerce of the port and harbor of New Orleans. But the board of commissioners may expropriate without compensation any private wharves, landings, buildings or other structures erected by riparian owners within the port limits of the port of New Orleans, whenever such wharves, landings, buildings or other structures have been erected by the riparian owners without first obtaining the consent of the board for the construction or erection of the same, and its approval of the plans and specifications for their construction or erection.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:1503 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 1503
Rights and powers of the board
Status: in_force

A. The commission shall exercise the powers herein conferred upon it, within the port area, consisting of the entire parish of East Carroll as the boundaries and limits of said parish are presently fixed by law.

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

C. The commission shall regulate the commerce, and traffic, within such port area in such a manner as may, in its judgment, be for the best interests of the state. It shall have charge of and administer public wharves, docks, sheds and landings, and shall have authority to construct or acquire and equip wharves and landings, and other structures useful for the commerce of the port area, and provide mechanical facilities therefor; to erect sheds or other structures on said 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; and to establish harbor lines within the port area by agreement with the corps of engineers. Notwithstanding the provisions of Subsection A of this Section, the commission is hereby authorized to acquire, construct, own, operate and maintain terminal rail facilities, and other common carrier rail facilities, including rail facilities that are physically located beyond the boundaries and limits of East Carroll Parish, for the purpose of rendering rail transportation to and from the port area. The legislature may confer additional powers upon the commission not inconsistent with the provisions hereof; provided, however, that it shall not impair any contracts lawfully entered into by the commission. Title to all property and improvements thereon operated by the commission shall vest in the state of Louisiana.

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 shall furnish, without charge, to the master of each such vessel, one copy of all surveys upon his vessel or cargo.

E. The commission shall have authority to 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, ocean going 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. No exclusive franchise, however, shall be granted to any carrier.

Added by Acts 1958, No. 450, §1; Acts 2025, No. 334, §1, eff. June 11, 2025.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:3415 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 3415
Vesting of title
Status: in_force

Title to the property and the property rights specified in the petition shall vest in the department upon final court order declaring that the property described in the petition has been taken for the Mississippi River deepening purposes, and the right to just and adequate compensation therefor shall vest in the persons entitled thereto. Upon vesting of title, the department may enter upon and take possession of the property.

Acts 1987, No. 244, §1.

{{NOTE: SEE ACTS 1987, NO. 244, §2.}}
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:334.10 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 334.10
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 the Part. The sheriff and ex-officio tax collector of the parish of Calcasieu 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 delinquents 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 Part 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 1956, No. 466, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:1955 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 1955
Prescriptive period; sale of bonds
Status: in_force

A. For a period of thirty days from the date of the publication 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 said thirty days. The newspaper to be used for any such publication shall be a newspaper published in the district, or if no newspaper is published therein, then a newspaper published and having general circulation in Tangipahoa Parish.

B. 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 at least once a week for not less than thirty days in a newspaper of general circulation within the port area and in a financial newspaper or journal published in New Orleans, New York or Chicago, 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 1962, No. 299, §1. Amended by Acts 1968, No. 4, §4; Acts 1972, No. 497, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:1504 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 1504
Authority for issuance of bonds; levy of taxes; election
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 of taxpayers of the port area qualified to vote at an election for the purpose and 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 seven and one-half mills on the dollar. The commission may, upon its own initiative, call a special election and submit to the qualified taxpaying voters 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 property taxpayers in number 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 taxes for state and parish purposes; and the property subject to any taxes within said 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 sheriff and ex-officio tax collector for the parish of East Carroll 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 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 delinquents or deductions in the same manner as though accounting to the auditor 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. The commission, with the approval of the State Bond Commission, is authorized to incur debts 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 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 this Section 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 and acquired by it. The commission 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, to 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.

Added by Acts 1958, No. 450, §1. Amended by Acts 1960, No. 295, §1; Acts 1976, No. 325, §1; Acts 2025, No. 334, §1, eff. June 11, 2025.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:992 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 992
River port pilots; duties; appointment
Status: in_force

A. There shall be a body of pilots known as the "river port pilots" whose duty it shall be to provide pilotage services within the operating territory described in this Subpart.

B. River port pilots shall be duly appointed and commissioned by the governor and shall serve as provided by law or until revocation of the appointment or commission by the governor in accordance with this Subpart.

Acts 1952, No. 177, §2; Acts 1986, No. 960, §1.