La. Rev. Stat. § 34:333.1 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 333.1
Creation and territorial limits
Status: in_force

The Abbeville Harbor and Terminal District is hereby created as a political subdivision of the state of Louisiana and its territorial limits are hereby fixed as follows:

All of Wards 3 and 7 of Vermilion Parish, and the Western portion of Ward 2 of said parish, being more particularly described as follows: beginning at a point on the common boundary line of Wards 2 and 3 formed by the intersection of the centerline of Youngs Coulee and the West line of Fractional Section 8, T 13 S-R 4 E, thence in a Southerly direction through T 13 S-R 4 E along the West lines of Fractional Section 17, Section 20, Section 29, and Section 32 to the North Line of T 14 S-R 4 E, thence continuing southerly through T 14 S-R 4 E, along the West lines of Sections 5, 8, 17, 20, 29 and 32 to the North Line of T 15 S-R 4 E, thence continuing through T 15 S-R 4 E, in a southerly direction along the West Line of Sections 6 and 7 to the Vermilion Bay Shoreline, thence in a Southeasterly direction through Vermilion Bay to a point located on the common boundary line between Vermilion Parish Wards 2 and 7 whose geographic position is 29°42'30" North Latitude; 92°05'00" West Longitude thence due West along the parallel of 29°42'30" North Latitude to another point in Vermilion Bay whose position is 29°42'30" North Latitude; 92°10'00" West Longitude; thence in a North Northeast direction to a point near Shell Island now occupied by Vermilion River Entrance Day Beacon 18 (formerly Vermilion River Entrance Light) whose position is 29°45'14.5" North Latitude 92°08'52.3" West Longitude; thence in a direct line to the Mouth of Vermilion River; thence up the center of the natural channel of the Vermilion River to the center of the Intracoastal Waterway; thence eastward along the center of the Intracoastal Waterway; to the point of function of the Intracoastal Waterways, Vermilion Channel and Vermilion River; thence up the center of the Vermilion River in its Natural Channel, not the artificial as created by channel improvement to the Mouth of Youngs Coulee, being also the intersection of the East line of Ward 7, the West line of Ward 2 and the South line of Ward 3, thence up the center of the Youngs Coulee Channel, being also the common boundary to Wards 2 and 3, in an easterly direction, to the west line of Fractional Section 8, T 13 S-R 4 E being the point of beginning.

Acts 1954, No. 253, §1. Amended by Acts 1978, No. 175, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:2025 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 2025
Authority for issuance of bonds; levy of taxes
Status: in_force

The commission, with the approval of the state bond commission and with the approval of a majority of the voters of the district voting in an election held for such purpose, 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 revenue derived from ad valorem taxes or other revenues derived from the operation of properties and facilities maintained and operated by it, or received by the commission from other sources. Such bonds shall be issued by the commission with such dates, forms, terms, series, interest rates, maturities, denominations, redemption provisions and security provisions as the commission may determine in compliance with the provisions of the Constitution of Louisiana, and the commission shall have complete authority to incur debt and issue bonds of each type and in every manner provided by said constitution. All bonds, when authorized to be issued, shall constitute a general obligation of the commission to the payment of which the full faith and credit of the commission and the district shall be and are hereby pledged. 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, it 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.

Acts 1990, No. 710, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:244 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 244
Officers of board; meetings; agents and employees
Status: in_force

The board shall elect from among its own members a president, vice president, a secretary and treasurer, whose duties shall be those usual to such offices. At the option of the board, the offices of secretary and treasurer may be held by one person. The board shall meet in regular session once each month and shall also meet in special session as often as the president of the board shall convene them or on written request of four members; four members of the board shall constitute a quorum. The board shall prescribe rules to govern its meetings, shall maintain suitable offices in the district, and may contract with and employ attorneys, clerks, engineers, deputy commissioners, superintendents, stevedores, and other agents and employees and shall fix their compensation and term of employment.

Amended by Acts 1978, No. 486, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:444 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 444
Board of commissioners; members
Status: in_force

The Red River Navigation District of Louisiana shall be governed, and its affairs managed and controlled by a board of commissioners composed of six members, all of whom shall be qualified electors, domiciled in the district and owning land within the district. They shall be chosen as follows: on or before January 1, 1929, the police jury of each of the parishes within the district shall elect, in such a manner as each may determine, three citizens thereof possessing the requisite qualifications, to serve as a member of the board. The term of office of the commissioners first selected shall date from their election or appointment and qualification, three of whom shall serve until January 1, 1931; and three until January 1, 1933.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:340.15 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 340.15
Employment of personnel or contractors
Status: in_force

The port or terminal may employ personnel or contractors in accordance with law to implement the provisions of this Subpart. The cost of the personnel or contractors shall be paid for by the fees authorized by this Subpart. The port or terminal shall keep records in accordance with law of the fees collected and amounts expended to implement the provisions of this Subpart.

Acts 1997, No. 554, §1, eff. July 3, 1997.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:1125 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 1125
Operation of commission; rules
Status: in_force

A. The Pilotage Fee Commission shall operate under Rule 1 through Rule 47 of the Rules of Practice and Procedure of the Louisiana Public Service Commission effective July 1, 1976, and as amended April 20, 2004, only to the extent that any part of a rule or rules, or any one or more rule or rules do not conflict with any provision of this Part and only for that period of time in which the commission has not adopted its own rules to replace Rules 1 through 47. The Pilotage Fee Commission may adopt rules of procedure and bylaws and elect officers, including the chairman. The Pilotage Fee Commission may also adopt rules and regulations for the purpose of administering this Part.

B.(1) The commission may incur necessary expenses in the discharge of the duties, functions, and responsibilities of this Part.

(2) The costs of salaries, equipment, office space, office supplies, and all of the necessary expenses for the administration, implementation, and enforcement of this Part shall be paid from self-generated funds or other funds made available to the commission for such purposes. The commission may accept grants, allocations, or appropriations from the United States government or the state government, or donations, grants, or other forms of assistance from private foundations, or other sources.

C. The chairman shall call meetings of the commission, or special meetings may be called on written notice to the members, signed by any two members thereof. All actions of the commission shall be by a majority vote of all members.

Acts 1968, No. 579, §5; Acts 2004, No. 902, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2005.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:333.4 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 333.4
Officers and employees of board; meetings; quorum
Status: in_force

The board shall elect from among its own members a president, vice-president, a secretary and a treasurer, whose duties shall be those usual to such offices. At the option of the board, the offices of secretary and treasurer may be held by one person. The board shall meet in regular session once each month and shall also meet in special session as often as the president of the board convenes them, or on written request of three members. Three members of the board shall constitute a quorum. The board shall prescribe rules to govern its meetings, shall maintain suitable offices in the town of Abbeville and may contract with and employ attorneys, clerks, engineers, deputy commissioners, superintendents, stevedores and other agents and employees and shall fix their compensation and term of employment.

Acts 1954, No. 253, §4.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:323.1 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 323.1
Additional powers of the board; industrial development
Status: in_force

A. The board shall have authority to construct and acquire industrial parks and industrial plant buildings within the district, 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 board 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 district, all or any part of an industrial plant site, industrial plant building, or other property owned by the district. In determining the consideration for any contract to lease, sell, or otherwise dispose of lands, buildings, or other property of the district, 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 district. Such economic impact shall include increased employment, 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 district.

B. The district 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 R.S. 34:331, the board shall have full power and authority to levy an ad valorem tax, not to exceed seven mills, on all taxable property within the district, provided that the board has received prior approval for the levy of the millage by a majority vote of the qualified electors within the district voting at an election called by the district for that purpose and conducted in accordance with applicable election laws.

D.(1) The board shall also have the 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 Part, "authorized public function" shall mean and include but not be limited to:

(a) Transportation and parking services, equipment, and facilities.

(b) Cultural and civic facilities, services, and activities.

(c) Community development and redevelopment facilities and activities.

(d) Gas, electric, petroleum, coal, and other energy collection, recovery, generation, storage, transportation, and distribution facilities and activities.

(e) Industrial, manufacturing, and other economic development facilities and activities.

(f) Antipollution and air, water, ground, and subsurface pollution abatement and control facilities and activities.

(g) Airport and waterport and related facilities, services, and activities.

(h) Facilities, property, and equipment of any nature for the use or occupancy of the state or the United States, or any agencies or instrumentalities thereof, or of any governmental units in the state.

(2) The board is authorized to 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 those powers:

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

(b) To lease or contract any or all of its authorized projects for the use of others; to charge and collect rent and fees 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 board may deem advisable, including the power to receive for any such sale the note or notes of the purchaser of a project whenever the board finds any such action to be in furtherance of the purposes for which the district was organized.

(d) As security for the payment of the principal 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.

E.(1) The board shall have authority to enter into any cooperative endeavor.

(2)(a) "Cooperative endeavor" means any form of economic development assistance between or among the district and the state, any 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 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 between or among the district 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.

(c) "Cooperative development" means any method of cooperative development between or among the district 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 cooperative development shall include but not be limited to any number of joint development agreements such as condominiums, cooperative ownership limited partnerships, and investment syndicates.

F. The board is also authorized to do the following to implement the provisions of this Part:

(1) To apply for, receive, and accept any grants, loans, or advances from the state, any political subdivision of the state, any federal agency, and any public or private source for any economic development cooperative endeavor or project, to give and accept such equity or security as may be required for such grants, loans, or advances, and to enter into and carry out a contract or contracts of agreement in connection with such grants, loans, or advances, 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 1999, No. 1152, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:855.3 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 855.3
Regulation of personal watercraft
Status: in_force

A. A person shall not operate a personal watercraft unless each person aboard is wearing a type I, type II, type III, or type V personal flotation device approved by the United States Coast Guard.

B. A person operating a personal watercraft equipped by the manufacturer with a lanyard type engine cutoff switch shall attach such lanyard to his person, clothing, or personal flotation device as appropriate for the specific vessel.

C. A person shall not operate a personal watercraft at any time between sunset and sunrise unless equipped with navigational lights in accordance with the regulations of the United States Coast Guard.

D. A personal watercraft shall at all times be operated in a reasonable and prudent manner as defined in R.S. 34:851.5.

E. No person under the age of sixteen may operate a personal watercraft on the waters of this state.

F. It shall be unlawful for the owner of any personal watercraft or any person having charge over or control of a personal watercraft to authorize or knowingly permit the same to be operated by a person under the age provided for in Subsection E of this Section.

G. A violation of any provision of this Section shall be a class one violation subject to penalties and enforcement procedures as set forth in Title 56 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950.

Acts 1991, No. 97, §1; Acts 1999, No. 12, §1; Acts 2004, No. 709, §1; Acts 2009, No. 27, §1; Acts 2023, No. 136, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:851.20 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 851.20
Identification number
Status: in_force

A.(1) The owner of each motorboat, houseboat, or sailboat requiring numbering by this state shall file an application for a number with the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries on forms approved by the department. The application shall be signed by the owner of the motorboat, houseboat, or sailboat and shall be accompanied by the appropriate fee as follows:

(a) For Class A vessels measuring less than sixteen feet in length, the fee shall be thirty-six dollars and shall be valid for three years.

(b) For Class 1 vessels measuring sixteen feet or more and less than twenty-six feet in length, the fee shall be fifty-seven dollars and shall be valid for three years.

(c) For Class 2 vessels measuring twenty-six feet or more and less than forty feet in length, the fee shall be seventy-eight dollars and shall be valid for a period of three years.

(d) For Class 3 vessels measuring forty feet in length or greater, the fee shall be ninety-nine dollars and shall be valid for a period of three years.

(2) Upon receipt of the application in approved form, the department shall enter the same upon the records of its office and issue to the applicant a certificate of number stating the number assigned to the motorboat, houseboat, or sailboat and the name and address of the owner with a description of the motorboat, houseboat, or sailboat. The department shall maintain a record of the hull identification number of the boat and the serial number of the motor for motorized vessels along with the assigned certificate of number on its computer.

(3) The owner shall paint on or attach to each side of the bow of the motorboat, houseboat, or sailboat the certificate of number in such manner as may be prescribed by rules and regulations of the department in order that it may be clearly visible. The number on the motorboat, houseboat, or sailboat shall be maintained in legible condition.

(4) The certificate of number shall be issued in addition to a decal which shall be permanently attached to the motorboat, houseboat, or sailboat, both to be accessible for inspection at all times when such boat is in operation; however, owners of duly registered livery motorboats less than twenty-six feet in length, or of duly registered houseboats or sailboats which are rented for not more than seven continuous days at a time for noncommercial purposes may retain such certificates of number for each such rental motorboat, houseboat, or sailboat on shore and have them readily available for inspection.

B. The owner of any motorboat, houseboat, or sailboat already covered by a number in full force and effect which has been awarded to it pursuant to then-operative federal law or a federally approved numbered system of another state shall record the number prior to operating the motorboat, houseboat, or sailboat on the waters of this state in excess of the ninety consecutive day reciprocity period provided for in R.S. 34:851.22(A)(1). Such recordation shall be in the manner and pursuant to the procedure required for the award of a number pursuant to Subsection A of this Section except that no additional or substitute number shall be issued.

C. Should the ownership of a motorboat, houseboat, or sailboat change, a new application form with a five dollar fee shall be filed with the commission, along with the registration fee required by this Section, and a new certificate of number and a decal, valid for three years, shall be awarded in the same manner as provided for in an original award of number.

D. In the event that an agency of the United States government shall have in force an overall system of identification numbering for motorboats, houseboats, or sailboats within the United States, the numbering system employed pursuant to this Part by the commission shall be in conformity therewith.

E. All records of the commission made or kept pursuant to this Section shall be public records in accordance with state laws.

F. Every certificate of number awarded pursuant to this Part shall continue in full force and effect for a period of three years unless sooner terminated or discontinued in accordance with the provisions of this Part. Certificates of number may be renewed within sixty days preceding or thirty days following the expiration date by the owner in the same manner provided for in the initial securing of the same for a three-year period by marking the application form "Renewal". The renewal fee shall be the same fee as the initial registration fee. The fee to reinstate an expired certificate of number shall be the same fee as the initial registration fee. Certificates of number may be renewed or reinstated through electronic means as permitted by the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries.

G. The owner shall furnish the commission notice of the transfer of all or any part of his interest other than the creation of a security interest in a motorboat, houseboat, or sailboat numbered in this state pursuant to Subsections A and B of this Section or of the destruction or abandonment of such motorboat, houseboat, or sailboat within fifteen days thereof. Such transfer, destruction, or abandonment shall terminate the certificate of number for such motorboat, houseboat, or sailboat, except that in the case of a transfer of a part interest which does not affect the owner's right to operate such motorboat, houseboat, or sailboat such transfer shall not terminate the certificate of number.

H. Any holder of a certificate of number shall notify the commission within fifteen days if his address no longer conforms to the address appearing on the certificate and shall, as a part of such notification, furnish the commission with his new address. The commission may provide in its rules and regulations for the surrender of the certificate bearing the former address and its replacement for a reasonable fee with a certificate bearing the new address or for the alteration of an outstanding certificate to show the new address of the holder.

I. If a certificate of number is lost or destroyed, the owner shall, within fifteen days, notify the commission in writing describing the circumstances of the loss or destruction and certifying to its loss together with a complete application form marked "Duplicate" and accompanied by a five dollar fee for which a duplicate certificate shall be issued.

J. No number other than the number awarded to a motorboat, houseboat, or sailboat or granted reciprocity pursuant to this Part shall be painted, attached, or otherwise displayed on either side of the bow of such motorboat, houseboat, or sailboat.

K. It shall be unlawful for any person to deface or alter the certificate of number or number assigned and appearing on the bow of any boat.

L. Payment for a motor boat identification number, renewal or duplicate shall be in certified check, money order, or any other form specified by the department.

M.(1) Any application for registration or title of an outboard motor as defined in R.S. 34:852.2(9) with a serial number that has been removed or obliterated whether on purpose or accident; a vessel as defined in R.S. 34:852.2(17) that is a homemade vessel, a vessel with an alteration in length due to restoration, construction, or other means that would require a change to the vessel's title document or registration certificate, a vessel with a hull identification number that has been removed or obliterated whether on purpose or by accident, a vessel with an incorrect hull identification number or a vessel with no hull identification number shall be submitted to the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries. The enforcement division shall make a visual inspection of the outboard motor or vessel to determine if it is homemade, to determine ownership, or to verify ownership. If the inspection of the outboard motor or vessel is favorable and approved by the State Boating Law Administrator or his designee, the agent shall issue and stamp a sequential hull number on the boat. Persons shall be required to obtain titles for such approved outboard motors and vessels at the time of application.

(2) The fee for the personal inspection shall be twenty-five dollars which shall be in addition to the regular cost of the boat registration. After deposit in the state treasury, an amount equal to the funds collected under the provisions of this Subsection shall be credited to the Conservation Fund and shall be used by the department to fund overtime for Department of Wildlife and Fisheries enforcement officers.

(3) Any proprietor of a scrap or salvage yard who is in receipt of an outboard motor which does not have a serial number or vessel which does not have a hull identification number affixed thereto shall notify the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries to obtain verification of ownership thereof prior to payment of any value for the receipt of the outboard motor or vessel, unless proper ownership can be verified by registration or title.

(4) For the purposes of this Subsection "homemade vessel" shall mean a vessel that is built by an individual for personal use from raw materials that does not require the assignment of a federal hull identification number by a manufacturer pursuant to federal law. The term shall not include a rebuilt or reconstituted vessel.

(5) Hull identification numbers issued by the department and inspections of outboard motors shall be for identification purposes only and shall not guarantee the seaworthiness or to certify compliance with safety standards as required by the United States Coast Guard.

N. Repealed by Acts 2021, No. 356, §4, eff. Nov. 15, 2021.

Acts 1984, No. 288, §1; Acts 1986, No. 521, §1, eff. Oct. 1, 1986; Acts 1987, No. 704, §1; Acts 1990, No. 894, §1; Acts 1997, No. 780, §1; Acts 2000, 2d Ex. Sess., No. 1, §2, eff. June 26, 2000; Acts 2007, No. 83, §1; Acts 2009, No. 508, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 2011; Acts 2018, No. 628, §1; Acts 2018, No. 698, §1; Acts 2021, No. 356, §§1, 4, eff. Nov. 15, 2021.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:804 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 804
Venue of actions
Status: in_force

The venue of actions prosecuted under the provisions of this Sub-part shall be, at the option of the person suffering injury, loss, or damage, either at the place where the injury, loss or damage occurred or where the offending vessel may be found.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:1223 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 1223
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 parishes of East Baton Rouge, West Baton Rouge, Iberville, Ascension, and Pointe Coupee as the boundaries and limits are presently fixed by law, except the industrial areas created in the parish of East Baton Rouge by the provisions of Section 1.08(b) of the Plan of Government for the parish of East Baton Rouge and the city of Baton Rouge.

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, agents, and employees, including an employee who shall, in addition to other responsibilities assigned by the director, act as a liaison with the other Mississippi River ports, 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 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 it 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 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 be empowered to construct or acquire and equip wharves and landings and other structures useful for the commerce of the port area and to provide mechanical facilities therefor; to erect sheds or other structures on such wharves and landings; to maintain proper depths of water at all such wharves and landings; to provide light, water, police protection and other services for its facilities as it may deem advisable; to construct or acquire, maintain and operate basins, locks, canals, warehouses and elevators; to charge for the use of all facilities administered by it and for all services rendered by it, such fees, rates, tariffs or other charges as it may establish; to establish harbor lines within the port area by agreement with the 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. 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.

Acts 1952, No. 10, §3. Acts 1983, No. 439, §1; Acts 1985, No. 844, §1; Acts 2019, No. 180, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2020.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:3551 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 3551
Coastal Port Advisory Authority; purpose; legislative findings
Status: in_force

The legislature hereby finds and declares that the development of oil and gas resources is essential to promote Louisiana's economic growth and the ability of the maritime, oil and gas industries to compete in regional, national, and global markets and to provide a high quality of life for the people of this state. The legislature declares and finds the following:

(1) The Gulf of Mexico has substantial oil and gas resources.

(2) Many of these resources are considered to be in the deep waters of the Gulf of Mexico.

(3) Major energy companies are expressing renewed interest in the deepwater oil and gas resources of the Gulf of Mexico as expressed in recent federal oil and gas lease sales and in budgeted capital expenditures.

(4) The state of Louisiana was once best suited to serve as the host state for the fabrication of the infrastructure needed to develop shallow and some deepwater Gulf of Mexico oil and gas resources because of its competitive advantage of world class coastal ports.

(5) Due to the need for larger and heavier infrastructures to serve the continued quest for deep water resources combined with the current limitations of Louisiana's coastal ports, the state of Louisiana, and the United States of America, are losing market shares, for the fabrication of deep water infrastructure projects.

(6) Economic opportunities and job creation resulting from improved coastal port infrastructures could create a renaissance of fabrication resulting from the proposed private investment of major energy companies in the deepwater resources of the Gulf of Mexico.

(7) The state of Louisiana has a great opportunity to fund the greatest environmental project of our generation, the restoration of coastal Louisiana, from the proceeds of deepwater oil and gas resources as a result of previously adopted federal law and certain Louisiana constitutional amendments.

(8) The state of Louisiana should move aggressively to determine how it can best fund improvements to its coastal ports in order to take advantage of the pending private sector investments in the deepwater resources of the Gulf of Mexico, and, thereby secure itself as the premiere province to host such activities, and further secure jobs for its citizens and improvements to the quality of life.

Acts 2013, No. 180, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:855.4 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 855.4
Regulation of liveries
Status: in_force

A. A livery shall not lease, hire, or rent a personal watercraft to or for operation by any person who is under sixteen years of age.

B. Any person violating this Section shall be fined according to R.S. 56:31.

Acts 1991, No. 97, §1; Acts 2009, No. 27, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:383 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 383
Number of access sites
Status: in_force

The number of access sites which shall be constructed shall be determined by the size of the lake as follows:

(1) For lakes of less than two thousand, five hundred acres, at least one access site;

(2) For lakes of from two thousand, five hundred to five thousand acres, at least two access sites; and

(3) For lakes of over five thousand acres, at least two access sites for the first five thousand acres and one access site for each additional ten thousand acres.

Acts 1968, No. 652, §3.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:3308 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 3308
Contents of petition for expropriation; place of filing
Status: in_force

The right of expropriation granted by this Chapter shall be exercised in the following manner:

(1) A petition shall be filed by the plaintiff in the district court of the parish in which the property to be expropriated is situated. However, where the property to be expropriated extends into two or more parishes and the owner of the property resides in one of them, the petition shall be filed in the district court of the parish where the owner resides, but if the owner does not reside in any one of the parishes into which the property extends, the petition may be filed in any one of the parishes. In all such cases, the court wherein the petition is filed shall have jurisdiction to adjudicate as to all the property involved.

(2) The petition shall contain a statement of the purpose for which the property is to be expropriated, describing the property necessary therefor with a plan of the same, a description of the improvements thereon, if any, and the name of the owner if known.

(3) The petition shall have annexed thereto the following:

(a) A notarized statement of the secretary of the department declaring that the taking is necessary or useful for the purposes of this Chapter.

(b) A certificate signed by the department's engineer or, in his absence, his principal assistant, declaring that he has fixed the right of way in a manner sufficient in his judgment to provide for the public interest, safety, and convenience and further declaring that the location and design of the proposed improvements are in accordance with the best modern practices adopted in the interest of the safety and convenience of the public.

(c) An itemized statement of the amount of money estimated to be the full extent of the owner's loss for the taking or the damage, or both, as the case may be. It shall be signed by those who made the estimate, showing the capacity in which they acted, and the date on which it was made.

Acts 2004, No. 728, §1, eff. July 6, 2004.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:3162.2 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 3162.2
Limited tax bonds
Status: in_force

The Caddo-Bossier Parishes Port Commission may anticipate the revenues to be realized from special ad valorem taxes voted pursuant to the provisions of the constitution and the statutes of the state of Louisiana, in the manner provided by R.S. 39:742.2. Such a borrowing shall be evidenced by certificates of indebtedness or limited tax bonds of the commission, such certificates of indebtedness or limited tax bonds to be payable solely from and secured by an irrevocable pledge and dedication of the revenues of such tax. The commission may anticipate the revenue of a special ad valorem tax for a period of up to twenty-five years or the remaining number of years for which the tax is authorized, whichever is less.

Acts 1994, No. 9, §1, eff. June 7, 1994.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:2472 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 2472
Officers of the board; meetings
Status: in_force

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

B. The domicile and regular meeting place of the commission shall be Reserve, Louisiana.

C. The commission shall prescribe rules to govern its meetings and may fix the place at which its special meetings shall be held.

D. The commission may authorize in its bylaws the payment of a per diem to each commissioner for attendance at officially called meetings or any subcommittee meetings of the board of commissioners not to exceed the federal employee authorized per diem.

Acts 1975, No. 65, §1; Acts 1997, No. 708, §1; Acts 1997, No. 1023, §1, eff. July 11, 1997; Acts 2004, No. 307, §1; Acts 2019, No. 64, §1; Acts 2022, No. 376, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:2022 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 2022
Rights and powers of the board
Status: in_force

A. The commission shall exercise the powers herein conferred upon it within the district, consisting of the geographical limits of Jefferson Parish except the town of Grand Isle as the boundaries and limits of said town are presently or hereafter fixed by law and all of Ward 11 of Jefferson Parish. However, the power and jurisdiction of said commission shall not affect R.S. 34:991 through 1055 relative to pilotage.

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, 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 upon such terms as may be agreed upon, contract for legal, financial, engineering and other professional services necessary or expedient in the conduct of its affairs, and it may, upon terms and conditions mutually agreeable, utilize the services of the executive departments of the state.

C.(1) The commission may regulate commerce and traffic within the territorial limits of Jefferson Parish except the town of Grand Isle as the boundaries and limits of said town are presently or hereafter fixed by law and all of Ward 11 of Jefferson Parish limited, however, in the case of navigable waterways solely to those navigable waterways within said territorial limits having a depth not exceeding fifteen feet mean low gulf (MLG) as determined by the United States Geodetic Survey.

(2) It shall have charge of and administer public wharves, docks, sheds, and landings, other than those owned, operated, and administered by the board of commissioners of the Port of New Orleans, and shall be empowered:

(a) To construct or acquire and equip wharves and landings and other structures useful for the commerce of the port area and to provide mechanical facilities therefor;

(b) To erect sheds or other structures on such wharves and landings;

(c) To maintain proper depths of water at all such wharves and landings;

(d) To provide light, water, police protection and other services for its facilities as it may deem advisable;

(e) To construct or acquire, maintain and operate basins, locks, canals, warehouses and elevators;

(f) 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;

(g) To establish harbor lines within the port area by agreement with the United States Corps of Engineers; and

(h) 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.

(3) The legislature may confer additional powers upon the commission, not inconsistent with the provisions hereof; provided, however, that it shall not impair any contract lawfully entered into by the commission.

(4) Title to all property and improvements thereon operated by the commission shall vest in the district.

D. The commission may charge a reasonable fee to each vessel using the public facilities administered by the commission. It also may 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 using the public facilities administered by the commission but shall furnish, without charge, to the master of each 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.

F. In order to promote commerce and industry and develop trade by inducing manufacturing, industrial, commercial and other enterprises to locate within the district, and to attract and retain business and commercial enterprises in the district to maintain employment and the economy of the area, the commission shall have authority to plan, finance, develop, acquire, own, construct, repair, renovate and improve commercial and industrial parks and plant buildings within the district, including sites and other necessary property or appurtenances therefor and acquire, construct, develop, improve, operate, maintain, and provide improvements and services necessary therefor, including but not limited to roads, streets, lighting, bridges, rail facilities, drainage, sewers, sewerage disposal facilities, plant solid waste disposal facilities, water works and other utilities and related properties.

G. The commission shall have the authority to sell, rent, lease, or otherwise dispose of, by suitable and appropriate contract, to any enterprise locating or existing within the district, all or any part of a commercial or industrial plant site and buildings or 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, it may take into consideration the value of the land, 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 district. 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 commission. Any lease may contain an option to purchase by the lessee.

H. The resolution adopted by the commission authorizing any lease, sale or other disposition of lands, buildings, or property of the commission shall set forth, in a general way, the terms of the authorized lease, sale or other disposition and such resolution shall be published as soon as possible as provided in the public bid law, R.S. 38:2211 et seq. For a period of thirty days from the date of publication of any such resolution, any interested person may contest the legality of any such resolution 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 such resolution 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.

I. The commission shall be vested with all powers that may be necessary to enable it to accomplish the aforementioned purposes, and more particularly to undertake and complete development projects in compliance with the Public Bid Law, as provided in R.S. 38:2211 et seq. However, compliance with public bid laws shall apply only to the undertaking and completion of development projects by the commission and not to circumstances in which private users of the development project are contractually obligated to undertake and complete development projects.

J. The commission shall serve as the principal parish organization for furthering economic development of the parish and for promoting and assisting the growth and development of the parish industrial and business concerns.

K. The commission shall have all the powers of a "redevelopment agency" within the meaning of R.S. 33:4625; provided that no expropriation permitted thereby shall be pursued without the consent and approval of the governing authority of Jefferson Parish.

Acts 1990, No. 710, §1; Acts 2003, No. 887, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:370 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 370
Parish of Orleans, provisions inapplicable
Status: in_force

The provisions of this Part shall not apply to the Parish of Orleans.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:944 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 944
Confirmation of branch pilots as bar pilots
Status: in_force

All pilots qualified under laws existing prior to July 28, 1948 as branch or bar pilots, and who were then members of the Associated Branch Pilots of New Orleans and engaged in piloting vessels in and out of the entrances of the Mississippi River between Pilot Town and the Gulf of Mexico are hereby designated and confirmed as bar pilots for the port of New Orleans without further qualification or commission.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:468 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 468
Examinations and investigations; control and regulation; annual reports
Status: in_force

A. The board 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 police jury of Jefferson Davis Parish showing all receipts and disbursements of the board; setting forth the general condition of the district and its buildings, structures, facilities and other properties; and making such recommendations for the development and welfare of the district and its management as may seem advisable. A copy of this report shall be promptly published in a newspaper printed in the parish of Jefferson Davis.

B. The board shall keep a record of its proceedings which shall be published at least once in a newspaper having a general circulation in the district, within thirty days after each board meeting. The board shall, at each meeting, examine all its accounts and operations; determine in what manner the work of the board shall be undertaken, and provide the means to carry it out.

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

Added by Acts 1978, No. 56, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:323 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 323
Powers of board; title to structures and facilities
Status: in_force

A. Pursuant to Article VI, Sections 6, 19, and 20 of the Constitution of Louisiana, the district, acting through the board, has all of the rights, powers, privileges, and immunities granted to political subdivisions of the state for industrial, commercial, research, and economic development purposes.

B. Without impairing or diminishing the importance and meaning of the other Sections of this Part, except as in the respect hereinafter specifically shown and provided, the Morgan City Harbor and Terminal District board of commissioners:

(1) Shall have the authority to regulate the commerce and traffic of said harbor and terminal district in such manner as may in its judgment be best for the public interest.

(2) Shall have and enjoy all the rights, privileges, and immunities granted to corporations in Louisiana.

(3) Shall be empowered to own and have charge of, to administer, construct, operate, and maintain wharves, warehouses, landings, docks, sheds, belt and connecting railroads, shipways, canals, channels, slips, basins, locks, elevators, and other structures and facilities necessary and proper for the use and development of the business of such district, including buildings and equipment for the accommodation of passengers and in the handling, storage, transportation, and delivery of freight, express, and mail.

(4) May dredge shipways, channels, slips, basins, and turning basins in the Atchafalaya River and other waters within the district.

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

(6) May acquire, by purchase, lease, or otherwise, industrial plant sites and necessary property or appurtenances therefor and acquire or construct industrial plant buildings with necessary machinery and equipment within such district.

(7) May sell for processing, manufacturing, commercial, and business purposes, lands or buildings owned or acquired by it.

(8) May lease as lessor, sublessor, or assignor, for processing, manufacturing, commercial, and business purposes, lands or buildings owned, acquired, or leased as lessee or sublessee by it, which leases may run for any term not exceeding forty years at a fixed rental, but may run for a term not exceeding ninety-nine years provided they shall contain a clause or clauses for readjustment of the rentals upon the expiration of a primary term of forty years; and it is hereby provided that all leases heretofore executed by said board, whether as lessor, lessee, sublessor, or sublessee, are hereby ratified and confirmed.

(9) May mortgage properties constructed or acquired by it.

(10) 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.

(11) 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.

(12) May maintain proper depth of water to accommodate the business of the district.

(13) Provide mechanical facilities and equipment for use in connection with the wharves, sheds, and other structures.

(14) Provide lights, water, and police protection for the district and for all harbor and terminal facilities situated therein.

(15) Make reasonable charges and collect the same for the use of all structures, works, and facilities administered by the board, and for any and all services rendered by the board.

(16) 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.

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

Acts 1952, No. 530, §3. Amended by Acts 1956, No. 428, §1; Acts 1999, No. 1152, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:241 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 241
Creation and territorial limits
Status: in_force

The Port of Iberia District (formerly known as the "New Iberia Port District") heretofore created as a political subdivision of the state of Louisiana under the provisions of Act 128 of 1938, as amended by Act 446 of 1966 and Act 483 of 1974, is hereby declared to be and constitute a port, harbor, and terminal district pursuant to Section 31 of Article XIV of the constitution of the state of Louisiana for the year 1921, as amended, and as such, shall have all authority granted by said Section of the constitution as well as such authority, powers, and jurisdiction as may be hereinafter provided by this Part, and its territorial limits are fixed as follows:

Parts of Iberia Parish and Vermilion Parish described with particularity below:

Beginning at a point on the boundary line between St. Martin Parish and Iberia Parish, at the point where the centerline of La. 182 intersects said boundary line, thence Southeasterly along the centerline of La. 182 to its intersection with the centerline of La. 88; thence Southwesterly along the centerline of La. 88 to its intersection with the range line between R5E and R6E, and thence Southerly along said range line to its intersection with Parish Road 508; thence Westerly along said Parish Road 508 to its intersection with the centerline of U.S. Highway 90; thence Southeasterly along the centerline of U.S. 90 to its intersection with La. 3013; thence Southwesterly to a point 1000 feet from the Western right-of-way line of U.S. Highway 90; thence Southeasterly parallel to and 1000 feet from U.S. Highway 90 to the Southwestern right-of-way line of U.S. Highway 90, to the section line between Sections 20 and 21 T12S, R6E, Southwestern Land District; thence Southerly between Sections 20 and 21, and between Sections 29 and 28, to the North line of Section 87, T12S, R6E; thence in a straight line to the corner common to Sections 16, 19, and 20, in T13S, R6E; thence continuing South between Section 19 and 20, 37 and 38, 45 and 44, to the corner common to Sections 44, 45, 48, and 49, in T13S, R6E; thence Westerly between Sections 45 and 48 to the corner common to Sections 45, 46, 47, and 48, in T13S, R6E, thence South between Sections 47 and 48, T13S, R6E, and continuing South between Sections 5 and 6, 8 and 7 to the Northern shore of Vermilion Bay; thence Westerly and Southerly along the shoreline of Vermilion Bay to the Western shoreline of Southwest Pass; thence Westerly along the shoreline to a point on the most Westerly Western line of the Paul Rainey Wildlife and Game Refuge; thence South to the most Southerly limits of Vermilion Parish in the Gulf of Mexico; thence Easterly along the Southern Limits of Vermilion and Iberia Parishes to the Iberia--St. Mary Parish line; thence following the Iberia--St. Mary Parish line through West Cote Blanche Bay, East Cote Blanche Bay and Vermilion Bay, and continuing along the Iberia--St. Mary Parish line; thence along the lower part of St. Martin Parish and Iberia Parish; thence following the Iberia Parish and Assumption Parish line; thence following the line between Iberia and Iberville Parishes to a point where it reaches the Iberia--St. Martin Parish line; thence along said line to the intersection of Louisiana 182, the point of beginning.

Amended by Acts 1974, No. 483, §1; Acts 1978, No. 486, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:1710 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 1710
Fees; ad valorem tax; borrowing money
Status: in_force

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

The board may, when necessary, levy annually an ad valorem tax not to exceed five mills on the dollar on the property subject to taxation situated in the district. All funds derived under this paragraph shall be used to defray the administrative, operative and maintenance expenses of the board.

The board may likewise borrow money for the said purposes from time to time and issue certificates of indebtedness secured by any fees and the tax, provided that such loan shall in no year exceed the estimated revenues for such year.

Added by Acts 1960, No. 228, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:44 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 44
Powers granted continuing
Status: in_force

The powers granted to the Board of Commissioners of the Port of New Orleans by Sections 34:41 through 34:43 are continuing powers and the board is authorized by proper ordinance, to put their provisions in full force and effect.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:1121 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 1121
Pilotage Fee Commission; composition
Status: in_force

A. The Pilotage Fee Commission shall exist to establish pilotage fees.

B. The commission shall be composed of eleven members and nine alternates. The governor shall appoint the members as follows:

(1) To represent the interests of the associations, the governor shall appoint four members, and four alternates thereof, which members and alternates shall be designated by the board of directors of the four pilot associations. The four pilot associations shall each nominate one member and one alternate, such associations being the Associated Branch Pilots for the Port of New Orleans, the River Port Pilots for the Port of New Orleans, the New Orleans Baton Rouge Steamship Pilots Association, and the Associated Branch Pilots for the Port of Lake Charles. In the event that one or more of the nominating entities does not participate by submitting a name or names for nomination, then those participating entities shall submit four nominees and alternates of their choosing. In the event that none of the nominating entities send names for nomination to the governor, then the governor shall appoint the four members and their alternates, all of whom shall be commissioned pilots.

(2) To represent the interests of the industry, the governor shall appoint four members and four alternates thereof, from nominees submitted to him by the New Orleans Steamship Association, the Mississippi River Maritime Association, the Lake Charles Maritime Association, and the International Freight Forwarders and Customs Brokers Association of New Orleans, Inc., the Louisiana Association of Business and Industry, the Louisiana Chemical Association, and the Louisiana Mid-Continent Oil and Gas Association. Each group shall nominate two nominees, and the seven nominating groups will select four nominees and four alternates to be jointly submitted to the governor. No nominee submitted pursuant to this Section shall serve on the Board of Louisiana River Pilot Review and Oversight.

(3) Three at-large members and one at-large alternate. Those members shall sign and maintain a statement of neutrality and shall not be a family member of nor have a financial, business, or pecuniary relationship with a member or with any entity represented on the commission or on the Board of Louisiana River Pilot Review and Oversight. No at-large member shall have any ex parte communication with any member of any pilot association or with any member of the nominating industry groups or any other person or entity that has an interest in any issue pending before the commission except for educational purposes and during such educational time both the pilot association members and the industry members shall be afforded an opportunity to attend, provided that at no time a quorum is present. The level of participation of the at-large alternate shall be governed by rules or regulations adopted and promulgated by the Pilotage Fee Commission.

(4) The appointees shall be residents of the state of Louisiana. Notwithstanding any prohibition contained in Part II of Chapter 15 of Title 42 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, the pilot fee commission members and alternates appointed pursuant to Paragraphs (B)(1) and (2) shall be eligible to serve on the pilot fee commission and participate in transactions before the commission.

(5) The alternates shall serve in the event of vacancy, inability, or absence of the member.

(6) The terms of the members, and of the alternates thereto, shall run concurrently with that of the governor appointing them. However, they shall remain in office until their successors have been appointed and duly qualified. Any member appointed by the governor may serve more than one consecutive term.

(7) The appointments shall be subject to confirmation by the Senate. The governor shall make appointments within thirty days of the expiration of a term of office or the occurrence of a vacancy in office. A member may be removed only for good cause shown.

(8) At the expiration of the term of each member and of each succeeding member, the governor shall appoint a successor who shall serve for a term of four years using the selection process as provided for in Subsection B of this Section.

(9) The three at-large members of the commission and the one at-large alternate member shall each receive one hundred fifty dollars per diem while executing their duty as a commission member. Additionally, such members shall be entitled to reasonable expenses as approved by the chairman.

(10) A member who fails to attend two consecutive quarterly meetings of the commission, without good cause shown in the minutes of the commission meetings, shall be deemed to have vacated his office as a member.

(11) Six members shall constitute a quorum.

(12) At its first meeting the commission shall determine the domicile of the commission and thereafter the domicile shall remain unless changed by statute.

(13) An alternate of a member shall serve and shall be entitled to the rights and be bound by the duties of the member when the member is unable to fulfill their duties.

C. All meetings of the commission shall be public, and, except as otherwise provided by law, all records of the commission shall be open to inspection. Notwithstanding the provisions of R.S. 44:1 et seq., upon request of a pilot association, member of industry, or any other person with a substantial interest as provided for in R.S. 34:1122(D), any records received by the pilot fee commission which are deemed by the pilot fee commission to be trade secret or proprietary shall be kept confidential and shall be exempt from public disclosure.

Acts 1968, No. 579, §1; Acts 1987, No. 202, §1, eff. June 29, 1987; Acts 1999, No. 906, §1; Acts 2004, No. 902, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2005; Acts 2008, No. 234, §1.

NOTE: SEE ACTS 1987, NO. 202, §§2 AND 3.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:52 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 52
Board of commissioners; powers and duties
Status: in_force

The board shall have the authority to do all of the following:

(1) Enter into agreements with public and private entities for the study, design, construction, operation, maintenance, and financing of the St. Bernard Transportation Corridor roadway project.

(2) Acquire any immovable property, public or private, or the use thereof, needed for the St. Bernard Transportation Corridor roadway project by donation, purchase, exchange, lease, or expropriation in accordance with relevant expropriation laws.

(3) Accept any appropriation, donation, grant, contribution, or allocation from the United States or the state of Louisiana, or any agency or instrumentality of either, or any public utility or private entity or individual, and enter into any agreement not prohibited by applicable law needed to accept such appropriation, donation, grant, contribution, or allocation.

Acts 2025, No. 217, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:1804 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 1804
Authority for issuance of bonds; levy of taxes; election
Status: in_force

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.

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 Avoyelles 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.

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 Avoyelles 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 1960, No. 331, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:368 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 368
Special taxes; annual levy
Status: in_force

The special taxes imposed for the purpose of providing for the payment of principal and interest on the bonds of any municipality or parish issued for any purpose herein authorized, shall, each year be levied, assessed and collected on the property taxed, under the same terms and conditions and at the same time as state and parish taxes; the said taxes shall bear the same liens upon the property as state, parish, municipal, and other special taxes; the property shall be sold for delinquent taxes in the same manner as property is sold for delinquent state, parish, municipal, and other taxes.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:943 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 943
Associated branch pilots; number
Status: in_force

The pilots whose duty it shall be to pilot sea-going vessels into and out of the entrance of the Mississippi River and into and out of the entrances of all other waterways connecting the Port of New Orleans with outside waters of the Gulf of Mexico, including the entrance of the New Orleans Tidewater Channel at the western shore of the Chandeleur Sound off Point Chicot, shall be known as Associated Branch Pilots of the Port of New Orleans. There shall not be less than twenty-five of such pilots and they shall be appointed and commissioned by the governor from time to time as the need arises and in accordance with the procedure prescribed in R.S. 34:945.

Amended by Acts 1956, No. 406, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:3170 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 3170
Prescriptive period; sale of bonds
Status: in_force

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

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

Added by Acts 1975, No. 294, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:242.1 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 242.1
Ordinances
Status: in_force

A. The board is further authorized to adopt ordinances concerning the territory, jurisdiction, and control of the port area, and the proper conduct thereof. The ordinances shall be enforceable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars or imprisonment not to exceed six months in the parish jail, or both, in the discretion of the court. The board 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 the board may, in its judgment, find to 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. By such ordinances the board may, without limitation of such powers granted herein, adopt such rules and regulations with respect to the safety and efficiency of port operations, the protection of property, life, and personal safety and welfare of its employees and of the public; the control, use, and protection of the landings, docks, wharves, warehouses, equipment, and other facilities and improvements and appurtenances thereto under its administration; the navigation and use of the waters within its jurisdiction; the loading, unloading, transfer, or transhipment of cargoes from, to, or between all watercraft and other vehicles within its jurisdiction; 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; the protection, removal, and disposition of cargoes; and generally, with respect to the safety and efficiency of the operations of the port. The Sixteenth Judicial District Court for the Parish of Iberia shall have jurisdiction of the trial and punishment of all violations of the ordinances passed by the board committed within the parish of Iberia.

B.(1) The style of all ordinances shall be, "Be it ordained by the board of the Port of Iberia District...". No ordinance shall be adopted except by the affirmative vote of a majority of the commissioners.

(2) A proposed ordinance may be placed on the board meeting agenda and introduced by any commissioner at any board meeting. Each proposed ordinance shall be in writing. An ordinance shall contain only one subject which shall be indicated in its title except for ordinances involving the annual operating budget, a capital improvement budget, or a codification of ordinances.

(3) After a proposed ordinance has been introduced, copies of it shall be provided to all commissioners. The title of a proposed ordinance shall be published once in the Port of Iberia District's official journal. The notice shall indicate the time and place where the board will consider its adoption. No ordinance shall be adopted until a public hearing on it has been held. No ordinance can be adopted at the meeting at which it is introduced.

(4) Each proposed amendment to an ordinance shall be presented in writing or reduced to writing before its final consideration. An amendment to a proposed ordinance shall neither nullify the purpose of the proposed ordinance nor, except for ordinances involving the annual operating budget, a capital improvement budget, or a codification of ordinances, add a new subject matter to it.

(5) A proposed ordinance shall be read by the title when called for final passage. The vote on an ordinance at final passage shall be taken by "yeas" and "nays", and the names of the commissioners voting for and against each proposed ordinance or amendment shall be entered in the minutes.

(6) Every ordinance adopted by the board shall be signed by the president and attested to by the secretary.

(7) The board shall keep a book entitled "Ordinances of the Port of Iberia District" in which they shall file the original of every ordinance which has been adopted by the board immediately after its passage and attach a note to the ordinance stating the date of its enactment and a reference to the book and page of the commission's minutes containing the record of its adoption.

(8) The board shall publish each ordinance adopted by the board once in the official journal designated pursuant to R.S. 43:141 through 149, within twenty days of its adoption and prior to its effective date.

(9) Unless an ordinance specifies an earlier or later effective date, the ordinance shall take effect on the thirtieth day after the meeting in which the ordinance was adopted.

Acts 2008, No. 303, §1, eff. June 17, 2008.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:3162.1 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 3162.1
General obligation bonds
Status: in_force

In addition to any other right, power or authority granted the commission to issue bonds under the constitution and laws of the state of Louisiana, the Caddo-Bossier Parishes Port Commission is also authorized to incur debt and issue general obligation bonds of the commission in accordance with the provisions of Article VI, Section 33 of the Louisiana Constitution of 1974 and Sub-Part A, Part III, Chapter 4, Title 39 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, 1 and such bonds shall be secured and payable from ad valorem taxation as therein required; provided, however, that the amount of such bonds outstanding at any one time shall not exceed the debt limitation established by R.S. 39:562. Such general obligation bonds shall be issued by the commission only after the approval thereof by the State Bond Commission and by a majority of the electors voting in an election held in the port area in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 6A, Title 18 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950. 2 Said bonds may be issued for the purpose of constructing, acquiring or improving any capital improvement which the commission is authorized to undertake as a lawful public purpose within the rights and powers authorized by this Chapter. Any general obligation bonds issued by the commission shall be sold at par at a public sale in accordance with Sub-Part A, Part III, Chapter 4, Title 39 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950 after advertisement in the manner provided by Chapter 13, Title 39 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950 3 and the rights to contest the legality of such bonds are set forth in Article VI, Section 35 of the Louisiana Constitution of 1974.

For the purposes of exercising the power of taxation and the power to incur debt and issue bonds, the commission shall constitute a political subdivision of the state of Louisiana and the port area, comprising all the territory within the parishes of Caddo and Bossier, shall constitute the territory subject to any tax levied by the commission. All ad valorem taxes levied by the commission shall be collected in accordance with the provisions of this Chapter and other applicable laws.

Added by Acts 1978, No. 316, §3, eff. July 10, 1978.

1 R.S. 39:551 et seq.

2 R.S. 18:1281 et seq.

3 R.S. 39:1421 et seq.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:334.39 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 334.39
Bonds
Status: in_force

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 outlined in this part, 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, 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.

In addition to the above power to issue bonds and without reference to any other provisions of the constitution or statutes of the state, the district is authorized, with the approval of the state bond commission, to issue negotiable bonds for any of the purposes described above, 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 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 not exceeding five per centum per annum, payable 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 105% 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 thirty days 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 after advertisement as hereinabove provided, no bids are received, or if such bids as are received are considered in the discretion of the board to be unsatisfactory, then in that event the said board may publicly negotiate for the sale of such bonds, without further advertisement.

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 whatever. 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 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.

Added by Acts 1974, No. 604, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:1455 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 1455
Prescriptive period; sale of bonds
Status: in_force

A. For a period of thirty days from the date of the adoption of any resolution of the commission authorizing the issuance of its bonds or notes, any person interested may test the legality of the resolution and the validity of the bonds or notes issued or proposed to be issued thereunder, after which time no one shall have any cause of action to contest the regularity, formality, or legality of the resolution or to draw in question the legality of the 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. No court shall have authority to inquire into such matters after the lapse of thirty days.

B. Any bonds issued in accordance with the provisions of this Chapter shall be sold in the manner determined by the commission.

Added by Acts 1956, No. 228, §1. Amended by Acts 1956, No. 246, §1; Acts 2016, No. 325, §1, eff. June 2, 2016.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:1962 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 1962
Collection of taxes
Status: in_force

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, shall also apply to the collection of all taxes authorized by this Chapter. The sheriff and ex officio tax collector for the parish of Tangipahoa shall make a monthly settlement with the treasurer of the commission 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 the 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 them 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 section the commission shall proceed against him and the sureties on his official bond for the collection of whatever money may be owing to the commission for such special taxes.

Added by Acts 1968, No. 4, §5. Amended by Acts 1972, No. 497, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:863 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 863
Crews of foreign vessels working beyond ship's tackle; prohibition; penalty
Status: in_force

No sailor or portion of the crew of any foreign sea-going vessel shall engage in working on the wharves or levee of the city of New Orleans beyond the end of the vessel's tackle.

Any officer, sailor or member of the crew of a foreign sea-going vessel, violating the provisions of this Section, shall be imprisoned not more than ten days.

The provisions of this Section do not apply to the officers, sailors or others of the crew of foreign vessels hailing from countries having any treaty or treaties with the United States to the contrary, nor to any contract or contracts of which the United States courts have jurisdiction.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:362 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 362
Acquisition of property and construction of works; authority
Status: in_force

The municipalities, as well as the parishes of the state are authorized to acquire property for any of the works of public improvement, enumerated in R.S. 34:361, either by purchase, donation, or expropriation, and to make any of the said works and anything connected therewith as they may deem necessary in order to make the same effective; and, having acquired the same, to lease such portion of said property as they deem proper for industrial development. For this purpose they are especially authorized to enter into contracts for these works, or to purchase machinery and to supervise the making of these works, and other acts necessary to carry out this grant.

In the case of municipalities, this authority exists, whether the works lie wholly within or wholly without their corporate limits, or partly within and partly without their corporate limits.

Amended by Acts 1950, No. 398, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:3479 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 3479
Inspection
Status: in_force

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

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

Acts 2017, No. 382, §1, eff. July 1, 2017.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:851.27 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 851.27
Local regulations prohibited; exceptions; speed limits; no-wake zones
Status: in_force

A. Through the passage of this Part, the state reserves to itself, through the commission, the right to regulate the operation and to establish the minimum equipment requirements of vessels and motorboats. Except as provided in Subsection B of this Section, R.S. 38:2758, R.S. 34:3269(13), and R.S. 33:1236.12, all political subdivisions of this state are expressly prohibited from regulating watercraft in any respect, including but not limited to their operation, minimum equipment requirements, registration (with or without a fee), or inspection.

B.(1) The governing authority of any parish or municipality may establish and post speed limits and no-wake zones on waterways within its jurisdiction with the exception of the Mississippi River, the Mississippi River Gulf Outlet, and the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway. Such speed limits and no-wake zones, if established, shall be posted along the affected waterway. A no-wake zone established under this Paragraph shall not extend beyond three hundred feet from any physical structure situated along the banks. Any no-wake zone established under this Paragraph that affects the entire width of a waterway shall not exceed one mile in length.

(2) Parish ordinances shall apply throughout the parish unless there is a conflict with an ordinance passed by a municipality. In that instance, the municipal ordinance shall prevail.

(3) Speed limits and no-wake zones established under this Section shall be enforced by the sheriffs, local law enforcement officers, state police and by permanent status wildlife agents and duly commissioned wildlife agents and officers who shall have the power to make arrests for purposes of such enforcement.

(4) The governing authority of any parish or municipality may establish penalties for violation of such ordinances in accordance with law.

(5)(a) Except as provided in Subparagraph (B)(5)(b), the provisions of this Subsection shall not apply to commercial or passenger vessels operating on the waters of the Mississippi River or of the outlets of the river to the Gulf of Mexico.

(b) There are hereby created speed zones on the Mississippi River Gulf Outlet in St. Bernard Parish which shall be one mile on both sides of the intersections with the Mississippi River Gulf Outlet of Bayou La Loutre, Bayou Yscloskey, and Bayou Dupre, in which speed zones vessels whose draft is greater than twenty feet shall proceed, navigate, or transit at the minimum speed necessary to insure safety.

(6) Repealed by Acts 1997, No. 1116, §2.

(7) Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, the operation of all vessels and motorboats shall be subject to state law and local ordinance prohibiting trespass or unauthorized entry. Such state and local laws shall be enforced by state and local law enforcement agencies, including sheriffs, and by wildlife agents duly authorized to perform enforcement functions.

(8) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, the local governing authority of the parishes of Orleans, Jefferson, and St. Tammany may regulate or prohibit watercraft operating within two hundred fifty feet of any structures on any water bottoms in Lake Pontchartrain leased by said local governing authority from the state for recreational purposes.

(9) Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, the governing authority of Jefferson Parish and its municipalities shall have the authority to regulate the operation of air boats within the parish. This authority shall extend to the establishment of minimum requirements for commercial or recreational use, including equipment, speed limits, issuing air boat permits and inspection, providing for licenses and air boat permit fees, defining violations and assessing penalties, and other requirements. The regulations shall be enforced by the sheriff and local law enforcement officers and may be enforced by state police or commissioned wildlife agents and those officers who shall have the power to make arrests for purposes of such enforcement. Any regulations or requirements established pursuant to this Paragraph shall not be less stringent or impair the authority of the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries provided for in R.S. 34:851.1 et seq. Any such regulations shall be specifically limited in effect to operation of an air boat in Jefferson Parish and shall not be deemed to affect the validity or invalidity of operation of an air boat in any other parish.

(10) No state law, rule, or regulation establishing, limiting, or prohibiting no-wake zones shall be preempted by a no-wake zone established by the governing authority of a parish or municipality under the provisions of this Section.

C. In addition to speed limits and no-wake zones established by any governing authority of any parish or municipality under the provisions of this Section, there are hereby established certain no-wake zones where each vessel shall operate at bare steerage speed, the slowest speed the vessel can travel while allowing the operator to maintain directional control of the vessel to produce the minimum water surface turbulence. The no-wake zones are established on all waterways within three hundred feet of any of the following facilities:

(1) A boat launch accessible by the public.

(2) A docking facility adjacent to a boat launch accessible by the public.

(3) A public bridge.

D. The commission shall adopt rules and regulations establishing a uniform system of "no-wake" zone signs. Local municipal and parish authorities in their respective jurisdictions shall place and maintain such "no-wake" zone signs as they may deem necessary to carry out the rules and regulations of the commission. All such "no-wake" zone signs hereafter erected by local municipal and parish authorities shall conform to such rules and regulations adopted by the commission.

Acts 1984, No. 288, §1; Acts 1986, No. 61, §2; Acts 1986, No. 315, §1, eff. June 30, 1986; Acts 1988, No. 864, §1; Acts 1993, No. 709, §2; Acts 1997, No. 217, §1, eff. June 16, 1997; Acts 1997, No. 1116, §2; Acts 2004, No. 238, §1; Acts 2005, No. 116, §1, eff. June 21, 2005; Acts 2006, No. 675, §1; Acts 2011, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 10, §1; Acts 2011, No. 113, §1; Acts 2018, No. 318, §1; Acts 2025, No. 415, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:852.9 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 852.9
Duplicate certificate of title
Status: in_force

The holder of an original title shall apply for a duplicate title after the discovery of the loss, theft, mutilation, or destruction of an original certificate of title. The department shall issue a duplicate certificate of title plainly marked "duplicate" on the face of the duplicate certificate of title upon application by the person entitled to hold such certificate if the department is satisfied that the original certificate has been lost, stolen, mutilated, destroyed, or has become illegible. The applicant shall furnish information, under penalty of perjury, concerning the original certificate and the circumstances of its loss, theft, mutilation, or destruction. Mutilated or illegible certificates shall be returned to the department with the application for a duplicate. If a duplicate certificate of title has been issued and the lost or stolen original is recovered, the original shall be promptly surrendered to the department for cancellation.

Acts 2007, No. 319, §2, eff. July 1, 2008; H.C.R. No. 25, 2008 R.S., eff. May 28, 2008.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:204 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 204
Officers of board; meetings; offices; agents and employees; travel
Status: in_force

A. The board shall elect from among its own members a president, a vice president, a secretary, and a treasurer, whose duties shall be only those duties established in the bylaws of the board, adopted or amended by two-thirds of the board; however, such duties shall be those usual to such offices. At the option of the board, the offices of secretary and treasurer may be held by one person. The board shall meet in regular session once each month and shall also meet in special session as often as the president of the board convenes them, or on written request of four voting members. Four voting members of the board shall constitute a quorum. No action may be taken by the board without concurrence of at least four voting members. The board shall prescribe rules to govern its meetings and shall maintain suitable offices in the city of Lake Charles. The board shall elect its officers prior to July first each year, and officers shall serve in such positions until July first of the following year. No person shall be elected to serve for more than two consecutive years in the same office. After serving two consecutive years in a particular office, a member shall not be eligible to hold that office for a period of one year.

B. The board may contract with and employ attorneys and engineers and fix their compensation and terms of employment.

C. The board shall not pay any costs associated with out-of-state travel by a board member unless such payment is approved by five members of the board voting at a meeting of the board.

Acts 1987, No. 429, §1, eff. July 9, 1987; Acts 1988, No. 351, §1, eff. Sept. 15, 1988; Acts 1991, No. 638, §1, eff. July 17, 1991; Acts 2003, No. 149, §1, eff. May 29, 2003.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:3106 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 3106
Annual reports; budget unit
Status: in_force

A. The executive director shall make an annual report to the governor showing all receipts and disbursements of the authority; the number of arrivals and departures of vessels and their tonnage; the exports and imports passing through the authority; the general condition of the authority and its structures, facilities, and other properties; and make such recommendations for its development, welfare, and management as may seem advisable.

B. The authority shall be a budget unit of the state and shall be subject to all provisions of law applicable to budget units and all other provisions of law applicable to state agencies.

C. Repealed by Acts 1976, No. 378, §3.

Added by Acts 1972, No. 444, §1; Amended by Acts 1976, No. 378, §1; Acts 2011, No. 207, §10(A).
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:1963 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 1963
Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in this Chapter, the following words and phrases shall have the meaning ascribed to them in this Section:

(1) "Administrative expenses" means any and all expenditure of funds by the port commission relating to the running of the daily affairs of the port commission, including but not limited to employee salaries, employee benefits, rents, utilities, professional services, office equipment and supplies, furniture and fixtures, telephones, travel expenses, insurance premiums, automobile expenses, and other such related items.

(2) "Carrier" means operating companies, railroads, trucking companies, barge lines, stevedoring companies, shipping lines, and all companies transporting, storing, or shipping goods and other products, whether by rail, truck, barge, oceangoing vessel, or otherwise.

(3) "Improvements" means the repairs, maintenance, and construction of facilities and on property, whether movable or immovable, owned, operated, leased, or administered by the port commission.

(4) "Maintenance expenses" means any and all expenditure of funds by the port commission appertaining in any manner to the repairs and maintenance of the facilities and property, whether immovable or movable, owned, operated, leased, or administered by the port commission, including but not limited to grounds keeping, grounds improvements, roadbed repairs, facility repairs, and other such related items.

(5) "Marine terminal operator" means a person, company, or entity furnishing services as an operating company or stevedoring company relating to the use of operations of the facilities and property owned, leased, administered, or operated by the port commission to include the transportation, storage, handling, loading, unloading, or shipping of goods or other products or commodities.

(6) "Operating companies" means a person, company, or entity performing or furnishing services for the port commission related to the operations of facilities owned, leased, operated, or administered by the port commission.

(7) "Operative expenses" means any and all expenditure of funds by the port commission in furtherance of the rights, duties, powers, and functions of the commission as set forth in R.S. 34:1953 including works of public improvements necessary or useful for port, recreational, harbor, and terminal purposes that may be necessary for the business of the commission.

(8) "Repairs" means those activities necessary to maintain any and all facilities and real property owned, operated, leased, or administered by the port commission in a workable, functional, or operational condition.

(9) "Stevedoring company" means a person, company, or entity performing or furnishing the necessary equipment and manpower to load, unload, transport, or ship goods, products, or commodities.

Added by Acts 1972, No. 287, §1; Acts 1995, No. 161, §1, eff. July 1, 1995.

NOTE: ACTS 1995, NO. 161 IS REMEDIAL AND SHALL BE APPLIED RETROACTIVELY AS WELL AS PROSPECTIVELY.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:851.19 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 851.19
Operation of unnumbered motorboats, houseboats, or sailboats prohibited; exception
Status: in_force

Every motorboat, houseboat, or sailboat operated on the waters of this state shall be numbered. No person shall operate or give permission for the operation of any motorboat, houseboat, or sailboat on such waters unless the motorboat, houseboat, or sailboat is numbered in accordance with this Part or in accordance with applicable federal law or in accordance with a federally approved numbering system of another state, and unless the certificate of number awarded to the motorboat, houseboat, or sailboat is in full force and effect, and the identifying number set forth in the certificate of number is displayed on each side of the bow of the motorboat, houseboat, or sailboat as provided in this Part.

Acts 1990, No. 894, §1; Acts 2008, No. 35, §1; Acts 2009, No. 52, §1; Acts 2018, No. 628, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:344 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 344
Navigation locks in Mississippi River; operation and maintenance
Status: in_force

The Department of Public Works shall maintain and operate all navigation locks, lock facilities and appurtenances thereto when they form a part of a levee system, including the navigation locks, lock facilities and appurtenances constructed in the main line Mississippi river levee near Empire, in the Parish of Plaquemines, and the navigation locks in the main line Mississippi river levee situated near Ostrica, in the Parish of Plaquemines.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:22 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 22
Construction of private wharves; consent of board; administration and maintenance
Status: in_force

Riparian owners of property within the limits of the port of New Orleans may, with the consent of the board of commissioners of the port, and in conformity to plans and specifications approved by the board, erect and maintain on the batture or banks owned by them, such wharves, buildings or improvements as may be required for the purposes of commerce, navigation, or other public purposes; but in all cases such wharves, buildings or improvements shall remain subject to the administration and control of the board of commissioners with respect to their maintenance and to the fees and charges to be exacted for their use by the public.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:1132 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 1132
Purpose
Status: in_force

It is the intent of the legislature to create the Board of Louisiana River Pilot Review and Oversight for the purpose of providing oversight of pilots for the Associated Branch Pilots for the Port of New Orleans, the River Port Pilots for the Port of New Orleans, the New Orleans Baton Rouge Steamship Pilots Association, and the Associated Branch Pilots of the Port of Lake Charles.

Acts 2004, No. 902, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2005.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:2110 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 2110
Bond issues
Status: in_force

The board is authorized to incur debt and issue negotiable bonds to acquire lands for the uses of the district and to provide funds for the making and construction of the public works and improvements outlined in this Part, when authorized to so do by a vote of a majority in number and value of the property taxpayers of the district qualified to vote at an election held for the purpose in accordance with law.

The board may, upon its own initiative, call a special election and submit to the qualified taxpaying voters of the district the question of incurring such debt and issuing negotiable bonds. The board shall call such special election when requested so to do by petition in writing signed by one-fourth of the property tax payers in number eligible to vote at such election.

All such elections and all proceedings for the issuance and sale of bonds shall be called, held, and conducted in accordance with the laws authorizing and governing elections and authorizing the issuance of bonds for such purposes by other political subdivisions which are authorized to incur debt and issue bonds of like character. The provisions of such laws shall govern and control all elections held hereunder in so far as the same may be applicable thereto.

Added by Acts 1964, No. 68, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:3405 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 3405
Coordination and cooperation
Status: in_force

A. It is the policy of this Chapter that the Mississippi River Deepening Project be pursued so that there is full coordination and cooperation between all federal and state entities that have complementing or overlapping interest and authority in the project. The secretary of the Department of Transportation and Development is authorized to coordinate all of the state and local governmental aspects of the project so that there is a long-term and orderly development and maintenance of the project.

B. The secretary of the Department of Transportation and Development is authorized to call upon Louisiana Economic Development, the Board of Commissioners of the Port of New Orleans, the St. Bernard Port, Harbor and Terminal District, the Plaquemines Port, Harbor and Terminal District, the South Louisiana Port Commission, the Greater Baton Rouge Port Commission, and all other port commissions and districts and state agencies, departments, and political subdivisions of the state for full and complete cooperation and assistance in carrying out the provisions of this Chapter, and all such entities are hereby directed and it shall be their duty to cooperate and assist the department to the fullest possible extent.

Acts 1986, No. 83, §1, eff. June 17, 1986; Acts 1989, No. 21, §1, eff. June 14, 1989; Acts 2001, No. 8, §10, eff. July 1, 2001.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:3102 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 3102
Definitions
Status: in_force

For the purposes of this Chapter, unless the context clearly otherwise requires, the following definitions shall apply and shall be equally applicable to both the singular and plural forms of any of the defined terms:

(1) "Authority development program" means a full and complete plan for the development, construction, and operation of offshore terminal facilities, including but not limited to research and experimentation; promotion; financing; all phases of technical development and refinement; construction; operation and maintenance, including renovation, retirement, and reconstruction; regulation of any aspect of such a plan; and any other action the authority deems necessary to the fulfillment of such a plan.

(2) Repealed by Acts 2011, No. 207, §10(C).

(3) "Coastal waters of Louisiana" means those waters extending three nautical miles from the coastline, or beyond to the extent of the jurisdiction of the state of Louisiana.

(4) "Deepwater port" means one or more offshore facilities for the movement of cargo between vessels and coastal facilities, including but not limited to offshore platforms; buoys; pipelines (submarine and onshore); and all directly related storage facilities and all facilities functionally related and subordinate to such facilities, both onshore and offshore.

(5) "Environmental protection plan" means a written document, prepared in conformity with this Chapter, which shall be a regulation of the offshore terminal authority which establishes procedures necessary for the protection of the environment which are to be followed throughout all phases of the authority development program and which shall be applicable to all offshore terminal facilities within the jurisdiction of the authority.

(6) "Licensee" means any person licensed by the authority to construct and operate a deepwater port or offshore terminal facility off of the shores of Louisiana.

(7) "Offshore terminal facilities" means a structure, a series of structures, or facility of any type emplaced within the coastal waters of Louisiana or seaward thereof and designed to accommodate the cargoes or passengers of deep draft vessels whose draft is greater than the depths of typical inland harbors and waterways, commonly used by ocean going traffic during the first half of the twentieth century, including all pipelines, structures, and facilities directly related thereto and necessary or useful to the operation thereof, whether landward, onshore, or seaward of the main structure or facility itself, including any facility which is part of a deepwater port, as defined herein.

(8) "Person" means any individual, partnership, corporation, association, governmental subdivision, or public or private organization of any character, other than the authority.

(9) "Project costs" means all costs necessary for the planning, development, acquisition, construction, extension, or improvement of a revenue bond project, including site acquisition and preparation and installation of utilities, architectural, engineering, supervising, accounting inspection, legal and financing fees and costs, preparation of feasibility studies and reports, interest on revenue bonds and notes during construction and for a reasonable period thereafter, establishment of reserves to secure the bonds and notes, and all other expenditures incidental and necessary or convenient therefor.

(10) "Public funds" means any funds obtained from legislative appropriation or any form of state or local taxation.

(11) "Revenue bonds" means any bonds or notes issued pursuant to Section 3112.1 of this Chapter.

(12) "Revenues" include rates, fees, rentals, sales payments, charges, grants, proceeds, and receipts from loan and financing agreements and other receipts and income derived by or for the account of the authority from or in connection with any revenue bond project or arising from such project.

(13) "Revenue bond project" or "revenue bond projects" means any one or more of the facilities authorized to be financed by the issuance of revenue bonds pursuant to the provisions of Section 3112.1 of this Chapter.

(14) "Three deepwater ports" mean the board of commissioners of the Port of New Orleans, the Greater Baton Rouge Port Commission, and the Lake Charles Harbor and Terminal District.

(15) Repealed by Acts 2011, No. 207, §10(C).

Nothing contained herein shall be construed to affect Louisiana's claim to its tidelands or the location of Louisiana's coastline as interpreted by the state of Louisiana.

Added by Acts 1972, No. 444, §1. Amended by Acts 1974, No. 358, §3; Acts 1977, 1st Ex.Sess., No. 11, §1, eff. Aug. 17, 1977; Acts 1983, No. 218, §1; Acts 2011, No. 207, §10(C).
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:334.8 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 334.8
Fees; ad valorem tax; borrowing money
Status: in_force

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

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

The board may likewise borrow money for the said purposes from time to time and issue certificate of indebtedness secured by any fees authorized under this Part and by any taxes authorized under this Section, provided that such loan shall in no year exceed the estimated revenues for such year.

Added by Acts 1956, No. 466, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:1904 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 1904
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 with 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 Caldwell 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 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. 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 general obligations of the commission for which the full faith and credit of the commission shall be pledged and dedicated. 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 1962, No. 239, §1. Amended by Acts 1976, No. 325, §1; Acts 1999, No. 387, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:43 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 43
Other powers of board, effect on
Status: in_force

Nothing contained in R.S. 34:41 and 34:42 shall be construed as limiting or modifying the powers of the Board of Commissioners of the Port of New Orleans, granted by the constitution and other laws.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:302 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 302
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 Lafayette shall make a monthly settlement with the treasurer of the board of commissioners 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 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 Section 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.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:333.12 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 333.12
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 Vermilion 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.

Acts 1954, No. 253, §12.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:2353 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 2353
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 Grant; 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.

Added by Acts 1966, No. 49, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:1603.1 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 1603.1
Ordinances
Status: in_force

A. The commission is further authorized to adopt ordinances concerning the territory, jurisdiction, and control of the port area, and the proper conduct thereof. The ordinances shall be enforceable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars or imprisonment not to exceed six months in the parish jail, or both, in the discretion of the court. The commission 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 the commission may, in its judgment, find to 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. By such ordinances the commission may, without limitation of such powers granted herein, adopt such rules and regulations with respect to the safety and efficiency of port operations, the protection of property, life, and personal safety and welfare of its employees and of the public; the control, use, and protection of the landings, docks, wharves, warehouses, equipment, and other facilities and improvements and appurtenances thereto under its administration; the navigation and use of the waters within its jurisdiction; the loading, unloading, transfer, or trans-shipment of cargoes from, to, or between all watercraft and other vehicles within its jurisdiction; 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; the protection, removal, and disposition of cargoes; and generally, with respect to the safety and efficiency of the operations of the port. The Sixteenth Judicial District Court for the Parish of Iberia shall have jurisdiction of the trial and punishment of all violations of the ordinances passed by the commission committed within the parish of Iberia; and, the Fifteenth Judicial District Court for the Parish of Vermilion shall have jurisdiction of the trial and punishment of all violations of the ordinances passed by the commission committed within the parish of Vermilion.

B.(1) The style of all ordinances shall be "Be it ordained by the commission of the Twin Parish Port District ...". No ordinance shall be adopted except by the affirmative vote of a majority of the commissioners.

(2) A proposed ordinance may be introduced by any commissioner at any commission meeting. Each proposed ordinance shall be in writing. An ordinance shall contain only one subject which shall be indicated in its title except for ordinances involving the annual operating budget, a capital improvement budget, or a codification of ordinances.

(3) After a proposed ordinance has been introduced, copies of it shall be provided to all commissioners. The title of a proposed ordinance shall be published once in the Twin Parish Port District's official journal. The notice shall indicate the time and place where the commission will consider its adoption. No ordinance shall be adopted until a public hearing on it has been held. No ordinance can be adopted at the meeting at which it is introduced.

(4) Each proposed amendment to an ordinance shall be presented in writing or reduced to writing before its final consideration. An amendment to a proposed ordinance shall neither nullify the purpose of the proposed ordinance nor, except for ordinances involving the annual operating budget, a capital improvement budget, or a codification of ordinances, add a new subject matter to it.

(5) A proposed ordinance shall be read by the title when called for final passage. The vote on an ordinance at final passage shall be taken by "yeas" and "nays", and the names of the commissioners voting for and against each proposed ordinance or amendment shall be entered in the minutes.

(6) Every ordinance adopted by the commission shall be signed by the president and attested to by the secretary.

(7) The commission shall keep a book entitled "Ordinances of the Twin Parish Port District" in which they shall file the original of every ordinance which has been adopted by the commission immediately after its passage and attach a note to the ordinance stating the date of its enactment and a reference to the book and page of the commission's minutes containing the record of its adoption.

(8) The commission shall publish each ordinance adopted by the commission once in the official journal designated pursuant to R.S. 43:141 through 149, within twenty days of its adoption and prior to its effective date.

(9) Unless an ordinance specifies an earlier or later effective date, the ordinance shall take effect on the thirtieth day after the meeting in which the ordinance was adopted.

Acts 1998, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 48, §1, eff. April 24, 1998.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:2106 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 2106
Acquisition of lands
Status: in_force

The board may acquire by purchase, donation, expropriation, lease, or otherwise, any and all lands in the district needed for railways, warehouses, docks, wharves, sheds, buildings, canals, channels, slips, basins, airports, and other facilities to be owned and operated by the board or to lease to others for manufacturing, commercial, and business purposes to promote the industrial development of the district and it may provide for the payment of such land out of the funds under its control not otherwise specially appropriated; provided, however, that the board shall not have the right to expropriate minerals or mineral rights, and shall not have the right to expropriate existing facilities used in production of oil, gas, saltwater, sulphur, or storage of butane or propane. Should the properties expropriated hereunder cease to be used for the purposes for which they were expropriated, such property shall revert to the original owner, or his heirs or assigns, provided such owner, or his heirs or assigns, shall reimburse the board, or its successor, in the full amount originally paid by the board for such properties.

Added by Acts 1964, No. 68, §1. Amended by Acts 1977, No. 431, §2.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:366 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 366
Board of advisors
Status: in_force

The governing authorities of the several municipalities or parishes are authorized to appoint three responsible citizen tax payers as a board of advisors, to serve without compensation, to assist them in letting contracts, performing and supervising the works authorized and in the expenditures of public funds therefor.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:1652.5 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 1652.5
Authority to enter into agreements with United States
Status: in_force

The commission may enter into an agreement with the United States, with the approval of the governor and/or attorney general, to provide that the construction, maintenance and operation of jetties in the Gulf of Mexico by said commission shall not affect the location of shoreline, coastline or boundaries of the State of Louisiana.

Added by Acts 1974, No. 167, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:3473 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 3473
Priority list of projects; public hearings; final program
Status: in_force

Each quarter, the office shall prepare and furnish to the joint committee a prioritized list of projects based on the applications received by the office during that quarter. The joint committee shall receive the prioritized list of projects from the office for each of the first three quarters of the year, and shall call a public hearing within thirty days of receiving the list in order to receive public testimony regarding any project on the list. At such hearing, the joint committee shall vote to either accept, reject, or modify the list. Each quarter, the office shall reprioritize the list of projects to reflect the cumulative list of projects recommended by the office. After application recommendations for the last quarter are made by the office, the office shall submit the final waterway dredging and deepening priority program for the ensuing fiscal year to the joint committee for approval. Prior to the convening of the regular session of the legislature, the joint committee shall hold a public hearing for the purpose of reviewing the final program for the ensuing fiscal year. Prior to such hearing, the office shall publish the appropriate official notice on the department's website. The final program shall be based upon the anticipated revenues to be appropriated by the legislature or other funding obligation authority and the projects shall be listed in order of priority. When this final construction program is presented to the legislature for funding or funding obligation authority for the ensuing fiscal year, the legislature shall not add any projects to this final construction program. Any project recommended by the office and approved by the joint committee for which funds are unavailable in the fiscal year but for which it was approved shall remain on the prioritized list of projects and shall be carried forward to the next fiscal year.

Acts 2017, No. 382, §1, eff. July 1, 2017.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:3110 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 3110
Protection of deepwater ports
Status: in_force

A. To prevent impairment of the bonds of the three deepwater ports which are backed by the full faith and credit of the state, and to recognize the existing authority of and functions performed by the established ports and harbors of Louisiana, it is hereby recognized that the function, power and authority of the various existing port authorities established pursuant to Article 14, Section 31 of the Louisiana Constitution, and others established by specific constitutional provision are not to be diminished by the jurisdiction and powers exercised by the authority except as provided in this chapter.

B. The authority may enter into intergovernmental contract agreements with existing port authorities, individually, or with any other parish, city, municipality or subdivision of the state, and may engage jointly in the exercise of any power, the making of any improvements which each of the participating authorities may exercise or undertake individually under any provision of general or special law.

C. The authority, in establishing or enacting its rates and charges for bulk cargo shall consider the overall economic impact on the economy of the three deepwater ports, and its charges and rates shall be compensatory.

D. The authority shall not engage in the handling of break bulk or general cargo without the prior written agreement of the three deepwater ports, which agreement, among other provisions, may provide for use of existing port facilities, rates, wharfage fees and other matters of mutual interest.

Added by Acts 1972, No. 444, §1. Amended by Acts 1974, No. 358, §9.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:1658 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 1658
Bond issues; voted bonds
Status: in_force

In addition to those bonds authorized in Section 34:1653 the Commission is further authorized to incur debt and issue negotiable bonds, payable from taxes to be levied on all taxable property in the district, up to ten per cent of the value of the assessed valuation of the property in said district, to acquire lands for the uses of the district and to provide funds for the making and construction of the public works and improvements outlined in this Part, when authorized so to do by a vote of a majority in number and value of the property taxpayers of the district qualified to vote at an election held for the purpose in accordance with law.

The commission may, upon its own initiative, call a special election and submit to the qualified tax paying voters of the district the question of incurring such debt and issuing negotiable bonds. The commission shall call such 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.

All such elections and all proceedings for the issuance and sale of bonds shall be called, held, and conducted in accordance with the laws authorizing and governing elections and authorizing the issuance of bonds for such purposes by other political subdivisions which are authorized to incur debt and issue bonds of like character. The provisions of such laws shall govern and control all elections held hereunder in so far as the same may be applicable thereto.

Acts 1968, No. 521, §4.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:1357 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 1357
Ad valorem tax bonds
Status: in_force

In addition to any other right, power or authority possessed by the district to issue ad valorem tax bonds under the constitution and laws of the State of Louisiana, the Plaquemines Port, Harbor and Terminal District is also authorized, with the approval of the state bond and tax board, and after approval of a majority of the electors voting in an election held in the district and in the manner provided by R.S. 33:4258, Subparagraph (2), to incur debt and issue negotiable bonds secured by and payable from ad valorem taxation for any of the works of public improvement described in this Chapter, provided, however, that the amount of such bonds outstanding at any one time shall not exceed in the aggregate ten percentum of the assessed valuation of the taxable property within the district to be ascertained by the last assessment for parish purposes previous to the sale of such bonds, and the district, acting through its governing authority, shall impose and collect annually in excess of all other taxes, a tax on all the property subject to taxation by the district sufficient in amount to pay principal and interest on such bonds falling due each year. 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 semiannually, 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 at par as such resolution or resolutions may provide. The bonds shall be signed by such officers as the governing authority of 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 the governing authority 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 1954, No. 567, §1. Amended by Acts 1970, No. 373, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1971; Acts 1970, No. 503, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1971.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:2024 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 2024
Tax increment finance
Status: in_force

The district, acting through the commission, may enter into a cooperative endeavor agreement with the parish of Jefferson or any municipality inside its boundaries in order to pursue tax increment finance under the provisions of R.S. 33:9038.1 et seq., hereafter in this Section referred to as the "TIF law". Upon the execution of such a cooperative endeavor agreement, the parish of Jefferson or any municipality with a population in excess of that permitted by the TIF law shall have all powers of a local governmental subdivision under the TIF law. Such a cooperative endeavor agreement may declare the district to be a "local governmental subdivision", a "district", or "issuer" within the meaning and for the purposes of such laws. The use of any ad valorem tax, sales tax, or hotel occupancy tax pursuant to the TIF law shall in each case be approved by the Jefferson Parish Council or the municipality so involved.

Acts 1990, No. 710, §1; Acts 2003, No. 887, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:2204 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 2204
Authority to levy taxes and issue bonds
Status: in_force

A. The commission, with the prior approval of the governing authority of the parish of Terrebonne, shall have authority to order and call a special election or elections and submit to the qualified electors of the port area the question of authorizing the levy of ad valorem taxes not to exceed a total of five mills on the dollar on all property subject to state taxation within the port area, said election to be ordered, held, conducted and promulgated by the commission in a manner similar to that prescribed by law for the voting of special ad valorem taxes in the parish of Terrebonne. In the event such election carries, the commission shall have the authority to levy the voted tax annually on all taxable property situated in the port area. All funds derived from such voted ad valorem taxes, shall constitute income and revenues of the commission and be used to defray administrative, operative, construction, maintenance and other lawful expenses and obligations of the commission.

All ad valorem taxes of the commission shall be levied, assessed and collected on all taxable property within the port area under the same method, terms and conditions and at the same time as state and parish taxes are levied, assessed and collected, and shall be secured by the same liens upon the property as taxes for state and parish purposes. Property subject to such taxes 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. 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 shall apply to the collection of all taxes authorized by this section. The sheriff and ex officio tax collector for the parish of Terrebonne 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. All ad valorem taxes levied by the commission being parishwide taxes, shall be covered by homestead exemption and be subject to reimbursement from the property tax relief fund in the manner provided by R.S. 39:253.

B. The commission shall have authority to incur debt for any one or more of its lawful purposes, to issue in its name negotiable bonds or certificates of indebtedness evidencing such debt, and to provide for the security and payment thereof as follows:

(1) To issue certificates of indebtedness maturing within one year from date of issuance to evidence money borrowed in anticipation of current revenues for the administration, operation, construction and maintenance costs and expenses of the commission, which certificates shall be payable in principal and interest from any available income, revenues, fees and/or taxes pledged to their payment by the commission.

(2) To issue bonds substantially in the manner set forth in Article XIV, Section 14 (including paragraph b. 2 thereof) of the Constitution, and other authority supplemental thereto, particularly Part III, Chapter 4, Title 39 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950. Such bonds shall be payable from an ad valorem tax on all taxable property in the port area sufficient to pay such bonds in principal and interest, when approved by a vote of a majority in number of the qualified electors voting on the proposition at an election held for that purpose in accordance with Part II of said Chapter 4, Title 39, as amended by Act 277 of 1970. Such bonds shall be issued in the manner provided by the law pursuant to which they are being issued and the maximum interest rate for the bonds shall be that prescribed by such law. The bonds shall be issued in such amount or amounts as the commission shall determine, provided, however, the principal amount of all such bonds outstanding as of the date of the issuance of any new bonds shall never exceed ten per cent of the assessed valuation of the taxable property within the port area, to be ascertained by the last assessment roll of record in the parish of Terrebonne.

C. In addition to the bonds authorized to be issued by Subsection B.2 of this section, the commission shall be authorized to issue negotiable bonds for any one or more of the purposes within the authority delegated to it and to pledge to 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 owned, leased, or operated by it and/or any other income or revenue received by the commission from fees, taxes, grants or other sources. In addition to such pledge, the commission may further secure the payment of its bonds 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, or property, 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. In addition to whatever security may be pledged to the payment of its bonds, the commission, at its option, shall have authority to provide that such bonds shall additionally constitute general obligations of the port commission, to which its full faith and credit, including, if necessary, the right to levy ad valorem taxes within the port area to pay such bonds, shall be pledged; provided, however, that such general obligation bonds shall not be issued until the commission has adopted an appropriate resolution giving notice of its intention to issue general obligation bonds, including a general description of such bonds and the security therefor, and notice of this intention has been published in four consecutive weekly issues of a newspaper of general circulation published in the port area, setting forth a date and time when the commission will meet in open and public session to hear any objections to the proposed issuance of such bonds and provided, further, if at such public hearing a petition, duly signed by more than five per cent of the registered voters in the port area object to the issuance of bonds as proposed, then such bonds shall not be issued until approved by a vote of a majority in number of the qualified electors in the port area who vote at a special election held for that purpose in the manner provided by Part II, Chapter 4, Title 39 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950. No bonds shall be issued by the commission under the authority conferred in this subsection unless approved by a resolution adopted by the governing authority of the parish of Terrebonne and unless the commission has therefore prepared, or caused to be prepared, an economic feasibility study or report reflecting that adequate revenues will be available from the sources pledged in an amount sufficient to pay the bonds as they mature in principal and interest. Said economic feasibility study or report shall be filed in the permanent records of the commission and shall be available for public inspection. Subject to the above limitations, bonds may be issued by the commission under the authority conferred in this subsection for such purposes and in such amount or amounts as the commission may determine; provided, however, that the total principal amount of all bonds outstanding as of the date of the issuance of any new bonds, shall never exceed ten per cent of the assessed valuation of the taxable property within the port area, to be ascertained by the last assessment roll of record in the parish of Terrebonne. All bonds issued under this subsection 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 six per centum per annum, payable semiannually or 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 per cent of the principal amount thereof, and be entitled to such priority on the revenues of the commission as such resolution or resolutions 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 such officer or officers of the commission 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 commission at least once not less than ten days prior to the date of such sale in (1) a newspaper of general circulation within the port area and (2) a financial newspaper or publication regularly carrying municipal bond notices and published in New Orleans, New York or Chicago, reserving to the commission the right to reject any and all bids and to readvertise for bids. If after advertisement as hereinabove provided, no bids are received, or if such bids as are received are considered in the discretion of the commission to be unsatisfactory, then in that event the said commission may publicly negotiate for the sale of such bonds without further advertisement. No proceedings with respect to the issuance of any such bonds shall be necessary except such as are contemplated by this subsection.

D. 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 certificates of indebtedness, any person interested may contest the legality of such resolution and the validity of such bonds or certificates of indebtedness issues or proposed to be issued thereunder and the security of their payment, after which time no one shall have any cause of action to contest the legality of said resolution or to draw in question the legality of said bonds or certificates of indebtedness, the security therefor or the debts represented thereby for any cause whatever, and it shall be conclusively presumed that every legal requirement has been complied with, and no court shall have authority to inquire into such matters after the lapse of said thirty days.

Added by Acts 1964, No. 485, §1. Amended by Acts 1972, No. 120, §2.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:811 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 811
Sale of vessel, procedure
Status: in_force

If a claimant of the offending vessel does not give bond for the release thereof on or before the return day of the process, or makes application to the court to fix the amount of the bond in one of the methods provided in R.S. 34:807 and thereafter gives the bond within ten days of the date that the court will fix the amount thereof, the plaintiff may make an ex parte application to the court, and the court shall order that the vessel shall be sold at public sale in the manner provided for the sale of personal property under a writ of fieri facias, and the proceeds of said sale shall be retained by the sheriff as security to satisfy any judgment which may be rendered in the pending cause.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:334.7 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 334.7
Contracts; bids; bond
Status: in_force

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

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

Added by Acts 1956, No. 466, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:2103 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 2103
Territorial limits
Status: in_force

The West Calcasieu Port shall be composed of and the board of commissioners shall exclusively exercise the powers herein conferred upon it within an area described as follows:

A. Beginning at the Southwest corner of Section 17, Township 9 South, Range 9 West, Southwestern District of Louisiana; thence East along the South lines of Sections 17 and 16 to the Southeast corner of Section 16; thence North along the East line of Section 16 to the South line of the North half of Section 15, Township 9 South, Range 9 West; thence East along said South line of the North half to the East line of Section 15, Township 9 South, Range 9 West; thence North along said East line of Section 15 to the intersection with the North Bank of the West Fork of the Calcasieu River; thence continuing in a Westerly direction following the said North Bank of the West Fork of the Calcasieu River to its intersection with the North bank of the Houston River, then continuing in a westerly direction following the said North bank of the Houston River with its meanderings to the West line of Section 5, Township 9 South, Range 11 West, then South along the West lines of Sections 5, 8, 17 and 20, all of Township 9 South, Range 11 West to the Southwest corner of Section 20, Township 9 South, Range 11 West, then East along the South lines of Sections 20, 21, 22 of Township 9 South, Range 11 West, to the Southeast corner of Section 22, Township 9 South, Range 11 West, then South along the West lines of Sections 26 and 35 of Township 9 South, Range 11 West, then continuing South along the West lines of Sections 2, 11, 14, 23, 26 and 35 of Township 10 South, Range 11 West, then continuing along the West lines of Sections 2 and 11, Township 11 South, Range 11 West to the Southwest corner of Section 11, Township 11 South, Range 11 West, then West along the North line of Section 15, Township 11 South, Range 11 West to the Northwest corner of said Section 15, then South along the West lines of Sections 15, 22, 27 and 34 of Township 11 South, Range 11 West to the Southwest corner of said Section 34, then East along the South lines of Sections 34, 35, and 36 of Township 11 South, Range 11 West, then continuing East along the South lines of Sections 31, 32, 33, 34, 35 and 36 of Township 11 South, Range 10 West to the Southeast corner of said Section 36, thence North along the East line of the said Section 36, Township 11 South, Range 10 West, and the East line of Section 25, Township 11 South, Range 10 West, to the Southwest Corner of the Northwest Quarter of the Northwest Quarter of Section 30, Township 11 South, Range 9 West, thence East one quarter of a mile to the Southeast Corner of the Northwest Quarter of the Northwest Quarter of the said Section 30, Township 11 South, Range 9 West; thence North one quarter of a mile to the Northeast Corner of the Northwest Quarter of the Northwest Quarter of the said Section 30, Township 11 South, Range 9 West, being also the South Section line of Section 19, Township 11 South, Range 9 West, thence East along the South line of the said Section 19, Township 11 South, Range 9 West, to the West bank of the Calcasieu Ship Channel/River, thence North along the said West bank of the Calcasieu Ship Channel/River to the intersection of the said Calcasieu Ship Channel/River with the Centerline of the Intracoastal Waterway, thence southwesterly along the said centerline of the Intracoastal Waterway to the South line of Section 24, Township 11 South, Range 10 West, thence West along the South section line of Section 24, Township 11 South, Range 10 West to the Southwest corner of said Section 24, Township 11 South, Range 10 West, thence North to the Southwest corner of Section 36, Township 10 South, Range 10 West, then North 1 1/2 miles to the Southeast corner of the Southeast Quarter of the Northeast Quarter of Section 26, Township 10 South, Range 10 West, then West 1/4 mile, then North 1/4 mile, then West 1/2 mile to the Southwest corner of the Northeast Quarter of the Northwest Quarter of Section 26, Township 10 South, Range 10 West, then South 1/4 mile, then West 3/4 mile, then North 1/2 mile to the Northwest corner of the Northeast Quarter of Section 27, Township 10 South, Range 10 West, then East 3/4 mile, then North 1 mile to the Northwest corner of the Northeast Quarter of the Northwest Quarter of Section 23, Township 10 South, Range 10 West, then East 1/4 mile, then North 1740 feet, then East 2663 feet, then South 1740 feet to the Southwest corner of Section 13, Township 10 South, Range 10 West, then East 1/4 mile, then North 3/4 mile, then East 3/4 mile, then North 1/4 mile to the Northwest corner of Section 18, of Township 10 South, Range 9 West, then East on Section line between Sections 7 and 18 of Township 10 South, Range 9 West to the Southwest corner of Section 8, Township 10 South, Range 9 West, then North of the Section line between Sections 7 and 8, 5 and 6 in Township 10 South, Range 9 West, then continuing North on Section lines between Sections 31 and 32, 29 and 30, 19 and 20 of Township 9 South, Range 9 West, being the point of beginning.

B. Beginning at a point where the North bank of Houston River intersects the West boundary line of Section 7, Township 9 South, Range 9 West, thence meandering Easterly along said North bank of said Houston River to its intersection with the West Fork of Calcasieu River and continuing Easterly along the North bank of said West Fork of Calcasieu River to a point where said North bank of West Fork of Calcasieu River intersects the South boundary line of Section 18, Township 9 South, Range 8 West, thence West along Section lines between Sections 18 and 19, Township 9 South, Range 9 West, Sections 13 and 24, Township 9 South, Range 9 West, Sections 14 and 23, Township 9 South, Range 9 West, Sections 15 and 22, Township 9 South, Range 9 West, Sections 16 and 21, Township 9 South, Range 9 West, Sections 17 and 20, Township 9 South, Range 9 West, Sections 18 and 19, Township 9 South, Range 9 West, to Southwest corner of Section 18, Township 9 South, Range 9 West, thence North along West boundary of said Section 18, Township 9 South, Range 9 West to Southwest corner of Section 7, Township 9 South, Range 9 West, thence North along West boundary line of said Section 7, Township 9 South, Range 9 West, to point of beginning, being:

(1) All of Sections 13, 14, 15, 16 and 17 of Township 9 South, Range 9 West, and

(2) Those portions of Sections 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, and 12 of Township 9 South, Range 9 West, South of the North bank of Houston River and West Fork of Calcasieu River, respectively, and

(3) Those fractional portions of Section 18, Township 9 South, Range 8 West, lying South and West of said North bank of the West Fork of Calcasieu River.

C. Also, beginning at the Southwest corner of the East half of Section 14, Township 9 South, Range 9 West, Southwestern District of Louisiana; thence North along the West line of said East half of Section 14 to the North Right-of-Way line of Phillips Road; thence East along said North Right-of-Way line of Phillips Road to the West Right-of-Way line of La. Hwy. 378; thence North along said West Right-of-Way of La. Hwy. 378 to the South line of Section 11, Township 9 South, Range 9 West; thence West along said South line of said Section 11 to the East line of Lot No. 16 of Section 11, Township 9 South, Range 9 West, being a portion of the South half of the Southeast Quarter of said Section 11; thence Northwesterly along said East line of Lot No. 16 and an extension thereof to the North bank or right ascending bank of the West Fork of the Calcasieu River; thence Easterly following said North bank of the West Fork of the Calcasieu River to the South line of Section 18, Township 9 South, Range 8 West; thence West along said South line of Section 18, Township 9 South, Range 8 West and the South lines of Sections 13 and 14, Township 9 South, Range 9 West, to the Southwest corner of the East half of said Section 14, being the point of commencement.

Added by Acts 1964, No. 68, §1. Amended by Acts 1966, No. 57, §1; Acts 1997, No. 232, §1; Acts 2004, No. 119, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:1707 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 1707
Annual report
Status: in_force

The board shall examine and investigate all questions relating to the interest and welfare of the district; it shall control and regulate the same, and make an annual report showing all receipts and disbursements of the board; the number of arrivals and departures of vessels and their tonnage; the export and imports passing through the district; and setting forth the general condition of the district and its buildings, structures, facilities and other properties. A copy of this report shall be promptly published in a newspaper printed in the parish of St. Bernard.

Added by Acts 1960, No. 228, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:2316 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 2316
Port development
Status: in_force

In order to facilitate the accomplishment of its objects and purposes, the commission is hereby authorized to cooperatively assist in developing ports in conjunction with the port commissions within the district.

Added by Acts 1965, No. 17, §16. Amended by Acts 1993, No. 550, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:331 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 331
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 1952, No. 530, §11.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:851.14 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 851.14
Restricted areas
Status: in_force

No person shall operate a watercraft within a water area which has been clearly marked, in accordance with and as authorized by the laws of the state, by buoys or some other distinguishing device as a bathing, swimming, or otherwise restricted area; however, this Section shall not apply in the case of an emergency or to patrol or rescue craft.

Acts 1960, No. 43, §14. Acts 1984, No. 288, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:334.6 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 334.6
Acquisition of lands; public aid; construction of works of public improvement
Status: in_force

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

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

The board is authorized to make and construct any of the works of public improvements in the district and anything in connection therewith that may be necessary or useful for the business of the board; to purchase machinery or materials and equipment for performing such work, and to supervise the making of the same, or to make and construct such works through contracts with others, and generally, to do all other acts, necessary or proper to carry out the powers vested in it with regard to such works of public improvement.

Added by Acts 1956, No. 466, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:851.2 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 851.2
Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in this Part unless the context requires a different meaning:

(1) "Commission" means the Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Commission.

(2) "Houseboat" means a vessel constructed for the primary purpose of a temporary or permanent dwelling without an effective means of propulsion for safe navigation.

(3) "HP" means the manufacturer's rated horsepower.

(4) "Motorboat" means any vessel equipped with or propelled by any type of machinery whether or not such machinery is the principal source of propulsion but shall not include a vessel which has a valid marine document issued by the Bureau of Customs of the United States Government or any federal agency successor thereto, unless the vessel is a recreational use vessel.

(5) "Operate" means to navigate or otherwise use a motorboat or vessel.

(6) "Owner" means a person, other than a lien holder, having a property interest in or title to a motorboat. The term includes a person entitled to the use or possession of a motorboat subject to an interest in another person, reserved or created by agreement and securing payment or performance of an obligation, but the term excludes a lessee under a lease not intended as security.

(7) "Person" means an individual, partnership, firm, corporation, association, or other entity.

(8) "Prohibited zone" means an area paralleling each side of the entire length of the Lake Pontchartrain Causeway Bridge and extending outward for a distance of one mile from both the most easterly and westerly outboard sides of the causeway bridge twin spans.

(9) "Sailboat" means any watercraft propelled by sail or canvas. For the purpose of this Part, any watercraft propelled by both sail or canvas and machinery of any sort shall be deemed a motorboat when being so propelled.

(10) "Secretary" means the secretary of the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries.

(11) "Vessel" means watercraft and air boats of every description, other than a seaplane on the water, used or capable of being used as a means of transportation on water.

(12) "Watercraft" means any contrivance used or designated for navigation on water.

(13) "Waters of the state" means any waters within the territorial limits of this state and the marginal sea adjacent to this state and the high seas when navigated as a part of a journey or ride to or from the shore of this state.

Acts 1960, No. 43, §2; Amended by Acts 1975, No. 321, §1, eff. Aug. 1, 1975; Acts 1984, No. 288, §1; Acts 1988, No. 552, §1, eff. July 14, 1988; Acts 2005, No. 133, §1, eff. June 22, 2005; Acts 2008, No. 35, §1; Acts 2009, No. 52, §1; Acts 2018, No. 628, §1.

NOTE: SEE ACTS 1988, NO. 552, §2.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:338.1 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 338.1
Special tax; bonding; election
Status: in_force

For the purpose of obtaining funds for the maintenance, operation and improvement of the facilities of the district, each port, harbor and terminal district heretofore or hereafter created under the constitution and laws of this state is hereby authorized to levy on the taxable property within the district a special ad valorem tax not in excess of ten mills on the dollar of assessed valuation and to pledge all or part of the revenues therefrom to the payment of bonds to be issued by the district, provided the levy of the tax and the issuance of the bonds shall have been authorized by vote of a majority in number and amount of the property taxpayers qualified to vote in an election to be called and held for that purpose in accordance with existing laws.

Acts 1969, No. 43, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:2355 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 2355
Prescriptive period; sale of bonds
Status: in_force

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

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

Added by Acts 1966, No. 49, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:851.22 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 851.22
Exemption from numbering system
Status: in_force

A. A motorboat shall not be required to be numbered under this Part if it is:

(1) Already covered by a number in full force and effect which has been awarded to it pursuant to federal law or a federally approved numbering system of another state; however, such boat shall not have been within this state for a period in excess of ninety consecutive days.

(2) A motorboat from a country other than the United States temporarily using the waters of this state.

(3) A public vessel of the United States, a state, or a subdivision thereof.

(4) A ship's lifeboat.

B. A sailboat shall not be required to be numbered under this Part if it is:

(1) Twelve feet or less in length.

(2) A vessel commonly known as a sailboard, where the craft is designed for one person and operated in the standing position.

Acts 1990, No. 894, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:1708 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 1708
Acquisition of lands; public aid
Status: in_force

A. The board is authorized to acquire by purchase, donation, expropriation, appropriation, or otherwise any lands in the district needed for railways, wharves, sheds, buildings, canals, channels, and other facilities required for the operation of the board and to be owned and operated by the board except those pipelines in operation on May 1, 2008. The board may also provide that payments for such lands be made out of funds under its control not otherwise specifically appropriated.

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

C. In addition to its power to acquire such property in the various modes set out hereinabove, the board shall also have power to expropriate property within the district in the same manner applicable to Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College and the Department of Transportation and Development under the provisions of R.S. 19:141 et seq.

Added by Acts 1960, No. 228, §1. Amended by Acts 1962, No. 109, §3; Acts 1982, No. 839, §1; Acts 2008, No. 284, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:852.10 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 852.10
Manufacturer's or importer's certificate of origin required
Status: in_force

No dealer shall purchase or otherwise acquire a new vessel or outboard motor without obtaining from the seller a manufacturer's or importer's certificate of origin or equivalent document. No manufacturer, importer, dealer, or other person shall sell or otherwise dispose of a new vessel or outboard motor to a dealer for purposes of resale without delivering to the dealer a manufacturer's or importer's certificate of origin or equivalent document.

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. § 34:865 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 865
Shipping seamen without discharges; penalty
Status: in_force

No master of a vessel, nor any person for him, shall ship any seaman who does not produce a discharge, unless previously thereto he gives twelve hours' notice that such seaman has applied to be shipped without a discharge to all the masters of vessels then in port, who have, within two months next before, advertised any deserter from their vessels. Until the expiration of such time, the master of any vessel to whom such seaman may apply to be shipped, may detain him on board his vessel, to the end that he may be reclaimed if he is a deserter; but if such seaman is not reclaimed, it shall then be lawful to engage him without producing any such certificate. If any master of a vessel ships any seaman contrary to the provisions of this section, he shall forfeit fifty dollars, to be recovered by any person who will sue for the same.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:855.1 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 855.1
Short title
Status: in_force

This Part may be cited as the "Personal Watercraft Safety Act".

Acts 1991, No. 97, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:836 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 836
Atchafalaya pilots as ballast masters; duties; penalty for failure to perform
Status: in_force

The pilots of the Atchafalaya bay and river, shall be ex officio ballast masters, whose duty it shall be to carry into effect the provisions of R.S. 34:835 through R.S. 34:839, in relation to the discharging of ballast in the waters of the Atchafalaya bay and river; any pilot refusing or neglecting to perform the services imposed on him may be prosecuted every time he may so offend, and shall be punished by a fine not exceeding two hundred dollars and not less than one hundred dollars.

All of the pilots, or a majority of them, shall determine upon a suitable place or places, where all vessels which may receive their cargoes or a part of them in the bay, shall be required to discharge their ballast, and the pilots shall mark out by stakes the place or places which they select for such purpose.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:294 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 294
Officers of board; meetings; offices; agents and employees
Status: in_force

The board shall elect from among its own members a president, a vice-president, a secretary, and a treasurer, whose duties shall be those usual to such offices. At the option of the board, the offices of secretary and treasurer may be held by one person. The board shall meet in regular session once each month and shall also meet in special session as often as the president of the board convenes them, or on written request of a majority of the current members of the board. A majority of the current members of the board shall constitute a quorum. The board shall prescribe rules to govern its meetings, shall maintain suitable offices in the city of Lafayette, and may contract with or employ a director, assistants, and staff and attorneys, clerks, engineers, deputy commissioners, superintendents, stevedores, and other agents and employees and shall fix their compensation and term of employment.

Amended by Acts 1971, No. 155, §1; Acts 1988, No. 867, §1, eff. July 18, 1988.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:1656 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 1656
Refunding bonds; issuance
Status: in_force

A. Bonds may be issued under authority of this Part or under authority of any other available law for the purpose of refunding all or any part of bonds heretofore or hereafter issued by the commission. The refunding bonds may run for not longer than forty years and may bear interest at not to exceed six per cent per annum, but in all other respects shall have such details and the proceedings authorizing the bonds may contain such provisions as may be determined by the commission, including, but without limitation, provisions as to denomination, maturities, places of payment, registration, convertibility into bonds of other denominations, method of sale and delivery, manner of execution, reservation of options to redeem prior to maturity, and covenants for the security and better marketability of the bonds. No election shall be necessary to the issuance of refunding bonds. Any refunding bonds so issued may be exchanged for the bonds to be refunded or may be sold in such manner as may be determined by the commission or may be sold in part and exchanged in part. If sold, the proceeds thereof may be applied to the payment of the bonds refunded or, as to such bonds as are not yet maturing or redeemable or voluntarily surrendered by the holders thereof, such proceeds may be deposited in escrow to be held until such time as the bonds to be refunded become available for payment, and during such period of escrow may be invested in direct obligations of the United States of America or any of its agencies or in obligations fully guaranteed by the United States of America, in which case such obligations must mature or be payable in advance of maturity at the option of the holder in such manner and must bear interest at such rates as to provide funds which, together with any uninvested money placed in the escrow, will be sufficient to pay when due or called for redemption the bonds refunded, together with interest accrued and to accrue thereon and redemption premiums, if any, and such refunding bonds proceeds or obligations so purchased therewith which, with other funds legally available to the commission for such purpose, may be deposited in escrow with a banking corporation or association doing business in Louisiana which is a member of Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any successor thereto. There may be included in the refunding bonds so issued bonds in an amount sufficient to pay interest accrued on the bonds refunded, any redemption premiums to be paid thereon, and expenses to be reasonably incurred in connection with the refunding. Such refunding bonds may be made payable from any or all taxes and other revenue which were or could have been pledged to the payment of the bonds refunded.

Acts 1968, No. 521, §4.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:334.36 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 334.36
Acquisition of lands; public aid; construction of works of public improvement
Status: in_force

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

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

C. The board is authorized to make and construct any of the works of public improvements in the district and anything in connection therewith that may be necessary or useful for the business of the board; to purchase machinery or materials and equipment for performing such work, and to supervise the making of the same or to make and construct such works through contracts with others, and generally, to do all other acts necessary or proper to carry out the powers vested in it with regard to such works of public improvement.

Added by Acts 1974, No. 604, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:3456 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 3456
Commencement of projects; substitutions; Port of New Orleans
Status: in_force

A. The projects planned for the year for which appropriations have been made or which have funding obligation authority shall be commenced in that year; however, if a project cannot be commenced within the year for which it is authorized, the secretary of the department shall file with the project records a public statement as to the factors causing the delay, and the next priority project shall be substituted therefor. When the delaying factors have been overcome, the delayed project shall be placed in the highest priority for the next ensuing fiscal year. Projects which have been funded or which have obligation authority shall retain such funding or authority until the project is completed and the project costs are liquidated.

B. The Port of New Orleans or its successor shall be prohibited from participating in the port priority program for five consecutive years from the first fiscal year in which such priority program is funded by the legislature only if, as, and when House Bill No. 80 of the 1989 Regular Session of the Legislature is finally adopted and approved by the electorate*.

Acts 1989, No. 452, §1, eff. June 30, 1989; Acts 1998, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 161, §1, eff. May 7, 1998.

*NOTE: SEE NOW CONST. ART. VII, §27.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:2475 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 2475
Testing validity of bonds or notes
Status: in_force

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

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 interest, after advertisement by the port at least once a week for not less than thirty days in Baton Rouge, Chicago, New York, and such other places as the port may determine, reserving to the port 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 the port may publicly negotiate for the sale of such bonds.

C. Notwithstanding any provision of this Chapter to the contrary, the provisions of R.S. 39:1421 through 39:1426 and of R.S. 13:5121 through 5130 shall be applicable to the Port of South Louisiana.

Acts 1975, No. 65, §1; Acts 1999, No. 852, §1, eff. July 2, 1999.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:340.11 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 340.11
Title to property
Status: in_force

A. Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, title to property and improvements thereon acquired by a port, harbor, or terminal district shall vest in the district.

B.(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, any port, harbor, or terminal district may lease any land or buildings owned or acquired by it, or sublease any land or buildings leased as lessee by it, for processing, manufacturing, or commercial business purposes.

(2) The lease or sublease may run for any term not to exceed forty years at a fixed rate. Upon expiration of a primary term of forty years, the lease or sublease may be extended for a term not to exceed ninety-nine years, provided the lease contains a clause for readjustment of the rentals upon expiration of the primary term.

(3) Any port, harbor, or terminal district may ratify, confirm, or approve any lease or sublease entered into pursuant to this Subsection, whether as lessor or lessee, provided the governing authority of the port, harbor, or terminal district authorizes the lease or sublease.

C. The provisions of Subsection B of this Section shall not apply to the Caddo Bossier Parishes Port Commission.

Acts 1985, No. 604, §1, eff. July 13, 1985; Acts 2018, No. 587, §1.