La. Rev. Stat. § 34:333.7 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 333.7
Construction of works of public improvement
Status: in_force

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

Acts 1954, No. 253, §7.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:2471 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 2471
Creation; membership
Status: in_force

A. There is hereby created the Port of South Louisiana, as a political subdivision of the state, with jurisdictional authority encompassing the geographical boundaries of the parishes of St. Charles, St. John the Baptist, and St. James. The Port of South Louisiana shall be governed by a board of nine members who shall be appointed as follows:

(1) One member from each parish within the territorial jurisdiction of the port who is a resident of such parish, who shall be appointed by the respective parish president with the concurrence of two-thirds of the members of the parish council of that parish from the nominees submitted to him by the following organizations which shall each submit one nominee:

(a) The Louisiana Farm Bureau.

(b) The Louisiana AFL-CIO.

(c) The Southern University River Parishes Alumni Association.

(d) The River Region Chamber of Commerce.

(e) The River Parishes Chemical Industry Council.

(f) The Grain Elevator and Processing Society.

(g) The Greater New Orleans Barge Fleeting Association.

(h) The New Orleans and Baton Rouge Pilots Association.

(2)(a) If any parish president fails, within sixty days of taking office, to submit a name for appointment from his respective parish as provided in Paragraph (1) of this Subsection, or if he fails to get concurrence of two-thirds of the respective parish council on any such appointment, the commissioner from that parish shall be appointed by the governor.

(b) If any parish president fails, within sixty days of the occurrence of any vacancy on the commission, to submit a name for appointment to fill such vacancy, or if he fails to get concurrence of two-thirds of the respective parish council on any such appointment, the commissioner from that parish shall be appointed by the governor.

(3) Two members shall be appointed by the governor from a list of one nominee from each parish located within the territorial jurisdiction of the port who is a resident of such parish from the list of nominees submitted to him by each of the following organizations:

(a) Louisiana Farm Bureau.

(b) Louisiana AFL-CIO.

(c) Southern University River Parishes Alumni Association.

(d) River Region Chamber of Commerce.

(4) One member shall be appointed by the governor from a list of one nominee each from each parish located within the territorial jurisdiction of the port who is a resident of such parish from the list of nominees submitted to him by each of the following organizations:

(a) River Parishes Chemical Industry Council.

(b) Grain Elevator and Processing Society.

(c) Greater New Orleans Barge Fleeting Association.

(d) New Orleans and Baton Rouge Port Pilots Association.

(5) Three members, one of whom is a resident of St. Charles Parish, one of whom is a resident of St. John the Baptist Parish, and one of whom is a resident of St. James Parish, shall be appointed by the governor at his sole discretion.

(6) In making appointments to the commission from among the nominees submitted to the governor as provided in Paragraphs (3), (4), and (5) of this Subsection, the governor shall appoint members in a manner to ensure that three of the members shall be residents of St. Charles Parish, three shall be residents of St. John the Baptist Parish, and three shall be residents of St. James Parish.

(7) Each appointment shall be submitted to the Senate for confirmation.

(8) The terms of all commissioners shall be concurrent with that of the governor. Any subsequent vacancy on the commission for any reason shall be filled for the unexpired portion of the term in the same manner as the original appointment.

B. It shall not be a violation of R.S. 42:1111(C)(2)(c) and (d), 1112(B)(3) and (D), or 1113(B) for an appointed commissioner to serve as a member of an advisory board of a bank which transacts business with the port if such commissioner recuses himself from voting on any matter which vote would be a violation of those Sections.

Acts 1975, No. 65, §1; Acts 1975, No. 789, §3. Amended by Acts 1982, No. 664, §1; Acts 1986, No. 1079, §1, eff. July 18, 1986; Acts 1987, No. 542, §1, eff. December 1, 1987; Acts 1993, No. 204, §1, eff. June 1, 1993; Acts 1997, No. 1023, §1, eff. July 11, 1997; Acts 1997, No. 1039, §1; Acts 1999, No. 852, §1, eff. July 2, 1999; Acts 2004, No. 307, §1; Acts 2016, No. 671, §1.

{{NOTE: SEE ACTS 1986, NO. 1079, §2.}}
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:1071 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 1071
Definitions
Status: in_force

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

(1) "Board of commissioners" or "board of examiners" means the Board of River Port Pilot Commissioners and Examiners, established in R.S. 34:1072.

(2) "Pilot" means a River Port Pilot as designated in R.S. 34:1073.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:1706 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 1706
Officers of board; meetings; offices, 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 office 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 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 terms of office or employment.

Added by Acts 1960, No. 228, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:1951 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 1951
Creation of South Tangipahoa Parish Port Commission
Status: in_force

A. There is hereby created a commission to be known as the South Tangipahoa Parish Port Commission which shall be composed of seven members from the parish of Tangipahoa who shall be appointed by the governor for terms of six years as provided in Subsection B of this Section. The members of the board of commissioners shall serve without compensation. The commission shall hold a regular meeting once each calendar month with a maximum of six additional special meetings annually. No more than three meetings may be held in any one calendar month.

B.(1) The term of each member serving on July 1, 2003, shall expire as follows:

(a) The term of any member whose term prior to July 1, 2003, would have expired on October 1, 2003, shall expire on July 1, 2003.

(b) The term of any member whose term prior to July 1, 2003, would have expired on October 1, 2004, shall expire on July 1, 2003.

(c) The term of any member whose term prior to July 1, 2003, would have expired on October 1, 2005, shall expire on July 1, 2004.

(d) The term of any member whose term prior to July 1, 2003, would have expired on October 1, 2006, shall expire on July 1, 2005.

(e) The term of any member whose term prior to July 1, 2003, would have expired on October 1, 2008, shall expire on July 1, 2007.

(f) The term of any member whose term prior to July 1, 2003, would have expired on October 1, 2009, shall expire on July 1, 2008.

(2) Upon the expiration of the term of each member whose term expires as provided in Paragraph (1) of this Subsection or the creation of a vacancy in the seat of any such member, whichever occurs first, the governor shall appoint the successor to the member, subject to Senate confirmation, as follows and in the following order:

(a) First, one member from a list of three nominees submitted by the senator representing Senate District Six.

(b) Second, one member from a list of three nominees submitted by the representative representing House of Representatives District Seventy-three.

(c) Third, one member from a list of three nominees submitted by the senator representing Senate District Eleven.

(d) Fourth, one member from a list of three nominees submitted by the Pontchatoula Chamber of Commerce.

(e) Fifth, one member from a list of three nominees submitted by the Tangipahoa Chamber of Commerce.

(f) Sixth, one member from a list of three nominees submitted by the Tangipahoa Economic Development Foundation.

(g) Seventh, one member from a list of three nominees submitted by the senator representing Senate District Six, the representative representing House of Representatives District Seventy-three, and the senator representing Senate District Eleven.

(3) Notwithstanding the provisions of Paragraph (2) of this Subsection, if on July 1, 2003, there are any vacancies, such vacancies shall be considered as the first seats to be filled in the manner provided in Paragraph (2).

(4) Notwithstanding the provisions of R.S. 42:2, the expiration of the term of a member shall result in a vacancy until a person is appointed and qualified to serve for the succeeding term.

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

D. No person shall serve more than three full six-year terms as a member of the South Tangipahoa Parish Port Commission. A full term shall not include partial terms served by members due to appointment to fill a vacancy or other reason. This limitation on terms shall apply to present and future members.

Added by Acts 1962, No. 299, §1. Amended by Acts 1966, No. 446, §1; Acts 1970, No. 228, §1, emerg. eff. July 2, 1970, at 1:05 P.M.; Acts 1972, No. 497, §1, eff. July 26, 1972, at 12 o'clock noon; Acts 1976, No. 691, §1; Acts 1981, No. 637, §1, eff. July 20, 1981; Acts 1993, No. 204. §1, eff. June 1, 1993; Acts 1999, No. 516, §1; Acts 2003, No. 889, §1, eff. July 1, 2003; Acts 2016, No. 431, §1, eff. June 9, 2016; Acts 2023, No. 131, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:422 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 422
Assessment and collection of tax; procedure
Status: in_force

A copy of the resolution levying the tax, certified by the secretary of the board of commissioners of the district, shall be transmitted to the tax assessor of each parish within the district on or before June 1st of the year in which the tax is to be assessed and collected, and it shall be the duty of each assessor to assess the tax and extend the same upon the tax rolls of his parish. The tax shall be collected by the sheriff and ex officio tax collector of each parish in the same manner as taxes levied by the state. The several tax collectors shall make settlements for taxes so collected with the Division of Administration and state treasurer for the account of the respective navigation districts, and the funds so derived shall be withdrawn upon the warrant of the secretary of the respective boards of commissioners, countersigned by the president or vice president thereof. The taxes assessed shall constitute the same liens upon the property assessed; shall bear the same penalties; and collection thereof shall be enforced in the same manner and at the same time as parish taxes.

Amended by Acts 1978, No. 56, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:953 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 953
Ships required to take pilots
Status: in_force

All ships and vessels inward or outward bound throughout the entrances of the Mississippi River or other inland waterway connecting the port of New Orleans with the Gulf of Mexico, or other outside waters, except those of one hundred tons or less lawfully engaged in the coasting trade of the United States, shall take a bar pilot when one is offered; and any ship or vessel refusing or failing to take a pilot shall be liable to the pilot thus offering for pilotage.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:851.10 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 851.10
Collisions, crashes, and casualties; theft, reporting
Status: in_force

A. It shall be the duty of the operator of a vessel involved in a collision, crash, or other casualty, so far as he can do so without serious danger to his own vessel, crew, and passengers, if any, to render to other persons affected by the collision, crash, or other casualty such assistance as may be practicable and as may be necessary in order to save them from or minimize any danger caused by the collision, crash, or other casualty and also to give his name, address, and identification of his vessel in writing to any person injured and to the owner of any property damaged in the collision, crash, or other casualty.

B.(1) The operator of a vessel involved in a collision, crash, or other casualty involving a recreational vessel and resulting in death or injury to a person or property damage in excess of five hundred dollars must give notice of the incident immediately, by the most prompt means of communication, to the department, the nearest law enforcement agency, or to state police. Law enforcement agencies shall notify the department immediately upon receiving information of a collision, crash, or other casualty involving a vessel and resulting in death or injury to a person or damages in excess of five hundred dollars. The driver of any vessel involved in a collision, crash, or other casualty involving a recreational vessel and resulting in death or injury to a person, or property damage in excess of five hundred dollars shall, within five days after the incident, forward a department-approved incident report form to the department. A full description of the collision or other casualty must be reported and submitted on an official form supplied by the department. In a crash where the operator is incapable of filing a report, each person on board shall bear the responsibility of notifying the department or determining that a report has been submitted. The department shall submit to the United States Coast Guard reportable accidents consistent with the Statement of Understanding between the state of Louisiana and the United States Coast Guard. The department shall provide copies of completed crash reports to any interested person upon request. The department may charge a fee not to exceed five dollars for reports that do not exceed four pages and seven dollars and fifty cents for reports that exceed four pages. The department may also charge a reasonable fee for copies of photographs, videotapes, audiotapes, and any extraordinary-sized documents or documents stored on electronic media.

(2) When a collision, crash, or other casualty occurs within the prohibited zone, as defined in R.S. 34:851.2(7), involving a vessel or vessel flotilla within the scope of R.S. 34:851.24(J), the report required by this Subsection shall also be made to the Greater New Orleans Expressway Commission within the time period applicable to submitting such report to the department.

C. Every owner of a registered boat shall report its theft to the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries within five days of discovery of theft. The violation of the provisions of this Subsection shall not be subject to any penalty, including the provisions of R.S. 34:851.31(C) and shall not be construed to be a crime.

Acts 1960, No. 43, §10; Acts 1983, No. 536, §1; Acts 1984, No. 288, §1; Acts 1988, No. 552, §1, eff. July 14, 1988; Acts 2006, No. 282, §1.

{{NOTE: SEE ACTS 1988, NO. 552, §2.}}
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:851.6 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 851.6
Negligent homicide
Status: in_force

Any person who by the operation of any watercraft at an immoderate rate of speed or in a careless, reckless, or negligent manner shall cause the death of another shall be guilty of the crime of negligent homicide, punishable by imprisonment of not more than one year, or by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars, or both.

Acts 1960, No. 43, §6. Acts 1984, No. 288, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:334.32 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 334.32
Board of commissioners; members; vacancy; composition; officers; agents and employees
Status: in_force

A. A board of commissioners hereinafter referred to as the board, is hereby created, which shall be the governing authority of said district. It shall consist of nine members, who shall be citizens of the United States and qualified voters within the limits of said district during their term of office. The commissioners shall be appointed as follows:

(1) Three shall be appointed by the mayor and council of the city of Franklin in St. Mary Parish;

(2) One shall be appointed by the mayor and aldermen of the town of Baldwin in St. Mary Parish;

(3) Two shall be appointed by the St. Mary Parish Police Jury, to be selected from the persons residing in Wards 1, 2, 7, and 10 of St. Mary Parish;

(4) Two shall be appointed by the St. Mary Parish Police Jury, to be selected from the persons residing in Wards 3 and 4 of St. Mary Parish; and

(5) One shall be appointed by the St. Mary Parish Police Jury, to be selected at large from the persons residing in that portion of St. Mary Parish which comprises the district.

B. The commissioner initially appointed by the mayor and aldermen of the town of Baldwin shall be appointed for a term of two years. Two of the three commissioners initially appointed by the mayor and council of the city of Franklin shall be appointed for a term of three years. One of the three commissioners initially appointed by the mayor and council of the city of Franklin and one of the two members initially appointed by the parish governing authority from Wards 3 and 4 shall be appointed for a term of four years. One of the commissioners initially appointed by the parish governing authority from Wards 3 and 4 and one of the commissioners initially appointed by the parish governing authority from Wards 1, 2, 7, and 10 shall be appointed for a term of five years. One of the commissioners initially appointed by the parish governing authority from Wards 1, 2, 7, and 10 and shall be appointed for six year terms. The commissioners initially appointed by the parish governing authority at large shall be appointed for a seven year term. Thereafter, the successors to each of such commissioners shall be appointed for terms of seven years, and each successor shall be appointed by the same authority that appointed his predecessor.

C. Any vacancy occurring during a term shall be filled by appointment for the remainder of the unexpired term by authority that made the original appointment.

D. The commissioners shall serve without compensation and shall have the power to organize and reorganize legal, executive, engineering, clerical and other departments and forces of said board and to fix the duties, powers and compensation of all officers, agents and employees under said board.

Added by Acts 1974, No. 604, §1. Amended by Acts 1975, No. §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:57 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 57
Supplemental powers and authority
Status: in_force

Nothing in this Subpart shall be construed to restrict or limit any powers granted to the board under any other laws of this state. This Subpart shall be deemed supplemental, conferring powers and authority in addition to those provided by any other general or special law.

Acts 2025, No. 217, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:1356 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 1356
Fees; ad valorem tax; borrowing money
Status: in_force

A. In order to enhance the safety and facilitate the movement of vessels within the district, the district may charge a reasonable fee to each vessel anchoring or transferring cargo within the district, arriving or departing the district in ballast, or carrying cargo of any kind, based either on length of the vessel, its volume of registered tonnage, or its volume of cargo actually carried. The district may charge reasonable fees for any and all costs of regulation and services rendered in aid of interstate or foreign commerce or provided on a standby basis, such as fire and police protection, rescue services, and port communication systems for vessels, privately and publicly owned wharves, docks, warehouses, elevators, and all other facilities within the district.

B. The district 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.

C. The district, acting through its governing authority, may 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 Subsection shall be used for the needs and lawful purposes of the district, including the construction of capital improvements.

D. The district may likewise borrow money for the said purposes from time to time and issue certificates of indebtedness secured by any fees and the tax in the manner provided by Part V, Chapter 4, Title 39 and R.S. 33:2922-33:2924, as amended.

Added by Acts 1954, No. 567, §1. Amended by Acts 1970, No. 373, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1971; Acts 1970, No. 503, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1971; Acts 1986, No. 93, §1, eff. June 23, 1986.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:1361 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 1361
Construction of private wharves; consent of district; administration and maintenance
Status: in_force

Riparian owners or their lessees of property along the banks of navigable waterways and the owners or lessees of the bed of any navigable stream, lake, or other body of water within the limits of the district may, with the consent of the district, and in conformity to plans and specifications approved by the governing authority thereof, erect and maintain on the batture, banks or bed of any navigable stream, lakes or other bodies of water owned or leased by them, such wharves, buildings or improvements as may be required for public or private purposes; but in all cases, such wharves, buildings or improvements shall remain subject to the administration and control of the district with respect to their maintenance and to the fees and charges to be exacted for their use by the public. The district may expropriate without compensation any private wharves, landings, buildings or other structures erected by owners or their lessees on such waterways whenever such wharves, landings, buildings or other structures have been erected by the owners or lessees subsequent to January 1, 1971, without first obtaining the consent of the district for the construction or erection of the same, and its approval of the plans and specifications for their construction or erection. Nothing herein shall apply to the operations of a mineral lessee of the state upon the shores, banks or water bottoms covered by such lease and authorized by the provisions of R.S. 30:172.

Added by Acts 1970, No. 373, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 1971; Acts 1970, No. 503, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 1971.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:2403 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 2403
Powers of the commission
Status: in_force

The commission shall regulate the commerce and traffic within the district in such manner as may, in its judgment, be for the best interest of the state. Title to all property and improvements thereon operated by the commission shall vest in the State of Louisiana.

The commission is hereby vested with authority to:

1. Employ such officers, agents and employees as it deems necessary for the performance of its powers and duties and prescribe the powers and duties and fix the compensation of such officers, agents and employees.

2. Contract, upon such terms as it may agree upon, for legal, financial, engineering and other professional services necessary or expedient in the conduct of its affairs.

3. Utilize the services of the other executive departments of the state upon mutually agreeable terms and conditions.

4. Own, construct, acquire, operate and maintain docks, wharves, landings, elevators, sheds, warehouses, basins, locks, canals and all other property, structures, equipment, facilities and works of public improvement necessary or useful for port, harbor and/or terminal purposes.

5. Maintain proper depths of water at all wharves and landings, and dredge and maintain shipways, channels, slips, basins and turning basins.

6. Establish harbor lines within the port area by agreement with the Corps of Engineers of the United States.

7. The commission shall not deny permission for the acquisition, construction, installation, or operation of any privately owned facilities within the port area which are approved by the U.S. Corps of Engineers, the governing authority of the parish or parishes within which the port area is located, the Louisiana Department of Public Works and the Board of Commissioners of the Fifth Louisiana Levee District. The construction and operation of any such privately owned facilities within the port area shall be subject to reasonable rules and regulations of the commission which are applicable to both public and private facilities and the operation thereof. The fact that privately owned or operated facilities within the port area are or may be in competition with the public facilities owned, constructed, acquired, operated or proposed by the commission shall not be used as a basis for denial, prohibition, or discriminatory regulation of the privately owned facilities by the commission.

8. 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.

9. The Madison Parish Port, Harbor and Terminal District and the Madison Parish Port Commission may acquire by expropriation, in accordance with the expropriation laws of the state, any properties necessary for the benefit and advantage of regulating commerce and traffic within their respective jurisdictions and districts; provided, however, that they shall not have the right to expropriate minerals or mineral rights, and their powers of expropriation shall not apply or extend to any existing publicly or privately owned wharf, dock, warehouse, elevator or other facility or industrial structure constructed on or adjacent to any navigable waterway, natural or man made, or to the replacement, improvement and operation thereof by the owners, lessees, permittees or the successors and assigns thereof. Should the properties expropriated hereunder cease to be used for the purposes for which they were expropriated, such properties shall revert to the original land owner or his heirs or assigns, provided such land owner or his heirs or assigns shall reimburse said district or commission, or its successor, in the full amount originally paid by the district or commission for such land.

10. 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 the district.

11. 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 of either of them.

12. Provide such light, water, police protection and other services for its facilities as it deems advisable.

13. Establish and charge reasonable fees, rates, tariffs or other charges for the use of all facilities administered by it and for all services rendered by it.

14. Charge a reasonable fee to each vessel arriving in the port area in ballast or carrying cargo of any kind.

15. Charges for each copy of any certificate issued by it or by any of its officers or employees for inspecting hatches, surveying cargo or making other surveys or inspections of vessels in the port area, but it shall furnish, without charge, to the master of each such vessel one copy of all surveys upon his vessel or cargo.

16. 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 not exceeding forty years; provided, however, that no exclusive franchise shall be granted to any carrier. The commission may lease or sub-lease for processing, manufacturing, commercial business purposes, lands or buildings owned, acquired or leased as lessee by it, which leases may run for any term not exceeding forty years at a fixed rental, but may run for a term not exceeding ninety-nine years provided the lease shall contain a clause or clauses for readjustment of the rentals upon the expiration of a primary term of forty years, and may ratify, confirm and approve any such leases heretofore granted by their governing authorities, whether as lessor or lessee.

17. Do any and all things necessary or proper for the government, regulation, development and control of the business of the district.

Added by Acts 1966, No. 369, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:3261 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 3261
Creation of district; boundary
Status: in_force

There is hereby created a body politic and corporate of the state of Louisiana which shall exist in perpetuity and be known as the Cane River Waterway District, hereinafter called the "district". The district shall be composed of all the territory located within the Parish of Natchitoches. Any amendment of the boundaries of the parish shall not have the effect of altering the area comprising the district nor operate in derogation thereof.

Added by Acts 1982, No. 391, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:2203 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 2203
Duties and powers of the commission
Status: in_force

A. The commission shall exercise the powers herein conferred upon it, within the port area, which shall consist of the entire Parish of Terrebonne.

B. The commission shall regulate the commerce and traffic within the port area in such manner as may, in its judgment, be for the best interest of the port area. Title to all property and improvements thereon acquired by the commission shall vest in the commission. The commission is hereby vested with authority to:

(1) Employ such officers, agents and employees as it deems necessary for the performance of its powers and duties and to prescribe the powers and duties and fix the compensation of such officers, agents and employees.

(2) Contract, upon such terms as it may agree upon, for legal, financial, engineering and other professional services necessary or expedient in the conduct of its affairs.

(3) Utilize the services of the executive departments of the state upon mutually agreeable terms and conditions.

(4) Own, construct, acquire, operate and maintain docks, wharves, landings, elevators, sheds, warehouses, basins, locks, slips, laterals, canals, levees and all other property, structures, equipment, facilities and works of public improvement necessary or useful for port, harbor and/or terminal purposes.

(5) Maintain proper depths of water at all wharves and landings, and dredge and maintain shipways, bayous, waterways, channels, slips, basins and turning basins.

(6) Establish harbor lines within the port area by agreement with the U.S. corps of engineers, and establish, operate and maintain navigable waterway systems in cooperation with the federal government, the state of Louisiana and its various agencies, subdivisions and public bodies.

(7) 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.

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

(9) 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 port area.

(10) 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, or any person, firm or corporation.

(11) Provide such light, water, police protection and other services for its facilities as it deems advisable.

(12) Establish and charge reasonable fees, rates, tariffs or other charges for the use of all facilities administered by it and for all services rendered by it.

(13) 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.

(14) Charge a reasonable fee to each vessel arriving in ballast or carrying cargo of any kind.

(15) 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 or 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 not exceeding forty years; provided, however, that no exclusive franchise shall be granted to any carrier.

(16) Lease or sublease for processing, manufacturing, commercial business purposes, lands or buildings owned, acquired or leased as lessee by it, which leases may run for any term not exceeding forty years at a fixed rental, or may run for a term not exceeding ninety-nine years if they contain a clause or clauses for readjustment of the rentals upon the expiration of a primary term of forty years.

(17) Borrow money for the administration, operation, construction and maintenance costs and expenses of the port, from time to time, and issue certificates of indebtedness secured by any fees and the tax hereinafter authorized, provided that such loan or loans shall not exceed in any one year, the estimated revenues for that year.

(18) Mortgage properties constructed or acquired by the commission 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 the commission.

(19) Sell immovable property owned by the commission after legal notice as provided by law for the judicial sale of immovable property.

(20) Do any and all things necessary or proper for the government, regulation, development and control of the business of the commission.

The legislature may confer additional powers upon the commission not inconsistent with the provisions hereof; provided that no such provisions shall impair any contract lawfully entered into by the commission.

Added by Acts 1964, No. 485, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:851.29 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 851.29
Enforcement
Status: in_force

It shall be the duty and responsibility of every wildlife agent and peace officer of this state and its subdivisions to enforce the provisions of this Part, and in the exercise thereof, they are hereby authorized to stop and board any vessel for the purpose of addressing inquiries to those on board, requiring appropriate proof of identification therefrom, examining the certificate of numbers issued under this Part or in the absence of such certificate requiring appropriate proof of identification of the owner or operator of the vessel, and in addition, examining such vessel for compliance with this Part. Officers so boarding any vessel shall first identify themselves and such officer in the performance of his duties shall be without liability for trespass.

Acts 1984, No. 288, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:334.38 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 334.38
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 may be used to defray the administrative, operative and maintenance expenses of the board and/or to pay principal, interest and redemption costs on bonds of said district as hereinafter provided.

The board may likewise borrow money from time to time for the purpose of defraying the administrative, operative and maintenance expenses of the board and may issue certificates of indebtedness secured by any fees authorized under this part and by any taxes authorized under this section, provided that any loan for this purpose shall in no year exceed the estimated revenues for such year.

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

Except as specifically provided in this section, said bonds shall be issued in compliance with the requirements of R.S. 34:334.39 and said Article XIV, Section 31 of the Constitution, including the public sale of such bonds and the thirty day prescriptive period to contest the legality of such bonds and the security therefor, all as more fully therein provided.

Added by Acts 1974, No. 604, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:327 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 327
Construction of works of public improvement
Status: in_force

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

Acts 1952, No. 530, §7.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:866 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 866
Proceedings when discharge refused
Status: in_force

The justice of the peace of the port where a vessel has arrived, on the verbal complaint of any person that he is entitled to receive his discharge, and that the same is denied by the master of the vessel to which he belonged, shall issue a citation, directed to the master, commanding him to appear before him, to show cause why such certificate should not be granted; the justice shall examine, in a summary way, into the circumstances of the case, and if he finds that the seaman is entitled to his discharge, he shall give judgment to that effect; and if the discharge has been previously demanded and refused, he shall add to the judgment an order that the defendant pay to the complainant ten dollars for his damages, and pay the costs of the proceedings; a copy of so much of the judgment as orders the discharge, shall be given to the complainant, which shall have all the effects of a legal discharge.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:2473.1 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 2473.1
Additional rights and powers of the board and the executive director
Status: in_force

A. The navigable waterways within the port area as designated in R.S. 34:2473 shall constitute a public port.

B. In order to stimulate the commerce and industry in the port area and to protect the public in its lives, health, and property, the port, in addition to any other rights, powers, or authority granted to it, may provide services for and regulate the traffic and commerce within the port area in such a manner as may in its judgment be for the best interest of the public. Nothing herein contained shall be construed to deprive the parishes of St. Charles, St. John the Baptist or St. James, or the governing bodies thereof of any rights or powers which they have or exercise within the port area.

C. The port, upon a record vote of a majority of the commission, may establish, promulgate, and enforce reasonable rules and regulations governing the use of the navigable waterways within the port area and the construction of public or private buildings, wharves, docks, warehouses, terminals, anchorages, fleeting operations, landings, transshipment operations, and other related facilities along the banks of the navigable waterways or on the bed of any navigable river, stream, lake, or other body of water within the port area. In furtherance of this authority, and in addition to any other permits required by law the port may issue permits for any such construction upon determining that the plans and specifications therefor are in conformity with its rules and regulations and no such construction shall commence unless a permit authorizing such work is issued by the port. Permits shall not be denied for reasons other than violation of safety or accepted navigation regulations.

D. The port through its executive director is hereby authorized and empowered to provide fire and police protection, utilities, and other services for the port area and may construct facilities, purchase equipment, and employ officers, agents, and other personnel necessary and useful in the performance of his duties and the providing of such services or, upon such terms and conditions as he agrees to, may contract for the providing of such services by private persons, companies, and corporations or utilize the services of local, state, or federal governmental agencies and departments.

E. The port may charge a reasonable fee to each vessel arriving in the port area in ballast or carrying cargo of any kind. It may establish and collect reasonable fees for the use of all structures, works and facilities administered by the port, and for any and all services rendered by it. The fees charged shall be structured so as to reflect the burden which the vessel places upon the services therein provided.

F. The port may undertake, contract for, and participate in educational, promotional advertising, and marketing of facilities within the port area. The port may participate as members of local, state, national, and international business and trade organizations and associations in furtherance of the port's operations and objectives.

Added by Acts 1978, No. 216, §1. Amended by Acts 1980, No. 291, §1; Acts 1985, No. 604, §1, eff. July 13, 1985; Acts 1985, No. 821, §1; Acts 1999, No. 852, §1, eff. July 2, 1999.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:333.10 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 333.10
Bond issues
Status: in_force

The district shall have authority to incur debt for any purpose provided in this Part, to issue in its name negotiable bonds evidencing the debt, and to provide for its security and payment. The bonds may be of various types but shall be issued and secured for payment as follows:

(1) Industrial inducement revenue bonds may be issued by the district for the purposes, in the manner, and subject to the requirements of R.S. 39:991, et seq., and the Constitution of Louisiana. The district shall have authority to negotiate and enter into all necessary leases, contracts of sale, or other agreements and to take other necessary actions.

(2) Industrial inducement general obligation bonds may be issued by the district for the purposes, in the manner, and subject to the requirements of the Constitution of Louisiana but only after the issuance of the bonds has been approved by a majority of the qualified electors of the district who vote at an election. The district shall have authority to negotiate and enter into all necessary leases, contracts of sale, or other agreements and to take other necessary actions.

(3) General obligation bonds may be issued by the district for the purposes of acquiring sites and other necessary property or appurtenances for industrial parks or industrial plant buildings located within the district and constructing, acquiring, and developing industrial parks or industrial plant buildings, including roads, street lighting, bridges, rail facilities, drainage, sewers, sewerage disposal facilities, solid waste disposal facilities, waterworks, and other utilities and properties. The bonds shall be secured by and payable from the annual levy and collection of an ad valorem tax on all taxable property in the district sufficient to pay the bonds in principal and interest as they mature; provided, however, that the issuance of the bonds shall have been approved by a majority of the qualified electors of the district who vote at an election. All or any part of the lands, buildings, or other properties acquired or constructed from the funds derived from the sale of the bonds may be leased or sold by the district.

(4) Negotiable bonds bearing the name the board may designate may be issued by the district for any of its purposes. The bonds may be payable and secured in principal, interest, and redemption premiums, if any, by a pledge and dedication of the income and revenues of the district and its board, derived or to be derived from the properties and facilities owned, leased, or operated by it and/or any other income or revenue received from fees, taxes, grants, or other sources. In addition, the district 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 district is further authorized to receive, by gift, grant, donation, or otherwise, any sum of money, property, aid, or assistance from the United States, the state of Louisiana, or any political subdivision, and, unless otherwise provided by the terms of the gift, grant, or donation to pledge all or any part of the monies for the further securing of the payment of the principal and interest of its bonds. In addition to the security pledged to the payment of the bonds, the board shall have authority to provide that the bonds shall additionally constitute general obligations of the district, to which its full faith and credit, including the right to levy ad valorem taxes within the district to pay the bonds, shall be pledged. The general obligation bonds shall not be issued until approved by a vote of a majority of the qualified electors of the district who vote at a special election held for that purpose. No bonds shall be issued by the district under the authority conferred in this Paragraph unless the board has prepared, or caused to be prepared, an economic feasibility study or report reflecting that adequate revenues shall be available from the sources pledged in an amount sufficient to pay the bonds as they mature in principal and interest. The economic feasibility study or report shall be filed in the permanent records of the board and shall be available for public inspection. Subject to the above limitations, bonds may be issued by the board under the authority conferred in this Paragraph for the purposes and in the amount or amounts as the commission may determine. The bonds shall be authorized by a resolution of the board and shall be of a series, bear date or dates, mature at time or times not exceeding forty years from their respective dates, bear interest, payable semiannually or annually, be in such denominations, be in such form, either coupon or fully registered without coupons, carry registration and exchangeability privilege, be payable in such medium of payment and at such place or places, be subject to terms of redemption not exceeding one hundred five percent of the principal amount thereof, and be entitled to the priority on the revenues of the district as the resolution or resolutions may provide.

(5) The board is authorized to adopt all necessary resolutions or ordinances for ordering, holding, canvassing, and promulgating the returns of any election required by this Section or providing for the issuance of any bonds authorized by this Section including covenants for the security and payment of any bonds so issued. For a period of thirty days from the date of the publication of any resolution or ordinance of the board authorizing the issuance of any bonds of the district, any interested person may contest the legality of the resolution or ordinance and the validity of bonds issued or proposed to be issued and the security of their payment. After thirty days, no one shall have any cause of action to contest the legality of the resolution or ordinance or to question the legality of the bonds, the security, or the debts represented for any cause; and it shall be conclusively presumed that every legal requirement has been met. No court shall have authority to inquire into the matters after the lapse of thirty days.

Acts 1954, No. 253, §10; Acts 1985, No. 124, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:1072 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 1072
Board of commissioners and examiners; members; appointment; duties; enforcement of regulations
Status: in_force

The Board of River Port Pilot Commissioners and Examiners shall be composed of three persons. The chairman of the board which controls or handles the affairs of any port now existing or which may exist in the future shall ex-officio be a member of the said board. The Governor shall appoint two members, both residents of the locality and duly qualified electors of the State of Louisiana, one of whom shall be a businessman of good standing, and one a licensed pilot. The said pilot shall be selected from a list of two pilots to be submitted to the Governor by the association of pilots in the locality, which list shall be certified by the secretary of the association as being the nominees of the association. The term of office for these two appointees shall be for a term of four years or until their successors are appointed and qualified, unless removed by the Governor for cause. The said members shall perform their duties without compensation and shall not be removed except for cause. When the necessity arises the board shall have the authority to recommend to the Governor, for appointment by him, one or more persons competent to fulfill the duties of river pilots within their localities on all navigable streams, channels, and boundary waters, within the Intracoastal Canal, Calcasieu and Sabine Rivers, bars and passes, except those waters under the jurisdiction of the Bar Pilots as provided in R.S. 34:941 through R.S. 34:965, those under the jurisdiction of the River Port Pilots as provided in R.S. 34:991 through R.S. 34:1008, and those under the jurisdiction of the New Orleans and Baton Rouge Port Pilots as provided in R.S. 34:1041 through R.S. 34:1050. The board, in their respective localities, shall make whatever rules and regulations they may deem necessary for the purpose of regulating pilots, pilot associations, masters and owners of vessels plying the navigable waters of the state of Louisiana within its jurisdiction. All of the provisions of this Part, and the rules of the board, shall be enforced by any court of competent jurisdiction of the parish where the board is located.

Amended by Acts 1954, No. 525, §1; Acts 1964, No. 372, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:1713 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 1713
Bonds secured by general revenues
Status: in_force

A. In addition to the above power to issue bonds, the St. Bernard Port, Harbor and Terminal District is authorized, with the approval of the State Bond Commission, to issue negotiable bonds for any of the works of public improvement described in this Chapter, and to pledge for the payment of the principal and interest of such negotiable bonds the income and revenues derived or to be derived from the properties and facilities maintained and operated by it, or received by the district from any other sources. In addition to the pledge of income and revenues to secure said bonds, the district may further secure their payment by a conventional mortgage upon any or all of the properties constructed or acquired, or to be constructed and acquired by it. Said district is further authorized to receive by gift, grant, donation or otherwise any sum of money, aid or assistance from the United States, the state of Louisiana, or any political subdivision thereof, and unless otherwise provided by the terms of such gift, grant, or 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 as the board may establish in accordance with the general laws of this state 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, be subject to such terms of redemption not exceeding one hundred five percent of the principal amount thereof, and be entitled to such priority on the revenues of the district as such resolution or resolutions may provide. The bonds shall be signed by such officers as the district shall determine, and coupon bonds shall have attached thereto interest coupons bearing the facsimile signatures of such officer or officers of the district as it shall designate. Any such bonds may be issued and delivered, notwithstanding that one or more of the officers signing such bonds or the officer or officers whose facsimile signature or signatures may be upon the coupons shall have ceased to be such officer or officers at the time such bonds shall actually have been delivered.

B. 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 twenty-one days prior to the date fixed for the reception of bids, in the 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 board 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.

C. 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.

D. 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.

Added by Acts 1960, No. 228, §1. Amended by Acts 1964, No. 404, §2; Acts 1982, No. 839, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:2254 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 2254
Cooperation with other agencies; engineering advice and services
Status: in_force

The commission is hereby authorized to cooperate with federal, state and local agencies and political subdivisions in carrying out its purposes as hereinabove described and is authorized to accept and expend funds acquired from appropriations, grants and donations from federal, state and local sources (including the police juries of the aforesaid parishes) or from any other sources whatsoever; provided, however, that the commission shall not enter into any contract requiring the expenditure of funds without stating the sources from which the required funds will be derived. The department of public works for the state shall furnish to the commission such routine engineering advice and services as it shall require.

Acts 1964, No. 162, §4.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:852.13 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 852.13
Hull identification number requirement; prohibitions
Status: in_force

A. Each vessel shall have a hull identification number assigned and affixed. The department shall assign a hull identification number to an undocumented vessel not having a hull identification number at the time of numbering or application for a certificate of title after transfer of ownership or change of state of principal operation.

B. Vessels shall be assigned a hull identification number using the procedure set forth in R.S. 34:851.20(M). Hull identification numbers issued by the department shall be for identification purposes only and shall not guarantee the seaworthiness or certify compliance with safety standards as required by the United States Coast Guard.

C. A person shall not destroy, remove, alter, cover, or deface the manufacturer's hull identification number or the plate bearing it, or any hull identification number the department assigns to any vessel, without authorization from the department and the United States Coast Guard.

Acts 2007, No. 319, §2, eff. July 1, 2008; H.C.R. No. 25, 2008 R.S., eff. May 28, 2008; Acts 2010, No. 628, §1; Acts 2023, No. 356, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:28 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 28
Danziger Bridge and others to be open during certain hours
Status: in_force

The board of commissioners of the Port of New Orleans shall be required to keep the Danziger Bridge at Chef Menteur Highway, the Industrial Canal, and the St. Claude and Claiborne Avenue bridges at the Intracoastal Canal open to vehicular traffic crossing the bridge at the following times: 7:00 o'clock to 8:30 o'clock A.M. and from 5:00 o'clock to 6:30 o'clock P.M. Monday through Friday of each week. These requirements shall be inapplicable in the event of an emergency.

Acts 1960, No. 563, §1; Acts 1988, No. 453, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:2310 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 2310
Taxes
Status: in_force

The provisions of the constitution and all laws regulating the collection of ad valorem taxes, the creating of tax liens and mortgages, tax penalties and tax sales, shall also apply to the collection of the aforesaid taxes herein authorized. The sheriff and ex-officio tax collector for each of the parishes in the district shall make a monthly settlement with the treasurer of the commission and receive from him a receipt for the amount of the taxes paid over in the same manner as tax collectors are required to settle with the state comptroller. Such tax collector shall receive from the treasurer the same quietus for a full settlement of taxes due and exigible in any given year and account for the delinquents or deductions in the same manner as though accounting to the state comptroller for state taxes. Such tax collector shall be entitled to retain from all taxes collected by him for the commission, the commission thereon allowed him by law on special taxes. Upon failure of any such tax collector to comply with the provisions of this paragraph, 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 1965, No. 17, §10.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:1354 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 1354
Construction of works of public improvement
Status: in_force

The district is authorized to make and construct any of the works of public improvement in the district and anything in connection therewith that may be necessary or useful for the business of the district; 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 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. § 34:3264 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 3264
Terms of office
Status: in_force

The members shall serve for a term concurrent with that of the governor by whom appointed. Members shall continue to serve until their successors have been appointed and have taken their oaths of office and filed the same in accordance with law.

Added by Acts 1982, No. 391, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:2473 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 2473
Jurisdictional boundaries; rights and powers of commission and executive director
Status: in_force

A. The commission shall exercise the powers herein conferred upon it within the port area consisting of the parishes of St. Charles, St. John the Baptist, and St. James as the boundaries and limits are presently fixed by law.

B.(1) The commission shall, upon the record vote of a majority of its membership, authorize a reasonable travel allowance for its members for each and every trip in the performance of their official duties, and other reasonable expenses.

(2) The commission shall execute a work contract with an executive director for the port for a period of not less than one year nor more than three years.

(3) The executive director shall employ officers, agents, and employees as the executive director finds necessary in the performance of his duties and may prescribe the duties, powers, and compensation of the officers, agents, and employees. The executive director may execute work contracts with the unclassified employees of the port at a salary which does not exceed seventy-five percent of the salary paid the executive director for a period of not more than two years. The executive director shall contract for legal, financial, engineering, and other professional services necessary or expedient in the conduct of the port's affairs. All contracts for professional services for an amount exceeding the amount allowed by the commission bylaws shall not be binding or effective until approved by the commission in a public meeting by a record vote of the majority of its membership. In addition, all contracts for professional services exceeding one hundred twenty-five thousand dollars shall be subject to the provisions of R.S. 39:1595(B) governing requests for proposals and cancellation thereof. The executive director may, upon terms and conditions mutually agreeable, utilize the services of the executive departments of the state.

C.(1) The port shall, through its executive director with the approval of the commission, regulate the commerce and traffic using the public facilities administered by the port within the port area in a manner as may, in his judgment, be for the best interest of the state.

(2) The executive director shall on behalf of the port have charge of and administer public wharves, docks, sheds, and landings and shall have the following powers on behalf of the port:

(a) To acquire property, construct, or acquire and equip wharves and landings, industrial parks, 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 the public wharves and landings.

(d) To provide electrical power, water, natural gas, sewer service, police protection, and other services for the facilities within the port area as the executive director may deem advisable.

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

(f) To charge for the use of all facilities administered by the port and for all services rendered by it such fees, rates, tariffs, or other legal charges.

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

(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 port through its executive director in both intrastate and interstate commerce.

(3) The port may, through its executive director, upon a record vote of a majority of the commission, acquire and operate airports within its territorial jurisdiction together with all property and facilities located thereon, and any land as the commission may deem necessary for the present and future operations of said airport.

(4) The legislature may confer additional powers upon the commission and the executive director; however, it shall not impair any contract lawfully entered into by the commission or the executive director.

(5) Title to all property or improvements acquired from the proceeds of any bond issued under the provisions of R.S. 34:2474 or other provision of state law and title to any improvements on such property shall vest in the port. Title to all other property or improvements acquired, regardless of the time of acquisition or source of funding, shall vest in the port.

D. The port may charge a reasonable fee to each vessel using the facilities within the port area in ballast or carrying cargo of any kind. It also may charge a reasonable fee for inspecting hatches, surveying cargo, or making other surveys or inspections of vessels using the facilities within the port area.

E. The port shall through its executive director, upon a record vote of a majority of the commission, make and enter into contracts, leases, and other agreements with railroads, trucking companies, bargelines, and with any and all companies interested in the transportation, storage, and shipping of goods and other products, whether by rail, truckline, bargeline, oceangoing vessels, or otherwise for the use of facilities of the port or any part or portion thereon, for a period of time not exceeding eighty years. However, no exclusive franchise shall be granted to any carrier.

F.(1) Any contracts for a duration of more than one year or any contract when the contract amount exceeds the amount allowed by the commission bylaws, except contracts for employment of unclassified personnel, which are entered into by the executive director in the discharge of his official duties as provided in this Chapter shall not be binding or effective until approved by the commission by a record vote of the majority of its membership.

(2) All purchases which exceed the amount allowed by the commission bylaws from one person, corporation, or entity entered into by the executive director shall receive the prior approval of the commission by a record vote of a majority of its membership.

(3) The port shall contract for an annual independent audit. An auditor, acceptable to the legislative auditor, shall be contracted with by the chairman of the commission and the chairman of the finance committee and shall be approved by a record vote of a majority of the commission membership.

G. The executive director shall have general supervisory authority over the daily operations, forces, and functions of the port.

Acts 1975, No. 65, §1. Amended by Acts 1982, No. 664, §1; Acts 1985, No. 604, §1, eff. July 13, 1985; Acts 1985, No. 821, §1; Acts 1986, No. 557, §1; Acts 1987, No. 441, §1, eff. July 9, 1987; Acts 1997, No. 1023, §1, eff. July 11, 1997; Acts 1999, No. 852, §1, eff. July 2, 1999; Acts 2004, No. 307, §1; Acts 2014, No. 698, §1; Acts 2019, No. 64, §1; Acts 2023, No. 102, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:851.36 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 851.36
Boating safety education required
Status: in_force

A. Except as provided in Subsection B of this Section, no person born after January 1, 1984, shall operate a motorboat powered by a motor in excess of ten horsepower unless he has successfully completed a boating safety class approved by the National Association of State Boating Law Administrators (NASBLA). A person who has completed an approved boating safety class shall be in possession of evidence of such completion when operating such a boat.

B.(1) A motorboat may be operated if any person on board or participating in any boating activity from the motorboat is over the age of eighteen and, if required to have completed a boating safety course under the provisions of Subsection A of this Section, has completed the required boating safety course.

(2) A person who is licensed by the United States Coast Guard as a captain to operate a vessel shall be exempt from the provisions of Subsection A of this Section.

(3) A person who is eighteen years of age or older may operate a motorboat rented from a boat livery if all of the following conditions are met:

(a) The lessor or authorized agent of the lessor provides the person with the following instruction and materials:

(i) Instruction in the safe and proper operation of the motorboat being rented.

(ii) A boating safety instruction video approved by the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries.

(iii) The latest Department of Wildlife and Fisheries publication on recreational boating rules, regulations, and safety.

(b) A rental contract is signed by the person and the lessor or authorized agent of the lessor that includes the following provisions:

(i) A statement that the operator received all boating safety instruction and materials required in this Paragraph.

(ii) A statement that the operator is not currently under suspension or revocation of the privilege to operate watercraft upon the waters of this state or any other state.

(c) The operator keeps a copy of the rental contract in his possession at all times while operating the motorboat.

(d) The livery retains a copy of the rental contract in its records for at least sixty days after termination of the rental and makes such records available for inspection by the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries.

(e) A person renting a motorboat from a livery shall only be authorized to operate such motorboat within forty-eight hours of completing the requirements of Subparagraph (a) of this Paragraph.

C. A violation of this Section shall be a class one violation subject to penalties and enforcement procedures as set forth in R.S. 56:31, except that any minor charged with violating the provisions of this Section who successfully completes a NASBLA-approved boating safety class shall have the penalty waived by the court and the court shall order the violation expunged.

Acts 2003, No. 921, §1, eff. July 1, 2003; Acts 2006, No. 281, §1; Acts 2009, No. 513, §3, eff. July 1, 2010; Acts 2011, No. 123, §1, eff. June 24, 2011; Acts 2022, No. 776, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2023.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:851.11 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 851.11
Overloading
Status: in_force

No watercraft shall be loaded with passengers or cargo beyond its safe carrying capacity taking into consideration weather and other existing operating conditions.

Acts 1960, No. 43, §11. Acts 1984, No. 288, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:1050 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 1050
Solicitation of business or employment
Status: in_force

No pilot shall solicit from the master, officers, crew or passengers of any vessel piloted by him, business or employment of any kind or nature whatsoever, for himself or for any other person. If upon inquiry it appears that any pilot has violated the provisions of this Section, the governor shall revoke or suspend the commission of the pilot.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:341 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 341
Canals and locks useful to vessels in sea food industries; free navigation
Status: in_force

The commissioner of wildlife and fisheries is authorized to acquire by lease, purchase, or expropriation, from the owners thereof, any system or systems of canals and locks, or any canal or lock located in the coastal parishes of the state bordering the Gulf of Mexico, useful to vessels engaged in the sea food industries of this state, and to cause such canals and locks to be operated so that the same shall be open to free navigation by all vessels.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:1704 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 1704
Acquisition of private property for levees and drainage
Status: in_force

A. In order to construct, extend, improve, maintain and operate storm tide protection levees, and appurtenant levees and drainage facilities, the board shall have power to acquire by donation, purchase, exchange, expropriation, or appropriation and include in any of its developments and improvements any private property within the following described boundaries, to wit:

(1) That certain area situated in the parish of St. Bernard, Louisiana, lying between the 1500 foot permanent Mississippi River--Gulf Outlet right of way on the north and a parallel line extending 300 feet south of said Gulf Outlet right of way, bounded on the west by Bayou Bienvenue and on the east by Chandeleur Sound; that certain area in the parish of St. Bernard lying between the south or outside base line of the present hydraulic fill retaining levee and a parallel line extending 300 feet north of said south or outside base line of the present hydraulic fill retaining levee, bounded on the west by Bayou Bienvenue and on the east by Chandeleur Sound; and strips or tracts of land not more than 50 feet in width located approximately 1,000 feet apart extending north and south between the two certain areas above described for the purpose of excavating lateral drainage ditches or canals as structures appurtenant to levee drainage, provided that such strips or tracts of land shall be acquired and the drainage ditches or canals shall be excavated on the boundary line of adjoining properties wherever practical.

B. Lands and improvements thereon within the above described area actually used or destroyed and appropriated by the district for the purpose of constructing, acquiring, extending, improving, maintaining or operating the district's levees or appurtenant levees or drainage facilities, shall be paid for at a price not to exceed the assessed value of the preceding year, provided that this shall not apply to property the control of which is vested in the state or any subdivision thereof. This Subsection shall not be construed to prevent the appropriation of such lands and improvements before payment therefor.

C. Any owner, from whom the board acquires any portion of the above described tracts for levees, drainage or other purposes authorized herein, shall continue to have a nonexclusive right to use such property acquired from said owner for the purpose of laying, using and maintaining walkways, roadways and pipelines to and from any adjacent lands which said owner might also own or to and from the said Gulf Outlet subject to such rules and regulations as may be prescribed by the board.

D. The provisions of this Section shall be subject to the limitations of R.S. 34:361.

Added by Acts 1960, No. 228, §1. Amended by Acts 1962, No. 109, §2; Acts 1982, No. 839, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:2255 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 2255
Port or navigation districts not affected
Status: in_force

This Chapter is not intended to, and shall not amend or repeal any law creating any port or navigation district or authority now in effect nor shall it divest any such district or authority of any of their rights, authorities or functions within the area here affected, nor shall it prevent the future creation of such port authorities or navigation districts in the area here affected.

Acts 1964, No. 162, §5.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:201 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 201
Creation and territorial limits
Status: in_force

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

Beginning at the Southeast Corner of Township 11 South, Range 8 West, Southwestern District of Louisiana; thence North along the East line of Township 11 South, Range 8 West, and Township 10 South, Range 8 West to the Northeast Corner of Township 10 South, Range 8 West; thence North along the East line of Township 9 South, Range 8 West, to the North bank, or right descending bank of the main Calcasieu River; thence down the right descending bank of the Calcasieu River with its meanderings to the South line of Section 16 of Township 9 South, Range 8 West; thence West between Sections 16 and 21, 17 and 20, 18 and 19, all in Township 9 South, Range 8 West thence continue West between Sections 13 and 24, 14 and 23 to the centerline of Section 14, all in Township 9 South, Range 9 West; thence North along said centerline of Section 14 to the North Right-of-Way line of Phillips Road; thence East along said North Right-of-Way 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 North line of Section 14, Township 9 South, Range 9 West; thence West along said North line of Section 14 to 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 the said Section 11; thence northwesterly along said East line of Lot No. 16 and an extension thereof to the North bank of the West Fork of the Calcasieu River; thence Westerly following the meanders of said North bank of the West Fork of the Calcasieu River to the West line of Section 11, Township 9 South, Range 9 West; thence South along the West line of Section 11 and the West line of Section 14 to North line of the South half of Section 15, Township 9 South, Range 9 West; thence West along said North line of the South half of Section 15 to the West line of Section 15; thence South along the West line of Section 15 to the Southwest corner of Section 15; thence West between Sections 16 and 21, 17 and 20 to the Northwest corner of Section 20, all in Township 9 South, Range 9 West; thence, South between Sections 19 and 20, 29 and 30, 31 and 32 of Township 9 South, Range 9 West; thence, on South on the Section line between Sections 5 and 6, 7 and 8, to the Southwest Corner of said Section 8, all in Township 10 South, Range 9 West; thence, West between Sections 7 and 18 of Township 10 South, Range 9 West, to the Northwest Corner of Section 18, Township 10 South, Range 9 West; thence, South one-quarter of a mile; thence West three-quarters of a mile; thence, South three-quarters of a mile; thence, West one-quarter of a mile, to the Southwest Corner of Section 13, Township 10 South, Range 10 West; thence, North 1740 feet; thence, West 2663 feet; thence, South 1740 feet; thence, West one-quarter of a mile to the Northwest Corner of Northeast Quarter of Northwest Quarter of Section 23, Township 10 South, Range 10 West; thence South one mile; thence, West three-quarters of a mile to the Northwest Corner of Northeast Quarter of Section 27, Township 10 South, Range 10 West; thence South one-half mile; thence East three-quarters of a mile; thence North one-quarter of a mile to the Southwest Corner of the Northeast Quarter of the Northwest Quarter of Section 26, Township 10 South, Range 10 West; thence East one-half mile; thence South one-quarter of a mile; thence East one-quarter of a mile to the Southeast Corner of the Southeast Quarter of the Northeast Quarter of Section 26, Township 10 South, Range 10 West; thence South one and one-half miles to the Southwest Corner of Section 36, Township 10 South, Range 10 West; thence South six miles to the Southwest Corner of Section 24, Township 11 South, Range 10 West; thence East along the South line of Section 24, Township 11 South, Range 10 West, to the Centerline of the Intracoastal Waterway, thence Northeasterly along said Centerline of Intracoastal Waterway to the intersection with the West bank of the Calcasieu Ship Channel/River, thence South along the West bank of the said Calcasieu Ship Channel/River to the South line of Section 19, Township 11 South, Range 9 West, thence West along the section line between Sections 19 and 30, Township 11 South, Range 9 West to the Northwest Corner of the Northeast Quarter of the Northwest Quarter of Section 30, Township 11 South, Range 9 West; thence South one quarter of a mile to the Southwest Corner of the Northeast Quarter of the Northwest Quarter of the said Section 30, Township 11 South, Range 9 West; thence West one quarter of a mile to West line of Section 30, Township 11 South, Range 9 West, thence South along the West line of said Section 30, Township 11 South, Range 9 West and the West line of Section 31, Township 11 South, Range 9 West to the South line of Township 11 South, Range 9 West, thence East along the South line of Township 11 South, Range 9 West, and Township 11 South, Range 8 West, to the Southeast Corner of Township 11 South, Range 8 West, the same being the point of commencement of this description. Also; beginning at the Northeast corner of Section 1, Township 9 South, Range 9 West; said point also being the Northeast corner of Township 9 South, Range 9 West, Southwestern District of Louisiana; thence West along the North boundary of Township 9 South, Range 9 West to the Northwest corner of Township 9 South, Range 9 West; thence South along the West boundary of Township 9 South, Range 9 West to the North of right ascending bank of the Houston River; thence Easterly downstream, along the right ascending bank of the Houston River to the intersection with the North or right ascending bank of the West Fork of the Calcasieu River; thence northerly upstream, along the right ascending bank of the West Fork of the Calcasieu River to the South line of the North half of Section 3, Township 9 South, Range 9 West; thence East along said South line of the North half of Section 3 and the South line of the North half of Section 2, to the West line of Section 1, Township 9 South, Range 9 West; thence South along the West line of Section 1 and the West line of Section 12 to the North or right ascending bank of the West Fork of the Calcasieu River; thence Easterly downstream, along the right ascending bank of the West Fork of the Calcasieu River to the East boundary of Township 9 South, Range 9 West; thence North along said East line of Township 9 South, Range 9 West to the Northeast corner of Township 9 South, Range 9 West, the same being the point of commencement.

Amended by Acts 1956, No. 195, §1; Acts 1964, No. 253, §1; Acts 1997, No. 232, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:291 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 291
Creation; territorial limits and jurisdiction
Status: in_force

A. The Lafayette Economic Development Authority, hereinafter referred to as the "authority" or the "district", is created as a political subdivision of the state of Louisiana, and its territorial limits and jurisdiction shall extend throughout the parish of Lafayette. Such authority shall continue to constitute a political subdivision, a redevelopment authority pursuant to R.S. 34:293.2, and a harbor and terminal district originally created under the provisions of Article XIV, Section 30.1 of the Louisiana Constitution of 1921 and Article XIV, Section 31 thereof, continued as a statute at R.S. 34:340.1 through 340.6.

B.(1) The Lafayette Economic Development Authority is established for the purpose of having a council composed of representatives from the business community, parish and city governments, the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, and the South Louisiana Community College to perform the functions of an economic and industrial development agency. Such functions may include, without limitation:

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

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

(c) Financial and financing assistance.

(d) Tax abatement.

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

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

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

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

(i) Fostering entrepreneurial activity in the parish and region.

(j) Promoting the development of new products, processes, or services or new uses for existing products, processes, or services manufactured or marketed in the parish or region.

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

(l) Fostering and supporting economic and industrial development and education in cooperation with private business enterprises, financial institutions, educational institutions, non-profit institutions and organizations, state government and political subdivisions of the state, the federal government, and other organizations or persons concerned with research, development, education, commercial application, and economic or industrial development in ways which increase the economic base of the parish and region.

(m) Leveraging economic and community development strategies to engage in and foster redevelopment and revitalization activities within distressed areas with the parish.

(2) For the purposes enumerated in Paragraph (1) of this Subsection, the Lafayette Economic Development Authority may engage in whatever activities and projects it deems most appropriate to encourage and assist economic growth and development within its territorial limits in accordance with and pursuant to provisions of this Part.

(3) No rule, regulation, or order shall be adopted by the Lafayette Economic Development Authority which is inconsistent with or contrary to any law, ordinance, or regulation now in force or hereinafter enacted by the United States of America, the state of Louisiana, or the parish of Lafayette, and any such rule, regulation, or order shall be void, except that no action by the Lafayette Parish Council shall abrogate any contract or agreement duly executed by the authority that was valid and legal when executed.

Amended by Acts 1971, No. 155, §1; Acts 1985, No. 420, §1; Acts 1988, No. 867, §1, eff. July 18, 1988; Acts 2022, No. 771, §1, eff. June 18, 2022; Acts 2024, No. 531, §1, eff. June 10, 2024.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:1501 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 1501
Creation of Lake Providence Port Commission
Status: in_force

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

(1) Four commissioners appointed by the governing authority of the parish of East Carroll;

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

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

B. The commissioner initially elected by the appointed commissioners and one of the four commissioners initially appointed by the governing authority of the parish of East Carroll, and one of the two commissioners initially appointed by the governing authority of the town of Lake Providence, shall be appointed for a term of two years. One of the four commissioners initially appointed by the governing authority of the parish of East Carroll, and one of the two commissioners initially appointed by the governing authority of the town of Lake Providence shall serve for four years; and the remaining commissioners shall be appointed for a term of six years. Thereafter, the successors to each of such commissioners shall be appointed for terms of six years.

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

Added by Acts 1958, No. 450, §1. Amended by Acts 1966, No. 446, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:3254 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 3254
Authority for issuance of bonds; levy of taxes; election
Status: in_force

A. The commission shall have authority, when authorized to do so 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 ten mills on the dollar. The commission may, upon its own initiative, call a special election and submit to the qualified taxpaying voters of the port area the question of authorizing the levy of such a tax. The commission shall call such a special election when requested to do so 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 said taxes in the same manner as property is sold for delinquent state, parish, and other taxes under the laws of the state.

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

C. The commission, with the approval of the State Bond Commission, is authorized to incur debts for its lawful purposes, and to issue in its name, negotiable bonds or notes therefor, and to pledge for the payment of the principal and interest of such negotiable bonds or notes the revenues derived from the operation of properties and facilities maintained and operated by it, or received by the commission from any taxes authorized under this Section or from other sources. Such bonds, when authorized to be issued, shall constitute a general obligation of the commission. 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 1982, No. 864, §2; Acts 2003, No. 1085, §1, eff. July 1, 2003.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:1601 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 1601
Creation; territorial limits
Status: in_force

The Twin Parish Port District, (previously known as the "Delcambre Port Commission") hereinafter referred to as the district, is hereby created as a political subdivision of the state of Louisiana, and its territorial limits are hereby fixed as follows:

Iberia Parish: 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 generally easterly and southerly along the northern and eastern shoreline of Vermilion Bay to the boundary line between Iberia and St. Mary Parishes; thence following said boundary line to and through East Cote Blanche Bay, West Cote Blanche Bay and thence southerly along said boundary line to the lower limits of Iberia Parish in the Gulf of Mexico; thence generally westerly following the southern limits of Iberia Parish to its intersection with the boundary line between Iberia Parish and Vermilion Parish; thence continuing westerly along the southern limits of Vermilion Parish to a point due south of the most westerly western line of the Paul Rainey Wildlife Game Refuge; thence north to the shoreline of the Gulf of Mexico; thence easterly following said shoreline of the Gulf of Mexico to Southwest Pass; thence following the western shoreline of Southwest Pass and Vermilion Bay around to the boundary line between Vermilion Parish and Iberia Parish; thence following the boundary line between Iberia Parish and Vermilion Parish in a generally northerly direction to and around Lake Peigneur and continuing northerly along said line and the line between Iberia and Lafayette Parishes to the point common to Iberia, Lafayette and St. Martin Parishes; thence easterly along the boundary line between Iberia and St. Martin Parishes to the point of beginning, to the intersection of La. 182.

Vermilion Parish: Wards one and all of Ward 2 less and except that portion of Ward 2 lying West of the following described line, 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 Section 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°5'00" West Longitude.

Acts 1977, No. 203, §1. Amended by Acts 1978, No. 486, §2.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:293.1 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 293.1
Additional powers; industrial development
Status: in_force

A.(1) The district shall have authority to construct and/or acquire land and improvements to construct, operate, and maintain facilities, improvements, infrastructure, industrial parks, and/or 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 buildings, roads, street lighting, bridges, rail facilities, drainage, sewers, sewerage disposal facilities, solid waste disposal facilities, waterworks, and other utilities and related properties. The district 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; 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 district. In no event, however, and under no circumstances shall the board dispose of any property of the district for less than fifty percent of the appraised value of the property without the prior approval of the governing authority of the parish, which approval shall be by resolution adopted by a simple majority.

(2) The resolution or ordinance adopted by the board authorizing any lease, sale or other disposition of lands, buildings or other property of the district shall set forth, in a general way, the terms of the authorized lease, sale or other disposition and such resolution or ordinance shall be published as soon as possible in one issue of the official journal of the district or board. For a period of thirty days from the date of publication of any such resolution or ordinance, any interested person may contest the legality of such resolution or ordinance or the validity of the authorized lease, sale or other disposition of district property, after which time, no one shall have any cause of action to contest the legality of said resolution or ordinance or to draw in question the legality of the authorized lease, sale or other disposition of district property for any cause whatsoever, and it shall be conclusively presumed thereafter that every legal requirement has been complied with, and no court shall have authority to inquire into such matters after the lapse of said thirty days.

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

C. Notwithstanding any other laws to the contrary, and in addition to any other authority or powers granted said district, but subject to R.S. 34:291.1(D), the district shall have full power and authority to levy on all taxable property within the district an ad valorem tax not to exceed fifteen mills, provided said district has received prior approval for the levy of said millage by a vote of the qualified electors within the district at an election called by the governing authority of said district for said purposes. Said election shall be conducted under the general election laws of the State of Louisiana applicable for such an election.

D.(1) In addition to any other authority or powers granted said authority, the authority shall have full power and authority to issue obligations and to provide funds for the furtherance and accomplishment of any authorized public function. For purposes of this Part, "authorized public function" shall mean and include, but not be limited to: hospital, medical health, nursery care, nursing care, clinical, ambulance, laboratory, and related services and facilities; housing mortgage finance and related services, activities, facilities, and properties; penitentiary, rehabilitation, incarceration, and other correctional services and facilities; educational services and facilities and related housing and dormitory services and facilities; providing, developing, securing, and improving water storage, treatment, supply, and distribution services and facilities; sanitary and storm sewer and other liquid and solid waste collection, disposal, treatment, and drainage services and facilities; educational or commercial communication equipment, and facilities; mass transit, commuting and transportation, and parking services, equipment, and facilities; cultural and civic facilities, services, and activities; community development and redevelopment facilities and activities; gas, electric, petroleum, coal, and other energy collection, recovery, generation, storage, transportation, and distribution facilities and activities; industrial, manufacturing, and other economic development facilities and activities; antipollution and air, water, ground, and subsurface pollution abatement and control facilities and activities; airport and waterport and related facilities, services, and activities; and facilities, property, and equipment of any nature for the use or occupancy of the state or the United States, or any agencies or instrumentalities thereof or of any governmental units in the state.

(2) The authority 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 hereinafter stated:

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

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

(c) To sell, exchange, donate, and convey any or all of its projects upon such terms and conditions as its Board of Commissioners may deem advisable, including the power to receive for any such sale the note or notes of the purchaser of a project whenever its Board of Commissioners finds any such action to be in furtherance of the purposes for which the authority was organized;

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

E.(1) The district shall have authority to enter into any cooperative endeavor. "Cooperative endeavor" means any form of economic development assistance 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. The district shall have the authority to convey to the United States, the state, or to any political subdivision of the state any land, property, right-of-way, easement, servitude, or other thing of value, which the authority may own or acquire, for use by such governmental entity to accomplish the objectives and purposes of the authority, pursuant to the terms of any appropriate cooperative endeavor agreement. The term "cooperative endeavor" shall include but not be limited to cooperative financing, cooperative development, or any other form of cooperative economic development activity.

(2) "Cooperative financing" means any method of financing and economic development project 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. Said methods of financing shall include loans, loan guarantees, land write-downs, grants, lease guarantees, or any form of financial subsidy or incentive.

(3) "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. Said methods of cooperative development shall include, but not be limited to, any number of joint development agreements such as condominiums and cooperative ownership limited partnerships and investment syndicates.

F. The authority is likewise hereby authorized and shall have the authority and power necessary in order to carry out and effectuate the purposes and provisions of this Part, including, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the following specific authority and powers, which shall be in addition to others herein granted:

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

(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 non-profit 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.

Added by Acts 1971, No. 155, §2; Amended by Acts 1972, No. 125, §1; Acts 1986, No. 930, §1; Acts 1988, No. 867, §1, eff. July 18, 1988; Acts 2024, No. 531, §1, eff. June 10, 2024.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:329 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 329
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 may be used to defray the administrative, operative and maintenance expenses of the board and/or to pay principal, interest and redemption costs on bonds of said district as hereinafter provided.

The board may likewise borrow money from time to time for the purpose of defraying the administrative, operative and maintenance expenses of the board and may issue certificates of indebtedness secured by any fees authorized under this Part and by any taxes authorized under this section, provided that any loan for this purpose shall in no year exceed the estimated revenues for such year.

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

Except as specifically provided in this section, said bonds shall be issued in compliance with the requirements of R.S. 34:330 and said Article XIV, Section 31 of the Constitution, including the public sale of such bonds and the thirty day prescriptive period to contest the legality of such bonds and the security therefor, all as more fully therein provided.

Acts 1952, No. 530, §9. Amended by Acts 1968, No. 483, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:1402 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 1402
Officers; meetings; quorum; removal
Status: in_force

A. The commission shall elect from among its members a president, a vice president, a secretary, and a treasurer and prescribe their duties. At the option of the commission, the offices of the secretary and the treasurer may be held by one person.

B. The commission shall meet in regular session once each month and shall also meet in special session at the call of the president or upon the written request of three of the commissioners. Four members of the commission shall constitute a quorum and all actions or resolutions must be approved by the affirmative vote of at least four commissioners. The commission shall prescribe rules to govern its meetings and shall fix the place at which its meetings will be held.

C. Members who fail to attend three or more consecutive regular meetings may be removed by a majority of commission members present at a regular or special meeting of the commission. Filling vacancies created by removal shall be pursuant to the provisions of R.S. 34:1401(A) and (B).

Acts 1998, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 45, §1; Acts 2011, No. 55, §1, eff. June 20, 2011.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:243 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 243
Powers of board
Status: in_force

The board may regulate the commerce and traffic of the harbor and port district in such manner as may in its judgment be best for the public interest; it shall have and enjoy all the rights, privileges and immunities granted to corporations; it may own and have charge of, administer, contract for, operate and maintain wharves, sheds, belt and connecting railroads, canals, basins, and any and all structures and facilities necessary or proper for the use and development of the business of the district, including buildings and equipment for the accommodation of passengers and the handling, storage, transportation and delivery of freight, express and mail; it may lease or sell for manufacturing, commercial and business purposes, lands or buildings owned or acquired by it; it may borrow from any person or corporation using or renting any facility of the district such sums as shall be necessary to improve the same and to erect and construct such improvements, and agree that the loan therefor shall be liquidated by deducting from the rent, dockage, wharfage or tollage charges payable for such property, a percentage thereof to be agreed on; it may maintain proper depth of water to accommodate the business of the district; provide mechanical facilities and equipment for use in connection with the wharves, sheds, and other structures; provide lights, water and police protection for the district and for all harbor and terminal facilities situated therein; and make reasonable charges and collect the same for the use of all structures, works and facilities administered by the board, and for any and all services rendered by the board.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:1508 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 1508
Industrial properties; authority to acquire, etc.
Status: in_force

In order to encourage the location of or addition to industrial enterprises therein and the economic development of its port area, the Lake Providence Port Commission, created and operating in accordance with the provisions of Article VI, Section 33 of the Constitution of the State of Louisiana, may acquire, purchase, construct or improve industrial plant buildings and necessary property, equipment and appurtenances therefor, as a lawful purpose for which its bonds may be issued in the manner and within the limitations provided by said constitutional provision. Such industrial properties are hereby determined to be structures useful for the commerce of the port area as contemplated by said constitutional provision and not inconsistent with the provisions thereof.

Added by Acts 1973, No. 105, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:3252 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 3252
Officers of the board; meetings
Status: in_force

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

Added by Acts 1982, No. 864, §2.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:1131 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 1131
Definitions
Status: in_force

For the purposes of this Part, the terms used herein shall have the following meanings unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:

(1) "Board" means the Board of Louisiana River Pilot Review and Oversight.

(2) "Board of Commissioners or Examiners" means those boards and commissions as defined or provided for in R.S. 34:941, 991, 1041, and 1072.

(3) "Pilot" means those pilots as designated in R.S. 34:941, 992, 1041, and 1071.

Acts 2004, No. 902, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2005.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:1133 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 1133
Board of Louisiana River Pilot Review and Oversight; creation; membership
Status: in_force

A. The Board of Louisiana River Pilot Review and Oversight is hereby created and shall be domiciled as determined by the board and thereafter the domicile shall remain unless changed by statute.

B. The board shall be composed of nine members appointed by the governor, all of whom shall be United States citizens, registered voters, and domiciled in Louisiana for not less than five years. Any vacancy on the board shall be filled in the same manner as the initial appointment for that seat on the board was made.

C. The governor shall appoint the members as follows:

(1) A pilot member of the Board of Examiners of Bar Pilots for the Port of New Orleans as referred to in R.S. 34:941.

(2) A pilot member of the Board of River Port Pilots Commissioners for the Port of New Orleans as referred to in R.S. 34:991.

(3) A pilot member of the Board of Examiners for New Orleans and Baton Rouge Steamship Pilots for the Mississippi River as referred to in R.S. 34:1041.

(4) A pilot member of the Board of River Port Pilot Commissioners and Examiners as referred to in R.S. 34:1072.

(5) Two members chosen from a list of four persons nominated jointly by the Louisiana Association of Business and Industry, the Louisiana Chemical Association, the Louisiana Farm Bureau Federation, and the Louisiana Mid-Continent Oil and Gas Association.

(6) Two members chosen from a list of four persons nominated by the Louisiana Ports Association.

(7) One former judge who served on the Louisiana Supreme Court, a Louisiana appellate court, or a Louisiana district court.

(8) Notwithstanding any prohibition contained in Part II of Chapter 15 of Title 42 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, the commission members pursuant to Paragraphs (1) through (6) of this Subsection shall be eligible to serve on the commission and participate in transactions before the commission.

D. No members appointed as former judges pursuant to Paragraph (7) of Subsection C of this Section shall be a family member of or have a financial, business, or pecuniary relationship with any member or with any entity represented on the board or the Pilotage Fee Commission.

E. The appointments by the governor 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.

F. Members shall serve terms concurrent with that of the governor and shall continue in office until their successors are qualified and appointed. Any member appointed by the governor may serve more than one consecutive term.

G. The members of the board shall serve without compensation. However, the member appointed as a former judge shall be entitled to the same per diem established by the Louisiana Supreme Court as if the former judge was appointed as a judge pro tempore or judge ad hoc while executing his duties as a board member.

H. All actions taken by the board shall be in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act, R.S. 49:950 et seq., including the right to subpoena witnesses and documents pursuant to R.S. 49:975.1, to the extent that any procedure in the Administrative Procedure Act does not conflict with any provision of this Part.

Acts 2004, No. 902, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2005; Acts 2022, No. 396, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:3452 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 3452
Methodology for port project evaluation
Status: in_force

A.(1) Applications for funding of any port construction or development project may be submitted by any port authority on a quarterly basis, except as provided in R.S. 34:3456. Applications shall be submitted to the department no later than the first of March, June, September, and December of each calendar year for consideration of funding or funding obligation authority in the following fiscal years. Applications submitted in accordance with the provisions of this Chapter shall be subject to the provisions of R.S. 39:101 through 128. Information to be provided in the application shall include but not be limited to the following:

(a) Description of the project and demonstration of immediate need for the project.

(b) Preliminary project design and cost estimate.

(c) Description of project area.

(2) Project applications shall not be subjected to formal review and evaluation until the information required in the application has been submitted.

B. Applications shall be reviewed by the department and any other appropriate state agencies within sixty days after receipt of such applications by the department.

C. Procedures for review and evaluation shall be developed by the department. Prior to implementing the review and evaluation procedures, the department shall secure the approval of these procedures by the joint committee in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act. The procedures and a set of guidelines for completing project applications shall be made available to eligible port authorities upon request.

D. The department may contract with the Louisiana State University Ports and Waterways Institute for any of the duties associated with the development of the port priority program, including but not limited to the development, review, and evaluation of plans and specifications, and the development of the port priority program list. However, development of and authority over the final determination of the port priority list shall remain with the department and the joint committee as provided in this Chapter.

E. The department shall insure that an inventory is maintained of ports, navigable waterways, and water transportation facilities, public and private, with respect to their location, capacities, and capabilities and serve as a clearinghouse for inquiries for ports and waterways information, data, and technical and research assistance.

F. The department shall have prepared each year a summary report containing projections of state, federal, local, and private financial requirements for expanding or renovating existing ports and waterways facilities, constructing new ones, and maintaining these facilities.

Acts 1989, No. 452, §1, eff. June 30, 1989; Acts 1998, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 161, §1, eff. May 7, 1998; Acts 2006, No. 18, §1, eff. May 4, 2006.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:51 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 51
St. Bernard Transportation Corridor roadway; purpose; creation
Status: in_force

A. The purpose of the St. Bernard Transportation Corridor roadway is to provide a transportation facility to serve as the direct commercial traffic corridor for the Louisiana International Terminal to the interstate highway system, as an alternative local traffic route, and as an emergency or evacuation route to benefit public safety. The Legislature of Louisiana has determined it to be a matter of public necessity to authorize the board of commissioners of the Port of New Orleans, referred to as the "board" in this Subpart, to pursue a public-private partnership for the supplementation of public revenue sources for the design, engineering, planning, construction, operation, and maintenance of this roadway.

B. The transportation facility resulting from the project may include bridges, elevated roadways, limited-access facilities as defined in R.S. 48:1, and such other features as may be necessary to accomplish the project's purpose.

C. The project shall include all activities, structures, appurtenances, and features necessary to deliver the transportation facility including but shall not be limited to the following:

(1) Roadways.

(2) Canals, ditches, catch basins, culverts, drains, or other improvements that ensure adequate drainage.

(3) Soil erosion control.

(4) Signage.

(5) Right of way acquisition.

(6) Utility relocations.

D. The project shall comply with all applicable provisions of state and federal law, including but not limited to the minimum safety guidelines promulgated pursuant to R.S. 48:35 and the uniform highway marking system as outlined in R.S. 32:235.

Acts 2025, No. 217, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:461 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 461
Creation of district; purpose
Status: in_force

There is created a navigation and river improvement district which shall be known as the "Jennings Navigation District of Louisiana", composed of the territory embraced in Ward 2 of the parish of Jefferson Davis, for the purpose of improving the Mermentau River and other streams with respect to the navigation thereof within the state of Louisiana, by extending the navigation thereof to the corporate limits of the city of Jennings, and for such other purposes as are provided for in this Chapter.

Amended by Acts 1978, No. 56, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:210 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 210
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 so to do by a vote of a majority in number and value of the property tax payers 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 tax paying 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.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:3481 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 3481
Audit of distribution to recipient governmental entities
Status: in_force

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

Acts 2017, No. 382, §1, eff. July 1, 2017.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:442 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 442
Domicile
Status: in_force

The domicile of the district shall be fixed by the board of commissioners provided for in R.S. 34:444 and may be changed at the pleasure of the board; the domicile shall be within the district, where the secretary shall reside and at which domicile shall be kept all the books and records of the district.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:807 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 807
Stay of execution; release bonds
Status: in_force

A. In any case where a writ of provisional seizure has been issued for the seizure of such offending vessel, the sheriff shall stay the execution of process, or if the process has been levied, shall discharge the seized vessel, and deliver it to the claimant thereof if the claimant has waived objection to jurisdiction in the cause in which the writ of provisional seizure was issued, and on receiving from the claimant a bond or stipulation in an amount one and one-half times that claimed by the plaintiff, with sufficient surety to be approved by the sheriff to whom the writ of provisional seizure has been directed, conditioned to satisfy any judgment rendered in the cause in which the writ of provisional seizure has been issued.

B. However, if the suit is for unliquidated damages, the claimant of the offending vessel, in lieu of furnishing a bond in an amount one and one-half times that of the plaintiff's claim, may apply to the judge of the court in which the proceeding is pending for a reduction of the amount of the bond, and the judge is authorized in his discretion, and after such summary proceedings as he may direct, to fix the amount of the bond at that sufficient to adequately secure the payment of the injury, loss, or damage which has been suffered by the plaintiff.

C.(1) In any case where the amount claimed by the plaintiff exceeds the then fair value of the offending vessel, the claimant may without waiving objection to jurisdiction apply to the court to appoint, and thereupon the court shall appoint, two competent appraisers to ascertain the then fair value of the offending vessel and report the same to the court, reserving to either party the right to contest the valuation so fixed in a summary proceeding on competent evidence to be submitted to the court, whereupon the court shall determine the then fair value of the vessel and shall fix the bond at such sum, and if it will be less than one and one-half times the plaintiff's claim, the claimant of the offending vessel may have it delivered to him upon giving bond in the amount so fixed by the court, and any judgment rendered in said cause shall be executory only up to the amount of the bond so furnished.

(2) The release bond shall be returned by the sheriff to the court, and if the plaintiff recovers a judgment it shall be rendered in solido against the claimant of the vessel, the principal, and the surety on the release bond.

Acts 1997, No. 578, §3.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:340.16 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 340.16
Short title
Status: in_force

The provisions of this Subpart may be cited as the Rodent Control and Prevention of Infectious Diseases Act.

Acts 1997, No. 554, §1, eff. July 3, 1997.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:4 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 4
Managerial powers
Status: in_force

The board shall have the power to organize or reorganize the legal, executive, engineering, clerical, and other departments and forces of the board, and to fix the duties, powers, and compensation of all officers, agents, and employees in such departments and forces, subject, however, to such civil service requirements as are established by law. The board shall have the power to and may enter into employment contracts, for a term not to exceed three years, with those members of the board's full-time staff or new employees who will occupy unclassified positions; where such unclassified positions are established by and in accordance with applicable civil service regulations.

Amended by Acts 1976, No. 289, §1; Acts 1988, No. 265, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:338.3 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 338.3
Issuance of bonds
Status: in_force

When authorized as provided herein, each port, harbor and terminal district may issue bonds and pledge the proceeds of the special tax herein provided for, or any part thereof, to the payment of such bonds and shall use the proceeds from the sale of the bonds for the purposes of the district. Any such bonds so issued shall be solely the obligations of the district, for which the full faith and credit of the district may be pledged, and shall not be obligations of the state and a recital to this effect shall be contained in the bonds. The 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 six percentum per annum, payable annually or semi-annually, be in such denominations, be in such form, either coupon or fully registered without coupons, carry such registration and exchangeability privilege, be payable in such medium of payment and at such place or places, be subject to such terms of redemption not exceeding 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. The 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 re-advertise 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 governing authority of the district to be unsatisfactory, then in that event the said governing authority 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 provided herein. 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 the resolution or of the bonds authorized thereby for any cause whatsoever. If no suit, action or proceeding is begun contesting the validity of the bond issue within the thirty days herein prescribed, the authority to issue the bonds and to provide for the payment thereof, 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 instrument law of Louisiana.

Acts 1969, No. 43, §3.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:361 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 361
Navigation canals and improvement of water courses by municipalities and parishes; title to vest in the public
Status: in_force

The constructing, deepening, widening, improving and maintaining of navigation canals, and navigation channels, and the deepening, widening, improving and maintaining of existing streams, lakes and other water courses for navigation purposes, and the acquiring of property for such purposes, including the acquiring of adjoining property for industrial development, but no part of which shall be more than one-half mile from the center of such canals, channels, streams, lakes, and other water courses are declared to be works of public improvement, the title to which shall vest in the public and for public purposes.

Amended by Acts 1950, No. 398, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:3114 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 3114
Issuance and transfer of licenses
Status: in_force

A. No person shall construct or operate, or cause to be constructed or operated, offshore terminal facilities within the jurisdiction of the authority without first obtaining a license, the transfer of any license granted to the authority, or other appropriate authorization from the authority.

B. A license shall be issued, any license granted to the authority shall be transferred, or other appropriate authorization granted, only if the authority finds that the applicant or transferee is qualified, and that the facilities or operations conform to the provisions of this Chapter and the rules and regulations of the authority and will be consistent with the public interest declared in this Chapter. Any license so issued or transferred or other appropriate authorization shall be subject to and contain such reasonable conditions as necessary to carry out the purposes of this Chapter.

C. The authority shall establish such other qualifications for applicants or transferees, which may include evidence of financial responsibility or performance bonds, as will insure an applicant's or transferee's ability to comply with this Chapter and the rules and regulations of the authority.

D. The authority shall establish the procedures for submission of applications for the issuance of licenses, the transfer of any license granted to the authority or the issuance of other appropriate authorization, and shall determine what information must be submitted by the applicant. The authority may impose reasonable filing fees and may require the applicant to reimburse the authority for all expenses incurred in processing the application.

E. The authority shall determine the length of time during which a license shall be valid, and the conditions upon which it may be revoked. The transfer by the authority of any of its rights under a license, certificate, permit or authorization granted to the authority shall be for the term specified in the original authorization to the authority. Licenses may be revoked, suspended, annulled or withdrawn in accordance with the procedures set forth in the Louisiana Administrative Procedure Act.

Added by Acts 1972, No. 444, §1. Amended by Acts 1974, No. 358, §12.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:2476 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 2476
Acquisition of properties; expropriation
Status: in_force

A. The Port of South Louisiana Commission may acquire, purchase, construct, or improve industrial plant buildings and necessary property, equipment and appurtenances thereof as a lawful purpose for which its bonds may be issued in the manner and within the limitations provided in this Chapter. Such industrial properties are hereby determined to be structures useful for the commerce of the port area as contemplated by this Chapter and not inconsistent with the provisions thereof.

B. The Port of South Louisiana Commission may acquire by expropriation, in accordance with the expropriation laws of the state of Louisiana, any land, servitudes, or improvements necessary for the commerce of the port area as contemplated by this Chapter and not inconsistent with the provisions thereof. In every case of expropriation, the question of necessity shall be determined by the court.

Acts 1975, No. 65, §1. Amended by Acts 1981, No. 456, §1; Acts 1999, No. 852, §1, eff. July 2, 1999.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:2309 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 2309
Powers and authority
Status: in_force

In addition to the powers and authority elsewhere granted in this Chapter, the commission is hereby granted, shall have, and may exercise all powers necessary or convenient for the carrying out of its objects and purposes, including, but without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the following:

(1) To sue and be sued, and as such to stand in judgment.

(2) To adopt, use and alter at will a corporate seal.

(3) To acquire by purchase, donation, lease, or otherwise, and to hold and use any property, real, personal, or mixed, tangible or intangible, or any interest therein necessary or desirable for carrying out the objects and purposes of the commission; to sell, lease, transfer, and convey any property or interest therein at any time acquired by it; and to donate by fee simple title, or otherwise convey, to the United States any lands, property, movable and immovable, rights of way, easements or other servitudes, or any of them, which the commission may own or acquire by purchase, donation, expropriation, or otherwise, for use in connection with the construction, improvement, and maintenance of the waterway. The authority granted by this Paragraph shall extend to the acquisition, in any manner herein provided, and the conveyance of lands, servitudes, or rights of way to the United States which are required by the United States Army, Corps of Engineers, for the construction, improvement, and maintenance of locks and dams along the waterway.

(4)(a) To expropriate property subject to and in accordance with the general laws of the state in reference thereto;

(b) Terminated Dec. 31, 1994by Acts 1984, No. 956, §2; Acts 1989, No. 123, §1.

(c) Prior to a proceeding authorized by (a) or (b) of this Subsection, the commission shall include with offers of acquisition a current survey or a current aerial map drawn to scale showing all property to be acquired or taken, including batture.

(5) after a public hearing, held after not less than thirty days notice printed in the official journal, to lease any portion of its lands and property except the waterway to any person, firm, partnership, association, or corporation, public or private, such leases to run for a term not exceeding fifty years;

(6) to bear the expense, in whole or part, of the relocation, construction and maintenance of public ways within the lands acquired by the commission;

(7) to effectuate and maintain proper depths of water to accommodate the business of the commission, and to regulate the use of water from the waterway;

(8) to make and collect reasonable charges for the use of all structures, works, locks, wharves, anchorages and special facilities constructed and administered by the commission, and for any and all services rendered by it, but not for the general right of passage in the waterway, and to regulate reasonably the fees and charges to be made by privately owned wharves, docks, warehouses, elevators and other facilities located on property owned by the commission or located within the right-of-way of the waterway when the same are offered for the use of the public;

(9) For capital outlay, including the cost of acquisition of rights-of-way and compensation for such severance and other collateral damages necessarily incurred in connection with such acquisition, to levy an annual tax in an amount not exceeding in any one year one and fifty-two hundredths mills on the dollar of the assessed valuation of all taxable property lying within the district; and for the purpose of maintaining and operating the waterway, to levy an annual tax in an amount not exceeding in any one year eighty-two hundredths mill on the dollar of the assessed valuation of all taxable property lying within the district.

(10)(a) to incur non-funded debt not to exceed in the aggregate the net of the unpledged estimated alimony revenue for the current year;

(b) to issue certificates of indebtedness due not more than one year after date and as security therefor pledge not to exceed seventy-five per centum of the estimated alimony tax revenue for the current year;

(c) to fund into bonds of the commission from time to time, in such principal amount as may be necessary for the accomplishment of the capital outlay purposes required, all or any portion of the one and one-half mills capital outlay tax hereinabove provided for, and to prescribe the conditions and details of such bonds within the limitations hereinafter set forth.

(11) to enter upon any lands, waters and premises in the state for the purpose of making surveys, soundings, drillings, examinations and appraisals, as it may deem necessary or convenient for the purposes of this Chapter, and such entry shall not be deemed a trespass nor shall such entry for such purpose be deemed an entry under any expropriation proceedings which may be pending, provided that five days registered notice in the case of resident owners and fifteen days registered notice in the case of non-resident owners be given to the owner of record of such lands, waters or premises as reflected by the parish assessment rolls, which notice shall be mailed to the last known address of said owner, as shown on said assessment records. The commission shall make reimbursement for any actual damages resulting to such lands, waters or premises as a result of such activities.

(12) to reimburse the United States for any money spent by it in the acquisition of any lands, property, servitudes, easements, or rights of way for use in connection with the construction, improvement or maintenance of the waterway.

(13) To acquire by purchase or donation, but not by expropriation, and thereafter donate or otherwise convey to the United States any lands, servitudes, or rights of way required by the United States Army, Corps of Engineers for the construction of public recreation sites along the waterway, and if necessary, to expropriate for such purpose not in excess of fifty acres at the site of any lock and dam. The commission shall have no authority under this Paragraph or under Paragraph (3) of this Section to expropriate any land for recreational purposes except as provided in this Paragraph.

(14) To develop hydro-electric power at the various locks and dams located on the Red River.

(15)(a) To lease, without bid, real property acquired by any method authorized under Paragraphs (3) and (4) of this Section to the persons from whom the property was acquired, or their successors in title, and who own adjacent or contiguous property to that which the commission acquired. Such leases shall:

(i) Provide for a fair and equitable return of revenue to the commission based upon the fair market rental value of the property, such rental value to be determined by appraisal based upon the fair market rental value of comparable property not burdened with these restrictions upon the right of lease.

(ii) Be for agricultural purposes of planting, cultivating, growing, and harvesting of agricultural crops and the grazing of animals, excluding timber, or for recreational purposes, provided that any fences, sheds, barns, or other improvements may be placed upon the property only with the expressed consent and permission of the commission, set forth in the lease or in an amendment to the lease, and any such improvements shall, at the sole discretion of the commission, become the property of the commission at the expiration or termination of the lease.

(iii) Provide that the lessee shall be solely liable for any personal injury or property damage to the lessee or to any third party which may arise out of any defects in, or use of, the property and shall require the lessee to defend, indemnify, and hold the commission harmless for any such injuries or damages.

(iv) Provide that the lessee expressly recognize that the property, in whole or in part, may be subject to flooding and other actions of the river, and the lessee shall expressly accept all risks of any personal injury or property damage resulting from such river action, and shall defend, indemnify, and hold the commission harmless from all such injuries or damages.

(v) Provide that the commission shall have, at its sole discretion, the right at any time to terminate the lease upon thirty days' notice with respect to all or any part of the property, or to suspend the effect of the lease for all or any part of the property for such period of time as the commission may stipulate, and in any such event the sole recourse of the lessee shall be to receive a refund of rental payments for such portion of the property and term of the lease as are affected by such action of the commission.

(vi) Provide a term of lease that does not exceed five years, including renewal options, but this provision shall not prohibit entering into successive leases based upon then current appraisals of the fair market rental value of the property.

(vii) Include any other provision not inconsistent with this Section which the commission, in its sole discretion, shall deem appropriate.

(viii) Be signed on behalf of the commission by the executive director.

(b) For all property subject to such leases, the exclusive possession and garde of the property shall be vested in the lessee for all purposes, including the purpose of determining liability for personal injury and property damage to the lessee and third parties for occurrences on or about the property.

(c) All tributaries and distributaries within any property subject to a lease provided for by this Paragraph shall be subject to public access by water without restriction.

(16) The commission shall not lease any waterbody created by river realignment and the public access to those water bodies shall be retained and shall not be restricted.

Added by Acts 1965, No. 17, §9; Amended by Acts 1970, No. 381, §1; Acts 1975, No. 100, §1; Acts 1975, No. 275, §§1, 2; Acts 1984, No. 956, §1; Acts 1984, No. 269, §1; Acts 1988, No. 263, §1, eff. July 7, 1988; Acts 1989, No. 123, §1, eff. June 22, 1989; Acts 1989, No. 829, §1, eff. July 14, 1989; Acts 1993, No. 602, §1, eff. June 15, 1993; Acts 2009, No. 319, §1, eff. July 6, 2009.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:851.35 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 851.35
Filing false applications
Status: in_force

A. No person shall file a false application with this department for the benefit of obtaining a special marine event permit or in applying for a Louisiana boat registration certificate.

B. Violations of this Section shall be punishable by a five hundred dollar fine or imprisonment of not more than ninety days, or both.

Acts 1984, No. 288, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:3162.3 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 3162.3
Borrowing in anticipation of regular revenues
Status: in_force

A. The Caddo-Bossier Parishes Port Commission, in order to pay its current expenses for any year, may anticipate the revenues for such year and may borrow money to pay such expense and issue revenue anticipation notes to cover the loan.

B. The amount so borrowed by the commission shall in no case exceed the estimated income of the commission as shown by the budget adopted prior to such time, and the income collected as shown by the budget shall be dedicated and set aside to the payment of the revenue anticipation notes as they mature.

C. The revenue anticipation notes shall be made due and payable not later than sixty days after the end of the fiscal year in which they are issued, and shall be issued and sold in such manner and in such form as the commission may determine.

Acts 1994, No. 9, §1, eff. June 7, 1994.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:3265 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 3265
Domicile of the commission; officers and employees; per diem and travel allowance
Status: in_force

The domicile of the commission shall be in the city of Natchitoches, Parish of Natchitoches, Louisiana. As soon as practicable after their appointment, the members of the commission shall meet at its domicile and elect from the membership at least one vice chairman, a secretary and a treasurer, which latter two offices may be combined. The commission may establish and provide for such other officers, agents and employees as it may deem necessary and appropriate for the accomplishment of its object and purpose, and define the duties, terms and compensation thereof. Immediately upon the organization of the commission and the election of officers, the secretary of the commission shall certify to the secretary of state the names and addresses of such officers. Each member of the commission shall be entitled to receive a stated per diem and travel allowance in such amount and in a maximum annual amount as determined by the commission in a schedule and approved by the governor, when attending upon the business of the commission.

Added by Acts 1982, No. 391, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:3112.1 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 3112.1
Additional authorization to issue revenue bonds and notes
Status: in_force

A. Power to issue revenue bonds and notes. Without reference to any other provisions of the constitution and of the laws of Louisiana and as a grant of power in addition to the authority to issue bonds contained in Section 3112 of this Chapter and to carry out the purposes of this Chapter and promote industrial development in the state, the authority is authorized, with approval of the State Bond Commission, to issue its revenue bonds and notes, herein collectively called revenue bonds, as hereinafter provided, to finance or assist in the financing of the development, acquisition, and/or construction of deepwater ports and offshore terminal facilities licensed by the Secretary of Transportation of the United States of America pursuant to the Deepwater Port Act of 1974, as the same may be amended or supplemented from time to time, and to be emplaced within the coastal waters of Louisiana or seaward thereof and all directly related storage facilities and all functionally related and subordinate facilities and equipment therefor located offshore or onshore. The revenue bonds shall be authorized, secured, and have the details and characteristics set out hereunder.

(1) Authorization of revenue bonds. The authority is hereby authorized to issue its negotiable revenue bonds in one or more series in such principal amount as shall be necessary to provide sufficient moneys for payment of project costs of one or more revenue bond projects.

The authority shall have power, from time to time, and subject to agreements with the holders of its revenue bonds and with the approval of the State Bond Commission, to issue renewal notes; to issue revenue bonds to pay notes; and, whenever the authority deems it expedient, to refund any revenue bonds by the issuance of new revenue bonds, whether the revenue bonds to be refunded have or have not matured, and may issue revenue bonds partly to refund revenue bonds then outstanding and partly for any other purpose under this Chapter. Refunding revenue bonds may be exchanged for outstanding revenue bonds or sold and the proceeds applied to or deposited in escrow for the purchase, redemption, or payment of revenue bonds and interest and premiums thereon and for any other purpose specified in the resolution or trust agreement authorizing or securing such bonds.

(2) Bond resolution; trust agreement; publication; peremption. The authority shall authorize revenue bonds by one or more resolutions executed by the secretary of the Department of Transportation and Development and approved by the State Bond Commission. Any revenue bonds issued pursuant to this Section also may be secured by a trust agreement by and between the authority and one or more corporate trustees or fiscal agents, which may be any trust company or bank having the powers of a trust company within or without this state. Any resolution authorizing the issuance of revenue bonds shall be published one time in the official journal of the state; however, it shall not be necessary to publish any exhibits to such resolution if the same are available for public inspection and such fact is stated in the publication. For thirty days after the date of publication, any person in interest may contest the legality of the resolution, any provision of the revenue bonds to be issued pursuant to it, the provisions therein made for the security and payment of the revenue bonds, and the validity of all other provisions and proceedings relating to the authorization and issuance of such bonds. After that time, no person may contest the regularity, formality, legality, or effectiveness of the resolution, any provisions of the revenue bonds to be issued pursuant to it, the provisions for the security and payment of the revenue bonds, and the validity of all other provisions and proceedings relating to their authorization and issuance, for any cause whatever. Thereafter, it shall be conclusively presumed that the revenue bonds are legal and that every legal requirement for the issuance of the revenue bonds has been complied with. No court shall have authority to inquire into any of these matters after the thirty days.

(3) Bond instrument; contents. The resolution or trust agreement shall authorize the development, acquisition, construction, extension, improvement, maintenance, or operation of the revenue bond project or projects to be financed and, in addition, may contain provisions which shall be a part of the contract with the holders of such issue of revenue bonds, as to

(a) Pledging all or any part of revenues received or to be received, and leases or agreements to secure the payment of such issue of revenue bonds.

(b) Rates, fees, rentals, or other charges to be established, maintained, and collected, and the use and disposition of revenues, gifts, and funds received or to be received.

(c) The setting aside of reserves or retirement funds and the regulation and disposition thereof.

(d) The custody, collection, securing, investment, and payment of any moneys held in trust or otherwise for the payment of revenue bonds or in any way to secure the payment of revenue bonds, including the establishment and maintenance of construction, revenue, reserve, or other funds as trust funds.

(e) Limitations or restrictions on the purposes to which the proceeds of sale of any revenue bonds then or thereafter to be issued may be applied.

(f) Limitations or restrictions on the issuance of additional revenue bonds; the terms upon which additional revenue bonds may be issued and secured, and/or the refunding of outstanding or other revenue bonds.

(g) Vesting in one or more trustees or fiscal agents such property, rights, powers, and duties in trust as the authority may determine.

(h) The acquisition and disposition of property for revenue bond projects.

(i) The rights and remedies available to the bondholders in the event of default.

(j) Provisions for insurance and for accounting reports and the inspection and audit thereof.

(k) The replacement of mutilated, destroyed, stolen, or lost revenue bonds; and

(l) Any other matters of like or different character which in any way affect the security or protection of the revenue bonds.

(4) Lien and certain details of revenue bonds. All revenue bonds issued pursuant to a resolution or trust agreement hereunder shall be equally and ratably secured by a pledge, charge, and lien upon revenues provided for in the resolution or trust agreement, without priority by reason of number, or of dates of bonds, execution or delivery, except that the authority may provide in the resolution or trust agreement that revenue bonds issued pursuant thereto shall, to the extent and in the manner prescribed in such resolution or trust agreement, be subordinate and junior in standing, with respect to the payment of principal and interest and the security thereof, to any other revenue bonds.

Any pledge made by the authority pursuant to this Section shall be valid and binding from the time when the pledge is made. The revenues, securities, and other moneys so pledged and then held or thereafter received by the authority or any fiduciary shall immediately be subject to the lien of such pledge without any physical delivery thereof or further act, and the lien of any such pledge shall be valid and binding as against all parties having claims of any kind in tort, contract, or otherwise against the authority, whether or not such parties have notice thereof. Neither the resolution nor any trust agreement by which a pledge is created need be filed or recorded except in the official minutes of the authority and of the State Bond Commission.

The revenue bonds shall be of such series, bear such date or dates, be serial or term bonds, mature at such time or times, bear interest at such rate or rates payable on such date or dates, be in such denominations, be in such form, either coupon or fully registered without coupons, carry such registration and exchangeability privilege, be payable in such medium of payment and at such place or places, be subject to such terms of redemption, and be entitled to such priorities on the revenues of the authority as the resolution or trust agreement authorizing or securing such bonds may provide.

(5) Sale of revenue bonds. The revenue bonds shall be sold for and on behalf of the authority by the State Bond Commission in such manner and at such prices, at public or private sale, as the State Bond Commission may determine. If the State Bond Commission determines to sell the bonds at public sale, notice of such sale upon sealed proposals shall be published at least once not less than seven days prior to the date of such sale in a publication carrying municipal bond notices and devoted primarily to financial news or to the subject of state and municipal bonds, published in the city of New York, New York, and in a newspaper of general circulation published in either the city of New Orleans or the city of Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

(6) Execution of revenue bonds. The revenue bonds and coupons attached thereto shall be executed in the name of the authority by the manual or facsimile signatures of such official or officials as may be designated in the resolution or trust agreement authorizing their issuance. If any officer whose manual or facsimile signature appears on any revenue bond or coupon ceases to be such officer before the delivery of such bonds, such signature nevertheless shall be valid and sufficient for all purposes as if he had remained in office until such delivery. The resolution or trust agreement may provide for authentication of the bonds by the trustee or fiscal agent thereunder.

(7) Temporary revenue bonds. Pending the preparation of definitive revenue bonds, the authority may issue interim receipts or temporary revenue bonds, with or without coupons, exchangeable for definitive revenue bonds when such bonds have been executed and are available for delivery.

(8) Nonliability of officers. Neither the executive director, any officer of the authority, nor the secretary of the Department of Transportation and Development nor any officer or member of the State Bond Commission nor any person executing such revenue bonds shall be liable personally on such bonds.

(9) Purchase of revenue bonds. The authority shall have power to purchase its revenue bonds out of any funds available therefor under the resolution or trust agreement authorizing or securing such bonds. It may hold, cancel, or resell such bonds, subject to and in accordance with agreements with holders of its revenue bonds.

(10) Negotiability of revenue bonds. All revenue bonds and interest coupons appertaining thereto issued pursuant to this Section shall be and are hereby made negotiable instruments within the meaning of and for all the purposes of the negotiable instruments law of Louisiana, subject only to the provisions of the revenue bonds for registration.

(11) Tax exemption and eligibility for investment. All revenue bonds and the income therefrom shall be exempt from all taxation by this state or any political subdivision thereof, except estate or gift taxes and taxes on transfers. The revenue bonds shall be legal and authorized investments for banks, savings banks, insurance companies, homestead and building and loan associations, trustees and other fiduciaries and may be used for deposit with any officer, board, municipality or other political subdivision of the state of Louisiana, in any case where, by present or future laws, deposit or security is required.

(12) Remedies of bondholders. The holders of any revenue bonds issued hereunder shall have such rights and remedies as may be provided in the resolution or trust agreement authorizing the issuance of the revenue bonds, including, but not by way of limitation, acceleration of payment, appointment of a trustee for bondholders, appointment of a receiver for the revenue bond project financed with the proceeds of the revenue bonds and/or the revenues from such project, and any other available civil action to compel compliance with the terms and provisions of the revenue bonds and the resolution or trust agreement.

(13) Limited liability of authority and state. The revenue bonds shall be limited obligations of the authority. The principal of and interest on the revenue bonds shall not be payable from the general funds of the authority, nor shall they constitute a pledge, charge, lien, or encumbrance upon any of its property or upon any of its income, receipts, or revenues except the revenues, agreements, and funds pledged under the resolution or trust agreement authorizing such bonds. Neither the credit nor the taxing power of the state shall be pledged for the payment of such principal or interest, and no holder of revenue bonds shall have the right to compel the exercise of the taxing power by the state or the forfeiture of its property in connection with any default thereon. Every revenue bond shall recite in substance that the principal of and interest on such bond is payable solely from the revenues pledged to its payment and that the authority is not obligated to pay such principal or interest except from such revenues. The face of each interest coupon shall bear a statement to the effect that such coupon is payable solely from certain revenues asset forth in the bond to which such coupon pertains.

The revenue bonds issued under the provisions of this Section shall not constitute a debt of this state or of the authority, and the state shall not be liable thereon.

(14) Proceeds and revenues to be deposited in separate funds. Subject to agreements with the holders of revenue bonds, all proceeds of revenue bonds and all revenue pledged under a resolution or trust agreement authorizing or securing such bonds shall be set aside as received and shall be deposited and held in trust by a trustee appointed by the authority in a fund or funds separate and apart from all other funds of the authority. Subject to the resolution or trust agreement, the trustee shall hold the same for the benefit of the holders of the bonds for the application and disposition thereof solely to the respective uses and purposes provided in such resolution or trust agreement.

B. Agreement required prior to sale of revenue bonds. Prior to the sale of revenue bonds under this Section the authority shall either enter into an agreement with a licensee to lease, sublease, or sell the project or projects to such licensee or enter into a loan or other financing agreement with the licensee providing that the licensee will construct, operate, and maintain the revenue bond project or projects. Any such agreement shall set forth the rights, duties, and obligations of the parties thereto; provide for the completion of the revenue bond project or projects from bond proceeds or other sources; provide that neither the state nor the authority shall have any liability or responsibility whatsoever for any loss or damage arising out of the acquisition, construction, operation, and maintenance of such project or projects, and also shall provide for the payment to the authority of such rentals, installment payments, or other moneys as will be sufficient to pay the principal of and interest on the revenue bonds issued to finance the revenue bond project or projects and build up and maintain any reserves deemed advisable in connection therewith. This agreement shall be made upon such other terms and conditions and for such time as may be determined by the authority and may contain provisions authorizing the sale, resale, lease, sublease, or purchase of the entire revenue bond project, or any portion thereof, for such consideration and upon such terms and conditions as the authority may determine.

C. Construction of Section. The powers and rights conferred by this Section shall be in addition and supplemental to the powers and rights conferred by any other general or special law. This Section does and shall be construed to provide a complete and additional method for the doing of the things authorized thereby. Neither the making of contracts nor the issuance of revenue bonds or refunding revenue bonds or other obligations pursuant to the provisions of this Section need comply with the requirements of any other state law applicable to the making of contracts and the issuance of the revenue bonds or other obligations for the financing of any revenue bond project or projects undertaken pursuant to this Section, except as herein provided. In accordance with Title 36 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, the secretary of the Department of Transportation and Development is vested with and is hereby granted the right, power, and authority to do, perform, and exercise for and on behalf of the authority, all acts and things required to be done and performed in connection with the authorization and issuance of revenue bonds under this Section. No proceedings, notice, or approval shall be required for the issuance of any revenue bonds or any instrument as security therefor, except as provided in this Section. The provisions of this Section shall be liberally construed for the accomplishment of its purposes.

D. Prohibition against pledge of full faith and credit of state. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Section, the state of Louisiana shall not pledge its full faith and credit to the payment of any obligations under the terms of any lease entered into by it under this Section.

Added by Acts 1977, 1st Ex.Sess., No. 11, §2, eff. Aug. 17, 1977; Acts 2011, No. 207, §10(A).
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:334.34 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 334.34
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 treasurer, whose duties shall be those usual to such offices. At the option of the board, the office 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 five members. Five 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 terms of office or employment.

Added by Acts 1974, No. 604, §1. Amended by Acts 1975, No. 5, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:2023 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 2023
Additional powers
Status: in_force

The district, acting by and through its board of commissioners, shall have and exercise all powers of a political subdivision necessary or convenient for the carrying out of its objects and purposes, including but not limited to rights and powers set out in this Chapter:

(1) To sue and be sued.

(2) To adopt, use, and alter at will a corporation seal.

(3) To acquire by gift, grant, purchase, expropriation, or otherwise, all property, including rights of way; to hold and use any franchise or property, real, personal, or mixed, tangible or intangible, or any interest therein, necessary or desirable for carrying out the objects and purposes of the district, including but not limited to the establishment, maintenance, and operation of industrial parks.

(4) To enter into contracts for the purchase, acquisition, construction, and improvement of works and facilities necessary in connection with the purposes of the district.

(5) In its own name and on its own behalf to incur debt and issue general obligation bonds, revenue bonds, certificates, notes, and other evidences of indebtedness and to levy and cause to be collected ad valorem taxes as provided in this Chapter and as may be provided by general law.

(6) To require and issue licenses with respect to its properties and facilities.

(7) To regulate the imposition of fees and rentals charged by the district for its facilities and services rendered by it.

(8) To borrow money and pledge all or part of its revenues, leases, rents, or other advantages as security for such loans.

(9) To appoint officers, agents, and employees, prescribe their duties, and fix their compensation.

Acts 1990, No. 710, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:3169 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 3169
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 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 five mills on the dollar. The commission may, upon its own initiative, call a special election and submit to the qualified 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 Red River 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 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; 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 Red River 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 1975, No. 294, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:328 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 328
Contracts; bids; bond
Status: in_force

A. Whenever any work is to be let by contract under the provisions of this Part, the price of which is to exceed the amount permitted under state law for contracts by the state or its subdivisions without bid, the board of commissioners shall proceed to provide, through its engineering department or professional services provider, proper specifications for the work or materials required, and thereafter the board shall advertise for bids for the performance of such work according to the plans and specifications as prepared.

B. Contracts for works aggregating less than the contract limit, as defined in R.S. 38:2212 shall not be advertised unless the board deems it advisable. Contracts for public works aggregating less than the contract limit, as defined in R.S. 38:2212, but in excess of ten thousand dollars, may be let in accordance with R.S. 38:2212(E). In letting of contracts for the purchase of materials, supplies, and equipment for which advertising is not required, the district shall comply with the provisions of R.S. 38:2212.1.

C.(1) This Section shall not apply in cases of extreme public emergency where such emergency has been certified by the board, and notice of such emergency has been published in the official journal of the district within ten days of certification by the board.

(2) For the purposes of this Section, an "extreme public emergency", as it applies to construction, repairs, or alterations, shall exist when an unforeseen mischance brings with it destruction of life or property in the district or the imminent threat of such destruction, or when the district must immediately undertake construction or repairs to comply with a court order. An extreme public emergency shall also include any situation which would result in immediate and serious economic loss to the Morgan City Harbor and Terminal District, however, it shall not include the cost of new construction unless it is for needed repair to existing operating facilities and it shall not include the cost of necessary labor used in the maintenance of completed works. Nothing contained herein shall prevent the board from authorizing the construction of works with the district's own workforce and equipment under the board's supervision.

D. Whenever the board determines that it is in the best interest of the district to purchase machinery, equipment, or vehicles of certain makes, kinds, or types, the advertisement may specify the makes, kinds, or types, and after the advertisement, the board may purchase those makes, kinds, or types, but they shall not pay more than the standard market price for the makes, kinds, or types of the machinery, equipment, or vehicles.

E. Except as otherwise provided in this Part, the provisions of Chapter 10 of Title 38 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950 shall apply to the Morgan City Harbor and Terminal District.

Acts 1952, No. 530, §8. Amended by Acts 1976, No. 216, §1; Acts 1999, No. 1152, §1; Acts 2008, No. 289, §1, eff. June 17, 2008.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:3154 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 3154
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 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 five mills on the dollar. The commission may, upon its own initiative, call a special election and submit to the qualified 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 Natchitoches 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 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; 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 Natchitoches is hereby pledged. In addition to the pledge of revenues to secure said bonds or 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 1975, No. 40, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:1046 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 1046
Oath of office and bond
Status: in_force

The pilots shall take an oath of office and furnish bond in favor of the governor conditioned upon the faithful performance of the duties imposed by this Part, to the extent of one thousand dollars, approved by the board of examiners.

Acts 2015, No. 18, §1, eff. May 26, 2015.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:334.35 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 334.35
Examinations and investigations; control and regulation; annual reports
Status: in_force

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

Added by Acts 1974, No. 604, §1. Amended by Acts 1975, No. 5, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:994 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 994
Oath; bond
Status: in_force

Each river port pilot shall take an oath of office and furnish bond to the extent of one thousand dollars.

Acts 1952, No. 177, §4; Acts 1986, No. 960, §1.