La. Rev. Stat. § 34:942 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 942
Board of examiners; appointment, terms and compensation of members
Status: in_force

The governor shall appoint three examiners to constitute the Board of Examiners of Bar Pilots for the Port of New Orleans, all of whom shall be bar pilots and shall have served as such for a minimum of five years preceding their appointment at the entrances of the Mississippi River into the Gulf of Mexico or the entrance of any other waterway connecting the City of New Orleans with the Gulf of Mexico or other outside waters; the examiners shall hold office for four years or until their successors are appointed and qualified, and shall perform their duties without compensation.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:852.7 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 852.7
Certificate of title; form and content
Status: in_force

A. Each certificate of title shall contain:

(1) The name of the current owner.

(2) The address of the principal place of residence of an individual owner, and the address, including zip code, of the principal place of business of an owner that is not an individual.

(3) The date of title issuance.

(4) A description of the vessel or outboard motor, including the name of manufacturer or model, the model year or year built or manufactured. In the case of a vessel, the description shall also include the vessel identification number as required by 33 CFR 187.5, vessel length, vessel type, principal material of hull construction, and propulsion type. In the case of an outboard motor, the application shall also include the serial number.

(5) The name and address of each lienholder.

(6) The recording or perfection date of new security interests and original recording date of any security interests outstanding.

(7) Other items as required by the department.

B. Space must be provided on the certificate for assignment of interest in the vessel or outboard motor, with a certification that statements provided on the title assignment are true and correct to the best of the owner's knowledge, information, and belief, under penalty of perjury.

Acts 2007, No. 319, §2, eff. July 1, 2008; H.C.R. No. 25, 2008 R.S., eff. May 28, 2008; Acts 2009, No. 508, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 2011.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:851.9 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 851.9
Incapacity of operator
Status: in_force

It shall be unlawful for the owner of any watercraft or any person having such in charge or in control to authorize or knowingly permit the same to be operated by any person who by reason of physical or mental disability is incapable of operating such watercraft under the prevailing circumstances.

Acts 1960, No. 43, §9. Amended by Acts 1980, No. 381, §1; Acts 1984, No. 288, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:3270 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 3270
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 the parish 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 1982, No. 391, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:224 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 224
The Calcasieu Ship Channel Advisory Committee
Status: in_force

A. The advisory committee shall consist of a group of stakeholders that will offer advice and counsel, and meet with the Calcasieu Ship Channel Funding Management Board quarterly to review funding plans and activities. The members of the advisory committee shall not have decisionmaking authority.

B. The members shall serve concurrently with the governor and without compensation.

C. The advisory committee shall be composed of seven members as follows:

(1) One member shall be a representative of the Corps.

(2) One member shall be the port director of the Cameron Parish Port, Harbor and Terminal District or his designee.

(3) One member shall be the executive director of the Lake Charles Harbor and Terminal District or his designee.

(4) One member shall be a state-commissioned river port pilot appointed by the Associated Branch Pilots for the Port of Lake Charles.

(5) Three members shall be appointed by the governor and shall represent separate facilities that utilize the Calcasieu Ship Channel for commerce involving deep draft seagoing vessels. One member shall represent a facility on the ship channel in Cameron Parish and two members shall represent a facility on the ship channel in Calcasieu Parish. The appointments by the governor shall be subject to Senate confirmation.

Acts 2020, No. 332, §1, eff. June 12, 2020.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:1802 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 1802
Officers of the commission; meetings
Status: in_force

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

Added by Acts 1960, No. 331, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:2102 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 2102
Officers of the commission; meetings; per diem
Status: in_force

A.(1) The board shall elect from among its own members a president, vice president, secretary and treasurer, whose duties shall be those usual to such offices. At the option of the board, the offices of secretary and treasurer may be held by one person.

(2) The board shall meet in regular session once a 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.

(3) 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 fix their compensation and term of employment.

B. The governing authority of the West Calcasieu Port may pay and its members may receive a per diem, not to exceed two hundred dollars, for each day the member is in attendance at a regular meeting and a per diem not to exceed one hundred dollars, for each day the member is in attendance at a special meeting of the board of commissioners, not to exceed a total of two meetings per month.

Added by Acts 1964, No. 68, §1; Acts 2002, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 17, §1, eff. April 18, 2002; Acts 2004, No. 119, §1; Acts 2015, No. 150, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:402 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 402
Corporate status and powers; suits and service of citation
Status: in_force

Navigation districts created by the legislature shall be political corporations invested with all the powers, privileges, rights and immunities conferred by law upon other corporations of like character. They shall have authority to sue and to be sued, and to stand in judgment under their corporate name.

All legal process shall be served upon the president, or in his absence upon the vice-president, and in the absence of both, upon the secretary, at the domicile of the district; and all suits or proceedings initiated by the district shall be brought in the corporate name through the president.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:1404 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 1404
Authority for issuance of bonds; special taxes; pledge of revenues; mortgage; donation
Status: in_force

A. When authorized by a majority of the electors of the port area who vote thereon in an election held for that purpose, the commission may levy on all property subject to taxation situated within the port area an ad valorem tax at an annual millage not to exceed two and one-half mills on the dollar. The commission upon its own initiative may call a special election and submit to the qualified electors of the port area the question of authorizing the levy of such a tax. These special taxes shall be levied, assessed, and collected on the property within the port area under the same methods, terms, and conditions and at the same time as parish 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 parish purposes; and the property subject to any taxes within the port area shall be sold for failure to pay the same in the manner as property is sold for delinquent parish and other taxes.

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 Ouachita 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, shall receive from the treasurer a quietus for a full settlement of taxes due and exigible in any given year and account for the delinquents or deductions, and 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 deposit the amount thereof 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. When authorized by a majority of the electors of the port area who vote thereon in an election held for that purpose and with the approval of the State Bond Commission, the commission may incur debts for its lawful purposes, may issue in its name negotiable bonds or notes therefor, and may 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; however, 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 Ouachita is hereby pledged. In addition to the pledge of revenues to secure the 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 may receive by gift, grant, donation, or otherwise any sum of money, aid, or assistance from the United States, the state of Louisiana, or any political subdivision thereof and, unless otherwise provided by the terms of such gift, grant, or donation, it may pledge all or any part of such monies for the further securing of the payment of the principal and interest of its bonds or notes.

Acts 1998, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 45, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:1954 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 1954
Authority for issuance of bonds
Status: in_force

The commission, as governing authority of Tangipahoa Parish Port District, with the approval of the State Bond and Tax Board, is authorized to incur debt for its lawful purposes and to issue in its name, negotiable bonds or notes therefor, and to pledge for the payment of the principal and interest of such negotiable bonds or notes all or any part of the revenues derived from the operation of properties and facilities maintained and operated by it, and all other revenues received by the commission from other sources; provided, however, that the amount of such bonds and notes outstanding at any one time shall not exceed twenty-five million dollars. Such bonds shall be issued by the commission with such dates, forms, terms, series, interest rates, maturities, denominations, redemption, registration and convertibility provisions and security provisions as the commission may determine in compliance with the provisions of Article XIV, Section 31 of the Constitution of the State of Louisiana for the year 1921, as amended, and the commission shall have complete authority to incur debt and issue bonds of each type and in every manner provided by said constitutional provision. In addition to the pledge of revenues to secure said bonds and notes, the commission may further secure their payment by a conventional mortgage upon any or all of the properties constructed or acquired, or to be constructed and acquired by it. The commission is further authorized to receive by gift, grant, donation or otherwise, any sum of money, aid or assistance from the United States, the State of Louisiana, or any political subdivision thereof, and unless otherwise provided by the terms of such gift, grant, or donation, in its discretion, it may pledge all or any part of such moneys for the further securing of the payment of the principal and interest of its bonds or notes.

Added by Acts 1962, No. 299, §1. Amended by Acts 1968, No. 4, §3; Acts 1970, No. 228, §1, emerg. eff. July 2, 1970, at 1:05 P.M.; Acts 1972, No. 497, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:55 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 55
Design, access, control, and coordination of the St. Bernard Transportation Corridor Roadway
Status: in_force

Following the completion of a feasibility study by the Regional Planning Commission, the board is authorized to design and regulate the St. Bernard Transportation Corridor roadway. The board shall consult with the Department of Transportation and Development regarding the final design of the St. Bernard Transportation Corridor roadway. Additionally, the board shall consult with St. Bernard Parish and the Department of Transportation and Development concerning any impacts the St. Bernard Transportation Corridor roadway project may have on existing and planned local and state roadways, drainage, flood protection, and other infrastructure interacting with the St. Bernard Transportation Corridor roadway.

Acts 2025, No. 217, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:3406 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 3406
Construction of Chapter; controlling law
Status: in_force

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

Acts 1986, No. 83, §1, eff. June 17, 1986.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:3403 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 3403
Powers
Status: in_force

A. The department shall be empowered to do any and all things necessary or proper to carry out the purposes of this Chapter, including, but not limited to, the things expressly provided in this Section.

B. The department may enter into contracts and agreements of any nature for the purposes of this Chapter with any person or persons, natural or artificial, corporation, association, or other entity, including public corporations, port authorities, state departments, agencies, parishes, other political subdivisions, municipalities, the United States Government and agencies thereof, or any combination thereof or with instrumentalities of every kind, and may designate any department, agency, municipality, parish, port board, port commission, port, harbor, and terminal district, industrial district, or other political subdivision of the state as its agent to carry out the purposes of and the powers granted under this Chapter. The secretary is empowered to negotiate with and enter into contracts or other agreements with any such person or entity concerning the joint administration of the project, including jurisdictional aspects of the state's administration of the project, providing of lands, servitudes and rights-of-ways, the location of project facilities, and the collection and distribution of revenues derived from the tolls, charges, and user fees, and may engage jointly in the exercise of any power and in the construction, operation, and maintenance of any facilities and improvements for the purposes of the project on any basis, including the matching of funds, which the participating entities may undertake under any provision of general or special law; however, the department shall expend only those funds for the project which are mandated by federal law, regulation, or requirement as the non-federal share of the cost of the project or which are reasonably related thereto and consistent with the performance of the authority and duties imposed by this Chapter.

C. The department may fix, impose, and collect tolls, charges or user fees to finance the non-federal share of the project costs as required or authorized by the Congress and the United States Army Corps of Engineers as regards the project. The secretary shall take such actions, hold such public hearings, and make such determinations as are necessary or appropriate to carry out the provisions of this Subsection in accordance with the requirements of the Congress. The department may pledge part or all of its revenues derived or to be derived under this Chapter and dedicate such revenues for the purpose of retiring debt, including payment of principal and interest on obligations issued for the project, and make such payments to the United States Government for its share of the project as required by the Congress. Any tolls, charges, and user fees imposed and collected under this Chapter shall reflect, to a reasonable degree and to the extent required by federal law, the benefits provided by the project to a particular class or type of vessel.

D. The department may institute or defend in courts of competent jurisdiction, including for the purposes of this Chapter the courts and administrative tribunals of the United States of America, any legal proceedings that may be necessary or required to compel compliance with this Chapter or any actions taken hereunder or that may arise out of the performance of the obligations and duties imposed by this Chapter.

E. The powers granted under this Chapter shall be regarded as supplemental and additional to powers conferred on the Department of Transportation and Development by other laws.

Acts 1986, No. 83, §1, eff. June 17, 1986; Acts 1989, No. 21, §1, eff. June 14, 1989.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:1956 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 1956
Right to expropriate
Status: in_force

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

Added by Acts 1962, No. 299, §1. Amended by Acts 1972, No. 497, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:54 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 54
Department of Transportation and Development; approvals; transfer; cooperation
Status: in_force

A. The board shall obtain approval of the Department of Transportation and Development prior to including any activity, structure, appurtenance, or feature into the St. Bernard Transportation Corridor roadway project that impacts the state highway system.

B. The board and the department are authorized to make and enter into agreements concerning any portion of the development, acquisition, construction, operation, maintenance, or improvement of the St. Bernard Transportation Corridor roadway project.

C. Upon request by the board in connection with the St. Bernard Transportation Corridor roadway project, and upon terms mutually agreed upon by the board and the Department of Transportation and Development, the department is authorized to expend available funds and utilize its engineering and other staff as deemed necessary and appropriate, in the department’s discretion, to conduct traffic surveys, borings, surveys, preparation of plans and specifications, cost estimates, and other preliminary engineering and studies.

D. Nothing in this Subpart shall preclude the board from transferring the St. Bernard Transportation Corridor transportation facility to the Department of Transportation and Development for incorporation into the state highway system under terms and conditions mutually agreed upon by the board and the department.

Acts 2025, No. 217, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:843 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 843
Objects; removal; disposition
Status: in_force

A.(1) The owner of any tug, towboat, barge, watercraft, ship, vessel, equipment, machinery, or any object of any kind or description, whether foreign or domestic, which has been left unattended, stored, junked, or abandoned in any canal, coulee, drainage ditch, outfall canal, bayou, bay, lake, or any other waterway, whether navigable or not, or on the banks thereof within the state of Louisiana, or the owner of any such object moored or tied off in a drainage ditch or canal, or in an outfall canal shall remove the object from the waterway or bank within thirty days after receipt of a written notice by certified mail from the federal, state, or local governing authority having jurisdiction thereof, hereinafter referred to as "authority", to remove the object. Concurrently with the giving of any notice to an owner, the authority shall provide written notice by certified mail to each holder of a properly filed and perfected ship mortgage filed pursuant to 46 U.S.C. 31301 et seq., as reflected in an Abstract of Title obtained from the National Vessel Documentation Center or security interest encumbering any such vessel or object subject to this Section. For purposes of this Section, if the owner of a vessel has not been issued a certificate of documentation by the United States Coast Guard under 46 U.S.C. 121 and has not been issued a certificate of title by the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries pursuant to R.S. 34:852.1 et seq., then the owner of the vessel shall be presumed to be the last known registrant of the vessel. This shall be a rebuttable presumption. In the event that the owner or registrant cannot be identified or located by the authority, the authority shall publish in the official journal of the parish where the object is located, a notice that the object shall be removed at any time after thirty calendar days of publication of the notice at the cost of the owner and shall be disposed of. If the object poses no immediate danger to life or property, the owner shall, within thirty days after receipt of notice by certified mail, present to the authority having jurisdiction over the matter, a plan for the removal of the object as soon as possible, considering factors of safety, cost, and efficiency in accomplishing the removal. The authority shall approve or reject the plan within thirty days from the date of submission by the owner.

(2) In the event the moored, tied off, unattended, stored, junked, or abandoned object poses immediate danger to life or property, it shall be removed by the owner immediately upon receipt of written or oral notice to remove. Any object within one hundred feet of a drainage pump discharge station is presumed to be an immediate danger to life or property.

B.(1) In the event that a plan for removal of the object is not presented to the authority, or a plan is not approved by the authority, within the periods provided for in Paragraph A(1), then the authority may have the object removed at the owner's cost and junk, discard, or otherwise dispose of the object or sell, exchange, or otherwise transfer ownership of the object to any person, corporation, or entity whatsoever for any price or consideration which the authority may deem advisable, or for no consideration, and apply the proceeds received, if any, to the cost of removing the object, and the balance, if any, shall become the property of the authority.

(2) In the event the object poses immediate danger to life or property and is not removed upon written or oral notice to remove as provided in Paragraph (A)(2) of this Section, or the owner cannot be identified or located, the authority may cause the removal of the object at the owner's cost, risk, and expense, and may discard or otherwise dispose of the object, or sell, exchange, or otherwise transfer ownership of the object to any person, corporation, or entity whatsoever for any price or consideration which the authority may deem advisable, or for no consideration, and apply the proceeds received, if any, to the cost of removing the object, and the balance, if any, shall become the property of the authority.

C. The authority shall not be liable or responsible to the owner or other claimant of the object for any damage to or destruction of the object in connection with the removal, storage, sale, or other disposition of the object.

D. Whoever violates the provisions of this Section shall be fined five hundred dollars or imprisoned for not more than six months, or both.

E. In the event the object is not removed by the owner within the periods provided for in this Section, any third party may remove the object at their own expense and junk, discard, or otherwise dispose of the object or sell, exchange, or otherwise transfer ownership of the object to any person, corporation, or entity for any price or consideration.

F. The Department of Wildlife and Fisheries shall promulgate and adopt rules and regulations to provide a clear process for the following:

(1) Parties to obtain information regarding the registration or ownership of any vessel which has been deemed abandoned and is subject to the requirements for certificates of documentation by the United States Coast Guard under 46 U.S.C. 121, subject to titling pursuant to the Vessel and Motor Titling Act, R.S. 34:852.1 et seq., or is subject to registration through the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries.

(2) Parties to obtain information regarding the identity of all holders of security interests or preferred ship mortgages encumbering any vessel which has been deemed abandoned and has been issued a certificate of documentation by the United States Coast Guard under 46 U.S.C. 121 or issued a title by the Department Wildlife and Fisheries pursuant to the Vessel and Motor Titling Act, R.S. 34:852.1 et seq.

(3) Parties to obtain a salvage title and for selling any abandoned vessel that has been recovered.

(4) Notifying new registrants that they will be deemed as the owner and be held responsible if the vessel is deemed abandoned.

G. Nothing in this Section shall be construed to authorize entry onto private property without consent of the property owner.

Acts 1985, No. 805, §1; Acts 1988, No. 527, §1, eff. July 8, 1988; Acts 1988, No. 758, §1, eff. July 15, 1988; Acts 1991, No. 309, §§1 and 3; Acts 2025, No. 216, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:3477 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 3477
Allocation, reallocation of funds; deposit to Dredging and Deepening Fund
Status: in_force

A. The Dredging and Deepening Fund is hereby created within the state treasury and shall be a source of state funds in addition to capital outlay projects, the general fund, and other sources, provided for any waterway project on the priority list approved pursuant to the provisions of this Chapter.

B. Prior to the commencement of any work, the office shall require the presiding officer of each governmental entity involved in a project to execute an agreement and statement of sponsorship to provide no less than a ten percent local match for the cost of the project.

C. A sponsoring authority may make application under the provisions of this Chapter to receive a portion of the funds required to participate in a federal matching program.

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

E. The sources of monies deposited into the fund shall be legislative appropriations and grants, gifts, and donations received by the state for the purposes of this Chapter. Monies in the fund shall be subject to appropriation by the legislature and shall be available exclusively for waterway projects. All unexpended and unencumbered monies in the fund at the end of the fiscal year shall remain in the fund. Such monies shall be invested by the treasurer in the same manner as the monies in the state general fund, and all interest earned shall be credited to the fund following compliance with the requirements of Article VII, Section 9(B) of the Constitution of Louisiana, relative to the Bond Security and Redemption Fund.

Acts 2017, No. 382, §1, eff. July 1, 2017.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:369 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 369
Collection of special taxes; duties of parish collector
Status: in_force

The provisions of the constitution and all laws regulating the collection of taxes, the creation of tax liens, mortgages, tax penalties and sales, shall apply to and regulate the collection of special taxes for the purposes enumerated in this part.

Where the taxes have been levied by a parish, the sheriff and ex-officio tax collector for the parish in which the property is located shall make monthly settlements with the parish treasurer and receive from him a receipt for the amount of the special taxes paid over, in the same manner as the tax collectors are required to settle with the auditor of the state, and he shall receive from the parish treasurer the same quietus for a full settlement of taxes due and exigible in a 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 the special taxes collected by him, when paying over proceeds of the same, the commission thereon, and shall deposit the said commission with the parish treasurer to the credit of the sheriff's salary fund, all as provided by law. Upon failure of the tax collector to comply with the provisions of this Section, the governing authorities of the parish shall proceed against him and the sureties on his official bond, for the collection of whatever amount may be due the parish.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:346 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 346
Canal companies; right of way through state lands
Status: in_force

Any domestic corporation established for the purpose of cutting canals in this state shall have the right of way through any land belonging to the state for the canal and the use of the banks thereof to deposit the dirt excavated therefrom.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:1801 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 1801
Creation of Avoyelles Parish Port Commission
Status: in_force

A.(1) There is hereby created a commission to be known as the Avoyelles Parish Port Commission, which shall be composed of five members, at least one of whom shall be a minority, who shall serve without compensation and who shall be appointed as follows:

(2) The members of the police jury of Avoyelles Parish shall select two commissioners, the Town of Simmesport shall select one commissioner, the representative representing House District Twenty-Eight shall select one commissioner, and the senators representing Senate District Twenty-Eight and Senate District Thirty-Two shall, collectively, select one commissioner. Each commissioner shall be domiciled in Avoyelles Parish.

(3)(a) Upon the effective date of this Paragraph, the existing commissioners shall remain until their termed year. Commissioners appointed thereafter shall serve four-year terms subsequent to staggered terms as provided in Subparagraph (b) of this Paragraph. The term shall end on January thirty-first of the termed year. The selection process shall commence February first and be completed within thirty days.

(b)(i) Two members shall serve a term of two years; two members shall serve a term of three years; and one member shall serve a term of four years.

(ii) The terms of the respective members shall be determined from a selection by lot at the first meeting of the board.

(iii) For purposes of this Subparagraph, "selection by lot" shall mean a random selection from the pool of chosen commissioners.

(4) The mayor of Simmesport or his designee, who shall be a member of the board of aldermen of the town of Simmesport, shall be an ex-officio nonvoting member of the commission.

(5) Except as in Paragraph (4) of this Subsection, no person who holds an elective public office of any kind in federal, state, or local governments shall be appointed or serve as a member of the commission. Any member of the commission who, during his term of office, is elected to such office shall be deemed to have resigned from the commission by virtue of being elected to such public office.

B. 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 1960, No. 331, §1. Amended by Acts 1966, No. 446, §1; Acts 2016, No. 594, §1, eff. June 17, 2016; Acts 2021, No. 332, §1, eff. June 14, 2021.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:340.13 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 340.13
Control, testing, and monitoring center; establishment
Status: in_force

Each port and terminal accepting vessel and barge traffic entering Louisiana waters may establish and maintain a rodent control, testing, and monitoring center. The purposes of the center shall be the detection, evaluation, control, and prevention of infectious diseases spread by rodents from the vessels and barges. The port and terminal may impose reasonable inspection requirements to implement the provisions of this Subpart.

Acts 1997, No. 554, §1, eff. July 3, 1997.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:5221 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 5221
Creation; purpose
Status: in_force

A. The Louisiana Ports and Waterways Investment Commission, referred to as the "commission" in this Chapter, is hereby created within the governor's office. The domicile of the council shall be East Baton Rouge Parish.

B. The commission is created to serve as an advocate for all of the state's ports and waterways investment interests. To that end, the commission is charged with the following:

(1) Articulating a vision for the future of the state's ports and waterways through development of a strategic plan and investment program for such purpose.

(2) Providing focus and coordination for the state's efforts to attract international trade to the state's ports and waterways investments.

(3) Setting funding over all priorities for the development and growth of the state's ports and its water transportation system.

(4) Leveraging the financing capacity of the state's ports through coordinated financing arrangements, all as more specifically provided for by this Chapter.

Acts 2024, No. 755, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:801 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 801
Definitions
Status: in_force

When used in this Sub-part, the following terms shall have the meaning ascribed to them in this Section unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:

(1) "Vessel" means and includes any steamship, steamboat, tug, towboat, barge, water craft, ship or vessel of any kind or description, whether foreign or domestic.

(2) "Person", "party" or "individual" includes natural persons, firms and corporations.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:3153 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 3153
Rights and powers of the board
Status: in_force

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

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

The commission shall regulate the commerce, and traffic, within such port area in such a manner as may, in its judgment, be for the best interest of the state. It shall have charge of and administer public wharves, docks, sheds and landings, and shall have authority to construct or acquire and equip wharves and landings, and other structures useful for the commerce of the port area, and provide mechanical facilities therefor; to erect sheds or other structures on said wharves and landings; to maintain proper depths of water at all such wharves and landings; to provide light, water, police protection, and other services for its facilities as it may deem advisable; to construct or acquire, maintain and operate basins, locks, canals, warehouses, and elevators; to charge for the use of all facilities administered by it, and for all services rendered by it, such fees, rates, tariffs, or other charges as it may establish; to establish harbor lines within the port area by agreement with the Corps of Engineers; and to construct, own, operate and maintain terminal rail facilities, and other common carrier rail facilities for the purpose of rendering rail transportation to and from the facilities to be erected, owned and operated by the commission in both intrastate and interstate commerce. The legislature may confer additional powers upon the commission not inconsistent with the provisions hereof; provided, however, that it shall not impair any contracts lawfully entered into by the commission. Title to all property and improvements thereon operated by the commission shall vest in the state of Louisiana.

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

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

Added by Acts 1975, No. 40, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:2283 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 2283
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. 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. The Tensas Parish Port, Harbor and Terminal District and the Tensas 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.

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 districts.

10. 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.

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

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

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 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 to ratify, confirm and approve any such leases heretofore granted by their governing authorities, whether as lessor or lessee.

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

Added by Acts 1964, Ex.Sess., No. 11, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:223 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 223
Funding
Status: in_force

A. For the 2020-2021 Fiscal Year, any entity that operates a facility on the Calcasieu Ship Channel and receives vessels pursuant to this Part, except those entities leasing from the Port of Lake Charles' City Docks Facility, Bulk Terminal 1, or Bulk Terminal 4, shall contribute to the Calcasieu River Fund. The amount contributed by each entity shall be calculated based on an estimation of the number of ships expected at the entity's facility for the year 2020 at a flat rate of one thousand five hundred dollars per vessel plus eighty-four dollars and fifty cents per mile for each mile the facility is located from mile marker zero, as shown on sheet twenty-seven of the Corps' hydrologic maps of the ship channel. The total amount of private investments provided pursuant to this Subsection shall not exceed three million dollars.

B. For the 2020-2021 Fiscal Year, the Lake Charles Harbor and Terminal District shall contribute three million dollars to the fund.

C. For the 2020-2021 Fiscal Year, the legislature may appropriate and may contribute three million dollars to the fund.

D.(1) Funding for each subsequent year shall be provided as follows:

(a) Industry shall contribute two million five hundred thousand dollars as provided in the cooperative endeavor agreement. Industry shall determine the number of working vessels anticipated to arrive at its facility for the following year and submit that number to the Port of Lake Charles by November first of each year. Within forty-five days, the Port of Lake Charles shall invoice each entity for their individual contribution considering the following:

(i) A minimum per vessel transit charge of one thousand five hundred dollars.

(ii) A variable mileage charge based on distance from the facility to mile marker zero as approved by the board.

(iii) An adjustment using a true-up mechanism by the board using an actual vessel transit count compared to the anticipated vessel transit count from the previous year.

(b) If the variable mileage charge per vessel transit has been adjusted to zero and the per vessel transit charge of one thousand five hundred dollars would exceed two million five hundred thousand dollars, the per vessel transit charge shall be lowered to an amount that equates to two million five hundred thousand dollars.

(2) The port shall contribute two million five hundred thousand dollars to the fund.

(3) The legislature may appropriate and may contribute five million dollars as provided in the cooperative endeavor agreement entered into between the port, the state of the Louisiana, and the entities operating on the ship channel as represented by Louisiana Mid-Continent Oil and Gas Association.

E. In any month in which the net of committed expenditures in the fund exceeds twenty million dollars, the board shall adopt a resolution to suspend all payments to the fund from the contributing entities. Reinstatement of all payments shall occur by resolution at such time as the balance in the fund falls below twenty million dollars.

F. The board shall promulgate rules and regulations as are necessary to implement the provisions of this Section.

Acts 2020, No. 332, §1, eff. June 12, 2020.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:803 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 803
Proceedings in rem
Status: in_force

The person suffering the injury, loss, or damage may proceed in rem against the offending vessel to recover therefor in any court of competent jurisdiction pursuant to the procedure provided in this Sub-part.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:333.5 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 333.5
Examinations and investigations; control and regulation; annual reports
Status: in_force

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

Acts 1954, No. 253, §5.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:45 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 45
Lease of lands; construction of improvements; payment of improvements
Status: in_force

A. The contract made by Board of Commissioners of the Port of New Orleans with the city of New Orleans under date August 16, 1918 through the Public Belt Railroad Commission, to carry into effect Act No. 3 of 1918 in relation to the Inner Harbor Navigation Canal is hereby ratified and confirmed. The board shall have power to lease for manufacturing, commercial, and business purposes lands acquired for the navigation canal. Such leases may run for a term not exceeding ninety-nine years at a fixed rental, without any provision for renewal, readjustment, or reappraisement as the board may determine.

B. The board may also construct warehouses, elevators, and other buildings and improvements upon the navigation canal.

Added by Acts 1975, No. 464, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:1907 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 1907
Advertisement; R.S. 43:111 not to apply
Status: in_force

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

Added by Acts 1962, No. 239, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:1953 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 1953
Rights and powers of the commission
Status: in_force

A. The commission shall exercise the powers herein conferred upon it within the district consisting of wards 6, 7 and 8 of Tangipahoa Parish as the boundaries and limits of said wards are presently fixed by law.

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

C. The commission shall have the authority to own, construct, operate and maintain docks, wharves, sheds, elevators, locks and slips, laterals, basins and warehouses, recreational facilities such as fishing piers, marinas, docks, wharves, and all other property, structures, equipment and facilities including belts and connecting lines of railroads and works of public improvements necessary or useful for port, recreational, harbor and terminal purposes; to dredge and maintain shipways, channels, slips, basins and turning basins; to establish, operate and maintain in cooperation with the federal government, the state of Louisiana, and its various agencies, subdivisions and public bodies, navigable waterway systems to acquire, by right of eminent domain, purchase, lease or otherwise, the land that may be necessary for the business of the district, including industrial plant sites and necessary property or appurtenances therefor, and to acquire or construct industrial plant buildings with necessary machinery and equipment within said districts; to lease or sublease for processing, manufacturing, commercial, recreational and business purposes lands or buildings, owned, acquired or leased as lessee by said district, which lease may run for any term not exceeding forty years at a fixed rental but may run for a term not exceeding ninety-nine years, provided they shall contain a clause or clauses for readjustment of the rentals until the expiration of a primary term of forty years; to borrow from any person or corporation using or renting any land or dock or warehouse on any facility, or any recreational facility of said district, such sums as shall be necessary to improve the same according to plans and specifications approved by the governing authority and to erect and construct such improvement and agree that the loan therefor shall be liquidated by deducting from the rent, dock, wharf, toll charges or other charges payable for such property a percentage thereof to be agreed on, subject, however, to any covenants or agreements made by the holders of revenue bonds issued under the authority hereinafter set forth.

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

Added by Acts 1962, No. 299, §1. Amended by Acts 1968, No. 4, §2; Acts 1970, No. 228, §1, emerg. eff. July 2, 1970, at 1:05 P.M.; Acts 1972, No. 497, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:2031 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 2031
Exemption from taxation
Status: in_force

The district and all properties at any time owned by the district and the income therefrom and all bonds, certificates, and other evidences of indebtedness issued by the district under this Chapter and the interest or income therefrom shall be exempt from all taxation by the state of Louisiana.

Acts 1990, No. 710, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:3460 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 3460
System of administration
Status: in_force

Each recipient authority shall adopt a system of administration which shall require approval of the department for any expenditures made out of state and local matching funds, and no recipient authority shall expend any funds without the approval of the department. Each recipient authority shall adopt a system of administration which shall include the development of a capital improvement program on a selective basis, centralized purchasing of equipment and supplies, centralized accounting, and selective maintenance and construction based upon engineering plans and inspections. Funds appropriated for a project shall not be expended for any other purpose. All contracts for materials, construction, or services shall be advertised and awarded to the lowest responsible bidder in accordance with the provisions of R.S. 38:2212. However, a port may utilize the design-build method as permitted by R.S. 34:3523 for any port priority project that a notice of intent is advertised for in accordance with R.S. 34:3523 prior to December 31, 2015.

Acts 1989, No. 452, §1, eff. June 30, 1989; Acts 2012, No. 755, §1, eff. June 12, 2012.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:833 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 833
Proof by owner of wood taken; penalty for false affidavit
Status: in_force

It shall not be necessary for the owner of wood to furnish proof of his claim against any steamboat for cordwood taken, other than his affidavit, setting forth all the material facts connected with the taking of such wood, and refusal to pay therefor, accompanied with a certificate of the judge, or of a justice of the peace, in case of the absence or death of the judge of the parish in which the affiant lives, that he is of good standing as to veracity, and is a citizen of that parish, which affidavit and certificate shall be prima facie evidence. Any person making such affidavit falsely shall be guilty of perjury, and shall, on conviction, be punished according to law.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:1952.1 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 1952.1
Meetings; advance notice
Status: in_force

The commission shall publish public notice of any regular or special meeting of the commission, no later than twenty-four hours before the meeting, in the official journal of the district which shall be a newspaper of general circulation within the territorial limits of the district, designated by the commission as its official journal. Additionally, the commission shall give notice of any regular or special meeting of the commission, no later than twenty-four hour before the meeting to each member of the legislature whose legislative district includes any portion of the parish of Tangipahoa and to each member of the parish governing authority of the parish of Tangipahoa. In cases of dire emergency such notices shall not be required; however, the commission shall give such notice of the meeting as it deems appropriate and circumstances permit.

Added by Acts 1976, No. 691, §2.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:213 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 213
Transfer of state lands to board of commissioner; certificate
Status: in_force

A. In order to provide additional means and furnish resources to carry out the purposes for which the Lake Charles Harbor and Terminal District was created, the following described lands situated within the district belonging to the State of Louisiana are hereby granted, transferred, conveyed and delivered unto the board of commissioners of the Lake Charles Harbor and Terminal District, reserving to the State of Louisiana, however, all of the mineral rights in, on and under such property:

Sections 31 and 32 of Township 10 South, Range 9 West, and Section 29 of Township 11 South, Range 9 West, Southwestern District of Louisiana; LESS and EXCEPT all parts thereof heretofore alienated by the State of Louisiana to persons through patents; and also LESS and EXCEPT the bed of any navigable stream, lake or other body of water situated in such sections.

B. The vesting of title to the said lands in the board of commissioners of the Lake Charles Harbor and Terminal District shall be indicated by a certificate to that effect issued by the register of the State Land Office immediately upon passage of this Act.

Acts 1956, No. 307, §1, 2.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:404 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 404
Officers and employees of board
Status: in_force

The board of commissioners shall elect a president and a vice-president from among their number, who shall serve for a term of not more than two years, and a secretary who may or may not be a member of the board. The board shall employ such other officers, attorneys, engineers and employees as may, in its discretion, be necessary, and fix their compensation.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:1602 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 1602
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 eleven members, who shall be citizens of the United States and qualified voters within the limits of said district during their term of office. The members of the board shall serve overlapping terms of five years each. On or after October 1, 1977, the members shall be appointed in the following manner:

(1) Three members; shall be appointed by the town of Delcambre and the terms of the members so appointed shall be for five years each;

(2) Two members shall be appointed by the governing authority of Iberia Parish from ward one of said parish and the initial terms of the members so appointed shall be for three years each;

(3) Two members shall be appointed by the governing authority of Vermilion Parish, one of whom shall be appointed from ward one of said parish and one of whom shall be appointed from ward two of said parish, and the initial terms of those members so appointed shall be for two years each;

(4) In addition to the above members, the governing authority of Vermilion Parish shall appoint one member from either ward one or ward two of said parish, who shall serve an initial term of two years; and,

(5) In addition to the above members, the town of Erath shall appoint three members who shall serve initial terms of one year each.

Thereafter the successors to each of the members shall serve terms of five years each. All board members shall serve without compensation.

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

C. The board shall elect from among its own members a president, a vice president, a secretary, and a treasurer, whose respective duties shall be prescribed by the board. At the option of the board the office of the 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 at the call of the president of the board, or on the written request of five members of the board. Four members of the board shall constitute a quorum and all action or resolutions of the board must be approved by the affirmative vote of not less than four members of the board, and by a majority of members present, and the president of the board shall vote in all instances. The board shall prescribe rules to govern its meetings and shall fix the place at which meetings shall be held.

D. The board may authorize a reasonable travel allowance for its members in the performance of their official duties, and it may employ such officers, agents and employees as it may find necessary in the performance of its duties, and may prescribe the duties, powers and compensation of such officers, agents and employees.

Acts 1977, No. 203, §1; Acts 1991, No. 718, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:1711 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 1711
Revenue and mortgage revenue bonds
Status: in_force

For the purpose of acquiring lands for the uses of the said district and to provide funds for the making and construction of the public works, facilities and improvements outlined in this Chapter, the St. Bernard Port, Harbor and Terminal District is authorized to issue revenue bonds in the manner and subject to the terms and conditions of Sub-Part C, Part I, Chapter 10, Title 33 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, as well as mortgage revenue bonds in the manner and subject to the terms and conditions of Sub-Part B, Part I, Chapter 10, Title 33.

Added by Acts 1960, No. 228, §1. Amended by Acts 1964, No. 404, §2.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:852.8 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 852.8
Retention of records of title
Status: in_force

The department shall retain the evidence used to establish the accuracy of the information required for vessel or outboard motor titling purposes and may make the evidence available to the United States Coast Guard and participating authorities upon request.

Acts 2007, No. 319, §2, eff. July 1, 2008; H.C.R. No. 25, 2008 R.S., eff. May 28, 2008; Acts 2009, No. 508, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 2011.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:851.8 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 851.8
Operating a watercraft during suspension
Status: in_force

No person shall operate a watercraft upon the waterways of this state during the period of his suspension or revocation of the privilege of such operation pursuant to R.S. 32:414 or 667.

Acts 2009, No. 513, §2.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:2286 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 2286
Sale of bonds; prescriptive period to contest
Status: in_force

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

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

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

Added by Acts 1964, Ex.Sess., No. 11, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:2201 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 2201
Creation of Terrebonne Port Commission; members
Status: in_force

A.(1) The Terrebonne Parish Port Commission heretofore created as a political subdivision of the state of Louisiana under the provisions of Act 485 of 1964, and having a port area coextensive with the entire parish of Terrebonne, is hereby declared to be and constitute a port, harbor, and terminal district pursuant to Section 43 of Article VI of the Constitution of Louisiana as amended, and as such shall have all authority granted by said Section of the Constitution as well as such authority, powers, and jurisdiction as may be hereinafter provided by this Chapter.

(2) The commission shall be composed of seven members appointed for six-year terms as follows:

(a) Three by the governing authority of Terrebonne Parish.

(b) Two by the Terrebonne Parish president, subject to ratification by the governing authority of Terrebonne Parish.

(c) One by the governing authority of Terrebonne Parish from a panel of three names submitted by the Houma-Terrebonne Chamber of Commerce.

(d) One by the governing authority of Terrebonne Parish from a panel of three names submitted by the South Central Industrial Association.

(3) The members of the commission in office on June 16, 2002, shall continue to serve the balance of the terms for which they were appointed. In the event any such member of the commission shall cease to be a member thereof for any reason prior to the expiration of his term, his successor shall be appointed for the unexpired term of office by the authority which made the original appointment. Thereafter, the successors of all of the commissioners shall be appointed for six-year terms. Any subsequent vacancy on the commission for any reason shall be filled in the same manner as the original appointment and for the unexpired term of office.

B. Each commissioner shall be a citizen of the United States and a qualified voter of Terrebonne Parish and the state of Louisiana. No person who holds an elective public office of any kind in the federal, state, or local governments shall be appointed or serve as a member of the commission. Any member of the commission who, during his term of office, is elected to any such public office shall be deemed to have resigned from the commission by virtue of being elected to such public office.

C. Any member of the commission may be removed therefrom by a vote of the parish governing authority in which two-thirds of the membership of the governing authority which appointed the member vote in favor of removal; however, the governing authority may only remove a member appointed by the parish president upon recommendation of the president. The parish governing authority shall first give the member thirty days written notice of its intention to act upon his removal.

D. The compensation of the members of the commission may be fixed by the governing authority of Terrebonne Parish. In addition to such compensation, the commission may authorize a reasonable travel allowance for the commissioners when in the performance of their official duties.

Added by Acts 1964, No. 485, §1. Amended by Acts 1972, No. 120, §1; Acts 2002, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 75, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:251 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 251
Taxes for payment of bonds
Status: in_force

The board shall levy annually on all property situated within the district subject to taxation any special taxes that may be necessary to provide for the payment of principal and interest on the bonds authorized to be issued under this Part.

These special taxes shall be levied, assessed and collected on the property within the district under the same methods, terms, and conditions and at the same time as state and parish taxes are levied, assessed and collected; they shall be secured by the same liens upon the property subject to taxation within the district as taxes for state and parish purposes; the property subject to taxes within the district shall be sold for failure to pay the same in the same manner as property is sold for delinquent state, parish, or other taxes under the law.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:465 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 465
Powers of board; title to structures and facilities
Status: in_force

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

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

Amended by Acts 1978, No. 56, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:1138 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 1138
Judicial review
Status: in_force

Proceedings may be brought before courts of competent jurisdiction under state law in the parish in which the commission is domiciled for the purpose of contesting the validity of any decision of the board.

Acts 2004, No. 902, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2005.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:335.2 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 335.2
Board of commissioners; membership; officers; meetings
Status: in_force

A. The port shall be governed by a board of commissioners composed of the following members, who shall serve without compensation and who shall be appointed as follows:

(1) Four of the commissioners shall be appointed by the mayor of the city of Alexandria and confirmed by the Alexandria City Council. Each commissioner shall be a citizen of the United States, a qualified voter of the state of Louisiana, and a resident of the city of Alexandria.

(2) Three commissioners shall be appointed by the parish governing authority of Rapides Parish. Each commissioner shall be a citizen of the United States, a qualified voter of the state of Louisiana, and a resident of Rapides Parish.

(3) Two commissioners shall be appointed by the mayor of Pineville and confirmed by the Pineville City Council. Each commissioner shall be a citizen of the United States, a qualified voter of the state of Louisiana, and a resident of the city of Pineville.

(4) One commissioner shall be appointed by the mayor of Boyce and confirmed by the Boyce Board of Aldermen. The commissioner shall be a citizen of the United States, a qualified voter of the state of Louisiana, and a resident of Rapides Parish.

B. Commissioners shall be appointed to four-year terms after the initial terms as provided in Paragraphs (1) through (4) of this Subsection:

(1) The four commissioners appointed by the mayor of the city of Alexandria and confirmed by the Alexandria City Council shall serve initial terms of four years, three years, two years, and one year, respectively, as designated by the mayor.

(2) The three commissioners appointed by the governing authority of Rapides Parish shall serve initial terms of four years, three years, and two years, respectively, as designated by the governing authority of Rapides Parish.

(3) The two commissioners appointed by the mayor of Pineville and confirmed by the Pineville City Council shall serve initial terms of four years and three years, respectively, as designated by the mayor.

(4) The commissioner appointed by the mayor of Boyce and confirmed by the Boyce Board of Aldermen shall serve an initial term of four years.

C. (1) In the event that any commissioner ceases to be a commissioner for any reason, his successor shall be appointed in the same manner as the original appointment and shall serve for the remainder of the unexpired term.

(2) In the event that a nominating entity fails to appoint a commissioner within ninety days after July 1, 2015, the board shall appoint an interim commissioner to serve on the board until the position is filled by the respective nominating entity responsible for the appointment of such commissioner.

D. The board of commissioners shall elect from among its members a president, who shall have no vote except in the event of a tie vote, a vice president, a secretary, and a treasurer, whose respective duties shall be prescribed by the board. At the option of the board of commissioners, the offices of the secretary and treasurer may be held by one person. The board of commissioners shall meet in regular session once each month and shall also meet in special session at the call of the president of the commission or on the written request of five members of the board. A majority of the members of the board of commissioners shall constitute a quorum, and all actions or resolutions of the board shall be approved by the affirmative vote of not less than a majority of the members of the board at the meeting. The board of commissioners shall prescribe rules governing its meetings and shall fix a place at which the meetings shall be held.

Acts 1987, No. 440, §1; Acts 1990, No. 481, §1; Acts 1992, No. 770, §1; Acts 2015, No. 434, §1, eff. July 1, 2015.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:248 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 248
Letting contracts; emergency procedures
Status: in_force

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

Amended by Acts 1980, No. 165, §1; Acts 1982, No. 150, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:3103 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 3103
Jurisdiction; domicile
Status: in_force

A. The authority shall have exclusive jurisdiction over the authority development program within the coastal waters of Louisiana, the areas of the state extending seaward thereof to the extent of the state's rights thereto, and over such other waters, water bottoms, wetlands and lands within the territorial boundaries of the state necessary to effectuate the purposes of this chapter. The jurisdiction of the authority shall not include or extend to the taking, control, regulation, licensing or operation of existing, proposed or future facilities of existing port authorities or port harbor and terminal districts except by mutual agreement.

B. The authority shall have the right to acquire by permit, lease, sublease, license, grant, purchase, or otherwise, water bottoms, wetlands, and lands, inside and outside of the territorial limits of the state of Louisiana, for the construction, operation and maintenance of the facilities functionally required, related, necessary or useful to the authority development program.

C. The authority shall have exclusive power to own, operate, license or otherwise regulate all offshore terminal facilities within its jurisdiction.

D. The domicile of the authority shall be in the city of Baton Rouge.

Added by Acts 1972, No. 444, §1. Amended by Acts 1974, No. 358, §4; Acts 1976, No. 378, §1; Acts 1988, No. 489, §1, eff. July 9, 1988.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:3168 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 3168
Rights and powers of the board
Status: in_force

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

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

The commission shall regulate the commerce and traffic, within such port area in such a manner as may, in its judgment, be for the best interest of the state. It shall have charge of and administer public wharves, docks, sheds, and landings, and shall have authority to construct or acquire and equip wharves and landings, and other structures useful for the commerce of the port area, and provide mechanical facilities therefor; to erect sheds or other structures on said wharves and landings; to maintain proper depths of water at all such wharves and landings; to provide light, water, police protection, and other services for its facilities as it may deem advisable; to construct or acquire, maintain and operate basins, locks, canals, warehouses, and elevators; to charge for the use of all facilities administered by it, and for all services rendered by it, such fees, rates, tariffs, or other charges as it may establish; to establish harbor lines within the port area by agreement with the Corps of Engineers; and to construct, own, operate and maintain terminal rail facilities, and other common carrier rail facilities for the purpose of rendering rail transportation to and from the facilities to be erected, owned, and operated by the commission in both intrastate and interstate commerce. The legislature may confer additional powers upon the commission not inconsistent with the provisions hereof; provided, however, that it shall not impair any contracts lawfully entered into by the commission. Title to all property and improvements thereon operated by the commission shall vest in the state of Louisiana.

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

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

Added by Acts 1975, No. 294, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:325 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 325
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 mayor and councilmen of Morgan City and to the board of aldermen of the Town of Berwick 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 City of Morgan City.

Acts 1952, No. 530, §5.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:3267 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 3267
Meetings
Status: in_force

The commission shall meet annually at its domicile on a date to be fixed by the commission. Other regular and special meetings may be held upon such call, after such notice, at such times and at such places within the district as the commission may prescribe and fix in its bylaws, not in conflict with general law. The commission shall cause a record to be kept of all its proceedings and it shall select a newspaper or newspapers of general circulation within the district as its official journal or journals, in which all minutes and official notices shall be published promptly.

Added by Acts 1982, No. 391, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:334.40 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 334.40
Annual taxes
Status: in_force

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

Added by Acts 1974, No. 604, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:340.1 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 340.1
Revenue producing structures
Status: in_force

Any revenue producing wharf, dock, warehouse, elevator, industrial facility, or other structure owned or to be acquired by such districts from the proceeds of bonds issued by them is hereby declared to be a revenue producing public utility as that term is used and defined by the constitution and laws of the state in connection with the issuance of revenue bonds of political subdivisions of the state.

Added by Acts 1975, No. 101, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:2356 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 2356
Right to expropriate denied
Status: in_force

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

Added by Acts 1966, No. 49, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:2284 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 2284
Authority for issuance of bonds; levy of taxes; election
Status: in_force

A. The commission shall have authority, when authorized so to do by a vote of a majority, in number and amount, of the property taxpayers of the port area qualified to vote at an election for the purpose in accordance with law, to levy annually on all property situated within the port area, subject to taxation, an ad valorem tax not to exceed three mills on the dollar. The commission may, upon its own initiative, call a special election and submit to the qualified tax-paying voters of the 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. The property subject to any taxes within said port area shall be sold for failure to pay the same in the same manner as property is sold for delinquent state, parish and other taxes under the laws of the state.

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

Added by Acts 1964, Ex.Sess., No. 11, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:403 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 403
Board of commissioners as governing authority; terms and compensation; vacancies; meetings; quorum
Status: in_force

Navigation districts shall be governed by a board of commissioners whose qualifications, appointment and initial terms of office shall be established by the laws creating each district.

At the first meeting of the board of commissioners, which shall be held as soon after the election and appointment of all commissioners as practicable, the commissioners shall determine their respective terms of office by lot. Thereafter their successors shall be appointed, or elected, to serve for a term of four years. All commissioners shall serve until their successors are appointed or elected and qualified, and in event of a vacancy, a commissioner to fill the unexpired term shall be appointed or elected by the authority from whom the former member derived his appointment or election.

The commissioners of said district shall serve without compensation, but they shall be entitled to receive all necessary expenses incurred in attending meetings of the board, or while attending to the business of the board. In event the secretary should be also a commissioner of the district, he shall be paid a salary for his services, to be fixed by the board.

The board of commissioners may meet at the domicile or elsewhere within the district, at their discretion.

A majority of the members of the board of commissioners shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:338.4 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 338.4
Refunding bonds
Status: in_force

The governing authority of the district by resolution may authorize the issuance of refunding bonds, and such refunding bonds may be either sold and the proceeds applied to or deposited in escrow for the retirement of outstanding bonds or they may be delivered in exchange for the outstanding bonds. The total of principal and interest to be paid upon any such refunding bonds shall not exceed the total of the principal amount of the bonds to be refunded, the premium (if any) payable upon their redemption and the interest which would have been paid upon such bonds were they not to be refunded.

Acts 1969, No. 43, §4.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:3480 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 3480
System of administration
Status: in_force

Each governmental entity shall adopt a system of administration which shall require approval of the office for any expenditures made out of state and local matching funds, and no governmental entity shall expend any funds on an approved project without the approval of the office. Each governmental entity shall adopt a system of administration which shall include the development of a capital improvement program on a selective basis, centralized purchasing of equipment and supplies, centralized accounting, and selective maintenance and construction based upon engineering plans and inspections. All contracts for materials, construction, or services shall be advertised and awarded to the lowest responsible bidder in accordance with the provisions of R.S. 38:2212.

Acts 2017, No. 382, §1, eff. July 1, 2017.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:851.16 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 851.16
Mufflers
Status: in_force

It shall be unlawful to use a motorboat unless the same is provided with an efficient muffler, underwater exhaust, or other modern device capable of adequately muffling the sound of the exhaust of the engine.

Acts 1960, No. 43, §16. Acts 1984, No. 288, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:1659 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 1659
Taxes for payment of bonds
Status: in_force

The commission shall levy annually on all property situated within the district subject to taxation any special taxes that may be necessary to provide for the payment of principal and interest on the bonds authorized to be issued under this Part, but for bonds issued under R.S. 34:1653, or any bonds issued to refund bonds issued under said section, the aggregate rate of taxation shall not exceed five mills of the dollar.

These special taxes shall be levied, assessed and collected on the property within the district under the same methods, terms and conditions and at the same time as state and parish taxes are levied, assessed and collected; these taxes shall be secured by the same liens upon the property subject to taxation within the district as taxes for state and parish purposes; the property subject to any taxes within said district shall be sold for failure to pay the same in the same manner as property is sold for delinquent state, parish and other taxes under the laws of the state.

Acts 1968, No. 521, §4.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:3474 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 3474
Supplemental list of projects
Status: in_force

The office also shall provide to the joint committee annually a supplemental list of projects proposed to be commenced or authorized within the ensuing four years which are in various stages of planning and preparation. The supplemental list shall be subject to change by the office until the office finally approves each project.

Acts 2017, No. 382, §1, eff. July 1, 2017.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:2317 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 2317
Construction of Chapter
Status: in_force

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

Added by Acts 1965, No. 17, §17.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:1661 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 1661
Ad valorem tax
Status: in_force

On and after July 29, 1970 the commission 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 any or all of the port area. All funds derived under this section shall be used to defray the maintenance and operations costs and expenses.

Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, the avails of the tax authorized to be levied hereunder shall in no way be pledged prior to the levy thereof as security for any indebtedness whatsoever.

The procedures necessary for the collection and levy of the tax authorized under the provisions of this section may be instituted prior to the actual levy thereof, including the listing of properties necessarily subject to said tax on the tax rolls of the parish.

Until July 29, 1970, no bonds or other evidences of indebtedness whether of interim nature or otherwise shall be issued in any manner by the Greater Lafourche Port Commission pledging directly or indirectly the bonds or other revenues authorized to be issued under the provisions of this section except as follows: The Greater Lafourche Port Commission is hereby authorized to issue certificates of indebtedness provided that the payments to amortize all of said certificates shall not exceed the total sum of fifteen thousand dollars per year pledging directly or indirectly the bonds or other revenues authorized to be issued under the provisions of this section.

Added by Acts 1970, No. 322, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:3222 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 3222
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 seven 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 from among all the qualified voters of said district as follows:

(1) One shall be appointed by the mayor and aldermen of the village of Mermentau.

(2) One shall be appointed by the mayor and aldermen of the village of Estherwood.

(3) One shall be appointed by the mayor and aldermen of the village of Morse; and

(4) Four shall be appointed by the Acadia Parish Police Jury.

B. Two of the commissioners initially appointed by the Acadia Parish Police Jury shall be appointed for a term of one year. The Acadia Parish Police Jury shall, at the time of the appointments, designate which members shall serve initially for one year. The commissioner initially appointed by the mayor and aldermen of the village of Morse shall be appointed for a period of two years. The commissioner initially appointed by the mayor and aldermen of the village of Estherwood shall be appointed for a period of three years. Two of the commissioners initially appointed by the Acadia Parish Police Jury shall be appointed for a period of four years. The Acadia Parish Police Jury shall, at the time of the appointments, designate which members shall serve initially for four years. The commissioners initially appointed by the mayor and aldermen of the village of Mermentau shall be appointed for a period of five years. Thereafter, the successors to each of such commissioners shall be appointed for terms of five 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 the 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 1976, No. 196, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:3301 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 3301
Object and purpose
Status: in_force

It is the object and purpose of this Chapter to provide for the Acadiana Gulf of Mexico Access Channel (AGMAC) Deepening Project, allowing more efficient marine access from the Port of Iberia (POI) and other Acadiana Ports in the area to the Gulf of Mexico (GOM) by enlarging the existing channel to a project depth of twenty feet; to designate the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development as the assuring and coordinating agency of the state; to furnish to the United States such assurances as may be required by the Congress of the United States as a condition for such project, including, among other things, that the state or an agency, department, or subdivision thereof will provide such lands, servitudes, and rights-of-way or other rights or interest necessary to construction of the project, including suitable areas for initial and subsequent disposal of dredged material and all alterations and relocations of submarine pipelines, cables, and other structures and improvements necessary for project purposes, berthing areas and local access channels, and also agreements to indemnify and hold harmless the United States from claims arising out of the construction, maintenance, and operation of the project in certain instances; to share the portion of the costs, and to reimburse to the United States all or such portion of the costs, of the construction of the deepened channel as may be required by the congress.

Acts 2004, No. 728, §1, eff. July 6, 2004.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:957 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 957
Extra services to vessels in distress
Status: in_force

The master or owner of any ship or vessel appearing in distress, and in want of a pilot on the coast shall pay to any bar pilot who has exerted himself for the preservation of the ship or vessel, such sum for extra services as the owner or master and pilot can agree upon, provided the pilot boards said ship or vessel or assists the same from some other boat or vessel. In case no agreement can be made the Board of Commissioners for the Port of New Orleans shall determine what is a reasonable reward, which the bar pilot shall be entitled to collect.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:1044 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 1044
Appointment of pilots
Status: in_force

Pilots provided for in R.S. 34:1043 shall be appointed by the governor from those pilots who have been recommended to the governor pursuant to the provisions outlined in the board of examiners' rules and regulations.

Acts 2015, No. 18, §1, eff. May 26, 2015.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:2109 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 2109
Fees; ad valorem tax; borrowing money
Status: in_force

The board of commissioners 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 inspection of 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 provided that there is an approval by a majority vote of the electors in the district voting in an election conducted for that purpose. All funds derived under this Section may be used for any expenses or purposes of the board.

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

Added by Acts 1964, No. 68, §1. Amended by Acts 1977, No. 431, §2; Acts 1978, No. 185, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:5202 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 5202
Governing authority
Status: in_force

A. The Cameron Parish Port Commission, hereinafter referred to as the "commission", is hereby created and established as the governing authority of the district. The commission shall be composed of eleven commissioners, who shall be appointed as follows:

(1) Six commissioners appointed by the governing authority of the parish of Cameron with one commissioner appointed from each ward of the parish who shall be a qualified voter and taxpayer residing in the ward from which he is appointed.

(2) Four commissioners appointed by the governing authority of the parish of Cameron with one commissioner each appointed from Ward 3, 4, 5, and 6 of the parish who shall be a qualified voter and taxpayer residing in the ward from which he is appointed.

(3) One commissioner appointed by the other members of the commission who shall be a qualified voter and taxpayer residing within the parish of Cameron.

B. The members of the commission shall be appointed for terms of four years, except for those initially appointed pursuant to Paragraphs (A)(2) and (3) of this Section who shall serve a term of two years. Thereafter, the successors of all commissioners shall be appointed to serve for terms of four years. Each commissioner, except the commissioner appointed by the other commission members, shall serve at the pleasure of the governing authority of the parish of Cameron. The commissioner appointed by the other members of the commission shall serve at the pleasure of the commission members.

C. All vacancies occurring on the commission shall be filled in the manner of the original appointment for the remainder of the unexpired term of the outgoing commissioner.

D. The commission shall fix the per diem of its members; however, the per diem of each member shall not exceed twenty dollars per day during the time such member is in actual attendance upon the board. Such per diem shall be payable for a maximum of two days per month. The commission may authorize a reasonable travel allowance for the commissioners in the performance of their official duties.

E. The commission shall elect from among the commissioners a president, a vice president, a secretary, and a treasurer, whose respective duties shall be prescribed by the commission. At the option of the commission, the offices of secretary and treasurer may be held by the same person.

F. The commission shall meet in a regular session once each month, and shall also meet in a special session at the call of the president of the commission, or on the written request of six or more commissioners. The commission shall prescribe rules to govern its meetings and shall fix the place at which meetings shall be held. A majority of the commissioners shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business and all actions or resolutions of the commission, to be valid, shall be approved by the affirmative vote of not less than a majority of the members present.

Acts 2016, No. 331, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2017.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:852.4 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 852.4
Application for certificate of title; form; content
Status: in_force

A. An application for a certificate of title may be made by the owner within sixty days after acquiring the vessel or outboard motor or after a change in the data listed on the certificate of title. The application shall be on forms prescribed and furnished by the department.

B. The application shall contain:

(1) The name and mailing address of the owner.

(2) The name and address of all persons having any liens or security interests upon the vessel or outboard motor in the order of their priority.

(3) A description of the vessel or outboard motor to be titled, including an entry for identification of the state or country in which the vessel or outboard motor was last numbered, titled, or registered under the laws of another jurisdiction or a foreign country, the name of the manufacturer or model, the model year or year built. In the case of a vessel, the application shall also include the complete hull identification number, vessel length, vessel type, principal material of hull construction, and propulsion type. In the case of an outboard motor, the application shall also include the serial number.

(4) The date of purchase or acquisition.

(5) The name and address of the former owner or seller.

(6) The date of sale and gross purchase price of the vessel or outboard motor, or the fair market value if no sale immediately preceded the transfer or, if the vessel or outboard motor was not purchased but acquired by other means, the date of the acquisition and the fair market value of the vessel or outboard motor at the time of the acquisition.

(7) The signatures of all owners certifying that statements made are true and correct to the best of the applicant's knowledge, information, and belief, under penalty of perjury.

(8) Any additional information the department requires.

Acts 2007, No. 319, §2, eff. July 1, 2008; H.C.R. No. 25, 2008 R.S., eff. May 28, 2008; Acts 2009, No. 508, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 2011.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:832 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 832
Wood taken by commander of vessel; payment
Status: in_force

Whenever the captain or other person in command of any steamboat takes or causes to be taken from any woodyard, any cordwood or wood of any other kind, he shall pay the price demanded by the owner thereof. If he refuses or neglects to pay the price demanded, the owner of the boat shall pay the price thereof, together with fifty per cent. on such price, as damages resulting from the non-payment thereof. Such damages shall in no case exceed fifty dollars, unless on proof of damage to a greater extent.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:851.25 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 851.25
Prohibited operation
Status: in_force

A.(1) Notwithstanding any provisions of law to the contrary, the governing authority of any parish or municipality may prohibit the operation of any motor vessel in an area that is inundated from a body of water that is above flood stage when the operation of such motor vessel causes or may cause inundations of dwellings, camps, business establishments, or similar structures.

(2) Notwithstanding any provisions of law to the contrary, the governing authority of the Bayou D'Arbonne Lake Watershed District may prohibit the operation of any motor vessel in an area that is inundated from Lake D'Arbonne when it is above flood stage and when the operation of such motor vessel causes or may cause inundations of dwellings, camps, business establishments, or similar structures.

B. The provisions of this Subsection shall not apply to law enforcement officers, members of the National Guard, commercial fishermen and members of a rescue or disaster relief organization or group when any of such people are in the exercise of their duties. In addition, these provisions shall not apply to a person who resides or owns property in or adjacent to the flooded area or his representatives while engaged in caring for his life, family, or property or the lives, families, or property of his neighbors or to a company which operates in or adjacent to the flooded area or its representatives while engaged in caring for the lives of its employees or its property provided entry is not denied by a law enforcement officer or other person authorized to be within the area in the exercise of his duties.

C. The governing authority of any parish or municipality may establish penalties for violations of such ordinances in accordance with law.

Acts 1984, No. 288, §1; Acts 2022, No. 108, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:852.16 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 852.16
Security interest in vessels or outboard motors; certificate of title to show interest; notice; exemptions
Status: in_force

A. The department, upon receiving an application or financing statement for a certificate of title to a vessel or outboard motor or financing statement showing a security interest in the vessel or outboard motor, shall show upon the face of the certificate of title all security interests in the order of their priority as shown on the application or the order in which the applications or financing statements are received by the department provided such receipt subsequently is validated by the department. The application or financing statement shall contain the name and address of the owner, a description of the vessel or outboard motor as required in R.S. 34:852.7, and the name and address, including zip code, of the secured party. A security interest covering a titled vessel or outboard motor subject to this Part shall be perfected as of the time the application or financing statement is received by the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries, so long as such receipt subsequently is validated by the secretary of the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries. The secretary shall, upon the request of any person, issue a certification whenever the financing statement is delivered to his office. Such certification receipt may include one or more security agreement applications. Security interests affecting titled vessels or outboard motors, perfected by filing with the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries, shall be created by and shall take rank and priority in accordance with Chapter 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code, R.S. 10:9-101 et seq. Such an application or financing statement is filed for such purposes when received provided such receipt subsequently is validated by the department.

B. Security interests created after the original issue of title to the owner must be shown on the certificate of title. The owner shall surrender the original certificate of title to the department and file an application on or financing statement on a form furnished by the department containing the name and address of the secured party. The department shall then issue a new certificate of title showing the name and address of the secured party. The newly issued certificate of title shall be sent to the first secured party who shall retain the title until the security interest is satisfied in full.

C. For the purpose of recording subsequent security interests, the department shall require any secured party to deliver the certificate of title to the department. Upon receipt of the certificate of title and completion of the forms furnished by the department, the department shall then issue a new certificate of title showing the security interests in the order of their priority according to the date of the filing of the application. The newly issued certificate of title shall be sent to the first secured party recorded on the certificate of title.

D. The certificate of title when issued by the department showing a security interest shall be adequate notice to the state, creditors, and purchasers that a security interest in the vessel or outboard motor exists. The recording or filing of such security interest in the local jurisdiction where the purchaser or debtor resides shall not be required.

E. If application for the recordation of a security interest to be placed upon a vessel or outboard motor is filed in the principal office of the department, it shall be valid to all persons as if the recordation had been done on the day the security interest was acquired provided such receipt subsequently is validated by the department.

F. Except in the case of security interest in vessels or outboard motors which are in inventory held for sale or lease, the security interest shown on the certificates of title issued by the department pursuant to applications for certificates shall have priority over any other liens or security interest against the vessel or outboard motor however created and recorded, except for liens designated under Subsection I of this Section.

G. The certificate of title of the vessel or outboard motor shall be delivered to the person holding the security interest having first priority upon the vessel or outboard motor. The title shall be retained by that lienholder until the entire amount of the security interest is fully paid by the owner of the vessel or outboard motor. The certificate of title shall then be delivered to the secured party next in order of priority and so on, or, if none, then to the owner of the vessel or outboard motor.

H. Upon the satisfaction of a security interest in a vessel or outboard motor, the secured party shall attach to the certificate of title a release of security interest in whatever form as may be prescribed by or acceptable to the department. Within thirty days, the secured party shall mail or deliver the certificate of title to the vessel or outboard motor owner together with the security release. Upon request of the owner and upon receipt of the security release and the certificate of title, the department shall correct its records and issue a new certificate of title to the owner.

I. This Section does not apply to any of the following:

(1) A lien given by statute to a supplier of services or materials for the vessel or outboard motor.

(2) A lien given by statute to the United States, a state, or a political subdivision thereof.

(3) Any lien arising out of an attachment of a vessel or outboard motor.

Acts 2007, No. 319, §2, eff. July 1, 2008; H.C.R. No. 25, 2008 R.S., eff. May 28, 2008; Acts 2009, No. 508, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 2011.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:1042 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 1042
Board of steamship pilot examiners; members; appointment; oath of office; powers and duties
Status: in_force

A. The governor shall appoint, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, three citizens who shall form the Board of Examiners for New Orleans and Baton Rouge Steamship Pilots for the Mississippi River from the port of New Orleans to and including the port of Baton Rouge and intermediate ports. When an examiner vacancy occurs on the board, the board shall make a recommendation to the governor to fill the vacancy. The board shall recommend only those pilots who have served at least five years as an unrestricted Louisiana state commissioned New Orleans and Baton Rouge Steamship Pilot. The examiners shall continue in office until their successors are appointed and qualified. Appointments shall be exclusively made from the pilots commissioned by virtue of this Part. The governor, in appointing the examiners, shall designate the president of the board. The examiners shall be removable by the governor for cause, and shall qualify by taking an oath of office.

B. The board of examiners shall report immediately to the governor all cases of neglect of duty, habitual drunkenness, and gross violations of its rules. The governor shall, thereupon, refer the same for investigation to the board of examiners, the members of which shall sit as investigators and report their findings to the governor, recommending, if justified, a penalty. Whereupon, the governor may remove, suspend, or reprimand in his discretion.

Amended by Acts 1988, No. 418, §1, eff. July 10, 1988; Acts 2015, No. 18, §1, eff. May 26, 2015.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:334.31 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 334.31
Creation and territorial limits
Status: in_force

The West St. Mary Parish Port, Harbor and Terminal District, hereinafter referred to as the district, is hereby created as a political subdivision of the state of Louisiana, and its territorial limits are fixed as follows:

Except for Ward 5 of St. Mary Parish, all of that portion of St. Mary Parish not included in the Morgan City Harbor and Terminal District created by R.S. 34:321, being all that portion of St. Mary Parish except for Ward 5 thereof west of the township line between R11E and R12E described in R.S. 34:321.

Added by Acts 1974, No. 604, §1. Amended by Acts 1975, No. 5, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:3453 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 3453
Priority list of projects; public hearings; final program
Status: in_force

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

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. § 34:834 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 834
Lights on steamboats; penalty for failure to have
Status: in_force

All captains or commanders of steamboats navigating lakes, rivers, or bayous within the jurisdiction of the State of Louisiana, shall, when running during the night be compelled to hoist each two lights, both on the hurricane deck, one forward, and the other at the stern, which lights shall be kept up without intermission throughout the night, under the penalty of five hundred dollars for every failure or neglect, to be recovered of the captain or other commanding officer of such steamboat, one-half of which penalty shall be for the use of the informer.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:250 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 250
Special taxes and bond issues
Status: in_force

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

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

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

(2) To issue bonds substantially in the manner and to the amount set forth in Article XIV, Section 14 (including Paragraph (b.2) thereof) of the Constitution, and other authority supplemental thereto, particularly Part III, Chapter 4, Title 39 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950. Such bonds shall be payable from an ad valorem tax on all taxable property in the port area sufficient to pay such bonds in principal and interest, when approved by a vote of a majority in number of the qualified electors voting on the proposition at an election held for that purpose in accordance with Part II of said Chapter 4, Title 39, as amended. Such bonds shall be issued in the manner provided by the law pursuant to which they are being issued and the maximum interest rate for the bonds shall be that prescribed by such law.

C. In addition to the bonds authorized to be issued by Subsection B(2) above, the board shall be authorized to issue negotiable bonds for any one or more of the purposes within the authority delegated to it and to pledge to the payment of the principal and interest of such negotiable bonds the income and revenues derived or to be derived from the properties and facilities owned, leased or operated by it and/or any other income or revenue received by the board from fees, taxes, grants or other sources. In addition to such pledge, the board 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 board is further authorized to receive by gift, grant, donation or otherwise, any sum of money or property, aid or assistance from the United States, the State of Louisiana or any political subdivision thereof, and unless otherwise provided by the terms of such gift, grant or donation, in its discretion, to pledge all or any part of such monies for the further securing of the payment of the principal and interest of its bonds. In addition to whatever security may be pledged to the payment of its bonds, the board, at its option, shall have authority to provide that such bonds shall additionally constitute general obligations of the port district, to which its full faith and credit, including, if necessary, the right to levy ad valorem taxes within the port area to pay such bonds, shall be pledged; provided, however, that such general obligation bonds shall not be issued until the board has adopted an appropriate resolution giving notice of its intention to issue general obligation bonds, including a general description of such bonds and the security therefor, and notice of this intention has been published in four consecutive weekly issues of a newspaper of general circulation published in the port area, setting forth a date and time when the board will meet in open and public session to hear any objections to the proposed issuance of such bonds and provided, further, if at such public hearing a petition, duly signed by more than five percent of the registered voters in the port area object to the issuance of bonds as proposed, then such bonds shall not be issued until approved by a vote of a majority in number of the qualified electors in the port area who vote at a special election held for that purpose in the manner provided by Part II, Chapter 4, Title 39 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950. No bonds shall be issued by the board under the authority conferred in this Subsection C unless approved by a resolution adopted by the governing authority of the parish of Iberia and unless the board has therefore prepared, or caused to be prepared, an economic feasibility study or report reflecting that adequate revenues will be available from the sources pledged in an amount sufficient to pay the bonds as they mature in principal and interest. Said economic feasibility study or report shall be filed in the permanent records of the 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 subsection for such purposes and in such amount or amounts as the board may determine; provided, however, that the total principal amount of all bonds issued under this subsection and outstanding as of the date of the issuance of any new bonds, shall never exceed ten percent of the assessed valuation of the taxable property within the port area, to be ascertained by the last assessment roll of record in the parish of Iberia. All bonds issued under this subsection shall be authorized by a resolution of the board and shall be of such series, bear such date or dates, mature at such time or times not exceeding forty years from their respective dates, bear interest at such rate or rates not exceeding six per centum per annum, payable semiannually or annually, be in such denominations, be in such form, either coupon or fully registered without coupons, carry such registration and exchangeability privilege, be payable in such medium of payment and at such place or places, be subject to such terms of redemption not exceeding one hundred five percent of the principal amount thereof and be entitled to such priority on the revenues of the board as such resolution or resolutions may provide. The bonds shall be signed by such officers as the board shall determine and coupon bonds shall have attached thereto interest coupons bearing the facsimile signatures of such officer or officers of the board as it shall designate. Any such bonds may be issued and delivered, notwithstanding that one or more of the officers signing such bonds or the officer or officers whose facsimile signature or signatures may be upon the coupons shall have ceased to be such officer or officers at the time such bonds shall actually have been delivered. Said bonds shall be sold for not less than par and accrued interest, to the highest bidder at a public sale after advertisement by the board at least once not less than ten days prior to the date of such sale in (1) a newspaper of general circulation within the port area and (2) a financial newspaper or publication regularly carrying municipal bond notices and published in New Orleans, New York or Chicago, reserving to the board the right to reject any and all bids and to readvertise for bids. If after advertisement as hereinabove provided, no bids are received, or if such bids as are received are considered in the discretion of the board to be unsatisfactory, then in that event the said board may publicly negotiate for the sale of such bonds without further advertisement. No proceedings with respect to the issuance of any such bonds shall be necessary except such as are contemplated by this subsection.

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

Amended by Acts 1974, No. 483, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:333.8 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 333.8
Contracts; bids; bonds
Status: in_force

A. Whenever any work is to be let by contract under the provision of this Part, the price of which is to exceed the amounts set forth in R.S. 38:2212, the board of commissioners shall proceed to provide through its engineering department proper specifications for the work and, thereafter, the board shall advertise for bids for the performance of such work according to the plans and specifications as prepared. These advertisements shall appear not less than three times during a period of fifteen days in a newspaper published in the town of Abbeville, and in any other paper, or papers, that may be selected by the board. The advertisements shall state the place where the bids will be received, the time and place where they will be opened, and a general outline of the work to be performed. Every bid shall be accompanied by a certified check of the bidder in an amount equal to five percent of the amount of the bid, which check shall be forfeited to the board should the bidder, to whom such contract is awarded, fail to enter into the contract within ten days after written notice so to do is given by the board. The checks of all unsuccessful bidders shall be returned after the contract is awarded. All bids submitted shall be sealed and addressed to the board of commissioners and shall be publicly opened and read at the time stated in the advertisement. The board may reject any and all bids, but whenever a contract is awarded, unless for cause, it shall be awarded to the lowest responsible bidder. The board may also execute the work with its own force and equipment under its own supervision.

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

Acts 1954, No. 253, §8. Amended by Acts 1981, No. 436, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:993 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 993
Examinations for appointment; qualifications
Status: in_force

Whenever there exists a necessity for more pilots as determined by the river port pilots, the Board of River Port Pilot Commissioners shall hold examinations under such rules and regulations and such requirements as they shall have provided, with the governor's approval; however, no applicant shall be considered by the board unless he submits proper evidence of moral character and is a voter of this state, and shall have completed an approved apprenticeship program within the geographic area affected by this Subpart. The Board of River Port Pilot Commissioners shall issue a certificate to the governor that the applicant has satisfied the requirements of this Subpart. The governor may then, in his discretion, appoint said applicant to existing vacancies.

Acts 1952, No. 177, §3; Acts 1986, No. 960, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:815 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 815
Costs; stipulation for payment; insufficiency of release bond
Status: in_force

In all cases the court may, on the filing of the petition or the appearance of any respondent or claimant, or at any other time, require the plaintiff or claimant or both, the State of Louisiana, the agencies and the political subdivisions thereof excepted, to give a stipulation or additional stipulation with sufficient sureties in such sum as the court shall direct to pay all costs which may be awarded against either of them by the final decree of the court or on an appeal by any appellate court. In the event that any party considers that the surety on any release bond filed has become insufficient or insolvent after the filing of the bond, on application to the court and due showing of such insufficiency or insolvency, the court shall order a proper and solvent surety to be furnished within a time to be fixed by the court; and if the bond is not filed within such delay, the party obligated to file it shall be in default and thereafter the cause shall proceed just as if no appearance had been entered by him.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:3224 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 3224
Officers and employees of board; meetings; quorum
Status: in_force

The board shall elect from among its own members a president, vice president, 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 four members, four members of the board shall constitute a quorum. The board shall prescribe rules to govern its meetings, 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 1976, No. 196, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:812 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 812
Suits in personam; joinder
Status: in_force

The plaintiff in any proceeding hereunder may, at his option, join a suit in personam against the vessel's owner or any other party who may be responsible to the plaintiff for the injury, loss or damage sued for.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:852.5 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 852.5
Acquisition of vessel or outboard motor by dealer
Status: in_force

If a dealer buys or acquires a used outboard motor or numbered vessel for resale, the dealer shall report the acquisition to the department on forms the department provides, or the dealer may apply for and obtain a certificate of title as provided in this Part. If a dealer acquires a new vessel or outboard motor and he wishes to obtain a title for resale, the dealer may apply for and obtain a certificate of title as provided in this Part. Every dealer transferring a vessel or outboard motor he wishes to have titled shall assign the title to the new owner or the new owner's designee or, in the case of a new vessel or outboard motor, assign either the certificate of origin or, if titled, the title.

Acts 2007, No. 319, §2, eff. July 1, 2008; H.C.R. No. 25, 2008 R.S., eff. May 28, 2008; Acts 2009, No. 508, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 2011.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:3 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 3
Officers of board; meetings
Status: in_force

The board of commissioners shall elect from its membership, a chairman, a vice chairman and a secretary-treasurer, whose duties shall be those usual to such officers. The board shall meet once a month in regular session. They shall meet in special sessions as often as the chairman of the board convenes them, or on written request of four members. Four members of the board shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. The board shall prescribe rules to govern its meetings, and shall keep suitable offices convenient to the business center of the city of New Orleans.

Amended by Acts 1976, No. 289, §1; Acts 1988, No. 265, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:813 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 813
Rules of procedure; time for appeal
Status: in_force

In any proceeding hereunder, the court shall follow the rules of procedure prescribed for the trial of civil suits at law to the extent that they are not inconsistent with any provision hereof, and all appeals taken from any judgment rendered shall be taken in the time and in the method provided for appeals in civil suits at law for money demands.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:3171 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 3171
Right to expropriate
Status: in_force

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

Added by Acts 1975, No. 294, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:3166 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 3166
Creation of Red River Parish Port Commission
Status: in_force

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

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

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

(3) Three commissioners shall be appointed directly by the governor of Louisiana.

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

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 1975, No. 294, §1; Acts 1985, No. 501, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:852.20 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 852.20
Electronic media system for lien recordation and title information
Status: in_force

The department is hereby authorized to develop and implement a computer system which will permit the voluntary electronic recording of information concerning the perfection and release of vessel or outboard motor security interests without submitting or receiving paper title documents. The department may allow the submission of vessel or outboard motor title information for new, transferred, and corrected certificates of title, including the perfection and release of security interests, through electronic media in a cost-effective manner in lieu of the submission and maintenance of paper documents otherwise required by this Part.

Acts 2007, No. 319, §2, eff. July 1, 2008; H.C.R. No. 25, 2008 R.S., eff. May 28, 2008; Acts 2009, No. 508, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 2011.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:837 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 837
Vessels entering Atchafalaya bay; place of taking pilot; duty of pilot
Status: in_force

All vessels coming in from sea to the Atchafalaya bay, for the purpose of receiving cargo, shall take a pilot on board when he offers his services outside of the reefs. The pilot shall examine whether the vessel has any ballast on board, and when ballast is found, the vessel shall be conducted by said pilot to the place selected for the discharging of ballast, where the captain or master of said vessel must discharge his ballast; if the vessel has no ballast on board she shall be conducted by the pilot to the usual anchorage.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:948 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 948
Qualifications of pilots; bond
Status: in_force

No person shall be appointed a bar pilot unless: (1) he is a qualified elector of the State of Louisiana; (2) has served at least twelve months next preceding the date of his application in a pilot boat at the mouth of the Mississippi River or other entrances into the Gulf of Mexico or other outside waters from the port of New Orleans; (3) has successfully passed the examination given by the board of examiners, and has been commissioned by the governor; and (4) has furnished a bond in favor of the governor in the amount of two thousand dollars conditioned on the faithful performance of the duties imposed upon them by this Sub-part. This bond shall be approved by the Board of Commissioners of the Port of New Orleans.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:3251 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 3251
Creation of Grand Isle Port Commission
Status: in_force

A. There is hereby created the Grand Isle Port Commission, hereinafter referred to as the commission. It shall be composed of five members, who shall be domiciled in the town of Grand Isle and shall serve without compensation. The present members of the board shall continue to serve on the board until September 1, 1997. Any vacancy in the membership of the board occurring thereafter by reason of expiration of the term for which appointed, or by reason of death, resignation, or otherwise shall be filled by appointment by the governor from a list of three nominees submitted to the governor by the mayor and the aldermen of the town of Grand Isle. The terms of all commissioners appointed by the governor shall run concurrent with the governor.

B. Each commissioner shall be a citizen of the United States and a qualified voter and taxpayer of the state of Louisiana and a resident of Ward 11 in Jefferson Parish.

C. Each appointment by the governor shall be submitted to the Senate for confirmation.

Added by Acts 1982, No. 864, §2; Acts 1997, No. 707, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:340.3 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 340.3
Bonds, procedures
Status: in_force

A. Such bonds shall be authorized by a resolution of the governing authority of the district and shall be of such series, bear such date or dates, mature at such time or times not exceeding forty years from their respective dates, bear interest at such rate or rates not exceeding the maximum rates provided in R.S. 39:1424, 39:1425, as the same now exists or may be hereafter amended, payable 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 or 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.

B. The bonds shall be signed by such officers as the district determines, 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.

C. Any such bonds may be issued and delivered notwithstanding that one or more of the officers signing the bonds or the officer or officers whose facsimile signature or signatures may be upon the coupons have ceased to be such an officer or officers at the time the bonds actually have been delivered.

D. 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 in the manner provided by R.S. 39:1426, as the same now exists or may be hereafter amended, reserving to the district the right to reject any and all bids and to readvertise for bids.

E. 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, the governing authority may publicly negotiate for the sale of the bonds without further advertisement.

Added by Acts 1975, No. 101, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:1805 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 1805
Prescriptive period; sale of bonds
Status: in_force

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

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

Added by Acts 1960, No. 331, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:842 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 842
Captains and/or helmsmen of barge towing vessels on Lake Pontchartrain; penalty
Status: in_force

A. No captain and/or helmsman of any vessel towing or pushing barges on Lake Pontchartrain shall be on duty for more than twelve hours in any twenty-four hour period except in case of emergency.

B. Whoever violates the provisions of this Section shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars. On a second or subsequent conviction for violation of the provisions of this Section, the offender shall be fined not more than one thousand dollars.

Added by Acts 1975, No. 121, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:214 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 214
Refunding bonds; issuance
Status: in_force

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

B. For a period of thirty days from the date of the publication of any resolution adopted pursuant to this Part any person in interest may contest the legality of the bonds authorized thereby, after which time no one shall have any cause of action to contest the regularity, formality, legality or effectiveness of such resolution or bonds for any cause whatever, and after which time it shall be conclusively presumed that every legal requirement has been complied with and no court shall have authority to inquire into such matters after the lapse of such thirty days. The newspaper to be used for any such publication shall be a newspaper published in the district, or if no newspaper is published therein, then a newspaper published and having general circulation in Calcasieu Parish.

Added by Acts 1965, No. 23, §1, eff. June 16, 1965.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:1456 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 1456
Right to expropriate
Status: in_force

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

Added by Acts 1956, No. 228, §1. Amended by Acts 1956, No. 246, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:3221 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 3221
Creation of district and territorial limits thereof
Status: in_force

The Mermentau River Harbor and Terminal District, hereinafter referred to as the district, is hereby created as a political subdivision of the state of Louisiana, and its territorial limits shall extend to the limits of Ward 5 of Acadia Parish.

Added by Acts 1976, No. 196, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:2202 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 2202
Officers; meetings; quorum; report
Status: in_force

A. The commission shall elect annually from among the commissioners a president, a vice-president, a secretary and a treasurer, whose respective duties shall be prescribed by the commission. At the option of the commission, the offices of secretary and treasurer may be held by the same 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 commissioners. The commission shall prescribe rules to govern its meetings and shall fix the place at which meetings shall be held. A majority of the commissioners shall constitute a quorum and all action or resolutions of the commission to be valid must be approved by the affirmative vote of not less than a majority of the entire membership of the commission.

B. The commission shall render annually to the governing authority of the Parish of Terrebonne, within thirty days following the end of each calendar year, a report in triplicate of its activities and particularly a financial report in detail, disclosing all receipts and disbursements of the commission. A complete copy of this report shall be published in the official journal for the Parish of Terrebonne.

Added by Acts 1964, No. 485, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:805 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 805
Petition and bond
Status: in_force

The person suffering the injury, loss or damage shall present an articulated verified petition to a court of competent jurisdiction setting out the nature of his demand, and, as nearly as possible, the amount of the injury, loss or damage, and claiming the lien and privilege on the offending vessel; he shall also pray that the vessel be seized and sold to satisfy his claim with legal interest and costs of the suit; and with such petition the plaintiff, the state and all agencies and political subdivisions thereof excepted, shall file a bond with security in the penal sum of two hundred and fifty dollars in favor of the clerk of court for the benefit of whomsoever it may concern, conditioned to pay all costs of the proceeding and all damages which may be suffered by the owner or other person entitled to the possession of the seized vessel in the event it will thereafter be determined that the seizure will have been wrongfully obtained, but if the plaintiff's claim be dismissed on the merits, the seizure shall not be deemed to have been wrongfully obtained.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:3302 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 3302
AGMAC Deepening Project
Status: in_force

A. For the purpose established in this Chapter and contingent upon the necessary act of designation to be promulgated by the governor pursuant to R.S. 38:81, designating the Department of Transportation and Development as the assuring and coordinating agency for the AGMAC Project, the secretary of the department is authorized to negotiate and contract with the United States of America to provide such local assurances and cooperation as is necessary for the purposes authorized in this Chapter.

B. The secretary is authorized to proceed with and cooperate in the planning, design, engineering, construction, and right-of-way acquisition of the project; to wit, providing a channel twenty feet in depth from the Gulf of Mexico to Port of Iberia (POI).

C. The Department of Transportation and Development shall be designated as the non-federal sponsor of the lower portion of the Vermilion River in Vermilion Parish for ten and three/tenths miles to a depth of twenty feet if included as a post authorization change to the AGMAC.

D. Notwithstanding any provision of this Section to the contrary, prior to entering into any contract with the United States of America to provide such local assurances and cooperation, the department shall submit said contract for approval to the Joint Legislative Committee on the Budget.

Acts 2004, No. 728, §1, eff. July 6, 2004.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:3454 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 3454
Supplemental list of projects
Status: in_force

The department also shall provide to the joint committee annually a supplemental list of projects proposed to be commenced or authorized within the ensuing four years which are in various stages of planning and preparation. The supplemental list shall be subject to change by the department until the department finally approves each project for construction.

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. § 34:3417 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 3417
Contesting validity of proposed taking; waiver of defenses
Status: in_force

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

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

Acts 1987, No. 244, §1.

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La. Rev. Stat. § 34:221 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 221
Definitions
Status: in_force

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

(1) "Board" means the Calcasieu Ship Channel Funding Management Board.

(2) "Corps" means the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

(3) "DMMP" means the Dredged Material Management Plan dated November 22, 2010, as adopted by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

(4) "Fund" means the Calcasieu River Fund which is a separate and distinct fund kept and maintained by the Port of Lake Charles.

(5) "Industry" means a fixed facility located on the Calcasieu Ship Channel with a terminal having at least one vessel call utilizing a state-commissioned pilot.

(6) "Non-federal sponsor" means the Lake Charles Harbor and Terminal District acting on behalf of the state of Louisiana, as authorized by R.S. 34:218.

(7) "Port" means the Lake Charles Harbor and Terminal District.

(8) "PPA" means the project partnership agreement between the non-federal sponsor and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers dated April 20, 2015, which implemented the Dredged Material Management Plan.

(9) "Ship channel" means the Calcasieu Ship Channel, which may also be referred to as the Calcasieu River and Pass Project.

(10) "Vessel" means any watercraft utilizing a state-commissioned pilot to navigate the Calcasieu Ship Channel, whether foreign or domestic.

Acts 2020, No. 332, §1, eff. June 12, 2020.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:867 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 867
Advertisement of deserters
Status: in_force

If any seaman deserts from any vessel in any of the ports of this state, or in the voyage from the sea up to either of them, the master of the vessel shall, within twelve hours after his arrival, if such desertion has taken place before his arrival, or within twelve hours after the desertion, if it happens in the port, make out an advertisement containing the name of the seaman and of the vessel to which he belonged, together with a description of the person of the deserter; this advertisement shall be signed by the master, and, within the time aforesaid, put up in the office, of the mayor of the city of New Orleans.

In all seaports, other than the city of New Orleans, the advertisements shall be made at the courthouse of the parish in which the port may be situated.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:1862 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 1862
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 two and one-half mills on the dollar. The commission may, upon its own initiative, call a special election and submit to the qualified taxpaying voters of the port area the question of authorizing the levy of such a tax. The commission shall call such a special election when requested 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 Concordia shall make a monthly settlement with the treasurer of the commission and receive from him a receipt for the amount of the taxes paid over in the same manner as tax collectors are required to settle with the auditor of the state. The tax collector shall receive from the treasurer the same quietus for a full settlement of taxes due and exigible in any given year and account for the delinquents or deductions in the same manner as though accounting to the auditor of the state for state taxes. The sheriff and ex officio tax collector shall retain from all taxes collected by him for the port area the same commission allowed thereon to him by law on special taxes and shall deposit the amount thereof with the parish treasurer to the credit of the sheriff's salary fund. Upon the failure of the tax collector to comply with the provisions of this Section, the commission shall proceed against him and the sureties on his official bond for the collection of whatever money may be owing to the commission for such special taxes.

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

Added by Acts 1981, Ex. Sess., No. 10, §1; Acts 2025, No. 333, §1, eff. June 11, 2025.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:335.5 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 335.5
Testing validity of bonds; prescription; sale of bonds
Status: in_force

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

B. Any bonds issued in accordance with the provisions of this Part shall be sold to the highest bidder, at a public sale, for not less than par and accrued interest, after advertisement once a week for not less than thirty days by the board of commissioners in the manner prescribed by Title 39, Section 1426 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950 as amended. If, after advertisement as hereinabove provided, no bids are received or if the bids as received are considered in the discretion of the board of commissioners to be unsatisfactory, the board may publicly negotiate for the sale of the bonds.

C. The provisions of this Part shall not be deemed to supersede the requirements of R.S. 39:501 through 514.* Notwithstanding any provisions of this Part to the contrary, the provisions of R.S. 39:1421 through 1429 shall be applicable to the Alexandria Regional Port.

Acts 1987, No. 440, §1; Acts 1992, No. 770, §1.

*Repealed by Acts 1977, No. 545, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:2302 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 2302
Purpose; commission
Status: in_force

The district is created for the object and purpose of establishing, operating and maintaining, individually or in cooperation with the federal government, the state and its various agencies, subdivisions and public bodies, a navigable waterway system to be known as the Red River Waterway, hereinafter simply called the "waterway," extending from the vicinity of the confluence of Red River with Old River and the Atchafalaya River northwestward in the Red River Valley to the state boundary. To that end and for the purpose of this Chapter, the district shall be governed by a body or commission which shall be known as the Red River Waterway Commission, hereinafter simply called the "commission."

Added by Acts 1965, No. 17, §2.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:30 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 30
Transitional
Status: in_force

R.S. 34:29 shall be construed as a continuation of and as a substitute for the provisions of Article VI, Sections 16, 16.5, and 16.6 of the Louisiana Constitution of 1921 and not as new enactments, and shall be amended or repealed only in accordance with Article VI, Section 43 of the Louisiana Constitution of 1974.

Added by Acts 1975, No. 464, §2.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:852.1 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 852.1
Short title
Status: in_force

This Part may be cited as the "Vessel and Motor Titling Act".

Acts 2007, No. 319, §2, eff. July 1, 2008; H.C.R. No. 25, 2008 R.S, eff. May 28, 2008; Acts 2009, No. 508, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 2011.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:2108 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 2108
Letting contracts; doing work with own force and equipment
Status: in_force

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

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

Added by Acts 1964, No. 68, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:3303 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 3303
Powers and duties
Status: in_force

A. The department shall be empowered to do any and all things necessary or proper to carry out the purposes of this Chapter, including but not limited to the things expressly provided in this Section.

B. The department may enter into contracts and agreements of any nature for the purposes of this Chapter with any person or persons, natural or artificial, corporation, association, or other entity, including public corporations, port authorities, state departments, agencies, parishes, other political subdivisions, municipalities, the United States Government and agencies thereof, or any combination thereof or with instrumentalities of every kind, and may designate any department, agency, municipality, parish, port board, port commission, port, harbor, and terminal district, industrial district, or other political subdivision of the state as its agent to carry out the purposes of and the powers granted under this Chapter. The secretary is empowered to negotiate with and enter into contracts or other agreements with any such person or entity concerning the joint administration of the project, including jurisdictional aspects of the state's administration of the project, providing of lands, servitudes and rights-of-way, the location of project facilities, and may engage jointly in the exercise of any power and in the construction of any facilities and improvements for the purposes of the project on any basis, including the matching of funds, which the participating entities may undertake under any provision of general or special law; however, the department shall expend only those funds for the project which are mandated by federal law, regulation, or requirement as the non-federal share of the cost of the project or which are reasonably related thereto and consistent with the performance of the authority and duties imposed by this Chapter.

C. The department may institute or defend in courts of competent jurisdiction, including for the purposes of this Chapter the courts and administrative tribunals of the United States of America, any legal proceedings that may be necessary or required to compel compliance with this Chapter or any actions taken hereunder or that may arise out of the performance of the obligations and duties imposed by this Chapter.

D. The powers granted under this Chapter shall be regarded as supplemental and additional to powers conferred on the Department of Transportation and Development by other laws.

Acts 2004, No. 728, §1, eff. July 6, 2004.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:1660 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 1660
Collection of taxes
Status: in_force

The provisions of the constitution and all laws regulating the collection of taxes, the creating of tax liens and mortgages, tax penalties and tax sales, shall also apply to the collection of all taxes authorized by this Part. The sheriff and ex officio tax collector for the parish of Lafourche shall make a monthly settlement with the treasurer of the commission and receive from him a receipt for the amount of taxes paid over in the same manner as tax collectors are required to settle with the auditor of the state. The tax collector shall receive from the treasurer the same quietus for 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 district the commission thereon allowed him by law on special taxes and shall deposit the amount thereof with the parish treasurer to the credit of the sheriff's salary fund. Upon failure of the tax collector to comply with the provisions of this section the commission shall proceed against him and the sureties on his official bond for the collection of whatever money may be owing to the commission for such special taxes.

Acts 1968, No. 521, §4.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:322.1 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 322.1
Board of commissioners; members; vacancy; compensation; officers, agents, and employees
Status: in_force

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

(1) Two members shall be appointed by the mayor and council of the town of Berwick.

(2) Two members shall be appointed by the mayor and council of the city of Morgan City.

(3) Two members shall be appointed by the parish president and council of St. Mary Parish.

(4) Three members shall be appointed by the governor, one each from a list of three names submitted by each of the appointing authorities listed in Paragraphs (1), (2), and (3) of this Subsection.

B.(1) The appointing authorities, except the governor, provided for in Subsection A of this Section shall provide notice to the public that there shall be an application and interview process for appointments to the board of commissioners of the district. Interviews may be conducted in executive session, but the final nominations and appointments shall be made in an open meeting. An appointee must receive a majority approval of the appointing authority. All appointments shall be subject to Senate confirmation.

(2) Each appointing authority required to submit names to the governor for appointment by the governor may use any process it deems advisable to compile the list of names.

C. The terms of the initial appointees shall be concurrent with the terms of the appointing authority. Thereafter, the terms shall be for seven years.

D. Vacancies shall be filled in the same manner as the original appointment. Vacancies shall be filled within ninety days of notification to the appointing authority, from the board, of the existence of a vacancy. If the appointing authority does not fill the vacancy within the ninety-day period, the governor shall make the appointment. These appointees shall meet the same qualifications as provided for in Subsection A of this Section.

E. No board member shall serve more than two consecutive seven-year terms; however, if an initial appointee's term is one year or less he may be reappointed for two seven-year terms. A member who has served two consecutive seven-year terms may apply for appointment to the board, provided four years have elapsed since the end of his last term.

F. The board shall submit an annual report to each of the appointing authorities no later than June first of each year. The report shall reflect the activities and the financial status of the district.

G.(1) The board of commissioners shall serve without compensation; however, it may:

(a) Authorize the payment of a reasonable travel allowance for its members in the performance of their official duties, not to exceed the mileage reimbursement rate used by the Louisiana Legislature.

(b) Reimburse its members for actual expenses incurred in the performance of their official duties on behalf of the district.

(2) The board may employ such officers, agents, and employees as it finds necessary in the performance of its duties, and it may prescribe the duties, powers, and compensation of the officers, agents, and employees.

(3) The board of commissioners may contract for legal, financial, accounting, engineering, consulting, and other professional services necessary or expedient in the conduct of its affairs, and it may utilize the services of other executive departments of the state.

Acts 2009, No. 48, §1; Acts 2022, No. 376, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:1137 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 1137
Liability
Status: in_force

Any party seeking to hold a pilot acting under his state commission issued in accordance with this Chapter liable for damages or loss occasioned by the pilot's errors, omissions, fault, or neglect shall be required to prove by clear and convincing evidence that the damages arose from the pilot's gross negligence or willful misconduct.

Acts 2004, No. 902, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2005.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:1078 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 1078
Solicitation of business or employment
Status: in_force

No pilot shall solicit from the masters, 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 due 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. § 34:211 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 211
Taxes for payment of bonds
Status: in_force

The board shall levy annually on all property situated within the district subject to taxation any special taxes that may be necessary to provide for the payment of principal and interest on the bonds authorized to be issued under this Part.

These special taxes shall be levied, assessed and collected on the property within the district under the same methods, terms and conditions and at the same time as state and parish taxes are levied, assessed and collected; these taxes shall be secured by the same liens upon the property subject to taxation within the district as taxes for state and parish purposes; the property subject to any taxes within said district shall be sold for failure to pay the same in the same manner as property is sold for delinquent state, parish and other taxes under the laws of the state.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:335.1 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 335.1
Creation and territorial limits
Status: in_force

The Central Louisiana Regional Port, hereinafter referred to as the "port", is hereby created as a political subdivision of the state, and its territorial limits shall be concurrent with that of the parish of Rapides, excluding any private port facility.

Acts 1987, No. 440, §1; Acts 1992, No. 770, §1; Acts 2015, No. 434, §1, eff. July 1, 2015.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:1652.4 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 1652.4
Advertisement; exemption
Status: in_force

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

Added by Acts 1972, No. 22, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:334.33 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 334.33
Powers of board; title to structures and facilities
Status: in_force

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

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

Added by Acts 1974, No. 604, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:1401 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 1401
Creation of commission; membership; qualifications; vacancy
Status: in_force

A. The Greater Ouachita Port Commission, the "commission", is hereby created. The commission shall be composed of seven members, who shall serve without compensation. The members must be citizens of the United States and qualified electors of the parish of Ouachita and shall be appointed by the governor for overlapping terms of six years, as follows:

(1) Two commissioners shall be appointed at large.

(2) Two commissioners shall be residents of District 3 consisting of precincts 10 through 24, District 4 consisting of precincts 25 and 26, or District 10 consisting of precincts 59 through 72 and 74 through 79 and shall be appointed by the governor from a list of three nominees submitted by the state legislators representing these districts.

(3) Two commissioners shall be residents of District 5 consisting of precincts 27 through 50, District 6 consisting of precincts 51 through 53, District 7 consisting of precincts 54 and 55, District 8 consisting of precincts 56 and 57, or District 9 consisting of precinct 58 and shall be appointed by the governor from a list of three nominees submitted by the state legislators representing these districts.

(4) One commissioner shall be a resident of District 1 consisting of precincts 1 through 5 and precinct 73, or District 2 consisting of precincts 2 through 9A and shall be appointed by the governor from a list of three nominees submitted by the state legislators representing these districts.

B. The commissioner initially appointed from District 1 consisting of precincts 1 through 5 and precinct 73, or District 2 consisting of precincts 2 through 9A and one of the commissioners initially appointed from District 5 consisting of precincts 27 through 50, District 6 consisting of precincts 51 through 53, District 7 consisting of precincts 54 and 55, District 8 consisting of precincts 56 and 57, or District 9 consisting of precinct 58 shall serve terms of two years; one of the commissioners initially appointed at large and one of the commissioners initially appointed from District 3 consisting of precincts 10 through 24, District 4 consisting of precincts 25 and 26, or District 10 consisting of precincts 59 through 72 and 74 through 79 shall serve terms of four years; and the other three commissioners initially appointed shall serve terms of six years, all as designated by the governor. The successors shall serve terms of six years. Each commissioner shall take and cause to be recorded the oath of office, as required by Article X, Section 30 of the Constitution of Louisiana and R.S. 42:161 et seq.

C. No commissioner shall hold office in a political party or during his term as commissioner hold any elective or appointive office or employment for compensation in the government of the United States or of the state of Louisiana or a political subdivision thereof.

D. A vacancy on the commission for any reason shall be filled for the remainder of the term by appointment by the governor of a person meeting the same residence criteria, as provided by Subsection A of this Section.

Acts 1998, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 45, §1; Acts 2011, No. 55, §1, eff. June 20, 2011.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:961 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 961
Employing pilot without license; liability of vessel, master or owner
Status: in_force

When a vessel, inward or outward bound to or from the port of New Orleans employs as a pilot a person who is not a state commissioned bar pilot, when a bar pilot offers his services, the vessel, her captain and owners, shall be liable for a civil penalty of and shall forfeit to the state of Louisiana the sum of fifteen thousand dollars, with privilege on the vessel, to be recovered before any court of competent jurisdiction. An action for forfeiture under this Section may be brought by the attorney general of Louisiana or by the Associated Branch Pilots of the Port of New Orleans. If the Associated Branch Pilots of the Port of New Orleans obtains a judgment hereunder, the court shall include in its judgment a reasonable attorney's fee.

Acts 1983, No. 331, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:963 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 963
Pilot associations
Status: in_force

Bar pilots may, for the furtherance of their interest, form themselves into a voluntary private association, partnership, corporation, or limited liability company.

Acts 2011, No. 111, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:56 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 56
User fees and collections for the St. Bernard Transportation Corridor Roadway
Status: in_force

A. User fees for the St. Bernard Transportation Corridor roadway are hereby authorized as provided in R.S. 48:2084.5.

B. Free and unhampered passage shall be granted to all persons entitled by law to such passage over toll roads and bridges within the state of Louisiana.

C. The board shall possess the same powers as the Department of Transportation and Development with respect to toll collection, administration, enforcement, access to vehicle records, toll tags, electronic toll collection, administrative fees, violation notices, appeal hearings, and the imposition of late charges, penalties, and sanctions, as provided in R.S. 48:250.4.1.

D. The exercise of the powers conferred by this Subpart for the development and operation of the St. Bernard Parish Corridor roadway project shall constitute the performance of essential governmental functions for public purposes. Notwithstanding the existence of any public-private partnership, the roadway and its associated property shall be exempt from taxation within the state of Louisiana.

Acts 2025, No. 217, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:1905 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 1905
Prescriptive period; sale of bonds
Status: in_force

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

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

Added by Acts 1962, No. 239, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:852.11 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 34 / Section 852.11
Manufacturer's or importer's certificate of origin; form and content
Status: in_force

A. The manufacturer's or importer's certificate of origin, or equivalent document, shall be a uniform or standardized form.

B. Each manufacturer's or importer's certificate of origin shall contain:

(1) A description of the vessel or outboard motor, including the name of the manufacturer or model, the model year or year built or manufactured. In the case of a vessel, the description shall also include the complete hull identification number, vessel length, vessel type, principal material of hull construction, and propulsion type. In the case of an outboard motor, the description shall also include the serial number.

(2) An assignment form that contains as many assignments thereon as may be necessary to show title in the name of the purchaser, including the certification of date of transfer of vessel or outboard motor, the name and address of transferee, certification that the vessel or outboard motor is new, and a warranty that the vessel or outboard motor at the time of delivery is subject only to such liens and security interests as set forth and described in full in the assignment.

C. Such certificate of origin shall be in the English language or accompanied by an English translation if the vessel or outboard motor was purchased outside of the United States.

Acts 2007, No. 319, §2, eff. July 1, 2008; H.C.R. No. 25, 2008 R.S., eff. May 28, 2008; Acts 2009, No. 508, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 2011.