La. Rev. Stat. § 2:349.5 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 2 / Section 349.5
Audit
Status: in_force

The district shall submit an annual financial report disclosing all receipts and disbursements to the Claiborne Parish Police Jury within one hundred twenty days following the end of each calendar year.

Acts 2025, No. 214, §1, eff. June 8, 2025.
La. Rev. Stat. § 2:2 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 2 / Section 2
Regulation of unmanned aerial systems and unmanned aircraft systems; preemption
Status: in_force

A. Subject to the provisions of Subsection C of this Section and except as otherwise provided by law:

(1) The state shall have exclusive jurisdiction to regulate all unmanned aircraft systems and all unmanned aerial systems.

(2) State law shall supersede and preempt any rule, regulation, code, or ordinance of any political subdivision or other unit of local government. Nothing in this Section shall preempt the exclusive sovereignty of airspace of the United States as set forth in 49 U.S.C. 40103. Any interpretation or application of any provision of this Section that contradicts the exclusive authority of the United States government to regulate unmanned aircraft systems and all unmanned aerial systems shall be null.

B. As used in this Section, the following phrases shall have the following meanings:

(1) "Unmanned aerial system" means an unmanned aircraft and all associated support equipment, control station, data links, telemetry, communications, and navigation equipment necessary to operate the unmanned aircraft. The system may include drones, remote-controlled aircraft, unmanned aircraft, or any other such aircraft that is controlled autonomously by computer or remote control from the ground.

(2) "Unmanned aircraft system" means an unmanned, powered aircraft that does not carry a human operator, may be autonomous or remotely piloted or operated, and may be expendable or recoverable. "Unmanned aircraft system" does not include any of the following:

(a) A satellite orbiting the earth.

(b) An unmanned aircraft system used by the federal government or a person who is acting pursuant to contract with the federal government to conduct surveillance of specific activities.

(c) An unmanned aircraft system used by the state government or a person who is acting pursuant to a contract with the state government to conduct surveillance of specific activities.

(d) An unmanned aircraft system used by a local government law enforcement agency or fire department.

(e) An unmanned aircraft system used by a person, affiliate, employee, agent, or contractor of any business that is regulated by the Louisiana Public Service Commission, while acting in the course and scope of his employment or agency relating to the operation, repair, or maintenance of a facility, servitude, or any property located on the immovable property belonging to such business.

(f) An unmanned aircraft system used by a person, affiliate, employee, agent, or contractor of any business that is regulated by a local franchising authority, while acting in the course and scope of his employment or agency relating to the operation, repair, or maintenance of a facility, servitude, or any property located on the immovable property belonging to such business.

(g) An unmanned aircraft system used by a person, affiliate, employee, agent, or contractor of any business that is regulated by the Federal Communications Commission under the Cable Television Consumer Protection and Competition Act of 1992 or under Part 73 of Title 47 of the United States Code of Federal Regulations, while acting in the course and scope of his employment or agency relating to the operation, repair, or maintenance of a facility, servitude, or any property located on the immovable property belonging to such business.

(h) An unmanned aircraft system used by a person, affiliate, employee, agent, or contractor of a municipal or public utility while acting in the course and scope of his employment or agency relating to the operation, repair, or maintenance of a facility, servitude, or any property located on the immovable property belonging to such municipal or public utility.

(i) An unmanned aircraft system used by a person, affiliate, employee, agent, or contractor of any business that is regulated by the Federal Railroad Administration, while acting in the course and scope of his employment or agency relating to the operation, repair, or maintenance of a facility, equipment, servitude, or any property located on the immovable property belonging to such business.

C. If federal law or regulation preempts any provision of this Section, that provision of this Section shall be null.

Acts 2017, No. 238, §1, eff. June 14, 2017; Acts 2021, No. 328, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 2:348.5 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 2 / Section 348.5
Audit
Status: in_force

The district shall submit an annual financial report disclosing all receipts and disbursements to the Iberia Parish Council within one hundred twenty days following the end of each calender year.

Acts 2025, No. 211, §1, eff. June 8, 2025.
La. R.S. § 2:225 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 2 / Section 225
Tit. 2, § 225. Existing authority, certificates of indebtedness or laws unaffected
Status: in_force

Nothing contained in this Sub-part shall affect in any manner the authority of municipalities or police juries to issue certificates of indebtedness to pay their current expenses under the statutes now in force, or affect certificates or other evidences of indebtedness already issued by any municipality or parish and payable out of the revenues of future years, or affect in any manner the existing laws relating to parishes anticipating their revenues for future years.
La. Rev. Stat. § 2:805 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 2 / Section 805
Projects undertaken by the department
Status: in_force

A. After adoption of the department's recommendations by the joint committee, the approved list of projects shall be forwarded to the department for implementation subject to the limitation of appropriated funds. The department shall not delete, add, or substitute any projects for those approved by the joint committee, except as provided in R.S. 2:806; however, the secretary of the department may, at his discretion, authorize projects to be undertaken and financed due to an emergency out of the secretary's emergency fund. At least semiannually, or as often as required by the joint committee, the department shall summarize and report the progress to date on all projects previously approved and shall submit a recapitulation of all emergency projects for the preceding six-month period, outlining the nature of the emergency and the cost of each project.

B. No airport project shall be undertaken by the department involving Transportation Trust Fund appropriations except those included in the approved program listing for that fiscal year with the exception of projects undertaken and financed out of the secretary's emergency fund.

Acts 1989, No. 451, §1, eff. June 30, 1989; Acts 1998, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 64, §1, eff. July 1, 1998.
La. Rev. Stat. § 2:348.6 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 2 / Section 348.6
Local government compliance
Status: in_force

The local government shall comply with the following requirements:

(1) Refrain from any action that would impair the district's exercise of the powers granted to the district under this Chapter or that could cause the district to violate its rate or bond covenants.

(2) Refrain from any action to sell, transfer, or otherwise encumber or dispose of airport facilities owned by the local government without the consent of the district and, if necessary, the FAA.

(3) Take all action reasonably necessary to cure any defects in title to airport facilities transferred to the district.

Acts 2025, No. 211, §1, eff. June 8, 2025.
La. Rev. Stat. § 2:184 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 2 / Section 184
Procedure for incurring and refunding debt and issuing bonds
Status: in_force

The manner and method of incurring and refunding debt and issuing negotiable bonds hereunder shall be in every respect the same as that prescribed in Chapter 4, Sub-title II of Title 39.
La. Rev. Stat. § 2:349.3 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 2 / Section 349.3
Board of commissioners
Status: in_force

A. The district shall be governed by a board of commissioners, referred to in this Subpart as the "board".

B.(1) The board shall be composed of five members, all of whom shall control and manage the affairs of the district. The members of the board shall be appointed as follows:

(a) Two members shall be appointed by the state representative from House District No. 11.

(b) One member shall be appointed by the state senator from Senate District No. 33.

(c) One member shall be appointed by the mayor of Homer, or his designee.

(d) One member shall be appointed by the Claiborne Parish Police Jury.

(2) The commissioners shall serve at the pleasure of the appointing authority.

(3) Commissioners may receive per diem of seventy-five dollars for each meeting attended, not to exceed twenty-four meetings in one calendar year, as funds are appropriated by the governing authority of Claiborne Parish or as otherwise made available for such purpose.

Acts 2025, No. 214, §1, eff. June 8, 2025.
La. Rev. Stat. § 2:6 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 2 / Section 6
Powers and duties of the department; promulgation of rules and regulations pertaining to aeronautics
Status: in_force

A. The department shall foster air commerce within the state of Louisiana and the department shall have supervision over the aeronautical activities and facilities, which authority shall include supervision and control over all airports, landing fields, landing strips, air instruction, air marking, air beacons, and all other air-navigation facilities.

B.(1) Accordingly, the department may prescribe such reasonable rules and regulations as it deems necessary and advisable:

(a) For the public safety and for the promotion of aeronautics governing the designing, laying out, location, building, equipping, operation, and use of all airports, landing fields, or landing strips;

(b) Governing the curriculum, equipment, personnel, and operation and management of all air instruction;

(c) For the purpose of protecting the health and safety of students receiving or to receive such instruction of student aviators;

(d) For the public safety and safety of those engaged in aeronautics;

(e) For the promotion of aeronautics governing the establishment, location, maintenance, and operation of all air markings, air beacons, and other air-navigation facilities.

(2) No rule or regulation prescribed by the department under the authority of this Section shall be inconsistent with the then-current federal legislation governing aeronautics and the regulations duly promulgated thereunder.

Acts 1985, No. 889, §1.

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La. Rev. Stat. § 2:812 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 2 / Section 812
Report of any misuse of funds
Status: in_force

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

Acts 1989, No. 451, §1, eff. June 30, 1989.
La. R.S. § 2:709 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 2 / Section 709
Tit. 2, § 709. Implementation; requirements; approval date
Status: in_force

A. All of the following shall occur on the FAA approval date:

(1) The regional authority may acquire, and shall assume the exclusive right, responsibility, and authority to occupy, operate, control, and use, the airport and the airport facilities owned by the local government pursuant to an agreement or agreements between the regional authority and the local government on the date in which the FAA issues approval, subject only to any restrictions imposed by this Chapter.

(2) The local government shall convey title to or enter into a lease of the immovable property comprising the airport with the regional authority, which shall otherwise acquire and succeed to all rights, title, and interests in and to the fixtures, equipment, materials, furnishings, and other movable property owned and used for purposes of the airport on that date by the local government pursuant to an agreement or agreements between the regional authority and the local government. The officers of the local government shall execute the instruments of conveyance, assignment, and transfer that are necessary and appropriate to comply with this Section.

(3) The regional authority shall assume, accept, and become solely liable for all of the lawful obligations, promises, covenants, commitments, and other requirements in respect of the airport of the local government, whether known or unknown, contingent or matured, except for any full faith and credit pledge of the local government in respect of bonds issued by the local government for airport purposes, and shall perform all of the duties and obligations and is entitled to all of the rights of the local government in respect of the airport under any ordinances, agreements, or other instruments and under law. Consistent with this Chapter, this assumption includes, and any person shall transfer to the regional authority the following:

(a) All licenses, permits, approvals, or awards related to the airport.

(b) All grant agreements, grant pre-applications, and the right to receive the balance of any money payable under the agreements.

(c) The right to receive any money, including any passenger facility charges, payable to the local government on the approval date and money paid to the local government after the approval date.

(d) The benefit of contracts and agreements.

(e) All of the local government's duties, liabilities, responsibilities, and obligations as sponsor of the airport, except for any obligation or liabilities contested in good faith by the regional authority.

B. All lawful actions, commitments, and proceedings including but not limited to revenue bond financing for which a notice of intent resolution has been adopted, of the local government made, given, or undertaken before the date of assumption by the regional authority pursuant to this Section are ratified, confirmed, and validated on assumption by the regional authority. All actions, commitments, or proceedings undertaken shall, and all actions, commitments, or proceedings of the local government in respect of the airport in the process of being undertaken by, but not yet a commitment or obligation of, the local government in respect of the airport may, from and after the date of assumption by the regional authority pursuant to this Section, be undertaken and completed by the regional authority in the manner and at the times provided in this Chapter or other applicable law and in any lawful agreements made by the local government before the date of assumption by the regional authority pursuant to this Section.

C. The exclusive right and authority to occupy, operate, control, and use the airport facilities includes but is not limited to all of the following:

(1) Operational jurisdiction over all movable and immovable property of the airport, including but not limited to terminals, runways, taxiways, aprons, hangars, aids to air navigation, vehicles or facilities, parking facilities for passengers and employees, and buildings and facilities used to operate, maintain, and manage the airport, subject to any liens on the immovable property and restrictions and limitations on the use of the immovable property.

(2) The local government's right, title, and interest in, and all of the local government's responsibilities arising under, leases, concessions, and other contracts for airport facilities.

D. The acquisitions, assumptions, successions, or transfers provided for in this Section include but are not limited to all of the following:

(1) All contracts and other obligations with airlines, tenants, concessionaires, leaseholders, and others at the airport.

(2) All financial obligations secured by revenues and fees generated from the operations of the airport including but not limited to airport revenue bonds, special facilities revenue bonds, and all bonded indebtedness associated with the airport.

(3) All cash balances and investments relating to or resulting from operations of the airport for which operational jurisdiction has been transferred to the regional authority, all money held under an ordinance, resolution, or indenture related to or securing obligations of the local government that have been assumed by the regional authority, all of the accounts receivable in action arising from operations of the airport, and all benefits of contracts and agreements.

(4) All office equipment including but not limited to computers, records and files, software, and software licenses required for financial management, personnel management, accounting and inventory systems, and general administration.

Acts 2025, No. 118, §1, eff. June 8, 2025.
La. R.S. § 2:224 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 2 / Section 224
Tit. 2, § 224. Certificates of indebtedness; payment; interest; issuance
Status: in_force

Certificates of indebtedness shall be made due and payable annually, the last not later than March 1st of the year following the last of those years in which the special taxes so dedicated are to be levied; the certificates of indebtedness shall bear a rate of interest not greater than six per cent, shall be issued in such a manner and form as the governing authority issuing them provides by ordinance, and when issued, as herein prescribed, shall be legal and valid obligations of the municipality or parish for and on whose behalf they have been issued.
La. R.S. § 2:261 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 2 / Section 261
Tit. 2, § 261. Dedication and expenditure of part of alimony tax by municipalities and parishes for airports; certificates of indebtedness
Status: in_force

The police juries of the various parishes, and the governing authorities of municipalities may dedicate and expend not to exceed one-half mill for any one year, out of their general alimony tax, may anticipate the tax, may borrow money and issue negotiable certificates of indebtedness payable therefrom bearing interest at a rate not exceeding six percent per annum, and for not exceeding ten years from date, payable annually or semi-annually, for the acquisition, improvement, maintenance, and support of airports and landing fields, or acquiring the same to be donated to the United States for military purposes, military posts, and flying fields, and may pledge the tax so dedicated to the payment of the certificates and the interest thereon. When the tax is so pledged it shall be annually assessed and collected and be used only for the payment of the certificates of indebtedness and the interest due thereon.
La. R.S. § 2:389 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 2 / Section 389
Tit. 2, § 389. Acquisition of air rights, servitudes, or other interests
Status: in_force

In any case in which: (1) it is desired to remove, lower, or otherwise terminate a non-conforming use; or (2) the necessary approach protection cannot, because of constitutional limitations, be provided by airport zoning regulations under this Chapter; or (3) it appears advisable that the necessary approach protection be provided by acquisition of property rights rather than by airport zoning regulations, the political subdivision within which the property or non-conforming use is located or the political subdivision owning the airport or served by it may acquire, by purchase, grant, or condemnation in the manner provided by the law under which political subdivisions are authorized to acquire real property for public purposes, such an air right, servitude, or other estate or interest in the property or non-conforming use in question as may be necessary to effectuate the purposes of this Chapter.
La. R.S. § 2:383 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 2 / Section 383
Tit. 2, § 383. Airport zoning regulations by parishes, cities, towns, villages and other political subdivisions
Status: in_force

Every parish, incorporated city, town, village, or other political subdivision may adopt, administer, and enforce under the police power and in the manner and upon the conditions prescribed, airport zoning regulations for any airport or landing field within its jurisdiction, which regulations shall divide the area surrounding the airport or landing field into zones and within such zones, specify the land uses permitted and regulate and restrict the height to which structures and trees may be erected or allowed to grow. In adopting or revising any such zoning regulations, the political subdivision shall consider, among other things, the character of the flying operations to be conducted at the airport or landing field, the nature of the terrain, the height of existing structures and trees above the level of the airport or landing field, the possibility of lowering or removing existing obstructions, and the views of the agency of the federal government charged with fostering of civil aeronautics, as to the aerial approaches necessary to safe flying operations at the airport or landing field.
La. R.S. § 2:713 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 2 / Section 713
Tit. 2, § 713. Bonded indebtedness; authority
Status: in_force

A. For the purpose of acquiring, purchasing, constructing, improving, installing, enlarging, furnishing, equipping, reequipping, or repairing airports and airport facilities for which operational jurisdiction is transferred pursuant to this Chapter or is acquired by the regional authority, the regional authority may issue self-liquidating bonds of the authority in accordance with and exercise all of the powers conferred on public entities by and under state law.

B. The regional authority may borrow money and issue municipal securities in accordance with and exercise all of the powers conferred on municipalities by and under state law.

C. All bonds or other evidences of indebtedness issued by the regional authority pursuant to this Chapter, and the interest on them, are free and exempt from all taxation in this state, except inheritance and estate taxes and taxes on gains realized from the sale, payment, or other disposition of them.

D. Any suit to determine the validity of bonds issued by the regional authority shall be brought only in accordance with the provisions of R.S. 13:5121 et seq.

E. On request of the board of the regional authority, the Baton Rouge Metropolitan Council may take one or more of the following actions:

(1) Pledge the full faith and credit of the local government behind any obligation or evidence of indebtedness of the regional authority.

(2) To the extent allowed by law, advance money to the regional authority for working capital and other purposes of the regional authority on terms and conditions agreed to by the regional authority and the local government consistent with obligations under applicable federal law, regulations, and assurances associated with accepting grants from the FAA or another agency of the United States or this state.

(3) Appropriate and grant money to the regional authority in furtherance of its purposes.

(4) Grant and convey to the regional authority movable or immovable property of any kind or nature, or any interest in movable or immovable property, for carrying out the authorized purposes of the regional authority pursuant to an agreement or agreements between the regional authority and the local government.

F. A pledge made under Subsection E of this Section shall be at the discretion of the governing body and may be subject to an agreement providing for terms and conditions of the pledge and for repayment of any amount paid under the pledge as the regional authority and the local government determine to be necessary and advisable consistent with obligations under applicable federal law, regulations, and assurances associated with accepting grants from the FAA or another agency of the United States or this state.

G. An agreement by the authority to repay an advance made pursuant to this Section and any obligation incurred by the regional authority under the agreement shall not be subject to R.S. 39:1461 et seq.

H. For the purpose of more effectively managing its debt service, the regional authority may enter into an interest rate exchange or swap, hedge, or similar agreement or agreements in connection with the issuance or proposed issuance of obligations or other evidences of indebtedness or in connection with its then outstanding obligations or other evidences of indebtedness. The authority may create a reserve fund for the payment of the interest rate exchange or swap, hedge, or similar agreement.

I. An agreement entered into pursuant to this Section shall comply with all of the following requirements:

(1) The agreement is not a debt of the regional authority entering into the agreement for any statutory debt limitation purpose.

(2) The agreement is payable from general funds of the regional authority or, subject to any existing contracts, from any available money or revenue sources, including revenues that are specified by the agreement, securing the obligation or evidence of indebtedness in connection with the agreement.

J. Notwithstanding anything in this Chapter or any other law to the contrary, all ordinances, resolutions, and other proceedings of the local government with respect to any outstanding bonds, notes, or evidences of indebtedness or liability assumed by a regional authority pursuant to this Chapter constitute a contract between the regional authority and the holders of the bonds, notes, or evidences of indebtedness or liability and shall have their provisions enforceable against the regional authority or any or all of its successors or assigns, by mandamus or any other appropriate action or proceeding in law or in equity in any court of competent jurisdiction in accordance with law.

K. Bonds, notes, or evidences of indebtedness or liability that are assumed by the regional authority pursuant to this Chapter are payable solely from and secured solely by the sources of revenue that were pledged to those bonds, notes, or evidences of indebtedness or liability under the ordinance, resolution, or other proceedings of the local government.

L. This Chapter and any other law shall not relieve the regional authority from any bonded or other debt or liability lawfully contracted by the local government with respect to the airport and outstanding on the effective date of the transfer of the operational jurisdiction over the airport to the regional authority.

M. The regional authority shall not take any action to impair the rights or remedies of the holders of the bonds or other obligations of the local government that owns the airport that were lawfully issued before the transfer of operational jurisdiction of the airport to the regional authority.

N. Effective on the FAA approval date, trustees, paying agents, and registrars for any obligation of the local government that has been assumed by the regional authority pursuant to Subsections A through G of this Section shall perform all of their duties and obligations and provide all notices related to the obligations as if the regional authority were the issuer of the obligations. The trustees, paying agents, and registrars shall care for and consider all revenues and money pledged to secure obligations of the local government that have been assumed by the regional authority under Subsections A through G of this Section as revenues and money of the regional authority. The regional authority shall indemnify and hold harmless the trustees, paying agents, and registrars from liability incurred in compliance with this Subsection.

Acts 2025, No. 118, §1, eff. June 8, 2025.
La. Rev. Stat. § 2:341 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 2 / Section 341
Ascension-St. James Airport and Transportation Authority; creation; domicile; membership; terms
Status: in_force

A. There is hereby created in the executive department of the state of Louisiana the Ascension-St. James Airport and Transportation Authority which is hereby declared to be a body corporate and public composed of all the territory in the parishes of Ascension and St. James and shall constitute an instrumentality of the state of Louisiana exercising public and essential governmental functions.

B. The domicile of the authority shall be in the town of Convent; provided that by appropriate action of the board of commissioners, said domicile may be relocated within the geographical boundaries of the authority.

C.(1) The control and management of the affairs of the Ascension-St. James Airport and Transportation Authority shall be vested in a board of commissioners to be composed of seven qualified electors, three of whom shall reside in the parish of St. James to be appointed by the governor from a list of nominations submitted by the members of the legislature serving the parish of St. James, and three of whom shall reside in the parish of Ascension to be appointed by the governor from a list of nominations submitted by the members of the legislature serving the parish of Ascension, and one appointed by the governor residing within the geographical boundaries of the authority, all subject to confirmation by the Senate. The commissioners shall hold office at the pleasure of the appointing governor.

(2) Commissioners may receive per diem of seventy-five dollars for each meeting attended, not to exceed twenty-four meetings in one calendar year, as funds are appropriated by the parish governing authorities of Ascension and St. James Parishes or as otherwise made available for such purpose.

Added by Acts 1982, No. 819, §1. Amended by Acts 1984, No. 770, §1, eff. July 13, 1984; Acts 1988, No. 68, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 2:604.3 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 2 / Section 604.3
Houma-Terrebonne Airport Commission; peace officers; appointment, duties, and powers
Status: in_force

A. The Houma-Terrebonne Airport Commission may, in its discretion, appoint and commission peace officers who shall enforce laws, rules, and regulations to secure the protection of persons, properties, or interests relating to the commission, and only within the commission's jurisdiction. Such jurisdiction shall consist of the physical boundaries of the Houma-Terrebonne airport as defined within the Code of Ordinances of the parish of Terrebonne and any immovable properties owned by the commission.

B. Peace officers so commissioned and appointed by the commission shall be employees of the commission and meet the following requirements:

(1) Be citizens of the state of Louisiana.

(2) Have attained the age of twenty-one.

(3) Be P.O.S.T. certified in accordance with the Peace Officer Standards and Training law.

C. Under the direction and control of the commission, the commission's peace officers shall exercise regular police powers of the state granted to law enforcement officers with respect to criminal and other offenses affecting the protection of persons, properties, or interests, but only as it relates to the commission, the airport, or to the performance of their duties for the commission, and only within the commission's jurisdiction.

D. Nothing in this Section shall prevent municipal, parish, or state law enforcement agencies with jurisdiction in Terrebonne Parish from maintaining and exercising their police powers within the commission's jurisdiction. In the event of a serious incident or contested scene, final authority shall be deferred to the police chief or his proxy.

E. Except for exigent circumstances, the commission's peace officers shall report and refer to a municipal, parish, or state law enforcement agency any suspected criminal activity within the commission's jurisdiction which may result in felony charges. A municipal, parish, or state law enforcement agency having concurrent jurisdiction with the commission, may, at its discretion, take the lead in or take over any investigation originating with the commission. The commission peace officers shall cooperate with such agency.

F. Any persons arrested by the commission's peace officers, and the return of all warrants or processes served by said officers, shall be surrendered or delivered to the appropriate law enforcement agency within the parish of Terrebonne.

G. The commission shall adopt rules and regulations for the conduct, management, training, and control of its peace officers and may, from time to time, amend such rules and regulations in its discretion. The commission shall ensure that its peace officers maintain proper and regular law enforcement training.

H. Nothing in this Section shall be deemed, nor is it intended, to alter the assessment, collection, and administration of ad valorem tax revenues within the commission's jurisdiction.

Acts 2024, No. 232, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 2:903 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 2 / Section 903
Rules and regulations
Status: in_force

A. The department shall promulgate rules and regulations to implement this Chapter which shall include but not necessarily be limited to:

(1) Project submission.

(2) Project evaluation, including but not limited to financial feasibility.

(3) Program administration.

(4) Prioritization of projects.

(5) Grant awards.

B. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, Transportation Trust Fund money may be used for this program provided state matching fund requirements for all Federal Aviation Administration grants for capital improvements, planning, and NAVAIDS have been satisfied. In no event shall the total sum of monies used from the Transportation Trust Fund for this purpose exceed three hundred thousand dollars in any fiscal year.

Acts 1998, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 145, §1; Acts 2004, No. 312, §1, eff. July 1, 2005; Acts 2008, No. 184, §1, eff. July 1, 2008.
La. Rev. Stat. § 2:810 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 2 / Section 810
System of administration
Status: in_force

Each recipient authority shall adopt a system of administration which provides for the approval of the department for any expenditures of funds appropriated from the Transportation Trust Fund, and no recipient authority shall expend such funds without the approval of the department. 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.

Acts 1989, No. 451, §1, eff. June 30, 1989.
La. Rev. Stat. § 2:714 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 2 / Section 714
Implementation; taxation
Status: in_force

The authorized purposes of the regional authority shall be for the benefit of the people of the region the airport serves and in order to meet present and future state and regional needs with respect to the provision of adequate, safe, and efficient airport facilities and services to the public and to promote the economic development and well-being of this state. By performing an essential governmental function, the regional authority is not required to pay taxes or assessments of any kind or nature whatsoever on any property required or used for airport or airport facility purposes or on any rates, fees, rentals, receipts, or income at any time received by it.

Acts 2025, No. 118, §1, eff. June 8, 2025.
La. Rev. Stat. § 2:708 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 2 / Section 708
General powers of the authority
Status: in_force

A. The regional authority may do any of the following:

(1) Adopt a corporate seal.

(2) Sue or be sued in a court of competent jurisdiction of this state or federal court. The state court of competent jurisdiction shall be the Nineteenth Judicial District Court for the parish of East Baton Rouge. The federal court of competent jurisdiction shall be the United States District Court for the Middle District of Louisiana.

(3) Plan, promote, extend, maintain, acquire, purchase, construct, install, improve, repair, enlarge, and operate all airport facilities under the operational jurisdiction of or owned by the regional authority.

(4) Assume and perform the obligations and the covenants related to the airport that are contained in an agreement or other document by the local government or between the local government and the state or the FAA relative to grants for the airport or airport facilities.

(5) Acquire, by grant, purchase, devise, or lease, the exercise of the right of eminent domain, expropriation, or otherwise, and hold movable and immovable property, in fee simple or any lesser interest or by easement, as the regional authority considers necessary either for the construction of airport facilities or for the efficient operation or extension of any airport facilities acquired or constructed or to be constructed pursuant to this Chapter, and, except as otherwise provided, hold in its name, lease, and dispose of all immovable and movable property owned by or under the operational jurisdiction of the regional authority. The acquisition of land by the regional authority for an airport or airport facilities in furtherance of the purposes of the regional authority, and the exercise of any other powers of the regional authority, are public, governmental, and municipal functions, purposes and uses exercised for a public purpose, and matters of public necessity.

(6) Enter into all contracts and agreements necessary or incidental to the performance of its duties and execution of its powers pursuant to this Chapter with a department or agency of the United States, with a state or local governmental agency, or with another person, public or private, on terms and conditions acceptable to the regional authority.

(7) Have and exercise exclusive responsibility to study and plan any improvements, expansion, or enhancements that affect the airport, and commission planning, engineering, economic, and other studies to provide information for making decisions about the location, design, management, and other features of the airport or airport facilities.

(8) Exercise responsibility for developing all aspects of the airport and airport facilities, including but not limited to all of the following:

(a) The location of terminals, hangars, aids to air navigation, parking lots and structures, cargo facilities, and all other facilities and services necessary to serve passengers and other customers of the airport.

(b) Street and highway access and egress with the objective of minimizing, to the extent practicable, traffic congestion on access routes in the vicinity of the airport.

(c) Participation in programs and economic development that directly benefits the airport.

(9) Act as a sponsor and submit requests for, accept, and be responsible to perform all of the assurances associated with accepting grants from the FAA or another agency of the United States or of this state with respect to the airport under the operational jurisdiction of the regional authority, and perform the duties and responsibilities previously assumed by the local government by virtue of its acceptance of grants from the FAA or another agency of the United States or this state.

(10) Enter into agreements to use the facilities or services of this state, a subdivision or department of this state, a parish or municipality, or the federal government or an agency of the federal government as necessary or desirable to accomplish the purposes of this Chapter for consideration or pursuant to a cost-allocation formula in compliance with its obligations under applicable federal law, regulations, and assurances associated with accepting grants from the FAA or another agency of the United States or this state, including but not limited to policies of the FAA prohibiting revenue diversion or the payment of fees exceeding the value of services provided by a governmental agency.

(11) Allow this state, a subdivision or department of this state, a parish or municipality, or the federal government or an agency of the federal government to use airport facilities or the services of the regional authority as necessary or desirable to accomplish the purposes of this Chapter, for consideration acceptable to the regional authority in compliance with its obligations under applicable federal law, regulations, and assurances associated with accepting grants from the FAA or another agency of the United States or this state.

(12) Adopt and enforce in a court of competent jurisdiction of this state reasonable rules, regulations, and ordinances for the orderly, safe, efficient, and sanitary operation and use of airport facilities, and establish civil and criminal penalties for the violation of rules, regulations, and ordinances authorized pursuant to this Chapter to the same extent as the local government.

(13) Enter into exclusive or nonexclusive contracts, leases, franchises, or other arrangements with any person or persons for granting the privilege of using, improving, or having access to the airport, the airport facilities, or a portion of the airport or the airport facilities, for commercial airline-related purposes consistent with its obligations under applicable federal law, regulations, and assurances associated with accepting grants from the FAA or another agency of the United States or this state.

(14) Enter into exclusive or nonexclusive contracts, leases, or other arrangements not provided for in Paragraph (13) of this Subsection for commercially reasonable terms consistent with its obligations under applicable federal law, regulations, and assurances associated with accepting grants from the FAA or another agency of the United States or this state.

(15) Apply for and receive loans, grants, guarantees, or other financial assistance in aid of airport facilities and the operation of the airport from a state, federal, parish, or municipal government or agency or from another source, public or private, including financial assistance for planning, constructing, improving, or operating the airport, for providing security at the airport, or for providing ground access to the airport.

(16) Appoint and vest with police powers airport law enforcement officers, guards, or police officers pursuant to this Chapter. The law enforcement officers, guards, or police officers of the regional authority have the full police powers and authority of municipal police officers in the areas over which the regional authority has operational jurisdiction, including but not limited to the prevention and detection of crime, the power to investigate and enforce the laws of this state, rules, regulations, and ordinances issued by the regional authority, and, to the extent permitted or required by federal law and regulations, requirements of federal law and regulations governing airport security. The officers may issue summonses, make arrests, and initiate criminal proceedings. The regional authority shall be responsible for all actions of its officers committed under color of their official position and authority. The law enforcement officers of the regional authority shall be recognized as municipal police officers as defined in R.S. 40:1667 et seq.

(17) Appoint and vest with fire protection and prevention powers airport firefighters, Aircraft Rescue Firefighting (ARFF) officers, and employees pursuant to this Chapter. The firefighters, ARFF officers, and employees of the regional authority have the full powers and authority in the areas over which the regional authority has operational jurisdiction, including but not limited to the prevention of fire, fire protection, fire inspection, and the power to investigate and enforce the laws of this state, rules, regulations, and ordinances issued by the regional authority, and to the extent permitted or required by federal law and regulations. The regional authority is responsible for all actions of its firefighters and ARFF officers committed under color of their official position and authority.

(18) Procure insurance or become a self-funded insurer against loss in connection with the property, assets, or activities of the regional authority.

(19) Invest money of the regional authority, consistent with applicable state law and the contractual obligations of the regional authority, at the board's discretion, in instruments, obligations, securities, or property determined proper by the board, and name and use depositories for its money.

(20) Fix, charge, and collect rates, fees, rentals, and charges in and for the use and operation of the airports under the operational jurisdiction of the regional authority.

B. Except as otherwise prohibited by this Chapter, the regional authority shall have all the powers of a political subdivision pursuant to this Act. The powers granted to the regional authority are public and governmental functions.

C. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the regional authority shall have the power and authority to levy a tax, including but not limited to those taxes authorized by R.S. 2:329, subject to the requirements necessary and provided under state law.

D. Unless the regional authority obtains the approval of the Baton Rouge Metropolitan Council, the regional authority shall not incur any indebtedness pledging, on a superior basis, any revenues from airport facilities that are otherwise pledged to secure any obligation, note, bond, or other instrument of indebtedness for which the full faith and credit of the Baton Rouge Metropolitan Council has been pledged. The Baton Rouge Metropolitan Council may establish conditions under which the regional authority may incur indebtedness pledging, on a parity basis, any revenues from airport facilities that are otherwise pledged to secure any obligation, note, bond, or other instrument of indebtedness for which the full faith and credit of the Baton Rouge Metropolitan Council has been pledged.

E. Upon the creation or incorporation of the authority provided for in this Chapter, the Baton Rouge Metropolitan Council shall not pledge airport facilities or assets to secure any instrument of indebtedness except to secure bonds issued for airport capital improvement projects after the creation or incorporation of the regional authority and before the approval date.

F. The regional authority shall not take any action contrary to obligations assumed or entered into under state law or federal rules or regulations or any agreement entered into or assumed with respect to state or federal grants.

G. The Baton Rouge Metropolitan Council shall not take any action contrary to obligations or covenants under applicable state or federal law, regulations, and assurances associated with the state or federal government.

H. If the Baton Rouge Metropolitan Council previously acted as a sponsor and action by, or concurrence of, the local government is required to complete a project related to the airport or airport facilities, the local government shall not withhold, condition, or delay concurrence with any regional authority action necessary to complete the project in accordance with obligations under applicable federal law, regulations, and assurances associated with accepting grants from the FAA or another agency of the United States or this state.

I. The regional authority shall serve as the agent of the local government for the preparation, submission, execution, and administration of any state or federal grants pending on the approval date. The regional authority shall also act as the custodian of all money received or to be received by the local government or the regional authority for the projects for which the grants were awarded.

Acts 2025, No. 118, §1, eff. June 8, 2025.
La. Rev. Stat. § 2:348.1 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 2 / Section 348.1
Acadiana Regional Airport and the LeMaire Memorial Airport District; creation
Status: in_force

There is hereby created the "Acadiana Regional Airport and LeMaire Memorial Airport District" hereinafter referred to as the "district" subject to approval by a majority vote of the Iberia Parish Council and approval by the Federal Aviation Administration. The district shall come into existence upon such approvals. The district shall be a political subdivision of the state within the meaning of Article VI, Sections 30 through 33 of the Constitution of Louisiana, and those provisions of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, applicable to airport districts and the levy of taxes, the incurring of debt, and the issuing of bonds by those districts provided, however, that any proposal to levy taxes shall require the prior approval of the Iberia Parish Council.

Acts 2025, No. 211, §1, eff. June 8, 2025.
La. Rev. Stat. § 2:5 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 2 / Section 5
Duties of Department of Transportation and Development; aeronautic activities; exceptions
Status: in_force

The secretary and employees of the department designated by him shall supervise and direct all aeronautic activities and facilities, except those activities pertaining to aircraft registration, identification, equipment, and enforcement delegated to the secretary of the Department of Public Safety and Corrections or his designee. Unless specified, all licenses, orders, rules, and regulations pertaining to aeronautics shall bear the secretary's signature, or the signature of employees designated by him to sign such licenses, orders, rules, or regulations; and the secretary shall insure that all rules and regulations of the department pertaining to aeronautics are obeyed. He shall direct investigations with respect to aeronautic activities. He, and any employee designated by him, may administer oaths when necessary in the discharge of official duties and may affix his jurat to any license or document pertaining to the promotion or regulation of aviation, whether state or federal, concerning which oath is to be made.

Acts 1985, No. 889, §1.

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La. Rev. Stat. § 2:605.1 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 2 / Section 605.1
Tenant auto rental companies
Status: in_force

A.(1) In exercising its powers in charging rentals, fees, or other charges for use of airport facilities to tenant auto rental companies, where such charges are based on a percentage of gross revenues, an airport operator may, at its option, direct that these charges shall be collected from the customers of tenant auto rental companies as a separate line-item charge paid to the tenant auto rental companies as collection agent for an airport operator.

(2) If an airport operator exercises the option provided in this Section to collect the rentals, fees, and other charges from the customers of tenant auto rental companies, then the airport operator shall not be authorized to use other methods to collect these charges from tenant auto rental companies or the customers thereof.

(3) The provisions of this Section shall apply only to airports located within United States Congressional Districts 4 and 5.

B. As used in Subsection A of this Section, the following phrases shall have the following meanings ascribed to them:

(1) "Gross revenues" means the total of time and mileage charges resulting from the rental of automobiles and additional sums customarily paid by the rental car customers that are taxable on the automobile rental contract.

(2) "Tenant auto rental company" means an auto rental company having a concession agreement and lease to operate in an airport operator's airport facility.

Acts 1997, No. 803, §1, eff. July 10, 1997.
La. Rev. Stat. § 2:901 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 2 / Section 901
Creation and administration
Status: in_force

The General Aviation and Reliever Airport Maintenance Grant Program is hereby created within the division of aviation of the Department of Transportation and Development for the purpose of providing for airport maintenance to assist Louisiana general aviation and reliever airports and to enhance their safety.

Acts 1998, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 145, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 2:611 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 2 / Section 611
Scope of Chapter; airport zoning
Status: in_force

Nothing contained in this Chapter shall be construed to limit any right, power or authority of a subdivision to regulate airport hazards by zoning.

Acts 1952, No. 531, §12.
La. Rev. Stat. § 2:329 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 2 / Section 329
Authority to levy special tax
Status: in_force

Whenever an election is called by the governing authority of an airport district to vote on the question of incurring debt and issuing bonds for the purpose of acquiring, constructing, equipping, or maintaining an airport or airport facilities, the governing authority of the district may submit to the qualified electors of the district in the same election, in the manner provided in Chapter 4, of Subtitle II of Title 39, a proposition to levy a special tax for the purpose of maintaining and operating the airport and airport facilities to be acquired or constructed by the district. The special tax shall not exceed five mills on the dollar for a period not to exceed ten years. The provisions of this Section shall not prohibit the voting of such maintenance tax by any airport district which has acquired or proposes to acquire its airport and airport facilities through means other than the issuance of bonds, nor shall they prohibit the submission of such a proposition at a time other than that at which an election is called for the purpose of authorizing the incurring of debt and issuance of negotiable bonds therefor.

Amended by Acts 1975, No. 659, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 2:348.4 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 2 / Section 348.4
Powers of the board
Status: in_force

A.(1) The district is a public corporation and has all powers of public corporations including the right and power to incur debt and contract obligations, to sue and be sued, to have a corporate seal, and to perform in its corporate capacity and in its corporate name all acts necessary and proper for the purpose of acquiring, constructing, maintaining, and operating airports and airport facilities, including both movable and immovable property within its jurisdiction.

(2)(a) The district shall have all the authority as provided in R.S. 2:326 et seq., and upon the "approval date" the board shall acquire the following powers:

(i) Accessibility to the Federal Aviation Administration's (FAA) approval of the assignment of existing grant agreements to the district, in the case of an uncertified report, the date specified in the agreement under which the airport is to be transferred to the district.

(ii) Enter into contracts and agreements necessary or incidental to the performance of its duties and execution of its powers under this Subpart with a department or agency of the United States, with a state or local governmental agency, or with another person, public or private, with terms and conditions acceptable to the district.

(iii) Exercise exclusive responsibility to study and plan any improvements, expansion, or enhancements that affect the airport and commission planning, engineering, economic, and other studies to provide information for making decisions about the location, design, management, and other features of the airport or airport facilities.

(iv) Exercise responsibility for developing all aspects of the airport and airport facilities, including but not limited to all the locations of terminals, hangars, aids to air navigation, parking lots and structures, cargo facilities, and all other facilities and services necessary to serve passengers and other customers of the airport.

(v) Obtain street and highway access and egress with the objective of minimizing, to the extent practicable, traffic congestion on access routes in the vicinity of the airport.

(vi) Participate in demonstration programs and economic development that directly benefits the airport.

(vii) Act as a sponsor and submit requests for, accept, and be responsible to perform all of the assurance associated with accepting grants from the FAA, or another agency of the United States or of this state, with respect to the airports under the operational jurisdiction of the district, and perform the duties and responsibilities previously assumed by the local government by virtue of its acceptance of grants from the FAA or another agency of the United States or this state. The district shall serve as the agent of the local government for the preparation, submission, execution, and administration of any state or federal grants pending on the effective date of this Subpart.

(b) For purposes of this Subsection, "approval date" shall mean the date on which the FAA issues a certificate to the district, conferring operational jurisdiction over the airport under 14 CFR Part 139.

B. The district shall have the additional power to do the following:

(1) Acquire, and assume the exclusive right, responsibility, and authority to occupy, operate, control, and use, the airports and the airport facilities owned by the local government on that date, or under the jurisdiction of the Iberia Parish Airport Authority subject only to any restrictions imposed by this Subpart.

(2) Exclusive rights and authority to occupy, operate, control, and use the airport facilities.

(3) Acquire the operational jurisdiction over all real property of the airports under its jurisdiction, including but not limited to terminals, runways, taxiways, aprons, hangars, aids to air navigation, vehicles or facilities, parking facilities for passengers and employees, and all buildings and facilities used to operate, maintain, and manage the airports, including governmental, industrial, commercial, and agricultural properties within the geographical boundaries of the airports, subject to any liens on the real property and restrictions and limitations on the use of the real property.

(4) Assume the local government's right, title, and interest in, and to all of the local government's responsibilities arising under leases, concessions, and other contracts for the airport facilities.

(5) Assume all financial obligations secured by revenues and fees generated from the operations of the airports, including but not limited to airports revenue bonds, special facilities revenue bonds, and all bonded indebtedness associated with the airports.

(6) Assume ownership of all cash balances and investments relating to or resulting from operations of the airports for which operational jurisdiction has been transferred to the district, all money held under an ordinance, resolution, or indenture related to or securing obligations of the local government that have been assumed by the district, all of the accounts receivable or actions arising from operations of the airport, and all benefits of contracts and agreements.

(7) Assume ownership of all vehicles, office equipment, furniture and furnishings, and movable assets, including but not limited to computers, records and files, software licenses required for financial management, personnel management, accounting and inventory systems, and general administration.

Acts 2025, No. 211, §1, eff. June 8, 2025.
La. R.S. § 2:351 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 2 / Section 351
Tit. 2, § 351. New Orleans International Airport
Status: in_force

A. The city of New Orleans, acting by and through the New Orleans Aviation Board, an agency of the city, or such other agency as may be hereafter created by law as the successor thereof, is hereby authorized, with the approval of the city council, to acquire and construct improvements to and betterments and extensions of the Moisant International Airport, now known and hereinafter referred to as New Orleans International Airport, now owned and operated by the city of New Orleans, including a helioport or helioports. The city of New Orleans is also authorized to acquire by purchase, lease, contract, or exchange, such lands, easements, or other property or rights in property, located within or without the city of New Orleans, as may be necessary or convenient for the acquisition and construction of such improvements, betterments, extensions, and helioports, and the maintenance and operation of the said airport and helioports and all facilities related to air navigation, air safety, and aviation services.

In connection with the extension or improvement of said airport, the city shall have power to widen existing roads, streets, parkways, avenues, or highways, or to close any roads, streets, parkways, avenues, or highways as may be necessary or convenient to facilitate the construction or operation of said airport, with the consent of the parish or municipality affected, and may enter into contracts with any other political subdivision of the state of Louisiana for any of such purposes, which contracts shall contain such terms and conditions as may be agreed upon by the parties thereto, and no other authorization on the part of the city or any other such political subdivision to enter into such contracts shall be required except that contained herein.

The city may, with the consent of the parish or municipality affected, further relocate such electric, gas, water, or other public utility services as may be necessary in the construction of any extension or improvement to said airport.

For the purpose of providing additional revenues for the extension, betterment, and improvement of said airport, the city may construct thereon public recreation, business, trade, or other exhibition facilities and accommodations for public meetings, conventions, and all other kinds of assemblages for business and commercial purposes.

The city may accept grants, loans, or contributions from the United States government, the state of Louisiana, or any agency or instrumentality of either of them and may expend the proceeds thereof for any purpose connected with the ownership and operation of said airport.

B. For the purpose of providing for the acquisition and construction of any or all of the facilities referred to in Subsection A of this Section and for the purpose of funding or refunding any obligations incurred for said purposes or issued hereunder, the city of New Orleans, acting by and through the city council of said city, is authorized to issue obligations of said city in the form of bonds, notes, certificates, or other evidences of indebtedness payable and secured only in the manner hereinafter provided. Such obligations shall be payable solely from the revenues derived by the city from the use of the said airport and such facilities and shall not constitute an indebtedness of the city for which the city's general credit or taxing power is pledged, and shall not constitute bonds or indebtedness of the city within the meaning of any constitutional, statutory, or charter limitation or restriction upon the amount of bonds that may be issued by the city, or the amount of indebtedness which the city may incur, or the manner in which the obligations herein authorized may be issued and the indebtedness herein authorized may be incurred, other than the restrictions contained herein. Obligations issued pursuant to this Part shall constitute negotiable instruments within the meaning of the law governing negotiable instruments, and such obligations and the income therefrom are to be exempt from all taxation for state, parish, municipal, or other local purposes.

C. All obligations issued pursuant to the provisions of this Part shall be secured solely and only by a pledge of the revenues derived from the operation of the said New Orleans International Airport and any improvements to, and extensions and betterments of, the said airport heretofore or hereafter made, and shall be paid therefrom. These obligations shall not be secured by any tax, assessment, or levy upon the taxable property of the city of New Orleans or of any other political subdivision or out of any other funds or revenues of said city or of any other political subdivision. However, the city of New Orleans may include as a part of the cost of acquisition and construction of the said improvements to and betterments and extensions of the said New Orleans International Airport and pay from the proceeds of the sale of obligations issued pursuant to the provisions of this Part the interest upon the obligations issued hereunder for a period of three years from the date of such obligations, and all fees and expenses incident to the issuance of said obligations.

D. The city of New Orleans, acting by and through the New Orleans Aviation Board, with the approval of the city council, is empowered to, and shall, impose, charge, and collect, rates, fees, rentals, and other charges for the use of the said New Orleans International Airport and of the facilities constructed pursuant to this Part, in such amounts as will be sufficient at least to provide revenues adequate to maintain and operate the said airport and facilities heretofore or hereafter constructed, to pay the principal of and interest on and premiums, if any, upon redemption of such obligations, to provide for the renewal and replacement of any or all of the airport facilities and adequate reserves for all of such purposes, and for that purpose may contract for the operation of the said New Orleans International Airport or lease all or any part thereof, to any person or corporation, public or private, upon such terms and conditions, and for such period of years as the New Orleans Aviation Board may deem advisable, after having received the approval of the city council.

E. Obligations may be issued hereunder in definitive or temporary form from time to time in such amounts as may be determined by the city council of said city and shall bear such date or dates, mature at such time or times, bear interest at such rate or rates, be in such denominations and form, either coupon or registered, carry such registration privileges, be executed in such manner, be payable in such place or places within or without the state of Louisiana and be subject to redemption prior to maturity upon such terms and with or without premiums, all as the said city council may determine and the city council approves and as set forth in said obligations. Such obligations shall be sold by the city council of the city of New Orleans at such price or prices as the city council shall determine at public sale, after advertisement thereof has been given as provided in R.S. 39:1426(A), or at a private sale after notice of intention thereof has been given as provided in R.S. 39:1426(B).

F. The issuance of obligations pursuant to the provisions of this Part shall be by resolution of the city council, which resolution may contain provisions constituting a part of the contract with the holders of such obligations regarding the application of the proceeds of the sale of such obligations, the custody, disbursement, and investment of such proceeds, and the pledge thereof as additional security for such obligations; the collection, deposit, disbursement, pledging, and assignment of all or any part of the gross or net revenues derived from the operation of the New Orleans International Airport or from any or all of the facilities acquired and constructed from the proceeds of sale of such obligations and any improvements, extensions, or betterments hereafter constructed or acquired and the pledging or assignment of any contracts or leases under which such revenues may accrue; the appointment of trustees, paying agents, and such other depositaries or fiscal agents as may be required for the benefit and security of the holders from time to time of obligations issued hereunder; the amount or proportion of revenues that may be applied to the cost of maintaining and operating the said New Orleans International Airport; the amount and nature of insurance on the said airport, including use and occupancy insurance; the rates, fees, rentals, and other charges to be imposed and collected for the use of the said airport; the collection, custody, disbursement, and investment of the revenues derived from the said airport, including the setting aside of reserves, depreciation funds, or sinking funds; limitations upon the issuance of additional obligations, either as to amount or purpose, or both; limitations upon the right to sell, mortgage, lease, or otherwise encumber or dispose of the said airport or the revenues derived therefor; limitations on the right to acquire, construct, or improve other facilities that may compete with those, the cost of the acquisition and construction of which have been paid from the proceeds of sale of obligations issued hereunder; the procedure, if any, by which the term of any contract with the holders from time to time of obligations issued hereunder may be amended or abrogated, including the amount or percentage of obligations that must consent to any such amendment or abrogation, and any other matters of like or different character which in any way affect the security for the payment of, or protection of the holders of, the obligations issued hereunder.

G. Subject to the provisions contained in any proceedings of the city council, as aforesaid, authorizing the issuance of obligations hereunder, the revenues received by the city acting by and through the New Orleans Aviation Board from the said New Orleans International Airport and from the facilities acquired or constructed from the proceeds of such obligations shall be segregated and kept separate and apart from all other income or revenues of the city and shall be applied to the payment and security of such obligations, the maintenance and operation of the said New Orleans International Airport, the renewal and replacement thereof, and the acquisition or construction of improvements to and extensions and betterments of the said New Orleans International Airport and the purchase of equipment and furnishings therefor, and subject to the provisions of any agreement with the holders of obligations hereunder, any balance of such revenues may be applied to the payment of general obligation bonds of the city of New Orleans heretofore issued by the city for the acquisition, construction, improvement, and extension of the New Orleans International Airport, or to reimburse the city of New Orleans for advances for capital improvements to said airport heretofore supplied from the general fund or from the proceeds of general obligation bonds of the city.

H.(1) Except as otherwise provided by Paragraph (2) of this Subsection, all property and facilities and all other property and rights of use or possession thereof acquired, constructed, or dedicated to the use herein provided, which shall be owned by the city of New Orleans shall be exempt from every form of taxation; however, as to property owned by the city located outside of the city, the city is hereby authorized to make payments to political subdivisions in which such property is located in lieu of taxes in accordance with agreements therefor that may be entered into by the New Orleans Aviation Board and approved by the city council.

(2) All property acquired by or on behalf of the New Orleans International Airport located outside of the city of New Orleans after January 1, 1989, shall not be exempt from ad valorem taxation by other political subdivisions in which such property is located if such property is developed for commercial or industrial use by a nonpublic entity and results in income-producing activity. All such property shall be assessed and placed on the tax rolls of the political subdivisions in which such property is located for the tax year 1992 and shall be subject to the levy and collection of ad valorem taxes thereon for 1992 and subsequent years.

I. The provisions of this Part shall be self-operative and shall constitute complete authority for the exercise of the powers herein authorized, and no proceedings, publications, notices, elections, consents, or approvals shall be required for exercising any of such powers except such as are herein prescribed, and the provisions hereof are intended as supplemental and additional grants of power and shall not be construed as supplanting or repealing any existing powers of the city of New Orleans.

J. The provisions of this Part shall constitute a contract between the holders of any obligations issued hereunder and the state of Louisiana and the city of New Orleans.

K. The obligations issued under the authority of this Part shall be legal investments for the funds in the hands of savings banks, tutors of minors, curators of interdicts, trustees, and other fiduciaries, and said bonds may be used for deposit with any officer, board, municipality, or any political subdivision in the state of Louisiana, in any case where, by present or future laws, deposit or security is required.

Added by Acts 1981, No. 334, §1, eff. July 15, 1981. Acts 1989, No. 669, §1, eff. July 7, 1989; Acts 1992, No. 890, §1, eff. July 8, 1992.
La. R.S. § 2:382 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 2 / Section 382
Tit. 2, § 382. Declaration of effect of airport hazards
Status: in_force

It is hereby found and declared that an airport hazard endangers the lives and property of users of the airport and of occupants of land in its vicinity, and also, if of the obstruction type, in effect reduces the size of the area available for landing, taking-off, and maneuvering of aircraft, thus tending to destroy or impair the utility of the airport or landing field and the public health, public safety, or general welfare.
La. Rev. Stat. § 2:181 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 2 / Section 181
Authority of municipalities and parishes to incur and refund debt and issue bonds
Status: in_force

Airports and landing fields being works of public improvement, municipal corporations or parishes of the state may incur and refund debt and issue negotiable bonds for acquiring, building, equipping or maintaining such airports and landing fields, or for any one or more of such purposes, by such municipal corporations or parishes, as provided by Section 14 of Article XIV of the Constitution of Louisiana.
La. Rev. Stat. § 2:140 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 2 / Section 140
Intent of this Part
Status: in_force

It is the intent of this Part that all provisions herein relating to the issuance of bonds and the levying of taxes for airport and landing field purposes, and the expropriation for airports, landing fields, and airports facilities, shall be construed in accordance with general provisions of the law governing the right and procedure of municipalities, or other political subdivisions to expropriate property, issue bonds, and levy taxes.

Amended by Acts 1983, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 26, §1, eff. Jan. 19, 1983.
La. R.S. § 2:386 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 2 / Section 386
Tit. 2, § 386. Procedure for adoption and administration of regulations; appeals
Status: in_force

A. Adoption of zoning regulations. No airport zoning regulations shall be adopted, amended, or changed under this Chapter except by action of the legislative body of the parish or other political subdivision in question, or the joint board provided for in R.S. 2:384(B) after a public hearing in relation thereto, at which parties of interest and citizens shall have an opportunity to be heard. At least thirty days' notice of the hearing shall be published in an official paper, or a paper of general circulation, in the political subdivision or subdivisions in which the airport or landing field is located.

B. Administration of zoning regulations--Administrative agency. The legislative body of any political subdivision adopting airport zoning regulations under this chapter may delegate the duty of administering and enforcing such regulations to any administrative agency under its jurisdiction, or may create a new administrative agency to perform such duty, but such administrative agency shall not be or include any member of the board of appeals. The duties of such administrative agency shall include that of hearing and deciding all permits under R.S. 2:385A, but such agency shall not have or exercise any of the powers delegated to the board of appeals.

C. Administration of airport zoning regulations; board of appeal. Airport zoning regulations adopted under this Chapter shall provide for a board of appeals to have and exercise the following powers:

(1) To hear and decide appeals from any order, requirement, decision, or determination made by the administrative agency in the enforcement of this Chapter or of any ordinance adopted pursuant thereto;

(2) To hear and decide special exceptions to the terms of the ordinance upon which such board may be required to pass under such ordinance;

(3) To hear and decide specific variances under R.S. 2:385B, where a zoning board of appeals or adjustment already exists, it may be appointed as the board of appeals. Otherwise, the board of appeals shall consist of five members, each to be appointed for a term of three years and to be removable for cause by the appointing authority upon written charges and after public hearing.

The board shall adopt rules in accordance with the provisions of any ordinance adopted under this Chapter. Meetings of the board shall be held at the call of the chairman and at such other times as the board may determine. The chairman, or in his absence the acting chairman, may administer oaths and compel the attendance of witnesses. All meetings of the board shall be public. The board shall keep minutes of its proceedings, showing the vote of each member upon each question, or, if absent or failing to vote, indicating such fact, and shall keep records of its examinations and other official actions, all of which shall immediately be filed in the office of the board and shall be a public record.

Appeals to the board may be taken by any person aggrieved, or by any officer, department, board, or bureau of the political subdivision affected, by any decision of the administrative agency. An appeal must be taken within a reasonable time, as provided by the rules of the board, by filing with the agency from which the appeal is taken and with the board, a notice of appeal specifying the grounds thereof. The agency from which the appeal is taken shall forthwith transmit to the board all the papers constituting the record upon which the action appealed from was taken.

An appeal shall stay all proceedings in furtherance of the action appealed from, unless the agency from which the appeal is taken certifies to the board, after the notice of appeal has been filed with it, that by reason of the facts stated in the certificate a stay would, in its opinion cause imminent peril to life or property. In such case proceedings shall not be stayed otherwise than by a restraining order which may be granted by the board or by a court of record on application on notice to the agency from which the appeal is taken and on due cause shown.

The board shall fix a reasonable time for the hearing of the appeal, give public notice and due notice to the parties in interest, and decide the same within a reasonable time. Upon the hearing any party may appear in person or by agent or by attorney.

The board may, in conformity with the provisions of this Chapter, reverse or affirm, wholly or partly, or modify, the order, requirement, decision, or determination appealed from and may make such order, requirement, decision, or determination as ought to be made, and to that end shall have all the powers of the administrative agency from which the appeal is taken.

The concurring vote of a majority of the members of the board shall be sufficient to reverse any order, requirement, decision, or determination of the administrative agency, or to decide in favor of the applicant on any matter upon which it is required to pass under any such ordinance, or to effect any variation in such ordinance.
La. R.S. § 2:390 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 2 / Section 390
Tit. 2, § 390. Short title
Status: in_force

This Chapter may be known as the Airport Zoning Law.
La. Rev. Stat. § 2:381 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 2 / Section 381
Authority of municipalities and parishes
Status: in_force

For promoting safety or the general welfare of the community the governing body of all incorporated cities, towns and villages and of the parishes may promulgate, administer, and enforce airport zoning regulations limiting the height of structures and objects of natural growth and otherwise regulate the use of property in the vicinity of airports and landing fields. Any regulations adopted shall comply with any United States Department of Transportation, Federal Aviation Administration, advisory circular, order, regulation, safety guideline, recommendation, or other official document in order to ensure aviation safety and compatible land use.

Acts 2010, No. 800, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 2:13 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 2 / Section 13
Powers and duties of the department; aeronautics; license rejection
Status: in_force

In any case where the department rejects an application for permission to operate or establish an airport, landing field, air school, flying club, air beacon, or other air navigation facility, or in any case where the department shall issue any order requiring certain things to be done, it shall set forth its reasons and shall state the requirements to be met before such approval shall be given or the order modified or changed. In any case where the department may deem it necessary it may order the closing of any airport, landing field, or order any air school, flying club, or air beacon, or other air navigation facility to cease operations until it complies with the requirements of the department. The secretary or any person designated by him, and any officer, state, parish, or municipal, charged with the duty of enforcing any provisions of this Chapter, may inspect and examine at reasonable hours any premises, and the buildings and other structures thereon, where airports, landing fields, air schools, flying clubs, air beacons, or other air navigation facilities are operated. Any order made by the department pursuant to this Chapter shall be served upon the interested person by registered mail or in person before such order shall become effective.

Acts 1985, No. 889, §1.

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La. Rev. Stat. § 2:9 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 2 / Section 9
Powers and duties of the secretary; aeronautics; investigations and hearings
Status: in_force

The secretary or any person designated by the secretary may hold investigations, inquiries, and hearings concerning matters covered by the provisions of this Chapter, and all accidents in aeronautics, except for aircraft registration, identification, equipment, and enforcement delegated to the Department of Public Safety and Corrections. All hearings conducted in accordance with the provisions of this Section shall be open to the public. The secretary, and every person designated by him to hold any inquiry, investigation, or hearing may administer oaths and affirmations, certify to all official acts, issue subpoenas, compel the attendance and testimony of witnesses, and the production of papers, books, and documents. In case of failure to comply with any subpoena or order issued under authority of this Chapter, the secretary or his authorized representative, may invoke the aid of any district court which may have jurisdiction in such cases. The court may thereupon order the witness to comply with the requirements of the subpoena or order to give evidence touching the matter in question. Any failure to obey the order of said court may be punished by the court as a contempt thereof.

Acts 1985, No. 889, §1.

{{NOTE: SEE ACTS 1985, NO. 889, §3.}}
La. Rev. Stat. § 2:702 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 2 / Section 702
Definitions
Status: in_force

A. As used in this Chapter:

(1) "Airport" means as defined in R.S. 2:1.

(2) "Airport facilities" means any of the following at an airport:

(a) Movable or immovable property or an interest in movable or immovable property used for the landing, taking off, taxiing, parking, or storing of aircraft, or for receiving or discharging passengers or cargo, an appurtenant area used for an airport building or other facility, and any appurtenant right-of-way.

(b) Movable or immovable property including an easement, used for over-flight, noise abatement, a clear zone, a side transition zone, an environmental mitigation requirement, utilities, a drainage system, a right-of-way, or any other requirement imposed as a condition of approving the acquisition, construction, expansion, or operation of other airport facilities, whether located within the boundaries of the parish of East Baton Rouge or not.

(c) Structures, buildings, and improvements, including aeronautical and nonaeronautical, commercial or noncommercial structures, concessions, roadways, beacons, markers, communication systems, and navigational aids.

(d) Any other improvements or facilities necessary, useful, or intended for use in the operation of an airport.

(3) "Approval date" means the date of the issuance by the Federal Aviation Administration to the regional authority assuming operational jurisdiction of the airport of a certificate under 14 CFR Part 139 with respect to the airport, and the concurrence by the Federal Aviation Administration of the designation of the regional authority as a sponsor of the airport, including the Federal Aviation Administration's approval of the assignment of existing grant agreements to the regional authority.

(4) "Baton Rouge Regional Airport Authority" means a body politic and corporate and a political subdivision of this state. The authority shall exercise such powers and duties as herein specified or as necessary or convenient to carry out its purposes.

(5) "Board" means the governing body of the regional authority appointed by the Baton Rouge Metropolitan Council.

(6) "Chief executive officer" means the chief administrative officer of the regional authority.

(7) "Enplanement" means a domestic, territorial, or international revenue passenger who boards an aircraft that departs from the airport.

(8) "FAA" means the Federal Aviation Administration of the United States Department of Transportation, or any successor agency.

(9) "Fiscal year" means the annual period that is the fiscal year of the Baton Rouge Metropolitan Council or another annual period established by the board.

(10) "Local government" means the city of Baton Rouge, parish of East Baton Rouge, otherwise known as the "City-Parish", that creates the regional authority through the Baton Rouge Metropolitan Council and shall not include any governmental official who is not seated on the Baton Rouge Metropolitan Council.

(11) "Metropolitan Council" means the Metropolitan Council for the city of Baton Rouge and parish of East Baton Rouge.

(12) "Regional authority" means the Baton Rouge Airport Authority created pursuant to this Chapter and governed by a board.

(13) "Sponsor" means a public agency authorized by 49 U.S.C. 47101 to 47134 to submit requests for, accept, and be responsible for performing all of the assurances associated with accepting grant agreements with respect to airports from the FAA or this state, and to perform some duties and responsibilities previously assumed by the local government that owns or operates the airport before the transfer of operational jurisdiction of the airport to the regional authority created pursuant to this Chapter by virtue of the Baton Rouge Metropolitan Council's acceptance before the approval date of grants for the benefit of the airport from the FAA or another agency of the United States or this state.

Acts 2025, No. 118, §1, eff. June 8, 2025.
La. Rev. Stat. § 2:321 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 2 / Section 321
Board of commissioners; tenure and compensation
Status: in_force

Louisiana members of boards of commissioners for airport districts shall be appointed for a term of not more than five years from the date they assume their duties and shall serve without compensation; however, all members of boards of commissioners shall serve at the will of the governing bodies of the respective parishes appointing such commissioners.

Amended by Acts 1975, No. 659, §1. Acts 1983, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 26, §1, eff. Jan. 19, 1983; Acts 1999, No. 836, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 2:133 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 2 / Section 133
Private property may be acquired by purchase or expropriation
Status: in_force

Private property needed by a city, town, or other political subdivision for an airport or landing field or for the expansion of an airport or landing field or for extension of runways may be acquired by grant, purchase, lease, or other means, if such political subdivision is able to agree with the owners of said property on the terms of such acquisition, and otherwise by expropriation.

Amended by Acts 1983, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 26, §1, eff. Jan. 19, 1983.
La. R.S. § 2:134 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 2 / Section 134
Tit. 2, § 134. Purchase price may be paid from bond issue or otherwise
Status: in_force

The purchase price or award for real property acquired, in accordance with the provisions of this Part, for an airport or landing field may be paid for by appropriation of monies available therefor or wholly or partly from the proceeds of the sale of bonds of said city, town, parish or other political subdivision, as the legislative body of such political subdivision determines; subject, however, to the adoption of a proposition therefor at a regular or special election, if the adoption of such a proposition is a prerequisite to the issuance of bonds of such political subdivision for public purpose generally.
La. Rev. Stat. § 2:704 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 2 / Section 704
Board of commissioners; creation; membership; terms; officers; meetings
Status: in_force

A.(1) The authority created pursuant to this Chapter shall be directed and governed by a board consisting of not fewer than five and not more than nine members, who shall be appointed by the Baton Rouge Metropolitan Council and serve five-year terms. The initial terms of the board members shall be specified in the articles of incorporation and staggered in a manner that the terms of not less than one member expire each year. No board member shall be appointed to more than three consecutive terms in office.

(2) In addition to those board members appointed by the Baton Rouge Metropolitan Council, the state senators from state senatorial districts fourteen and fifteen and the state representatives from state representative districts sixty-three and sixty-four shall serve as ex officio members of the authority with all voting rights and privileges afforded to other members. They shall serve terms concurrent with their term of elected office. Membership seats held by the state senator for district fourteen and the state representative for district sixty-four shall cease to exist and terminate from the board on December 31, 2027.

B. The articles of incorporation of the authority created pursuant to this Chapter shall specify the number and qualifications of the members of the board. However, not more than thirty-three percent of the members appointed by the Baton Rouge Metropolitan Council may be elected officials. At a minimum, a board member shall be domiciled in East Baton Rouge Parish and have experience in aviation, business, accounting, finance, marketing, engineering, law, real estate, economic development, management, or another field of value to the operation of the airport. A full-time paid employee of the local government shall not be eligible for appointment to the board.

C. Within sixty days after incorporation of a regional authority, the members of the governing body of the Baton Rouge Metropolitan Council shall appoint the members of the board. Before assuming the duties of office, a member of the board shall qualify by taking and subscribing to the constitutional oath of office.

D. A member of the board whose term has expired shall hold office until the board member's successor is appointed and qualified, or until resignation or removal. If a member of the board is removed or is unable to complete his term of office, the governing body shall appoint a successor to complete the term. A member of the board may resign by written notice to the regional authority. The resignation is effective on receipt by the secretary or chairperson of the regional authority or at a subsequent time as set forth in the notice of resignation. The regional authority shall promptly advise the Baton Rouge Metropolitan Council in writing of any vacancy. The Baton Rouge Metropolitan Council shall appoint a new member to fill the vacancy within sixty days after the Baton Rouge Metropolitan Council is advised of the notice of resignation by the regional authority.

E. The Baton Rouge Metropolitan Council shall only remove a board member for cause. The definition of cause shall include failure to attend at least seventy-five percent of the meetings of the board each fiscal year, conviction of a felony, breach of fiduciary duty to the regional authority, and other conduct as specified in the articles of incorporation or bylaws of the regional authority.

F. Within ninety days after the regional authority is incorporated pursuant to this Chapter, the board of the regional authority shall hold its first meeting. At the first meeting, the board shall elect a chairperson, vice chairperson, secretary, and any additional officers that the board considers necessary. With the exception of the treasurer, all officers of the board shall be elected annually by, and shall be members of, the board.

G. Except for those powers reserved or delegated to the chief executive officer of the regional authority by this Chapter or by the board, the board may withdraw from the chief executive officer any power that the board has delegated to the chief executive officer.

H. The regional authority shall not compensate a member of the board for service to the authority or attendance at a meeting, but may reimburse a member for an actual and necessary expense incurred in the discharge of the member's official duties.

I. The board shall act only by resolution or ordinance. A vote of the majority of the board members present at a meeting of the board or a committee of the board at which a quorum is present constitutes the action of the board or committee unless the articles of incorporation or bylaws of the regional authority require otherwise.

Acts 2025, No. 118, §1, eff. June 8, 2025.
La. Rev. Stat. § 2:711 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 2 / Section 711
Employees; retirement; pension plans
Status: in_force

A. Employees at the airport may transfer to the regional authority to which operational jurisdiction of the airport will be transferred as provided in this Section on one or more dates agreed to by the regional authority and the local government. The date or dates shall be as soon as administratively feasible, but not later than one hundred eighty days after the FAA approval date. The initial terms of employment, including for purposes of pension and other benefits, for transferring employees shall be substantially similar to the terms of employment for the employees immediately before the transfer. The regional authority shall offer to enter into a collective bargaining agreement covering transferring employees who on their transfer date were covered by a collective bargaining agreement with the local government. The agreement offered by the regional authority shall have substantially similar terms of employment as the local government collective bargaining agreement and remain in effect for the same period. The regional authority shall become the employer of transferring employees on the date of transfer without a break in employment and shall recognize the length of service of the transferring employees with the local government for purposes of the regional authority's benefit plans and programs. The local government shall not be an employer of any employee at the airport after the transfer date. The accrued local government pension benefits or credits of a transferring employee shall not be diminished because of the transfer. The pension benefits and credits shall be transferred to the retirement system or pension plan established by the regional authority as provided in Subsections B and C of this Section.

B.(1)(a) Except as provided in Paragraph (2) of this Subsection, by the approval date, the regional authority shall have taken all necessary steps to become a participating employer in the Employees' Retirement System of the city of Baton Rouge and parish of East Baton Rouge. In the alternative, the regional authority may, by the approval date, adopt another or establish its own retirement system or pension plan that initially provides benefits to each transferring employee that are substantially similar to the benefits provided by the local government's retirement system or pension plan before the FAA approval date. The regional authority's retirement system or pension plan shall credit a transferring employee for his prior employment with the local government, including for purposes of eligibility, vesting, and accruals, and the employee shall make any mandatory employee contribution to the regional authority's retirement system or pension plan.

(b) If the regional authority elects to adopt another or establish its own retirement system or pension plan, then the regional authority shall pay to the Employees' Retirement System of the city of Baton Rouge and the parish of East Baton Rouge an amount calculated in accordance with the ordinances governing the city-parish retirement system that accounts for the loss of the positions of the employees transferred to the regional authority who are no longer covered by the city-parish retirement system.

(2) Notwithstanding any provision of Paragraph (1) of this Subsection to the contrary, the regional authority may elect to become a participating employer in the Municipal Police Employees' Retirement System. By the approval date, the authority shall notify the system's board of trustees of the authority's election to become a participating employer or to establish its own retirement system or pension plan.

C. If the regional authority elects to establish its own retirement system or pension plan, the local government shall, as soon as administratively feasible, but not later than one hundred eighty days after all employee transfers under Subsection A of this Section, transfer to the trustees of the regional authority retirement system or pension plan both of the following:

(1)(a) For defined benefit plans to which R.S. 11:143 does not apply, all accrued benefits, all accrued liabilities, and a share of the assets of the local government's plan sufficient to fund the transferring employees' accrued benefits to the extent that the benefits have been funded by the local government on or before the transfer date.

(b) For defined benefit plans to which R.S. 11:143 applies:

(i) If the regional authority's retirement system or pension plan is required to make transfers to other systems in accordance with R.S. 11:143, then the defined benefit plan shall transfer to the regional authority's system or plan an amount calculated in accordance with the provisions of R.S. 11:143 upon application of the member for a transfer of service credit.

(ii) If the regional authority's retirement system or pension plan is not required to make transfers to other systems in accordance with R.S. 11:143, then the defined benefit plan shall transfer to the regional authority's system or plan the amount of the employee's contributions upon application of the member for that refund and transfer.

(2) For defined contribution plans, the amount credited to each transferring employee's account in the local government's retirement system or pension plan on or before the transfer date. For purposes of this Paragraph, the local government shall fully vest the account of the transferring employee on the day immediately preceding the transfer date and shall make contributions on behalf of the transferring employee for the portion of the transfer year in which the employee was employed by the local government and eligible to participate in the plans regardless of any allocation requirements that otherwise might prevent the transferring employee from receiving a contribution for the year of the transfer.

D. The local government shall transfer the amounts to be transferred pursuant to Subsection E of this Section in cash or in some other form acceptable to the trustees. The transfer of money to the trustees pursuant to this Subsection terminates the local government's obligation to the transferring employees and the transferring employees' rights under the local government's retirement system and pension plans.

E. If the local government has an obligation to provide retiree health benefits or payments to transferring employees, the regional authority shall assume the obligations. The regional authority shall not assume obligations in excess of the amount properly allocable to the transferring employees. The local government shall, as soon as administratively feasible but not later than one hundred eighty days after all employee transfers pursuant to Subsection A of this Section, transfer to the regional authority an amount sufficient to fund the transferring employees' accrued benefits to the extent that the benefits have been funded by the local government on or before the transfer date. The regional authority shall transfer the amounts required to be transferred under this Subsection to a qualifying entity established by the regional authority in cash, or in some other form acceptable to the qualifying entity. The transfer of money to a qualifying entity established by the regional authority pursuant to this Subsection terminates the local government's obligations to the transferring employees and the transferring employees' rights to receive the benefits from the local government.

F. This Section shall apply only to local government employees who transfer their employment to the regional authority in accordance with this Section.

G.(1) An employee hired by the regional authority, other than a transferring employee, is eligible to participate in the benefit plans established by the regional authority, in accordance with and subject to the terms of the plans as established by the regional authority, in its sole discretion.

(2)(a) If the regional authority elects to participate in the Employees' Retirement System of the city of Baton Rouge and parish of East Baton Rouge, an employee's membership in the system shall be governed by the ordinances and other plan provisions of the system.

(b) If the regional authority elects to participate in the Municipal Police Employees' Retirement System, an employee's membership in the system shall be governed by the statutes and other plan provisions of the system.

H. As used in this Section:

(1) "Transfer date" means the earlier of the date of transfer or the deadline for transfer of employment to the regional authority.

(2) "Transferring employee" means an employee at the airport who timely transfers to the regional authority by the transfer date.

Acts 2025, No. 118, §1, eff. June 8, 2025.
La. Rev. Stat. § 2:317 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 2 / Section 317
Creation of airport district in more than one parish; joint resolution
Status: in_force

When a proposed airport district includes territory situated in more than one political subdivision, it shall be created by joint resolutions of the governing authority of each political subdivision whose territory is included, or by resolution of one approved by the other.

Amended by Acts 1975, No. 659, §1. Acts 1983, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 26, §1, eff. Jan. 19, 1983.
La. Rev. Stat. § 2:135.1 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 2 / Section 135.1
Authority to equip, improve, establish fees and charges, and lease airport facilities
Status: in_force

A. Airport districts, airport authorities, and other political subdivisions, including the New Orleans Aviation Board, which establish or operate airports or landing fields or which acquire or set apart immovable property for such purpose may:

(1) Construct, equip, improve, maintain, and operate the same or vest authority for the construction, equipment, improvement, maintenance, and operation thereof, in an officer, board, or sponsor of such political subdivision. The expense of construction, equipment, improvement, maintenance, and operation is a responsibility of the sponsor or its vested authority.

(2) Adopt regulations and establish charges, fees, and tolls for the use of such airports or landing fields, fix penalties for the violation of regulations, and establish privileges to enforce payment of the charges, fees, and tolls, except that such authority will not be used to discriminate against the use of such airports or landing fields by any legitimate aviation interest.

(3) Lease to any person, as defined in this Title, areas for operations space, improvements, including industrial development, and equipment on such airports or landing fields; provided that all leases of land, improvements, or equipment, except as hereinafter provided, shall be by public bid under the provisions of the Public Bid Law, R.S. 38:2181 et seq., or under the provisions on leases of public lands, R.S. 41:1211 et seq.

(4) Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary and specifically any provision contained in Paragraph (3) of this Subsection, the governing authority of any airport located in this state which is eligible to receive funding from the Federal Aviation Administration is authorized to lease to any person, as defined in this Title, land, areas for operations space, improvements, including industrial development, and equipment on airports or landing fields provided that any such governing authorities leasing land, improvements, or equipment, except as hereinafter provided, shall charge fair and reasonable prices for airport properties as determined by appraisals and fair market value comparisons in accordance with Federal Aviation Administration guidelines. The appraisals and fair market value comparisons required by this Paragraph shall be conducted and paid for by the governing authority of the airport.

(5) Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary and specifically any provision contained in Paragraph (3) of this Subsection, the governing authority of the Natchitoches Regional Airport is authorized to lease to any person, as defined in this Title, land, areas for operations space, improvements, including industrial development, and equipment on such airport or landing fields provided that the governing authority leasing such land, improvements, or equipment, except as hereinafter provided, shall charge fair and reasonable prices for airport properties as determined by appraisals and fair market value comparisons in accordance with Federal Aviation Administration guidelines. The appraisals and fair market value comparisons required by this Paragraph shall be conducted and paid for by the governing authority of the Natchitoches Regional Airport.

(6) Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, including in Paragraph (3) of this Subsection, the Iberia Parish Airport Authority, which operates LeMaire Airport in Jeanerette, Louisiana, is authorized to lease to any person, as defined in this Title, land, areas for operations space and improvements, including industrial development, and equipment on such airport or landing field. However, the Iberia Parish Airport Authority, except as provided in this Paragraph, shall charge a fair and reasonable price for airport properties as determined by appraisals and fair market value comparisons in accordance with Federal Aviation Administration guidelines. The appraisals and fair market value comparisons required by this Paragraph shall be conducted and paid for by the Iberia Parish Airport Authority.

B.(1) The public bid requirement provided in Paragraph (A)(3) of this Section shall be at the option of the sponsor when such sponsor is leasing operations space of less than two hundred fifty square feet.

(2) The advertisements shall set forth a description of the property to be leased, the time when bids therefor will be received, and a short summary of the terms, conditions, and purposes of the lease to be executed. The public bids provided for in this Part shall be secret, sealed bids and shall be mailed or delivered to the lessor at its domicile address. The advertisements provided for in this Section shall constitute judicial advertisements and legal notices as required in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 5 of Title 43 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950. At the date and hour mentioned in the advertisement for consideration of bids, the bids shall be publicly opened by the lessor at its office.

(3) The lessor shall accept only the highest bid submitted which yields the greatest benefits to the public in services and financial return to it by a person or persons who meet all of the conditions of this Part. The lessor shall have the right to reject all bids.

(4) The lessor may execute any lease granted under such terms and conditions that it deems proper or as otherwise provided in this Part.

(5) All leases signed by the lessor shall be executed in sufficient counterparts to be disposed of as follows: one copy shall be furnished to the lessee; one copy shall be recorded in the conveyance records of each parish in which the land lies; one copy shall be furnished to the secretary of the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development; and one copy shall be retained in the records of the lessor.

C. Where private property adjoining an airport is acquired by a public body pursuant to provisions of R.S. 2:133, leases may be entered into between the airport owner and the owner of said property without advertising or competitive bidding, the terms of which shall be determined by the appraised value of the land and/or buildings so acquired in relation to the lease periods described in Subsection B of this Part.

D. Where the lessor has constructed or contemplates the construction of a building or other improvements in order to expand the services of the airport, the lessor may execute a lease for a period not to exceed twenty-five years and provide for a monthly or annual rental, payable monthly or annually in advance, and advertise in accordance with Subsection A of this Section, such lease may provide for the option to renew on stipulated conditions, without further advertising or competitive bidding, for periods not to exceed an additional twenty-five years.

E.(1) It having been determined that the financial stability of the state's air carrier airports is dependent upon the ability to enter into long-term lease agreements with air carriers and fixed-base operators in order to assure the resources necessary for the financing of improvements for, and the maintenance of, such airports and that the nature of the lease arrangements customarily entered into with such air carriers and fixed-base operators at air carrier airports makes it unnecessary and undesirable that such lease agreements be subject to advertisement and competitive bidding because leased premises or improvements normally are constructed to the individual specifications of the air carriers and fixed-base operators with the lease payments being designed to cover the cost of such premises or improvements, and it having been determined that public convenience and necessity so requires, it hereby is provided that, notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, leases of airport operational space, facilities, equipment, and other airport land and improvements at airports may be entered into with air carriers and fixed-base operators for initial terms of up to thirty years, and optional extension terms of up to an additional twenty-five years, without advertising or competitive bidding.

(2)(a) The term "air carrier" as used herein means a party certificated under state or federal law to provide scheduled air transportation of persons, property or mail.

(b) The term "fixed-base operator" or "FBO" means an individual or a firm operating at an airport and providing general aircraft or air cargo services including but not limited to maintenance, storage, repair, and ground and flight instructions.

(c) The term "air carrier airport" means a facility served by an air carrier certificated by the Civil Aeronautics Board under Section 401 of the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 (as amended) or by an air carrier operating under an exemption to Section 401 of the Act granted by the Civil Aeronautics Board for scheduled commuter airline service.

F. Notwithstanding any provisions of law to the contrary, no municipality, parish, airport district, airport authority, or other political subdivision may grant a lease of an entire airport nor may the public be deprived of its rightful, equal, and uniform use of the airport or landing field or portion thereof, except at such times as may be required in the interest of public safety, and no exclusive concession, license, or lease agreement may be made relative to the business of servicing, repairing, or furnishing of supplies for aircraft or the sale, rental, or leasing of aircraft or flight instruction. Prospective lessees providing such services must have complied with the minimum aeronautical standards established by the lessor.

G. Lease agreements entered into with fixed-base operators prior to June 22, 1978, may be amended so as to provide for an initial or primary term of up to thirty years and optional extension terms of up to an additional twenty-five years without advertising or competitive bidding, with the terms, conditions, fees, and rentals in such lease agreement to be agreed upon by the authority and the fixed-base operator.

H. The provisions of this Section shall not apply to the Department of Military Affairs of the state of Louisiana when leasing airport space at a publicly-owned airport for military purposes.

I.(1) The Acadiana Regional Airport is the site of a former United States naval air station, now owned by Iberia Parish by deed from the United States, consisting of facilities conducive to use in heavy aircraft maintenance to, severally and singularly, manufacture, store, maintain, retrofit, or repair aircraft in excess of eighty-eight thousand pounds commonly used in the air carrier industry. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, leases of airport operational space, facilities, equipment, and other airport land and improvements at Acadiana Regional Airport may be entered into with persons engaged in the manufacture, storage, maintenance, retrofitting, repair, or maintenance of aircraft in excess of eighty-eight thousand pounds used by the military services of the United States or any state, or private person engaged in air carrier operations, or scheduled commuter operations, or nonscheduled charter of persons, or property, or mail, for initial terms of up to thirty years, and for optional extension terms of up to an additional twenty-five years, without advertising or competitive bidding. Any lease undertaken under the provisions of this Subsection shall provide conditions to assure that the area of the lease shall be suitably maintained in a safe and serviceable condition; that services shall be provided on a fair, equal, and not unjustly discriminatory basis; and that charges for services shall be fair, reasonable, and not unjustly discriminatory.

(2) Any construction projects undertaken under the provisions of this Subsection shall be performed in accordance with the provisions of R.S. 38:2211 et seq.

J. All leases with a term of five years or more shall contain a provision for periodic adjustments based on a recognized economic index.

K. Public-use areas such as airport taxiways shall not be included in the lease area. If public fueling facilities are included within the area to be leased, provisions must be made for right of public access. Nothing in the lease shall authorize the use of the lease area to block access to any other area or any public fueling service of the airport facility.

L.(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, leases of public airport operational space, facilities, equipment, and other airport land and improvements at any air facility may be entered into with persons engaged in the manufacture, storage, maintenance, retrofitting, repair, or maintenance of aircraft in excess of eighty-eight thousand pounds commonly used by the military services of the United States or any state, or private person engaged in air carrier operations, or scheduled commuter operations, or nonscheduled charter of persons, or property, or mail, for initial terms of up to thirty years, and for optional extension terms of up to an additional twenty-five years, without advertising or competitive bidding.

(2) Any lease shall provide conditions to assure that the area of the lease shall be suitably maintained in a safe and serviceable condition; that services shall be provided on a fair, equal and not unjustly discriminatory basis; and that charges for services will be fair, reasonable, and not unjustly discriminatory.

(3)(a) Notwithstanding the provisions contained in this Section or any other provision of law to the contrary, any aviation maintenance technician who is certified by the Federal Aviation Administration shall be authorized and permitted to enter into a public airport facility to provide assessment, inspection, or consultation, which may include preventative maintenance or minor repair work only if such work is expressly authorized in advance by the airport. Nothing in this Paragraph shall restrict the right of the aircraft owner to bring in a Federal Aviation Administration certified technician for a privately owned aircraft stored in a leased or owned hangar in a public airport or facility provided that the inspection, assessment, consultation, or work performed complies with the provisions outlined in 14 CFR Part 43.

(b) The Federal Aviation Administration certified technician shall meet the following requirements:

(i) Is authorized by the owner or lessee of the aircraft to perform the assessment, inspection, or consultation, including preventative maintenance or minor repair work, if necessary.

(ii) Complies with all security measures and access control policies established by the airport including but not limited to being granted temporary access to restricted areas if necessary.

(iii) Upon request, presents a valid Federal Aviation Administration certification and identification at the time of entry to the airport.

(iv) Upon request, provides proof of appropriate liability insurance covering the performance of their duties at the airport.

(4) If a privately owned aircraft is stored in a hangar that is leased or owned by a person other than the aircraft owner, the Federal Aviation Administration certified technician may only perform work pursuant to Paragraph (3) of this Subsection if the hangar owner or lessee provides prior written or documented permission.

M.(1) The lease shall preclude the lessee fixed-base operator from requiring the users of other leased areas to secure goods and services exclusively from such fixed-base operator. In no case shall a fixed-based operator be leased more apron space than that for which an immediate demonstrated need has been shown. Sponsors shall ensure that apron space not necessary to current operations shall be available upon request to future tenants. Therefore, where there is only one fixed-base operator on an airport and there is more apron space than required for the operation of such operator, only that space actually required for such operation shall be leased to the existing fixed-based operator.

(2) The lessor may designate within a lease agreement the time limit within which construction of a fixed-based operation facility shall begin.

N.(1) The obligation to make a public airport available for the use and benefit of the public does not impose any requirement to permit access from adjacent property or through-the-fence operations as defined in R.S. 2:1(26). The sponsor of a public airport is entitled to seek the recovery of initial and continuing costs of providing a public use air operation area from all users including those operating from off-airport property. The development of an aeronautical enterprise on land uncontrolled by the sponsor of the public airport can result in competitive advantage for the through-the-fence operator to the detriment of the airport and on-airport operators. Therefore, the airport sponsor shall obtain from the off-airport user fair market value. A through-the-fence lease agreement shall be fair, nondiscriminatory, and in compliance with on-airport lease agreement provisions.

(2) The governing authority of a public airport may require any person or legal entity proposing to engage in through-the-fence air operation area operations to enter into an airport user agreement prior to the commencement of said operations. The user agreement may include a fee schedule, user fee, and other terms and conditions for the use of the airport by the through-the-fence operator. Such user agreement shall be fair, reasonable, and nondiscriminatory.

(3) The provisions of this Subsection shall not apply to the activities of aerial applicators which shall be in compliance with and controlled by the provisions of R.S. 2:135.3.

O. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, airport districts, airport authorities, airport sponsors, and other political subdivisions which establish or operate airports or landing fields or which acquire or set apart immovable property for such purposes may lease lands of which they have title, custody, or possession on a share basis for the agricultural purpose of planting, cultivating, growing, and harvesting any agricultural crops with the terms, conditions, fees, and rentals in such lease to be agreed upon by the lessor and the agricultural tenant provided such agreement is commensurate with agricultural standards within the geographic area.

P. The provisions of this Section shall have no effect on the provisions of R.S. 33:130.351 through 130.359.

Added by Acts 1978, No. 78, §1, eff. June 22, 1978. Amended by Acts 1980, No. 181, §1; Acts 1983, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 26, §1, eff. Jan. 19, 1983; Acts 1984, No. 340, §1, eff. July 2, 1984; Acts 1989, No. 670, §1, eff. July 7, 1989; Acts 1990, No. 280, §1; Acts 1991, No. 478, §1; Acts 1993, No. 760, §2, eff. June 22, 1993; Acts 1999, No. 836, §1; Acts 2003, No. 404, §1; Acts 2003, No. 1174, §1; Acts 2005, No. 360, §1; Acts 2005, No. 390, §1, eff. July 1, 2005; Acts 2005, No. 478, §1, eff. July 1, 2005; Acts 2021, No. 443, §1; Acts 2021, No. 445, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2023; Acts 2021, No. 446, §1; Acts 2024, No. 605, §1; Acts 2025, No. 286, §1, eff. July 31, 2025.

NOTE: Louisiana State Law Institute merged Acts 2021, No. 445 and 446 which each enacted Subparagraph (B)(2)(c) with different eff. dates.
La. Rev. Stat. § 2:330 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 2 / Section 330
Part is full authority for creation of district
Status: in_force

This Part is full authority for the creation of airport districts without reference to any other Part. No proceedings with respect to the creation of airport districts are necessary except as required by this Part. Publication of notices required by this Part may be in any newspaper conforming to the terms of this Part without regard to designation thereof as the official journal of the airport district.

Amended by Acts 1975, No. 659, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 2:814 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 2 / Section 814
Project development; schedule
Status: in_force

When aviation projects receiving funding from the Federal Aviation Administration are being negotiated by the department, the department, the local sponsor of the project, and the Federal Aviation Administration shall agree upon an official schedule of project development which shall set the project time schedule. If the department is unable to complete timely reviews as stipulated within the schedule, for reasons solely in the control of the department, the project shall be deemed to be approved in accordance with the standard process of the Federal Aviation Administration.

Acts 1993, No. 406, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 2:384 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 2 / Section 384
General zoning ordinances; effect or scope; joint boards; extent of jurisdiction of political subdivisions; reasonable regulations
Status: in_force

A. In the event that a political sub-division has adopted, or hereafter adopts, a general zoning ordinance, regulating, among other things, the height of buildings, any airport zoning regulations adopted for the same area or portion thereof under this Chapter, may be incorporated in and made a part of such general zoning regulations, and be administered and enforced in connection therewith, but such general zoning regulations shall not limit the effectiveness or scope of the regulations adopted under this Chapter.

B. Any two or more parishes or other political subdivisions may agree, by ordinance duly adopted, to create a joint board and delegate to said board the powers herein conferred to promulgate, administer, and enforce airport zoning regulations to protect the aerial approaches of any airport or landing field located within the corporate limits of any one or more of said political subdivisions. Such joint boards shall have as members two representatives appointed by the chief executive officer of each political subdivision participating in the creation of said board and a chairman elected by a majority of the members so appointed.

C. The jurisdiction of each parish or other political subdivision is hereby extended to the promulgation, administering and enforcement of airport zoning regulations to protect the approaches of any airport or landing field which is owned by said parish or other political subdivision but located wholly or partially outside the corporate limits of the parish or other political subdivision. In case of conflict with any airport zoning or regulations promulgated by any other parish or other political subdivision, the regulations adopted pursuant to this sub-section shall prevail.

D. All airport zoning regulations adopted under this Chapter shall be reasonable and none shall require the removal, lowering, or other change or alteration of any structure or tree not conforming to the regulations when adopted or amended, or otherwise interfere with the continuance of any non-conforming use, except as provided in R.S. 2:385A.
La. Rev. Stat. § 2:131.1 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 2 / Section 131.1
Municipal airport located outside parish; membership on governing board
Status: in_force

A. The membership of the governing board of any municipally owned and operated airport or air transportation facility, which is used by common carriers of air passengers and which is located entirely outside the geographical boundaries of the parish in which the municipality which owns said airport or facility is located, shall include, in addition to such number of members as is otherwise provided by law or ordinance, one additional member, to be appointed by the mayor of the municipality which owns and operates the airport or facility with the approval of the governing authority of such municipality from a list of two names submitted by the chief executive officer with the approval of the governing authority of the parish in which the airport or facility is located. In addition to this one additional member, if the airport or facility is located wholly or partially within a municipality, the governing board of such airport or facility also shall include two additional members to be appointed by the mayor of the municipality which owns and operates the airport or facility with the approval of the governing authority of such municipality from a list of four names submitted by the mayor of the municipality within which such airport or facility is located with the approval of the governing authority of such municipality. The appointment of such additional members as authorized by Act 424 of the 1972 Regular Session of the Louisiana Legislature shall become effective as hereinafter set forth. Any such member who is in office on July 1, 1983 pursuant to appointment on or after June 30, 1982 shall continue in office until the expiration of his term on June 30, 1987. Any such member who is in office on July 1, 1983 pursuant to appointment prior to June 30, 1982 whose term expired on June 30, 1982 and whose successor has not been appointed and qualified shall be replaced in the following manner:

(1) Within sixty days from July 1, 1983 the mayor of the municipality within which such airport or facility is located with the approval of the governing authority of such municipality shall submit a list of two names for one appointment to the board.

(2) Within sixty days from July 1, 1983 if more than one such position is available then the chief executive officer of the parish in which the airport or facility is located with the approval of the governing authority of such parish shall submit a list of two names for one appointment to the board.

(3) In the event such airport or facility is located in more than one parish then the chief executive officer of each parish shall establish the order of priority by lot.

(4) In the event that all four such positions are available then the mayor of the municipality within which such airport or facility is located shall submit a list of two additional names.

(5) The terms of all persons appointed pursuant to the foregoing shall expire on June 30, 1987.

(6) Thereafter, all successors shall be appointed for terms of five years.

B. The following shall be applicable to all appointments made subsequent to July 1, 1983:

(1) In the event that the governing authority of the parish in which the airport or facility is located or the mayor of the municipality within which such airport or facility is located does not submit the lists hereinabove provided for within sixty (60) days from the date a vacancy occurs, then the mayor of the municipality which owns and operates the airport or facility with the approval of the governing authority of such municipality shall make the appointment.

(2) In the further event that the mayor of the municipality which owns and operates the airport or facility does not make the appointment within sixty (60) days of receipt of such list and the governing authority of said municipality does not approve same within said sixty (60) days, then the chief executive officer with the approval of the governing authority of the parishes submitting the list in which the airport or facility is located or the mayor of the municipality submitting the list of names with the approval of the governing authority of said municipality shall make the appointment.

Acts 1983, No. 25, §1, eff. June 9, 1983.
La. R.S. § 2:183 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 2 / Section 183
Tit. 2, § 183. Election; resolution
Status: in_force

The election shall be ordered by resolution which states the purposes for which the debt is to be incurred, the amount of the debt, the number of years for which the bonds are to run, and the maximum rate of interest.
La. R.S. § 2:82 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 2 / Section 82
Tit. 2, § 82. Acquisition of airports by state; limitations
Status: in_force

For the purposes set forth in R.S. 2:81 the department of public works by purchase, donation, lease, or condemnation may acquire property or an interest therein, including servitudes in airport hazards or land outside the boundaries of an airport, necessary to permit safe and efficient operation of the airports, to permit the removal, obstruction-marking, or obstruction-lighting of airport hazards, or to prevent the establishment of airport hazards. In like manner, the department may acquire existing airports and air navigation facilities. The department shall not acquire any airport or air navigation facility owned or controlled by a political subdivision of the state without consent first being obtained in writing from the governing authority of the political subdivision.
La. Rev. Stat. § 2:331 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 2 / Section 331
Authority to acquire or improve land for industrial parks
Status: in_force

A. In addition to any other authority conferred by the constitution and statutes of this state, any airport district, commission, board or airport authority may acquire, except by expropriation, and/or improve land for industrial parks within the limits of the district, commission, board or authority, and may acquire, purchase, construct or improve industrial plant buildings and necessary property and appurtenances thereto and lease, by suitable and appropriate contract, to any enterprise locating or existing within such airport district, commission, board or airport authority, a plant site, appurtenances and plant building or buildings, either, both or severally. Leases authorized to be executed hereunder may be entered into by the airport district without advertisement for bids, provided that any lease having a term of three years or longer shall first be submitted to and approved by the Board of Commerce and Industry of the State of Louisiana.

B. Such works are hereby declared to be works of public improvement and moneys of an airport district or airport authority may be expended for such public purposes. Any airport district, commission, board or airport authority may contract for and receive grants and/or loans from the United States government and any statutory agency or department or instrumentality thereof, or any department, board, commission, agency or political subdivision of this state in carrying out the purposes of this Section.

Added by Acts 1975, 1st Ex.Sess., No. 36, §1, eff. Feb. 20, 1975. Acts 1983, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 26, §1, eff. Jan. 19, 1983.
La. Rev. Stat. § 2:1002 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 2 / Section 1002
Notice of construction
Status: in_force

A. A person proposing to construct a communication facility that is taller than one hundred feet but not more than two hundred feet shall, on or before the thirtieth day before the date the construction begins, mail a letter to each of the following:

(1) Any airport which has been approved by the department located within three miles of the proposed facility location.

(2) The Louisiana Agricultural Aviation Association.

B. The letter shall state:

(1) The legal description of the proposed site of construction, including a graphic depiction showing the location, height, longitude, latitude, pad size, roadway access, and proposed use of the communication facility and location of any guy wires.

(2) At a minimum, the name, phone number, electronic mail address, if any, and mailing address of the person proposing construction of the communication facility.

(3) A phone number that is operational twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week, for emergency purposes.

Acts 2004, No. 57, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 2:81 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 2 / Section 81
Authority of state to own airports; operation of airports by Department of Public Works
Status: in_force

The department of public works in behalf of and in the name of the state, out of funds available for such purposes, may plan, establish, construct, enlarge, improve, maintain, equip, operate, regulate, protect, and police airports and air navigation facilities within the state. The department may construct, install, equip, maintain, and operate at such airports buildings and other facilities for the servicing of aircraft or for the accommodation of air travelers.

All airports, and other air navigation facilities presently owned or leased or which may be owned or leased hereafter by the state shall be maintained, managed and operated by the department, which may charge such fees as it shall see fit for the use of said airports or air navigation facilities. The department may enter into such contracts as it shall deem advisable for the sale of aviation fuel and lubricants and for the operation of other concessions and it may grant leases of every type covering its hangars, buildings and other real and personal property for such sums and upon such terms as it may see fit.

All revenues earned or produced by the department on account of such fees, contracts or leases shall be kept separate from all other funds of the state and shall be deposited in one of the banks of the City of Baton Rouge subject to withdrawal by the Director of Public Works, who may use them to pay salaries, to purchase and repair equipment and to meet other expenses incidental to the operation, development and maintenance of these facilities.

Amended by Acts 1957, No. 20.
La. Rev. Stat. § 2:902 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 2 / Section 902
Grant eligibility
Status: in_force

A. Grants made through the program shall be limited to Louisiana general aviation and reliever airports and shall be awarded to those projects which address maintenance needs and attempt to enhance safety issues at existing airport facilities.

B. Each successful grant applicant shall provide a like match in funds from other sources. All matching funds must be available to the program after the date of the grant award and funds spent prior to the grant award shall not be considered in fulfillment of the match requirement.

C.(1) Except as provided in Paragraph (2) of this Subsection, grants shall be limited to not more than ten thousand dollars per airport per fiscal year.

(2) Applications for additional grant money by an airport that has been awarded the maximum amount in a fiscal year may be considered for additional funding after April thirtieth of a fiscal year if all of the applications for grants which have been submitted for the fiscal year have been accepted or rejected and any funds in the grant program remain unallocated for the fiscal year.

D. Funding through the grant program shall be subject to but not limited to the following criteria:

(1) The availability of funds.

(2) A comparative needs analysis of requested projects as determined by the division of aviation.

(3) Demonstrated benefits to be derived from the project.

Acts 1998, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 145, §1; Acts 2001, No. 76, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 2:327 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 2 / Section 327
Issuance of bonds
Status: in_force

No bonds shall be issued by airport districts under this Part until they are approved by a vote of a majority in number of the qualified electors of the district, voting at an election held in the district for that purpose.

Amended by Acts 1975, No. 659, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 2:14 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 2 / Section 14
Appeal from department order or regulation pertaining to aeronautics
Status: in_force

Any person against whom an order has been entered may, within ten days after service, appeal to the district court for the parish in which property affected by the order is located, for the purpose of having the reasonableness or lawfulness of the order inquired into or determined.

Acts 1985, No. 889, §1.

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La. Rev. Stat. § 2:7.1 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 2 / Section 7.1
Operation and maintenance of aeronautical navigation aids
Status: in_force

The Department of Transportation and Development may, subject to legislative appropriation of sufficient funds, enter into a contract or contracts to maintain, repair, and use such air navigation aids as the department deems necessary to operate a statewide aeronautical navigation system. A plan for such a system shall be presented to the Joint Legislative Committee on the Budget for approval before the program is put into effect.

Added by Acts 1982, No. 216, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 2:315 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 2 / Section 315
Creation of airport district; hearing
Status: in_force

At the time and place designated in the notice provided for in R.S. 2:313, the governing authority shall hear all objections interposed to the boundaries of the proposed airport district and to the inclusion of the property proposed to be included in the district. The governing authority may adjourn the hearings from time to time. At the hearings the governing authority may change the boundaries of the proposed district by excluding therefrom the lands of persons objecting or by including the lands of persons petitioning to be included therein.

Amended by Acts 1975, No. 659, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 2:135.4 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 2 / Section 135.4
Payment methods at airports
Status: in_force

A. For purposes of this Section, the term "authorized agent" shall mean any nonaeronautical service at the airport that provides business or products that are not associated with aviation.

B.(1) All air carrier airports or their authorized agents may collect payment by credit card, debit card, or a similar approved payment device for any transaction including but not limited to food and beverage or other consumer-related purchases in commercial terminal facilities.

(2) No air carrier airport or its authorized agent shall prohibit the use of United States currency, coin or paper money, for the payment of such transactions.

C. The provisions of this Section shall not apply to the purchase of airline tickets, luggage fees, purchases through the airline, parking fees, or rental transactions, and transactions involving self-service kiosks or vending machines, or fees charged directly by an airport for nonconsumer services or items.

Acts 2024, No. 70, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 2:139 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 2 / Section 139
Supervision
Status: in_force

All cities, towns, or other political subdivisions of this state in the construction, expansion, lease, control, equipment, improvement, maintenance, operation, regulation, and policing of airports and landing fields for the use of aircraft and in the acquisition of rights and privileges for lights and markers as provided for in this Part shall obtain the consent and approval of the department of all plans or proposed work in such construction, expansion, equipment, improvement, maintenance, regulation, and policing, and the department shall have supervision thereof.

Amended by Acts 1983, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 26, §1, eff. Jan. 19, 1983; Acts 1987, No. 253, §1; Acts 2024, No. 605, §1.
La. R.S. § 2:387 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 2 / Section 387
Tit. 2, § 387. Judicial review; petition; certiorari; stay of proceedings; jurisdiction of court; costs
Status: in_force

A. Any person aggrieved by any decision of the board of appeals, or any taxpayer, or any officer, department, board, or bureau of the political subdivision, may present to the district court of the parish a verified petition setting forth that the decision is illegal, in whole or in part, and specifying the grounds of the illegality. Such petition shall be presented to the court within thirty days after the decision is filed in the office of the board.

B. Upon presentation of such petition the court may allow a writ of certiorari directed to the board of appeals to review such decision of the board. The allowance of the writ shall not stay proceedings upon the decision appealed from, but the court may, on application, on notice to the board and on due cause shown, grant a restraining order.

C. The board of appeals shall not be required to return the original papers acted upon by it, but it shall be sufficient to return certified or sworn copies thereof or of such portions thereof as may be called for by the writ. The return shall concisely set forth such other facts as may be pertinent and material to show the grounds of the decision appealed from and shall be verified.

D. The court shall have exclusive jurisdiction to affirm, modify, or set aside the decision brought up for review, in whole or in part, and if need be, to order further proceedings by the board of appeals. The findings of fact by the board, if supported by substantial evidence, shall be accepted by the court as conclusive, and no objection to a decision of the board shall be considered by the court unless such objection shall have been urged before the board, or, if it was not so urged, unless there were reasonable grounds for failure to do so.

E. Costs shall not be allowed against the board of appeals unless it appears to the court that it acted with gross negligence, in bad faith, or with malice, in making the decision appealed from.
La. Rev. Stat. § 2:136 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 2 / Section 136
Funds for operation may be raised by taxation and otherwise
Status: in_force

The local public authorities having power to appropriate monies within the cities, or other political subdivisions of this state, acquiring, establishing, developing, operating, maintaining, or controlling airports or landing fields under the provisions of this Part, may appropriate and cause to be raised by taxation or otherwise in such political subdivisions, monies sufficient to carry out therein the provisions of this Part; and may use for such purposes monies derived from the airports or landing fields.

Amended by Acts 1983, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 26, §1, eff. Jan. 19, 1983.
La. Rev. Stat. § 2:813 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 2 / Section 813
Misuse of funds; withholding of distribution; notification of district attorney
Status: in_force

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

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

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

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

Acts 1989, No. 451, §1, eff. June 30, 1989; Acts 2001, No. 1032, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 2:811 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 2 / Section 811
Audit of distribution to recipient airport authorities
Status: in_force

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

Acts 1989, No. 451, §1, eff. June 30, 1989.
La. Rev. Stat. § 2:131 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 2 / Section 131
Definition; political subdivisions may acquire airports
Status: in_force

A. "Political subdivision" as used in this Part means any parish of this state as well as any city or county of another adjoining or adjacent state which is authorized by the law of that state to engage in a joint endeavor for the creation and operation of an airport district with a political subdivision of this state. In any such joint endeavor, except to the extent manifestly inconsistent with this Part, the law of that state will govern the acquisition of lands in such other state and the appointment, term of service, and compensation for commissioners appointed by or for such city or county.

B. Cities, towns and other political subdivisions may separately or jointly, acquire, establish, construct, expand, own, lease, control, equip, improve, maintain, operate, regulate, and police, airports and landing fields for the use of aircraft, either within or without the geographical limits of such municipalities, and other political subdivisions, and may use for such purposes any available property that is owned or controlled by such political subdivisions; but no political subdivision shall exercise the authority hereby conferred outside of its geographical limits except in an adjoining political subdivision or in any adjoining political subdivision adjacent to said adjoining political subdivision and this only jointly with those political subdivisions.

Amended by Acts 1978, No. 490, §1. Amended by Acts 1983, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 26, §1, eff. Jan. 19, 1983; Acts 1999, No. 836, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 2:610 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 2 / Section 610
Supplementary authority
Status: in_force

In addition to the general and special powers conferred by this Chapter, every authority is authorized to exercise such powers as are necessarily incidental to the exercise of such general and special powers.

Acts 1952, No. 531, §11.
La. Rev. Stat. § 2:345 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 2 / Section 345
Authority to levy special tax
Status: in_force

A. Whenever an election is called by the board of commissioners of the airport and transportation authority to vote on the question of incurring debt and issuing bonds for the purpose of acquiring, constructing, equipping, or maintaining an airport or airport facilities, the board may submit to the qualified electors of the district in the same election, in the manner provided in Chapter 4 of Subtitle II of Title 39, a proposition to levy a special tax for the purpose of maintaining and operating the airport and airport facilities to be acquired or constructed by the authority. The special tax shall not exceed five mills on the dollar for a period not to exceed ten years.

B. The provisions of this Section shall not prohibit the voting of such maintenance tax by the authority which has acquired or proposes to acquire its airport and airport facilities through means other than the issuance of bonds, nor shall they prohibit the submission of such a proposition at a time other than that at which an election is called for the purpose of authorizing the incurring of debt and issuance of negotiable bonds therefor.

Added by Acts 1982, No. 819, §1. Amended by Acts 1988, No. 68, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 2:323 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 2 / Section 323
Domicile of district
Status: in_force

The domicile of the airport district shall be designated in the resolution or resolutions creating said district. The domicile so designated may be at any place located within the boundaries of the airport district, or may be the seat of any political subdivision a portion of which is included within the boundaries of the airport district.

Amended by Acts 1975, No. 659, §1. Acts 1983, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 26, §1, eff. Jan. 19, 1983.
La. Rev. Stat. § 2:703 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 2 / Section 703
Creation of authority; jurisdiction
Status: in_force

A. The Baton Rouge Regional Airport Authority authorized pursuant to this Chapter is a public body politic and corporate for purposes of state and federal law and shall comply with all of the following:

(1) The Open Meetings Law pursuant to R.S. 42:11 et seq.

(2) The Louisiana Public Records Law pursuant to R.S. 44:1 et seq.

B. The local government that owns or operates the airport may, by resolution, declare its intention to incorporate a regional authority. In the resolution of intent, the Baton Rouge Metropolitan Council shall set a date for a public hearing on the adoption of a proposed resolution incorporating the regional authority. The public hearing shall be held in accordance with the Open Meetings Law, R.S. 42:11 et seq. After the public hearing, if the Baton Rouge Metropolitan Council intends to proceed with the incorporation of the regional authority, it shall adopt, by majority vote of its members, a resolution adopting the articles of incorporation of the regional authority. The adoption of the resolution is subject to any applicable statutory or charter provisions with respect to the approval or disapproval by an officer of the Baton Rouge Metropolitan Council and the adoption of an ordinance over the officer's veto. The articles of incorporation for the regional authority shall take effect on being filed with the secretary of state.

C. The validity of the incorporation of a regional authority is conclusively presumed unless questioned in an original action filed in the Nineteenth Judicial District Court for the parish of East Baton Rouge within sixty days after the creation or incorporation of the regional authority pursuant to this Chapter. The court shall hear the action in an expedited manner.

Acts 2025, No. 118, §1, eff. June 8, 2025.
La. R.S. § 2:182 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 2 / Section 182
Tit. 2, § 182. Bonds to be authorized by vote of property taxpayers; special election
Status: in_force

No bonds shall be issued hereunder until they have been authorized by vote of a majority in number and amount of the property taxpayers, qualified to vote under the constitution and laws of this state, who vote at any election held hereunder. The respective municipalities and parishes may call a special election and submit to the qualified taxpaying voters the question of incurring debt and issuing negotiable bonds hereunder. The governing authority shall call a special election for the purpose when requested so to do by the petition, in writing, of one-fourth of the property taxpayers eligible to vote at the election.
La. Rev. Stat. § 2:11 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 2 / Section 11
Powers and duties of the department; aeronautics; regulations filed for inspection
Status: in_force

The department shall keep on file with the secretary of state and at the principal office of the department, a copy of all its rules and regulations pertaining to aeronautics for public inspection.

Acts 1985, No. 889, §1.

{{NOTE: SEE ACTS 1985, NO. 889, §3.}}
La. Rev. Stat. § 2:385 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 2 / Section 385
Permits; variances; obstruction marking and lighting
Status: in_force

A. Permits. If airport zoning regulations are adopted a system shall be established by any political subdivision for the granting of permits to establish or construct new structures and other uses and to replace existing structures and other uses or make substantial changes therein or substantial repairs thereof. In any event, before any non-conforming structure or tree may be replaced, substantially altered or repaired, rebuilt, allowed to grow higher, or replanted, a permit shall be secured from the administrative agency authorized to administer and enforce the regulations, authorizing such replacement, change, or repair. No such permit shall be granted that would allow the structure or tree in question to be made higher or become a greater hazard to air navigation than it was when the applicable regulation was adopted; and whenever the administrative agency determines that a non-conforming structure or tree has been abandoned or more than eighty percent torn down, destroyed, deteriorated, or decayed: (1) no permit shall be granted that would allow the structure or tree to exceed the applicable height limit or otherwise deviate from the zoning regulations; and (2) whether application is made for a permit under this Subsection or not, the agency may by appropriate action compel the owner of the non-conforming structure or tree, at his own expense, to lower, remove, reconstruct, or equip such object as may be necessary to conform to the regulations or, if the owner of the non-conforming structure or tree shall neglect or refuse to comply with such order for ten days after notice thereof, the agency may proceed to have the object so lowered, removed, reconstructed, or equipped and assess the cost and expense thereof upon the object or the land whereon it is or was located. Unless such an assessment is paid within ninety days from the service of notice thereof on the agent or owner of such object or land, the sum shall bear interest at the rate of ten percent per annum until paid, and shall be collected in the same manner as are general taxes. Except as indicated, all applications for permits for replacement, change or repair of non-conforming uses shall be granted.

B. Variances. Any person desiring to erect any structures, or increase the height of any structure, or permit the growth of any tree, or otherwise use his property, in violation of airport zoning regulations adopted under this Chapter, may apply to the board of appeals, as provided in R.S. 2:386 for a variance from the zoning regulations in question. Such variances shall be allowed where a literal application or enforcement of the regulations would result in practical difficulty or unnecessary hardship and the relief granted would not be contrary to the public interest but do substantial justice and be in accordance with the spirit of the regulations and this Chapter.

C. Obstruction marking and lighting. In granting any permit or variance under this Section, the administrative agency or board of appeals may, if it deems such action advisable to effectuate the purposes of this Chapter and reasonable in the circumstances, so condition such permit or variance as to require the owner of the structure or tree in question to permit the parish, or other political subdivision, at its own expense, to install, operate, and maintain suitable obstruction markers and obstruction lights thereon.

Acts 2010, No. 800, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 2:349.1 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 2 / Section 349.1
Claiborne Parish Airport District No. 31
Status: in_force

There is hereby created the "Claiborne Parish Airport District No. 31", hereinafter referred to in this Subpart as the "district". The district shall be a political subdivision of the state within the meaning of Article VI, Sections 30 through 33 of the Constitution of Louisiana and those provisions of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950 applicable to airport districts and the levy of taxes, the incurring of debt, and the issuing of bonds by those districts.

Acts 2025, No. 214, §1, eff. June 8, 2025.
La. Rev. Stat. § 2:801 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 2 / Section 801
Definitions
Status: in_force

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

(1) "Airport authority" means the owner of any airport or landing field, or the governing authority of any airport district.

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

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

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

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

(6) "Sponsor" means any state agency, city, town, parish, airport authority, or other political subdivision which owns, leases, or controls any airport, landing field, landing strip, seaplane base, helipad, or aid to air navigation.

Acts 1989, No. 451, §1, eff. June 30, 1989; Acts 2022, No. 67, §1, eff. May 17, 2022.
La. Rev. Stat. § 2:802 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 2 / Section 802
Methodology for airport project evaluation
Status: in_force

A.(1) Applications for funding of any airport construction or development project may be submitted by any airport authority, except as provided in R.S. 2:806. However, to be eligible for state funding from the Airport Construction and Development Priority Program for an airport project, an airport authority located in a political subdivision which has adopted airport zoning regulations, shall certify to the Department of Transportation and Development that the political subdivision's regulations are in compliance with United States Department of Transportation, Federal Aviation Administration, advisory circulars, orders, regulations, safety guidelines, recommendations, or other official documents that have been issued for the purpose of ensuring aviation safety and compatible land use. Equal consideration shall be given to rural aviation and commercial urban aviation. Applications shall be made to the Department of Transportation and Development by November first of each year, for consideration of funding in the following fiscal year. Applications submitted in accordance with the provisions of this Chapter shall not be subject to the provisions of R.S. 39:104, 111, 114, and 121. Information to be provided in the application shall include but not be limited to the following:

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

(b) Preliminary project design and cost estimate.

(c) Description of project area.

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

(3) Projects being funded on August 15, 2010, and projects on the proposed Airport Priority Program for FY 2010-2011 on August 15, 2010, are exempt from the requirements of this Subsection.

B. Applications shall be reviewed by the department and any other appropriate state agencies.

C. Procedures for review and evaluation shall be developed by the department. Prior to implementing the review and evaluation procedures, the department shall secure the approval of these procedures by the joint committee in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act. The procedures and a set of guidelines for completing project applications shall be made available to eligible airport authorities prior to September 1, 1989.

Acts 1989, No. 451, §1, eff. June 30, 1989; Acts 2010, No. 800, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 2:606 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 2 / Section 606
Regulations
Status: in_force

An authority is authorized to adopt, amend, and repeal such reasonable resolutions, rules, regulations, and orders as it shall deem necessary for the management, government, and use of any airport or air navigation facility owned by it or under its control. No rule, regulation, order, or standard prescribed by the authority shall be inconsistent with, or contrary to, any act of the Congress of the United States or any regulation promulgated or standard established pursuant thereto. The authority shall keep on file at the principal office of the authority for a public inspection a copy of all its rules and regulations.

Acts 1952, No. 531, §7.
La. Rev. Stat. § 2:342 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 2 / Section 342
Authority of Ascension-St. James Airport and Transportation Authority
Status: in_force

The Ascension-St. James Airport and Transportation Authority is a public corporation and has all powers of public corporations including the right and power to incur debt and contract obligations, to sue and be sued, to have a corporate seal, and to perform in its corporate capacity and in its corporate name all acts necessary and proper for the purpose of acquiring, constructing, maintaining, and operating airports and airport facilities, including both movable and immovable property. The authority may expropriate property for the purpose of acquiring the necessary land and rights of way for the construction of airports and for the construction of roads, drains, or other facilities necessary or incidental to the construction and operation of airports. The authority shall not expropriate property outside the boundaries of the authority. No property shall be expropriated in any of the municipalities or parishes without the concurrence of the governing authority of that municipality or parish. The authority, through its board of commissioners, may by resolution or ordinance establish, maintain, and collect proper and reasonable rates, charges, rents, or other fees for the use of the facilities of the airport. The authority may adopt and enforce regulations necessary for the protection of the safety of persons using airports constructed and maintained by the authority. The authority may enter into agreements with the United States or with any state or federal agency necessary to procure aid and grants to assist the authority in carrying out the purposes for which it was created.

Added by Acts 1982, No. 819, §1; Amended by Acts 1988, No. 68, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 2:349.4 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 2 / Section 349.4
Powers of the board
Status: in_force

A.(1) The district is a public corporation and has all powers of public corporations including the right and power to incur debt and contract obligations, to sue and be sued, to have a corporate seal, and to perform in its corporate capacity and in its corporate name all acts necessary and proper for the purpose of acquiring, constructing, maintaining, and operating airport and airport facilities, including both movable and immovable property within its jurisdiction.

(2)(a) The district shall have all the authority as provided in R.S. 2:326 et seq., and upon the "approval date" the board shall acquire the following powers:

(i) Accessibility to the Federal Aviation Administration's (FAA) approval of the assignment of existing grant agreements to the district, or, in the case of an uncertified report, the date specified in the agreement under which the airport is to be transferred to the district.

(ii) Enter into contracts and agreements necessary or incidental to the performance of its duties and execution of its powers under this Subpart with a department or agency of the United States, with a state or local governmental agency, or with another person, public or private, with terms and conditions acceptable to the district.

(iii) Exercise exclusive responsibility to study and plan any improvements, expansion, or enhancements that affect the airport and commission planning, engineering, economic, and other studies to provide information for making decisions about the location, design, management, and other features of the airport or airport facilities.

(iv) Exercise responsibility for developing all aspects of the airport and airport facilities, including but not limited to all the locations of terminals, hangars, aids to air navigation, parking lots and structures, cargo facilities, and all other facilities and services necessary to serve passengers and other customers of the airport.

(v) Obtain street and highway access and egress with the objective of minimizing, to the extent practicable, traffic congestion on access routes in the vicinity of the airport.

(vi) Participate in demonstration programs and economic development that directly benefits the airport.

(vii) Act as a sponsor and submit requests for, accept, and be responsible to perform all of the assurance associated with accepting grants from the FAA, or another agency of the United States or of this state, with respect to the airport under the operational jurisdiction of the district, and perform the duties and responsibilities previously assumed by the local government by virtue of its acceptance of grants from the FAA or another agency of the United States or this state. The district shall serve as the agent of the local government for the preparation, submission, execution, and administration of any state or federal grants pending the effective date of this Subpart.

(b) For purposes of this Subsection, "approval date" shall mean the date on which the FAA issues a certificate to the district, conferring operational jurisdiction over the airport under 14 CFR Part 139.

B. The district shall have the additional power to do the following:

(1) Acquire, and assume the exclusive right, responsibility, and authority to occupy, operate, control, and use the airport and the airport facilities owned by the local government on that date, or under the jurisdiction of the Claiborne Parish Airport Authority, subject only to any restrictions imposed by this Subpart.

(2) Exclusive rights and authority to occupy, operate, control, and use the airport facilities.

(3) Acquire the operational jurisdiction over all real property of the airport under its jurisdiction, including but not limited to terminals, runways, taxiways, aprons, hangars, aids to air navigation, vehicles or facilities, parking facilities for passengers and employees, and all buildings and facilities used to operate, maintain, and manage the airport, including governmental, industrial, commercial, and agricultural within the geographical area of the airport's property, subject to any liens on the real property and restrictions and limitations on the use of the real property.

(4) Assume the local government's right, title, and interest in, and to all of the local government's responsibilities arising under leases, concessions, and other contracts for the airport facilities.

(5) Assume all financial obligations secured by revenues and fees generated from the operations of the airport, including but not limited to airport revenue bonds, special facilities revenue bonds, and all bonded indebtedness associated with the airport.

(6) Assume ownership of all cash balances and investments relating to or resulting from operations of the airport for which operational jurisdiction has been transferred to the district, all money held under an ordinance, resolution, or indenture related to or securing obligations of the local government that have been assumed by the district, all of the accounts receivable or actions arising from operations of the airport, and all benefits of contracts and agreements.

(7) Assume ownership of all vehicles, office equipment, furniture and furnishings, and movable assets, including but not limited to computers, records and files, software licenses required for financial management, personnel management, accounting and inventory systems, and general administration.

Acts 2025, No. 214, §1, eff. June 8, 2025.
La. Rev. Stat. § 2:322 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 2 / Section 322
Treasurer of district; bond
Status: in_force

The treasurer of an airport district shall furnish a special bond for the faithful performance of the duties of his office. The governing authority of the airport district shall fix the amount of the bond and the airport district shall pay the premium for the treasurer's bond.

Amended by Acts 1975, No. 659, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 2:347 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 2 / Section 347
At-large members
Status: in_force

There shall be added to the membership of the board of commissioners of any airport authority composed of all the territory in two parishes, which board consists of seven members, two additional members who shall reside within the geographical boundaries of the authority and who shall be appointed by the governor, subject to confirmation by the Senate, to hold office at the pleasure of the appointing governor. The provisions of this Section shall not apply if either of the two parishes is Orleans Parish or if the affected airport or air transportation facility is municipally owned and operated.

Acts 1991, No. 289, §3; Acts 2011, 1 st Ex. Sess., No. 8, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 2:343 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 2 / Section 343
Issuance of bonds
Status: in_force

No bonds shall be issued by the Ascension-St. James Airport and Transportation Authority under this Part until they are approved by a vote of a majority in number of the qualified electors of the district, voting at an election held in the district for that purpose.

Added by Acts 1982, No. 819, §1; Amended by Acts 1988, No. 68, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 2:613 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 2 / Section 613
Short title
Status: in_force

This Chapter may be cited as the "Airport Authorities Law".

Acts 1952, No. 513, §14.
La. Rev. Stat. § 2:605 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 2 / Section 605
Operation and use privileges
Status: in_force

A. In connection with the operation of an airport or air navigation facility controlled by an authority, the authority may enter into contracts, leases, and other arrangements with any persons (1) granting the privilege of using or improving the airport or air navigation facility or any portion or facility thereof or space therein for commercial purposes; (2) conferring the privilege of supplying goods, commodities, things, services, or facilities at the airport or air navigation facility; and (3) making available services to be furnished by the authority or its agents at the airport or air navigation facility.

B. In each case the authority may establish the terms and conditions and fix the charges, rentals, or fees for the privileges or services, which shall be reasonable and uniform for the same class of privilege or service and shall be established with due regard to the property and improvements used and the expenses of operation to the authority; provided that in no case shall the public be deprived of its rightful, equal and uniform use of the airport, air navigation facility, or portion of facility thereof and provided further, that no exclusive concession or exclusive license or lease agreement shall be made relating to the business of servicing, repairing, or furnishing of supplies for aircraft, nor shall any government owned or operated enterprise or activity involving or relating to said business purposes be conducted on or in connection with such airport or air navigation facilities. All such public airports and facilities shall be accessible, without charge, to concessionaires, licensees, lessees and to their employees, agents and suppliers, and the total consideration payable under the concession or agreement, involving or relating to the business of servicing, repairing, or furnishing of supplies for aircraft, shall be computed on the same basis of a flat rental for space so occupied or leased.

C. REPEALED BY ACTS 1993, NO. 760, §1, EFF. JUNE 22, 1993.

D.(1) Notwithstanding any other provisions of law to the contrary, fees, charges, rates, rentals, or conditions imposed on nontenant, auto rental users of each airport in this state, including but not limited to the New Orleans International Airport must be fair, reasonable, and not unjustly discriminatory. Such fees, charges, rates, rentals, or conditions may not have the effect of substantially lessening competition or tend to create a monopoly in any line of commerce, must be based upon the cost to the airport of the particular facilities or services used by such nontenant, auto rental user. No fee, charge, rate, or rental imposed upon any nontenant, auto rental user pursuant to this Subsection shall have the effect of charging such user an amount in excess of its gross revenues, as that term is defined in concession agreements with tenant concessionaires in the same industry, from customers picked up at the airport times a decimal determined by subtracting five one-hundredths from the percentage rate charged tenants pursuant to such concession agreements when that percentage rate is expressed as a decimal.

(2) Formal public hearings shall be required providing an opportunity for testimony from any interested party prior to the imposition of any fee, charge, rate, or rental.

(3) In addition, if an airport imposes any fee, charge, rate, or rental on any off-site rental car company which is a user of the airport, the airport shall make a courtesy phone available for each such user, shall provide a customer pick-up area for such users, and shall allow each such user to engage in in-airport advertising.

E. As used in Subsection D of this Section, the following phrases shall have the following meanings ascribed to them:

(1) "Nontenant auto rental user" means an auto rental company not having a concession agreement and lease to operate in the airport terminal, but which picks up and discharges its auto rental customers at the airport terminal. The term "nontenant auto rental user" does not include customers of such a company.

(2) "Based upon the cost to the airport" means that a fee, charge, rate, rental, or condition imposed pursuant to Subsection D of this Section shall be no more than the nontenant auto rental user's pro rata share of the actual cost of the particular facilities or services used by the nontenant auto rental user to pick up and discharge its auto rental customers, as determined by its actual use of such facilities or services in relation to the actual use of the same facilities or services by all other users of the airport, including the general public. Cost shall not include the cost of any study by an airport for the purpose of determining the amount of any fee, charge, rate, rental, or condition to be imposed pursuant to Subsection D of this Section.

(3) "Particular facilities or services used" means the roadways and designated parking spaces actually used by a nontenant auto rental user to pick up and discharge its customers at the airport terminal, and any services directly related thereto.

(4) "Percentage rate charged tenants pursuant to such concession agreements" means the stated percentage rate in the concession agreements, without regard to the effect, if any, which a minimum guarantee may have on the actual percentage of its revenues which a tenant concessionaire pays to the airport over the term of a concession agreement.

Acts 1952, No. 531, §6. Amended by Acts 1970, No. 100, §1; Acts 1991, No. 1064, §1, eff. July 30, 1991; Acts 1993, No. 760, §1, eff. June 22, 1993; Acts 1993, No. 454, §1.

{{NOTE: THE PROVISIONS OF R.S. 2:605(E), ENACTED BY ACTS 1993, NO. 454, §1, ARE RETROACTIVE. SEE §2 OF THE ACT.}}
La. Rev. Stat. § 2:607 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 2 / Section 607
Federal and state aid
Status: in_force

A. An authority is authorized to accept, receive, receipt for, disburse, and expend federal and state moneys and other moneys, public or private, made available by grant or loan or both, to accomplish, in whole or in part, any of the purposes of this Chapter. All federal moneys accepted under this Section shall be accepted and expended by the authority upon such terms and conditions as are prescribed by the United States and as are consistent with state law; and all state moneys accepted under this Section shall be accepted and expended by the authority upon such terms and conditions as are prescribed by the state.

B. An authority is authorized to designate the office of aviation of the Department of Transportation and Development as its agent to accept, receive, receipt for, and disburse federal and state monies, and other monies, public or private, made available by grant or loan or both, to accomplish in whole or in part, any of the purposes of this Chapter; and to designate the said department as its agent in contracting for and supervising the planning, acquisition, development, construction, improvement, maintenance, equipment, or operation of any airport or other air navigation facility. An authority may enter into an agreement with the said department prescribing the terms and conditions of the agency in accordance with such terms and conditions as are prescribed by the United States, if federal money is involved, and in accordance with the applicable laws of this state. All federal monies accepted under this Section by the office of aviation of the Department of Transportation and Development shall be accepted and transferred or expended by said department upon such terms and conditions as are prescribed by the United States. All monies received by the office of aviation pursuant to this Subsection shall be deposited in the state treasury and, unless otherwise prescribed by the agency from which such monies were received, shall be kept in separate funds designated according to the purposes for which the monies were made available and held by the state in trust for such purpose.

Acts 1952, No. 531, §8; Acts 1999, No. 836, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 2:10 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 2 / Section 10
Powers and duties of the secretary; exceptions; aeronautics; investigations and hearings; reports and testimony
Status: in_force

To facilitate the making of investigations by the secretary, in the interest of the public safety and the promotion of aeronautics, the reports of investigations or hearings, or any part thereof, or any testimony given thereat, shall not be admitted in evidence or used for any purpose in any suit, action, or proceeding growing out of any matter referred to in said investigation, hearing, or report thereof, except in case of criminal or other proceedings instituted by or on behalf of the Department of Public Safety and Corrections under the provisions of this Chapter.

Acts 1985, No. 889, §1.

{{NOTE: SEE ACTS 1985, NO. 889, §3.}}
La. Rev. Stat. § 2:604.1 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 2 / Section 604.1
Lafayette Airport Commission
Status: in_force

A. Project Revenue Bonds.

(1) Subject to approval of the Lafayette City-Parish Council and the State Bond Commission, the Lafayette Airport Commission, is hereby authorized to issue revenue bonds in the manner provided for a municipal corporation or municipality under the terms and provisions of R.S. 39:1011 et seq. for the purpose of financing all or any portion of the costs of an airport-related improvement projects or facilities located on property that is or will become part of the Lafayette Regional Airport. Such projects or facilities shall include but shall not be limited to:

(a) The acquisition, construction, remodeling, or renovation of facilities for the repair, maintenance, servicing, care, or storage of aircraft;

(b) The transportation, care, comfort and accommodation of air passengers;

(c) The receipt, transfer, transportation, storage, and distribution of air cargo;

(d) The warehousing of goods and materials;

(e) Offices and office buildings; and

(f) Public parking and transportation.

(2) Such revenue bonds shall be issued in the name of the commission and shall not be general obligations secured by the full faith and credit of the commission, the Lafayette City-Parish Council, nor the state of Louisiana, but shall be limited obligations of the commission contemplated by Article 6, Section 37 of the Constitution of Louisiana. The principal, interest, and redemption premiums on the revenue bonds, if any, shall be payable solely from the income and revenue derived from the sale, lease, or other disposition of the project or facility so financed.

(3) In the discretion of the commission, the revenue bonds may be additionally secured by a mortgage covering all or any part of the project or facility as provided in R.S. 39:1011 et seq., except that the commission may not mortgage any of the real property in the area designated "airside" on a map or plat recorded in the records of Lafayette Parish under Entry No. 84-014180. The commission may sell, lease, sublease, or otherwise dispose of by suitable and appropriate contract the sites, projects, and/or facilities, and appurtenances thereto, all or severally, financed by said revenue bonds in the manner provided by R.S. 39:1011 et seq.

(4) In all other respects, the commission is authorized and empowered to issue its revenue bonds to finance projects or facilities as described in this Section under the authority contained in R.S. 39:1011 et seq., and the commission may contract with respect to such projects or facilities as herein provided. The commission may issue revenue refunding bonds in the manner provided by R.S. 39:1011 et seq., and such refunding bonds may be issued for the purpose of refunding any debt obligations issued by the commission only if approved by the Lafayette City-Parish Council and the State Bond Commission.

B. System Revenue Bonds. Subject to the approval of the State Bond Commission and the Lafayette City-Parish Council, the Lafayette Airport Commission may issue revenue bonds under the manner, terms, and conditions set forth in R.S. 39:1011 et seq., and the commission may also issue revenue bonds in accordance therewith for the purpose of refunding any outstanding bonds or other debt obligations of the commission.

Added by Acts 1984, No. 366, §1, eff. July 2, 1984; Acts 2014, No. 595, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 2:132 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 2 / Section 132
Airports a public purpose
Status: in_force

A. Any lands acquired, owned, leased, controlled, or occupied by such cities, towns, or other political subdivisions for the purposes enumerated in R.S. 2:131 are acquired, owned, leased, controlled, or occupied for public, governmental, and municipal purposes.

B. No property expropriated or otherwise acquired for such purposes shall ever, directly or indirectly, be sold or donated to any foreign power, any alien, or any corporation in which the majority of the stock is controlled by any foreign power, alien corporation, or alien, or to any other state or political subdivision thereof so as to divest the sovereignty of the state wherein the same is located.

Acts 1983, No. 334, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 2:710 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 2 / Section 710
Operational jurisdiction; transfers
Status: in_force

A. The transfer of the operational jurisdiction over the airport to the regional authority shall not in any way impair any contract with an airline, vendor, tenant, bondholder, or other party in privity with the local government.

B. Upon the transfer of operational jurisdiction over the airport, the local government is relieved from all further costs and responsibility arising from or associated with control, operation, development, and maintenance of the airport, except as otherwise required under obligations retained by the local government pursuant to this Chapter or as otherwise agreed by the local government.

C. The local government shall comply with all of the following:

(1) Refrain from any action that would impair the regional authority's exercise of the powers granted to the regional authority pursuant to this Chapter or that could cause the regional authority to violate its rate or bond covenants.

(2) Refrain from any action to sell, transfer, or otherwise encumber or dispose of airport facilities owned by the local government without the consent of the regional authority and, if necessary, the FAA.

(3) Take all action reasonably necessary to cure any defects in title to airport facilities transferred to the regional authority.

(4) Upon incorporation of the regional authority and before the FAA approval date, conduct operations of the airport in the ordinary and usual course of business.

(5) Maintain, repair, and keep clear, including providing debris and snow removal for, any road that provides ingress and egress to the airport over which responsibility for maintenance and repair is retained by the local government pursuant to agreement or law.

D. At the request of the regional authority, the local government may provide the regional authority with transitional services previously performed by the local government and related to the operation of the airport until the date the regional authority elects to assume the services. The regional authority shall pay the cost of the services in compliance with its obligations under applicable federal law, regulations, and assurances associated with accepting grants from the FAA or another agency of the United States or this state including but not limited to policies of the FAA that prohibit revenue diversion or the payment of fees that exceed the value of services provided by a governmental agency.

Acts 2025, No. 118, §1, eff. June 8, 2025.
La. Rev. Stat. § 2:311 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 2 / Section 311
Definition; political subdivisions may create airport districts
Status: in_force

A. "Political subdivision(s)" as used in this Part means any parish of this state as well as any county of another adjoining or adjacent state which is authorized by the law of that state to engage in a joint endeavor for the creation and operation of an airport district with a political subdivision of this state. In any such joint endeavor, except to the extent manifestly inconsistent with this Part, the law of that state will govern the acquisition of lands in such other state, and the appointment, term of service, and compensation for commissioners appointed by or for such county.

B. The governing authorities of the parishes may create airport districts composed of territory located within one or more political subdivisions and such districts may comprise a combination of or parts of political subdivisions or municipalities, either both or severally, provided, however, that when an incorporated municipality is included in an airport district, the governing authority of the municipality shall concur by resolution in its inclusion in the district and in the boundaries of the district.

Amended by Acts 1975, No. 659, §1. Acts 1983, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 26, §1, eff. Jan. 19, 1983.
La. Rev. Stat. § 2:138 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 2 / Section 138
Authority to police airports
Status: in_force

Cities, towns, or other political subdivisions of this state acquiring, establishing, developing, operating, maintaining, or controlling airports or landing fields, without the geographical limits of such subdivisions, under the provisions of this Part, may promulgate, amend, and enforce police regulations for such airports or landing fields.

Amended by Acts 1983, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 26, §1, eff. Jan. 19, 1983.
La. Rev. Stat. § 2:318 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 2 / Section 318
Formation of airport district; publication of notice
Status: in_force

Notice of the formation of the airport district shall be given by publication one time in the same newspaper or in the same manner in which the notice of intention to create the district was published.

Amended by Acts 1975, No. 659, §1.
La. R.S. § 2:86 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 2 / Section 86
Tit. 2, § 86. Authority of department of public works to contract with the United States
Status: in_force

The department of public works, as principal for the state and as agent for any municipality or parish when authorized in writing, may contract with the United States or its subdivisions as required in connection with a grant or loan of federal funds for airport or air navigation facilities.
La. R.S. § 2:141 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 2 / Section 141
Tit. 2, § 141. Short title
Status: in_force

This Part may be known as the Uniform Airports Law.
La. Rev. Stat. § 2:604.2 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 2 / Section 604.2
Lafayette Airport Commission; additional economic development functions
Status: in_force

A. In addition to any other powers and functions, the commission may perform the functions of an economic and industrial development entity. Such functions may include but shall not be limited to the following:

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

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

(3) Financial and financing assistance.

(4) Tax abatement.

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

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

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

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

(9) Fostering entrepreneurial activity for the Lafayette Regional Airport.

(10) Promoting the development of new products, processes, or services or new uses for existing products, processes, or services manufactured or marketed for the Lafayette Regional Airport.

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

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

B. For the purposes enumerated in Subsection A of this Section, the commission may engage in whatever activities and projects it deems most appropriate to encourage and assist economic growth and development in accordance with and pursuant to the provisions of this Chapter, including but not limited to the following:

(1) To plan, acquire, construct, improve, maintain, equip, operate, regulate and protect economic development facilities, including the acquisition, maintenance and operation of buildings and other facilities, and the purchase of and sale of supplies, goods, and commodities as an incident to the operation of its properties. For such purposes an authority may, by purchase, gift, devise, or lease, acquire property, movable or immovable, or any interest therein, including easements in land outside the boundaries of such facility site.

(2) To establish or acquire and maintain economic development facilities in, over, and upon any public waters of this state, any submerged lands under such public water; and to construct and maintain buildings, landing floats, causeways, roadways, and bridges for approaches to or connecting with any such facilities, and landing floats and breakwaters for the protection thereof.

Acts 2014, No. 595, §1.