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LA Rev Stat § 34:244 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 34 - Navigation and Shipping|§244. Officers of board; meetings; agents and employees

RS 244 - Officers of board; meetings; agents and employees The board shall elect from among its own members a president, vice president, a secretary and treasurer, whose duties shall be those usual to such offices. At the option of the board, the offices of secretary and treasurer may be held by one person. The board shall meet in regular session once each month and shall also meet in special session as often as the president of the board shall convene them or on written request of four members; four members of the board shall constitute a quorum. The board shall prescribe rules to govern its meetings, shall maintain suitable offices in the district, and may contract with and employ attorneys, clerks, engineers, deputy commissioners, superintendents, stevedores, and other agents and employees and shall fix their compensation and term of employment.  Amended by Acts 1978, No. 486, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 34:245 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 34 - Navigation and Shipping|§245. Examinations and investigations; control and regulation; annual report

RS 245 - Examinations and investigations; control and regulation; annual report The board of commissioners shall examine and investigate all questions relating to the interest and welfare of the district; it shall control and regulate the same, and make an annual report to the governor showing all receipts and disbursements of the board, the number of arrivals and departures of vessels and crafts and their tonnage, the exports and imports passing through the port district, setting forth the general condition of said district, its buildings, structures, facilities, and other properties, and making such recommendations for the development and welfare of the district and its management as to the board may seem advisable. A copy of said report shall be promptly published in a newspaper printed in the City of New Iberia.
LA Rev Stat § 34:246 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 34 - Navigation and Shipping|§246. Acquisition of lands; receipt of money, aid or assistance

RS 246 - Acquisition of lands; receipt of money, aid or assistance The board is authorized to acquire by purchase, donation, expropriation, or otherwise any lands in the Parish of Iberia needed for railways, wharves, sheds, buildings, canals, channels and other facilities required for the operation of the board and to be owned and operated by the board. The board may also provide that payment for such land be made out of the funds under its control not otherwise specially appropriated.  The board is further authorized to receive by gift, grant, donation or otherwise, any sum of money, aid or assistance from the United States, the State of Louisiana, or any of the political subdivisions thereof, for the purpose of carrying out the objects and purposes of this Part.
LA Rev Stat § 34:247 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 34 - Navigation and Shipping|§247. Construction of works of public improvement

RS 247 - Construction of works of public improvement The board is authorized to make and construct any of the works of public improvements in the district and anything in connection therewith that may be necessary or useful for the business of the board; to purchase machinery or materials and equipment for performing such work, and to supervise the making of the same, or to make and construct such works through contracts with others and, generally, to do all other acts necessary or proper to carry out the powers vested in it with regard to such works of public improvement.
LA Rev Stat § 34:248 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 34 - Navigation and Shipping|§248. Letting contracts; emergency procedures

RS 248 - Letting contracts; emergency procedures Whenever any work is to be let by contract under the provisions of this Part, the board shall comply with the provisions of R.S. 38:2211 et seq. Amended by Acts 1980, No. 165, §1; Acts 1982, No. 150, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 34:249 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 34 - Navigation and Shipping|§249. Fees

RS 249 - Fees The board of commissioners is authorized to charge a reasonable fee to each vessel arriving in ballast or carrying cargo of any kind. It may also charge for each copy of any certificate issued by the board or its deputies for inspecting hatches, surveying cargoes and the like. The master of each vessel shall, however, be furnished free one copy of all surveys upon his vessel or cargo.
LA Rev Stat § 34:251 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 34 - Navigation and Shipping|§251. Taxes for payment of bonds

RS 251 - Taxes for payment of bonds The board shall levy annually on all property situated within the district subject to taxation any special taxes that may be necessary to provide for the payment of principal and interest on the bonds authorized to be issued under this Part.  These special taxes shall be levied, assessed and collected on the property within the district under the same methods, terms, and conditions and at the same time as state and parish taxes are levied, assessed and collected; they shall be secured by the same liens upon the property subject to taxation within the district as taxes for state and parish purposes; the property subject to taxes within the district shall be sold for failure to pay the same in the same manner as property is sold for delinquent state, parish, or other taxes under the law.
LA Rev Stat § 34:252 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 34 - Navigation and Shipping|§252. Collection of taxes

RS 252 - Collection of taxes The provisions of the constitution and all laws regulating and relating to the collection of taxes; the creating of tax liens and mortgages, tax penalties and tax sales, shall also apply to and regulate the collection of all taxes authorized by this Part. The sheriff and ex-officio tax collector for the Parish of Iberia shall make a monthly settlement with the treasurer of the board of commissioners and receive from him a receipt for the amount of the taxes paid over in the same manner as tax collectors are required to settle with the auditor of the state. The tax collector shall receive from the treasurer the same quietus for a full settlement of taxes due and exigible in any given year and account for delinquents or deductions in the same manner as though accounting to the auditor of the state for state taxes. The sheriff and ex-officio tax collector shall retain from all taxes collected by him for the district the commission thereon allowed him by law on special taxes and shall deposit the amount thereof with the parish treasurer to the credit of the sheriff's salary fund. Upon failure of the tax collector to comply with the provisions of this Section, the board of commissioners shall proceed against him and the sureties on his official bond as such, for the collection of whatever money may be owing to the board of commissioners for such special taxes.
LA Rev Stat § 34:291.1 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 34 - Navigation and Shipping|§291.1. Lafayette Parish Council; oversight responsibility for Lafayette Economic Development Authority; scope

RS 291.1 - Lafayette Parish Council; oversight responsibility for Lafayette Economic Development Authority; scope A.(1) In addition to the provisions of Paragraph (2) of this Subsection and other provisions of this Part, the Lafayette Parish Council shall have oversight responsibility for the Lafayette Economic Development Authority as set forth in Subsections C and D of this Section, and may utilize such powers as are necessary to exercise such oversight responsibility.  (2) No rule, regulation, or order shall be adopted by the Lafayette Economic Development Authority which is inconsistent with or contrary to any law, ordinance, or regulation now in force or hereinafter enacted by the United States of America, the state of Louisiana, or Lafayette Parish, and any such rule, regulation, or order shall be null and void, except that no action by the Lafayette Parish Council shall abrogate any contract or agreement duly executed by the authority that was valid and legal when executed.  B. Except as otherwise provided in this Chapter, such oversight responsibility may be exercised by ordinance of the Lafayette Parish Council requiring a public hearing and subject to the veto process of that council.  C. The preparation and adoption of the budget of the Lafayette Economic Development Authority by the authority shall be in compliance with the Louisiana Local Government Budget Act, R.S. 39:1301 et seq. Subsequent to such preparation and adoption, the annual operating budget and capital budget of the authority and any amendments or modifications thereto and the subsequent audit report shall be subject to approval by the Lafayette Parish Council.  D.(1) Except for adjustments in existing ad valorem taxes necessary to provide sufficient revenues to pay indebtedness due or to become due on any outstanding bonds or existing obligations, any proposed adjustment in the existing ad valorem tax, any proposal to levy an additional tax pursuant to Subsection C of this Section or to levy any other tax of the Lafayette Economic Development Authority or any proposal to incur additional indebtedness, including without limitation, by the issuance of bonds or certificates of indebtedness, shall be subject to approval of the Lafayette Parish Council by resolution.  (2) The types or categories of indebtedness which require approval of the Lafayette Parish Council shall not include the issuance of industrial revenue bonds which are issued on behalf of other persons or entities and which do not involve the commitment of the general credit or taxing power of the authority or parish or payment by the authority or parish.  Added by Acts 1988, No. 867, §1, eff. July 18, 1988.
LA Rev Stat § 34:293 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 34 - Navigation and Shipping|§293. Powers of board; title to structures

RS 293 - Powers of board; title to structures A.(1) The board has the power to regulate the commerce and traffic of the harbor and terminal district in any manner that may in its judgment be best for the public interest. It has all the rights, privileges, and immunities granted to corporations in Louisiana. It may administer, contract for, operate, and maintain wharves, warehouses, landings, docks, sheds, belt and connecting railroads, canals, basins, locks, elevators, and other structures and facilities necessary or proper for the use and development of the business of the district, including buildings and equipment for the accommodation of passengers and in the handling, storage, transportation, and delivery of freight, express, and mail. It may maintain proper depths of water to accommodate the business of the district; provide mechanical facilities and equipment for use in connection with the wharves, sheds, docks, elevators, warehouses, and other structures; provide light, water, and police protection for the district and for all harbor and terminal facilities situated therein. It may make and collect reasonable charges for the use of all structures, works, and facilities administered, and for any and all services rendered by it. It may regulate reasonably the fees and charges to be made by privately owned wharves, docks, warehouses, elevators, and other facilities within the limits of the district when the same are offered for the use of the public.  (2) All buildings, railroads, wharves, elevators and other structures, equipment and facilities herein referred to are declared to be works of public improvement and title thereto shall vest in the public.  B. In addition to the foregoing, the board shall have the power and authority: (1) To sue and be sued.  (2) To prepare, adopt, promulgate, amend and repeal bylaws, orders, rules, regulations, policies, forms, and procedures to govern the affairs and conduct of its business and to carry out its functions in order to effectuate the provisions of this Part.  (3) To make, enter into, and execute all contracts and agreements with any person or agency, public or private, necessary or incidental to the performance of its duties and the execution of its power under this Part.  (4) To perform any other necessary and ancillary acts to effectuate its functions, to perform its duties, or to give effect to its powers in accordance with this Part.  Amended by Acts 1988, No. 867, §1, eff. July 18, 1988.
LA Rev Stat § 34:294 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 34 - Navigation and Shipping|§294. Officers of board; meetings; offices; agents and employees

RS 294 - Officers of board; meetings; offices; agents and employees The board shall elect from among its own members a president, a vice-president, a secretary, and a treasurer, whose duties shall be those usual to such offices. At the option of the board, the offices of secretary and treasurer may be held by one person. The board shall meet in regular session once each month and shall also meet in special session as often as the president of the board convenes them, or on written request of a majority of the current members of the board. A majority of the current members of the board shall constitute a quorum. The board shall prescribe rules to govern its meetings, shall maintain suitable offices in the city of Lafayette, and may contract with or employ a director, assistants, and staff and attorneys, clerks, engineers, deputy commissioners, superintendents, stevedores, and other agents and employees and shall fix their compensation and term of employment.  Amended by Acts 1971, No. 155, §1; Acts 1988, No. 867, §1, eff. July 18, 1988.
LA Rev Stat § 34:295 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 34 - Navigation and Shipping|§295. Examinations and investigations; control and regulation; annual reports

RS 295 - Examinations and investigations; control and regulation; annual reports The board shall examine and investigate all questions relating to the interest and welfare of the district. It shall control and regulate the same, and make an annual report to the parish of Lafayette showing all receipts and disbursements of the board; the activities of the authority dealing with economic and industrial development; the number of arrivals and departures of vessels and their tonnage; the exports and imports passing through the port district; setting forth the general condition of the district and its buildings, structures, facilities and other properties; and making such recommendations for the development and welfare of the district and its management as may seem advisable. A copy of this report shall be promptly published in a newspaper printed in the city of Lafayette.  Acts 1988, No. 867, §1, eff. July 18, 1988.
LA Rev Stat § 34:296 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 34 - Navigation and Shipping|§296. Acquisition of lands

RS 296 - Acquisition of lands The board may acquire by purchase, donation, expropriation or otherwise any and all lands in the district needed for railways, warehouses, docks, wharves, sheds, buildings, and other facilities owned and operated by the board and it may provide for the payment of such land out of the funds under its control not otherwise specially appropriated.
LA Rev Stat § 34:297 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 34 - Navigation and Shipping|§297. Construction of works of public improvement

RS 297 - Construction of works of public improvement The board may make or construct any of the works of public improvement in the district and anything in connection therewith that may be necessary or useful for the business of the board; it may purchase machinery or materials and equipment for performing such work and supervise the making of the same, or make and construct such works through contracts with others and generally, it may do all other acts necessary or proper to carry out the powers vested with regard to such works of public improvements.
LA Rev Stat § 34:298 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 34 - Navigation and Shipping|§298. Letting contracts; doing work with own force and equipment

RS 298 - Letting contracts; doing work with own force and equipment A.(1) Whenever any work is to be let by contract under the provisions of this Part the price of which is to exceed the amount permitted under state law for contracts by the state or its subdivisions without bid, the board of commissioners shall proceed to provide through its engineering department proper specifications for the work, and thereafter the board shall advertise for bids for the performance of such work according to the plans and specifications as prepared. These advertisements shall appear not less than three times during a period of fifteen days in a newspaper published in the city of Lafayette and in any other paper, or papers, that may be selected by the board. The advertisements shall state the place where the bids will be received, the time and place where they will be opened and a general outline of the work to be performed. Every bid shall be accompanied by a certified check of the bidder in an amount equal to five percent of the amount of the bid, which check shall be forfeited to the board should the bidder, to whom such contract is awarded, fail to enter into the contract within ten days after written notice to do so is given by the board. The checks of all unsuccessful bidders shall be returned after the contract is awarded. All bids submitted shall be sealed and addressed to the board of commissioners and shall be publicly opened and read at the time stated in the advertisements.  (2) The board may reject any and all bids, but whenever a contract is awarded, unless for cause, it shall be awarded to the lowest responsible bidder. The board may also execute the work with its own force and equipment under its own supervision.  B. Where contracts are let to others, however, the bidders shall be required to furnish bond of a surety company authorized to do business in Louisiana or other good and solvent surety to the satisfaction of the board in an amount equal to one-half of the amount of the contract, conditioned that the work shall be performed in accordance with the plans and specifications and the terms of the contract, and containing any other stipulations, provisions and covenants that may be required by the board. The awarding of a contract to a successful bidder shall be binding upon both parties even though for some cause the actual contract cannot be signed.  Amended by Acts 1988, No. 867, §1, eff. July 18, 1988.
LA Rev Stat § 34:299 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 34 - Navigation and Shipping|§299. Fees and ad valorem tax; borrowing money

RS 299 - Fees and ad valorem tax; borrowing money A. The board may charge a reasonable fee to each vessel arriving in ballast or carrying cargo of any kind. It may also charge for each copy of any certificate issued by it or its deputies for inspecting hatches, surveying cargoes and the like. The master of each vessel shall, however, be furnished free one copy of all surveys upon his vessel or cargo.  B. The board may, when necessary, levy annually an ad valorem tax not to exceed two and one-half mills on the dollar of the property subject to taxation situated in the district. All funds derived under this section may be used for any expenses or purposes of the board.  C. The board shall likewise have the right to borrow money, from time to time, and to issue certificates of indebtedness therefor to be secured by dedication and pledge of the revenues from (1) any fees authorized under this part, (2) any taxes authorized under this section; provided that the term of any such loan shall not exceed fifteen years and the amount thereof shall not exceed that portion of the anticipated revenues authorized to be dedicated and pledged to the payment thereof.  Amended by Acts 1973, No. 97, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 34:301 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 34 - Navigation and Shipping|§301. Taxes for payment of bonds

RS 301 - Taxes for payment of bonds The board shall levy annually the tax as provided herein on all property situated within the district under the same methods, terms and conditions and at the same time as state and parish taxes are levied, assessed and collected; these taxes shall be secured by the same liens upon the property subject to taxation within the district as taxes for state and parish purposes; the property subject to any taxes within the district shall be sold for failure to pay the same in the same manner as property is sold for delinquent state, parish and other taxes.
LA Rev Stat § 34:302 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 34 - Navigation and Shipping|§302. Collection of taxes

RS 302 - Collection of taxes The provisions of the constitution and all laws regulating the collection of taxes and the creating of tax liens and mortgages, tax penalties and tax sales shall also apply to the collection of all taxes authorized by this Part. The sheriff and ex-officio tax collector of the Parish of Lafayette shall make a monthly settlement with the treasurer of the board of commissioners and receive from him a receipt for the amount of the taxes paid over, in the same manner as tax collectors are required to settle with the auditor of the state. The tax collector shall receive from the treasurer the same quietus for a full settlement of taxes due and exigible in any given year and account for the delinquents or deductions in the same manner as though accounting to the auditor of the state for state taxes. The tax collector shall retain from taxes collected by him for the district the commission thereon allowed him by law on special taxes and shall deposit the amount thereof with the parish treasurer to the credit of the sheriff's salary fund. Upon failure of the tax collector to comply with the provisions of this Section the board of commissioners shall proceed against him and the sureties on his official bond for the collection of whatever money may be owing to the board of commissioners for such special taxes.
LA Rev Stat § 34:322 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 34 - Navigation and Shipping|§322. Repealed by Acts 2009, No. 48, §2.

RS 322 - Repealed by Acts 2009, No. 48, §2.
LA Rev Stat § 34:324 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 34 - Navigation and Shipping|§324. Officers of board; meetings; offices; agents and employees

RS 324 - Officers of board; meetings; offices; agents and employees A. The board shall elect from among its own members a president, vice president, a secretary, and treasurer, whose duties shall be those usual to such offices. At the option of the board, the office of secretary and treasurer may be held by one person. B. The board shall meet in regular session once each month and shall also meet in special session as often as the president of the board convenes them, or on written request of five members. Five members of the board shall constitute a quorum. C. The board shall prescribe rules to govern its meetings, shall maintain suitable offices in the district and may contract with and employ attorneys, clerks, engineers, accountants, deputy commissioners, superintendents, stevedores, and other agents and employees, and shall fix their compensation and terms of office or employment. Acts 1952, No. 530, §4. Amended by Acts 1956, No. 325, §2; Acts 1958, No. 223, §1; Acts 1999, No. 1152, §1.