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LA Rev Stat § 33:9681 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§9681. Unfair acts or practices by political subdivisions

RS 9681 - Unfair acts or practices by political subdivisions A. No political subdivision shall charge or impose a tax upon any person or legal entity, the sole basis of which is the fact that the person or legal entity is domiciled, registered, or organized outside of the jurisdiction of that political subdivision. B. No political subdivision shall charge or impose a fee for the general use of the public streets of the political subdivision upon any person or legal entity which is domiciled, registered, or organized outside of the jurisdiction of that political subdivision, which such fee is not charged or imposed upon the persons or legal entities which are domiciled, residing, registered, organized, or doing business within the jurisdiction of that political subdivision. C.(1) Whenever the attorney general has reason to believe that any political subdivision is using, or is about to use any method or practice prohibited by this Section, he may bring an action for injunctive relief in the name of the state against such political subdivision in district court. (2) The district court is authorized to issue temporary restraining orders or preliminary and permanent injunctions to restrain and enjoin violations of this Section. (3) In addition, the attorney general may request and the court may award the following: (a) Restitution for the aggrieved person or legal entity in an amount equivalent to the overcharging, plus interest. (b) Costs incurred by the attorney general's office in pursuing the matter. D. The provisions of this Section shall not be applicable to the town of Grand Isle in Jefferson Parish or the town of Lake Arthur in Jefferson Davis Parish. Acts 2010, No. 639, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 33:9682 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§9682. Political subdivisions; voluntary prayer

RS 9682 - Political subdivisions; voluntary prayer  A. A political subdivision may open proceedings with a voluntary prayer. However, no official or standard prayer shall be prescribed by the political subdivision.  B. This Section is intended to reflect the tradition and practice of ceremonial invocations that are meant to lend gravity to a public occasion.  C. Nothing in this Section shall be construed to limit or restrict the rights of any individual who voluntarily chooses to pray at the opening of proceedings as it relates to the individual's right of freedom of speech or right of the free exercise of religion as guaranteed pursuant to the First Amendment of the Constitution of the United States.  Acts 2016, No. 575, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 34:2 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 34 - Navigation and Shipping|§2. Confirmation not required; removal; procedure

RS 2 - Confirmation not required; removal; procedure All appointments of members of the board shall be made by the governor as provided in this Subpart and without the need for confirmation by the Senate. No member thus appointed shall be removed except for cause on charges preferred against him in writing by the attorney general and after public hearing and proof of the sufficiency of the changes to justify his removal, before a commission of three disinterested citizens residing within the jurisdictional area of this port, one to be appointed by the governor, one to be appointed by the president of Tulane University of Louisiana, and one to be appointed by the president of Loyola University in New Orleans; however, any member so removed shall have the right to test in the courts the sufficiency of the charges and the evidence in support of the charges.  Amended by Acts 1976, No. 289, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 34:3 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 34 - Navigation and Shipping|§3. Officers of board; meetings

RS 3 - Officers of board; meetings The board of commissioners shall elect from its membership, a chairman, a vice chairman and a secretary-treasurer, whose duties shall be those usual to such officers. The board shall meet once a month in regular session. They shall meet in special sessions as often as the chairman of the board convenes them, or on written request of four members. Four members of the board shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. The board shall prescribe rules to govern its meetings, and shall keep suitable offices convenient to the business center of the city of New Orleans.  Amended by Acts 1976, No. 289, §1; Acts 1988, No. 265, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 34:4 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 34 - Navigation and Shipping|§4. Managerial powers

RS 4 - Managerial powers The board shall have the power to organize or reorganize the legal, executive, engineering, clerical, and other departments and forces of the board, and to fix the duties, powers, and compensation of all officers, agents, and employees in such departments and forces, subject, however, to such civil service requirements as are established by law. The board shall have the power to and may enter into employment contracts, for a term not to exceed three years, with those members of the board's full-time staff or new employees who will occupy unclassified positions; where such unclassified positions are established by and in accordance with applicable civil service regulations.  Amended by Acts 1976, No. 289, §1; Acts 1988, No. 265, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 34:21 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 34 - Navigation and Shipping|§21. Rights and powers of board in general

RS 21 - Rights and powers of board in general A.(1) The board of commissioners shall regulate the commerce and traffic of the port and harbor of New Orleans in such manner as may, in its judgment, be best for the maintenance and development thereof.  (2) However, such regulation of such commerce and traffic including international commerce in the parish of St. Bernard shall be governed by the provisions of R.S. 34:1701 et seq.  B. It shall be the duty of the board: (1) To have charge of, and administer the public wharves, docks, sheds, and landings of the port of New Orleans which are owned and operated, or which may be purchased, acquired, or operated by the board. (2) To construct new wharves and other structures when necessary. (3) To erect sheds and other structures on such wharves and landings. (4) To place and keep these wharves and landings, sheds, and other structures in good condition.  (5) To maintain proper depths of water at all such wharves and landings.  (6) To provide mechanical facilities for the use of such wharves, landings, sheds, and other structures.  (7) To provide light, water, police protection, and any other services for such wharves, landings, and sheds, as it may deem advisable.  (8) To finance, erect, and operate all basins, locks, canals, and warehouse elevators.  (9) To charge for the use of all facilities administered by it, and for all services rendered by it, such fees, rates, tariffs, or other charges as it may establish.  Acts 1992, No. 40, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 34:22 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 34 - Navigation and Shipping|§22. Construction of private wharves; consent of board; administration and maintenance

RS 22 - Construction of private wharves; consent of board; administration and maintenance Riparian owners of property within the limits of the port of New Orleans may, with the consent of the board of commissioners of the port, and in conformity to plans and specifications approved by the board, erect and maintain on the batture or banks owned by them, such wharves, buildings or improvements as may be required for the purposes of commerce, navigation, or other public purposes; but in all cases such wharves, buildings or improvements shall remain subject to the administration and control of the board of commissioners with respect to their maintenance and to the fees and charges to be exacted for their use by the public.
LA Rev Stat § 34:23 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 34 - Navigation and Shipping|§23. Acquisition of wharves and landings; expropriation

RS 23 - Acquisition of wharves and landings; expropriation The board of commissioners may acquire by purchase, or by expropriation in accordance with the expropriation laws, any property, wharves, or landings necessary for the benefit of the commerce of the port and harbor of New Orleans. But the board of commissioners may expropriate without compensation any private wharves, landings, buildings or other structures erected by riparian owners within the port limits of the port of New Orleans, whenever such wharves, landings, buildings or other structures have been erected by the riparian owners without first obtaining the consent of the board for the construction or erection of the same, and its approval of the plans and specifications for their construction or erection.
LA Rev Stat § 34:24 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 34 - Navigation and Shipping|§24. Statistical and financial reports

RS 24 - Statistical and financial reports A. The board of commissioners shall examine and investigate all questions relating to the interest and commerce of the port of New Orleans. B.(1) On or before September 15 of each year, the board shall cause to be compiled and published an annual report, presenting in detail the operations of the board for the preceding fiscal year, ending June 30, and such other statistical and financial data as may be requisite to show the nature, extent and results of the operations of the board and of the several departments thereof; such report to be prepared according to generally accepted reporting and accounting principles. (2) Copies of this report, verified by the oath of the chairman or vice chairman, and of the president and chief executive officer of the board, shall, within five days after the issuance thereof, be sent to the governor, to the legislative auditor, and to the state auditor, and unverified copies furnished to the daily newspapers of the city of New Orleans and of the city of Baton Rouge. Acts 1988, No. 265, §1; Acts 2001, No. 1102, §7.
LA Rev Stat § 34:26 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 34 - Navigation and Shipping|§26. Port and harbor police

RS 26 - Port and harbor police The board of commissioners may, in its discretion, appoint, fix salaries of, and pay port and harbor police; said police to consist of such number of men of good character and citizens of the state, not under 21 years of age. Each of the port and harbor police so appointed shall furnish bond in a sum to be fixed by the board of commissioners at not less than one thousand dollars, conditioned on the faithful performance of his duties, and any person injured or damaged by any port or harbor police may sue upon said bond. The port and harbor police shall have, under the direction and control of the board of commissioners, the same power to make arrests, in and upon the property within the jurisdiction of the board and approaches thereto, and to execute and return all criminal warrants and processes, as sheriffs of this state have, and shall under the same direction and authority, have all the powers of sheriffs as peace officers in all places and on all premises under the jurisdiction and control of the board, and the streets and approaches thereto. Any persons arrested by officers of the board and the return of all warrants or processes served by said officers shall be forthwith surrendered or delivered to the criminal sheriff of the Parish of Orleans or sheriffs of St. Bernard and Jefferson parishes; provided this shall in no way deprive the New Orleans city police or any sheriff or deputy sheriff in the parishes of Orleans, St. Bernard or Jefferson from making arrests or from serving warrants or process of court in any such place or on any such premises. The board of commissioners shall make rules and regulations for the conduct, management and control of the port and harbor police, and shall, from time to time, enlarge, modify or change such rules and regulations in its discretion.
LA Rev Stat § 34:27 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 34 - Navigation and Shipping|§27. Dedication of property to United States

RS 27 - Dedication of property to United States The Board of Commissioners of the Port of New Orleans may, by ordinance, contract, or otherwise, change the dedication of particular parcels or portions of lands and property under its administration or control from a state to a federal use; and sell, lease or otherwise alienate to the United States Government, or any department thereof, any of said lands and property which may be needed for federal purposes.
LA Rev Stat § 34:28 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 34 - Navigation and Shipping|§28. Danziger Bridge and others to be open during certain hours

RS 28 - Danziger Bridge and others to be open during certain hours The board of commissioners of the Port of New Orleans shall be required to keep the Danziger Bridge at Chef Menteur Highway, the Industrial Canal, and the St. Claude and Claiborne Avenue bridges at the Intracoastal Canal open to vehicular traffic crossing the bridge at the following times: 7:00 o'clock to 8:30 o'clock A.M. and from 5:00 o'clock to 6:30 o'clock P.M. Monday through Friday of each week. These requirements shall be inapplicable in the event of an emergency.  Acts 1960, No. 563, §1; Acts 1988, No. 453, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 34:30 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 34 - Navigation and Shipping|§30. Transitional

RS 30 - Transitional R.S. 34:29 shall be construed as a continuation of and as a substitute for the provisions of Article VI, Sections 16, 16.5, and 16.6 of the Louisiana Constitution of 1921 and not as new enactments, and shall be amended or repealed only in accordance with Article VI, Section 43 of the Louisiana Constitution of 1974.  Added by Acts 1975, No. 464, §2.
LA Rev Stat § 34:41 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 34 - Navigation and Shipping|§41. Contracts for necessary improvements

RS 41 - Contracts for necessary improvements For the purpose of developing the Inner Harbor Navigation Canal in the City of New Orleans, and more particularly to enable the Board of Commissioners of the Port of New Orleans to place the lands adjacent to said canal, owned by private land owners, in a condition suitable to provide industrial sites to be served by laterals connected with the said canal, the Board of Commissioners of the Port of New Orleans is authorized to contract with the Board of Levee Commissioners of the Orleans Levee District, the City of New Orleans, the Public Belt Railroad thereof, the Sewerage & Water Board thereof, other corporations, and property owners or groups of property owners, for the construction of all necessary improvements for the purposes provided in this Section.
LA Rev Stat § 34:42 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 34 - Navigation and Shipping|§42. Certificates of indebtedness

RS 42 - Certificates of indebtedness A. To enable said board to provide the funds necessary to build and construct such improvements, the board may issue certificates of indebtedness on such terms and conditions as the discretion of the board may determine, not to exceed two million dollars in principal at any time outstanding, secured by a mortgage on the real estate improved, or to be improved, and by the payment of the benefit assessment to be levied on the property by agreement between the land owners thereof and the board.  B. Savings banks and insurance companies are authorized to invest funds in their hands in such certificates of indebtedness and the said certificates may be used for deposit with any officer, board, municipality, or other political subdivision in any case where deposit or security may be required. Such certificates of indebtedness shall be negotiable instruments, and they shall be incontestable in the hands of bona fide holders for value. C. Nothing contained in this Section shall be construed as pledging the credit of the State of Louisiana or the Board of Commissioners of the Port of New Orleans for the payment of the said certificates of indebtedness, nor shall the said certificates of indebtedness be construed as obligations of the State of Louisiana or of the Board of Commissioners of the Port of New Orleans.
LA Rev Stat § 34:43 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 34 - Navigation and Shipping|§43. Other powers of board, effect on

RS 43 - Other powers of board, effect on Nothing contained in R.S. 34:41 and 34:42 shall be construed as limiting or modifying the powers of the Board of Commissioners of the Port of New Orleans, granted by the constitution and other laws.
LA Rev Stat § 34:44 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 34 - Navigation and Shipping|§44. Powers granted continuing

RS 44 - Powers granted continuing The powers granted to the Board of Commissioners of the Port of New Orleans by Sections 34:41 through 34:43 are continuing powers and the board is authorized by proper ordinance, to put their provisions in full force and effect.
LA Rev Stat § 34:45 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 34 - Navigation and Shipping|§45. Lease of lands; construction of improvements; payment of improvements

RS 45 - Lease of lands; construction of improvements; payment of improvements A. The contract made by Board of Commissioners of the Port of New Orleans with the city of New Orleans under date August 16, 1918 through the Public Belt Railroad Commission, to carry into effect Act No. 3 of 1918 in relation to the Inner Harbor Navigation Canal is hereby ratified and confirmed. The board shall have power to lease for manufacturing, commercial, and business purposes lands acquired for the navigation canal. Such leases may run for a term not exceeding ninety-nine years at a fixed rental, without any provision for renewal, readjustment, or reappraisement as the board may determine.  B. The board may also construct warehouses, elevators, and other buildings and improvements upon the navigation canal.  Added by Acts 1975, No. 464, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 34:46 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 34 - Navigation and Shipping|§46. Organization of industrial districts

RS 46 - Organization of industrial districts A. The board may create and organize industrial districts in connection with the operation, by the board, of the Inner Harbor Navigation Canal in the city of New Orleans, and to that end, the board may: (1) Acquire land, or the control thereof, by purchase, lease, contract, or expropriation.  (2) Levy and collect benefit assessments against lands benefited by improvements, by contract with the owner or owners thereof.  (3) Issue bonds or certificates of indebtedness, for which neither the credit of the state nor or of the board shall ever be pledged, and the payment of which shall be based on and secured by the payment of such benefit assessments and by the land itself; however, neither the state nor the board shall be liable for such benefit assessments.  (4) Enter into all contracts incidental to the purposes herein with public or private persons, firms, and corporations.  B. The authority granted by this Section shall be a continuing authority, and the creating or organizing of the first industrial district thereunder shall not exhaust the power of the Board of Commissioners of the Port of New Orleans.  Added by Acts 1975, No. 464, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 34:47 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 34 - Navigation and Shipping|§47. Transitional

RS 47 - Transitional R.S. 34:45 and 34:46 shall be construed as continuations of and as substitutes for the provisions of Article VI, Sections 16, 16.1, 16.2, 16.3, and 16.4 of the Louisiana Constitution of 1921 and not as new enactments, and shall be amended or repealed only in accordance with Article VI, Section 43 of the Louisiana Constitution of 1974.  Added by Acts 1975, No. 464, §3.
LA Rev Stat § 34:203.1 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 34 - Navigation and Shipping|§203.1. Sale of property

RS 203.1 - Sale of property A.(1)(a) The board may sell by written public bid to the highest bidder any property, or portions thereof, including immovable property, which in the opinion of the board is not needed for public purposes. (b) However, if such property has previously been taken by expropriation, then the previous property owner shall first be given a prior opportunity to repurchase the property at the current appraised market value. (2) Notice of the proposed sale, including advertisement for bids and the minimum price and terms of the sale, shall be advertised in a daily newspaper which is published within the limits of the Lake Charles Harbor and Terminal District and in any other paper or papers that may be selected by the board. The advertisement shall be published three times within ten days, the last advertisement to appear at least ten days before the day that bids will be received. (3) If, after the advertisement for bids, there are no bids received or the bids received are unreasonably low, as determined by a two-thirds vote of the voting members present, then the board may negotiate the sale of such property at fair market value to be agreed upon by majority vote of the voting members present. In no instance may the property be transferred by donation or sold for less than the highest bid, if unreasonably low bids were received. B.(1) Notwithstanding the provisions of Subsection A or other applicable law and in addition to any other authority granted to the board, the board may sell, pursuant to a publicly advertised request for proposals process, any of its property within the city limits of the city of Westlake, Louisiana, on such terms and conditions and for such price as may be approved by a vote of two-thirds of the voting members present, and with the approval of the Westlake City Council. (2) However, if such property has previously been taken by expropriation, then the previous property owner shall first be given a prior opportunity to repurchase the property at the current appraised market value. Added by Acts 1979, No. 398, §1. Amended by Acts 1982, No. 62, §1; Acts 1999, No. 950, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 34:204 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 34 - Navigation and Shipping|§204. Officers of board; meetings; offices; agents and employees; travel

RS 204 - Officers of board; meetings; offices; agents and employees; travel A. The board shall elect from among its own members a president, a vice president, a secretary, and a treasurer, whose duties shall be only those duties established in the bylaws of the board, adopted or amended by two-thirds of the board; however, such duties shall be those usual to such offices. At the option of the board, the offices of secretary and treasurer may be held by one person. The board shall meet in regular session once each month and shall also meet in special session as often as the president of the board convenes them, or on written request of four voting members. Four voting members of the board shall constitute a quorum. No action may be taken by the board without concurrence of at least four voting members. The board shall prescribe rules to govern its meetings and shall maintain suitable offices in the city of Lake Charles. The board shall elect its officers prior to July first each year, and officers shall serve in such positions until July first of the following year. No person shall be elected to serve for more than two consecutive years in the same office. After serving two consecutive years in a particular office, a member shall not be eligible to hold that office for a period of one year. B. The board may contract with and employ attorneys and engineers and fix their compensation and terms of employment. C. The board shall not pay any costs associated with out-of-state travel by a board member unless such payment is approved by five members of the board voting at a meeting of the board. Acts 1987, No. 429, §1, eff. July 9, 1987; Acts 1988, No. 351, §1, eff. Sept. 15, 1988; Acts 1991, No. 638, §1, eff. July 17, 1991; Acts 2003, No. 149, §1, eff. May 29, 2003.