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LA Rev Stat § 34:1656 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 34 - Navigation and Shipping|§1656. Refunding bonds; issuance

RS 1656 - Refunding bonds; issuance A. Bonds may be issued under authority of this Part or under authority of any other available law for the purpose of refunding all or any part of bonds heretofore or hereafter issued by the commission. The refunding bonds may run for not longer than forty years and may bear interest at not to exceed six per cent per annum, but in all other respects shall have such details and the proceedings authorizing the bonds may contain such provisions as may be determined by the commission, including, but without limitation, provisions as to denomination, maturities, places of payment, registration, convertibility into bonds of other denominations, method of sale and delivery, manner of execution, reservation of options to redeem prior to maturity, and covenants for the security and better marketability of the bonds. No election shall be necessary to the issuance of refunding bonds. Any refunding bonds so issued may be exchanged for the bonds to be refunded or may be sold in such manner as may be determined by the commission or may be sold in part and exchanged in part. If sold, the proceeds thereof may be applied to the payment of the bonds refunded or, as to such bonds as are not yet maturing or redeemable or voluntarily surrendered by the holders thereof, such proceeds may be deposited in escrow to be held until such time as the bonds to be refunded become available for payment, and during such period of escrow may be invested in direct obligations of the United States of America or any of its agencies or in obligations fully guaranteed by the United States of America, in which case such obligations must mature or be payable in advance of maturity at the option of the holder in such manner and must bear interest at such rates as to provide funds which, together with any uninvested money placed in the escrow, will be sufficient to pay when due or called for redemption the bonds refunded, together with interest accrued and to accrue thereon and redemption premiums, if any, and such refunding bonds proceeds or obligations so purchased therewith which, with other funds legally available to the commission for such purpose, may be deposited in escrow with a banking corporation or association doing business in Louisiana which is a member of Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any successor thereto. There may be included in the refunding bonds so issued bonds in an amount sufficient to pay interest accrued on the bonds refunded, any redemption premiums to be paid thereon, and expenses to be reasonably incurred in connection with the refunding. Such refunding bonds may be made payable from any or all taxes and other revenue which were or could have been pledged to the payment of the bonds refunded.  Acts 1968, No. 521, §4.
LA Rev Stat § 34:1657 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 34 - Navigation and Shipping|§1657. Fees; ad valorem tax, borrowing money

RS 1657 - Fees; ad valorem tax, borrowing money The commission may charge a reasonable fee to each vessel using the port facilities. It may also charge for each copy of any certificate issued by it or its deputies for inspecting hatches, surveying cargoes and the like in regard to vessels using the port facilities in the port area. The master of each vessel shall, however, be furnished free one copy of all surveys upon his vessel or cargo. The commission may, when authorized so to do by a vote of a majority in number and value of the property taxpayers of the district qualified to vote at an election held for the purpose in accordance with law, and for the period of time authorized in said elections, levy annually an ad valorem tax not to exceed two and one-half mills on the dollar on the property subject to taxation situated in the district. All funds derived under this section may be used to defray the administrative, operative, and maintenance expenses of the board. The commission may likewise borrow money for the said purpose from time to time and issue certificates of indebtedness secured by any fees authorized under this section and by any taxes authorized under this section provided that such indebtedness shall in no year exceed the estimated revenues for such year. Acts 1968, No. 521, §4.
LA Rev Stat § 34:1658 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 34 - Navigation and Shipping|§1658. Bond issues; voted bonds

RS 1658 - Bond issues; voted bonds In addition to those bonds authorized in Section 34:1653 the Commission is further authorized to incur debt and issue negotiable bonds, payable from taxes to be levied on all taxable property in the district, up to ten per cent of the value of the assessed valuation of the property in said district, to acquire lands for the uses of the district and to provide funds for the making and construction of the public works and improvements outlined in this Part, when authorized so to do by a vote of a majority in number and value of the property taxpayers of the district qualified to vote at an election held for the purpose in accordance with law.  The commission may, upon its own initiative, call a special election and submit to the qualified tax paying voters of the district the question of incurring such debt and issuing negotiable bonds. The commission shall call such special election when requested so to do by petition in writing signed by one-fourth of the property taxpayers in number eligible to vote at such election.  All such elections and all proceedings for the issuance and sale of bonds shall be called, held, and conducted in accordance with the laws authorizing and governing elections and authorizing the issuance of bonds for such purposes by other political subdivisions which are authorized to incur debt and issue bonds of like character. The provisions of such laws shall govern and control all elections held hereunder in so far as the same may be applicable thereto.  Acts 1968, No. 521, §4.
LA Rev Stat § 34:1659 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 34 - Navigation and Shipping|§1659. Taxes for payment of bonds

RS 1659 - Taxes for payment of bonds The commission shall levy annually on all property situated within the district subject to taxation any special taxes that may be necessary to provide for the payment of principal and interest on the bonds authorized to be issued under this Part, but for bonds issued under R.S. 34:1653, or any bonds issued to refund bonds issued under said section, the aggregate rate of taxation shall not exceed five mills of the dollar.  These special taxes shall be levied, assessed and collected on the property within the district under the same methods, terms and conditions and at the same time as state and parish taxes are levied, assessed and collected; these taxes shall be secured by the same liens upon the property subject to taxation within the district as taxes for state and parish purposes; the property subject to any taxes within said district shall be sold for failure to pay the same in the same manner as property is sold for delinquent state, parish and other taxes under the laws of the state.  Acts 1968, No. 521, §4.
LA Rev Stat § 34:1660 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 34 - Navigation and Shipping|§1660. Collection of taxes

RS 1660 - Collection of taxes The provisions of the constitution and all laws regulating the collection of taxes, the creating of tax liens and mortgages, tax penalties and tax sales, shall also apply to the collection of all taxes authorized by this Part. The sheriff and ex officio tax collector for the parish of Lafourche shall make a monthly settlement with the treasurer of the commission and receive from him a receipt for the amount of taxes paid over in the same manner as tax collectors are required to settle with the auditor of the state. The tax collector shall receive from the treasurer the same quietus for a full settlement of taxes due and exigible in any given year and account for the delinquents or deductions in the same manner as though accounting to the auditor of the state for state taxes. The sheriff and ex officio tax collector shall retain from all taxes collected by him for the district the commission thereon allowed him by law on special taxes and shall deposit the amount thereof with the parish treasurer to the credit of the sheriff's salary fund. Upon failure of the tax collector to comply with the provisions of this section the commission shall proceed against him and the sureties on his official bond for the collection of whatever money may be owing to the commission for such special taxes.  Acts 1968, No. 521, §4.
LA Rev Stat § 34:1661 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 34 - Navigation and Shipping|§1661. Ad valorem tax

RS 1661 - Ad valorem tax On and after July 29, 1970 the commission may, when necessary, levy annually an ad valorem tax not to exceed two and one-half mills on the dollar on the property subject to taxation situated in any or all of the port area. All funds derived under this section shall be used to defray the maintenance and operations costs and expenses.  Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, the avails of the tax authorized to be levied hereunder shall in no way be pledged prior to the levy thereof as security for any indebtedness whatsoever.  The procedures necessary for the collection and levy of the tax authorized under the provisions of this section may be instituted prior to the actual levy thereof, including the listing of properties necessarily subject to said tax on the tax rolls of the parish.  Until July 29, 1970, no bonds or other evidences of indebtedness whether of interim nature or otherwise shall be issued in any manner by the Greater Lafourche Port Commission pledging directly or indirectly the bonds or other revenues authorized to be issued under the provisions of this section except as follows: The Greater Lafourche Port Commission is hereby authorized to issue certificates of indebtedness provided that the payments to amortize all of said certificates shall not exceed the total sum of fifteen thousand dollars per year pledging directly or indirectly the bonds or other revenues authorized to be issued under the provisions of this section.  Added by Acts 1970, No. 322, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 34:1662 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 34 - Navigation and Shipping|§1662. Transportation development

RS 1662 - Transportation development A. Notwithstanding any provision of this Chapter or the Louisiana Transportation Development Act, R.S. 48:2020 et seq., hereafter in this Section, the "Development Act", to the contrary, the commission is hereby deemed to constitute an "authority" with the rights, powers, duties, obligations, and authority granted to an authority under the Development Act. However, the provisions of R.S. 48:2022 shall not apply, and in the exercise of such rights, powers, duties, obligations, and authority, the port commission shall govern the authority. B. In connection with the exercise of its rights, powers, duties, and obligations as an authority under the Development Act, the commission may contract with any person, partnership, association, or corporation desiring the use of any part of a project, including the right-of-way adjoining the paved portion, for placing thereon telephone, water, fiber optic, telegraph, electric light, or power lines, gas stations, garages, and restaurants, or for any other purpose, and to fix the terms, conditions, rents, and rates of charges for such use. Any utilities which are placed within the right-of-way shall be locatable through the one-call system and the utility companies shall place locator strips on any buried object. The contract or lease shall require the removal, at the expense of the lessee, of any utilities or other obstructions placed within the right-of-way when expansion of the toll facility requires such removal. Installation and removal of utility facilities shall be consistent with rules and regulations promulgated by the federal government and the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development. C. Additionally, nothing in the Development Act shall be construed as limiting the ability of the commission to condemn any roadway, path, highway, transit way, bridge, tunnel, or other paved surface or structure that is replaced with a project undertaken pursuant to the Development Act. D. Any debt incurred by the commission to finance a project in accordance with the Development Act shall be excluded from the calculation of debt for the purpose of any debt limitations applicable to the commission. Acts 2003, No. 105, §1, eff. May 28, 2003.
LA Rev Stat § 34:1701 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 34 - Navigation and Shipping|§1701. Creation and territorial limits

RS 1701 - Creation and territorial limits The St. Bernard Port, Harbor and Terminal District, created as a public corporation and political subdivision of the state of Louisiana under the authority of Section 31 of Article XIV of the Constitution of the state of Louisiana for the year 1921, as amended, shall have territorial limits coextensive with the parish of St. Bernard. The territorial limits and territorial jurisdiction of said district shall be the territory, including all lands, waterways, rivers, lakes, and navigable bodies, comprising and lying within the limits and boundaries of St. Bernard Parish. The board of commissioners for the district shall have complete jurisdiction to regulate all domestic, coastwise, and intercoastal commerce and traffic of said district, and all commerce and traffic within the district including cargo bound for and/or in and/or coming out of international commerce where such commerce is conducted by or through a facility wholly owned by the district.  Added by Acts 1960, No. 228, §1. Amended by Acts 1962, No. 109, §1; Acts 1964, No. 404, §1; Acts 1970, No. 416, §1; Acts 1976, No. 285, §1; Acts 1980, No. 500, §1, eff. Aug. 1, 1980; Acts 1992, No. 40, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 34:1702 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 34 - Navigation and Shipping|§1702. Board of commissioners, members; vacancy; compensation; officers, agents and employees

RS 1702 - Board of commissioners, members; vacancy; compensation; officers, agents and employees A. The governing authority of the district is hereby declared to be a board of commissioners consisting of five members who shall be citizens of the United States and qualified voters and taxpayers within the limits of the district during their term of office. The governor shall appoint the five members upon the recommendation of a majority of the legislative delegation from St. Bernard Parish. Each such member shall serve for a term of five years. Each appointment by the governor shall be submitted to the Senate for confirmation. B. Any vacancy in any original term shall be filled in the same manner as the appointment was originally made, for the unexpired term. Any vacancy occurring due to expiration of the original term shall be filled in the same manner as above provided, for the term of five years. C. The commissioners shall serve without compensation and shall have the power to organize and reorganize legal, executive, engineering, clerical, and other departments and forces of the board and to fix the duties, powers, and compensation of all officers, agents, and employees under the board. Added by Acts 1960, No. 228, §1. Amended by Acts 1966, No. 446, §1; Acts 1970, No. 416, §1; Acts 1975, No. 789, §5; Acts 1980, No. 500, §1, eff. Aug. 1, 1980; Acts 2003, No. 774, §9.
LA Rev Stat § 34:1704 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 34 - Navigation and Shipping|§1704. Acquisition of private property for levees and drainage

RS 1704 - Acquisition of private property for levees and drainage  A. In order to construct, extend, improve, maintain and operate storm tide protection levees, and appurtenant levees and drainage facilities, the board shall have power to acquire by donation, purchase, exchange, expropriation, or appropriation and include in any of its developments and improvements any private property within the following described boundaries, to wit:  (1) That certain area situated in the parish of St. Bernard, Louisiana, lying between the 1500 foot permanent Mississippi River--Gulf Outlet right of way on the north and a parallel line extending 300 feet south of said Gulf Outlet right of way, bounded on the west by Bayou Bienvenue and on the east by Chandeleur Sound; that certain area in the parish of St. Bernard lying between the south or outside base line of the present hydraulic fill retaining levee and a parallel line extending 300 feet north of said south or outside base line of the present hydraulic fill retaining levee, bounded on the west by Bayou Bienvenue and on the east by Chandeleur Sound; and strips or tracts of land not more than 50 feet in width located approximately 1,000 feet apart extending north and south between the two certain areas above described for the purpose of excavating lateral drainage ditches or canals as structures appurtenant to levee drainage, provided that such strips or tracts of land shall be acquired and the drainage ditches or canals shall be excavated on the boundary line of adjoining properties wherever practical. B. Lands and improvements thereon within the above described area actually used or destroyed and appropriated by the district for the purpose of constructing, acquiring, extending, improving, maintaining or operating the district's levees or appurtenant levees or drainage facilities, shall be paid for at a price not to exceed the assessed value of the preceding year, provided that this shall not apply to property the control of which is vested in the state or any subdivision thereof. This Subsection shall not be construed to prevent the appropriation of such lands and improvements before payment therefor.  C. Any owner, from whom the board acquires any portion of the above described tracts for levees, drainage or other purposes authorized herein, shall continue to have a nonexclusive right to use such property acquired from said owner for the purpose of laying, using and maintaining walkways, roadways and pipelines to and from any adjacent lands which said owner might also own or to and from the said Gulf Outlet subject to such rules and regulations as may be prescribed by the board.  D. The provisions of this Section shall be subject to the limitations of R.S. 34:361.  Added by Acts 1960, No. 228, §1. Amended by Acts 1962, No. 109, §2; Acts 1982, No. 839, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 34:1705 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 34 - Navigation and Shipping|§1705. Rights of the board of commissioners

RS 1705 - Rights of the board of commissioners  A.(1) The board of commissioners of the St. Bernard Port, Harbor and Terminal District shall have the sole power to regulate, pursuant to R.S. 34:1703, the domestic, coastwise, and intercoastal commerce and traffic of said district and all commerce and traffic within the district including cargo bound for and/or in, and/or coming out of international commerce where such commerce and traffic is conducted by or through a facility wholly owned by the district.  (2) The board of commissioners of the St. Bernard Port, Harbor and Terminal District shall also have and exercise the powers granted to deep water port commissions pursuant to R.S. 9:1102.1 in all cases where riparian owners of property on navigable rivers, lakes, or streams within said district desire to construct wharves, buildings, or improvements on the batture or banks owned by them, which are designed for and/or used for such commerce and traffic domestic, coastwise, or intercoastal commerce, including cargo bound for and/or in and/or coming out of international commerce where such is conducted by or through a facility wholly owned by the district.  B. The board of commissioners of the St. Bernard Port, Harbor and Terminal District shall have the right to enter into any and all contracts and agreements with the parish of St. Bernard, the board of commissioners of the Port of New Orleans, and any other public subdivisions or authorities relative to any and all matters which lie within the jurisdiction of the district and the board of commissioners thereof.  Added by Acts 1960, No. 228, §1. Amended by Acts 1964, No. 404, §2; Acts 1976, No. 285, §1; Acts 1980, No. 500, §1, eff. Aug. 1, 1980; Acts 1983, No. 415, §1; Acts 1992, No. 40, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 34:1706 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 34 - Navigation and Shipping|§1706. Officers of board; meetings; offices, agents and employees

RS 1706 - Officers of board; meetings; offices, 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 office of secretary and treasurer may be held by one person. The board shall meet in regular session once each month and shall also meet in special session as often as the president of the board convenes them, or on written request of three members. Three members of the board shall constitute a quorum. The board shall prescribe rules to govern its meetings, shall maintain suitable offices in the district and may contract with and employ attorneys, clerks, engineers, deputy commissioners, superintendents, stevedores and other agents and employees and shall fix their compensation and terms of office or employment.  Added by Acts 1960, No. 228, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 34:1707 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 34 - Navigation and Shipping|§1707. Annual report

RS 1707 - Annual report  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 showing all receipts and disbursements of the board; the number of arrivals and departures of vessels and their tonnage; the export and imports passing through the district; and setting forth the general condition of the district and its buildings, structures, facilities and other properties. A copy of this report shall be promptly published in a newspaper printed in the parish of St. Bernard.  Added by Acts 1960, No. 228, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 34:1708 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 34 - Navigation and Shipping|§1708. Acquisition of lands; public aid

RS 1708 - Acquisition of lands; public aid  A. The board is authorized to acquire by purchase, donation, expropriation, appropriation, or otherwise any lands in the district 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 except those pipelines in operation on May 1, 2008. The board may also provide that payments for such lands be made out of funds under its control not otherwise specifically appropriated. B. 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 Chapter. C. In addition to its power to acquire such property in the various modes set out hereinabove, the board shall also have power to expropriate property within the district in the same manner applicable to Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College and the Department of Transportation and Development under the provisions of R.S. 19:141 et seq. Added by Acts 1960, No. 228, §1. Amended by Acts 1962, No. 109, §3; Acts 1982, No. 839, §1; Acts 2008, No. 284, §1.