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LA Rev Stat § 34:1905 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 34 - Navigation and Shipping|§1905. Prescriptive period; sale of bonds

RS 1905 - Prescriptive period; sale of bonds  A. For a period sixty days from the date of the adoption of any resolution of the commission authorizing the issuance of its bonds or notes, any person interested may test the legality of such resolution and the validity of such bonds or notes issued or proposed to be issued thereunder, after which time no one shall have any cause of action to contest the regularity, formality, or legality of said resolution or to draw in question the legality of said bonds or notes or the debts represented thereby for any cause whatever, and it shall be conclusively presumed that every legal requirement has been complied with, and no court shall have authority to inquire into such matters after the lapse of said sixty days.  B. Any bond issued in accordance with the provisions hereof shall be sold to the highest bidder, at a public sale, for not less than par and accrued interest, after advertisement, once a week for not less than thirty days, by the commission in a newspaper of general circulation published in Columbia, Louisiana, Chicago, Illinois, New York, New York, and such other places as the commission shall determine, reserving to the commission the right to reject any and all bids, and the right to readvertise for new bids. If, after advertisement as hereinabove provided, no bids are received, or if such bids as are received are considered in the discretion of the commission to be unsatisfactory, then and in that event, the commission may publicly negotiate for the sale of such bonds.  Added by Acts 1962, No. 239, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 34:1906 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 34 - Navigation and Shipping|§1906. Right to expropriate denied

RS 1906 - Right to expropriate denied  The Columbia Port Commission may not acquire by expropriation any wharves, landings or any other property now in use by private interests. Added by Acts 1962, No. 239, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 34:1907 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 34 - Navigation and Shipping|§1907. Advertisement; R.S. 43:111 not to apply

RS 1907 - Advertisement; R.S. 43:111 not to apply  The prohibition, contained in R.S. 43:111, against advertising in any newspaper, book, pamphlet or periodical, shall not apply to the Columbia Port Commission in carrying out its functions and duties under the constitution and laws of this state.  Added by Acts 1962, No. 239, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 34:1952 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 34 - Navigation and Shipping|§1952. Officers of the commission; meetings

RS 1952 - Officers of the commission; meetings  The commission shall elect from among its own members a president, a vice president, a secretary and a treasurer, whose respective duties shall be prescribed by the commission. At the option of the commission, the office of the secretary and treasurer may be held by one person. The commission shall meet in regular session once each month, and shall also meet in special session at the call of the president of the commission or on the written request of three members of the commission. A majority of the commission shall constitute a quorum, and all actions or resolutions of the commission must be approved by the affirmative vote of not less than a majority of all members of the commission. The commission shall prescribe rules governing its meetings and shall fix a place at which the meetings shall be held.  Added by Acts 1962, No. 299, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 34:1952.1 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 34 - Navigation and Shipping|§1952.1. Meetings; advance notice

RS 1952.1 - Meetings; advance notice  The commission shall publish public notice of any regular or special meeting of the commission, no later than twenty-four hours before the meeting, in the official journal of the district which shall be a newspaper of general circulation within the territorial limits of the district, designated by the commission as its official journal. Additionally, the commission shall give notice of any regular or special meeting of the commission, no later than twenty-four hour before the meeting to each member of the legislature whose legislative district includes any portion of the parish of Tangipahoa and to each member of the parish governing authority of the parish of Tangipahoa. In cases of dire emergency such notices shall not be required; however, the commission shall give such notice of the meeting as it deems appropriate and circumstances permit.  Added by Acts 1976, No. 691, §2.
LA Rev Stat § 34:1954 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 34 - Navigation and Shipping|§1954. Authority for issuance of bonds

RS 1954 - Authority for issuance of bonds  The commission, as governing authority of Tangipahoa Parish Port District, with the approval of the State Bond and Tax Board, is authorized to incur debt for its lawful purposes and to issue in its name, negotiable bonds or notes therefor, and to pledge for the payment of the principal and interest of such negotiable bonds or notes all or any part of the revenues derived from the operation of properties and facilities maintained and operated by it, and all other revenues received by the commission from other sources; provided, however, that the amount of such bonds and notes outstanding at any one time shall not exceed twenty-five million dollars. Such bonds shall be issued by the commission with such dates, forms, terms, series, interest rates, maturities, denominations, redemption, registration and convertibility provisions and security provisions as the commission may determine in compliance with the provisions of Article XIV, Section 31 of the Constitution of the State of Louisiana for the year 1921, as amended, and the commission shall have complete authority to incur debt and issue bonds of each type and in every manner provided by said constitutional provision. In addition to the pledge of revenues to secure said bonds and notes, the commission may further secure their payment by a conventional mortgage upon any or all of the properties constructed or acquired, or to be constructed and acquired by it. The commission is further authorized to receive by gift, grant, donation or otherwise, any sum of money, aid or assistance from the United States, the State of Louisiana, or any political subdivision thereof, and unless otherwise provided by the terms of such gift, grant, or donation, in its discretion, it may pledge all or any part of such moneys for the further securing of the payment of the principal and interest of its bonds or notes.  Added by Acts 1962, No. 299, §1. Amended by Acts 1968, No. 4, §3; Acts 1970, No. 228, §1, emerg. eff. July 2, 1970, at 1:05 P.M.; Acts 1972, No. 497, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 34:1955 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 34 - Navigation and Shipping|§1955. Prescriptive period; sale of bonds

RS 1955 - Prescriptive period; sale of bonds  A. For a period of thirty days from the date of the publication of any resolution of the commission authorizing the issuance of its bonds or notes, any interested person may test the legality of said resolution and the validity of said bonds or notes issued or proposed to be issued thereunder, after which time no one shall have any right or cause of action to contest the regularity, formality or legality of said resolution or to draw in question the legality of said bonds or notes or the debt represented thereby for any cause whatever, and it shall be conclusively presumed that every legal requirement has been complied with, and no court shall have authority to inquire into such matters after the lapse of said thirty days. The newspaper to be used for any such publication shall be a newspaper published in the district, or if no newspaper is published therein, then a newspaper published and having general circulation in Tangipahoa Parish.  B. Any bonds issued in accordance with the provisions hereof shall be sold to the highest bidder, at a public sale, for not less than par and accrued interest, after advertisement at least once a week for not less than thirty days in a newspaper of general circulation within the port area and in a financial newspaper or journal published in New Orleans, New York or Chicago, reserving to the commission the right to reject any and all bids and the right to readvertise for new bids. If, after advertisement as hereinabove provided no bids are received, or if such bids as are received are considered in the discretion of the commission to be unsatisfactory then and in that event the commission may publicly negotiate for the sale of such bonds.  Added by Acts 1962, No. 299, §1. Amended by Acts 1968, No. 4, §4; Acts 1972, No. 497, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 34:1956 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 34 - Navigation and Shipping|§1956. Right to expropriate

RS 1956 - Right to expropriate  The commission may acquire by expropriation in accordance with expropriation laws of the State of Louisiana, any wharves, landings or any other property necessary for the benefit and advantage of the commerce of the said commission.  Added by Acts 1962, No. 299, §1. Amended by Acts 1972, No. 497, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 34:1957 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 34 - Navigation and Shipping|§1957. Advertisement; R.S. 43:111 not to apply

RS 1957 - Advertisement; R.S. 43:111 not to apply  The prohibition contained in R.S. 43:111 against advertising in any newspaper, book, pamphlet or periodical shall not apply to the commission in carrying out its functions and duties under the constitution and laws of this state.  Added by Acts 1962, No. 299, §1. Amended by Acts 1972, No. 497, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 34:1958 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 34 - Navigation and Shipping|§1958. Refunding bonds; issuance

RS 1958 - Refunding bonds; issuance  Bonds may be issued under authority of this chapter or under authority of any other applicable 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 eight percent 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. 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 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 thereof accrued and to accrue 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 thereof.  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 revenues which were or could have been pledged to the payment of the bonds refunded.  Added by Acts 1968, No. 4, §5. Amended by Acts 1970, No. 228, §1, emerg. eff. July 2, 1970, at 1:05 P.M.
LA Rev Stat § 34:1959 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 34 - Navigation and Shipping|§1959. Fees; ad valorem tax; borrowing money

RS 1959 - Fees; ad valorem tax; borrowing money The commission 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. 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 the district when authorized to do so by a majority of the qualified electors of the district voting in an election held for that purpose in accordance with law. All funds derived under this Section shall 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. Added by Acts 1968, No. 4, §5; Acts 2003, No. 884, §1, eff. July 1, 2003.
LA Rev Stat § 34:1959.1 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 34 - Navigation and Shipping|§1959.1. Ad valorem taxes; special taxes; special election

RS 1959.1 - Ad valorem taxes; special taxes; special election A. The commission shall not levy any tax, whether ad valorem or special, unless authorized to do so and unless the levy, maximum rate, and maximum duration of the tax is approved by a majority of the qualified electors voting on the proposition at an election held for that purpose and conducted in accordance with the Louisiana Election Code. The commission may call an election for such purpose. B. The South Tangipahoa Parish Port Commission shall cease, on July 1, 2003, to levy and collect all taxes, whether ad valorem or special, except taxes pledged to the repayment of bonds or other debt, that have not been authorized by a majority of the qualified electors of the district voting in an election held for that purpose. No taxes, other than those so pledged, shall be owed, and the commission shall not collect taxes for the 2003 tax year. No special election shall be necessary to repeal the levy of such taxes.  Acts 2003, No. 884, §§1 and 2, eff. July 1, 2003.
LA Rev Stat § 34:1960 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 34 - Navigation and Shipping|§1960. Bond issues; voted bonds

RS 1960 - Bond issues; voted bonds  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 without limitation as to rate or amount, to acquire lands for the uses of the district and to provide funds for the making, construction, repair and maintenance of the public works and improvements outlined in this chapter, when authorized so to do by a majority of the qualified electors of the district voting in an election held for that purpose in accordance with law.  The commission may, upon its own initiative, call a special election and submit to the qualified taxpaying voters of the district the question of incurring such debt and issuing negotiable bonds.  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 insofar as the same may be applicable thereto.  Added by Acts 1968, No. 4, §5. Amended by Acts 1970, No. 228, §1, emerg. eff. July 2, 1970, at 1:05 P.M.
LA Rev Stat § 34:1961 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 34 - Navigation and Shipping|§1961. Taxes for payment of bonds

RS 1961 - 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 chapter. 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.  Added by Acts 1968, No. 4, §5.
LA Rev Stat § 34:1962 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 34 - Navigation and Shipping|§1962. Collection of taxes

RS 1962 - 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 Chapter. The sheriff and ex officio tax collector for the parish of Tangipahoa 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 the 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 them 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.  Added by Acts 1968, No. 4, §5. Amended by Acts 1972, No. 497, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 34:1963 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 34 - Navigation and Shipping|§1963. Definitions

RS 1963 - Definitions As used in this Chapter, the following words and phrases shall have the meaning ascribed to them in this Section: (1) "Administrative expenses" means any and all expenditure of funds by the port commission relating to the running of the daily affairs of the port commission, including but not limited to employee salaries, employee benefits, rents, utilities, professional services, office equipment and supplies, furniture and fixtures, telephones, travel expenses, insurance premiums, automobile expenses, and other such related items. (2) "Carrier" means operating companies, railroads, trucking companies, barge lines, stevedoring companies, shipping lines, and all companies transporting, storing, or shipping goods and other products, whether by rail, truck, barge, oceangoing vessel, or otherwise. (3) "Improvements" means the repairs, maintenance, and construction of facilities and on property, whether movable or immovable, owned, operated, leased, or administered by the port commission. (4) "Maintenance expenses" means any and all expenditure of funds by the port commission appertaining in any manner to the repairs and maintenance of the facilities and property, whether immovable or movable, owned, operated, leased, or administered by the port commission, including but not limited to grounds keeping, grounds improvements, roadbed repairs, facility repairs, and other such related items. (5) "Marine terminal operator" means a person, company, or entity furnishing services as an operating company or stevedoring company relating to the use of operations of the facilities and property owned, leased, administered, or operated by the port commission to include the transportation, storage, handling, loading, unloading, or shipping of goods or other products or commodities. (6) "Operating companies" means a person, company, or entity performing or furnishing services for the port commission related to the operations of facilities owned, leased, operated, or administered by the port commission. (7) "Operative expenses" means any and all expenditure of funds by the port commission in furtherance of the rights, duties, powers, and functions of the commission as set forth in R.S. 34:1953 including works of public improvements necessary or useful for port, recreational, harbor, and terminal purposes that may be necessary for the business of the commission. (8) "Repairs" means those activities necessary to maintain any and all facilities and real property owned, operated, leased, or administered by the port commission in a workable, functional, or operational condition. (9) "Stevedoring company" means a person, company, or entity performing or furnishing the necessary equipment and manpower to load, unload, transport, or ship goods, products, or commodities. Added by Acts 1972, No. 287, §1; Acts 1995, No. 161, §1, eff. July 1, 1995. NOTE: ACTS 1995, NO. 161 IS REMEDIAL AND SHALL BE APPLIED RETROACTIVELY AS WELL AS PROSPECTIVELY.
LA Rev Stat § 34:2001 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 34 - Navigation and Shipping|§2001. Repealed by Acts 1997, No. 1116, §2.

RS 2001 - Repealed by Acts 1997, No. 1116, §2.
LA Rev Stat § 34:2002 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 34 - Navigation and Shipping|§2002. Repealed by Acts 1997, No. 1116, §2.

RS 2002 - Repealed by Acts 1997, No. 1116, §2.
LA Rev Stat § 34:2003 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 34 - Navigation and Shipping|§2003. Repealed by Acts 1997, No. 1116, §2.

RS 2003 - Repealed by Acts 1997, No. 1116, §2.
LA Rev Stat § 34:2004 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 34 - Navigation and Shipping|§2004. Repealed by Acts 1997, No. 1116, §2.

RS 2004 - Repealed by Acts 1997, No. 1116, §2.
LA Rev Stat § 34:2005 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 34 - Navigation and Shipping|§2005. Repealed by Acts 1997, No. 1116, §2.

RS 2005 - Repealed by Acts 1997, No. 1116, §2.
LA Rev Stat § 34:2006 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 34 - Navigation and Shipping|§2006. Repealed by Acts 1997, No. 1116, §2.

RS 2006 - Repealed by Acts 1997, No. 1116, §2.
LA Rev Stat § 34:2007 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 34 - Navigation and Shipping|§2007. Repealed by Acts 1997, No. 116, §2.

RS 2007 - Repealed by Acts 1997, No. 116, §2.