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LA Rev Stat § 34:2108 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 34 - Navigation and Shipping|§2108. Letting contracts; doing work with own force and equipment

RS 2108 - Letting contracts; doing work with own force and equipment  Whenever any work is to be let by contract under the provisions of this Part the price of which is to exceed one thousand dollars, 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 the work according to the plans and specifications as prepared. Such advertisements shall appear not less than three times during a period of fifteen days in a newspaper published in the district and in any other paper or papers, that may be selected by the board. These 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 the contract is awarded, fail to enter into the contract within ten days after written notice so to do 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. 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.  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 such other stipulations, provisions, and covenants as 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.  Added by Acts 1964, No. 68, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 34:2109 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 34 - Navigation and Shipping|§2109. Fees; ad valorem tax; borrowing money

RS 2109 - Fees; ad valorem tax; borrowing money  The board of commissioners 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 inspection of 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 board 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 provided that there is an approval by a majority vote of the electors in the district voting in an election conducted for that purpose. All funds derived under this Section may be used for any expenses or purposes of the board.  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 five years and the amount thereof shall not exceed that portion of the anticipated revenues authorized to be dedicated and pledged to the payment thereof.  Added by Acts 1964, No. 68, §1. Amended by Acts 1977, No. 431, §2; Acts 1978, No. 185, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 34:2110 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 34 - Navigation and Shipping|§2110. Bond issues

RS 2110 - Bond issues  The board is authorized to incur debt and issue negotiable bonds 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 to so 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 board 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. The board shall call such special election when requested so to do by petition in writing signed by one-fourth of the property tax payers 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.  Added by Acts 1964, No. 68, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 34:2111 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 34 - Navigation and Shipping|§2111. Taxes for payment of bonds

RS 2111 - 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; 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 1964, No. 68, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 34:2112 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 34 - Navigation and Shipping|§2112. Collection of taxes

RS 2112 - 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 Calcasieu shall make monthly settlement with the treasurer of the board of commissioners 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 said 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 the failure of a tax collector to comply with the provisions of this Section, the board of commissioners shall proceed against him and the sureties of his official bond for the collection of whatever money may be owing to the board of commissioners for such special taxes. Added by Acts 1964, No. 68, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 34:2151 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 34 - Navigation and Shipping|§2151. Repealed by Acts 2001, No. 1137, §1.

RS 2151 - Repealed by Acts 2001, No. 1137, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 34:2152 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 34 - Navigation and Shipping|§2152. Repealed by Acts 2001, No. 1137, §1.

RS 2152 - Repealed by Acts 2001, No. 1137, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 34:2153 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 34 - Navigation and Shipping|§2153. Repealed by Acts 2001, No. 1137, §1.

RS 2153 - Repealed by Acts 2001, No. 1137, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 34:2154 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 34 - Navigation and Shipping|§2154. Repealed by Acts 2001, No. 1137, §1.

RS 2154 - Repealed by Acts 2001, No. 1137, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 34:2155 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 34 - Navigation and Shipping|§2155. Repealed by Acts 2001, No. 1137, §1.

RS 2155 - Repealed by Acts 2001, No. 1137, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 34:2156 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 34 - Navigation and Shipping|§2156. Repealed by Acts 2001, No. 1137, §1.

RS 2156 - Repealed by Acts 2001, No. 1137, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 34:2157 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 34 - Navigation and Shipping|§2157. Repealed by Acts 2001, No. 1137, §1.

RS 2157 - Repealed by Acts 2001, No. 1137, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 34:2202 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 34 - Navigation and Shipping|§2202. Officers; meetings; quorum; report

RS 2202 - Officers; meetings; quorum; report  A. The commission shall elect annually from among the commissioners 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 offices of secretary and treasurer may be held by the same 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 commissioners. The commission shall prescribe rules to govern its meetings and shall fix the place at which meetings shall be held. A majority of the commissioners shall constitute a quorum and all action or resolutions of the commission to be valid must be approved by the affirmative vote of not less than a majority of the entire membership of the commission.  B. The commission shall render annually to the governing authority of the Parish of Terrebonne, within thirty days following the end of each calendar year, a report in triplicate of its activities and particularly a financial report in detail, disclosing all receipts and disbursements of the commission. A complete copy of this report shall be published in the official journal for the Parish of Terrebonne.  Added by Acts 1964, No. 485, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 34:2205 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 34 - Navigation and Shipping|§2205. Advertisement; R.S. 43:111 not applicable

RS 2205 - Advertisement; R.S. 43:111 not applicable  The prohibition contained in R.S. 43:111 against advertising in any newspaper, book, pamphlet or periodical, shall not apply to the Terrebonne Port Commission in carrying out its functions and duties under the constitution and laws of this state.  Added by Acts 1964, No. 485, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 34:2251 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 34 - Navigation and Shipping|§2251. §§2251 to 2253.1 Repealed by Acts 1976, No. 582, §3

RS 2251 - §§2251 to 2253.1 Repealed by Acts 1976, No. 582, §3
LA Rev Stat § 34:2254 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 34 - Navigation and Shipping|§2254. Cooperation with other agencies; engineering advice and services

RS 2254 - Cooperation with other agencies; engineering advice and services  The commission is hereby authorized to cooperate with federal, state and local agencies and political subdivisions in carrying out its purposes as hereinabove described and is authorized to accept and expend funds acquired from appropriations, grants and donations from federal, state and local sources (including the police juries of the aforesaid parishes) or from any other sources whatsoever; provided, however, that the commission shall not enter into any contract requiring the expenditure of funds without stating the sources from which the required funds will be derived. The department of public works for the state shall furnish to the commission such routine engineering advice and services as it shall require.  Acts 1964, No. 162, §4.
LA Rev Stat § 34:2255 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 34 - Navigation and Shipping|§2255. Port or navigation districts not affected

RS 2255 - Port or navigation districts not affected  This Chapter is not intended to, and shall not amend or repeal any law creating any port or navigation district or authority now in effect nor shall it divest any such district or authority of any of their rights, authorities or functions within the area here affected, nor shall it prevent the future creation of such port authorities or navigation districts in the area here affected.  Acts 1964, No. 162, §5.
LA Rev Stat § 34:2281 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 34 - Navigation and Shipping|§2281. Creation of district

RS 2281 - Creation of district  The Tensas Parish Port, Harbor and Terminal District, hereinafter referred to as "the district," is hereby created as a political subdivision of the state with full corporate powers. The territorial limits and territorial jurisdiction of said district shall be the entire Parish of Tensas as the boundaries and limits of said parish are presently fixed by law.  Added by Acts 1964, Ex.Sess., No. 11, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 34:2284 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 34 - Navigation and Shipping|§2284. Authority for issuance of bonds; levy of taxes; election

RS 2284 - Authority for issuance of bonds; levy of taxes; election  A. The commission shall have authority, when authorized so to do by a vote of a majority, in number and amount, of the property taxpayers of the port area qualified to vote at an election for the purpose in accordance with law, to levy annually on all property situated within the port area, subject to taxation, an ad valorem tax not to exceed three mills on the dollar. The commission may, upon its own initiative, call a special election and submit to the qualified tax-paying voters of the port area the question of authorizing the levy of such a tax. The commission shall call such a 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. These special taxes shall be levied, assessed and collected on the property within the port area 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 port area as taxes for state and parish purposes. The property subject to any taxes within said port area 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.  B. 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 also shall apply to the collection of all taxes authorized by this Section. The sheriff and ex-officio tax collector for the parish of Tensas shall make a monthly settlement with the treasurer of the commission 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 comptroller 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 comptroller of the state for state taxes. The sheriff and ex-officio tax collector shall retain from all taxes collected by him for the port area the same commission allowed thereon to 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 the 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 1964, Ex.Sess., No. 11, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 34:2286 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 34 - Navigation and Shipping|§2286. Sale of bonds; prescriptive period to contest

RS 2286 - Sale of bonds; prescriptive period to contest  All bonds issued under authority of this Chapter shall be sold to the highest bidder at a public sale, for not less than par and accrued interest, after advertisement by the district at least once a week for not less than three consecutive weeks, the first publication being not less than twenty-one days prior to the date fixed for the reception of bids, in a newspaper of general circulation within the district and in a financial newspaper or journal published in St. Joseph, Louisiana, New York, New York, or Chicago, Illinois, reserving to the district the right to reject any and all bids and to readvertise for bids. If the bonds are not sold pursuant to the advertisement, they may be sold by the commission by private sale within sixty days after the date advertised for the reception of sealed bids, but no private sale shall be made at a price less than the highest bid which was received. If not sold, the bonds shall be readvertised in the manner herein prescribed.  For a period of sixty days from the date of the adoption of any resolution of the commission authorizing the issuance of its bonds or notes, any person in interest shall have the right to contest the legality of such resolution and the validity of such bonds or notes issued or proposed to be issued thereunder, after which time no person shall have any cause or right of action to contest the regularity, formality or legality of said resolution or to draw and 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.  Such bonds shall have all the qualities of negotiable instruments under the law merchant and the Negotiable Instrument Law of this state.  Added by Acts 1964, Ex.Sess., No. 11, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 34:2287 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 34 - Navigation and Shipping|§2287. Advertisement; R.S. 43:111 not to apply

RS 2287 - 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 Tensas Parish Port Commission in carrying out its functions and duties under the constitution and laws of this state.  Added by Acts 1964, Ex.Sess., No. 11, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 34:2301 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 34 - Navigation and Shipping|§2301. Creation of district; boundaries

RS 2301 - Creation of district; boundaries  There is hereby created a body politic and corporate of the State of Louisiana which shall exist in perpetuity and be known as the Red River Waterway District, hereinafter simply called the "district." The district shall be composed of all the territory located within the Parishes of Avoyelles, Rapides, Natchitoches, Red River, Grant, Bossier and Caddo as of June 28, 1965. Any amendment of the boundaries of the respective parishes shall not have the effect of altering the area comprising the district nor operate in derogation thereof.  Added by Acts 1965, No. 17, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 34:2302 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 34 - Navigation and Shipping|§2302. Purpose; commission

RS 2302 - Purpose; commission  The district is created for the object and purpose of establishing, operating and maintaining, individually or in cooperation with the federal government, the state and its various agencies, subdivisions and public bodies, a navigable waterway system to be known as the Red River Waterway, hereinafter simply called the "waterway," extending from the vicinity of the confluence of Red River with Old River and the Atchafalaya River northwestward in the Red River Valley to the state boundary. To that end and for the purpose of this Chapter, the district shall be governed by a body or commission which shall be known as the Red River Waterway Commission, hereinafter simply called the "commission."  Added by Acts 1965, No. 17, §2.
LA Rev Stat § 34:2303.1 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 34 - Navigation and Shipping|§2303.1. Dual membership; prohibited

RS 2303.1 - Dual membership; prohibited  No member of the commission may simultaneously serve on any port commission within the jurisdiction of the waterway. Membership on the commission shall terminate thirty days after July 7, 1989, for any person not in compliance herewith and the vacancy shall be filled for the unexpired portion of the term in accordance with R.S. 34:2304.  Acts 1989, No. 671, §1, eff. July 7, 1989.
LA Rev Stat § 34:2304 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 34 - Navigation and Shipping|§2304. Terms of office; vacancies

RS 2304 - Terms of office; vacancies  The parish members of the commission shall serve for terms of six years, except that the initial terms of office shall run from the date of appointment to the following dates:  Two members shall serve to July 1, 1967;  Two members shall serve to July 1, 1969; and  Three members shall serve to July 1, 1971.  The governor shall designate the term of office of each initial parish member when he makes his appointments.  The members-at-large shall serve for a term concurrent with that of the governor by whom appointed.  Any vacancies occurring by reason of expiration of term of office or otherwise shall be filled by appointment of the governor in like manner as the original appointments. An individual appointed to fill a vacancy occurring other than by reason of expiration of term of office shall be appointed to serve only for the unexpired portion of the term.  Members shall continue to serve until their successors have been appointed and have taken their oaths of office and filed the same in accordance with law.  Added by Acts 1965, No. 17, §4.
LA Rev Stat § 34:2305 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 34 - Navigation and Shipping|§2305. Domicile of commission; officers and employees; per diem and travel allowance

RS 2305 - Domicile of commission; officers and employees; per diem and travel allowance  The domicile of the commission shall be in the City of Natchitoches, Parish of Natchitoches, Louisiana; provided, that such domicile may be changed to another location in the district by affirmative vote of not less than six members. As soon as practicable after their appointment, the members of the commission shall meet at its domicile and elect from the membership at least one vice-chairman, a secretary and a treasurer (which latter two offices may be combined). The commission may establish and provide for such other officers, agents and employees as it may deem necessary and appropriate for the accomplishment of its object and purpose, and define the duties, terms and compensation thereof. Immediately upon the organization of the commission and the election of officers, the secretary of the commission shall certify to the secretary of state the names and addresses of such officers. Each member of the commission shall be entitled to receive a stated per diem and travel allowance in such amount and in a maximum annual amount as determined by the commission in a schedule and approved by the governor, when attending upon the business of the commission.  Added by Acts 1965, No. 17, §5.