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2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 1 - General Provisions › §1:58. My Nationality American Day

RS 1:58 - My Nationality American Day
December 7 is designated as My Nationality American Day throughout the state of Louisiana to reaffirm our dedication to the principles that inspired the creation of this great nation and secured for all of us the blessings of freedom and peace.
Added by Acts 1983, No. 35, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 1 - General Provisions › §1:58.1. National Airborne Day

RS 1:58.1 - National Airborne Day
August sixteenth is hereby designated as National Airborne Day throughout the state of Louisiana to recognize and honor those who have served in an airborne unit since the first official army parachute jump on August 16, 1940.
Acts 2001, No. 337, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 1 - General Provisions › §1:58.2. Juneteenth Day

RS 1:58.2 - Juneteenth Day
A. Juneteenth Day has long been recognized as a special day of celebration for the freedom of African Americans. As such, since 1865 the day has been celebrated as the day African Americans received the news of the signing of the Emancipation Proclamation. The celebration of this day has grown into a special day celebrating this freedom as well as a day of learning, sharing, and giving respect to the history, culture, and achievements of African Americans.
B. The third Saturday in June is recognized and designated as Juneteenth Day throughout the state of Louisiana, in honor of the day African Americans celebrate as Emancipation Day.
Acts 2003, No. 433, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 1 - General Provisions › §1:58.4. A day of remembrance; Hurricane Katrina and Hurricane Rita

RS 1:58.4 - A day of remembrance; Hurricane Katrina and Hurricane Rita
The first Sunday after the commencement of hurricane season of every year shall be recognized as a day of remembrance for the victims of Hurricane Katrina and Hurricane Rita. Hurricane Katrina and Hurricane Rita Day shall be observed as a memorial of one of the greatest tragedies in the state of Louisiana.
Acts 2008, No. 800, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 1 - General Provisions › §1:58.5. Care Enough to Wear Pink

RS 1:58.5 - Care Enough to Wear Pink
A. October has long been recognized as National Breast Cancer Awareness Month in the United States, and the wearing of the color pink in the form of ribbons and apparel has been associated with the breast cancer awareness campaign. It is an annual health campaign organized by major breast cancer charities to increase awareness of breast cancer and to raise funds for research into its cause, prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and cure.
B. In honor of those who have been diagnosed with breast cancer, October twenty-fifth, twenty-sixth, and twenty-seventh are hereby designated annually as "Care Enough to Wear Pink" days throughout the state of Louisiana.
Acts 2012, No. 537, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 1 - General Provisions › §1:58.6. Purple Heart Recognition Day

RS 1:58.6 - Purple Heart Recognition Day
The seventh day of August shall be recognized as "Purple Heart Recognition Day" and shall be dedicated to the remembrance and recognition of those members of the armed forces of the United States who have earned the Purple Heart Medal for wounds received in combat.
Acts 2014, No. 22, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 1 - General Provisions › §1:58.7. Louisiana Collector Car Appreciation Weekend

RS 1:58.7 - Louisiana Collector Car Appreciation Weekend
A. The second Friday in July has long been recognized nationally as the Collector Car Appreciation Day.
B. In order to recognize the integral role collector cars have played in fostering our nation's appreciation for the automobile's unique place in our history, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday of the second weekend in July are hereby designated annually as "Louisiana Collector Car Appreciation Weekend" throughout the state of Louisiana.
Acts 2014, No. 71, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 1 - General Provisions › §1:58.8. Sarcoma Awareness Month

RS 1:58.8 - Sarcoma Awareness Month
The month of July is recognized and designated as "Sarcoma Awareness Month" to recognize those individuals who have been diagnosed with sarcoma and to increase awareness of the disease throughout the state of Louisiana.
Acts 2014, No. 371, §1, eff. July 1, 2014.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 1 - General Provisions › §1:58.9. Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma

RS 1:58.9 - Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma
The seventeenth day of May shall be recognized as "Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma Awareness Day" to recognize those individuals who have been diagnosed with diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma and to increase awareness of the disease throughout the state of Louisiana.
Acts 2018, No. 252, §1, eff. May 17, 2018.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 1 - General Provisions › §1:59. Definitions of mortgage, chattel mortgage and pledge to include security interests

RS 1:59 - Definitions of mortgage, chattel mortgage and pledge to include security interests
Whenever the context so requires, the terms "mortgage", "chattel mortgage", and "pledge" as used in the Louisiana Revised Statutes additionally mean and include the granting of a security interest under Chapter 9 of the Louisiana Commercial Laws (R.S. 10:9-101, et seq.) or under the corresponding provisions of Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code as adopted in any other state, to the extent applicable. Whenever the context so requires, the terms "mortgage", "chattel mortgage" or "pledge" agreement further mean and include a security agreement subject to Chapter 9 of the Louisiana Commercial Laws or to the corresponding provisions of Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code as adopted in any other state, to the extent applicable.
Acts 1989, No. 137, §1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989; Acts 1990, No. 1079, §1, eff. Sept. 1, 1990.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 1 - General Provisions › §1:60. Timely filing of papers due; presumption

RS 1:60 - Timely filing of papers due; presumption
A. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the filing of papers, including but not limited to applications, forms, reports, returns, statements, and filings of any kind with the state, its agencies, boards, and commissions shall be deemed timely in either of the following cases:
(1) The papers are delivered on or before the due date.
(2) The papers are mailed on or before the due date. If the papers are received by mail on the first working day following the due date, there shall be a rebuttable presumption that they were timely filed. In all cases where the presumption does not apply, the timeliness of the mailing shall be shown only by an official United States postmark or by official receipt or certificate from the United States Postal Service made at the time of mailing which indicates the date thereof. For purposes of this Section, "by mail" applies only to the United States Postal Service.
B. The provisions of this Section shall not apply to the legislative or judicial branches of government, the Department of State, the Department of Revenue, or to adjudications conducted pursuant to Chapter 13-B of Title 49 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950.
Acts 1999, No. 175, §1, eff. June 9, 1999; Acts 2001, No. 451, §6, eff. Jan. 12, 2004.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 1 - General Provisions › §1:61. Definition of disadvantaged business enterprise

RS 1:61 - Definition of disadvantaged business enterprise
Whenever the context so requires, the term "disadvantaged business enterprise" as used in the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950 and any rules and regulations promulgated in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act shall mean a disadvantaged business enterprise certified under the Unified Certification Program for Disadvantaged Business Enterprises.
Acts 2010, No. 399, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 2 - Aeronautics › §2:5. Duties of Department of Transportation and Development; aeronautic activities; exceptions

RS 2:5 - Duties of Department of Transportation and Development; aeronautic activities; exceptions
The secretary and employees of the department designated by him shall supervise and direct all aeronautic activities and facilities, except those activities pertaining to aircraft registration, identification, equipment, and enforcement delegated to the secretary of the Department of Public Safety and Corrections or his designee. Unless specified, all licenses, orders, rules, and regulations pertaining to aeronautics shall bear the secretary's signature, or the signature of employees designated by him to sign such licenses, orders, rules, or regulations; and the secretary shall insure that all rules and regulations of the department pertaining to aeronautics are obeyed. He shall direct investigations with respect to aeronautic activities. He, and any employee designated by him, may administer oaths when necessary in the discharge of official duties and may affix his jurat to any license or document pertaining to the promotion or regulation of aviation, whether state or federal, concerning which oath is to be made.
Acts 1985, No. 889, §1.
{{NOTE: SEE ACTS 1985, NO. 889, §3.}}
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 2 - Aeronautics › §2:6. Powers and duties of the department; promulgation of rules and regulations pertaining to aeronautics

RS 2:6 - Powers and duties of the department; promulgation of rules and regulations pertaining to aeronautics
A. The department shall foster air commerce within the state of Louisiana and the department shall have supervision over the aeronautical activities and facilities, which authority shall include supervision and control over all airports, landing fields, landing strips, air instruction, air marking, air beacons, and all other air-navigation facilities.
B.(1) Accordingly, the department may prescribe such reasonable rules and regulations as it deems necessary and advisable:
(a) For the public safety and for the promotion of aeronautics governing the designing, laying out, location, building, equipping, operation, and use of all airports, landing fields, or landing strips;
(b) Governing the curriculum, equipment, personnel, and operation and management of all air instruction;
(c) For the purpose of protecting the health and safety of students receiving or to receive such instruction of student aviators;
(d) For the public safety and safety of those engaged in aeronautics;
(e) For the promotion of aeronautics governing the establishment, location, maintenance, and operation of all air markings, air beacons, and other air-navigation facilities.
(2) No rule or regulation prescribed by the department under the authority of this Section shall be inconsistent with the then-current federal legislation governing aeronautics and the regulations duly promulgated thereunder.
Acts 1985, No. 889, §1.
{{NOTE: SEE ACTS 1985, NO. 889, §3.}}
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 2 - Aeronautics › §2:7. Powers and duties of the department; development of aeronautics

RS 2:7 - Powers and duties of the department; development of aeronautics
The department shall assist in the development of aviation and aviation facilities for the purpose of safeguarding the interests of those engaged in all phases of the industry and of the general public and of promoting aeronautics. Accordingly, the department may expend any or all the moneys allocated and deposited for the acquisition or enlargement by purchase, grant, lease, condemnation, or other means, and for the construction, operation, and maintenance of airports, landing fields, or emergency landing strips, or of other aeronautic facilities or services for the safety and advancement of aeronautics, which shall include the joint establishment or provision of such aeronautic facilities or services in cooperation with other state or federal departments or with other political subdivisions.
Acts 1985, No. 889, §1.
{{NOTE: SEE ACTS 1985, NO. 889, §3.}}
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 2 - Aeronautics › §2:7.1. Operation and maintenance of aeronautical navigation aids

RS 2:7.1 - Operation and maintenance of aeronautical navigation aids
The Department of Transportation and Development may, subject to legislative appropriation of sufficient funds, enter into a contract or contracts to maintain, repair, and use such air navigation aids as the department deems necessary to operate a statewide aeronautical navigation system. A plan for such a system shall be presented to the Joint Legislative Committee on the Budget for approval before the program is put into effect.
Added by Acts 1982, No. 216, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 2 - Aeronautics › §2:8. Powers and duties of the department; aeronautics; license; fees

RS 2:8 - Powers and duties of the department; aeronautics; license; fees
All proposed airports, landing fields, air schools, flying clubs, air beacons, or other navigation facilities, shall first be approved by the department before they are so used or operated. No airport, landing field, air school, flying club, air beacon, or other air navigation facility, except airports and landing fields constructed and operated prior to July 28, 1936, shall be used or operated without the approval of the department, and no aircraft, except in case of emergency, shall land upon or take off from any area other than an airport, landing field, or landing strip. No license, rule, order, or regulation promulgated under the authority of this Section or of this Chapter shall apply to airports, landing fields, air beacons, air markings, or other air navigation facilities owned or operated by the government of the United States or by this state. The department may issue a certificate of its approval in each case and make reasonable charges therefor.
Acts 1985, No. 889, §1.
{{NOTE: SEE ACTS 1985, NO. 889, §3.}}
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 2 - Aeronautics › §2:9. Powers and duties of the secretary; aeronautics; investigations and hearings

RS 2:9 - Powers and duties of the secretary; aeronautics; investigations and hearings
The secretary or any person designated by the secretary may hold investigations, inquiries, and hearings concerning matters covered by the provisions of this Chapter, and all accidents in aeronautics, except for aircraft registration, identification, equipment, and enforcement delegated to the Department of Public Safety and Corrections. All hearings conducted in accordance with the provisions of this Section shall be open to the public. The secretary, and every person designated by him to hold any inquiry, investigation, or hearing may administer oaths and affirmations, certify to all official acts, issue subpoenas, compel the attendance and testimony of witnesses, and the production of papers, books, and documents. In case of failure to comply with any subpoena or order issued under authority of this Chapter, the secretary or his authorized representative, may invoke the aid of any district court which may have jurisdiction in such cases. The court may thereupon order the witness to comply with the requirements of the subpoena or order to give evidence touching the matter in question. Any failure to obey the order of said court may be punished by the court as a contempt thereof.
Acts 1985, No. 889, §1.
{{NOTE: SEE ACTS 1985, NO. 889, §3.}}
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 2 - Aeronautics › §2:10. Powers and duties of the secretary; exceptions; aeronautics; investigations and hearings; reports and testimony

RS 2:10 - Powers and duties of the secretary; exceptions; aeronautics; investigations and hearings; reports and testimony
To facilitate the making of investigations by the secretary, in the interest of the public safety and the promotion of aeronautics, the reports of investigations or hearings, or any part thereof, or any testimony given thereat, shall not be admitted in evidence or used for any purpose in any suit, action, or proceeding growing out of any matter referred to in said investigation, hearing, or report thereof, except in case of criminal or other proceedings instituted by or on behalf of the Department of Public Safety and Corrections under the provisions of this Chapter.
Acts 1985, No. 889, §1.
{{NOTE: SEE ACTS 1985, NO. 889, §3.}}
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 2 - Aeronautics › §2:11. Powers and duties of the department; aeronautics; regulations filed for inspection

RS 2:11 - Powers and duties of the department; aeronautics; regulations filed for inspection
The department shall keep on file with the secretary of state and at the principal office of the department, a copy of all its rules and regulations pertaining to aeronautics for public inspection.
Acts 1985, No. 889, §1.
{{NOTE: SEE ACTS 1985, NO. 889, §3.}}
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 2 - Aeronautics › §2:12. Powers and duties of the Departments of Public Safety and Corrections and Transportation and Development; aeronautics; enforcement; cooperation

RS 2:12 - Powers and duties of the Departments of Public Safety and Corrections and Transportation and Development; aeronautics; enforcement; cooperation
Both departments, their members and employees, and every state, parish, and municipal officer charged with the enforcement of state and municipal laws, shall enforce and assist in the enforcement of this Chapter. Both departments are further authorized to enforce the provisions of this Chapter by injunction in the district courts. Other departments and political subdivisions may cooperate with both departments in the development and enforcement of aeronautics and aeronautic facilities.
Acts 1985, No. 889, §1.
{{NOTE: SEE ACTS 1985, NO. 889, §3. }}
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 2 - Aeronautics › §2:13. Powers and duties of the department; aeronautics; license rejection

RS 2:13 - Powers and duties of the department; aeronautics; license rejection
In any case where the department rejects an application for permission to operate or establish an airport, landing field, air school, flying club, air beacon, or other air navigation facility, or in any case where the department shall issue any order requiring certain things to be done, it shall set forth its reasons and shall state the requirements to be met before such approval shall be given or the order modified or changed. In any case where the department may deem it necessary it may order the closing of any airport, landing field, or order any air school, flying club, or air beacon, or other air navigation facility to cease operations until it complies with the requirements of the department. The secretary or any person designated by him, and any officer, state, parish, or municipal, charged with the duty of enforcing any provisions of this Chapter, may inspect and examine at reasonable hours any premises, and the buildings and other structures thereon, where airports, landing fields, air schools, flying clubs, air beacons, or other air navigation facilities are operated. Any order made by the department pursuant to this Chapter shall be served upon the interested person by registered mail or in person before such order shall become effective.
Acts 1985, No. 889, §1.
{{NOTE: SEE ACTS 1985, NO. 889, §3.}}
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 2 - Aeronautics › §2:14. Appeal from department order or regulation pertaining to aeronautics

RS 2:14 - Appeal from department order or regulation pertaining to aeronautics
Any person against whom an order has been entered may, within ten days after service, appeal to the district court for the parish in which property affected by the order is located, for the purpose of having the reasonableness or lawfulness of the order inquired into or determined.
Acts 1985, No. 889, §1.
{{NOTE: SEE ACTS 1985, NO. 889, §3.}}
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 2 - Aeronautics › §2:15. Procedure for appeal

RS 2:15 - Procedure for appeal
The party taking the appeal shall file a praecipe in the office of the clerk of court for the parish in which the property affected by the order is located, and summons shall thereupon be issued by the clerk and shall be served upon the secretary of the department or the deputy secretary for public safety services. Upon the filing of the praecipe, the appeal shall be docketed for trial not less than ten days nor more than thirty days after the service of the summons and shall be tried by the district court without formal pleadings in term time or in vacation. Upon the trial of the appeal, the court shall hear evidence as to matters concerning the order in question, as to the condition of the property in question and the manner of its operation, and shall enter judgment either affirming or setting aside the order of the department, or the court may remand the matter to the department for further hearing. The filing of the praecipe shall operate as a supersedeas.
Acts 1985, No. 889, §1.
{{NOTE: SEE ACTS 1985, NO. 889, §3.}}
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 2 - Aeronautics › §2:16. Failure to file appeal; waiver

RS 2:16 - Failure to file appeal; waiver
If no appeal is taken from the order of the departments within the period fixed, the party against whom the order was entered shall have waived the right to have the reasonableness or lawfulness of the order reviewed by any court, and there shall be no trial of that issue in court in which suit may be instituted for the penalty for failure to comply with the order.
Acts 1985, No. 889, §1.
{{NOTE: SEE ACTS 1985, NO. 889, §3.}}
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 2 - Aeronautics › §2:17. Penalty

RS 2:17 - Penalty
Whoever fails to comply with the requirements of, or violates any of the provisions of this Chapter or the rules and regulations for the enforcement of this Chapter, made by the departments shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars, or imprisoned for not more than ninety days, or both, except in those instances where specific penalties have been defined.
Acts 1985, No. 889, §1.
{{NOTE: SEE ACTS 1985, NO. 889, §3.}}
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 2 - Aeronautics › §2:81. Authority of state to own airports; operation of airports by Department of Public Works

RS 2:81 - Authority of state to own airports; operation of airports by Department of Public Works
The department of public works in behalf of and in the name of the state, out of funds available for such purposes, may plan, establish, construct, enlarge, improve, maintain, equip, operate, regulate, protect, and police airports and air navigation facilities within the state. The department may construct, install, equip, maintain, and operate at such airports buildings and other facilities for the servicing of aircraft or for the accommodation of air travelers.
All airports, and other air navigation facilities presently owned or leased or which may be owned or leased hereafter by the state shall be maintained, managed and operated by the department, which may charge such fees as it shall see fit for the use of said airports or air navigation facilities. The department may enter into such contracts as it shall deem advisable for the sale of aviation fuel and lubricants and for the operation of other concessions and it may grant leases of every type covering its hangars, buildings and other real and personal property for such sums and upon such terms as it may see fit.
All revenues earned or produced by the department on account of such fees, contracts or leases shall be kept separate from all other funds of the state and shall be deposited in one of the banks of the City of Baton Rouge subject to withdrawal by the Director of Public Works, who may use them to pay salaries, to purchase and repair equipment and to meet other expenses incidental to the operation, development and maintenance of these facilities.
Amended by Acts 1957, No. 20.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 2 - Aeronautics › §2:82. Acquisition of airports by state; limitations

RS 2:82 - Acquisition of airports by state; limitations
For the purposes set forth in R.S. 2:81 the department of public works by purchase, donation, lease, or condemnation may acquire property or an interest therein, including servitudes in airport hazards or land outside the boundaries of an airport, necessary to permit safe and efficient operation of the airports, to permit the removal, obstruction-marking, or obstruction-lighting of airport hazards, or to prevent the establishment of airport hazards. In like manner, the department may acquire existing airports and air navigation facilities. The department shall not acquire any airport or air navigation facility owned or controlled by a political subdivision of the state without consent first being obtained in writing from the governing authority of the political subdivision.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 2 - Aeronautics › §2:83. Authority of state to dispose of airports

RS 2:83 - Authority of state to dispose of airports
A. The department may dispose of any airport, air navigation facility, and portion thereof, or any interest therein. The disposal shall be in accordance with the laws governing the disposition of property of the state; except that disposal to a political subdivision of the state or to the United States for aeronautical purposes may be effected upon such terms and conditions as the department deems in the best interest of the state.
B. The secretary of the Department of Transportation and Development is hereby authorized to either transfer the Harry P. Williams Memorial Airport in Patterson, Louisiana to the St. Mary Parish governing authority or to take whatever steps are necessary to close the Harry P. Williams Memorial Airport and to dispose of any interest the state may have in the airport to the St. Mary Parish governing authority. In addition to the authority hereinabove granted the secretary to transfer or close the Harry P. Williams Memorial Airport, the secretary may enter into a cooperative endeavor agreement with the St. Mary Parish governing authority whereby the state shall retain legal ownership and the St. Mary Parish governing authority shall operate and maintain the said airport. For a period of one year from July 14, 1988, the St. Mary Parish governing authority shall not be required to comply with the provisions of the Public Bid Law for agreements pertaining to operations, but shall be required to comply with the public bid law for any purchasing or construction. The secretary is authorized to execute any and all agreements or documents which may be necessary to accomplish either the transfer or closure of the airport. The secretary shall have full power and authority to utilize whatever method he deems in the best interest of the state to accomplish the purposes of this Section.
Acts 1988, No. 605, §1, eff. July 14, 1988.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 2 - Aeronautics › §2:84. Department of public works as agent for political subdivisions in securing federal aid

RS 2:84 - Department of public works as agent for political subdivisions in securing federal aid
The department of public works may act as agent for any municipality or parish in Louisiana in applying for, accepting, receiving, receipting for, and disbursing any federal funds made available to finance, in whole or in part, the planning, acquisition, construction, improvement, maintenance, or operation of any municipal or parish airport or air navigation facility.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 2 - Aeronautics › §2:86. Authority of department of public works to contract with the United States

RS 2:86 - Authority of department of public works to contract with the United States
The department of public works, as principal for the state and as agent for any municipality or parish when authorized in writing, may contract with the United States or its subdivisions as required in connection with a grant or loan of federal funds for airport or air navigation facilities.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 2 - Aeronautics › §2:87. Disposition of funds by department of public works

RS 2:87 - Disposition of funds by department of public works
The department of public works shall deposit in the state treasury funds received pursuant to R.S. 2:84 and R.S. 2:86. Unless otherwise prescribed by the authority from which the moneys are received, the funds shall be kept in a separate fund designated according to the purposes for which the funds are made available. The funds shall be held and disbursed by the state for such purposes and upon such conditions upon which they are made available.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 2 - Aeronautics › §2:131. Definition; political subdivisions may acquire airports

RS 2:131 - Definition; political subdivisions may acquire airports
A. "Political subdivision" as used in this Part means any parish of this state as well as any city or county of another adjoining or adjacent state which is authorized by the law of that state to engage in a joint endeavor for the creation and operation of an airport district with a political subdivision of this state. In any such joint endeavor, except to the extent manifestly inconsistent with this Part, the law of that state will govern the acquisition of lands in such other state and the appointment, term of service, and compensation for commissioners appointed by or for such city or county.
B. Cities, towns and other political subdivisions may separately or jointly, acquire, establish, construct, expand, own, lease, control, equip, improve, maintain, operate, regulate, and police, airports and landing fields for the use of aircraft, either within or without the geographical limits of such municipalities, and other political subdivisions, and may use for such purposes any available property that is owned or controlled by such political subdivisions; but no political subdivision shall exercise the authority hereby conferred outside of its geographical limits except in an adjoining political subdivision or in any adjoining political subdivision adjacent to said adjoining political subdivision and this only jointly with those political subdivisions.
Amended by Acts 1978, No. 490, §1. Amended by Acts 1983, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 26, §1, eff. Jan. 19, 1983; Acts 1999, No. 836, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 2 - Aeronautics › §2:132. Airports a public purpose

RS 2:132 - Airports a public purpose
A. Any lands acquired, owned, leased, controlled, or occupied by such cities, towns, or other political subdivisions for the purposes enumerated in R.S. 2:131 are acquired, owned, leased, controlled, or occupied for public, governmental, and municipal purposes.
B. No property expropriated or otherwise acquired for such purposes shall ever, directly or indirectly, be sold or donated to any foreign power, any alien, or any corporation in which the majority of the stock is controlled by any foreign power, alien corporation, or alien, or to any other state or political subdivision thereof so as to divest the sovereignty of the state wherein the same is located.
Acts 1983, No. 334, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 2 - Aeronautics › §2:133. Private property may be acquired by purchase or expropriation

RS 2:133 - Private property may be acquired by purchase or expropriation
Private property needed by a city, town, or other political subdivision for an airport or landing field or for the expansion of an airport or landing field or for extension of runways may be acquired by grant, purchase, lease, or other means, if such political subdivision is able to agree with the owners of said property on the terms of such acquisition, and otherwise by expropriation.
Amended by Acts 1983, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 26, §1, eff. Jan. 19, 1983.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 2 - Aeronautics › §2:134. Purchase price may be paid from bond issue or otherwise

RS 2:134 - Purchase price may be paid from bond issue or otherwise
The purchase price or award for real property acquired, in accordance with the provisions of this Part, for an airport or landing field may be paid for by appropriation of monies available therefor or wholly or partly from the proceeds of the sale of bonds of said city, town, parish or other political subdivision, as the legislative body of such political subdivision determines; subject, however, to the adoption of a proposition therefor at a regular or special election, if the adoption of such a proposition is a prerequisite to the issuance of bonds of such political subdivision for public purpose generally.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 2 - Aeronautics › §2:135.2. Distribution of sales tax revenue

RS 2:135.2 - Distribution of sales tax revenue
When an airport is located in more than one political subdivision, sales and use tax revenues generated at the airport shall be distributed to each of the political subdivisions based upon the acreage contained in each political subdivision in relation to the total acreage of the airport. The provisions of this Section shall apply only if the majority of the acreage of such airport is located within the parish of Jefferson.
Acts 1991, No. 894, §1; Acts 2011, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 8, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 2 - Aeronautics › §2:135.3. Aerial applicators; discrimination prohibited

RS 2:135.3 - Aerial applicators; discrimination prohibited
A. No city, town, or other political subdivision of this state which establishes airports or landing fields, or which acquires, leases, or sets apart real property for such purposes shall use any aspect of its authority to discriminate against the use of such airports or landing fields by any aerial applicator appropriately licensed by the Department of Agriculture for aerial application of seeds, fertilizers, or pesticides provided such aerial applicator complies with all regulations as may be promulgated by the airport owner or operator or the Department of Transportation and Development for the furtherance of flying safety and protection of the airport environs.
B. In the event that any airport authority objects to the use of its facilities by a licensed aerial applicator, the office of agricultural and environmental sciences of the Department of Agriculture and Forestry shall upon request send a representative to inspect and monitor the field prior to, during, and after the use by the aerial applicator to ascertain if any harmful chemicals and other residues remain as a result of the use by the aerial applicator. If the commissioner of the Department of Agriculture and Forestry determines that the applicator is or has been in violation, the commissioner shall have the authority to suspend the offending applicator from further use of the airport or landing strip.
C. Nothing in this Section shall be construed to circumvent the rules, regulations, or orders of the Federal Aviation Administration which, as the agent of the federal government, promulgates rules, regulations, and orders which are the national standard for aviation and airport safety and operations.
Acts 1997, No. 76, §1; Acts 2008, No. 52, §1, eff. June 5, 2008.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 2 - Aeronautics › §2:136. Funds for operation may be raised by taxation and otherwise

RS 2:136 - Funds for operation may be raised by taxation and otherwise
The local public authorities having power to appropriate monies within the cities, or other political subdivisions of this state, acquiring, establishing, developing, operating, maintaining, or controlling airports or landing fields under the provisions of this Part, may appropriate and cause to be raised by taxation or otherwise in such political subdivisions, monies sufficient to carry out therein the provisions of this Part; and may use for such purposes monies derived from the airports or landing fields.
Amended by Acts 1983, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 26, §1, eff. Jan. 19, 1983.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 2 - Aeronautics › §2:137. Authority to acquire rights or privileges for lights and markers

RS 2:137 - Authority to acquire rights or privileges for lights and markers
Cities, towns, and other political subdivisions of this state may acquire the right or privilege for a term of years, or perpetually, to place and maintain suitable marks for the daytime, and to place, operate, and maintain suitable lights for the nighttime marking of buildings, or other structures or obstruction, for the safe operation of aircraft utilizing airports and landing fields acquired or maintained under the provisions of this Part. Such rights or privileges may be acquired by grant, purchase, lease, or expropriation in the same manner as is provided in R.S. 2:133 for the acquisition of the airport or landing field itself or the expansion thereof.
Amended by Acts 1983, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 26, §1, eff. Jan. 19, 1983.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 2 - Aeronautics › §2:138. Authority to police airports

RS 2:138 - Authority to police airports
Cities, towns, or other political subdivisions of this state acquiring, establishing, developing, operating, maintaining, or controlling airports or landing fields, without the geographical limits of such subdivisions, under the provisions of this Part, may promulgate, amend, and enforce police regulations for such airports or landing fields.
Amended by Acts 1983, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 26, §1, eff. Jan. 19, 1983.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 2 - Aeronautics › §2:139. Supervision

RS 2:139 - Supervision
All cities, towns, or other political subdivisions of this state in the construction, expansion, lease, control, equipment, improvement, maintenance, operation, regulation, and policing of airports and landing fields for the use of aircraft and in the acquisition of rights and privileges for lights and markers as provided for in this Part shall obtain the consent and approval of the department of all plans or proposed work in such construction, expansion, lease, control, equipment, improvement, maintenance, operation, regulation, and policing and the department shall have supervision thereof.
Amended by Acts 1983, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 26, §1, eff. Jan. 19, 1983; Acts 1987, No. 253, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 2 - Aeronautics › §2:140. Intent of this Part

RS 2:140 - Intent of this Part
It is the intent of this Part that all provisions herein relating to the issuance of bonds and the levying of taxes for airport and landing field purposes, and the expropriation for airports, landing fields, and airports facilities, shall be construed in accordance with general provisions of the law governing the right and procedure of municipalities, or other political subdivisions to expropriate property, issue bonds, and levy taxes.
Amended by Acts 1983, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 26, §1, eff. Jan. 19, 1983.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 2 - Aeronautics › §2:181. Authority of municipalities and parishes to incur and refund debt and issue bonds

RS 2:181 - Authority of municipalities and parishes to incur and refund debt and issue bonds
Airports and landing fields being works of public improvement, municipal corporations or parishes of the state may incur and refund debt and issue negotiable bonds for acquiring, building, equipping or maintaining such airports and landing fields, or for any one or more of such purposes, by such municipal corporations or parishes, as provided by Section 14 of Article XIV of the Constitution of Louisiana.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 2 - Aeronautics › §2:182. Bonds to be authorized by vote of property taxpayers; special election

RS 2:182 - Bonds to be authorized by vote of property taxpayers; special election
No bonds shall be issued hereunder until they have been authorized by vote of a majority in number and amount of the property taxpayers, qualified to vote under the constitution and laws of this state, who vote at any election held hereunder. The respective municipalities and parishes may call a special election and submit to the qualified taxpaying voters the question of incurring debt and issuing negotiable bonds hereunder. The governing authority shall call a special election for the purpose when requested so to do by the petition, in writing, of one-fourth of the property taxpayers eligible to vote at the election.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 2 - Aeronautics › §2:184. Procedure for incurring and refunding debt and issuing bonds

RS 2:184 - Procedure for incurring and refunding debt and issuing bonds
The manner and method of incurring and refunding debt and issuing negotiable bonds hereunder shall be in every respect the same as that prescribed in Chapter 4, Sub-title II of Title 39.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 2 - Aeronautics › §2:221. Anticipation of revenues from special tax; borrowing money; negotiable certificates of indebtedness

RS 2:221 - Anticipation of revenues from special tax; borrowing money; negotiable certificates of indebtedness
Airports and landing fields being works of public improvement, any of the various municipalities and the police jury of any of the various parishes throughout the state, in order to pay for acquiring, building, constructing, equipping or maintaining airports and landing fields by such municipality or by such parish in which a special tax has been voted and authorized on behalf of such municipality or parish, under the provisions of Section 10 of Article X of the Constitution of Louisiana, may anticipate the revenues to be realized from the special tax for a period of not more than ten years, and may borrow money on behalf of the municipality or parish for which the special tax was voted, to be used for any of the purposes for which the special tax was voted, and may issue negotiable certificates of indebtedness covering the loan.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 2 - Aeronautics › §2:224. Certificates of indebtedness; payment; interest; issuance

RS 2:224 - Certificates of indebtedness; payment; interest; issuance
Certificates of indebtedness shall be made due and payable annually, the last not later than March 1st of the year following the last of those years in which the special taxes so dedicated are to be levied; the certificates of indebtedness shall bear a rate of interest not greater than six per cent, shall be issued in such a manner and form as the governing authority issuing them provides by ordinance, and when issued, as herein prescribed, shall be legal and valid obligations of the municipality or parish for and on whose behalf they have been issued.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 2 - Aeronautics › §2:225. Existing authority, certificates of indebtedness or laws unaffected

RS 2:225 - Existing authority, certificates of indebtedness or laws unaffected
Nothing contained in this Sub-part shall affect in any manner the authority of municipalities or police juries to issue certificates of indebtedness to pay their current expenses under the statutes now in force, or affect certificates or other evidences of indebtedness already issued by any municipality or parish and payable out of the revenues of future years, or affect in any manner the existing laws relating to parishes anticipating their revenues for future years.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 2 - Aeronautics › §2:261. Dedication and expenditure of part of alimony tax by municipalities and parishes for airports; certificates of indebtedness

RS 2:261 - Dedication and expenditure of part of alimony tax by municipalities and parishes for airports; certificates of indebtedness
The police juries of the various parishes, and the governing authorities of municipalities may dedicate and expend not to exceed one-half mill for any one year, out of their general alimony tax, may anticipate the tax, may borrow money and issue negotiable certificates of indebtedness payable therefrom bearing interest at a rate not exceeding six percent per annum, and for not exceeding ten years from date, payable annually or semi-annually, for the acquisition, improvement, maintenance, and support of airports and landing fields, or acquiring the same to be donated to the United States for military purposes, military posts, and flying fields, and may pledge the tax so dedicated to the payment of the certificates and the interest thereon. When the tax is so pledged it shall be annually assessed and collected and be used only for the payment of the certificates of indebtedness and the interest due thereon.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 2 - Aeronautics › §2:311. Definition; political subdivisions may create airport districts

RS 2:311 - Definition; political subdivisions may create airport districts
A. "Political subdivision(s)" as used in this Part means any parish of this state as well as any county of another adjoining or adjacent state which is authorized by the law of that state to engage in a joint endeavor for the creation and operation of an airport district with a political subdivision of this state. In any such joint endeavor, except to the extent manifestly inconsistent with this Part, the law of that state will govern the acquisition of lands in such other state, and the appointment, term of service, and compensation for commissioners appointed by or for such county.
B. The governing authorities of the parishes may create airport districts composed of territory located within one or more political subdivisions and such districts may comprise a combination of or parts of political subdivisions or municipalities, either both or severally, provided, however, that when an incorporated municipality is included in an airport district, the governing authority of the municipality shall concur by resolution in its inclusion in the district and in the boundaries of the district.
Amended by Acts 1975, No. 659, §1. Acts 1983, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 26, §1, eff. Jan. 19, 1983.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 2 - Aeronautics › §2:312. Airport districts subdivisions of the state

RS 2:312 - Airport districts subdivisions of the state
Any airport district or portion of an airport district geographically located in the state shall be a political subdivision of the state within the meaning of Sections 30 et seq. of Article VI of the Constitution of Louisiana and of the provisions of the Louisiana Revised Statutes relating to the levy of taxes, the incurring of debt, and issuing of bonds.
Amended by Acts 1975, No. 659, §1. Acts 1983, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 26, §1, eff. Jan. 19, 1983.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 2 - Aeronautics › §2:313. Creation of airport districts; notice of intention

RS 2:313 - Creation of airport districts; notice of intention
The governing authority of each political subdivision whose territory is to be included within a proposed airport district shall give notice of intention to create the airport district. The notice shall be ordered by resolution stating the territory of which the district is to be composed and the proposed boundaries of the district. The notice shall embrace substantially all matters required to be in the resolution ordering the notice, and shall set forth in addition the date, hour, and place at which the governing authority will in open session conduct a hearing and proceed to create the district.
Amended by Acts 1975, No. 659, §1. Acts 1983, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 26, §1, eff. Jan. 19, 1983.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 2 - Aeronautics › §2:314. Creation of airport district; publication of notice of intention

RS 2:314 - Creation of airport district; publication of notice of intention
The notice of intention to create an airport district, provided for in R.S. 2:313, shall be published once a week for four successive weeks, the first publication being not less than thirty days before the date fixed for the hearing. The publication of the notice shall be in a newspaper in the parish, or if there is none, the notice shall be posted at two public places in the parish and published in a newspaper in an adjoining parish.
Amended by Acts 1975, No. 659, §1.