2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 34 - Navigation and Shipping › §34:3271. Bonds

RS 34:3271 - Bonds
A. Such bonds of the commission shall be authorized by a resolution of the commission and shall be of such series, bear such date or dates, mature at such time or times not exceeding forty years from their respective dates, bear interest at such rate or rates not exceeding six per centum (6%) per annum, payable annually or semiannually, be in such denominations, be in such form, either coupon or fully registered without coupons, carry such registration and exchangeability privileges, be payable in such medium of payment and at such place or places, be subject to such terms of redemption not exceeding one hundred five per centum of the principal amount thereof, and be entitled to such priorities on the capital outlay tax of the commission as such resolution or resolutions may provide. So long as any of such bonds are outstanding, such amount of the aforesaid capital outlay tax as may be necessary to pay principal and interest thereof promptly when due, shall be imposed and collected up to the authorized maximum of five mills. The bonds shall be signed by such officers as the commission shall determine, and coupon bonds shall have attached thereto interest coupons bearing the facsimile signatures of such officer or officers of the commission as it shall designate. Any such bonds may be issued and delivered, notwithstanding that one or more of the officers signing such bonds or the officer or officers whose facsimile signature or signatures may be upon the coupons shall have ceased to be such officer or officers at the time such bonds shall actually have been delivered. Said bonds shall be sold for not less than par and accrued interest, to the highest bidder at a public sale after advertisement by the commission at least once a week for three weeks, the first publication to be made at least twenty-one days preceding 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 the city of New Orleans, Louisiana, or in the city of New York, New York, reserving to the commission the right to reject any and all bids and to readvertise.
B. No proceedings in respect to the issuance of any such bonds shall be necessary except such as are contemplated by this Chapter, and no further or other legislation shall be required to effectuate the same.
C. For a period of thirty days from the date of publication of the resolution authorizing the issuance of bonds hereunder, any persons in interest shall have the right to contest the legality of the resolution and the legality of the bond issue for any cause, after which time no one shall have any cause or right of action to contest the legality of said resolution or of the bonds authorized thereby for any cause whatsoever. If no suit, action or proceeding is begun contesting the validity of the bond issue within the thirty days herein prescribed, the authority to issue the bonds and to levy the necessary tax for the payment thereof, the legality thereof and of all of the provisions of the resolution authorizing the issuance of the bonds shall be conclusively presumed, and no court shall have authority to inquire into such matters.
D. Such bonds shall have all the qualities of negotiable instruments under the Commercial Laws of the state of Louisiana.
Added by Acts 1982, No. 391, §1.