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2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 51 - Trade and Commerce › §51:922. Purpose

RS 51:922 - Purpose
It is the purpose of this Chapter to effectuate the policy set forth in R.S. 51:921 by providing for all of the following:
(1) A program designed to create a nonpolitical Department of Economic Development operated by a thoroughly professional staff.
(2) A continuing program of economic and industrial planning and industrial development.
(3) A continuing program designed to furnish information to the general public and to state, regional, parish, and local governmental and private agencies concerning ways and means of effectuating the policy set forth in R.S. 51:921.
(4) A continuing program of commercial and industrial planning, education, cooperation, and assistance between the state of Louisiana and foreign countries, the federal government, other states, and state, regional, parish, and local public and private agencies and individuals.
(5) A continuing program designed to attract manufacturing facilities to this state, with a focus on economic incentives, necessary infrastructure, workforce development, and the potential benefits a manufacturing facility would provide the state, including but not limited to job creation, wages, community investment, and quality of life.
Acts 1964, No. 403, §1; Acts 1989, No. 325, §1; Acts 2022, No. 743, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 51 - Trade and Commerce › §51:923. Department of Economic Development; Board of Commerce and Industry; membership

RS 51:923 - Department of Economic Development; Board of Commerce and Industry; membership
A. The Department of Economic Development is hereby created and shall be advised by a board to be known as the State Board of Commerce and Industry which board shall exercise the powers delegated to it by Article VII, Section 21(F), of the Constitution of Louisiana.
B. The board shall consist of twenty-four members, fifteen of whom shall be appointed by the governor from among representatives of the major economic groups within the state of Louisiana; one who shall be an elected municipal official appointed by the governor from a list of three names submitted by the Louisiana Municipal Association; and one who shall be an elected police juror, councilman, commissioner, or parish president appointed by the governor from a list of three names submitted by the Police Jury Association.
C. In addition, the governor or his designee, the lieutenant governor or his designee, the secretary of the Department of Economic Development or his designee, the chair of the Senate Committee on Revenue and Fiscal Affairs or his designee, the chair of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Consumer Protection and International Affairs or his designee, the chair of the House of Representatives Committee on Ways and Means or his designee, and the chair of the House of Representatives Committee on Commerce or his designee shall be ex officio members of the board with full right to participate in and vote on all matters.
Acts 1983, No. 553, §1. Acts 1984, No. 588, §1, eff. July 12, 1984; Acts 1989, No. 125, §1; Acts 1997, No. 55, §1; Acts 1997, No. 114, §1, eff. June 12, 1997; Acts 2012, No. 32, §1, eff. May 4, 2012.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 51 - Trade and Commerce › §51:924. Method of appointment of board members; term of office; vacancies

RS 51:924 - Method of appointment of board members; term of office; vacancies
A. The governor shall appoint the appointed members of the board. Each appointment by the governor shall be submitted to the Senate for confirmation. The members, other than the governor , lieutenant governor, and the legislative members, shall serve for terms of four years which shall be concurrent with the term of the governor making the appointments. The governor and lieutenant governor shall serve during the term of office of each. The legislative members serve in their capacity as chair of their respective committees. Each member shall continue to serve until his successor is appointed and takes office.
B. A vacancy occurring for any reason shall be filled in the manner provided in Subsection A hereof.
Acts 1964, No. 403, §1. Amended by Acts 1972, No. 147, §1; Acts 1980, No. 732, §1, eff. July 29, 1980; Acts 2003, No. 774, §14; Acts 2012, No. 32, §1, eff. May 4, 2012.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 51 - Trade and Commerce › §51:925. Qualifications of board members

RS 51:925 - Qualifications of board members
Each appointed member of the board shall be a qualified elector of the state of Louisiana. Except as provided in R.S. 51:923(B), no appointed member shall hold public office or be otherwise employed by the state or any agency thereof.
Acts 1964, No. 403, §1; Acts 1989, No. 323, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 51 - Trade and Commerce › §51:926. Meetings of the board; election of officers; committees; rules; records

RS 51:926 - Meetings of the board; election of officers; committees; rules; records
The board shall meet not more than thirty days after its membership shall have been filled and shall elect a chairman, a vice-chairman and such other officers as the board shall consider necessary. The board also shall appoint committees and adopt rules of procedure at its initial meeting. The board may meet as often as it deems necessary provided that there shall be not less than four regular meetings each year. The board shall keep an accurate record of all proceedings which shall be open to public inspection. Officers shall be elected for terms of one year and annually thereafter. There shall be no prohibition against officers succeeding themselves.
Acts 1964, No. 403, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 51 - Trade and Commerce › §51:927. Quorum

RS 51:927 - Quorum
Excluding any vacancies on the board, a majority of the members of the board shall constitute a quorum, and a majority thereof may act on any matter within the jurisdiction of the board.
Acts 1964, No. 403, §1; Acts 1989, No. 125, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 51 - Trade and Commerce › §51:929. Domicile of the department and the board; branch offices

RS 51:929 - Domicile of the department and the board; branch offices
The Department of Economic Development and the Board of Commerce and Industry shall be domiciled in the city of Baton Rouge. Branch offices may be established at such other locations as the board may deem advisable.
Acts 1964, No. 403, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 51 - Trade and Commerce › §51:930. Expenses of the department and the board

RS 51:930 - Expenses of the department and the board
The legislature shall provide funds for suitable offices for the Department of Economic Development and the Board of Commerce and Industry and shall provide adequate funds annually for the operation of the activities of the department and the board. The department shall administer all such funds and any other funds made available to the department or the board by the federal government or any other outside agency, organization, or individual in accordance with state law.
Acts 1964, No. 403, §1; Acts 1989, No. 324, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 51 - Trade and Commerce › §51:931. Certification of small entrepreneurships

RS 51:931 - Certification of small entrepreneurships
The secretary of the Department of Economic Development shall certify businesses as small entrepreneurships for purposes of the Louisiana Initiative for Small Entrepreneurships (the Hudson Initiative) as provided in R.S. 39:2006.
Acts 2005, No. 440, §2, eff. July 11, 2005.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 51 - Trade and Commerce › §51:932. Assistance and advice; use of facilities

RS 51:932 - Assistance and advice; use of facilities
The department may call upon any other state department or agency for assistance and advice. The facilities of the State Library of Louisiana and of Louisiana State University shall be made available for use by the department or members of its staff. It shall be the duty of the attorney general to give assistance to the department and to render his opinion in writing on any subject requested by the secretary of the department.
Acts 1991, No. 938, §6.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 51 - Trade and Commerce › §51:933. Cooperative endeavor agreement requirements

RS 51:933 - Cooperative endeavor agreement requirements
A. A cooperative endeavor agreement with the department shall include but not be limited to the following terms and requirements:
(1) An agreement with a nongovernmental entity for economic development purposes shall contain the specific goals sought to be achieved by the nongovernmental entity and methods for reimbursement to the state if those goals are not met. Further, a nongovernmental entity, other than one participating in a business incubator program, Quality Jobs Program, or Enterprise Zone Program, which defaults on the agreement, breaches the terms of the agreement, ceases to do business, or ceases to do business in Louisiana, shall be required to repay the state, and the agreement shall set out the terms of the repayment.
(2) An agreement based on a legislative appropriation to a public or quasi-public agency or entity which is not a state budget unit shall include a comprehensive budget, provided to the agency and the legislative auditor, showing all anticipated uses of the appropriation, an estimate of the duration of the project, and a plan showing specific goals and objectives, including measures of performance.
(3) The department shall notify all businesses entering into cooperative endeavor agreements of the specific goals within the Louisiana Hudson Initiative and the Veterans Initiative as set forth by the division of administration.
(4) All agreements shall contain a plan to monitor compliance with the terms of the agreement, assigning a particular person within the Department of Economic Development to be responsible for monitoring the agreement. Written reports shall be provided to the Department of Economic Development at least every six months concerning the use of funds and the specific goals and objectives for the use of the funds.
B. The requirements set contained in Subsection A of this Section shall not apply to any existing economic development programs established by the Louisiana Constitution, the Revised Statutes of 1950, or by administrative rule, prior to August 15, 2010.
Acts 2010, No. 1031, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 51 - Trade and Commerce › §51:935. Information clearinghouse

RS 51:935 - Information clearinghouse
The department shall serve as the information clearinghouse in Louisiana for all data related to economic development, economic modeling, and strategic economic development planning.
Acts 1995, No. 482, §1; Acts 2003, No. 183, §8; Acts 2010, No. 1034, §2.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 51 - Trade and Commerce › §51:936. Cooperation between department and state agencies

RS 51:936 - Cooperation between department and state agencies
A. The Department of Economic Development is authorized to call upon all state agencies for full and complete cooperation and assistance in planning and coordinating its programs, and all state agencies are hereby directed to cooperate and assist the department to the fullest possible extent.
B. Repealed by Acts 2005, No. 428, §3, eff. July 1, 2005.
C. The Department of Economic Development may obtain directly from all state agencies any information that state agencies may have regarding any company that has applied to or contracted with the Department of Economic Development for assistance, including but not limited to tax incentives, economic development programs, financial assistance, cooperative endeavor agreements, or technical assistance. The Department of Economic Development is further authorized to obtain information outlined above for the Louisiana Economic Development Corporation. The Department of Economic Development will minimize the financial impact this Section may have on another agency, by obtaining the information from said agency in the least intrusive and most efficient manner.
D. Any information obtained by the Department of Economic Development from another state agency in this manner shall remain confidential and privileged in the same manner as the agency providing that information would maintain confidentiality and privilege. Any information obtained by the Louisiana Economic Development Corporation from the Department of Economic Development pursuant to this Section shall remain confidential and privileged in the same manner as the Department of Economic Development would maintain confidentiality and privilege.
Acts 1983, No. 724, §2; Acts 1997, No. 588, §2; Acts 1997, No. 1116, §2; Acts 2004, No. 699, §3; Acts 2005, No. 428, §3, eff. July 1, 2005.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 51 - Trade and Commerce › §51:936.1. One-stop licensing program, creation; Department of Economic Development

RS 51:936.1 - One-stop licensing program, creation; Department of Economic Development
A. There shall hereby be created in the Department of Economic Development a one-stop licensing program. The program to assist businesses in obtaining permits shall be within the department. For the purposes of this Section, "permit" means any license, certificate, registration, permit, or any other form of authorization required by a state agency to engage in a particular commercial activity or act.
B. The program shall provide centralized services to assist businesses in identifying and securing appropriate permits needed to operate a business. The major objective of the program is to reduce the time and paperwork involved in obtaining permits. The program shall enable the business person to obtain this information from a single source. The program shall have centralized licensing services and centralized information services.
C. The department shall render the following assistance:
(1) Assist the business person by providing information on permitting, generally and specifically, and furnish permit forms pertaining to their specific business.
(2) Compile a comprehensive listing of all state permits and categorize the required permits into a comprehensive handbook that is readily available to persons interested in establishing a business enterprise.
(3) Facilitate contacts for an applicant with the proper state agency responsible for processing and reviewing the respective permit application.
(4) Arrange conferences to clarify the interest and requirements of any such state agency with respect to a permit application.
(5) Consider with state agencies the feasibility of consolidating hearings and data required of the applicant.
(6) Assist the applicant in the resolution of outstanding issues identified by the state agency, including delays experienced in permit review.
(7) Coordinate federal, state, and local permit review actions to the extent practicable.
D. The department may accept completed permits from a business owner and shall promptly forward them to the appropriate agency.
E. The department shall not have any authority to approve or issue permits.
Acts 1986, No. 571, §2; Acts 1991, No. 490, §3, eff. July 15, 1991.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 51 - Trade and Commerce › §51:936.3. Priority funding plan; renewal communities, economic development zones, and small and disadvantaged businesses

RS 51:936.3 - Priority funding plan; renewal communities, economic development zones, and small and disadvantaged businesses
The Department of Economic Development and the Louisiana Workforce Commission shall develop priorities to be utilized by the various economic development programs of the state to fund businesses in economic development zones and in renewal communities as well as priorities for funding and other assistance for small and disadvantaged businesses.
Acts 2003, No. 509, §1; Acts 2008, No. 743, §7, eff. July 1, 2008.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 51 - Trade and Commerce › §51:937. Federal-state and interstate agreements by governor

RS 51:937 - Federal-state and interstate agreements by governor
The Governor, on behalf of the state, and after recommendation by the Board of Commerce and Industry, is authorized to enter into agreements with the federal government or any of its agencies or with other states or state agencies which will facilitate federal-state and interstate cooperation in promoting the purposes of this Chapter.
Acts 1964, No. 403, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 51 - Trade and Commerce › §51:938. Advisory committees; functions

RS 51:938 - Advisory committees; functions
The secretary may appoint advisory committees composed of representatives of the businesses and industries and labor of the state and fix the number of members of each. These committees shall conduct such studies and investigations as the secretary may direct and shall report their findings and recommendations thereon to the secretary.
Acts 1964, No. 403, §1; Acts 1989, No. 316, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 51 - Trade and Commerce › §51:938.2. Additional duties of the Department of Economic Development; manufacturing development

RS 51:938.2 - Additional duties of the Department of Economic Development; manufacturing development
A. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the Department of Economic Development shall do all of the following regarding manufacturing:
(1)(a) Develop and implement a state strategic plan for attracting manufacturers to the state.
(b) The purpose of the state strategic plan is to design a program for the preparation and distribution of promotional and informational materials citing the key economic benefits of locating manufacturing facilities in the state.
(2) Monitor the implementation of the state strategic plan to attract manufacturers to the state.
(3) Develop a plan to identify areas of land for future manufacturing use.
(4) Identify manufacturing sites that are ready for development.
(5) Develop a plan in conjunction with the office of workforce development and Technical College System for the training of skilled workers to ensure a scalable workforce.
(6) Develop a plan for locating and identifying property for potential workforce housing.
B. The department shall promote the development of the manufacturing industry within this state and may engage in all of the following activities:
(1) Contracting with and directing trade or industry representatives for the purpose of promoting Louisiana as a site for the development of future manufacturing facilities.
(2) Serving as an informational clearinghouse and providing technical assistance to individuals and entities engaged in manufacturing by compiling, producing, publishing, and updating a comprehensive directory on sites, facilities, services, tax incentives, and permitting practices for the state.
(3) Participating in regional, national, and international manufacturing conferences and networking opportunities.
(4) Sponsoring workshops and seminars on topics including but not limited to legal and financial aspects of locating manufacturers in the state.
C. All departments, commissions, boards, agencies, officers, and institutions of this state and all subdivisions thereof shall cooperate with the office in carrying out the purposes of this Section.
D. The department is hereby designated as the applicant, administrative body, and recipient for accepting and administering any and all state, federal, and private funds awarded to and allocated by this state for any purpose covered by this Section.
E. The department shall provide the Legislature of Louisiana with an annual report regarding the provisions of this Section at least thirty days before the covening of the regular legislative session.
Acts 2022, No. 743, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 51 - Trade and Commerce › §51:940. Filing tax exemption certificates

RS 51:940 - Filing tax exemption certificates
Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, contracts for tax exemptions entered into by the State Board of Commerce and Industry shall be filed with the Department of Economic Development, which shall maintain a file of such contracts.
Added by Acts 1978, No. 548, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 51 - Trade and Commerce › §51:940.1. Motion picture investor; prohibition on certification for pornographic materials

RS 51:940.1 - Motion picture investor; prohibition on certification for pornographic materials
A. Purpose. The purpose of this Section is to provide heightened standards and procedures for the Department of Economic Development or the office of entertainment industry development.
B. In addition to all other program requirements, prior to final certification of production expenditures for a state-certified production, the motion picture production company shall submit to the Department of Economic Development, office of entertainment industry development, a statement declaring that it is not required to maintain records for the certified production pursuant to 18 U.S.C. 2257. The Department of Economic Development shall not issue final certification of production expenditures to any state-certified production required to maintain records pursuant to 18 U.S.C. 2257.
Acts 2012, No. 560, §1; Acts 2018, No. 504, §1, eff. July 1, 2018.
NOTE: See Acts 2018, No. 504 regarding applicability.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 51 - Trade and Commerce › §51:941. Definitions

RS 51:941 - Definitions
For the purposes of this Part, the following terms shall have the following meanings:
(1) "Department" means the Department of Economic Development.
(2) "Program" means the Small and Emerging Business Development Program created within the Department of Economic Development.
(3) "Small and emerging business" means a small business organized for profit and performing a commercially useful function, which is more than fifty percent owned and controlled by one or more small and emerging business persons and which has its principal place of business in the state. A nonprofit organization is not a small and emerging business for purposes of this Part.
(4) "Small and emerging business person" means a citizen of the United States who has resided in the state for at least one year and whose ability to compete in the free enterprise system has been impaired historically due to diminished capital or credit opportunities as compared to others in the same or similar line of business, and whose diminished opportunities have historically precluded, or are likely to preclude, such individual from successfully competing in the open market.
Acts 2001, No. 9, §9, eff. July 1, 2001; Acts 2006, No. 434, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 51 - Trade and Commerce › §51:944. Deceptive certification of a small and emerging business; penalties

RS 51:944 - Deceptive certification of a small and emerging business; penalties
A. The crime of deceptive certification of a small and emerging business is the act of any applicant who does any one or all of the following:
(1) Fraudulently obtains or retains certification as a small and emerging business under R.S. 51:942 or any similar program conducted or funded by the state or a political subdivision thereof.
(2) Willfully makes a false statement, whether by affidavit, report, or other representation, to an official or employee of the department with the intent to influence the certification or denial of certification of any business entity as a small and emerging business under R.S. 51:942 or any similar program conducted or funded by the state or a political subdivision thereof.
(3) Fraudulently obtains money reserved for, allocated to, or available to a small and emerging business pursuant to R.S. 51:942 or any similar program conducted or funded by the state or a political subdivision thereof.
B. Any employee of the department or any other public servant who, with the intent to defraud, knowingly commits any of the acts provided for in Subsection A of this Section or knowingly assists an applicant in committing any such acts shall be guilty of the crime of deceptive certification of a small and emerging business and shall be subject to any penalties or other court orders provided for in this Section.
C. Whoever commits the crime of deceptive certification of a small and emerging business shall be fined not more than five thousand dollars, or imprisoned, with or without hard labor, for not more than two years, or both.
D. In addition to any fine imposed under this Section the court, as a condition of any suspension of an order of imprisonment, shall require that the offender make restitution to the entity from which such money was obtained, in an amount equal to all or part of the amount of money that was obtained in violation of this Section.
Acts 2001, No. 9, §9, eff. July 1, 2001.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 51 - Trade and Commerce › §51:945. References to the division

RS 51:945 - References to the division
Any references to the division of small and emerging business development, or any of its previous titles, throughout the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, shall mean the department.
Acts 2001, No. 9, §9, eff. July 1, 2001.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 51 - Trade and Commerce › §51:947. Executive branch agency participation in mentor-protégé program

RS 51:947 - Executive branch agency participation in mentor-protégé program
Any state agency may develop a plan for participation in the mentor-protégé program which plan shall be consistent with the rules and regulations adopted pursuant to R.S. 51:946. Additionally, each plan shall specify the conditions for participation for that agency in accordance with the statutes governing public bid and procurement.
Acts 2006, No. 434, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 51 - Trade and Commerce › §51:951. Purpose

RS 51:951 - Purpose
The purpose of this Part is to improve the dissemination of information regarding access to electric generation produced in Louisiana by generation facilities that use or consume groundwater of the state and to assure that Louisiana-based wholesale power buyers are notified of the generator's intent to sell power in furtherance of the policy set forth in R.S. 51:921.
Acts 2001, No. 1040, §1, eff. June 27, 2001.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 51 - Trade and Commerce › §51:952. New and expanded electric generation facilities using Louisiana groundwater for production of electricity; requirement of notice of operation date and contact information for electric power sales; reports

RS 51:952 - New and expanded electric generation facilities using Louisiana groundwater for production of electricity; requirement of notice of operation date and contact information for electric power sales; reports
A.(1) The provisions of this Section shall apply to all entities that own, lease, and/or operate new or expanded electric generation facilities that commence operation in the state on or after January 1, 2003, if the new or expanded electric generation facilities use or consume groundwater of the state in the process of producing electricity for sale into the wholesale electricity market.
(2) The provisions of this Section shall not apply to municipally owned or operated electric generation facilities, electric generation facilities subject to the jurisdiction of the Louisiana Public Service Commission, qualifying cogeneration and small power production facilities as defined in the Public Utilities Regulatory Act of 1978 (PURPA), or electric generation facilities that produce electricity exclusively for use at the site of generation and/or for sale to a Louisiana electric public facility.
B.(1)(a) All new or expanded electric generation facilities provided for in Subsection A of this Section shall, at least one hundred eighty days prior to the start of commercial operation of such facilities, provide notice to the secretary of the Louisiana Department of Economic Development, the executive secretary of the Louisiana Public Service Commission, and the Groundwater Management Commission of the expected date for commencing such operation and contact information for electric power sales from the generation facilities. Such notice shall be designed to inform Louisiana-based wholesale power buyers of the generator's intent to sell power.
(b) The Louisiana Department of Economic Development and the Louisiana Public Service Commission shall post such information on each agency's official website and/or publish such information in each agency's official publication.
(2) After the initial operation of such facility, its management shall provide semiannual notification to such department and commissions, if less than twenty-five percent of the power sales in megawatt hours from the facility during the previous six months were made to in-state purchasers.
Acts 2001, No. 1040, §1, eff. June 27, 2001.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 51 - Trade and Commerce › §51:955. §§955 to 959 Repealed by Acts 1986, No. 364, §1, eff. July 2, 1986.

RS 51:955 - §§955 to 959 Repealed by Acts 1986, No. 364, §1, eff. July 2, 1986.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 51 - Trade and Commerce › §51:961. Local Economic Development Support; Department of Economic Development authority

RS 51:961 - Local Economic Development Support; Department of Economic Development authority
A. The activities of the various parish and regional economic development organizations in the state shall be supported through the Local Economic Development Support Program as developed by the Department of Economic Development and only in the amounts appropriated each year by the legislature.
B.(1) The Department of Economic Development, through its office of commerce and industry, shall provide by rules and regulations promulgated under the Administrative Procedure Act for a Local Economic Development Support Program.
(2) The rules and regulations shall incorporate a distribution formula that shall use as its basis the population, the number of business establishments, and the level of services associated with each recipient of funding. The funds shall be distributed pursuant to a contract between the recipient and the department that clearly specifies the services to be performed by the recipient and the territorial jurisdiction for which the recipient is responsible in rendering its services.
(3) The services to be rendered may include but are not limited to the following:
(a) Submission of community data summaries on all relevant communities in the jurisdiction.
(b) Submission of information on approved forms for all industrial parks and sites over five acres and industrial buildings over twenty thousand square feet in the jurisdiction.
(c) Submission of an annual report on visual inspection of properties in (b) herein.
(d) Submission of a quarterly update on availability of properties in (b) herein.
(e) Submission of an office space guide on an annual basis.
(f) Development of marketable properties.
(g) Cooperation in prospect activities, including but not limited to the development of adequate local sales teams, promotional literature, and participation in prospect trips.
(h) Development of local development corporations.
(i) Coordination of the Ready Cities Program.
(j) Identification of opportunities for joint federal and state project funding and appropriate grantsmanship.
(k) Joint federal and state procurement assistance.
(l) Loan packaging.
(m) Moderately complex financing assistance.
(n) SBIR application assistance.
(o) Identification of licensing or joint venture opportunities and managing such projects.
(p) Export assistance.
(q) Identification of opportunities for establishing of businesses.
Acts 1984, No. 634, §1; Acts 1992, No. 984, §16.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 51 - Trade and Commerce › §51:1001. Entry into compact; purpose

RS 51:1001 - Entry into compact; purpose
NOTE: AS ENACTED BY ACTS 1960, NO. 389, §2:
The Southern Interstate Nuclear Compact is hereby enacted into law and entered into by the state of Louisiana with any and all states legally joining therein in accordance with its terms. The party states recognize that the proper employment of nuclear energy, facilities, materials, and products can assist substantially in the industrialization of the South and the development of a balanced economy for the region. They also recognize that optimum benefit from an acquisition of nuclear resources and facilities requires systematic encouragement, guidance, and assistance from the party states on a cooperative basis. It is the policy of the party states to undertake such cooperation on a continuing basis; it is the purpose of this compact to provide the instruments and framework for such a cooperative effort to improve the economy of the South and contribute to the individual and community well being of the region's people.
NOTE: AS AMENDED BY ACTS 1979, NO. 576, §1, EFF. UPON APPROVAL BY NINE PARTY STATES AND CONGRESS:
The Southern States Energy Compact is hereby enacted into law and entered into by the state of Louisiana with any and all states legally joining therein in accordance with its terms. The party states recognize that the proper employment and conservation of energy and employment of energy related facilities, materials, and products, within the context of a responsible regard for the environment, can assist substantially in the industrialization of the south, and the development of a balanced economy for the region; they also recognize that optimum benefit from an acquisition of energy resources and facilities requires systematic encouragement, guidance, and assistance from the party states on a cooperative basis. It is the policy of the party states to undertake such cooperation on a continuing basis; it is the purpose of this compact to provide the instruments and framework for such a cooperative effort to improve the economy of the south and contribute to the individual and community well being of the region's people.
Acts 1979, No. 576, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 51 - Trade and Commerce › §51:1003. Cooperation of departments, agencies and officers

RS 51:1003 - Cooperation of departments, agencies and officers
NOTE: AS ENACTED BY ACTS 1960, NO. 389, §2:
The departments, agencies and officers of this state and its subdivisions are hereby authorized to cooperate with the Southern Interstate Nuclear Board in the furtherance of any of its activities pursuant to the Compact.
NOTE: AS AMENDED BY ACTS 1979, NO. 576, §1, EFF. UPON APPROVAL BY NINE PARTY STATES AND CONGRESS:
RS 51:1003 - Finances
A. The board shall submit to the executive head or designated officer or officers of each party state a budget of its estimated expenditures for such period as may be required by the laws of that jurisdiction for presentation to the legislature thereof.
B. Each of the board's budgets of estimated expenditures shall contain specific recommendations of the amount or amounts to be appropriated by each of the party states. One half of the total amount of each budget of estimated expenditures shall be apportioned among the party states in equal shares; one quarter of each such budget shall be apportioned among the party states in accordance with the ratio of their populations to the total population of the entire group of party states based on the last decennial federal census; and one quarter of each such budget shall be apportioned among the party states on the basis of the relative average per capita income of the inhabitants in each of the party states based on the latest computations published by the federal census taking agency. Subject to appropriation by their respective legislatures, the board shall be provided with such funds by each of the party states as are necessary to provide the means of establishing and maintaining facilities, a staff of personnel, and such activities as may be necessary to fulfill the powers and duties imposed upon and entrusted to the board.
C. The board may meet any of its obligations in whole or in part with funds available to it under R.S. 51:1002(G), provided that the board takes specific action setting aside such funds prior to the incurring of any obligation to be met in whole or in part to this manner. Except where the board makes use of funds available to it under R.S. 51:1002(G) the board shall not incur any obligation prior to the allotment of funds by the party jurisdictions adequate to meet the same.
D. The board shall keep accurate accounts of all receipts and disbursements. The receipts and disbursements of the board shall be subject to the audit and accounting procedures established under its bylaws. However, all receipts and disbursements of funds handled by the board shall be audited yearly by a qualified public accountant and the report of the audit shall be included in and become part of the annual report of the board.
E. The accounts of the board shall be open at any reasonable time for inspection.
Acts 1979, No. 576, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 51 - Trade and Commerce › §51:1004. Advisory and technical committees

RS 51:1004 - Advisory and technical committees
NOTE: ACTS 1979, NO. 576, §1, EFF. UPON APPROVAL BY NINE PARTY STATES AND CONGRESS:
The board may establish such advisory and technical committees as it may deem necessary, membership on which to include but not be limited to private citizens, expert and lay personnel, representatives of industry, labor, commerce, agriculture, civic associations, medicine, education, voluntary health agencies, and officials of local, state and federal government, and may cooperate with and use the services of any such committees and the organizations which they represent in furthering any of its activities under this compact.
Acts 1979, No. 576, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 51 - Trade and Commerce › §51:1006. Supplementary agreements

RS 51:1006 - Supplementary agreements
NOTE: ACTS 1979, NO. 576, §1, EFF. UPON APPROVAL BY NINE PARTY STATES AND CONGRESS:
A. To the extent that the board has not undertaken an activity or project which would be within its power under the provisions of R.S. 51:1005 of this compact, any two or more of the party states, acting by their duly constituted administrative officials, may enter into supplementary agreements for the undertaking and continuance of such an activity or project. Any such agreement shall specify its purpose or purposes; its duration and the procedure for termination thereof or withdrawal therefrom; the method of financing and allocating the costs of the activity or project; and such other matters as may be necessary or appropriate. No such supplementary agreement entered into pursuant to this Section shall become effective prior to its submission to an approval by the board. The board shall give such approval unless it finds that the supplementary agreement or the activity or project contemplated thereby is inconsistent with the provisions of this compact or a program or activity conducted by or participated in by the board.
B. Unless all of the party states participate in a supplementary agreement, any cost or costs thereof shall be borne separately by the states party thereto. However, the board may administer or otherwise assist in the operation of any supplementary agreement.
C. No party to a supplementary agreement entered into pursuant to this Section shall be relieved thereby of any obligation or duty assumed by said party state under or pursuant to this compact, except that timely and proper performance of such obligation or duty by means of the supplementary agreement may be offered as performance pursuant to the compact.
Acts 1979, No. 576, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 51 - Trade and Commerce › §51:1007. Other laws

RS 51:1007 - Other laws
NOTE: ACTS 1979, NO. 576, §1, EFF. UPON APPROVAL BY NINE PARTY STATES AND CONGRESS:
Nothing in this compact is intended or shall be construed to:
1. Permit or require any person or other entity to avoid or refuse compliance with any law, rule, regulation, order, or ordinance of a party state or subdivision thereof now or hereafter made, enacted, or in force.
2. Limit, diminish, or otherwise impair jurisdiction exercised by the United States Department of Energy, any agency successor thereto, or any other federal department, agency, or officer pursuant to and in conformity with any valid and operative act of Congress.
3. Alter the relations between any respective internal responsibilities of the government of a party state and its subdivisions.
4. Permit or authorize the board to exercise any regulatory authority or to own or operate any nuclear reactor for the generation of electric energy; nor shall the board own or operate any facility or installation for industrial or commercial purposes.
Acts 1979, No. 576, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 51 - Trade and Commerce › §51:1008. Eligible parties; entry and withdrawal

RS 51:1008 - Eligible parties; entry and withdrawal
NOTE: ACTS 1979, NO. 576, §1, EFF. UPON APPROVAL BY NINE PARTY STATES AND CONGRESS:
A. Any or all of the states of Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, Missouri, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, West Virginia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and the United States Virgin Islands shall be eligible to become party to this compact.
B. As to any eligible party state, this compact shall become effective when its legislature shall have enacted the same in law; provided that it shall not become initially effective until enacted into law by seven states.
C. Any party state may withdraw from this compact by enacting a statute repealing the same, but no such withdrawal shall become effective until the governor of the withdrawing state shall have sent formal notice in writing to the governor of each other party state informing said governors of the action of the legislature in repealing the compact and declaring an intention to withdraw.
Acts 1979, No. 576, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 51 - Trade and Commerce › §51:1009. Severability and construction

RS 51:1009 - Severability and construction
NOTE: ACTS 1979, NO. 576, §1, EFF. UPON APPROVAL BY NINE PARTY STATES AND CONGRESS:
The provisions of this compact and of any supplementary agreement entered into hereunder shall be severable and if any phrase, clause, sentence, or provision of this compact or such supplementary agreement is declared to be contrary to the constitution of any participating state or of the United States or the applicability thereof to any government, agency, person, or circumstance is held invalid, the validity of the remainder of this compact or such supplementary agreement and the applicability thereof to any government, agency, person, or circumstance shall not be affected thereby. If this compact or any supplementary agreement entered into hereunder shall be held contrary to the constitution of any state participating therein, the compact or such supplementary agreement shall remain in full force and effect as to the remaining states and in full force and effect as to the state affected as to all severable matters. The provisions of this compact and of any supplementary agreement entered into pursuant hereto shall be liberally construed to effectuate the purposes thereof.
Acts 1979, No. 576, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 51 - Trade and Commerce › §51:1010. Members from Louisiana

RS 51:1010 - Members from Louisiana
The governor, the president of the Senate, and the speaker of the House of Representatives each shall appoint one member, who shall serve at the pleasure of the appointing officer for a four year term and who may be reappointed. If any of said members of the board shall be the head of a regularly constituted department or agency of this state, he may designate a subordinate officer or employee of his department or agency to serve in his stead as permitted by the applicable provisions of the compact and the bylaws of the board.
Acts 1979, No. 576, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 51 - Trade and Commerce › §51:1011. Cooperation of departments, agencies, and officers

RS 51:1011 - Cooperation of departments, agencies, and officers
The departments, agencies, and officers of this state and its subdivisions are hereby authorized to cooperate with the Southern States Energy Board in the furtherance of any of its activities pursuant to the Compact.
Acts 1979, No. 576, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 51 - Trade and Commerce › §51:1021. Entry into alliance; purpose

RS 51:1021 - Entry into alliance; purpose
A. The Tri-State Delta Economic Alliance is hereby enacted into law and entered into by the state of Louisiana to be formed with Arkansas and Mississippi legally joining therein in accordance with its terms.
B. The alliance shall include but not be limited to ten parishes in Louisiana, ten counties in Mississippi, and ten counties in Arkansas, all of which are to be located in the Mississippi Delta area in those three contiguous states of the delta. Specifically, as authorized by Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 46 of the 1994 Regular Session, East Carroll Parish shall be included in the compact, and may join with Washington County, Mississippi, and Chicot County, Arkansas, to apply for an empowerment zone, enterprise community, and/or the Fund for Rural America projects, or for any other state or federal funds or benefits that may be available.
C. The purpose of the alliance is to promote, encourage, and participate in industrial development, to combat poverty and high unemployment through economic development, to stimulate the economy of the delta region through commerce, industry, and research and for the utilization and development of natural, physical, and human resources in the region by providing job opportunities and job skills training.
Acts 1997, No. 125, §1; Acts 2002, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 43, §1, eff. April 18, 2002.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 51 - Trade and Commerce › §51:1022. Cooperative endeavors involving the state

RS 51:1022 - Cooperative endeavors involving the state
The governor, on behalf of the state, is authorized to enter into cooperative endeavor agreements with Arkansas and Mississippi for the public purpose of enhancing or maintaining the economic well-being of the delta region of the state. Such cooperative endeavor agreements may provide for the investment, pledge, use, or deposit of state funds and the guarantee by the state of certain financial obligations, or may otherwise obligate the state financially to achieve the goals set forth herein, subject to the appropriation of requisite funds, and only upon a showing of reasonable expectations that such obligation will result in economic development, creation of new jobs, the maintenance of existing jobs, and will combat poverty and high unemployment through economic development, or will achieve other economic goals that will equal or exceed the value of the obligations of the state required thereby.
Acts 1997, No. 125, §1; Acts 2002, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 43, §1, eff. April 18, 2002.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 51 - Trade and Commerce › §51:1023. Finances

RS 51:1023 - Finances
The governor is authorized, on behalf of the state, to apply for and receive and accept from any federal agency, the state, and/or the political subdivisions of the state or from any source, public or private, grants, loans, or advances for or in the aid of an economic development cooperative endeavor project or projects of the Tri-State Delta Economic Alliance, including applications for empowerment zones, enterprise communities, and Funds for Rural America projects, and to give such security as may be required and to enter into and carry out contract agreements in connection therewith.
Acts 1997, No. 125, §1; Acts 2002, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 43, §1, eff. April 18, 2002.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 51 - Trade and Commerce › §51:1024. Cooperation of departments, agencies, and officers

RS 51:1024 - Cooperation of departments, agencies, and officers
The departments, agencies, and officers of this state and its subdivisions are hereby authorized to cooperate in the furtherance of any of the activities pursuant to the Tri-State Delta Economic Alliance.
Acts 1997, No. 125, §1; Acts 2002, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 43, §1, eff. April 18, 2002.