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2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:9356. Veterans' Memorial District of Ward 10 of Lafourche Parish; board of commissioners

RS 33:9356 - Veterans' Memorial District of Ward 10 of Lafourche Parish; board of commissioners
A. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the governing authority of the Veterans' Memorial District of Ward 10 of Lafourche Parish shall consist of a board of commissioners as provided in this Section.
B. The board shall consist of nine members. All board members shall be electors domiciled in Ward 10 of Lafourche Parish, and a minimum of six members shall be honorably discharged veterans of a branch of the United States armed forces.
C. The nine board members shall be selected as follows:
(1) Six members shall represent the three veterans posts in Ward 10, consisting of the Gros Guidry VFW Post 8538 in Larose, the Delvin Adams American Legion Post 315 in Galliano, and the Anthony N. Griffin Post 259 American Legion in Golden Meadow. Each post shall submit four names to the Lafourche Parish Council, and the council shall select and appoint two members from the list submitted by each post.
(2) One member selected and appointed by the Lafourche Parish President.
(3) One member selected and appointed by the State Senator representing District 20.
(4) One member selected and appointed by the State Representative representing District 54.
D. Nominations for board membership shall be made within sixty days from the date of written notification by the Lafourche Parish Council. If no nomination has been received by the end of that time, the council may fill the position by appointment.
E. The initial term for each member shall be staggered as provided below and thereafter each member shall serve a term of three years. The initial terms of the members are:
(1) For the six members representing the veterans posts, one member representing each post shall serve an initial term of one year and one member representing each post shall serve an initial term of three years. The appointment of each member by the council shall specify whether that member is to serve an initial term of one year or three years.
(2) For the member appointed by the Lafourche Parish President, an initial term of two years.
(3) For the members appointed by the state senator and state representative, an initial term of two years.
F. A board member may be removed for cause by the Lafourche Parish Council. The board shall have the powers and duties of a veterans' memorial district governing body as provided by law, except that approval of the Lafourche Parish Council shall first be obtained prior to any of the following actions by the board:
(1) Adoption of an annual budget.
(2) Purchase, sale, or encumbrance of immovable property.
(3) Submitting for voter approval a proposed renewal or increase in ad valorem taxes.
(4) Any other matter or action as determined by ordinance adopted by the Lafourche Parish Council.
Acts 2005, No. 288, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:9357. Terrebonne Parish Veterans' Memorial District; board of commissioners

RS 33:9357 - Terrebonne Parish Veterans' Memorial District; board of commissioners
A. There is hereby created the Terrebonne Parish Veterans' Memorial District.
B. The governing authority of the Terrebonne Parish Veterans' Memorial District shall consist of a board of commissioners as provided in this Section.
C. The board of commissioners shall consist of nine members. All members shall be electors domiciled in Terrebonne Parish, and a minimum of six members shall be honorably discharged veterans of a branch of the United States armed forces.
D. The nine board members shall consist of the following:
(1) Two members appointed by the Terrebonne Parish President. One member shall be a resident of that portion of Terrebonne Parish north of the Intracoastal Canal. One member shall be a resident of that portion of Terrebonne Parish south of the Intracoastal Canal.
(2) Four members appointed by the Terrebonne Parish Council from a list of names submitted by veterans organizations domiciled in Terrebonne Parish, consisting of the American Legion, the Disabled American Veterans, the Marine Corps League, the Veterans of Foreign Wars, the Vietnam Veterans of America, Chapter 630, and the United Veterans League.
(3) One member appointed by the Terrebonne Parish Council from a list of three names submitted by the regional military museum in Terrebonne Parish.
(4) Two members appointed by the Terrebonne Parish legislative delegation from a list of nominees submitted by the regional military museum. A vote of at least a majority of the delegation shall be required to appoint a member. One member shall be a resident of that portion of Terrebonne Parish north of the Intracoastal Canal. One member shall be a resident of that portion of Terrebonne Parish south of the Intracoastal Canal.
E. The board members shall be selected within sixty days from June 17, 2008. Each member shall serve a term of three years.
F. A board member may be removed for cause by the Terrebonne Parish Council. The board shall have the powers and duties of a veterans' memorial district governing body as provided by law, with its primary purpose to operate, maintain and supply in Terrebonne Parish a regional military museum and Veterans Memorial Park on Louisiana Highway 311, except that approval of the Terrebonne Parish Council shall first be obtained prior to any of the following actions by the board:
(1) Adoption of an annual budget.
(2) Purchase, sale, or encumbrance of immovable property.
(3) Submitting for voter approval any tax proposal.
(4) Any other matter or action as determined by ordinance adopted by the Terrebonne Parish Consolidated Government.
Acts 2008, No. 231, §1, eff. June 17, 2008.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:9401. Creation of district; purpose; council control

RS 33:9401 - Creation of district; purpose; council control
A. There is hereby created a law enforcement district which shall be comprised of Orleans Parish in its entirety. The purpose of such law enforcement taxing district, hereinafter referred to as the "district", shall be to provide for an additional source of funding for criminal justice activities in the city of New Orleans including:
(1) Operation of parish facilities, including prisons,
(2) The enforcement, prosecution, and adjudication of criminal laws, and
(3) Activities by the offices of the coroner, criminal sheriff, clerk of the criminal district court, and the criminal district court.
B. The council of the city of New Orleans, hereinafter referred to as the "council", shall be ex officio the governing body of the district, hereinafter referred to as the "governing body".
Acts 1989, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 22, §1, eff. July 28, 1989.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:9402. District plan

RS 33:9402 - District plan
A. Prior to the levy of any tax herein authorized, the governing body shall prepare, or cause to be prepared, a plan specifying the services proposed to be funded through the district. The governing body shall conduct such public hearings, publish such notice with respect thereto, and disseminate such information as in the exercise of its sound discretion it may deem to be appropriate or advisable and in the public interest.
B. The plan may specify and encompass any public service relating to criminal justice activities in the city of New Orleans including operation of parish facilities, including prisons, the enforcement, prosecution, and adjudication of criminal laws, and activities by the offices of the coroner, criminal sheriff, clerk of the criminal district court, and the criminal district court.
C. The plan shall include:
(1) An estimate of the annual and aggregate cost of providing the services set forth therein, and
(2) An estimate of the aggregate number of mills required to be levied in each year on the taxable immovable property within the district in order to provide the funds required for the implementation or effectuation of the plan for furnishing the services specified.
Acts 1989, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 22, §1, eff. July 28, 1989.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:9403. Tax authorized

RS 33:9403 - Tax authorized
A. The governing body may levy and collect, in the same manner and at the same time as all other ad valorem taxes on property subject to taxation by the council of the city of New Orleans are levied and collected, a special ad valorem tax, not to exceed twenty mills, upon all taxable immovable property situated within the boundaries of the district. The tax, when levied, shall be from year to year or for such period of years as may be designated in the resolution by which the election is called on the question of the imposition of the tax. The taxes generated by the millage levied shall be collected free of deductions for retirement systems.
B. An ordinance imposing the tax herein authorized shall be adopted by the governing body only after the question of the imposition of the tax, including its purpose, rate, and duration, has been submitted to the qualified electors of the district in accordance with law and a majority of those voting in the election have voted in favor of the proposition. If the proposition submitted to the qualified electors so provides, the tax imposed may be collected for the year in which said election is held based upon the number of months remaining in the year following the election.
C. The proceeds of any tax authorized by and levied in accordance with the provisions of this Section shall be used exclusively to fund criminal justice activities as provided in this Chapter. Revenues from the proceeds of this tax shall be an additional source of funding for such criminal justice activities, and the governing body shall not use such funds to replace funds formerly appropriated for such activities for Fiscal Year 1989 by the council of the city of New Orleans. In addition, the amount of such funds for criminal justice activities appropriated by the council annually shall be in substantially the same proportion to the total budget of the city of New Orleans as the amount of funds for such activities was in proportion to the total budget of the city of New Orleans for Fiscal Year 1989.
D. The district may contract with the tax collector of the city to collect the taxes authorized by this Chapter.
E. The taxes to be levied shall be subject to the approval of the mayor.
Acts 1989, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 22, §1, eff. July 28, 1989.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:9501. Creation; authority of police jury

RS 33:9501 - Creation; authority of police jury
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the governing authority of St. Tammany Parish may create one or more animal control districts within St. Tammany Parish. The governing authority may alter the boundaries of any animal control district, provided that no such boundary change shall cause an impairment of the obligations of any contract of any animal control district.
Acts 1993, No. 816, §1, eff. June 22, 1993.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:9502. Purpose

RS 33:9502 - Purpose
The purpose of any animal control district created pursuant to this Chapter shall be to provide for the regulation and control of canines and felines within the district, and all activities incidental thereto, as set forth in the ordinance creating the district adopted by the governing authority of St. Tammany Parish.
Acts 1993, No. 816, §1, eff. June 22, 1993.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:9503. Board of commissioners; membership; qualifications; terms

RS 33:9503 - Board of commissioners; membership; qualifications; terms
When any such animal control district is created, the governing authority of St. Tammany Parish shall appoint a board of commissioners, composed of five members, to govern its affairs, and shall fix the domicile of the board within the district. The members of the board shall be qualified electors of the district, two of whom shall be appointed for terms of two years and three for terms of three years, dating from the date of the adoption of the ordinance creating the district. Thereafter, all appointments of the members shall be for terms of three years. Board members shall serve without compensation.
Acts 1993, No. 816, §1, eff. June 22, 1993.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:9504. Powers of the board

RS 33:9504 - Powers of the board
A. Each board of commissioners may establish charges for the use of facilities and services provided by the district, manage and control the affairs of the district, and adopt rules reasonably necessary to further the purposes for which the district is created.
B. Each board of commissioners created pursuant to this Chapter shall constitute a body corporate in law with all the powers and rights to incur debts and contract obligations, to sue and be sued, and to do and perform any and all acts in its corporate capacity and its corporate name necessary and proper for the carrying out of the objects and purposes for which the animal control district was created. Each board may acquire, by donation or purchase, any existing facilities in the district. Each board may acquire any and all necessary equipment and buildings for the purpose of performing the objects for which it is formed, and shall own all sites and physical facilities which are acquired either by donation, purchase, exchange, or otherwise, in full ownership.
Acts 1993, No. 816, §1, eff. June 22, 1993.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:9506. Taxation; authority; procedure

RS 33:9506 - Taxation; authority; procedure
Each animal control district created pursuant to this Chapter is hereby declared to be a political subdivision of the state as defined by Article VI, Section 44(2) of the Constitution of Louisiana. For carrying out the purposes of the animal control district as provided in this Chapter, each district may incur debt, issue bonds, and call an election for the purpose of imposing any authorized tax or to incur debt. However, the district shall not impose any tax until approved by the qualified electors of the district.
Acts 1993, No. 816, §1, eff. June 22, 1993.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:9507. Federal and state aid

RS 33:9507 - Federal and state aid
Any animal control district created pursuant to this Chapter may do such things and enter into such contracts and agreements with the United States or with any state or federal agency or instrumentality as may be necessary to procure aid and grants to assist the district in carrying out the purposes for which it is created.
Acts 1993, No. 816, §1, eff. June 22, 1993.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:9611. Application and purpose

RS 33:9611 - Application and purpose
A.(1) This Chapter applies to the city of New Orleans and the parishes of East Baton Rouge and Jefferson.
(2) "Local governmental subdivision" or "municipality", as used in this Chapter, means municipalities and parishes to which the Chapter is applicable.
B. The proper operation of democratic government requires that elected officials and public employees be accountable for their actions, that governmental decisions are made in a transparent manner subject to complete ethical and operational review, that public office and employment serve the highest standards of honesty and competence, and that there be public confidence in the integrity of government. The purpose of this Chapter is to serve these objectives by empowering the applicable municipalities and public officials and employees thereof to implement and enforce vigorous ethical standards and codes of conduct, and to that end these provisions are to be liberally construed in support of the purposes for which this Chapter is enacted.
Acts 2008, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 18, §1, eff. April 26, 2008; Acts 2010, No. 98, §1, eff. June 1, 2010; Acts 2011, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 20, §1, eff. June 12, 2011.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:9612. Local ethics entities

RS 33:9612 - Local ethics entities
A local governmental subdivision that is authorized by its home rule charter, by statute, or by ordinance to create local ethics entities, including but not limited to an ethics review board or office of inspector general, or both, may designate the local ethics entity, ethics review board, or office of inspector general as a law enforcement agency and may thereby confer upon the local ethics entity, ethics review board, or office of inspector general all investigative powers and privileges appurtenant to a law enforcement agency under state law, which shall include access to computer systems, information maintained for the use of law enforcement personnel, and any information contained in the criminal history record and identification file of the Louisiana Bureau of Criminal Identification and Information.
Acts 2008, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 18, §1, eff. April 26, 2008; Acts 2010, No. 98, §1, eff. June 1, 2010.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:9612.1. Local codes of conduct or ethics ordinances

RS 33:9612.1 - Local codes of conduct or ethics ordinances
A. The governing authority of a local governmental subdivision may adopt and enforce local codes of conduct or ethics ordinances. Any such code or ordinance may regulate the same or similar activity as regulated by the provisions of the Code of Governmental Ethics, R.S. 42:1101 et seq., subject to the provisions of this Section.
B. The adoption and enforcement of any such code or ordinance shall not preempt, perempt, or otherwise preclude the enforcement of the Code of Governmental Ethics, R.S. 42:1101 et seq., by the Board of Ethics nor preclude the Board of Ethics from having exclusive jurisdiction over the enforcement of the Code of Governmental Ethics, R.S. 42:1101 et seq.
C. The adoption and enforcement of any such code or ordinance shall neither abridge nor abrogate any requirements of R.S. 42:1161.
Acts 2011, No. 37, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:9615. Appeals

RS 33:9615 - Appeals
A. Whenever action is taken against any public servant or person by an ethics review board, or when any public servant or person is aggrieved by any action taken by an ethics review board, such person may appeal to the court of appeal wherein the ethics review board is located if application to the ethics review board is made within thirty days after the decision of the ethics review board becomes final.
B. The terms "public servant" and "person" as used in this Section shall have the same meanings as in R.S. 42:1102.
Acts 2010, No. 302, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:9651. Parishwide economic development districts; continuation

RS 33:9651 - Parishwide economic development districts; continuation
Any parishwide economic development district specifically created by law that is required to adopt a development plan within four years of the effective date of the law creating the district, shall continue to exist and function, notwithstanding that a development plan has not been finally adopted within the period set out in law, and notwithstanding any other law which provides that all power and authority of the district shall lapse, the district shall be dissolved, and all power and authority incident thereto shall become null and void as a matter of law.
Acts 2009, No. 486, §1, eff. July 10, 2009.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:9661. Purpose

RS 33:9661 - Purpose
The legislature declares that the operation of open and responsible government requires that the fullest opportunity be afforded to the people to petition their government for the redress of grievances and to express freely their opinions on actions of local government. To preserve and maintain the integrity of local government action, the legislature also declares it is necessary that the identity of persons who attempt to influence actions of local government and certain expenditures by those persons be publicly disclosed.
Acts 2010, No. 788, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 2011.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:9662. Definitions

RS 33:9662 - Definitions
When used in this Chapter:
(1) "Ethics board" means the ethics body which has jurisdiction over elected officials under Chapter 15 of Title 42 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950.
(2) "Local government action" means any act by a local government agency or official to effectuate the public powers, functions, and duties of a local government official or a local government agency, including but not limited to any act in the nature of policymaking, rulemaking, adjudication, licensing, regulation, or enforcement; relative to contracts, requests for proposals, development of specifications, or engaging another person to perform a governmental function; to adopt, repeal, increase, or decrease any fee imposed on the affairs, actions, or persons regulated by a local government agency; or to affect the passage, defeat, or implementation of any legislation.
(3) "Local government agency" or "agency" means any political subdivision, including any parish, municipality, school board, or special district, and any other unit of local government and any department, office, agency, board, commission, district, governing authority, committee, subcommittee, advisory board, task force, or other instrumentality of a political subdivision or other unit of local government. The terms "local government agency" or "agency" shall not include any entity which is an executive branch agency as defined in R.S. 49:72 or any unit of the legislative or judicial branch of state government.
(4) "Local government official" or "official" means an elected official, an appointed official, or an employee in a local government agency.
(5) "Expenditure" means the gift or payment of money or any thing of value for the purchase of food, drink, or refreshment for a local government official or for the spouse or minor child of a local government official for the purpose of lobbying or any gift or payment permitted by R.S. 42:1123(13) when the lobbyist or principal accounts, or would be expected to account, for the expenditure as an ordinary and necessary expense directly related to the active conduct of the lobbyist's, his employer's, or the principal's trade or business.
(6) "Lobbying" or "to lobby" means any direct act or communication with a local government official, the purpose of which is to aid in influencing a local government action.
(7) "Lobbyist" means any person who acts in a representative capacity and makes an expenditure in excess of five hundred dollars in the aggregate within the calendar year. However, "lobbyist" shall not mean any person who does not make any direct act or have any direct communication with a local governmental official for the purpose of influencing a local governmental action.
(8) "Person" means an individual, partnership, committee, association, corporation, and any other organization or group of persons.
Acts 2010, No. 788, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 2011.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:9663. Persons to whom applicable; exceptions

RS 33:9663 - Persons to whom applicable; exceptions
Except as otherwise provided in this Chapter relative to a principal or employer of a lobbyist, the provisions of this Chapter shall apply only to persons who are lobbyists as defined in R.S. 33:9662. An elected or appointed public official or any designee of such an official acting in the performance of his public duties shall not be considered to be a lobbyist as defined in this Chapter.
Acts 2010, No. 788, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 2011.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:9665. Reports and statements under oath

RS 33:9665 - Reports and statements under oath
A.(1) All reports, registrations, and statements required under this Chapter shall include a certification of accuracy by the person responsible for filing the report, registration, or statement that the information contained in the report, registration, or statement is true and correct to the best of his knowledge, information, and belief; that no reportable expenditures have been made that are not included therein as required by law; and that no information required by this Chapter has been deliberately omitted.
(2) Except as otherwise specifically provided in this Chapter, reports, registrations, and statements required under this Chapter shall be filed by mailing the documents through the United States Postal Service, delivering by hand or through a commercial delivery service, or by transmitting by facsimile or electronic transfer.
B. All reports, registrations, and forms filed with the ethics board shall be maintained as public records and shall be made available for public inspection. The ethics board may charge a reasonable amount for copies of such reports.
Acts 2010, No. 788, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 2011.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:9667. Administration

RS 33:9667 - Administration
The ethics board, in performance of its duties under this Chapter, shall:
(1) Register lobbyists and assign lobbyist registration numbers as required by this Chapter.
(2) Issue to each registered lobbyist at the time of initial registration a copy of this Chapter and any rules adopted pursuant to this Chapter.
(3) Promulgate all rules and forms necessary for the implementation and administration of this Chapter, including but not limited to rules and forms to prescribe the level of organizational unit or units of a local government agency for which expenditures required to be reported pursuant to this Chapter shall be aggregated.
(4) Establish and maintain access to a searchable, electronic database available to the public via the Internet.
Acts 2010, No. 788, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 2011.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:9668. Enforcement

RS 33:9668 - Enforcement
A. The ethics board shall be responsible for the enforcement of provisions of this Chapter. The provisions of Part III of Chapter 15 of Title 42 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, shall be applicable to enforcement of this Chapter.
B. No action to enforce any provision of this Chapter shall be commenced after expiration of two years after the occurrence of the alleged violation.
C. The ethics board shall have the authority to impose and collect penalties in accordance with the provisions of Part III of Chapter 15 of Title 42 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, for a violation of this Chapter. In addition, for recurring or egregious violations of this Chapter, the ethics board may censure any person found guilty of such violation by the ethics board and prohibit such person from lobbying for not less than thirty days and not more than one year.
D. In addition to any other applicable penalties:
(1) Any person required to register and who fails to timely register and any person who fails to timely file any report required by this Chapter shall be assessed, pursuant to R.S. 42:1157, a late fee of fifty dollars per day.
(2) Any person whose registration or report is filed eleven or more days after the day on which it was due shall be assessed, in addition to any late fees pursuant to this Section, after a hearing by the ethics board, a civil penalty not to exceed ten thousand dollars.
(3) If the board determines that a person has filed a registration or report required by this Chapter that is inaccurate or incomplete, the board shall mail by certified mail a notice of delinquency informing the person that the inaccuracy must be corrected or the missing information must be provided no later than fourteen business days after receipt of the notice of delinquency. The notice of delinquency shall include the deadline for correcting the inaccuracy or providing the missing information. If the person corrects the inaccuracy or provides the missing information prior to the deadline contained in the notice of delinquency, no penalties shall be assessed against the person.
(4) Whoever fails to correct the inaccuracy or provide the missing information by the deadline included in the notice of delinquency shall be subject to penalties as provided by law.
(5) Any person, who with knowledge of its falsity, files a registration or report as required in this Chapter that contains a false statement or false representation of a material fact, shall be subject to the assessment of the civil penalties provided in Part III of Chapter 15 of Title 42 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, and the findings of the board relative to such filing shall be referred by the board to the appropriate district attorney for prosecution pursuant to R.S. 14:133.
Acts 2010, No. 788, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 2011.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:9669. Prohibited conduct; additional remedies; contract defeat or voidability

RS 33:9669 - Prohibited conduct; additional remedies; contract defeat or voidability
A. No person shall enter into a contract to act in a representative capacity for the purpose of lobbying and fail to register or fail to file a supplemental registration providing the name and address of the person by whom he is employed or engaged and, if different, whose interests he represents pursuant to such contract as required by this Chapter.
B. Any person who violates the provisions of Subsection A of this Section shall have engaged in a misrepresentation sufficient to defeat or void the contract such person entered into to act in a representative capacity for the purpose of lobbying. Any effort to register or to file a supplemental registration after any remedy or relief relative to such a violation is sought pursuant to any provision of law shall not be sufficient to reverse the misrepresentation.
C. The board shall afford any person accused of violating Subsection A of this Section a hearing in accordance with the provisions of Part III of Chapter 15 of Title 42 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950. If the board finds that a person violated the provisions of Subsection A of this Section, the board shall order that the contract entered into for the purpose of lobbying by such person is void and the provisions thereof unenforceable.
D. The provisions of this Section shall be in addition to any other applicable penalties or any other remedy or relief provided by law.
Acts 2010, No. 788, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 2011.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:9681. Unfair acts or practices by political subdivisions

RS 33:9681 - Unfair acts or practices by political subdivisions
A. No political subdivision shall charge or impose a tax upon any person or legal entity, the sole basis of which is the fact that the person or legal entity is domiciled, registered, or organized outside of the jurisdiction of that political subdivision.
B. No political subdivision shall charge or impose a fee for the general use of the public streets of the political subdivision upon any person or legal entity which is domiciled, registered, or organized outside of the jurisdiction of that political subdivision, which such fee is not charged or imposed upon the persons or legal entities which are domiciled, residing, registered, organized, or doing business within the jurisdiction of that political subdivision.
C.(1) Whenever the attorney general has reason to believe that any political subdivision is using, or is about to use any method or practice prohibited by this Section, he may bring an action for injunctive relief in the name of the state against such political subdivision in district court.
(2) The district court is authorized to issue temporary restraining orders or preliminary and permanent injunctions to restrain and enjoin violations of this Section.
(3) In addition, the attorney general may request and the court may award the following:
(a) Restitution for the aggrieved person or legal entity in an amount equivalent to the overcharging, plus interest.
(b) Costs incurred by the attorney general's office in pursuing the matter.
D. The provisions of this Section shall not be applicable to the town of Grand Isle in Jefferson Parish or the town of Lake Arthur in Jefferson Davis Parish.
Acts 2010, No. 639, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:9682. Political subdivisions; voluntary prayer

RS 33:9682 - Political subdivisions; voluntary prayer
A. A political subdivision may open proceedings with a voluntary prayer. However, no official or standard prayer shall be prescribed by the political subdivision.
B. This Section is intended to reflect the tradition and practice of ceremonial invocations that are meant to lend gravity to a public occasion.
C. Nothing in this Section shall be construed to limit or restrict the rights of any individual who voluntarily chooses to pray at the opening of proceedings as it relates to the individual's right of freedom of speech or right of the free exercise of religion as guaranteed pursuant to the First Amendment of the Constitution of the United States.
Acts 2016, No. 575, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 34 - Navigation and Shipping › §34:2. Confirmation not required; removal; procedure

RS 34:2 - Confirmation not required; removal; procedure
All appointments of members of the board shall be made by the governor as provided in this Subpart and without the need for confirmation by the Senate. No member thus appointed shall be removed except for cause on charges preferred against him in writing by the attorney general and after public hearing and proof of the sufficiency of the changes to justify his removal, before a commission of three disinterested citizens residing within the jurisdictional area of this port, one to be appointed by the governor, one to be appointed by the president of Tulane University of Louisiana, and one to be appointed by the president of Loyola University in New Orleans; however, any member so removed shall have the right to test in the courts the sufficiency of the charges and the evidence in support of the charges.
Amended by Acts 1976, No. 289, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 34 - Navigation and Shipping › §34:3. Officers of board; meetings

RS 34:3 - Officers of board; meetings
The board of commissioners shall elect from its membership, a chairman, a vice chairman and a secretary-treasurer, whose duties shall be those usual to such officers. The board shall meet once a month in regular session. They shall meet in special sessions as often as the chairman of the board convenes them, or on written request of four members. Four members of the board shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. The board shall prescribe rules to govern its meetings, and shall keep suitable offices convenient to the business center of the city of New Orleans.
Amended by Acts 1976, No. 289, §1; Acts 1988, No. 265, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 34 - Navigation and Shipping › §34:4. Managerial powers

RS 34:4 - Managerial powers
The board shall have the power to organize or reorganize the legal, executive, engineering, clerical, and other departments and forces of the board, and to fix the duties, powers, and compensation of all officers, agents, and employees in such departments and forces, subject, however, to such civil service requirements as are established by law. The board shall have the power to and may enter into employment contracts, for a term not to exceed three years, with those members of the board's full-time staff or new employees who will occupy unclassified positions; where such unclassified positions are established by and in accordance with applicable civil service regulations.
Amended by Acts 1976, No. 289, §1; Acts 1988, No. 265, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 34 - Navigation and Shipping › §34:21. Rights and powers of board in general

RS 34:21 - Rights and powers of board in general
A.(1) The board of commissioners shall regulate the commerce and traffic of the port and harbor of New Orleans in such manner as may, in its judgment, be best for the maintenance and development thereof.
(2) However, such regulation of such commerce and traffic including international commerce in the parish of St. Bernard shall be governed by the provisions of R.S. 34:1701 et seq.
B. It shall be the duty of the board:
(1) To have charge of, and administer the public wharves, docks, sheds, and landings of the port of New Orleans which are owned and operated, or which may be purchased, acquired, or operated by the board.
(2) To construct new wharves and other structures when necessary.
(3) To erect sheds and other structures on such wharves and landings.
(4) To place and keep these wharves and landings, sheds, and other structures in good condition.
(5) To maintain proper depths of water at all such wharves and landings.
(6) To provide mechanical facilities for the use of such wharves, landings, sheds, and other structures.
(7) To provide light, water, police protection, and any other services for such wharves, landings, and sheds, as it may deem advisable.
(8) To finance, erect, and operate all basins, locks, canals, and warehouse elevators.
(9) To charge for the use of all facilities administered by it, and for all services rendered by it, such fees, rates, tariffs, or other charges as it may establish.
Acts 1992, No. 40, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 34 - Navigation and Shipping › §34:22. Construction of private wharves; consent of board; administration and maintenance

RS 34:22 - Construction of private wharves; consent of board; administration and maintenance
Riparian owners of property within the limits of the port of New Orleans may, with the consent of the board of commissioners of the port, and in conformity to plans and specifications approved by the board, erect and maintain on the batture or banks owned by them, such wharves, buildings or improvements as may be required for the purposes of commerce, navigation, or other public purposes; but in all cases such wharves, buildings or improvements shall remain subject to the administration and control of the board of commissioners with respect to their maintenance and to the fees and charges to be exacted for their use by the public.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 34 - Navigation and Shipping › §34:23. Acquisition of wharves and landings; expropriation

RS 34:23 - Acquisition of wharves and landings; expropriation
The board of commissioners may acquire by purchase, or by expropriation in accordance with the expropriation laws, any property, wharves, or landings necessary for the benefit of the commerce of the port and harbor of New Orleans. But the board of commissioners may expropriate without compensation any private wharves, landings, buildings or other structures erected by riparian owners within the port limits of the port of New Orleans, whenever such wharves, landings, buildings or other structures have been erected by the riparian owners without first obtaining the consent of the board for the construction or erection of the same, and its approval of the plans and specifications for their construction or erection.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 34 - Navigation and Shipping › §34:24. Statistical and financial reports

RS 34:24 - Statistical and financial reports
A. The board of commissioners shall examine and investigate all questions relating to the interest and commerce of the port of New Orleans.
B.(1) On or before September 15 of each year, the board shall cause to be compiled and published an annual report, presenting in detail the operations of the board for the preceding fiscal year, ending June 30, and such other statistical and financial data as may be requisite to show the nature, extent and results of the operations of the board and of the several departments thereof; such report to be prepared according to generally accepted reporting and accounting principles.
(2) Copies of this report, verified by the oath of the chairman or vice chairman, and of the president and chief executive officer of the board, shall, within five days after the issuance thereof, be sent to the governor, to the legislative auditor, and to the state auditor, and unverified copies furnished to the daily newspapers of the city of New Orleans and of the city of Baton Rouge.
Acts 1988, No. 265, §1; Acts 2001, No. 1102, §7.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 34 - Navigation and Shipping › §34:26. Port and harbor police

RS 34:26 - Port and harbor police
The board of commissioners may, in its discretion, appoint, fix salaries of, and pay port and harbor police; said police to consist of such number of men of good character and citizens of the state, not under 21 years of age. Each of the port and harbor police so appointed shall furnish bond in a sum to be fixed by the board of commissioners at not less than one thousand dollars, conditioned on the faithful performance of his duties, and any person injured or damaged by any port or harbor police may sue upon said bond. The port and harbor police shall have, under the direction and control of the board of commissioners, the same power to make arrests, in and upon the property within the jurisdiction of the board and approaches thereto, and to execute and return all criminal warrants and processes, as sheriffs of this state have, and shall under the same direction and authority, have all the powers of sheriffs as peace officers in all places and on all premises under the jurisdiction and control of the board, and the streets and approaches thereto. Any persons arrested by officers of the board and the return of all warrants or processes served by said officers shall be forthwith surrendered or delivered to the criminal sheriff of the Parish of Orleans or sheriffs of St. Bernard and Jefferson parishes; provided this shall in no way deprive the New Orleans city police or any sheriff or deputy sheriff in the parishes of Orleans, St. Bernard or Jefferson from making arrests or from serving warrants or process of court in any such place or on any such premises. The board of commissioners shall make rules and regulations for the conduct, management and control of the port and harbor police, and shall, from time to time, enlarge, modify or change such rules and regulations in its discretion.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 34 - Navigation and Shipping › §34:27. Dedication of property to United States

RS 34:27 - Dedication of property to United States
The Board of Commissioners of the Port of New Orleans may, by ordinance, contract, or otherwise, change the dedication of particular parcels or portions of lands and property under its administration or control from a state to a federal use; and sell, lease or otherwise alienate to the United States Government, or any department thereof, any of said lands and property which may be needed for federal purposes.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 34 - Navigation and Shipping › §34:28. Danziger Bridge and others to be open during certain hours

RS 34:28 - Danziger Bridge and others to be open during certain hours
The board of commissioners of the Port of New Orleans shall be required to keep the Danziger Bridge at Chef Menteur Highway, the Industrial Canal, and the St. Claude and Claiborne Avenue bridges at the Intracoastal Canal open to vehicular traffic crossing the bridge at the following times: 7:00 o'clock to 8:30 o'clock A.M. and from 5:00 o'clock to 6:30 o'clock P.M. Monday through Friday of each week. These requirements shall be inapplicable in the event of an emergency.
Acts 1960, No. 563, §1; Acts 1988, No. 453, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 34 - Navigation and Shipping › §34:30. Transitional

RS 34:30 - Transitional
R.S. 34:29 shall be construed as a continuation of and as a substitute for the provisions of Article VI, Sections 16, 16.5, and 16.6 of the Louisiana Constitution of 1921 and not as new enactments, and shall be amended or repealed only in accordance with Article VI, Section 43 of the Louisiana Constitution of 1974.
Added by Acts 1975, No. 464, §2.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 34 - Navigation and Shipping › §34:41. Contracts for necessary improvements

RS 34:41 - Contracts for necessary improvements
For the purpose of developing the Inner Harbor Navigation Canal in the City of New Orleans, and more particularly to enable the Board of Commissioners of the Port of New Orleans to place the lands adjacent to said canal, owned by private land owners, in a condition suitable to provide industrial sites to be served by laterals connected with the said canal, the Board of Commissioners of the Port of New Orleans is authorized to contract with the Board of Levee Commissioners of the Orleans Levee District, the City of New Orleans, the Public Belt Railroad thereof, the Sewerage & Water Board thereof, other corporations, and property owners or groups of property owners, for the construction of all necessary improvements for the purposes provided in this Section.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 34 - Navigation and Shipping › §34:42. Certificates of indebtedness

RS 34:42 - Certificates of indebtedness
A. To enable said board to provide the funds necessary to build and construct such improvements, the board may issue certificates of indebtedness on such terms and conditions as the discretion of the board may determine, not to exceed two million dollars in principal at any time outstanding, secured by a mortgage on the real estate improved, or to be improved, and by the payment of the benefit assessment to be levied on the property by agreement between the land owners thereof and the board.
B. Savings banks and insurance companies are authorized to invest funds in their hands in such certificates of indebtedness and the said certificates may be used for deposit with any officer, board, municipality, or other political subdivision in any case where deposit or security may be required. Such certificates of indebtedness shall be negotiable instruments, and they shall be incontestable in the hands of bona fide holders for value.
C. Nothing contained in this Section shall be construed as pledging the credit of the State of Louisiana or the Board of Commissioners of the Port of New Orleans for the payment of the said certificates of indebtedness, nor shall the said certificates of indebtedness be construed as obligations of the State of Louisiana or of the Board of Commissioners of the Port of New Orleans.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 34 - Navigation and Shipping › §34:45. Lease of lands; construction of improvements; payment of improvements

RS 34:45 - Lease of lands; construction of improvements; payment of improvements
A. The contract made by Board of Commissioners of the Port of New Orleans with the city of New Orleans under date August 16, 1918 through the Public Belt Railroad Commission, to carry into effect Act No. 3 of 1918 in relation to the Inner Harbor Navigation Canal is hereby ratified and confirmed. The board shall have power to lease for manufacturing, commercial, and business purposes lands acquired for the navigation canal. Such leases may run for a term not exceeding ninety-nine years at a fixed rental, without any provision for renewal, readjustment, or reappraisement as the board may determine.
B. The board may also construct warehouses, elevators, and other buildings and improvements upon the navigation canal.
Added by Acts 1975, No. 464, §1.