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2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:4574.8. City of Alexandria; additional tax; rate

RS 33:4574.8 - City of Alexandria; additional tax; rate
A. The Alexandria City Council may levy and collect a tax upon the paid occupancy of hotel rooms located within the downtown area in the city of Alexandria designated by the city council. The tax shall be one percent of the rent or fee charged for such occupancy and may be levied and collected whether or not the city council levies and collects the tax authorized by R.S. 33:4574.7. The tax shall be paid by the person who exercises, or is entitled to, occupancy of the hotel room and shall be paid at the time the rent or fee for occupancy is paid. The tax shall be imposed by ordinance adopted by the city council, and the ordinance may provide for necessary rules and regulations for imposition, collection, and enforcement of the tax.
B. The net proceeds of the tax after deduction of reasonable collection expenses shall be made available to the Alexandria/Pineville Area Convention and Visitors Bureau for advertising, promotion, and marketing of conventions and tourism. The books of the parish tourist commission shall be audited by an independent certified public accountant annually, and the accountant shall make a written report of his audit to the city council.
Acts 1991, No. 992, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:4574.14. Allen Parish Tourist Commission; per diem

RS 33:4574.14 - Allen Parish Tourist Commission; per diem
Notwithstanding the provisions of R.S. 33:4574.1.1 or any other law to the contrary, the members of the board of commissioners of the Allen Parish Tourist Commission shall each receive a per diem not to exceed fifty dollars for each meeting they attend but shall not be paid for more than twelve meetings in each year. Such per diem shall be paid out of the funds of the commission.
Acts 2005, No. 33, §1, eff. July 1, 2005.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:4574.15. Five Parishes West; tourism promotion

RS 33:4574.15 - Five Parishes West; tourism promotion
A. In order to provide for the coordination of the promotion and the advertisement and publication of information relating to tourism in the parishes of Allen, Beauregard, DeSoto, Sabine, and Vernon, Five Parishes West is hereby created and shall be comprised of such parishes.
B. The tourist commissions lawfully established within the region comprised of such parishes and the parish governing authorities in the absence of such commissions shall cooperate with each other for the promotion of the tourist industry in the region by the promotion, advertising, and publication of information relating to tourism therein.
C. Five Parishes West shall have authority to accept through the tourist commissions, or parish governing authorities as the case may be, grants and donations from all sources made to the region for the purposes for which Five Parishes West is established.
Acts 2006, No. 483, §1, eff. July 1, 2006.
NOTE: See Acts 2006, No. 483, §3, providing for renaming of the West La. Tourist Development Region as Five Parishes West and §2 repealing the uncodified Act (Act 20 of 1973 R.S.) which created such region.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:4574.16. Visit Baton Rouge; additional powers

RS 33:4574.16 - Visit Baton Rouge; additional powers
Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, Visit Baton Rouge shall have all powers necessary or convenient to effectuate its purposes, including but not limited to the following rights and powers:
(1) To acquire, purchase, lease as lessee, and hold and use any property, movable or immovable, tangible or intangible, or any interest therein necessary or desirable for carrying out its purposes, and to sell, lease as lessor, transfer, or dispose of any property or interest therein owned by it and to sublease any property or interest therein leased by it.
(2) To acquire by purchase, lease, or otherwise and to construct, develop, maintain, and operate buildings and other facilities necessary or desirable for carrying out its objectives.
(3) To enter into contracts or cooperative endeavors with any persons, corporations, associations, or other entities, including public corporations, political subdivisions, the United States government and the agencies thereof, the state and the agencies thereof, or any combination thereof for the operation or use of its properties and for carrying out its objectives, including but not limited to contracts and agreements under which it is paid for providing goods and services related to its objectives and under which it has expenses for projects related to its objectives.
(4) To enter into contracts or cooperative endeavors with any public or private entity for carrying out its objectives, including but not limited to contracts for constructing or acquiring property.
(5) To incur debt for any purpose necessary or desirable for carrying out its objectives, even if those monies cannot be paid out of the revenues anticipated to be collected during the year in which the monies are borrowed.
(6) To pledge all or any part of its revenues, income, receipts, or funds, including but not limited to the occupancy tax authorized by R.S. 33:4574.1.1 and any monies appropriated from any fund created in Chapter 2-B of Subtitle II of Title 47 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, and to pledge or mortgage its properties as collateral or security for any indebtedness.
(7) To incur debt and issue certificates of indebtedness and bonds necessary or desirable for carrying out its objectives which are authorized under state law. The certificates of indebtedness and bonds shall not be invalid for any irregularity or defect in the proceedings providing for their issuance and shall be incontestable in the hands of bona fide purchasers for value, and no court shall have authority or jurisdiction to inquire into the legality thereof if the validity of the certificates or bonds is not raised within thirty days from date of publication of the resolution providing for their issuance.
Acts 2007, No. 136, §1, eff. June 25, 2007; Acts 2007, No. 201, §1, eff. June 27, 2007; Acts 2012, No. 256, §1, eff. May 25, 2012.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:4574.17. Acadia Parish Convention and Visitors Commission; additional powers

RS 33:4574.17 - Acadia Parish Convention and Visitors Commission; additional powers
The Acadia Parish Convention and Visitors Commission shall have the following powers necessary or convenient to effectuate its purposes:
(1) To acquire, purchase, lease, and use any property, movable or immovable, tangible or intangible, or any interest therein, subject to the applicable provisions of R.S. 33:4574.2(G).
(2) To sell, lease, transfer, or dispose of any property or interest therein owned by it and to sublease any property or interest therein leased by it.
(3) To construct, develop, maintain, and operate buildings and other facilities.
(4) To enter into contracts or cooperative endeavors for the operation or use of its properties or other purposes.
(5) To incur debt, even if those monies cannot be paid out of the revenues anticipated to be collected during the year in which the monies are borrowed, subject to the applicable provisions of R.S. 33:4574.2(G).
(6) To pledge all or any part of its revenues, income, receipts, or funds and to pledge or mortgage its properties as collateral or security for any indebtedness.
(7) To issue certificates of indebtedness pursuant to R.S. 33:2923.
(8) To issue bonds pursuant to Article VI, Section 33 of the Constitution of Louisiana and other constitutional and statutory authority supplemental thereto. Such bonds may be issued only after authorization by a majority of voters in the district voting at an election called by the parish governing authority for that purpose.
Acts 2009, No. 66, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:4574.18. St. Helena Parish Tourist Commission; per diem

RS 33:4574.18 - St. Helena Parish Tourist Commission; per diem
Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, the St. Helena Parish Tourist Commission may pay, and each commissioner may receive, a per diem not to exceed fifty dollars for each meeting he attends. The per diem shall not be paid for more than twelve meetings in each year. Such per diem shall be paid out of the funds of the commission.
Acts 2010, No. 232, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:4574.19. Tourist commission; Tangipahoa Parish; designation

RS 33:4574.19 - Tourist commission; Tangipahoa Parish; designation
Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, any tourist commission created pursuant to R.S. 33:4574 in the parish of Tangipahoa shall be designated as, and be known as the Tangipahoa Parish Tourist Commission.
Acts 2010, No. 432, §1, eff. June 22, 2010; Acts 2011, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 20, §1, eff. June 12, 2011.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:4575. Harbor Center District

RS 33:4575 - Harbor Center District
There is hereby created the Harbor Center District. The district shall consist of the entire area within Ward Eight and Ward Nine of St. Tammany Parish, including any municipalities in those wards. The district is created for the purposes set forth in R.S. 33:4575 through 4575.6, and shall be responsible for the acquisition, construction, development, maintenance, and operation of an events center and the programs and events undertaken therein.
Acts 1986, No. 685, §1, eff. July 8, 1986; Acts 1991, No. 378, §1, eff. July 6, 1991; Acts 2006, No. 537, §1; Acts 2019, No. 182, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:4575.2. Corporate status; domicile; purpose and powers

RS 33:4575.2 - Corporate status; domicile; purpose and powers
A. The district shall constitute a body corporate in law and a political subdivision of the state. The district shall have perpetual existence and shall have power and right to incur debt and contract obligations, to sue and be sued, to have a corporate seal and to perform any and all acts in its corporate capacity and in its corporate name which are necessary and proper for effectuating the purposes and objects for which it is created. The district shall have the right and power of expropriating property for the purpose of acquiring land for any purpose it may find necessary in the operation of such district.
B. The district provided herein, at its domicile may be sued and service of citation made on the president, and in his absence, upon the vice-president, and in his absence, upon the secretary, who may also serve as the treasurer.
Acts 1986, No. 685, §1, eff. July 8, 1986; Acts 1991, No. 378, §1, eff. July 6, 1991.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:4575.5. Debts

RS 33:4575.5 - Debts
With the approval of the State Bond Commission, the district may incur debts for its lawful purposes, and issue in its name negotiable bonds or notes therefor, and pledge for the payment of the principal and interest of such negotiable bonds or notes the revenues derived from the operation of properties and facilities maintained and operated by it or received by the district from any taxes, fees, and assessments authorized under R.S. 33:4575-4575.6 or from other sources; however, the amount of such bonds or notes outstanding at any one time shall not exceed twenty million dollars. Such bonds when authorized to be issued, shall constitute a general obligation of the district, to which the full faith and credit of the district shall be and is hereby pledged. In addition to the pledge of revenues to secure said bonds and notes, the district may further secure their payment by conventional mortgage upon any or all of the properties constructed, or acquired, or to be constructed and acquired by it. The district also may receive, by gift, grant, donation, or otherwise, any sum of money, aid, or assistance from the United States, the state of Louisiana, or any political subdivision thereof, and unless otherwise provided by the terms of such gift, grant, or donation in its discretion, may pledge all or any part of such monies for the further securing of the payment of the principal and interest of its bonds or notes.
Acts 1986, No. 685, §1, eff. July 8, 1986.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:4577.1. Beauregard Parish Covered Arena

RS 33:4577.1 - Beauregard Parish Covered Arena
In addition to powers otherwise granted by law, the Beauregard Parish governing authority shall have the following powers and duties with respect to owning, operating, and maintaining the Beauregard Parish Covered Arena:
(1) To enter into contracts for the sale, lease, or exchange of property.
(2) To enter into cooperative endeavors with any special district, political subdivision, or local governmental unit of the state.
(3) To accept donations of money or property from public or private sources.
(4) To fix, maintain, collect, and revise rates, charges, and rentals for the use of facilities and services.
(5) To repair, maintain, and operate facilities.
(6) To contract with any public or private entities for the maintenance and operation of the property.
(7) To borrow money to pay its obligations.
(8) To do any and all things necessary to carry out the purposes of the authority.
Acts 2012, No. 339, §1, eff. May 25, 2012.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:4579. Assumption Parish; recreational vehicle parks; parking and use tax

RS 33:4579 - Assumption Parish; recreational vehicle parks; parking and use tax
A.(1) In addition to any other tax levied and collected, the governing authority of Assumption Parish may levy and collect a parking and use tax within any recreational vehicle park located within the parish. The tax shall not exceed four dollars and ninety cents per rented parking space per day.
(2)(a) The term "recreational vehicle" shall be defined by ordinance of the parish governing authority.
(b) The term "recreational vehicle park" as used in this Section shall mean and include any commercial establishment providing space and utilities in order to accommodate recreational vehicles on a temporary, overnight basis.
(3) The person who parks or is entitled to park a recreational vehicle in an allotted parking space shall pay the tax at the time the rent or fee for parking is paid. "Person" as used in this Paragraph shall have the same definition as that contained in R.S. 47:301.
B. The governing authority of Assumption Parish shall impose the parking and use tax by ordinance. The governing authority may adopt such ordinance only after a proposition authorizing the levy of the tax has been approved by a majority of the electors of the parish voting at an election held for that purpose in accordance with the Louisiana Election Code. The governing authority may provide in the ordinance necessary and appropriate rules and regulations for the imposition, collection, and enforcement of the tax.
C. The governing authority may enter into a contract with any public entity authorized to collect sales or use taxes, under such terms and conditions as it may deem appropriate including payment of a reasonable collection fee, for the collection of the parking tax authorized by this Section. The parking and use tax shall be in addition to all taxes levied within the parish.
D. Except as provided in Subsection C of this Section, the governing authority of the parish shall deposit the proceeds of the tax into the general fund of the parish.
Acts 2019, No. 59, §1, eff. July 1, 2019.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:4580. Vernon Parish Arena District; creation; jurisdiction; purposes; board; powers

RS 33:4580 - Vernon Parish Arena District; creation; jurisdiction; purposes; board; powers
A. The Vernon Parish Arena District, hereinafter referred to as the "district", is hereby created. The purpose of the district shall be to operate, maintain, and manage the Vernon Parish Arena within the boundaries of Vernon Parish.
B.(1) The district shall be governed by a board of commissioners, hereby created and referred to as the "board". The board shall be composed of five members to be appointed as follows:
(a) The president of the Vernon Parish Police Jury.
(b) The president of the West Louisiana Forestry Board.
(c) Two members appointed by the Lions' Club of Vernon Parish.
(d) One member appointed by the legislative delegation.
(2) All initial appointments shall be made by January 1, 2000.
(3) The president of the police jury and the president of the West Louisiana Forestry Board shall serve terms concurrent with that of their elected offices. The remaining members shall serve terms concurrent with the terms of the legislative delegation.
C. The board shall have the following powers and duties:
(1) To enter into contracts for the sale, lease, or exchange of property of or for the district.
(2) To enter into cooperative endeavors with any special district, political subdivision, or local governmental unit of the state.
(3) To accept donations of money or property to accomplish the district's purposes from public or private sources.
(4) To fix, maintain, collect, and revise rates, charges, and rentals for the use of district's facilities and services.
(5) To repair, maintain, and operate the district's facilities.
(6) To contract with any public or private entities for the maintenance and operation of property owned or operated by the district.
(7) To do any and all things necessary to carry out the purposes of the district.
D.(1) The members of the district shall serve without compensation. If any appointing authority disbands or otherwise ceases to exist, the legislative delegation shall appoint a member to fill such vacancy. A vacancy in the membership of the board shall be filled in the same manner as the original appointment.
(2) Any member of the board may be removed by the legislative delegation, but only for cause.
E. The board shall elect from its membership a chairman and may elect other officers as deemed necessary for the efficient operation of the affairs of the district. The chairman of the board shall give seven days notice to the members of the board as to the time and place where regular or special meetings will be held.
Acts 1999, No. 83, §1; Acts 2011, No. 39, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:4600.1. Legislative findings

RS 33:4600.1 - Legislative findings
The legislature hereby finds and declares all of the following:
(1) There is a direct correlation between the amount of funds spent on destination-based marketing, sales, and promotion of a locality and an increase in the number of conventions, meetings, visitors, occupancy of lodging businesses, retail sales of food, beverages, and other items, admissions to cultural and other entertainment venues, collections of related state and local sales and use taxes, job creation, and a resulting general economic vitality of the traveler economy and related businesses in the locality.
(2) It is in the state's public interest, and vital to the welfare of the state's economy, to facilitate and encourage cooperating public-private partnerships for the enhancement and expansion of the business economy and to provide for increased business activity, tourism, economic development, and job creation in municipalities and parishes in the state of Louisiana.
Acts 2021, No. 319, §1, eff. June 15, 2021.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:4600.2. Purpose

RS 33:4600.2 - Purpose
The purpose of this Chapter is to facilitate the collection of supplementary funds to market and promote destinations in the state to provide for increased economic activity within its traveler economy, including increases in conventions, meetings, visitors, hotel occupancy, food, beverage and other retail sales, tourism, including cultural and family tourism, tourism business job creation, tourism economic development, and other tourism related purposes.
Acts 2021, No. 319, §1, eff. June 15, 2021.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:4600.4. Initiation of proceedings; petition

RS 33:4600.4 - Initiation of proceedings; petition
A.(1) A tourist commission may initiate proceedings to form a tourism recovery and improvement district upon the written petition of the owners or authorized representatives of the owners or authorized representatives of businesses in the district, signed by either of the following:
(a) The business owners in the proposed tourism recovery and improvement district who will pay more than sixty-seven percent of the assessments proposed to be levied.
(b) More than sixty-seven percent of the total assessed businesses by number.
(2) In the case of a petition weighted by the amount of assessment proposed to be levied as described in Subparagraph (1)(a) of this Subsection, the amount of assessment attributable to a business owned by the same business owner that is in excess of fifty percent of the amount of all assessments proposed to be levied, shall not exceed the value of fifty percent in determining whether the petition is signed by business owners who will pay more than sixty-seven percent of the total amount of assessments proposed to be levied.
B. The petition of business owners required in Subsection A of this Section shall include a summary of the management plan. That summary shall include all of the following:
(1) A map showing the boundaries of the tourism recovery and improvement district.
(2) Information specifying where the complete management plan can be obtained.
(3) Information specifying that the complete management plan shall be furnished upon request.
(4) All signatures on petitions shall be accompanied by a self-affirmation in the manner provided in R.S. 33:4600.5.
Acts 2021, No. 319, §1, eff. June 15, 2021.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:4600.5. Self-affirmation; penalties

RS 33:4600.5 - Self-affirmation; penalties
A. The self-affirmation on a petition shall state the following: "I state, under penalty of law, that to my knowledge and belief the facts stated in the petition are true, that my signature and name are as shown on this petition, and that I have signed this petition or have been duly authorized to sign this petition by the entity identified hereunder".
B. A self-affirmation on a petition shall not be valid after one year has elapsed between the date of the self-affirmation as shown on the petition and the date the petition is filed with the tourist commission under R.S. 33:4600.4.
C. Except as otherwise provided in this Section, a self-affirmation shall be presumed valid unless competent evidence to the contrary is presented to and accepted by the tourist commission manager or the tourist commissioner determines otherwise.
D. If a person eligible to sign a petition is no longer capable of signing his name, such person may affirm by making a mark on the self-affirmation, with or without assistance, witnessed by the signature of another person.
E. It shall be unlawful for any person knowingly to make a false statement on a self-affirmation on any petition filed under this Chapter. Any signature presented to the tourist commission shall serve as the equivalent of the business owner having been administered an oath or affirmation, acknowledging that the facts contained in the petition are true and correct to the best of his knowledge, subject to the penalties for perjury or false swearing.
F. It shall be unlawful for any person to, by use of force or any other means, unduly influence a person to sign a petition or to not sign a petition, falsely make, alter, forge, or counterfeit any petition before or after it has been filed as provided in R.S. 33:4600.4, or to destroy, deface, mutilate, or tamper with any petition before or after it has been filed as provided in R.S. 33:4600.4.
Acts 2021, No. 319, §1, eff. June 15, 2021.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:4600.7. Notice; public hearing; majority protest

RS 33:4600.7 - Notice; public hearing; majority protest
A. If a tourist commission proposes to levy a new or increased business assessment pursuant to this Chapter, notice shall be mailed to the owners of the businesses proposed to be assessed. A protest may be made orally or in writing by any interested person. Every written protest shall be filed with the tourist commission at or before the time fixed for the public hearing. The tourist commission may waive any irregularity in the form or content of any written protest. A written protest may be withdrawn in writing at any time before the conclusion of the public hearing. Each written protest shall contain a description of the business in which the person subscribing the protest is interested sufficient to identify the business and, if a person subscribing is not shown on the official records of the city as the owner of the business, the protest shall contain or be accompanied by written evidence that the person subscribing is the owner of the business or the authorized representative. A written protest that does not comply with the requirements of this Subsection shall not be counted in determining a majority protest.
B.(1) If written protests are received from the owners or authorized representatives of businesses in the proposed tourism recovery and improvement district who will pay more than sixty-seven percent of the assessments proposed to be levied or represent more than sixty-seven percent of the total assessed businesses by number, then no further proceedings to levy the proposed assessment against such businesses shall be taken for a period of one year from the date of the finding of a majority protest by the tourist commission.
(2) In the case of a protest weighted by the number of owners of businesses or authorized representatives of businesses who will pay more than sixty-seven percent of the assessments to be levied, the amount of assessment attributable to a business owned by the same business owner that is in excess of fifty percent of the amount of all assessments proposed to be levied, shall not exceed the value of fifty percent in determining whether the petition is signed by business owners who will pay more than sixty-seven percent of the total amount of assessments proposed to be levied.
Acts 2021, No. 319, §1, eff. June 15, 2021.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:4600.8. Levy of assessments

RS 33:4600.8 - Levy of assessments
A. An assessment proposed to be levied pursuant to this Chapter shall be authorized by a resolution of the tourist commission that describes in general terms the assessment to be levied and includes a statement that the assessment is to be levied pursuant to this Chapter. The assessment shall be approved in a public hearing procedure as provided in this Chapter.
B. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, an assessed business shall place the assessment as a mandatory surcharge on the consumer receipt or guest folio. All assessments to be passed through to consumers and guests as surcharges shall be disclosed on all information or communication platforms of the business in the same manner as are other surcharges, hotel and occupancy taxes, and sales and use taxes as required by applicable laws and regulations.
C. Receipts from any such surcharge for business assessments levied pursuant to this Chapter are not part of gross receipts or gross revenue for any purpose, including the calculation of sales revenue or occupancy taxes or state income taxes and are not part of income pursuant to any lease or operator agreement. Payment of the assessment to the tourist commission or other person designated for the purpose of receiving it, shall not be taken as a deduction from income for state income tax purposes.
D. Any assessment levied and passed through to a consumer as a surcharge in accordance with this Chapter is an enforceable obligation of the consumer to the same extent as other lawful surcharges.
E. Procedures for the collection of business assessments, interest charges, and penalties for delinquent remittance of business assessments to the tourist commission or other person designated for the purpose of receiving it, or other matters incident to the business assessment shall be as provided by resolution.
Acts 2021, No. 319, §1, eff. June 15, 2021.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:4600.9. Modification of plan by resolution after public hearing; adoption of resolution of intention

RS 33:4600.9 - Modification of plan by resolution after public hearing; adoption of resolution of intention
A. The tourist commission may, at any time, modify the management plan. Any modification of the management plan shall be made in accordance with the provisions of this Section.
B. The tourist commission may modify the management plan after conducting a public hearing as provided in this Chapter regarding the proposed modifications. The tourist commission may modify the improvements and activities to be funded with the revenue derived from the levy of the assessments by adopting a resolution determining to make the modifications after holding a public hearing on the proposed modifications.
C. The tourist commission shall adopt a resolution of intention which states the proposed modification prior to the public hearing. The public hearing shall be held not more than ninety days after the adoption of the resolution of intention.
Acts 2021, No. 319, §1, eff. June 15, 2021.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:4600.10. Renewal of tourism recovery and improvement district; transfer or refund of remaining revenues; term limit

RS 33:4600.10 - Renewal of tourism recovery and improvement district; transfer or refund of remaining revenues; term limit
A. Any tourism recovery and improvement district may be renewed by following the procedures for establishment as provided in this Section.
B.(1) If there are no changes to activities, assessment rates, assessment method, or boundaries, the tourism recovery and improvement district may be renewed by conducting a public hearing as provided in this Chapter to determine whether the tourism recovery and improvement district shall be renewed.
(2) If there are changes to activities, assessment rates, assessment method, or boundaries, the tourism recovery and improvement district may be renewed by following the procedures for the petition as provided in this Chapter in addition to the public hearing procedure as provided in this Chapter.
C. Upon renewal, any remaining revenues derived from the levy of assessments, or any revenues derived from the sale of assets acquired with the revenues, shall be transferred to the renewed tourism recovery and improvement district. If the renewed tourism recovery and improvement district includes additional businesses not included in the prior tourism recovery and improvement district, the remaining revenues shall be spent to benefit only the businesses in the prior tourism recovery and improvement district. If the renewed tourism recovery and improvement district does not include businesses included in the prior tourism recovery and improvement district, the remaining revenues attributable to these businesses shall be refunded to the owners of these businesses.
D. Upon renewal, a tourism recovery and improvement district shall have a term not to exceed ten years or, if the tourism recovery and improvement district is authorized to issue bonds, until the maximum maturity of those bonds. There is no requirement that the boundaries, assessments, improvements, or activities of a renewed district be the same as the original or prior tourism recovery and improvement district.
Acts 2021, No. 319, §1, eff. June 15, 2021.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:4600.11. Dissolution of a tourism recovery and improvement district; procedure

RS 33:4600.11 - Dissolution of a tourism recovery and improvement district; procedure
A. Any tourism recovery and improvement district that has no outstanding indebtedness may be dissolved by resolution of the tourist commissioners by either of the following methods:
(1) During the operation of the tourism recovery and improvement district, there shall be a thirty-day period each year in which assessees may request the dissolution of the tourism recovery and improvement district. The first such period shall begin one year after the date of establishment of the district and shall continue for thirty days. The next such thirty-day period shall begin two years after the date of the establishment of the tourism recovery and improvement district. Each successive year of operation of the tourism recovery and improvement district shall have such a thirty-day period.
(2) The tourist commission shall initiate proceedings to dissolve a tourism recovery and improvement district upon the written petition of the owners or authorized representatives of the owners or authorized representatives of businesses in the district, signed by either:
(a) The business owners in the proposed tourism recovery and improvement district who will pay more than sixty-seven percent of the assessments proposed to be levied.
(b) More than sixty-seven percent of the total assessed businesses by number.
B. In the case of a petition weighted by the amount of assessment proposed to be levied as described in Subparagraph (A)(2)(a) of this Section, the amount of assessment attributable to a business owned by the same business owner that is in excess of fifty percent of the amount of all assessments proposed to be levied shall not exceed the value of fifty percent in determining whether the petition is signed by business owners who will pay more than sixty-seven percent of the total amount of assessments proposed to be levied.
C. The tourist commission shall adopt a resolution of intention to dissolve the tourism recovery and improvement district prior to the public hearing provided for in this Chapter. The resolution shall state the reason for the dissolution and the time and place of the public hearing. The resolution shall also contain a proposal to dispose of any assets acquired with the revenues from the assessment levied within the tourism recovery and improvement district. The notice of the public hearing on dissolution required by this Section shall be given by mail to the owner of each business subject to assessment in the tourism recovery and improvement district. The tourist commission shall conduct a public hearing on dissolution not less than thirty days after mailing the notice to the business owners. The public hearing shall be held not more than sixty days after the adoption of the resolution of intention.
Acts 2021, No. 319, §1, eff. June 15, 2021.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:4621. Authority to acquire property

RS 33:4621 - Authority to acquire property
Municipalities and parishes may expropriate and otherwise acquire any private property, within or without their limits, for any of the purposes for which they are organized, and for any works that they are authorized to own or operate, or which they are authorized to lease or donate to the United States. This Part shall not be construed to confer authority upon a parish or municipality to expropriate property in any other parish without the consent of the police jury of the parish in which the property is situated.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:4622. Operation of airports, parks, bombing ranges, and civilian conservation corps camps

RS 33:4622 - Operation of airports, parks, bombing ranges, and civilian conservation corps camps
Municipalities and parishes may own, operate, improve, and provide for the maintenance, of airports, flying fields, landing fields, parks, bombing ranges and civilian conservation corps sites whether owned by such municipality or parish or not.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:4623. Leasing or donating property to United States

RS 33:4623 - Leasing or donating property to United States
Municipalities and parishes may lease or donate to the United States any property which they acquire, for use as airports, flying or landing fields, or parks, or for use for military purposes, or as civilian conservation corps camp sites.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:4631. §§4631 TO 4638 Repealed by Acts 1989, No. 662, §8, eff. July 7, 1989.

RS 33:4631 - §§4631 TO 4638 Repealed by Acts 1989, No. 662, §8, eff. July 7, 1989.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:4641. Parishes authorized to establish war memorial civic center

RS 33:4641 - Parishes authorized to establish war memorial civic center
The governing authority of any parish may create, establish, equip, maintain, operate, and support a war memorial civic center in the parish or in any ward thereof at any site selected by a vote of a majority of the governing authority.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:4642. Election to authorize bond issue

RS 33:4642 - Election to authorize bond issue
For the purpose of acquiring a site or grounds for erecting a building and equipping it, the governing authority of any parish may submit to the taxpayers qualified to vote at a special election to be called and held in the parish or any ward thereof, a proposition to incur debt and issue negotiable bonds, within the limitations authorized by law, for the purpose of acquiring a site, erecting buildings, and equipping them as a war memorial civic center, and thereafter may issue bonds and levy and collect taxes necessary to pay and retire the bonds, should the issue be authorized at the election.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:4643. Board of control

RS 33:4643 - Board of control
The governing authority of the parish shall, by ordinance, create a board of control for the war memorial civic center, appoint five citizens of the parish or the territory of the ward affected to serve for terms of one, two, three, four, and five years, and their successors shall be appointed for terms of five years. The president of the police jury shall be a member ex-officio of the board of control of the war memorial civic center. In case of a vacancy for any cause whatever, it shall be filled by the governing authority of the parish for the unexpired term.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:4643.1. Beauregard Parish board of control

RS 33:4643.1 - Beauregard Parish board of control
Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary regarding the Beauregard Parish War Memorial Civic Center, the governing authority of Beauregard Parish shall appoint ten citizens of the parish or the territory of the ward affected to serve as the board of control. Initial appointees shall serve for terms of one, two, three, four, and five years, and their successors shall be appointed for terms of five years.
Acts 2014, No. 373, §1, eff. May 30, 2014.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:4644. Functions of board; officers

RS 33:4644 - Functions of board; officers
The board of control shall meet and organize immediately after the appointment of its members and at least annually thereafter, and elect one member president, another vice-president, another secretary and another treasurer, whose duties shall be those customarily exercised by such officers. The board of control may establish rules and regulations for its own government, and for the operation and maintenance of the war memorial civic center. The board shall be in charge of the management of the affairs of the memorial, hire employees, and fix their salaries, provided that it shall not contract for a longer period than one year.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:4645. Special tax

RS 33:4645 - Special tax
The governing authority of any parish may submit to the property taxpayers of the parish or any ward thereof, a proposition to vote a special tax for the maintenance and support of the war memorial civic center, which tax, if voted, shall be levied and assessed annually as authorized by the voters, and collected and used exclusively for the support and maintenance of the memorial.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:4646. Entire parish or ward to share expense

RS 33:4646 - Entire parish or ward to share expense
The cost of establishing and maintaining any parish war memorial civic center shall be borne by the entire parish including the incorporated municipalities therein and the cost of establishing and maintaining any other war memorial civic center shall be borne by the ward voting to establish it, including municipalities therein. All taxes levied and assessed for the establishment, support and maintenance of the memorial shall be borne proportionately by all the property of the parish or ward levying the same including that within incorporated municipalities.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:4647. Payment of expenses

RS 33:4647 - Payment of expenses
The expenses and costs of maintenance of any parish or other memorial, including the salaries of employees, shall be paid monthly by the governing authority of the parish upon the approval of the board of control, out of the funds specially collected by taxes duly budgeted, or otherwise collected, for the support and maintenance of the memorial.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:4648. Charges for use of space; gifts

RS 33:4648 - Charges for use of space; gifts
The board of control may fix and collect charges or rent for the use by the public or by organizations for space used or occupied, and may receive unconditional gifts. All moneys collected or received by the board of control shall be turned over to the governing authority of the parish, and disbursed for the benefit of the war memorial civic center.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:4671. Authority to acquire and operate municipal auditorium

RS 33:4671 - Authority to acquire and operate municipal auditorium
Any municipality having a population of twenty five thousand or more may build, acquire, furnish, equip, own, operate, and regulate the use of a municipal auditorium or convention hall and finance it out of its general funds or out of funds specially provided therefor by the sale of bonds issued in the manner provided by law for meeting the cost of public improvements, and may establish charges for the use thereof.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:4673. Commission to construct and operate auditorium

RS 33:4673 - Commission to construct and operate auditorium
Municipalities may create a special commission, with such powers and duties as may be delegated to it, to construct, furnish, equip, operate, and manage any auditorium or convention hall erected or acquired under the authority of this Part.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:4681. Coliseum authority; commissioners; appointment; term; compensation

RS 33:4681 - Coliseum authority; commissioners; appointment; term; compensation
A. The governing body of a parish may, by resolution, create a public body to be known as a coliseum authority, which shall be authorized to exercise its functions upon the appointment and qualification of the first commissioners thereof. Upon the adoption of a resolution creating a coliseum authority, the governing body of the parish shall, pursuant to the resolution, appoint not less than five nor more than nine persons as commissioners of the authority. At least one, but not more than two commissioners shall be first appointed and designated to serve for terms of one year. At least one, but not more than two commissioners shall be first appointed and designated to serve for terms of two years. At least one, but not more than two commissioners shall be first appointed and designated to serve for terms of three years. At least one, but not more than two commissioners shall be first appointed and designated to serve for terms of four years. One commissioner shall be first appointed and designated to serve for a term of five years. Thereafter, each commissioner shall be appointed for a term of five years, except that vacancies occurring otherwise than by the expiration of term shall be filled for the unexpired term, in the same manner as the original appointment. When the governing body of the parish creates a coliseum authority, by resolution, such authority shall be perpetually in existence until revoked by resolution of said governing body.
B. Each commissioner shall receive such per diem as the governing body may determine for each day actually spent in the exercise of the duties or powers of the authority.
C.(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the governing authority of Iberia Parish may appoint two commissioners to the Acadiana Fairgrounds Commission who shall be residents of St. Martin Parish. The commissioners from St. Martin Parish shall have all the rights and privileges accorded the other commissioners, including the right to vote on all matters brought before the commission. The term of each commissioner shall be five years.
(2) The terms of the commissioners serving on August 15, 2001, including the term of the commissioner serving at that time from St. Martin Parish, shall end at the same time their terms as commissioners otherwise would end. The initial term for the second commissioner to be appointed from St. Martin Parish shall be for five years. Thereafter, the successors of each commissioner shall be appointed for a term of five years, except that vacancies occurring otherwise than by the expiration of a term shall be filled for the unexpired term, in the same manner as the original appointment.
Acts 1972, No. 440, §1; Acts 2001, No. 847, §§1 and 2.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:4682. Functions of board

RS 33:4682 - Functions of board
The members of the board of commissioners shall meet and organize immediately after their appointment and annually thereafter and elect a chairman, a vice president, secretary and treasurer, whose duties shall be those customarily exercised by such offices. The board of commissioners shall have authority to establish rules and regulations for its own government and for the operation of the coliseum authority not inconsistent with law and to employ a manager and other employees and fix their salaries and compensation subject to the approval of the governing body of the parish.
Acts 1972, No. 440, §2.