RS 130.104 - Economic development and tourism
A.(1) The district shall have the power to construct and acquire industrial parks and industrial plant buildings, and subordinate and related facilities, including the acquisition of sites and other necessary property or appurtenances thereto within the district, or outside the district if the project is undertaken conjointly with other local units of government, under the authority of the local services law, R.S. 33:1321 et seq., or other authorizing authority, and to acquire, construct, improve, operate, maintain, and provide improvements and services necessary therefor.
(2) The district shall also have the authority to sell, lease, or otherwise dispose of, by suitable and appropriate contract, to any enterprise locating or existing within the district all or any part of a site, building, or other property owned by the district.
(3) The resolution or ordinance adopted by the board of commissioners authorizing any lease, sale, or other disposition of lands, buildings, or other property of the district or any attachment thereto shall set forth, in a general way, the terms of the authorized lease, sale, or other disposition, and such resolution or ordinance shall be published as soon as possible in one issue of the official journal of the district.
B. The district shall have the following additional powers, together with all powers incidental thereto or necessary for the performance of those hereinafter stated:
(1) To acquire, whether by purchase, exchange, gift, lease, or otherwise, but not by expropriation and to construct and improve, maintain, equip, and furnish one or more economic development projects, including all real and personal properties which the board of commissioners may deem necessary in connection therewith.
(2) To lease or to contract for the use of any or all of its authorized projects and to charge and collect rent, fees, or charges therefor, and to terminate any such lease or contractual arrangement upon the failure of the lessee or contracting party to comply with any of the obligations thereof, all as may be provided for in the lease agreement to which the district may become a party.
(3) To sell, exchange, donate, and convey any or all of its projects upon such terms and conditions as the board of commissioners may deem advisable, including the power to receive for any such sale the first mortgage note or notes of the purchaser of a project representing unpaid installments of the purchase price due by the purchaser to the district whenever the board of commissioners finds any such actions to be in furtherance of the purposes for which the district was organized.
(4) As security for the payment of the principal of and interest on any bonds, notes, or other obligations of the district, and any agreements made in connection therewith, to mortgage and pledge any or all of its projects or any part or parts thereof, whether then owned or thereafter acquired, and to pledge the revenues and receipts therefrom or from any other source.
(5)(a) To enter into any cooperative endeavor for or financing of an economic development project between or among the district and the state, any of its local governmental subdivisions, political corporations, or public benefit corporations, the United States or its agencies, or any public or private association, corporation, or individual. Said methods of financing shall include loan guarantees, land write-downs, grants, lease guarantees, or any form of financial subsidy or incentive that complies with the provisions of Article VII, Section 14 of the Constitution of Louisiana.
(b) "Cooperative endeavor" means any form of economic development assistance including tourist development between or among the district and the state, any of its local governmental subdivisions, political corporations, or public benefit corporations, the United States or its agencies, or any public or private association, corporation, or individual. The term "cooperative endeavor" shall include but not be limited to cooperative financing, cooperative development, or any other form of cooperative economic development activity.
Acts 1988, No. 29, §1, eff. June 10, 1988.