2006 Louisiana Laws - RS 34:340.2 — Authority to issue bonds; security

§340.2.  Authority to issue bonds; security

A.  As a grant of power in addition to any other authority to issue bonds, port, harbor, and terminal districts are authorized, with the approval of the State Bond Commission, to issue negotiable bonds for any purpose within the authority delegated them and to pledge for the payment of the principal and interest of such negotiable bonds the income and revenues derived or to be derived from the properties and facilities maintained and operated by them, or received by the districts from other sources.

B.  In addition to the pledge of income and revenues to secure said bonds, the districts may further secure their payment by a conventional mortgage upon any or all of the properties constructed or acquired or to be constructed and acquired by them.

C.  Such districts further are authorized to 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, donation, in its discretion, to pledge all or any part of such moneys for the further securing of the payment or the principal and interest of their bonds.

Added by Acts 1975, No. 101, §1.