2016 Louisiana Laws
Revised Statutes
TITLE 34 - Navigation and Shipping
RS 34:1653 - Authority for issuance of bonds; levy of taxes

§1653. Authority for issuance of bonds; levy of taxes

The commission, as governing authority of Greater Lafourche Port District, with the approval of the State Bond and Tax Board, is authorized to incur debt for its lawful purposes and to issue in its name, negotiable bonds or notes therefor, and to pledge for the payment of the principal and interest of such negotiable bonds or notes all or any part of the revenue derived from the ad valorem taxes in this section provided, revenues derived from the operation of properties and facilities maintained and operated by it, and all other revenues received by the commission from other sources; provided, however, that the amount of such bonds and notes outstanding at any one time shall not exceed twenty-five million dollars. Such bonds shall be issued by the commission with such dates, forms, terms, series, interest rates, maturities, denominations, redemption, registration and convertibility provisions and security provisions as the commission may determine in compliance with the provisions of Article XIV, Section 31 of the Constitution of the State of Louisiana for the year 1921, as amended, and the commission shall have complete authority to incur debt and issue bonds of each type in every manner provided by said constitutional provision. Unless otherwise provided in the authorizing resolution, all bonds, when authorized to be issued, shall constitute a general obligation of the commission to the payment of which the full faith and credit of the commission and the district shall be and are hereby pledged. In addition to the pledge of revenues to secure said bonds and notes, the commission 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 it. The commission is further 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 or donation, in its discretion, it may pledge all or any part of such moneys for the further securing of the payment of the principal and interest of its bonds or notes.

The commission may levy within the district an ad valorem tax of five mills on the dollars upon all taxable property for the needs and lawful purposes of the commission, such tax having been heretofore voted at an election held on April 8, 1961. The revenues from said tax shall constitute revenues of the commission which may be pledged to the payment of its negotiable bonds or notes and, if so pledged, said tax shall be levied and collected as long as said bonds or notes are outstanding in a sufficient amount to pay such bonds or notes in principal and interest as they respectively mature. Any resolution authorizing the issuance of bonds or notes of the commission may contain such covenants as the commission may deem proper to assure the enforcement, collection and proper application of tax or other revenues pledged and dedicated to the payment and security of the respective bonds or notes.

Added by Acts 1960, No. 222, §1. Amended by Acts 1962, No. 11, §1; Acts 1968, No. 521, §2.