2016 Louisiana Laws
Revised Statutes
TITLE 34 - Navigation and Shipping
RS 34:1701 - ST. BERNARD PORT,
CHAPTER 14. ST. BERNARD PORT,
HARBOR AND TERMINAL DISTRICT
§1701. Creation and territorial limits
The St. Bernard Port, Harbor and Terminal District, created as a public corporation and political subdivision of the state of Louisiana under the authority of Section 31 of Article XIV of the Constitution of the state of Louisiana for the year 1921, as amended, shall have territorial limits coextensive with the parish of St. Bernard. The territorial limits and territorial jurisdiction of said district shall be the territory, including all lands, waterways, rivers, lakes, and navigable bodies, comprising and lying within the limits and boundaries of St. Bernard Parish. The board of commissioners for the district shall have complete jurisdiction to regulate all domestic, coastwise, and intercoastal commerce and traffic of said district, and all commerce and traffic within the district including cargo bound for and/or in and/or coming out of international commerce where such commerce is conducted by or through a facility wholly owned by the district.
Added by Acts 1960, No. 228, §1. Amended by Acts 1962, No. 109, §1; Acts 1964, No. 404, §1; Acts 1970, No. 416, §1; Acts 1976, No. 285, §1; Acts 1980, No. 500, §1, eff. Aug. 1, 1980; Acts 1992, No. 40, §1.
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