2018 Louisiana Laws
Revised Statutes
TITLE 33 - Municipalities and Parishes
RS 33:4710.4 - Revenue bonds
§4710.4. Revenue bonds
A. The authority and any subdistrict of the authority created pursuant to Subparagraph 4710.3(A)(10) hereof may, in order to encourage the location of or addition to commercial, research or industrial enterprises within the jurisdiction of the authority, issue revenue bonds and use the funds derived from the sale of such bonds to acquire, purchase, lease, construct, or improve commercial research or industrial plant sites and buildings, including energy and pollution abatement and control facilities and necessary property and appurtenances thereto and may sell, lease, sublease, or otherwise dispose of by suitable and appropriate contract to any enterprise locating or existing within the jurisdiction of the authority such sites, buildings, and/or facilities and appurtenances thereto all or severally. The funds derived from the sale of such bonds may be disbursed in whole or in part upon completion of the facilities or any partial completion thereof or upon delivery of the bonds as shall be provided in the contract between the authority and the commercial, research or industrial enterprise to be aided, encouraged, or benefitted.
B. Bonds issued under this Section shall be authorized by resolution of the commission and shall be limited obligations of the authority or a designated subdistrict, the principal of and interest on which shall be payable solely from the income and revenue derived from the sale, lease, or other disposition of the project or facility to be financed by the bonds issued hereunder, and/or from the income and revenue derived from the sale, lease, or other disposition of any existing project or facility acquired, constructed, and improved under the provisions of this Chapter; however, in the discretion of the commission, the bonds may be additionally secured by mortgage covering all or a part of the project from which the revenues so pledged may be derived. Any refunding bonds issued pursuant to this Section shall be payable from any source described above and/or from the proceeds of such refunding bonds and/or the income earned from the investment of any of the proceeds of the refunding bonds deposited in escrow pursuant to this Section. The revenue bonds authorized under this Section shall not constitute an indebtedness or pledge of the general credit of the authority, parish, city, school board, or state board within the meaning of any constitutional or statutory limitation of indebtedness and shall contain a recital to that effect. Bonds of the authority shall be issued in such form, shall be in such denominations, shall bear interest, shall mature in such manner and be executed by one or more authorized representatives on the commission as may be provided by the governing body in the resolution or resolutions authorizing the issuance thereof. Such bonds may be subject to redemption at the option of and in the manner determined by the governing body in the resolution authorizing the issuance thereof.
C. No bonds or certificates may be issued under this Section without the prior approval of the Louisiana State Bond Commission of the terms and provisions thereof.
D. Bonds issued under this Section shall be issued, sold, and delivered in accordance with the terms and provisions of a resolution to be adopted by the commission. The resolution shall be published in a newspaper of general circulation within the jurisdiction of the authority, and for a period of thirty days after said publication, any interested citizen shall have the right to bring an action to contest the bonds and the security therefor. If, after the expiration of thirty days, no suit has been filed, the issuance, sale, and security of the bonds shall be incontestable, and no court shall have authority to entertain any action questioning or contesting such matters.
Acts 1986, No. 19, §1, eff. June 5, 1986.
