2018 Louisiana Laws
Revised Statutes
TITLE 33 - Municipalities and Parishes
RS 33:9100.8 - Commission powers and duties
§9100.8. Commission powers and duties
A. The commission shall:
(1) Adopt such rules and regulations as it deems necessary or advisable for conducting its business affairs. The rules and regulations relative to public notice and conduct of public meetings shall all conform with the Open Meetings Law.
(2) Have official custody of all monies, funds, and accounts of the commission.
B. The commission may:
(1) Sue or be sued.
(2) Adopt, use, and alter at will a seal and bylaws.
(3) Receive and expend funds made available to the commission and in accordance with a budget adopted as provided by R.S. 33:9100.12.
(4) Enter into contracts or agreements with individuals or entities, private or public, to carry out its powers and duties and accomplish its purposes.
(5) Purchase items and supplies which it deems instrumental to achieving its purposes.
(6) Employ an executive director and staff.
(7) Acquire, purchase, lease as lessee, and hold and use any property, immovable, movable, corporeal, incorporeal, or any combination thereof or any interest therein necessary or desirable for carrying out its purposes and sell, lease as lessor, transfer, or dispose of any property or interest therein acquired by it.
(8) Construct, improve, maintain, repair, and operate facilities which it deems necessary or convenient to carry out its purposes.
(9) Pledge all or any part of its revenues.
(10) Perform or have performed any other function or activity necessary or appropriate to carry out its purposes.
Acts 2008, No. 887, §1.
