2018 Louisiana Laws
Revised Statutes
TITLE 34 - Navigation and Shipping
RS 34:485 - Powers of board
§485. Powers of board
A. The board shall have and enjoy all the rights, privileges, and immunities conferred by law upon political corporations.
B. The board may own, construct, lease, or operate equipment and machinery as may be necessary to maintain and improve the project.
C. The board may own, construct, and administer facilities necessary to maintain and improve the project.
D. The board may dredge ship ways, channels, slips, basins and turning basins, passing lanes, and anchorages within the project.
E. The board may establish, operate, and maintain in cooperation with the federal government, the state of Louisiana and its various agencies, subdivisions, and public bodies, navigable waterway systems and improvements within the project.
F. The board may acquire by purchase, donation, or lease property necessary for the maintenance and improvement of the project.
G. The board may maintain proper depth of water to accommodate and induce the business and industrial interests of the project.
H. The board may make reasonable charges and collect the same for the use of all structures, works, property, and facilities administered by the board, and for any and all services rendered by the board.
Acts 2018, No. 239, §1.
