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ACT No. 747
Regular Session, 2010
HOUSE BILL NO. 1347
BY REPRESENTATIVE DIXON AND SENATORS MCPHERSON, B. GAUTREAUX,
AND THOMPSON
AN ACT1
To amend and reenact R.S. 51:61, 64, and 65, relative to foreign trade zones; to provide for2
a board making an application to be designated as a foreign trade zone; and to3
provide for related matters.4
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:5
Section 1. R.S. 51:61, 64, and 65 are hereby amended and reenacted to read as6
follows: 7
§61. Definitions 8
Whenever used in this Part, "board" refers to the New Orleans Aviation9
Board, the Board of Commissioners of the Lake Charles Harbor and Terminal10
District, the South Louisiana Port Commission, the Livingston-Tangipahoa Parishes11
Port Commission, the Greater Baton Rouge Port Commission, the Caddo-Bossier12
Port Commission, the Vidalia Port Commission, the Board of Commissioners of the13
England Economic and Industrial Development District, and the Board of14
Commissioners of the Port of New Orleans and in addition thereto any port15
commission or port, harbor, and terminal district., the New Orleans Regional16
Business Park, and any airport with an industrial park or property designated for17
industrial development.18
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§64. Buildings or enclosures 1
The board may lease the right to do so or may erect, maintain, and operate2
any structures, buildings, or enclosures as may be necessary or proper for3
establishing and operating any foreign trade zones or subzones that may be4
established in the New Orleans International Airport, the South Louisiana Port5
Commission, the Lake Charles Harbor and Terminal District, the Livingston-6
Tangipahoa Parishes Port Commission, the Greater Baton Rouge Port Commission,7
the Caddo-Bossier Port Commission, the Vidalia Port Commission, the England8
Economic and Industrial Development District, or in the Port of New Orleans or any9
port commission or port, harbor, and terminal district, the New Orleans Regional10
Business Park, and any airport commission with an industrial park or property11
designated for industrial development under and by virtue of 19 U.S.C. §81a et seq.12
§65. Extent of authority of commissioners 13
The authority granted in this Part to the board confers on the board the right14
to do all things necessary and proper to carry into effect the establishing,15
maintaining, and operating of foreign trade zones in the New Orleans International16
Airport, the South Louisiana Port Commission, the Lake Charles Harbor and17
Terminal District, the Port of New Orleans, the Livingston-Tangipahoa Parishes Port18
Commission, the Caddo-Bossier Port Commission, the Vidalia Port Commission, the19
England Economic and Industrial Development District, or the Greater Baton Rouge20
Port Commission or any port commission or port, harbor, and terminal district, the21
New Orleans Regional Business Park, and any airport with an industrial park or22
property designated for industrial development, and to comply fully with the23
provisions of 19 U.S.C. §81a et seq. and all regulations that may be made under it.24
Further, a board which does not have federally authorized foreign trade zone status25
may enter into agreement with another board which has federally granted foreign26
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the jurisdiction of the board, provided that such agreement shall not limit or affect1
the powers and authority of either board.2
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATI VES
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED: