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Regular Session, 2013
SENATE BILL NO. 237
BY SENATOR PETERSON
SPECIAL DISTRICTS. Provides for legislation relative to the BioDistrict New Orleans'
board general powers. (8/1/13)
AN ACT1
To amend and reenact R.S. 33:9039.68(B), relative to the general powers of the BioDistrict2
New Orleans board; to provide a method by which the board may reduce or exclude3
lands from its original district; to require legislative approval of any territorial4
changes to the BioDistrict boundaries; to authorize the creation of economic5
development projects within the original boundaries of the downtown development6
district and the BioDistrict New Orleans; and to provide for related matters.7
Notice of intention to introduce this Act has been published.8
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:9
Section 1. R.S. 33:9039.68(B) is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows:10
ยง9039.68. General powers11
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B.(1) At least ten days after publication of a notice in the official journal of13
the district, a public hearing shall be conducted, and the board may then designate14
one or more areas within or without the boundaries of the district as they may exist15
from time to time as a separate subdistrict, or as an enlargement or reduction of the16
original district, provided that subdistricts created by the board outside the then17 SB NO. 237
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current boundaries of the district need not be contiguous to the district. Any territory1
outside the original boundaries of the district which is sought to be included or2
excluded in the district, or designated as a separate subdistrict, may only be so3
included, excluded, or designated subject to the approval of the governing board of4
the parish or municipality having jurisdiction over such territory Legislature of5
Louisiana. Each subdistrict shall constitute a separate political subdivision of the6
state, governed by the district board with the same powers of the district. Each7
designated subdistrict area shall be representative of its geographic location and8
designated as "BioDistrict Economic Development Subdistrict for9
________________".10
(2)(a) In addition to any other provision of this Chapter, the owner or owners11
of land whether or not contiguous to the district may file with the board a petition12
requesting that there their property be included as an enlargement of the original13
district, excluded from the original district, or designated as a separate subdistrict,.14
the The land to be included or excluded in the district may be described in the15
petition by metes and bounds or by lot and block number if there is a recorded plat16
of the area. to be included in the district. The board shall hear and consider the17
petition and may add or reduce the land described to the original district or18
designated as a subdistrict in the petition if it is feasible, practicable, and to the19
advantage of the district. Upon receipt of such petition and at least ten days after20
publication of a notice in the official journal of the district, a public hearing shall be21
conducted, and the board shall consider the petition and may then enlarge or reduce22
the boundaries of the district or designate one or more areas within or without the23
boundaries of the district as they may exist from time to time as a subdistrict if it is24
practicable, feasible, and to the benefit of the district to do so. development of the25
bioscience healthcare industries.26
(b) Subdistricts created outside the then current boundaries of the district27
also need not be contiguous to the district. Any territory outside the district which28
is sought to be included or excluded in the district or designated as a subdistrict,29 SB NO. 237
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may only be so included subject to the approval of the governing board of the parish1
or municipality having jurisdiction over such territory Legislature of Louisiana.2
Each subdistrict shall constitute a separate political subdivision of the state, governed3
by the district board with the same powers of the district. Each designated subdistrict4
area shall be representative of its geographic location and designated as " BioDistrict5
Economic Development Subdistrict for ________________".6
(3) The No territorial jurisdiction or boundaries of the district shall not be7
expanded, reduced, or extended and no subdistrict shall be created to include any8
area which is not entirely contained within the New Orleans Metropolitan Statistical9
Area without the approval of the Legislature of Louisiana.10
Section 2. Notwithstanding any provisions of this Act to the contrary, the Downtown11
Development District of the City of New Orleans may exercise all of their authority within12
their boundaries regardless of any overlapping jurisdiction and may further undertake13
economic development projects within the original boundaries of the downtown14
development district and the BioDistrict New Orleans.15
The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument, were prepared by Ann S. Brown.
DIGEST
Peterson (SB 237)
Present law authorizes the board of the BioDistrict in New Orleans to include or designate
as a separate subdistrict certain properties of the district.
Proposed law requires legislative approval of any territorial changes outside the district's
original boundaries.
Proposed law authorizes the creation of economic development projects within the original
boundaries of the downtown development district and the BioDistrict in the city of New
Orleans.
Effective August 1, 2013.
(Amends R.S. 33:9039.68(B))
Summary of Amendments Adopted by Senate
Senate Floor Amendments to engrossed bill
1. Requires legislative approval of any territorial changes outside the district's
original boundaries. SB NO. 237
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2. Technical changes.