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Regular Session, 2013
SENATE BILL NO. 48
BY SENATOR ALLAIN
PORTS/HARBORS/TERMINALS. Authorizes a contract or cooperative agreement
between Iberia Parish and the Port of Iberia for the operation and management of the
Acadiana Regional Airport and the Le Maire Memorial Airport. (gov sig)
AN ACT1
To amend and reenact R.S. 34:243, to enact R.S. 2:609.2, and to repeal R.S. 2:602(A)(2),2
relative to the Board of Commissioners of the Port of Iberia; to provide for the3
powers of the board; to provide for the authority of the board with respect to airports4
in the parish of Iberia; to authorize the parish to enter into contracts or cooperative5
agreements with the board for the operation and management of certain airports in6
the parish; to provide that such agreements may include a transfer of ownership, a7
nominal long term lease agreement, or a management agreement; to repeal8
provisions regarding the membership of the Iberia Parish Airport Authority; and to9
provide for related matters.10
Notice of intention to introduce this Act has been published.11
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:12
Section 1. R.S. 2:609.2 is hereby enacted to read as follows:13
§609.2. Iberia Parish; airport contracts14
A. The governing authority of the parish of Iberia may execute a15
contract or cooperative agreement with the Board of Commissioners of the Port16
of Iberia for the operation and management of the Acadiana Regional Airport17 SB NO. 48
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and the Le Maire Memorial Airport in Jeanerette, together with the adjacent1
property at both facilities, as may be deemed appropriate under such terms and2
conditions as it may be agreed to by the parties, including but not limited to a3
transfer of ownership, a nominal long term lease, a management agreement, or4
other cooperative endeavor agreement which is approved by both parties.5
B. The governing authority of the parish of Iberia may by ordinance6
authorize the parish president or chairman of the parish council to enter into7
a contract or cooperative agreement with the board as authorized in Subsection8
A of this Section.9
Section 2. R.S. 34:243 is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows:10
§243. Powers of board11
A. The board may regulate the commerce and traffic of the harbor and port12
district in such manner as may in its judgment be best for the public interest; it shall13
have and enjoy all the rights, privileges and immunities granted to corporations; it14
may own and have charge of, administer, contract for, operate and maintain wharves,15
sheds, belt and connecting railroads, canals, basins, and any and all structures and16
facilities necessary or proper for the use and development of the business of the17
district, including buildings and equipment for the accommodation of passengers and18
the handling, storage, transportation and delivery of freight, express and mail; it may19
lease or sell for manufacturing, commercial and business purposes, lands or20
buildings owned or acquired by it; it may borrow from any person or corporation21
using or renting any facility of the district such sums as shall be necessary to22
improve the same and to erect and construct such improvements, and agree that the23
loan therefor shall be liquidated by deducting from the rent, dockage, wharfage or24
tollage charges payable for such property, a percentage thereof to be agreed on; it25
may maintain proper depth of water to accommodate the business of the district;26
provide mechanical facilities and equipment for use in connection with the wharves,27
sheds, and other structures; provide lights, water and police protection for the district28
and for all harbor and terminal facilities situated therein; and make reasonable29 SB NO. 48
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charges and collect the same for the use of all structures, works and facilities1
administered by the board, and for any and all services rendered by the board.2
B. The board may make and enter into contracts, including cooperative3
endeavor agreements, with the parish of Iberia, upon such terms as the parties4
may agree upon, to exercise all powers which may be exercised by an airport5
authority in Iberia Parish as provided in Chapter 4 of Title 2 of the Louisiana6
Revised Statutes of 1950.7
Section 3. R.S. 2:602(A)(2) is hereby repealed.8
Section 4. This Act shall become effective upon signature by the governor or, if not9
signed by the governor, upon expiration of the time for bills to become law without signature10
by the governor, as provided by Article III, Section 18 of the Constitution of Louisiana. If11
vetoed by the governor and subsequently approved by the legislature, this Act shall become12
effective on the day following such approval.13
The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument, were prepared by Sharon F. Lyles.
DIGEST
Proposed law authorizes the governing authority of the parish of Iberia to execute a contract
or cooperative agreement with the Board of Commissioners of the Port of Iberia for the
operation and management of the Acadiana Regional Airport and the Le Maire Memorial
Airport in Jeanerette, together with the adjacent property at both facilities, as it may be
deemed appropriate, under such terms and conditions as it may be agreed to by the parties,
including but not limited to a transfer of ownership, a nominal long term lease, a
management agreement, or other cooperative endeavor agreement which is approved by both
parties.
Proposed law further authorizes the governing authority of Iberia Parish to authorize by
ordinance the parish president or chairman of the parish council to enter into a contract or
cooperative agreement with the board for operation and management of the Acadiana
Regional Airport and the Le Maire Memorial Airport in Jeanerette.
Proposed law authorizes the Board of Commissioners of the Port of Iberia to enter into
contracts, including cooperative endeavor agreements, with the parish of Iberia, upon such
terms as the parties may agree upon, to exercise all powers which may be exercised by an
airport authority in Iberia Parish as provided in Chapter 4 of Title 2 of the Louisiana Revised
Statutes of 1950.
Present law requires that the Iberia Parish Airport Authority be composed of six members,
one of whom shall be an Iberia Parish citizen residing at a location with a Jeanerette address
as established by the United States Postal Service.
Proposed law repeals present law. SB NO. 48
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Effective upon signature of the governor or lapse of time for gubernatorial action.
(Amends R.S. 34:243; adds R.S. 2:609.2; repeals R.S. 2:602(A)(2))