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2020 Second Extraordinary Session
SENATE BILL NO. 5
BY SENATOR HEWITT
PORTS/HARBORS/TERMINALS. Authorizes Plaquemines Port, Harbor and Terminal
District to apply for designation as a foreign trade zone. (gov sig) (Item #47)
1 AN ACT
2 To amend and reenact R.S. 51:61, 64, and 65, relative to foreign trade zones; to provide
3 relative to the Plaquemines Port, Harbor and Terminal District; to provide
4 authorization for the district to make application to be designated as a foreign trade
5 zone; and to provide for related matters.
6 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
7 Section 1. R.S. 51:61, 64, and 65 are hereby amended and reenacted to read as
8 follows:
9 §61. Definitions
10 Whenever used in this Part, "board" refers to the New Orleans Aviation
11 Board, the Board of Commissioners of the Lake Charles Harbor and Terminal
12 District, the South Louisiana Port Commission, the Livingston-Tangipahoa Parishes
13 South Tangipahoa Parish Port Commission, the Greater Baton Rouge Port
14 Commission, the Caddo-Bossier Port Commission, the Vidalia Port Commission, the
15 Board of Commissioners of the England Economic and Industrial Development
16 District, and the Board of Commissioners of the Port of New Orleans, and the
17 Plaquemines Port, Harbor and Terminal District, and in addition thereto, any port
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1 commission or port, harbor, and terminal district, the New Orleans Regional
2 Business Park, and any airport with an industrial park or property designated for
3 industrial development.
4 * * *
5 §64. Buildings or enclosures
6 The board may lease the right to do so or may erect, maintain, and operate
7 any structures, buildings, or enclosures as may be necessary or proper for
8 establishing and operating any foreign trade zones or subzones that may be
9 established in the New Orleans International Airport, the South Louisiana Port
10 Commission, the Lake Charles Harbor and Terminal District, the Livingston-
11 Tangipahoa Parishes South Tangipahoa Parish Port Commission, the Greater
12 Baton Rouge Port Commission, the Caddo-Bossier Port Commission, the Vidalia
13 Port Commission, the England Economic and Industrial Development District, or in
14 the Port of New Orleans, the Plaquemines Port, Harbor and Terminal District,
15 or any port commission or port, harbor, and terminal district, the New Orleans
16 Regional Business Park, and any airport commission with an industrial park or
17 property designated for industrial development under and by virtue of 19 U.S.C.
18 §81a et seq.
19 §65. Extent of authority of commissioners
20 The authority granted in this Part to the board confers on the board the right
21 to do all things necessary and proper to carry into effect the establishing,
22 maintaining, and operating of foreign trade zones in the New Orleans International
23 Airport, the South Louisiana Port Commission, the Lake Charles Harbor and
24 Terminal District, the Port of New Orleans, the Livingston-Tangipahoa Parishes
25 South Tangipahoa Parish Port Commission, the Caddo-Bossier Port Commission,
26 the Vidalia Port Commission, the England Economic and Industrial Development
27 District, or the Greater Baton Rouge Port Commission, the Plaquemines Port,
28 Harbor and Terminal District, or any port commission or port, harbor, and
29 terminal district, the New Orleans Regional Business Park, and any airport with an
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1 industrial park or property designated for industrial development, and to comply
2 fully with the provisions of 19 U.S.C. §81a et seq. and all regulations that may be
3 made under it. Further, a board which that does not have federally authorized
4 foreign trade zone status may enter into agreement with another board which that
5 has federally granted foreign trade zone authority to establish, maintain, or operate
6 a subzone or subzones within the jurisdiction of the board, provided that such the
7 agreement shall not limit or affect the powers and authority of either board.
8 Section 2. This Act shall become effective upon signature by the governor or, if not
9 signed by the governor, upon expiration of the time for bills to become law without signature
10 by the governor, as provided by Article III, Section 18 of the Constitution of Louisiana. If
11 vetoed by the governor and subsequently approved by the legislature, this Act shall become
12 effective on the day following such approval.
The original instrument was prepared by Sharon F. Lyles. The following
digest, which does not constitute a part of the legislative instrument, was
prepared by LG Sullivan.
DIGEST
SB 5 Reengrossed 2020 Second Extraordinary Session Hewitt
Present law authorizes the following entities to make application to be designated as a
foreign trade zone and to establish, maintain, and operate as a foreign trade zone:
(1)New Orleans Aviation Board.
(2)Board of Commissioners of the Lake Charles Harbor and Terminal District.
(3)South La. Port Commission.
(4)Livingston-Tangipahoa Parishes Port Commission.
(5)Greater Baton Rouge Port Commission.
(6)Caddo-Bossier Port Commission.
(7)Vidalia Port Commission.
(8)Board of Commissioners of the England Economic and Industrial Development
District.
(9)Board of Commissioners of the Port of New Orleans.
(10)Any port commission or port, harbor, and terminal district.
(11)New Orleans Regional Business Park.
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(12)Any airport with an industrial park or property designated for industrial
development.
Proposed law retains present law and adds the Plaquemines Port, Harbor and Terminal
District.
Proposed law replaces the Livingston-Tangipahoa Parishes Port Commission with South
Tangipahoa Parish Port Commission in the list of entities authorized to apply for the
designation in present law.
Proposed law makes technical corrections.
Effective upon signature of the governor or lapse of time for gubernatorial action.
(Amends R.S. 51:61, 64, and 65)
Summary of Amendments Adopted by Senate
Senate Floor Amendments to engrossed bill
1. Replaces references to "Livingston-Tangipahoa Parishes" with "South
Tangipahoa Parish".
2. Adds emergency effective date.
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