HLS 21RS-398 ENGROSSED
2021 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 337
BY REPRESENTATIVE CREWS
PROCUREMENT: Provides relative to the applicability of certain lease terms to the
Shreveport Downtown Airport
1 AN ACT
2To enact R.S. 2:135.1(B)(2)(c), relative to airport facility leases operated and maintained by
3 the Shreveport Downtown Airport; to provide for the removal of lease requirements
4 pertaining to the addition or construction of certain improvements for non-air carrier
5 airports and air carrier airports; and to provide for related matters.
6 Notice of intention to introduce this Act has been published
7 as provided by Article III, Section 13 of the Constitution of
8 Louisiana.
9Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
10 Section 1. R.S. 2:135.1(B)(2)(c) is hereby enacted to read as follows:
11 ยง135.1. Authority to equip, improve, establish fees and charges, and lease airport
12 facilities
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14 B.
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16 (2) All leases executed under the provisions of this Section shall provide for
17 consideration to be paid annually or monthly as provided for in the lease. All such
18 leases shall be for a period not exceeding ten years, except as follows:
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HB NO. 337
1 (c) The provisions of this Paragraph shall not apply to the Shreveport
2 Downtown Airport.
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DIGEST
The digest printed below was prepared by House Legislative Services. It constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument. The keyword, one-liner, abstract, and digest do not constitute
part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)]
HB 337 Engrossed 2021 Regular Session Crews
Abstract: Removes lease requirements for the Shreveport Downtown Airport that authorize
the lessor to grant the option to extend the primary airport facility lease term for an
additional period of not more than 10 years based on the monetary amount of
permanent improvements added or contracted to be added.
Present law provides the length of all airport facility leases is for a period not to exceed 10
years; however, the lessor may grant the option to extend the lease term for an additional 10
years to any lessee who:
(1)Leases land or holds a 10-year lease in effect on or after Aug. 15, 1999, and within
the 10-year lease term, adds or contracts to add permanent improvements to or on the
land in the amount not less than $20,000.
(2)Has provided written notice to the lessor of the desire to extend the primary lease.
(3)Has provided proof that the improvements have been made or contracted for.
Present law provides the option for the lessor to extend the lease term by an additional 10
years under the following conditions:
(1)When the lease provides that the improvements will become the property of the
lessor at no additional cost to the lessor.
(2)When such improvements are in excess of $60,000 for non-air carrier airports or
$100,000 for air carrier airports and the lease provides for the addition or
construction on or to the land in these amounts.
Present law prohibits the extended lease term from exceeding a maximum term of 100 years.
Proposed law exempts the Shreveport Downtown Airport from the requirements of present
law.
(Adds R.S. 2:135.1(B)(2)(c))
Summary of Amendments Adopted by House
The Committee Amendments Proposed by House Committee on Transportation,
Highways and Public Works to the original bill:
1. Remove the Shreveport Regional Airport from proposed law.
2. Make technical changes.
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