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2022 Regular Session
SENATE BILL NO. 68
BY SENATOR FRED MILLS
PORTS/HARBORS/TERMINALS. Provides relative to the Port of Iberia. (8/1/22)
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 Port of Iberia; to provide authorization for the port commission to
4 make application to be designated as a foreign trade zone; and to provide for related
5 matters.
6 Notice of intention to introduce this Act has been published.
7 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
8 Section 1. R.S. 51:61, 64, and 65 are hereby amended and reenacted to read as
9 follows:
10 §61. Definitions
11 Whenever used in this Part, "board" refers to the New Orleans Aviation
12 Board, the Board of Commissioners of the Lake Charles Harbor and Terminal
13 District, the South Louisiana Port Commission, the South Tangipahoa Parish Port
14 Commission, the Greater Baton Rouge Port Commission, the Caddo-Bossier Port
15 Commission, the Vidalia Port Commission, the Board of Commissioners of the
16 England Economic and Industrial Development District, the Board of
17 Commissioners of the Port of New Orleans, and the Plaquemines Port, Harbor and
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1 Terminal District, and the Port of Iberia District Board of Commissioners, and
2 in addition, any port commission or port, harbor, and terminal district, the New
3 Orleans Regional Business Park, and any airport with an industrial park or property
4 designated for industrial development.
5 * * *
6 §64. Buildings or enclosures
7 The board may lease the right to do so or may erect, maintain, and operate
8 any structures, buildings, or enclosures as may be necessary or proper for
9 establishing and operating any foreign trade zones or subzones that may be
10 established in the New Orleans International Airport, the South Louisiana Port
11 Commission, the Lake Charles Harbor and Terminal District, the South Tangipahoa
12 Parish Port Commission, the Greater Baton Rouge Port Commission, the
13 Caddo-Bossier Port Commission, the Vidalia Port Commission, the England
14 Economic and Industrial Development District, the Port of New Orleans, the
15 Plaquemines Port, Harbor and Terminal District, the Port of Iberia District Board
16 of Commissioners, or any port commission or port, harbor, and terminal district, the
17 New Orleans Regional Business Park, and any airport commission with an industrial
18 park or property designated for industrial development under and by virtue of 19
19 U.S.C. §81a et seq.
20 §65. Extent of authority of commissioners
21 The authority granted in this Part to the board confers on the board the right
22 to do all things necessary and proper to carry into effect the establishing,
23 maintaining, and operating of foreign trade zones in the New Orleans International
24 Airport, the South Louisiana Port Commission, the Lake Charles Harbor and
25 Terminal District, the Port of New Orleans, the South Tangipahoa Parish Port
26 Commission, the Caddo-Bossier Port Commission, the Vidalia Port Commission, the
27 England Economic and Industrial Development District, or the Greater Baton Rouge
28 Port Commission, the Plaquemines Port, Harbor and Terminal District, and the Port
29 of Iberia District Board of Commissioners, or any port commission or port,
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1 harbor, and terminal district, the New Orleans Regional Business Park, and any
2 airport with an industrial park or property designated for industrial development, and
3 to comply fully with the provisions of 19 U.S.C. §81a et seq. and all regulations that
4 may be made under it. Further, a board which that does not have federally authorized
5 foreign trade zone status may enter into agreement with another board which that has
6 federally granted foreign trade zone authority to establish, maintain, or operate a
7 subzone or subzones within the jurisdiction of the board, provided that the agreement
8 shall not limit or affect the powers and authority of either board.
The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument, were prepared by Archana D. Cadge.
DIGEST
SB 68 Engrossed 2022 Regular Session Fred Mills
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)South Tangipahoa Parish 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.
(12)Any airport with an industrial park or property designated for industrial
development.
Proposed law retains present law and adds the Port of Iberia District Board of
Commissioners.
Effective August 1, 2022.
(Amends R.S. 51:61, 64, and 65)
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