RS 2:653 Creation of authority; jurisdiction - Louisiana Statutes

§653.  Creation of authority; jurisdiction

NOTE:  Repealed by Acts 2008, No. 686, §3, eff. July 1, 2009, if the Department of Economic Development recommends that the Louisiana Transportation Center is not economically feasible or the department does not receive the appropriate funding to conduct the study.  See Acts 2008, No. 686, §§4 and 5.

A.  The Louisiana Airport Authority is hereby created as a body politic and corporate and a political subdivision of the state.  The authority shall exercise such powers and duties as herein specified or as necessary or convenient to carry out its purposes.  The boundaries of the authority shall be co-extensive with the territorial boundaries of Ascension Parish, Jefferson Parish, Orleans Parish, St. Bernard Parish, St. Charles Parish, St. James Parish, St. John the Baptist Parish, St. Tammany Parish, Assumption Parish, East Baton Rouge Parish, Iberville Parish, Livingston Parish, Tangipahoa Parish, and West Baton Rouge Parish.

B.  The provisions of this Chapter shall in no way be construed to mean that the Louisiana Airport Authority created herein shall have the authority to intervene in the administration or operation of any existing airport facility located within or without the district.

Acts 1992, No. 508, §1, eff. June 22, 1992.  Amended by Acts 1995, No. 273, §1; Acts 2003, No. 903, §1, eff. July 1, 2003; Acts 2008, No. 686, §3.