La. R.S. § 33:4568.4 Powers and Duties

• Library: Louisiana Statutes
• Edition: 2023
• Currency: Current with changes from the 2023 Legislative Session
• Year: 2023
• Citation: La. R.S. § 33:4568.4

The commission shall have all powers necessary or convenient for carrying out its purposes, including, but not limited to the following rights and powers:

(1) To acquire, purchase, lease as lessee and hold and use any franchise, property, real, personal or mixed, tangible or intangible, or any interest therein necessary or desirable for carrying out the purposes of the commission, and to sell, lease as lessor, transfer and dispose of any property or interest therein at any time acquired by it; however, title to all such property shall be acquired in the name of the Calcasieu Parish Police Jury.

(2) To acquire by purchase, lease or otherwise and to construct, improve, maintain, repair and operate facilities which it deems necessary or convenient to carry out its purposes.

(3) To enter into agreements of any nature with any person or persons (natural or artificial), corporation, association or other entity, including public corporations, political subdivisions, municipalities, the United States government and agencies thereof, the state of Louisiana or any of its agencies, or any combination thereof or with instrumentalities of every kind, for the operation of all or any part of the properties and facilities of the park.

(4) To make and enter into contracts, conveyances, deeds of trusts, bonds and leases in the carrying out of its corporate objectives.

(5) To let contracts for the construction or acquisition in any other manner of property and facilities incident to the carrying out of the corporate purposes of the commission, which contracts shall be let in such manner as shall be determined by the commission, in accordance with R.S. 38:2211 through R.S. 38:2225, inclusive.

(6) To fix, maintain, collect and revise rates, charges and rentals for the facilities of the park and the services rendered thereby.

(7) To make bylaws for the management and regulation of its affairs.

(8) To cooperate and contract with the government of the United States or any department or agency thereof and with the state of Louisiana or any department, agency or political subdivision thereof and to accept gifts, grants and donations of property and money therefrom, with title to immovable property to be acquired in the name of the Calcasieu Parish Police Jury.

(9) To cooperate with the state of Louisiana or any political subdivision, department, agency or corporation of the state for the construction, operation and maintenance of facilities designed to accomplish the purpose for which the commission is created on any basis including the matching of funds and by participating in projects authorized by any federal or state law as it shall see fit.