§ 29:27.2 — Port of New Orleans cruise terminal parking fee exemption for Louisiana disabled

Louisiana § 29:27.2

• Jurisdiction: Louisiana
• Title 29: Minerals, Oil and Gas and Environmental Quality

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§27.2. Port of New Orleans cruise terminal parking fee exemption for Louisiana disabled
veterans
A.(1) The Port of New Orleans shall provide free cruise terminal parking, subject to
availability, at a Port of New Orleans-owned cruise terminal parking facility which shall be
located in the closest available cruise terminal parking lot, for a Louisiana disabled veteran,
his conveyance, and his passengers if the disabled veteran provides proof of his service-connected disability of fifty percent or more in the form of a military honor license plate as
provided for in R.S. 47:490.4 and 490.31, or a completed certificate from the Louisiana
Department of Veterans Affairs certifying that the disabled veteran has a service-connected
disability of fifty percent or more, as determined by the United States Department of
Veterans Affairs.
(2) The Louisiana disabled veteran shall also provide a state-issued driver's license
or special identification card for proof of residency.
B. A Louisiana disabled veteran shall park in a designated Port of New Orleans-owned cruise terminal parking lot to receive the parking fee exemption. The parking fee
exemption shall not apply if the Louisiana disabled veteran parks outside of a designated Port
of New Orleans-owned cruise terminal parking lot.
C. A Louisiana disabled veteran authorized to park for free at the designated Port of
New Orleans-owned cruise terminal parking lot pursuant to this Section shall be prohibited
from parking for a period exceeding seven days. The Port of New Orleans may charge the
Louisiana disabled veteran the customary parking fee for each additional day the disabled
veteran is parked at the cruise terminal that exceeds seven days.
D. Notice of the parking fee exemption for Louisiana disabled veterans shall be
printed in the Port of New Orleans brochures and displayed on the Port of New Orleans
website. The Port of New Orleans may use other methods of informing the public of the fee
exemption for disabled veterans to include but not be limited to advertisements and signage.
E. The Port of New Orleans may determine its own procedures for validating parking
vouchers or reimbursing a parking fee as provided in this Section.

Legislative History

Acts 2020, No. 263, §1; Acts 2025, No. 86, §1.