Louisiana § 33:130.261 General compliances; enhancement; budget

Louisiana Statutes

§ 33:130.261 — General compliances; enhancement; budget

Louisiana § 33:130.261

Title 33Municipalities and Parishes

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Bluebook

La. Stat. Ann. § 33:130.261 (2026).

Text

§130.261. General compliances; enhancement; budget

A.No provision of this Subpart shall be construed so as to exempt the authority from compliance with the provisions of Louisiana laws pertaining to open meetings, public records, fiscal agents, official journals, dual officeholding and employment, public bidding for the purchase of supplies and materials and construction of public works, the Code of Governmental Ethics, the Right to Property in Article I, Section 4 of the Constitution of Louisiana, and the Louisiana Election Code.

B.The authority shall have the power and right to adopt a program or programs awarding contracts to, and establishing set-aside goals and preference procedures for the benefit of, businesses owned and operated by socially or economically disadvantaged persons i

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§130.261. General compliances; enhancement; budget
A. No provision of this Subpart shall be construed so as to exempt the authority from
compliance with the provisions of Louisiana laws pertaining to open meetings, public
records, fiscal agents, official journals, dual officeholding and employment, public bidding
for the purchase of supplies and materials and construction of public works, the Code of
Governmental Ethics, the Right to Property in Article I, Section 4 of the Constitution of
Louisiana, and the Louisiana Election Code.
B. The authority shall have the power and right to adopt a program or programs
awarding contracts to, and establishing set-aside goals and preference procedures for the
benefit of, businesses owned and operated by socially or economically disadvantaged persons
in accordance with any of the provisions of R.S. 38:2233 and of Chapter 19 of Title 39 of the
Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, entitled "Louisiana Minority and Women's Business
Enterprise Act".
C.(1) The board shall annually prepare a financial statement which shall be presented
to the legislative auditor pursuant to the provisions of R.S. 24:513. The legislative auditor
shall thereafter publish his findings in the official journal of the authority.
(2) Within thirty days following submission of the financial statement to the
legislative auditor, the board, or a designated officer of the board, shall present to the
governing authority of the parish of Terrebonne at a public meeting a copy of such statement
for public review.
D. The board shall submit to the governing authority of the parish of Terrebonne an
annual proposed budget for the operation of the authority for the upcoming fiscal year. The
budget shall be deemed accepted unless rejected by two-thirds vote of the parish governing
authority. After the budget has been accepted by the parish governing authority, the authority
may incur liabilities and make expenditures during the fiscal year in accordance with such
budget.
E. All expenses associated with this Section shall be borne by the authority.

Legislative History

Acts 1989, No. 2, §1, eff. June 1, 1989; Acts 2004, No. 622, §1, eff. July 1, 2004; Acts 2005, No. 462, §1, eff. July 1, 2005; Acts 2015, No. 191, §1.