§ 33:4570.3 — Powers and duties

Louisiana § 33:4570.3

• Jurisdiction: Louisiana
• Title 33: Municipalities and Parishes

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§4570.3. Powers and duties
A. The commission shall have perpetual existence and shall have the right and power
to incur debts and contract obligations; to sue and be sued; to acquire by purchase, donation,
expropriation, and otherwise, from other political entities or from any other source, money
and property, movable and immovable, tangible and intangible, and to own, administer,
alienate, and otherwise dispose of the said money and property; to contract generally; to
adopt an official seal; and generally to have and enjoy all of the rights, powers, and
immunities incident to public corporations engaged in public recreational and public park
purposes. The powers and duties of the commission shall be inclusive of the right to own
and acquire, and to develop and administer, lands for public parks, and other properties and
improvements, movable and immovable, tangible and intangible, as well as additional rights,
leases, concessions, and privileges for public recreational and park purposes generally. The
commission is invested with full power to adopt and promulgate rules and regulations within
the scope of this Section to apply to its own governmental functions, and to control and
regulate the public recreational and park facilities under its jurisdiction.
B. The commission shall have full power and authority on its own motion, or upon
recommendation of its superintendent, to make such studies and investigations as it may
deem necessary in formulating policies, or in determining the wisdom and efficiency of
policies, plans, and procedures to be carried out in acquiring, developing, and operating
public recreational park facilities that will be available to all of the people of the parish of
East Baton Rouge; and the policies and plans and procedures thus formulated shall be
binding upon the superintendent. The superintendent shall have the power and authority to
make recommendations as to said policies, plans, and procedures, and to establish and
abolish positions, to transfer duties between positions, to assign duties, to direct and control,
transfer, promote, demote, and otherwise change the status of all employees of the said
commission, to nominate any and all such employees, and to recommend the salary to be
paid in each case. Such nominations and recommendations shall finally be passed upon by
the commission. The commission cannot and shall not act in the actual administration of
public recreation and park facilities except through the superintendent, or through someone
acting under this authority, and every lawful act of the superintendent performed in his
capacity as superintendent pursuant to the provisions of this Section and the rules and
regulations of the commission shall be the act of the commission.
C. For the purpose of acquiring and developing land and other property as public
park areas or for public recreational purposes, the commission shall have the right to
expropriate property in the same manner and by the same proceedings and under the same
limitations now invested in and imposed by law on railroads and other quasi-public
corporations.
D.(1) The commission shall submit a written report annually to each municipality
located within the jurisdiction of the commission and to the members of the Louisiana Senate
and House of Representatives who represent each municipality located within the jurisdiction
of the commission.
(2) The report shall provide the amount of funds received from taxpayers in each
municipality, the amount of funds spent by the commission on facilities in each municipality,
and the amount of money generated at commission facilities in each municipality.
(3) The report shall be submitted annually within ninety days of the end of the fiscal
year.
(4) The commission shall timely submit all reports required by the legislative
auditor.

Legislative History

Acts 1985, No. 95, §1, eff. June 29, 1985; Acts 2025, No. 391, §1, eff. June 20, 2025.