§ 34:293.2 — Additional powers; redevelopment

Louisiana § 34:293.2

• Jurisdiction: Louisiana
• Title 34: Navigation and Shipping

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§293.2. Additional powers; redevelopment
With regard to redevelopment functions, the authority, through the board, shall have
all powers necessary or convenient to carry out and effectuate the purposes and provisions
of this Part within the territory comprised of all of the territory included within House of
Representatives District No. 44 and Districts 1 and 5 of the Lafayette City Council as
geographically drawn on June 20, 2022, including but not limited to the following:
(1) The authority shall have the power to create and execute redevelopment plans for
specified areas within the territory defined in this Section. The implementation of all such
plans shall not proceed until, to the extent required by law, the authority has obtained the
approval of the local planning commission or zoning board. In the execution of such
redevelopment plan, the authority shall have the powers provided in this Paragraph.
(2) To undertake and carry out redevelopment projects and related activities.
(3) To develop, test, and report methods and techniques and carry out demonstrations
and other activities for the prevention and the elimination of slums and urban blight.
(4) To plan, develop, regulate, operate, and maintain activities and planned land uses
to foster any type of property development.
(5) The authority may purchase adjudicated properties within the territory defined in
this Section from any political subdivision of the state of Louisiana, which shall include all
rights, powers, and authorities granted to parish redevelopment authorities pursuant to R.S.
33:4720.161(K)(1) through (6).
(6) The authority may purchase, sell, lease, exchange, or otherwise dispose of or
transfer to or with other political subdivision of this state or public or private persons at
public or private sale any land, property, improvements, or portions thereof, including
immovable property and housing, which is, in the opinion of the board, appropriate to
accomplish the objective and purposes of the district. Prior to any sale, lease, conveyance,
disposition, or transfer of property pursuant to this Paragraph, the authority shall fix the price
and terms of the sale, lease, exchange, or other contract to be made with reference to the
property. Such sale, lease, conveyance, disposition, or transfer shall comply with the terms
and provisions of this Part.
(7) The authority may sell, lease, exchange, or otherwise transfer immovable property
or any interest therein acquired by it for residential commercial or industrial uses or for
public use, subject to such covenants, conditions, and restrictions, including covenants
running with the land, as it may deem to be necessary or desirable to assist in carrying out
the purposes of this Part.
(8) The authority may temporarily operate, maintain, or lease immovable property
acquired by it in a redevelopment area for or in connection with a redevelopment project
pending disposition of the property as authorized in this Part for such uses and purposes as
may be deemed desirable even though not in connection with the redevelopment plan.
(9) The authority may dispose of any immovable property within a redevelopment
area acquired by purchasing adjudicated properties. Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, immovable property acquired in accordance with the redevelopment plan may be
disposed of to a public body for public reuse.
(10) To require and issue licenses.
(11) To levy and collect sales and use taxes within the boundaries of the district for
such purposes and at such rate as provided by the propositions authorizing their levy, not to
exceed in aggregate one percent, which taxes may not exceed the limitation set forth in the
Constitution of Louisiana, provided that the proposition submitted to a vote in accordance
with the Louisiana Election Code shall be approved by a majority of the qualified electors
of the jurisdiction of the authority voting in an election held for that purpose.
(12) To purchase property at a sale conducted pursuant to enforcement of judicial
mortgages created in accordance with R.S. 13:2575(C) by tendering a bid equal to or greater
than the minimum bid advertised. The bid may be a credit bid consisting of the authority to
satisfy the bid by payment to the political subdivision holding the lien being enforced in
accordance with intergovernmental agreements between the authority and the political
subdivision. The bid shall be given priority over all other bids regardless of the amount,
except that a holder of a conventional mortgage on the property may purchase the property
by tendering the highest bid.
(13) The authority may initiate an expedited quiet title and foreclosure action
pursuant to the provisions of R.S. 33:4720.161(S) to quiet title to immovable property held
by the authority, interests in property purchased by the authority at tax sales, or in formerly
adjudicated properties acquired by the authority from a political subdivision.

Legislative History

Acts 2024, No. 531, §1, eff. June 10, 2024; Acts 2025, No. 326, §1.