A.The Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority Board and the Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority may do all things necessary to carry out the purposes of this Chapter, including but not limited to the things expressly provided for in this Section.
B.The Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority Board and the Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority may enter into contracts and agreements of any nature for the purposes of this Chapter with any person either natural or artificial, corporation, association, or other entity, including public corporations, levee districts, port authorities, state departments, agencies, parishes, municipalities, the United States government and agencies thereof, or any combination thereof or with instrumentalities of every kind, and may des
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A. The Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority Board and the Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority may do all things necessary to carry out the purposes of this Chapter, including but not limited to the things expressly provided for in this Section.
B. The Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority Board and the Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority may enter into contracts and agreements of any nature for the purposes of this Chapter with any person either natural or artificial, corporation, association, or other entity, including public corporations, levee districts, port authorities, state departments, agencies, parishes, municipalities, the United States government and agencies thereof, or any combination thereof or with instrumentalities of every kind, and may designate any department, agency, municipality, parish, levee district, and industrial district, or other political subdivision of the state as its agent to carry out the purposes of and the powers granted under this Chapter. The chairman of the Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority Board or the executive director of the Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority may negotiate with and enter into contracts or other agreements with any such person or entity concerning the joint administration of the project, including jurisdictional aspects of the state's administration of the project, and providing lands, servitudes and rights-of-way, and the relocation of project facilities and may engage jointly in the exercise of any power and in the construction of any facilities and improvements for the purposes of the project on any basis, including matching of funds, which the participating entities may undertake under any provision of general or special law.
C. The Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority Board and the Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority may institute or defend in courts of competent jurisdiction, including for the purposes of this Chapter, the courts and administrative tribunals of the United States of America, any legal proceedings that may be necessary or required to compel compliance with this Chapter or any actions taken hereunder or that may arise out of the performance of the obligations and duties imposed by this Chapter.
D. The powers granted under this Chapter shall be regarded as supplemental to powers conferred on the Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority Board and the Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority by other laws.