§ 51:65 — Extent of authority of commissioners

§65. Extent of authority of commissioners
The authority granted in this Part to the board confers on the board the right to do all
things necessary and proper to carry into effect the establishing, maintaining, and operating
of foreign trade zones in the New Orleans International Airport, the South Louisiana Port
Commission, the Lake Charles Harbor and Terminal District, the Port of New Orleans, the
South Tangipahoa Parish Port Commission, the Caddo-Bossier Port Commission, the Vidalia
Port Commission, the England Economic and Industrial Development District, the Greater
Baton Rouge Port Commission, the Plaquemines Port, Harbor and Terminal District, the
Board of Commissioners of the Port of Iberia, or any port commission or port, harbor, and
terminal district, the New Orleans Regional Business Park, and any airport with an industrial
park or property designated for industrial development, and to comply fully with the
provisions of 19 U.S.C. 81a et seq. and all regulations that may be made under it. Further,
a board that does not have federally authorized foreign trade zone status may enter into
agreement with another board that has federally granted foreign trade zone authority to
establish, maintain, or operate a subzone or subzones within the jurisdiction of the board,
provided that the agreement shall not limit or affect the powers and authority of either board.

Legislative History

Amended by Acts 1966, No. 473, §1; Acts 1981, No. 321, §1; Acts 1985, No. 470, §1; Acts 1986, No. 453, §1; Acts 2003, No. 416, §1; Acts 2010, No. 747, §1; Acts 2020, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 29, §1, eff. Oct. 28, 2020; Acts 2022, No. 174, §1.