§130.583.  Powers and functions of the board of commissioners

In order to accomplish the object and purposes for which the district is created, the district, through the board of commissioners, shall have the following powers and functions and may do any or all of the following:

(1)  Make recommendations and provide relevant information about the parish to public officials or entities or private individuals or organizations concerning such matters as:

(a)  Natural and environmental factors, trends of industrial population, other developments, and the habits and lifestyles of the people.

(b)  Land use in the parish.

(c)  Locations for the concentration of wholesale, retail, business, and other commercial uses and spaces and locations for mixed uses.

(d)  The need for and the proposed general location of public and private works and facilities.

(2)  Make or assist in studies and investigations of the resources of the parish and the existing and emerging problems of industry, commerce, transportation, population, housing, and public services affecting the development of the parish, and in making such studies seek the cooperation and collaboration of the appropriate state departments and agencies and instrumentalities of federal, state, and local government, educational institutions, research organizations, whether public or private, and of civic groups and private persons and organizations.

(3)  Prepare and from time to time revise and make available to interested organizations, public bodies, and individuals, listings of the resources of the parish and of the major public and private works and facilities of all kinds which contribute to or affect the development of the parish.

(4)  Advise and supply information, as far as available, to civic groups and private persons and organizations who may request such information or advice, or who study or otherwise concern themselves with the purposes for which the district is created or with development in the fields of business and industry, labor, natural resources, urban growth, housing, or public service activities, such as public health and education, relevant to the development of the parish.

(5)  Provide information to officials of departments, agencies, and instrumentalities of state and local government and to the public at large in order to foster public awareness and understanding of the purposes and functions of the district or to stimulate public interest and participation in the orderly, integrated development of the parish.

(6)  Accept and receive, in furtherance of its functions, grants and services from the federal government or its agencies, from departments, agencies, and instrumentalities of state or local government, or from private or civic sources.

(7)  Solicit the assistance and active cooperation of industry and private civic organizations which are active in anti-litter and recycling efforts to assist in control and reduction of litter in the parish and encourage industry and private civic organizations to participate in the "adopt-a-road" program as provided in R.S. 30:2534 for the purpose of controlling litter along the highways of the parish.

(8)  Hold public hearings and sponsor public forums whenever it deems it necessary or useful in accomplishing its object and purposes, exercising its powers, or carrying out its functions as provided in this Subpart.

(9)  Exercise all other powers necessary and proper for the discharge of its functions.

Acts 2001, No. 1003, §1, eff. July 1, 2001; Acts 2005, No. 87, §1, eff. July 1, 2005.