§130.884. Economic inducement and redevelopment
A. The district may construct and acquire facilities, including the acquisition of sites
and other necessary property or appurtenances thereto within the district, or outside the
district if the project is undertaken conjointly with other local units of government, under the
authority of the Local Services Law, R.S. 33:1321 et seq., or other authorizing authority, and
to acquire, construct, improve, operate, maintain, and provide improvements and services
necessary therefor, including but not limited to roads, street lighting, bridges, rail facilities,
parks, playgrounds, tourism facilities, drainage, sewerage disposal facilities, solid waste
disposal facilities, waterworks, and other utilities and related properties.
B. The district may sell, lease, contract for the use or otherwise dispose of, by
suitable and appropriate contract, to any enterprise locating or existing within the district, all
or any part of a site, building, or other property owned by the district. In determining the
consideration for any contract to lease, sell, or otherwise dispose of lands, buildings, or other
property of the district, the board may take into consideration the value of the lands,
buildings, or other properties involved as well as the potential value of the economic impact
of the enterprise being induced to locate or expand within the district. Such economic impact
may include increased employment, increased use of local labor, wages and salaries to be
paid, consumption of local materials, products, and resources, and special tax revenues to be
generated by the enterprise acquiring or leasing lands, buildings, or other property from the
district. The district may enter into mortgages, credit sales, sale lease backs, or leases.
C. The district may:
(1) Lease or contract for the use of any or all of its authorized projects and charge
and collect rent, fees, or charges therefor, and terminate any such lease or contractual
arrangement upon the failure of the lessee or contracting party to comply with any of the
obligations thereof all as may be provided for in the lease agreement to which the district
may become a part. The district may provide for a grace period prior to or in the event of a
default or a restructuring of the obligation, contract, or indebtedness.
(2) Sell, exchange, donate, grant, and convey any or all of its projects upon such
terms and conditions as the board may deem advisable, including the power to receive for
any such sale the first mortgage note or notes of the purchaser of a project representing
unpaid installments of the purchase price due by the purchaser to the district whenever the
board finds any such actions to be in furtherance of the purposes for which the district was
organized. The district may acquire resources for resale or lease by entering into credit sales
agreements.
(3) As security for the payment of the principal of and interest on any bonds, notes,
or other obligations of the district and any agreements made in connection therewith,
mortgage and pledge any or all of its projects or any part or parts thereof, whether then
owned or thereafter acquired, and to pledge the revenues and receipts therefrom or from any
other source.
D. The resolution adopted by the board or the executive committee authorizing any
lease, sale, or other disposition of lands, buildings, or other property of the district or any
attachment thereto shall set forth, in a general way, the terms of the authorized lease, sale,
or other disposition, and such resolution shall be published as soon as possible in one issue
of the official journal of the district. For a period of thirty days from the date of publication
of any such resolution, any interested person may contest the legality of such resolution, after
which time no person shall have any cause of action to contest the legality of the resolution
or to draw in question the legality of the authorized lease, sale, or other disposition of district
property for any cause whatsoever. It shall be conclusively presumed thereafter that every
legal requirement has been complied with and no court shall have authority to inquire into
such matters after the lapse of the thirty days.
Acts 2025, No. 442, §1.