Louisiana § RS 12:202.1 - Limitation on formation; exceptions

§ RS 12:202.1. Limitation on formation; exceptions

            A. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Chapter or of any other law, no state board, commission, or department, nor any other persons, acting on behalf of such state board, commission, or department, shall incorporate or cause to be incorporated any nonprofit corporation that has for its purpose any public or quasi-public function or any function for the benefit of or in connection with any public agency, purpose or function, if in the exercise of any part of the functions of the corporation any bonds or other evidences of indebtedness of the corporation are or may be issued, unless the purpose for which the corporation is to be created; the amount of bonds to be issued; the method of financing said bonds, including but not restricted to the term of the bonds, the interest and other charges to be paid with respect to the bonds, and the purposes for which the bonds are to be issued shall have been first submitted to and approved by the legislature.

            B. The provisions of this section shall not apply to or affect the validity of such entities formed and approved or ratified prior to July 31, 1968, and shall not affect R.S. 44:8.

            C. Repealed by Acts 2005, No. 463, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 2006.

            D. The prohibition of this Section shall have no application to local political subdivisions of the state with a population in excess of one hundred fifty thousand or Plaquemines Parish, nor to their respective boards, commissions, and departments. Any provision of this Section or other provision of law notwithstanding, a quasi-public nonprofit corporation may be created by any such political subdivision of the state or Plaquemines Parish under the general nonprofit corporation law of Louisiana with all powers pertaining thereto, including the right to issue negotiable revenue bonds not to exceed fifteen million dollars with interest thereon not to exceed eight percent per annum which shall be exempted from taxation and which bonds shall constitute negotiable instruments within the meaning of the negotiable instruments law of the state of Louisiana; all properties and assets of whatever nature and description owned or operated by said nonprofit corporation shall be exempted from state and local taxation, including ad valorem taxation; and the governing authority of such quasi-public nonprofit corporation shall be subject to the requirements and provisions of the public contract law, the Open Meetings Law, and the Public Records Law of the state of Louisiana.

            E. The provisions of this Section shall not apply to the Louisiana Citizens Property Insurance Corporation which was created and is governed by Chapter 15 of Title 22 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950.

            F. The provisions of this Section shall not apply to the Louisiana Utilities Restoration Corporation which was created and is governed by Part VIII of Chapter 9 of Title 45 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950.

            Added by Acts 1968, No. 326, §§1, 2. Amended by Acts 1970, No. 557, §1; Acts 1978, No. 203, §1, eff. June 29, 1978; Acts 1979, No. 122, §1, eff. June 29, 1979; Acts 2004, No. 581, §1, eff. July 1, 2004; Acts 2005, No. 463, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 2006; Acts 2006, 1^st Ex. Sess., No. 13, §1, eff. Feb. 23, 2006; Acts 2007, No. 55, §1, eff. June 18, 2007; Acts 2008, No. 415, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 2009; Acts 2010, No. 861, §5; Acts 2025, No. 331, §1.