Louisiana § RS 2:331 - Authority to acquire or improve land for industrial parks
Full text of Louisiana Louisiana Civil Code § RS 2:331 — Authority to acquire or improve land for industrial parks, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ RS 2:331. Authority to acquire or improve land for industrial parks
A. In addition to any other authority conferred by the constitution and statutes of this state, any airport district, commission, board or airport authority may acquire, except by expropriation, and/or improve land for industrial parks within the limits of the district, commission, board or authority, and may acquire, purchase, construct or improve industrial plant buildings and necessary property and appurtenances thereto and lease, by suitable and appropriate contract, to any enterprise locating or existing within such airport district, commission, board or airport authority, a plant site, appurtenances and plant building or buildings, either, both or severally. Leases authorized to be executed hereunder may be entered into by the airport district without advertisement for bids, provided that any lease having a term of three years or longer shall first be submitted to and approved by the Board of Commerce and Industry of the State of Louisiana.
B. Such works are hereby declared to be works of public improvement and moneys of an airport district or airport authority may be expended for such public purposes. Any airport district, commission, board or airport authority may contract for and receive grants and/or loans from the United States government and any statutory agency or department or instrumentality thereof, or any department, board, commission, agency or political subdivision of this state in carrying out the purposes of this Section.
Added by Acts 1975, 1st Ex.Sess., No. 36, §1, eff. Feb. 20, 1975. Acts 1983, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 26, §1, eff. Jan. 19, 1983.
Source: official Louisiana text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section RS 2:331 ("Authority to acquire or improve land for industrial parks") is part of the Louisiana Civil Code, the codified statutory law of Louisiana. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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