Louisiana Constitution Art. 6 Sec. 44 – DEFINITIONS
Terms Used In Louisiana Constitution Art. 6 Sec. 44
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
- Municipality: means an incorporated city, town, or village. See Louisiana Constitution Art. 6 Sec. 44
- Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
- Political subdivision: means a parish, municipality, and any other unit of local government, including a school board and a special district, authorized by law to perform governmental functions. See Louisiana Constitution Art. 6 Sec. 44
§44. Terms Defined
Section 44. As used in this Article:
(1) “Local governmental subdivision” means any parish or municipality.
(2) “Political subdivision” means a parish, municipality, and any other unit of local government, including a school board and a special district, authorized by law to perform governmental functions.
(3) “Municipality” means an incorporated city, town, or village.
(4) “Governing authority” means the body which exercises the legislative functions of the political subdivision.
(5) “General law” means a law of statewide concern enacted by the legislature which is uniformly applicable to all persons or to all political subdivisions in the state or which is uniformly applicable to all persons or to all political subdivisions within the same class.
(6) “General obligation bonds” means those bonds, the principal and interest of which are secured by and payable from ad valorem taxes levied without limitation as to rate or amount.
(7) “Deep-water port commissions” and “deep-water port, harbor, and terminal districts” mean those commissions or districts within whose territorial jurisdiction exist facilities capable of accommodating vessels of at least twenty-five feet of draft and of engaging in foreign commerce.