As used in this Chapter, the following words and phrases shall have the meaning ascribed to them in this Section:

(1)  “Administrative expenses” means any and all expenditure of funds by the port commission relating to the running of the daily affairs of the port commission, including but not limited to employee salaries, employee benefits, rents, utilities, professional services, office equipment and supplies, furniture and fixtures, telephones, travel expenses, insurance premiums, automobile expenses, and other such related items.

(2)  “Carrier” means operating companies, railroads, trucking companies, barge lines, stevedoring companies, shipping lines, and all companies transporting, storing, or shipping goods and other products, whether by rail, truck, barge, oceangoing vessel, or otherwise.

(3)  “Improvements” means the repairs, maintenance, and construction of facilities and on property, whether movable or immovable, owned, operated, leased, or administered by the port commission.

(4)  “Maintenance expenses” means any and all expenditure of funds by the port commission appertaining in any manner to the repairs and maintenance of the facilities and property, whether immovable or movable, owned, operated, leased, or administered by the port commission, including but not limited to grounds keeping, grounds improvements, roadbed repairs, facility repairs, and other such related items.

(5)  “Marine terminal operator” means a person, company, or entity furnishing services as an operating company or stevedoring company relating to the use of operations of the facilities and property owned, leased, administered, or operated by the port commission to include the transportation, storage, handling, loading, unloading, or shipping of goods or other products or commodities.

(6)  “Operating companies” means a person, company, or entity performing or furnishing services for the port commission related to the operations of facilities owned, leased, operated, or administered by the port commission.

(7)  “Operative expenses” means any and all expenditure of funds by the port commission in furtherance of the rights, duties, powers, and functions of the commission as set forth in La. Rev. Stat. 34:1953 including works of public improvements necessary or useful for port, recreational, harbor, and terminal purposes that may be necessary for the business of the commission.

(8)  “Repairs” means those activities necessary to maintain any and all facilities and real property owned, operated, leased, or administered by the port commission in a workable, functional, or operational condition.

(9)  “Stevedoring company” means a person, company, or entity performing or furnishing the necessary equipment and manpower to load, unload, transport, or ship goods, products, or commodities.

Added by Acts 1972, No. 287, §1; Acts 1995, No. 161, §1, eff. July 1, 1995.

NOTE:  ACTS 1995, NO. 161 IS REMEDIAL AND SHALL BE APPLIED RETROACTIVELY AS WELL AS PROSPECTIVELY.