§ 34:2401 Creation of district
§ 34:2402 Governing authority
§ 34:2403 Powers of the commission
§ 34:2404 Authority for issuance of bonds; levy of taxes, election; issuance of bonds
§ 34:2405 Purpose of bonds
§ 34:2406 Sale of bonds, prescriptive period to contest
§ 34:2407 Advertisement; R.S. 43:111 not to apply

Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes > Title 34 > Chapter 28 - Madison Parish Port Commission

  • Account: means the Fishermen's Gear Compensation and Underwater Obstruction Removal Dedicated Fund Account. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 30:101.3
  • Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
  • Assistant secretary: means the assistant secretary of the office of conservation within the Department of Energy and Natural Resources or his authorized representatives. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 30:101.3
  • Clerk of court: An officer appointed by the court to work with the chief judge in overseeing the court's administration, especially to assist in managing the flow of cases through the court and to maintain court records.
  • Commercial fisherman: means any citizen of the state of Louisiana whose primary source of earnings is from the harvesting of living marine resources for commercial purposes. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 30:101.3
  • Common disaster: A sudden and extraordinary misfortune that brings about the simultaneous or near-simultaneous deaths of two or more associated persons, such as husband and wife.
  • Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
  • Department: means the Department of Energy and Natural Resources. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 30:101.3
  • earnings: means the earnings derived solely by the personal efforts of the commercial fisherman, exclusive of the income of a spouse or of any community property interest in the income of a spouse. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 30:101.3
  • Ex officio: Literally, by virtue of one's office.
  • Fishing gear: means any vessel and any equipment, whether or not attached to a vessel, which is used in the commercial handling or harvesting of living marine resources. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 30:101.3
  • Gas: means all natural gas, including casinghead gas, and all other hydrocarbons not defined as oil in Paragraph (7) of this Section. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 30:3
  • Grantor: The person who establishes a trust and places property into it.
  • Joint committee: Committees including membership from both houses of teh legislature. Joint committees are usually established with narrow jurisdictions and normally lack authority to report legislation.
  • Joint meeting: An occasion, often ceremonial, when the House and Senate each adopt a unanimous consent agreement
  • 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.
  • Oath: A promise to tell the truth.
  • Oil: means crude petroleum oil, and other hydrocarbons, regardless of gravity, which are produced at the well head in liquid form by ordinary production methods. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 30:3
  • Owner: means the person, including operators and producers acting on behalf of the person, who has or had the right to drill into and to produce from a pool and to appropriate the production either for himself or for others. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 30:3
  • Person: means any natural person, corporation, association, partnership, receiver, tutor, curator, executor, administrator, fiduciary, or representative of any kind. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 30:3
  • 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 Revised Statutes 18:581
  • Presiding officer: A majority-party Senator who presides over the Senate and is charged with maintaining order and decorum, recognizing Members to speak, and interpreting the Senate's rules, practices and precedents.
  • Program: means the Fishermen's Gear Compensation and Underwater Obstruction Removal Program. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 30:101.3
  • Secretary: means the secretary of the Department of Energy and Natural Resources or his authorized representatives. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 30:101.3
  • Subpoena: A command to a witness to appear and give testimony.
  • Trust account: A general term that covers all types of accounts in a trust department, such as estates, guardianships, and agencies. Source: OCC
  • Underwater obstruction: means any obstacle, whether natural or manmade, which impedes normal navigation and commercial fishing on the navigable waters of the state. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 30:101.3
  • Venue: The geographical location in which a case is tried.