§ 34:201 Creation and territorial limits
§ 34:202 Lake Charles Harbor and Terminal District; ratification; board of commissioners; members; officers; agents; and employees
§ 34:203 Powers of board; title to structures and facilities
§ 34:203.1 Sale of property
§ 34:203.2 Transfer of property to the United States Navy
§ 34:204 Officers of board; meetings; offices; agents and employees; travel
§ 34:204.1 Port director
§ 34:205 Examinations and investigations; control and regulation; annual reports
§ 34:206 Acquisition of lands
§ 34:207 Construction of works of public improvement
§ 34:208 Letting contracts; exceptions
§ 34:209 Fees; ad valorem tax; borrowing money
§ 34:210 Bond issues
§ 34:211 Taxes for payment of bonds
§ 34:212 Collection of taxes
§ 34:213 Transfer of state lands to board of commissioner; certificate
§ 34:214 Refunding bonds; issuance
§ 34:215 Powers and authority of district
§ 34:216 Authority for issuance of bonds
§ 34:217 Contestment of the legality of bonds
§ 34:218 Calcasieu River and Pass Project
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Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes > Title 34 > Chapter 1 > Part II - Lake Charles Harbor and Terminal District

  • 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
  • Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
  • Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
  • Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
  • Department: means the Louisiana Department of Health. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 40:2102
  • Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another.
  • Escrow: Money given to a third party to be held for payment until certain conditions are met.
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • Fair market value: The price at which an asset would change hands in a transaction between a willing, informed buyer and a willing, informed seller.
  • Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
  • Hospital: means any institution, place, building, or agency, public or private, whether for profit or not, with facilities for the diagnosis, treatment, or care of persons who are suffering from illness, injury, infirmity, or deformity or other physical condition for which obstetrical, medical, or surgical services would be available and appropriate and which operates or is affiliated with facilities for the overnight care, observation, or recovery of those persons. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 40:2102
  • Injunction: An order of the court prohibiting (or compelling) the performance of a specific act to prevent irreparable damage or injury.
  • 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.
  • Person: means the state, and any political subdivision or municipal corporation thereof, an individual, firm, partnership, corporation, company, association or joint stock association, or the legal successor thereof. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 40:2102
  • 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.
  • Prosecute: To charge someone with a crime. A prosecutor tries a criminal case on behalf of the government.
  • Public law: A public bill or joint resolution that has passed both chambers and been enacted into law. Public laws have general applicability nationwide.
  • Remainder: An interest in property that takes effect in the future at a specified time or after the occurrence of some event, such as the death of a life tenant.
  • Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
  • Subpoena: A command to a witness to appear and give testimony.
  • Summons: Another word for subpoena used by the criminal justice system.
  • User fees: Fees charged to users of goods or services provided by the government. In levying or authorizing these fees, the legislature determines whether the revenue should go into the treasury or should be available to the agency providing the goods or services.
  • Venue: The geographical location in which a case is tried.
  • Workplace violence: means violent acts, including battery or the intentional placing of another person in reasonable apprehension of sustaining battery, directed toward persons at work or on duty with their employment. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 40:2199.12