The authority may borrow money and issue bonds and other debt instruments, but some issuances need voter approval and State Bond Commission approval; there is also a 30-day contest period after publication of an authorizing resolution or ordinance.
§130.768. Obligations of the authority A. The authority shall have authority to incur debt for any one or more of its lawful purposes set forth in this Subpart, to issue in its name negotiable bonds, notes, certificates of indebtedness, or other evidences of debt, and to provide for the security and payment thereof. B.(1) The authority may in its own name and behalf incur debt and issue general obligation ad valorem property tax secured bonds under the authority of and subject to the provisions of Article VI, Section 33 of the Constitution of Louisiana, Subpart A of Part III of Chapter 4 of Subtitle II of Title 39 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, when approved by a majority of the qualified voters who vote in a special election called and conducted under the authority of the Louisiana Election Code. (2) The authority may in its own name and behalf issue revenue bonds for the purposes for which the authority is created or is authorized to act under any of the provisions of this Subpart, including industrial and commercial development revenue bonds. Said bonds shall be issued in the manner as provided for in R.S. 39:991 through 1001 and 1011 through 1024, and Chapter 7 of Title 51 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, as amended. (3) The board, with approval of the Iberia Parish Council, is authorized to adopt all necessary resolutions or ordinances which may be necessary for ordering, holding, canvassing, and promulgating the returns of any election required for the issuance of general obligation bonds, or limited tax secured obligations, or for the voting of a property tax millage, which resolutions or ordinances may include covenants for the security and payment of any bonds or other evidence of debt so issued. (4) For a period of thirty days from the date of publication of any resolution or ordinance authorizing the issuance of any bonds, certificates of indebtedness, notes, or other evidence of debt of the authority, any interested person may contest the legality of such resolution or ordinance and the validity of such bonds, certificates of indebtedness, notes, or other evidence of debt issued or proposed to be issued thereunder and the security of their payment, after which time no one shall have any cause of action to contest the legality of said resolution or ordinance or to draw in question the legality of said bonds, certificates of indebtedness, notes, or other evidence of debt, the security therefor, or the debts represented thereby for any cause whatever, and it shall be conclusively presumed that every legal requirement has been complied with, and no court shall have authority to inquire into such matters after the lapse of thirty days. (5) The issuance and sale of such bonds, certificates of indebtedness, notes, or other evidence of debt by the authority shall be subject to approval by the State Bond Commission. (6) Such bonds, certificates of indebtedness, notes, or other evidence of debt shall have all the qualities of negotiable instruments under the commercial laws of the state of Louisiana. (7) Such bonds shall not constitute general obligations of the state of Louisiana or the parish of Iberia. Acts 2008, No. 918, §1.