AI-assisted research summary: The board of commissioners must be domiciled in Lafourche Parish and has powers to sue, borrow, issue bonds, and levy taxes, subject to stated legal limits and election conditions.
§1109.16. Board; domicile; power to levy taxes, incur debt, and issue bonds A. The board of commissioners shall be domiciled in the parish of Lafourche and shall have the power to sue and be sued. In the exercise of its powers to control, administer, and manage the affairs of the district, the board may incur debt and issue bonds and may levy taxes in the manner provided in this Subpart and pursuant to Article VI, Sections 30 and 32 of the Constitution of Louisiana or any other constitutional or statutory authority. The board generally may perform any function and exercise any power necessary, requisite, or proper for the administration and management of the affairs of the commission and, specifically, may cooperate with juvenile courts and other courts and public agencies within the Seventeenth, Twenty-Third, Twenty-Ninth, and Fortieth Judicial Districts to aid and assist in all ways authorized by law for the purposes and responsibilities for which the commission is established. B. In addition to the general powers conferred by this Section, in order to obtain the necessary funds to carry out its purposes, duties, and responsibilities, and in order to acquire, construct, maintain, and operate a juvenile facility or facilities and related services and programs throughout the River Parishes Juvenile Justice District, the commission may incur debt and issue general obligation bonds within the limitations prescribed by Article VI, Section 33 of the Constitution of Louisiana and other applicable constitutional or statutory authority, but only when authorized by a majority of the electors in the district who vote thereon in an election held for that purpose in accordance with laws governing such elections. C. When the River Parishes Juvenile Justice District presents any tax proposal to the electors of the district, the Lafourche Parish Council shall submit to the electors of Lafourche Parish a reduction of any current levied millage at or lower than the tax increase proposed by the River Parishes Juvenile Justice District on the same election date. Acts 2023, No. 145, §1; Acts 2025, No. 435, §1.