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La. Rev. Stat. § 34:1701 (2026)

Creation and territorial limits

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CHAPTER 14.  ST. BERNARD PORT,

HARBOR AND TERMINAL DISTRICT

§1701.  Creation and territorial limits

The St. Bernard Port, Harbor and Terminal District, created as a public corporation and political subdivision of the state of Louisiana under the authority of Section 31 of Article XIV of the Constitution of the state of Louisiana for the year 1921, as amended, shall have territorial limits coextensive with the parish of St. Bernard.  The territorial limits and territorial jurisdiction of said district shall be the territory, including all lands, waterways, rivers, lakes, and navigable bodies, comprising and lying within the limits and boundaries of St. Bernard Parish.  The board of commissioners for the district shall have complete jurisdiction to regulate all domestic, coastwise, and intercoastal commerce and traffic of said district, and all commerce and traffic within the district including cargo bound for and/or in and/or coming out of international commerce where such commerce is conducted by or through a facility wholly owned by the district.

Added by Acts 1960, No. 228, §1.  Amended by Acts 1962, No. 109, §1; Acts 1964, No. 404, §1; Acts 1970, No. 416, §1; Acts 1976, No. 285, §1; Acts 1980, No. 500, §1, eff. Aug. 1, 1980; Acts 1992, No. 40, §1.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 8 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1990–2024 · leading case: St. Bernard Port, Harbor & Terminal Dist. v. Violet Dock Port, Inc., LLC, 809 F. Supp. 2d 524 (E.D. La. 2011).
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St. Bernard Port, Harbor & Terminal Dist. v. Violet Dock Port, Inc., LLC, 809 F. Supp. 2d 524 (E.D. La. 2011). · cites it 2× “2 La.Rev.Stat. §§ 34:1701; 34:1703(A). Violet is a Louisiana limited liability company.”
Fleet Intermodal Servs., LLC v. St. Bernard Port, Harbor & Terminal Dist., 60 So. 3d 85 (La. Ct. App. 2011). · cites it 2× “La.Rev.Stat. § 34:1701. . La. Civ.Code art.”
River Marine Contractors, Inc. v. BD. OF COM'RS, 605 So. 2d 654 (La. Ct. App. 1992). · cites it 2× “LSA-R.S. 34:1701 and LSA-R.S. 34:1705 as amended in 1980.”
State Civil Serv. Comm'n v. Dep't of Pub. Saf. Dir., 873 So. 2d 636 (La. 2004). “Bernard shall be governed by the provisions of R.S. 34:1701 et seq. B. It shall be the duty of the board: (1) To have charge of, and administer the public wharves, docks, sheds, and landings of the port of New Orleans which are owned and operated, or which may be purchased,…”
River Marine Contractors, Inc. v. Bd. of Commissioners, 568 So. 2d 620 (La. Ct. App. 1990). “However, since the doctrine of sovereign immunity has not been pled, we now find that the Declaratory Judgment Act (C.C.P. art 1871 et seq.”
St. Bernard Port, Harbor & Terminal Dist. v. Violet Dock Port, Inc., 229 So. 3d 626 (2016). · cites it 2× “R.S. 34:1701. . La. R.S. 34:1705 reads: A.”
Coastal Cargo Co. LLC v. Bd. of Commissioners of the Port of New Orleans (La. Ct. App. 2024). “R.S. 34:1701 (creating the St. Bernard Port, Harbor, and Terminal District); and La.”
St. Bernard Port v. Violet Dock Port, Inc., 255 So. 3d 57 (2018). “R.S. 34:1701, et seq. Violet Dock Port, LLC, is a privately-held family business that was in operation for over 40 years until it ceased to exist after St.”
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