Section 33:130.591.6 - Obligations of the commissionA. The commission may 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 commission 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 within the jurisdiction of the commission who vote in an election called and conducted under the authority of the Louisiana Election Code, including Chapter 6-A of Title 18 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950. General obligation bonds of the commission may be issued for any of the purposes for which the commission is created or is authorized to act under any provisions of this Subpart, all of which purposes are hereby found and declared to be public purposes and functions of the state of Louisiana, which are delegated to the commission.(2) The commission may in its own name and behalf issue revenue bonds for the purposes for which the commission is created or is authorized to act under any of the provisions of this Subpart, including industrial and commercial development revenue bonds. The bonds shall be issued in the manner as provided for in Part XII and Part XIII of Chapter 4 of Subtitle II of Title 39 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950.(3) The commission may in its own name and behalf borrow from time to time in the form of certificates of indebtedness. The certificates shall be secured by the dedication and pledge of monies of the commission derived from any lawful sources, including fees, occupational license revenues, building permit charges dedicated to the commission, lease rentals, service charges, local service agreement payments from one or more other contracting parties, the avails of ad valorem property taxation, or any combination of such sources of income, provided that the term of such certificates shall not exceed ten years and the annual debt service on the amount borrowed shall not exceed the anticipated revenues to be dedicated and pledged to the payment of the certificates of indebtedness, as shall be estimated by the board at the time of the adoption of the resolution authorizing the issuance of such certificates. The estimate of the board referred to in the authorizing resolution shall be conclusive for all purposes of this Section.(4) The commission may borrow the amount of the anticipated ad valorem tax, not to exceed five mills, authorized by R.S. 33:130.591.5, for a period not to exceed ten years and may issue certificates of indebtedness therefor and may dedicate the avails of the tax funded for the payment thereof for the period of time the certificates are outstanding.(5) The board may adopt all necessary resolutions or ordinances 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.(6) 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 commission, 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 the resolution or ordinance or to draw in question the legality of the 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.(7) The issuance and sale of such bonds, certificates of indebtedness, notes, or other evidence of debt by the commission shall be subject to approval by the State Bond Commission.(8) 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.Added by Acts 2014, No. 834,s. 1, eff. 6/23/2014.