SUBPART B-27. ESLER INDUSTRIAL

DEVELOPMENT AREA ADVISORY BOARD

§130.541. Esler Industrial Development District; creation; territorial jurisdiction

NOTE: R.S. 33:130.541 repealed by Acts 2001, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 2, §3, eff. upon transfer to the military department of the state pursuant to R.S. 29:33.2. See Section 5 of Act 2.

A. The Esler Industrial Development District, hereinafter referred to as the "district", is hereby constituted and is declared to be a body politic and political subdivision of the state of Louisiana, as defined in Article VI, Section 44 of the Constitution of Louisiana. Pursuant to Article VI, Sections 19 and 21 of the Constitution of Louisiana, the district acting through its board of commissioners, the governing authority of said district, is hereby granted all of the rights, powers, privileges, and immunities granted to political subdivisions for industrial, commercial, and economic development purposes, including but not limited to the power of taxation, subject to the limitations hereinafter provided.

B. The district created pursuant hereto shall be established for the primary object and purpose of promoting and encouraging industrial development to stimulate the economy through commerce and industry, including but not limited to activities and planned land uses to foster creation of new jobs, economic development, aviation, warehousing, transportation, the acquisition of land and improvements, and the construction, operation, and maintenance of facilities, improvements, and infrastructure, including buildings, runways, roads, bridges, drainage, and utilities.

C. The boundaries of the district shall be as follows, to wit:

A tract of land situated in the parish of Rapides, being part of Sections 21, 22, and 24, and part of Fractional Sections 23 and 38, Township 5 North, Range 2 East of the Louisiana Meridian, and being more particularly described as follows:

Beginning at the southwest corner of said Fractional Section 23; thence north along to the west line of said Fractional Section 23 and the west line of said Section 22 to the west quarter corner thereof; thence east along the east and west quarter line of said Section 22 and the east and west quarter line of said Section 21 to the east quarter corner of said Section 21; thence south along the east line of said Section 21 and the east line of said Section 24 to the southeast corner thereof; thence west along the south line of said Section 24 and the south line of said Fractional Section 23 to its intersection with the east line of said Fractional Section 38; thence in a southeasterly direction along the east line of said Fractional Section 38 to a point on the north bank of Bayou Flagon; thence in a general westerly direction along said north bank of Bayou Flagon to its intersection with the west line of said Fractional Section 38; thence in a northwesterly direction along said west line of Fractional Section 38 to a point on the aforesaid south line of Fractional Section 23; thence west along the south line of said Fractional Section 23 to the point of beginning, containing 1,991.43 acres, more or less.

Acts 1995, No. 986, §1; Acts 2001, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 2, §3.

NOTE: See Acts 2001, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 2, §5, relative to effectiveness of repeal.