Louisiana Revised Statutes Tit. 33, § 130.862. New Orleans Exhibition Hall Authority Economic Growth and Development District; creation; territorial jurisdiction

A. The New Orleans Exhibition Hall Authority Economic Growth and Development District, a body politic and corporate, referred to in this Subpart as the “district”, is hereby created in the city of New Orleans, referred to in this Subpart as the “city”. The district shall be comprised of all of the property bounded by the floodwall at Girod Street to Market Street, Market Street to Tchoupitoulas Street, north on Tchoupitoulas Street to Euterpe Street, west on Euterpe Street to Chippewa Street (as if extended), north on Chippewa Street (extended) to Melpomene Street, west on Melpomene Street to Annunciation Street, north on Annunciation Street to Thalia Street, east on Thalia Street to St. Thomas Street (extended), north on St. Thomas Street (as if extended) to Calliope Street riverbound, east on Calliope Street riverbound to Convention Center Boulevard, north on Convention Center Boulevard to Gaiennie Street, west on Gaiennie Street to South Peters Street, north on South Peters Street to Andrew Higgins Drive, east on Andrew Higgins Drive to Convention Center Boulevard, north on Convention Center Boulevard to Girod Street, and east on Girod Street to the floodwall, referred to in this Subpart as the “property”.

B. The district shall be a political subdivision of the state 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 is hereby granted all of the rights, powers, privileges, and immunities accorded by law and the Constitution of Louisiana to political subdivisions of the state, subject to the limitations provided in this Subpart.