§1786.  Duties of the department

The department shall administer the provisions of this Chapter and shall have the following powers and duties in addition to those mentioned elsewhere in this Chapter and in other laws of this state:

(1)  To monitor the implementation and operation of this Chapter and conduct a continuing evaluation of the progress made in enterprise zones and economic development zones.

(2)  To assist the governing authority of an enterprise zone or economic development zone in obtaining assistance from any other department of state government, including assistance in providing training, technical assistance, and wage subsidies to new businesses and small businesses within an enterprise zone or economic development zone.

(3)  To assist any employer or prospective employer within an enterprise zone or economic development zone in obtaining the benefits of any incentive or inducement program authorized by Louisiana law.

(4)  Repealed by Acts 2010, No. 1034, §3.

(5)  To promulgate rules and regulations to effectuate this Chapter, in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act.

(6)  To notify each legislator whose district includes any portion of an enterprise zone or economic development zone when the department designates such a zone.

(7)  To notify the requesting governing authority and the appropriate substate planning and development district of any alternative designation of an enterprise zone pursuant to R.S. 51:1785(B).  Such notifications shall be made in writing and received no later than thirty days after approval of such designation by the board.

(8)  To compile, by substate planning and development district, a report listing all existing contracts of exemption entered into by the board with businesses pursuant to this Chapter.  Such report shall be transmitted to the appropriate substate planning and development district at least once every six months.

(9)  To maintain maps of the location of all enterprise zones and economic development zones within a substate planning and development district and to transmit copies of such maps to the appropriate district at least once every six months.

Added by Acts 1981, No. 901, §1; Acts 1986, No. 825, §1; Acts 1991, No. 928, §1; Acts 1992, No. 1024, §1, eff. July 1, 1993; H.C.R. No. 71, 1993 R.S.; Acts 1995, No. 581, §2, eff. June 18, 1995; Acts 2001, No. 9, §9, eff. July 1, 2001; Acts 2010, No. 1034, §3.