RS 11:951.14: Powers of board in general

The board of trustees shall exercise all the rights, powers and privileges granted by law to corporations. It may sue and be sued, acquire, hold, receive, use, transfer, assign, sell or dispose of any kind of property. The board may also borrow money, issue notes or other evidences of debt. It may pledge its revenues for the year then current from whatever source received, for the purpose of promptly paying its obligations or for such other purposes it may deem necessary or appropriate to carry out the provisions of this Part. The board may accept, hold, assign, transfer, sell, or dispose of, either absolutely or under such conditions as the donor may impose, any donation whatever, or any interest therein.