La. Rev. Stat. § 38:2558 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 38 / Section 2558
Powers of board
Status: in_force

In order to accomplish the purposes for which the district is created, the board of commissioners may:

(1) Purchase, hold, sell and convey land and personal property and execute such contracts as it may deem necessary or convenient to enable it properly to carry out the purposes for which it is created.

(2) Acquire servitudes, rights of way and flowage rights, by purchase or by expropriation.

(3) Assist in conserving soil and water and in developing the water resources of the district; provided, however, nothing shall be done to interfere with districts previously organized under Louisiana law.

(4) Under the supervision of the Louisiana state department of public works, contract for the construction of proposed works and improvements.

(5) Cooperate with the department of public works in its construction of any drainage works or improvements, and the construction of any works or improvements for the control, retention, diversion or utilization of water; retard runoff of water and soil erosion, construct any ditch, channel improvement, dike, dam, or levee, and repair, improve and maintain any of said improvements or structures.

(6) Acquire personal property by gift or purchase.

(7) Levy taxes, issue bonds and incur indebtedness within the limitations prescribed by the constitution of the state of Louisiana, and in the manner prescribed thereby.

(8) Cooperate and contract with persons, firms, associations, partnerships and private corporations, and cities of this state, or other public corporations and with any other local, state and governmental agencies for the sale or use of any waters impounded hereby.

(9) Select a domicile and home office for the district.

(10) Do and perform any and all things necessary or incident to the fulfillment of the purposes for which this district is created, including all acts necessary to construct, lease, acquire in any manner, maintain, and operate dikes, dams, reservoirs, storage basins, locks, levees, flumes, conduits, spillways or other structures necessary, suitable or convenient to the purposes of the district.

(11) The board of commissioners of the Bayou D'Arbonne Lake Watershed District shall have the care, management, and control of the lake or reservoir formed by the damming of Bayou D'Arbonne and its property and finances. They shall have power:

(a) To appropriate money and provide for the current expenses of the said district.

(b) To make all police regulations necessary for the preservation of good order and the peace of the district; and to prevent injury to, destruction of, or interference with public or private property.

(c) To secure the general health of the district; to prevent, remove and abate nuisances; to prohibit the construction of privy vaults and cesspools, and to regulate or suppress those already constructed; to compel and regulate the connection of all property with the sewers and drains; to establish and regulate health and sanitary regulations with the concurrent approval of the Board of Health or to regulate them and to prescribe and enforce regulations for cleanliness and sanitary regulations with regard to construction within the said district; to compel and regulate the removal of garbage and filth within the said limits of the district.

(d) To grant franchises to telephone, telegraph and electric power companies for the purpose of supplying such service to construction within one mile of the high water line of the said reservoir.

(e) To grant franchises for the purpose of laying gas, water, sewer, electric light or other utilities supplying the inhabitants or any person or corporation with gas, water, sewage, light, when such construction is located within one mile of the high water line of the said reservoir. For the granting of any such franchise, the board of commissioners of the Bayou D'Arbonne Lake Watershed District shall be authorized and permitted to levy and collect from such supplier of electric current, gas, water, butane, or any other utility, a sum not to exceed 5% of the gross realized by the said utility in furnishing such services to any person, corporation, partnership or association of individuals when such construction is located within one mile of and above the high water mark of the said reservoir. This applies only to construction begun after August 1, 1962. Such funds accruing to the commission as aforesaid shall be used for the sole and only purpose of the improvement of the said facility.

(f) To prohibit the operation of any motor vessel in an area that is inundated from Lake D'Arbonne when it is above flood stage and when the operation of such motor vessel causes or may cause inundations of dwellings, camps, business establishments, or similar structures.

(g) To appoint, designate, and empower wardens, rangers, patrols, and such other personnel as may be deemed necessary by the commission for the enforcement of such regulations as may be promulgated and adopted by the said commission.

(12) The board of commissioners of the Bayou D'Arbonne Lake Watershed District of this state may raise funds by taxes or otherwise to be expended by and under the direction of the department of public works of the state of Louisiana.

(13) The said watershed district as defined hereinabove, through its governing authority is authorized to incur debt and issue negotiable bonds for the construction of works of public improvement and for such other public purposes as may be necessary and proper to effect the purpose of this said water conservation district; and to that effect, they are authorized to call any special elections that are necessary to levy taxes, incur debt, and to issue and sell negotiable bonds, all in conformity of the constitution and laws of the state of Louisiana.

(14) The Bayou D'Arbonne Lake Watershed District shall have, with respect to the improvement and maintaining of the said watershed district, the advice of the department of public works, and it shall be the duty of the department to make such surveys, inspections, and investigations, render such report, estimate and recommendations and furnish such plans and specifications as the board of commissioners of the said district may request from time to time.

(15) Whenever any work is to be let under the provisions of this Part, the work shall be let in accordance with the provisions of R.S. 38:2211 et seq.

(16) The special taxes imposed for the purpose of providing for the payment of principal and interest on the bonds as aforesaid, shall each year be levied, assessed and collected on the property taxed, under the same terms and conditions and at the same time as state and parish taxes; the said taxes shall bear the same liens upon the property as state, parish, municipal and other special taxes; the property shall be sold for delinquent taxes in the same manner as properties sold for delinquent state, parish, municipal and other taxes.

(17) The provisions of the constitution and all laws regulating the collection of taxes, the creation of tax liens, mortgages, tax penalties and sales, shall apply to and regulate the collection of special taxes for the purposes enumerated in this Part.

Where the taxes have been levied by the governing authority of the said Bayou D'Arbonne Lake Watershed District, the sheriff and ex-officio tax collector for the parish in which the property is located shall make monthly statements with the parish treasurer and receive from him a receipt for the amount of special taxes paid over, in the same manner as the tax collectors are required to settle with the auditor of the state, and he shall receive from the parish treasurer the same quietus for a full settlement of taxes due and exigible in a given year and account for the delinquence or deductions in the same manner as though accounting to the auditor of the state for the state taxes. The sheriff and ex-officio tax collector shall retain no commission thereon. Upon the failure of the tax collector to comply with the provisions of this section, the governing authorities of the Bayou D'Arbonne Lake Watershed District shall proceed against him and the sureties on his official bond, for the collection for whatever amount may be due the said Bayou D'Arbonne Lake Watershed District.

(18) For the purpose of providing funds to carry out the objects and purposes for which the Bayou D'Arbonne Lake Watershed District is created, through its board of commissioners, may call special elections for the purpose of submitting to the property taxpayers throughout the Bayou D'Arbonne Lake Watershed District as hereinabove defined to vote at such election, a proposition to levy annually a special tax not to exceed 1 mill on the dollar upon all the taxable property within the district, to run for a period of not more than 10 years. The expense of any election so held shall be borne by the police jury of each parish within which the said district is located as above defined.

(19) In the resolution calling an election, the rate, object and purpose for which the tax is to be levied and the number of years it is to run must be stated. After the resolution is passed by the board of commissioners of the said district, notice of the election shall be given, embracing substantially all things that are required to be set forth in the resolution, and setting forth further, that the authorities ordering the election will, in open session to be held at an hour and place named in the notice, proceed to open the ballot boxes, examine and count the ballots in number and amount, and declare the results of the election. This notice shall be advertised for thirty days in a daily newspaper published in the district, and the insertion of the advertisements once a week for five weeks in such newspapers shall constitute sufficient notice. Thirty days must intervene from the day on which the advertisement is first inserted and the day on which the election takes place.

(20) Only property taxpayers, qualified as electors under the constitution and laws of the state shall be entitled to vote at such elections; the qualifications of the taxpayers as voters shall be those of age, residents and registered as voters.

(21) The board of commissioners of the Bayou D'Arbonne Lake Watershed District shall designate the polling places, provide the ballot boxes, ballots, evaluations of property and compile statement of the voters in number and amount and fix the compensation of election officers. They shall appoint for each polling place three commissioners and one clerk of election all of whom shall be persons qualified to vote at such election. The police jury of the respective parish within which such portion of the district is situated shall pay all of the expenses of such election.

(22) The registrar of voters in each parish within which the district is situated shall furnish to the election commissioners appointed to hold the election a list of taxpayers entitled to vote, together with valuation of each taxpayer's property as shown by the assessment roll and filed prior to the election. When any taxpayer's name and valuation of property is omitted from such list or erroneously entered thereon, the commissioners of election may receive affidavits of such taxpayer entitled to vote and the assessed valuation of his property, which affidavit shall be attached to his taxpayer's ballot. No defect or irregularity in or omission from the list of voters furnished by the registrar of voters shall affect the validity of the election, unless it is established that voters deprived of right to vote were sufficient in number and amount to have changed the result of the election.

(23) The questions submitted to the voters at special elections shall hereunder and the ballot to be used hereat shall be substantially of the following form:

Shall the Bayou D'Arbonne Lake District of Louisiana impose, levy and collect annually for the term of ______ years, beginning with the year 19 ___, a tax not exceeding one mill on the dollar upon all the taxable property within the district for the purpose of providing funds for carrying out the objects and purposes for which it is created? Taxable valuation $_______________.

_____________________________

Signature of Voter

NOTICE TO VOTERS

To vote in favor of the proposition submitted upon this ballot place an (X) in the square after the word "yes"; to vote against it, place a similar mark after the word "no".

(24) If any commission or clerk of election is unable, fails, or neglects to attend or serve at the polling place designated and at the hour fixed for opening the polls or within one hour thereafter, the commissioners present shall appoint, or in the absence of all commissioners, the voters present shall elect, the necessary number of commissioners and clerks, who shall have the same powers, compensation and duties as other commissioners and clerks and shall serve in the place and stead of the delinquent absentee appointees. Commissioners and clerks of elections, before opening the polls, shall be sworn to perform all duties encumbent upon them as such, the oaths to be taken before any officer authorized to administer oaths or by the clerk, and each commissioner of election before any other commissioner. Commissioners and clerks may administer any affidavit provided for in this Part.

(25) Each voter's name shall be written on his ballot. The commissioners of election shall receive the ballot of each voter, check his name on the list of voters furnished by the registrar as having voted, enter number of his name on the list of taxpayers voting, and immediately deposit his ballot in the ballot box, reserving to each voter the right to so fold his ballot that it shall not be known at the time whether he voted for or against the proposition submitted.

(26) The polls shall be opened on the date appointed at 7 o'clock a.m. and remain open until, and not later than, 7 o'clock p.m. No election shall be vitiated by the failure to open the polls at the time prescribed or by closing them before the time prescribed, unless on a contest it could be established that voters were there by the time to vote sufficient in number and amount to have changed the result of the election.

(27) Immediately after the closing of the polls the commissioners shall, in the presence of the bystanders, open the ballot box, count the ballots found therein, check the same with the list of voters kept, proceed to count the votes in number and amount, keep in duplicate tally sheets showing the votes in number in favor or against the proposition submitted and showing the valuation of property in favor of and against the same, make in duplicate compiled statements of the vote in number and amount, both in favor of and against the proposition. After swearing to the correctness of the numbered list of voters the duplicate tally sheets and duplicate compiled statements, they shall deposit the ballots, registrar's list of voters, the numbered list of taxpayers voting, one duplicate tally sheet and one duplicate compiled statement in the ballot box, immediately seal the said ballot box and within 72 hours after the closing of the polls, deliver said sealed ballot box with its contents to the board of commissioners of the Bayou D'Arbonne Lake District, at its domicile, and shall within the said period, deliver the duplicate tally sheet and the duplicate compiled statement to the clerk of the district court of the parish in which the said ballots represented thereby were cast, who shall file the same in his office. If the election commissioners on counting the ballots find they do not correspond with the list of voters, they shall, before examining and counting the ballots, examine the same for the purpose of finding the discrepancy, and if it should be found that any ballots have been duplicated, the same shall be destroyed, or if it be found that the name of a voter has been omitted from the list of persons voted, the same shall be added to the list.

(28) On the day and at the hour and place named in the notice of election, the board of commissioners of the Bayou D'Arbonne Lake Watershed District shall, in public session, open the ballot boxes, examine and count the ballots in number and amount, examine and canvass the returns and declare the results of such election. The results shall be promulgated by the proclamation published in one issue of a daily newspaper published in both parishes in which the said district is located. The board of commissioners shall keep a proces verbal of the manner in which the ballot boxes were opened, the returns canvassed and the result of the election ascertained, and shall forward a copy thereof to the secretary of state, who shall record the same; a copy to the clerk of the district court of each parish within the district who shall record the same in the mortgage records of his parish, retaining the original proces verbal in the archives of the said district and in the clerk's office of each parish located in the district. The secretary of the board of commissioners of the Bayou D'Arbonne Lake Watershed District shall preserve a term of three months from the date of the promulgation of the election, the ballots and other returns thereof.

(29) During the 30 days next following the publication of the proclamation declaring the results of any election, if the same be in favor of the tax, any taxpayer within the district may contest the legality of the election by appropriate action. Thereafter, no one may contest the regularity, formality or legality of the election or the validity of the tax levied or authorized to be levied, but the same shall be absolutely incontestable for any cause whatever and no court may hear or determine any such question, and the board of commissioners of the district shall not be permitted to question this authority to levy the tax.

(30) If a majority in number and amount of the qualified taxpayers voting at the election vote in favor of the proposition to levy the tax, the board of commissioners of the district may, by resolution, proceed to levy such tax from year to year, for the term for which the same has been voted. The board shall not be required to levy the full one mill tax, but their failure to levy the tax in any one year shall not permit them to exceed the one mill tax for any subsequent year.

(31) The copy of the resolution levying the tax, certified by the secretary of the board of commissioners of the said district, shall be transmitted to the tax assessor of each parish within the district on or before June 1 of the year in which the tax is to be assessed and collected, and it shall be the duty of each assessor to assess the tax and extend the same upon the tax rolls of his parish. The tax shall be collected by the sheriff and ex-officio tax collector of each parish in the same manner as taxes levied by the state. The several tax collectors shall make settlements for taxes so collected with the state auditor and state treasurer for the account of the respective Bayou D'Arbonne Lake Watershed District, and the funds so derived shall be withdrawn upon the warrant of the secretary of the board of commissioners of the Bayou D'Arbonne Lake Watershed District, countersigned by the president of the said commission. Taxes assessed shall constitute the same liens upon the property assessed; shall bear the same penalties; and collection thereof shall be enforced in the same manner and at the same time as state and parish taxes.

Acts 1956, No. 9, §8. Amended by Acts 1962, No. 194, §2; Acts 1993, No. 830, §2; Acts 1995, No. 711, §1; Acts 2022, No. 108, §2.
La. Rev. Stat. § 38:1763 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 38 / Section 1763
Gravity sub-drainage districts
Status: in_force

Gravity sub-drainage districts shall be composed of territory which is wholly within the limits and is less than the entire territory of a gravity drainage district. The sub-drainage district may be created from the land of one land owner. The governing body of any gravity sub-drainage district shall be the board of drainage commissioners of the gravity drainage district in which the sub-drainage district is situated. The resolution or resolutions creating gravity sub-drainage districts shall define the limits of the sub-drainage district, and the boundaries may be changed by the police jury or police juries creating the district, if the action be taken prior to the issuing of bonds or the levying of taxes therein. Gravity sub-drainage districts may also be formed on the petition of the board of commissioners of the gravity drainage district in which the proposed gravity sub-drainage district is situated, and they shall be formed upon a petition being presented as provided in R.S. 38:1751 for the compulsory creation of gravity drainage districts. The corporate seal of a gravity drainage district may be used as the corporate seal of any gravity sub-drainage district situated within its limits.
La. Rev. Stat. § 38:2318 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 38 / Section 2318
Prescription
Status: in_force

A. Any action by the state or an agency against any person or other entity concerning a professional services contract for public works construction entered into by such person or other entity with the state or an agency shall prescribe five years from the acceptance of the project to which the services performed under the contract are related.

B. Any action against the state or an agency by any person or entity concerning services he has performed pursuant to a professional services contract for public works construction he has entered into with the state or an agency shall prescribe five years from the acceptance of the project to which the services performed under the contract are related.

C. This Section shall not be limited by R.S. 38:2316.

Acts 1999, No. 743, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 38:3301 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 38 / Section 3301
Limits of district; limits of Comite River Diversion Canal Impact Area
Status: in_force

A. The Amite River Basin Drainage and Water Conservation District is hereby created. The district shall be comprised of that geographical area within the watershed limits of the Amite River and Tributaries Basin more particularly described as follows:

Starting at the northwest corner of Section 64, T1S-R1E, in East Feliciana Parish and also point in the State line between the States of Louisiana and Mississippi and POINT OF BEGINNING proceed in a southwesterly direction along the western boundary of Section 64, T1S-R1E to a point and corner of Section 64, T1S-R1E; thence proceed in an easterly direction along the southern boundary of Section 64, T1S-R1E to a point and corner of Section 64, T1S-R1E; thence proceed in a southerly direction along the boundary line of Section 64, T1S-R1E to a point and corner of Section 64, T1S-R1E; thence proceed in an easterly direction along the southern boundary line of Section 64, T1S-R1E to a point and intersection with the eastern right-of-way line of the Illinois Central Gulf Railroad; thence proceed in a southerly direction along the eastern right-of-way line of the Illinois Central Gulf Railroad to the point of intersection with the northern town limits of the Town of Wilson; thence proceed in an easterly direction along the northern town limits of the Town of Wilson and follow the town limits of the Town of Wilson to a point and intersection with the southern boundary line of Section 44, T1S-R1E; thence proceed in a westerly direction along the southern boundary line of Section 44, T1S-R1E to a point and corner of Section 44, T1S-R1E; thence proceed in a southwesterly direction along the southern boundary line of Section 45, T1S-R1E to a point and southwestern corner of Section 45, T1S-R1E; thence proceed in a southwesterly direction along the southeastern boundary line of Section 46, T1S-R1E to a point and northern corner of Section 53, T1S-R1E; thence proceed in a southwesterly direction along the western boundary of Section 53, T1S-R1E to a point and western corner of Section 53, T1S-R1E; thence proceed in a southeasterly direction along the southern boundary line of Section 53, T1S-R1E to a point and intersection with the western corner of Section 83, T2S-R1E; thence proceed in a southeasterly direction along the southern boundary line of Section 83, T2S-R1E to a point and intersection with the northwestern boundary line of Section 64, T2S-R1E; thence proceed in a southwesterly direction along the northeastern boundary line of Section 64, T2S-R1E to a point and southwest corner of Section 64, T2S-R1E; thence proceed in a southeasterly direction along the southern boundary line of Section 64, T2S-R1E to a point and southern corner of Section 64, T2S-R1E; thence proceed in a southeasterly direction along the southwestern boundary line of Section 70, T2S-R1E to a point and southern corner of Section 70, T2S-R1E; thence proceed in a northeastern direction along the southern boundary line of Section 70, T2S-R1E to a point and intersection with the eastern right-of-way line of the Illinois Central Gulf Railroad; thence proceed in a southern direction along the eastern right-of-way line of the Illinois Central Gulf Railroad to a point and intersection with the southern boundary line of Section 69, T2S-R1E; thence proceed in a westerly direction along the southern boundary of Section 69, T2S-R1E to a point and corner of Section 69, T2S-R1E; thence proceed in a southerly direction along the boundary line of Section 69, T2S-R1E to a point and corner of Section 69, T2S-R1E; thence proceed in a westerly direction along the southern boundary line of Section 69, T2S-R1E to a point and corner of Section 69, T2S-R1E; thence proceed in a southerly direction along the western boundary line of Section 78, T2S-R1E to a point and corner of Section 19, T2S-R1E; thence proceed in a southwesterly direction along the boundary line of Section 19, T2S-R1E to a point and point of intersection with the northern boundary line of Section 30, T2S-R1E; thence proceed in a westerly direction along the northern boundary line of Section 30, T2S-R1E to a point and intersection with the northern boundary line of Section 43, T2S-R1E; thence proceed in a northwesterly direction along the northern boundary line of Section 43, T2S-R1E to a point and intersection with the St. Helena Meridian; thence proceed in a southern direction along the St. Helena Meridian to a point and intersection with the northeastern boundary line of Section 47, T2S-R1W; thence proceed in a northwesterly direction along the northeastern boundary line of Section 47, T2S-R1W to a point and eastern right-of-way boundary line of Louisiana State Highway 68; thence proceed in a southwesterly direction along the eastern right-of-way line of Louisiana State Highway 68 to a point and point of intersection with the southern right-of-way boundary line of Louisiana State Highway 10; thence proceed in a southeasterly direction along the southern right-of-way line of Louisiana State Highway 10 to a point and intersection with the southeastern boundary line of Section 60, T2S-R1W; thence proceed in a southwesterly direction along the southeastern boundary line of Section 60, T2S-R1W to a point and corner of Section 60, T2S-R1W; thence proceed in a northwesterly direction along the boundary line of Section 60, T2S-R1W to a point and corner of Section 60, T2S-R1W; thence proceed in a southwesterly direction along the boundary line of Section 60, T2S-R1W to a point and northeastern corner of Section 39, T3S-R1W; thence proceed in a southeasterly direction along the southeastern boundary line of Sections 39, 40, and 94, T3S-R1W to a point and southeastern corner of Section 94, T3S-R1W; thence proceed in a southeasterly direction along the northern boundary line of Section 93, T3S-R1W to a point and northeast corner of Section 93, T3S-R1W; thence proceed in a southeasterly direction along the eastern boundaries of Sections 93, 92, 91, 90, 89 and 88, T3S-R1W to a point and southeastern corner of Section 88, T3S-R1W; thence proceed in a southeastern direction along the southern boundary line of Section 97, T3S-R1W to a point and intersection with the northeastern corner of Section 87, T3S-R1W; thence proceed in a southwestern direction along the eastern boundary line of Section 87, T3S-R1W to a point and northeast corner of Section 86, T3S-R1W; thence proceed in a northwesterly direction along the northern boundary line of Section 86, T3S-R1W to a point and corner of Section 86, T3S-R1W; thence proceed in a southwesterly direction along the boundary line of Section 86, T3S-R1W to a point and corner of Section 86, T3S-R1W; thence proceed in a northwesterly direction along the northern boundary line of Section 53, T3S-R1W to a point and intersection with the eastern right-of-way line of Louisiana State Highway 68; thence proceed in a southern direction along the eastern right-of-way line of Louisiana State Highway 68 to a point and intersection with the southern right-of-way boundary line of Louisiana State highway 964; thence proceed in a southeasterly direction along the southern right-of-way boundary line of State Highway 964 to a point and intersection with the northwestern boundary line of Section 52, T4S-R1W; thence proceed in a southwesterly direction along the northwestern boundary line of Section 52, T4S-R1W to a point and intersection with the parish boundary line between East Feliciana and East Baton Rouge Parishes; thence proceed in a southwesterly direction along the northwestern boundary line of Section 52, T4S-R1W to a point and western corner of Section 52, T4S-R1W; thence proceed in a southeasterly direction along the southwestern boundary line of Section 52, T4S-R1W to a point and intersection with the eastern right-of-way line of Louisiana State Highway 964; thence proceed in a southern direction along the eastern right-of-way line of Louisiana State Highway 964 to a point and intersection with the southern boundary line of Section 59, T5S-R1W; thence proceed in a westerly direction along the southern boundary line of Section 59, T5S-R1W to a point and southwest corner of Section 59, T5S-R1W; thence proceed in a westerly direction along the southern boundary line of Sections 63 and 64, T5S-R1W to a point and southwestern corner of Section 64, T5S-R1W; thence proceed in a westerly direction along the southern boundary line of Section 66, T5S-R1W to a point and corner of Section 66, T5S-R1W; thence proceed in a southerly direction along the eastern boundary line of Section 6, T5S-R1W to a point and intersection with the eastern right-of-way line of U.S. Highway 61; thence proceed in a southeasterly direction along the eastern right-of-way of U.S. Highway 61 to a point and intersection with the northern boundary line of Section 8, T5S-R1W in East Baton Rouge Parish; thence proceed in a westerly direction along the northern boundary line of Section 8, T5S-R1W to a point and northwest corner of Section 8, T5S-R1W; thence proceed in a southern direction along the eastern boundary of Section 8, T5S-R1W to a point and northeast corner of Section 69, T5S-R1W; thence proceed in a western direction along the northern boundary line of Section 69, T5S-R1W to a point and northwest corner of Section 69, T5S-R1W; thence proceed in an northwesterly direction along the northern boundary line of Section 48, T5S-R2W to a point and northwest corner of Section 48, T5S-R2W; thence proceed in a southern direction along the western boundary of Section 48, T5S-R2W to a point and intersection with the northeast corner of Section 47, T5S-R2W; thence proceed in a westerly direction along the northern boundary line of Section 47, T5S-R2W to its intersection with the eastern shore of the Mississippi River; thence proceed in a southerly direction along the eastern shore of the Mississippi River and Profit Island Chute to its intersection with the range line between R1W and R2W; thence proceed in a northerly direction along the range line between R1W and R2W to its intersection with the southwestern corner of Section 80, T5S-R1W; thence proceed in a easterly direction along the southern boundary line of Section 80, T5S-R1W to a point and southeast corner of Section 80, T5S-R1W; thence proceed in a northern direction along the eastern boundary line of Section 80, T5S-R1W to a point and intersection with the southern right-of-way line of West Irene Street; thence proceed in a northeasterly direction along the southern right-of-way line of West Irene Street to a point and intersection with the western right-of-way boundary line of U.S. Highway 61; thence proceed in a southeasterly direction along the western right-of-way boundary line of U.S. Highway 61 to a point and intersection with the western boundary line of Section 78, T5S-R1W; thence proceed in a northern direction along the western boundary line of Section 78, T5S-R1W to a point and northwest corner of Section 78, T5S-R1W; thence proceed in a northern direction along the western boundary line of Section 77, T5S-R1W to a point and northwest corner of Section 77, T5S-R1W; thence proceed in a southeasterly direction along the northern boundary line of Section 77, T5S-R1W to a point and intersection with the western right-of-way line of Louisiana State Highway 964; thence proceed in a southerly direction along the western right-of-way boundary line of Louisiana State Highway 964 to a point and intersection with the eastern right-of-way boundary line of U.S. Highway 61; thence proceed in a southeasterly direction along the eastern right-of-way boundary line of U.S. Highway 61 to a point and intersection with the southern right-of-way boundary line of Thomas Road; thence proceed in a northeasterly direction along the southern right-of-way boundary line of Thomas Road to a point and intersection with the western boundary line of Section 54, T6S-R1W; thence proceed in a southeasterly direction along the western boundary line of Section 54, T6S-R1W to a point and corner of Section 54, T6S-R1W; thence proceed in a northeasterly direction along the southern boundary line of Section 54, T6S-R1W to a point and intersection with the western boundary line of Section 52, T6S-R1W; thence proceed in a southerly direction along the western boundary line of Section 52, T6S-R1W to a point and southwest corner of Section 52, T6S-R1W; thence proceed in a westerly direction along the southern boundary line of Section 52, T6S-R1W to a point and intersection with the western boundary line of Section 70, T6S-R1W; thence proceed in a southerly direction along the western boundary line of Section 70, T6S-R1W to a point and southwestern corner of Section 70, T6S-R1W; thence proceed in an easterly direction along the southern boundary line of Section 70, T6S-R1W to a point and southeast corner of Section 70, T6S-R1W; thence proceed in a southerly direction along the western boundary line of Section 74, T6S-R1E and range line between R1W and R1E to a point and southwest corner of Section 74, T6S-R1E; thence proceed in an easterly direction along the southern boundary lines of Sections 74 and 75, T6S-R1E to a point and intersection with the western boundary line of Section 87, T6S-R1E; thence proceed in a southerly direction along the western boundary line of Section 87, T6S-R1E to a point and southwest corner of Section 87, T6S-R1E; thence proceed in an easterly direction along the southern boundary line of Section 87, T6S-R1E to a point and intersection with the western right-of-way line of Louisiana State Highway 67; thence proceed in a southwesterly direction along the western right-of-way line of Louisiana State Highway 67 to its intersection with the southern right-of-way boundary line of U.S. Highway 61 (Airline Highway); thence proceed in an easterly direction along the southern right-of-way boundary line of U.S. Highway 61 to a point and intersection with the western right-of-way line of Dutton Avenue; thence proceed in a southern direction along the western right-of-way boundary line of Dutton Avenue to a point and intersection with the northern right-of-way boundary line of Hollywood Street; thence proceed in a westerly direction along the northern right-of-way boundary line of Hollywood Street to a point and intersection with the eastern right-of-way line of Louisiana State Highway 67 (Plank Road); thence proceed in a southwesterly direction along the eastern right-of-way boundary line of Louisiana State Highway 67 to a point and intersection with the northern right-of-way boundary line of Madison Street; thence proceed in an easterly direction along the northern right-of-way boundary line of Madison Street to a point and intersection with the western right-of-way boundary line of 28th Street; thence proceed in a southerly direction along the western right-of-way boundary line of 28th Street to a point and intersection with the northern right-of-way boundary line of Bogan Walk; thence proceed in a westerly direction along the northern right-of-way boundary line of Bogan Walk to a point and intersection with the extension of the western right-of-way boundary line of 28th Street; thence proceed in a southerly direction along the western right-of-way boundary line of 28th Street to a point and intersection with the northern right-of-way boundary line of Fuqua Street; thence proceed in a westerly direction along the northern right-of-way boundary line of Fuqua Street to a point and intersection with the eastern right-of-way boundary line of Louisiana State Highway 67 (22nd Street); thence proceed in a southerly direction along the eastern right-of-way boundary line of Louisiana State Highway 67 (22nd Street) to a point and intersection with the northern right-of-way boundary line of U.S. Highway 61-190 (Florida Boulevard); thence proceed in a westerly direction along the northern right-of-way boundary line of U.S. Highway 61-190 (Florida Boulevard) to a point and intersection with the eastern right-of-way boundary line of Interstate 110; thence proceed in a northerly direction along eastern right-of-way boundary line of Interstate 110 to a point and intersection with the northern right-of-way boundary line of North Street; thence proceed in a westerly direction along the northern right-of-way boundary line of North Street and a straight line extension to a point and intersection with the eastern right-of-way boundary line of the Illinois Central Gulf Railroad; thence proceed in a southerly direction along the eastern right-of-way boundary line of the Illinois Central Gulf Railroad to a point and intersection with the southern right-of-way boundary line of Interstate 10; thence proceed in a westerly direction along the southern right-of-way boundary line of Interstate 10 to a point and intersection with the eastern right-of-way boundary line of Louisiana State Highway 327 (River Road); thence proceed in a southerly direction along the eastern right-of-way boundary line of Louisiana State Highway 327 (River Road) to a point and intersection with the parish boundaries between East Baton Rouge Parish and Iberville Parish; thence proceed in a northwesterly direction along the parish boundary line between East Baton Rouge and Iberville Parishes to a point and intersection with the thalweg of the Mississippi River; thence proceed in a southerly direction along the thalweg of the Mississippi River to a point and intersection with the parish boundary line between Ascension and Iberville Parishes; thence continuing in a southerly direction along the thalweg of the Mississippi River to a point and intersection with the parish boundary line between Ascension and St. James Parishes; thence continuing in a southerly direction along the thalweg of the Mississippi River, also being the parish boundary line between Ascension and St. James Parishes, to a point and intersection with the parish boundary line between Ascension and St. James Parishes; thence continuing in a southerly direction along the thalweg of the Mississippi River to a point and intersection with the boundary line between St. James and St. John the Baptist Parishes; thence continuing in a northeasterly direction along the thalweg of the Mississippi River, also being the parish boundary line between St. James and St. John the Baptist Parishes, to a point and intersection with the parish boundary line between St. James and St. John the Baptist Parishes; thence proceeding in a northwesterly direction along the parish boundary line between St. James and St. John the Baptist Parishes to a point and intersection with the northeastern right-of-way boundary line of U.S. Highway 61; thence proceed in a northeasterly direction along the parish boundary line between St. James and St. John the Baptist Parishes to a point and intersection with the Livingston Parish boundary line (Blind River); thence proceed in an easterly direction along the parish boundary line between Livingston and St. John the Baptist Parishes to a point and intersection with the southern boundary line of Section 34, T9S-R6E; thence proceed in an easterly direction along the southern boundary line of Section 34, T9S-R6E to a point and southeast corner of Section 34; T9S-R6E; thence proceed in a northerly direction along the eastern boundary line of Sections 34, 27, 22, 15 and 10, T9S-R6E to a point and southwest corner of Section 2, T9S-R6E; thence proceed in an easterly direction along the southern boundary line of Section 2, T9S-R6E to a point and intersection with the western shoreline of Lake Maurepas; thence proceed in a northeast direction along the western shoreline of Lake Maurepas to a point and intersection with the southern boundary line of Section 36, T8S-R6E; thence proceed in a westerly direction along the southern boundary of Section 36, T8S-R6E to a point and southwest corner of Section 36, T8S-R6E; thence proceed in a northern direction along the western boundary line of Section 36, T8S-R6E to a point and southeast corner of Section 35, T8S-R6E; thence proceed in a westerly direction along the southern boundary of Section 35, T8S-R6E to a point and corner of Section 35, T8S-R6E; thence proceed in a northerly direction along the boundary line of Section 35, T8S-R6E to a point and corner of Section 35, T8S-R6E; thence proceed in a westerly direction along the boundary of Section 35, T8S-R6E to a point and southwest corner of Section 35, T8S-R6E; thence proceed in a northerly direction along the western boundary of Section 35, T8S-R6E to a point and southeastern corner of Section 27, T8S-R6E; thence proceed in a northern direction along the eastern boundary line of Section 27, T8S-R6E to a point and northeast corner of Section 27, T8S-R6E; thence proceed in a westerly direction along the northern boundary line of Section 27, T8S-R6E to a point and northeast corner of Section 51, T8S-R6E; thence proceed in a westerly direction along the northern boundary of Section 51, T8S-R6E to a point and northwest corner of Section 51, T8S-R6E; thence proceed in a northerly direction along the eastern boundary line of Sections 21 and 16, T8S-R6E to a point and northeastern corner of Section 16, T8S-R6E; thence proceed in a westerly direction along the northern boundary line of Section 16, T8S-R6E to a point and corner of Section 16, T8S-R6E, thence proceed in a southerly direction along the boundary line of Section 16, T8S-R6E to a point and corner of Section 16, T8S-R6E; thence proceed in a westerly direction along the northern boundary line of Section 16, T8S-R6E to a point and northwest corner of Section 16, T8S-R6E; thence proceed in a westerly direction along the northern boundary of Section 17, T8S-R6E to a point and corner of Section 17, T8S-R6E; thence proceed in a southerly direction along the boundary line of Section 17, T8S-R6E to a point and corner of Section 17, T8S-R6E; thence proceed in a westerly direction along the northern boundary line of Sections 17 and 18, T8S-R6E to a point and northwest corner of Section 18, T8S-R6E; thence proceed in a southerly direction along the western boundary line of Section 18, T8S-R6E to a point and intersection with the northeast corner of Section 13, T8S-R5E; thence proceed in a southwesterly direction along the northern boundary of Section 13, T8S-R5E to a point and corner of Section 13, T8S-R5E; thence proceed in a northeasterly direction along the boundary line of Section 13, T8S-R5E to a point and corner of Section 13, T8S-R5E; thence proceed in a westerly direction along the northern boundaries of Sections 13 and 14, T8S-R5E to a point and intersection with the western boundary of Section 38, T8S-R5E; thence proceed in a northern direction along the western boundary line of Section 38, T8S-R5E to a point and northeast corner of Section 38, T8S-R5E; thence proceed in a westerly direction along the northern boundary line of Section 38, T8S-R5E to a point and intersection with the eastern boundary line of Section 37, T8S-R5E; thence proceed in a northerly direction along the eastern boundary of Section 37, T8S-R5E to a point and northeast corner of Section 37, T8S-R5E; thence proceed in a westerly direction along the northern boundary line of Section 37, T8S-R5E to a point and northwest corner of Section 37, T8S-R5E; thence proceed in a southern direction along the western boundary of Section 37, T8S-R5E to a point and intersection with the northern boundary line of Section 9, T8S-R5E; thence proceed in a westerly direction along the northern boundary line of Section 9, T8S-R5E to a point and northwest corner of Section 9, T8S-R5E; thence proceed in a southerly direction along the western boundary line of Section 9, T8S-R5E to a point and intersection with the northwest boundary line of Section 46, T8S-R5E; thence proceed in a southwesterly direction along the northwest boundary line of Section 46, T8S-R5E to a point and corner of Section 46, T8S-R5E; thence proceed in a southeasterly direction along the southwest boundary line of Section 46, T8S-R5E to a point and northeast corner of Section 17, T8S-R5E; thence proceed in a westerly direction along the northern boundary line of Section 17, T8S-R5E to a point and northwest corner of Section 17, T8S-R5E; thence proceed in a northerly direction along the eastern boundary lines of Sections 7 and 6, T8S-R5E to a point and northeast corner of Section 6, T8S-R5E; thence proceed in a westerly direction along the northern boundary line of Section 6, T8S-R5E to a point and northwest corner of Section 6, T8S-R5E; thence proceed in a westerly direction along the northern boundary line of Section 1, T8S-R4E to a point and intersection with the eastern right-of-way line of Louisiana State Highway 42; thence proceed in a northeasterly direction along the eastern right-of-way boundary line of Louisiana State Highway 42 to a point and intersection with the western boundary line of Section 29, T7S-R5E; thence proceed in a northerly direction along the western boundaries of Sections 29, 20, 17, 8 and 5, T7S-R5E to a point and intersection with the southwestern corner of Section 32, T6S-R5E; thence proceed in a northerly direction along the western boundary line of Sections 32 and 29, T6S-R5E to a point and intersection with the southern town limits of the Town of Livingston; thence proceed in a westerly direction along the southern town limits of the Town of Livingston to a point and intersection with the western right-of-way line of Louisiana State Highway 63; thence proceed in a northerly direction along the western right-of-way line of Louisiana State Highway 63 to its intersection with the northern right-of-way line of U.S. Highway 190; thence proceed in a westerly direction along the northern right-of-way boundary line of U.S. Highway 190 to a point and intersection with the range line between R4E and R5E; thence proceed in a northerly direction along the range line of R4E and R5E to a point and intersection with the northeastern corner of Section 1, T6S-R4E; thence proceed in a westerly direction along the northern boundary line of Section 1, T6S-R4E to the eastern right-of-way line of Louisiana State Highway 63; thence proceed in a northerly direction along the eastern right-of-way boundary line of Louisiana State Highway 63 to a point and intersection with the southeastern right-of-way boundary line of Louisiana State Highway 1019; thence proceed in a southwesterly direction along the southeastern right-of-way boundary line of Louisiana State Highway 1019 to a point and intersection with the eastern boundary line of Section 18, T5S-R4E; thence proceed in a northerly direction along the eastern boundary line of Section 18, T5S-R4E to a point and northeast corner of Section 18, T5S-R4E; thence proceed in a westerly direction along the northern boundary line of Section 18, T5S-R4E to a point and northwest corner of Section 18, T5S-R4E; thence proceed in a northerly direction along the western boundary line of Section 7, T5S-R4E to a point and northwest corner of Section 7, T5S-R4E; thence proceed in a easterly direction along the northern boundary line of Section 7, T5S-R4E to a point and intersection with the southeastern corner of Section 37, T5S-R4E; thence proceed in a northerly direction along the eastern boundary line of Section 37, T5S-R4E to a point and intersection with the parish boundary line between St. Helena and Livingston Parishes; thence proceed in an easterly direction along the parish boundary line between St. Helena and Livingston Parishes to a point and southwestern corner of Section 54, T4S-R4E; thence proceed in a northerly direction along the western boundary line of Section 54, T4S-R4E to a point and northwest corner of Section 54, T4S-R4E; thence proceed in an easterly direction along the northern boundary line of Section 54, T4S-R4E to a point and southwest corner of Section 51, T4S-R4E; thence proceed in a northerly direction along the western boundary line of Section 51, T4S-R4E to a point and northwest corner of Section 51, T4S-R4E; thence proceed in a westerly direction along the northern boundary line of Section 51, T4S-R4E to a point and southeast corner of Section 45, T4S-R4E; thence proceed in a northerly direction along the eastern boundary line of Section 45, T4S-R4E to a point and intersection with the northwestern boundary line of Section 20, T4S-R4E; thence proceed in a westerly direction along the northern boundary line of Section 20, T4S-R4E to a point and intersection with the southwestern corner of Section 16, T4S-R4E; thence proceed in a northerly direction along the western boundary line of Section 16, T4S-R4E to a point and northwest corner of Section 16, T4S-R4E; thence proceed in an easterly direction along the northern boundary line of Section 16, T4S-R4E to a point and intersection with the eastern boundary line of Section 39, T4S-R4E; thence proceed in a northern direction along the eastern boundary of Section 39, T4S-R4E to a point and northeast corner of Section 39, T4S-R4E; thence proceed in an easterly direction along the northern boundary of Section 39, T4S-R4E to a point and intersection with the western boundary of Section 10, T4S-R4E; thence proceed in a northerly direction along the western boundary of Section 10, T4S-R4E to a point and corner of Section 10, T4S-R4E; thence proceed in an easterly direction along the boundary of Section 10, T4S-R4E to a point and corner of Section 10, T4S-R4E; thence proceed in a northerly direction along the western boundary of Section 10, T4S-R4E to a point and northeast corner of Section 10, T4S-R4E; thence proceed in an easterly direction along the northern boundary of Section 10, T4S-R4E to a point and intersection with the western boundary of Section 37, T4S-R4E; thence proceed in a northerly direction along the western boundary of Section 37, T4S-R4E to a point and northwest corner of Section 37, T4S-R4E; thence proceed in an easterly direction along the northern boundary of Section 37, T4S-R4E to a point and intersection with the western boundary of Section 2, T4S-R4E; thence proceed in a northerly direction to a point and corner of Section 2, T4S-R4E; thence proceed in a westerly direction along the boundary of Section 2, T4S-R4E to a point and corner of Section 2, T4S-R4E; thence proceed in a northerly direction along the western boundary of Section 2, T4S-R4E to a point and northwest corner of Section 2, T4S-R4E; thence proceed in an easterly direction along the northern boundary of Section 2, T4S-R4E to a point and southeast corner of Section 35, T3S-R4E; thence proceed in a northerly direction along the eastern boundary of Section 35, T3S-R4E to a point and intersection with the southern boundary of Section 49, T3S-R4E; thence proceed in an easterly direction along the southern boundary of Section 49, T3S-R4E to a point and southeastern corner of Section 49, T3S-R4E; thence proceed in a northerly direction along the eastern boundary of Section 49, T3S-R4E to a point and intersection with the southern boundary of Section 25, T3S-R4E; thence proceed in an easterly direction along the southern boundary line of Section 25, T3S-R4E to a point and intersection with the range line between R4E and R5E; thence proceed in a northerly direction along the range line between R4E and R5E to a point and intersection with the northeastern corner of Section 13, T3S-R4E; thence proceed in a westerly direction along the northern boundary line of Section 13, T3S-R4E to a point and southeastern corner of Section 11, T3S-R4E; thence proceed in a northerly direction along the eastern boundary line of Sections 11 and 2, T3S-R4E to a point and intersection with the southwestern boundary line of Section 59, T3S-R4E; thence proceed in a northwesterly direction along the southwestern boundary line of Section 59, T3S-R4E to a point and corner of Section 59, T3S-R4E; thence proceed in a northeasterly direction along the northwest boundary line of Section 59, T3S-R4E to a point and intersection of the Township line between T2S and T3S; thence proceed in a westerly direction along the Township line between T2S and T3S to a point and southwest corner of Section 36, T2S-R4E; thence proceed in a northerly direction along the western boundary of Section 36, T2S-R4E to a point and northwest corner of Section 36, T2S-R4E; thence proceed in an easterly direction along the northern boundary line of Section 36, T2S-R4E to a point and intersection with the western corner of Section 25, T2S-R4E; thence proceed in an easterly direction along the southern boundary line of Section 25, T2S-R4E to a point and southeast corner of Section 25, T2S-R4E; thence proceed in an easterly direction along the boundary line of Section 30, T2S-R5E to a point and intersection with the western boundary line of Section 54, T2S-R5E; thence proceed in a northerly direction along the western boundary line of Section 54, T2S-R5E to a point and northwest corner of Section 54, T2S-R5E; thence proceed in an easterly direction along the northern boundary line of Section 54, T2S-R5E to a point and intersection with the western boundary line of Section 29, T2S-R5E; thence proceed in a northerly direction along the western boundary line of Section 29, T2S-R5E to a point and northwest corner of Section 29, T2S-R5E; thence proceed in a westerly direction along the northern boundary line of Section 29, T2S-R5E to a point and intersection with the northern right-of-way boundary line of Louisiana State Highway 10; thence proceed in a northwesterly direction along the northern right-of-way line of Louisiana State Highway 10 to a point and intersection with the southeastern boundary line of Section 46, T2S-R5E; thence proceed in a northeasterly direction along the southwest boundary line of Section 46, T2S-R5E to a point and southeast corner of Section 46, T2S-R5E; thence proceed in a northwesterly direction along the northeastern boundary line of Section 46, T2S-R5E to a point and northern corner of Section 46, T2S-R5E; thence proceed in a southwesterly direction along the northwest boundary line of Section 46, T2S-R5E to a point and intersection with the eastern boundary line of Section 18, T2S-R5E; thence proceed in a northerly direction along the eastern boundaries of Sections 18 and 7, T2S-R5E to a point and intersection with southern boundary line of Section 64, T2S-R5E; thence proceed in a northeasterly direction along the southern boundary of Section 64, T2S-R5E to a point and southeast corner of Section 64, T2S-R5E; thence proceed in a northwesterly direction along the eastern boundary of Section 64, T2S-R5E to a point and northern right-of-way line of Louisiana State Highway 1043; thence proceed in an easterly direction along the northern right-of-way line of Louisiana State Highway 1043 to a point and intersection with the western right-of-way line of Firetower Road; thence proceed in a northerly direction along the western right-of-way line and extension of Firetower Road to a point and the northern right-of-way line of Louisiana State Highway 38; thence proceed in an easterly direction along the northern right-of-way line of Louisiana State Highway 38 to a point and intersection with the eastern boundary line of Section 29, T1S-R5E; thence proceed in a northerly direction along the eastern boundary line of Section 29, T1S-R5E to a point and intersection with the southern boundary of Section 43, T1S-R5E; thence proceed in an easterly direction along the southern boundary of Section 43, T1S-R5E to a point and southeast corner of Section 43, T1S-R5E; thence proceed in a northerly direction along the western boundary of Section 43, T1S-R5E to a point and northeast corner of Section 43, T1S-R5E; thence proceed in an easterly direction along the northern boundary of Section 43, T1S-R5E to a point and intersection with the eastern boundary line of Section 17, T1S-R5E; thence proceed in a northerly direction along the boundary line of Section 17, T1S-R5E to a point and northeast corner of Section 17, T1S-R5E; thence proceed in an easterly direction along the southern boundary line of Section 9, T1S-R5E to a point and intersection with the eastern right-of-way boundary line of Louisiana State Highway 43; thence proceed in a northerly direction along the eastern right-of-way line of Louisiana State Highway 43 to a point and intersection with the eastern boundary line of Section 4, T1S-R5E; thence proceed in a northerly direction along the eastern boundary line of Section 4, T1S-R5E to the northeast corner of Section 4, T1S-R5E and State Line between the States of Louisiana and Mississippi; thence proceed in an easterly direction along the State line between the States of Louisiana and Mississippi to a point and northwest corner of Section 64, T1S-R1E and POINT OF BEGINNING.

B. The Comite River Diversion Canal Impact Area is that portion of the Amite River Basin Drainage and Water Conservation District contained within the district and more particularly as follows:

Starting at the intersection of Louisiana State Highway 964 and the Port Hudson - Pride Road in East Baton Rouge Parish and POINT OF BEGINNING; proceed in an easterly direction along the Port Hudson-Pride Road to its intersection with McHost Road; thence proceed in a southerly direction along McHost Road to its intersection with Louisiana State Highway 64; thence proceed in an easterly direction along Louisiana State Highway 64 to its intersection with Louisiana State Highway 409; thence proceed in a southerly direction along Louisiana State Highway 409 to its intersection with Louisiana State Highway 37; thence proceed in a southerly direction along Louisiana State Highway 37 to its intersection with Louisiana State Highway 3084; thence proceed in an easterly direction along Louisiana State Highway 3084/64 to its intersection with the parish boundary line between East Baton Rouge and Livingston Parishes; thence proceed in a southerly direction along the Amite River and Parish boundary between East Baton Rouge and Livingston Parishes to its intersection with the southern right-of-way line of the Illinois Central Gulf Railroad right-of-way and bridge across the Amite River; thence proceed in an easterly direction along the southern right-of-way line of the Illinois Central Gulf Railroad to a point and intersection with the range line between R2E and R3E in Livingston Parish; thence proceed in a southerly direction along the range line between R2E and R3E to its intersection with Louisiana State Highway 1032; thence proceed in a southeasterly direction along Louisiana State Highway 1032 to its intersection with Louisiana State Highway 16; thence proceed in a southeasterly direction along Louisiana State Highway 16 to its intersection with the northwesterly village limit of the Village of Port Vincent; thence proceed in a northeasterly direction along the Village limits of the Village of Port Vincent and follow the Village limits of the Village of Port Vincent until its intersection with the Town limits of the Town of French Settlement (at Colyell Creek); thence proceed in a northeasterly direction along the Town limits of the Town of French Settlement, follow the Town limits until its intersection with Louisiana State Highway 16 (bridge); thence proceed in a southeasterly direction along Louisiana State Highway 16 to its intersection with Louisiana State Highway 22; thence proceed in a southwesterly direction along Louisiana State Highway 22 to its intersection with the eastern boundary line of Section 22, T9S-R4E in Ascension Parish; thence proceed in a northerly direction along the eastern boundary line of Section 22, T9S-R4E to a point and northeast corner of Section 22, T9S-R4E; thence proceed in a westerly direction along the northern boundary line of Sections 22, 21, 20 and 19, T9S-R4E to a point and northwest corner of Section 19, T9S-R4E; thence proceed in a westerly direction along the northern boundary line of Section 24, T9S-R3E to its intersection with Louisiana State Highway 431; thence proceed in a northerly direction along Louisiana State Highway 431 to its intersection with Louisiana State Highway 931; thence proceed in a westerly direction along Louisiana State Highway 931 to its intersection with U. S. Highway 61; thence proceed in a northwesterly direction along U.S. Highway 61 to its intersection with Louisiana State Highway 42 in East Baton Rouge Parish; thence proceed in a northeasterly direction along Louisiana State Highway 42/948 to its intersection with Louisiana State Highway 73; thence proceed in a northwesterly direction along Louisiana State Highway 73 to its intersection with U.S. Highway 61 (Airline Hwy.); thence proceed in a northwesterly direction along U.S. Highway 61 to its intersection with South Sherwood Forest Boulevard; thence proceed in a northerly direction along South Sherwood Forest Boulevard and North Sherwood Forest Boulevard until its intersection with the northern right-of-way line of the Illinois Central Gulf Railroad right-of-way; thence proceed along the northern right-of-way line of the Illinois Central Gulf Railroad right-of-way in a westerly direction, until its intersection with U. S. Highway 61 (Airline Highway); thence proceed in a northwesterly direction along U.S. Highway 61 (Airline Highway) until its intersection with Louisiana State Highway 67 (Plank Road); thence proceed in a northeasterly direction along Louisiana State Highway 67 (Plank Road) to its intersection with the southern boundary line of Section 87, T6S-R1E; thence proceed in a westerly direction along the southern boundary line of Section 87, T6S-R1E to a point and southwest corner of Section 87, T6S-R1E; thence proceed in a northerly direction along the western boundary line of Section 87, T6S-R1E to a point and intersection with the southern boundary line of Section 75, T6S-R1E; thence proceed in a westerly direction along the southern boundary line of Sections 74 and 75, T6S-R1E to a point and southwest corner of Section 74, T6S-R1E and Range line between R1W and R1E; thence proceed in a northerly direction along the western boundary line of Section 74, T6S-R1E and Range line between R1W and R1E to a point and intersection with the southeast corner of Section 70, T6S-R1W; thence proceed in a westerly direction along the southern boundary line of Section 70, T6S-R1W to a point and southwest corner of Section 70, T6S-R1W; thence proceed in a northerly direction along the western boundary line of Section 70, T6S-R1W to a point and intersection with the southern boundary line of Section 52, T6S-R1W; thence proceed in a westerly direction along the southern boundary line of Section 52, T6S-R1W to a point and southwest corner of Section 52, T6S-R1W; thence proceed in a northerly direction along the western boundary line of Section 52, T6S-R1W to a point and intersection with the southeastern boundary line of Section 54, T6S-R1W; thence proceed in a southwesterly direction along the southeastern boundary line of Section 54, T6S-R1W to a point and corner of Section 54, T6S-R1W; thence proceed in a northwesterly direction along the western boundary line of Section 54, T6S-R1W to a point and intersection with Thomas Road; thence proceed in a westerly direction along Thomas Road to its intersection with U. S. Highway 61; thence proceed in a northwesterly direction along U.S. Highway 61 to its intersection with Louisiana State Highway 964; thence proceed in a northeasterly direction along Louisiana State Highway 964 to its intersection with the northern boundary line of Section 77, T5S-R1W to a point and intersection with the northwest corner of Section 77, T5S-R1W; thence proceed in a southerly direction along the eastern boundary line of Sections 77 and 78, T5S-R1W to its intersection with U. S. Highway 61; thence proceed in a northwesterly direction along U. S. Highway 61 to its intersection with West Irene Street; thence proceed in a westerly direction and southwesterly direction along West Irene Street to its intersection with the eastern boundary line of Section 80, T5S-R1W; thence proceed in a westerly direction along the southern boundary line of Section 80, T5S-R1W to a point and southwesterly corner of Section 80, T5S-R1W and point of intersection with the range line between R1W and R1E; thence proceed in a southerly direction along the range line between R1W and R1E to its intersection with the eastern shore of the Mississippi River and Profit Island Chute; thence proceed in a northwesterly direction along the eastern shore of Profit Island Chute and Mississippi River to its intersection with the northern boundary line of Section 47, T5S-R2W; thence proceed in an easterly direction along the northern boundary line of Section 47, T5S-R2W to a point and northeast corner of Section 47, T5S-R2W; thence proceed in a northeasterly direction along the western boundary line of Section 48, T5S-R2W to a point and northwest corner of Section 48, T5S-R2W; thence proceed in a southeasterly direction along the northern boundary line of Section 48, T5S-R2W to a point and northeast corner of Section 48, T5S-R2W; thence proceed in a southeasterly direction along the northern boundary line of Section 69, T5S-R1W to a point and northeast corner of Section 69, T5S-R1W; thence proceed in a northeasterly direction along the western boundary line of Section 8, T5S-R1W to a point and northwest corner of Section 8, T5S-R1W; thence proceed in an easterly direction along the north boundary line of Section 8, T5S-R1W to its intersection with U.S. Highway 61; thence proceed in a northwesterly direction along U.S. Highway 61 to its intersection with the eastern boundary of Section 6, T5S-R1W; thence proceed in a northerly direction along the eastern boundary of Section 6, T5S-R1W to a point and northeastern corner of Section 6, T5S-R1W; thence proceed in an easterly direction along the southern boundaries of Sections 66, 64, 63 and 59, T5S-R1W to a point and intersection with Louisiana State Highway 964; thence proceed in a northerly direction along Louisiana State Highway 964 to its intersection with the Port Hudson - Pride Road and POINT OF BEGINNING.

C.(1) The district shall also be comprised of all portions of the geographical area within the watershed limits of the Amite River and Tributaries Basin located in those parts of Iberville, Ascension, and St. James Parishes south of Louisiana Highway 61 and not particularly described in Subsection A of this Section.

(2) By January 1, 2023, the Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority in consultation with the office of state lands shall submit to the legislature a detailed legal description of the Amite River and Tributaries Basin as described in Subsection A of this Section and Paragraph (1) of this Subsection.

Added by Acts 1981, No. 896, §1. Amended by Acts 1982, No. 111, §1; Acts 1984, No. 907, §1; Acts 1995, No. 925, §1; Acts 1997, No. 437, §1; Acts 1999, No. 1045, §1, eff. July 1, 1999; Acts 2022, No. 490, §1, eff. June 16, 2022; Acts 2024, No. 179, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 38:326.4 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 38 / Section 326.4
Lafourche Basin Conservation Levee and Drainage District; executive director; assistant executive director; duties
Status: in_force

A. The positions of executive director and assistant executive director of the board of commissioners of the Lafourche Basin Conservation Levee and Drainage District are hereby created. The executive director and assistant executive director shall be appointed by the board. The executive director, on behalf of and as authorized or directed by the board, shall administer the affairs of the district. The assistant executive director shall assist the executive director in all of his functions and duties as deemed necessary by the executive director.

B. The positions of executive director and assistant executive director shall be filled by the board before February 1, 2015, if not currently filled by administrative rule of the board.

C. Neither the executive director nor the assistant executive director shall be a member of the board. The executive director and assistant executive director shall each be a full-time unclassified employee of the board who shall be paid compensation in an amount to be determined by the board which shall be comparable to like positions with levee districts throughout the state.

Acts 2014, No. 858, §1; Acts 2024, No. 177, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 38:3010 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 38 / Section 3010
Contracts, let by board; bond
Status: in_force

Any and all contracts of the district may be let by the board of commissioners, with advertisement, on the terms and subject to the conditions which it may fix in the ordinance or advertisement calling for bids. The person or firm to whom any contract is awarded shall furnish, within the delay fixed by the board, a bond of a surety company authorized to do business in the State of Louisiana, in the amount required by the laws relating to contracts for public works, and conditioned that the work shall be performed in accordance with the plans and specifications of the engineers, and the terms of the contract, and the board shall demand any other bonds and obligations which the laws relating to public works contracts require the contractor to give.

Added by Acts 1970, No. 600, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 38:85 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 38 / Section 85
Hurricane protection and flood control in Jefferson Parish; design-build
Status: in_force

A.(1) Subject to the provisions of this Section, the governing authority of Jefferson Parish may let contracts for hurricane protection and flood control projects in which the design and construction phases of a hurricane protection or flood control project are combined into a single contract.

(2) The provisions of this Section shall only apply to those projects located in an area of the parish impacted by Hurricane Katrina or Hurricane Rita and undertaken in preparation for the 2006 hurricane season.

B. Prior to letting any such contract, the parish governing authority shall adopt an ordinance establishing the design-build program for hurricane protection and flood control projects. The ordinance shall include, at a minimum, the following provisions:

(1) Requirements that:

(a) All engineering and surveying firms associated with the designer-builder to which the design-build contract is awarded shall be licensed to perform these services by the Louisiana Professional Engineering and Land Surveying Board.

(b) All contractors performing construction work for the design-build program shall be licensed by the State Licensing Board for Contractors.

(2) Requirements for the composition of a technical review committee to grade and judge the statements of qualifications and technical proposals submitted pursuant to the request for qualifications and the request for technical proposals. At least one member of the technical review committee shall be a professional engineer, and the ordinance shall so provide. Each member of the technical review committee shall be a "public servant" for purposes of the Code of Governmental Ethics.

(3) Specific requirements for the design-build program and the design-build contract, including but not limited to:

(a) Public announcement procedures for solicitation of interested design-build competitors. The ordinance shall provide that a notice of intent to select a single legal entity for design-build services and to request letters of interest and statements of qualifications from qualified firms or teams shall be distributed by the parish through advertisement in the Daily Journal of Commerce, the Times-Picayune, by appearance on the parish's Internet home page, and by other means to ensure adequate response, including newspapers, trade journals, and other forms of media which may be appropriate for specialty services. All notices of intent shall be advertised a minimum of ten days prior to the deadline for receipt of responses and shall contain a brief description of the project, the required scope of services, and sufficient information for design-build entities to determine their interest and to enable them to submit a letter of interest and statement of qualifications. The parish may readvertise the notice of intent using additional media or publications in an attempt to solicit additional responses if the number of responses is inadequate.

(b) Scope of service requirements to be met by the designer-builder selected for the contract.

(c) Requirements for a request for qualifications and statements of qualifications to be submitted by competitors for the design-build contract.

(d) Criteria and rating procedures for choosing a short list from among the persons submitting statements of qualifications to whom requests for the submission of technical proposals will be made.

(e) Requirements for cost proposals to be submitted by competitors for the design-build contract.

(f) Requirements concerning how the technical review committee shall grade, judge, and rank the technical proposals and make recommendations to the parish council and the parish president.

(g) Requirements for the selection process for the award of the design-build contract.

C. The design-build program and any design-build contract entered into pursuant to the design-build program shall be subject to the following procedures and limitations:

(1) Statements of qualifications from at least two qualified design-build competitors must be received in response to a formal request for qualifications in order to proceed with a request for technical proposals.

(2) Technical proposals shall be requested from no fewer than two of the qualified design-build competitors who submit statements of qualifications for the design-build program.

(3) The parish may use a private design professional or its own staff to develop a description of the project and the required scope of services. The description of the project and the required scope of services shall include design criteria, analyses, reports, and cost estimates for the design-build project as prepared by a private design professional or the parish staff.

(4) The technical review committee shall grade, judge, and rank the technical proposals and make a recommendation to the council for the awarding of the contract in accordance with requirements of this Section, the ordinance, the request for qualifications, and the request for technical proposals.

(5)(a) The final selection of the design-build competitor to whom the contract shall be awarded shall be made by the parish council.

(b) Such selection shall be made upon the basis of the best design for the purposes set forth in the request for qualifications and the best cost for that design, taking into account costs of construction and operation and maintenance of that design. Competitors from the short list from whom technical proposals have been requested may submit alternate designs and costs to ensure the greatest number of options from which the award may be made so as to promote best cost, as described above in this Subparagraph, and the interests of the taxpayers.

(6)(a) An adjusted score approach shall be used by the parish in determining the winning proposal. An adjusted score shall be determined using the following components:

(i) The technical score determined by the technical review committee. Weighing factors may be assigned to each element depending on its relative magnitude or significance to the overall project. Each technical review committee member shall rate his assigned element of the proposal from each of the entities on the short list and shall submit such scores to the chairman of the technical review committee. The schedule and price bid shall not be made known to the technical review committee during the scoring process. The chairman of the technical review committee shall adjust the scores for any applicable weighing factors and shall determine the total technical score for each proposal.

(ii) Prior to determining the adjusted score, the chairman of the technical review committee shall notify each design-build proposer, in writing, of each proposer's final total technical score. A proposer may request, in writing, a review of its final total technical score by the chief engineer or his designated representative. If any proposer requests a review of its total technical score, the chief engineer shall hold a hearing to review such within a reasonable time after the request has been received by the chief engineer. The chief engineer shall give the requesting proposer reasonable notice of the time and place of such hearing. The requesting proposer may appear at the hearing and present facts and arguments in support of the request for review of its final total technical score.

(iii) The individual scoring of each member of the technical review committee shall be considered a public record and available for public view.

(iv) The chief engineer shall present his findings from the hearing to the parish council. The council shall determine what action shall be taken regarding the proposer's request to review its final total technical score. Except as provided for in Subsection D of this Section, the council's decision shall be final and not subject to appeal by any legal process.

(v) The time value, consisting of the product of the proposed contract time expressed in calendar days multiplied by the value-per-calendar-day expressed in dollars established by the department and included in the "Scope of Services Package".

(vi) The price proposal.

(b) The chairman of the technical review committee shall recommend the proposal with the lowest adjusted score to the parish council. The adjusted score for each entity's design-build proposal shall be determined by the following formula: Adjusted Score = (Price Bid + Time Value) divided by Technical Score. If the Time Value is not used, the Adjusted Score shall be determined by the following formula: Adjusted Score = Price Bid divided by Technical Score.

D. There shall be no challenge by any legal process to the choice of the successful designer-builder unless filed and served on the parish president within seven calendar days after the award of the design-build program contract. Any such challenge shall be limited to fraud, bias for pecuniary or personal reasons not related to the interests of the taxpayers, or arbitrary and capricious selection of the successful designer-builder. Any such challenge shall be heard as a summary proceeding by the Twenty-Fourth Judicial District Court not less than ten days after service of the petition, not including legal holidays.

E. Once the designer-builder has been chosen, a contract for a stipulated maximum total cost may be executed, as provided in the parish council's award resolution. The final cost of the design-build contract may be increased or decreased to account for inflation if provided for in the contract, for changes in the scope of the work, or for differing site conditions, or for a combination thereof, provided any change is related to the original project and scope of services.

F. The provisions of this Section shall supersede any conflicting provisions of any other law, including but not limited to the requirements of Chapter 10 of this Title.

Acts 2006, 1 st Ex. Sess., No. 33, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 38:1843 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 38 / Section 1843
Board of commissioners
Status: in_force

A. The police jury, in the resolution creating a consolidated gravity drainage district, shall appoint five resident property taxpayers of the district, all of whom shall be registered voters, as a board of commissioners to be the governing body of the consolidated gravity drainage district. Each commissioner shall serve for a term of four years, or until his successor is appointed by the police jury. The domicile of the board of commissioners shall be the parish seat. The police jury shall by resolution designate the time and place for the first meeting of the commission. At this meeting the commissioners shall elect a president, vice-president, secretary and treasurer. The office of secretary-treasurer may be combined. The officers thus elected shall perform the duties which usually are required of corporate bodies.

B. Notwithstanding the provisions of Subsection A, the board of commissioners of Consolidated Gravity Drainage District No. 1 of Vermilion Parish shall consist of six members, subject to all other requirements of qualification for office provided in Subsection A.

C. Notwithstanding the provisions of Subsection A of this Section, the boards of commissioners of the consolidated gravity drainage districts of Calcasieu Parish may consist of seven members, subject to all other requirements of qualifications for office provided in Subsection A of this Section.

Acts 1983, No. 131, §1; Acts 2019, No. 23, §1, eff. May 30, 2019.
La. Rev. Stat. § 38:3087.96 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 38 / Section 3087.96
Election of officers
Status: in_force

Immediately after the members of the board of commissioners have been appointed, or as soon as thereafter is practicable, they shall meet and organize by electing from their number a president, vice president, and secretary who shall perform the duties normally required of such officers.

Acts 1995, No. 1045, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 38:2216 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 38 / Section 2216
Written contract and bond
Status: in_force

A.(1) When any bid is accepted for the construction or doing of any public works, a written contract shall be entered into by the successful bidder and the public entity letting the contract, and the party to whom the contract is awarded shall furnish good and solvent bond in an amount not less than one-half of the amount of the contract, for the faithful performance of his duties.

(2) Repealed by Acts 2001, No. 138, §1, eff. July 1, 2001.

B. When any bid is accepted for the purchase of materials or supplies, the public entity purchasing the materials or supplies may require that a written contract be entered into between the successful bidder and the public entity and further, the public entity may require that the successful bidder shall furnish good and solvent bond in an amount not less than one-half of the amount of the contract, for the faithful performance of his duties. Any such requirements shall be incorporated in the specifications and advertisement.

C.(1) On public contracts of two hundred thousand dollars or less, small businesses, as defined by Louisiana Economic Development, shall only be required to furnish one-half the amount of bond, as called for in the bid, as provided in Subsections A and B of this Section, and by meeting the qualifications specified in Subsection D of this Section.

(2)(a) For purposes of this Subsection, "responsible bidder" shall mean a contractor or subcontractor who has an established business and who has demonstrated the capability to provide goods and services in accordance with the terms of the contract, plan, and specifications without excessive delays, extensions, cost overruns, or changes for which the contractor or subcontractor was held to be responsible, and who does not have a documented record of past projects resulting in arbitration or litigation in which such contractor or subcontractor was found to be at fault.

(b) A responsible bidder shall have a negotiable net worth, or shall be underwritten by an entity with a negotiable net worth, which is equal to or exceeds in value the total cost amount of the public contract as provided in the bid submitted by such bidder. All property comprising the negotiable net worth shall be pledged and otherwise unencumbered throughout the duration of the contract period.

D. In order to qualify for the one-half bond requirements set forth in Paragraph (C)(1) of this Section, a bidder shall have the following characteristics:

(1) Qualifies as a small business, as certified by Louisiana Economic Development.

(2) Is a responsible bidder in accordance with Paragraph (C)(2) of this Section.

(3) Has been certified by the director of Louisiana Development to be in compliance with the criteria set forth by Louisiana Economic Development.

(4) Has been operating as the same business for a continuous period of at least three years.

(5) Has been denied guaranteed bond by the Small Business Administration or denied a performance bond by an established security firm as required under the provisions of Paragraph (A)(1) and Subsection B of this Section, for reasons other than the applicant has a previous history of performance default.

E. In the event the responsible bidder, though meeting the requirements of Subsection D of this Section, is unable to secure the performance bond required under Paragraph (C)(1) of this Section, the responsible bidder shall pay a fee equal to the cost of a Small Business Administration guaranteed bond, as provided for under the provisions of Paragraph (C)(1) of this Section. All such fees shall be paid into the state treasury by the commissioner of administration and shall be credited to the Bond Security and Redemption Fund.

F. The provisions of Subsections C, D, and E of this Section shall be administered by Louisiana Economic Development which shall promulgate all rules and regulations necessary for their effectuation.

G. It is hereby declared that any provision contained in a public contract, other than a contract of insurance, providing for a hold harmless or indemnity agreement, or both,

(1) From the contractor to the public body for damages arising out of injuries or property damage to third parties caused by the negligence of the public body, its employees, or agents, or,

(2) From the contractor to any architect, landscape architect, engineer, or land surveyor engaged by the public body for such damages caused by the negligence of such architect, landscape architect, engineer, or land surveyor is contrary to the public policy of the state, and any and all such provisions in any and all contracts are null and void.

H. Any provision contained in a public contract which purports to waive, release, or extinguish the rights of a contractor to recover cost of damages, or obtain equitable adjustment, for delays in performing such contract, if such delay is caused in whole, or in part, by acts or omissions within the control of the contracting public entity or persons acting on behalf thereof, is against public policy and is void or unenforceable. When a contract contains a provision which is void and unenforceable under this Subsection, that provision shall be severed from the other provisions of the contract and the fact that the provision is void and unenforceable shall not affect the other provisions of the contract.

I.(1) On public contracts of fifty thousand dollars or less, a performance bond as required by this Section may be waived by the public entity for a contractor or subcontractor who:

(a) Meets the definition and requirements of a "responsible bidder" as set forth in Paragraph (C)(2) of this Section.

(b) Has been operating as the same business for a continuous period of at least three years.

(c) Has been denied a performance bond by an established security firm, for reasons other than that the applicant has a previous history of performance default.

(d) Provides an irrevocable letter of credit, property bond, or other authorized form of security that is acceptable to the public entity and is in an amount of not less than the amount of the contract, for the faithful performance of his duties.

(2) The public entity may adopt rules and regulations in accordance with law to effectuate the provisions of this Subsection.

J. The provisions of this Section shall not be subject to waiver by contract.

K. The performance bond described by this Section shall inure solely to the benefit of the obligee named therein and his successors or assigns, and no other person shall have any right of action based thereon.

L.(1) There shall be no provision contained in a contract for public works which requires a contractor to reimburse a design professional for additional costs incurred by any design professional for inspections of the contracted project which occur outside of normal working hours.

(2) Notwithstanding the provisions of Paragraph (1) of this Subsection, in Jefferson Parish and in the city of New Orleans, the parish or municipality may require a contractor to pay for the additional costs incurred by a parish or municipality with respect to inspections of the contracted project provided the additional costs for inspections are above the budgeted amount for the contracted project, and further provided that the specifications or bidding documents include the average hourly rate to be charged for inspection and specify a reasonable budget for such inspections.

M. Any term, provision, or condition of any contract for public works which is contrary to or in violation of the provisions of the Public Bid Law, Chapter 10 of this Title, is against public policy and shall be invalid and unenforceable. When a contract contains a provision which is invalid and unenforceable under this Subsection, that provision shall be severed from the other provisions of the contract and the fact that the provision is void and unenforceable shall not affect the other provisions of the contract.

Acts 1977, No. 103, §1. Amended by Acts 1979, No. 389, §1; Acts 1980, No. 683, §1, eff. July 24, 1980; Acts 1981, No. 878, §1; Acts 1982, No. 251, §1; Acts 1982, No. 597, §1; Acts 1985, No. 667, §1; Acts 1986, No. 888, §1; Acts 1989, No. 13, §1; Acts 1989, No. 333, §1, eff. June 27, 1989; Acts 1989, No. 831, §1; Acts 1990, No. 304, §1; Acts 1995, No. 477, §1; Acts 1997, No. 1150, §1; Acts 1999, No. 744, §1; Acts 2001, No. 138, §1, eff. July 1, 2001; Acts 2003, No. 742, §1, eff. June 27, 2003; Acts 2011, 1 st Ex. Sess., No. 5, §1; Acts 2012, No. 834, §8, July 1, 2012.
La. Rev. Stat. § 38:107 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 38 / Section 107
Lower Atchafalaya River interim flood protection projects
Status: in_force

A. For the purpose established in this Chapter and for the purposes of designating the Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority Board as the nonfederal sponsor for the construction of the Lower Atchafalaya River interim flood protection project, the chairman of the Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority Board may negotiate and contract with the United States to provide such assurances and cooperation as is necessary. The chairman of the Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority Board or executive director the Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority is authorized to contract for the construction of these projects and for the financing of the nonfederal share of the construction cost by the United States to be repaid by the state, with interest.

B. As the city of Morgan City has established contracts for the design and construction of these projects, and begun work with the Corps of Engineers, the secretary may establish a cooperative agreement with the city of Morgan City for the planning, engineering, design, and construction of the Lower Atchafalaya River interim flood protection projects on a reimbursable basis. Interim protection consists of levees, flood walls, and related structures, as may be economically justified for those portions of Terrebonne, Assumption, St. Martin, and St. Mary Parishes located on the Atchafalaya River generally in the vicinity of the cities of Morgan City and Berwick.

C. Upon completion of the construction of the Lower Atchafalaya interim flood protection project, the responsibility for maintenance and operation of the interim flood protection project shall be assumed by the Terrebonne, Assumption, St. Martin, and St. Mary parish governments and the cities of Morgan City and Berwick respectively for those portions of the system within each of the jurisdictions.

Acts 1997, No. 698, §1, eff. July 7, 1997; Acts 2009, No. 523, §2, eff. July 10, 2009; Acts 2012, No. 604, §2, eff. June 7, 2012.
La. Rev. Stat. § 38:4 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 38 / Section 4
Drainage and reclamation of property
Status: in_force

The Department of Public Works may, on its own initiative and at its own expense with any money appropriated by the State for these purposes, drain and reclaim, or cause to be drained and reclaimed, the undrained or partially drained marsh, swamp and overflow lands in the state, with the view of controlling floods and causing settlement and cultivation of the lands.
La. Rev. Stat. § 38:1806 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 38 / Section 1806
Gravity Drainage District No. 3, St. Tammany Parish; sales and use tax authorized
Status: in_force

A. The governing authority of Gravity Drainage District No. 3 of the parish of St. Tammany is hereby authorized to create a special sales tax district in all or any portion of the gravity drainage district. Such sales tax district shall be created by the resolution of the Board of Commissioners of Gravity Drainage District No. 3 of the parish of St. Tammany. The resolution shall provide for the area to be included in the sales tax district, which area shall consist of all or any portion of the area within Gravity Drainage District No. 3 provided that if all or any portion of a municipality is proposed to be included in the sales tax district, the governing authority of such municipality shall have first consented to the inclusion therein. The resolution shall further provide that any unincorporated area within the sales tax district which becomes incorporated by reason of annexation to any municipality, other than a municipality included within the sales tax district, shall cease to be included within the sales tax district and shall not be subject to the sales tax authorized by this Section from the effective date of the incorporation by annexation. The governing authority of such sales tax district created by the board of commissioners shall be the board of commissioners of the Gravity Drainage District No. 3, its domicile shall be the regular meeting place of the board of commissioners and the officers of the board of commissioners shall be officers of the sales tax district.

B. In addition to any other authority, the governing authority of Gravity Drainage District No. 3 of the parish of St. Tammany may levy and collect a tax not to exceed one percent within the sales tax district herein authorized to be created upon the sale at retail, the use, the lease or rental, the consumption, the distribution and storage for use or consumption of tangible personal property and on sales of services as defined by law, if approved by a majority of electors of the sales tax district voting thereon in an election held for that purpose.

C. The sales and use tax shall be imposed by resolution of the Board of Commissioners of Gravity Drainage District No. 3 of the parish of St. Tammany acting as the governing authority of the sales tax district and shall be levied upon the sale at retail, the use, the lease or rental, the consumption, the distribution and storage for use or consumption of tangible personal property and on the sale of services within the sales tax district herein authorized to be created, all as presently or hereafter defined in R.S. 47:301 through R.S. 47:317. Except where inapplicable, the procedure established by R.S. 47:301 through R.S. 47:317 shall be followed in the imposition, collection, and enforcement of the sales and use tax, and procedural details necessary to be established to supplement the provisions of those sections and to make such provisions applicable to the sales and use tax herein authorized shall be fixed in the resolution imposing the sales and use tax. The resolution may provide for a contract for the collection of the sales and use tax. The sales and use tax shall be imposed and collected uniformly throughout the area of the sales tax district herein authorized to be created. The proceeds of the tax shall be dedicated solely for the purposes approved by the electorate, including the construction and/or acquisition of drains and drainage facilities and equipment in connection therewith and including the funding of the proceeds of such tax into bonds in the manner provided by Subpart F of Part III of Chapter 4 of Subtitle II of Title 39 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, which funding may be submitted to the voters in the same proposition in which the tax is submitted.

D. The resolution imposing the sales and use tax herein authorized shall be adopted by the board of commissioners only after the question of the imposition of the sales and use tax shall have been submitted to the qualified electors of the sales tax district herein authorized to be created at an election called, conducted, canvassed, and promulgated in accordance with the election laws of the state of Louisiana and a majority of those voting in the election shall have voted in favor of the proposition.

E. The authority granted in this Section shall not limit in any respect any prior taxing authority granted by any other provision of law.

Acts 1985, No. 1010, §1, eff. July 23, 1985; Acts 1997, No. 709, §1, eff. July 7, 1997.
La. Rev. Stat. § 38:3087.357 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 38 / Section 3087.357
Audit
Status: in_force

The district shall be audited pursuant to R.S. 24:513.

Acts 2005, No. 214, §1, eff. June 29, 2005.
La. Rev. Stat. § 38:1765 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 38 / Section 1765
Domicile; organization meeting
Status: in_force

The police juries creating gravity drainage districts as aforesaid, with corporate powers, shall designate the domicile of the corporation, at which domicile it shall be sued and service of citation made on its president, either in person or on some person in charge of the office. The domicile of a sub-drainage district shall be the domicile of the parent district. The domicile of the drainage district when once established by the police jury may thereafter be changed and a new domicile fixed by a resolution of the drainage commissioners, and notice to that effect, signed by the president of the commission, shall be published for thirty days in a newspaper published in the parish in which the gravity drainage district is situated. When any gravity drainage district is created hereunder, the police jury shall designate the time and place for the first meeting of the commission.
La. Rev. Stat. § 38:1606 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 38 / Section 1606
Name of district
Status: in_force

Drainage districts created under this Part shall be known as drainage districts with any other name or number which the parish may designate. When created upon petition, the name suggested in the petition shall be designated by the parish governing authority unless the name conflicts with the name of an existing drainage district. The parish shall then exercise its discretion in designating the name of the drainage district.
La. Rev. Stat. § 38:3091 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 38 / Section 3091
Legislative findings; purpose
Status: in_force

The utilization of ground water resources is hereby found and declared to be a matter of public interest.

It is the purpose of this chapter to provide for the efficient administration, and gathering of data concerning ground water resources of the State of Louisiana.

Acts 1972, No. 535, §§1, 2.
La. Rev. Stat. § 38:2114 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 38 / Section 2114
Records to be kept
Status: in_force

The board of commissioners of irrigation districts organized under this Part shall cause to be kept a well bound book, entitled "record book of board of commissioners of (here insert name of irrigation district)" in which shall be recorded the minutes of all meetings, all proceedings, certificates, oaths of commissioners, bonds of employees and contractors, and any and all corporate acts. The records shall be in the possession of the secretary of the board and shall be open to inspection at all times by any person interested.
La. Rev. Stat. § 38:2315 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 38 / Section 2315
Equal opportunity
Status: in_force

Every person shall be guaranteed equal employment opportunities in the selection of persons for professional services and such selection of persons for professional services and such selection shall not discriminate against any person because of race, religion, national ancestry, age, sex, or physical condition. If any person or persons violates the provisions of this section, they shall be subject to the same penalties as provided in R.S. 38:2314(A).

Added by Acts 1975, No. 721, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 38:2119 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 38 / Section 2119
Elections called by board
Status: in_force

Irrigation districts created under this Part, in order to carry out the provisions of this Part relative to the proper administration of the affairs of the district, through their governing authority, may call elections in accordance with the terms, conditions and provisions of Chapter 4, Sub-title II of Title 39, and in accordance with applicable provisions of the Constitution and other laws of Louisiana.
La. Rev. Stat. § 38:2117 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 38 / Section 2117
Lands within corporate limits not to be taxed
Status: in_force

Lands within the corporate limits of incorporated towns and cities, although within the limits of an irrigation district, shall not be liable to taxation for any purpose under this Part, nor shall these lands be considered in calculating the number or proportion of acres of land required to sign any petition or make any recommendation under this Part. The owners of the lands shall not, by reason of the ownership, sign any petition or participate in any election required or permitted under this Part.
La. Rev. Stat. § 38:3087.212 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 38 / Section 3087.212
Powers
Status: in_force

A. The commission may levy and collect taxes within the parish, issue bonds, incur indebtedness within the limitation prescribed by the Constitution of Louisiana and in the manner prescribed thereby, but only if the imposition of the tax, the issuance of the bonds, or the incurrence of debt has been approved by a majority of the electors of the parish voting on the proposition at an election held for that purpose. The commission shall have the power to sue and be sued; to buy and sell; to exercise the right of expropriation; to own, maintain and operate property, both movable and immovable, to acquire servitudes, rights of way and flowage rights, to construct water control facilities and create bodies of water, including but not limited to lakes and reservoirs, to negotiate and execute contracts; to cooperate with the state of Louisiana or any agency or political subdivision thereof or with the government of the United States or any department or agency thereof on any basis that the board shall deem advisable for the joint or separate construction, ownership, operation and maintenance of pump facilities, pipelines, flood gages, water conveyors and other devices, equipment and property; to accept gifts or contributions of any nature from the state of Louisiana or the United States or any agency or political subdivision thereof; and to make and collect reasonable charges or fees for its services in connection with the water made available by any facilities provided by said commission; provided no charges shall be assessed against any municipality or other political subdivision, and that in exercising the powers and authority aforesaid, the commission shall cooperate with the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development.

B. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, any property expropriated by the commission pursuant to Subsection A of this Section shall not be sold or ownership transferred by any other means until and unless such property shall be offered in writing for sale to the owner it was expropriated from. The sale price for such property shall not exceed the amount paid the owner when the property was expropriated.

C. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the commission shall have no right of expropriation over moveable or immovable property of any corporation created for the purpose of transmitting intelligence by telegraph or telephone.

Acts 2003, No. 233, §1; Acts 2005, No. 320, §1, eff. June 30, 2005.
La. Rev. Stat. § 38:1852 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 38 / Section 1852
List of voters
Status: in_force

The registrar of voters shall furnish to the election commissioners appointed to hold the elections a list of the taxpayers entitled to vote, together with the valuation of each taxpayer's property, as shown by the assessment roll last made and filed prior to the election. When any taxpayer's name and valuation of property has been omitted from the list or erroneously entered thereon, the commissioners of election may receive affidavits of the taxpayer's right to vote and the proper assessed valuation of his property, which affidavits shall be attached to the taxpayer's ballot. No defect or irregularity in, or omission from the list of voters furnished by the registrar of voters hereunder, shall affect the validity of the election, unless it be established that voters were thereby deprived of votes sufficient in number and amount to have changed the result of the election.
La. Rev. Stat. § 38:3086.27 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 38 / Section 3086.27
Board of commissioners; fresh water district
Status: in_force

A. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, each member of the board of commissioners of a multi-parish fresh water district from any parish with a population of not greater than twenty-three thousand seven hundred persons and not fewer than twenty-three thousand one hundred persons according to the most recent federal decennial census shall be appointed by the governor.

B. Appointments made pursuant to the provisions of this Section shall be from a list of names submitted to the governor by the governing authority of each parish. Each list shall contain twice the number of names as the number of appointments to the board from that parish.

Acts 2011, No. 241, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 38:305 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 38 / Section 305
Employment of attorney
Status: in_force

Except as provided in R.S. 38:330.5, each levee board and levee and drainage board for a levee district or levee and drainage district may employ one or more attorneys to represent it and to offer advice and assistance of a legal nature and one or more engineers. The salary of each attorney shall be determined by the board.

Acts 1985, No. 785, §1, eff. July 22, 1985; Acts 2006, 1 st Ex. Sess., No. 1, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2007.
La. Rev. Stat. § 38:291 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 38 / Section 291
Naming; limits of districts; composition of boards
Status: in_force

A. Atchafalaya Basin Levee District. (1) On July 1, 1997, and continuing thereafter, the parishes and parts of parishes, except St. Mary Parish, south of Old River, and between the Mississippi River and Lafourche Bayou on the east, and a line drawn along the north boundary of St. Martin Parish from the Atchafalaya River on the east to Bayou Teche on the west, thence down Bayou Teche to the Atchafalaya River, and thence down the Atchafalaya River to its mouth, and also excepting all the property within the parish of Lafourche and Terrebonne and within the present corporate limits of the municipality of New Iberia, namely: the parishes of Pointe Coupee, West Baton Rouge, and parts of the parishes of Iberville, Ascension, Assumption, St. Martin, and Iberia, with the additional following territory: a strip of land in St. Landry Parish lying between Bayou Courtableau on the northeast, and the Atchafalaya River on the east, the parish line of St. Martin on the south, and Bayou Teche on the west, shall be embraced in the limits of a levee district to be known as the Atchafalaya Basin Levee District. These lands and all property thereon situated, not exempt from taxation, shall be subject to the provisions of this Chapter.

(2) In accordance with the provisions of R.S. 38:304 the governor shall appoint thirteen persons to serve as levee commissioners as follows:

(a) One member appointed from Ascension Parish.

(b) One member appointed from Assumption Parish.

(c) One member appointed from Iberia Parish.

(d) Three members appointed from Iberville Parish.

(e) Two members appointed from Pointe Coupee Parish.

(f) One member appointed from St. Landry Parish.

(g) Two members appointed from St. Martin Parish.

(h) Repealed by Acts 2007, No. 259, §2, eff. July 1, 2007.

(i) Two members appointed from West Baton Rouge Parish.

(j) Repealed by Acts 1997, No. 1407, §3, eff. July 15, 1997.

(3) In cases where only a portion of a parish lies within the district, the members appointed from that parish shall be residents and qualified voters of that portion of the parish which lies within the district, except in St. Martin and St. Landry Parishes, the members appointed shall represent the entire parish and shall not be required to be residents and qualified voters of those portions of St. Martin and St. Landry Parishes which lie within the district.

(4) All appointments to the board shall be submitted to the Senate for confirmation.

B. Bossier Levee District. (1) All alluvial lands in Bossier Parish and all lands subject to or liable to overflow from the Red River, its tributaries or outlets, south of the line dividing the north half from the south half of T20N between the Red River and the hills or uplands which border the alluvial lands on the east; being situated in Townships 15, 16, 17, 18, 19 and the south half of 20N-R11, 12, 13 and 14W; and all lands located within the watershed of Cypress Bayou lying below the elevation of 187.5 feet above MSL north of the centerline of the dam constructed on Cypress Bayou in Section 12, T19N-R13W, and Section 7, T19N-R12W; and all lands located within the watershed of Black Bayou lying below the elevation of 190.3 feet above MSL north and west of the centerline of the dam constructed on Black Bayou in Sections 11, 12 and 14, T19N-R13W; also, the alluvial lands on the left descending bank of the Red River above Loggy Bayou and within Ward 8 (1974 boundaries) of Red River Parish, which are subject to overflow from the Red River, its tributaries or outlets shall be embraced in the limits of a levee district to be known as the Bossier Levee District. These lands and all property thereon situated, not exempt from taxation, shall be subject to the provisions of this Chapter. The total area of the district is one hundred fifty-seven thousand acres, of which one hundred fifty-three thousand acres are in Bossier Parish, and four thousand acres are in Red River Parish.

(2) The governor shall appoint in accordance with the provisions of R.S. 38:304 nine persons: four persons from Ward 2 of Bossier Parish; four persons from Wards 1 and 4 of Bossier Parish; and one person, as an at-large member, from any ward within the parish to serve as levee commissioners.

C. Caddo Levee District. (1) All that portion of the alluvial lands and all lands subject to or liable to overflow in the parish of Caddo embraced and situated within the following described boundaries: All alluvial lands and all lands subject to or liable to overflow from the waters of Red River or its tributaries or its outlets on the west side of Red River south of the Arkansas state line, and between Red River and the Texas state line; the alluvial land and lands subject to or liable to overflow from the waters of Red River or its tributaries or its outlets situated in T17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23N-R13, 14, 15, 16W, not including lands within the historical boundaries of the city of Shreveport as they existed on July 6, 1892, and all alluvial lands and all lands subject to or liable to overflow from the waters of Red River or its tributaries or outlets on the west side of Red River in the parish of Caddo between Red River and the western boundary of said Caddo Parish situated in T15, 16, 17N-R11, 12, 13W; and all alluvial land and all lands subject or liable to overflow from the waters of Bayou Pierre or Red River, their tributaries and outlets on the west side of Bayou Pierre, south of the confluence of Wallace Bayou and Bayou Pierre, and north of T14N-R12W, situated in Sections 17, 18, 19, 20, 29, 31 and 32, T15N-R12W, DeSoto Parish, Louisiana, are incorporated into a levee district to be known as the Caddo Levee District. These lands and all property thereon situated, not exempt from taxation, shall be subject to the provisions of this Chapter.

(2) The governor shall appoint in accordance with the provisions of R.S. 38:304 seven persons to serve as levee commissioners, all of whom are residents of and qualified voters of Caddo Parish.

D. East Jefferson Levee District. (1) All the land in the parish of Jefferson lying on the east side of the Mississippi River shall constitute a levee district to be known as the East Jefferson Levee District. These lands and all property thereon situated, not exempt from taxation, shall be subject to the provisions of this Chapter.

(2) On and after January 1, 2007, the district shall be governed by the board of commissioners of the Southeast Louisiana Flood Protection Authority-East pursuant to authority granted by Article VI, Sections 38 and 38.1 of the Constitution of Louisiana and as provided in this Chapter.

(3) Repealed by Acts 2006, 1 st Ex. Sess., No. 1, §4, eff. Jan. 1, 2007.

E. Fifth Louisiana Levee District. (1) All the lands in the parishes of East Carroll, Madison, Tensas, and Concordia shall be embraced in the limits of a levee district to be known as the Fifth Louisiana Levee District. These lands and all property thereon situated, not exempt from taxation, shall be subject to the provisions of this Chapter.

(2) The governor shall appoint in accordance with the provisions of R.S. 38:304 two persons for each of the parishes embraced in the levee district to serve as levee commissioners.

F. Lafourche Basin Conservation Levee and Drainage District. (1) All of the parishes or parts of parishes, except the parishes of Lafourche, Orleans, Jefferson, and Plaquemines, lying in a district between the Bayou Lafourche, the Mississippi River, and the Gulf of Mexico, heretofore known as the Third Levee District and comprising a portion of the following parishes: Ascension, St. James, St. John the Baptist, St. Charles, and Assumption shall be embraced in the limits of a levee district to be known as the Lafourche Basin Conservation Levee and Drainage District.

(2) In accordance with the provisions of R.S. 38:304, the governor shall appoint eleven persons from each parish or part of a parish in the district to serve as levee commissioners as follows:

(a) One member appointed from Ascension Parish.

(b) One member appointed from Assumption Parish.

(c) One member appointed from St. James Parish.

(d) One member appointed from St. John the Baptist Parish.

(e) Two members appointed from St. Charles Parish.

(f) Five members to be appointed from the district at large.

(g) Repealed by Acts 2006, 1 st Ex. Sess., No. 32, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 2007.

G. Lake Borgne Basin Levee District. (1) All the territory contained within the parish of St. Bernard shall be embraced in the limits of a levee district to be known as the Lake Borgne Basin Levee District. These lands and all property thereon situated, not exempt from taxation, shall be subject to the provisions of this Chapter.

(2) On and after January 1, 2007, the district shall be governed by the board of commissioners of the Southeast Louisiana Flood Protection Authority-East pursuant to authority granted by Article VI, Sections 38 and 38.1 of the Constitution of Louisiana and as provided in this Chapter.

H. Natchitoches Levee and Drainage District. (1) All of the alluvial lands in the parish of Natchitoches on the right descending bank of Red River which are subject to overflow from the waters of Red River, Bayou Pierre, and Old River shall be embraced in the limits of a levee and drainage district to be known as the Natchitoches Levee and Drainage District. Any lands or portions of lands that have been overflowed by such waters or back waters since the year 1926 shall be deemed to be subject to overflow. All lands lying below the contour line of 135 feet above mean sea level shall be deemed subject to overflow. Any and all other lands within the parish of Natchitoches on the right descending bank of Red River subject to overflow by the Red River and its tributaries shall also be included. All of the alluvial lands in the Parish of Natchitoches on the left descending bank of Red River, which are subject to overflow from the waters of Red River or any of its tributaries or outlets. Any lands or portions of lands that have been overflowed by such waters, or backwaters, since the year 1926, shall be deemed to be subject to overflow. All lands lying below the contour line of 135 feet above mean sea level shall ipso facto be deemed subject to overflow. These lands and all property thereon situated, not exempt from taxation, shall be subject to the provisions of this Part.

(2) The governor shall appoint in accordance with the provisions of R.S. 38:304 eight persons residing within the parish of Natchitoches to serve as levee commissioners.

I. Nineteenth Louisiana Levee District. (1) All of the alluvial land subject to overflow on the left descending bank of the Red River in Grant Parish and all of the alluvial land subject to overflow along the tributaries of the Red River in Grant Parish downstream from the mouth of Bayou Nantachie shall compose a levee district to be known as Nineteenth Louisiana Levee District. The total area of the district is sixty-seven thousand four hundred acres. These lands and all property thereon situated, not exempt from taxation, shall be subject to the provisions of this Chapter.

(2) The governor shall appoint in accordance with the provisions of R.S. 38:304 three persons to serve as levee commissioners.

J. North Bossier Levee and Drainage District. (1) All that portion of the alluvial lands in the parish of Bossier embraced and situated within the following described boundaries: All alluvial lands and all lands subject to or liable to overflow from the waters of Red River or its tributaries or outlets, bounded on the north by the Arkansas and Louisiana state line, on the east by the hills or uplands, on the south by the southern boundary line of section 9, 10, 11, and 12 of T22N-R14W, and on the west by Red River, being all the lands of T23N-R14W within the parish of Bossier, and all those portions of T23N-R13W, of T22N-R13W and T22N-R14W, north of the section line bounding sections 9, 10, 11 and 12 as before mentioned, in the parish of Bossier, subject to the overflow from Red River or its tributaries, containing twenty-one thousand one hundred and fifty three acres more or less, are incorporated into a levee and drainage district, to be known as the North Bossier Levee and Drainage District. These lands and all property thereon situated shall be subject to the provisions of this Chapter.

(2) The district shall be governed by a board of three commissioners appointed by the governor in accordance with the provisions of R.S. 38:304.

(3) Any books, records, documents, funds, movable or immovable property, lands, rights-of-way, servitudes or other assets, whether real or personal, tangible or intangible, which are owned or held by the former North Bossier Levee District on August 15, 2009 are hereby granted, conveyed, transferred, and to be delivered no later than August 30, 2009 to the North Bossier Levee and Drainage District for the use and benefit of the new levee and drainage district, without the necessity of any other act or instrument of grant, conveyance, transfer, or delivery.

K. Orleans Levee District. (1) The Orleans Levee District as it exists on the date that it complies with R.S. 38:330.8(B)(4) is reorganized as provided by this Paragraph and as provided by Paragraph (X)(1) of this Section. The portion of the parish of Orleans on the east side of the Mississippi River is formed into a political subdivision and public levee district, to be known as the Orleans Levee District. These lands and all property thereon situated, not exempt from taxation, shall be subject to the provisions of this Chapter.

(2) The district shall be governed by the board of commissioners of the Southeast Louisiana Flood Protection Authority-East pursuant to authority granted by Article VI, Sections 38 and 38.1 of the Constitution of Louisiana and as provided in this Chapter.

L. Pontchartrain Levee District. (1) All that part of the parish of East Baton Rouge lying south of the city of Baton Rouge, and all those parts of the parishes of Iberville, Ascension, St. James, St. John the Baptist, and St. Charles, lying east of the Mississippi River shall constitute a levee district to be known as the Pontchartrain Levee District. These lands and all property thereon situated, not exempt from taxation, shall be subject to the provisions of this Chapter.

(2) The governor shall appoint, in accordance with the provisions of R.S. 38:304, one person for each of the parishes embraced in the levee district, one person residing within the district and also one representative of the Louisville, New Orleans, and Texas Railway Company and one representative of the Illinois Central Railroad Company.

M. Red River, Atchafalaya, and Bayou Boeuf Levee District. (1) The territory contained in the following boundaries shall be known as the Red River, Atchafalaya, and Bayou Beouf Levee District: Beginning at the junction of the Red and Atchafalaya Rivers in the parish of Avoyelles, on the east then following the Atchafalaya River, to the mouth of Courtableau in the parish of St. Landry, then following Bayou Courtableau and Bayou Beouf to the line of the parish of Rapides, and all territory subject to overflow contained in the parishes of Avoyelles and Rapides, as well as that included in the described limits situated in the parish of St. Landry, including particularly the following:

(a) All that portion of alluvial lands in the parish of Avoyelles embraced and situated within the following described boundaries: All the territory in Avoyelles Parish consisting of alluvial lands subject to overflow, bounded by Red River, the Atchafalaya River, Bayou des Glaizes, and the public road running from David's Ferry, on Red River, to Bayou des Glaizes, by way of Marksville, Mansura, and the Long Bridge at Bout de Bayou;

(b) All that portion of the alluvial lands in the parish of Avoyelles lying north of the Red River and situated within the following described boundaries, namely: All the territory in Avoyelles Parish, consisting of the alluvial lands subject to overflow and embraced within the following limits: beginning at Cassandria on the line between sections 44 and 50,T3N-R3E, thence down Red River to Saline Bayou; thence following the Saline Bayou, Saline Lake, and Horespan Creek to Line between sections 17 and 18, T4N, R3E; thence south to the Point Maigre Hills and following the east edge of the hills to point of beginning;

(c) All the area in the parish of Rapides lying between Red River, Bayou Rapides, and Bayou Jean de Jean, and also there shall be included within the Red River, Atchafalaya, and Bayou Beouf Levee District all of the property included within the corporate limits of the town of Pineville, Rapides Parish, Louisiana, whether the same is actually subject to overflow or not;

(d) All the alluvial land now subject to overflow, or that has been overflowed, directly or indirectly, by the waters of the Red River in any year since 1865 on the left descending bank of Red River situated in the parish of Rapides, having for its northern boundary the southern boundary of Grant Parish and for its southern or lower boundary, the hills opposite the left bank of Bayou Rigolette, and following the hills to the upper side of the St. Louis Iron Mountain and Southern Railway right of way and following the right of way to Red River.

(e) There shall be excluded from the limits of the levee district the following: All that portion of St. Landry Parish lying west of the Atchafalaya River main levee and east of the west guide levee of the West Atchafalaya Floodway as now established extending from Avoyelles Parish line on the north to Bayou Courtableau on the south, with the exception of rights of way and other property belonging to railroads, pipelines, common carriers, or other public utilities. These lands and all property thereon situated, not exempt from taxation, shall be subject to the provisions of this Chapter.

(2)(a) Effective August 1, 2024, notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, the governor shall appoint, subject to Senate confirmation, a board of commissioners consisting of five individuals from the district selected as follows:

(i) Two members nominated by the members of the legislative delegation representing Rapides Parish.

(ii) One member nominated by the members of the legislative delegation representing Avoyelles Parish.

(iii) One member nominated by the members of the legislative delegation representing St. Landry Parish.

(iv) One at-large member, from Rapides Parish, nominated by the Louisiana Farm Bureau Federation.

(b) At least one member of the board of commissioners from Rapides Parish, confirmed by the Senate, shall be a minority.

(3) Each board member shall be a citizen of the United States and a resident within the district of the parish for at least one year preceding the date of confirmation and shall remain a resident in the jurisdiction during the entirety of his term of office. Furthermore, each board member shall be of good character and shall possess some skill, knowledge, or experience that will prove useful in the accomplishment of the goals of the board of commissioners' authority as set forth in R.S. 38:292(A)(2).

(4) Any vacancy that occurs prior to the expiration of a term shall be filled for the remainder of the unexpired term in the same manner that the predecessor appointee was selected within thirty days after receipt by the president of written notification of the board vacancy. In the event that the vacancy is not filled within thirty days after receipt of written notification of the vacancy, the board shall appoint an interim successor to serve on the board until the position is filled in the same manner as the original appointment.

(5) All actions of a board shall be approved by the affirmative vote of a majority of the members of the board present and voting. However, no action of the board shall be authorized on the following matters unless approved by a majority of the total board membership:

(a) Adoption of bylaws and other rules and regulations for conducting the levee district's business.

(b) Adoption of motion or resolution.

(c) Hiring or firing of an executive director.

(d) The incurring of debt.

(e) Levy of taxes.

(f) Adoption or amendment of the budget.

(g) Sale, lease, encumbrance, or alienation of real property or any developments or improvements of property.

(h) Appointment of interim members.

(6)(a) Effective June 1, 2024, and notwithstanding the provisions of R.S. 38:304(C), the position of president and vice president shall rotate every year with commissioners selected from the parishes of Avoyelles, Rapides, and St. Landry, allowing for equal representation from each parish.

(b) In the case of absence, inability, or failure to act of the president within his one-year term as president, the position of president shall be filled by the other member selected from the same parish in order to complete the remainder of that term of the office of the president.

N. Red River Levee and Drainage District. (1) The alluvial land subject to overflow from the Red River, its tributaries and outlets, and on the right descending bank of the Red River within the parishes of DeSoto and Red River, and constituting a part of the Bayou Pierre Basin, except that portion of DeSoto Parish north of the south line of Tl5N, and the alluvial lands on the left descending bank of the Red River below Loggy Bayou and within Wards 1, 7 and 8 (1974 boundaries) of Red River Parish, which are subject to overflow from the Red River, its tributaries or outlets shall be embraced within the limits of a levee and drainage district to be known as the Red River Levee and Drainage District. The total area of the district is one hundred thirty-one thousand one hundred acres, of which twenty-two thousand one hundred acres are on the left descending bank, and one hundred nine thousand acres are on the right descending bank. These lands and all property thereon situated, not exempt from taxation, shall be subject to the provisions of this Chapter.

(2) The governor shall appoint in accordance with the provisions of R.S. 38:304 five persons, three residing within the district on the west bank of the Red River and one residing within the district on the east bank of the Red River and within the territory comprising the former Coushatta-Red River Levee District and one residing within the district on the east bank of the Red River and within that portion of the territory formerly a part of the Nineteenth Louisiana Levee and Drainage District, which territories are now included in the Red River Levee and Drainage District, to serve as levee commissioners.

O. Repealed by Acts 1997, No. 1116, §2.

P. South Lafourche Levee District. (1) That portion of the parish of Lafourche bounded on the south by the southern boundary of the state of Louisiana and bounded on the north by the south bank of the Intracoastal Canal shall be embraced within the limits of a levee district to be known as the South Lafourche Levee District. These lands and all property thereon situated, not exempt from taxation, shall be subject to the provisions of this Chapter.

(2) Following January 12, 2004, the governor shall appoint, subject to Senate confirmation, a board of commissioners consisting of nine persons from the district selected as follows:

(a) Three members nominated by the member of the Senate representing Senate District Twenty.

(b) Three members nominated by the member of the House of Representatives representing House District Fifty-four.

(c) The president of Lafourche Parish shall submit three nominations, subject to ratification by the governing authority of Lafourche Parish, and the governor shall appoint one member from the list.

(d) The mayor of the town of Golden Meadow shall submit three nominations, subject to ratification by the governing authority of Golden Meadow, and the governor shall appoint one member from the list.

(e) The board of commissioners of the Greater Lafourche Port Commission shall submit three nominations, each selected by a majority vote of the board of commissioners, and the governor shall appoint one member from the list.

(f) In the event nine commissioners are not appointed within sixty days of the beginning of the term or a vacancy pursuant to the foregoing, then another list of nominations selected by a majority of the members of the legislature representing the district shall be submitted, and the governor shall appoint the remaining required commissioner from the list to bring the total number of commissioners to nine.

(3) All lands, rights-of-way, servitudes, and revenues therefrom which are located within the South Lafourche Levee District and which are owned or held by the Atchafalaya Basin Levee District on August 15, 1997 are hereby granted, conveyed, transferred, and delivered to the South Lafourche Levee District without the necessity of any other act or instrument of grant, conveyance, transfer, or delivery. For the purpose of providing evidence of the grant, conveyance, transfer, and delivery effected by this Paragraph, the Atchafalaya Basin Levee District shall execute an act setting forth the grant, conveyance, transfer, and delivery of those lands, rights-of-way, servitudes, and revenues therefrom to the South Lafourche Levee District. That act shall be executed no later than the thirtieth day after August 15, 1997.

(4) On and after January 12, 2004, a vacancy created whether by reason of death, resignation, expiration of term, or any other cause of a member of the board of commissioners shall be filled in the same manner as provided in Paragraph (2) of this Subsection.

Q. Tensas Basin Levee District. (1) The parishes of Morehouse, West Carroll, Richland, Franklin, Catahoula, LaSalle, and all that portion of the parishes of Ouachita and Caldwell east of the Ouachita River, and that portion of the parish of Caldwell, west of the Ouachita River, and within the corporate limits of the town of Columbia, as shown by the survey and plat of the corporate limits of record on page 292, in conveyance book 30, of the records of Caldwell Parish, and that portion of the parishes of Ouachita and Caldwell west of the Ouachita River described as follows:

"Beginning at a point on the west bank of the Ouachita River in section 39, T18N-R3E Ouachita Parish, Louisiana; the point being located where the center line of the Arkansas Road extended in an easterly direction intersects the west top bank of the Ouachita River; thence north 76 degrees 1' west a distance of 147.0 feet; thence north 32 degrees 6' west a distance of 2125.3 feet; thence south 61 degrees 32' west a distance of 2240 feet; more or less to the intersection of Arkansas Road and the center line of the Victory Gravel Company's railroad right of way; thence south along the center line of the right of way to its intersection with the Monroe-Ruston Federal Aid Highway No. 80; thence along the Federal Aid Highway No. 80 a distance of 6,000 feet, more or less to the center of section 28, T18N-R3E; thence south along the eastern boundary of the southwest quarter of section 28 and the west half of section 33 to the southeast corner of the west half of section 33, T18N-R3E; thence south along the eastern boundary of the west half of section 4, T17N-R3E, to the southeast corner of the west half of said section 4; thence south along the eastern boundary of the northeast quarter of the northwest quarter section 9, T17N-R3E, to the southeast corner of said quarter section; thence south along the eastern boundary of the southeast quarter of the northwest quarter of section 9 a distance of 77.1 feet to the center line of the proposed West Monroe south levee; thence south eighty-three degrees 6' east along center line of proposed levee a distance of 3901.7 feet to the center line of Louisiana State Highway No. 200; thence north and northeast along Highway No. 200 to its intersection with the west high bank of Black Bayou; thence, meandering along the west bank of Black Bayou, and in a southeasterly direction to a point on the west line of the northeast quarter of the southeast quarter of section 3, T17N-R3E; thence south and along the west line of the northeast quarter of the southeast quarter of section 3, T17N-R3E; and south along the west line of the southeast quarter of the southeast quarter of section 3, T17N-R3E, to the north line of section 10, T17N-R3E; thence south along the eastern boundary of the northwest quarter of the northeast quarter of section 10, T17N-R3E to the southeast corner of the said quarter section; thence south along the eastern boundary of the southwest quarter of the northeast quarter of section 10, a distance of 29.9 feet to the center line of the proposed West Monroe south levee; thence north 50 degrees 22' east a distance of 1658.6 feet; thence north 57 degrees 5' east a distance of 743.83 feet; thence north 33 degrees 9' east a distance of 680.74 feet; thence north 53 degrees 59' east a distance of 819.84 feet; thence north 19 degrees 9' east a distance of 813.04 feet; thence north 52 degrees 54' east a distance of 1004.03 feet; thence north 42 degrees 55' east a distance of 1085.94 feet; thence south 80 degrees 53' east a distance of 2184.23 feet; thence south 49 degrees 11' east a distance of 559.61 feet; thence south 75 degrees 33' east, a distance of 2340 feet; more or less, to the west bank of the Ouachita River; thence northerly along the west bank of the Ouachita River to the point of beginning, and that portion of section 54, T17N-R3E lying west of the north half of section 16, and the southwest quarter of the southwest quarter and the south half of the northwest quarter of the southwest quarter of section 9 and having a width of 660 feet; the east half of the southeast quarter of the northwest quarter, the northeast quarter of the northeast quarter of the southwest quarter, the south half of the northwest quarter of the southwest quarter, the south half of the southwest quarter, the southeast quarter, and that portion of the south half of the northeast quarter south of the present levee in section 9, T17N-R3E; that portion of the south half of the northwest quarter south of the present levee, that portion of the southwest quarter of the northeast quarter south of the present levee, the southwest quarter, the west half of the southeast quarter, and the west half of the southeast quarter of the southeast quarter of section 10, T17N-R3E; the northwest quarter of the northeast quarter of the northeast quarter, the northwest quarter of the northeast quarter, the north half of the northwest quarter, the southwest quarter of the northwest quarter, the north half of southeast quarter of northwest quarter, the north half of northwest quarter of the southwest quarter in section 15 T17N-R3E; the north half and north half of south half of section 16, T17N-R3E; north half of the southeast quarter, and southeast quarter of the southeast quarter; and Lots 3 and 4 in section 14; Lots 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7, and the southwest quarter of the southwest quarter of section 13; the north half of the northeast quarter of section 23; and the northwest quarter of section 24; the northeast quarter of the southwest quarter; and Lots 2, 3, 5 and 6 of section 24, T14N-R3E, north half of northwest quarter of section 23, and south half of southwest quarter of section 14, T14N-R3E, Louisiana meridian, containing 159 acres; less and except that certain 125 acres of land sold by mortgagor to Monroe Jarrell, in deed dated June 5, 1920, and recorded in Conveyance Book Z, page 442, records of Caldwell Parish, Louisiana, containing 34 acres, more or less; southwest quarter of southeast quarter, section 14, T14N-R3E, east half of southeast quarter, section 23; west half of southwest quarter and southeast quarter of southwest quarter, section 24; Lot 1, northwest quarter of northeast quarter and southeast quarter of northeast quarter, section 25, T14N-R3E, sections 15, 16, 21, 22, 27 and 28 of T13N-R4E, Caldwell Parish, Louisiana" shall be embraced in the limits of a levee district to be known as the Tensas Basin Levee District. These lands and all property thereon situated, not exempt from taxation, shall be subject to the provisions of this Chapter. The board of commissioners of the district shall be domiciled in Rayville, Louisiana.

(2) The governor shall appoint, in accordance with the provisions of R.S. 38:304, one person from each of the parishes embraced within the district. In addition to the above commissioners, two commissioners shall be appointed from Ouachita Parish and one member at large from the district.

R. West Jefferson Levee District. (1) The West Jefferson Levee District as it existed on January 1, 2007, is reorganized as provided by this Paragraph and as provided by Paragraph (Y)(1) of this Section. All lands in the parish of Jefferson lying north of Latitude 29° 47' 00" N and on the west side of the Mississippi River, except that area of land contained in the Lafitte Area Independent Levee District, shall constitute a levee district to be known as the West Jefferson Levee District. These lands and all property thereon situated, not exempt from taxation, shall be subject to the provisions of this Chapter.

(2) On and after January 1, 2007, the district shall be governed by the board of commissioners of the Southeast Louisiana Flood Protection Authority-West Bank pursuant to authority granted by Article VI, Sections 38 and 38.1 of the Constitution of Louisiana and as provided in this Chapter.

S. Grand Isle Independent Levee District. (1) All the land in the parish of Jefferson lying south of Latitude 29° 17' 52" N on the west side of the Mississippi River shall constitute a levee district to be known as the Grand Isle Independent Levee District. These lands and all the property thereon situated, not exempt from taxation, shall be subject to the provisions of this Chapter. The board of commissioners of the district shall be domiciled in Grand Isle, Louisiana.

(2) The governor shall appoint, in accordance with the provisions of R.S. 38:304, subject to Senate confirmation, three persons to serve as levee commissioners.

T. North Lafourche Conservation, Levee and Drainage District. (1) That portion of the parish of Lafourche lying north of the northern bank of the Intracoastal Canal shall be embraced within the limits of a levee district to be known as the North Lafourche Conservation, Levee and Drainage District. These lands, and all property thereon situated, not exempt from taxation, shall be subject to the provisions of this Chapter.

(2)(a) The governor shall appoint, subject to Senate confirmation, a board of commissioners from the parish of Lafourche selected as follows:

(i) Each of the state legislators representing any part of the district shall submit nominations, and the governor shall appoint one member from each such list of nominees.

(ii) The president of Lafourche Parish shall submit five nominations, subject to ratification by the governing authority of Lafourche Parish, and the governor shall appoint two members from the list.

(iii) The mayor of Thibodaux shall submit three nominations, subject to ratification by the governing authority of Thibodaux, and the governor shall appoint one member from the list.

(iv) The mayor of Lockport shall submit three nominations, subject to ratification by the governing authority of Lockport, and the governor shall appoint one member from the list.

(b) The term of office of any commissioner appointed pursuant to Subparagraph (a) of this Paragraph shall cease when his successor is appointed and takes office.

(c) In the event all commissioners are not appointed within sixty days of the beginning of the term or the occurrence of a vacancy, then another list of nominations selected by a majority of the members of the legislature representing the district shall be submitted, and the governor shall appoint the remaining required commissioner or commissioners to provide for the total number of commissioners required by Subparagraph (a) of this Paragraph.

(d) Excluding any vacancies on the board, a majority of the appointed commissioners shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business of the commission.

(3) All lands, rights-of-way, servitudes, and revenues therefrom which are located within the North Lafourche Conservation, Levee and Drainage District and which are owned or held by the Atchafalaya Basin Levee District on August 15, 1997 are hereby granted, conveyed, transferred, and delivered to the North Lafourche Conservation, Levee and Drainage District without the necessity of any other act or instrument of grant, conveyance, transfer, or delivery. For the purpose of proving evidence of the grant, conveyance, transfer, and delivery effected by this Paragraph, the Atchafalaya Basin Levee District shall execute an act setting forth the grant, conveyance, transfer, and delivery of those lands, rights-of-way, servitudes, and revenues therefrom to the North Lafourche Conservation, Levee and Drainage District. That act shall be executed no later than the thirtieth day after August 15, 1997.

(4) A vacancy created whether by reason of death, resignation, expiration of term, or any other cause of a member of the board of commissioners shall be filled in the same manner as provided in Paragraph (2) of this Subsection.

U. Terrebonne Levee and Conservation District. (1) On July 1, 1997, and continuing thereafter, all lands in the parish of Terrebonne shall constitute a levee district to be known as the Terrebonne Levee and Conservation District. These lands and all property thereon situated, not exempt from taxation, shall be subject to the provisions of this Chapter. The land, including mineral rights, in the possession of the Atchafalaya Basin Levee District in Terrebonne Parish, for the purposes of ownership and maintenance and operation of the Atchafalaya Basin Levee District, shall be transferred and conveyed to the Terrebonne Levee and Conservation District without the necessity of any other act or instrument of grant, transfer, conveyance, or delivery. For the purpose of proving evidence of the transfer, conveyance, and delivery effected by this Paragraph, the Atchafalaya Basin Levee District shall execute an act setting forth the transfer, conveyance, and delivery of those lands, rights-of-way, servitudes, and revenues therefrom to the Terrebonne Levee and Conservation District.

(2)(a) The initial board of commissioners shall consist of the current seven commissioners of the South Terrebonne Parish Tidewater Management and Conservation District and the seven commissioners of the North Terrebonne Parish Drainage and Conservation District. Said commissioners shall serve until the governor of the state of Louisiana takes office in the year 2000 or thereafter until their replacements have been duly appointed. The initial board of commissioners shall be the taxing authority of the district and shall distribute funds as provided in R.S. 38:329(J). All other actions shall be decided upon individually by the boards of commissioners of the South Terrebonne Parish Tidewater Management and Conservation District and the North Terrebonne Parish Drainage and Conservation District until the nine members of the board of commissioners of the Terrebonne Levee and Conservation District are appointed by the governor in the year 2000.

(b) Following the date in the year 2000 when the governor takes office, the governor shall appoint a board of commissioners consisting of nine members selected as follows:

(i) Each member of the legislative delegation serving any part of the district shall submit a list of nominations of Terrebonne Parish residents and the governor shall appoint one member from each legislator's list.

(ii) The Terrebonne Parish president, with the approval of the Terrebonne Parish Council, shall submit a list of three names of Terrebonne Parish residents residing north of the Intracoastal Canal and a list of three names of Terrebonne Parish residents residing south of the Intracoastal Canal, from each of which lists the governor shall appoint one commissioner.

(iii) The members of the Russell Redmond American Legion Post 272, Kenneth C. Boudreaux American Legion Post 380, Boquet-Breaux VFW Post 7755, Aswell Picou VFW Post 9608, and Bourg-Leblanc VFW Post 4752 may each submit one nomination from which the governor shall appoint one commissioner. In the event that nine commissioners are appointed notwithstanding the provisions of this Paragraph, then the provisions of this Paragraph shall not apply.

(c) In the event that there are not appointed nine commissioners pursuant to the foregoing, then the legislative delegation serving all or any part of the district shall submit another list of Terrebonne Parish residents from which the governor shall appoint the remaining required commissioner to bring the total number of commissioners to nine.

(d) Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, a vacancy now or hereafter created whether by reason of death, resignation, expiration of term, or any other cause of a member of the board of commissioners shall be filled in the same manner as provided for the original appointment in Subparagraph (b) of this Paragraph.

V. St. Tammany Levee, Drainage, and Conservation District. (1) All territory contained within the parish of St. Tammany within the boundaries of the coastal zone pursuant to R.S. 49:214.24 shall be embraced in the limits of a levee district to be known as the St. Tammany Levee, Drainage, and Conservation District. These lands and all property thereon situated, not exempt from taxation, shall be subject to the provisions of this Chapter.

(2)(a) The district shall be governed by a board of commissioners. Beginning September 1, 2014, the governor shall appoint a board of commissioners consisting of nine persons from St. Tammany Parish who meet the requirements of R.S. 38:304(A) as follows:

(i) Each member of the legislative delegation representing any part of the district shall submit one nomination in writing, and the governor shall appoint four members from such nominees.

(ii) The president of St. Tammany Parish shall submit a list of three nominations in writing, subject to ratification by the Parish Council of St. Tammany, and the governor shall appoint two members from such list of nominees.

(iii) The mayor of the city of Slidell shall submit a list of three nominations in writing, and the governor shall appoint one member from such list of nominees.

(iv) The mayor of the city of Mandeville shall submit a list of three nominations in writing, and the governor shall appoint one member from such list of nominees.

(v) The mayor of the town of Madisonville shall submit a list of three nominations in writing, and the governor shall appoint one member from such list of nominees.

(b) The governor shall appoint from the nominations at least four members who are residents of the unincorporated areas of the district.

(c) All members appointed shall be subject to confirmation by the Senate.

(3)(a) On and after August 1, 2014, a vacancy created whether by reason of death, resignation, expiration of term, or any other cause of a member of the board shall be filled in the same manner as provided in Paragraph (2) of this Subsection, provided that a member appointed to fill a vacancy shall serve only for the unexpired term of his predecessor.

(b) If any official responsible for submitting a nominee fails to submit such nominees within ninety days after the occurrence of a vacancy, the governor shall appoint a person meeting the requirements of this Section.

(4)(a) Commissioners shall serve concurrently with the governor and shall serve at the pleasure of the governor.

(b) Commissioners shall be subject to term limitations as provided in R.S. 42:3.2, except that a person who is appointed to fill more than one-half of an unexpired term may serve consecutively no more than three terms in addition to such partial term.

(5) Repealed by Acts 2017, No. 42, §1, eff. June 3, 2017.

(6) The governor or the nominating entity may remove a commissioner for neglect of his duties, which shall include a violation of state law or public policy of the state.

W. Tangipahoa Levee District. (1) All territory contained within the parish of Tangipahoa within the boundaries of the coastal zone pursuant to R.S. 49:214.24 shall be embraced in the limits of a levee district to be known as the Tangipahoa Levee District. These lands and all property thereon situated, not exempt from taxation, shall be subject to the provisions of this Chapter.

(2) Repealed by Acts 2022, No. 430, §2, eff. June 15, 2022.

X. Algiers Levee District. (1) The Orleans Levee District as it exists on the date that it complies with R.S. 38:330.8(B)(4) is reorganized as provided by this Paragraph and as provided by Paragraph (K)(1) of this Section. The portion of the parish of Orleans on the west side of the Mississippi River is formed into a political subdivision and levee district, to be known as the Algiers Levee District. These lands and all property thereon situated, not exempt from taxation, shall be subject to the provisions of this Chapter.

(2) The district shall be governed by the board of commissioners of the Southeast Louisiana Flood Protection Authority-West pursuant to authority granted by Article VI, Sections 38 and 38.1 of the Constitution of Louisiana and as provided in this Chapter.

(3) The district shall have such taxing authority as authorized by Article VI, Section 39(A) and (B) of the Constitution of Louisiana and other applicable provisions of law.

Y. Lafitte Area Independent Levee District. (1)(a) The West Jefferson Levee District as it existed on January 1, 2011, is reorganized as provided by this Paragraph and as provided by Paragraph (R)(1) of this Section. The Lafitte Area Independent Levee District as it existed on January 1, 2011, is reorganized as provided by this Paragraph and as provided by this Subsection shall be comprised of all of the lands in the parish of Jefferson lying north of Latitude 29° 17' 52" N and lying south of 29° 47' 00" N.

(b) These lands and all property thereon situated, not exempt from taxation, shall be subject to the provisions of this Chapter.

(2) The governor shall appoint, subject to Senate confirmation, a board of commissioners consisting of five persons who reside in that portion of Jefferson Parish located within the levee district and who meet the requirements of R.S. 38:304(A) as follows:

(a) One member shall be appointed from a list containing three nominations from the governing authority of Jean Lafitte.

(b) Four members shall be appointed at-large from a list of six nominations submitted jointly by the legislative delegation representing that portion of Jefferson Parish located within the levee district.

(c) Members shall be nominated and appointed such that there are always at least two professionals with at least ten years of experience in their respective professional disciplines on the board, one of whom shall be an engineer.

(3) A vacancy created whether by reason of death, resignation, expiration of term, or any other cause of a member of the board shall be filled in the same manner as provided in Paragraph (2) of this Subsection.

(4)(a) The members of the board initially appointed shall at their first meeting determine by lot their terms of office, which terms shall commence immediately upon their appointment and shall expire, respectively, as follows: one member in two years, two members in three years, and two members in four years, from the first day of July immediately succeeding such appointment. Thereafter all terms shall be four years.

(b) No member shall serve more than four consecutive four-year terms. However, if a person has been appointed to fill more than one-half of an unexpired term, such person shall be eligible to serve consecutively no more than three terms in addition to such partial term.

(5) The official domicile of the board of the district shall be established by the board.

(6) The district shall have such taxing authority as authorized by Article VI, Section 39(A) and (B) of the Constitution of Louisiana and other applicable provisions of law.

(7) Any books, records, documents, movable property, lands, or immovable property owned by the West Jefferson Levee District situated within the Lafitte Area Independent Levee District, that are owned by or in the possession of the West Jefferson Levee District and that are situated in or pertain to the operations in the jurisdiction of the Lafitte Area Independent Levee District shall, on June 29, 2011, become property of and shall be transferred to the Lafitte Area Independent Levee District without the necessity of any other act, instrument, or deed.

Z. St. Mary Levee District. (1) All of the lands in the parish of St. Mary shall be embraced in the limits of a levee district to be known as the St. Mary Levee District. These lands and all property thereon situated shall be subject to the provisions of this Chapter.

(2) The governor shall appoint, subject to Senate confirmation, a board of commissioners consisting of nine persons who reside in St. Mary Parish, and who meet the requirements of R.S. 38:304(A) as follows:

(a) The St. Mary Parish Council shall submit a list containing three nominations from each of the eight single member parish council districts in St. Mary Parish, from which the governor shall appoint one member to represent each such district from the list.

(b) One member shall be appointed at-large by the governor from a list of three nominations submitted jointly by the legislative delegation representing St. Mary Parish.

(3) A vacancy created whether by reason of death, resignation, expiration of term, or any other cause of a member of the board shall be filled in the same manner as provided in Paragraph (2) of this Subsection. However, members appointed to fill vacancies shall serve only for the unexpired term of their predecessors.

(4)(a) The members of the board initially appointed shall at their first meeting determine by lot their terms of office, which terms shall commence immediately upon their appointment and shall expire, respectively, as follows: three members in two years, three members in three years, and three members in four years, from the first day of July immediately succeeding such appointment.

(b) All commissioners thereafter appointed, except a commissioner appointed to fill an unexpired term, shall be appointed as provided in Paragraph (2) of this Subsection for staggered terms of four years, which shall expire on July 1 of the fourth year of the term to which he is appointed, or until his successor is appointed and takes office.

(c) Members of the commission shall be subject to term limitations in accordance with the provisions of R.S. 42:3.2. However, if a person has been appointed to fill more than one-half of an unexpired term, such person shall be eligible to serve consecutively no more than three terms in addition to such partial term.

(5) The official domicile of the board of the district shall be established by the board.

(6) Persons appointed to the board, to the extent practicable, shall reflect the population of the parish.

AA. Chenier Plain Coastal Restoration and Protection Authority.

(1) All of the lands in the parishes of Calcasieu, Cameron, and Vermilion shall be embraced in the limits of a levee district to be known as the Chenier Plain Coastal Restoration and Protection Authority. These lands and all property thereon situated, not exempt from taxation, shall be subject to the provisions of this Chapter.

(2) The governor shall appoint, subject to Senate confirmation, nine persons to serve as commissioners as follows:

(a) The police jury of Calcasieu Parish shall submit a list of six nominations, subject to ratification by the governing authority of Calcasieu Parish, and the governor shall appoint three members from the list.

(b) The police jury of Cameron Parish shall submit a list of six nominations, subject to ratification by the governing authority of Cameron Parish, and the governor shall appoint three members from the list.

(c) The police jury of Vermilion Parish shall submit a list of six nominations, subject to ratification by the governing authority of Vermilion Parish, and the governor shall appoint three members from the list.

(3) A vacancy created whether by reason of death, resignation, expiration of term, or any other cause of a member of the board of commissioners shall be filled in the same manner as provided in Paragraph (2) of this Subsection.

(4) Any person appointed a commissioner shall have resided in this state the preceding two years, reside and be a qualified voter in the parish from where nominated, and reside in the parish while serving as a member of the board.

(5) At least one member from each parish shall be either an engineer or a professional in a related field such as geotechnical, hydrological, or environmental science.

BB. Iberia Parish Levee, Hurricane, and Conservation District. (1) All of the lands in the parish of Iberia except that portion of Iberia Parish that is included in the territorial boundaries of the Atchafalaya Basin Levee District and the Squirrel Run Levee and Drainage District, shall be embraced in the limits of a levee district to be known as the Iberia Parish Levee, Hurricane, and Conservation District. These lands and all property thereon situated shall be subject to the provisions of this Chapter.

(2) The governor shall appoint, subject to Senate confirmation, a board of commissioners consisting of nine persons who reside in that portion of Iberia Parish located within the levee district and who meet the requirements of R.S. 38:304(A) as follows:

(a) Three members shall be appointed from the Iberia Parish Council.

(b) One member shall be appointed from the Twin Parishes Port Commission.

(c) One member shall be appointed from the Iberia Parish Port Commission.

(d) One member shall be appointed from each of the following municipalities within Iberia Parish:

(i) City of Jeanerette.

(ii) City of New Iberia.

(iii) Town of Delcambre.

(iv) Village of Loreauville.

(3) A vacancy created whether by reason of death, resignation, expiration of term, or any other cause of a member of the board shall be filled in the same manner as provided in Paragraph (2) of this Subsection.

(4)(a) The members of the board initially appointed shall at their first meeting determine by lot their terms of office, which terms shall commence immediately upon their appointment and shall expire, respectively, as follows: three members in two years, three members in three years, and three members in four years, from the first day of July immediately succeeding such appointment.

(b) All commissioners thereafter appointed, except a commissioner appointed to fill an unexpired term, shall be appointed as provided in Paragraph (2) of this Subsection for staggered terms of four years, which shall expire on July first of the fourth year of the term to which he is appointed, or until his successor is appointed and takes office.

(c) No member shall serve more than three consecutive four-year terms; however, if a person has been appointed to fill more than one-half of an unexpired term, such person shall be eligible to serve consecutively no more than two terms in addition to such partial term.

(5) The official domicile of the board of the district shall be established by the board.

(6) No member of the board shall receive compensation for serving as a member of the board.

(7) The district shall have such taxing authority as authorized by Article VI, Sections 39(A) and (B) of the Constitution of Louisiana and other applicable provisions of law; however, no tax election shall be called without the prior approval of the governing authority of Iberia Parish.

CC. Squirrel Run Levee and Drainage District. (1) All of the lands within a portion of the city of New Iberia and within the following described area: a certain lot or parcel of ground containing 360 acres, more or less, located in Sections 16, 56, and Patent No. 9818, Township 11 South, Range 6 East; and Sections 10, 11, and Patent No. 9818, Township 12 South, Range 6 East, Southwest Land District, situated in Iberia Parish, Louisiana; said lot or parcel of ground being bounded on the North by S.R. Golf, Inc. or assigns, Gordon Patout, or assigns, and Roy Patout or assigns; on the West by Dewey Landry, et al. or assigns, and the state of Louisiana; on the East by Perry J. Segura and Emma Lou Davant Segura, or assigns, and on the South by Darby Lane, shall be embraced in the limits of a levee district to be known as the Squirrel Run Levee and Drainage District. These lands and all property thereon situated shall be subject to the provisions of this Chapter.

(2) The mayor of the city of New Iberia shall appoint a board of commissioners consisting of five persons who reside in that portion of the city of New Iberia located within the levee district, who meet the requirements of R.S. 38:304(A), and who are nominated by the New Iberia City Council.

(3) A vacancy on the board created by reason of death, resignation, expiration of term, or any other cause shall be filled in the same manner as provided in Paragraph (2) of this Subsection.

(4)(a) The members of the board initially appointed shall at their first meeting determine by lot their terms of office, which terms shall commence immediately upon their appointment, and which shall expire, respectively, as follows: two members in four years, two members in three years, and one member in two years, from the first day of July immediately succeeding such appointment.

(b) All commissioners thereafter appointed, except a commissioner appointed to fill an unexpired term, shall be appointed as provided in Paragraph (2) of this Subsection for staggered terms of four years, which shall expire on July first of the fourth year of the term to which he is appointed, or until his successor is appointed and takes office.

(c) No member shall serve more than three consecutive four-year terms; however, if a person has been appointed to fill more than one-half of an unexpired term, such person shall be eligible to serve consecutively no more than two terms in addition to such partial term.

(5) The official domicile of the board of the district shall be established by the board.

(6) No member of the board shall receive compensation for serving as a member of the board.

(7) The district shall have such taxing authority as authorized by Article VI, Section 39 of the Constitution of Louisiana and other applicable provisions of law. In addition to any other powers and duties provided by law, the board may enter into contracts or other agreements, including cooperative endeavor agreements, with any public or private person, corporation, association, or other entity, including the Iberia Parish Levee, Hurricane, and Conservation District, to accomplish or further the purposes of the district, and for the purpose of acquiring, operating, and maintaining servitudes and works necessary for drainage as it relates to hurricane protection and flood control.

Acts 1985, No. 785, §1, eff. July 22, 1985; Acts 1986, No. 216, §1; Acts 1986, No. 668, §1; Acts 1986, No. 807, §1, eff. July 10, 1986; Acts 1988, No. 725, §1; Acts 1991, No. 452, §1; Acts 1992, No. 128, §1, eff. June 5, 1992; Acts 1992, No. 789, §1; Acts 1992, No. 838, §1, eff. July 8, 1992; Acts 1992, No. 876, §1; Acts 1992, No. 1020, §1; Acts 1995, No. 1032, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1996; Acts 1996, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 89, §§1, 2; Acts 1997, No. 761, §1; Acts 1997, No. 781, §1; Acts 1997, No. 948, §1; Acts 1997, No. 1116, §2; Acts 1997, No. 1287, §1, eff. July 1, 1998; Acts 1997, No. 1401, §1; Acts 1997, No. 1407, §§1, 3, eff. July 15, 1997; Acts 2003, No. 109, §1; Acts 2003, No. 178, §1; Acts 2003, No. 179, §1; Acts 2003, No. 1169, §1; Acts 2004, No. 310, §1, eff. June 18, 2004; Acts 2005, No. 493, §1, eff. July 12, 2005; Acts 2006, 1 st Ex. Sess., No. 1, §§1, 4 eff. Jan. 1, 2007; Acts 2006, 1 st Ex. Sess., No. 32, §§1, 2, eff. Jan. 1, 2007; Acts 2006, No. 648, §1; Acts 2006, No. 713, §4, eff. July 1, 2006; Acts 2007, No. 133, §1, eff. July 12, 2007; Acts 2007, No. 259, §§1, 2, eff. July 1, 2007; Acts 2007, No. 475, §1, eff. July 12, 2007; Acts 2007, No. 475, §3, eff. Jan. 1, 2008; Acts 2008, No. 346, §1; Acts 2009, No. 321, §1; Acts 2009, No. 346, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2010; Acts 2009, No. 509, §1; Acts 2010, No. 1008, §1; Acts 2010, No. 1024, §1; Acts 2011, No. 363, §1, eff. June 29, 2011; Acts 2011, No. 371, §1; Acts 2014, No. 303, §1, eff. May 28, 2014; Acts 2015, No. 57, §1, eff. June 5, 2015; Acts 2015, No. 68, §1, eff. Jan. 10, 2016; Acts 2015, No. 326, §1; Acts 2017, No. 42, §1, eff. June 3, 2017; Acts 2022, No. 430, §2, eff. June 15, 2022; Acts 2023, No. 372, §1, eff. June 1, 2024; Acts 2024, No. 18, §1; Acts 2024, No. 177, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 38:3 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 38 / Section 3
Inland waterways, navigation projects; jurisdiction of United States not affected
Status: in_force

A. The Department of Transportation and Development shall plan systems of inland waterways, navigation drainage; irrigation and water conservation projects; foster the maintenance, improvement, and extension of the Intracoastal Canal System and its feeders; and initiate, sponsor, and carry through to completion all waterway projects which will further develop and expand the water resources of Louisiana, whether the projects are under the Flood Control Act or any other federal agency.

B. Nothing in this Section shall be construed as interfering with the jurisdiction of the United States government over the navigable waters in Louisiana or as abridging, impairing, or altering the rights, obligations, and authority of the United States, the Secretary of the Army, Chief of Engineers, or any commission, board, or officer of the United States conferred or provided by any Act of Congress in respect to the execution, maintenance, or control of any plan, project, or program of flood control, navigation, or the use and improvement of navigable streams and waters, or in respect to any of the matters or things referred to in this Section.

C. Nothing in this Section shall be construed as interfering with the mission and jurisdiction of the Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority Board for all integrated coastal protection, as defined in R.S. 49:214.2(10), including but not limited to water resources development and water conservation projects located in the coastal area, as defined in R.S. 49:213.2(3).

Amended by Acts 1952, No. 127, §13; Acts 2012, No. 601, §1, eff. June 7, 2012.
La. Rev. Stat. § 38:3105 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 38 / Section 3105
Replacement housing
Status: in_force

A. In addition to payments otherwise authorized by this Chapter, as part of the cost of construction the agency may make a payment to the owner of real property acquired for a project which is improved by a dwelling actually owned and occupied by the owner for not less than one hundred and eighty days prior to the initiation of negotiations for the acquisition of such property, not to exceed twenty-two thousand five hundred dollars or the maximum amount authorized by federal law, whichever is greater. Such additional payment may include the following elements:

(1) The amount, if any, which when added to the acquisition cost of the dwelling acquired by the agency, equals the reasonable cost of a comparable replacement dwelling which is a decent, safe, and sanitary dwelling adequate to accommodate such displaced person, reasonably accessible to public services and places of employment and available on the private market. All determinations required to carry out this subparagraph may be made in accordance with standards established by the head of the agency making the additional payment.

(2)(a) The amount, if any, which will compensate such displaced person for any increased interest costs which such person is required to pay for financing the acquisition of any such comparable replacement dwelling. Such amount may be paid only if the dwelling acquired by the agency was encumbered by a bona fide mortgage which was a valid lien on such dwelling for not less than one hundred and eighty days prior to the initiation of negotiations for the acquisition of such dwelling. Such amount may be equal to the excess in the aggregate interest and other debt service costs of that amount of the principal of the mortgage on the replacement dwelling which is equal to the unpaid balance of the mortgage on the acquired dwelling, over the remainder term of the mortgage on the acquired dwelling, reduced to discounted present value. The discount rate may be the prevailing interest rate paid on savings deposits by commercial banks in the general area in which the replacement dwelling is located.

(b) Alternatively, and at the option of the agency, the agency may, instead of paying to the owner the amount calculated in accordance with the provisions of Subparagraph (a) hereof, pay an amount sufficient to reduce the principal sum to be financed by the relocatee when he acquires his replacement dwelling so that the amount of monthly payments of principal and interest to be paid under the new mortgage obligation shall not exceed the amount of monthly payments of principal and interest to be paid under the mortgage on the dwelling acquired or to be acquired by the agency from the relocatee.

(3) Reasonable expenses incurred by such displaced person for evidence of title, recording fees, and other closing costs incident to the purchase of the replacement dwelling, but not including prepaid expenses.

(4) The additional payment authorized by this subsection may be made only to such a displaced person who purchases and occupies a replacement dwelling which is decent, safe, and sanitary not later than the end of the one year period beginning on the date on which he receives from the agency final payment of all costs of the acquired dwelling, or on the date on which he moves from the acquired dwelling, whichever is the later date.

B. In addition to amounts otherwise authorized by this Chapter, the agency may make a payment to any person displaced from any dwelling not eligible to receive a payment under Subsection (A) of this section which dwelling was actually and lawfully occupied by such individual or family for not less than ninety days prior to the initiation of negotiations for acquisition of such property. Such payment may be either

(1) the amount necessary to enable such displaced person to lease or rent for a period not to exceed four years, a decent, safe, and sanitary dwelling of standards adequate to accommodate such person in areas not generally less desirable in regard to public utilities and public and commercial facilities, and reasonably accessible to his place of employment, but not to exceed four thousand dollars: or

(2) the amount necessary to enable such person to make a downpayment (including incidental expenses described in Paragraph (A)(3) of this Section on the purchase of a decent, safe, and sanitary dwelling of standards adequate to accommodate such person in areas not generally less desirable in regard to public utilities and public and commercial facilities, but not exceed four thousand dollars, except that if such amount exceeds two thousand dollars, such person must equally match any such amount in excess of two thousand dollars, in making the downpayment.

Added by Acts 1971, No. 116, §1, emerg. eff. June 14, 1971. Amended by Acts 1982, No. 381, §1; Acts 1988, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 13, §1, eff. Oct. 27, 1988.
La. Rev. Stat. § 38:2190 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 38 / Section 2190
Architects and engineers prohibited under certain circumstances from owning substantial interest in organizations furnishing materials for construction of public work
Status: in_force

A. Architects and engineers are prohibited from owning a substantial financial interest, either directly or indirectly, in any corporation, firm, partnership, or other organization which supplies materials for the construction of a public work when the architect or engineer has performed architectural or engineering services, either directly or indirectly, in connection with the public work for which the materials are being supplied.

B. For the purposes of this Section, a "substantial financial interest" shall exclude any interest in stock being traded on the American Stock Exchange or the New York Stock Exchange.

C. Whoever violates the provisions of Subsection A, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be fined not more than an amount equal to the total value of the materials involved in the violation of Subsection A of this Section, or not more than ten thousand dollars, whichever is greater, or imprisoned for not more than six months, or both.

Acts 1991, No. 1044, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 38:1580 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 38 / Section 1580
Jefferson Parish Consolidated Drainage Districts
Status: in_force

A. The governing authority of the parish of Jefferson, on its own initiative, may create by ordinance one or more consolidated drainage districts within the territorial boundaries of the parish of Jefferson, which consolidated drainage districts may also include territories included or not included in any other district, as hereinafter defined, in the parish of Jefferson.

B. A consolidated drainage district so created shall be designated as "Consolidated Drainage District No. ___ of the Parish of Jefferson", and any consolidated drainage district so created shall constitute a special district within the meaning of Article VI, Section 19 of the Constitution of Louisiana, shall be a political subdivision of this state, and shall enjoy all rights, powers, and privileges enjoyed by other drainage districts under the constitution and laws of this state, including the right to issue bonds and levy taxes and special assessments.

C. The term district, as used in this Section, shall include any consolidated drainage district, drainage district, or subdrainage district providing drainage by means of gravity facilities or levee and pumping facilities, or a combination thereof.

D. The governing authority of such consolidated drainage district shall be designated in accordance with the Jefferson Parish Charter.

E. Before any such consolidated drainage district is finally created, the governing authority of the parish of Jefferson shall publish in the official journal of the parish at least once, not less than fifteen days prior to the date of the hearing, a notice of its intention to create the consolidated drainage district which notice shall set a date for the holding of a public hearing at which all persons interested may be heard on the question of creating the consolidated drainage district. The notice of hearing shall set forth the proposed name and boundaries of the consolidated drainage district, list the districts to be so consolidated, define the boundaries of any territory not then within the boundaries of an existing district which territory is proposed to be included in the consolidated drainage district, state the amount of outstanding indebtedness of each district to be consolidated, and the time and place fixed for the hearing. Upon conclusion of the hearing, the governing authority, in its discretion, may create the consolidated drainage district with boundaries as set out in the notice of intention or may refrain from creating the consolidated drainage district.

F. After the creation of any consolidated drainage district, notice of its creation, which shall include a statement of the boundaries thereof, shall be published one time in the official journal of the parish. Thirty days after such publication, the creation of the consolidated drainage district shall become incontestable, and no court shall have jurisdiction to entertain litigation questioning the legality of the creation of such consolidated drainage district. If the governing authority desires to call an election in any such consolidated drainage district to authorize the issuance of bonds, the levy of special taxes, or the assumption of indebtedness, it may call such election and publish notice thereof prior to the expiration of the thirty-day period.

G. At the expiration of the thirty-day period, existing districts included in any such consolidated drainage district shall no longer have the right to issue bonds or other obligations, and all books and records and assets thereof shall be transferred to the consolidated drainage district. The governing authority of the consolidated drainage district shall cause taxes to continue to be levied for the payment of the outstanding indebtedness of each underlying district which has not been assumed by the consolidated drainage district, as hereinafter provided, in all respects as would have been required had such consolidation not been effected. In addition, if such indebtedness of any underlying district consists of revenue bonds or special assessment certificates payable from service charges or assessments, the governing authority of the consolidated drainage district shall continue to impose and collect such service charges or assessments, as well as any special taxes previously authorized and legally dedicated by covenant with bondholders to the payment of maintenance or operation expenses.

H. The creation of a consolidated drainage district hereunder shall not affect or impair in any manner contract rights enjoyed by the holders of any outstanding bonds or obligations of the underlying districts, and to the extent required by such contract rights, taxes, service charges, and assessments on the property subject to the payment of principal and of interest on such bonds or obligations shall continue to be levied and collected as above provided; however, any consolidated drainage district may assume all or any indebtedness of its underlying districts in the manner and with the effect provided by R.S. 39:661 et seq. for the assumption of indebtedness by parishes.

I. The consolidated drainage district may continue the levy of any special taxes authorized to be levied by the underlying districts or in lieu thereof, may levy its own special taxes on all property within the consolidated drainage district for the purpose of maintaining, operating, constructing, and improving drainage works in the manner provided by the constitution and laws of this state after having been authorized to do so at a special election held in accordance with the provisions of the constitution and laws of this state.

Acts 1993, No. 77, §1, eff. May 26, 1993.
La. Rev. Stat. § 38:2319.3 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 38 / Section 2319.3
Equipment-lease-purchase contracts with nonprofit lessors authorized; term
Status: in_force

Local governmental entities may enter into equipment-lease-purchase contracts directly with nonprofit lessors, as provided in this Part, for a term not to exceed ten years or the reasonably expected economic life of the equipment, whichever is less, notwithstanding any other law to the contrary.

Acts 1985, No. 758, §1, eff. July 17, 1985.

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La. Rev. Stat. § 38:1760 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 38 / Section 1760
Creation of districts in adjoining parishes
Status: in_force

When the drainage by gravity of any locality is such that in the opinion of the police juries of the respective parishes, it becomes necessary to organize or create gravity drainage districts composed partly of land situated in two or more parishes, then the drainage districts may be created by joint resolution of the police juries of the respective parishes, or by a resolution to that effect passed by the police jury of one parish and approved by the police jury or juries of the other parish or parishes. The police juries shall create the district upon a petition being presented to them as provided in R.S. 38:1751 covering the creation of gravity drainage districts from lands lying in one parish.
La. Rev. Stat. § 38:2355 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 38 / Section 2355
Functions and responsibilities; Coordinated Use of Resources for Recreation, Economy, Navigation, and Transportation Authority Board
Status: in_force

A. The board shall:

(1) Represent the state's position on policy relative to the protection, conservation, enhancement, and management of the upland area of the state through oversight of integrated projects and programs and by addressing activities which could significantly affect integrated projects and programs, all consistent with the legislative intent as expressed in this Title.

(2) Develop, coordinate, make reports on, and provide oversight for a comprehensive upland area master plan and annual plans, working in conjunction with state agencies, political subdivisions, including flood protection authorities, levee districts, and federal agencies. The master plan shall include a comprehensive strategy addressing the protection, conservation, enhancement, and management of the upland area through the construction and management of integrated projects and programs, all consistent with the legislative intent as expressed in this Chapter. The annual plan shall be developed as the annual implementation of the comprehensive master plan and shall be submitted to the legislature for approval as set forth in R.S. 38:2354. The annual plan shall include a description and status of all projects and programs pertaining to the authority's mission, including privately funded projects or plans, and addressing those activities which significantly affect projects set forth in the plan, all consistent with the legislative intent as expressed in this Title.

(3) Submit to the House Committee on Natural Resources and Environment and the Senate Committee on Natural Resources and the House Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works and the Senate Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works the integrated plans developed pursuant to R.S. 38:2354. Upon approval of the plans by the legislative committees and prior to implementation of the plans, in whole or in part, the plans shall be approved by the legislature as provided in R.S. 38:2354(E).

(4) Develop procedures in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act and take actions against any entity, including political subdivisions, to enforce compliance with the comprehensive master upland area plan. Such procedures and actions may include but are not limited to determinations of noncompliance; appeal from such determinations; the taking of administrative action, including the withholding of funds; and civil action, including the seeking of injunctive relief, or any other remedy necessary to ensure compliance with the plan.

(5) Develop guidelines for cost-sharing agreements with public and private entities participating in approved projects within the authority's jurisdiction.

B. The board may:

(1) Accept and use, in accordance with law, gifts, grants, bequests, endowments, or funds from any public or private source for purposes consistent with responsibilities and functions of the board and take such actions as are necessary to comply with any conditions required for such acceptance.

(2) Utilize the services of other executive departments of state government upon mutually agreeable terms and conditions.

(3) Take such other actions not inconsistent with law as are necessary to perform properly the functions of the board.

(4) Adopt rules and regulations to implement the provisions of this Section. Such rules and regulations shall be adopted in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act.

(5) Delegate signing authority for contracts to the chairman of the board, the executive director of the Coordinated Use of Resources for Recreation, Economy, Navigation, and Transportation Authority, or an authorized designee of either. Such designation by the chairman or the director shall be by authentic act.

(6) Approve all requests for programs and projects in the upland area, insofar as such requests are for funds to be appropriated from the funds available to the authority.

(7) Delegate any of its powers, duties, and functions to the chairman of the board, to the executive director of the Coordinated Use of Resources for Recreation, Economy, Navigation, and Transportation Authority, or to state agencies, political subdivisions, including flood protection authorities, or levee districts.

(8) Enter into any contract with the federal government or any federal agency or any political subdivision of the state or private individual for the study, planning, engineering, design, construction, operation, maintenance, repair, rehabilitation, or replacement of any integrated project within the authority's jurisdiction and to this end, may contract for the acceptance of any grant of money upon the terms and conditions, including any requirement of matching the grants in whole or part, which may be necessary.

(9) Maximize the use of nonfederal funds and in-kind donations to provide for the costs associated with nonfederal cost-share requirements associated with integrated projects within the authority's jurisdiction.

(10) Enter into any agreement with a parish governing authority located wholly or partially within the coastal area but which is not part of a levee district for the construction, operation, maintenance, repair, rehabilitation, or replacement of any upland protection, conservation and restoration, hurricane protection, infrastructure, storm damage reduction, integrated coastal protection, or flood control project. The board shall have the power to provide in the agreement for the use and exercise by the parish governing authority of all powers of levee districts or levee and drainage districts.

C. Approval by the board shall be required for any request by a state agency or department for any funds to finance research, programs, mitigation, or projects involving integrated protection, including hurricane protection or the conservation and restoration, of upland areas. However, this Subsection shall not affect self-generated or dedicated funds.

D. No state agency or entity shall enter into a contract with the United States Army Corps of Engineers which would require the state to assume liability for or provide the cost of operations and maintenance for a protection project unless the contract provides for independent third-party review and evaluation in accordance with the best available science and technical capabilities to confirm the project's anticipated level of protection against flooding prior to the state or political subdivision assuming liability and operations and maintenance obligations. The independent third-party reviewer and evaluator provided for in the contract shall be approved by both the United States Army Corps of Engineers and the nonfederal sponsor. However, the provisions of this Subsection shall not apply to contracts for routine maintenance or other minor construction or repairs, or in cases where there is imminent threat to life or property, or when the chairman of the Coordinated Use of Resources for Recreation, Economy, Navigation, and Transportation Authority Board, with the approval of the board, determines that an emergency exists whereby compliance with the provisions of this Subsection would create an unreasonable hardship.

E. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries may enter into a cooperative endeavor agreement with the authority, board, or a levee district to allow the use of the department's personnel, equipment, or lands owned or leased by the state to satisfy mitigation requirements imposed upon the authority or levee district by federal, state, or local law.

F. Upon the approval by the board, and notwithstanding any law to the contrary, the authority, the state, or any political subdivision thereof, may use its own resources for satisfying any mitigation requirements resulting from or related to an integrated noncoastal project within the authority's jurisdiction.

G. Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, the Coordinated Use of Resources for Recreation, Economy, Navigation, and Transportation Authority, upon approval by the board, may enter into a contract for the study, investigation, and cleanup of, or response to, hazardous substances directly with any person or entity who has entered into a contract with the United States Army Corps of Engineers for an integrated protection program or project within the authority's jurisdiction where the hazardous substance is located and if federal law, rules, regulations, guidance, or the terms of a cooperative, partnership, or other agreement for the program or project require the state of Louisiana to directly take action with regard to the study, investigation, and cleanup of, or response to, the hazardous substance. Nothing in this Section shall prevent the authority from contracting with any person or entity in any other manner permitted by law. In approving the contract with the United States Army Corps of Engineers contracting entity or person, the board shall do all of the following:

(1) Make a determination that the United States Army Corps of Engineers entered into the contract with its contractor through a public bid process.

(2) Obtain from contractors other than the one under contract with the United States Army Corps of Engineers, at least two estimates for the needed work to be conducted under the contract for study, investigation, and cleanup of, or response to, hazardous substances from persons or entities qualified to conduct such work, as determined by the board.

(3) Obtain an estimate for the needed work from the United States Army Corps of Engineers contractor.

(4) Make a determination that contracting directly with the United States Army Corps of Engineers contractor is economical, feasible, and in the best interest of the health, safety, and welfare of the citizens of the state of Louisiana.

H.(1) The board shall broadcast over the internet live audio and video streams of all its board meetings in which votes are scheduled to occur.

(2) All meetings broadcast in accordance with Paragraph (1) of this Subsection shall be recorded, archived, and made accessible to the public for at least six years after the date of the meeting.

(3) The provisions of this Subsection shall not apply to executive sessions held in accordance with the Open Meetings Law as provided in R.S. 42:11 et seq.

(4) The audio and video records created pursuant to this Subsection shall not be construed in a manner to be the official record, or any part of the official record, of the proceedings of a meeting of the board.

(5) If the board is precluded from fulfilling the requirements of this Subsection due to a technical problem beyond its control, or when the only meeting room available lacks the equipment necessary to facilitate internet broadcast, the failure to broadcast or record the proceedings of a meeting of the board shall not be construed to be a violation of the provisions of this Subsection. However, the board shall take no votes at this meeting.

I. Nothing in this Chapter shall apply to projects wholly funded and constructed by private entities on private property that do not utilize public funds, require inclusion in the annual plan, or require use of public infrastructure subject to authority's jurisdiction.

J. Nothing in this Chapter shall supersede, nullify, or otherwise diminish the ability of any political subdivision, levee district, drainage district, navigation district, or port authority to pursue or implement projects independently of the annual plan, provided such projects are consistent with the master plan. Entities not seeking funding assistance from the authority may proceed with projects pursuant to other applicable laws and regulations.

Acts 2025, No. 418, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 38:1788 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 38 / Section 1788
Indorsement on bonds
Status: in_force

If the time within which the validity of the bonds may be contested has elapsed, to-wit: Sixty days from the date of promulgation of the result of the election, bonds issued by any district shall be registered by the Secretary of State without charge, and shall have endorsed thereon the words:

"This bond secured by tax. Registered on this ___ day of _________, 19__," and signed by the Secretary of State, or by an Assistant Secretary of State, with the Great Seal of Louisiana affixed without charge. All bonds issued under this Part are hereby declared to be negotiable instruments under the law merchants and incontestable in the hands of a bona fide holder for value.