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LA Rev Stat § 38:2862 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§2862. District as political subdivision and budgetary unit; purpose

RS 2862 - District as political subdivision and budgetary unit; purpose The Claiborne Parish Watershed District shall be a political subdivision of the state of Louisiana and a budgetary unit of the state of Louisiana, which shall have as its purpose the conservation of soil and water, including surface and groundwater, and developing the natural resources and wealth of the district for sanitary, agricultural, industrial, and recreational purposes, as the same may be conducive to the public health, safety, convenience, or welfare or of public utility or benefit. The creation and maintenance of Lake Claiborne within the district shall be for the purpose of conserving the soil and water, including surface and groundwater, and developing the natural resources and wealth of the district for sanitary, agricultural, industrial, and recreational purposes, as the same may be conducive to the public health and public utility and benefit. Added by Acts 1966, No. 299, §2; Acts 2004, No. 390, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 38:2863 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§2863. Body corporate; powers

RS 2863 - Body corporate; powers  The Claiborne Parish Watershed District shall constitute a body corporate in law, with all the powers of a corporation, and with all the powers and rights of a political subdivision of the state as provided by the laws of the state relating to the incurring of debt and the issuing of bonds therefor. Said district, through its board of commissioners, may incur debt and issue negotiable bonds in accordance with the power and authority and in the form and manner, and with the effect and security now or hereafter provided by the constitution and laws of the State of Louisiana. This district, through its board of commissioners, may incur debt and contract obligations in accordance with law, sue and be sued, have a corporate seal, and do and perform any and all acts in its corporate capacity and in its corporate name which are necessary and proper for carrying out the purposes and objects for which it is created. It shall have the power of eminent domain and may expropriate property for all its purposes and objectives, in accordance with the constitution and laws of the State of Louisiana. Through its governing authority, the district may conserve the fresh water supply within its boundaries for the benefit of the inhabitants and property owners within said district and state, to provide water for commercial, municipal and any other uses, both within and without the district. It may construct, lease, maintain, acquire, enlarge and operate any machinery or do any other thing necessary for the use and purpose of the district. It may own in full ownership all servitudes, rights of way, flowage rights and may acquire same by donation, prescription, purchase, expropriation, or otherwise.  Added by Acts 1966, No. 299, §3.
LA Rev Stat § 38:2864 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§2864. Transfer of property

RS 2864 - Transfer of property  The State Bond and Building Commission is hereby authorized and directed to transfer, convey and assign to the Claiborne Parish Watershed District all of the rights, titles and interest of the State Bond and Building Commission for the State of Louisiana in all fee titles, servitudes and flowage rights acquired as a part of the Lake Claiborne project.  Added by Acts 1966, No. 299, §4.
LA Rev Stat § 38:2865 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§2865. Board of commissioners created

RS 2865 - Board of commissioners created  The Board of Commissioners of the Claiborne Parish Watershed District, with its powers and duties as defined herein, is hereby created and established as the governing authority of the Claiborne Parish Watershed District.  Added by Acts 1966, No. 299, §5.
LA Rev Stat § 38:2867 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§2867. Oaths

RS 2867 - Oaths  Before entering upon his official duties, each commissioner of the district created hereby shall take and subscribe to an oath before an officer authorized by law to administer oaths, that he will honestly, faithfully and impartially perform the duties devolving upon him as a commissioner of said district and that he will not neglect any of the duties imposed upon him thereby. The oaths of the commissioner shall be recorded in the oath book of Claiborne Parish.  Added by Acts 1966, No. 299, §7.
LA Rev Stat § 38:2868 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§2868. Election of officers; record book, public inspection

RS 2868 - Election of officers; record book, public inspection A. Immediately after the commissioners have been appointed by the Claiborne Parish Police Jury, or as soon thereafter as practicable, the commissioners shall meet and immediately organize by electing officers. They shall elect from their membership a president who shall preside over the meetings of the board, perform such duties as are usually required of presidents of corporate bodies, and such other duties as are fixed by the bylaws adopted by the board. The commissioners shall also elect from their membership a vice president who shall perform the duties of the president in case of his absence or disability. B. The board shall cause to be kept a well-bound book entitled "Record Book of Claiborne Parish Watershed 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 public inspection at all times by any person interested. Added by Acts 1966, No. 299, §8; Acts 2004, No. 390, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 38:2870 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§2870. Rules and regulations

RS 2870 - Rules and regulations A. In order to accomplish the purposes of the district, to protect the works, improvements, and property of the district, both real and personal; to secure the best results from the construction, operation, and maintenance thereof, and to prevent damage to the district by misuse of any works, improvements, or properties or by the pollution or misuse of the waters of the district or any water course therein, the board of commissioners may make and enforce such rules and regulations as it shall deem necessary and advisable as follows: (1) To protect and preserve the works, improvements, and properties owned or controlled by the district, prescribe the manner of their use by public corporations and persons, and preserve order within and adjacent thereto. (2) To prescribe the manner of building bridges, roads, or fences, or other works in, along, or across any channel, reservoir, or other construction of the district. (3) To prescribe the manner in which ditches, sewers, pipelines, or other works shall be adjusted to or connected with the works of the district or any water course therein and the manner in which the water courses of the district may be used for sewer outlets or for disposal of waste. (4) To prescribe the permissible uses of the water supply, provided by the impoundments constructed, and to prevent the pollution or unnecessary waste of such water supply. (5) To prohibit or regulate the discharge into sewers of the district of any liquid or solid waste deemed detrimental to the works and improvements of the district. (6) To establish rules and regulations and cause them to be enforced with regard to activities engaged in upon any public water body in the district which are not regulated by the Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Commission or the United States Army Corp of Engineers. (7) To manage and control surface and groundwater levels in the district. Any rule or regulation pertaining to the management and control of groundwater levels in the district shall be subject to approval by the Groundwater Resources Commission. B. Any person who violates the rules and regulations established and promulgated by the board of commissioners pursuant to this Section shall be fined not less than five hundred dollars nor more than one thousand dollars or imprisoned for more than sixty days, or both. Each day of violation shall constitute a separate offense. Added by Acts 1966, No. 299, §10; Acts 1993, No. 830, §2; Acts 2004, No. 390, §1; Acts 2005, No. 81, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 38:2872 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§2872. Contracts of the district

RS 2872 - Contracts of the district Contracts of the district shall be subject to the provisions of Chapter 10 of this Title, relative to public contracts (R.S. 38:2181 et seq.). Added by Acts 1966, No. 299, §12; Acts 2005, No. 81, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 38:2873 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§2873. Playgrounds, parks and other facilities; limitation

RS 2873 - Playgrounds, parks and other facilities; limitation  The board of commissioners shall have the power to cause to be created and constructed playgrounds, picnic grounds, grounds for recreation parks, and any and all other facilities to accommodate the public and to provide adequate access to the said lake, as may within the opinion of the said board become necessary, and said district shall have the right of eminent domain and expropriation in the exercise of such powers.  Added by Acts 1966, No. 299, §13.
LA Rev Stat § 38:2874 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§2874. Management of fish; commercial establishments

RS 2874 - Management of fish; commercial establishments A. The Wildlife and Fisheries Commission may regulate, restrict, or prohibit the recreational or commercial use of hoop nets, gill nets, trammel nets, strike nets, seines, wire nets, slat traps, and wire traps on Lake Claiborne. B.(1) The board of commissioners of the Claiborne Parish Watershed District shall have authority to establish and cause to be enforced rules and regulations pertaining to all commercial establishments which may be constructed for the purpose of commercializing and making commercial use of the facilities provided by the said lake or its watershed; to license and permit such establishments and to levy and collect a fee, to be fixed by the commission, for the privilege of making commercial use of the facilities of said lake, or to refuse to license or permit any commercial establishment to use the facilities provided by said lake. (2) The rules and regulations established and promulgated by the board of commissioners of the Claiborne Parish Watershed District shall provide penalties for any such commercial establishment operating without a permit or license, and such rules and regulations shall be enforced by the sheriff and violations thereof prosecuted by the district attorney of the judicial district within which the watershed district is situated, as hereinabove provided. Added by Acts 1966, No. 299, §14; Acts 1993, No. 830, §2; Acts 2004, No. 541, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 38:2875 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§2875. Management of improvements

RS 2875 - Management of improvements  The board of commissioners shall have the right to regulate the construction and use of all piers, docks, bridges and other improvements built or erected on any part of the district to be inundated by Lake Claiborne and shall further have the right to regulate and control the erection of any improvements of any kind whatever within one mile from the 185.0 foot contour shoreline of Lake Claiborne. The board of commissioners shall have the authority and power to regulate said improvements by the issuance of permits for same and fix a fee for the issuance of same.  The board of commissioners is authorized to charge an annual fee for the permit to maintain improvements on or within one mile of the shores of Lake Claiborne.  Added by Acts 1966, No. 299, §15.
LA Rev Stat § 38:2876 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§2876. Property exempt from taxation

RS 2876 - Property exempt from taxation  The lands which lie within and form the Lake Claiborne proper shall not be subject to any ad valorem taxation or any other tax of any nature whatsoever by either the State of Louisiana or any of its political subdivisions, for so long as the said lands shall form and lie within the lake proper. All property acquired, however, regardless of the manner in which it is acquired or the source from which it is acquired, shall thereafter become the property of the State of Louisiana for the use and benefit of the Claiborne Parish Watershed District.  Added by Acts 1966, No. 299, §16.
LA Rev Stat § 38:2877 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§2877. Grant of state lands to district; right of mineral leases unabridged

RS 2877 - Grant of state lands to district; right of mineral leases unabridged  All lands purchased by the State Bond and Building Commission for the State of Louisiana, which are enclosed in the said area and which are necessary to the erection and maintenance of said Lake Claiborne are hereby granted to the Lake Claiborne Watershed District, as provided in R.S. 38:2864, for the purposes herein set out, but this grant shall in no wise abridge the right of the state to lease the said land for the production of oil, gas and other minerals under the general laws of the state as now provided.  Added by Acts 1966, No. 299, §17.
LA Rev Stat § 38:2878 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§2878. Individual mineral leases unabridged

RS 2878 - Individual mineral leases unabridged  The provisions of this Part shall in no wise abridge the right of any individual from whom the flowage rights, rights of way and servitudes may have been acquired by any means however to lease said lands for the production of oil, gas and other minerals and the right of such lessee or his assignee to produce or cause to be produced oil, gas or other minerals therefrom.  Added by Acts 1966, No. 299, §18.
LA Rev Stat § 38:2900 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§2900. Creation; location

RS 2900 - Creation; location  The Jackson Parish Watershed District is hereby created out of the watershed of all streams located in Jackson Parish, and more particularly defined as all of Jackson Parish, Louisiana.  Added by Acts 1968, No. 589, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 38:2901 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§2901. District as agency of the state and budgetary unit; purpose

RS 2901 - District as agency of the state and budgetary unit; purpose  The Jackson Parish Watershed District so created shall be a political subdivision of the State of Louisiana, shall constitute a waterworks district under the provisions of Article XIV, Section 14 of the Constitution of the State of Louisiana for the year 1921, as amended, and shall have all the rights, powers, privileges and immunities hereinafter set forth. Additionally, the district shall be an agency of the State of Louisiana and a budgetary unit thereof which shall have for its purpose the conservation of soil and water, developing the natural resources and wealth of the district for sanitary, agricultural, industrial and recreational purposes, as the same may be conducive to the public health, safety, convenience or welfare or of public utility or benefit of the citizens of the State of Louisiana. The creation and maintenance of a lake within the said district shall be for the purpose of conserving the soil and water and developing the natural resources and wealth of the district for sanitary, agricultural, industrial and recreational purposes, as the same may be conducive to the public health and public utility and benefit of the citizens of the State of Louisiana.  Added by Acts 1968, No. 589, §1. Amended by Acts 1972, No. 316, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 38:2902 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§2902. Powers

RS 2902 - Powers  The Jackson Parish Watershed District shall constitute a body corporate in law with all the powers, rights, privileges and immunities of a public corporation, with power to sue and be sued, to incur debt and contract obligations in accordance with law, have a corporate seal and do and perform all acts in its corporate capacity and in its corporate name which are necessary and proper for carrying out the purposes and objects for which it is created. It shall have the power of eminent domain and may expropriate property for all its purposes and objectives. Through its governing authority, the district may conserve the fresh water supply within its boundaries for the benefit of the inhabitants and property owners within said district and state, to provide water for commercial, municipal and any other uses, both within and without the district. It may, acting through its own governing authority or through the department of public works, construct, lease, maintain, acquire, enlarge and operate any machinery or do any other thing necessary for the use and purpose of the district. It may own in full ownership all servitudes, rights of way, flowage rights and may acquire same by donation, prescription, purchase, expropriation, or otherwise. It shall have the authority to cooperate and contract with the government of the United States or any department or agency thereof and to accept gifts, grants and donations of property and money therefrom. It shall have the authority to cooperate with the State of Louisiana or any political subdivision, department, agency or corporation of said state, for the construction, operation and maintenance of such facilities designed to accomplish the purposes for which the district is created on any basis, including the matching of funds and by participating in projects authorized by the federal or state law as it shall see fit.  Added by Acts 1968, No. 589, §1. Amended by Acts 1972, No. 316, §2.
LA Rev Stat § 38:2903 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§2903. Board of commissioners created

RS 2903 - Board of commissioners created  The Board of Commissioners of the Jackson Parish Watershed District, within its powers and duties as defined herein, is hereby created and established as the governing board of the Jackson Parish Watershed District.  Added by Acts 1968, No. 589, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 38:2904 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§2904. Board to govern; membership; tenure; vacancies; compensation

RS 2904 - Board to govern; membership; tenure; vacancies; compensation  The said district shall be governed and controlled by the Board of Commissioners of the Jackson Parish Watershed District, to be composed of seven commissioners, each of whom shall be a qualified elector of the state of Louisiana who resides within the limits of Jackson Parish. The commissioners shall be appointed by the Jackson Parish Police Jury and shall serve terms of four years and until their successors have been appointed and have qualified; except that one of the initial appointments shall be for a term of one year, two shall be for a term of two years, two shall be for a term of three years, and two shall be for a term of four years. Any vacancy in the office of commissioner, due to death, resignation or any other cause shall be filled by an appointment of the Jackson Parish Police Jury.  The members of the board shall receive no compensation for their services, but may be reimbursed for expenses actually incurred in the performance of official duties.  Added by Acts 1968, No. 589, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 38:2905 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§2905. Oaths

RS 2905 - Oaths  Before entering upon his official duties, each commissioner of the district created hereby shall take and subscribe to an oath before an officer authorized by law to administer oaths, that he will honestly, faithfully and impartially perform the duties devolving upon him as a commissioner of said district and that he will not neglect any of the duties imposed upon him hereby. The oaths of the commissioner shall be recorded in the oath book of Jackson Parish.  Added by Acts 1968, No. 589, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 38:2906 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§2906. Election of officers; record book, public inspection

RS 2906 - Election of officers; record book, public inspection  Immediately after the commissioners have been appointed by the Jackson Parish Police Jury, or as soon thereafter as practicable, the commissioners shall meet and immediately organize by electing officers as follows: They shall elect from among their number a president, who shall preside over the meetings of the board and perform such other duties as are usually required of presidents of corporate bodies, and also a vice president, who shall perform the duties of the president in case of his absence or disability.  The board shall cause to be kept a well-bound book entitled "Record Book of Jackson Parish Watershed 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 public inspection at all times by any person interested.  Added by Acts 1968, No. 589, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 38:2908 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§2908. Rules and regulations

RS 2908 - Rules and regulations  In order to accomplish the purposes of the district, to protect the works, improvements and property of the district, both real and personal; to secure the best results from the construction, operation and maintenance thereof, and to prevent damage to the district by misuse of any works, improvements or properties or by the pollution or misuse of the waters of the district or any water course therein, the board of commissioners may make and enforce such rules and regulations as it shall deem necessary and advisable:  (1) To protect and preserve the works, improvements and properties owned or controlled by the district, prescribe the manner of their use by public corporations and persons, and preserve order within and adjacent thereto;  (2) To prescribe the manner of building bridges, roads, or fences, or other works in, along or across any channel, reservoir or other construction of the district;  (3) To prescribe the manner in which ditches, sewers, pipelines or other works shall be adjusted to or connected with the works of the district or any water course therein and the manner in which the water courses of the district may be used for sewer outlets or for disposal of waste; (4) To prescribe the permissible uses of the water supply, provided by the impoundments constructed, and to prevent the pollution or unnecessary waste of such water supply;  (5) To prohibit or regulate the discharge into sewers of the district of any liquid or solid waste deemed detrimental to the works and improvements of the district;  (6), (7) REPEALED BY ACTS 1993, NO. 830, §2.  Added by Acts 1968, No. 589, §1; Acts 1993, No. 830, §2.