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LA Rev Stat § 38:3087.224 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§3087.224. Board of commissioners, appointment; tenure; vacancies; compensation; domicile

RS 3087.224 - Board of commissioners, appointment; tenure; vacancies; compensation; domicile A. The district shall be governed and controlled by a board of seven commissioners, each of whom shall be a qualified elector of the state of Louisiana, owning property within the district. At least five commissioners shall reside in Tensas Parish, at least four of whom shall reside in the district. Two commissioners may reside outside of Tensas Parish. B.(1) The initial members of the board of commissioners shall be appointed by the Tensas Parish Police Jury. All members shall be appointed from a list of no more than ten names submitted by the mayor and board of aldermen of the town of Newellton. (2) The initial members of the board shall serve as follows: three commissioners shall serve a five-year term, two commissioners shall serve a three-year term, and two commissioners shall serve a one-year term. Commissioners shall draw lots for their initial terms at the first commission meeting. Thereafter, all commissioners shall serve five-year terms. (3) After the initial appointments, upon expiration of a term of a member of the board of commissioners, the police jury shall appoint a successor from a list of two names submitted by the board of commissioners. A commissioner may not serve more than two consecutive terms of any length, even if one term is shorter than five years. Any vacancy in the office of commissioner due to death, resignation, or any other cause other than expiration of a term of office shall be filled by the president of the board with majority approval of the board for the remainder of the unexpired term. C. Members of the board of commissioners shall receive no compensation for their services. D. The board shall be domiciled at Newellton, Louisiana. Acts 2003, No. 328, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 38:3087.225 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§3087.225. Oaths

RS 3087.225 - Oaths Before entering upon his official duties, each member of the board of commissioners shall take the oath of office provided by Article X, Section 30 of the Constitution of Louisiana before an officer authorized by law to administer oaths. Acts 2003, No. 328, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 38:3087.226 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§3087.226. Election of officers

RS 3087.226 - Election of officers Immediately after the members of the board of commissioners have been appointed, or as soon thereafter as 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 2003, No. 328, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 38:3087.229 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§3087.229. Rules and regulations

RS 3087.229 - Rules and regulations A. In order to accomplish the purposes of the district, the board of commissioners may make and enforce such rules and regulations as it shall deem necessary and advisable: (1) To manage and control the water level and the growth of aquatic plants in the lakes. (2) 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. (3) To prescribe the manner of building bridges, piers, boathouses, seawalls, roads, and fences, including fences for the control of livestock or other works in, along, or across any channel or extending into the lake. (4) To prescribe the manner in which natural or artificial drains, ditches, sewers, pipelines, or other works shall be adjusted to or connected with the works of the district or any watercourse therein and the manner in which the watercourses of the district may be used for sewer outlets for disposal of waste. (5) To prescribe the permissible uses of the water supply provided by the lake and to prevent the pollution or unnecessary waste of such water supply. (6) To prescribe 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. (7) To establish rules and regulations and cause them to be enforced with regard to activities engaged in upon Lake St. Joseph that are not regulated by the Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Commission. B. The board shall make recommendations to the Wildlife and Fisheries Commission for proposed regulations pertaining to hunting, fishing, trapping, water sports, boating, and the operation of any watercraft upon the proposed lake. Acts 2003, No. 328, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 38:3087.230 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§3087.230. Construction which would impede flow of water in lake prohibited; pollution defined and prohibited; penalties fixed for violations

RS 3087.230 - Construction which would impede flow of water in lake prohibited; pollution defined and prohibited; penalties fixed for violations A.(1) No person or public corporation shall erect within the drainage area of the district any dam or reservoir upon any stream or watercourse which will affect the lake until a copy of the plans thereof has been filed with the board of commissioners and approved. (2) Whoever violates this Subsection shall be fined not less than five hundred dollars nor more than one thousand dollars or imprisoned for not more than sixty days, or both. B.(1) No person shall knowingly and willfully empty or drain or permit to be drained from any pump, reservoir, well, or oil field, into any stream or drain constituting the watershed of the lake, or from any stream within said district into said lake any oil, salt water, or other noxious, toxic, hazardous, or poisonous gas, liquid, or substance that would render the water unfit for irrigation or human consumption or would destroy aquatic life in the lake. (2) Each and every day that oil, salt water, or any other substance described in Paragraph (1) of this Subsection is permitted to flow into natural streams or drains that constitute the watershed of the lake shall constitute a separate and distinct offense. (3) Whoever violates this Subsection shall be fined not less than one hundred dollars nor more than one thousand dollars or imprisoned for not more than three months, or both. C.(1) No person shall: (a) Obstruct drainage channels which compose any drain or stream flowing into the lake by bridging them except in accordance with plans, specifications, and instructions prescribed by the board of commissioners of the district. (b) Construct dams, locks, or gates in drainage channels of the watershed of the lake or into the lake itself without permission of the commission. (c) Anchor rafts, crafts, fish traps, fish cars, and other obstacles in the channel of any stream, drain, or natural flow of the feeder streams of the watershed of the lake or the lake itself. (d) Float timber in the watershed of the lake. (2) Whoever violates this Subsection shall be fined not less than five hundred dollars nor more than one thousand dollars or imprisoned for not more than sixty days, or both. D.(1) No proprietor, owner, lessee, or possessor of land abutting upon the lake or along any public road paralleling the water line or contiguous to the lake shall in any manner close or place any obstruction in any drain or ditch, whether on private property or on the public road or levee adjacent to the road, that will in any manner interfere with the effective, thorough, and continuous drainage into the lake. (2) Whoever violates this Subsection shall be fined not less than five hundred dollars nor more than one thousand dollars or imprisoned for not more than sixty days, or both. Acts 2003, No. 328, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 38:3087.231 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§3087.231. Supervision by Department of Transportation and Development

RS 3087.231 - Supervision by Department of Transportation and Development All of the powers and duties relative to construction and letting of contracts for construction required to be advertised by R.S. 38:2211 and 2212 conferred upon the district shall be subject to and exercised under the supervisory control of the Department of Transportation and Development of the state of Louisiana, which department shall furnish to the district such engineering services as it shall require and may cooperate with the district in the construction of any work or facility considered necessary by the district and said department to the purposes of the district. Acts 2003, No. 328, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 38:3087.232 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§3087.232. Contracts let by board

RS 3087.232 - Contracts let by board Any and all contracts of the district shall be let by the board of commissioners under the provisions of R.S. 38:2181 et seq. Acts 2003, No. 328, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 38:3087.233 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§3087.233. Mineral rights

RS 3087.233 - Mineral rights Whenever it shall become necessary for the district or the Department of Transportation and Development to acquire full ownership of any land for the purpose of constructing any work or facility within the district, the owner thereof on his own behalf or on behalf of his assigns in the event of a prior assignment may retain the mineral rights to such property together with the right to grant mineral leases and servitudes thereon. No form of prescription shall divest such owner or his assigns of these rights so long as the district or a department or agency of the state retains the ownership of the property, but should ownership pass into private hands, the prescription of nonuse provided by R.S. 31:27 shall apply as in the usual case. Acts 2003, No. 328, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 38:3087.234 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§3087.234. Tax exemption; mineral leases unabridged

RS 3087.234 - Tax exemption; mineral leases unabridged Should the district or the Department of Transportation and Development acquire a servitude, right-of-use, or title in full ownership to immovable property or any other property, such property shall not be subject to any ad valorem tax or tax of any nature by the state of Louisiana or any political subdivision thereof so long as such property is used for the purpose of the district. The provisions of this Part shall in no way abridge the right of any individual, person, firm, or corporation from whom a servitude or right-of-use may have been acquired to lease the land subject thereto for the production of oil, gas, or other minerals and to produce or cause to be produced oil, gas, or other minerals from such property so long as said leases are subject to the terms and conditions of the servitude executed in favor of the commission. Acts 2003, No. 328, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 38:3087.235 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§3087.235. Playgrounds, parks, and other facilities

RS 3087.235 - Playgrounds, parks, and other facilities The board of commissioners may 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 lake, as may, within the opinion of the board, become necessary. The board of commissioners shall also provide for the construction of public access boat ramps in the district to allow for and maintain public access to Lake St. Joseph for recreational purposes. Acts 2003, No. 328, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 38:3087.236 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§3087.236. Regulation of commercial establishments

RS 3087.236 - Regulation of commercial establishments A. The board of commissioners may: (1) Establish and cause to be enforced rules and regulations pertaining to all commercial establishments that may be constructed for the purpose of making commercial use of the lake or its facilities. (2) License and permit such establishments and levy and collect a fee, to be fixed by the commission, for the privilege of making commercial use of the facilities of the lake. B. The rules and regulations established and promulgated by the board of commissioners pursuant to this Section shall provide penalties for any commercial establishment operating without a permit or license. Acts 2003, No. 328, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 38:3087.237 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§3087.237. Audit

RS 3087.237 - Audit The district shall be audited pursuant to R.S. 24:513. Acts 2003, No. 328, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 38:3087.241 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§3087.241. Repealed by Acts 2015, No. 401, §4.

RS 3087.241 - Repealed by Acts 2015, No. 401, §4.
LA Rev Stat § 38:3087.242 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§3087.242. Repealed by Acts 2015, No. 401, §4.

RS 3087.242 - Repealed by Acts 2015, No. 401, §4.
LA Rev Stat § 38:3087.243 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§3087.243. Repealed by Acts 2015, No. 401, §4.

RS 3087.243 - Repealed by Acts 2015, No. 401, §4.
LA Rev Stat § 38:3087.244 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§3087.244. Repealed by Acts 2015, No. 401, §4.

RS 3087.244 - Repealed by Acts 2015, No. 401, §4.
LA Rev Stat § 38:3087.245 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§3087.245. Repealed by Acts 2015, No. 401, §4.

RS 3087.245 - Repealed by Acts 2015, No. 401, §4.
LA Rev Stat § 38:3087.246 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§3087.246. Repealed by Acts 2015, No. 401, §4.

RS 3087.246 - Repealed by Acts 2015, No. 401, §4.
LA Rev Stat § 38:3087.247 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§3087.247. Repealed by Acts 2015, No. 401, §4.

RS 3087.247 - Repealed by Acts 2015, No. 401, §4.
LA Rev Stat § 38:3087.248 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§3087.248. Repealed by Acts 2015, No. 401, §4.

RS 3087.248 - Repealed by Acts 2015, No. 401, §4.
LA Rev Stat § 38:3087.249 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§3087.249. Repealed by Acts 2015, No. 401, §4.

RS 3087.249 - Repealed by Acts 2015, No. 401, §4.
LA Rev Stat § 38:3087.250 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§3087.250. Repealed by Acts 2015, No. 401, §4.

RS 3087.250 - Repealed by Acts 2015, No. 401, §4.
LA Rev Stat § 38:3087.251 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§3087.251. Repealed by Acts 2015, No. 401, §4.

RS 3087.251 - Repealed by Acts 2015, No. 401, §4.
LA Rev Stat § 38:3087.252 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§3087.252. Repealed by Acts 2015, No. 401, §4.

RS 3087.252 - Repealed by Acts 2015, No. 401, §4.
LA Rev Stat § 38:3087.253 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§3087.253. Repealed by Acts 2015, No. 401, §4.

RS 3087.253 - Repealed by Acts 2015, No. 401, §4.
LA Rev Stat § 38:3087.254 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§3087.254. Repealed by Acts 2015, No. 401, §4.

RS 3087.254 - Repealed by Acts 2015, No. 401, §4.
LA Rev Stat § 38:3087.255 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§3087.255. Repealed by Acts 2015, No. 401, §4.

RS 3087.255 - Repealed by Acts 2015, No. 401, §4.
LA Rev Stat § 38:3087.261 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§3087.261. Creation; boundaries; purpose

RS 3087.261 - Creation; boundaries; purpose The Webster Parish Watershed District, referred to in this Part as the "district", is hereby created. The district shall consist of all of the territory of the parish of Webster. The district is established for the purpose of developing and protecting the wealth and natural resources of the district by the conservation of soil and water resources of the district, including surface and groundwater, for agricultural, recreational, commercial, industrial, and sanitary purposes. Acts 2003, No. 1228, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 38:3087.263 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§3087.263. Corporate status

RS 3087.263 - Corporate status The district shall constitute a body corporate in law and shall be a political subdivision of the state. The district shall have perpetual existence and may incur debt and contract obligations, sue and be sued, have a corporate seal, and perform any and all acts in its corporate capacity and in its corporate name which are necessary and proper for effectuating the purposes and objects for which it is created. Acts 2003, No. 1228, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 38:3087.264 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§3087.264. Oaths

RS 3087.264 - Oaths Before entering upon his official duties, each member of the board of commissioners shall take the oath of office provided by Article X, Section 30 of the Constitution of Louisiana before an officer authorized by law to administer oaths. Acts 2003, No. 1228, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 38:3087.266 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§3087.266. Rules and regulations

RS 3087.266 - Rules and regulations A. In order to secure the best results for the operation and maintenance of the district and to prevent damage to the district by misuse of any works, improvements, or properties or by the pollution by solid or liquid substance or misuse of the waters of the district or any water body therein, the board of commissioners may make and enforce such rules and regulations as it shall deem necessary and advisable: (1) To manage and control surface and groundwater levels in the district. Any rule or regulation promulgated by the district pertaining to the management and control of groundwater levels shall be subject to approval by the Water Resources Commission. (2) To protect and preserve the works, improvements, and properties owned or controlled by the district and prescribe the manner of their use by public corporations and persons. (3) To prescribe the manner of building bridges, piers, boathouses, seawalls, roads, and fences, including fences for the control of livestock, or other works in, along, or across any public water body. (4) To prescribe the manner in which natural or artificial drains, ditches, sewers, pipelines, or other works shall be adjusted to or connected with the works of the district or any water body therein and the manner in which the water bodies of the district may be used for sewer outlets for disposal of waste. (5) To prescribe the permissible uses of the water supply provided by water resources in the district and to prevent the pollution or unnecessary waste of such water supply. (6) To prescribe 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. (7) 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 Army Corps of Engineers. 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. Acts 2003, No. 1228, §1; Acts 2012, No. 471, §2.
LA Rev Stat § 38:3087.267 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§3087.267. Contracts of the district

RS 3087.267 - 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.). Acts 2003, No. 1228, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 38:3087.268 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§3087.268. Supervision by Department of Transportation and Development

RS 3087.268 - Supervision by Department of Transportation and Development All of the powers and duties relative to construction and letting of contracts for construction required to be advertised by R.S. 38:2211 and 2212 conferred upon the district shall be subject to and exercised under the supervisory control of the state Department of Transportation and Development, which department shall furnish to the district such engineering services as it shall require and may cooperate with the district in the construction of any work or facility considered necessary by the district and the department to the purposes of the district. Acts 2003, No. 1228, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 38:3087.269 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§3087.269. Mineral rights

RS 3087.269 - Mineral rights Whenever it shall become necessary for the district or the Department of Transportation and Development to acquire full ownership of any land for the purpose of constructing any work or facility within the district, the owner thereof in his own behalf, or on behalf of his assigns in the event of a prior assignment, may retain the mineral rights to such property together with the right to grant mineral leases and servitudes thereon. No form of prescription shall divest such owner or his assigns of these rights so long as the district or a department or agency of the state retains the ownership of the property. Acts 2003, No. 1228, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 38:3087.270 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§3087.270. Tax exemption; mineral leases unabridged

RS 3087.270 - Tax exemption; mineral leases unabridged Should the district or the Department of Transportation and Development acquire a servitude, right of use, or title in full ownership to immovable property or any other property, such property shall not be subject to any ad valorem tax or tax of any nature by the state of Louisiana or any political subdivision thereof so long as such property is used for the purpose of the district. The provisions of this Part shall in no way abridge the right of any individual, person, firm, or corporation from whom a servitude or right of use may have been acquired to lease the land subject thereto for the production of oil, gas, or other minerals and to produce or cause to be produced oil, gas, or other minerals from such property so long as such leases are subject to the terms and conditions of the servitude executed in favor of the board or the district. Acts 2003, No. 1228, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 38:3087.271 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§3087.271. Playgrounds, parks, and other facilities

RS 3087.271 - Playgrounds, parks, and other facilities The board of commissioners may create and construct playgrounds, picnic grounds, grounds for recreation, parks, and any and all other facilities to accommodate the public and to provide adequate access to water resources in the district as the board deems necessary. Acts 2003, No. 1228, §1.