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LA Rev Stat § 38:2604 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§2604. Governing board; membership; tenure; vacancies; domicile

RS 2604 - Governing board; membership; tenure; vacancies; domicile  A. The district shall be governed and controlled by a board of five commissioners, each of whom shall be a qualified elector of Bossier Parish residing within and owning property within the district. The successors to the present members of the board of commissioners shall be appointed as follows: one by the police jury of Bossier Parish; one by the mayor and governing authority of the city of Bossier City; one by the mayor and governing authority of the village of Benton; one by the Bossier Parish School Board; and the fifth, by the Board of Commissioners of the Bossier Levee District.  B.(1) Any vacancy in the office of the board of commissioners due to death, resignation, or any other cause shall be filled by the remaining commissioners for the unexpired term within forty-five days, if the appointment is not made by the appointing authority pursuant to the provisions of Paragraph (2) of this Subsection.  (2) If a vacancy arises pursuant to the provisions of Paragraph (1) of this Subsection, the appointing authority shall appoint a member of the board of commissioners within thirty days and send notice to the board of commissioners no later than forty-five days after the vacancy by email or regular mail, or both. If the appointing authority fails to timely fill the vacancy, the board of commissioners shall fill the vacancy as provided for in Paragraph (1) of this Subsection.  (3) No later than August 15, 2021, the board of commissioners shall notify each appointing authority listed in Subsection A of this Section as to the expiration date of that appointing authority's appointment to the board of commissioners.  C. Each member of the board of commissioners shall serve a term of five years from the date of his appointment to the board. Notwithstanding R.S. 42:2 or any other provision of law to the contrary, at the end of the term of a member of the board of commissioners, the office shall be considered vacant and the member shall not discharge any duty of office. The vacancy shall be filled as provided for in this Section.  D. The board shall be domiciled at Benton, Louisiana.  Added by Acts 1958, No. 292, §4. Amended by Acts 1966, No. 448, §2; Acts 2021, No. 476, §1, eff. June 29, 2021.
LA Rev Stat § 38:2605 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§2605. Oaths; per diem allowance

RS 2605 - Oaths; per diem allowance  Before entering upon his official duties, each member of the board of commissioners shall take the oath or affirmation required by Article XIX, Section 1, of the Constitution of Louisiana.  Each member of said board shall be entitled to receive, out of available funds of the district, a per diem allowance of forty dollars for each meeting of the board which he attends, but no such allowance shall be paid for more than thirty-six meetings in any calendar year.  Added by Acts 1958, No. 292, §5. Amended by Acts 1967, No. 101, §2; Acts 1974, No. 422, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 38:2606 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§2606. Election of officers; record book; public inspection

RS 2606 - Election of officers; record book; public inspection   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. The board shall also cause the name by which the district is to be known to be recorded in a bound book which shall also be the depository of the minutes and proceedings of the board, certificates, oaths of commissioners, and any and all corporate acts of the board. This book shall be in the custody of the secretary of the board and shall be open for public inspection at all reasonable times.  Added by Acts 1958, No. 292, §6; Acts 2021, No. 476, §1, eff. June 29, 2021.
LA Rev Stat § 38:2607 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§2607. Fishing activities; prohibition of certain gear

RS 2607 - Fishing activities; prohibition of certain gear The Wildlife and Fisheries Commission may prohibit the recreational and commercial use of hoop nets, gill nets, trammel nets, strike nets, seines, wire nets, wire traps, and slat traps on Cypress Bayou Reservoir and Black Bayou Reservoir. In addition, the board of commissioners of the Cypress-Black Bayou Recreation and Water Conservation District shall maintain public access to Cypress Bayou Reservoir and to Black Bayou Reservoir. Acts 2002, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 55, §1, eff. April 18, 2002.
LA Rev Stat § 38:2608 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§2608. Enumerated powers

RS 2608 - Enumerated powers  In order to accomplish the purposes of the district and to secure the best results from the construction, operation and maintenance of the works and improvements of the district and to prevent damage to the property of the district, the board of commissioners may make such rules and regulations as it shall deem advisable to:  (1) Protect and preserve the works, machinery, improvements and property owned or controlled by the district and to prescribe the manner of their use;  (2) Prescribe the manner of buildings, bridges, roads, fences or other works in, along or across any channel, reservoir or other construction of the district;  (3) Prescribe the manner in which ditches, sewers, pipelines or other works shall be adjusted to or connected with the facilities of the district or any water course within the district and the manner in which the water courses of the district may be used for the disposal of waste;  (4) Prescribe the permissible uses of the waters of the district made available by its facilities and to prevent the pollution or the unnecessary waste of such water;  (5) Prohibit or regulate the discharge of sewers into the district of any liquid or solid waste deemed detrimental to the waters or facilities of the district.  Added by Acts 1958, No. 292, §8.
LA Rev Stat § 38:2609 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§2609. Parks, playgrounds and picnic areas for use of district facilities

RS 2609 - Parks, playgrounds and picnic areas for use of district facilities  The district shall have the authority to create, construct and administer such recreational parks, playgrounds and picnic areas as the board shall consider necessary for the use and enjoyment of any water facility owned or controlled by the district and shall provide adequate access to any lake or reservoir created by the district for the use of the public.  Added by Acts 1958, No. 292, §9. Amended by Acts 1966, No. 198, §2.
LA Rev Stat § 38:2610 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§2610. Engineering services by Department of Public Works

RS 2610 - Engineering services by Department of Public Works  The Department of Public Works, State of Louisiana, 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. Any moneys appropriated by the state or said department shall be expended under the supervisory control of said department and the board of commissioners of the district may by appropriate contract subject any project to the supervisory control of said department.  Added by Acts 1958, No. 292, §10. Amended by Acts 1966, No. 198, §3.
LA Rev Stat § 38:2611 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§2611. Retention of mineral rights

RS 2611 - Retention of mineral rights  Whenever it shall become necessary for the district or the department of public works, state of Louisiana to acquire the fee simple title to any land for the purpose of constructing any work or facility within the district, the owner thereof in his own behalf or in 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, the department of public works or some other department or agency of the state retains the ownership of the property, but should ownership pass into private hands, the prescription of non-user provided by R.C.C. Arts. 789 and 3546 shall apply as in the usual case.  Added by Acts 1958, No. 292, §11.
LA Rev Stat § 38:2612 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§2612. Tax exemption; lease of lands for production of minerals

RS 2612 - Tax exemption; lease of lands for production of minerals  Should the district or the department of public works acquire servitude, right of way or flowage right over any property as distinguished from the fee simple title thereto 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 wise abridge the right of any individual, person, firm or corporation from whom a servitude, right of way, or flowage right 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.  Added by Acts 1958, No. 292, §12.
LA Rev Stat § 38:2651 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§2651. REPEALED BY ACTS 1993, NO. 211, §1.

RS 2651 - REPEALED BY ACTS 1993, NO. 211, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 38:2652 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§2652. REPEALED BY ACTS 1993, NO. 211, §1.

RS 2652 - REPEALED BY ACTS 1993, NO. 211, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 38:2653 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§2653. REPEALED BY ACTS 1993, NO. 211, §1.

RS 2653 - REPEALED BY ACTS 1993, NO. 211, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 38:2654 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§2654. REPEALED BY ACTS 1993, NO. 211, §1.

RS 2654 - REPEALED BY ACTS 1993, NO. 211, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 38:2655 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§2655. REPEALED BY ACTS 1993, NO. 211, §1.

RS 2655 - REPEALED BY ACTS 1993, NO. 211, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 38:2656 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§2656. REPEALED BY ACTS 1993, NO. 211, §1 AND ACTS 1993, NO. 830, §2.

RS 2656 - REPEALED BY ACTS 1993, NO. 211, §1 AND ACTS 1993, NO. 830, §2.
LA Rev Stat § 38:2657 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§2657. REPEALED BY ACTS 1993, NO. 211, §1.

RS 2657 - REPEALED BY ACTS 1993, NO. 211, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 38:2658 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§2658. REPEALED BY ACTS 1993, NO. 211, §1.

RS 2658 - REPEALED BY ACTS 1993, NO. 211, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 38:2659 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§2659. REPEALED BY ACTS 1993, NO. 211, §1.

RS 2659 - REPEALED BY ACTS 1993, NO. 211, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 38:2660 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§2660. REPEALED BY ACTS 1993, NO. 211, §1.

RS 2660 - REPEALED BY ACTS 1993, NO. 211, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 38:2661 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§2661. REPEALED BY ACTS 1993, NO. 211, §1.

RS 2661 - REPEALED BY ACTS 1993, NO. 211, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 38:2701 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§2701. Creation

RS 2701 - Creation  There is hereby created a recreation and water conservation district to be known as the "John K. Kelly Grand Bayou Reservoir District".  Acts 1958, No. 474, §1; Acts 1989, No. 176, §1; Acts 1993, No. 120, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 38:2702 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§2702. Location

RS 2702 - Location  The area comprising all of Red River Parish shall be the boundary of the district.  Acts 1958, No. 474, §2; Acts 1989, No. 176, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 38:2703 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§2703. District as political subdivision and body corporate; purpose and powers

RS 2703 - District as political subdivision and body corporate; purpose and powers  A. The district so created shall be a political subdivision and budgetary unit of the state of Louisiana which shall have for its purpose the development of the wealth and natural resources of the district by the conservation of soil and water for agricultural, recreational, commercial, industrial, and sanitary purposes.  B. It shall constitute a body corporate in law with all powers, rights, privileges, and immunities of a corporation. It shall have the power to sue and be sued, to buy and sell, to levy taxes, to negotiate and execute contracts, and to incur debts and issue negotiable bonds in payment thereof under and in accordance with existing laws. It shall have the authority to acquire by purchase, donation, expropriation, or otherwise every type and specie of property, including servitudes and rights of use, necessary to its purpose, and to lease, build, operate, and maintain any works or machinery designed to accomplish the purposes of the district.  C. It shall have complete control over the supply of fresh water made available by its facilities which shall be administered for the benefit of the persons residing or owning property within the district, and if it should be for the benefit of the district it shall have the authority to sell such water for irrigation, municipal, and industrial uses both within and outside the district.  D. The district shall constitute an agency of the state of Louisiana designed to carry out an essential governmental function of the state, all of the property of which district shall be exempt for taxation. 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 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 facilities designed to accomplish the purpose for which the district is created on any basis including the matching of funds and by participating in projects authorized by any federal or state law as it shall see fit.  Acts 1958, No. 474, §3; Acts 1989, No. 176, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 38:2704 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§2704. Board of commissioners, appointment; tenure; vacancies; compensation

RS 2704 - Board of commissioners, appointment; tenure; vacancies; compensation  A. The district shall be governed and controlled by a board of seven commissioners, each of whom shall be a qualified elector of Red River Parish residing within and owning property within the district. The members of the board of commissioners shall be appointed by the governor for a five year term. Any vacancy in the office of commissioner due to death, resignation, or any other cause shall be filled by the governor for the unexpired term.  B. Members of the board of commissioners shall receive no compensation for their services. The board shall be domiciled at Coushatta, Louisiana.  C. Each appointment by the governor shall be submitted to the Senate for confirmation.  Added by Acts 1958, No. 474, §4; Amended by Acts 1966, No. 448, §4; Acts 1985, No. 834, §1, eff. July 23, 1985; Acts 1989, No. 176, §1; Acts 1990, No. 146, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 38:2705 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§2705. Oaths

RS 2705 - Oaths  Before entering upon his official duties each member of the board of commissioners shall take an oath before an officer authorized by law to administer an oath that he will faithfully, honestly, and impartially perform his duties.  Acts 1958, No. 474, §5; Acts 1989, No. 176, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 38:2706 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§2706. Election of officers; record book

RS 2706 - Election of officers; record book  Immediately after the members of the board of commissioners have been appointed by the governor, 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. The said board shall also select the name by which the district and any lake in the district is to be known and cause it to be recorded in a bound book which shall also be the depository of the minutes and proceedings of the board, certificates, oaths of commissioners, and any and all corporate acts of the board. This book shall be in the custody of the secretary of the board and shall be open for public inspection at all reasonable times.  Acts 1958, No. 474, §6; Acts 1989, No. 176, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 38:2708 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§2708. Rules and Regulations

RS 2708 - Rules and Regulations  In order to accomplish the purposes of the district to protect the works, improvements, and property of the district, both immovable and movable; 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 by solid or liquid or substance 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, fences, including fences for the control of livestock or other works in, along, or across any channel or extending into the reservoir.  (3) 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 course therein and the manner in which the water courses of the district may be used for sewer outlets 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.  Acts 1958, No. 474, §8; Acts 1989, No. 176, §1; Acts 1993, No. 830, §2.
LA Rev Stat § 38:2710 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§2710. Supervision by Department of Transportation and Development

RS 2710 - 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 1989, No. 176, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 38:2711 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§2711. Contracts let by board; bond

RS 2711 - Contracts let by board; bond  At the discretion of the Commission, 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 required the contractor to give. However, the provisions for advertising and procuring bond may be dispensed with by the commission so long as said actions comply with Louisiana law.  Acts 1989, No. 176, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 38:2712 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§2712. Mineral rights

RS 2712 - 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 in 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, the department, or some other 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 1989, No. 176, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 38:2713 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§2713. Tax exemption; mineral leases unabridged

RS 2713 - Tax exemption; mineral leases unabridged  Should the district or the Department of Transportation and Development acquire 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 1989, No. 176, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 38:2714 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§2714. Employment of attorneys

RS 2714 - Employment of attorneys  The board of commissioners may employ an attorney to represent it in any and all matters deemed necessary and may provide for the payment of his services.  Acts 1989, No. 176, §1.