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LA Rev Stat § 38:218 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§218. Diversion of natural drain prohibited

RS 218 - Diversion of natural drain prohibited  A. No person diverting or impeding the course of water from a natural drain shall fail to return the water to its natural course before it leaves his estate without any undue retardation of the flow of water outside of his enclosure thereby injuring an adjacent estate.  B. Upon request of the Department of Transportation and Development, the Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority, or the Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority Board, if the area is located within the coastal area, as defined in R.S. 49:214.2, and involves integrated coastal protection, as defined in R.S. 49:214.2, the state police shall issue a citation to any person who is in violation of this Section. Every person who is convicted of a violation of this Section shall be fined not less than twenty-five dollars nor more than one hundred dollars or imprisoned for not less than ten days nor more than thirty days, or both.  C. Every fine imposed pursuant to the provisions of this Section shall be collected by the court and forwarded to the state treasurer for deposit in the state treasury.  Acts 2010, No. 233, §1; Acts 2012, No. 601, §1, eff. June 7, 2012; Acts 2016, No. 430, §4.
LA Rev Stat § 38:219 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§219. Obstruction of drainage channels prohibited

RS 219 - Obstruction of drainage channels prohibited  No person shall:  (1) Obstruct drainage channels by bridging them except in accordance with plans, specifications and instructions prescribed by the levee or drainage district;  (2) Construct dams, locks, or gates in drainage channels;  (3) Extend fences of wire or any other material across drainage channels;  (4) Establish fording places, water places or approaches for stock across drainage channels;  (5) Anchor rafts, crafts, fish traps, fish cars, and other obstacles in the channel;  (6) Drain into channels by natural or artificial inlets except under regulations prescribed by the district;  (7) Float timber in the channels;  (8) Use the channels for transportation or navigation except under authority of and agreement with the levee or drainage districts;  (9) In any manner obstruct drainage channels or violate any of the rules or regulations adopted and promulgated by the levee or drainage districts for preserving and maintaining the efficiency of the drainage channels in their districts.  Whoever violates this Section shall be fined not less than twenty-five dollars nor more than five hundred dollars or imprisoned for not less than thirty days nor more than sixty days, or both.
LA Rev Stat § 38:220 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§220. Interference with drainage of roads parallel or contiguous to public levees

RS 220 - Interference with drainage of roads parallel or contiguous to public levees  No proprietor, owner, lessee, or possessor of lands abutting upon any public road parallel or contiguous to any public levee shall in any manner close or place any obstruction in the drains or ditches, whether on private property or on the public road or levee adjacent to the road which will in any manner interfere with the effective, thorough, and continuous drainage of the public road or levee.  Whoever violates this Section shall be fined or imprisoned, or both, at the discretion of the court.
LA Rev Stat § 38:221 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§221. Rice-flumes, dahls, or pipes in public levees prohibited

RS 221 - Rice-flumes, dahls, or pipes in public levees prohibited  A. No person shall place in, through, or under any public levee any rice-flume, dahl, pipe, or other conduit or, after due notification by the levee board or governing authority of the parish, shall fail to remove from the public levee any rice-flume, dahl, pipe, or other conduit that may at such date exist.  B. Whoever violates this Section shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars or imprisoned for not more than sixty days, or both.  C. For each conviction under this Section the district attorney prosecuting shall receive a fee of fifteen dollars.  D. The provisions of this Section shall not be applicable to levees on the Mississippi River not embraced within the limits of the Fifth Louisiana, the Atchafalaya Basin, the Lafourche Basin, the Grand Prairie, the Buras, and the Orleans Levee Districts.  E. The provisions of this Section shall not apply to pipes or other conduits placed through or under the public levees in New Orleans, or in municipalities or parishes when and where needed for the purpose of sewerage, gas, or for furnishing gas or electricity for the use of the cities, municipalities, or parishes and their inhabitants.  F. The laying of such pipes through or under the public levees in cities, municipalities, or parishes shall be with the consent and approval of the levee board, the Department of Transportation and Development, for levees in the coastal area as defined in R.S. 49:214.2, the Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority, and the governing authorities of the cities, municipalities, or parishes and under the supervision of the Department of Transportation and Development, or the Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority.  G. This Section shall not apply to locks connecting navigation canals with the Mississippi River.  Acts 2010, No. 734, §3; Acts 2016, No. 430, §4.
LA Rev Stat § 38:222 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§222. Regulations for operation of siphons through levees

RS 222 - Regulations for operation of siphons through levees  Any authority granted under the provisions of R.S. 38:221 to operate a siphon over the public levees shall be subject to the following regulations:  1. The location of all siphons shall be at right angles to the axis of the public levee.  2. The levee shall at no place nor in any manner be cut into nor disturbed to fit the placing of any siphon or siphons. This siphon shall be made either to span the levee or in a practicable manner to conform to the prescribed section of the levee.  3. The intake and discharge ends of all siphons shall be located at distances not less than thirty feet on the river side nor sixty feet on the land side from the base of the levee.  4. Both the intake and discharge ends of all siphons shall be so protected as to guard against any local excavation or washout.  5. In the operation of siphons for irrigation or other purposes, no area within one hundred and fifty feet of the base of any public levee on the land side shall at any time be flooded.  6. All areas subject to flooding by siphons or otherwise, shall be provided, by the owners or operators, with low level ditches, located at suitable distances apart to at all times care for the proper drainage of the public levees and highways.  7. No siphon shall be placed over the levees included within the provisions of R.S. 38:221 until permission has been obtained from the board of commissioners of the levee district having jurisdiction over the levees.
LA Rev Stat § 38:223 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§223. Irrigating or flooding land near base of levee prohibited

RS 223 - Irrigating or flooding land near base of levee prohibited  No person shall in any manner cover with water for any purpose, on the land side of any public levee or levees, any land situated upon the Mississippi River within a distance of one hundred and fifty feet from the base of any public levee.  All siphons placed over public levees upon lands bordering on the Mississippi River shall be constructed to conform to the shape of the pre-existing levee and shall be made of such length and laid in such manner as to deposit their water at a distance of not less than twenty-seven feet from the base of the public levee so crossed. No public levee shall be cut or otherwise altered for the purpose of admitting the passage or of conforming to the shape of any siphon crossing the levee.  Whoever violates this Section shall be fined not more than one hundred dollars or imprisoned for not more than thirty days or both.
LA Rev Stat § 38:224 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§224. Removal of siphons improperly constructed

RS 224 - Removal of siphons improperly constructed  The authorities charged with the care and preservation of the public levees shall compel the removal of all existing siphons constructed or laid otherwise than in accordance with the provisions of this Section and the restoration of the levees, wherever cut or altered for the insertion or passage of siphons to the shape and condition prior to insertion or passage.  No person shall refuse to remove any illegally laid or shaped siphon or to allow its removal by the direction of any competent authority.  Whoever violates this Section shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars or imprisoned for not more than six months, or both.
LA Rev Stat § 38:226 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§226. Permits for levee crossings

RS 226 - Permits for levee crossings  If an appointed board or commission having jurisdiction over levees receives letters of no objection from the United States Army Corps of Engineers and the Department of Transportation and Development, office of engineering, or, for levees in the coastal area as defined in R.S. 49:214.2, the Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority, in response to a request to the board or commission for a permit or letter of no objection to a levee crossing or a request to renew or transfer an existing permit, it shall be incumbent upon and a ministerial duty of the executive or administrative officer to issue the requested permit or letter of no objection to the crossing, subject to any conditions or stipulations contained in the letters received from the United States Army Corps of Engineers and the Department of Transportation and Development, office of engineering, or for levees in the coastal area as defined in R.S. 49:214.2, the Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority. The board or commission may impose customary fees, bonds, and other general stipulations. The executive or administrative officer shall enforce such permits for levee crossings only to the extent of the conditions and stipulations contained in the permit or letter of no objection.  Acts 2003, No. 462, §1, eff. July 1, 2003; Acts 2010, No. 734, §3; Acts 2012, No. 604, §8; Acts 2012, No. 753, §5; Acts 2016, No. 430, §4.
LA Rev Stat § 38:241 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§241. Repealed by Acts 2009, No. 523, §7, eff. July 10, 2009.

RS 241 - Repealed by Acts 2009, No. 523, §7, eff. July 10, 2009.
LA Rev Stat § 38:242 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§242. Repealed by Acts 2009, No. 523, §7, eff. July 10, 2009.

RS 242 - Repealed by Acts 2009, No. 523, §7, eff. July 10, 2009.
LA Rev Stat § 38:243 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§243. Repealed by Acts 2007, No. 33, §3, eff. June 18, 2007.

RS 243 - Repealed by Acts 2007, No. 33, §3, eff. June 18, 2007.
LA Rev Stat § 38:244 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§244. Repealed by Acts 2009, No. 523, §7, eff. July 10, 2009.

RS 244 - Repealed by Acts 2009, No. 523, §7, eff. July 10, 2009.
LA Rev Stat § 38:245 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§245. Repealed by Acts 2009, No. 523, §7, eff. July 10, 2009.

RS 245 - Repealed by Acts 2009, No. 523, §7, eff. July 10, 2009.
LA Rev Stat § 38:246 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§246. Repealed by Acts 2009, No. 523, §7, eff. July 10, 2009.

RS 246 - Repealed by Acts 2009, No. 523, §7, eff. July 10, 2009.
LA Rev Stat § 38:247 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§247. Repealed by Acts 2009, No. 523, §7, eff. July 10, 2009.

RS 247 - Repealed by Acts 2009, No. 523, §7, eff. July 10, 2009.
LA Rev Stat § 38:248 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§248. Repealed by Acts 2009, No. 523, §7, eff. July 10, 2009.

RS 248 - Repealed by Acts 2009, No. 523, §7, eff. July 10, 2009.
LA Rev Stat § 38:249 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§249. Repealed by Acts 2009, No. 523, §7, eff. July 10, 2009.

RS 249 - Repealed by Acts 2009, No. 523, §7, eff. July 10, 2009.
LA Rev Stat § 38:251 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§251. Repealed by Acts 2009, No. 523, §7, eff. July 10, 2009.

RS 251 - Repealed by Acts 2009, No. 523, §7, eff. July 10, 2009.
LA Rev Stat § 38:292 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§292. §§292 to 296. Repealed by Acts 1985, No. 785, §1, eff. July 22, 1985.

RS 292 - §§292 to 296. Repealed by Acts 1985, No. 785, §1, eff. July 22, 1985.
LA Rev Stat § 38:301.2 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§301.2. Repealed

§§301.2 to 301.45. Repealed by Acts 1985, No. 785, eff. July 22, 1985.
LA Rev Stat § 38:302 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§302. Commercial lease of lands

RS 302 - Commercial lease of lands  The boards of commissioners of the various levee districts may execute commercial leases of not over three years duration, except as provided in R.S. 38:320 on lands respectively owned or which may hereafter be acquired by the levee districts and levee and drainage districts for a cash consideration under the terms and conditions which the boards of commissioners of the levee districts and levee and drainage districts may deem best. The lease shall be subordinate to any lease hereafter made of the lands for oil, gas, or mineral development.  Acts 1985, No. 785, §1, eff. July 22, 1985.
LA Rev Stat § 38:303 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§303. Compromise of claims relating to lands conveyed in error

RS 303 - Compromise of claims relating to lands conveyed in error  The governor, the executive counsel, and the attorney general, or any two of them, may settle and compromise with the levee boards and levee and drainage boards of the state and their lessees, or any combination thereof, all matters relating to leases by the levee boards and levee and drainage boards of lands conveyed to them in error under the provisions of the various legislative grants of public lands to the levee boards and levee and drainage boards or all matters relating to all lands so conveyed upon the terms and conditions which the officers may deem to be to the best interests of the state. In connection with any agreement of compromise, the officers may stipulate and agree for the reconveyance of any of the lands to the state, for the payment of royalties and rentals as to any lease involved, for the division of the royalties and rentals between the state and the levee board and levee and drainage board, and for the protection of the rights of the lessee acquired in good faith.  Acts 1985, No. 785, §1, eff. July 22, 1985.
LA Rev Stat § 38:304.1 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§304.1. Repealed by Acts 1997, No. 1116, §2.

RS 304.1 - Repealed by Acts 1997, No. 1116, §2.
LA Rev Stat § 38:304.2 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§304.2. Repealed by Acts 2006, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 1, §4, eff. Jan. 1, 2007.

RS 304.2 - Repealed by Acts 2006, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 1, §4, eff. Jan. 1, 2007.
LA Rev Stat § 38:304.3 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§304.3. Repealed by Acts 2006, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 1, §4, eff. Jan. 1, 2007.

RS 304.3 - Repealed by Acts 2006, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 1, §4, eff. Jan. 1, 2007.
LA Rev Stat § 38:305 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§305. Employment of attorney

RS 305 - Employment of attorney   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, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 1, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2007.
LA Rev Stat § 38:305.1 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§305.1. Atchafalaya Basin Levee District; employment of attorney

RS 305.1 - Atchafalaya Basin Levee District; employment of attorney Notwithstanding any provisions of law to the contrary, the board of commissioners of the Atchafalaya Basin Levee District may employ one or more attorneys of its choice to represent it; however, such choice shall not be restricted to employment of the third assistant district attorney of the Eighteenth Judicial District of Louisiana. Acts 1997, No. 110, §2.
LA Rev Stat § 38:308 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§308. Per diem; number of days per diem allowed; travel expenses; salary

RS 308 - Per diem; number of days per diem allowed; travel expenses; salary  A. Any other provision of law to the contrary notwithstanding, particularly any special provisions in this Title relative to each levee district and levee and drainage district in the state, any board of commissioners of any levee district and levee and drainage district in this state may by a vote of two-thirds of the total membership of the board fix the per diem of its members; however, the per diem of each member shall not exceed seventy-five percent of the rate allowable for per diem deduction pursuant to 26 U.S.C. 162(h)(1)(B)(ii) during the time such member is in actual attendance upon the board or performing duties authorized by the board. Such per diem shall be payable for thirty-six days per year. During the period of an emergency as declared and determined by the governor, each district or portion of a district which has been declared to be under such an emergency by the governor shall be authorized to hold as many meetings or emergency activities as the board deems necessary and the members shall be paid per diem for such meetings or activities. Each member shall be reimbursed for travel expenses in accordance with state travel regulations as prescribed by the division of administration. In lieu of the per diem provision which is provided for in this Section, a president of any levee board or levee and drainage board may receive a salary if he also acts as administrator for the board. However, in no instance shall his salary exceed the sum of one thousand dollars per month. The per diem, salary, and expenses shall be paid out of the funds of the districts on the warrants of the presidents, duly attested by the secretary of the board.  B. Any salary paid must be submitted for review to the commissioner of administration and the Joint Legislative Committee on the Budget.  C. A board of commissioners of any levee district and levee and drainage district in this state shall provide at least two weeks notice to the public of its intent to vote on whether or not to fix the per diem of its members above seventy-five dollars.  Acts 1985, No. 785, §1, eff. July 22, 1985; Acts 2015, No. 423, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 38:309 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§309. Corporate status and powers of boards; domicile; evidence of acts and proceedings; deposit of funds; warrants

RS 309 - Corporate status and powers of boards; domicile; evidence of acts and proceedings; deposit of funds; warrants A. A board of commissioners shall, in addition to the powers herein conferred, be constituted a body politic or a political corporation invested with the powers inherent in corporations. B. The board may sue and be sued under the style of Board of Commissioners for the respective district. All suits on behalf of the board shall be brought by the president. The board shall at its first regular meeting choose a domicile for the purpose of being sued and keeping its office and archives. Service of process shall be made upon the president or vice president of the board in person. C. The board may buy, sell, or exchange property, make and execute all contracts, and do and perform all things necessary to carry out the objects of this Chapter, subject to the limitations and duties herein provided. It shall have a corporate seal, and copies of all the regulations and copies of proceedings of the board certified to by its secretary under its corporate seal shall be received in all courts as prima facie evidence of the acts and proceedings of the board. D. All funds of the board may be deposited with the state treasurer to the credit of the district unless otherwise provided, and all warrants drawn thereon by the president of the board shall specify the indebtedness the warrants are intended to liquidate, in part or in whole, and the funds shall not be drawn from the treasury except on the warrant of the state treasurer as hereinafter provided. Acts 1985, No. 785, §1, eff. July 22, 1985; Acts 1999, No. 731, §1, eff. July 1, 1999.
LA Rev Stat § 38:310 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§310. Expenses of levee board members as delegates to flood relief conventions; dues

RS 310 - Expenses of levee board members as delegates to flood relief conventions; dues  The levee boards may defray the actual, properly-documented expenses of their members and executives when traveling as delegates to conventions and meetings held in relation to flood relief and control. The levee boards may pay the dues in associations or conventions related to flood relief and control.  Acts 1985, No. 785, §1, eff. July 22, 1985.
LA Rev Stat § 38:311 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§311. Expenses of delegates; contribution to interstate and national association

RS 311 - Expenses of delegates; contribution to interstate and national association  The boards of commissioners of the levee districts and levee and drainage districts may make appropriations to cover the expenses of delegates to the meetings of the Mississippi River Commission and other interstate and national bodies and contribute funds to the support and maintenance of any interstate and national associations which in the judgment of the levee boards and levee and drainage boards may seem most expedient for advancing the levee interests. No board of commissioners shall appropriate during any one year for this purpose an amount larger than five thousand dollars.  Acts 1985, No. 785, §1, eff. July 22, 1985.