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LA Rev Stat § 38:2910 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§2910. Contracts, let by board; bond

RS 2910 - Contracts, let by board; bond  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.  Added by Acts 1968, No. 589, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 38:2911 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§2911. Playgrounds, parks and other facilities; limitation

RS 2911 - 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 proposed lake, as may within the opinion of the board become necessary, and the district shall have the right of eminent domain and expropriation in the exercise of such powers.  Added by Acts 1968, No. 589, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 38:2912 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§2912. Management of fish, game, and wildlife

RS 2912 - Management of fish, game, and wildlife  A, B, C. REPEALED BY ACTS 1993, NO. 830, §2.  D. The board of commissioners 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 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 the lake, or to refuse to license or permit any commercial establishment to use the facilities provided by the lake.  E. The rules and regulations established and promulgated by the board of commissioners shall provide penalties for any commercial establishment operating without a permit or license, and the 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 1968, No. 589, §1; Acts 1993, No. 830, §2.
LA Rev Stat § 38:2913 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§2913. Management of improvements

RS 2913 - 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 the proposed lake 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 the proposed lake. The board of commissioners shall have the authority and power to regulate the improvements by the issuance of permits for same and fix a fee for the issuance thereof.  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 the proposed lake.  Added by Acts 1968, No. 589, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 38:2914 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§2914. Property exempt from taxation

RS 2914 - Property exempt from taxation  The lands which lie within and form the proposed lake 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 Jackson Parish Watershed District.  Added by Acts 1968, No. 589, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 38:2915 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§2915. Individual mineral leases unabridged

RS 2915 - Individual mineral leases unabridged  The provisions of this Chapter 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 the 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 1968, No. 589, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 38:3000 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§3000. Creation; location

RS 3000 - Creation; location  The Jackson-Bienville Parishes Watershed District is hereby created out of the watershed of Dugdemona Bayou located in Jackson and Bienville parishes.  Added by Acts 1970, No. 600, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 38:3001 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§3001. District as agency of the state and budgetary unit; purpose

RS 3001 - District as agency of the state and budgetary unit; purpose  The Jackson-Bienville Parishes Dugdemona Watershed District shall be an agency of the State of Louisiana and a budgetary unit thereof, which shall have as 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 1970, No. 600, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 38:3002 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§3002. Powers

RS 3002 - Powers  The Jackson-Bienville Parishes Dugdemona 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. This 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 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 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. 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 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.  Added by Acts 1970, No. 600, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 38:3003 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§3003. Board of commissioners created

RS 3003 - Board of commissioners created  The Board of Commissioners of the Jackson-Bienville Parishes Dugdemona Watershed District, within its powers and duties as defined herein, is hereby created and established as the governing board of the Jackson-Bienville Parishes Watershed District.  Added by Acts 1970, No. 600, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 38:3004 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§3004. Board to govern; membership; tenure; vacancies; compensation

RS 3004 - Board to govern; membership; tenure; vacancies; compensation  The said district shall be governed and controlled by the Board of Commissioners of the Jackson-Bienville Parishes Dugdemona 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 Wards 2 and 3 of Jackson Parish or of Wards 1 and 6 of Bienville Parish. Four of the commissioners shall be appointed by the Jackson Parish Police Jury. Three of the commissioners shall be appointed by the Bienville Parish Police Jury. All commissioners shall serve terms of four years and until their successors have been appointed and have qualified; except that one of the initial appointments made by each police jury shall be for a term of one year, two made by the Jackson Parish Police Jury shall be for a term of two years, one made by the Jackson Parish Police Jury shall be for a term of three years, and two made by the Bienville Parish Police Jury 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 made in the same manner.  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 1970, No. 600, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 38:3005 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§3005. Oaths

RS 3005 - 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 and Bienville Parish.  Added by Acts 1970, No. 600, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 38:3006 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§3006. Election of officers; record book, public inspection

RS 3006 - Election of officers; record book, public inspection  Immediately after the commissioners have been appointed, 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-Bienville Parishes Dugdemona 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 1970, No. 600, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 38:3008 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§3008. Rules and regulations

RS 3008 - 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) REPEALED BY ACTS 1993, NO. 830, §2.  Added by Acts 1970, No. 600, §1; Acts 1993, No. 830, §2.
LA Rev Stat § 38:3010 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§3010. Contracts, let by board; bond

RS 3010 - Contracts, let by board; bond  Any and all contracts of the district may be let by the board of commissioners, with advertisement, on the terms and subject to the conditions which it may fix in the ordinance or advertisement calling for bids. The person or firm to whom any contract is awarded shall furnish, within the delay fixed by the board, a bond of a surety company authorized to do business in the State of Louisiana, in the amount required by the laws relating to contracts for public works, and conditioned that the work shall be performed in accordance with the plans and specifications of the engineers, and the terms of the contract, and the board shall demand any other bonds and obligations which the laws relating to public works contracts require the contractor to give.  Added by Acts 1970, No. 600, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 38:3011 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§3011. Playgrounds, parks and other facilities; limitation

RS 3011 - 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 proposed lake, as may within the opinion of the board become necessary, and the district shall have the right of eminent domain and expropriation in the exercise of such powers.  Added by Acts 1970, No. 600, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 38:3012 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§3012. Management of fish, game, and wildlife

RS 3012 - Management of fish, game, and wildlife  A, B, C. REPEALED BY ACTS 1993, NO. 830, §2.  D. The board of commissioners 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 lake and 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 the lake, or to refuse to license or permit any commercial establishment to use the facilities provided by the lake.  E. The rules and regulations established and promulgated by the board of commissioners shall provide penalties for any commercial establishment operating without a permit or license, and the 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 1970, No. 600, §1; Acts 1993, No. 830, §2.
LA Rev Stat § 38:3013 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§3013. Management of improvements

RS 3013 - 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 the proposed lake 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 the proposed lake. The board of commissioners shall have the authority and power to regulate the improvements by the issuance of permits for same and fix a fee for the issuance thereof.  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 the proposed lake.  Added by Acts 1970, No. 600, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 38:3014 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§3014. Property exempt from taxation

RS 3014 - Property exempt from taxation  The lands which lie within and form the proposed lake 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 Jackson-Bienville Parishes Dugdemona Watershed District.  Added by Acts 1970, No. 600, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 38:3015 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§3015. Individual mineral leases unabridged

RS 3015 - Individual mineral leases unabridged  The provisions of this Chapter 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 the 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 1970, No. 600, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 38:3051 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§3051. District authorized; creating resolution; membership

RS 3051 - District authorized; creating resolution; membership  The governing authority of the parish of East Baton Rouge is hereby empowered to create a special conservation district within said parish to be known as "Greater Baton Rouge Water Conservation District" hereinafter sometimes called "district" by the adoption of a creating resolution. Before adoption of creating resolution a notice of intention to create district shall be published three times in the official journal of the parish not less than fifteen days prior to the date set for the holding of a public hearing thereon. Creating resolution shall provide that governing authority of district shall consist of sixteen members subject to the provisions of R.S. 38:3054 hereof and shall be designated and known as "Water Conservation Commission" or "Commission". In the creating resolution the governing authority of the parish of East Baton Rouge shall appoint sixteen persons to serve on the Water Conservation Commission as follows:  One representative selected by the Baton Rouge Chamber of Commerce  Two representatives selected by the Baton Rouge Water Works Company  One representative selected by Ethyl Corporation  One representative selected by Gulf States Utilities Company  One representative selected by Humble Oil & Refining Company  One representative selected by the Louisiana Conservation Department One representative selected by the Louisiana Department of Public Works  One representative selected by the Louisiana State Health Department One independent geologist selected by the parish council  Two city-parish council members selected by the parish council  One East Baton Rouge Parish senator and one state representative selected by the parish council  One representative selected by the AFL-CIO  The Louisiana State Geologist shall serve ex officio as a member of the Commission. The authorizing resolution shall further designate the domicile, first meeting, date, time and place, and shall provide that notice of the creation of such district shall be published one time in the parish official journal. The district, with the Commission acting as its governing authority, shall constitute a subdivision of the State of Louisiana as authorized by the Constitution of Louisiana.  Added by Acts 1970, No. 682, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 38:3052 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§3052. Powers

RS 3052 - Powers  In addition to the powers herein provided, the district, acting through the Commission, shall have the power to study ground water conditions in the greater Baton Rouge area with the view of water conservation, with particular interest on possible effects of salt water encroachment, and to determine ways and means of protecting ground water conditions in all aspects, including depletion, detrimental salt water encroachment, taking into consideration requirements of industry, agriculture and domestic consumption, and to make appropriate recommendations for preventive or remedial action.  Added by Acts 1970, No. 682, §2.