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LA Rev Stat § 38:2501 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§2501. Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Commission; powers; duties; functions

RS 2501 - Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Commission; powers; duties; functions  The Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Commission shall have sole authority to control and regulate all aspects of hunting, fishing, and boating in all water conservation districts enumerated in this Chapter. Acts 1993, No. 830, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 38:2551 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§2551. Creation; location

RS 2551 - Creation; location  The Bayou D'Arbonne Lake Watershed District is hereby created out of Bayou D'Arbonne, Bayou Corney (Little and Big), Bayou Little D'Arbonne, Bayou Middle Fork, and the watershed of each of the said streams, situated in the parishes of Lincoln and Union and more particularly defined as follows:  Lincoln Parish: All of Lincoln Parish lying and being situated East of the Range line dividing Ranges 3 and 4 West.  Union Parish: All of Union Parish lying and being situated west of Bayou De'Loutre.  Added by Acts 1956, No. 9, §1. Amended by Acts 1962, No. 194, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 38:2552 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§2552. District as political subdivision and budgetary unit; purpose; free use of water by municipalities of Ruston and Farmerville

RS 2552 - District as political subdivision and budgetary unit; purpose; free use of water by municipalities of Ruston and Farmerville  The Bayou D'Arbonne Lake Watershed District shall be a political subdivision of the State of Louisiana and a budgetary unit of the State of Louisiana, which shall have as its purpose the conservation of soil and water, developing the natural resources and wealth of the district for sanitary, agricultural and recreational purposes, as the same may be conducive to the public health, safety, convenience or welfare or of public utility or benefit. The creation of the Bayou D'Arbonne Lake within the said district as hereinafter authorized shall be for the purpose of conserving the soil and water and developing the natural resources and wealth of the district for sanitary, agricultural or recreational purposes, as the same may be conducive to the public health or public utility or benefit. The municipalities of Ruston and Farmerville are hereby authorized to draw upon and use any water resources or water supply of Bayou D'Arbonne Lake for the benefit and consumption of the residents of those municipalities and such other persons who may use or be served by the water supply system of those municipalities. No charge therefor shall be assessed against said municipalities or any persons served by them. The board of commissioners of the Bayou D'Arbonne Lake Watershed District shall comply and cooperate with said municipalities in their exercise of the authority granted herein.  Added by Acts 1956, No. 9, §2. Amended by Acts 1970, No. 542, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 38:2553 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§2553. Body corporate; powers

RS 2553 - Body corporate; powers  The Bayou D'Arbonne Lake 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 and laws of the state of Louisiana. This district, through its board of commissioners, may incur debt and contract obligations in accordance with law, sue and be sued, have a corporate seal, and do and perform any and all acts in its corporate capacity and in its corporate name which are necessary and proper for carrying out the purposes and object 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 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 1956, No. 9, §3.
LA Rev Stat § 38:2554 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§2554. Dam construction; board of commissioners created

RS 2554 - Dam construction; board of commissioners created  The department of public works is hereby granted the power and authority and is hereby directed to build and construct such dams and other works as may be necessary or beneficial to carry out the purposes of this Part and to create and impound an industrial water supply, in accordance with a survey and estimates to be made and established by the engineers of the said department. The board of commissioners of the Bayou D'Arbonne Lake Watershed District, with its powers and duties as defined herein, is hereby created and established for the purpose of aiding and assisting the said department of public works during the actual construction stage and process of this project, and is established as the governing authority of said district after the completion of the construction process by the said department of public works of the state of Louisiana.  Added by Acts 1956, No. 9, §4.
LA Rev Stat § 38:2555 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§2555. Board to govern; membership; tenure; vacancies; compensation

RS 2555 - Board to govern; membership; tenure; vacancies; compensation A. Commencing September 12, 1980, the said district shall be governed by the board of commissioners of the Bayou D'Arbonne Lake Watershed District, to be composed of seven commissioners appointed by the governor, each of whom shall be a qualified elector of the state of Louisiana and who resides within the limits of Lincoln or Union parishes. 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. Each appointment by the governor shall be submitted to the Senate for confirmation. B. The members of the board of commissioners shall receive no compensation for their services. C. Each member of the board of commissioners shall serve a term of four years from the date of his appointment to the board. Added by Acts 1956, No. 9, §5. Amended by Acts 1966, No. 448, §1; Acts 1970, No. 542, §1; Acts 1980, No. 375, §1; Acts 2003, No. 774, §10.
LA Rev Stat § 38:2556 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§2556. Oaths

RS 2556 - 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 the parish of which said commissioner is a resident.  Added by Acts 1956, No. 9, §6.
LA Rev Stat § 38:2557 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§2557. Election of officers; record book; public inspection

RS 2557 - Election of officers; record book; public inspection  Immediately after the commissioners have been appointed by the governor, 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 Bayou D'Arbonne Lake 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 1956, No. 9, §7.
LA Rev Stat § 38:2559 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§2559. Rules and regulations

RS 2559 - 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 the 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 impoundment constructed as hereinafter set forth and to collect therefor and the manner of its distribution and to prevent the pollution or unnecessary waste of such water supply;  (5) To prohibit or regulate the discharge into sewers of the district of any liquid or solid waste deemed detrimental to the works and improvements of the district;  (6) To coordinate and cooperate with the state department of public works, and be guided by the plans and program of the said department, in the construction by the latter of a necessary and adequate dam and impoundment on Bayou D'Arbonne at or near Section 23, Township 20 North, Range 1 East, Union Parish, Louisiana;  (7) REPEALED BY ACTS 1993, NO. 830, §2.  Added by Acts 1956, No. 9, §9; Acts 1993, No. 830, §2.
LA Rev Stat § 38:2560 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§2560. Department of public works; general powers

RS 2560 - Department of public works; general powers  The department of public works of the state of Louisiana is hereby authorized to do and to perform all acts necessary to construct, lease, acquire in any manner, maintain, and operate dikes, dams, reservoirs, storage basins, locks, levees, flumes, conduits, spillways and any and all structures necessary, suitable or convenient for the purpose of the construction and creation of Bayou D'Arbonne Lake and the dam creating such lake located on or near the Northwest Quarter of Section 23, Township 20 North, Range 1 East, Union Parish, Louisiana across Bayou D'Arbonne, in accordance with appropriate plans of the engineers of the said department of public works and the survey or surveys made or to be made by the department in connection with the creation and construction of the said Bayou D'Arbonne Lake.  Added by Acts 1956, No. 9, §10.
LA Rev Stat § 38:2561 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§2561. Enumerated powers

RS 2561 - Enumerated powers  In order to accomplish the purposes of the district and the creation and construction of the said lake, the state department of public works is hereby authorized:  (1) To purchase, hold, sell and convey land and personal property and execute such contracts as may be deemed necessary or convenient to enable it to properly carry out the purpose of the construction of the said dam, spillway across said Bayou D'Arbonne and the creation, control and organization of Bayou D'Arbonne Lake;  (2) To acquire servitudes, rights of way and flowage rights, by purchase or expropriation;  (3) To assist in conserving the soil and water and in developing the water resources of the district;  (4) To contract for the construction of the proposed works and improvements;  (5) To construct any drainage works or improvements for the control, retention, diversion or utilization of water; retard runoff of water and soil erosion; construct any ditch, channel improvement, dike, dam or levee and repair, improve and maintain any of said improvements or structures;  (6) Acquire such personal property, by gift or purchase, as is necessary in the construction of said dam and the creation of the said D'Arbonne Lake;  (7) To do any and all things necessary or incident to the fulfillment of the purposes of this Part.  Added by Acts 1956, No. 9, §11.
LA Rev Stat § 38:2562 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§2562. Execution of work; contracts; bond

RS 2562 - Execution of work; contracts; bond  The state department of public works may execute any and all work with its own force and equipment and under its own supervision or the work may be executed on behalf of and for the benefit of the said district by the state of Louisiana, or any agency, department or commission thereof by contract and the contract for all or any part of the work herein authorized may be let by the state department of public works, with or without advertisement, on the terms and subject to the conditions which the said department may determine. The person or firm to whom the contract or contracts is awarded shall furnish, within the delay fixed by the department of public works, 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 work, conditioned upon the faithful performance of the work in accordance with the plans and specifications of the engineers of the state department of public works and the terms of the contract. The department may demand any other bonds and obligations which the laws relating to public works contracts require the contractor to give.  Added by Acts 1956, No. 9, §12.
LA Rev Stat § 38:2563 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§2563. Right of eminent domain

RS 2563 - Right of eminent domain  The state department of public works is hereby granted the power of eminent domain and the right to expropriate any and all lands, flowage rights, servitudes, and rights of way necessary and convenient for the construction of the said dam, spillway, reservoir, storage basins, locks, levees, flumes, conduits, spillways or other structures necessary, suitable or convenient in connection with the construction thereof, as well as for the creation of the said lake, impoundment and reservoir within the boundaries as hereinabove set forth.  Added by Acts 1956, No. 9, §13.
LA Rev Stat § 38:2564 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§2564. Supervisory control over board

RS 2564 - Supervisory control over board  All the powers and duties conferred upon the board of commissioners herein shall be subject to the supervisory control of the department of public works of the state of Louisiana and to the wildlife and fisheries commission of the state of Louisiana or its successor, with jurisdiction by the latter over the fish, game and wildlife of the state of Louisiana and of the said Bayou D'Arbonne Lake Watershed District.  Added by Acts 1956, No. 9, §14.
LA Rev Stat § 38:2566 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§2566. Contracts let by board; bond

RS 2566 - Contracts let by board; bond  Subject to the supervisory control of the state department of public works, 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 of the state department of public works, 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. The board of commissioners and the state department of public works may execute any and all work with its own force and equipment and under its own supervision or the work may be executed on behalf of and for the benefit of the district by the state of Louisiana, or any agency, department or commission thereof.  Added by Acts 1956, No. 9, §16.
LA Rev Stat § 38:2567 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§2567. Playgrounds, parks and other facilities; limitation

RS 2567 - Playgrounds, parks and other facilities; limitation  The board of commissioners, under the supervisory control of the state department of public works, shall have the power to cause to be created and constructed playgrounds, picnic grounds, grounds for recreation parks, and any and all other facilities to accommodate the public and to provide adequate access to the said lake, as may within the opinion of the said board become necessary but not to exceed two acres at any one place, and said district shall have the right of eminent domain and expropriation in the exercise of such powers.  Added by Acts 1956, No. 9, §17.
LA Rev Stat § 38:2568 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§2568. Attorney general as counsel

RS 2568 - Attorney general as counsel  The attorney general of the state of Louisiana and his assistants shall be and are hereby designated as counsel for the state department of public works and the said district in the execution of the purposes of this Part and are hereby charged with the responsibility of representing the said state department of public works and the board of commissioners in any and all matters when called upon to do so.  Added by Acts 1956, No. 9, §18.
LA Rev Stat § 38:2569 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§2569. Management of fish, game, and wildlife

RS 2569 - Management of fish, game, and wildlife  A, B, C. REPEALED BY ACTS 1993, NO. 830, §2.  D. The board of commissioners of the Bayou D'Arbonne Lake Watershed District shall have authority to establish and cause to be enforced rules and regulations pertaining to all commercial establishments which may be constructed for the purpose of commercializing and making commercial use of the facilities provided by the said lake; to license and permit such establishments and to levy and collect a fee, to be fixed by the commission, for the privilege of making commercial use of the facilities of said lake, or to refuse to license or permit any commercial establishment to use the facilities provided by said lake.  E. The rules and regulations established and promulgated by the board of commissioners of the Bayou D'Arbonne Lake Watershed District shall provide penalties for any such commercial establishment operating without a permit or license, and such rules and regulations shall be enforced by the sheriff of the parish within which the district is situated, as hereinafter provided 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 1956, No. 9, §19. Amended by Acts 1962, No. 194, §4; Acts 1993, No. 830, §2.
LA Rev Stat § 38:2570 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§2570. Property exempt from taxation

RS 2570 - Property exempt from taxation  The lands which lie within and form the D'Arbonne 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 Bayou D'Arbonne Lake Watershed District.  Added by Acts 1956, No. 9, §20.
LA Rev Stat § 38:2571 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§2571. Grant of state lands to district; right of mineral leases unabridged

RS 2571 - Grant of state lands to district; right of mineral leases unabridged  All lands belonging to the state of Louisiana which are enclosed in the said area, as provided in R.S. 38:2551, and which are necessary to the erection and maintenance of said Bayou D'Arbonne Lake are hereby granted to the Bayou D'Arbonne Lake Watershed District for the purposes herein set out, but this grant shall in no wise abridge the right of the state to lease the said land for the production of oil, gas and other minerals under the general laws of the state as now provided.  Added by Acts 1956, No. 9, §21.
LA Rev Stat § 38:2572 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§2572. Individual mineral leases unabridged

RS 2572 - Individual mineral leases unabridged  The provisions of this Part shall in no wise abridge the right of any individual from whom the flowage rights, rights of way and servitudes may have been acquired by any means however to lease said lands for the production of oil, gas and other minerals and the right of such lessee or his assignee to produce or cause to be produced oil, gas or other minerals therefrom.  Added by Acts 1956, No. 9, §22.
LA Rev Stat § 38:2573 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§2573. Bayou D'Arbonne Lake dam and spillway; name

RS 2573 - Bayou D'Arbonne Lake dam and spillway; name  A. The dam and spillway at Bayou D'Arbonne Lake is hereby named the "T.T. Fields Dam and Spillway".  B. The Department of Transportation and Development is hereby directed to erect and maintain appropriate signage of this designation.  Acts 2015, No. 33, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 38:2601 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§2601. Creation

RS 2601 - Creation  The Cypress-Black Bayou Recreation and Water Conservation District is hereby created.  Added by Acts 1958, No. 292, §1.