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LA Rev Stat § 38:2715 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§2715. Playgrounds, parks, and other facilities; limitation

RS 2715 - 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.  Acts 1989, No. 176, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 38:2716 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§2716. Management of fish, game, and wildlife

RS 2716 - Management of fish, game, and wildlife  A, B, C. REPEALED BY ACTS 1993, NO. 830, §2.  D. The board of commissioners shall have authority:  (1) 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 reservoir; and  (2) 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 reservoir district is situated, as hereinabove provided.  Acts 1989, No. 176, §1; Acts 1993, No. 830, §2.
LA Rev Stat § 38:2717 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§2717. Management of improvements

RS 2717 - Management of improvements  A. 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 the area between the 138.5 contour line and the 147.5 contour line or within 1320 feet perpendicular to the 138.5 contour line, whichever distance is greater. 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.  B. The board of commissioners may charge an annual fee for the permit to maintain improvements on or within the area between the 138.5 contour line and the 147.5 contour line or within 1320 feet perpendicular to the 138.5 contour line whichever distance is greater.  Acts 1989, No. 176, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 38:2751 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§2751. Creation

RS 2751 - Creation  There is hereby created a water conservation board to be known as the Bayou DeSiard-Bayou Bartholomew Cut-Off Loop Water Conservation Board of Ouachita and Morehouse Parishes, Louisiana.  Added by Acts 1962, No. 308, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 38:2752 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§2752. Board as political agency; purpose

RS 2752 - Board as political agency; purpose  The board shall be a political agency of the state of Louisiana and, subject to the limitations and restrictions set out in this Part, shall have authority to establish, maintain and protect a favorable level of fresh water in Bayou DeSiard and Bayou Bartholomew Cut-Off Loop in Townships 18, 19 and 20 North, Ranges 3 and 4 East, in the Parishes of Ouachita and Morehouse, state of Louisiana, to be available for all beneficial uses and purposes.  Added by Acts 1962, No. 308, §2.
LA Rev Stat § 38:2753 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§2753. Powers

RS 2753 - Powers  The board shall have the power to sue and be sued; to buy and sell; to exercise the right of expropriation; to own, maintain and operate property, both movable and immovable, to acquire servitudes, rights of way and flowage rights, to negotiate and execute contracts; to cooperate with the state of Louisiana or any agency or political subdivision thereof or with the government of the United States or any department or agency thereof on any basis that the board shall deem advisable for the joint or separate construction, ownership, operation and maintenance of pump facilities, pipelines, floodgages, water conveyors and other devices, equipment and property; to accept gifts or contributions of any nature from the state of Louisiana or the United States or any agency or political subdivision thereof; and to make and collect reasonable charges or fees for its services in connection with the water made available by any facilities provided by said board; provided, no charges shall be assessed against any municipality or other political subdivision, and that in exercising the powers and authority aforesaid, the board shall cooperate with, and shall act under the supervision and control of, the Louisiana Department of Public Works.  Added by Acts 1962, No. 308, §3.
LA Rev Stat § 38:2754 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§2754. Restrictions

RS 2754 - Restrictions  The board shall not build any dam, sill or other restrictive structure of any kind which will reverse or otherwise materially affect the natural flow of Bayou Bartholomew; the board shall, however, be empowered to remove water from Bayou Bartholomew at any time when suitable water is available. The board shall not have authority to destroy or substantially diminish prior or vested water rights or uses.  Added by Acts 1962, No. 308, §4. Amended by Acts 1974, No. 136, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 38:2755 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§2755. Membership

RS 2755 - Membership  The board shall consist of six members who shall be appointed by the governing authorities of Ouachita and Morehouse Parishes for a term of four years and until their successors have been named and qualified, as follows:  One member shall be appointed from a list of three names submitted to the police jury of Ouachita Parish by the Monroe Utilities Commission; one member to be appointed from a list of three names submitted to the Ouachita Parish Police Jury by the town council of the municipality of Sterlington, such persons to be legal residents of the municipality of Sterlington; one member to be appointed by the police jury on its own motion; one member to be appointed from a list of three names submitted to the police jury of Morehouse Parish by the mayor and board of aldermen of the city of Bastrop, Louisiana; one member to be appointed from a list of three names submitted to the police jury of Morehouse Parish by the Bastrop Association of Commerce and Industry; and a sixth member from Morehouse Parish to be appointed by the police jury of Morehouse Parish on its own motion.  Added by Acts 1962, No. 308, §5. Amended by Acts 1966, No. 448, §5.
LA Rev Stat § 38:2756 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§2756. Officers; meetings; quorum

RS 2756 - Officers; meetings; quorum  The board shall elect from its own membership a chairman, a secretary and a treasurer. Four members of said board shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business and the meetings of the Board shall be held at such time and place as shall be fixed at the call of the chairman after due notice to the full membership.  Added by Acts 1962, No. 308, 6.
LA Rev Stat § 38:2757 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§2757. Compensation; expenses

RS 2757 - Compensation; expenses  The membership of said board shall serve without compensation for its services to the board, but it shall be entitled to reimbursement for actual expenses incurred in the performance of its duties.  Added by Acts 1962, No. 308, §7.
LA Rev Stat § 38:2758 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§2758. Prohibited operation

RS 2758 - Prohibited operation  Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary and in particular R.S. 34:851.27, any water conservation board with a jurisdiction including a parish with a population between one hundred ninety thousand and one hundred thirty-five thousand and one other adjacent parish with a population between thirty thousand and twenty-six thousand, both based on the latest federal decennial census, shall have the authority to regulate or prohibit the operation of any vessel on, or on any area inundated by, a lake located on the border of one of the parishes within the board's jurisdiction when that body of water is above flood stage. Any regulation or prohibition adopted pursuant to the provisions of this Section shall not apply to law enforcement, the National Guard, or any rescue or disaster relief organization in the exercise of their duty. A public hearing shall be held prior to the adoption of any ordinance pursuant to this Section.  Acts 2018, No. 318, §2.
LA Rev Stat § 38:2802 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§2802. District as political subdivision and budgetary unit; purpose

RS 2802 - District as political subdivision and budgetary unit; purpose  The Franklin Parish Watershed District shall be a political subdivision 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, industrial and recreational purposes and providing for the protection against and control of flooding in the district, as the same may be conducive to the public health, safety, convenience or welfare or of public utility or benefit.  Added by Acts 1966, No. 101, §2.
LA Rev Stat § 38:2803 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§2803. Body corporate; powers

RS 2803 - Body corporate; powers  The Franklin Parish 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 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, and provide for the protection against and control of flooding within 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 1966, No. 101, §3.
LA Rev Stat § 38:2804 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§2804. Board of commissioners created

RS 2804 - Board of commissioners created  The Board of Commissioners of the Franklin Parish Watershed District, with the powers and duties provided herein, is hereby created and established as the governing authority of the Franklin Parish Watershed District.  Added by Acts 1966, No. 101, §4.
LA Rev Stat § 38:2805 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§2805. Board to govern; membership; tenure; vacancies; compensation

RS 2805 - Board to govern; membership; tenure; vacancies; compensation  The said district shall be governed and controlled by the Board of Commissioners of the Franklin Parish Watershed District, to be composed of eleven commissioners, each of whom shall be a qualified elector of the State of Louisiana who resides within the limits of the district. The commissioners shall be appointed by the governing authority of Franklin Parish and shall serve terms of four years and until their successors have been appointed and have qualified, except that one of the initial appointments shall be for a term of one year, two shall be for a term of two years, two shall be for a term of three years, and two 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 appointment of the governing authority of Franklin Parish in the same manner as the original appointment. 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 1966, No. 101, §5.
LA Rev Stat § 38:2806 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§2806. Oaths

RS 2806 - 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 Franklin Parish.  Added by Acts 1966, No. 101, §6.
LA Rev Stat § 38:2807 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§2807. Election of officers; record book; public inspection

RS 2807 - Election of officers; record book; public inspection  Immediately after the commissioners have been appointed by the Franklin Parish Police Jury, or as soon thereafter as practicable, they shall meet and immediately organize by electing officers. 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 shall elect 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 Franklin Parish 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 1966, No. 101, §7.
LA Rev Stat § 38:2809 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§2809. Rules and regulations

RS 2809 - 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 or by flooding in the district the board of commissioners may make and enforce such rules and regulations as it shall deem necessary and advisable, including but not necessarily restricted to rules and regulations to:  (1) 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) 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) 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) 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) 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.  Added by Acts 1966, No. 101, §9; Acts 1993, No. 830, §2.
LA Rev Stat § 38:2811 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§2811. Contracts, let by board; bond

RS 2811 - 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 1966, No. 101, §11.
LA Rev Stat § 38:2812 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§2812. Playgrounds, parks and other facilities; limitation

RS 2812 - 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 lakes, rivers and streams as may, in its opinion, become necessary, and said district shall have the right of eminent domain and expropriation in the exercise of such powers.  Added by Acts 1966, No. 101, §12.
LA Rev Stat § 38:2813 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§2813. Management of fish, game, and wildlife

RS 2813 - Management of fish, game, and wildlife  A, B, C. REPEALED BY ACTS 1993, NO. 830, §2.  D. The Board of Commissioners of the Franklin Parish 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 said district 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 district's facilities, or to refuse to license or permit any commercial establishment to use the facilities provided by the district.  E. The rules and regulations established and promulgated by the Board of Commissioners of the Franklin Parish 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 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 1966, No. 101, §13; Acts 1993, No. 830, §2.
LA Rev Stat § 38:2814 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§2814. Management of improvements

RS 2814 - 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. The board of commissioners shall have the authority and power to regulate said improvements by the issuance of permits for same and fix a fee for the issuance of same.  Added by Acts 1966, No. 101, §14.
LA Rev Stat § 38:2815 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§2815. Property exempt from taxation

RS 2815 - Property exempt from taxation  All property acquired by the district, 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 Franklin Parish Watershed District and such property shall not be subject to any taxes of any nature by either the State of Louisiana or any of its political subdivisions.  Added by Acts 1966, No. 101, §15.
LA Rev Stat § 38:2816 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§2816. Individual mineral leases unabridged

RS 2816 - 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 1966, No. 101, §16.
LA Rev Stat § 38:2821 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§2821. Creation; location

RS 2821 - Creation; location  The Black Bayou Watershed District is hereby created out of Black Bayou embracing the area north of the present Black Bayou dam situated and located on State Route 109 in Caddo Parish, the watershed of said bayou north of said dam and the area immediately south of said dam which is affected by said dam, which area is described as follows, to-wit:  All of the area presently comprising Ward 9 of Caddo Parish, all of that part of Ward 1 of Caddo Parish lying north of the following line, to-wit: Begin at the intersection of the East line of Ward 2 of Caddo Parish and the Belcher-Caddo City Road (State Route #530) thence run Easterly along said road to the Gamm Road, thence run Northerly along said Gamm Road to the North line of Section 26, Township 21 North, Range 15 West, Caddo Parish, thence run Easterly to the East Boundary of Caddo Parish, and all of that part of Ward 2 of Caddo Parish lying north of the following line, to-wit: Begin at the intersection of the Texas state line and the North line of Section 17, Township 20 North, Range 16 West, Caddo Parish, thence run Easterly to the East boundary of Ward 2 which is situated along the Clyde Place Canal.  Added by Acts 1966, No. 262, §1.