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LA Rev Stat § 38:334 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§334. Revenue utilization; Lafourche Basin Levee District

RS 334 - Revenue utilization; Lafourche Basin Levee District  A.(1) Of all the taxes collected by the Lafourche Basin Levee District from property located within St. Charles Parish located west of the Mississippi River, not less than fifty-seven percent of the tax monies shall be expended for the purposes of levee construction, levee maintenance, and other flood control and drainage works within that parish. These expenditures shall be in cash or in-kind services as determined by the parish governing body. When such funds are expended within St. Charles Parish, in-kind services shall not exceed fifty percent of such expenditures. Expenditures shall be certified as received by the parish's governing body at the end of each fiscal year.  (2) The provisions of Paragraph (1) of this Subsection shall not apply during any tax year in which the Lafourche Basin Levee District maintains the St. Charles Parish West Bank Hurricane Protection Levee system, including the West Bank and general vicinity, Western Tie-In, Davis Pond Freshwater Diversion Levee, Willowridge Levee, Ellington Levee, Magnolia Ridge Levee, and Sunset Drainage District Levee, as a whole or as each section is transferred to the Lafourche Basin Levee District for maintenance, operation, and control, subject to any amendments made by the state of Louisiana.  B. No provision of this Part or of any other law shall be construed so as to prohibit the Lafourche Basin Levee District from the use of public funds to engage in general drainage work not incidental to the construction and maintenance of levees in the jurisdictional boundaries of the Lafourche Basin Levee District.  Acts 1985, No. 785, §1, eff. July 22, 1985; Acts 1992, No. 791, §1; Acts 1996, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 13, §1; Acts 1997, No. 1401, §1; Acts 2007, No. 134, §1, eff. June 25, 2007; Acts 2009, No. 346, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2010; Acts 2015, No. 220, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 38:334.1 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§334.1. Revenue utilization; Atchafalaya Basin Levee District

RS 334.1 - Revenue utilization; Atchafalaya Basin Levee District  Nothing shall prohibit the Atchafalaya Basin Levee District from expending tax funds directly for tidal flood control projects within the Atchafalaya Basin Levee District.  Acts 1988, No. 687, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 38:334.2 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§334.2. Revenue utilization; Atchafalaya Basin Levee District

RS 334.2 - Revenue utilization; Atchafalaya Basin Levee District  A. Of the ad valorem taxes collected by the Atchafalaya Basin Levee District for property located in the parishes of Assumption, Ascension, Iberville, West Baton Rouge, Pointe Coupee, St. Mary, St. Martin, Iberia, St. Landry, and that portion of Terrebonne Parish which is outside the South Terrebonne Tidewater Management and Conservation District, not greater than fifty percent of each parish's collection may be used for levee construction, levee maintenance, and other flood control works necessary to help alleviate flooding within the parish or portion of Terrebonne Parish from which the taxes were collected. These expenditures may be in cash or in kind services.  B. The expenditure required in Subsection A of this Section shall be made only if and when the allocations or expenditures required by R.S. 38:331, R.S. 38:334 and R.S. 38:3327(E) are made.  Acts 1989, No. 816, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 38:334.3 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§334.3. Revenue utilization; St. Mary Levee District

RS 334.3 - Revenue utilization; St. Mary Levee District Nothing shall prohibit the St. Mary Levee District from expending tax funds directly for projects to provide for hurricane protection, tidewater flooding, saltwater intrusion, and conservation within St. Mary Parish, or pledging such funds for the payment of principal or interest on any bonds or other debt instruments issued by the district. Acts 2007, No. 259, §1, eff. July 1, 2007; Acts 2008, No. 220, §11, eff. June 14, 2008.
LA Rev Stat § 38:337 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§337. Validation of previous sales, leases or other dispositions; Orleans Levee District

RS 337 - Validation of previous sales, leases or other dispositions; Orleans Levee District  The sales, lease, or other disposition by the board of lands reclaimed or filled in or otherwise acquired by the board under the provisions of R.S. 38:307, R.S. 38:335, and R.S. 38:336 and under the provisions of Section 7 of Article XVI of the 1921 Constitution of Louisiana, and the sale and lease of land, and/or any improvements thereon, which is included within the area of any marina under the jurisdiction of the board or the land bordering the New Basin Canal acquired by the board from the Louisiana Department of Public Works by an act of sale dated December 18, 1964, heretofore made by the board are expressly exempted from the provisions of R.S. 41:131 through 41:139, R.S. 41:1211 through 41:1222, and R.S. 41:1261 through 41:1269, or any other provision of law contrary to or inconsistent with the terms, conditions, and methods heretofore provided and used by the board in such prior transactions by the board in the sale, lease, or other disposition of such lands. All such sales, leases, or other dispositions made by the board prior to the effective date of this Section are hereby ratified, validated, and confirmed and shall be deemed to bind the board and the other parties thereto according to the respective terms and conditions of the sales, leases, or other dispositions.  Acts 1985, No. 785, §1, eff. July 22, 1985.  {{NOTE: REGARDING R.S. 38:337, SEE ALSO R.S. 38:1235.2(F) AS PER ACTS 1985, NO. 130, §1, WHICH MAY BE CONFLICTING.}}
LA Rev Stat § 38:338 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§338. Construction, maintenance, and repairs of levees in Pontchartrain Levee District; supervision and control

RS 338 - Construction, maintenance, and repairs of levees in Pontchartrain Levee District; supervision and control  A. To insure more effectively the protection of the city of New Orleans from overflow, the board of commissioners of the Orleans Levee District may contribute, at its discretion, and on recommendation of its chief engineer, the amounts of money, at the times and on the terms, which the board may determine, towards the construction, maintenance, and repairs of the levees along the Mississippi River in the Pontchartrain Levee District below Bonnet Carre. This contribution shall not exceed the sum of fifty thousand dollars in any single year and shall not be used for the acquisition of property. B. Where money has been contributed under the provisions of this Chapter to the construction, maintenance, or repair of any levee, the money shall be expended solely when not less than a like amount is contributed by the Pontchartrain Levee District for the similar purpose, and the work shall be done under the supervision and control of the office of engineering. Acts 1985, No. 785, §1, eff. July 22, 1985; Acts 2012, No. 753, §5.
LA Rev Stat § 38:339 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§339. Repealed by Acts 1990, No. 763, §15.

RS 339 - Repealed by Acts 1990, No. 763, §15.
LA Rev Stat § 38:340 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§340. Joining with levee district in Arkansas for mutual protection; Tensas Basin Levee District

RS 340 - Joining with levee district in Arkansas for mutual protection; Tensas Basin Levee District  The board of commissioners of the Tensas Basin Levee District may join with any levee district embracing the counties of Chicot and Desha in the state of Arkansas for mutual protection. The Tensas Levee District shall make all attempts possible to eliminate their responsibility and cost in maintaining any levees outside the state of Louisiana, specifically in the state of Arkansas.  Acts 1985, No. 785, §1, eff. July 22, 1985.
LA Rev Stat § 38:341 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§341. Realignment of portion of Red River by Caddo Levee District

RS 341 - Realignment of portion of Red River by Caddo Levee District  The board of the district may utilize all powers and authority heretofore granted it to locate, construct, maintain, and protect a realignment of that portion of the Red River located in an area composed of Sections 2, 3, 4, 9, 10, 11, 14, 15, 16, 17, 20, 21, 22, and 23, Township 20 North, Range 14 West, and Sections 34 and 35, Township 21 North, Range 14 West, in Bossier and Caddo Parishes, Louisiana, and, in furtherance thereof, may additionally cause property located within the area described and outside the limits of any other levee district to be appropriated, expropriated, or otherwise acquired in the same manner and to the same extent as if the property were located wholly within the Caddo Levee District.  Acts 1985, No. 785, §1, eff. July 22, 1985.
LA Rev Stat § 38:344 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§344. Repealed by Acts 1997, No. 1116, §2.

RS 344 - Repealed by Acts 1997, No. 1116, §2.
LA Rev Stat § 38:345 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§345. Certain levee boards; ad valorem tax expenditures; Parish Transportation Fund expenditures

RS 345 - Certain levee boards; ad valorem tax expenditures; Parish Transportation Fund expenditures A. This Section shall apply to the Fifth Louisiana Levee District. B. The legislature may appropriate one million dollars in Fiscal Year 1997-1998 to such a levee district as provided for in Subsection A of this Section. C. The funds designated by this Section shall be retained in a separate account of the levee district to be expended solely for the purposes of levee construction, levee maintenance, and other flood control works necessary to help alleviate flooding within the district. D.(1) Any levee board of a levee district as provided for in this Section shall adopt a flood prevention plan which shall include reconstruction of the levee in conjunction with the United States Corps of Engineers and which shall require approval of the board for any expenditures of monies herein dedicated to flood control. (2) The flood prevention plan shall list all projects to be undertaken during each fiscal year which shall be based on anticipated revenues. (3) The board shall undertake a continuing study of the flood control needs of the district and shall provide a list of projects which may be reasonably anticipated to be undertaken in the following two years. Acts 1997, No. 736, §1; Acts 2011, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 5, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 38:351 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§351. Authority to expropriate and acquire property prior to judgment

RS 351 - Authority to expropriate and acquire property prior to judgment  Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, and in addition to the methods and procedures for acquisition or utilization of servitudes for levee and related purposes by levee districts and levee and drainage districts, whenever any levee district or levee and drainage district cannot appropriate or amicably acquire immovable property needed for levee purposes, including but not limited to flooding and hurricane protection purposes, or integrated coastal protection projects, the levee district or levee and drainage district may acquire the property by expropriation prior to judgment in accordance with the provisions of this Part. The method of expropriation provided by this Part shall be authorized for corporeal property and servitudes and for both riparian and nonriparian property. Acts 1985, No. 785, §1, eff. July 22, 1985; Acts 2008, No. 545, §2.
LA Rev Stat § 38:352 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§352. Petition for expropriation of property; contents; place of filing

RS 352 - Petition for expropriation of property; contents; place of filing  The rights of expropriation of property granted by this Part shall be exercised in the following manner:  (1) A petition shall be filed by the governing authority of the levee district or levee and drainage district in the district court of the parish in which the property to be expropriated is situated. Where the property to be expropriated extends into two or more parishes and the owner of the property resides in one of them, the petition shall be filed in the district court of the parish where the owner resides, but if the owner does not reside in any one of the parishes into which the property extends, the petition may be filed in any one of the parishes. In all such cases, the court wherein the petition is filed shall have jurisdiction to adjudicate as to all the property involved.  (2) The petition shall contain a statement of the purpose for which the property is to be expropriated describing the property necessary therefor and the reasons for the necessity, with a plan of the same, a description of the improvements thereon, if any, and the name of the owner, if known.  (3) The petition shall have annexed thereto the following:  (a) A certified copy of a resolution adopted by the governing authority of the levee district or levee and drainage district, with the concurrence of not less than two-thirds of a quorum, declaring that the expropriation is necessary or useful for the purposes of this Part.  (b) An itemized statement of the amount of money estimated to be the full extent of the owner's loss for the expropriation or the damage, or both, as the case may be. It shall be signed by those who made the estimate, showing the capacity in which they acted and the date on which it was made.  Acts 1985, No. 785, §1, eff. July 22, 1985.
LA Rev Stat § 38:353 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§353. Appointment of estimators; restrictions in selection

RS 353 - Appointment of estimators; restrictions in selection  The governing authority of the levee district or levee and drainage district shall select two or more persons to make the estimate, but two of them shall be appraisers or agents who are in the regular employ of the levee district or licensed realtors who are familiar with land values in the vicinity of the property to be taken.  Acts 1985, No. 785, §1, eff. July 22, 1985.
LA Rev Stat § 38:354 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§354. Prayer of petition; ex parte order of expropriation

RS 354 - Prayer of petition; ex parte order of expropriation  The petition shall conclude with a prayer that the property be declared expropriated for levee purposes. Upon presentation of the petition, the court shall issue an order directing that the amount of the estimate be deposited in the registry of the court and declaring that the property described in the petition has been expropriated for levee purposes at the time of the deposit.  Acts 1985, No. 785, §1, eff. July 22, 1985.
LA Rev Stat § 38:355 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§355. Vesting of title

RS 355 - Vesting of title  Upon the deposit of the amount of the estimate in the registry of the court, for the use and benefit of the persons entitled thereto, the clerk shall issue a receipt showing the amount deposited, the date it was deposited, the style and number of the cause, and the description of the property and property right as contained in the petition. Upon such deposit, title to the property and the property rights specified in the petition shall vest in the levee district, and the right to just and adequate compensation therefor shall vest in the persons entitled thereto.  Acts 1985, No. 785, §1, eff. July 22, 1985.
LA Rev Stat § 38:356 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§356. Notice to defendant

RS 356 - Notice to defendant  A. Upon receipt of the deposit, the clerk of court shall issue a notice to each defendant in the suit notifying him that the property described in the petition has been expropriated for levee purposes.  B. This notice, together with a certified copy of the order, the petition, and the clerk's receipt for the deposit shall be delivered by the clerk to the proper sheriff for service on each defendant in the manner provided for the service of citations.  Acts 1985, No. 785, §1, eff. July 22, 1985.
LA Rev Stat § 38:357 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§357. Contesting validity of expropriation; waiver of defenses

RS 357 - Contesting validity of expropriation; waiver of defenses  A. Any defendant desiring to contest the validity of the expropriation on the ground that the property was not expropriated for a public purpose may file a motion to dismiss the suit within ten days after the date on which the notice was served on him. He shall certify thereon that a copy thereof has been served personally or by mail on either the plaintiff or its attorney of record in the suit. This motion shall be tried contradictorily with the plaintiff to the judge alone and shall be decided prior to fixing the case for trial.  B. Failure to file the motion within the time provided constitutes a waiver of all defenses to the suit except claims for compensation.  Acts 1985, No. 785, §1, eff. July 22, 1985.
LA Rev Stat § 38:358 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§358. Right of possession; limitation by court

RS 358 - Right of possession; limitation by court  A. If there are no buildings located wholly or partially upon the property described in the petition, the levee district or levee and drainage district is entitled to enter upon and take possession of the property upon the deposit of the estimated compensation.  B. If any building is located wholly or partially upon the property described in the petition, the court may postpone the right of entry for any period not to exceed thirty days from the date on which the last of any parties defendant was served with the notice. However, the board of commissioners of the levee district or levee and drainage district in its discretion may request the court to order possession surrendered after a longer delay. The court may fix a reasonable rental to be paid to the levee district or levee and drainage district by a defendant in possession of the property for each day he remains in possession after the withdrawal of any part of the amount deposited.  Acts 1985, No. 785, §1, eff. July 22, 1985.
LA Rev Stat § 38:359 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§359. Withdrawal of amount deposited

RS 359 - Withdrawal of amount deposited  A. Upon the application of any party in interest and upon due notice to all parties, the court may order that the money deposited or any part thereof be paid forthwith to the person entitled thereto for or on account of the just and adequate compensation to be awarded in the proceedings.  B. The court may make such orders as shall be just and equitable to direct the payments of taxes, encumbrances, and other charges out of the money deposited.  Acts 1985, No. 785, §1, eff. July 22, 1985.
LA Rev Stat § 38:360 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§360. Defendant's answer; requirements; delay for filing

RS 360 - Defendant's answer; requirements; delay for filing  A. Where an entire lot, block, or tract of land is expropriated any defendant may apply for a trial to determine the measure of compensation to which he is entitled, provided:  (1) He files an answer within ninety days from the date he is served with the notice.  (2) His answer sets forth the amount he claims.  (3) His answer has a certificate thereon showing that a copy thereof has been served personally or by mail on all parties to the suit who have not joined in the answer.  B. Where a portion of a lot, block, or tract of land is expropriated, any defendant may apply for a trial to determine the measure of compensation to which he is entitled, provided:  (1) He files an answer within one year from the date he is notified in writing by the levee district or levee and drainage district that it has finally accepted the construction of the levee project for which the property was expropriated; however, he may file his answer prior to the date he is notified by the levee district.  (2) His answer sets forth the amount he claims, including the value of each parcel taken and the amount he claims as damages to the remainder of his property.  (3) His damage claim is reasonably itemized.  (4) His answer has a certificate thereon showing that a copy thereof has been served personally or by mail on all parties to the suit who have not joined in the answer.  Acts 1985, No. 785, §1, eff. July 22, 1985.
LA Rev Stat § 38:361 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§361. Fixing for trial; notice

RS 361 - Fixing for trial; notice  After the answer is filed either party may cause the matter to be fixed for trial in accordance with procedures established by the district courts not inconsistent with this Part, and the court shall issue an order fixing the time of the trial of the suit. The clerk of court shall thereupon issue to all parties a notice of the time fixed for the trial. This notice shall be served at least thirty days before the time fixed for the trial and in the manner provided by law for the service of citations.  Acts 1985, No. 785, §1, eff. July 22, 1985.
LA Rev Stat § 38:362 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§362. Right to trial by jury

RS 362 - Right to trial by jury  In a proceeding pursuant to this Part any party has the right to demand a trial by jury to determine just compensation.  Acts 1985, No. 785, §1, eff. July 22, 1985.
LA Rev Stat § 38:363 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§363. Time limit for demanding jury trial; waiver of demand for jury trial; limitations

RS 363 - Time limit for demanding jury trial; waiver of demand for jury trial; limitations  A. A defendant may demand a jury trial in his answer or by motion filed within the delays provided for the filing of his answer.  B. The levee district or levee and drainage district may demand jury trial by motion filed no later than fifteen days after an answer filed by a defendant.  C. For purposes of this Section, answers filed by attorneys appointed to represent absent or unknown defendants shall not cause these delays to begin to run unless that answer indicates that the appointed attorney has been retained or employed by the owner to assert and prosecute a claim in his behalf.  D. Once any party has timely demanded a jury trial, that demand is effective against and binding upon all parties to the suit and cannot thereafter be waived without the consent of all parties. With the consent of all parties, a demand for a jury trial may be waived at any time prior to the swearing of the jury.  Acts 1985, No. 785, §1, eff. July 22, 1985.