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LA Rev Stat § 38:3053 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§3053. Officers; compensation; meetings; local services agreement

RS 3053 - Officers; compensation; meetings; local services agreement  At the first meeting, Commission shall elect from among their members a president, vice-president and secretary. Members of the Commission shall serve without compensation or per diem. Meetings of the Commission shall be conducted in accordance with the public meetings law of Louisiana and in accordance with rules of procedure adopted by Commission. The official minute book and records of the Commission shall be subject to the public records act of Louisiana except that any drilling and production records deemed by the Commission to be of a confidential nature and provide1 District for its lawful purposes shall be exempted from this requirement. The treasurer and director of finance of the parish of East Baton Rouge shall serve as such fiscal officers of the Commission. A local services agreement or agreements under the authority of R.S. 33:1321 et seq. is hereby authorized to be entered into between the district, the parish of East Baton Rouge and the city of Baton Rouge. Such agreement may provide operating funds for purposes of the district. Commission shall incur no liability or obligation that cannot be paid by district from funds lawfully available to it.  Added by Acts 1970, No. 682, §3. 1As it appears in Acts 1970, No. 682 and in the original House Bill No. 1635.
LA Rev Stat § 38:3054 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§3054. Additional parish

RS 3054 - Additional parish  Limits of district may be extended to include one or more additional parishes affected by ground water resources common to East Baton Rouge Parish such additional parish or parishes are hereinafter referred to as "Additional Parish". No additional parish shall be included within district except upon approval thereof by the governing authority of additional parish and commission. Notice shall be given of a public hearing to be conducted by governing authority of additional parish in accordance with the requirements therefor as above required for creation of district hereunder. The action of governing authority approving inclusion of additional parish within district shall provide for appointment of two citizens and residents of additional parish to serve as members of commission.  Added by Acts 1970, No. 682, §4.
LA Rev Stat § 38:3055 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§3055. Cooperative agreements; information

RS 3055 - Cooperative agreements; information  Commission is authorized and empowered to make such inquiries as it may deem necessary for its purpose and may through committees or representatives of commission conduct meetings and enter into cooperative agreements with any agency, or subdivision of the State of Louisiana or the U.S. Government and commission may provide information and obtain information.  Added by Acts 1970, No. 682, §5.
LA Rev Stat § 38:3056 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§3056. Assistance; advisory subcommittees

RS 3056 - Assistance; advisory subcommittees  The director of public works and the parish attorney shall serve in an advisory capacity to the commission, subject to call by the commission. The office of parish clerk shall furnish such clerical assistance as may from time to time be required by the commission. The commission shall be, and is hereby authorized to appoint such advisory subcommittees as may be deemed appropriate for the purpose of working with the commission in the study of various phases of water supply, usage, ground water conditions and special reports of salt water encroachment.  Added by Acts 1970, No. 682, §6.
LA Rev Stat § 38:3057 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§3057. Technical assistance

RS 3057 - Technical assistance  In addition, and subject to the availability of funds, pursuant to a local services agreement between the commission and the parish of East Baton Rouge and the city of Baton Rouge, the commission may employ experts and consultants for such technical assistance as may be required or deemed necessary in order to secure appropriate facts and information and to make recommendations relevant to the preventive or remedial steps which may be required to protect existing ground water levels, the prevention of depletion and effects thereof, with particular emphasis on conditions detrimental to the ground water supply from salt water encroachment.  Added by Acts 1970, No. 682, §7.
LA Rev Stat § 38:3071 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§3071. Legislative finding; purpose

RS 3071 - Legislative finding; purpose  A. The orderly utilization of groundwater resources is hereby found and declared to be a matter of public interest.  B. It is the purpose of this part to provide for the efficient administration, conservation, orderly development and supplementation of groundwater resources by the establishment of a groundwater conservation district composed of the parishes of Ascension, East Baton Rouge, East Feliciana, Pointe Coupee, West Baton Rouge, and West Feliciana.  Added by Acts 1974, No. 678, §1; Acts 2019, No. 200, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 38:3072 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§3072. District and board; creation

RS 3072 - District and board; creation  A. There is hereby created the Capital Area Groundwater Conservation District, hereinafter called "district," which shall be a body politic and corporate and a political subdivision of the state of Louisiana and shall be composed of the parishes of Ascension, East Baton Rouge, East Feliciana, Pointe Coupee, West Baton Rouge, and West Feliciana.  B. There is hereby created a board of commissioners for the Capital Area Groundwater Conservation District who shall administer the affairs of the district. The membership of the board shall be as provided by R.S. 38:3074.  Added by Acts 1974, No. 678, §1. Amended by Acts 1976, No. 231, §1; Acts 2019, No. 200, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 38:3073 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§3073. Definitions

RS 3073 - Definitions  Unless the context otherwise requires, the following terms shall have the following meanings for purposes of this Part:    (1) "Beneficial purpose" or "beneficial use" means the use of groundwater for domestic, municipal, industrial, agricultural, recreational, or therapeutic purposes or any other advantageous use.  (2) "Board" means the board of commissioners of the district formed in accordance with this part.  (3) "Commissioner" means a commissioner of the district who has been appointed or elected in accordance with this part.  (4) "Department of Public Works" means the Department of Public Works of the city of Baton Rouge and parish of East Baton Rouge. (5) "District" means the groundwater conservation district formed in accordance with this part.  (6) "Governing body" means the police jury, commission, council, or other governing body of the parish.  (7) "Groundwater" is water suitable for any beneficial purpose percolating below the earth's surface.  (8) "Just and equitable share" of the groundwater underlying a tract within an area subject to an order limiting pumping rates means that portion of the recoverable groundwater within an aquifer which is to be apportioned to such tract on the basis of demonstrable geologic and hydrologic data taking into consideration the volume of groundwater in storage, the maximum perennial recharge potential, and any groundwater use priorities established by the board.  (9) "Mississippi River alluvial aquifer" occurs beneath the flood plain of the Mississippi River and includes the sand and gravel units of the Mississippi River alluvial valley deposits.  (10) "Person" means any individual, partnership, corporation, association, governmental board, commission, district, political subdivision, or public or private organization of any character, including any agency, corporation, and quasi-public corporation of the federal, state, municipal, or local government.  (11) "Premises" as used herein, means a tract or tracts of land, whether or not contiguous, operated by a single person and used principally for bona fide agricultural or horticultural purposes or the production of aquatic life for human consumption.  (12) "User" means any person who produces groundwater in the district for any beneficial use, in excess of fifty thousand gallons for any day during any calendar year from a well or wells owned or operated by such person or from a well or wells owned or operated solely for the production of water used by such person.  (13) "Well" or "water well" shall mean any well drilled or constructed for the principal purpose of producing groundwater.  Added by Acts 1974, No. 678, §1. Amended by Acts 1976, No. 231, §1; Acts 1980, No. 738, §1; Acts 2014, No. 795, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 38:3075 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§3075. Meetings; election of officers

RS 3075 - Meetings; election of officers  A. Immediately upon passage of this part, the nominations or appointments as appropriate shall commence. Within thirty days of the date of their appointment, the board of commissioners of the district shall meet, and it shall meet at its domicile no less than quarterly thereafter. At its organizational meeting the board shall: elect a chairman, vice-chairman, and treasurer; establish its domicile within the district; take nominations for the member to be nominated by the board; and it shall begin immediately formulation and consideration of a plan for the conservation of groundwater and where appropriate, prevention or alleviation of damaging or potentially damaging land surface subsidence and groundwater quality degradation. At its second meeting, the board shall nominate, from among the nominees presented at the first meeting, the member to be nominated by the board and shall immediately submit his name to the governor.  Added by Acts 1974, No. 678, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 38:3077 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§3077. Suits and failure to bring suit

RS 3077 - Suits and failure to bring suit  A. Whenever it appears that a person is violating or is threatening to violate any provision of this part or a rule, regulation, or order made hereunder, the board shall bring suit to restrain that person from continuing the violation or from carrying out the threat.  B. Venue shall be in the district court in the parish in which the board is domiciled.  C. In any such suit, the board may obtain injunctions, prohibitory and mandatory, including temporary restraining orders and preliminary injunctions as the facts warrant.  D. If the board fails to bring suit within ten days to restrain a violation of this part or any rule, regulation, or order issued hereunder, any person in interest adversely affected by the violation who has notified the board in writing of the violation or threat thereof and has requested the board to sue, may bring suit to prevent any or further violations, in the district court of the parish in which the board is domiciled. If the court holds that injunctive relief should be granted, the board shall be made a party and shall be substituted for the person who brought the suit, and the injunction shall be issued as if the board has at all times been the complaining party.  Added by Acts 1974, No. 678, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 38:3078 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§3078. Limiting rate of production; notice

RS 3078 - Limiting rate of production; notice  Any order limiting rates of production of groundwater, except emergency orders issued as hereinafter provided, shall be issued only after sixty days notice and a public hearing. The board shall give notice by registered mail to all users of groundwater reasonably known to it within the district within which pumping is to be limited. In addition, the board may give notice to such other individual landowners and well owners as it deems appropriate. However, the board shall also give notice by publication as hereinafter provided of the hearing on the prospective order.  Added by Acts 1974, No. 678, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 38:3079 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§3079. Pumping charges

RS 3079 - Pumping charges  A. The pumping charge assessed against each user of groundwater within the district shall be fixed annually upon at least thirty days notice to each user within the district known to the board and general notice by publication; however, the charges assessed against users of groundwater shall not be increased without a public hearing held for the purpose of fixing the pumping charges and opportunity for the submission of all pertinent data concerning total rates of consumption of groundwater within the district, estimated rates of consumption by users within the district, the costs and expenses which must be met during the coming year, costs and expenses which must be met by the pumping charge, and the manner in which the computation of the pumping charge is made. Any user within the district shall have the right to make a presentation by testimony and adduction of evidence and exhibits, and any other interested person shall have the right to be heard by making a personal statement of reasonable length. Any user intending to make a presentation at the hearing resulting in the assessment of pumping charges shall so advise the board at least five days in advance of the hearing and shall indicate the estimated time to be consumed by his presentation. When necessary, in its discretion, the board may limit the time allotted users for their presentations. Further, no pumping charge shall be made against the quantity of water pumped from wells screened in the Mississippi River alluvial aquifer, wells with a total depth of less than four hundred feet, wells used exclusively for bona fide agricultural or horticultural purposes, or wells not capable of producing fifty thousand gallons or more per day.  B. Pumping charges may be made payable by users monthly or on any other reasonable basis set by the board.  Added by Acts 1974, No. 678, §1. Amended by Acts 1976, No. 231, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 38:3081 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§3081. Court review and injunctive relief

RS 3081 - Court review and injunctive relief  A. Any aggrieved person of the district may, within thirty days after the adoption of any rule, regulation, order or taking of other action by the board, file suit in the district court in which the board is domiciled, to contest the said rule, regulation, order or other action taken. The court may affirm the decision of the board or remand the case for further proceedings. The court may reverse or modify the decision if substantial rights of the appellant have been prejudiced because the administrative findings, inferences, conclusions, or decisions are:  (1) In violation of constitutional or statutory provisions;  (2) In excess of the statutory authority of the board;  (3) Made upon lawful procedure;  (4) Affected by other error of law;  (5) Arbitrary or capricious or characterized by abuse of discretion or clearly unwarranted exercise of discretion; or  (6) Manifestly erroneous in view of the reliable, probative, and substantial evidence on the whole record. In the application of the rule, where the board has the opportunity to judge of the credibility of witnesses by firsthand observation of demeanor on the witness stand and the reviewing court does not, due regard shall be given to the board's determination of credibility issues.  On institution of any such suit, the court shall issue an order setting the matter for trial, as by summary process, and such suit shall be tried in term time, or in vacation, with the greatest possible dispatch. Pending a hearing, the court may grant a temporary restraining order suspending the action of the board upon a showing of immediate and irreparable injury in accordance with the provisions of Louisiana Code of Civil Procedure Article 3603.  Added by Acts 1974, No. 678, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 38:3082 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§3082. Falsification of documents to evade regulations; penalty

RS 3082 - Falsification of documents to evade regulations; penalty  A. No person shall for the purpose of evading this part, or any rule, regulation, or order made thereunder:  (1) Make or cause to be made any false entry or statement of fact in any report required to be made by this part or by any rule, regulation, or order made hereunder; or  (2) Make or cause to be made any false entry or omit an entry in an account, record, or memorandum kept by any person in connection with the provisions of this part or of any rule, regulation, or order made thereunder; or  (3) Remove out of the jurisdiction of the state, or destroy or mutilate, alter, or by any other means falsify any book, record or other paper, pertaining to the matters regulated by this part or by any rule, regulation, or order made thereunder.  B. Whoever violates this section shall be fined not more than five thousand dollars, or imprisoned not more than six months, or both.  Added by Acts 1974, No. 678, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 38:3083 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§3083. Violations; penalty; jurisdiction; attorney general to conduct suit; complicity

RS 3083 - Violations; penalty; jurisdiction; attorney general to conduct suit; complicity  A. Whoever knowingly and willfully violates a provision of this part or a rule, regulation, or order of the board made hereunder, shall be subject to a civil penalty of not more than one thousand dollars a day for each day of violation and for each act of violation, if a penalty for the violation is not otherwise provided in this part.  (1) The place of suit to recover this penalty shall be selected by the board, as may be appropriate, in the district court of the parish of the residence of any one of the defendants, or in the district court of the parish where the violation took place.  (2) Suit shall be at the direction of the board, and shall be instituted and conducted in its name by the attorney general or by the district attorney of the district under the direction of the attorney general.  Added by Acts 1974, No. 678, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 38:3084 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§3084. Aiding and abetting violation

RS 3084 - Aiding and abetting violation  Whoever knowingly and willfully aids or abets a person in the violation of a provision of this part, or any rule, regulation, or order made hereunder, shall be subject to the same penalties provided herein for the principal violator.  Added by Acts 1974, No. 678, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 38:3085.1 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§3085.1. Creation; purposes

RS 3085.1 - Creation; purposes  The Iatt Lake Water Conservation District, referred to in this Part as the "district," is continued with the territorial boundaries, organization, and functions provided for in this Part. The district shall be a body politic and corporate and a political subdivision of the state of Louisiana, composed of all of the territory of the parish of Grant, exclusive of the territory located within any municipality or waterworks district.  Added by Acts 1975, No. 28, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 38:3085.3 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§3085.3. Purposes

RS 3085.3 - Purposes  A. The general purpose for which the district is created is to make available an adequate fresh water supply for industrial and other consumption in the Grant Parish area, and the district may furnish fresh water to cities, towns, villages, industries, corporations, and persons both within and outside of the district.  B. The particular purposes of the district are:  (1) Preserve, store, control, conserve, utilize, and distribute the waters of the lakes, streams, and other bodies of water in the district.  (2) Prevent the pollution and blocking of such streams.  (3) Prevent contamination.  (4) Acquire, maintain, and operate facilities, including the construction of new ditches, channels, dams, and levees, and to do such work as may be necessary to the drainage of lands in the district.  (5) Prevent the escape of any such waters until employed to the maximum advantage of the public generally in aiding the development of agriculture, commerce, and industries, and in insuring a fair and just distribution of all of the waters for all of the people of the area for the accomplishment of the district's purposes.  C. The state Department of Public Works shall cooperate with the board insofar as is practicable in the furnishing of information and advice for the accomplishment of the district's purposes.  Added by Acts 1975, No. 28, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 38:3085.6 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§3085.6. Bonds; contest of legality

RS 3085.6 - Bonds; contest of legality  For a period of thirty days after the date of publication of the resolution authorizing the issuance of bonds hereunder, any persons in interest shall have the right to contest the legality of the resolution and the legality of the bond issue for any cause. After this time no one shall have any cause or right of action to contest the legality of the resolution or of the bonds authorized thereby for any cause whatsoever. If no suit, action, or proceeding is begun contesting the validity of the bond issue within this thirty day period, the authority to issue the bonds and to provide for their security and payment in the matter provided in the resolution, the legality thereof and of all of the provisions of the resolution authorizing the issuance of the bonds shall be conclusively presumed, and no court shall have authority to inquire into such matters.  Added by Acts 1975, No. 28, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 38:3085.7 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§3085.7. Bonds; investment; taxes

RS 3085.7 - Bonds; investment; taxes  All bonds issued under the provisions of this Part shall constitute negotiable instruments within the meaning of the law of this state relating to commercial paper. Savings banks, insurance companies, homestead associations, trustees, and other fiduciaries may invest the funds in their hands in bonds of the district, and the bonds shall constitute legal investment for such funds. The district shall not be liable for money paid for beneficiaries, minors, wards, or interdicted persons to their trustees, tutors, or curators on account of such bonds. The bonds may be used for deposit with any officer, board, municipality, or other political subdivision of the state in any case in which deposits or security is required by law.  Added by Acts 1975, No. 28, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 38:3085.8 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§3085.8. Taxes

RS 3085.8 - Taxes  The board does not have authority to levy taxes of any kind.  Added by Acts 1975, No. 28, §1.