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LA Rev Stat § 38:3086.1 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§3086.1. Creation; purposes

RS 3086.1 - Creation; purposes  There is hereby created a body politic and corporate, to be known as the Teche-Vermilion Fresh Water District (hereinafter referred to as "District"), for the purpose of establishing, maintaining and protecting a fresh water supply in Bayou Teche and the Vermilion River in the parishes constituting the district for the benefit of the area comprising the district and the residents thereof.  Acts 1969, No. 41, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 38:3086.2 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§3086.2. Location; composition; additions

RS 3086.2 - Location; composition; additions  The territory comprised within said district shall consist of the parishes of Iberia, Lafayette, St. Martin and Vermilion. Additional parishes may be added to the district by resolutions duly adopted by the police jury of each parish then included in the district, upon receipt by each of said police juries of a resolution adopted by the police jury requesting inclusion of its parish in the district. The effective date of the inclusion of an additional parish within the district shall be the date on which the appropriate resolution is adopted by the last police jury granting such inclusion.  Acts 1969, No. 41, §2.
LA Rev Stat § 38:3086.4 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§3086.4. Board of commissioners; domicile; powers; bonds and taxes; bonding of treasurer

RS 3086.4 - Board of commissioners; domicile; powers; bonds and taxes; bonding of treasurer  The domicile of said board shall be at Lafayette, Louisiana. The district herein created shall have the power to sue and be sued, through its board of commissioners, and service of process in any such suit against said district shall be made upon the chairman of the board, the vice-chairman or upon the secretary-treasurer, but this provision shall not constitute a waiver of the governmental immunity to which the district is entitled. The district shall have authority to incur debt, issue bonds and levy taxes for the retirement of same, under the provisions of Article XIV, Section 14, including but not by way of limitation, Paragraph (a) thereof, of the Constitution of Louisiana, and to levy special taxes under the provisions of Article X, Section 10 thereof, in accordance with the provisions of law carrying these articles into effect and particularly the provisions of the pertinent sections of Title 39 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950 providing for an election. Ad valorem taxes so levied shall be assessed and collected in the same manner as state and parish taxes. The treasurer shall be bonded in such sum as the board may require, the premium on said bond to be paid by the district.  Acts 1969, No. 41, §4.
LA Rev Stat § 38:3086.5 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§3086.5. Powers

RS 3086.5 - Powers  The district shall have the power to buy and sell; to own, maintain and operate property within and without the district; to acquire servitudes and rights-of-way within and without the district; to grant and fulfill assurances of local participation in connection with any federal project; to negotiate and execute contracts; to expropriate, if necessary, in the manner prescribed by Louisiana law the rights-of-way required to construct the project set forth in House Document No. 524, 89th Congress, 2d Session, Teche-Vermilion Basin, Louisiana and authorized by the Flood Control Act of 1966. The power of expropriation vested in the Board of Commissioners of the Teche-Vermilion Fresh Water District is hereby restricted to the acquisition of the rights-of-way specified in the aforementioned Act of Congress and document. Nothing in this Act shall be construed as impairing the right and authority of municipalities as defined by the constitution, including police juries of the several parishes involved, to create and maintain and operate waterworks districts and sub-waterworks districts as is presently provided for in Sections 3811 through 3821, both inclusive, of Title 33 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950 under the provisions of Article XIV, Section 14 of the Constitution of 1921, or as may be hereafter provided by the legislature under said Article or under any amendment to the Constitution of 1921 which may be hereafter adopted. The district is authorized to cooperate with the state of Louisiana and/or any agency or political subdivision thereof and/or the United States government and any of its agencies on any basis which the district shall deem advisable in the establishment, construction, operation and maintenance of the fresh water system herein provided for, including but not by way of limitation the joint or separate construction, ownership, operation or maintenance of pump facilities, pipe lines, floodgates, water conveyors and other devices, equipment and property and to accept gifts or contributions of any nature from the state of Louisiana or the United States or any agency or political subdivision thereof, or any private or corporate individual.  Acts 1969, No. 41, §5. Amended by Acts 1972, No. 465, §2.
LA Rev Stat § 38:3086.6 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§3086.6. Engineering services by Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority

RS 3086.6 - Engineering services by Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority The Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority Board is authorized and directed to provide such engineering assistance, advice and supervision and shall provide such reports, investigations, surveys, plans and specifications as the board of commissioners may require. It shall be the duty of the Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority Board to provide an appropriate representative to attend meetings of the board of commissioners when attendance is requested by the board. Acts 1969, No. 41, §6; Acts 2012, No. 464, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 38:3086.21 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§3086.21. Creation; purposes; definitions; jurisdiction

RS 3086.21 - Creation; purposes; definitions; jurisdiction  A. There is hereby created a body politic and corporate to be known as Bayou Lafourche Fresh Water District, for the purpose of furnishing fresh water from any available fresh water source, including any ground water and surface water sources to the water purification facilities serving the incorporated villages, towns, and cities along Bayou Lafourche and within or adjacent to the boundaries of the district, as provided in this Part.  B. As used in this Part, the following terms and phrases shall have the following meanings, unless the context requires otherwise:  (1) "Board" means the board of commissioners of the Bayou Lafourche Fresh Water District.  (2) "District" means the Bayou Lafourche Fresh Water District.  (3) "Watercraft" means anything used or designated for navigation on water.  (4) "Waterway" means Bayou Lafourche or any navigable bayou or river, or portion thereof, located within the geographical boundaries of the district.  Acts 2003, No. 187, §1; Acts 2015, No. 34, §1, eff. May 29, 2015.
LA Rev Stat § 38:3086.22 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§3086.22. Location; composition

RS 3086.22 - Location; composition  A. The Bayou Lafourche Fresh Water District shall be composed of all of Lafourche Parish, except that portion of the parish having a front of two hundred feet on Bayou Des Allemands and running back westerly a distance of thirty-eight thousand six hundred ninety-five feet, being one hundred feet on each side of the center line of the main line track of the Texas and New Orleans Railroad; that portion of Ascension Parish lying along both banks of Bayou Lafourche between the Mississippi River and the boundary line between the parishes of Assumption and Ascension, and within lines drawn on each side of the bayou for a distance of four thousand two hundred feet from the center of the bayou, as established by government survey; and all of Assumption Parish and Terrebonne Parish.  B. The northern boundary line of the district shall be the toe of the main Mississippi River levee divorcing the waters of Bayou Lafourche from the Mississippi River, on the river side of the levee as now located, and the southern boundary of the district shall be the southern boundary of Lafourche Parish.  C. All property subject to taxation within the district as hereby constituted shall be subject to the levy of the special taxes heretofore authorized for the maintenance and operating expenses of the district and for the payment of the outstanding bonds of the district.  Acts 2003, No. 187, §1; Acts 2005, No. 2, §1. NOTE: See Acts 2005, No. 2, §2, relative to implementation.
LA Rev Stat § 38:3086.25 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§3086.25. Bayou Lafourche; fresh water maintenance

RS 3086.25 - Bayou Lafourche; fresh water maintenance The purpose of this Part is to make it possible for the fresh water district which is hereby created to provide and maintain in Bayou Lafourche a source of fresh water supply from Donaldsonville to the Gulf of Mexico and that nothing in this Part is to be construed as impairing the right and authority of the municipalities as defined by the constitution, including police juries of the several parishes involved, to create and maintain and operate waterworks districts and sub-waterworks districts as is presently provided for in R.S. 33:3811 through 3832, or as may be hereafter provided by law. Any waterworks district or sub-waterworks district so created shall not be permitted to take its supply of water from the Bayou Lafourche Fresh Water District herein created except after adequate compensation paid therefor to the Bayou Lafourche Fresh Water District in accordance with the rates prescribed by the governing authority of the district under the powers herein conferred, which rates shall be equal and uniform for all municipalities and industries purchasing such water within the district. Acts 2003, No. 187, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 38:3086.26 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§3086.26. Engineering services by Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority

RS 3086.26 - Engineering services by Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority The Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority Board is authorized and directed to provide such engineering assistance, advice, and supervision and shall provide such requests, investigations, surveys, plans, and specifications as the board of commissioners may require. It shall be the duty of the Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority Board to provide an appropriate representative to attend meetings of the board of commissioners when such attendance is requested by the board. The board of commissioners may hire employees and fix their compensation and terms of employment as the board may determine to be necessary in order to carry out the purposes of this Part. Acts 2003, No. 187, §1; Acts 2012, No. 495, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 38:3086.27 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§3086.27. Board of commissioners; fresh water district

RS 3086.27 - Board of commissioners; fresh water district A. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, each member of the board of commissioners of a multi-parish fresh water district from any parish with a population of not greater than twenty-three thousand seven hundred persons and not fewer than twenty-three thousand one hundred persons according to the most recent federal decennial census shall be appointed by the governor. B. Appointments made pursuant to the provisions of this Section shall be from a list of names submitted to the governor by the governing authority of each parish. Each list shall contain twice the number of names as the number of appointments to the board from that parish. Acts 2011, No. 241, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 38:3087.1 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§3087.1. Creation

RS 3087.1 - Creation  There is hereby created a recreation and water conservation district to be known as the "Poverty Point Reservoir District". Acts 1992, No. 888, §2, eff. July 8, 1992. NOTE: SEE R.S. 36:511, AS ENACTED BY ACTS 1998, 1ST EX. SESS., NO. 144, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 38:3087.2 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§3087.2. Location

RS 3087.2 - Location  The district shall be comprised of the area north of Delhi and south of the Warden community between the eastern edge of the Macon ridge and the west bank of Bayou Macon.  Acts 1992, No. 888, §2, eff. July 8, 1992.
LA Rev Stat § 38:3087.3 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§3087.3. District as political subdivision and body corporate; purpose and powers

RS 3087.3 - District as political subdivision and body corporate; purpose and powers  A. The district so created shall be a political subdivision of the state of Louisiana which shall have for its purpose the development of the wealth and natural resources of the district by the conservation of soil and water for agricultural, recreational, commercial, industrial, and sanitary purposes. The creation and maintenance of a lake within the district shall be for such purposes.  B. It shall constitute a body corporate in law with all powers, rights, privileges, and immunities of a corporation. It shall have the power to sue and be sued, to buy and sell, to levy taxes, to negotiate and execute contracts, and to incur debts and issue negotiable bonds in payment thereof under and in accordance with existing laws. It shall have the authority to acquire by purchase, donation, expropriation, or otherwise every type and specie of property, including servitudes and rights of use, necessary to its purpose, and to lease, build, operate, and maintain any works or machinery designed to accomplish the purposes of the district.  C. It shall have complete control over the supply of fresh water made available by its facilities which shall be administered for the benefit of the persons residing or owning property within the district, and if it should be for the benefit of the district it shall have the authority to sell such water for irrigation, municipal, and industrial uses both within and outside the district.  D. The district shall constitute an agency of the state of Louisiana designed to carry out an essential governmental function of the state, all of the property of which district shall be exempt from state and local sales and use taxation. It shall have the authority to cooperate and contract with the government of the United States or any department or agency thereof and to accept grants and donations of property and money therefrom. It shall have the authority to cooperate with the state of Louisiana or any political subdivision, department, agency, or corporation of the state for the construction, operation, and maintenance of facilities designed to accomplish the purpose for which the district is created on any basis including the matching of funds and by participating in projects authorized by any federal or state law as it shall see fit.  Acts 1992, No. 888, §2, eff. July 8, 1992.
LA Rev Stat § 38:3087.4 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§3087.4. Board of commissioners, appointment; tenure; vacancies; compensation

RS 3087.4 - Board of commissioners, appointment; tenure; vacancies; compensation  A. The district shall be governed and controlled by a board of ten commissioners, each of whom shall be a qualified elector of the state of Louisiana who resides within the limits of Richland, Madison, West Carroll, and East Carroll parishes. The members of the board of commissioners shall be appointed by the governor as follows:  (1) One member shall be appointed from a list of nominees submitted by the governing authority of Richland Parish.  (2) One member shall be appointed from a list of nominees submitted by the governing authority of Madison Parish.  (3) One member shall be appointed from a list of nominees submitted by the governing authority of West Carroll Parish.  (4) One member shall be appointed from a list of nominees submitted by the governing authority of East Carroll Parish.  (5) Six members shall be appointed at the discretion of the governor, two of whom shall be minorities.  B. Initial appointments shall be made for staggered terms as specified herein and at the termination of these initial terms of office, each term of office shall be for six years. Initial terms shall be as follows as designated by the governor:  (1) Two members, consisting of two appointments from names submitted by the governing authorities, shall be appointed for two-year terms.  (2) Two members, consisting of two appointments from names submitted by the governing authorities, shall be appointed for four-year terms.  (3) Six members, consisting of six appointments at the discretion of the governor, shall be appointed for six-year terms.  C. Any vacancy which occurs prior to the expiration of the term for which a member of the board of commissioners has been appointed shall be filled by the governor for the unexpired term.  D. Members of the board of commissioners shall receive no compensation for their services.  Acts 1992, No. 888, §2, eff. July 8, 1992; Acts 1993, No. 890, §2; Acts 2018, No. 226, §1, eff. May 15, 2018.
LA Rev Stat § 38:3087.5 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§3087.5. Oaths

RS 3087.5 - Oaths  Before entering upon his official duties each member of the board of commissioners shall take an oath, before an officer authorized by law to administer an oath, that he will faithfully, honestly, and impartially perform his duties.  Acts 1992, No. 888, §2, eff. July 8, 1992.
LA Rev Stat § 38:3087.6 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§3087.6. Election of officers; record book

RS 3087.6 - Election of officers; record book  Immediately after the members of the board of commissioners have been appointed by the governor, or as soon thereafter as is practicable, they shall meet and organize by electing from their number a president, vice president, and secretary who shall perform the duties normally required of such officers. The board shall also select the name by which any lake in the district is to be known and cause it to be recorded in a bound book which shall also be the depository of the minutes and proceedings of the board, certificates, oaths of commissioners, and any and all corporate acts of the board. This book shall be in the custody of the secretary of the board and shall be open for public inspection at all reasonable times.  Acts 1992, No. 888, §2, eff. July 8, 1992.
LA Rev Stat § 38:3087.8 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§3087.8. Rules and regulations

RS 3087.8 - Rules and regulations  In order to accomplish the purposes of the district to protect the works, improvements, and property of the district, both immovable and movable, 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 by solid or liquid or substance 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, fences, including fences for the control of livestock or other works in, along, or across any channel or extending into the reservoir.  (3) To prescribe the manner in which natural or artificial drains, 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 for disposal of waste.  (4) To prescribe the permissible uses of the water supply, provided by the impoundments constructed, and to prevent the pollution or unnecessary waste of such water supply.  (5) 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), (7) REPEALED BY ACTS 1993, NO. 830, §2.  Acts 1992, No. 888, §2, eff. July 8, 1992; Acts 1993, No. 830, §2.
LA Rev Stat § 38:3087.10 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§3087.10. Supervision by Department of Transportation and Development

RS 3087.10 - Supervision by Department of Transportation and Development  All of the powers and duties relative to construction and letting of contracts for construction required to be advertised by R.S. 38:2211 and 2212 conferred upon the district shall be subject to and exercised under the supervisory control of the Department of Transportation and Development of the state of Louisiana, which department shall furnish to the district such engineering services as it shall require and may cooperate with the district in the construction of any work or facility considered necessary by the district and said department to the purposes of the district.  Acts 1992, No. 888, §2, eff. July 8, 1992.
LA Rev Stat § 38:3087.11 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§3087.11. Contracts let by board; bond

RS 3087.11 - Contracts let by board; bond  Any and all contracts of the district shall be let by the board of commissioners under the provisions of the Public Bid Law, R.S. 38:2181 et seq. Acts 1992, No. 888, §2, eff. July 8, 1992.
LA Rev Stat § 38:3087.12 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§3087.12. Mineral rights

RS 3087.12 - Mineral rights  Whenever it shall become necessary for the district or the Department of Transportation and Development, to acquire full ownership of any land for the purpose of constructing any work or facility within the district, the owner thereof in his own behalf or in behalf of his assigns in the event of a prior assignment may retain the mineral rights to such property together with the right to grant mineral leases and servitudes thereon. No form of prescription shall divest such owner or his assigns of these rights so long as the district, the department, or some other department or agency of the state retains the ownership of the property, but should ownership pass into private hands, the prescription of nonuse provided by R.S. 31:27 shall apply as in the usual case.  Acts 1992, No. 888, §2, eff. July 8, 1992.