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2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements › §38:319. Emergency procedures manual

RS 38:319 - Emergency procedures manual
Each board of commissioners of each levee district and levee and drainage district shall prepare a written procedures manual to be used during periods of emergency to facilitate the immediate and orderly actions of each board during an emergency. The manual shall initially be completed by December 1, 1985, and shall be updated every two years and submitted to the office of engineering, or its successor, and the Joint Legislative Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works and the House Committee on Natural Resources and Environment and the Senate Committee on Natural Resources for review.
Acts 1985, No. 785, §1, eff. July 22, 1985; Acts 2012, No. 601, §1, eff. June 7, 2012; Acts 2012, No. 753, §5.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements › §38:320. Sale or lease of land; compliance with bid laws

RS 38:320 - Sale or lease of land; compliance with bid laws
When any levee board or levee and drainage board desires to sell or lease any lands which it owns, the board shall comply with the advertising and bid requirements contained in R.S. 41:131 et seq., R.S. 41:1212 et seq., or R.S. 41:1261 et seq., provided the aforesaid Sections do not preclude compliance with any federal contract or grant agreement or any federal laws, rules, or regulations within the area of any airport. However, any levee board or levee and drainage board may execute a campsite lease of not over three years on lands owned, or which may hereafter be acquired, for a cash consideration and under the terms and conditions which the board of commissioners of the levee districts or levee and drainage districts may deem best. All such leases shall be subordinate to any lease hereafter made of the lands for oil, gas, and mineral development. A further exception to the provisions of this Section and R.S. 38:302 shall be for those leases for hunting, trapping, and fishing leases not exceeding ten years and except when leasing those lands located within, in, or when it is a part of a marina used for boat mooring facilities when the terms do not exceed fifty-five years or when leasing airport facilities to a fixed base operator, bulk fuel facilities, and airport hangars when the term does not exceed fifty-five years.
Acts 1985, No. 785, §1, eff. July 22, 1985.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements › §38:321. Letting of contracts

RS 38:321 - Letting of contracts
All boards of commissioners of levee districts and levee and drainage districts shall conduct the business of the districts in accordance with the provisions of R.S. 38:2211 et seq.
Acts 1985, No. 785, §1, eff. July 22, 1985.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements › §38:321.1. Additional procurement methods; state of Louisiana and political subdivisions of the state

RS 38:321.1 - Additional procurement methods; state of Louisiana and political subdivisions of the state
A. In addition to the procurement methods available to all political subdivisions, as an alternate cost-effective means of acquiring materials, supplies, vehicles, and equipment, the state of Louisiana and any levee district, levee drainage district, municipality, parish, or other political subdivision of the state may purchase these items through an existing public contract of another political subdivision within one year of the opening of bids, provided that the following conditions are met:
(1) The contract was bid in compliance with R.S. 38:2211 et seq.
(2) The total purchases on the contract do not exceed two times what was purchased by the political subdivision bidding the contract.
(3) The written consent of the political subdivision which bid the contract is obtained, as well as the contract number, and if applicable, the resolution accepting the contract.
(4) The vendor agrees to the additional purchase.
(5) The vendor, product, materials, supplies, vehicles, or equipment are identical to those specified in the existing public contract of the other political subdivision, and the price is the same as the original contract price.
B. The state of Louisiana and any levee district, levee drainage district, municipality, parish, or other political subdivision of the state may rely on a certificate of the political subdivision that the contract was bid in compliance with state law.
C. A state agency or any local government agency may rely on a certificate of the office of state procurement that the contract bid is also in compliance with Title 39 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, and has been adopted as a statewide cooperative contract pursuant to the cooperative purchase provisions of R.S. 39:1702 et seq.
Acts 2011, No. 371, §1; Acts 2016, No. 510, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements › §38:322. Annual audit; report

RS 38:322 - Annual audit; report
The legislative auditor or a certified public accountant shall conduct a biennial audit of each levee board and levee and drainage board pursuant to R.S. 24:513(A) and shall issue and distribute all audit reports pursuant to R.S. 24:516(A). However, at the request by such a board, there shall be an annual audit.
Acts 1985, No. 785, §1, eff. July 22, 1985; Acts 1986, No. 130, §1.
{{NOTE: REGARDING R.S. 38:322, SEE ALSO R.S. 38:1114(D) AS PER ACTS 1985, NO. 466, §2, WHICH MAY BE CONFLICTING.}}
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements › §38:323. Maintenance of records of general fixed assets

RS 38:323 - Maintenance of records of general fixed assets
Each levee board and levee and drainage board shall maintain records of all land, buildings, improvements other than buildings, equipment, and any other general fixed assets which were purchased or otherwise acquired and for which such entity is accountable. The records shall include information as to the date of purchase of such property or equipment, the initial cost, the disposition, if any, the purpose of such disposition, and the recipient of the property or equipment disposed of. When ascertaining the exact cost, exact selling price, or any other relevant information on property or equipment obtained prior to January 1, 1980, creates a hardship on the agency involved, such agency may provide estimates of the information which cannot be ascertained. The records shall be made available to the legislative auditor at the time of examination and audit of the public entity or at any such time as the legislative auditor requests that copies of such records be furnished. The records shall not include office supplies and shall be used as one of the criteria in determining the rating which the entity being audited will be given. The provisions of this Section shall become effective June 30, 1986.
Acts 1985, No. 785, §1, eff. July 22, 1985.
{{NOTE: REGARDING R.S. 38:323, SEE ALSO R.S. 38:1114(D) AS PER ACTS 1985, NO. 466, §2, WHICH MAY BE CONFLICTING.}}
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements › §38:324. Protection of obligations

RS 38:324 - Protection of obligations
This Chapter is in no way and to no extent intended to nor shall it be construed in any manner which will impair the contractual or other obligations of any levee board or levee and drainage board of the state of Louisiana.
Acts 1985, No. 785, §1, eff. July 22, 1985.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements › §38:325. Scope of activities

RS 38:325 - Scope of activities
A. Levee boards shall engage in any activities related directly to:
(1) Flood protection.
(2) Construction and maintenance of levees.
(3) Construction of recreational facilities which are located on or immediately adjacent to levees, except the Orleans Levee District shall not be limited to the construction of recreational facilities located on or immediately adjacent to levees.
(4) Maintaining, updating, renovating, or modernizing existing recreational and other facilities owned by the district.
(5) Cooperative activities with other public bodies for public purposes.
B. Levee and drainage boards, in addition to those activities provided for levee boards, shall engage in any activities related directly to drainage.
C.(1) The contents of this Chapter notwithstanding, nothing shall preclude the construction of improvements and facilities, public or private, within an airport area to provide activities, businesses, and additionally any other revenue-generating functions which can be dedicated to public use and self-sufficiency of the enterprise as an entity.
(2) However, nothing in this Chapter shall be construed to in any way limit, restrict, inhibit, or alter the full and exclusive right, jurisdiction, power, and authority of the Orleans Levee District as granted in R.S. 38:307, 335, and 336 or of the Lafourche Basin Levee District as granted in R.S. 38:334.
(3) Nothing contained herein shall be construed to limit, alter, or repeal the requirement that certain lands under the jurisdiction of the Orleans Levee District be utilized for public parks, playgrounds, and beach purposes.
(4) Nothing contained in this Chapter shall be construed to limit or prohibit the construction with federal matching funds of recreational facilities which are part of a federally approved flood control program situated south from Donaldsonville to the Gulf of Mexico, within the Lafourche Basin Levee District.
Acts 1985, No. 785, §1, eff. July 22, 1985; Acts 1996, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 13, §1; Acts 2004, No. 310, §1, eff. June 18, 2004.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements › §38:326. Authority of levee district and levee and drainage district police officers; annual expenditure

RS 38:326 - Authority of levee district and levee and drainage district police officers; annual expenditure
A.(1)(a) Any levee district or levee and drainage district may, at the discretion of its boards of commissioners, employ one or more persons as levee district or levee and drainage district police officers. Those persons who are designated levee district or levee and drainage district police officers in accordance with this Section are responsible for maintaining order and exercising general police power on and off the levees, within the area of the levee district or levee and drainage district, and upon its surrounding waters.
(b) Each such person named as a police officer by the president of the levee district or levee and drainage district shall be commissioned as a peace officer by the Department of Public Safety and Corrections in accordance with the provisions of R.S. 40:1379.1. Such commission shall remain in force and effect at the pleasure of the president of the levee district or levee and drainage district and the Department of Public Safety and Corrections subject to applicable civil service regulations.
(2) These police officers shall have the right to exercise the power of arrest as peace officers, according to law, within the area of their jurisdiction as provided herein.
(3) Each such police officer shall execute a bond in the amount of ten thousand dollars in the favor of the state of Louisiana for the faithful performance of his duties. The premium on the bond shall be paid by the levee district or levee and drainage district. Additionally, each board shall obtain police liability insurance in an amount appropriate to each individual district.
(4) The provisions of this Section shall not entitle any such police officer to state supplemental pay.
B. Any person arrested by a levee district or levee and drainage district police officer in the exercise of his powers shall be immediately transferred by such officer to the custody of the sheriff or city police within whose jurisdiction the arrest occurs.
C. No person may be commissioned as a levee district or levee and drainage district police officer unless prior to such commissioning the person has, as a minimum requirement, completed a training program and received certification as a peace officer by the Louisiana Council on Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST Council).
D. All levee board or levee and drainage board police forces existing on the effective date of this Section may remain in effect and shall retain the general powers, duties, functions, and authorities in effect at that time.
Acts 1985, No. 785, §1, eff. July 22, 1985; Acts 2010, No. 332, §1.
{NOTE: REGARDING R.S. 38:326, SEE ALSO R.S. 38:1044 AND 1076.1 AS PER ACTS 1985, NOS. 771 AND 1000, WHICH MAY BE CONFLICTING.}
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements › §38:326.2. Authority of Lake Borgne Basin Levee District police officer

RS 38:326.2 - Authority of Lake Borgne Basin Levee District police officer
A. Those persons who are designated Lake Borgne Basin Levee District police officers in accordance with this Section are responsible for maintaining order and exercising general police power on and off the levees within the area of the Lake Borgne Basin Levee District and upon its surrounding waters. Each such person named as a police officer by the president of the Lake Borgne Basin Levee District shall be commissioned as a peace officer by the Department of Public Safety and Corrections. Such commission shall remain in force and effect at the pleasure of the president of the Lake Borgne Basin Levee District and the Department of Public Safety and Corrections. These police officers shall have the right to exercise the power of arrest as peace officers, according to law, within the area of their jurisdiction as provided herein. Each such police officer shall execute a bond in the amount of three hundred thousand dollars in the favor of the state of Louisiana for the faithful performance of his duties. The premium on the bond shall be paid by the levee district. Additionally, the board shall obtain police liability insurance in an amount appropriate to the district. Any other provisions of this Section to the contrary notwithstanding, this classification shall not entitle such persons to state supplemental pay.
B. Any person arrested by a Lake Borgne Basin Levee District police officer, in the exercise of the power hereinabove granted, shall be immediately transferred by such officer to the custody of the sheriff or city police within whose jurisdiction the arrest occurs.
C. No person except a commissioner shall be commissioned as a Lake Borgne Basin Levee District police officer, unless prior to such commissioning the person has, as a minimum requirement, completed and graduated from the six-week program of basic law enforcement training at Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College or possesses equivalent training and experience.
D. Any Lake Borgne Basin Levee District police officer shall have authority to act in an undercover capacity if engaging in intelligence gathering activity or investigating a crime committed upon or within sight of the levees within the Lake Borgne Basin Levee District.
Acts 1985, No. 1000, §1.
{{NOTE: SEE ALSO R.S. 38:1076 AS PER ACTS 1985, NO. 1000, §1.}}
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements › §38:326.4. Lafourche Basin Levee District; executive director; assistant executive director; duties

RS 38:326.4 - Lafourche Basin Levee District; executive director; assistant executive director; duties
A. The positions of executive director and assistant executive director of the board of commissioners of the Lafourche Basin Levee District are hereby created. The executive director and assistant executive director shall be appointed by the board. The executive director, on behalf of and as authorized or directed by the board, shall administer the affairs of the district. The assistant executive director shall assist the executive director in all of his functions and duties as deemed necessary by the executive director.
B. The positions of executive director and assistant executive director shall be filled by the board before February 1, 2015, if not currently filled by administrative rule of the board.
C. Neither the executive director nor the assistant executive director shall be a member of the board. The executive director and assistant executive director shall each be a full-time unclassified employee of the board who shall be paid compensation in an amount to be determined by the board which shall be comparable to like positions with levee districts throughout the state.
Acts 2014, No. 858, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements › §38:327. Lake Borgne Basin Levee District Board of Commissioners; powers and duties

RS 38:327 - Lake Borgne Basin Levee District Board of Commissioners; powers and duties
A. The management and control of the district shall be vested in the board of commissioners of the Lake Borgne Basin Levee District. In addition to any other powers and duties provided by law, the board shall have the authority to establish adequate drainage, flood control, and water resources development, including but not limited to construction of reservoirs, diversion canals, gravity and pump drainage systems, erosion control measures, marsh management, and other flood control works as they relate to tidewater flooding, hurricane protection, and saltwater intrusion.
B. The board may enter into contracts and agreements of any nature for the purposes of this Chapter with any person or persons, corporation, association, or other entity, including public corporations, port authorities, the state and agencies thereof, levee districts, parishes, other political subdivisions, the United States government and agencies thereof, or any combination thereof, or with instrumentalities of any kind to carry out the purposes of and the powers granted in this Chapter.
C. The board may enter into contracts or other agreements with any person or entity concerning the providing of lands, servitudes, rights-of-way, and relocations, and may engage jointly in the exercise of any power to include the construction, operation, and maintenance of any facilities and improvements for the purpose of the projects under this Chapter.
D. The board shall have the authority to construct and maintain drainage works of all types as they relate to tidewater flooding, hurricane protection, and saltwater intrusion, either in cooperation with one or more parishes, municipalities, drainage districts, or other special districts within its territorial jurisdiction, or upon its own undertaking.
E. The board may buy and sell property, make and execute all contracts, and perform any and all things necessary to carry out the objects of this Chapter, subject to the limitations and duties provided in this Section.
F. The board shall operate and maintain the Violet Siphon in accordance with an operation and maintenance plan developed jointly by the Lake Borgne Basin Levee District and the Department of Energy and Natural Resources, office of coastal restoration and management.
Acts 1993, No. 1016, §1; Acts 2023, No. 150, §12, eff. Jan. 10, 2024.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements › §38:328. West Jefferson Levee District Board of Commissioners; powers and duties

RS 38:328 - West Jefferson Levee District Board of Commissioners; powers and duties
A. The management and control of the West Jefferson Levee District shall be vested in the board of commissioners of the West Jefferson Levee District. In addition to any other powers and duties provided by law, the board shall have the authority to establish adequate drainage, flood control, and water resources development, including but not limited to construction of reservoirs, diversion canals, gravity and pump drainage systems, erosion control measures, marsh management, and other flood control works as they relate to tidewater flooding, hurricane protection, and saltwater intrusion.
B. The board may enter into contracts and agreements of any nature for the purposes of this Chapter with any person or persons, corporation, association, or other entity, including public corporations, port authorities, the state and agencies thereof, levee districts, parishes, other political subdivisions, the United States Government and agencies thereof, or any combination thereof, or with instrumentalities of any kind to carry out the purposes of and the powers granted in this Chapter.
C. The board may enter into contracts or other agreements with any person or entity concerning the providing of lands, servitudes, rights-of-way, and relocations, and may engage jointly in the exercise of any power to include the construction, operation, and maintenance of any facilities and improvements for the purpose of the projects under this Chapter.
D. The board shall have the authority to construct and maintain drainage works of all types as they relate to tidewater flooding, hurricane protection, and saltwater intrusion, either in cooperation with one or more parishes, municipalities, drainage districts, or other special districts within its territorial jurisdiction, or upon its own undertaking.
E. The board may buy and sell property, make and execute all contracts, and perform any and all things necessary to carry out the objects of this Chapter, subject to the limitations and duties provided in this Section.
F. The West Jefferson Levee District shall not expend any funds for development of any additional water resources projects authorized under this Section which would restrict or limit the development of the West Bank Hurricane Protection Project.
Acts 1995, No. 1308, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements › §38:329.2. North Lafourche Conservation, Levee and Drainage District; ad valorem tax and mineral revenues

RS 38:329.2 - North Lafourche Conservation, Levee and Drainage District; ad valorem tax and mineral revenues
A. Because the Lafourche Basin Levee District continues to provide mainline Mississippi River levee protection which is beneficial to Lafourche Parish, the North Lafourche Conservation, Levee and Drainage District and the Lafourche Basin Levee District shall share both the ad valorem property taxes received from such tax levied annually, not to exceed five mills, pursuant to Article VI, Section 39(A) of the Constitution of Louisiana and R.S. 38:404, for levee protection on any lands located in the parish of Lafourche lying north of the northern bank of the Intracoastal Canal and east of the Bayou Lafourche, and the mineral revenues received on any lands within the territorial boundaries of the North Lafourche Conservation, Levee and Drainage District that were previously owned by the Lafourche Basin Levee District in the percentages as follows:
(1) For the tax year 2007, thirty-five percent to the Lafourche Basin Levee District and sixty-five percent to the North Lafourche Conservation, Levee and Drainage District of such levied 2006 ad valorem property taxes received and mineral revenues received by said levee districts.
(2) For the tax year 2008, twenty-five percent to the Lafourche Basin Levee District and seventy-five percent to the North Lafourche Conservation, Levee and Drainage District of such levied 2007 ad valorem property taxes received and mineral revenues received by said levee districts.
(3) For the tax year 2009 and each tax year thereafter, fifteen percent to the Lafourche Basin Levee District and eighty-five percent to the North Lafourche Conservation, Levee and Drainage District of such levied 2008 ad valorem property taxes received, and such levied ad valorem property taxes received each year thereafter, and mineral revenues received by said levee districts.
B. The ad valorem property taxes received annually to be shared as provided for in Subsection A of this Section shall be remitted within thirty days of the receipt thereof. The mineral revenues on the lands to be shared as provided for in Subsection A of this Section shall be remitted on a quarterly basis.
Acts 2006, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 32, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2007; Acts 2007, No. 134, §1, eff. June 25, 2007.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements › §38:329.4. North Lafourche Conservation, Levee and Drainage District; sales and use tax

RS 38:329.4 - North Lafourche Conservation, Levee and Drainage District; sales and use tax
A.(1) The North Lafourche Conservation, Levee and Drainage District shall constitute a political subdivision of the state of Louisiana within the meaning of Article VI, Section 44 of the Constitution of Louisiana, and is hereby granted the authority to issue bonds and to levy taxes for the payment of principal and interest thereon under the specific authority provided herein.
(2) In addition to the authority provided by Article VI, Sections 39 and 40 of the Constitution of Louisiana, the district may levy such taxes and raise other revenue in the manner provided by law for levee districts.
(3)(a) The district may levy a district-wide sales and use tax not exceeding one percent or any fraction thereof upon the sale at retail, the use, the lease or rental, the consumption, and the storage for use or consumption of tangible personal property and on sales of services, all as defined and provided by law in The Uniform Local Sales Tax Code in Chapter 2-D of Subtitle II of Title 47 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, if approved by a majority of electors voting thereon in an election held for that purpose.
(b) This authorization is in addition to and is not limited by the provisions of R.S. 47:338.54, as amended, or any other law to the contrary.
(4) The district may borrow money and issue bonds in the manner provided by law for levee districts and may issue general obligation bonds as defined in Article VI, Section 33 of the Constitution of Louisiana in the manner set forth in Subpart A of Part III of Chapter 4 of Title 39 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, as amended, and sales tax revenue bonds as provided for in Subpart F of Part III of Chapter 4 of Title 39 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, as amended.
Acts 2009, No. 390, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements › §38:330. Grant of authority to levee districts to act jointly

RS 38:330 - Grant of authority to levee districts to act jointly
A. Any two or more contiguous levee districts may make agreements and/or cooperative endeavors between or among themselves to engage jointly in the construction, acquisition, or improvement of any public flood control or drainage project or improvement, the promotion and maintenance of any undertaking related to flood control or drainage projects, or the exercise of any power related to such projects, provided that at least one of the participants to the agreement is authorized under a provision of general or special law to perform such activity or exercise such power as may be necessary for completion of the undertaking. Such arrangements may provide for the joint use of funds, facilities, personnel, or property or any combination thereof necessary to accomplish the purposes of the agreement.
B. The provisions of this Section shall be retroactive to January 1, 1997.
Acts 1997, No. 384, §1, eff. June 20, 1997.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements › §38:330.4. Regional directors

RS 38:330.4 - Regional directors
A. Each board may employ a regional director who shall serve at the pleasure of the board. The board shall fix the qualifications, duties, and salary of the regional director.
B. In addition to the qualifications fixed by the board pursuant to Subsection A of this Section, the regional director shall:
(1) Reside in southeast Louisiana.
(2) Have a bachelor's degree, at a minimum, in the area of business, engineering, geology, hydrology, natural sciences, environmental sciences, renewable resources, or any similar academic field.
(3) Have a minimum of ten years senior executive experience in business, engineering or hydrology, or in the performance of public works functions, related to flood and drainage control, flood plain management, water resources, soil conservation, land surveying and mapping, disaster relief, or any related function.
C. In addition to the duties prescribed by the board, the regional director shall keep records of all proceedings, preserve all books, maps, documents, papers, records, and reports entrusted to its care, and keep them open for public inspection.
Acts 2006, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 1, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2007; Acts 2009, No. 521, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements › §38:330.5. Employees

RS 38:330.5 - Employees
A. An authority may employ such employees as it deems necessary for its proper functioning. All employees of the authority and each levee district within the territorial jurisdiction of the authority shall be considered civil service employees for the purpose of Article X of the Constitution of Louisiana. Each employee of a levee district within the territorial jurisdiction of the authority who is in the unclassified civil service on December 31, 2006 shall remain in the unclassified civil service as long as the employee remains in the same position.
B. Any person employed by the East Jefferson Levee District, the Lake Borgne Basin Levee District, the Orleans Levee District, or the West Jefferson Levee District on January 1, 2007, may, insofar as practicable, continue as an employee of the levee district at the pleasure of the flood protection authority created in this Part and may, insofar as practicable, retain all rights, privileges, and benefits.
Acts 2006, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 1, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2007.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements › §38:330.6. Counsel to authority

RS 38:330.6 - Counsel to authority
The state attorney general and his assistants shall be and are hereby designated as counsel for each flood protection authority in the execution of the purposes of this Chapter and are hereby charged with the responsibility of representing each authority in any and all matters when called upon to do so.
Acts 2006, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 1, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2007.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements › §38:330.7. Police officers

RS 38:330.7 - Police officers
A. Each authority shall not directly employ police security personnel. However, the authority may enter into cooperative endeavor agreements with appropriate local law enforcement agencies or local governmental subdivisions to provide necessary police security services for levees, or the authority may assume the rights and responsibilities of any existing cooperative endeavor agreements for police security services.
B. Notwithstanding the provisions of Subsection A of this Section, the Southeast Louisiana Flood Protection Authority - East may employ a superintendent of police security to supervise the police security personnel of all levee districts within its territorial jurisdiction. The superintendent shall have authority and the right to exercise the power of a police officer, including the power of arrest throughout the territorial jurisdiction of the authority. The salary of the SLFPA-East superintendent of police security shall not exceed the salary of the superintendent of the Louisiana State Police. The authority may assess each levee district within its territorial jurisdiction an amount necessary for the salary, benefits, and expenses of the superintendent.
C. Notwithstanding the provisions of Subsection A of this Section and R.S. 38:326, the Southeast Louisiana Flood Protection Authority - East, in the interest of public safety, may deploy police security personnel employed by one levee district within its territorial jurisdiction in another levee district within its territorial jurisdiction, provided that the levee district supplying the personnel is fully compensated for such deployment and the deployment does not create a public safety concern in any of the other districts. In the event full compensation for such deployments is not received, the delinquent district shall not be eligible for future deployments until making all necessary payments. Each police officer shall retain his powers when he is deployed outside his district of employment.
Acts 2006, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 1, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2007; Acts 2012, No. 757, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements › §38:330.9. Defense and indemnification of commissioners, officers, or employees

RS 38:330.9 - Defense and indemnification of commissioners, officers, or employees
A. An authority may defend, indemnify against loss or liability and save harmless any of its commissioners, officers or employees whenever a claim or demand is made or threatened, or whenever proceeded against in any investigation or before any court, board, commission or other public body to defend or maintain his official position or a position taken in the course of the execution of his duties or because of any act or omission arising out of the performance of his official duties if it is determined that the commissioner, officer or employee acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the authority. Such determination shall be made by the board of commissioners by a majority vote of the board who were not parties to such action, suit, proceeding, investigation or claim. The provisions of this Subsection shall not apply in each event a commissioner, officer or employee is adjudged liable for malfeasance in office or an intentional tort.
B. To the extent that a commissioner, officer or employee of the authority has been successful on the merits or otherwise in defense of any action, suit, or proceeding referred to in or in defense of any claim, issue or matter therein, he shall be indemnified against expenses, including attorneys' fees, actually and reasonably incurred by him in connection therewith.
C. Expenses, including attorneys' fees, incurred in defending a civil action, suit or proceeding may be paid by an authority in advance of the final disposition of such action, suit, or proceeding as authorized in the manner provided in this Section upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of the commissioner, officer or employee, to repay such amount unless it shall ultimately be determined that he is entitled to be indemnified by the authority as authorized in this Section.
D. The indemnification provided by this Section shall not be deemed exclusive of any other rights to which those indemnified may be entitled, both as to action in his official capacity and as to action in another capacity while holding such office, and shall continue as to a person who has ceased to be a commissioner, officer or employee, and shall inure to the benefit of the heirs, executors and administrators of such a person.
E. An authority may purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any person who is or was a commissioner, officer or employee of the authority against any liability asserted against him and incurred by him in any such capacity or arising out of his status as such, whether or not the authority would have the power to indemnify him against such liability under the provisions of this Section.
Acts 2006, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 1, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2007.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements › §38:330.10. Statutory reference

RS 38:330.10 - Statutory reference
A. Subject to the limitations of liability as set forth in R.S. 38:330.3, whenever a reference to the "board of commissioners", "levee board" or "board of levee commissioners" of the Algiers Levee District, East Jefferson Levee District, Lake Borgne Basin Levee District, Orleans Levee District, or West Jefferson Levee District appears in any statute, or in a contract, or a legal pleading, or in any other document, that reference shall be deemed to be a reference to the board of commissioners of the Southeast Louisiana Flood Protection Authority-East or the board of commissioners of the Southeast Louisiana Flood Protection Authority-West Bank, as applicable.
B. Subject to the limitations of liability as set forth in R.S. 38:330.3, whenever a reference to the "board of commissioners", "levee board" or "board of levee commissioners" or "levee district" appears in any statute, that reference shall be deemed to include the board of commissioners of the Southeast Louisiana Flood Protection Authority-East and Southeast Louisiana Flood Protection Authority-West Bank.
Acts 2006, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 1, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2007; Acts 2007, No. 475, §1, eff. July 12, 2007.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements › §38:330.11. Exception to jurisdiction of authorities

RS 38:330.11 - Exception to jurisdiction of authorities
Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, this Part shall not apply to any levee district or board that has been reorganized, merged into, or consolidated with a parish pursuant to Article VI, Sections 16 and 38 of the Constitution of Louisiana. Such levee district shall continue to have any rights, revenues, resources, jurisdiction, powers, authority, functions, and duties, including the levy and collection of any local assessment or forced contribution, authorized by law at the time of the reorganization, merger, and consolidation with a parish.
Acts 2006, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 1, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2007.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements › §38:330.13. Public contracts; Louisiana Initiative for Small Entrepreneurship

RS 38:330.13 - Public contracts; Louisiana Initiative for Small Entrepreneurship
The board of commissioners of the Southeast Louisiana Flood Protection Authority-East and Southeast Louisiana Flood Protection Authority-West Bank shall comply with the provisions of R.S. 39:2001 et seq., when advertising and letting public works contracts and procurement contracts.
Acts 2006, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 1, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2007.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements › §38:332. Representatives of the boards of commissioners of the Lafourche Basin Levee District and the Atchafalaya Basin Levee District to attend meetings of board

RS 38:332 - Representatives of the boards of commissioners of the Lafourche Basin Levee District and the Atchafalaya Basin Levee District to attend meetings of board
The boards of commissioners of the Lafourche Basin Levee District and the Atchafalaya Basin Levee District shall each select from among their membership, exclusive of the presidents thereof, an official representative to the South Lafourche Levee District and an official representative to the North Lafourche Conservation, Levee and Drainage District who shall attend each meeting of the two levee boards and make reports on the proceedings thereof to their respective boards of commissioners. Each such representative during the meetings of the boards of commissioners of the South Lafourche Levee District and the North Lafourche Conservation, Levee and Drainage District shall be afforded a reasonable opportunity to be heard on matters of interest to his respective levee district while the matters are being considered by the boards of commissioners.
Acts 1985, No. 785, §1, eff. July 22, 1985; Acts 1992, No. 876, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements › §38:334. Revenue utilization; Lafourche Basin Levee District

RS 38:334 - 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.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements › §38:334.1. Revenue utilization; Atchafalaya Basin Levee District

RS 38:334.1 - 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.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements › §38:334.2. Revenue utilization; Atchafalaya Basin Levee District

RS 38:334.2 - 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.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements › §38:334.3. Revenue utilization; St. Mary Levee District

RS 38:334.3 - 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.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements › §38:337. Validation of previous sales, leases or other dispositions; Orleans Levee District

RS 38:337 - 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.}}
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements › §38:338. Construction, maintenance, and repairs of levees in Pontchartrain Levee District; supervision and control

RS 38:338 - 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.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements › §38:340. Joining with levee district in Arkansas for mutual protection; Tensas Basin Levee District

RS 38:340 - 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.