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2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements › §38:2754. Restrictions

RS 38:2754 - Restrictions
The board shall not build any dam, sill or other restrictive structure of any kind which will reverse or otherwise materially affect the natural flow of Bayou Bartholomew; the board shall, however, be empowered to remove water from Bayou Bartholomew at any time when suitable water is available. The board shall not have authority to destroy or substantially diminish prior or vested water rights or uses.
Added by Acts 1962, No. 308, §4. Amended by Acts 1974, No. 136, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements › §38:2755. Membership

RS 38:2755 - Membership
The board shall consist of six members who shall be appointed by the governing authorities of Ouachita and Morehouse Parishes for a term of four years and until their successors have been named and qualified, as follows:
One member shall be appointed from a list of three names submitted to the police jury of Ouachita Parish by the Monroe Utilities Commission; one member to be appointed from a list of three names submitted to the Ouachita Parish Police Jury by the town council of the municipality of Sterlington, such persons to be legal residents of the municipality of Sterlington; one member to be appointed by the police jury on its own motion; one member to be appointed from a list of three names submitted to the police jury of Morehouse Parish by the mayor and board of aldermen of the city of Bastrop, Louisiana; one member to be appointed from a list of three names submitted to the police jury of Morehouse Parish by the Bastrop Association of Commerce and Industry; and a sixth member from Morehouse Parish to be appointed by the police jury of Morehouse Parish on its own motion.
Added by Acts 1962, No. 308, §5. Amended by Acts 1966, No. 448, §5.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements › §38:2756. Officers; meetings; quorum

RS 38:2756 - Officers; meetings; quorum
The board shall elect from its own membership a chairman, a secretary and a treasurer. Four members of said board shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business and the meetings of the Board shall be held at such time and place as shall be fixed at the call of the chairman after due notice to the full membership.
Added by Acts 1962, No. 308, 6.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements › §38:2757. Compensation; expenses

RS 38:2757 - Compensation; expenses
The membership of said board shall serve without compensation for its services to the board, but it shall be entitled to reimbursement for actual expenses incurred in the performance of its duties.
Added by Acts 1962, No. 308, §7.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements › §38:2758. Prohibited operation

RS 38:2758 - Prohibited operation
Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary and in particular R.S. 34:851.27, any water conservation board with a jurisdiction including a parish with a population between one hundred ninety thousand and one hundred thirty-five thousand and one other adjacent parish with a population between thirty thousand and twenty-six thousand, both based on the latest federal decennial census, shall have the authority to regulate or prohibit the operation of any vessel on, or on any area inundated by, a lake located on the border of one of the parishes within the board's jurisdiction when that body of water is above flood stage. Any regulation or prohibition adopted pursuant to the provisions of this Section shall not apply to law enforcement, the National Guard, or any rescue or disaster relief organization in the exercise of their duty. A public hearing shall be held prior to the adoption of any ordinance pursuant to this Section.
Acts 2018, No. 318, §2.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements › §38:2802. District as political subdivision and budgetary unit; purpose

RS 38:2802 - District as political subdivision and budgetary unit; purpose
The Franklin Parish Watershed District shall be a political subdivision and a budgetary unit of the State of Louisiana, which shall have as its purpose the conservation of soil and water, developing the natural resources and wealth of the district for sanitary, agricultural, industrial and recreational purposes and providing for the protection against and control of flooding in the district, as the same may be conducive to the public health, safety, convenience or welfare or of public utility or benefit.
Added by Acts 1966, No. 101, §2.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements › §38:2803. Body corporate; powers

RS 38:2803 - Body corporate; powers
The Franklin Parish Watershed District shall constitute a body corporate in law, with all the powers of a corporation, and with all the powers and rights of a political subdivision of the state as provided by the laws of the state relating to the incurring of debt and the issuing of bonds therefor. This district, through its board of commissioners, may incur debt and issue negotiable bonds in accordance with the power and authority and in the form and manner, and with the effect and security now or hereafter provided by the constitution and laws of the State of Louisiana. This district, through its board of commissioners, may incur debt and contract obligations in accordance with law, sue and be sued, have a corporate seal, and do and perform any and all acts in its corporate capacity and in its corporate name which are necessary and proper for carrying out the purposes and objects for which it is created. It shall have the power of eminent domain and may expropriate property for all its purposes and objectives. Through its governing authority, the district may conserve the fresh water supply within its boundaries for the benefit of the inhabitants and property owners within said district and state, to provide water for commercial, municipal, and any other uses, both within and without the district, and provide for the protection against and control of flooding within the district. It may construct, lease, maintain, acquire, enlarge and operate any machinery or do any other thing necessary for the use and purpose of the district. It may own in full ownership all servitudes, rights of way, flowage rights and may acquire same by donation, prescription, purchase, expropriation, or otherwise.
Added by Acts 1966, No. 101, §3.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements › §38:2804. Board of commissioners created

RS 38:2804 - Board of commissioners created
The Board of Commissioners of the Franklin Parish Watershed District, with the powers and duties provided herein, is hereby created and established as the governing authority of the Franklin Parish Watershed District.
Added by Acts 1966, No. 101, §4.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements › §38:2805. Board to govern; membership; tenure; vacancies; compensation

RS 38:2805 - Board to govern; membership; tenure; vacancies; compensation
The said district shall be governed and controlled by the Board of Commissioners of the Franklin Parish Watershed District, to be composed of eleven commissioners, each of whom shall be a qualified elector of the State of Louisiana who resides within the limits of the district. The commissioners shall be appointed by the governing authority of Franklin Parish and shall serve terms of four years and until their successors have been appointed and have qualified, except that one of the initial appointments shall be for a term of one year, two shall be for a term of two years, two shall be for a term of three years, and two shall be for a term of four years. Any vacancy in the office of commissioner, due to death, resignation or any other cause, shall be filled by appointment of the governing authority of Franklin Parish in the same manner as the original appointment. The members of the board shall receive no compensation for their services, but may be reimbursed for expenses actually incurred in the performance of official duties.
Added by Acts 1966, No. 101, §5.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements › §38:2806. Oaths

RS 38:2806 - Oaths
Before entering upon his official duties, each commissioner of the district created hereby shall take and subscribe to an oath before an officer authorized by law to administer oaths, that he will honestly, faithfully and impartially perform the duties devolving upon him as a commissioner of said district and that he will not neglect any of the duties imposed upon him hereby. The oaths of the commissioner shall be recorded in the oath book of Franklin Parish.
Added by Acts 1966, No. 101, §6.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements › §38:2807. Election of officers; record book; public inspection

RS 38:2807 - Election of officers; record book; public inspection
Immediately after the commissioners have been appointed by the Franklin Parish Police Jury, or as soon thereafter as practicable, they shall meet and immediately organize by electing officers. They shall elect from among their number a president, who shall preside over the meetings of the board and perform such other duties as are usually required of presidents of corporate bodies, and shall elect a vice president, who shall perform the duties of the president in case of his absence or disability.
The board shall cause to be kept a well-bound book entitled "Record Book of Franklin Parish Watershed District," in which shall be recorded the minutes of all meetings, all proceedings, certificates, oaths of commissioners, bonds of employees and contractors, and any and all corporate acts. The records shall be in the possession of the secretary of the board and shall be open to public inspection at all times by any person interested.
Added by Acts 1966, No. 101, §7.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements › §38:2809. Rules and regulations

RS 38:2809 - Rules and regulations
In order to accomplish the purposes of the district, to protect the works, improvements and property of the district, both real and personal; to secure the best results from the construction, operation and maintenance thereof, and to prevent damage to the district by misuse of any works, improvements or properties or by the pollution or misuse of the waters of the district or any water course therein or by flooding in the district the board of commissioners may make and enforce such rules and regulations as it shall deem necessary and advisable, including but not necessarily restricted to rules and regulations to:
(1) Protect and preserve the works, improvements and properties owned or controlled by the district, prescribe the manner of their use by public corporations and persons, and preserve order within and adjacent thereto;
(2) Prescribe the manner of building bridges, roads, or fences, or other works in, along or across any channel, reservoir or other construction of the district;
(3) Prescribe the manner in which ditches, sewers, pipelines or other works shall be adjusted to or connected with the works of the district or any water course therein and the manner in which the water courses of the district may be used for sewer outlets or for disposal of waste;
(4) Prescribe the permissible uses of the water supply, provided by the impoundments constructed, and to prevent the pollution or unnecessary waste of such water supply;
(5) Prohibit or regulate the discharge into sewers of the district of any liquid or solid waste deemed detrimental to the works and improvements of the district;
(6), (7) REPEALED BY ACTS 1993, NO. 830, §2.
Added by Acts 1966, No. 101, §9; Acts 1993, No. 830, §2.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements › §38:2811. Contracts, let by board; bond

RS 38:2811 - Contracts, let by board; bond
Any and all contracts of the district may be let by the board of commissioners, with advertisement, on the terms and subject to the conditions which it may fix in the ordinance or advertisement calling for bids. The person or firm to whom any contract is awarded shall furnish, within the delay fixed by the board, a bond of a surety company authorized to do business in the state of Louisiana, in the amount required by the laws relating to contracts for public works, and conditioned that the work shall be performed in accordance with the plans and specifications of the engineers, and the terms of the contract, and the board shall demand any other bonds and obligations which the laws relating to public works contracts required the contractor to give.
Added by Acts 1966, No. 101, §11.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements › §38:2812. Playgrounds, parks and other facilities; limitation

RS 38:2812 - Playgrounds, parks and other facilities; limitation
The board of commissioners shall have the power to cause to be created and constructed playgrounds, picnic grounds, grounds for recreation parks, and any and all other facilities to accommodate the public and to provide adequate access to lakes, rivers and streams as may, in its opinion, become necessary, and said district shall have the right of eminent domain and expropriation in the exercise of such powers.
Added by Acts 1966, No. 101, §12.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements › §38:2813. Management of fish, game, and wildlife

RS 38:2813 - Management of fish, game, and wildlife
A, B, C. REPEALED BY ACTS 1993, NO. 830, §2.
D. The Board of Commissioners of the Franklin Parish Watershed District shall have authority to establish and cause to be enforced rules and regulations pertaining to all commercial establishments which may be constructed for the purpose of commercializing and making commercial use of the facilities provided by said district or its watershed; to license and permit such establishments and to levy and collect a fee, to be fixed by the commission, for the privilege of making commercial use of the district's facilities, or to refuse to license or permit any commercial establishment to use the facilities provided by the district.
E. The rules and regulations established and promulgated by the Board of Commissioners of the Franklin Parish Watershed District shall provide penalties for any such commercial establishment operating without a permit or license, and such rules and regulations shall be enforced by the sheriff and violations thereof prosecuted by the district attorney of the judicial district within which the watershed district is situated, as hereinabove provided.
Added by Acts 1966, No. 101, §13; Acts 1993, No. 830, §2.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements › §38:2814. Management of improvements

RS 38:2814 - Management of improvements
The board of commissioners shall have the right to regulate the construction and use of all piers, docks, bridges and other improvements built or erected on any part of the district. The board of commissioners shall have the authority and power to regulate said improvements by the issuance of permits for same and fix a fee for the issuance of same.
Added by Acts 1966, No. 101, §14.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements › §38:2815. Property exempt from taxation

RS 38:2815 - Property exempt from taxation
All property acquired by the district, regardless of the manner in which it is acquired or the source from which it is acquired, shall thereafter become the property of the State of Louisiana for the use and benefit of the Franklin Parish Watershed District and such property shall not be subject to any taxes of any nature by either the State of Louisiana or any of its political subdivisions.
Added by Acts 1966, No. 101, §15.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements › §38:2816. Individual mineral leases unabridged

RS 38:2816 - Individual mineral leases unabridged
The provisions of this Part shall in no wise abridge the right of any individual from whom the flowage rights, rights of way and servitudes may have been acquired by any means however to lease said lands for the production of oil, gas and other minerals and the right of such lessee or his assignee to produce or cause to be produced oil, gas or other minerals therefrom.
Added by Acts 1966, No. 101, §16.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements › §38:2821. Creation; location

RS 38:2821 - Creation; location
The Black Bayou Watershed District is hereby created out of Black Bayou embracing the area north of the present Black Bayou dam situated and located on State Route 109 in Caddo Parish, the watershed of said bayou north of said dam and the area immediately south of said dam which is affected by said dam, which area is described as follows, to-wit:
All of the area presently comprising Ward 9 of Caddo Parish, all of that part of Ward 1 of Caddo Parish lying north of the following line, to-wit: Begin at the intersection of the East line of Ward 2 of Caddo Parish and the Belcher-Caddo City Road (State Route #530) thence run Easterly along said road to the Gamm Road, thence run Northerly along said Gamm Road to the North line of Section 26, Township 21 North, Range 15 West, Caddo Parish, thence run Easterly to the East Boundary of Caddo Parish, and all of that part of Ward 2 of Caddo Parish lying north of the following line, to-wit: Begin at the intersection of the Texas state line and the North line of Section 17, Township 20 North, Range 16 West, Caddo Parish, thence run Easterly to the East boundary of Ward 2 which is situated along the Clyde Place Canal.
Added by Acts 1966, No. 262, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements › §38:2822. District as political subdivision and budgetary unit; purpose

RS 38:2822 - District as political subdivision and budgetary unit; purpose
The Black Bayou Watershed District shall be a political subdivision of the State of Louisiana and a budgetary unit of the State of Louisiana, which shall have as its purpose the conservation of soil and water, developing the natural resources and wealth of the district for sanitary, agricultural and recreational purposes, as the same may be conducive to the public health, safety, convenience or welfare or of public utility or benefit. The maintenance of the Black Bayou Lake within the said district as hereinafter authorized shall be for the purpose of conserving the soil and water and developing the natural resources and wealth of the district for sanitary, agricultural or recreational purposes, as the same may be conducive to the public health or public utility or benefit.
Added by Acts 1966, No. 262, §2.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements › §38:2823. Body corporate; powers

RS 38:2823 - Body corporate; powers
The Black Bayou Watershed District shall constitute a body corporate in law, with all the powers of a corporation, and with the powers and rights of a political subdivision of the state as provided by the laws of the state relating to the incurring of debt and the issuing of bonds therefor. This district, through its board of commissioners, may incur debt and issue negotiable bonds in accordance with the power and authority and in the form and manner, and with the effect and security now or hereafter provided by the Constitution and laws of the State of Louisiana. This district, through its board of commissioners, may incur debt and contract obligations in accordance with law, sue and be sued, have a corporate seal, and do and perform any and all acts in its corporate capacity and in its corporate name which are necessary and proper for carrying out the purposes and objects for which it is created. It shall have the power of eminent domain and may expropriate property for all its purposes and objectives. Through its governing authority, the district may conserve the fresh water supply within its boundaries for the benefit of the inhabitants and property owners within said district and state to provide water for commercial, municipal and any other uses, both within and without the district. It may construct, lease, maintain, acquire, enlarge and operate any machinery or do any other thing necessary for the use and purpose of the district. It may own in full ownership all servitudes, rights of way, flowage rights and may inquire same by donation, prescription, purchase, expropriation, or otherwise. It shall have the authority to cooperate and contract with the government of the United States or any department or agency thereof.
Added by Acts 1966, No. 262, §3.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements › §38:2824. Dam construction; board of commissioners created

RS 38:2824 - Dam construction; board of commissioners created
The Department of Public Works is hereby granted the power and authority and is hereby directed to maintain present dams and to build and construct such other dams and works as may be necessary or beneficial to carry out the purposes of this Part and to create and impound an industrial water supply, in accordance with a survey and estimates to be made and established by the engineers of the said department. The Board of Commissioners of the Black Bayou Watershed District, with its powers and duties as defined herein, is hereby created and established for the purpose of aiding and assisting the said Department of Public Works during the actual construction stage and process of this project, and is established as the governing authority of said district after the completion of the construction process by the said Department of Public Works of the State of Louisiana.
Added by Acts 1966, No. 262, §4.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements › §38:2825. Board to govern; membership and tenure; vacancies; compensation

RS 38:2825 - Board to govern; membership and tenure; vacancies; compensation
The said district shall be governed and controlled by the Board of Commissioners of the Black Bayou Watershed District, to be composed of five commissioners, each of whom shall be a qualified elector of the State of Louisiana who resides within the limits of Caddo Parish. The commissioners shall be appointed by the Police Jury of Caddo Parish and shall serve terms of four years and until their successors have been appointed and have qualified. Any vacancy in the office of commissioner, due to death, resignation, or any other cause, shall be filled by the remaining commissioners for the unexpired term.
The members of the board shall receive no compensation for their services.
Added by Acts 1966, No. 262, §5.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements › §38:2826. Oaths

RS 38:2826 - Oaths
Before entering upon his official duties, each commissioner of the district created hereby shall take and subscribe to an oath before an officer authorized by law to administer oaths, that he will honestly, faithfully, and impartially perform the duties devolving upon him as a commissioner of said district and that he will not neglect any of the duties imposed upon him hereby. The oaths of the commissioner shall be recorded in the oath book of the parish of which said commissioner is a resident.
Added by Acts 1966, No. 262, §6.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements › §38:2827. Election of officers; record book; public inspection

RS 38:2827 - Election of officers; record book; public inspection
Immediately after the commissioners have been appointed by the Police Jury of Caddo Parish, or as soon thereafter as practicable, the commissioners shall meet and immediately organize by electing officers as follows: They shall elect from among their number a president, who shall preside over the meetings of the board and perform such other duties as are usually required of presidents of corporate bodies, and also a vice president, who shall perform the duties of the president in case of his absence or disability.
The board shall cause to be kept a well-bound book entitled "Record Book of Black Bayou Watershed District", in which shall be recorded the minutes of all meetings, all proceedings, certificates, oaths of commissioners, bonds of employees and contractors, and any and all corporate acts. The records shall be in the possession of the secretary of the board and shall be open to public inspection at all times by any person interested.
Added by Acts 1966, No. 262, §7.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements › §38:2828. Powers of board

RS 38:2828 - Powers of board
In order to accomplish the purposes for which the district is created, the board of commissioners may:
(1) Purchase, hold, sell and convey land and personal property and execute such contracts as it may deem necessary or convenient to enable it properly to carry out the purposes for which it is created.
(2) Acquire servitudes, rights of way and flowage rights, by purchase and/or by expropriation.
(3) Assist in conserving soil and water and in developing the water resources of the district; provided, however, nothing shall be done to interfere with districts previously organized under Louisiana law.
(4) Under the supervision of the Louisiana State Department of Public Works, contract for the construction of proposed works and improvements.
(5) Cooperate with the Department of Public Works in its construction of any drainage works or improvements, and the construction of any works or improvements for the control, retention, diversion or utilization of water; retard runoff of water and soil erosion, construct any ditch, channel improvement, dike, dam, or levee, and repair, improve and maintain any of said improvements or structures.
(6) Acquire personal property by gift or purchase.
(7) Levy taxes, issue bonds and incur indebtedness within the limitations prescribed by the Constitution of the State of Louisiana, and in the manner prescribed thereby.
(8) Cooperate and contract with persons, firms, associations, partnerships and private corporations, and cities of this state, or other public corporations and with any other local, state and governmental agencies for the sale or use of any waters impounded hereby.
(9) Select a domicile and home office for the district.
(10) Create, construct and administer such recreational parks, playgrounds and public picnic areas as the board may consider necessary and to provide access to any lake or reservoir created by the district for the use of the public.
(11) Do and perform any and all things necessary or incident to the fulfillment of the purposes for which this district is created, including all acts necessary to construct, lease, acquire in any manner, maintain, and operate dikes, dams, reservoirs, storage basins, locks, levees, flumes, conduits, spillways or other structures necessary, suitable or convenient to the purposes of the district.
Added by Acts 1966, No. 262, §8.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements › §38:2829. Rules and regulations

RS 38:2829 - Rules and regulations
In order to accomplish the purposes of the district, to protect the works, improvements and property of the district, both real and personal; to secure the best results from the construction, operation, and maintenance thereof, and to prevent damage to the district by the misuse of any works, improvements or properties or by the pollution 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, or fences or other works in, along or across any channel, reservoir or other construction of the district;
(3) To prescribe the manner in which ditches, sewers, pipelines or other works shall be adjusted to or connected with the works of the district or any water course therein and the manner in which the water courses of the district may be used for sewer outlets or for disposal of waste;
(4) To prescribe the permissible uses of the water supply, provided by the impoundment constructed as hereinafter set forth and to collect therefor and the manner of its distribution 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) To coordinate and cooperate with the State Department of Public Works, and be guided by the plans and program of the said department, in the maintenance and improvement and/or construction by the latter of a necessary and adequate dam and impoundment on Black Bayou, Caddo Parish, Louisiana;
(7) REPEALED BY ACTS 1993, NO. 830, §2.
Added by Acts 1966, No. 262, §9; Acts 1993, No. 830, §2.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements › §38:2830. Department of public works; general powers

RS 38:2830 - Department of public works; general powers
The Department of Public Works of the State of Louisiana is hereby authorized to do and to perform all acts necessary to construct, lease, acquire in any manner, maintain, and operate dikes, dams, reservoirs, storage basins, locks, levees, flumes, conduits, spillways and any and all structures necessary, suitable or convenient for the purpose of the construction and creation of Black Bayou Lake and the dam creating such lake located on or near the point where State Route 109 presently crosses Black Bayou in Caddo Parish, Louisiana in accordance with appropriate plans of the engineers of the said Department of Public Works and the survey or surveys made or to be made by the Department in connection with the creation and construction of the said Black Bayou Lake.
Added by Acts 1966, No. 262, §10.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements › §38:2831. Enumerated powers

RS 38:2831 - Enumerated powers
In order to accomplish the purposes of the district and the creation and construction of the said lake, the State Department of Public Works is hereby authorized;
(1) To purchase, hold, sell and convey land and personal property and execute such contracts as may be deemed necessary or convenient to enable it to properly carry out the purpose of the construction of the said dam, spillway across said Black Bayou and the creation, control and organization of Black Bayou Lake;
(2) To acquire servitudes, rights of way and flowage rights, by purchase and/or expropriation;
(3) To assist in conserving the soil and water and in developing the water resources of the district;
(4) To contract for the construction of the proposed works and improvements;
(5) To construct any drainage works or improvements for the control, retention, diversion or utilization of water; retard runoff of water and soil erosion; construct any ditch, channel improvement, dike, dam or levee and repair, improve and maintain any of said improvements or structures;
(6) Acquire such personal property, by gift or purchase, as is necessary in the construction of said dam and the creation of the said Black Bayou Lake;
(7) To do any and all things necessary or incident to the fulfillment of the purposes of this Part.
Added by Acts 1966, No. 262, §11.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements › §38:2832. Execution of work; contracts; bond

RS 38:2832 - Execution of work; contracts; bond
The State Department of Public Works may execute any and all work with its own force and equipment and under its own supervision or the work may be executed on behalf of and for the benefit of the said district by the State of Louisiana, or any agency, department or commission thereof by contract and the contract for all or any part of the work herein authorized may be let by the State Department of Public Works, with or without advertisement, on the terms and subject to the conditions which the said department may determine. The person or firm to whom the contract or contracts is awarded shall furnish, within the delay fixed by the Department of Public Works, a bond of a surety company authorized to do business in the State of Louisiana, in the amount required by the laws relating to contracts for public work, conditioned upon the faithful performance of the work in accordance with the plans and specification of the engineers of the State Department of Public Works and the terms of the contract. The Department may demand any other bonds and obligations which the laws relating to public works contracts require the contractor to give.
Added by Acts 1966, No. 262, §12.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements › §38:2833. Eminent domain

RS 38:2833 - Eminent domain
The State Department of Public Works is hereby granted the power of eminent domain and the right to expropriate any and all lands, flowage rights, servitudes, and rights of way necessary and convenient for the construction of the said dam, spillway, reservoir, storage basins, locks, levees, flumes, conduits, spillways or other structures necessary, suitable or convenient in connection with the construction thereof, as well as for the creation of the said lake, impoundment and reservoir within the boundaries as hereinabove set forth.
Added by Acts 1966, No. 262, §13.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements › §38:2834. Supervisory control over board

RS 38:2834 - Supervisory control over board
All the powers and duties conferred upon the Board of Commissioners herein shall be subject to the supervisory control of the Department of Public Works of the State of Louisiana and to the Wildlife and Fisheries Commission of the State of Louisiana or its successor, with jurisdiction by the latter over the fish, game and wildlife of the State of Louisiana and of the said Black Bayou Watershed District.
Added by Acts 1966, No. 262, §14.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements › §38:2835. Constructions impeding flow of waters prohibited

RS 38:2835 - Constructions impeding flow of waters prohibited
No person or public corporation shall erect within the drainage area of the district any dam or reservoir upon any stream or water course therein or any work or obstruction diminishing the cross section of any such stream or water course until a copy of the plans thereof has been filed with the Board of Commissioners and the State Department of Public Works, for approval or rejection by both.
Added by Acts 1966, No 262, §15.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements › §38:2836. Contracts let by board; bond

RS 38:2836 - Contracts let by board; bond
Subject to the supervisory control of the State Department of Public Works, any and all contracts of the district may be let by the board of commissioners, with advertisement, on the terms and subject to the conditions which it may fix in the ordinance or advertisement calling for bids. The person or firm to whom any contract is awarded shall furnish, within the delay fixed by the board, a bond of a surety company authorized to do business in the State of Louisiana, in the amount required by the laws relating to contracts for public works, and conditioned that the work shall be performed in accordance with the plans and specifications of the engineers of the State Department of Public Works, and the terms of the contract, and the board shall demand any other bonds and obligations which the laws relating to public works contracts require the contractor to give.
The board of commissioners and the State Department of Public Works may execute any and all work with its own force and equipment and under its own supervision or the work may be executed on behalf of and for the benefit of the district by the State of Louisiana, or any agency, department or commission thereof.
Added by Acts 1966, No. 262, §16.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements › §38:2837. Playgrounds, parks and other facilities; limitation

RS 38:2837 - Playgrounds, parks and other facilities; limitation
The board of commissioners, under the supervisory control of the State Department of Public Works, shall have the power to cause to be created and constructed playgrounds, picnic grounds, grounds for recreation parks, and any and all other facilities to accommodate the public and to provide adequate access to the said lake, as may within the opinion of the said board become necessary but not to exceed two acres at any one place, and said district shall have the right of eminent domain and expropriation in the exercise of such powers.
Added by Acts 1966, No. 262, §17.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements › §38:2838. Attorney general as counsel

RS 38:2838 - Attorney general as counsel
The attorney general of the State of Louisiana and his assistants shall be and are hereby designated as counsel for the State Department of Public Works and the said district in the execution of the purposes of this Part and are hereby charged with the responsibility of representing the said State Department of Public Works and the board of commissioners in any and all matters when called upon to do so.
Added by Acts 1966, No. 262, §18.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements › §38:2840. Tax exemption

RS 38:2840 - Tax exemption
The lands which lie within and form the Black Bayou Lake proper shall not be subject to any ad valorem taxation or any other tax of any nature whatsoever by either the State of Louisiana or any of its political subdivisions, for so long as the said lands shall form and lie within the lake proper. All property acquired, however, regardless of the manner in which it is acquired or the source from which it is acquired, shall thereafter become the property of the State of Louisiana for the use and benefit of the Black Bayou Watershed District.
Added by Acts 1966, No. 262, §20.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements › §38:2841. Grant of state lands to district; right of mineral leases unabridged

RS 38:2841 - Grant of state lands to district; right of mineral leases unabridged
All lands comprising the bed and bottom of Black Bayou belonging to the State of Louisiana within the said area, as provided in R.S. 38:2821, and which are necessary to the erection and maintenance of said Black Bayou Lake are hereby granted to the Black Bayou Watershed District for the purposes herein set out, but this grant shall in no wise abridge the right of the state to lease the said land for the production of oil, gas and other minerals under the general laws of the state as now provided.
Added by Acts 1966, No. 262, §21.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements › §38:2842. Individual mineral leases unabridged

RS 38:2842 - Individual mineral leases unabridged
The provisions of this Part shall in no wise abridge the right of any individual from whom the flowage rights, rights of way and servitudes may have been acquired by any means however to lease said lands for the production of oil, gas and other minerals and the right of such lessee or his assignee to produce or cause to be produced oil, gas or other minerals therefrom.
Added by Acts 1966, No. 262, §22.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements › §38:2861. Creation; location

RS 38:2861 - Creation; location
The Claiborne Parish Watershed District is hereby created out of the watershed of all streams located in Claiborne Parish, and more particularly defined as all of Claiborne Parish, Louisiana.
Added by Acts 1966, No. 299, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements › §38:2862. District as political subdivision and budgetary unit; purpose

RS 38:2862 - District as political subdivision and budgetary unit; purpose
The Claiborne Parish Watershed District shall be a political subdivision of the state of Louisiana and a budgetary unit of the state of Louisiana, which shall have as its purpose the conservation of soil and water, including surface and groundwater, and developing the natural resources and wealth of the district for sanitary, agricultural, industrial, and recreational purposes, as the same may be conducive to the public health, safety, convenience, or welfare or of public utility or benefit. The creation and maintenance of Lake Claiborne within the district shall be for the purpose of conserving the soil and water, including surface and groundwater, and developing the natural resources and wealth of the district for sanitary, agricultural, industrial, and recreational purposes, as the same may be conducive to the public health and public utility and benefit.
Added by Acts 1966, No. 299, §2; Acts 2004, No. 390, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements › §38:2863. Body corporate; powers

RS 38:2863 - Body corporate; powers
The Claiborne Parish Watershed District shall constitute a body corporate in law, with all the powers of a corporation, and with all the powers and rights of a political subdivision of the state as provided by the laws of the state relating to the incurring of debt and the issuing of bonds therefor. Said district, through its board of commissioners, may incur debt and issue negotiable bonds in accordance with the power and authority and in the form and manner, and with the effect and security now or hereafter provided by the constitution and laws of the State of Louisiana. This district, through its board of commissioners, may incur debt and contract obligations in accordance with law, sue and be sued, have a corporate seal, and do and perform any and all acts in its corporate capacity and in its corporate name which are necessary and proper for carrying out the purposes and objects for which it is created. It shall have the power of eminent domain and may expropriate property for all its purposes and objectives, in accordance with the constitution and laws of the State of Louisiana. Through its governing authority, the district may conserve the fresh water supply within its boundaries for the benefit of the inhabitants and property owners within said district and state, to provide water for commercial, municipal and any other uses, both within and without the district. It may construct, lease, maintain, acquire, enlarge and operate any machinery or do any other thing necessary for the use and purpose of the district. It may own in full ownership all servitudes, rights of way, flowage rights and may acquire same by donation, prescription, purchase, expropriation, or otherwise.
Added by Acts 1966, No. 299, §3.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements › §38:2864. Transfer of property

RS 38:2864 - Transfer of property
The State Bond and Building Commission is hereby authorized and directed to transfer, convey and assign to the Claiborne Parish Watershed District all of the rights, titles and interest of the State Bond and Building Commission for the State of Louisiana in all fee titles, servitudes and flowage rights acquired as a part of the Lake Claiborne project.
Added by Acts 1966, No. 299, §4.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements › §38:2865. Board of commissioners created

RS 38:2865 - Board of commissioners created
The Board of Commissioners of the Claiborne Parish Watershed District, with its powers and duties as defined herein, is hereby created and established as the governing authority of the Claiborne Parish Watershed District.
Added by Acts 1966, No. 299, §5.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements › §38:2867. Oaths

RS 38:2867 - Oaths
Before entering upon his official duties, each commissioner of the district created hereby shall take and subscribe to an oath before an officer authorized by law to administer oaths, that he will honestly, faithfully and impartially perform the duties devolving upon him as a commissioner of said district and that he will not neglect any of the duties imposed upon him thereby. The oaths of the commissioner shall be recorded in the oath book of Claiborne Parish.
Added by Acts 1966, No. 299, §7.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements › §38:2868. Election of officers; record book, public inspection

RS 38:2868 - Election of officers; record book, public inspection
A. Immediately after the commissioners have been appointed by the Claiborne Parish Police Jury, or as soon thereafter as practicable, the commissioners shall meet and immediately organize by electing officers. They shall elect from their membership a president who shall preside over the meetings of the board, perform such duties as are usually required of presidents of corporate bodies, and such other duties as are fixed by the bylaws adopted by the board. The commissioners shall also elect from their membership a vice president who shall perform the duties of the president in case of his absence or disability.
B. The board shall cause to be kept a well-bound book entitled "Record Book of Claiborne Parish Watershed District", in which shall be recorded the minutes of all meetings, all proceedings, certificates, oaths of commissioners, bonds of employees and contractors, and any and all corporate acts. The records shall be in the possession of the secretary of the board and shall be open to public inspection at all times by any person interested.
Added by Acts 1966, No. 299, §8; Acts 2004, No. 390, §1.