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La. Rev. Stat. § 38:3303 Appointment and term of commissioners
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§3303. Appointment and term of commissioners A. The board of commissioners shall be composed of sixteen members. B.(1) Seven members shall be the parish presidents representing the parishes making up the district, or their designee, and shall serve ex officio without appointment.…
La. Rev. Stat. § 38:3304 Meetings of board; quorum; officers; removal of commissioners; salaries and
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§3304. Meetings of board; quorum; officers; removal of commissioners; salaries and expenses; requirements; frequency and location A. A majority of the commissioners shall constitute a quorum to do business. They shall organize and elect a president and a vice president from their…
La. Rev. Stat. § 38:3305 Department of Transportation and Development, Coastal Protection and Restoration
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§3305. Department of Transportation and Development, Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority, and the Pontchartrain Levee District to advise board The Department of Transportation and Development, the Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority, and the Pontchartrain Levee …
La. Rev. Stat. § 38:3306 General powers and duties of the board
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§3306. General powers and duties of the board A.(1) The board shall adopt bylaws for its own government and for the government of its employees. It shall adopt rules or regulations for comprehensive drainage, flood control and water resources development, reservoir, and diversion…
La. Rev. Stat. § 38:3307 Corporate status and powers of board; domicile; evidence of acts and proceedings;
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§3307. Corporate status and powers of board; domicile; evidence of acts and proceedings; deposit of funds; warrants A. The board of commissioners shall, in addition to the powers herein conferred, be constituted a body politic or a political corporation vested with the powers inh…
La. Rev. Stat. § 38:3308 Authority to issue bonds
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§3308. Authority to issue bonds The Amite River Basin Drainage and Water Conservation District shall have authority to issue bonds or other evidences of indebtedness in the manner provided by Part III and Part IV of Chapter 4 of this Title. Added by Acts 1981, No. 896, §1. Acts 1…
La. Rev. Stat. § 38:3309 Authority to levy
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§3309. Authority to levy For the purpose of providing revenue to carry out the objects contemplated by this Chapter, the board of commissioners may levy on all property in the district, or on all property within the Comite River Diversion Canal Impact Area, subject to taxation fo…
La. Rev. Stat. § 38:332 Representatives of the boards of commissioners of the Lafourche Basin
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§332. Representatives of the boards of commissioners of the Lafourche Basin Conservation Levee and Drainage District and the Atchafalaya Basin Levee District to attend meetings of board The boards of commissioners of Lafourche Basin Conservation Levee and Drainage District and th…
La. Rev. Stat. § 38:3321 Creation; boundaries
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§3321. Creation; boundaries The Acadiana Watershed District, referred to in this Chapter as the "district", is hereby created. The district shall lie within the Atchafalaya, Mermentau, Mermentau Headwaters, Teche, and Vermilion watersheds, situated in the parishes of Acadia, Alle…
La. Rev. Stat. § 38:3322 Purpose
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§3322. Purpose The purpose of the district shall be to: (1) Participate in any activity designed and conducted to promote drainage and flood-risk reduction within the boundaries of the district. (2) Promote and support a unified effort to address drainage and flood issues in the …
La. Rev. Stat. § 38:3323 Corporate status; domicile
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§3323. Corporate status; domicile A. The district shall constitute a body corporate in law and shall be a political subdivision of the state. The district may incur debt and contractual obligations in accordance with law, sue and be sued, purchase and sell property, have a corpor…
La. Rev. Stat. § 38:3324 Board of commissioners; appointments; terms; vacancies
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§3324. Board of commissioners; appointments; terms; vacancies A. The Board of Commissioners of the Acadiana Watershed District, referred to in this Chapter as the "board", is hereby created. The governance, control, and management of the affairs of the district shall be vested in…
La. Rev. Stat. § 38:3325 Officers; vacancies; compensation
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§3325. Officers; vacancies; compensation A. The commissioners shall elect from their membership a chairman, a vice chairman, and a secretary-treasurer. The duties of the officers shall be fixed by the bylaws adopted by the board. B. Any vacancy which occurs in the membership of t…
La. Rev. Stat. § 38:3326 Bylaws; quorum
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§3326. Bylaws; quorum A. The board shall adopt bylaws as it deems necessary or advisable for conducting its business affairs by January 1, 2024. The bylaws shall include but not be limited to: (1) Procedures for the election of officers, including initial terms of office and meth…
La. Rev. Stat. § 38:3327 Powers and duties of the board
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§3327. Powers and duties of the board A. In order to accomplish the purposes for which the district is created, the board may purchase, acquire by donation, hold, sell, and convey immovable and movable property and execute contracts as it may deem necessary or convenient to enabl…
La. Rev. Stat. § 38:334 Revenue utilization; Lafourche Basin Conservation Levee and Drainage District
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§334. Revenue utilization; Lafourche Basin Conservation Levee and Drainage District A.(1) Of all of the taxes collected by the Lafourche Basin Conservation Levee and Drainage District from property located within St. Charles Parish located west of the Mississippi River, not less …
La. Rev. Stat. § 38:334.1 Revenue utilization; Atchafalaya Basin Levee District
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§334.1. Revenue utilization; Atchafalaya Basin Levee District Nothing shall prohibit the Atchafalaya Basin Levee District from expending tax funds directly for tidal flood control projects within the Atchafalaya Basin Levee District. Acts 1988, No. 687, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 38:334.2 Revenue utilization; Atchafalaya Basin Levee District
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§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. …
La. Rev. Stat. § 38:334.3 Revenue utilization; St
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§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 pledgin…
La. Rev. Stat. § 38:335 Bond issues; Orleans Levee District
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§335. Bond issues; Orleans Levee District A. To enable the board of commissioners of the Orleans Levee District to finance and carry on the work of development, improvement, maintenance, and operation herein authorized or otherwise authorized by law, the board may issue, sell, an…
La. Rev. Stat. § 38:336 State land grants; Orleans Levee District
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§336. State land grants; Orleans Levee District A. To enable the board of commissioners of the Orleans Levee District to perform the work herein provided for, to assist in defraying the cost and expenses thereof, and to carry out the purposes of this and other laws, the state of …
La. Rev. Stat. § 38:337 Validation of previous sales, leases or other dispositions; Orleans Levee District
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§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 un…
La. Rev. Stat. § 38:338 Construction, maintenance, and repairs of levees in Pontchartrain Levee District; supervision and control
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§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 d…
La. Rev. Stat. § 38:3381 Intermodal Transportation Act
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§3381. Intermodal Transportation Act The provisions of this Chapter shall be known as and may be cited as the Intermodal Transportation Act. Acts 1997, No. 1041, §2.
La. Rev. Stat. § 38:3382 Purpose
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§3382. Purpose The purpose of this Chapter is to provide a method by which the various governing authorities throughout this state may join together in cooperative endeavors for the enhancement of commercial transportation by highways, by rail, on inland waterways, on the oceans,…
La. Rev. Stat. § 38:3383 Cooperative endeavors
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§3383. Cooperative endeavors Any state agency, any parish or municipal governing authority, any regional governing authority, and the governing authority of any airport or deep draft or shallow draft port may engage in one or more cooperative endeavors under the provisions of Art…
La. Rev. Stat. § 38:3384 South Louisiana Port and Intermodal Transportation Commission
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§3384. South Louisiana Port and Intermodal Transportation Commission A. The governing authorities of St. John the Baptist Parish and the South Louisiana Port Commission, pursuant to the authority in Article 7, Section 14(C) of the Constitution of Louisiana may engage in a coopera…
La. Rev. Stat. § 38:34 Project evaluation and ranking
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§34. Project evaluation and ranking A. Upon receipt of reports by the regional planning commissions as required by R.S. 38:33, the office of engineering shall evaluate them on a regional basis and shall rank them in order of priority for funding, according to its rules and regula…
La. Rev. Stat. § 38:340 Joining with levee district in Arkansas for mutual protection; Tensas Basin Levee District
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§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 protectio…
La. Rev. Stat. § 38:341 Realignment of portion of Red River by Caddo Levee District
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§341. Realignment of portion of Red River by Caddo Levee District The board of the district may utilize all powers and authority heretofore granted it to locate, construct, maintain, and protect a realignment of that portion of the Red River located in an area composed of Section…
La. Rev. Stat. § 38:342 Certain levee boards; authority for set-aside procurement from small businesses
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§342. Certain levee boards; authority for set-aside procurement from small businesses A. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the levee board of any parish having a population in excess of four hundred seventy-five thousand according to the latest regular federal census fo…
La. Rev. Stat. § 38:345 Certain levee boards; ad valorem tax expenditures; Parish Transportation Fund expenditures
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§345. Certain levee boards; ad valorem tax expenditures; Parish Transportation Fund expenditures A. This Section shall apply to the Fifth Louisiana Levee District. B. The legislature may appropriate one million dollars in Fiscal Year 1997-1998 to such a levee district as provided…
La. Rev. Stat. § 38:351 Authority to expropriate and acquire property prior to judgment
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§351. Authority to expropriate and acquire property prior to judgment Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, and in addition to the methods and procedures for acquisition or utilization of servitudes for levee and related purposes by levee districts and levee and drainage…
La. Rev. Stat. § 38:352 Petition for expropriation of property; contents; place of filing
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§352. Petition for expropriation of property; contents; place of filing The rights of expropriation of property granted by this Part shall be exercised in the following manner: (1) A petition shall be filed by the governing authority of the levee district or levee and drainage di…
La. Rev. Stat. § 38:353 Appointment of estimators; restrictions in selection
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§353. Appointment of estimators; restrictions in selection The governing authority of the levee district or levee and drainage district shall select two or more persons to make the estimate, but two of them shall be appraisers or agents who are in the regular employ of the levee …
La. Rev. Stat. § 38:354 Prayer of petition; ex parte order of expropriation
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§354. Prayer of petition; ex parte order of expropriation The petition shall conclude with a prayer that the property be declared expropriated for levee purposes. Upon presentation of the petition, the court shall issue an order directing that the amount of the estimate be deposi…
La. Rev. Stat. § 38:355 Vesting of title
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§355. Vesting of title Upon the deposit of the amount of the estimate in the registry of the court, for the use and benefit of the persons entitled thereto, the clerk shall issue a receipt showing the amount deposited, the date it was deposited, the style and number of the cause,…
La. Rev. Stat. § 38:356 Notice to defendant
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§356. Notice to defendant A. Upon receipt of the deposit, the clerk of court shall issue a notice to each defendant in the suit notifying him that the property described in the petition has been expropriated for levee purposes. B. This notice, together with a certified copy of th…
La. Rev. Stat. § 38:357 Contesting validity of expropriation; waiver of defenses
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§357. Contesting validity of expropriation; waiver of defenses A. Any defendant desiring to contest the validity of the expropriation on the ground that the property was not expropriated for a public purpose may file a motion to dismiss the suit within ten days after the date on …
La. Rev. Stat. § 38:358 Right of possession; limitation by court
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§358. Right of possession; limitation by court A. If there are no buildings located wholly or partially upon the property described in the petition, the levee district or levee and drainage district is entitled to enter upon and take possession of the property upon the deposit of…
La. Rev. Stat. § 38:359 Withdrawal of amount deposited
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§359. Withdrawal of amount deposited A. Upon the application of any party in interest and upon due notice to all parties, the court may order that the money deposited or any part thereof be paid forthwith to the person entitled thereto for or on account of the just and adequate c…
La. Rev. Stat. § 38:360 Defendant's answer; requirements; delay for filing
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§360. Defendant's answer; requirements; delay for filing A. Where an entire lot, block, or tract of land is expropriated any defendant may apply for a trial to determine the measure of compensation to which he is entitled, provided: (1) He files an answer within ninety days from …
La. Rev. Stat. § 38:361 Fixing for trial; notice
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§361. Fixing for trial; notice After the answer is filed either party may cause the matter to be fixed for trial in accordance with procedures established by the district courts not inconsistent with this Part, and the court shall issue an order fixing the time of the trial of th…
La. Rev. Stat. § 38:362 Right to trial by jury
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§362. Right to trial by jury In a proceeding pursuant to this Part any party has the right to demand a trial by jury to determine just compensation. Acts 1985, No. 785, §1, eff. July 22, 1985.
La. Rev. Stat. § 38:363 Time limit for demanding jury trial; waiver of demand for jury trial; limitations
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§363. Time limit for demanding jury trial; waiver of demand for jury trial; limitations A. A defendant may demand a jury trial in his answer or by motion filed within the delays provided for the filing of his answer. B. The levee district or levee and drainage district may demand…
La. Rev. Stat. § 38:364 Deposit of security for jury costs
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§364. Deposit of security for jury costs The court shall require any defendant, other than a political subdivision of the state of Louisiana, who demands a jury trial to post a bond or other security as may be required in ordinary civil jury cases. The levee district or levee and…
La. Rev. Stat. § 38:365 Trial of less than all issues; stipulation
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§365. Trial of less than all issues; stipulation The trial of all issues for which a jury trial has been requested shall be by jury unless the parties stipulate that the jury trial shall be as to certain issues only, but in all cases there shall be but one trial. Acts 1985, No. 7…
La. Rev. Stat. § 38:366 Qualification and exemption of jurors
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§366. Qualification and exemption of jurors The qualifications and exemptions of jurors and the method of choosing and summoning the general venire in jury cases are as provided by law. Acts 1985, No. 785, §1, eff. July 22, 1985.
La. Rev. Stat. § 38:367 Procedure in general
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§367. Procedure in general In cases to be tried by jury, six jurors summoned in accordance with law shall be chosen by lot to try the case. The method of calling and drawing by lot shall be at the discretion of the court. Acts 1985, No. 785, §1, eff. July 22, 1985.
La. Rev. Stat. § 38:368 Swearing of juror before examination
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§368. Swearing of juror before examination Before being examined every prospective juror shall be sworn to answer truthfully such questions as may be propounded to him. Acts 1985, No. 785, §1, eff. July 22, 1985.
