Title 38, Public Contracts, Works and Improvements
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La. Rev. Stat. § 38:2906 Election of officers; record book, public inspection
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§2906. Election of officers; record book, public inspection Immediately after the commissioners have been appointed by the Jackson Parish Police Jury, or as soon thereafter as practicable, the commissioners shall meet and immediately organize by electing officers as follows: They…
La. Rev. Stat. § 38:2907 Powers of board
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§2907. 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 …
La. Rev. Stat. § 38:2908 Rules and regulations
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§2908. 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…
La. Rev. Stat. § 38:2909 Constructions which would impede flow of water in watershed prohibited; pollution defined and prohibited; penalties fixed for violations
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§2909. Constructions which would impede flow of water in watershed prohibited; pollution defined and prohibited; penalties fixed for violations A. No person or public corporation shall erect within the drainage area of the district any dam or reservoir upon any stream or water co…
La. Rev. Stat. § 38:291 Naming; limits of districts; composition of boards
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§291. Naming; limits of districts; composition of boards A. Atchafalaya Basin Levee District. (1) On July 1, 1997, and continuing thereafter, the parishes and parts of parishes, except St. Mary Parish, south of Old River, and between the Mississippi River and Lafourche Bayou on t…
La. Rev. Stat. § 38:2910 Contracts, let by board; bond
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§2910. 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 …
La. Rev. Stat. § 38:2911 Playgrounds, parks and other facilities; limitation
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§2911. 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 a…
La. Rev. Stat. § 38:2912 Management of fish, game, and wildlife
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§2912. Management of fish, game, and wildlife A, B, C. REPEALED BY ACTS 1993, NO. 830, §2. D. The board of commissioners shall have authority to establish and cause to be enforced rules and regulations pertaining to all commercial establishments which may be constructed for the p…
La. Rev. Stat. § 38:2913 Management of improvements
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§2913. 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 to be inundated by the proposed lake and shall further have the …
La. Rev. Stat. § 38:2914 Property exempt from taxation
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§2914. Property exempt from taxation The lands which lie within and form the proposed 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 sa…
La. Rev. Stat. § 38:2915 Individual mineral leases unabridged
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§2915. Individual mineral leases unabridged The provisions of this Chapter 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 the lands for the production of oil, gas…
La. Rev. Stat. § 38:292 Board of commissioners; Red River, Atchafalaya, and Bayou Boeuf Levee District;
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§292. Board of commissioners; Red River, Atchafalaya, and Bayou Boeuf Levee District; training required; executive director expectations and requirements A.(1) The governing authority of the Red River, Atchafalaya, and Bayou Boeuf Levee District shall be a board of commissioners …
La. Rev. Stat. § 38:3 Inland waterways, navigation projects; jurisdiction of United States not affected
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§3. Inland waterways, navigation projects; jurisdiction of United States not affected A. The Department of Transportation and Development shall plan systems of inland waterways, navigation drainage; irrigation and water conservation projects; foster the maintenance, improvement, …
La. Rev. Stat. § 38:30 Purpose
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§30. Purpose A. The legislature hereby acknowledges that water as a source of life is the most important element of man's environmental resources. Louisiana has been favored with abundant water resources and has had little to prompt the establishment of a state policy and program…
La. Rev. Stat. § 38:3000 Creation; location
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§3000. Creation; location The Jackson-Bienville Parishes Watershed District is hereby created out of the watershed of Dugdemona Bayou located in Jackson and Bienville parishes. Added by Acts 1970, No. 600, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 38:3001 District as agency of the state and budgetary unit; purpose
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§3001. District as agency of the state and budgetary unit; purpose The Jackson-Bienville Parishes Dugdemona Watershed District shall be an agency of the State of Louisiana and a budgetary unit thereof, which shall have as its purpose the conservation of soil and water, developing…
La. Rev. Stat. § 38:3002 Powers
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§3002. Powers The Jackson-Bienville Parishes Dugdemona 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 th…
La. Rev. Stat. § 38:3003 Board of commissioners created
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§3003. Board of commissioners created The Board of Commissioners of the Jackson-Bienville Parishes Dugdemona Watershed District, within its powers and duties as defined herein, is hereby created and established as the governing board of the Jackson-Bienville Parishes Watershed Di…
La. Rev. Stat. § 38:3004 Board to govern; membership; tenure; vacancies; compensation
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§3004. Board to govern; membership; tenure; vacancies; compensation The said district shall be governed and controlled by the Board of Commissioners of the Jackson-Bienville Parishes Dugdemona Watershed District, to be composed of seven commissioners, each of whom shall be a qual…
La. Rev. Stat. § 38:3005 Oaths
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§3005. 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…
La. Rev. Stat. § 38:3006 Election of officers; record book, public inspection
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§3006. Election of officers; record book, public inspection Immediately after the commissioners have been appointed, or as soon thereafter as practicable, the commissioners shall meet and immediately organize by electing officers as follows: They shall elect from among their numb…
La. Rev. Stat. § 38:3007 Powers of board
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§3007. 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 …
La. Rev. Stat. § 38:3008 Rules and regulations
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§3008. 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…
La. Rev. Stat. § 38:3009 Constructions which would impede flow of water in watershed prohibited; pollution defined and prohibited; penalties fixed for violations
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§3009. Constructions which would impede flow of water in watershed prohibited; pollution defined and prohibited; penalties fixed for violations A. No person or public corporation shall erect within the drainage area of the district any dam or reservoir upon any stream or water co…
La. Rev. Stat. § 38:301 Construction and maintenance of levees and drainage; care and inspection of levees;
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§301. Construction and maintenance of levees and drainage; care and inspection of levees; measure of compensation; right of entry; bicycle paths and walkways A.(1) The levee boards and levee and drainage boards of this state may construct and maintain levees, drainage, and levee …
La. Rev. Stat. § 38:301.1 Coastal area levee districts; elevation reports
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§301.1. Coastal area levee districts; elevation reports A. Every levee district located wholly or partially in the coastal area and every parish governing authority for parishes located wholly or partially within the coastal area but which are not part of a levee district shall, …
La. Rev. Stat. § 38:301.2 2 to 301.45
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§301.2 to 301.45. Repealed by Acts 1985, No. 785, eff. July 22, 1985.
La. Rev. Stat. § 38:3010 Contracts, let by board; bond
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§3010. 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 …
La. Rev. Stat. § 38:3011 Playgrounds, parks and other facilities; limitation
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§3011. 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 a…
La. Rev. Stat. § 38:3012 Management of fish, game, and wildlife
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§3012. Management of fish, game, and wildlife A, B, C. REPEALED BY ACTS 1993, NO. 830, §2. D. The board of commissioners shall have authority to establish and cause to be enforced rules and regulations pertaining to all commercial establishments which may be constructed for the p…
La. Rev. Stat. § 38:3013 Management of improvements
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§3013. 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 to be inundated by the proposed lake and shall further have the …
La. Rev. Stat. § 38:3014 Property exempt from taxation
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§3014. Property exempt from taxation The lands which lie within and form the proposed 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 sa…
La. Rev. Stat. § 38:3015 Individual mineral leases unabridged
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§3015. Individual mineral leases unabridged The provisions of this Chapter 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 the lands for the production of oil, gas…
La. Rev. Stat. § 38:302 Commercial lease of lands
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§302. Commercial lease of lands The boards of commissioners of the various levee districts may execute commercial leases of not over three years duration, except as provided in R.S. 38:320 on lands respectively owned or which may hereafter be acquired by the levee districts and l…
La. Rev. Stat. § 38:303 Compromise of claims relating to lands conveyed in error
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§303. Compromise of claims relating to lands conveyed in error The governor, the executive counsel, and the attorney general, or any two of them, may settle and compromise with the levee boards and levee and drainage boards of the state and their lessees, or any combination there…
La. Rev. Stat. § 38:304 Appointment of members; residency and education requirements; filling of vacancies
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§304. Appointment of members; residency and education requirements; filling of vacancies A. Any person appointed as a levee commissioner or levee and drainage commissioner shall meet all of the following requirements: (1) Reside in this state for the preceding two years. (2) Resi…
La. Rev. Stat. § 38:304.1 Repealed by Acts 1997, No
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§304.1. Repealed by Acts 1997, No. 1116, §2.
La. Rev. Stat. § 38:304.2 Repealed by Acts 2006, 1st Ex
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§304.2. Repealed by Acts 2006, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 1, §4, eff. Jan. 1, 2007.
La. Rev. Stat. § 38:304.3 Repealed by Acts 2006, 1st Ex
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§304.3. Repealed by Acts 2006, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 1, §4, eff. Jan. 1, 2007.
La. Rev. Stat. § 38:305 Employment of attorney
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§305. Employment of attorney Except as provided in R.S. 38:330.5, each levee board and levee and drainage board for a levee district or levee and drainage district may employ one or more attorneys to represent it and to offer advice and assistance of a legal nature and one or mor…
La. Rev. Stat. § 38:305.1 Atchafalaya Basin Levee District; employment of attorney
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§305.1. Atchafalaya Basin Levee District; employment of attorney Notwithstanding any provisions of law to the contrary, the board of commissioners of the Atchafalaya Basin Levee District may employ one or more attorneys of its choice to represent it; however, such choice shall no…
La. Rev. Stat. § 38:3051 District authorized; creating resolution; membership
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§3051. District authorized; creating resolution; membership The governing authority of the parish of East Baton Rouge is hereby empowered to create a special conservation district within said parish to be known as "Greater Baton Rouge Water Conservation District" hereinafter some…
La. Rev. Stat. § 38:3052 Powers
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§3052. Powers In addition to the powers herein provided, the district, acting through the Commission, shall have the power to study ground water conditions in the greater Baton Rouge area with the view of water conservation, with particular interest on possible effects of salt wa…
La. Rev. Stat. § 38:3053 Officers; compensation; meetings; local services agreement
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§3053. Officers; compensation; meetings; local services agreement At the first meeting, Commission shall elect from among their members a president, vice-president and secretary. Members of the Commission shall serve without compensation or per diem. Meetings of the Commission sh…
La. Rev. Stat. § 38:3054 Additional parish
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§3054. Additional parish Limits of district may be extended to include one or more additional parishes affected by ground water resources common to East Baton Rouge Parish such additional parish or parishes are hereinafter referred to as "Additional Parish". No additional parish …
La. Rev. Stat. § 38:3055 Cooperative agreements; information
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§3055. Cooperative agreements; information Commission is authorized and empowered to make such inquiries as it may deem necessary for its purpose and may through committees or representatives of commission conduct meetings and enter into cooperative agreements with any agency, or…
La. Rev. Stat. § 38:3056 Assistance; advisory subcommittees
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§3056. Assistance; advisory subcommittees The director of public works and the parish attorney shall serve in an advisory capacity to the commission, subject to call by the commission. The office of parish clerk shall furnish such clerical assistance as may from time to time be r…
La. Rev. Stat. § 38:3057 Technical assistance
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§3057. Technical assistance In addition, and subject to the availability of funds, pursuant to a local services agreement between the commission and the parish of East Baton Rouge and the city of Baton Rouge, the commission may employ experts and consultants for such technical as…
La. Rev. Stat. § 38:306 General powers and duties of board
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§306. General powers and duties of board A. Each board of commissioners may buy and hold, sell and transfer, or exchange property, make and execute contracts, and do and perform any and all acts necessary to insure the thorough and adequate protection of the lands of the district…
La. Rev. Stat. § 38:307 Orleans Levee District; powers of board of commissioners
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§307. Orleans Levee District; powers of board of commissioners A.(1) The board of commissioners of the Orleans Levee District shall have and exercise all and singular the powers now conferred upon that board by law, as well as such powers as are herein granted. The board shall ha…