Title 38, Public Contracts, Works and Improvements
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La. Rev. Stat. § 38:3071 Legislative finding; purpose
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§3071. Legislative finding; purpose A. The orderly utilization of groundwater resources is hereby found and declared to be a matter of public interest. B. It is the purpose of this part to provide for the efficient administration, conservation, orderly development and supplementa…
La. Rev. Stat. § 38:3072 District; creation
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§3072. District; creation There is hereby created the Capital Area Groundwater Conservation District, hereinafter called "district," which shall be composed of the parishes of Ascension, East Baton Rouge, East Feliciana, Pointe Coupee, West Baton Rouge, and West Feliciana. Added …
La. Rev. Stat. § 38:3073 Definitions
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§3073. Definitions Unless the context otherwise requires, the following terms shall have the following meanings for purposes of this Part: (1) "Beneficial purpose" or "beneficial use" means the use of groundwater for domestic, municipal, industrial, agricultural, recreational, or…
La. Rev. Stat. § 38:3074 Repealed by Acts 2025, No
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§3074. Repealed by Acts 2025, No. 458, §11, eff. Oct. 1, 2025.
La. Rev. Stat. § 38:3075 Repealed by Acts 2025, No
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§3075. Repealed by Acts 2025, No. 458, §11, eff. Oct. 1, 2025.
La. Rev. Stat. § 38:3076 Powers of the district
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§3076. Powers of the district A. The district shall work with the secretary of the Department of Conservation and Energy in his responsibilities to do all things necessary to prevent waste of groundwater resources, and to prevent or alleviate damaging or potentially damaging subs…
La. Rev. Stat. § 38:3077 Suits and failure to bring suit
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§3077. Suits and failure to bring suit A. Whenever it appears that a person is violating or is threatening to violate any provision of this Part or a rule, regulation, or order made hereunder, the district shall bring suit to restrain that person from continuing the violation or …
La. Rev. Stat. § 38:3078 Limiting rate of production; notice
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§3078. Limiting rate of production; notice Any order limiting rates of production of groundwater, except emergency orders issued as hereinafter provided, shall be issued only after sixty days notice and a public hearing. The district shall give notice by registered mail to all us…
La. Rev. Stat. § 38:3079 Pumping charges
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§3079. Pumping charges A. The pumping charge assessed against each user of groundwater within the district shall be fixed annually upon at least thirty days notice to each user within the district known to the district and general notice by publication; however, the charges asses…
La. Rev. Stat. § 38:308 Per diem; number of days per diem allowed; travel expenses; salary
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§308. Per diem; number of days per diem allowed; travel expenses; salary A. Any other provision of law to the contrary notwithstanding, particularly any special provisions in this Title relative to each levee district and levee and drainage district in the state, any board of com…
La. Rev. Stat. § 38:3080 Repealed by Acts 2025, No
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§3080. Repealed by Acts 2025, No. 458, §11, eff. Oct. 1, 2025.
La. Rev. Stat. § 38:3081 Court review and injunctive relief
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§3081. Court review and injunctive relief A. Any aggrieved person of the district may, within thirty days after the adoption of any rule, regulation, order or taking of other action by the district, file suit in the district court in which the district is domiciled, to contest th…
La. Rev. Stat. § 38:3082 Falsification of documents to evade regulations; penalty
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§3082. Falsification of documents to evade regulations; penalty A. No person shall for the purpose of evading this part, or any rule, regulation, or order made thereunder: (1) Make or cause to be made any false entry or statement of fact in any report required to be made by this …
La. Rev. Stat. § 38:3083 Violations; penalty; jurisdiction; attorney general to conduct suit; complicity
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§3083. Violations; penalty; jurisdiction; attorney general to conduct suit; complicity A. Whoever knowingly and willfully violates a provision of this Part or a rule, regulation, or order of the district made hereunder, shall be subject to a civil penalty of not more than one tho…
La. Rev. Stat. § 38:3084 Aiding and abetting violation
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§3084. Aiding and abetting violation Whoever knowingly and willfully aids or abets a person in the violation of a provision of this part, or any rule, regulation, or order made hereunder, shall be subject to the same penalties provided herein for the principal violator. Added by …
La. Rev. Stat. § 38:3085.1 Creation; purposes
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§3085.1. Creation; purposes The Iatt Lake Water Conservation District, referred to in this Part as the "district," is continued with the territorial boundaries, organization, and functions provided for in this Part. The district shall be a body politic and corporate and a politic…
La. Rev. Stat. § 38:3085.2 Board of commissioners; officers; employees; per diem; meetings
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§3085.2. Board of commissioners; officers; employees; per diem; meetings A. The district shall be governed by a board of commissioners, referred to in this Part as the "board," which shall be composed of five members, each of whom shall be a resident of the district. The members …
La. Rev. Stat. § 38:3085.3 Purposes
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§3085.3. Purposes A. The general purpose for which the district is created is to make available an adequate fresh water supply for industrial and other consumption in the Grant Parish area, and the district may furnish fresh water to cities, towns, villages, industries, corporati…
La. Rev. Stat. § 38:3085.4 Board of commissioners; powers; bonds
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§3085.4. Board of commissioners; powers; bonds A. The board shall constitute an instrumentality of the state of Louisiana, exercising public and essential governmental functions. The exercise by the board of the powers conferred by this Part shall be deemed to be essential govern…
La. Rev. Stat. § 38:3085.5 Bonds; rights of bond holders; refunding bonds
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§3085.5. Bonds; rights of bond holders; refunding bonds A. In any resolution authorizing the issuance of such bonds, the board may enter into such covenants with the future holder or holders of the bonds with respect to the management and operation of facilities, the imposition a…
La. Rev. Stat. § 38:3085.6 Bonds; contest of legality
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§3085.6. Bonds; contest of legality For a period of thirty days after the date of publication of the resolution authorizing the issuance of bonds hereunder, any persons in interest shall have the right to contest the legality of the resolution and the legality of the bond issue f…
La. Rev. Stat. § 38:3085.7 Bonds; investment; taxes
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§3085.7. Bonds; investment; taxes All bonds issued under the provisions of this Part shall constitute negotiable instruments within the meaning of the law of this state relating to commercial paper. Savings banks, insurance companies, homestead associations, trustees, and other f…
La. Rev. Stat. § 38:3085.8 Taxes
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§3085.8. Taxes The board does not have authority to levy taxes of any kind. Added by Acts 1975, No. 28, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 38:3086.1 Creation; purposes
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§3086.1. Creation; purposes There is hereby created a body politic and corporate, to be known as the Teche-Vermilion Fresh Water District (hereinafter referred to as "District"), for the purpose of establishing, maintaining and protecting a fresh water supply in Bayou Teche and t…
La. Rev. Stat. § 38:3086.2 Location; composition; additions
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§3086.2. Location; composition; additions The territory comprised within said district shall consist of the parishes of Iberia, Lafayette, St. Martin and Vermilion. Additional parishes may be added to the district by resolutions duly adopted by the police jury of each parish then…
La. Rev. Stat. § 38:3086.21 Creation; purposes; definitions; jurisdiction
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§3086.21. Creation; purposes; definitions; jurisdiction A. There is hereby created a body politic and corporate to be known as Bayou Lafourche Fresh Water District, for the purpose of furnishing fresh water from any available fresh water source, including any ground water and sur…
La. Rev. Stat. § 38:3086.22 Location; composition
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§3086.22. Location; composition A. The Bayou Lafourche Fresh Water District shall be composed of all of Lafourche Parish, except that portion of the parish having a front of two hundred feet on Bayou Des Allemands and running back westerly a distance of thirty-eight thousand six …
La. Rev. Stat. § 38:3086.23 Board of commissioners; membership; officers; vacancies
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§3086.23. Board of commissioners; membership; officers; vacancies A.(1) The board shall be composed of twelve members selected as follows: two members appointed to represent the parish of Ascension, two members appointed to represent the parish of Assumption, four members appoint…
La. Rev. Stat. § 38:3086.24 Powers
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§3086.24. Powers A. The domicile of said board shall be in the city of Thibodaux, Lafourche Parish, Louisiana. The district shall have the power to sue and be sued, through its board of commissioners, and service of process in any such suit against the district shall be made upon…
La. Rev. Stat. § 38:3086.25 Bayou Lafourche; fresh water maintenance
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§3086.25. Bayou Lafourche; fresh water maintenance The purpose of this Part is to make it possible for the fresh water district which is hereby created to provide and maintain in Bayou Lafourche a source of fresh water supply from Donaldsonville to the Gulf of Mexico and that not…
La. Rev. Stat. § 38:3086.26 Engineering services by Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority
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§3086.26. Engineering services by Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority The Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority Board is authorized and directed to provide such engineering assistance, advice, and supervision and shall provide such requests, investigations, survey…
La. Rev. Stat. § 38:3086.27 Board of commissioners; fresh water district
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§3086.27. Board of commissioners; fresh water district A. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, each member of the board of commissioners of a multi-parish fresh water district from any parish with a population of not greater than twenty-three thousand seven…
La. Rev. Stat. § 38:3086.3 Board of commissioners; membership; tenure; officers; vacancies; compensation
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§3086.3. Board of commissioners; membership; tenure; officers; vacancies; compensation A. The affairs of the district shall be governed by a board of commissioners, whose membership shall be as follows: (1) One member from each of the parishes constituting the district, to be sel…
La. Rev. Stat. § 38:3086.4 Board of commissioners; domicile; powers; bonds and taxes; bonding of treasurer
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§3086.4. Board of commissioners; domicile; powers; bonds and taxes; bonding of treasurer The domicile of said board shall be at Lafayette, Louisiana. The district herein created shall have the power to sue and be sued, through its board of commissioners, and service of process in…
La. Rev. Stat. § 38:3086.5 Powers
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§3086.5. Powers The district shall have the power to buy and sell; to own, maintain and operate property within and without the district; to acquire servitudes and rights-of-way within and without the district; to grant and fulfill assurances of local participation in connection …
La. Rev. Stat. § 38:3086.6 Engineering services by Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority
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§3086.6. Engineering services by Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority The Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority Board is authorized and directed to provide such engineering assistance, advice and supervision and shall provide such reports, investigations, surveys, …
La. Rev. Stat. § 38:3087.1 Creation
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§3087.1. Creation There is hereby created a recreation and water conservation district to be known as the "Poverty Point Reservoir District". Acts 1992, No. 888, §2, eff. July 8, 1992. NOTE: SEE R.S. 36:511, AS ENACTED BY ACTS 1998, 1ST EX. SESS., NO. 144, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 38:3087.10 Supervision by Department of Transportation and Development
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§3087.10. Supervision by Department of Transportation and Development All of the powers and duties relative to construction and letting of contracts for construction required to be advertised by R.S. 38:2211 and 2212 conferred upon the district shall be subject to and exercised u…
La. Rev. Stat. § 38:3087.100 Construction which would impede flow of water in lake prohibited; pollution defined and prohibited; penalties fixed for violations
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§3087.100. Construction which would impede flow of water in lake prohibited; pollution defined and prohibited; penalties fixed for violations A.(1) No person or public corporation shall erect within the drainage area of the district any dam or reservoir upon any stream or waterco…
La. Rev. Stat. § 38:3087.101 Supervision by Department of Transportation and Development
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§3087.101. Supervision by Department of Transportation and Development All of the powers and duties relative to construction and letting of contracts for construction required to be advertised by R.S. 38:2211 and 2212 conferred upon the district shall be subject to and exercised …
La. Rev. Stat. § 38:3087.102 Contracts let by board
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§3087.102. Contracts let by board Any and all contracts of the district shall be let by the board of commissioners under the provisions of the Public Bid Law, R.S. 38:2181 et seq. Acts 1995, No. 1045, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 38:3087.103 Mineral rights
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§3087.103. Mineral rights Whenever it shall become necessary for the district or the Department of Transportation and Development to acquire full ownership of any land for the purpose of constructing any work or facility within the district, the owner thereof in his own behalf or…
La. Rev. Stat. § 38:3087.104 Tax exemption; mineral leases unabridged
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§3087.104. Tax exemption; mineral leases unabridged Should the district or the Department of Transportation and Development acquire a servitude, right of use, or title in full ownership to immovable property or any other property, such property shall not be subject to any ad valo…
La. Rev. Stat. § 38:3087.105 Playgrounds, parks, and other facilities
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§3087.105. Playgrounds, parks, and other facilities 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 adequat…
La. Rev. Stat. § 38:3087.106 Regulation of commercial establishments
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§3087.106. Regulation of commercial establishments A. The board of commissioners shall have authority: (1) 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 makin…
La. Rev. Stat. § 38:3087.107 Audit
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§3087.107. Audit The district shall be audited pursuant to R.S. 24:513. Acts 1995, No. 1045, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 38:3087.11 Contracts let by board; bond
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§3087.11. Contracts let by board; bond Any and all contracts of the district shall be let by the board of commissioners under the provisions of the Public Bid Law, R.S. 38:2181 et seq. Acts 1992, No. 888, §2, eff. July 8, 1992.
La. Rev. Stat. § 38:3087.111 Creation
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§3087.111. Creation There is hereby created a recreation and water conservation district to be known as the "Black River Lake Recreation and Water Conservation District". Acts 1999, No. 588, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 38:3087.112 Location
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§3087.112. Location The district shall be comprised of all of Concordia Parish, to include precincts 4-6, 5-3, 5-4, 5-5, 5-6, and 5-7. Acts 1999, No. 588, §1; Acts 2014, No. 207, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 38:3087.113 District as political subdivision and body corporate; purpose and powers
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§3087.113. District as political subdivision and body corporate; purpose and powers A. The district so created shall be a political subdivision of the state of Louisiana which shall have for its purpose the preservation, promotion, and development of the wealth and natural resour…