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Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 38:305

  • Levee and drainage district: means a political subdivision of this state organized for the purpose and charged with the duty of constructing and maintaining levees, drainage, and all other things incidental thereto within its territorial limits. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 38:281
  • Levee district: means a political subdivision of this state organized for the purpose and charged with the duty of constructing and maintaining levees, and all other things incidental thereto within its territorial limits. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 38:281

 Except as provided in La. Rev. Stat. 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 more engineers.  The salary of each attorney shall be determined by the board.

Acts 1985, No. 785, §1, eff. July 22, 1985; Acts 2006, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 1, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2007.