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Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 38:305.1

  • Board of commissioners: means a group of persons appointed under the provisions of law to exercise certain authorities over and have oversight and control of a levee district or levee and drainage district. 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

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 not be restricted to employment of the third assistant district attorney of the Eighteenth Judicial District of Louisiana.

Acts 1997, No. 110, §2.