Louisiana Revised Statutes 38:315 – Wherever there presently exists or may hereafter be created within the territorial limits of any levee district or levee and drainage district in the state of Louisiana, except in th
Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 38:315
- 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
Wherever there presently exists or may hereafter be created within the territorial limits of any levee district or levee and drainage district in the state of Louisiana, except in the parish of Orleans, any canal or other artificial waterway created by any levee district or levee and drainage district for the purpose of constructing a levee or other public work and where said canal or other artificial waterway is navigable in fact and connects with or enters into any lake, river, stream, bayou, or other navigable waters, the governing authority of said levee district or levee and drainage district shall have the authority, with the approval of the office of engineering of the Department of Transportation and Development or the Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority Board, if the area is located within the coastal area, as defined in La. Rev. Stat. 49:214.2, and involves integrated coastal protection, as defined in La. Rev. Stat. 49:214.2, and with the concurrence of the United States district engineer, to dedicate and declare the canal or other artificial waterway, in whole or in part, as a waterway subject to the free and unrestricted navigation by the public; however, nothing herein shall be construed as authorizing the taking of private property, except as now provided by the constitution and laws of this state.
Acts 1985, No. 785, §1, eff. July 22, 1985; Acts 2012, No. 601, §1, eff. June 7, 2012; Acts 2012, No. 753, §5; Acts 2016, No. 430, §4.