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Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 38:319

  • 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 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

Each board of commissioners of each levee district and levee and drainage district shall prepare a written procedures manual to be used during periods of emergency to facilitate the immediate and orderly actions of each board during an emergency.  The manual shall initially be completed by December 1, 1985, and shall be updated every two years and submitted to the office of engineering, or its successor, and the Joint Legislative Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works and the House Committee on Natural Resources and Environment and the Senate Committee on Natural Resources for review.

Acts 1985, No. 785, §1, eff. July 22, 1985; Acts 2012, No. 601, §1, eff. June 7, 2012; Acts 2012, No. 753, §5.