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Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 38:330.10

  • 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
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • 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
  • Orleans Levee District: shall mean the levee district and political subdivision of the state which is referred to as the "Orleans Levee District" the "Board of Commissioners of the Orleans Levee District" or the "Orleans Levee Board". See Louisiana Revised Statutes 38:281
  • Statute: A law passed by a legislature.

A.  Subject to the limitations of liability as set forth in La. Rev. Stat. 38:330.3, whenever a reference to the “board of commissioners”, “levee board” or “board of levee commissioners” of the Algiers Levee District, East Jefferson Levee District, Lake Borgne Basin Levee District, Orleans Levee District, or West Jefferson Levee District appears in any statute, or in a contract, or a legal pleading, or in any other document, that reference shall be deemed to be a reference to the board of commissioners of the Southeast Louisiana Flood Protection Authority-East or the board of commissioners of the Southeast Louisiana Flood Protection Authority-West Bank, as applicable.

B.  Subject to the limitations of liability as set forth in La. Rev. Stat. 38:330.3, whenever a reference to the “board of commissioners”, “levee board” or “board of levee commissioners” or “levee district” appears in any statute, that reference shall be deemed to include the board of commissioners of the Southeast Louisiana Flood Protection Authority-East and Southeast Louisiana Flood Protection Authority-West Bank.

Acts 2006, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 1, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2007; Acts 2007, No. 475, §1, eff. July 12, 2007.