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Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 38:353

  • 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

The governing authority of the levee district or levee and drainage district shall select two or more persons to make the estimate, but two of them shall be appraisers or agents who are in the regular employ of the levee district or licensed realtors who are familiar with land values in the vicinity of the property to be taken.  

Acts 1985, No. 785, §1, eff. July 22, 1985.