Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes > Title 56 > Chapter 8 > Part II - Natural and Scenic Rivers System

• Administrator: means the secretary of the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 56:1842
• Channel realignment: means the practice by which dredging, ditching, or other means are used to shorten or reroute the natural stream course. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 56:1842
• Channelization: means the practice of changing a natural stream, or segment thereof, into a man-made ditch or canal with channels of a relatively uniform width and depth usually necessitating the removal of trees and other woody vegetation adjacent to the stream and constructed for the purpose of accelerating runoff. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 56:1842
• Clearing and snagging: means the practice of removing most obstructions, trees, snags, and other impediments that retard the natural stream flow. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 56:1842
• Concurrent resolution: A legislative measure, designated "S. Con. Res." and numbered consecutively upon introduction, generally employed to address the sentiments of both chambers, to deal with issues or matters affecting both houses, such as a concurrent budget resolution, or to create a temporary joint committee. Concurrent resolutions are not submitted to the President/Governor and thus do not have the force of law.
• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• Historic and scenic river: means a river, stream, or bayou or segment thereof which because of its unique historical status and scenic character requires protection and preservation of its aesthetic, scenic, recreation, fish, wildlife, ecological, archaeological, geological, botanical, and other natural and physical features. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 56:1842
• Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
• Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity.
• Natural and scenic river: means a river, stream, or bayou or segment thereof that has been designated as part of the Louisiana Natural and Scenic Rivers System in accordance with the provisions of this Part and the rules and regulations adopted pursuant thereto. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 56:1842
• Normal activities: means those activities on lands that do not directly and significantly degrade the ecological integrity of a natural and scenic river. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 56:1842
• person: includes a body of persons, whether incorporated or not. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 1:10
• Reservoir construction: means any permanent dam or impoundment which alters the shoreline of a natural and scenic river. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 56:1842
• River: includes rivers, streams, bayous, and segments thereof and their waters and generally those bodies of water having the characteristics of rivers, streams, and bayous. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 56:1842
• Surface servitude: means a contract between the stream owner and the system administrator which shall relieve the landowner of liabilities and assure the public of access and use of the stream surface. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 56:1842
• System: means the Louisiana Natural and Scenic Rivers System. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 56:1842