Chapter

Drainage Districts Requiring Leveeing

La. R.S. 38:1601— DRAINAGE DISTRICTS REQUIRING LEVEEING
La. R.S. 38:1601.1— Applicability of Chapter
La. R.S. 38:1602— Parishes authorized to create drainage districts
La. R.S. 38:1603— Creation of districts embracing lands in more than one parish
La. R.S. 38:1604— Creation of district on petition of property owners; procedure to be followed
La. R.S. 38:1605— Approval of Department of Public Works; duties of department
La. R.S. 38:1606— Name of district
La. R.S. 38:1607— Board of commissioners; qualifications; compensation and expenses
La. R.S. 38:1608— Appointment and terms of commissioners
La. R.S. 38:1609— Removal of commissioners; appointment of successors
La. R.S. 38:1610— Oath of commissioners
La. R.S. 38:1611— Officers of board; seal; depository; payment of funds
La. R.S. 38:1612— Record of proceedings of board
La. R.S. 38:1613— Domicile of district; place of suit; place of meetings
La. R.S. 38:1614— Corporate status and powers of district
La. R.S. 38:1615— Record of proceedings of board
La. R.S. 38:1616— Recordation of certified copies of ordinances creating districts; publication
La. R.S. 38:1617— Contest of legality of district
La. R.S. 38:1618— Sub-drainage districts
La. R.S. 38:1619— Acreage tax
La. R.S. 38:1620— Attorneys
La. R.S. 38:1621— Engineers
La. R.S. 38:1622— Petitions to proceed with work
La. R.S. 38:1623— Appointment and duties of board of appraisers
La. R.S. 38:1624— Notice of appointment and meeting of appraisers; oath; organization
La. R.S. 38:1625— Proceedings of appraisers
La. R.S. 38:1626— Report of findings of appraisers; fees
La. R.S. 38:1627— Petition for confirmation of report and expropriation of property; notice and citation
La. R.S. 38:1628— Hearing and determination of expropriation suits; approval of report of board of appraisers; appeal
La. R.S. 38:1629— Rejection of reclamation plan; submission of new or amended plan
La. R.S. 38:1630— Board of commissioners to carry out reclamation plan; letting contracts
La. R.S. 38:1631— Tax levy for cost of work
La. R.S. 38:1632— Tax lien on property; certificate and tables; record
La. R.S. 38:1633— Levy of maintenance tax
La. R.S. 38:1634— Determination of annual installment; levy of maintenance tax; certificate and table
La. R.S. 38:1635— Collection and accounting for taxes
La. R.S. 38:1636— Non-liability of state and its subdivisions for taxes
La. R.S. 38:1637— Sale of land for delinquent taxes
La. R.S. 38:1638— Works and improvements authorized
La. R.S. 38:1639— Expropriation of land
La. R.S. 38:1640— Payment for property expropriated; assessment of portion not taken
La. R.S. 38:1641— Bridges; ditch or lateral across highway; removal of bridge, flume or other work
La. R.S. 38:1642— Raising of embankments to conform to district levee
La. R.S. 38:1643— Exemption of bonds from taxation
La. R.S. 38:1644— Effect of change of ownership of land
La. R.S. 38:1645— Change of venue; recusation of judge
La. R.S. 38:1646— Injunction or other writ granted only on rule nisi
La. R.S. 38:1647— Compensation and expenses of officers and employees; removal of employees
La. R.S. 38:1648— Change of plan of reclamation
La. R.S. 38:1649— Enlargement of boundaries of district
La. R.S. 38:1650— Appointment of appraisers upon change of boundaries or plan
La. R.S. 38:1651— Benefits, taxes, bonds and reclamation of sub-district
La. R.S. 38:1652— Issuance of bonds; form and terms
La. R.S. 38:1653— Sale of bonds
La. R.S. 38:1654— Payment of principal and interest of bonds
La. R.S. 38:1655— Additional levy for payment of principal and interest
La. R.S. 38:1656— Limit of tax levy
La. R.S. 38:1657— Bond of secretary-treasurer
La. R.S. 38:1658— Use of funds derived from the sale of bonds
La. R.S. 38:1659— Readjustment of assessment of benefits
La. R.S. 38:1660— Consolidation of adjacent districts
La. R.S. 38:1661— New or amended reclamation plans; additional assessments and taxes
La. R.S. 38:1662— Connection of ditches; drainage systems, and watercourses with works and improvements of district
La. R.S. 38:1663— Advance payment of tax in full
La. R.S. 38:1664— Reorganization of existing districts permitted
La. R.S. 38:1665— Reorganization procedure
La. R.S. 38:1666— Powers and duties of boards of commissioners of reorganized districts
La. R.S. 38:1667— Obligations of former district assumed by reorganized districts
La. R.S. 38:1668— Chief engineer of reorganized district
La. R.S. 38:1669— Property of pre-existing district transferred; funding and refunding of pre-existing indebtedness
La. R.S. 38:1670— Issuance of funding or refunding bonds
La. R.S. 38:1671— Form and terms of bonds; denominations
La. R.S. 38:1672— Sale or exchange of bonds; use of proceeds
La. R.S. 38:1673— Payment and retirement of bonds
La. R.S. 38:1674— Waiver of procedural rights; recordation of consent
La. R.S. 38:1674.1— Construction of drainage projects; financing
La. R.S. 38:1674.2— Notice of intention; hearing; ordering improvements
La. R.S. 38:1674.3— Plans and specifications; advertisement for bids
La. R.S. 38:1674.4— Opening of bids; award of contract
La. R.S. 38:1674.5— Report of costs; assessments
La. R.S. 38:1674.6— Issuance of Certificates
La. R.S. 38:1674.7— Signature on certificates and coupons; form of endorsement
La. R.S. 38:1674.8— Sale of certificates; disposition of funds
La. R.S. 38:1674.9— Nature of certificates
La. R.S. 38:1674.10— Contesting validity
La. R.S. 38:1674.11— Arrangements under Local Services Law
La. R.S. 38:1674.12— Parishes adjoining Lake Maurepas or Lake Pontchartrain; notice of intention; hearing; ordering improvements
La. R.S. 38:1674.13— Parishes adjoining Lake Maurepas or Lake Pontchartrain; report of costs; assessments
La. R.S. 38:1674.14— Sunset Drainage District of St. Charles Parish; acreage tax
La. R.S. 38:1674.15— St. Tammany Parish Drainage District No. 2; creation of assessment areas; maintenance tax assessment
La. R.S. 38:1674.16— St. Tammany Parish Drainage District No. 4
La. R.S. 38:1674.16.1— Certain drainage districts
La. R.S. 38:1675— Application of Part
La. R.S. 38:1676— Tax sale properties; confirmation of title
La. R.S. 38:1677— Police juries as governing authority
La. R.S. 38:1678— Authorization to incur debt; issue bonds and levy taxes
La. R.S. 38:1679— Dividing districts lying in two or more parishes
La. R.S. 38:1680— St. Mary Parish; powers of districts; bonds; taxes
La. R.S. 38:1680.1— St. Mary Parish; powers of parish, drainage districts, and any incorporated municipality in the parish to levy taxes and charges for drainage facilities
La. R.S. 38:1680.2— Town of Berwick; authority to levy taxes, fees, and charges for drainage facilities, systems, and networks
La. R.S. 38:1681— Assumption Parish; powers of districts; bonds; taxes
La. R.S. 38:1701— Creation of districts authorized
La. R.S. 38:1702— Creation upon petition of landowners
La. R.S. 38:1703— Approval of formation by Department of Public Works
La. R.S. 38:1704— Organization of districts
La. R.S. 38:1705— Rights of district in which land formerly included
La. R.S. 38:1706— Interference with natural drainage
La. R.S. 38:1707— Exemption from laws forbidding inclusion in more than one district