SLS 10RS-1063 ORIGINAL
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Regular Session, 2010
SENATE BILL NO. 610
BY SENATOR ADLEY
OWNERSHIP. Provides for a right of passage on a levee road under certain circumstances.
(gov sig)
AN ACT1
To enact R.S. 9:1255, relative to servitudes and rights of access; to provide for the right and2
servitude of passage upon certain levees; and to provide for related matters.3
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:4
Section 1. R.S. 9:1255 is hereby enacted to read as follows: 5
ยง1255. Right and servitude of passage upon levees6
Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, when access7
to a public road is most accessible to a landowner by way of an existing levee8
road, the landowner may claim a right of passage on the levee road to the9
nearest public road. Access to the levee road shall not be denied.10
Section 2. This Act shall become effective upon signature by the governor or, if not11
signed by the governor, upon expiration of the time for bills to become law without signature12
by the governor, as provided by Article III, Section 18 of the Constitution of Louisiana. If13
vetoed by the governor and subsequently approved by the legislature, this Act shall become14
effective on the day following such approval.15 SB NO. 610
SLS 10RS-1063 ORIGINAL
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The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument, were prepared by Camille Sebastien Perry.
DIGEST
Proposed law provides that when access to a public road is most accessible to a landowner
by way of an existing levee road, the landowner may claim a right of passage on the levee
road to the nearest public road. Access to the levee road shall not be denied.
Effective upon signature of the governor or lapse of time for gubernatorial action.
(Adds R.S. 9:1255)