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Regular Session, 2011
HOUSE BILL NO. 208
BY REPRESENTATIVE SAM JONES
PORTS/MORGAN CITY: Expands the territorial limits of the Morgan City Harbor and
Terminal District
AN ACT1
To amend and reenact R.S. 34:321, relative to the Morgan City Harbor and Terminal2
District; to expand the territorial limits of the Morgan City Harbor and Terminal3
District; and to provide for related matters.4
Notice of intention to introduce this Act has been published5
as provided by Article III, Section 13 of the Constitution of6
Louisiana.7
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:8
Section 1. R.S. 34:321 is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows: 9
ยง321. Creation and territorial limits10
The Morgan City Harbor and Terminal District is hereby created as a political11
subdivision of the State of Louisiana and its territorial limits are hereby fixed as12
follows:13
All of that portion of St. Mary Parish, State of Louisiana, East of the14
township line between R11E and R12E, this line commencing on the North, at a15
point in Six Mile Lake where said township line intersects the Northern boundary16
line of St. Mary Parish, between St. Mary Parish and St. Martin, thence Southerly on17
said township line to a corner common to Sections (13) thirteen, and (24) twenty-18
four in T-17-S-R-11-E and Sections (18) eighteen and (19) nineteen in T-17-S-R-12-19
E, thence Westerly (1) one mile in T-17-S-R-11-E between Sections (13) thirteen20 HLS 11RS-371 ENGROSSED
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and (24) twenty-four to a corner common to Sections (13) thirteen, (14) fourteen,1
(23) twenty-three, and (24) twenty-four in T-17-S-R-11-E, thence Southerly three (3)2
miles between Sections (23) twenty-three and (24) twenty-four, (25) twenty-five and3
(26) twenty-six, (35) thirty-five and (36) thirty-six in T-17-R-11-E, thence Southerly4
between Sections (1) one and (2) two, (11) eleven and (12) twelve, (13) thirteen and5
(14) fourteen in T-16-S-R-11-E to a point on the Bank of Shell Island, St. Mary6
Parish, State of Louisiana, at the Atchafalaya Bay between Sections (13) thirteen and7
(14) fourteen in T-18-S-R-11-E. Additionally, there is also included within the8
district, that portion of Atchafalaya Bay and the Gulf of Mexico out to the Chapman9
Line described as follows: Beginning at the point on the south bank of Shell Island10
at Atchafalaya Bay described above, thence go westerly along the northern shore of11
the Atchafalaya Bay to a point 200 feet east of the eastern bank of Wax Lake Outlet12
(also known as Calumet Cut) thence in a line running due south to the Chapman Line13
(same being three statutory miles from the coast line of the state of Louisiana);14
thence in an easterly direction along the Chapman Line to its intersection with the15
boundary line between St. Mary and Terrebonne Parishes; thence northerly along the16
parish boundary to the westernmost tip of Point Au Fer Island; thence easterly and17
northerly along the northern shore of Point Au Fer Island (same being the boundary18
line between St. Mary and Terrebonne Parishes) to south Point; thence continue19
north along the boundary line of the two parishes (same being the western side of20
Halter Island); thence continue northerly and westerly along the eastern shore of21
Atchafalaya Bay to a point on the eastern bank of the Atchafalaya River due east22
from the point of beginning; thence due west to the point of beginning. And* any23
other access route in St. Mary Parish to the Gulf of Mexico that may be acquired.24
Additionally, there is also included within the district, the Wax Lake Outlet (also25
known as the Calumet Cut) extending from the southeastern corner of Six Mile Lake26
to the western side of Atchafalaya Bay, and including that part of the Wax Lake27
Outlet to the point referred above at a point 200 feet east of the eastern bank of the28
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DIGEST
The digest printed below was prepared by House Legislative Services. It constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument. The keyword, one-liner, abstract, and digest do not constitute
part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)]
Sam Jones HB No. 208
Abstract: Expands the territorial limits of the Morgan City Harbor and Terminal District
to include the Wax Lake Outlet (also known as the Calumet Cut).
Present law provides for the territorial limits of the Morgan City Harbor and Terminal
District in St. Mary Parish.
Proposed law provides for the expansion of the district to include the Wax Lake Outlet (also
known as the Calumet Cut) extending from the southeastern corner of Six Mile Lake to the
western side of Atchafalaya Bay, and including that part of the Wax Lake Outlet to the point
referred above at a point 200 feet east of the eastern bank of the Wax Lake Outlet.
(Amends R.S. 34:321)