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ACT No. 118
Regular Session, 2011
HOUSE BILL NO. 208
BY REPRESENTATIVE SAM JONES
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
and (24) twenty-four to a corner common to Sections (13) thirteen, (14) fourteen,21
(23) twenty-three, and (24) twenty-four in T-17-S-R-11-E, thence Southerly three (3)22 ENROLLEDHB NO. 208
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miles between Sections (23) twenty-three and (24) twenty-four, (25) twenty-five and1
(26) twenty-six, (35) thirty-five and (36) thirty-six in T-17-R-11-E, thence Southerly2
between Sections (1) one and (2) two, (11) eleven and (12) twelve, (13) thirteen and3
(14) fourteen in T-16-S-R-11-E to a point on the Bank of Shell Island, St. Mary4
Parish, State of Louisiana, at the Atchafalaya Bay between Sections (13) thirteen and5
(14) fourteen in T-18-S-R-11-E. Additionally, there is also included within the6
district, that portion of Atchafalaya Bay and the Gulf of Mexico out to the Chapman7
Line described as follows: Beginning at the point on the south bank of Shell Island8
at Atchafalaya Bay described above, thence go westerly along the northern shore of9
the Atchafalaya Bay to a point 200 feet east of the eastern bank of Wax Lake Outlet10
(also known as Calumet Cut) thence in a line running due south to the Chapman Line11
(same being three statutory miles from the coast line of the state of Louisiana);12
thence in an easterly direction along the Chapman Line to its intersection with the13
boundary line between St. Mary and Terrebonne Parishes; thence northerly along the14
parish boundary to the westernmost tip of Point Au Fer Island; thence easterly and15
northerly along the northern shore of Point Au Fer Island (same being the boundary16
line between St. Mary and Terrebonne Parishes) to south Point; thence continue17
north along the boundary line of the two parishes (same being the western side of18
Halter Island); thence continue northerly and westerly along the eastern shore of19
Atchafalaya Bay to a point on the eastern bank of the Atchafalaya River due east20
from the point of beginning; thence due west to the point of beginning. And* any21
other access route in St. Mary Parish to the Gulf of Mexico that may be acquired.22
Additionally, there is also included within the district, the Wax Lake Outlet (also23
known as the Calumet Cut) extending from the southeastern corner of Six Mile Lake24
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Outlet to the point referred above at a point 200 feet east of the eastern bank of the1
Wax Lake Outlet.2
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATI VES
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED: