ENROLLED
2015 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 178
BY REPRESENTATIVE DOVE
1 AN ACT
2 To amend and reenact R.S. 38:291(U)(1), relative to the Terrebonne Levee and
3 Conservation District; to provide for the transfer of certain land in the possession of
4 the Atchafalaya Basin Levee District for certain purposes to the Terrebonne Levee
5 and Conservation District; and to provide for related matters.
6 Notice of intention to introduce this Act has been published
7 as provided by Article III, Section 13 of the Constitution of
8 Louisiana.
9 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
10 Section 1. R.S. 38:291(U)(1) is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows:
11 ยง291. Naming; limits of districts; composition of boards
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13 U. Terrebonne Levee and Conservation District. (1) On July 1, 1997, and
14 continuing thereafter, all lands in the parish of Terrebonne shall constitute a levee
15 district to be known as the Terrebonne Levee and Conservation District. These lands
16 and all property thereon situated, not exempt from taxation, shall be subject to the
17 provisions of this Chapter. The land, including mineral rights, in the possession of
18 the Atchafalaya Basin Levee District in Terrebonne Parish, for the purposes of
19 ownership and maintenance and operation of the Atchafalaya Basin Levee District,
20 shall be transferred and conveyed to the Terrebonne Levee and Conservation District
21 without the necessity of any other act or instrument of grant, transfer, conveyance,
22 or delivery. For the purpose of proving evidence of the transfer, conveyance, and
23 delivery effected by this Paragraph, the Atchafalaya Basin Levee District shall
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1 execute an act setting forth the transfer, conveyance, and delivery of those lands,
2 rights-of-way, servitudes, and revenues therefrom to the Terrebonne Levee and
3 Conservation District.
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5 Section 2. This Act shall become effective upon signature by the governor or, if not
6 signed by the governor, upon expiration of the time for bills to become law without signature
7 by the governor, as provided by Article III, Section 18 of the Constitution of Louisiana. If
8 vetoed by the governor and subsequently approved by the legislature, this Act shall become
9 effective on the day following such approval.
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED:
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