HLS 15RS-414 ORIGINAL
2015 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 65
BY REPRESENTATIVE LORUSSO
LEVEES: Provides relative to the placement of obstructions upon certain levees in Orleans
Parish
1 AN ACT
2To amend and reenact R.S. 38:225(A)(1)(a), relative to levees; to limit the placement of
3 obstructions upon certain levees in Orleans Parish; and to provide for related matters.
4 Notice of intention to introduce this Act has been published as
5 provided by Article III, Section 13 of the Constitution of Louisiana.
6Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
7 Section 1. R.S. 38:225(A)(1)(a) is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows:
8 ยง225. Obstructions on levees, waterways, and rights-of-way therefor; removal at
9 expense of person responsible; destroying markers prohibited
10 A. No person shall:
11 (1)(a) Place or cause to be placed upon or within fifteen feet of any part of
12 the levees fronting any waterway or upon or within six feet of any part of a levee
13 fronting the 17th Street, Orleans Avenue or London Avenue outfall drainage canal
14 located in Orleans Parish not used for commercial navigation and is subject to the
15 control or surveillance of police juries, levee boards, municipal corporations, or other
16 authorized boards or departments any object, material, or matter of any kind or
17 character which obstructs or interferes with the safety of the levees or is an obstacle
18 to the inspection, construction, maintenance, or repair of any levee; or place or cause
19 to be placed any object, structure, material, or matter of any kind or character upon
20 any part of any land which the state or any agency or subdivision thereof may own
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1 or acquire by deed, lease, servitude, charge, or otherwise, and through its authorized
2 representative, may donate, grant, or otherwise convey to the United States' rights-
3 of-way, easements, or other servitudes for the construction, improvement, or
4 maintenance of any flood-control structures or natural or other waterway, which may
5 obstruct or interfere with the improvement or maintenance of such waterway or use
6 of the land for flood-control purposes.
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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)]
HB 65 Original 2015 Regular Session Lorusso
Abstract: Prohibits the placement of any obstruction within six feet of certain parts of
levees in Orleans Parish.
Present law prohibits the placing of material or matter of any kind which obstructs or
interferes with the safety of the levee or is an obstacle to the inspection, construction,
maintenance, or repair of any levee within 15 feet of any part of the levee.
Proposed law adds a prohibition on placement of obstructions within six feet of any part of
a levee fronting the 17th Street, Orleans Avenue or London Avenue outfall drainage canal
in Orleans Parish not used for commercial navigation.
(Amends R.S. 38:225(A)(1)(a))
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