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RÉSUMÉ DIGEST
ACT 442 (HB 846) 2015 Regular Session Ortego
Existing law creates a special district as a political subdivision of the state to improve the
water quality of and beautify Bayou Vermilion to promote the bayou as a recreational and
cultural asset and to create and control an economic development adjacent to the bayou.
Provides that the jurisdiction of the district is coterminous with Lafayette Parish. Provides
for governance and powers and duties of the district.
Prior law named the district the Lafayette Parish Bayou Vermilion District. New law
changes the name of the district to the Bayou Vermilion District.
Existing law authorizes the district to make or construct works of public improvement within
the geographic limits of the district by performing such work or contracting for it, all subject
to laws applicable to public works contracts.
New law authorizes the district to undertake, as otherwise provided in existing law, work to
improve water quality and flow in Bayou Vermilion within Lafayette Parish and Bayou
Carencro.
Effective August 1, 2015.
(Amends R.S. 33:9201, 9202(intro. para.), and 9203(A); Adds R.S. 33:9206(11))