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ACT No. 442
2015 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 846 (Substitute for House Bill No. 202 by Representative Ortego)
BY REPRESENTATIVE ORTEGO AND SENATOR GUI LLORY
1 AN ACT
2 To amend and reenact the heading of Chapter 32 of Title 33 of the Louisiana Revised
3 Statutes of 1950, R.S. 33:9201, 9202(introductory paragraph), and 9203(A) and to
4 enact R.S. 33:9206(11), relative to the Lafayette Parish Bayou Vermilion District;
5 to authorize the district to perform public works on certain bayous; to provide
6 relative to the name of the district; and to provide for related matters.
7 Notice of intention to introduce this Act has been published
8 as provided by Article III, Section 13 of the Constitution of
9 Louisiana.
10 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
11 Section 1. The heading of Chapter 32 of Title 33 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes
12 of 1950, R.S. 33:9201, 9202(introductory paragraph), and 9203(A) are hereby amended and
13 reenacted and R.S. 33:9206(11) is hereby enacted to read as follows:
14 CHAPTER 32. LAFAYETTE PARISH BAYOU
15 VERMILION DISTRICT
16 §9201. Creation of district; limits and jurisdiction
17 The Lafayette Parish Bayou Vermilion District, hereafter referred to in this
18 Chapter as "the district", is hereby created as a political subdivision of the state of
19 Louisiana. The territorial limits of the district shall be coterminous with the
20 boundaries of the parish of Lafayette and jurisdiction of its authority shall extend
21 throughout the parish of Lafayette. For the purposes of this Chapter, any and all
22 references to Bayou Vermilion shall include that body of water known as either
23 Bayou Vermilion or Vermilion River within the boundaries of Lafayette Parish,
24 Louisiana.
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1 §9202. Purposes
2 The Lafayette Parish Bayou Vermilion District, hereinafter referred to as "the
3 district" district, is created for the following purposes:
4 * * *
5 §9203. Board of Commissioners; qualification of members; appointment; terms;
6 vacancies; removal of members
7 A. The governing authority of the Lafayette Parish Bayou Vermilion District
8 district shall be a board of commissioners which is hereby created and which is
9 hereinafter referred to as "the board". The board shall be composed of nine voting
10 members who shall be citizens of the United States residing within the limits of the
11 district during their term of office. The members of the board shall serve without
12 compensation.
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14 §9206. General powers and duties of the board
15 In addition to the power and authority granted elsewhere in this Chapter, the
16 board shall have all powers necessary and convenient for carrying out the purposes
17 of the district enumerated in R.S. 33:9202 including the following:
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19 (11) To undertake, as otherwise provided by Paragraph (10) of this Section,
20 any work that it deems necessary and proper to improve water quality and to remove
21 obstructions to natural water flow in Bayou Vermilion within Lafayette Parish and
22 Bayou Carencro.
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED:
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