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ACT No. 177
2015 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 94
BY REPRESENTATIVES JONES, BROWN, GISCLAIR, GUINN, HARRISON, HILL,
HOWARD, LEOPOLD, RICHARD, AND ST. GERMAIN
1 AN ACT
2 To enact R.S. 38:329.3(J) and (K), relative to the powers and duties of the St. Mary Levee
3 District; to transfer all rights and obligations from contractual agreements with the
4 United States Department of the Army relating to levee, floodwall, and floodgate
5 property situated within St. Mary Parish to the St. Mary Levee District; to provide
6 the authority for the St. Mary Levee District Board of Commissioners to serve as the
7 nonfederal, local sponsor for all federal levee, floodwall, and flood control structures
8 within St. Mary Parish; and to provide for related matters.
9 Notice of intention to introduce this Act has been published
10 as provided by Article III, Section 13 of the Constitution of
11 Louisiana.
12 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
13 Section 1. R.S. 38:329.3(J) and (K) are hereby enacted to read as follows:
14 ยง329.3. St. Mary Levee District Board of Commissioners; powers and duties
15 * * *
16 J.(1) All rights and obligations, including but not limited to those belonging
17 to the town of Berwick, the city of Morgan City, and the parish of St. Mary, arising
18 from any and all contractual agreements, including "Acts of Assurances" and
19 "Agreements for Local Cooperation", with the United States Department of the
20 Army and relating to levee, floodwall, and floodgate property, exclusive of drainage
21 pumps, situated within St. Mary Parish, are hereby transferred to the St. Mary Levee
22 District.
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1 (2) The transfer of all rights and obligations set forth in this Subsection shall
2 occur by operation of law and shall be complete without the necessity of any other
3 act, instrument, or deed.
4 K. The board shall have the authority to serve as the sole nonfederal, local
5 sponsor for all federal levees, floodwalls, and flood control structures situated within
6 St. Mary Parish.
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED:
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