RÉSUMÉ DIGEST
ACT 177 (HB 94) 2015 Regular Session Jones
New law transfers all rights and obligations including but not limited to those belonging to
the town of Berwick, the city of Morgan City, and the parish of St. Mary arising from any
and all contractual agreements with the U.S. Dept. of the Army and relating to levee,
floodwall, and floodgate property, exclusive of drainage pumps, situated within St. Mary
Parish, to the St. Mary Levee District.
New law provides the authority for the board of commissioners for the St. Mary Parish Levee
District to serve as the nonfederal, local sponsor for all federal levees, floodwalls, and flood
control structures situated in St. Mary Parish.
Effective Aug. 1, 2015.
(Adds R.S. 38:329.3(J) and (K))