Chapter 24 Special Districts

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CHAPTER 24

SPECIAL DISTRICTS

Sub-Chapter A -- In General Sub-Chapter B -- Drainage Districts Sub-Chapter C -- Gravity Drainage Districts Sub-Chapter D -- Fire Protection Districts Sub-Chapter E -- Garbage Districts Sub-Chapter F -- Hospital Service Districts Sub-Chapter G -- Industrial Districts Sub-Chapter H -- Irrigation Districts Sub-Chapter I -- Prison Districts Sub-Chapter J -- Recreation Districts Sub-Chapter K -- Road Districts Sub-Chapter L -- Road Lighting Districts Sub-Chapter M -- Sales Tax Districts Sub-Chapter N -- Sewerage Districts Sub-Chapter O -- Waterworks Districts Sub-Chapter P -- Fresh Water Districts Sub-Chapter Q -- Lighting Districts

Sub-Chapter A

In General

SECTION 24:1. SPECIAL DISTRICT BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS; POWER OF POLICE JURY TO ABOLISH AND EXERCISE CONTROLS

The governing authority of local governmental subdivision shall have general power over any agency heretofore or hereafter created by it, including, without limitation, the power to abolish the agency and require prior approval of any charge or tax levied or bond issued by the agency. (Section 15, Article VI, Louisiana Constitution, 1974)

______Comment -- As indicated by the source note, the provisions of the above Section and the Section that follows were derived from the new Louisiana Constitution and not from any local ordinance. Because the provisions are self operative and add to the matters of law herein contained, they were included in this Code for the convenience of the user.

SECTION 24:2. POWER OF POLICE JURY TO CONSOLIDATE AND MERGE ITSELF INTO ANY SPECIAL DISTRICT; LIMITATIONS AND CONDITIONS; ASSUMPTION OF DEBT

A. A local governmental subdivision may consolidate and merge into itself any special district or local public agency, except a school district, situated and having jurisdiction entirely within the boundaries of the local governmental subdivision. Upon the consolidation and merger, the local governmental subdivision shall succeed to and be vested with all of the rights, revenues, resources, jurisdiction, authority, and powers of the special district or local public agency. A consolidation and merger shall become effective only if approved by a majority of the electors

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voting thereon in the local governmental subdivision as a whole and by a majority of the electors voting thereon in the affected special district. A local public agency shall be consolidated and merged only if approved by a majority of the electors voting thereon in an election held for that purpose in the local governmental subdivision in which the agency is located.

B. If the special district or local public agency which is consolidated and merged has outstanding indebtedness, the authority provided by this Section shall not be exercised unless provision is made for the assumption of the indebtedness by the governing authority of the local governmental subdivision involved.

(Section 16, Article VI, Louisiana Constitution, 1974)

______Comment -- See note following Section 24:1.

SECTIONS 24:3 - 24:49. RESERVED

[The next page is Sub-Chapter B, “Drainage Districts”, page 24-3.]

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Sub-Chapter B

Drainage Districts*

SECTION 24:50. DRAINAGE DISTRICT NO. 5 CREATED; BOUNDARIES; DOMICILE; BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS; POWERS AND DUTIES

A. Whereas in the opinion of the Police Jury of the Parish of Assumption it is necessary and conducive to the general welfare of certain property owners of the Parish of Assumption that a drainage district be organized and created comprising certain lands situated in the Parish of Assumption on the right descending bank of Bayou Lafourche, for the purpose of more readily draining the described lands in the Parish. It is, therefore, hereby ordained by the Police Jury that, by virtue of and in pursuant to the power vested in this body by Act No. 12 of 1900 and Act No. 159 of 1902, amending the Act of 1900, all that part of the Parish of Assumption lying on the west bank of Bayou Lafourche, between the lower line of the Enola Plantation of Henry A. Munson and the lower line of the Town of Paincourtville, and the canal dug by the Westfield Planting Company in the rear, shall be embraced in the limits of a drainage district to be known and styled "Drainage District No. 5".

B. The Drainage District is hereby constituted a body corporate with all the powers of a corporation; it shall have the power and the right to incur debts and contract obligations, to sue and be sued, to have and to use a corporate seal, and to do and to perform any and all acts in its corporate capacity and in its corporate name necessary and proper for the carrying out the objects and purposes of this section. The domicile of the Drainage District shall be, and the same is hereby fixed, at the Parish of Assumption, at which domicile it shall be sued and service of citation made on the President either in person or at his domicile, whatever it may be as in the case of ordinary suit.

C. The Drainage District shall meet as often as it may be necessary, provided at least two (2) meetings shall be had each year. A majority of the commissioners shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business.

D. The Drainage Board of Commissioners shall have the power and it shall be their duty to open all natural drains which they may deem necessary in their district and to perform all work therewith connected which they may deem necessary to make the opening of the natural drains effective. They shall have full power to make contracts for that purpose.

E. The Drainage District and commissioners thereof shall have full power to secure rights of way necessary for the cutting of canals or other work for the drainage of their district and to do this, they shall have the power to bring expropriations suits, and expropriate all lands that may be necessary for the purpose of securing such rights of way.

F. The incurring of debts, the issuance of bonds and the levying of taxes for the purpose of carrying out the drainage system herein provided for shall be in accordance with Article 281 of the Constitution of 1898 and the Acts of the General Assembly of the State of Louisiana carrying into effect said Article of the Constitution.

______*Comment -- For authority and procedure whereby police juries may create drainage districts, see LRS 38:1601 et seq. For provisions on gravity drainage districts, see Sections 24:100 et seq. of this Code.

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G. The Drainage District hereby created shall be governed and controlled by five (5) commissioners to be known as the Board of Commissioners. These commissioners, or their respective spouses must each be the record owner of real estate in the district of an assessed value of five hundred dollars ($500.00) or they must be the representative of some corporation owning lands in the district of an assessed value of five hundred dollars ($500.00). The representative of a corporation who may be an officer thereof may be designated to represent the corporation by resolution of the board of directors to that effect. Persons possessing the qualifications may be drainage commissioners, whether they be residents or non-residents. A drainage commissioner may hold the position of drainage commissioner in one or more drainage districts and may hold the position in addition to any other office that may be held by him. The holding of the position of drainage commissioner, shall not be considered in contemplation of law as dual office holding. No commissioner, unless he be the secretary-treasurer shall receive compensation for his services in excess of fifteen dollars ($15.00) per day including all actual expenses, while attending to the business of the district.

H. At the time and place designated by the Police Jury in the ordinance creating the drainage district, or as soon thereafter as possible, the commissioners appointed in the ordinance shall meet and immediately organize by electing officers. They shall elect from among their number a president and vice-president. The president shall preside over the meetings of the commissioners and perform the duties usually required of presidents of corporate bodies. The vice-president shall perform the duties of the president in case of his absence or disability.

1. The commissioners shall also elect a secretary-treasurer, who need not be a commissioner, who shall perform all duties required of him by the commissioners.

2. The secretary-treasurer shall furnish bond in a sum fixed by the Board of Commissioners, which bond shall not be for less than one-fourth over and above any amount that may come into the possession of the secretary-treasurer, and which shall be increased or diminished accordingly. The premium on the bond shall be paid by the District. The secretary-treasurer shall receive compensation not in excess of two hundred fifty dollars ($250.00), per month, which the board of commissioners may determine.

3. The Board of Commissioners shall adopt a suitable seal, and shall select without the necessity of advertising or receiving bids therefor one or more solvent chartered banks of the state, and other things being equal, a bank or banks situated within the drainage district, in which all funds of the drainage district derived from taxation shall be deposited. The depository shall pay not less than three per centum interest on daily balances.

a. Funds for the district shall be withdrawn or paid out only on warrants or checks of the Board of Commissioners signed in the manner provided by the Board of Commissioners.

(Ordinance of May 8, 1906, Sections 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8, and; LRS 38:1607 and 36:1611)

______Comment -- The Ordinance of May 8, 1906 was revised to include portions of LRS 38:1607 (Paragraph G) and LRS 38:1611 (Paragraph H). These provisions set out the state law guidelines for the creation of the board of commissioners and the regulations governing the appointment of officers for the board.

SECTIONS 24:51 - 24:99. RESERVED

[The next page is Sub-Chapter C, “Gravity Drainage Districts”, page 24-15.]

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Sub-Chapter C

Gravity Drainage Districts*

SECTION 24:100. GRAVITY DRAINAGE DISTRICT NO. 2 CREATED; BOUNDARIES; DOMICILE; BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS; POWERS AND DUTIES

A. Gravity Drainage District No. 2 be and the same is hereby created and established, under the provisions of Act No. 317 of the General Assembly of the State of Louisiana, of the year 1910, and the Acts amendatory thereto, the same to consist of and be composed of all the lands lying in the Parish of Assumption and State of Louisiana, on the east bank of Bayou Lafourche, and embraced within the following limits and bounds as follows, to-wit:

Beginning at a point on Bayou Lafourche, at the lower line of the plantation of Edmond E. Webre, and from thence running back to the eighty arpent line of said plantation, thence along the eighty arpent line North to the upper line of Albermarle Plantation, thence north twenty degrees, west ninety five chains, thence north one hundred chains, thence north thirty-three and one half degrees, west two hundred and fifty two chains, thence north two and one quarter degrees east one hundred chains, thence following Bayou Platt north one hundred and twenty chains, thence north sixty one degrees and forty-five minutes, east ninety chains, thence north eighteen degrees, east one hundred and ten chains, thence west one hundred and eighty chains (the line dividing sections forty-two, forty-three and one hundred and thirty one into North and South halves), thence south forty-two and one-half degrees west twenty chains, to the upper line of the Alleman Planting Company's plantation on the eighty arpent line, thence along the upper line of the Alleman Company's plantation from the eighty arpent line to Bayou Lafourche, thence following the meanders of Bayou Lafourche to the point of beginning.

The same containing approximately twenty five thousand (25,000) acres of land, more or less.

B. Assumption Gravity Drainage District No. 2 shall constitute a body corporate in law, with all the powers of a corporation; it shall have perpetual existence; shall have the power and right to incur debts and contract obligations; to be sued and to sue; to have a corporate seal and to do and perform any and all acts in its corporate capacity and in its corporate name, conferred upon it by law and necessary and proper for the carrying out of the purposes and objects of its creation.

C. The domicile of this Drainage District shall be at Plattenville in the Parish of Assumption, State of Louisiana, provided that a place other than the domicile for holding their meetings, after said Drainage District shall have organized by meeting at its domicile as herein designated, may be designated in accordance with the provisions of Act No. 135 of the General Assembly of the State of Louisiana for the year 1918.

______*Comment -- For authority and procedure whereby police juries may create gravity drainage districts, see LRS 38:1751 et seq.

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corporation, may be drainage commissioners, whether they be residents or non-residents. A drainage commissioner may hold the position of drainage commissioner in two or more drainage districts and may hold these positions in addition to any other office that may be held by him, and the holding of position as drainage commissioner shall not be considered in contemplation of law as dual office holding.

E. The Police Jury shall appoint the five (5) commissioners for the district herein created. Two (2) of the first commissioners so appointed shall be named to serve for terms of two (2) years each, and the other three (3), for terms of four (4) years each. Thereafter, all selections or appointments shall be for the term of four (4) years. The appointment of commissioners by the Police Jury shall be made upon the petition or recommendation of a majority in number of acres or a majority of the resident land owners in the district, provided the district contains forty (40) or less land owners. If more than forty (40) land owners are embraced in the district, the appointment shall be made upon the recommendation of twenty-five (25) of the land owners of the district. Where there is a contest of the appointment of commissioners, the Police Jury shall give the appointment to those commissioners who are recommended by the land owners owning the greatest number of acres of land in the district. In the absence of any petition or recommendation, the Police Jury may appoint commissioners in their discretion.

(Ordinance of August 14, 1923)

______Comment -- The Ordinance of August 14, 1923 provided for the appointment of the first set of district commissioners. Rather than codify those appointments, the provisions of LRS 38:1758 and 38:1759, which govern the appointment of commissioners, qualifications of members, etc., were inserted instead as Sub- Sections D and E.

Also, the ordinance provided that two of the commissioners were to be appointed by the Governor. This was required under LRS 38:1759 as it was written at the time the ordinance was adopted. This statute has since been changed, giving the local governing bodies the authority to appoint all of the commissioners. The language of the source ordinance was, therefore, modified for this codification and revised based on the provisions of the revised state law.

SECTION 24:101. GRAVITY DRAINAGE DISTRICT NO. 4 CREATED; BOUNDARIES; DOMICILE; BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS; POWERS AND DUTIES

A. Gravity Drainage District No. 4 be and the same is hereby created and established, under the provisions of Act No. 317 of the General Assembly of the State of Louisiana, in the year 1910, and the acts amendatory thereto the same to consist of and be composed of all the lands lying in the Parish of Assumption and State of Louisiana, on the West Bank of Bayou Lafourche and embraced within the following limits and bounded as follows to-wit:

Beginning at a point on Bayou St. Vincent; thence north 48 1/2 degrees West three hundred chains to Brusley St. Vincent road; thence following the Brusley St. Vincent road North 10 1/2 degrees East 5.00; thence North 13 1/2 degrees East 22.7; thence North 37 1/2 degrees East 9.6; thence North 27 1/4 degrees East 13.8; thence North 29 degrees East 5.00; thence North 21 degrees East, 10.6; thence North 25 1/2 degrees East 27.27; thence North 18 degrees West, 4.54; thence South 55 degrees East, 40.03; thence North 48 degrees East 98.38 to Bayou Lafourche, Town of Paincourtville; thence following down the meanders of Bayou Lafourche 344.0 to the lower line of Chas Boudreaux Co. Ltd; thence following Chas Boudreaux Co. Ltd's lower line or Munson's lane North 75 3/4 degrees West 116.51; thence South 75 1/2 degrees West 7.56; thence North 71 1/2 degrees West 17.02; thence North 56 1/2 degrees West 15.12; thence South 83 1/2 degrees West 7.56; thence South 60 degrees West 7.56; thence South 74 1/2 degrees West 10.30; thence South 60 degrees West 5.00 chains to point of beginning, at this point drainage canal continues down Bayou St. Vincent and connect with Dugas & LeBlanc's canal, which goes into Lake Verret.

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The same containing approximately three thousand (3,000) acres of land, more or less.

B. Gravity Drainage District No. 4 shall constitute a body corporate in law, with all the powers of a corporation; it shall have perpetual existence; shall have the power and right to incur debts and contract obligations; to be sued and to sue; to have a corporate seal and to do and perform any and all acts of its corporate capacity and in its corporate name, conferred upon it by law and necessary and proper for the carrying out of the purposes and objects of its creation.

C. The domicile of the Drainage District shall be at Paincourtville, Louisiana, in the Parish of Assumption and State of Louisiana, provided that a place other than the domicile for holding their meetings, after the Drainage District shall have organized by meeting at its domicile as herein designated, may be designated in accordance with the provisions of Act 135 of the General Assembly of the State of Louisiana for the year 1918.

D. The Gravity Drainage District herein created shall be governed and controlled by five (5) commissioners, who shall be the governing authority of the District. These commissioners or their wives must be assessed with real estate in the district to the value of five hundred dollars ($500.00), or they must be the representatives of some corporation owning lands in the district to the value of five hundred dollars ($500.00). The representative of a corporation may be an officer of the corporation, or may be some person not connected with the corporation as officer or stockholder, but is designated to represent the corporation by a resolution of the board of directors to that effect. Persons possessing the qualifications, or persons thus designated to represent a corporation, may be drainage commissioners, whether they be residents or non-residents. A drainage commissioner may hold the position of drainage commissioner in two or more drainage districts and may hold these positions in addition to any other office that may be held by him, and the holding of position as drainage commissioner shall not be considered in contemplation of law as dual office holding.

E. The Police Jury shall appoint the five (5) commissioners for the district herein created. Two (2) of the first commissioners so appointed shall be named to serve for terms of two (2) years each, and the other three (3), for terms of four years each. Thereafter, all selections or appointments shall be for the term of four (4) years. The appointment of commissioners by the Police Jury shall be made upon the petition or recommendation of a majority in number of acres or a majority of the resident land owners in the district, provided the district contains forty or less land owners. If more than forty (40) land owners are embraced in the district, the appointment shall be made upon the recommendation of twenty-five (25) of the land owners of the district. Where there is a contest of the appointment of commissioners, the Police Jury shall give the appointment to those commissioners who are recommended by the land owners owning the greatest number of acres of land in the district. In the absence of any petition or recommendation, the Police Jury may appoint commissioners in their discretion.

______Comment -- Paragraph 5 of the ordinance from which the above Section was derived provided for the appointment of the first set of district commissioners. Rather than codify those appointments, the provisions of LRS 38:1758 and 38:1759, which govern the appointment of commissioners, qualifications of members, etc., were inserted instead as Sub-Sections D and E.

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SECTION 24:102. BRUSLEY-ST. MARTIN GRAVITY DRAINAGE DISTRICT NO. 5 CREATED; BOUNDARIES; DOMICILE; BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS; POWERS AND DUTIES

A. The following described territory in Parish of Assumption is created into a gravity drainage district:

Beginning at a point marked "A" on Bayou Lafourche at the Northwest corner of Section 13 Township 12 South, Range 14 East, and thence running North 76 degrees west 12,750 feet to a point marked "B" on the rear line of Section 3, Township 12 South, Range 13 East, and thence running North 7 degrees and 40 minutes east, 1300 feet to a point marked "C" on the rear line of Section 3, Township 12 South, Range 13 East; thence running North 89 degrees 20 minutes west, 2,125 feet to a point marked "D" which is 875 feet north of the center of Section 31 Township 12 South, Range 13 East; thence running due South 875 feet to a point marked "E" in the center of Section 31 Township 12 South, Range 13 East, and thence running due west, 2,687 feet to a point marked "F" on the east line of Section 30, Township 12 South, Range 13 East; thence running due South, 2,562 feet to a point marked "G" at the Southeast corner of Section 30, Township 12 South, Range 13 East, and thence running due East, 1,250 feet to a point marked "H" on the upper line of Section 32, Township 12 South, Range 14 East, and thence running due South, 687 feet to a point marked "I", thence running South 89 degrees east, 1,250 feet to a point marked "J" on the east line of Section 32, Township 12 South, Range 13 East, and thence running South 24 degrees 10 minutes east, 1,875 feet to a point marked "K" on the south line of Section 7, Township 12 South, Range 13 East; thence running South 79 degrees 50 minutes east, 3,500 feet to a point marked "L" on the lower line of Section 56, Township 12 South, Range 14 East, thence running North 7 degrees 30 minutes East, 1,125 feet to a point marked "M" on the south line of Section 53, Township 12 South, Range 14 East, and thence running South 79 degrees 50 minutes East, 10,750 feet to a point marked "N" on Bayou Lafourche at the southeast corner of Section 15, Township 12 South, Range 14 East; thence running and following the meanders of Bayou Lafourche to the point of beginning and marked "A".

B. This gravity drainage district shall be known as "Brusley-St. Martin Gravity Drainage District Number 5" of the Parish of Assumption, and as such shall enjoy all powers and privileges granted to gravity drainage districts under the Constitution and Laws of the State of Louisiana, including Section 14, Article 14, of the Constitution of 1921, and Act 238 of 1924, as amended.

C. The Gravity Drainage District herein created shall be governed and controlled by five (5) commissioners, who shall be the governing authority of the District. These commissioners or their wives must be assessed with real estate in the district to the value of five hundred dollars ($500.00), or they must be the representatives of some corporation owning lands in the district to the value of five hundred dollars ($500.00). The representative of a corporation may be an officer of the corporation, or may be some person not connected with the corporation as officer or stockholder, but is designated to represent the corporation by a resolution of the board of directors to that effect. Persons possessing the qualifications, or persons thus designated to represent a corporation, may be drainage commissioners, whether they be residents or non-residents. A drainage commissioner may hold the position of drainage commissioner in two or more drainage districts and may hold these positions in addition to any other office that may be held by him, and the holding of position as drainage commissioner shall not be considered in contemplation of law as dual office holding.

D. The Police Jury shall appoint the five (5) commissioners for the district herein created. Two (2) of the first commissioners so appointed shall be named to serve for terms of two (2) years each, and the other three (3), for terms of four (4) years each. Thereafter, all selections or appointments shall be for the term of four (4) years. The appointment of commissioners by the Police Jury shall be made upon the petition or recommendation of a majority in number of acres or

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§ 24:103 a majority of the resident land owners in the district, provided the district contains forty (40) or less land owners. If more than forty (40) land owners are embraced in the district, the appointment shall be made upon the recommendation of twenty-five (25) of the land owners of the district. Where there is a contest of the appointment of commissioners, the Police Jury shall give the appointment to those commissioners who are recommended by the land owners owning the greatest number of acres of land in the district. In the absence of any petition or recommendation, the Police Jury may appoint commissioners in their discretion.

E. The store building of Charles E. Landry located in the Parish of Assumption, Louisiana, shall be the domicile of said drainage district.

(Ordinance of February 14, 1950)

______Comment -- Section 4 of the ordinance from which the above Section was derived provided for the appointment of the first set of district commissioners. Rather than codify those appointments, the provisions of LRS 38:1758 and 38:1759, which govern the appointment of commissioners, qualifications of members, etc., were inserted instead as Sub-Sections C and D.

SECTION 24:103. GRAVITY DRAINAGE DISTRICT NO. 5 CREATED; BOUNDARIES; BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS

A. Gravity Drainage District No. 5 of Assumption Parish is hereby created and that all lands encompassed within the following bounds shall be included in said district:

Bounded on the North and East by property of Savoie Farms, Inc.; Bounded on the South and East by the property of Irving J. LeBlanc which is adjacent to the property of Lee Verret; Bounded of the West and South by Louisiana Highway No. 308.

B. The Gravity Drainage District herein created shall be governed and controlled by five (5) commissioners, who shall be the governing authority of the District. These commissioners or their wives must be assessed with real estate in the district to the value of five hundred dollars ($500.00), or they must be the representatives of some corporation owning lands in the district to the value of five hundred dollars ($500.00). The representative of a corporation may be an officer of the corporation, or may be some person not connected with the corporation as officer or stockholder, but is designated to represent the corporation by a resolution of the board of directors to that effect. Persons possessing the qualifications, or persons thus designated to represent a corporation, may be drainage commissioners, whether they be residents or non-residents. A drainage commissioner may hold the position of drainage commissioner in two or more drainage districts and may hold these positions in addition to any other office that may be held by him, and the holding of position as drainage commissioner shall not be considered in contemplation of law as dual office holding.

C. The Police Jury shall appoint the five (5) commissioners for the district herein created. Two (2) of the first commissioners so appointed shall be named to serve for terms of two (2) years each, and the other three (3), for terms of four (4) years each. Thereafter, all selections or appointments shall be for the term of four (4) years. The appointment of commissioners by the Police Jury shall be made upon the petition or recommendation of a majority in number of acres or

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a majority of the resident land owners in the district, provided the district contains forty (40) or less land owners. If more than forty (40) land owners are embraced in the district, the appointment shall be made upon the recommendation of twenty-five (25) of the land owners of the district. Where there is a contest of the appointment of commissioners, the Police Jury shall give the appointment to those commissioners who are recommended by the land owners owning the greatest number of acres of land in the district. In the absence of any petition or recommendation, the Police Jury may appoint commissioners in their discretion.

(Ordinance of March 10, 1970 and LRS 38:1758 - 1759)

SECTION 24:104. MARAIS GRAVITY DRAINAGE DISTRICT CREATED; BOUNDARIES; DOMICILE; BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS; POWERS AND DUTIES

A. A drainage district be and is hereby created in the Parish of Assumption to be known as the Marais Gravity Drainage District. The limits of this Drainage District shall be as follows:

Beginning on the right descending edge of Bayou Lafourche, at the place where the Hermitage Lane meets the public road along Bayou Lafourche; thence west along said Hermitage Lane and the upper line of the land of C.C. Barton, to a distance of twenty-one arpents from Bayou Lafourche; thence south parallel with Bayou Lafourche to the boundary line between Oakley and Little Texas Plantations; thence west along said boundary line to a distance of twenty- nine arpents from Bayou Lafourche, thence south parallel with Bayou Lafourche to the boundary line between Oakley Plantation and the land of Maturin Blanchard; thence west along said boundary line between Oakley Plantation and Blanchard, to the rear end of said land of Maturin Blanchard; thence south along the rear line of said land of Maturin Blanchard to the north boundary of Gregoine Blanchard; thence west along said north line of Gregoine Blanchard, to the League Square; thence south along the east boundary of the League Square to the lower rear corner of the land of Leonir Boudreaux; thence east along the line between the land of Leonir Boudreaux and Ravenswood Plantation, to a point twenty-two arpents from Bayou Lafourche; thence south parallel with Bayou Lafourche to the boundary line between Ravenswood and Mr. Lawrence Plantations; thence south across Mr. Lawrence and Himalaya Plantations to a point twenty arpents from Bayou Lafourche on the lower line of the Pugh Himalaya Plantation; thence east along the line between Himalaya and Georgia Plantations to the corner of the land of W. W. Tallerie; thence north along the rear line of W. W. Tallerie, to the Tallerie lane; thence east along said lane to Bayou Lafourche; thence north following the west edge of Bayou Lafourche to the point of beginning.

B. This Drainage District shall be a body corporate in law with all such powers, rights, duties and obligations as are conferred upon them by the laws of the State of Louisiana, and particularly by Act 159 of the General Assembly of the State of Louisiana of 1902, as amended by Act 61 of 1904.

C. The domicile of the district shall be the Parish of Assumption.

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§ 24:105 corporation, may be drainage commissioners, whether they be residents or non-residents. A drainage commissioner may hold the position of drainage commissioner in two or more drainage districts and may hold these positions in addition to any other office that may be held by him, and the holding of position as drainage commissioner shall not be considered in contemplation of law as dual office holding.

(Ordinance of March 14, 1907)

______Comment -- Sections 3 and 5 of the ordinance from which the above section was derived provided for the appointment of the first set of district commissioners. Rather than codify those appointments, the provisions of LRS 38:1758 and 38:1759, which govern the appointment of commissioners, qualifications of members, etc., were inserted instead as Sub-Sections D and E.

Also, the ordinance provided that two of the commissioners were to be appointed by the Governor. This was required under LRS 38:1759 as it was written at the time the ordinance was adopted. This statute has since been changed, giving the local governing bodies the authority to appoint all of the commissioners. The language of the source ordinance was therefore modified for this codification and revised based on the provisions of the revised state law.

SECTION 24:105. HARDTIMES GRAVITY DRAINAGE DISTRICT CREATED; BOUNDARIES; DOMICILE; BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS; POWERS AND DUTIES

A. The Hardtimes Gravity Drainage District, be and the same is hereby created and established, under the provisions of Act. No. 317, of the General Assembly of the State of Louisiana, in the year 1910, and the acts amendatory thereto the same to consist of and be composed of all the lands lying in the Parish of Assumption and State of Louisiana, on the right descending bank of Bayou Lafourche and embraced within the following limits and bounded as follows, to wit:

Commencing at a point on Cancienne Canal, being the rear bank of the present Blanchard Clause drainage ditch where it intersects the said Cancienne Canal, and following the rear bank of said ditch to the upper line of the land of Willie Clause; thence toward the rear along the upper line of the said land of Willie Clause to the forty arpent line; thence along the rear line of Seraphine Thibodaux, Bank of Labadie, Paul Guepet, Bank of Labadie, Chas. Barrilleaux, Desire Boudreaux, Thibaut Brothers, and Alfred Blanchard; thence along the upper line of said Alfred Blanchard, known as Poverty Point Plantation to Bayou Lafourche, thence along the right descending bank of Bayou Lafourche to Cancienne Canal; thence along the upper bank of said Cancienne Canal to the point of beginning.

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The said lands containing approximately fifteen hundred (1,500) acres more or less.

B. The Hardtimes Drainage District shall constitute a body corporate in law, with all the powers of a corporation; it shall have perpetual existence; shall have power and right to incur debts and contract obligations; to be sued and to sue; to have a corporate seal and to do and perform any and all acts of its corporate capacity and in its corporate name, conferred upon it by law and necessary and proper for the carrying out of the purposes and objects of its creation.

C. The domicile of the Drainage District shall be at Napoleonville, Louisiana provided that a place other than the domicile for holding their meetings, after said Drainage District shall have been organized by meeting at its domicile as herein designated, may be designated in accordance with the provisions of Act 135 of the General Assembly of the State of Louisiana for the year 1918.

E. The Police Jury shall appoint the five (5) commissioners for the district herein created. Two (2) of the first commissioners so appointed shall be named to serve for terms of two (2) years each, and the other three (3), for terms of four (4) years each. Thereafter, all selections or appointments shall be for the term of four (4) years. The appointment of commissioners by the Police Jury shall be made upon the petition or recommendation of a majority in number of acres of a majority of the resident land owners in the district, provided the district contains forty (40) or less land owners. If more than forty (40) land owners are embraced in the district, the appointment shall be made upon the recommendation of twenty-five (25) of the land owners of the district. Where there is a contest of the appointment of commissioners, the Police Jury shall give the appointment to those commissioners who are recommended by the land owners owning the greatest number of acres of land in the district. In the absence of any petition or recommendation, the Police Jury may appoint commissioners in their discretion.

(Ordinance of August 14, 1923)

______Comment -- Paragraphs 4 and 5 of the ordinance from which the above section was derived provided for the appointment of the first set of district commissioners. Rather than codify those appointments, the provisions of LRS 38:1758 and 38:1759, which govern the appointment of commissioners, qualifications of members, etc., were inserted instead as Sub-Sections D and E.

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SECTION 24:106. BAYOU L’OURSE GRAVITY DRAINAGE DISTRICT NO. 1 CREATED; BOUNDARIES; DOMICILE; BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS; POWERS AND DUTIES

A. The “Bayou L’Ourse Gravity Drainage District No. 1 of the Parish of Assumption, Louisiana” be and is hereby created, to be composed of the lands hereinbelow described, located in that portion of the Parish of Assumption known as the Bayou L’Ourse Community, the boundaries of said District are as follows:

Area located in Sections 29, 30, 31, 32, and 33, Township 15 south, Range 14 east and Sections 65, 66, 67 and 69, Township 16 south, Range 14 east, Parish of Assumption, State of Louisiana and more particularly described as follows:

Begin at the intersection of the easterly right-of-way line of Louisiana State Highway 398 and the south section line of Section 29, Township 15 south, Range 14 east; thence go easterly along said Section 29 south line a distance of 1,200 feet more or less to the intersection of south section lines 28 and 29 and the north section lines 32 and 33; thence go south along the east line of Section 32, also being the west line of Section 33, (Also being the west property line of Horace Landry Et. Al.) A Distance of 1,700 feet more or less (along a newly constructed levee); thence turn 84 degrees to the left or east and go a distance of 1,100 feet more or less (along said levee); thence turn 22 degrees to the left or northeast and go a distance of 900 feet more or less to the west property line of Wilbert J. Bailey, Jr., et. al.; thence turn 106 degrees to the right or south and go along said property line of Wilbert J. Bailey, Jr. et. al. a distance of 600 feet more or less (being approximately 400 feet north of Aristile road); thence turn 90 degrees to the left or east and go a distance of 1,120 feet more or less to the west property line of Majestic Development, Inc. (common with the east property line of Wayne Vidos); thence turn 90 degrees to the left or north and go a distance of 100 feet more or less along said Majestic Development, Inc. Property Line; thence turn 68 degrees to the right or northeast and go a distance of 1,100 feet more or less along a pipeline right-of-way; thence turn 39 degrees to the right or southeast and go a distance of 1,300 feet more or less to the east line of Section 33, Township 15 south, Range 14 east; thence turn 73 degrees to the right or south and go along said east line of Section 33 a distance of 1,100 feet more or less; thence turn 52 degrees to the right or southwest and go a distance of 3,300 feet more or less to the south line of said Section 33; thence turn 38 degrees to the right or west and go along said south line of Section 33 a distance of 2,400 feet more or less to the east bank of Bayou L’Ourse; thence turn left and go south along the said east bank of Bayou L’Ourse; thence turn left and go south along the said east bank of Bayou L’Ourse through Sections 65, 66, and 69 Township 16 south, Range 14 east a distance of 6,400 feet more or less; thence turn right and go west along the south line and on the outside edge of the property of Mrs. Florence M. Landry et. al. a distance of 3,300 feet more or less to the western property line of said Mrs. Florence M. Landry et. al.; thence turn 90 degrees to the right or north and go a distance of 3,650 feet more or less along several west property lines (primarily land name Landry) t the half section line of Section 66 Township 16 south, Range 14 east (also being the southeast property corner of Percy L. Landry et. al.); thence turn 90 degrees to the left or west and go along the half section lines of Sections 66 and 67 Township 16 south, Range 14 east (also being the southern property lines of several land owners) a distance of 5,550 feet more or less to the southwest property corner of Lawrence Cutrone et. al.; thence turn 90 degrees to the right or north and go along the west property line of said Lawrence Cutrone right-of-way line of Louisiana State Highway 662; thence turn 45 degrees to the right or northeast and go along said Louisiana State Highway 662 Southeast right-of-way line a distance of 100 feet more or less to the southwest right-of-way line of Louisiana State Highway 663; thence turn 90 degrees to the left or northwest and go along said Louisiana State Highway 663 southwest right-of-way line a distance of 900 feet more or less to a curve (curve turning to the right or north); thence turning right or northward follow said Louisiana State Highway 663 right-of-way line a distance of 500 feet more or less to the intersection of the now northwesterly right- of-way line of said Louisiana Highway 663 and the west property line

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of Henry M. Arceneaux, Et. Al.; thence go north along said west property line f Henry M. Arceneaux a distance of 2,300 feet more or less to a jog to the left in the property line; thence jog to the left or west 20 feet more or less and continue north along said west property line of Henry M. Arceneaux a distance of 1,800 feet more or less to the northwest property corner of said Henry M. Arceneaux; thence turn 90 degrees to the right or east and go along the north property lines of P. R. Norman et. al., Giles Boudreaux et. al. Estate, and Olive A. Melchor et. al. a distance of 1,550 feet more or less to a point 100 feet more or less east of the northeast property corner of said Olive A. Melchor et. al. and also being on the northern edge of the property of Mrs. Carrie B. Renthrop et. al.; thence turn 90 degrees to the left or north and go a distance of 650 feet more or less to a point in Section 30 Township 15 south, Range 14 east (Assumed to be the most northern property line of Mrs. Carrie B. Renthrop et. al. properties); thence turn 90 degrees to the right or east and go through Section 30 and 29 Township 15 south, Range 14 east in an east direction a distance of 6,000 feet more or less to a point 500 feet more or less due north of the northeast property corner of Murphy Pennison et. al. (Also being the northwest property corner of Inez P. Lajaune et. al.); thence turn 90 degrees to the right or south and go a distance of 500 feet more or less to the said northeast property corner of Murphy Pennison et. al. also being the south line of Section 29 Township 15 south, Range 14 east; thence turn 90 degrees to the left and go along said south line of section 29 (Also the north lien of Section 32, Township 15 south, Range 14 east) a distance of 1,500 feet more or less to the easterly right-of-way of Louisiana State Highway 398 and this being the point of beginning.

B. The drainage district shall be a political subdivision of the State of Louisiana, and shall have all the rights, powers, including without limiting the generality of the above, full power and authority, through the governing authority thereof, to incur debt and issue negotiable interest bearing coupon bonds in the manner provided by law, for the purpose of constructing drainage works, title to which shall be in the public.

C. The domicile of the Bayou L’Ourse Gravity Drainage District No. 1 of the Parish of Assumption, Louisiana, shall be the City of Napoleonville, which is the parish seat of said Parish.

D. The Gravity Drainage District shall be governed and controlled by five (5) commissioners, who shall be the governing authority of the District.

E. The Board of Commissioners shall be the governing authority of the Bayou L’Ourse Gravity Drainage District No. 1, and shall have the power to open all natural drains in the District, to cut and open new drains, and such other work of drainage as they may deem necessary; They shall have full power and authority to enter into contracts for the construction of drainage works, or they may construct such drainage works under their own supervision, or with the aid and assistance of any governmental or state agency; and further they shall have full power and authority to do any and all things necessary and incidental to the carrying out of the purpose of said district in accordance with the laws and authorities granted by the State of Louisiana.

(Ordinance No. 91-10, 6/26/91)

SECTION 24:107. NORTHWEST HIGHWAY 70 GRAVITY DRAINAGE DISTRICT NO. 9 CREATED; BOUNDARIES; DOMICILE; BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS; POWERS AND DUTIES

A. The “Northwest Highway 70 Gravity Drainage District No. 9" of the Parish of Assumption, Louisiana be and is hereby created, to be composed of the lands herein below described, located in that portion of the Parish of Assumption known as the Pierre Part Community, the boundaries of said District to be as follows:

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§ 24:108

An enclosed drainage area located west of and adjacent to the westerly right-of-way of Louisiana State Highway 70 and situated in Sections 14, 15, 22, and 23 Township 13 south Range 12 east in the Parish of Assumption, State of Louisiana of which the boundary is more particularly described as follows:

Commence at the intersection of the centerline of substation street (Parish Road) and the said westerly right-of-way of Louisiana State Highway 70 and go south 19 degrees 30' west a distance of 260 feet more or less along said westerly right-of-way to a turning point; thence go south 0 degrees 09' east a distance of 7,600 feet more or less along said westerly right-of-way to the point of beginning; thence continue south 0 degrees 09' east a distance of 1,730 feet more or less along said westerly right-of-way to a turning point; thence go south 38 degrees 15' west a distance of 1,320 feet more or less along said westerly right-of-way to a turning point; thence go 11 degrees 00' west a distance of 1,470 feet more or less along said westerly right-of-way to a turning point; thence go north 86 degrees 45' west a distance of 3,120 feet more or less to a turning point on the easterly right-of-way line of Monterery Pipeline; thence go north 07 degrees 30' east along said easterly right-of-way line of Monterey Pipeline a distance of 4,000 feet more or less to a turning point; thence go north 89 degrees 51' east a distance of 3,700 feet more or less to the westerly right-of-way line of Louisiana State Highway 70 to the centerline and this being the point of beginning.

B. The drainage district shall be a political subdivision of the State of Louisiana, and shall have and is hereby vested with all the rights, powers, including without limiting the generality of the above, full power and authority, through the governing authority thereof, to incur debt and issue negotiable interest bearing coupon bonds in the manner provided by law, for the purpose of constructing drainage works, title to which shall be in the public.

C. The domicile of said Northwest Highway 70 Gravity Drainage District No. 9 of the Parish of Assumption, Louisiana shall be the City of Napoleonville, which is the parish seat of said Parish.

D. The Northwest Highway 70 Gravity Drainage District No. 9 Board of Commissioners shall have five members appointed by the Police Jury; three with initial terms of 4 years and two with initial terms of 2 y ears. Each member shall take the oath of office required by the constitution of the State of Louisiana.

E. The Board of Commissioners shall be the governing authority of said Northwest Highway 70 Gravity Drainage District No. 9 and shall have the power to open all natural drains in the District, to cut and open new drains, and such other work of drainage as they may deem necessary; that they shall have full power and authority to enter into contracts for the construction of drainage works, or they may construct such drainage works under their own supervision, or with the aid and assistance of any governmental or state agency; and further they shall have full power and authority to do any and all things necessary and incidental to the carrying out of the purpose of said district in accordance with the laws and authorities granted by the State of Louisiana.

(Ordinance No. 91-11, 7/27/91; Ord. No. 97-09, 5/28/97)

SECTION 24:108. LANDRY SUBDIVISION GRAVITY DRAINAGE DISTRICT NO. 7 CREATED; BOUNDARIES; DOMICILE; BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS; POWERS AND DUTIES

A. The “Landry Subdivision Gravity Drainage District No. 7 of the Parish of Assumption, Louisiana” be and is hereby created, to be composed of the lands hereinbelow described, located in that portion of the Parish of Assumption known as the Pierre Part Community, the boundaries of said District to be as follows:

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§ 24:108

An enclosed drainage area located east of the and adjacent to the easterly right-of-way of Louisiana State Highway 70 and situated in Sections 11 and 14, Township 13 South, Range 12 East in the Parish of Assumption, State of Louisiana of which the boundary is more particularly described as follows:

Begin at the southwest corner of Family Subdivision, being a point on the easterly right-of- way of Louisiana State Highway 70 109.65 feet south of the intersection of the south right-of-way line of Family Street (Parish Road 40' right-of-way) and said easterly Right-of-Way line of Louisiana State Highway 70, and go north 0 degrees 09' west along said easterly right-of-way line of Louisiana State Highway 70 a distance of 5180 feet more or less to the northwest corner of Landry Subdivision being approximately 120 feet more or less north of the intersection of the northerly right-of-way line of Claiborne Street (Parish Road) and said easterly right-of-way line of State Highway 70; thence go north 89 degrees east along the centerline of an existing levee a distance of 1290 feet more or less to a turning point in the said existing levee; Thence go due north 0 degrees east along said levee a distance of 535 feet more or less to a turning point; Thence to south 38 degrees east along said levee a distance of 130 feet more or less to a turning point; Thence go south 9 degrees 30' east along said levee a distance of 315 feet more or less to a turning point; thence go south 25 degrees 30' east along said levee a distance of 390 feet more or less to a turning point; thence go south 16 degrees 15' east along said levee a distance of 250 feet more or less to a turning point; thence go south 29 degrees 30' east along said levee a distance of 250 feet more or less to a turning point; thence go south 11 degrees 45' east along said levee a distance of 135 feet more or less to a turning point; thence go south 51 degrees 15' west along said levee a distance of 435 feet more or less to a turning point; thence go south 36 degrees 45' west along said levee a distance of 190 feet more or less to a turning point; thence go south 09 degrees 15' west along said levee a distance of 170 feet more or less to a turning point; thence go south 04 degrees east along said levee a distance of 550 feet more or less to a turning point; thence go south 03 degrees 45' west along said levee a distance of 390 feet more or less to a turning point; Thence go south 11 degrees 45' east along said levee a distance of 485 feet more or less to a turning point; thence go south 04 degrees east along said levee a distance of 190 feet more or less to a turning point; thence go south 34 degrees west along said levee a distance of 170 feet more or less to a turning point; thence go south 71 degrees 30' west along said levee a distance of 150 feet more or less to a turning point; thence go south 89 degrees west along said levee a distance of 590 feet more or less to a turning point; thence go south 20 degrees west along said levee a distance of 140 feet more or less to a turning point; thence go south 06 degrees west along said levee a distance of 710 feet more or less to a turning point; thence go south 33 degrees 15' west along said levee a distance of 100 feet more or less to a turning point; thence to south 06 degrees 45' west along said levee a distance of 85 feet more or less to a turning point; thence go south 03 degrees east along said levee a distance of 230 feet more or less to a turning point; thence go south 89 degrees west along said levee a distance of 590 feet more or less to a turning point; thence go south 20 degrees west along said levee a distance of 140 feet more or less to a turning point; thence go south 06 degrees west along said levee a distance of 710 feet more or less to a turning point; thence go south 33 degrees 15' west along said levee a distance of 100 feet more or less to a turning point; thence go south 06 degrees 45' west along said levee a distance of 85 feet more or less to a turning point; thence go south 03 degrees east along said levee a distance of 230 feet more or less to a turning point; thence go south 17 degrees west along said levee a distance of 215 feet more or less to a turning point; thence go south 67 degrees 15' west along said levee a distance of 135 feet more or less to a turning point; Thence go south 77 degrees west along said levee a distance of 190 feet more or less to a turning point; Thence go north 77 degrees west along said levee a distance of 225 feet more or less to a turning point; Thence go north 81 degrees west along said levee a distance of 275 feet more or less to a turning point; thence go south 86 degrees west along said levee a distance of 100 feet more or les to the said easterly right-of-way line of Louisiana State Highway 70 and this being the point of beginning.

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§ 24:109

C. The domicile of said Landry Subdivision Gravity Drainage District #7 of the Parish of Assumption, Louisiana, shall be the City of Napoleonville, which is the parish seat of the Parish.

D. The Board of Commissioners shall be composed of five (5) members, appointed by the Police Jury, and shall be the governing authority of said Landry Subdivision Gravity Drainage District No. 7. It shall have the power to open all natural drains in the District, to cut and open new drains, and such other work of drainage as they may deem necessary; that they shall have full power and authority to enter into contracts for he construction of drainage works, or they may construct such drainage works under their own supervision, or with the aid and assistance of any governmental or state agency; and further they shall have full power and authority to do any and all things necessary and incidental to the carrying out of the purpose of said district in accordance with the laws and authorities granted by the State of Louisiana.

(Ordinance No. 91-12, 8/28/91)

SECTION 24:109. OAKRIDGE GRAVITY DRAINAGE DISTRICT NO. 8 CREATED; BOUNDARIES; DOMICILE; BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS; POWERS AND DUTIES

A. The “Oakridge Gravity Drainage District No. 8 of the Parish of Assumption, Louisiana” be and is hereby created, to be composed of the lands hereinbelow described, located in that portion of the Parish of Assumption known as the Pierre Part Community, the boundaries of said District to be as follows:

Phase I

A tract of land known as the Oakridge Drainage District, located in Sections 23, 26 & 35, Township 13 South, Range 12 East in the Parish of Assumption, State of Louisiana and Phase I more particularly described as follows:

Begin at intersection of the centerline of Renee Street (a Parish road) and the easterly right-of-way of Louisiana Highway 70. Thence go N29 15' W a distance of 130' more or less; thence go N72 0' E a distance of 1690' more or less; thence go S34 0' E a distance of 1053' more or less; thence go S44 45' E a distance of 2620' more or less; thence go S40 15' W a distance of 1300' more or less: To the intersection of the easterly right-of-way of Louisiana Highway 1016-2. Thence go N51 45' W a distance of 1600' more or less; Along the easterly right-of-way of Louisiana Highway 1016-2, thence go N64 0' W a distance of 750' more or less; Along Louisiana Highway 1016-2 right-of- way to the intersection of the easterly right-of-way of Louisiana Highway 70; thence go N42 45' W a distance of 300' more or less: along the easterly right-of-way of Louisiana Highway 70; thence continue along said right-of-way N32 15' W a distance of 650' more or less: thence go N29 15' W a distance of 1200' more or less along said Louisiana Highway 70 right-of-way. To the point of beginning at the intersection of Renee Street and Louisiana Highway 70.

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Phase II

A tract of land known as the Oakridge Drainage District located in sections 26 and 35 Township 13 South, Range 12 East in the Parish of Assumption, State of Louisiana and Phase II more particularly described as follows:

Commence at the intersection of the centerline of Renee Street and the easterly right-of-way of Louisiana Highway 70. Thence go N29 15' W a distance of 130' more or less; thence go N72 0' E a distance of 1690' more or less; thence go S34 0' E a distance of 1053' more or less; thence go S44 45' E a distance of 2620' more or less; to the point of beginning II. Thence go S40 45' E a distance of 3300' more or less; thence go S59 40' W a distance of 1105' more or less; To the easterly right-of-way of Louisiana Highway 1016-2. Thence go N38 0' W a distance of 1100' more or less; thence go N64 45' W a distance of 1415' more or less; continuing along Louisiana Highway 1016-2 Right-of-way: Thence go N51 45' W a distance of 400' more or less; thence go N40 15' E a distance of 1300" more or less; Along the boundary line of Oakridge Drainage District Phase I to the point of beginning II.

B. The drainage district shall be a political subdivision of the State of Louisiana and shall have and is hereby vested with all the rights, powers, including without limiting the generality of the above, full power and authority, through the governing authority thereof, to incur debt and issue negotiable interest bearing coupon bonds in the manner provided by law, for the purpose of constructing drainage works, title to which shall be in the public.

C. The domicile of the Oakridge Gravity Drainage District No. 8 of the Parish of Assumption, Louisiana, shall be the City of Napoleonville, which is the parish seal of said Parish.

D. The Board of Commissioners shall be composed of five (5) members, appointed by the Police Jury and shall be the governing authority of the Oakridge Gravity Drainage District No. 8. It shall have the power to open all natural drains in the District, to cut and open new drains, and such other work of drainage as they may deem necessary; that they shall have full power and authority to enter into contracts for the construction of drainage works, or they may construct such drainage works under their own supervision, or with the aid and assistance of any governmental or state agency; and further they shall have full power and authority to do any and all things necessary and incidental to the carrying out of the purpose of said district in accordance with the laws and authorities granted by the State of Louisiana.

(Ordinance No. 91-13, 8/28/91; Ord. No. 98-06, 9/23/98)

SECTION 24:110. GRAND BAYOU GRAVITY DRAINAGE DISTRICT NO. 10 CREATED; BOUNDARIES; DOMICILE; BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS; POWERS AND DUTIES

A. The “Grand Bayou Gravity Drainage District No. 10 of the Parish of Assumption, Louisiana” be and is hereby created, to be composed of the lands herein below described, located in that portion of the Parish of Assumption known as the Pierre Part Community, the boundaries of said District to be as follows:

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§ 24:110

AREA 1

An enclosed drainage area located southeast of and adjacent to the centerline of Louisiana State Highway 70 and situated in Section 41, Township 12 South, Range 13 East in the Parish of Assumption, State of Louisiana of which the boundary is more particularly described as follows:

Begin at the intersection of the centerline of Louisiana State Highway 70 and Grand Bayou Road (Parish Road) and go north 42 degrees 15' east a distance of 130 feet more or less along the centerline of Louisiana State Highway 70 to a turning point; thence go north 36 degrees east a distance of 500 feet more or less to a turning point; thence go north 37 degrees 45' east a distance of 170 feet more or less to a turning point; thence to north 52 degrees 15' east a distance of 135 feet more or less to a turning point; thence go north 62 degrees 30' east a distance of 180 feet more or less to a turning point; thence go north 72 degrees 45' east a distance of 80 feet more or less to a turning point adjacent to a tree line; thence go south 30 degrees 15' east a distance of 310 feet ore or less along the said tree line to a turning point; thence go south 0 degrees 00' a distance of 25 feet more or less to a turning point; thence go south 48 degrees 30' west a distance of 290 feet more or less to a turning point; thence go south 53 degrees 30' west a distance of 160 feet more or less to a turning point at the east edge of an existing private road at the gate; thence go 39 degrees 00' east a distance of 335 feet more or less along the said private road to a turning point; thence go south 54 degrees west a distance of 240 feet more or less to a turning point; thence go south 41 degrees west a distance of 150 feet more or less to a turning point; thence go south 64 degrees 30' west a distance of 230 feet more or less to a turning point; thence go south 23 degrees west a distance of 40 feet more or less to a turning point; thence go south 06 degrees 15' east a distance of 120 feet more or less to a turning point; thence go south 34 degrees west a distance of 45 feet more or less to a turning point; thence go south 72 degrees 30' west a distance of 115 feet more or less to a turning point at the centerline of Grant Bayou Road (Parish Road); thence go north 01 degrees 30' west a distance of 135 feet more or less along the centerline of Grand Bayou Road (Parish Road) to a turning point; thence go north 18 degrees 30' west a distance of 150 feet more or less to a turning point; thence go north 30 degrees 15' west a distance of 240 feet more or less to a turning point; thence go north 18 degrees west a distance of 115 feet more or less to the intersection of the centerline of Grand Bayou Road (Parish Road) and Louisiana State Highway 70 and this being the point of beginning.

AREA 2

An enclosed drainage area located northwest of and adjacent to the centerline of Louisiana State Highway 70 and situated in Section 41, Township 12 South, Range 13 East in the Parish of Assumption, State of Louisiana of which the boundary is more particularly described as follows:

Commence at the intersection of the centerline of Louisiana State Highway 70 and Grand Bayou Road (Parish Road) and go north 42 degrees 15' east a distance of 130 feet more or less along the centerline of Louisiana State Highway 70 to a turning point; thence go north 36 degrees east a distance of 500 feet more or less this being the point of beginning; thence go north 43 degrees west a distance of 240 feet more or less to a turning point; thence go north 0 degrees 00' a distance of 30 feet more or less to a turning point; thence go north 45 degrees east a distance of 335 feet more or less to a turning point at the corner of an existing pond; thence go north 60 degrees 30' east a distance of 490 feet more or less to a turning point; thence go south 81 degrees 30' east a distance of 65 feet more or less to a turning point at an existing slough; thence go south 38 degrees 30' east a distance of 335 feet more or less along an existing slough to a turning point at the centerline of Louisiana State Highway 70; thence go south 77 degrees 15' west along the centerline of Louisiana State Highway 70 a distance of 345 feet more or less to a turning point; thence go south 72 degrees 45' west a distance of 80 feet more or less to a turning point; thence go south 62 degrees 30' west a distance of 180 feet more or less to a turning point; thence go south 52 degrees 15' west a distance of 135 feet more or less to a turning point; thence go south 37 degrees 45' west a distance of 170 feet more or less and this being the point of beginning.

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C. The domicile of the Grand Bayou Gravity Drainage District No. 10 of the Parish of Assumption, Louisiana, shall be the City of Napoleonville, which is the parish seat of the Parish.

D. The Board of Commissioners shall be composed of five (5) members, appointed by the Police Jury and shall be the governing authority of said Grand Bayou Gravity Drainage District No. 10. It shall have the power to open all natural drains in the District, to cut and open new drains, and such other work of drainage as they may deem necessary; that they shall have full power and authority to enter into contracts for the construction of drainage works, or they may construct such drainage works under their own supervision, or with the aid and assistance of any governmental or state agency; and further they shall have full power and authority to do any and all things necessary and incidental to the carrying out of the purpose of said district in accordance with the laws and authorities granted by the State of Louisiana.

(Ordinance No. 91-21, 11/26/91)

SECTION 24:111. BAYOU DRIVE EAST AND DERRICK STREET GRAVITY DRAINAGE DISTRICT CREATED; BOUNDARIES; DOMICILE; BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS; POWERS AND DUTIES

A. The “Bayou Drive East and Derrick Street Gravity Drainage District of the Parish of Assumption, Louisiana” be and is hereby created, to be composed of the lands hereinbelow described, located in that portion of the Parish of Assumption known as the Pierre Part Community, the boundaries of said District to be as follows:

An enclosed drainage area located northwest of and adjacent to the northerly right-of-way of Bayou Drive East (Parish Road) and situated in Sections 25 and 49, Township 12 South, Range 12 East in the Parish of Assumption, State of Louisiana of which the boundary is more particularly described as follows:

Begin at the intersection of the centerline of Bayou Drive East (Parish Road) and Lee Drive (Parish Road) and go south 39 degrees 45' west a distance of 250 feet more or less along the centerline of Bayou Drive West (Parish Road) to a turning point; thence go north 65 degrees 30' west a distance of 770 feet more or less to a turning point; thence go north 84 degrees 30' west a distance of 910 feet more or less crossing Louisiana State Highway 70 and Derrick Street (Parish Road) to a turning point; Thence go north 84 degrees 30' west a distance of 910 feet more or less crossing Louisiana State Highway 70 and Derrick Street (Parish Road) to a turning point; thence go north 02 degrees 15' west a distance of 610 feet more or less to a turning point adjacent to an east-west tree line; thence go south 89 degrees 00' east a distance of 1,040 feet more or less to a turning point at the easterly right-of-way line or Louisiana State Highway 70; thence go south 88 degrees 30' east a distance of 1,370 feet more or less along an existing turtle pond levee to a turning point; thence go south 82 degrees 15' east a distance of 800 feet more or less to a turning point just west of Bayou Pierre Part Bend; thence to south 18 degrees 00' east a distance of 120 feet more or less to a turning point at the northerly right-of-way line of Bayou Drive East; (Parish Road); thence go south 76 degrees 30' west a distance of 770 feet more or less along Bayou Drive East to a turning point at the centerline of Bayou Drive East; thence go south 63 degrees 00' west a distance of 790 feet more or less along the centerline of said Bayou Drive East to the intersections of the centerline of Bayou Drive East and Lee Drive and this being the point of beginning.

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§ 24:112

C. The domicile of said Bayou Drive East and Derrick Street Gravity Drainage District of the Parish of Assumption, Louisiana, shall be the City of Napoleonville, which is the parish seat of the Parish.

D. The Board of Commissioners shall be composed of five (5) members, appointed by the Police Jury and shall be the governing authority of said Bayou Drive East and Derrick Street Gravity Drainage District, to cut and open new drains, and such other work of drainage as they may deem necessary; that they shall have full power and authority to enter into contracts for the construction of drainage works, or they may construct such drainage works under their own supervision, or with the aid and assistance of any governmental or state agency; and further they shall have full power and authority to do any and all things necessary and incidental to the carrying out of the purpose of said district in accordance with the laws and authorities granted by the State of Louisiana.

(Ordinance No. 92-03, 2/12/92)

SECTION 24:112. LOWER BELLE RIVER GRAVITY DRAINAGE DISTRICT NO. 12 CREATED; BOUNDARIES; DOMICILE; BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS; POWERS AND DUTIES

A. The “Lower Belle River Gravity Drainage District No. 12 of the Parish of Assumption, Louisiana” be and is hereby created, to be composed of the lands hereinbelow described, located in that portion of the Parish of Assumption known as the Pierre Part Community, the boundaries of said District to be as follows:

A tract of land known as the Lower Belle River Gravity Drainage District No. 12 located in Section 35 and 36, Township 13 South, Range 12 East in the Parish of Assumption, State of Louisiana. More particularly described as follows:

Begin at the intersection of the centerline of Cypress Street (a Parish Road) and the easterly right-of-way of Louisiana Highway 1016-2 and; thence go north 6 degrees 15' west a distance of 100 feet; thence go south 88 degrees 55' east a distance of 1540 feet more or less; thence go south 10 degrees 10' east a distance of 602 feet more or less; thence go north 84 degrees 10' west a distance of 523 feet more or less; thence go south 2 degrees 35' west a distance of 143 feet more or less; thence go north 89 degrees 25' west a distance of 1112 feet more or less to the easterly right of way of Hwy. 1016-2; thence go north 1 degree 30' east a distance of 440 feet more or less along the easterly right of way of Hwy. 1016-2; thence go north 6 degrees 15' west a distance of 249 feet to the point of beginning at the intersection of Cypress Street and Louisiana Highway 1016-2.

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§ 24:113

C. The domicile of said Lower Belle River Gravity Drainage District No. 12 of the Parish of Assumption, Louisiana, shall be the City of Napoleonville, which is the parish seat of the Parish.

D. The Board of Commissioners shall be composed of five (5) members, appointed by the Police Jury and shall be the governing authority of said Lower Belle River Gravity District No. 12. It shall have the power to open all natural drains in the District, to cut and open new drains, and such other work of drainage as they may deem necessary; that they shall have full power and authority to enter into contracts for the construction of drainage works, or they may construct such drainage works under their own supervision, or with the aid and assistance of any governmental or state agency; and further they shall have full power and authority to do any and all things necessary and incidental to be carrying out of the purpose of said district in accordance with the laws and authorities granted by the State of Louisiana.

(Ordinance No. 95-10, 9/27/95; Ord. No. 97-12, 6/25/97)

SECTION 24:113. NORTHWEST HIGHWAY 70 GRAVITY DRAINAGE DISTRICT NO. 13 CREATED; BOUNDARIES; DOMICILE; BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS, POWERS AND DUTIES

A. The “Northwest Highway 70 Gravity Drainage District #13 of the Parish of Assumption, Louisiana” be and is hereby created, to be composed of the lands herein below described, located in that portion of the Parish of Assumption known as the Pierre Part Community, the boundaries of said District to be as follows:

An enclosed drainage area located west of and adjacent to the westerly right-of-way of Louisiana State Highway 70 and situated in sections 2, 3, 10, 11, 14, & 15 Township 13 South, Range 12 East in the Parish of Assumption, State of Louisiana of which the boundary is more particularly described as follows:

Begin at the intersection of the centerline of Substation Street (Parish Road) and the said westerly right-of-way of Louisiana State Highway 70 and go south 19 30' west a distance of 260 feet more or less along said westerly right-of-way to a turning point; thence go south 0 09' east a distance of 7,600 feet more or less along said westerly right-of-way to a turning point; thence to south 89 51' west a distance of 3,700 feet more or less to a turning point on the easterly right-of-way line of Monterey pipeline; thence go north 07 30' east along said easterly right-of-way line of Monterey pipeline a distance of 8,000 feet more or less to a turning point; thence go north 72 30' east a distance of 2,780 feet more or less to a turning point at the southwest shore of Pierre Part Bay; thence go south 67 30' east along said southwest shore of Pierre Part Bay a distance of 670 feet more or less to the westerly right-of-way of Louisiana State Highway 70 (being on the Highway 70 Pierre Part Bay Bridge); thence to south 34 45' west a distance of 540 feet more or less along the said westerly right-of-way to a turning point. Thence go south 38 00' west a distance of 290 feet more or less along the said westerly right-of-way line of Louisiana State Highway 70 to the centerline of said substation street and this being the point of beginning.

B. Said drainage district shall be a political subdivision of the State of Louisiana and shall have and is hereby vested with all the rights, powers, including without limiting the generality of the above, full power and authority, through the governing authority thereof, to incur debt and issue negotiable interest bearing coupon bonds in the manner provided by law, for the purpose of constructing drainage works, title to which shall be in the public.

C. The domicile of said Northwest Highway 70 Gravity Drainage District #13 of the Parish of Assumption, Louisiana, shall be the City of Napoleonville, which is the parish seat of said Parish.

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§ 24:115

D. The Northwest Highway 70 Gravity Drainage District #13 Board of Commissioners of the Parish of Assumption shall be constituted with five members who shall have initial terms as follows:

Three for 4 years and two for two years.

Each of said members shall take oath of office required by the Constitution of the State of Louisiana.

E. The Board of Commissioners shall be the governing authority of said Northwest Highway 70 Gravity Drainage District #13 and shall have the power to open all natural drains in the District, to cut and open new drains, and such other work of drainage as they may deem necessary; that they shall have full power and authority to enter into contracts for the construction of drainage works, or they may construct such drainage works under their own supervision, or with the aid and assistance of any governmental or state agency; and further they shall have full power and authority to do any and all things necessary and incidental to the carrying out of the purpose of said district in accordance with the laws and authorities granted by the State of Louisiana.

(Ord. No. 97-10, 5/28/97)

SECTION 24:115. LA 70 LEE DRIVE GRAVITY DRAINAGE DISTRICT NO 14 CREATED; BOUNDARIES, DOMICILE, BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS; POWERS AND DUTIES

A. That a gravity drainage district to be designate “LA 70 Lee Drive Gravity Drainage District #14 of the Parish of Assumption, Louisiana” be and is hereby created, to be composed of the lands hereinbelow described, located in that portion of boundaries of said District to be as follows:

A tract of land in Section 1, Township 13 South, Range 12 East, Pierre Part, Louisiana described as follows: begin at the intersection of the centerline of St. John Street and the Western right of way of Lee Drive proceed in a Northeast direction along the Western right of way of Lee Drive for a distance of 1000 linear feet more or less; thence turn right 90 degrees and proceed 3,170 linear feet more or less to the Southeast right of way of LA Hwy. 70; thence proceed in a Southwest direction along the South East right of way of LA. Hwy. 70 4,000 linear feet more or less to a point approximately 800 feet East of the Intersection of LA 70n and the centerline of Leonie Street; thence turn right 90 degrees and go 3,170 linear feet more or less to the Western right of way of Lee Drive; thence go 3,000 linear feet more or less along the Western right of way of Lee Drive to the intersection of the centerline of St. John Street; this being the point of ending.

C. The domicile of said LA 70 Lee Drive Drainage District of the Parish of Assumption, Louisiana, shall be the city of Napoleonville, which is the parish seat of said Parish.

D. The LA 70 Lee Drive Drainage District Board of Commissioners of the Parish of Assumption shall be constituted with three members having the initial terms of four (4) years and two members having initial terms of two (2) years. Each of said members shall take the oath of office required by the Constitution of the State of Louisiana.

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§ 24:116

E. The Board of Commissioners shall be the governing authority of said LA 70 Lee Drive Drainage District and shall have the power to open all natural drains in the District, to cut and open new drains, and such other work of drainage as they may deem necessary; that they shall have full power and authority to enter into contracts for the construction of drainage works, or they may construct such drainage works under their own supervision, or with the aid and assistance of any governmental or state agency and further they shall have full power and authority to do any and all things necessary and incidental to the carrying out of the purpose of said district in accordance with the laws and authorities granted by the State of Louisiana.

______COMMENT: Ordinance No. 02-10 of July 24, 2002 designated the original board members and their terms and directed the Police Jury Secretary to notify each of the time and place of the first Board meeting.

(Ord. No. 02-10, 7/24/02)

SECTION 24:116. LOWER TEXAS GRAVITY DRAINAGE DISTRICT No. 15 CREATED; BOUNDARIES, DOMICILE, BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS; POWERS AND DUTIES

A. That a gravity drainage district to be designate “Lower Texas Gravity Drainage District # 15 of the Parish of Assumption, Louisiana” be and hereby created, to be composed of the lands herein below described, located in that portion of boundaries of said District to be as follows:

Section 42, 43, 44 and 48, Township 14 South, Range 14 East, and is more particularly described as follows:

Commence at the intersection of the centerlines of La. Hwy. 1011 and La. Hwy. 1012; thence go due North a distance of 500 feet to the point of beginning; thence go East paralleling the centerline of La. Hwy. 1011 a distance of 7,000 feet and this being the Northern most boundary of the said drainage district; thence turn right and go South a distance of 1,000 feet; thence turn right and go West paralleling the centerline of La. Hwy 1011 a distance of 6,500 feet; thence turn left and go in a Southerly direction paralleling the centerline of La. Hwy 1012 a distance of 10,500 feet; thence turn right and go West a distance of 1,000 feet; thence turn right and go in a Northerly direction paralleling the centerline of La. Hwy 1012 a distance of 10,500 feet; thence turn left and go West paralleling the centerline of La. Hwy 1011 a distance of 1,500 feet; thence turn right and go North a distance of 1,000 feet; thence turn right and go East paralleling the centerline of La. Hwy. 1011 a distance of 2,000 feet to the point of beginning and this also being the Northern most boundary of the said drainage district.

B. That said drainage district shall be a political subdivision of the State of Louisiana and shall have and is hereby vested with all the rights, powers, including without limiting the generality of the above, full power and authority, through the governing authority thereof, to incur debt and issue negotiable interest bearing coupon bonds in the manner provided by law, for the purpose of constructing drainage works, title to which shall be in the public.

C. That the domicile of said Lower Texas Gravity Drainage District of the Parish of Assumption, Louisiana, shall be the city of Napoleonville, which is the parish seat of said Parish.

D. That the Lower Texas Gravity Drainage District Board of Commissioners of the Parish of Assumption shall be constituted with 5 members, three members having initial terms of four (4) years and two members having initial terms of two (2) years. Each of said members shall take the oath of office required by the Constitution of the State of Louisiana.

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§ 24:117

E. That the Board of Commissioners shall be the governing authority of said Lower Texas Gravity Drainage District and shall have the power to open all natural drains in the District, to cut and open new drains, and such other work of drainage as they may deem necessary; that they shall have full power and authority to enter into contracts for the construction of drainage works, or they may construct such drainage works under their own supervision, or with the aid and assistance of any governmental or state agency and further they shall have full power and authority to do any and all things necessary and incidental to the carrying out of the purpose of said district in accordance with the laws and authorities granted by the State of Louisiana.

F. That the first meeting of the Board of Commissioners of said District will be held at a later date. The Secretary of the Police Jury is hereby directed to notify each of said commissioners of the time and place of the first meeting of said Board.

(Ord. No. 03-09, 10/08/03; 05-12, 06/08/05)

SECTION 24:117. GEORGETTE ST. GRAVITY DRAINAGE DISTRICT NO 16 CREATED; BOUNDARIES, DOMICILE, BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS; POWERS AND DUTIES

A. That a gravity drainage district to be designate “Georgette Street Gravity Drainage District # 16 of the Parish of Assumption, Louisiana” be and hereby created, to be composed of the lands herein below described, located in that portion of boundaries of said District to be as follows:

Begin at the intersection of the centerlines of La. Highway 1 and La. Highway 400; thence go in a Southerly direction along the centerline of La. Highway 1 a distance of 450 feet more or less to the Southerly property line of the residential lots fronting along Georgette Street with this being the Eastern boundary of said drainage district; thence turn to the right and go in a Westerly direction along said Southerly property line and parallel to Georgette Street a distance of 2,150 feet more or less to the Western Bank of the Marais Canal with this being the Southern boundary of said drainage district; thence turn to the right and go in a Northerly direction along the Western Bank of the Marais Canal a distance of 450 feet more or less to the intersection of the Western Bank of the Marais Canal and the centerline of La. Hwy. 400 with this being the Western boundary of the said drainage district; thence turn to the right and go in an Easterly direction along the centerline of La. Hwy. 400 a distance of 2,150 feet more or less to the intersection of the centerline of La. Hwy. 1, the point of beginning with this being the Northern boundary of the said drainage district.

C. That the domicile of said Georgette Street Gravity Drainage District of the Parish of Assumption, Louisiana, shall be the city of Napoleonville, which is the parish seat of said Parish.

D. That the Georgette Street Gravity Drainage District Board of Commissioners of the Parish of Assumption shall be constituted as follows, the initial terms set forth beside their names: one (1) member having an initial term of five (5) years, one member having an initial term of four (4) years, one member having an initial term of three (3) years; one member having an initial term of two (2) years and one member having an initial term of one (1) year. Each of said members shall take the oath of office required by the Constitution of the State of Louisiana.

Supplement 4 24-35

§ 24:118

E. That the Board of Commissioners shall be the governing authority of said Georgette Street Gravity Drainage District and shall have the power to open all natural drains in the District, to cut and open new drains, and such other work of drainage as they may deem necessary; that they shall have full power and authority to enter into contracts for the construction of drainage works, or they may construct such drainage works under their own supervision, or with the aid and assistance of any governmental or state agency and further they shall have full power and authority to do any and all things necessary and incidental to the carrying out of the purpose of said district in accordance with the laws and authorities granted by the State of Louisiana.

(Ord. No. 05-10, 05/13/05)

SECTIONS 24:118 PIERRE PART SETTLEMENT GRAVITY DRAINAGE DISTRICT CREATED; BOUNDARIES; DOMICILE; BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS; POWERS AND DUTIES

A. It is the opinion of the Police Jury of Assumption Parish that construction of drainage works in the Pierre Part Settlement area of the Parish of Assumption is necessary for the best interest of that part of the Parish and that there is a need to more readily drain the described lands in the Parish of Assumption. Therefore under the authorization of Chapters 6 and 7 of Title 38 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes and other statutory and constitutional authority of the State of Louisiana, a drainage district to be designated “Pierre Part Settlement Drainage District of the Parish of Assumption, State of Louisiana” be and is hereby created, to be composed of the lands here in below described, located in that portion of boundaries of said District to be as follows.

“The Boundary for the Pierre Part Settlement Drainage District is located in Section 38, Township 12 South, Range 13 East. Commence from the intersection of the southern right-of-way of La. Hwy. 70 and the center line of 1st Street in a easterly direction along the southern right-of-way of La. Hwy. 70 to a distance of 475 feet more or less to the intersection of the southern right-of-way of La. Hwy. 70 and the western edge of a concrete drive of the private residence on the south side of La. Hwy. 70. This being the Point of Beginning (POB). Thence go in an easterly direction along the southern right-of-way of La. Hwy. 70 for a distance 3,200 feet more of less to the intersection of the southern right-of-way of La. Hwy. 70 and an existing earthen levee; thence turn south and continue in a southerly direction along the existing earthen levee a distance of 260 feet more or less; thence turn west and continue along the existing earthen levee in a westerly direction a distance of 3,600 feet more or less; thence turn north and continue along the westerly edge of the existing concrete drive a distance of 275 feet more or less to the intersection of the southern right-of-way of La. Hwy. 70 and the said western edge of the concrete drive and the Point of Beginning (POB) and the western most boundary of the described Drainage District.”

C. The domicile of the Pierre Part Settlement Drainage District of the Parish of Assumption, Louisiana, shall be the city of Napoleonville, which is the parish seat.

D. The Pierre Part Settlement Drainage District Board of Commissioners of the Parish of Assumption shall be composed of five members serving staggered terms. Each of said members shall take the oath of office required by the Constitution of the State of Louisiana.

24-36 Supplement 4

§ 24:119

E. That the Board of Commissioners shall be the governing authority of said Pierre Part Settlement Drainage District and shall have the power to open all natural drains in the District, to cut and open new drains, and such other works of drainage as they may deem necessary; that they shall have full power and authority to enter into contracts for the construction of drainage works, or they may construct such drainage works under their own supervision, or with the aid and assistance of any governmental or state agency and further they shall have full power and authority to do any and all things necessary and incidental to the carrying out of the purpose of said district in accordance with the laws and authorities granted by the State of Louisiana.

(Ord. Nos. 14-05, 4/15/14; 14-06, 4/25/14; 14-15, 6/26/14)

SECTIONS 24:119 BAYOU PIERRE PART NORTH GRAVITY DRAINAGE DISTRICT CREATED; BOUNDARIES; DOMICILE; BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS; POWERS AND DUTIES

A. It is the opinion of the Police Jury of Assumption Parish that construction of drainage works in the Bayou Pierre Part North area of the Parish of Assumption is necessary for the best interest of that part of the Parish and that there is a need to more readily drain the described lands in the Parish of Assumption. Therefore under the authorization of Chapters 6 and 7 of Title 38 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes and other statutory and constitutional authority of the State of Louisiana, a drainage district to be designated “Bayou Pierre Part North Drainage District of the Parish of Assumption, State of Louisiana” be and is hereby created, to be composed of the lands here in below described, located in that portion of boundaries of said District to be as follows.

“The boundary for the Bayou Pierre Part North Drainage District is located in Section 38, Township 12 South, Range 13 East as shown on the attached map more particularly described as follows:

Commence from the intersection of the centerline of La. Hwy. 70 and the centerline of Lee Drive in a south easterly direction along the centerline of Lee Drive to a distance of 210 feet more or less remaining in the centerline right-of-way of Lee Drive. This being the Point of Beginning (POB); Thence go in a north-northeast direction from the centerline of Lee Drive for a distance 85 feet more or less; Thence turn in an east-southeast direction and go 580 linear feet more or less paralleling the northern right of way of Lee Drive; Thence turn east- northeast direction and go a distance of 65 feet more or less parallel to Est Drive; Thence turn in a east-southeast direction and go a distance of 180 feet more or less parallel to Lee Drive; Thence turn in an east-northeast direction and go a distance of 195 feet more or less parallel to East Drive, to an existing drainage canal; Thence turn in a south southeast direction parallel to said drainage canal and go a distance of 145 feet more or less to the centerline of East Drive; Thence turn in a westerly direction and go a distance of 300 feet more or less along the centerline of East Drive to the intersection of East Drive, Lee Drive and Bayou Drive; Thence continue in a westerly direction along the centerline of Bayou Drive a distance of 115 feet more or less; Thence turn in a northwest direction and go a distance of 585 feet more or less parallel to the south right-of-way of Lee Drive; Thence turn in a northerly direction and go 225 feet more or less paralleling the eastern right-of-way of LA. HWY. 70 to the centerline of Lee Drive and this being the Point of Beginning and the western most boundary of the described drainage district.”

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§ 24:149

C. The domicile of the Bayou Pierre Part North Drainage District of the Parish of Assumption, Louisiana, shall be the city of Napoleonville, which is the parish seat.

D. The Bayou Pierre Part North Drainage District Board of Commissioners of the Parish of Assumption shall be composed of five members serving staggered terms. Each of said members shall take the oath of office required by the Constitution of the State of Louisiana.

E. That the Board of Commissioners shall be the governing authority of said Bayou Pierre Part North Drainage District and shall have the power to open all natural drains in the District, to cut and open new drains, and such other works of drainage as they may deem necessary; that they shall have full power and authority to enter into contracts for the construction of drainage works, or they may construct such drainage works under their own supervision, or with the aid and assistance of any governmental or state agency and further they shall have full power and authority to do any and all things necessary and incidental to the carrying out of the purpose of said district in accordance with the laws and authorities granted by the State of Louisiana.

(Ord. Nos. 14-09, 5/19/14; 14-10, 5/29/14; 14-14, 6/26/14)

SECTIONS 24:120 - 24:149. RESERVED

[The next page is Sub-Chapter D, “Fire Prevention Districts”, page 24-45.]

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§ 24:199

Sub-Chapter D

Fire Protection Districts

SECTION 24:150. FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT NO. 2 CREATED; BOUNDARIES; GOVERNING AUTHORITY DESIGNATED

A. By virtue of the authority conferred by Part I, Chapter 7, Title 40 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, as amended, and other constitutional and statutory authority supplemental thereto, Fire Protection District No. 2 be and the same is hereby created within the Parish of Assumption, State of Louisiana, which fire protection district shall embrace all of that territory within the following described boundaries:

All of the territory within the Parish of Assumption, excluding the boundaries of Fire Protection District No. 1 of the Parish of Assumption, State of Louisiana, which area may be further described as all of Ward 2, except Precinct 1, that portion of Precinct 1 of Ward 4, located south of centerline of Albemarle Road and all of the remaining precincts of Ward 4, and Precinct 1 of Ward 3 (All as per the 1983 Reapportionment Plan).

B. The Fire Protection District hereby created shall be known and designated as “Fire Protection District No. 2 of the Parish of Assumption, State of Louisiana”, and as thus created shall constitute a public corporation and political subdivision of the State of Louisiana, and shall have all rights, powers and privileges granted by and conferred by the Constitution and Statutes of Louisiana to such corporations, including the authority to incur debt, issue bonds and levy taxes and parcel fees.

C. The governing authority of said Fire Protection District shall be this Police Jury.

(Ordinance No. 91-18, 11/13/91)

SECTIONS 24:151 - 24:199. RESERVED

______Comment -- For authority and procedure whereby police juries may create fire protection districts, see LRS 40:1492 et seq.

Supplement 4 24-45

[RESERVED]

[The next page is Sub-Chapter E, “Garbage Districts”, page 24-57.]

24-46 Supplement 4

§ 24:249

Sub-Chapter E

Garbage Districts

(For authority and procedure whereby police juries may create garbage districts, see Section 34, Article XIV, Louisiana Constitution (1921). The provisions of this section were continued under the 1974 Constitution. See Section 16, Article XIV, Louisiana Constitution (1974).

SECTIONS 24:200 - 24:249. RESERVED

Supplement 4 24-57

[RESERVED]

[The next page is Sub-Chapter F, “Hospital Service Districts”, page 24-59.]

24-58 Supplement 4

§ 24:250

Sub-Chapter F

Hospital Service Districts*

SECTION 24:250. HOSPITAL SERVICE DISTRICT NO. 1 CREATED; BOUNDARIES; DESIGNATED TITLE; APPOINTMENT OF COMMISSIONERS AND TERMS; DOMICILE AND ORGANIZATION

A. Under and by virtue of the authority conferred by Sections 1051 to 1068, inclusive, of Title 46 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950 (R.S. 46:1051 to R.S. 46:1068 inclusive), a hospital service district is hereby created within the Parish of Assumption, State of Louisiana, which hospital service district shall comprise and embrace all of the territory within the Parish of Assumption as presently constituted, the boundaries of which shall be coextensive with the boundaries of the Parish of Assumption.

B. This Hospital Service District shall be known and designated as Hospital Service District No. 1 of the Parish of Assumption, State of Louisiana, and as thus created shall constitute a public corporation and political subdivision of the State of Louisiana and shall have all the powers and privileges granted by the Constitution, laws and statutes of this state to such subdivisions, including the authority to incur debt, to issue bonds and to levy taxes.

C. The Hospital Service District shall be governed by a board of five (5) commissioners, hereafter referred to as commission, who shall be qualified voters and residents of the district. The commission shall be appointed by the Police Jury of the Parish. Two (2) of the first commissioners so appointed shall serve for two (2) years, two (2) for four (4) years, and one (1) for six (6) years.

1. At the expiration of their respective terms of office, the successors to such appointees shall be appointed within thirty (30) days for six (6) year terms. The police jury shall fill vacancies in the same manner as the predecessor appointees were selected. The parish governing authority of the parish in which the district is located may permit a per diem to each member of the commission in an amount of not less than twenty-five dollars ($25.00) nor more than forty dollars ($40.00) for each day of his attendance at meetings of the commission, not to exceed twelve (12) meetings per year payable out of the funds of the hospital service district. Any member of the commission may be removed from office for cause and his appointment rescinded by two-thirds vote of the elected membership of the parish governing authority which appointed him.

D. The domicile of the Hospital Service District be and the same is hereby designated as the Town of Napoleonville, Louisiana, which domicile is within the corporate limits of the Hospital Service District.

(Ordinance of May 11, 1965)

______*Comment -- For authority and procedure whereby police juries may create hospital service districts, see LRS 46:1051 et seq.

______Comment -- Section 4 of the Ordinance of May 11, 1965 made the actual appointments to the initial board of the hospital service district. Rather than list these appointments, the provisions of LRS 46:1053, setting out the size of the board of commissioners, qualifications, appointment procedures, etc., were included herein as Paragraph C, above.

Supplement 4 24-59

§ 24:299

SECTIONS 24:251 - 24:299. RESERVED

[The next page is Sub-Chapter G, “Industrial Districts”, page 24-61.]

24-60 Supplement 4

§ 24:349

Sub-Chapter G

Industrial Districts

(For authority and procedure whereby police juries may create industrial districts, see Section 14 (b.2), Article XIV, Louisiana Constitution (1921). The provisions of this Section were continued under the 1974 Constitution. See Section 16, Article XIV, Louisiana Constitution (1974). Also see LRS 33:130.31.)

SECTIONS 24:300 - 24:349. RESERVED

Supplement 4 24-61

[RESERVED]

[The next page is Sub-Chapter H, “Irrigation Districts”, page 24-63.]

24-62 Supplement 4

§ 24:399

Sub-Chapter H

Irrigation Districts

(For authority and procedure whereby police juries may create irrigation districts, see LRS 38:2101 et seq.)

SECTIONS 24:350 - 24:399. RESERVED

Supplement 4 24-63

[RESERVED]

[The next page is Sub-Chapter I, “Prison Districts”, page 24-65.]

24-64 Supplement 4

§ 24:449

Sub-Chapter I

Prison Districts

(For authority and procedure whereby police juries may create prison districts, see LRS 15:801, et seq.)

SECTIONS 24:400 - 24:449. RESERVED

Supplement 4 24-65

[RESERVED]

[The next page is Sub-Chapter J, “Recreation Districts”, page 24-67.]

24-66 Supplement 4

§ 24:455

Sub-Chapter J

Recreation Districts

SECTION 24:450. RECREATION DISTRICT NO. 1 CREATED; DOMICILE; BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS; POWERS AND DUTIES

A. By virtue of the authority conferred by Section 4562 of the Title 33 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, there be and there is hereby created a recreation district within the Parish of Assumption, State of Louisiana, comprising and embracing all of the territory within the following described boundaries, to-wit:

Being the southern portion of Ward 3. Beginning at the northern most edge of Bayou Sherman; thence, continuing southeasterly along Bayou Sherman and Bayou Sherman; thence, continuing southeasterly along Bayou Sherman and Bayou Morgan City its intersection with the Assumption/Terrebonne Parish lines; thence along the Assumption/Terrebonne, Assumption/St. Mary, Assumption/St. Martin Parish lines, and Bayou Cherami to its intersection with Bayou Sherman; thence, easterly and northerly along Bayou Sherman to its northern most edge being the Point of Beginning.

B. The recreation district herein created shall be known and is hereby designated as Recreation District No. 1 of the Parish of Assumption, State of Louisiana, and shall constitute a body corporate in law, with all the powers of a corporation and all the powers necessary for it to carry out the object for which it was created.

C. The domicile of said recreation district shall be the Bayou L’Ourse Ball Park, 1213 Highway 662, Bayou L’Ourse, Louisiana, Parish of Assumption, Louisiana. The meetings are the first Tuesday of each month at 7 p.m.

D. The Commissioners of Recreation District No. 1 shall be composed of five (5) members, appointed by the Police Jury and shall meet and elect such officers as are required in Section 4564 (B) of Title 33 of the Louisiana Revised Statues of 1950, namely a chairman and vice-chairman from the members of the board and a secretary-treasurer who shall not be a member of the board but shall be a qualified voter and resident of the district.

(Ordinance No. 93-04, 4/28/93)

SECTIONS 24:451 - 24:454. RESERVED

SECTION 24:455. RECREATION DISTRICT NO. 2 CREATED; DOMICILE; BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS; POWER AND DUTIES

A. By virtue of the authority of the authority conferred by Part II, Chapter 2, Title 48 of the Louisiana Revised Statues of 1950, as amended, and other constitutional authority supplemental thereto, there is hereby created a recreation district within the Parish of Assumption, State of Louisiana, comprising and embracing all of the territory within the following described boundaries, to-wit:

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§ 24:461

Being the entire area of Police Jury Wards 8 and 9 of Assumption Parish as said wards and their boundaries were constituted and existing as such boundaries as a result of the reapportionment as a result of the 2000 decennial census.

B. That the said recreation district herein created shall be known and is hereby designated as Recreation District No. 2 of the Parish of Assumption, State of Louisiana, and shall constitute a body corporate in law, with all the powers of a corporation and all the powers necessary for it to carry out the object for which it was created.

C. That there shall be seven commissioners of said recreation district with all the powers and duties imposed upon them, and granted to them by law, and all of whom shall have the qualifications required by Section 4565 of Title 33 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, as amended.

D. That the domicile of said recreation district shall be the Community Recreation Park, 4334 Hwy. 70 South, Pierre Part, Parish of Assumption, Louisiana.

E. That the said Commissioners of Recreation District No. 2 shall meet and elect such officers as are required in Section 4564 (B) of Title 33 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, namely a chairman and vice-chair from the members of the board and a secretary treasurer who shall not be a member of the board but shall be a qualified voter and resident of the district.

(Ord. No. 00-02, 3-22-00; Ord. No. 00-3, 4/26/02; Ord. No. 03-01, 2/12/03; Ord. No. 04-06, 4/14/04)

Comment: Initial terms of the five commissioners were set to begin and end on March 22 as follows: 2000-01, 2000-02, 2000-03, 2000-04 and 2000-05. Ordinance No. 00-03 of April 26, 2000 designated the persons appointed to the Board of Commissioners.

SECTIONS 24:456 – 24:460. RESERVED

SECTION 24:461 MARAIS RECREATION DISTRICT NO. 4 CREATED; DOMICILE; BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS; POWER AND DUTIES

Commence from the intersection of the center lines of LA. Hwy. 1 and Georgette Street and go in a Southerly direction along LA. Hwy. 1 a distance of 200 feet more or less to the South side of the residents of Georgette Street; Thence turn and go in a Westerly direction paralleling Georgette Street a distant 2,200’ more or less to the West Bank of the Cancienne Canal, include all residents of Georgette Street and Connie Street; Thence turn and go in a Southerly direction paralleling the Cancienne Canal a distance of 1,400 feet more or less to the South side of Coleman Johnson Street; Thence turn and go in a Westerly direction paralleling Coleman Johnson Street a distance of 2,800 feet more or less to the West side of the Marais Park on Marais Lane; Thence turn and go in a Northerly direction paralleling Marais Lane a distance of 2,400 feet more or less to the North

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side of Louis Lane, include all residents of Coleman Johnson Street, Clause Street, French Street, Alvin Street and Marais Street; Thence turn and go in an Easterly direction paralleling Louis Lane a distance of 5,000’ more or less to the Centerline of LA. Hwy. 1, include all resident of Louis Lane; Thence turn and go in a Southerly direction paralleling La. Hwy. 1 a distance of 500 feet more or less to the intersection of the Centerline of La. Hwy. 1 and Georgette Street and this being the point of Commencement.

B. That the said recreation district herein created shall be known and is hereby designated as Marais Recreation District No. 4 of the Parish of Assumption, State of Louisiana, and shall constitute a body corporate in law, with all the powers of a corporation and all the powers necessary for it to carry out the object for which it was created.

C. The domicile of said recreation district shall be the Marais Park, 3377 Back Marais Street, Napoleonville, Parish of Assumption, Louisiana.

D. That the commissioners of Recreation District No. 4 shall be composed of five (5) members, all of whom shall have the qualifications required by Section 4565 of Title 33 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, as amended, and who shall be appointed by the Police Jury. The said commissioners shall meet and elect such officers as are required in Section 4564 (B) of Title 33 of the Louisiana Revised Statues of 1950, namely a chairman and vice-chairman from the members of the board and a secretary-treasurer who shall not be a member of the board but shall be a qualified voter and resident of the district.

(Ord. Nos. 11-14, 9/28/11; 12-11, 9/26/12)

SECTIONS 24:462 – 24:65. RESERVED

SECTION 24:466 Labadieville Recreation District

“The boundaries for the Labadieville Recreation District shall be located within and shall coincide with the boundaries as adopted March 23, 2011 by the Assumption Parish Police Jury and the Registrar of Voters Office for the following wards and precincts; Ward 2 – Precinct 2, Ward 2 – Precinct 3, Ward 2 – Precinct 4 and Ward 3 – Precinct 1. This being the outer most boundaries of the said Recreation District.”

B. That the said recreation district herein created shall be known and is hereby designated as Labadieville Recreation District of the Parish of Assumption, State of Louisiana, and shall constitute a body corporate in law, with all the powers of a corporation and all the powers necessary for it to carry out the object for which it was created.

C. The domicile of said recreation district shall be the city of Napoleonville, which is the parish seat of said Parish.

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(Ord. Nos. 14-08, 5/24/14; 14-11, 6/11/14)

SECTIONS 24:467 - 24:499. RESERVED

______Comment -- For authority and procedure whereby police juries may create recreation districts, see LRS 33:4562 et seq.

[RESERVED]

[The next page is Sub-Chapter K, “Road Districts”, page 24-71.]

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Sub-Chapter K

Road Districts*

(For authority and procedure whereby police juries may create road districts, see LRS 48:571. For authority to create consolidated road districts, see LRS 48:590 et seq.)

SECTIONS 24:500 - 24:549. RESERVED

______*Comment -- Research of the minutes of the Assumption Parish Police Jury indicated the creation of numerous road districts in the late nineteenth century and early twentieth century. These districts, however, were not active at the time of this codification.

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[RESERVED]

[The next page is Sub-Chapter L, “Road Lighting Districts”, page 24-73.]

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Sub-Chapter L

Road Lighting Districts*

SECTION 24:550. ROAD LIGHTING DISTRICT NO. 1 CREATED; BOUNDARIES; GOVERNING AUTHORITY; DOMICILE; POWERS AND DUTIES

A. The following described territory in the Parish of Assumption, Louisiana, is created into a Road Lighting District:

Beginning at a point where the Assumption-Lafourche Parish line intersects the centerline of Bayou Lafourche; thence southwesterly along said Parish Line to the sixty arpent line; thence in a northwesterly and northerly direction along said sixty arpent line to its intersection with the line between Wards 5 and 6 of Assumption Parish; thence in an easterly direction along said ward line to its intersection with Bayou Lafourche; thence along the center line of Bayou Lafourche following its meanders downstream to the point of beginning. From the above area is excluded the right-of-way of the Texas and New Orleans (S.P.) Railroad.

B. This Road Lighting District shall be known as Road Lighting District No. 1 of the Parish of Assumption, and as such, shall enjoy all powers and privileges granted to road lighting districts under the constitution and laws of the State of Louisiana, including Section 14 9c-1, Article 14 of the Constitution of 1921 and Act 63 of 1932.

C. The Police Jury of the Parish of Assumption, Louisiana, shall be the governing authority of said Road Lighting District No. 1 of Assumption Parish, and the Parish Treasurer shall be the Treasurer of the District.

D. The Village of Labadieville, Louisiana shall be the domicile of Road Lighting District No. 1 of Assumption Parish, Louisiana.

(Ordinance of March 14, 1950; as amended by Ordinance of April 10, 1962)

SECTION 24:551. ROAD LIGHTING DISTRICT NO. 2 CREATED; BOUNDARIES; GOVERNING AUTHORITY; DOMICILE; POWERS AND DUTIES

A. The following described territory in the Parish of Assumption, Louisiana, is created into a road lighting district:

______*Comment -- For authority and procedure whereby police juries may create road lighting districts, see Section 14 (c.1, c.2), Article XIV, Louisiana Constitution (1921). The provisions of this section were continued under the 1974 Constitution. See Section 16, Article XIV, Louisiana Constitution (1974).

______Comment -- The 1962 Ordinance, cited in the source note, revised the property description of Road Lighting District No. 1.

Wards 5 and 6 referenced in the above Section apply to those wards as they existed in 1962 and may not be the same as those in existence currently.

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Beginning at the Lafourche and Assumption Parish line, east side of Bayou Lafourche, being the lower boundary of Ward Four at Bayou Lafourche; thence running east along said Lafourche-Assumption line to the west side of the T. & P. R. R. tract; thence following the Western side of said tract running north to the intersection of Wards 3 and 4; thence running West to Bayou Lafourche along said Ward line of 3 and 4; thence following Bayou Lafourche South to place of beginning.

B. This road lighting district shall be known as Road Lighting District No. 2 of the Parish of Assumption, Louisiana, and as such, shall enjoy all powers and privileges granted to road lighting districts under the Constitution and laws of the State of Louisiana, including Section 14 9c-1, Article 14 of the Constitution of 1921 and Act 63 of 1932 and amendments thereto.

C. The Police Jury of the Parish of Assumption, Louisiana, shall be the governing authority of said Road Lighting District No. 2 of Assumption Parish, and the Parish Treasurer shall be the Treasurer of the District.

D. The Village of Labadieville, Louisiana, shall be the domicile of Road Lighting District No. 2 of Assumption Parish, Louisiana.

(Ordinance of January 14, 1964)

______Comment -- Wards 3 and 4 referenced in the above Section apply to those wards as they existed in 1964 and may not be the same as those in existence currently.

SECTION 24:552. ROAD LIGHTING DISTRICT NO. 3 CREATED; BOUNDARIES; GOVERNING AUTHORITY; DOMICILE

A. The following described territory in the Parish of Assumption, Louisiana is created into a road lighting district:

"All lands situated within and comprising Ward One of Assumption Parish, Louisiana." This road lighting district shall be known as Road Lighting District No. 3 of the Parish of Assumption, and, as such, shall enjoy all powers and privileges granted to Road Lighting Districts under the constitution and laws of the State of Louisiana, including Article 14, Section 14, C.1, et seq.

B. The Police Jury of the Parish of Assumption, Louisiana, shall be the governing authority of said Road Lighting District No. 2 of Assumption Parish, and the Parish Treasurer shall be the Treasurer of the District.

C. The First Ward of the Parish of Assumption shall be the domicile of Road Lighting District No. 3 of Assumption Parish, Louisiana.

(Ordinance of October 11, 1966) ______Comment -- Ward One referenced in the above Section apply to the ward as it existed in 1966 and may not be the same Ward One currently in existence.

SECTIONS 24:553 - 24:599. RESERVED

[The next page is Sub-Chapter M, “Sales Tax Districts”, page 24-75.]

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Sub-Chapter M

Sales Tax Districts

SECTION 24:600. ASSUMPTION PARISH SALES TAX DISTRICT CREATED; DOMICILE; POWERS AND DUTIES

A. Under and by virtue of the authority conferred by Section 2721.6 of Title 33 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, as amended (R.S. 33:2721.6), and other constitutional and statutory authority supplemental thereto, a Sales Tax District be and the same is hereby created within the Parish of Assumption, State of Louisiana (the “Parish”), which Sales Tax District shall comprise and embrace all of that territory within the boundaries of the Parish, excluding that portion contained within the corporate boundaries of the City of Napoleonville, Louisiana, as presently constituted or as may hereafter exist.

B. The Sales Tax District hereby created shall be and is hereby designated as the “Assumption Parish Sales Tax District”, and the seal of the Parish of Assumption, State of Louisiana, be and the same is hereby adopted as the seal of said District. The governing authority of the District shall be the Assumption Parish Police Jury, the domicile shall be the regular meeting place of said Police Jury, and the officers of said Police Jury shall be the officers of the District.

C. The District shall have all powers granted to it under Louisiana law, including the power to levy a Sales and Use Tax in accordance with Section 2721.6 of Title 33 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, as amended, and Article VI, Section 29 of the Constitution of the State of Louisiana of 1974, and to fund the proceeds thereof into bonds for the purposes for which the Sales Tax is authorized to be used.

(Ordinance No. 87-02, 2/25/87)

SECTIONS 24:601 - 24:625. RESERVED

______State Constitution Reference - Local sales tax, Art. VI, § 29.

State Law Reference - Local sales taxes, R.S. 33:2711 et seq.; sales tax generally, R.S. 47:301 et seq.

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[The next page is Sub-Chapter N, “Sewerage Districts”, page 24-77.]

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Sub-Chapter N

Sewerage Districts*

SECTION 24:626. SEWERAGE DISTRICT NO. 1 (PIERRE PART) CREATED; BOUNDARIES; DOMICILE; BOARD OF SUPERVISORS; POWERS AND DUTIES

A. In compliance with the provisions of Sub-Part A, Part I, Chapter 9, Title 33 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, and other constitutional and statutory authority supplemental thereto, it is the intention of this Police Jury to create a sewerage district within the Parish of Assumption, State of Louisiana, and outside the corporate limits of any municipality, which sewerage district shall comprise and embrace all of that territory within the following described boundaries or so much thereof as may be determined upon, to-wit:

Commencing at the corner common to Sections 36, 37, 38 and 39, T-12-S, R-13-E; Thence, in a southerly direction to the corner common to Sections 48, 49, 50 and 51, T-12-S, R-13-E; Thence, in a westerly direction to the corner common to Sections 49 and 50, T-12-S, R-13-E and Sections 25 and 362 T-12-S. R-12-E; Thence in a southerly direction to the Southeast corner of Section 36, being the southeast corner of T-12-S, R-12-E and the northeast corner of T-13-S, R- 12-E; Thence, continuing in a southerly direction to the southeast corner of Section 12, T-13-S, R- 12-E and southwest corner of Section 7. T-13-S, R-13-E; Thence, in a westerly direction to the corner common to Sections 11, 12, 13 and 14, T-13-S. R-12-E; Thence, in a southerly direction to the corner common to Sections 13, 14, 23 and 24, T-13-S, R-12-E; Thence, in a westerly direction to the corner common to Sections 14, 15, 22 and 23, T-13-S, R-12-E; Thence, in a northerly direction to the corner common to Sections 2 and 3, T-13-S, R-12-E and Sections 34 and 35, T-12- S. R-12-E; Thence, in an easterly direction to the corner common to Sections 1 and 2, T-13-S, R- 12-E and Sections 35 and 36, T-12-S, R-12-E; Thence, in a northerly direction to the corner common to Sections 13, 14, 23 and 24, T-12-S, R-12-E; Thence, in an easterly direction to the corner common to Sections 13 and 24, T-12-S, R-12-E and Sections 37 and 38, T-12-S, R-13-E; Thence, continuing in an easterly direction to the corner common to Sections 36, 37, 38 and 39, T- 12-S, R-13-E, being the point of beginning. Said area encompassing all of the following: Sections 24, 25 and 36, T-12-S, R-12-E, Sections 38 and 49, T-12-S, R-13-E, Sections 1, 2, 11, 12 and 14, T-13-S, R-12-E, and containing approximately 6,400 acres.

B. The sewerage district hereby created shall be known as "Pierre Part Sewerage District No. 1 of the Parish of Assumption, State of Louisiana", and as thus created, shall constitute a public corporation and political subdivision of the State of Louisiana, and as such, shall have all the rights, powers and privileges granted and conferred by the Constitution and statutes of the State of Louisiana including the authority to incur debt, to issue bonds and to levy taxes and assessments.

C. In accordance with the provisions of LRS 33:3887, the Police Jury shall appoint three (3) property taxpayers within the district to serve as a board of supervisors thereof. The members of this board shall have all the powers and privileges granted and conferred by the Constitution and Statutes of the State of Louisiana during their term of office and until their successors are duly appointed and have qualified.

(Resolution of November 28, 1972 and Motion of February 13, 1973)

______*Comment -- For authority and procedure whereby police juries may create sewerage districts, see LRS 33:3881 et seq.

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SECTION 24:627. SEWERAGE DISTRICT NO. 2 (LABADIEVILLE) CREATED; BOUNDARIES; DOMICILE; BOARD OF SUPERVISORS; POWERS AND DUTIES

A. In compliance with the provisions of Sub-Part A, Part 1, Chapter 9, Title 33 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, and other constitutional and statutory authority supplemental thereto, it is the intention of this Police Jury to create a sewerage district within the Parish of Assumption, State of Louisiana, and outside the corporate limits of any municipality, which sewerage district shall comprise and embrace all of that territory within the following described boundaries or so much thereof as may be determined upon, to-wit:

Commencing at a point on the line common to Sections 73 and 74, T-14-S, R-15-E on the center line of the Texas & Pacific Railroad; Thence, proceeding southerly down the line between said Sections 73 and 74 to its projection across Bayou Lafourche the intersection with the center line of the Southern Pacific Railroad in Section 24, T-14-S, R-15-E; Thence, proceeding westerly down the center line of said Southern Pacific Railroad through Sections 24, 23, 22, 219 20, 19, 189 179 16 and 15 to its intersection with a gravel road in Section 15, T-14-S, R-15-E; Thence, proceeding southwesterly down said gravel road to a point 400 feet northeasterly of the Forty Arpent Line; Thence, proceeding southeasterly to the line between Sections 15 and 16, said point being 400 feet northeasterly to the corner common to Sections 15, 16, 141 and 142, T-14-S. R-15- E; Thence, proceeding northeasterly along the line common to said Sections 15 and 16 for 500 feet; Thence, proceeding southeasterly through Sections 16, 17, 18, 19, 20 and 21 to the line common to Sections 21 and 22, said point being 1000 feet northeasterly to the corner common to Sections 21, 22, 147 and 148, T-14-S, R-15-E; Thence, proceeding southeasterly along the line common to Sections 21 and 22, Sections 147 and 148. T-14-S, R-15-E, and Sections 7 and 8, T- 15-S, R-15-E, to the corner common to Sections 7 and 8, T-15-S, R-15-E on the Eighty Arpent Line; Thence, proceeding northwesterly along the Eighty Arpent Line to the corner common to Sections 3 and 4, T-15-S, R-15-E on the Eighty Arpent Line; Thence, proceeding northeasterly along the line common to Sections 3 and 4, T-15-S, R-15-E, and Sections 143 and 144, T-14-S, R- 15-E, to a point on the line common to said Sections 143 and 144, said point being 1400 feet southwesterly of the Forty Arpent Line, corner common to Sections 17, 18, 143 and 144, T-14-S, R-15-E; Thence, proceeding northwesterly through Sections 143, 1420 141, 139, 138', 137 and 136 to a point on a gravel road in Sections 136, T-14-S, R-15-E, said point being 1500 feet from Forty Arpent Line measured along said road; Thence, proceeding northeasterly along center line of said gravel road to a point in Section 11, T-14-S, R-15-E approximately 500 feet from Forty Arpent Line, where a drainage canal intersects said gravel road; Thence, proceeding along said canal southeasterly approximately 1000 feet to a point in Section 12, T-14-S, R-15-E where canal turns; Thence, proceeding southwesterly along canal approximately 550 feet to another turn, in said Section 12; Thence, proceeding southeasterly along said canal approximately 1000 feet to a point in Section 13, T-14-S, R-15-E, said point being 300 feet southeasterly of a line common to Sections 12 and 13, T-14-S, R-15-E, and 300 feet northeasterly of Forty Arpent Line; Thence proceeding northeasterly in Section 13, parallel to line common to Sections 12 and 13, T-14-S, R- 15-E, to a point approximately 2300 feet from the right descending bank of Bayou Lafourche, at the end of existing road; Thence, proceeding northwesterly through Sections 13, 12, 11, 109 9, 8, 70 6, 5, 4 and 3, T-14-S, R-15-E and Section 10, T-14-S, R-14-E, to a point on the center line of State Highway No. 1011, said point being approximately 2900 feet from right descending bank of Bayou Lafourche measured down center line of said Highway No. 1011; Thence, proceeding northeasterly down center line of State Highway No. 1011 across State Highway No. 1 to its projection with center line of Bayou Lafourche; Thence, proceeding southeasterly down center

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§ 24:628 line of said Bayou Lafourche to its intersection with the projection of the line common to Sections 57 and 58, T-14-S, R-15-E; Thence, proceeding northeasterly along line common to said Sections 57 and 58 to its intersection with the center line of the Texas and Pacific Railroad; Thence, proceeding southeasterly down center line of said railroad through Sections 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72 and 73 to its intersection with the line common to Sections 73 and 74, T-14-S, R-15-E, being the point of beginning.

B. The sewerage district hereby created shall be known as "Labadieville Sewerage District No. 2 of the Parish of Assumption, State of Louisiana", and as thus created, shall constitute a public corporation and political subdivision of the State of Louisiana, and as such, shall have all the rights, powers and privileges granted and conferred by the Constitution and statutes of the State of Louisiana including the authority to incur debt, to issue bonds and to levy taxes and assessments.

(Resolution of November 28, 1972 and Motion of February 13, 1973)

SECTION 24:628. SEWERAGE DISTRICT NO. 3 CREATED; BOUNDARIES; DOMICILE; BOARD OF SUPERVISORS; POWERS AND DUTIES

A. Under and by virtue of the authority conferred by Sub-Part A, Part 1, Chapter 9, Title 33 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, and other constitutional and statutory authority supplemental thereto, a sewerage district be and the same is hereby created within the Parish of Assumption, State of Louisiana, and outside the corporate limits of any municipality, which sewerage district shall comprise and embrace all of that territory within the following described boundaries, to-wit:

Commencing at the intersection of a projection of the line common to Sections 112 and 113 T-12-S, R-14-E and the center line of Bayou Lafourche; Thence, in an easterly direction a distance of 2600 feet along the section line to a point: Thence, in a southerly direction approximately 400 feet to the projection of a common line between Dorseyville Subdivision and Daggs Subdivision; Thence, in a westerly direction along the southern boundary of Dorseyville Subdivision to a point in the center of Bayou Lafourche; Thence, in a northerly direction along the center line of Bayou Lafourche to the intersection of the projection of the common line between Sections 112 and 113 being the point of beginning. (The boundaries of this sewerage district are more clearly shown on a map prepared by Carl Heck Engineers, a copy of which is on file at the Police Jury Room of the Courthouse, Napoleonville, Louisiana)

B. The sewerage district hereby created shall be known and is hereby designated as "Sewerage District No. 3 of the Parish of Assumption, State of Louisiana,” and as thus created, shall constitute a public corporation and political subdivision of the State of Louisiana, and as such, shall have all the rights, powers and privileges granted and conferred by the Constitution and statutes of the State of Louisiana, including the authority to incur debt, to issue bonds and to levy taxes and assessments.

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D. The domicile of this sewerage district be and the same is hereby designated as Dorseyville Hall, RFD, Belle Rose, Louisiana, which domicile is within the boundaries of the sewerage district.

(Ordinance of March 27, 1973)

______Comment -- Section 3 of the source ordinance named individuals to serve on the district's first board of supervisors. The language of the Section was, therefore, slightly revised to make it more general, in keeping with the format of this codification.

SECTION 24:629. SEWERAGE DISTRICT NO. 4 CREATED; BOUNDARIES; BOARD OF SUPERVISORS; DOMICILE; POWERS AND DUTIES

A. Under and by virtue of the authority conferred by Sub-Part A, Part 1, Chapter 9, Title 33 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950 and other constitutional and statutory authority supplemental thereto, a sewerage district be and the same is hereby created within the Parish of Assumption, State of Louisiana, and outside the corporate limits of any municipality, which sewerage district shall comprise and embrace all of that territory within the following boundaries, to-wit:

Commencing at the intersection of a projection of a parish road and the center line of Bayou Lafourche, said road being more fully described as being located in the northerly portion of Section 59, T-13-S, R-14-E, Assumption Parish also being approximately 3200 feet from the Texas & Pacific Railway Bridge in Napoleonville; Thence, in an easterly direction a distance of 800 feet to a point; Thence, in a southerly direction traversing Sections 59 and 60 to the intersections of the Texas & Pacific Railway and the line common to Sections 60 and 61; Thence, in a southeasterly direction along the railway traversing Sections 61, 62, 63, 64, 65 and part of Section 66, a distance of 6400 feet to a point on the center line of a parish road traversing Section 66; Thence, in a southwesterly direction along the center line of the road to the intersection of the projection of the road and Bayou Lafourche; Thence, in a westerly direction along the center line of Bayou Lafourche a distance of 4900 feet to a point; Thence, in a southerly direction traversing Section 28 a distance of 1100 feet to a point on a parish road, said point being 400 feet from Louisiana Highway 401; Thence, easterly a distance of 350 feet along the road to a point; Thence, southerly a distance of 950 feet along a parish road to a point; Thence, westerly along a parish road a distance of 450 feet to Louisiana Highway 401; Thence, southerly along Louisiana Highway 401 a distance of 2500 feet to a point; Thence, westerly across Louisiana Highway 401 to a point on the Texas and Pacific Railway Spur track, which parallels Railroad Street, said point being 4500 feet from Bayou Lafourche; Thence, northerly along the spur track a distance of 1150 feet to a point; Thence, westerly traversing Sections 27 and 26 to a point on State Route 1008, said point being a distance of 3350 feet from Bayou Lafourche; Thence, easterly along the Highway to the intersection of the spur track which parallels St. Mary Street; Thence, westerly along the spur track a distance of 1200 feet to a point, said point being the point of intersection of the main branch line tracks of the Texas & Pacific Railway; Thence, easterly

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along the railway to a point on the center line of Bayou Lafourche; Thence, northerly along the center line of the Bayou to the intersection with the projection of a parish road traversing Section 59 being the point of beginning. The district shall include all area within the above described boundaries except the area which is within the corporate limits of the Town of Napoleonville which is not included in the district. (Carl Heck, Engineers have prepared a map or plat showing the boundaries and has filed a copy of said map with the Secretary of the Police Jury, where it may be inspected by interested parties).

B. The Sewerage District hereby created shall be known as "Sewerage District No. 4 of the Parish of Assumption, State of Louisiana", and as thus created, shall constitute a public corporation and political subdivision of the State of Louisiana, and as such, shall have all the rights, powers and privileges granted and conferred by the Constitution and statutes of the State of Louisiana including the authority to incur debt, to issue bonds and to levy taxes and assessments.

D. The domicile of this sewerage district be and the same is hereby designated as Gerald Chenvert Home, Napoleonville, Louisiana which domicile is within the boundaries of the sewerage district.

(Ordinance of March 27, 1973)

______Comment -- Section 3 of the source ordinance named individuals to serve on the district's first board of supervisors. The language of the Section was therefore slightly revised to make it more general, in keeping with the format of this codification.

SECTION 24:630. SEWERAGE DISTRICT NO. 5 CREATED; BOUNDARIES; BOARD OF SUPERVISORS; DOMICILE; POWERS AND DUTIES

Commencing at the intersection of the southwesterly projection of a line common to Sections 114 and 115, T-12-S, R-14-E at the center line of Bayou Lafourche being the point of beginning; Thence, in a northeasterly direction along the Section line a distance of 2000 feet to a point; Thence, in a southerly and easterly direction parallel to Bayou Lafourche traversing Sections 115, 116, 117, 118, 119, 120 and 121 to a point on the section line common to Sections 121 and 122, T-12-S, R-14-E; Thence, in a northeasterly direction along the section line a distance of 900 feet to a point;

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Thence, in a southeasterly direction traversing Sections 122 and 123 to a point on the section line common to Sections 123 and 124, said point being a distance of 2400 feet from the center line of Bayou Lafourche measured along the section line; Thence, in a southwesterly direction along the section line a distance of 400 feet to a point; Thence, in a southerly direction paralleling Bayou Lafourche traversing Sections 124, 125, 126 and 127 in T-12-S, R-14-E and traversing Section 50 in T-13-S, R-14-E to a point on the section line common to Sections 50 and 51; Thence, in a northwesterly direction along the section line and thence, along an extension of this line across Bayou Lafourche, said line now being the common section line between Sections 13 and 14, T-13-S, R-14-E to a point on the township line common to T-12-S, and T-13-S; Thence, in a northwesterly direction traversing Sections 135, Spanish Road (Grant), 38, 37, 36, 35, 34, 33, 32, 31 and a portion of Section 30 to a point in the middle of Section 30 a distance of 3500 feet from the center line of Bayou Lafourche; Thence, southwesterly through the center of Section 30 to the center line of State Highway 1165; Thence, northwesterly along said highway to the intersection with the section line common to Sections 30 and 29; Thence, northwesterly traversing Section 29 to the section line common to Sections 29 and 28 to a point, said point being 5200 feet from Bayou Lafourche; Thence, northeasterly along said section line to a point said point being 2000 feet from Bayou Lafourche; Thence, in a northerly direction paralleling Bayou Lafourche, traversing Sections 28 and 27 to a point on the section line common to Sections 27 and 26, said point being 2000 feet from the center line of Bayou Lafourche; Thence, in an easterly direction along said section line a distance of 2000 feet to the center line of Bayou Lafourche; Thence, in a southerly direction down the center line of Bayou Lafourche to the intersection of the projection of Sections 114 and 115 being the point of beginning.

B. The sewerage district hereby created shall be known and is hereby designated as "Sewerage District No. 5 of the Parish of Assumption, State of Louisiana", and as thus created, shall constitute a public corporation and political subdivision of the State of Louisiana, and as such, shall have all the rights, powers and privileges granted and conferred by the Constitution and statutes of the State of Louisiana, including the authority to incur debt, to issue bonds and to levy taxes and assessments.

D. The domicile of the sewerage district be and the same is hereby designated as St. Elizabeth Convent Hall, which domicile is within the boundaries of the Sewerage District.

(Ordinance of June 26, 1973)

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SECTIONS 24:631. BACK MARAIS SEWERAGE DISTRICT CREATED; BOUNDARIES; BOARD OF SUPERVISORS; DOMICILE; POWERS AND DUTIES

A. Under and by virtue of the authority conferred by Sub-Part A, Part 1, Chapter 9, Title 33 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, and other constitutional and statutory authority supplemental thereto, a Sewerage District be and the same is hereby created within the Parish of Assumption, State of Louisiana, which Sewerage District shall comprise and embrace certain territory within the Parish of Assumption, Louisiana, said boundaries being specifically described as follows:

The following described area has been so bounded for the purpose of incorporating a District within the Parish of Assumption to collect taxes to be dedicated for the maintenance of a sewerage collection system and treatment facilities for all users within this bounded area.

The bounded area is as follows:

An area located in Section 8, Township 14 South, Range 14 East, Parish of Assumption, State of Louisiana; bounded on the north by Louisiana State Highway 400; bounded on the east by the Marais Canal; bounded on the west by a line paralleling and 500 feet west, of the centerline of Back Marais Lane (Existing Parish Street); bounded on the south by a line paralleling and 2,000 feet south, of the centerline of Louisiana Highway 400 (existing state highway). Presently, this district includes all residences along Back Marais Lane, Clause Street, French Lane, and Coleman-Johnson Street.

B. The Sewerage District hereby created shall be and is hereby designated as “Back Marais Sewerage District of the Parish of Assumption, State of Louisiana,” and as thus created, shall constitute a body corporate and political subdivision of the State of Louisiana, and as such, shall have all the rights, powers and privileges granted and conferred by the Constitution and statutes of the State of Louisiana, including the authority to incur debt, to issue bonds and to levy taxes.

C. In accordance with the provisions of Section 3887 of Title 33 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950 (R.S. 33:3887), the Police Jury shall appoint three (3) property taxpayers within the District to serve as a Board of Supervisors thereof. The members of the Board shall serve in their offices at the will of the Police Jury, having all the powers and privileges granted and conferred by the Constitution and statutes of the State of Louisiana during their terms of office and until their successors are duly appointed and have qualified.

D. The domicile of said Sewerage District be and the same is hereby designated as the Police Jury Room in the Courthouse, Napoleonville, Louisiana, which domicile is within the corporate limits of said Sewerage District.

(Ordinance No. 88-06, adopted 4/13/88)

SECTION 24:632. SEWERAGE DISTRICT NO. 7; BOUNDARIES; BOARD OF SUPERVISORS; POWERS AND DUTIES; DOMICILE

A. Under and by virtue of the authority conferred by Sub-Part A, Part I, Chapter 9, Title 33 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950 and other constitutional and statutory authority supplemental thereto a Sewerage District be and the same is hereby created within the Parish of Assumption, State of Louisiana, which Sewerage District shall include, comprise and embrace all of that territory within the following described boundaries, to-wit:

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All of that territory located within the boundaries of Sections 67, 68, 69 and 70, Township 14 South, Range 15 East and to the east of La. Hwy. 308 which parallels the left descending bank of Bayou Lafourche in Assumption Parish.

B. The said Sewerage District hereby created shall be known and is hereby designated as “Sewerage District No. 7 of the Parish of Assumption, State of Louisiana”, and as thus created shall constitute a public corporation and political subdivision of the State of Louisiana, and as such shall have all the rights, powers and privileges granted and conferred by the Constitution and Statutes of the State of Louisiana, including the authority to incur debt, to issue bonds and to levy taxes and assessments.

C. In accordance with the provisions of Sections 3886 of Title 33 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950 (R.S. 33:3887), three persons and each possessing the qualifications required by law, shall be appointed as Supervisors of said Sewerage District. The said Supervisors hereby appointed shall constitute a Board of Supervisors of Sewerage District No. 7 of the Parish of Assumption, State of Louisiana, and shall serve in their offices until they resign or are replaced by the Police Jury, having all the powers and privileges granted and conferred by the Constitution and Statutes of the State of Louisiana during their terms of office and until their successors are duly appointed and have qualified.

D. The domicile of said Sewerage District be and the same is hereby designated as 137 Violet Street, Labadieville, Louisiana, which domicile is within the corporate limits of said Sewerage District.

(Ordinance of 1/8/97)

SECTION 24:633. SEWERAGE DISTRICT NO. 8; BOUNDARIES; BOARD OF SUPERVISORS; POWERS AND DUTIES; DOMICILE

A. Under and by virtue of the authority conferred by Sub-Part A, Part I, Chapter 9, Title 33 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950 and other constitutional and statutory authority supplemental thereto, a Sewerage District be and the same is hereby created within the Parish of Assumption, State of Louisiana, which Sewerage District shall include, comprise and embrace all of that territory within the following described boundaries, to-wit:

All of that territory located within the boundaries of Sections 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95 96, 97, 98, 99 and 100, Township 12 South, Range 14 East, and to the east of La. Hwy. 308 which parallels the left descending bank of Bayou Lafourche in Assumption Parish.

B. That the said Sewerage District hereby created shall be known and is hereby designated as “Sewerage District No. 8 of the Parish of Assumption, State of Louisiana”, and as thus created shall constitute a public corporation and political subdivision of the State of Louisiana, and as such shall have all the rights, powers and privileges granted and conferred by the Constitution and Statutes of the State of Louisiana, including the authority to incur debt, to issue bonds and to levy taxes and assessments.

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C. In accordance with the provisions of Sections 3886 of Title 33 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950 (R.S. 33:3887), the Police Jury shall appoint three persons each possessing the qualifications required by law as Supervisors of said Sewerage District. The said Supervisors hereby appointed shall constitute a Board of Supervisors of Sewerage District No. 8 of the Parish of Assumption, State of Louisiana, and shall serve in their offices until they resign or are replaced by the Police Jury, having all the powers and privileges granted and conferred by the Constitution and Statutes of the State of Louisiana during their terms of office and until their successors are duly appointed and have qualified.

D. The domicile of said Sewerage District be and the same is hereby designated as 224 Grisaffe Lane, Belle Rose, Louisiana, which domicile is within the corporate limits of said Sewerage District. (Ordinance of 1/8/97)

SECTIONS 24:634 - 24:649. RESERVED

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Sub-Chapter O

Waterworks Districts*

SECTION 24:650. WATERWORKS DISTRICT NO. 1 CREATED; BOUNDARIES; DESIGNATED TITLE; BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS; DOMICILE; ORGANIZATIONAL PROCEDURE

A. Under and by virtue of the authority conferred by Chapter 8 of Title 33 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, a waterworks district be and the same is hereby created within the Parish of Assumption, State of Louisiana, which waterworks district shall comprise and embrace all of that territory within the Parish of Assumption, Louisiana, and the boundaries of said waterworks district shall be co-extensive with the boundaries of the parish as presently constituted.

B. The waterworks district shall be known and is hereby designated as "Waterworks District No. 1 of the Parish of Assumption, State of Louisiana", and as thus created shall constitute a public corporation and political subdivision of the State of Louisiana, and shall have all the powers and privileges granted by the Constitution and statutes of this State to such subdivision, including the authority to incur debt, to issue bonds and to levy taxes.

C. In accordance with the provisions of Sections 3812 and 3813 of Title 33 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950 (LRS 33:3812 - 3813) the Police Jury shall appoint five (5) commissioners to govern the district. Each of the individuals appointed shall be residents of the Waterworks District and assessed with not less than five hundred dollars ($500.00) worth of real estate in the district.

D. The domicile of the Waterworks District be and the same is hereby designated as the Courthouse, Napoleonville, Louisiana, which domicile is within the corporate limits of the Waterworks District.

(Ordinance of July 10, 1956)

______Comment -- Section 3 of the source ordinance named the original appointments to the Waterworks District. At the time of adoption, state law provided that the police jury appoint three members and the Governor appoint the remaining two. Rather than codify the individual appointments, the provisions of LRS 33:3812 and 3813 were included as Paragraph C, above.

SECTIONS 24:651 - 24:699. RESERVED

______*Comment -- For authority and procedure whereby police juries may create waterworks districts, see LRS 33:3811 et seq.

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Sub-Chapter P

Fresh Water Districts*

SECTION 24:700. BAYOU LAFOURCHE FRESH WATER DISTRICT CREATED; BOUNDARIES; BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS

A. Act No.113 of the State Legislature of Louisiana for the year 1950 created the Bayou Lafourche Fresh Water District, as a political subdivision of the State, comprising within said district the following territory:

Those parts of the Parishes of Ascension, Assumption and Lafourche, Louisiana, lying along both banks of Bayou Lafourche between the Mississippi River and the Gulf of Mexico and within the lines drawn on each side of said Bayou a distance of four thousand two hundred feet (4,200') from the center of said Bayou Lafourche, as established by government survey, the northern boundary line of said district being the toe of the main Mississippi River levee divorcing the waters of Bayou Lafourche from the Mississippi River, on the river side of said levee as now located, and the southern boundary of said levee as now located, and the southern boundary of said district being the Gulf of Mexico at high tide.

B. Act 113 provides that the affairs of the district shall be governed by a board of commissioners, seven (7) in number, one (1) from the Parish of Ascension, two (2) from the Parish of Assumption, and four (4) from the Parish of Lafourche, to be selected and appointed by the police juries of their respective parishes, and to serve for terms of four (4) years each, beginning with the effective date of said act.

C. Section 3 of Article XV of the Constitution of Louisiana, 1921, as amended, confers upon the legislature the power to so create such district and to so constitute such district.

D. The Police Jury of the Parish of Assumption shall, therefore, select and appoint two (2) residents and qualified electors and property owners of the Parish of Assumption, in accordance with law, to serve as members of the board of commissioners for terms of four (4) years.

(Resolution of May 8, 1951)

______*Comment -- The Bayou Lafourche Fresh Water District was created by special act of the legislature (Act 113 of 1950) authorized by Article XV, Section 3, of the Louisiana Constitution of 1921.

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Sub-Chapter Q

Lighting Districts*

SECTION 24:800. LEISURE POINT SUBDIVISION, LIGHTING DISTRICT NO. 3

A. That the following described territory in the Parish of Assumption, Louisiana, is created into a Lighting District.

“That certain tract of land lying and being situated in the Parish of Assumption, State of Louisiana, together will all rights, ways, privileges, servitudes and appurtenances thereto belonging or appertaining, more particularly described on the survey plat by David A. Waitz, C.E., entitled “Leisure Point Subdivision Phase I, located in Sections 43 & 44, T13S-R14E, Assumption Parish , Louisiana,” dated May 5, 2003 and revised November 11, 2003, filed November 17, 2003, at COB 240, under Entry No. 213084 of the records of Assumption Parish, Louisiana.

Said Phase I of Leisure Point Subdivision commences along the eastern right-of-way of LA Hwy. No. 1 for a total frontage of 475.01 feet, by a depth on its northern line of 2081.53 feet; a depth of 1968.00 feet on its southern line; and a total of 427.44 feet in the rear, being bounded as follows: In front by LA Hwy. No. 1; along its northern line by Denis A. Thibodaux; along its southern line by property of Stephen LeBlanc, et als; and in the rear by remaining property of Rivere Properties, LLC.”

B. That the Police Jury of the said Parish of Assumption, Louisiana, shall be the governing authority of said Lighting District No. 3 of Assumption Parish, and the Parish Treasurer shall be the Treasurer of the District.

C. That the Village of Napoleonville, Louisiana shall be the domicile of said Lighting District No. 3 of Assumption Parish, Louisiana.

(Ord. No. 04-24, 11/24/04)

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[The next page is CHAPTER 25, “ROADS, BRIDGES, WATERCOURSES, AND DRAINAGE”, page 25-1.]

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