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Code · Louisiana · Title 38 — Public Contracts, Works and Improvements

RS 38:1491

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RS 38:1491
PART I-A. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
§1491. Drainage channels or outfall canals; Tangipahoa Parish
A. All drainage channels or outfall canals in the parish of Tangipahoa created pursuant to law shall be public drainage channels or outfall canals.
B. On July 1, 2003, all drainage channels or outfall canals in the parish of Tangipahoa that have been or thereafter are kept up, maintained, or worked for a period of three years by authority of the governing authority of the parish or the governing board of any drainage district located in the parish shall be public drainage channels or outfall canals.
C.(1) The governing board of any drainage district located in the parish which has control over any public drainage channel or outfall canal provided for in Subsections A and B of this Section shall have authority to share the use of such public drainage channels or outfall canals with any sewerage district located in the parish if the sharing of such public drainage channels or outfall canals is for the benefit of the general population of the parish.
(2)The governing board of any drainage district located in the parish which holds a servitude over any drainage channel or outfall canal shall have the authority to share the use of such drainage channel or outfall canal with any sewerage district located in the parish if the sharing of such drainage channel or outfall canal is for the benefit of the general population of the parish.
D. If the governing board of any drainage district located in the parish grants the use of any drainage channel or outfall canal under its authority to any sewerage district located in the parish, the drainage district shall not be held liable for any act or omission of such sewerage district resulting in damage or injury to any such drainage channel or outfall canal or any component thereof.
Acts 2003, No. 1102, §1, eff. July 1, 2003.
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