2006 Act No. 1 1st Extra session
AN ACT To amend and reenact R.S. 38:291(D)(2), (G)(2), (K)(2), and (R)(2), 301(B), 304(A) and (B), 305, and 313(C), R.S. 42:808(A)(10), and R.S. 49:213.1(C), 213.4(A)(2), 213.5(A)(10), and 213.6(A)(2)(b), to enact R.S. 38:291(V) and (W), 304(D), Part 3- A of Chapter 4 of Title 38 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, comprised of R.S. 38:330.1 through 330.13, and R.S. 49:213.1(E) and 213.4(A)(7), and to repeal R.S. 38:291(D)(3), 304.2, and 304.3, relative to flood protection; to establish the Southeast Louisiana Flood Protection Authority-East; to establish the Southeast Louisiana Flood Protection Authority-West Bank; to provide for its powers, duties, jurisdiction, and members; to provide for appointments to the board of commissioners of each authority; to provide for qualifications of commissioners; to provide for meetings of the board; to provide for the management of certain levee districts in areas of southeast Louisiana; to retain the territorial limits of such levee districts; to terminate the terms of commissioners on certain levee boards and to reorganize the governance of such levee districts; to transfer authority, duties, powers, functions, and responsibilities from such levee boards to an authority; to provide for obligations, tax proceeds, and property of the district; to provide for a regional director for each authority; to create and provide for the St. Tammany Levee District; to create and provide for the Tangipahoa Levee District; to provide for the inclusion of parishes and portions of parishes in the authority; to provide for funding; to transfer and provide for the management and control of certain facilities and improvements of levee districts within an authority that are not related to flood protection and to provide for the allocation of revenue derived therefrom; to provide for applicability; and to provide for related matters.
2006 Act No. 43, 1st Extra Session
A JOINT RESOLUTION Proposing to amend Section 38(A)(1) and Section 39 and to add Section 38.1 of Article VI of the Constitution of Louisiana and to redesignate the title to Part III of said Article, relative to flood protection; to provide for the establishment of regional flood protection authorities and its governing authority, powers, duties, functions; to provide for the governing authority of levee districts within the territorial jurisdiction of a regional flood protection authority; to provide for taxing authority; and to specify an election for submission of the proposition to electors and provide a ballot proposition.
