§ 38:112 — Cooperation with federal government and state of Mississippi in building levees

§112. Cooperation with federal government and state of Mississippi in building levees
By and with the concurrence and approval of the local levee authorities in interest in
Louisiana, and of the Department of Transportation and Development, or for levees in the
upland area as defined in R.S. 38:2352, the Coordinated Use of Resources for Recreation,
Economy, Navigation, and Transportation Authority, or, for levees in the coastal area as
defined in R.S. 49:214.2, the Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority, the state of
Mississippi and the United States Government, or any of them, jointly or severally, may
construct and have entire charge and control of, both in construction and maintenance, and
for protection and preservation, all levees which may be deemed necessary by the grantees,
or by either of them, for protection against overflow from the Mississippi River, through and
over all parts of the state of Louisiana which by the changes of the channel of the Mississippi
River have been separated from other parts of the state of Louisiana, and which are now on
the east side of the present channel of the river, and attached to the mainland of the state of
Mississippi. The levees shall be of the dimensions and shall be located, and built from
adjacent soil, along the lines, and for the distances, determined by the engineers in charge of
levee construction either for the United States or for the state of Mississippi, or for both.

Legislative History

Acts 2010, No. 734, §3; Acts 2016, No. 430, §4; Acts 2025, No. 418, §1.