§ 38:141 — Expropriation of land or improvements for drainage canals or projects

§141. Expropriation of land or improvements for drainage canals or projects
A. Local governing bodies, Orleans Parish excepted, may expropriate land and the
improvements thereon, outside of regularly organized and acting levee districts, necessary
for the construction of drainage canals or drainage projects with enough of the adjoining
property on which to build spoil banks and on which to place the dirt removed from the
drainage canals, and any property next to or in the vicinity of the canals or projects necessary
for the construction, inspection, repair, and maintenance of the canals or projects.
B. Local governing bodies may acquire by expropriation, in the same manner now
required by existing laws regulating expropriation suits, either a clear title to the land and
improvements thereon or any servitude, right, or interest necessary for that purpose.

Legislative History

Acts 2025, No. 452, §2.