§ 38:1649 — Enlargement of boundaries of district

The police jury or juries that by ordinance may have created any drainage district under the provisions of this Part, shall enlarge the boundaries thereof so as to include additional lands and property therein when petitioned to that effect by the land owners owning a majority of the acreage of the lands to be added to the drainage district. The petition shall be approved by the board of commissioners and the Department of Public Works.
Certified copies of the ordinance enlarging the boundaries of a drainage district shall be recorded without delay in the drainage district record book kept by the clerk of court and recorder in each parish in which any of the land is situated comprising the drainage district as enlarged.