§ 38:3073 — Definitions

Louisiana § 38:3073

• Jurisdiction: Louisiana
• Title 38: Public Contracts, Works and Improvements

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§3073. Definitions
Unless the context otherwise requires, the following terms shall have the following
meanings for purposes of this Part:
(1) "Beneficial purpose" or "beneficial use" means the use of groundwater for
domestic, municipal, industrial, agricultural, recreational, or therapeutic purposes or any
other advantageous use.
(2) Repealed by Acts 2025, No. 458, §11, eff. Oct. 1, 2025.
(3) "Commissioner" means a commissioner of the district who has been appointed
in accordance with this Part.
(4) "Department of Public Works" means the Department of Public Works of the city
of Baton Rouge and parish of East Baton Rouge.
(5) "District" means the groundwater conservation district formed in accordance with
this part.
(6) "Governing body" means the police jury, commission, council, or other
governing body of the parish.
(7) "Groundwater" is water suitable for any beneficial purpose percolating below the
earth's surface.
(8) "Just and equitable share" of the groundwater underlying a tract within an area
subject to an order limiting pumping rates means that portion of the recoverable groundwater
within an aquifer which is to be apportioned to such tract on the basis of demonstrable
geologic and hydrologic data taking into consideration the volume of groundwater in storage,
the maximum perennial recharge potential, and any groundwater use priorities established
by the district.
(9) "Mississippi River alluvial aquifer" occurs beneath the flood plain of the
Mississippi River and includes the sand and gravel units of the Mississippi River alluvial
valley deposits.
(10) "Person" means any individual, partnership, corporation, association,
governmental board, commission, district, political subdivision, or public or private
organization of any character, including any agency, corporation, and quasi-public
corporation of the federal, state, municipal, or local government.
(11) "Premises" as used herein, means a tract or tracts of land, whether or not
contiguous, operated by a single person and used principally for bona fide agricultural or
horticultural purposes or the production of aquatic life for human consumption.
(12) "User" means any person who produces groundwater in the district for any
beneficial use, in excess of fifty thousand gallons for any day during any calendar year from
a well or wells owned or operated by such person or from a well or wells owned or operated
solely for the production of water used by such person.
(13) "Well" or "water well" shall mean any well drilled or constructed for the
principal purpose of producing groundwater.

Legislative History

Added by Acts 1974, No. 678, §1. Amended by Acts 1976, No. 231, §1; Acts 1980, No. 738, §1; Acts 2014, No. 795, §1; Acts 2024, No. 494, §1; Acts 2025, No. 458, §§5, 11, eff. Oct. 1, 2025.