§ 38:315 — Dedication of artificial waterways as public navigable waterways; approval

Louisiana § 38:315

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

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§315. Dedication of artificial waterways as public navigable waterways; approval
Wherever there presently exists or may hereafter be created within the territorial
limits of any levee district or levee and drainage district in the state of Louisiana, except in
the parish of Orleans, any canal or other artificial waterway created by any levee district or
levee and drainage district for the purpose of constructing a levee or other public work and
where said canal or other artificial waterway is navigable in fact and connects with or enters
into any lake, river, stream, bayou, or other navigable waters, the governing authority of said
levee district or levee and drainage district shall have the authority, with the approval of the
office of engineering of the Department of Transportation and Development or the Coastal
Protection and Restoration Authority Board, if the area is located within the coastal area, as
defined in R.S. 49:214.2, and involves integrated coastal protection, as defined in R.S.
49:214.2, and with the concurrence of the United States district engineer, to dedicate and
declare the canal or other artificial waterway, in whole or in part, as a waterway subject to
the free and unrestricted navigation by the public; however, nothing herein shall be construed
as authorizing the taking of private property, except as now provided by the constitution and
laws of this state.

Legislative History

Acts 1985, No. 785, §1, eff. July 22, 1985; Acts 2012, No. 601, §1, eff. June 7, 2012; Acts 2012, No. 753, §5; Acts 2016, No. 430, §4.