§329.1. South Lafourche Levee District; additional powers and duties; certain payments
A.
(1)The South Lafourche Levee District shall constitute a political subdivision of
the state of Louisiana within the meaning of Article VI, Section 44 of the Constitution of
Louisiana, and is hereby granted the authority to issue bonds and to levy taxes for the
payment of principal and interest thereon under the specific authority provided herein.
(2)In addition to the authority provided by Article VI, Sections 39 and 40 of the
Constitution of Louisiana, the district may levy taxes and raise other revenue in the manner
provided by law for levee districts.
(3)(a) The district may levy a district-wide sales and use tax not exceeding one
percent or any fraction thereof upon the sale at retail, the use, t
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§329.1. South Lafourche Levee District; additional powers and duties; certain payments
A.(1) The South Lafourche Levee District shall constitute a political subdivision of
the state of Louisiana within the meaning of Article VI, Section 44 of the Constitution of
Louisiana, and is hereby granted the authority to issue bonds and to levy taxes for the
payment of principal and interest thereon under the specific authority provided herein.
(2) In addition to the authority provided by Article VI, Sections 39 and 40 of the
Constitution of Louisiana, the district may levy taxes and raise other revenue in the manner
provided by law for levee districts.
(3)(a) The district may levy a district-wide sales and use tax not exceeding one
percent or any fraction thereof upon the sale at retail, the use, the lease or rental, the
consumption, and the storage for use or consumption of tangible personal property and on
sales of services, all as defined and provided by law in The Uniform Local Sales Tax Code
in Chapter 2-D of Subtitle II of Title 47 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, if
approved by a majority of electors voting thereon in an election held for that purpose.
(b) This authorization is in addition to and is not limited by the provisions of R.S.
47:338.54, as amended.
(4) The district may borrow money and issue bonds in the manner provided by law
for levee districts and may issue general obligation bonds as defined in Article VI, Section
33 of the Constitution of Louisiana in the manner set forth in Subpart A of Part III of Chapter
4 of Title 39 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, as amended, and sales tax revenue
bonds as provided for in Subpart F of Part III of Chapter 4 of Title 39 of the Louisiana
Revised Statutes of 1950, as amended.
B. In addition to any other powers and duties provided by law, the primary duty of
the district shall be to establish, construct, operate, or maintain flood control works as they
relate to hurricane protection, tidewater flooding, saltwater intrusion, and conservation. As
a secondary duty, the district shall have the authority to establish flood control, adequate
drainage relating to tidal or riverine flooding, and water resources development including but
not limited to construction of reservoirs, diversion canals, gravity and pump drainage
systems, erosion control measures, and marsh management. The district shall have the
authority to construct and maintain drainage works of all types as they relate to tidewater
flooding, hurricane protection, conservation, and saltwater intrusion, either in cooperation
with one or more parishes, municipalities, levee districts, drainage districts, or other special
districts within its jurisdiction, or upon its own undertaking.
C. Because the Lafourche Basin Conservation Levee and Drainage District continues
to provide mainline Mississippi River levee protection which is beneficial to Lafourche
Parish, the South Lafourche Levee District shall make payments to the Lafourche Basin
Conservation Levee and Drainage District as follows:
(1) For the year 2007, thirty-five percent of the 2006 mineral revenues received on
any lands within the boundaries of the South Lafourche Levee District that were previously
owned by the Lafourche Basin Conservation Levee and Drainage District.
(2) For the year 2008, twenty-five percent of the 2007 mineral revenues received on
any lands within the boundaries of the South Lafourche Levee District that were previously
owned by the Lafourche Basin Conservation Levee and Drainage District.
(3) For the year 2009 and thereafter, fifteen percent of the mineral revenues received
on any lands within the boundaries of the South Lafourche Levee District that were
previously owned by the Lafourche Basin Conservation Levee and Drainage District.