§ 38:90.1 — Definitions

Louisiana § 38:90.1

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

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§90.1. Definitions
As used in this Chapter, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, the following
terms shall have the meanings ascribed to them as follows:
(1) "Authority" means a parish or municipality, or both, authorized by law to perform
governmental functions and any special district created for the purpose of drainage and/or
flood control.
(2) "Bond commission" means the State Bond Commission or any other entity
authorized to approve and/or issue bonds for a municipality, including without limitation,
the Board of Liquidation, City Debt, which is the appropriate bond commission for the city
of New Orleans and the Sewerage and Water Board of New Orleans.
(3) "Committee" means the Joint Legislative Committee on Transportation,
Highways and Public Works.
(4) "Council" means the Legislative Audit Advisory Council.
(5) "Engineering activities" means functions which may include, but not be limited
to, dams, reservoirs, levees, dikes, floodwalls, diversions, channel alterations such as
snagging and channel straightening, on site detention, spillways, and land treatment.
(6) "Evaluation committee" means the Flood Control Project Evaluation Committee.
(7) "Municipal drainage authority" means the city of New Orleans and any special
district or board located in such municipality, including but not limited to the Sewerage and
Water Board of New Orleans, created for the purpose of drainage and/or flood control.
(8) "Office" means the office of engineering of the Department of Transportation and
Development.
(9) "Program" means the flood control system which may include, but not be limited
to, floodproofing, waterproofing, ring dikes, relocation assistance, information programs,
formulation of codes, and engineering studies.
(10) "Project" means a program or engineering activity, either new or continuing,
exclusive of modifications to drainage structures located within state highway rights-of-way,
that will be planned and implemented with the primary goal being the reduction of existing
flood damages.
(11) "Rural grant opportunity authority" means a municipality with a population of
fewer than five thousand people or a parish with a population of fewer than fifty thousand
people located in a rural area.
(12) "Rural Grant Opportunity Program" means a mechanism for a rural grant
opportunity authority located in a rural area that lacks the financial ability to satisfy the local
match requirements to participate in the Statewide Flood Control Program.
(13) "State highway right-of-way" means a right-of-way for highway purposes
acquired by the state in full ownership or by servitude or easement and on which is located
a roadway which is included in the state highway system.

Legislative History

Added by Acts 1982, No. 351, §1; Acts 1983, No. 696, §1. Acts 1984, No. 519, §1; Acts 1995, No. 607, §1, eff. June 18, 1995; Acts 1999, No. 999, §1, eff. July 9, 1999; Acts 2006, 1 st Ex. Sess., No. 6, §4; Acts 2011, 1 st Ex. Sess., No. 5, §1; Acts 2012, No. 753, §5; Acts 2018, No. 384, §1.