2011 Louisiana Laws
Revised Statutes
TITLE 49 — State administration
RS 49:214.5.5 — Private property and public rights

§214.5.5. Private property and public rights

Recognizing that a substantial majority of the coastal lands in Louisiana are privately owned, it is anticipated that a significant portion of the projects funded through the Coastal Protection and Restoration Fund either will occur on or in some manner affect private property. No rights whatsoever shall be created in the public, whether such rights be in the nature of ownership, servitude, or use, with respect to any private lands or waters utilized, enhanced, created, or otherwise affected by activities of any governmental agency, local, state, or federal, or any person contracting with same for the performance of any activities, funded in whole or in part, by expenditures from the Coastal Protection and Restoration Fund or expenditures of federal funds. In the event legal proceedings are instituted by any person seeking recognition of a right of ownership, servitude, or use in or over private property solely on the basis of the expenditure of funds from the Coastal Protection and Restoration Fund, the state shall indemnify and hold harmless the owner of such property for any cost, expense, or loss related to such proceeding, including court costs and attorney fees.

Acts 2009, No. 523, §3, eff. July 10, 2009.