2018 Louisiana Laws
Revised Statutes
TITLE 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements
RS 38:3085.3 - Purposes
§3085.3. Purposes
A. The general purpose for which the district is created is to make available an adequate fresh water supply for industrial and other consumption in the Grant Parish area, and the district may furnish fresh water to cities, towns, villages, industries, corporations, and persons both within and outside of the district.
B. The particular purposes of the district are:
(1) Preserve, store, control, conserve, utilize, and distribute the waters of the lakes, streams, and other bodies of water in the district.
(2) Prevent the pollution and blocking of such streams.
(3) Prevent contamination.
(4) Acquire, maintain, and operate facilities, including the construction of new ditches, channels, dams, and levees, and to do such work as may be necessary to the drainage of lands in the district.
(5) Prevent the escape of any such waters until employed to the maximum advantage of the public generally in aiding the development of agriculture, commerce, and industries, and in insuring a fair and just distribution of all of the waters for all of the people of the area for the accomplishment of the district's purposes.
C. The state Department of Public Works shall cooperate with the board insofar as is practicable in the furnishing of information and advice for the accomplishment of the district's purposes.
Added by Acts 1975, No. 28, §1.
