2015 US Code
Title 33 - Navigation and Navigable Waters (Sections 1 - 4009)
Chapter 1 - Navigable Waters Generally (Sections 1 - 59kk)
Subchapter II - Waters Declared Nonnavigable: Change of Name (Sections 21 - 59kk)
Sec. 59e - Bayou Lafourche, Louisiana
| Publication Title | United States Code, 2012 Edition, Supplement 3, Title 33 - NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS |
| Category | Bills and Statutes |
| Collection | United States Code |
| SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
| Contained Within | Title 33 - NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS CHAPTER 1 - NAVIGABLE WATERS GENERALLY SUBCHAPTER II - WATERS DECLARED NONNAVIGABLE: CHANGE OF NAME Sec. 59e - Bayou Lafourche, Louisiana |
| Contains | section 59e |
| Date | 2015 |
| Laws In Effect As Of Date | January 3, 2016 |
| Positive Law | No |
| Disposition | standard |
| Source Credit | Pub. L. 90-149, Nov. 22, 1967, 81 Stat. 507. |
| Statutes at Large References | 49 Stat. 1028 74 Stat. 480 81 Stat. 507 104 Stat. 2987 |
| Public and Private Laws | Public Law 90-149, Public Law 101-595 |
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Bayou Lafourche, in the State of Louisiana, between Canal Boulevard, city of Thibodaux, Parish of Lafourche, State of Louisiana, and the head of the bayou at its junction with the Mississippi River levee at the city of Donaldsonville, Parish of Ascension, State of Louisiana, is hereby declared to be a nonnavigable waterway of the United States within the meaning of the laws of the United States. The existing project for Bayou Lafourche, Louisiana, authorized by the Acts of August 30, 1935 (49 Stat. 1028) and July 14, 1960 (74 Stat. 480) is hereby deauthorized in the reach of Bayou Lafourche herein declared nonnavigable.
The right to alter, amend, or repeal this section is hereby expressly reserved.
(Pub. L. 90–149, Nov. 22, 1967, 81 Stat. 507.)
REFERENCES IN TEXTThe provisions of the Acts of August 30, 1935 (49 Stat. 1028) and July 14, 1960 (74 Stat. 480), referred to in text, authorizing the Bayou Lafourche, Louisiana, project, are not classified to the Code.
PORTION OF BAYOU LAFOURCHE DECLARED TO BE NAVIGABLE WATERWAYPub. L. 101–595, title III, §314, Nov. 16, 1990, 104 Stat. 2987, provided that: "Bayou Lafourche, in the State of Louisiana, between the Percy Brown Road (Hwy 648), city of Thibodaux, parish of Lafourche, and the Southern Pacific Railroad bridge crossing the bayou, city of Thibodaux, parish of Lafourche, is declared to be navigable waterway of the United States under chapter 11 of title 33, United States Code."
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