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Louisiana Revised Statutes Tit. 33, § 4080. Shifting private mains to accommodate public system

Current as of January 01, 2023 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

A. Any person who has laid mains, pipes, or conduits, or constructed any railroads, buildings, works, or structures of any kind in, on, or over the public streets, roads, drainage systems or canals, sewerage systems, or water systems may be compelled at his own cost and expense to shift or adjust any such mains, pipes, conduits, or structures to the exigencies of the public sewerage and public water and drainage systems.

B. (1) Only properties within Orleans Parish and under the jurisdiction of the New Orleans Sewerage and Water Board will be affected.

(2)(a) In addition, all grounds adjacent to and including the 17th Street Drainage Canal will not be subject to the provisions of this Section.

(b) The rights, interests, and/or obligations that any parties at interest have in, to, or on, that portion of the 17th Street Canal from the southside of Hammond Highway Bridge northward to Lake Pontchartrain shall not be affected by this Section, nor shall the rights, interests, and/or obligations of the respective parties at interest relative to the right or authority to moor boats in said canal from the Veterans Memorial Bridge northward to Lake Pontchartrain be affected by this Section.

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