Louisiana Revised Statutes Tit. 33, § 4304. District to possess all powers of a corporation; expropriation

Any district created hereunder shall have all the powers of a corporation, including perpetual existence, the power to incur debt and contract obligations, to sue and be sued, to have a corporate seal, to enter into short or long term contracts, to do and perform any and all acts in its corporate capacity and in its corporate name necessary and proper for the carrying out of the objects and purposes for which the district was created. Such district shall have the right and power of expropriating property for its corporate purposes under and in the manner provided by any general law of the state of Louisiana authorizing the expropriation of property for public purposes.