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Current as of January 01, 2023 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
In order to accomplish the purposes of the district, to protect the works, improvements and property of the district, both real and personal; to secure the best results from the construction, operation and maintenance thereof, and to prevent damage to the district by misuse of any works, improvements or properties or by the pollution or misuse of the waters of the district or any water course therein or by flooding in the district the board of commissioners may make and enforce such rules and regulations as it shall deem necessary and advisable, including but not necessarily restricted to rules and regulations to:
(1) Protect and preserve the works, improvements and properties owned or controlled by the district, prescribe the manner of their use by public corporations and persons, and preserve order within and adjacent thereto;
(2) Prescribe the manner of building bridges, roads, or fences, or other works in, along or across any channel, reservoir or other construction of the district;
(3) Prescribe the manner in which ditches, sewers, pipelines or other works shall be adjusted to or connected with the works of the district or any water course therein and the manner in which the water courses of the district may be used for sewer outlets or for disposal of waste;
(4) Prescribe the permissible uses of the water supply, provided by the impoundments constructed, and to prevent the pollution or unnecessary waste of such water supply;
(5) Prohibit or regulate the discharge into sewers of the district of any liquid or solid waste deemed detrimental to the works and improvements of the district;
(6), (7) Repealed by Acts 1993, No. 830, § 2.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Louisiana Revised Statutes Tit. 38, § 2809. Rules and regulations - last updated January 01, 2023 | https://codes.findlaw.com/la/revised-statutes/la-rev-stat-tit-38-sect-2809/
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