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Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 19:131.4

  • property: means any portion of immovable property, including servitudes and other rights in or to immovable property, and the term "governing authority" means the governing authority of the parish of East Baton Rouge and the city of Baton Rouge. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 19:131

Title to the property and the property rights specified in the petition shall vest in the governing authority upon final court order declaring that the property described in the petition has been taken for sewer, drainage, or road projects by the city of Baton Rouge and parish of East Baton Rouge, and the right to just and adequate compensation therefor shall vest in the persons entitled thereto.  Upon vesting of title, the governing authority may enter upon and take possession of the property.

Acts 1989, No. 224, §1, eff. June 26, 1989; Acts 2001, No. 228, §1.