Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 38:2834

  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.

All the powers and duties conferred upon the Board of Commissioners herein shall be subject to the supervisory control of the Department of Public Works of the State of Louisiana and to the Wildlife and Fisheries Commission of the State of Louisiana or its successor, with jurisdiction by the latter over the fish, game and wildlife of the State of Louisiana and of the said Black Bayou Watershed District.  

Added by Acts 1966, No. 262, §14.