Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 38:405

  • Levee and drainage district: means a political subdivision of this state organized for the purpose and charged with the duty of constructing and maintaining levees, drainage, and all other things incidental thereto within its territorial limits. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 38:281
  • Levee district: means a political subdivision of this state organized for the purpose and charged with the duty of constructing and maintaining levees, and all other things incidental thereto within its territorial limits. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 38:281

Whenever the commissioners of any levee district or levee and drainage district shall deem it necessary to increase the rate of taxation for levee purposes in their districts beyond the limit named in Article VI, Section 39 of thethe Louisiana Constitution, they shall by a majority vote pass a resolution setting forth the reason for an increased rate of taxation and ordering the rate of taxation which they may deem necessary to be submitted to a vote of the electors of their districts.  

Acts 1985, No. 785, §1, eff. July 22, 1985.