A.  Any waterworks district thus created and named or numbered by a police jury shall constitute a body corporate in law, with all the powers of a corporation, and all powers necessary for it to carry out the objects for which it was created.  The waterworks district may expropriate property for any purpose that it may find necessary in the operation of its waterworks system, and may acquire by donation or purchase any existing waterworks system in the district.  Waterworks districts may dig and excavate the roads, streets, sidewalks, and alleys in the district for the purpose of laying pipeline or water mains.  It may acquire any and all machinery necessary for the purpose of affecting the object for which it is formed and shall own all sites which are acquired either by donation, purchase, expropriation, exchange, or otherwise in full ownership.

B.  Waterworks districts may cooperate with other waterworks districts within their respective parishes, or with private individuals, associations, corporations, or municipalities.

C.  This Section shall not apply to any waterworks district created under Title 33 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950 which owns property in an adjoining parish or parishes, except St. Tammany, Livingston, Washington, and Tangipahoa Parishes.

Acts 1991, No. 386, §1, eff. July 8, 1991.