Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 56:799.1

  • Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
  • White Lake Property: means the properties owned by the state in and around White Lake, located in Vermilion Parish which were donated to the state in "Act of Donation by BP America Production Company to the State of Louisiana" dated July 8, 2002, and recorded July 11, 2002, in the conveyance records of Vermilion Parish, bearing entry number 20208337. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 56:799.2

The purpose of this Subpart is to provide for the administration, control, management, and funding for the White Lake Property located in Vermilion Parish.  The legislature acknowledges that the White Lake Property provides an opportunity for, and an obligation on, the state to preserve a scarce fresh water ecosystem and to conserve and protect in perpetuity a relatively natural habitat of fish, wildlife or plants or similar ecosystem.

Acts 2004, No. 613, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 2005.