§ 38:211 Cutting or destroying levees prohibited
§ 38:212 Attempt to cut or destroy levee prohibited
§ 38:213 A. No person shall ride, drive, or haul upon the public levees or integrated coastal protection projects or their rights-of-way except where, in the judgment of the levee commissione
§ 38:213.1 Hunting or discharge of firearms, when prohibited
§ 38:214 A. No person shall dump or discharge or permit to be dumped or discharged into any waters or drains of the state any trees or other objects, substances, or materials which might inte
§ 38:214.1 Prohibiting interference with drainage systems; ordinances authorized
§ 38:215 Obstruction of drainage prohibited
§ 38:215.1 Public drainage; refusal of access for maintenance purposes; court costs and attorney fees; definitions
§ 38:216 Drainage of oil, salt water, etc. into natural drain prohibited; penalties
§ 38:216.1 Water control structures; unauthorized opening; penalties
§ 38:217 Drainage of water into public road prohibited
§ 38:218 A. No person diverting or impeding the course of water from a natural drain shall fail to return the water to its natural course before it leaves his estate without any undue retarda
§ 38:219 Obstruction of drainage channels prohibited
§ 38:220 Interference with drainage of roads parallel or contiguous to public levees
§ 38:221 A. No person shall place in, through, or under any public levee any rice-flume, dahl, pipe, or other conduit or, after due notification by the levee board or governing authority of t
§ 38:222 Regulations for operation of siphons through levees
§ 38:223 Irrigating or flooding land near base of levee prohibited
§ 38:224 Removal of siphons improperly constructed
§ 38:225 A. No person shall:
§ 38:226 If an appointed board or commission having jurisdiction over levees receives letters of no objection from the United States Army Corps of Engineers and the Department of Transportati

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