Louisiana § RS 38:3051 - District authorized; creating resolution; membership
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§ RS 38:3051. District authorized; creating resolution; membership
The governing authority of the parish of East Baton Rouge is hereby empowered to create a special conservation district within said parish to be known as "Greater Baton Rouge Water Conservation District" hereinafter sometimes called "district" by the adoption of a creating resolution. Before adoption of creating resolution a notice of intention to create district shall be published three times in the official journal of the parish not less than fifteen days prior to the date set for the holding of a public hearing thereon. Creating resolution shall provide that governing authority of district shall consist of sixteen members subject to the provisions of R.S. 38:3054 hereof and shall be designated and known as "Water Conservation Commission" or "Commission". In the creating resolution the governing authority of the parish of East Baton Rouge shall appoint sixteen persons to serve on the Water Conservation Commission as follows:
One representative selected by the Baton Rouge Chamber of Commerce
Two representatives selected by the Baton Rouge Water Works Company
One representative selected by Ethyl Corporation
One representative selected by Gulf States Utilities Company
One representative selected by Humble Oil & Refining Company
One representative selected by the Louisiana Conservation Department
One representative selected by the Louisiana Department of Public Works
One representative selected by the Louisiana State Health Department
One independent geologist selected by the parish council
Two city-parish council members selected by the parish council
One East Baton Rouge Parish senator and one state representative selected by the parish council
One representative selected by the AFL-CIO
The Louisiana State Geologist shall serve ex officio as a member of the Commission. The authorizing resolution shall further designate the domicile, first meeting, date, time and place, and shall provide that notice of the creation of such district shall be published one time in the parish official journal. The district, with the Commission acting as its governing authority, shall constitute a subdivision of the State of Louisiana as authorized by the Constitution of Louisiana.
Added by Acts 1970, No. 682, §1.
Source: official Louisiana text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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