Louisiana § RS 38:3087.266 - Rules and regulations

§ RS 38:3087.266. Rules and regulations

A.  In order to secure the best results for the operation and maintenance of the district and to prevent damage to the district by misuse of any works, improvements, or properties or by the pollution by solid or liquid substance or misuse of the waters of the district or any water body therein, the board of commissioners may make and enforce such rules and regulations as it shall deem necessary and advisable:

(1)  To manage and control surface and groundwater levels in the district. Any rule or regulation promulgated by the district pertaining to the management and control of groundwater levels shall be subject to approval by the Water Resources Commission.

(2)  To protect and preserve the works, improvements, and properties owned or controlled by the district and prescribe the manner of their use by public corporations and persons.

(3)  To prescribe the manner of building bridges, piers, boathouses, seawalls, roads, and fences, including fences for the control of livestock, or other works in, along, or across any public water body.

(4)  To prescribe the manner in which natural or artificial drains, ditches, sewers, pipelines, or other works shall be adjusted to or connected with the works of the district or any water body therein and the manner in which the water bodies of the district may be used for sewer outlets for disposal of waste.

(5)  To prescribe the permissible uses of the water supply provided by water resources in the district and to prevent the pollution or unnecessary waste of such water supply.

(6)  To prescribe or regulate the discharge into sewers of the district of any liquid or solid waste deemed detrimental to the works and improvements of the district.

(7)  To establish rules and regulations and cause them to be enforced with regard to activities engaged in upon any public water body in the district which are not regulated by the Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Commission or the Army Corps of Engineers.

B.  Any person who violates the rules and regulations established and promulgated by the board of commissioners pursuant to this Section shall be fined not less than five hundred dollars nor more than one thousand dollars or imprisoned for more than sixty days, or both.  Each day of violation shall constitute a separate offense.

Acts 2003, No. 1228, §1; Acts 2012, No. 471, §2.