Louisiana § RS 38:3092 - Definitions
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§ RS 38:3092. Definitions
Unless the context otherwise requires, the following terms shall have the following meanings for purposes of this Chapter:
(1) "Beneficial purpose" or "beneficial use" means the use of ground water for domestic, municipal, industrial, agricultural, recreational or therapeutic purposes.
(2) "Ground water" is water suitable for any beneficial purpose percolating below the earth's surface.
(3) "Office" means the Department of Conservation and Energy.
(4) "Persons" means any natural person, corporation, association, partnership, receiver, tutor, curator, executor, administrator, fiduciary, or representative of any kind.
(5) "Secretary" means the secretary of the Department of Conservation and Energy.
(6) "User" means any person making any beneficial use of ground water in excess of fifty thousand gallons for any day during any calendar year from a well or wells owned or operated by such person or from a well or wells owned or operated solely for the production of water used by such person.
(7) "Well" or "water well" shall mean any well drilled or constructed for the principal purpose of producing ground water.
Acts 1972, No. 535, §3; Acts 2009, No. 437, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2010; Acts 2023, No. 150, §12, eff. Jan. 10, 2024; Acts 2025, No. 458, §5, eff. Oct. 1, 2025.
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