Gravity drainage district no. 5 of the parish shall constitute a body corporate in
law with all the powers of a corporation. It shall have perpetual existence, may incur
debt and contract obligations, sue and be sued, and have a corporate seal, and do
and perform any and all acts in its corporate capacity and in its corporate name necessary
and proper for the carrying out of the purposes and objectives for which the gravity
drainage district is created. The gravity drainage district may expropriate property
for the purpose of acquiring land for the necessary public purposes of the district,
and shall own the rights-of-way, canals, ditches and all sites which are acquired
either by donation, purchase, prescription and expropriation in full ownership. The
district shall have the power and authority to plan, construct, maintain and operate
such works of improvement as land treatment for watershed protection, flood prevention
works, irrigation improvements, recreation municipal industrial water shortage, and
fish and wildlife development. The district shall have the power to cooperate with
and enter into cooperative agreements and arrangements with agencies of the United
States of America on a matching fund or any other basis for the planning and construction
of such works of improvement or other works, facilities or programs authorized and
contemplated by the National Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Act, Public
Law 83-566.
(Code 1975, § 24:101E)
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