The board of commissioners may carry out a wide range of district activities, including acquiring property, contracting, levying taxes, issuing bonds, building and maintaining works, and creating recreational facilities.
§2828. Powers of board In order to accomplish the purposes for which the district is created, the board of commissioners may: (1) Purchase, hold, sell and convey land and personal property and execute such contracts as it may deem necessary or convenient to enable it properly to carry out the purposes for which it is created. (2) Acquire servitudes, rights of way and flowage rights, by purchase and/or by expropriation. (3) Assist in conserving soil and water and in developing the water resources of the district; provided, however, nothing shall be done to interfere with districts previously organized under Louisiana law. (4) Under the supervision of the Louisiana State Department of Public Works, contract for the construction of proposed works and improvements. (5) Cooperate with the Department of Public Works in its construction of any drainage works or improvements, and the construction of any works or improvements for the control, retention, diversion or utilization of water; retard runoff of water and soil erosion, construct any ditch, channel improvement, dike, dam, or levee, and repair, improve and maintain any of said improvements or structures. (6) Acquire personal property by gift or purchase. (7) Levy taxes, issue bonds and incur indebtedness within the limitations prescribed by the Constitution of the State of Louisiana, and in the manner prescribed thereby. (8) Cooperate and contract with persons, firms, associations, partnerships and private corporations, and cities of this state, or other public corporations and with any other local, state and governmental agencies for the sale or use of any waters impounded hereby. (9) Select a domicile and home office for the district. (10) Create, construct and administer such recreational parks, playgrounds and public picnic areas as the board may consider necessary and to provide access to any lake or reservoir created by the district for the use of the public. (11) Do and perform any and all things necessary or incident to the fulfillment of the purposes for which this district is created, including all acts necessary to construct, lease, acquire in any manner, maintain, and operate dikes, dams, reservoirs, storage basins, locks, levees, flumes, conduits, spillways or other structures necessary, suitable or convenient to the purposes of the district. Added by Acts 1966, No. 262, §8.