§ 16-65. Powers.  


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  • (a)

    The waterworks district herein created shall constitute a body corporate in law, with all the powers of a corporation, and all the powers necessary for it to carry out the objects for which it is created. The waterworks commission shall expropriate property for any purpose that it may find necessary in the operation of its waterworks system and may acquire by donation, purchase or expropriation any existing waterworks system in the district. Said district may dig and excavate the roads, streets, sidewalks and alleys in the district for the purpose of laying pipelines or water mains; it may acquire any and all machinery necessary for the purpose of effecting the object for which it is formed and shall own all sites which are acquired either by donation, purchase, expropriation, exchange or otherwise, in full ownership. Said waterworks district may cooperate with other waterworks districts within the parish, or with private individuals, associations, corporations or municipalities.

    (b)

    The waterworks district herein created shall have and enjoy all the powers, privileges and rights conferred upon waterworks districts by Chapter 8 of Title 33 of Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950 as heretofore amended and as hereafter from time to time may be amended.

(Ord. No. 608, §§ 10, 11, 3-7-67)