BOARD OF COM'RS v. BD. OF COMM'RS OF ATCHAFALAYA BASIN LEVEE DIST.

No. 95-CA-1353.

666 So.2d 636 (1996)

The BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF the NORTH LAFOURCHE CONSERVATION, LEVEE AND DRAINAGE DISTRICT v. The BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF the ATCHAFALAYA BASIN LEVEE DISTRICT.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

Rehearing Denied February 16, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Denise Adams Allemand, Larose, for Applicant.

William C. Dupont, Plaquemine, for Respondent.


KIMBALL, Judge.*

ISSUE

A district court has declared Act 876 of 1992 providing for the creation of the North Lafourche Conservation, Levee and Drainage District (NLCLDD) and providing for the transfer of funds thereto from other levee districts to be unconstitutional. On direct appeal to this court, we find the legislature has violated La. Const. Art. VI, Sec. 38 by creating the NLCLDD geographically on top of two previously...

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