§ 25-401. Development

   (a) Duty of board of directors. --

   (1) The board of directors of the watershed association shall develop a work plan for the watershed or subwatershed area.

   (2) The watershed work plan may include:

      (i) watershed protection;

      (ii) flood prevention;

      (iii) recreation;

      (iv) soil conservation;

      (v) drainage; and

      (vi) the conservation, development, storage, use, and disposal of water for any beneficial purpose.

(b) Planning and engineering services. -- In developing the watershed work plan, the board of directors:

   (1) shall engage the services of private engineers; or

   (2) may use the services of planners and engineers of local, State, and federal units of government.

(c) Right of entry. -- A member or an agent of the board of directors:

   (1) may enter the land to make surveys and examinations for developing a watershed work plan; and

   (2) is liable for actual damage done to any land entered during a survey or examination.

HISTORY: An. Code 1957, art. 25, § 184; 2013, ch. 119, § 2.