§ 26-401. Development

   (a) Duty of board of managers. -- The board of managers shall develop a plan for agricultural drainage and soil conservation to promote optimal crop production by establishing and maintaining drainage systems that promote public health, safety, and welfare.

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

   (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 managers or a member or an agent of the board of viewers:

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

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

HISTORY: An. Code 1957, art. 25, § 67(a), (b); 2013, ch. 119, § 2.