La. Stat. tit. 38 § 2837
Current with operative changes from the 2024 Third Special Legislative Session
The board of commissioners, under the supervisory control of the State Department of Public Works, shall have the power to cause to be created and constructed playgrounds, picnic grounds, grounds for recreation parks, and any and all other facilities to accommodate the public and to provide adequate access to the said lake, as may within the opinion of the said board become necessary but not to exceed two acres at any one place, and said district shall have the right of eminent domain and expropriation in the exercise of such powers.
La. R.S. § 38:2837