§4. Authority of Department of Energy and Natural Resources over navigable water bottoms
Nothing in this Title and particularly in R.S. 56:3 affects in any way the authority of
the Department of Energy and Natural Resources to lease or otherwise administer the beds
and bottoms of navigable rivers, streams, bayous, lagoons, lakes, bays, sounds, and inlets
bordering on or connecting with the Gulf of Mexico within the territory or jurisdiction of the
state, as established by law and regulations promulgated thereunder.
Acts 1985, No. 876, §3, eff. July 23, 1985; Acts 2023, No. 150, §22, eff. Jan. 10,
2024.