---
urn: urn:us-la:rs:38:305
citation: "R.S. 38:305"
status: active
breadcrumb: "Title 38 › Chapter 4 › Part III"
acts_citations:
  - { year: 1985, number: 785, section: 1, effective_date: 1985-07-22, role: enactment }
  - { year: 2006, number: 1, section: 1, effective_date: 2007-01-01, role: amendment }
---

# Employment of attorney

Except as provided in R.S. 38:330.5, each levee board and levee and drainage board for a levee district or levee and drainage district may employ one or more attorneys to represent it and to offer advice and assistance of a legal nature and one or more engineers. The salary of each attorney shall be determined by the board.