Emergency Declaration Establishes No-Wake Rule

On Thursday, April 17, Parish Government issued the following:

BE IT KNOWN that the Honorable Guy Cormier, Parish President, acting pursuant to the declaration of a state of emergency issued on March 28, 2008, and in accordance with the authority conferred upon him by La. R.S. 29:727, does hereby establish an Idle – No Wake Zone for all public waterways located in lower St. Martin Parish, Louisiana.

The Idle – No Wake Zone shall apply to all residential and commercial areas which front on every waterway in lower St. Martin Parish.

BE IT FURTHER KNOWN that this edict establishing the Idle – No Wake Zone shall remain in effect until withdrawn by the executive order of the Parish President.

BE IT FURTHER KNOWN that the penalty for the violation of this Executive Order shall be a fine of not more than five hundred dollars, or confinement in the parish jail for not more than six months, or both.

THUS DONE AND SIGNED on this 17th day of April, 2008, in St. Martinville, Louisiana.

(Signed) Guy Cormier

Parish President