§1236.12.  Authority to regulate operation of certain watercraft within Calcasieu Parish

 A.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary and in particular R.S. 34:851.27, the parish governing authority and any municipal governing authority of Calcasieu Parish shall have the authority to regulate the operation of watercraft having in tow or otherwise assisting a person on waterskis, surfboard, or similar contrivance.  Such authority shall include but not be limited to the power to enact ordinances and to set penalties for violations.

B.  The parish governing authority may exercise such authority in that portion of the parish outside of the corporate limits of any municipality.  Each municipal governing authority of Calcasieu Parish may exercise such authority within its corporate limits.

Acts 1986, No. 61, §1.