<P> From 1890 through 2006, the Orleans Levee Board was the body of commissioners that oversaw the Orleans Levee District (OLD) which supervised the levee and floodwall system in Orleans Parish, Louisiana . The role of the OLD has changed over time . Prior to Hurricane Betsy in 1965, the OLD developed land and sold it to raise money to build and improve levees . After 1965, Congress directed the Army Corps of Engineers to be responsible for design and construction of the hurricane flood protection system enveloping New Orleans . </P> <P> Owing to the 1965 legislation, the OLB's duties regarding hurricane surge protection were now limited to collecting the 30% cost share for project design and construction, and to maintaining and operating completed flood protection structures . Until the end of 2006, the OLB was a major governmental entity which functioned independently of municipal government in and around Orleans Parish . (Orleans Parish is coextensive with the city of New Orleans; their boundaries are one and the same). </P>

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