"Waters of this state" shall mean any river, stream, creek, bayou, oxbow and any impoundment constructed with public funds, provided, that impoundments constructed on private lands under the watershed protection and flood prevention programs of the U. S. Department of Agriculture, Soil Conservation Service, shall not be included as waters of this state.
Laws 1974, c. 17, § 2-147, emerg. eff. April 8, 1974.