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Regular Session, 2010
SENATE BILL NO. 183
BY SENATOR N. GAUTREAUX
ENERGY DEVELOPMENT. Authorizes the State Mineral and Energy Board to lease state
lands for the development or production of alternate energy resources. (8/15/10)
AN ACT1
To amend and reenact R.S. 30:124, relative to the State Mineral and Energy Board; to2
provide for alternate energy resources; to authorize the State Mineral and Energy3
Board to lease state lands for the exploration, development, and production of energy4
from alternative energy resources; to provide definitions, terms, and conditions; to5
provide for rulemaking authority; and to provide for related matters.6
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:7
Section 1. R.S. 30:124 is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows: 8
ยง124. Board may lease public lands; fee9
A. The State Mineral and Energy Board , hereinafter referred to as the10
"board," has authority to lease for the development and production of minerals, oil,11
and gas, or alternative energy sources, any lands belonging to the state, or the title12
to which is in the public, including road beds, water bottoms, vacant state lands, and13
lands adjudicated to the state at tax sale. The board shall adopt rules and14
regulations in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act to implement15
the provisions of this Subpart.16
B. As used in this Section, "alternative energy sources" means energy17 SB NO. 183
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sources other than oil, gas, and other liquid, solid or gaseous minerals. It shall1
include, but not be limited to, wind energy, geothermal energy, solar energy and2
hydrokinetic energy. It shall not include the cultivation or harvesting of3
biomass fuels or the use of state land or water bottoms for facilities which utilize4
biomass fuel to produce energy.5
C. The mineral board is further authorized to collect a fee for such leasing6
in the amount of ten percent of the total cash bonus paid at the lease sale. The fee7
shall be in addition to the total cash bonus paid.8
The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument, were prepared by J. W. Wiley.
DIGEST
Present law authorizes the State Mineral and Energy Board ("board") to lease for the
development and production of minerals, oil, and gas, any lands belonging to the state, or
the title to which is in the public, including road beds, water bottoms, vacant state lands, and
lands adjudicated to the state at tax sale.
Proposed law retains present law and authorizes the board to lease for the development and
production of "alternative energy sources".
Proposed law authorizes the board to adopt rules and regulations in accordance with the
APA.
Proposed law defines "alternative energy sources" as energy sources other than oil, gas, and
other liquid, solid or gaseous minerals. It will include, but not limited to, wind energy,
geothermal energy, solar energy and hydrokinetic energy. It does not include the cultivation
or harvesting of biomass fuels or the use of state land or water bottoms for facilities which
utilize biomass fuel to produce energy.
Effective August 15, 2010.
(Amends R.S. 30:124)