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Regular Session, 2011
HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 166
BY REPRESENTATIVE LEGER
LEVEES/ORLEANS: Expresses concern about the employee reduction at the Orleans
Levee District
A RESOLUTION1
To urge and request that the Southeast Louisiana Flood Protection Authority-East and Non-2
Flood Protection Asset Management Authority to maintain current levels of3
employees so as to ensure proper protection of levees and assets and to continue to4
certify disadvantaged business enterprises.5
WHEREAS, the Southeast Louisiana Flood Protection Authority-East was created6
by Act 1 of the First Extraordinary Session of 2006 of the Louisiana Legislature and given7
governing authority of the Orleans Levee District for the purpose of flood protections; and8
WHEREAS, the Non-Flood Protection Asset Management Authority was created by9
Act 1014 of the 2010 of the Louisiana Legislature and given governing authority of the non-10
flood assets of the Orleans Levee District; and11
WHEREAS, the Non-Flood Protection Asset Management Authority and the12
Southeast Louisiana Flood Protection Authority-East shared responsibility for funding the13
Orleans Levee District Police Department; and14
WHEREAS, the Non-Flood Protection Asset Management Authority has no15
recurring revenue source and can no longer pay its share of funding for the Orleans Levee16
District Police Department; and17
WHEREAS, as a result of the Non-Flood Protection Asset Management Authority18
's inability to maintain funding its share, a number of police officers will be laid off; and19 HLS 11RS-3659 ORIGINAL
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WHEREAS, recent flooding events on the upper Mississippi River have indicated1
that levee districts and flood protection authorities must be ever vigilant in their duties to2
maintain the integrity of our levees and flood protection systems; and3
WHEREAS, these potential lay offs will leave over one hundred miles of levees to4
be patrolled and protected by as few as fifteen officers; and5
WHEREAS, in comparison, the East Jefferson Levee District has approximately6
thirty miles of levees to be patrolled and protected by a force of approximately forty full7
time and reserve officers; and8
WHEREAS, in addition the Orleans Levee District is an entity which participates9
in the United States Department of Transportation's Unified Certification Program and is10
authorized to certify businesses as disadvantaged business enterprises; and11
WHEREAS, as such, the Orleans Levee Board may certify small businesses12
independently owned and controlled in both substance and form by one or more socially and13
economically disadvantaged persons to participate in the Louisiana Unified Certification14
Program Disadvantaged Business Enterprise Program on federally assisted transportation15
related contracts; and16
WHEREAS, the budget problems faced by the Non-Flood Protection Asset17
Management Authority have also put the Orleans Levee District's ability to continue to18
certify disadvantaged business enterprises at risk; and19
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the House of Representatives of the20
Legislature of Louisiana does hereby urge and request Non-Flood Protection Asset21
Management Authority and the Southeast Louisiana Flood Protection Authority-East to22
further review their budgets in order to make adjustments to retain the current number of23
officers employed by the Orleans Levee District Police Department and to continue24
certifying disadvantaged business enterprises.25
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this resolution be transmitted to the26
Southeast Louisiana Flood Protection Authority-Eas t, the Non-Flood Protection Asset27
Management Authority, the Orleans Levee District and the Orleans Levee District Police28
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DIGEST
The digest printed below was prepared by House Legislative Services. It constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument. The keyword, one-liner, abstract, and digest do not constitute
part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)]
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Urges and requests the Non-Flood Protection Asset Management Authority and the
Southeast Louisiana Flood Protection Authority-East to further review their budgets in order
to make adjustments to retain the current number of officers employed by the Orleans Levee
District Police Department and to continue certifying disadvantaged business enterprises.