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Regular Session, 2012
HOUSE BILL NO. 413
BY REPRESENTATIVE HARRISON
AN ACT1
To amend and reenact R.S. 38:3086.24(H)(1) and 3086.26 and to enact R.S. 38:3086.24(L),2
relative to the Bayou Lafourche Fresh Water District; to authorize the board of such3
district to control and regulate the activities on the banks of Bayou Lafourche; to4
authorize the Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority to assist the district; to5
authorize the board to contract for services related to integrated coastal protection;6
and to provide for related matters.7
Notice of intention to introduce this Act has been published8
as provided by Article III, Section 13 of the Constitution of9
Louisiana.10
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:11
Section 1. R.S. 38:3086.24(H)(1) and 3086.26 are hereby amended and reenacted12
and R.S. 38:3086.24(L) is hereby enacted to read as follows:13
§3086.24. Powers14
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H.(1) The board shall have full power and authority to cooperate and16
contract with the United States government, or any of its agencies, the state of17
Louisiana, or any of its departments, agencies, commissions, districts, or other18
political subdivisions, or with any person, firm, partnership, or corporation, with the19
view of accomplishing the construction, maintenance, and operation of pumping20
facilities and appurtenant pipeline facilities, the purpose of which would be to21
provide fresh water for said Bayou Lafourche. In the event that such pumping22
facilities and appurtenant pipeline facilities are constructed, erected, or installed by23
the state of Louisiana, the office of public works engineering of the Department of24 ENROLLEDHB NO. 413
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Transportation and Development, state of Louisiana, the Coastal Protection and1
Restoration Authority, the board of commissioners for the Lafourche Basin Levee2
District, the board of commissioners for the Atchafalaya Basin Levee District, the3
board of commissioners for the Lafourche Parish Water District No. 1 or other local4
interests, and the board of commissioners for the Bayou Lafourche Freshwater5
District, or any of them, it shall be the obligation of the board of commissioners for6
the Bayou Lafourche Fresh Water District, and the board is hereby authorized and7
directed to operate and maintain such pumping and pipeline facilities so as to provide8
an adequate supply of fresh water in Bayou Lafourche.9
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L.(1) With the approval of the Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority,11
the board of commissioners, in addition to any other powers and duties provided by12
law, may establish on its own behalf or for the areas under its authority, particularly13
but not limited to the banks of Bayou Lafourche, water resources development and14
integrated coastal protection, including but not limited to the studying, engineering,15
designing, planning, maintenance, operation, and construction of erosion control16
measures, marsh management, coastal restoration, reservoirs, diversion canals,17
gravity and pump drainage systems, and other works as such activities, facilities, and18
improvements relate to integrated coastal protection, conservation, water resources19
development, and saltwater intrusion. To that end and only upon approval of the20
Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority, the board of commissioners may21
regulate the location, construction, or use of any building or structure within the22
district, where such building or structure threatens to interfere with water resources23
development and integrated coastal protection.24
(2) The board of commissioners may enter into contracts or other25
agreements, including cooperative endeavor agreements, with any public or private26
person or persons, corporation, association, or other entity, including the Coastal27
Protection and Restoration Authority, the state, and other agencies thereof, public28
corporations, port authorities, levee districts, parishes, other political subdivisions,29
or the United States government or agencies thereof, or any combination thereof, or30 ENROLLEDHB NO. 413
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with the instrumentalities of any kind to provide water resources development and1
integrated coastal protection, and to this end, may contract for the acceptance of any2
grant of money upon the terms and conditions, including any requirement of3
matching the grants in whole or in part, that may be necessary.4
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§3086.26. Engineering services by Department of Transportation and Development6
Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority7
The Department of Transportation and Development Coastal Protection and8
Restoration Authority is authorized and directed to provide such engineering9
assistance, advice, and supervision and shall provide such requests, investigations,10
surveys, plans, and specifications as said the board of commissioners may require.11
It shall be the duty of the Department of Transportation and Development Coastal12
Protection and Restoration Authority to provide an appropriate representative to13
attend meetings of the board of commissioners when such attendance is requested14
by the board. The board of commissioners may hire employees and fix their15
compensation and terms of employment as the board may determine to be necessary16
in order to carry out the purposes of this Part.17
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATI VES
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED: