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Regular Session, 2012
HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTI ON NO. 144
BY REPRESENTATIVE CHAMPAGNE
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTI ON
To urge and request the Governor's Advisory Commission on Coastal Restoration,
Protection and Conservation to review the funding opportunities available for the
2012 Coastal Master Plan and report to the legislature and the governor's office
regarding the expected level of local, state, federal, and private funding required to
achieve the goals of the plan and to recommend steps to be taken to timely secure
each component of this funding.
WHEREAS, the 2012 Coastal Master Plan provides a fifty-year, fifty billion dollar
base plan to restore and sustain the Louisiana coast; and
WHEREAS, the funding for this plan is to be derived from both private and public
dollars, including federal, state, and local funding; and
WHEREAS, state and local funding will be an important funding source for the
coastal plan and Louisiana residents need a good appreciation for the amount and timing of
state and local funding necessary in order to properly support the activities of the 2012
Coastal Master Plan; and
WHEREAS, the current public and private funding sources were not designed to
support the size of the coastal program currently contemplated by the 2012 Coastal Master
Plan and consideration must be given to how coastal funding can be set at a consistent and
appropriate level to timely achieve the goals of the 2012 Coastal Master Plan; and
WHEREAS, R.S. 49:214.4.1(E)(6) tasks the Governor's Advisory Commission on
Coastal Restoration, Protection and Conservation to assist in the identification of potential
sources of funding for integrated coastal protection programs and to develop advice with
respect to developing recommendations for expenditures which are in the best interest of the
state. ENROLLEDHCR NO. 144
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THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Legislature of Louisiana does hereby
urge and request the Governor's Advisory Commission on Coastal Restoration, Protection
and Conservation to review the funding opportunities available for the 2012 Coastal Master
Plan and report to the governor's office, the Senate Committee on Finance, the Senate Select
Committee on Coastal Restoration and Flood Control, the House Committee on
Appropriations, the House Committee on Natural Resources and Environment, and the
House Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works regarding the expected
level of local, state, federal, and private funding required to achieve the goals of the plan and
to recommend steps to be taken to timely secure each component of this funding.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Governor's Advisory Commission on Coastal
Restoration, Protection and Conservation may solicit and utilize input and analysis from
relevant and reliable sources to complete the requested report.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be provided to the
Governor's Advisory Commission on Coastal Restoration, Protection and Conservation.
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATI VES
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE