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Regular Session, 2012
HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTI ON NO. 16
BY REPRESENTATIVE FOIL
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTI ON
To approve rules promulgated by the Amite River Basin Drainage and Water Conservation
District, hereinafter, "ARBC", relative to the acquisition of property for the Comite
Diversion Canal Project.
WHEREAS, R.S. 38:3306(F) provides that the board of the ARBC may expropriate
property subject to and in accordance with R.S. 48:411 through 460, expropriation
procedures for the Department of Transportation and Development; and
WHEREAS, the board has specifically made acquisition of mitigation property for
the purpose of the Comite River Diversion Canal Project under the proposed rules subject
to and in accordance with Act No. 734 of the 2010 Regular Session of the Legislature; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to R.S. 38:3306(A), the board adopted rules and regulations
to establish policies and procedures for the acquisition of property for the Comite Diversion
Canal Project; and
WHEREAS, R.S. 38:3306(A) provides that such rules and regulations shall be
submitted to the House Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works and the
Senate Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works for oversight; and
WHEREAS, the ARBC complied with the law and submitted the proposed rules to
both committees, however neither committee held a hearing on the proposed rules; and
WHEREAS, the subject matter and intent of the proposed rules are of vital
importance to the people of Ascension, East Baton Rouge, and Livingston parishes; and
WHEREAS, it is also of vital importance that the proposed rules be reviewed for
their content and affect; and
WHEREAS, what better process than to have the proposed rules reviewed and
approved by the Legislature of Louisiana. ENROLLEDHCR NO. 16
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THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Legislature of Louisiana does hereby
declare that it has reviewed and approved the proposed rules of the Amite River Basin
Drainage and Water Conservation District, relative to the establishment of policies and
procedures for the acquisition of property for the Comite Diversion Canal Project.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the office of the state register is hereby directed
to print the adopted rules that were submitted in the Notice of Intent published in the state
register on September 20, 2011.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to the
office of the state register, the Amite River Basin Drainage and Water Conservation District,
and the parish governing authorities of Ascension, East Baton Rouge, and Livingston
parishes.
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATI VES
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE