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Regular Session, 2012
HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTI ON NO. 7
BY REPRESENTATIVES HENSGENS, CHAMPAGNE, CONNI CK, GISCLAIR, GUINN,
HUVAL, NANCY LANDRY, LOPINTO, AND WILLMOTT
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTI ON
To memorialize the United States Congress to take such actions as are necessary to assist the
Vermilion Parish Police Jury in regards to the regulatory permitting process and
associated mitigation requirements involving maintenance activity performed by
drainage districts in the parish.
WHEREAS, the Vermilion Parish Police Jury designated and created drainage
districts within the Parish with specific boundaries and appointed certain commissioners to
perform any and all acts in the district's corporate capacity and its corporate name necessary
and proper for the carrying on of the purposes and objects of its incorporation as
contemplated by the statute under which it was organized; and
WHEREAS, the drainage districts regularly perform maintenance of certain drainage
facilities which fall under the jurisdiction of federal regulatory agencies which require
permitting in accordance with Section 404 of the Clean Waters Act and Section 10 of the
Rivers and Harbors Act; and
WHEREAS, the drainage districts have experienced extreme delays and financial
hardships directly related to processing and obtaining the necessary permits and potential
costly mitigation charges which they are not in a financial position to incur; and
WHEREAS, the drainage districts have requested assistance from the Vermilion
Parish Policy Jury in addressing their concerns to certain regulatory agencies.
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Legislature of Louisiana does hereby
memorialize the United States Congress to take such actions as are necessary to assist the
Vermilion Parish Police Jury in regards to the regulatory permitting process and associated
mitigation requirements involving maintenance activity performed by drainage districts in
the parish. ENROLLEDHCR NO. 7
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BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to the
presiding officers of the Senate and the House of Representatives of the Congress of the
United States of America, to each member of the Louisiana congressional delegation, and
to the Vermilion Parish Police Jury.
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATI VES
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE