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Regular Session, 2012
SENATE BILL NO. 436
BY SENATOR LONG
WATER/WATERWAYS. Requires the Sabine River Authority to obtain approval for out
of state water sales by the governing authorities of each parish in its territory. (8/1/12)
AN ACT1
To amend and reenact R.S. 38:2325(A)(16), relative to the Sabine River Authority; to2
provide for the powers and duties of the authority; to provide rules, conditions, and3
requirement for the sale, utilization, distribution, or consumption of water outside the4
state; and to provide for related matters.5
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:6
Section 1. R.S. 38:2325(A)(16) is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows:7
ยง2325. Powers8
A. Said authority shall have the power:9
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(16)(a) To enter into any and all contracts and other agreements with any11
person, real or artificial, any public or private entity, any government or12
governmental agency, including the United States of America, the state of Texas, the13
Sabine River Authority of Texas, the state of Louisiana, and the agencies, bureaus,14
departments, and political subdivisions thereof, which contracts and other15
agreements may provide for the sale, conservation, storage, utilization, preservation,16
distribution, or consumption, whether within or without the state of Louisiana, of the17 SB NO. 436
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waters over which the Aauthority has jurisdiction or over which the Aauthority has1
legal control;.2
(b) however, the The written concurrence of the governor shall be required3
for any contracts and other agreements which provide for the sale, utilization,4
distribution, or consumption, outside of the boundaries of the state of Louisiana, of5
the waters over which the Authority has jurisdiction or control.6
(c) The written concurrence, by resolution and two-thirds vote, of the7
local governing authority of each parish in the territory of the Sabine River8
Authority shall be required for any contracts and other agreements which9
provide for the sale, utilization, distribution, or consumption, outside of the10
boundaries of the state of Louisiana, of the waters over which the authority has11
jurisdiction or control. In addition, at least two-thirds of all the local governing12
authorities in the territory of the Sabine River Authority shall concur before the13
authority can enter into any such contract or other agreements.14
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The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument, were prepared by McHenry Lee.
DIGEST
Present law authorizes the Sabine River Authority to enter into contracts which provide for
the sale, utilization, distribution, or consumption of water outside the boundaries of the state
and requires the written consent of the governor for such contracts.
Proposed law retains present law but also requires the written concurrence by two-thirds vote
of the local governing authority of each parish in the territory of the authority and the
concurrence of at least two-thirds of all the local governing authorities in the territory of the
Sabine River Authority.
Effective August 1, 2012.
(Amends R.S. 38:2325(A)(16))