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SENATE BILL NO. 436
BY SENATORS LONG, AMEDEE, BROWN, CORTEZ, CROWE, GUILLORY, JOHNS,
KOSTELKA, MORRELL, MORRISH, MURRAY, PEACOCK, RISER,
JOHN SMITH, TARVER, THOMPSON, WALSWORTH AND WHITE
AND REPRESENTATIVES HOWARD, BERTHELOT, BILLIOT,
WESLEY BISHOP, BROWN, BURFORD, HENRY BURNS,
CARMODY, COX, DANAHAY, EDWARDS, FOIL, GAROFALO,
HARRIS, HAZEL, HENRY, HILL, HONORE, HUNTER, KATRINA
JACKSON, JONES, NANCY LANDRY, LEBAS, LEOPOLD, LIGI,
LORUSSO, MORENO, NORTON, ORTEGO, REYNOLDS AND
WILLMOTT
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
waters over which the Aauthority has jurisdiction or over which the Aauthority has18
legal control;.19
(b) however, the The written concurrence of the governor shall be required20
for any contracts and other agreements which provide for the sale, utilization,21
distribution, or consumption, outside of the boundaries of the state of Louisiana, of22 SB NO. 436 ENROLLED
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the waters over which the Authority authority has jurisdiction or control.1
(c) The written concurrence of the Senate Committee on Natural2
Resources and the House Committee on Natural Resources and Environment3
shall be required for any contracts and other agreements which provide for the4
sale, utilization, distribution, or consumption, outside of the boundaries of the5
state of Louisiana, of the waters over which the authority has jurisdiction or6
control.7
(d) In addition, at least two-thirds of the governing authorities of the8
parishes within the territorial jurisdiction of the authority shall concur before9
the authority can enter into any contracts or other agreements which provide10
for the sale, utilization, distribution, or consumption, outside of the boundaries11
of the state of Louisiana, of the waters over which the authority has jurisdiction12
or control. However, the concurrence from each of the parish governing13
authorities shall be by resolution, adopted by a two-thirds vote of the members14
of each of the parish governing authorities.15
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PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED: