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Regular Session, 2012
SENATE BILL NO. 502
BY SENATOR CLAITOR
WATER QUALITY. Requires annual reports from certain special districts regarding its
groundwater resources. (gov sig)
AN ACT1
To enact R.S. 38:3097.8, relative to water quality; to provide for annual reports from certain2
special districts regarding water quality and use and saltwater intrusion or3
encroachment; and to provide for related matters.4
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:5
Section 1. R.S. 38:3097.8 is hereby enacted to read as follows:6
ยง3097.8. Annual report regarding ground water quality and saltwater intrusion7
A. On or before January first annually, each water conservation district,8
fresh water district, and groundwater conservation district created by law shall9
submit a written report of the district's groundwater resources to the10
commissioner of conservation, the Ground Water Resources Commission, the11
Ground Water Management Advisory Task Force, the Senate Committee on12
Natural Resources, and the House Committee on Natural Resources and13
Environment. The report shall include but not be limited to the amount of14
water used for residential, commercial or industrial, or agricultural purposes,15
respectively; actual and projected saltwater intrusion or encroachment; and any16
current or projected sale of water for use outside of the state, including the17 SB NO. 502
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amount of water so sold and the price paid by each out-of-state user.1
B. For purposes of the annual report, the amount of water used for2
agricultural purposes may be estimated.3
Section 2. This Act shall become effective upon signature by the governor or, if not4
signed by the governor, upon expiration of the time for bills to become law without signature5
by the governor, as provided by Article III, Section 18 of the Constitution of Louisiana. If6
vetoed by the governor and subsequently approved by the legislature, this Act shall become7
effective on the day following such approval.8
The original instrument was prepared by Jerry J. Guillot. The following
digest, which does not constitute a part of the legislative instrument, was
prepared by Nancy Vicknair.
DIGEST
Claitor (SB 502)
Proposed law requires that, on or before January 1 annually, each water conservation district,
fresh water district, and groundwater conservation district created by law submit a written
report of the district's groundwater resources to the commissioner of conservation, the
Ground Water Resources Commission, the Ground Water Management Advisory Task
Force, the Senate Committee on Natural Resources, and the House Committee on Natural
Resources and Environment. Requires that the report include but not be limited to, the
amount of water used for residential, commercial or industrial, or agricultural purposes,
respectively; actual and projected saltwater intrusion or encroachment; and any current or
projected sale of water for use outside of the state, including the amount of water so sold and
the price paid by each out-of-state user.
Proposed law provides that, for purposes of the annual report, the amount of water used for
agricultural purposes may be estimated.
Effective upon signature of the governor or lapse of time for gubernatorial action.
(Adds R.S. 38:3097.8)
Summary of Amendments Adopted by Senate
Senate Floor Amendments to engrossed bill.
1. Authorizes an estimation of water used for agricultural purposes to be
included in the annual report.