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Regular Session, 2014
SENATE BILL NO. 141
BY SENATOR LONG
WATER/WATERWAYS. Extends the time when the state may enter into a cooperative
endeavor agreement for the sale of surface water. (8/1/14)
AN ACT1
To amend and reenact R.S. 30:961(E), relative to cooperative endeavor agreements for the2
withdrawal of surface water; to extend the time frame within which opportunities for3
cooperative endeavor agreements for such withdrawal may be entered into; to4
provide terms, conditions, and requirements; and to provide for related matters.5
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:6
Section 1. R.S. 30:961(E) is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows: 7
ยง961. Cooperative endeavor agreements; withdrawal of surface water; intent8
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E.(1) A cooperative endeavor agreement to withdraw running surface water,10
or an assignment of such, entered into pursuant to the provisions of this Chapter shall11
have an initial term not to exceed two years. No new cooperative endeavor12
agreement shall be entered into for which an application was received by the13
department after December 31, 2014 2016; however, except as otherwise provided14
in this Subsection, existing agreements may be renewed in two-year increments but15
shall terminate no later than December 31, 2020.16
(2) A person or entity who has entered into a cooperative endeavor agreement17 SB NO. 141
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to withdraw running surface waters or has obtained an assignment of such, may1
terminate such agreement after December 31, 2014 2016. In order to be effective, the2
person or entity seeking to terminate shall provide written notice by certified mail3
to the secretary at least thirty days prior to termination.4
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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
Long (SB 141)
Present law allows a person or entity to enter into a cooperative endeavor agreement to
withdraw running surface water.
Present law requires that a cooperative endeavor agreement to withdraw running surface
water will have an initial term not to exceed two years. Further requires that no new
cooperative endeavor agreement can be entered into for which an application was received
by DNR after December 31, 2014.
Proposed law retains present law but extends the date for which an application can be
received from December 31, 2014, to December 31, 2016.
Present law provides that a person or entity who enters into a cooperative endeavor
agreement to withdraw running surface waters may terminate such agreement after
December 31, 2014.
Proposed law retains present law but extends the termination date from December 31, 2014,
to December 31, 2016.
Effective August 1, 2014.
(Amends R.S. 30:961(E))