SLS 14RS-779 ORIGINAL
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Regular Session, 2014
SENATE BILL NO. 391
BY SENATOR CHABERT
TRANSPORTATION/DEV DEPT. Provides relative to Statewide Flood-Control Program.
(8/1/14)
AN ACT1
To amend and reenact R.S. 38:90.1(1) and (10), relative to the statewide flood-control2
program; to define certain terms; and to provide for related matters.3
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:4
Section 1. R.S. 38:90.1(1) and (10) are hereby amended and reenacted to read as5
follows: 6
ยง90.1. Definitions7
As used in this Chapter, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, the8
following terms shall have the meanings ascribed to them as follows:9
(1) "Authority" means a parish or municipality, or both, authorized by law10
to perform governmental functions and any special district created for the purpose11
of drainage and/or flood control.12
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(10) "Project" means a program or engineering activity, either new or14
continuing, exclusive of modifications to drainage structures located within state15
highway rights -of-way right-of-way, that will be planned and implemented with the16
primary goal being the reduction of existing flood damages.17 SB NO. 391
SLS 14RS-779 ORIGINAL
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The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument, were prepared by Jerry J. Guillot.
DIGEST
Chabert (SB 391)
Present law, relative to the statewide flood-control program, defines "authority" as a parish
or municipality, or both, authorized by law to perform governmental functions and any
special district created for the purpose of drainage and/or flood control.
Also defines "project" as a program or engineering activity, either new or continuing,
exclusive of modifications to drainage structures located within state highway right-of-way,
that will be planned and implemented with the primary goal being the reduction of existing
flood damages.
Proposed law makes technical corrections. Otherwise retains present law.
Effective August 1, 2014.
(Amends R.S. 38:90.1(1) and (10))