HLS 15RS-428 ORIGINAL
2015 Regular Session
HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOL UTION NO. 1
BY REPRESENTATIVE DOVE
COASTAL RESOURCES: Approves the 2015-2016 annual plan for integrated coastal
protection and restoration
1 A CONCURRENT RESOL UTION
2To approve the annual integrated coastal protection plan for Fiscal Year 2015-2016 as
3 adopted by the Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority.
4 WHEREAS, R.S. 49:214.5.1 et seq. creates the Coastal Protection and Restoration
5Authority Board to represent the state's position in policy relative to the protection,
6conservation, enhancement, and restoration of the coastal area of the state through oversight
7of integrated coastal protection projects and programs; and
8 WHEREAS, R.S. 49:214.5.1 et seq. provides that the board shall develop, coordinate,
9make reports on, and provide oversight for the comprehensive coastal protection annual
10plan; and
11 WHEREAS, R.S. 49:214.5.1 et seq. provides for the creation, duties, and
12responsibilities of the Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority as the implementation
13and enforcement arm of the board and through its offices and officers shall be responsible
14for the implementation and enforcement of the annual state integrated coastal protection
15plan; and
16 WHEREAS, the annual state integrated coastal protection plan represents the state
17policy for protecting, conserving, and restoring Louisiana's coastal area through the
18construction and management of integrated coastal protection projects and programs,
19including coastal protection and restoration projects and hurricane protection projects, which
20are projects that may require, without limitation, funding for associated measures such as the
21beneficial use of dredged material, rehabilitation and repair of state restoration projects,
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1environmental and regulatory compliance, acquisition of land easements, right-of-ways,
2relocations and disposal areas (LERRDS), maintenance programs, conservation and
3restoration partnerships, reserve fund contingencies, and other innovative programs,
4provided that such funding for associated measures shall be allocated to the projects based
5on priority status as identified by the annual state integrated coastal protection plan in order
6to more effectively respond to the ever-changing coastal crisis; and
7 WHEREAS, as required under the provisions of R.S. 49:214.5.3, the annual state
8integrated coastal protection plan adopted by the authority must be submitted to the Senate
9Committee on Natural Resources and the House Committee on Natural Resources and
10Environment and the Senate Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works and
11the House Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works, on or before the
12fifteenth day of the regular legislative session of each year; and
13 WHEREAS, these committees must provide guidance for and approval of the annual
14state integrated coastal protection plan; and
15 WHEREAS, the annual state integrated coastal protection plan shall become
16effective and shall be implemented upon approval of the annual plan by a majority of both
17houses of the legislature, or if a majority of both houses of the legislature fails to disapprove
18the annual state integrated coastal protection plan by July 1, 2015, it shall become
19immediately effective and implemented.
20 THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Legislature of Louisiana does hereby
21approve the Fiscal Year 2015-2016 annual plan for integrated coastal protection, as adopted
22by the Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority.
23 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to the
24chairman of the Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority.
DIGEST
The digest printed below was prepared by House Legislative Services. It constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument. The keyword, one-liner, abstract, and digest do not constitute
part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)]
HCR 1 Original 2015 Regular Session Dove
Approves the 2015-2016 annual plan for integrated coastal protection, as adopted by the
Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority.
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