ENROLLED
2015 Regular Session
HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOL UTION NO. 1
BY REPRESENTATIVES DOVE AND WHITNEY AND SENATOR GARY SMI TH
A CONCURRENT RESOL UTION
To approve the annual integrated coastal protection plan for Fiscal Year 2015-2016 as
adopted by the Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority.
WHEREAS, R.S. 49:214.5.1 et seq. creates the Coastal Protection and Restoration
Authority Board to represent the state's position in policy relative to the protection,
conservation, enhancement, and restoration of the coastal area of the state through oversight
of integrated coastal protection projects and programs; and
WHEREAS, R.S. 49:214.5.1 et seq. provides that the board shall develop, coordinate,
make reports on, and provide oversight for the comprehensive coastal protection annual
plan; and
WHEREAS, R.S. 49:214.5.1 et seq. provides for the creation, duties, and
responsibilities of the Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority as the implementation
and enforcement arm of the board and through its offices and officers shall be responsible
for the implementation and enforcement of the annual state integrated coastal protection
plan; and
WHEREAS, the annual state integrated coastal protection plan represents the state
policy for protecting, conserving, and restoring Louisiana's coastal area through the
construction and management of integrated coastal protection projects and programs,
including coastal protection and restoration projects and hurricane protection projects, which
are projects that may require, without limitation, funding for associated measures such as the
beneficial use of dredged material, rehabilitation and repair of state restoration projects,
environmental and regulatory compliance, acquisition of land easements, rights-of-way,
relocations and disposal areas (LERRDS), maintenance programs, conservation and
restoration partnerships, reserve fund contingencies, and other innovative programs,
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provided that such funding for associated measures shall be allocated to the projects based
on priority status as identified by the annual state integrated coastal protection plan in order
to more effectively respond to the ever-changing coastal crisis; and
WHEREAS, as required under the provisions of R.S. 49:214.5.3, the annual state
integrated coastal protection plan adopted by the authority must be submitted to the Senate
Committee on Natural Resources and the House Committee on Natural Resources and
Environment and the Senate Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works and
the House Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works, on or before the
fifteenth day of the regular legislative session of each year; and
WHEREAS, these committees must provide guidance for and approval of the annual
state integrated coastal protection plan; and
WHEREAS, the annual state integrated coastal protection plan shall become
effective and shall be implemented upon approval of the annual plan by a majority of both
houses of the legislature, or if a majority of both houses of the legislature fails to disapprove
the annual state integrated coastal protection plan by July 1, 2015, it shall become
immediately effective and implemented.
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Legislature of Louisiana does hereby
approve the Fiscal Year 2015-2016 annual plan for integrated coastal protection, as adopted
by the Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to the
chairman of the Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority.
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
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