HLS 15RS-551 ORIGINAL
2015 Regular Session
HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOL UTION NO. 156
BY REPRESENTATIVE HOFFMANN
ENVIRONMENT: Recognizes that the development and implementation of environmental
policies shall be cognizant of the rights of our citizens and national and state
sovereignty
1 A CONCURRENT RESOL UTION
2To recognize that any development and implementation of environmental policies shall be
3 cognizant of the constitutional rights of our citizens and the sovereignty of the
4 United States of America and the state of Louisiana.
5 WHEREAS, at the dawn of the environmental protection movement, the dilemma
6arose of determining the divide between environmental policy and private property rights;
7and
8 WHEREAS, this question is of no greater importance than in this country as its
9founding was centered on protecting the life, liberty, and property of the people of the
10thirteen original colonies and where those principals have been the driving force in
11establishing the greatest nation in history; and
12 WHEREAS, the expansion of the development and implementation of environmental
13policies that embrace sustainable development has international origins created without
14regard to American concepts of private property ownership and the sovereignty of the
15federal and state governments, both embodied in the United States Constitution and the
16Louisiana Constitution of 1974; and
17 WHEREAS, nongovernmental organizations, such as the International Council of
18Environmental Initiatives, Local Governments for Sustainability, and International League
19of Cities, promote these environmental policies directly to local governments and local and
20regional planning commissions by providing grants for implementation; and
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1 WHEREAS, the environmental polices of sustainable development, such as smart
2growth, wildlands project, resilient cities, regional visioning projects, and other "green" or
3"alternative" projects, have indeed been mirrored in local communities throughout the
4United States.
5 THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Legislature of Louisiana does hereby
6recognize that any development and implementation of environmental policies shall be
7cognizant of the constitutional rights of our citizens and the sovereignty of the United States
8of America and the state of Louisiana.
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 156 Original 2015 Regular Session Hoffmann
Recognizes that any development and implementation of environmental policies shall be
cognizant of the constitutional rights of our citizens and national and state sovereignty.
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