DIGEST
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or proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)]
HB 691 Engrossed 2017 Regular Session Hodges
Abstract: Establishes penalties for parishes and municipalities not applying for flood control
project funding.
Present law provides for revision of the flood control database by the La. Geological Survey every
four years.
Proposed law modifies present law by requiring the Floodplain Evaluation and Management
Commission review and revise the flood control database at least once every five years.
Proposed law specifies that the Floodplain Evaluation and Management Commission consists of the
following:
(1)The Dept. of Transportation and Development.
(2)The Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority.
(3)The office of community development.
(4)The Governor's Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness.
(5)A member from the House Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works.
(6)A member from the Senate Committee on Transportation, Highways, and Public Works.
Proposed law requires the Floodplain Evaluation and Management Commission to ensure that no
development in a parish or municipality will have negative or detrimental effects on another parish
or municipality.
Proposed law requires the Floodplain Evaluation and Management Commission to ensure that work
in any basin area across parish or municipal boundaries is performed according to contractual
obligations or state law.
Proposed law requires the Floodplain Evaluation and Management Commission to report to the Joint
Committee on Transportation, Highways, and Public Works at the beginning of the next legislative
session if they fail to perform the review and revision of the database. Present law allows parishes and municipalities to apply for state funding for flood-control projects.
Proposed law requires that Sep. 1
st
of the year immediately following a gubernatorial disaster
declaration, the Dept. of Transportation and Development send notice to any eligible municipality
or parish specifying eligible flood-control projects.
Proposed law requires that by Oct. 1
st
of the year following the disaster declaration a parish or
municipality must submit an application for flood-control project funding.
Proposed law requires the Dept. of Transportation and Development to send notice to those
municipalities or parishes that do not apply for funding by the application deadline indicating they
must apply within 180 days in order to be eligible for funding.
Present law authorizes the Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority Board, La. Geological
Survey, division of administration, U.S. Soil Conservation Service, and other agencies to review
applications.
Proposed law removes the La. Geological Survey from the list of agencies reviewing applications.
Present law requires that the final revision of the flood information database by the La. Geological
Survey be furnished to the Joint Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works and the
Flood Control Project Evaluation Committee prior to the 1983 regular session.
Proposed law modifies present law such that the final revision of the flood information database by
the Floodplain Evaluation and Management Commission to be furnished to the Joint Committee on
Transportation, Highways and Public Works and the Flood Control Project Evaluation Committee
prior to the 2022 regular session.
Proposed law requires that the final revision of the flood information database pertaining to the
Amite River Basin be furnished to the Joint Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public
Works and the Flood Control Project Evaluation Committee prior to the 2020 regular session.
Present law requires the Flood Control Project Evaluation Committee to submit a list of
recommended projects, and supporting data, to the Joint Committee on Transportation, Highways
and Public Works beginning with the 1984 regular session.
Proposed law modifies present law such that the Flood Control Project Evaluation Committee must
submit a list of recommended projects, and supporting data, to the Joint Committee on
Transportation, Highways and Public Works beginning with the 2023 regular session.
(Amends R.S. 38:90.2(A), 90.4(A)(1) and (B)(1), and 90.5(A); Adds R.S. 38:90.2(C) and
90.4(A)(3))