GREEN SHEET REDIGEST
HB 691 2017 Regular Session Hodges
(KEYWORD, SUMMARY, AND DIGEST as amended by Senate committee
amendments)
DISTRICTS/DRAINAGE: Provides relative to the Statewide Flood-Control Program.
DIGEST
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
provided funds are specifically appropriated to the DOTD office of engineering.
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.
(7)The secretary of the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries or his designee.
Proposed law provides that the secretary of DOTD or his designee shall serve as chairman
of the commission.
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 submit
a written report to the Joint Committee on Transportation, Highways, and Public Works at
the beginning of the next regular 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 Sept. 1
st
of the year immediately following a gubernatorial flood
disaster declaration, the Dept. of Transportation and Development send notice to any eligible
municipality or parish containing information regarding the application procedures and
deadlines to submit eligible flood control projects.
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Prepared by Sharon F. Lyles. 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.
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))
Effective August 1, 2017.
Summary of Amendments Adopted by House
The House Floor Amendments to the engrossed bill:
1. Add to the Floodplain Evaluation and Management Commission:
(a)A member of the House of Representatives representing St. Helena
Parish.
(b)A member of the House of Representatives representing Livingston
Parish.
(c)A member of the House of Representatives representing East Feliciana
Parish.
Summary of Amendments Adopted by Senate
Committee Amendments Proposed by Senate Committee on Transportation, Highways,
and Public Works to the reengrossed bill
1. Conditions requirement for commission to review and revise statewide flood
information database upon specific appropriation of funds to DOTD office of
engineering.
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Prepared by Sharon F. Lyles. 2. Removes members from commission from the House of Representatives who
represent St. Helena, Livingston, and East Feliciana Parishes.
3. Adds secretary of the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries or his designee as a
member of the commission.
4. Adds that the secretary of DOTD or his designee shall serve as chairman of the
commission.
5. Adds that a gubernatorial flood disaster triggers requirement for DOTD to notify
a municipality or parish of information containing application procedures and
submission deadlines regarding eligible flood control projects.
6. Removes requirement for DOTD to provide a second notice to a municipality or
parish that fails to submit an application following a flood disaster declaration.
7. Makes technical changes.
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Prepared by Sharon F. Lyles.