RÉSUMÉ DIGEST
ACT 448 (HB 116) 2018 Regular Session Zeringue
Existing law authorizes the executive director of the Coastal Protection and Restoration
Authority (CPRA) to use his contracting authority, or the contracting authority of any state
department or agency, for the operation and maintenance of an integrated coastal protection
project. Specifies that the contracting authority includes construction management at risk,
operation and maintenance, design-build, design-build-operate and maintain, design-build-
finance-operate and maintain, outcome-based performance contracts, or any combination of
design, construction, finance, and services.
New law requires the CPRA to promulgate, through the Administrative Procedure Act, rules,
regulations, or guidelines for the implementation of the contracting authority.
New law requires sunset review of the CPRA and the CPRA Board for July 1, 2023. Further
provides for a sunset review every six years thereafter to coincide with the review and
adoption of the comprehensive master plan for coastal restoration.
Effective August 1, 2018.
(Amends R.S. 49:214.6.2(A); Adds R.S. 49:191(11)(a))