SLS 18RS-505 ORIGINAL
2018 Regular Session
SENATE BILL NO. 432
BY SENATOR CHABERT
COASTAL PROTECT/RES AUTH. Requires the Coastal Protection and Restoration
Authority Board to develop a coastal master plan, at a minimum, every four years. (8/1/18)
1 AN ACT
2 To amend and reenact R.S. 49:214.5.3(A)(1), relative to the coastal protection master plan;
3 to require the Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority Board to develop a
4 master plan, at a minimum, every four years; and to provide for related matters.
5 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
6 Section 1. R.S. 49:214.5.3(A)(1) is hereby amended and reenacted to read as
7 follows:
8 ยง214.5.3. Coastal protection annual plans; development; priorities
9 A.(1) The board shall, in accordance with the procedures set forth herein,
10 develop a master plan for integrated coastal protection and an annual plan for
11 integrated coastal protection for protecting, conserving, enhancing, and restoring the
12 coastal area through the construction and management of integrated coastal
13 protection projects and programs, including privately funded marsh management
14 projects or plans, and addressing those activities requiring a coastal use permit which
15 significantly affect such projects, all consistent with the legislative intent as
16 expressed in R.S. 49:214.1, and which plan shall be subject to the approval of the
17 legislature as provided in Subsection B of this Section and Subsection E of this
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SLS 18RS-505 ORIGINAL
1 Section. In addition, the board, in accordance with the procedures set forth herein
2 including legislative approval, shall review, revise, and amend the master plan when
3 necessary or, at a minimum, every five four years.
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The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument, were prepared by Alan Miller.
DIGEST
SB 432 Original 2018 Regular Session Chabert
Present law requires the CPRA board to develop a coastal master plan when necessary, or
at a minimum, every five years.
Proposed law changes the five year requirement to four years.
Effective August 1, 2018.
(Amends R.S. 49:214.5.3(A)(1))
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Coding: Words which are struck through are deletions from existing law;
words in boldface type and underscored are additions.