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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 six years and includes
a four-year projection of funding of projects and programs in the annual plan. (8/1/18)
1 AN ACT
2 To amend and reenact R.S. 49:214.5.3(A), relative to the coastal protection master plan; to
3 require the Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority Board to develop a master
4 plan, at a minimum, every six years; to require the Coastal Protection and
5 Restoration Authority Board to include at least a four-year projection of funding of
6 projects and programs in the annual plan; and to provide for related matters.
7 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
8 Section 1. R.S. 49:214.5.3(A) is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows:
9 ยง214.5.3. Coastal protection annual plans; development; priorities
10 A.(1) The board shall, in accordance with the procedures set forth herein,
11 develop a master plan for integrated coastal protection and an annual plan for
12 integrated coastal protection for protecting, conserving, enhancing, and restoring the
13 coastal area through the construction and management of integrated coastal
14 protection projects and programs, including privately funded marsh management
15 projects or plans, and addressing those activities requiring a coastal use permit which
16 significantly affect such projects, all consistent with the legislative intent as
17 expressed in R.S. 49:214.1, and which plan shall be subject to the approval of the
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1 legislature as provided in Subsection B of this Section and Subsection E of this
2 Section. In addition, the board, in accordance with the procedures set forth herein
3 including legislative approval, shall review, revise, and amend the master plan when
4 necessary or, at a minimum, every five six years. The master plan adopted by the
5 legislature in 2017 shall be effective for six years.
6 (2) The master plan and the annual plan shall include requests for funding of
7 projects and programs related to integrated coastal protection. The annual plan shall
8 include at least a three-year four-year projection of funding of projects and
9 programs related to integrated coastal protection, including, but not limited to,
10 relevant public or private funding sources.
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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 Engrossed 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 six years.
Proposed law provides that the 2017 master plan be effective through 2023.
Present law requires the CPRA board to include at least a three-year projection of funding
of projects and programs in the annual plan.
Proposed law changes the three-year projection to a four-year projection.
Effective August 1, 2018.
(Amends R.S. 49:214.5.3(A))
Summary of Amendments Adopted by Senate
Committee Amendments Proposed by Senate Committee on Natural Resources to
the original bill
1. Changes the four-year requirement for adoption of the master plan to a
six-year requirement.
2. Makes the 2017 master plan effective through 2023.
3. Requires the CPRA board to include a four-year projection of funding of
projects and programs in the annual plan rather than current three-year
projection.
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