2018 Regular Session ENROLLED
SENATE BILL NO. 432
BY SENATOR CHABERT
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 six 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, in
10 this Section, develop a master plan for integrated coastal protection and an annual
11 plan for integrated coastal protection for protecting, conserving, enhancing, and
12 restoring the coastal area through the construction and management of integrated
13 coastal protection projects and programs, including privately funded marsh
14 management projects or plans, and addressing those activities requiring a coastal use
15 permit which significantly affect such projects, all consistent with the legislative
16 intent as expressed in R.S. 49:214.1, and which plan shall be subject to the approval
17 of the legislature as provided in Subsection B of this Section and Subsection E of this
18 Section. In addition, the board, in accordance with the procedures set forth herein in
19 this Section including legislative approval, shall review, revise, and amend the
20 master plan when necessary or, at a minimum, every five six years.
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1 Section 2. The comprehensive master plan for integrated coastal protection projects
2 adopted pursuant to Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 1 of the 2017 Regular Session of the
3 Louisiana Legislature shall remain in effect through Fiscal Year 2023 at which time a new
4 comprehensive master plan for integrated coastal protection projects shall be developed and
5 presented to the legislature for adoption under the six-year renewal and revision schedule
6 contained in this Act.
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED:
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