RÉSUMÉ DIGEST
ACT 474 (SB 524) 2018 Regular Session Long
Prior law authorized the Sabine River Authority (SRA) to enter into any and all contracts that
provide for the sale, conservation, storage, utilization, preservation, distribution, or
consumption, whether within or without the state of Louisiana, of the waters over which the
SRA has jurisdiction or over which the SRA has legal control.
Prior law required the written concurrence of the governor, the Senate Comm. on Natural
Resources and the House Comm. on Natural Resources and Environment, and at least
two-thirds of the parish governing authorities within the territorial jurisdiction of the SRA
before it can enter into any contracts which provide for the sale, utilization, distribution, or
consumption, outside of the boundaries of the state, of the waters over which the SRA has
jurisdiction or control.
New law retains prior law and further requires the written concurrence of the Water
Resources Comm. of any contracts which provide for the sale, utilization, distribution, or
consumption, outside of the boundaries of the state, of the waters over which the SRA has
jurisdiction or control.
Effective August 1, 2018.
(Amends R.S. 38:3097.4(D)(7); adds R.S. 38:2325(A)(16)(e) and 3097.4(D)(8))