ENROLLED
ACT No. 246
2019 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 558
BY REPRESENTATIVE HODGES
1 AN ACT
2 To amend and reenact R.S. 38:90.2(A), relative to the Floodplain Evaluation and
3 Management Commission; to provide relative to the membership of the commission;
4 and to provide for related matters.
5 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
6 Section 1. R.S. 38:90.2(A) is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows:
7 ยง90.2. Revision of flood information database by the Floodplain Evaluation and
8 Management Commission
9 A. Provided that sufficient funds are specifically appropriated to the office,
10 no later than March 1, 2022, and at least once every five years thereafter, the
11 Floodplain Evaluation and Management Commission, consisting of the Department
12 of Transportation and Development, the Coastal Protection and Restoration
13 Authority, the office of community development, the Governor's Office of Homeland
14 Security and Emergency Preparedness, the Department of Environmental Quality,
15 a member of the Association of Levee Boards of Louisiana, a member from the
16 House Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works, a member from
17 the Senate Committee on Transportation, Highways, and Public Works, the chairman
18 of the Louisiana Soil and Water Conservation Commission or his designee, the
19 commissioner of agriculture and forestry or his designee, and the secretary of the
20 Department of Wildlife and Fisheries or his designee shall review and revise the
21 statewide flood information database. The secretary of the Department of
22 Transportation and Development or his designee shall serve as chairman of the
23 commission. The database will be developed for the purpose of the systematic
24 evaluation of drainage and flooding problems in the state. The commission shall
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1 review the development proposals in each area to ensure that no development in one
2 parish or municipality will have a negative or detrimental effect in any other parish
3 or municipality. In addition, the commission shall ensure that maintenance in any
4 basin area across parish or municipal boundaries, including the clearing and de-
5 snagging of the Amite and Comite Rivers, are performed according to any
6 contractual obligations and state law.
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SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED:
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