HLS 19RS-2423 ORIGINAL
2019 Regular Session
HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 143
BY REPRESENTATIVE JIMMY HARRIS
WATER/DRINKING WATER: Urges the Sewerage and Water Board of New Orleans to
study and report on the prevalence of lead user service lines in its drinking water
distribution system
1 A RESOLUTION
2To urge and request the Sewerage and Water Board of New Orleans to study the prevalence
3 of lead user service lines in its drinking water distribution system and to report
4 findings of the study to the state health officer and the Orleans Delegation of the
5 legislature.
6 WHEREAS, as evidenced by its enactment of Act No. 632 of the 2018 Regular
7Session and Act No. 263 of the 2017 Regular Session, the Legislature of Louisiana has
8serious concerns regarding the condition of drinking water, as well as a sincere interest in
9improving the quality of drinking water, for the people of our state; and
10 WHEREAS, lead in public water systems is a threat to public health; and
11 WHEREAS, public water systems should take every necessary action to mitigate
12risks associated with lead in drinking water; and
13 WHEREAS, certain public water systems in Louisiana may not have complete
14knowledge and data concerning the existence of lead in their water distribution systems due
15to the age of their infrastructure, inadequate recordkeeping, the addition of service areas for
16which records were not properly maintained, or a combination of these factors.
17 THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the House of Representatives of the
18Legislature of Louisiana does hereby urge and request the Sewerage and Water Board of
19New Orleans to study the prevalence of lead user service lines in its drinking water
20distribution system.
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HR NO. 143
1 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Sewerage and Water Board of New Orleans
2shall submit a report of its findings resulting from the study called for in this Resolution to
3the state health officer and the Orleans Delegation of the legislature no later than December
431, 2019.
5 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to the
6executive director of the Sewerage and Water Board of New Orleans, the state health officer,
7and each member of the Orleans Delegation of the legislature.
DIGEST
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of the legislative instrument. The keyword, one-liner, abstract, and digest do not constitute
part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)]
HR 143 Original 2019 Regular Session Jimmy Harris
Urges and requests the Sewerage and Water Board of New Orleans to study the prevalence
of lead user service lines in its drinking water distribution system and to report findings of
the study to the state health officer and the Orleans Delegation of the legislature no later than
Dec. 31, 2019.
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