SLS 19RS-670 ORIGINAL
2019 Regular Session
SENATE CONCURRENT RESOL UTION NO. 71
BY SENATORS WHITE, BARROW, CHABERT, CLAITOR, COLOMB, CORTEZ,
ERDEY, FANNIN, GATTI, HENSGENS, HEWITT, JOHNS,
LAMBERT, LONG, LUNEAU, MILKOVICH, MILLS, MIZELL,
PEACOCK, RISER, JOHN SMITH, TARVER, THOMPSON,
WALSWORTH AND WARD
COASTAL PROTECT/RES AUTH. Requests the Coastal Protection and Restoration
Authority and the Department of Transportation and Development to determine what
monies, state or federal, are available for flood control projects in the coastal zone or coastal
area, and in the area outside the coastal area.
1 A CONCURRENT RESOL UTION
2 To urge and request the Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority and the Department
3 of Transportation and Development, to determine what monies, state or federal, are
4 available for flood control projects in the coastal zone or coastal area, and in the area
5 outside of the coastal area.
6 WHEREAS, the Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority (CPRA) is responsible
7 for the implementation and enforcement of the master plan and annual plan and must
8 implement the integration of flood control projects in accordance with the master plan and
9 annual plans; and
10 WHEREAS, the master plan and annual plan are for integrated coastal protection
11 projects in the coastal area; and
12 WHEREAS, the coastal area is defined as "The Louisiana Coastal Zone and
13 contiguous areas subject to storm or tidal surge and the area comprising the Louisiana
14 Coastal Ecosystem as defined in Section 7001 of P. L. 110-114"; and
15 WHEREAS, the Statewide Flood Control Program and the Flood Control Project
16 Evaluation Committee are placed within the Department of Transportation and
17 Development; and
18 WHEREAS, the purpose of the Statewide Flood Control Program is to reduce
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1 existing flood damages by providing guidance and public funds to build flood control
2 infrastructure.
3 THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Legislature of Louisiana does hereby
4 urge and request the Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority and the Department of
5 Transportation and Development to determine what monies, state or federal, are available
6 for flood control projects in the coastal zone or coastal area, and in the area outside of the
7 coastal area, and to report their findings to the Senate Committee on Finance and the House
8 Committee on Appropriations not later than February 3, 2020.
9 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the report shall include a current list of flood
10 control projects, including a description and location of the projects, the amount of money
11 dedicated to each project, and the source of funding for each project.
12 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to the
13 executive director of the Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority and the secretary of
14 the Department of Transportation and Development.
The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument, were prepared by J. W. Wiley.
DIGEST
SCR 71 Original 2019 Regular Session White
Requests the Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority and the Department of
Transportation and Development to determine what monies, state or federal, are available
for flood control projects in the coastal zone or coastal area, and in the area outside of the
coastal area.
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