HLS 20RS-828 ORIGINAL
2020 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 439
BY REPRESENTATIVE ZERINGUE
COASTAL RES/COASTAL ZONE: Provides relative to the application of local ordinances
to integrated coastal projects
1 AN ACT
2To enact R.S. 49:214.5.3(F), relative to integrated coastal protection; to prohibit local
3 governmental entities from interference in an integrated coastal protection project
4 or program; and to provide for related matters.
5Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
6 Section 1. R.S. 49:214.5.3(F) is hereby enacted to read as follows:
7 ยง214.5.3. Coastal protection annual plans; development; priorities
8 * * *
9 F.(1) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary and in furtherance of the
10 police power of the state relative to integrated coastal protection, no political
11 subdivision, local governing authority, or any other local government entity shall
12 have the authority to, and they are hereby expressly forbidden from being able to,
13 prohibit or in any way interfere with an integrated coastal protection project or
14 program provided for in an approved master plan or annual plan for integrated
15 coastal protection, including but not limited to enactment, adoption, or enforcement
16 of any ordinance, law, permit, or regulation interfering with such integrated coastal
17 protection project or programs.
18 (2) Where practical and feasible, the Coastal Protection and Restoration
19 Authority and the Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority Board may take into
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HB NO. 439
1 consideration compliance with local ordinances, laws, regulations, or other policies
2 that might otherwise apply to integrated coastal protection projects and programs.
DIGEST
The digest printed below was prepared by House Legislative Services. It constitutes no part
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)]
HB 439 Original 2020 Regular Session Zeringue
Abstract: Prohibits local governmental entities from interference in an integrated coastal
protection project or program.
Proposed law prohibits a political subdivision, local governing authority, or any other local
government entity, from interfering with an integrated coastal protection project or program
provided for in an approved master plan or annual plan by way of enactment, adoption, or
enforcement of any ordinance, law, permit, or regulation.
Proposed law further provides that the Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority and the
board may consider compliance with local ordinances, laws, regulations, or other policies
that might otherwise apply to integrated coastal protection projects and programs.
(Adds R.S. 49:214.5.3(F))
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