HLS 20RS-1117 ORIGINAL
2020 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 796
BY REPRESENTATIVE KERNER
COASTAL RESOURCES: Requires that mitigation funding associated with the Mid-
Barataria Sediment Diversion project be used to compensate commercial fishermen
for losses associated with that project
1 AN ACT
2To enact R.S. 49:214.5.9, relative to integrated coastal protection; to require that mitigation
3 funding for the Mid-Barataria Sediment Diversion project be used to compensate for
4 losses by commercial fishermen; and to provide for related matters.
5Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
6 Section 1. R.S. 49:214.5.9 is hereby enacted to read as follows:
7 ยง214.5.9. Mitigation funding for Mid-Barataria Sediment Diversion project;
8 compensation for commercial fishing losses
9 Mitigation monies included in the funding for the Mid-Barataria Sediment
10 Diversion project shall be used to compensate commercial fishing losses resulting
11 from that project. Claims for compensation by commercial fishermen shall be
12 submitted to the Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority. The determination
13 of the amount of losses shall be made based on the most recent seven years of tax
14 returns. The Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority shall promulgate rules and
15 regulations to implement the provisions of this Section.
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are additions. HLS 20RS-1117 ORIGINAL
HB NO. 796
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)]
HB 796 Original 2020 Regular Session Kerner
Abstract: Requires that mitigation funding associated with the Mid-Barataria Sediment
Diversion project be used to compensate commercial fishermen for losses associated
with that project.
Proposed law requires the use of mitigation monies included in the funding for the Mid-
Barataria Sediment Diversion project to compensate commercial fishing losses resulting
from that project. Provides that claims for commercial fishing compensation be submitted
to the Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority (CPRA) and that a determination of the
amount of losses be made based on the most recent seven years of tax returns. Requires the
CPRA to promulgate rules and regulations for implementation.
(Adds R.S. 49:214.5.9)
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