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2021 Regular Session
HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOL UTION NO. 6
BY REPRESENTATIVE ZERINGUE AND SENATOR W HITE
A CONCURRENT RESOL UTION
To urge and request the governing authorities of St. Charles Parish, Jefferson Parish,
Plaquemines Parish, St. Bernard Parish, Orleans Parish, the Southeast Louisiana
Flood Protection Authority - East, and the Southeast Louisiana Flood Protection
Authority - West Bank to each devise and implement a plan for contributing to the
remaining debt owed to the federal government for the Hurricane and Storm Damage
Risk Reduction System and to report to the legislature by no later than December
1, 2021, on their plan and implementation thereof.
WHEREAS, sixteen years ago, Hurricane Katrina devastated the Southeastern
quadrant of our state; and
WHEREAS, in the aftermath, in order to better protect the life and property of
citizens of Southeast Louisiana in the future, Congress and the state embarked on an
ambitious program to reduce future storm damage in the area, known as the Hurricane and
Storm Damage Risk Reduction System (HSDRRS); and
WHEREAS, the project entailed countless manpower hours and metric tons of
materials to construct and rehabilitate hundreds of miles of levees and floodwalls, new
pumping stations, and water control structures in the southeast portion of the state; and
WHEREAS, since embarking on the HSDRRS project in 2008, the state has endured
multiple hurricanes, at least three of which have caused historic damage to the southwestern
portion of the state; and
WHEREAS, the citizens of five southeastern Louisiana parishes directly benefit from
the HSDRRS project while the citizens of the state's remaining fifty-nine parishes are
saddled with the cost for a storm drainage and protection system that does not directly
impact them, their property, or their livelihoods; and
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WHEREAS, as the state is faced with payments due on the HSDRRS project totaling
more than one billion dollars, the Legislature believes that the five parishes and two flood
protection authorities that directly benefit from the project should contribute towards
payment of its cost.
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Legislature of Louisiana does hereby
urge and request the governing authorities of each of the following political subdivisions to
devise and implement a plan for contributing to the remaining debt owed to the federal
government for the Hurricane and Storm Damage Risk Reduction System: St. Charles
Parish, Jefferson Parish, Plaquemines Parish, St. Bernard Parish, Orleans Parish, the
Southeast Louisiana Flood Protection Authority - East, and the Southeast Louisiana Flood
Protection Authority - West Bank.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Legislature of Louisiana does hereby direct
the governing authority of each such political subdivision to report to the legislature no later
than December 1, 2021, on their plan and implementation thereof.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to each
member of the legislature with a district that includes all or part of any of St. Charles Parish,
Jefferson Parish, Plaquemines Parish, St. Bernard Parish, or Orleans Parish; to the governing
authority of St. Charles Parish, Jefferson Parish, Plaquemines Parish, St. Bernard Parish, and
Orleans Parish; and to the Southeast Louisiana Flood Protection Authority - East and the
Southeast Louisiana Flood Protection Authority - West Bank, for distribution to their
membership.
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
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