RÉSUMÉ DIGEST
ACT 7 (SB 91) 2022 Regular Session Hensgens
Prior law (Sunset law) provided that the Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority and
the Coastal Restoration and Protection Authority Board shall have begun to terminate their
operations on July 1, 2023, and that all legislative authority for such entities shall have
ceased as of July 1, 2024, unless the legislature enacted a bill authorizing the re-creation of
the department and its statutory entities prior thereto.
Existing law provides that Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority and the Coastal
Restoration and Protection Authority Board to be reviewed by and re-creation to be
considered by the House Committee on Natural Resources and Environment and the Senate
Committee on Natural Resources.
Prior law required the Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority and the Coastal
Restoration and Protection Authority Board be reviewed and re-created every six years to
coincide with the review and adoption of the comprehensive master plan for integrated
coastal restoration.
New law provides for the re-creation of the Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority and
the Coastal Restoration and Protection Authority Board, effective June 30, 2022, for a
six-year period.
New law removes the requirement that future reviews and re-creations coincide with the
review and adoption of the comprehensive master plan for integrated coastal restoration.
Effective June 30, 2022.
(Adds R.S. 49:191(13)(a); repeals R.S. 49:191(11))