RÉSUMÉ DIGEST
ACT 461 (HB 937) 2024 Regular Session Geymann
Existing law establishes the La. Geologic Sequestration of Carbon Dioxide Act which
provides definitions, authority of the commissioner of conservation, and duties and
obligations of storage facility owners and operators.
New law adds a definition for "landowner".
Existing law authorizes the commissioner to promulgate rules for requiring interested
persons to install monitoring equipment on storage facilities and equipment.
New law changes the responsible party for installation of monitoring equipment from
interested persons to storage operators.
Existing law provides that after the issuance of a certificate of completion of injection
operations, certain parties involved in the storage of carbon dioxide are entitled to a limited
release of liability.
New law adds landowners to the parties that are entitled to this release of liability after the
certificate of completion is issued.
New law provides that landowners are not liable for carbon dioxide sequestration activities
just because they are the landowner or because they have agreed to let their property be used
for sequestration.
New law specifies that nothing contained in the new law can alter or supercede the terms of
any contractual agreement entered into by a landowner.
Directs the La. State Law Institute to alphabetize and renumber the definitions contained in
R.S. 30:1103 and to correct any cross-references that may need to be changed as a result of
this renumbering.
Effective August 1, 2024.
(Amends R.S. 30:1104(A)(10) and 1109(A)(3); Adds R.S. 30:1103(14) and 1109.1)