HLS 25RS-763 ORIGINAL
2025 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 304
BY REPRESENTATIVE ROBBY CARTER
Prefiled pursuant to Article III, Section 2(A)(4)(b)(i) of the Constitution of Louisiana.
CIVIL/VENUE: Provides relative to venue for claims involving expropriation for carbon
capture
1 AN ACT
2To amend and reenact R.S. 30:1108(C), relative to expropriation under the Louisiana
3 Geologic Sequestration of Carbon Dioxide Act; to provide for venue for
4 expropriations; and to provide for related matters.
5Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
6 Section 1. R.S. 30:1108(C) is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows:
7 ยง1108. Eminent domain; expropriation
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9 C. The eminent domain authority authorized under this Chapter shall be
10 exercised pursuant to the procedures found in R.S. 19:2, and shall be in addition to
11 any other power of eminent domain authorized by law. Notwithstanding any law to
12 the contrary, expropriation hearings conducted pursuant to this Chapter shall be
13 heard in the parish in which the property subject to the expropriation is situated.
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are additions. HLS 25RS-763 ORIGINAL
HB NO. 304
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 304 Original 2025 Regular Session Robby Carter
Abstract: Provides relative to venue for expropriations under the La. Geologic
Sequestration of Carbon Dioxide Act.
Present law provides that eminent domain authority authorized under the La. Geologic
Sequestration of Carbon Dioxide Act shall be exercised pursuant to the procedures found in
R.S. 19:2 and shall be in addition to any other power of eminent domain authorized by law.
Proposed law provides that expropriation hearings shall be heard in the parish in which the
property subject to the expropriation is situated and retains present law to other procedural
requirements.
(Amends R.S. 30:1108(C))
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