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HB 380 Original 2025 Regular Session Schamerhorn
Abstract: Removes eminent domain authority for carbon dioxide sequestration.
Present law authorizes the use of eminent domain, or expropriation, for companies that inject carbon
dioxide for geologic sequestration and for companies that transport carbon dioxide through pipelines
for geologic sequestration.
Proposed law removes all eminent domain authority related to carbon dioxide sequestration.
Present law states that geologic storage of carbon dioxide is in the public interest for a public
purpose.
Proposed law removes present law.
(Amends R.S. 19:2(intro. para.) and (10) and R.S. 30:1102(A) and 1104(C)(intro. para.); Repeals
R.S. 19:2(11) and R.S. 30:1108)