DIGEST
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or proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)]
HB 553 Original 2025 Regular Session Schamerhorn
Abstract: Prohibits the exercise of eminent domain or unitization for the purposes of constructing
or operating a pipeline for carbon dioxide transport.
Present law provides for expropriation by the state or certain corporations, limited liability
companies, or other legal entities.
Present law (R.S. 19:2(10)) provides for expropriation by any domestic or foreign corporation,
limited liability company, or other legal entity created for the purpose of, or engaged in, the piping
or marketing of carbon dioxide for use in connection with a secondary or tertiary recovery project
for the enhanced recovery of liquid or gaseous hydrocarbons approved by the commissioner of
conservation, or created for the purpose of, or engaged in, the transportation of carbon dioxide by
pipeline for underground storage or for property located in La. for the transportation of carbon
dioxide for underground injection in connection with such projects located in La. or in other states
or jurisdictions.
Proposed law removes the provision contained in present law that allows for expropriation by any
legal entity of property for the transportation of carbon dioxide for underground injection.
Present law (R.S. 30:1108) authorizes any storage operator, after obtaining any permit and any
certificate of public convenience and necessity from the commissioner, to exercise the power of
eminent domain and expropriate needed property to acquire surface and subsurface rights and
property interests necessary or useful for the purpose of constructing, operating, or modifying a
storage facility and the necessary infrastructure including the laying, maintaining, and operating of
pipelines for the transportation of carbon dioxide to a storage facility.
Proposed law removes the provision in present law authorizing any storage operator to exercise the
power of eminent domain and expropriate needed property for the laying, maintaining, and operating
of pipelines for the transportation of carbon dioxide to a storage facility.
Proposed law (R.S. 30:1108.1) prohibits any person or legal entity from exercising the right of
eminent domain or unitization to acquire rights for the construction or operation of a carbon dioxide
pipeline. However, authorizes unitization with consent of the property owner.
(Amends R.S. 19:2(10) and R.S. 30:1108(A)(1), (C), and (D); Adds R.S. 30:1108.1)