Transfers the responsibilities of the Atchafalaya Basin Research and Promotion Board and the Atchafalaya Basin Program from within the Department of Natural Resources to the Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority. (7/1/18) (EN SEE FISC NOTE SD EX See Note)
Creates the Atchafalaya Basin Bridge Commission and the Atchafalaya Basin Bridge Commission police (EG SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)
Provides for fees to be charged for mooring access in the Atchafalaya Delta WMA and creates the Atchafalaya Delta WMA Mooring Account in the Conservation Fund (EN INCREASE SD RV See Note)
Constitutional amendment to remove the "trigger", and instead start on July 1, 2015, the new maximum allocation of certain severance taxes to parishes in which severance occurs and the distribution to the Atchafalaya Basin Conservation Fund of a certain amount of revenues received from severance taxes and royalties on state lands in the Atchafalaya Basin. (2/3 - CA13s1(A)) (7/1/15) (EG -$41,200,000 GF RV See Note)
Creates the Atchafalaya Basin Bridge Commission and the Atchafalaya Basin Bridge Commission police (OR SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)
Provides for certain uses for monies in the Artificial Reef Development Fund (EN SEE FISC NOTE SD EX See Note)
Approves the Atchafalaya Basin Annual Plan for Fiscal Year 2016-2017.
Provides for severance tax exemptions and site-specific trust funds for certain orphan wells. (gov sig) (EN SEE FISC NOTE SD RV See Note)
Creates the St. Mary Hydroelectric Authority (EN SEE FISC NOTE SD EX)
Provides approval for the Atchafalaya Basin Annual Plan for FY 2010-2011