Urges and requests the Department of Transportation and Development to evaluate all potential areas in the upper Amite River Basin on the potential to detain and retain stormwater runoff through a system of structures
Urges and requests the Department of Transportation and Development to conduct an engineering study on the upper Amite River Basin.
Public Financing of Potentially At-risk Structures and Infrastructure
Creates the Comite River Diversion Canal/Amite River Basin Task Force.
To continue the Comite River Diversion Canal/Amite River Basin Task Force.
Requests the Department of Transportation and Development, in consultation with other state agencies, to study construction or maintenance impacts, including channelization, dredging, and clearing and snagging activities, upon river basins and water transmission, and provide recommendations to establish, implement, and enforce floodplain management plans for each watershed in Louisiana.
Urge and requests the Amite River Basin Commission to study tidal surge flood protection and erosion on Lake Maurepas' Livingston Parish shoreline and the effects of dredging of the Amite River
Urges and requests the governor's executive assistant for coastal activities to coordinate a study among state agencies and make recommendations to the governor and the legislature relative to management of the Amite River Basin
Urges and requests the office of community development to work with the Louisiana Watershed Initiative to create an independent watershed region for the Amite River Basin
In pupils and attendance, providing for evaluation of potentially hazardous walking routes; and imposing duties on the Department of Transportation.