The bill, sponsored by Senator Hensgens, proposes significant amendments to the Louisiana Revised Statutes, particularly focusing on the restructuring of the Department of Energy and Natural Resources, which will be renamed the Department of Conservation and Energy. The bill establishes a new organizational framework for the department, including the appointment of a secretary to oversee its operations, the creation of various offices for permitting, compliance, and resource management, and the authority to promulgate rules and regulations. Key changes include the replacement of the term "commissioner" with "secretary" throughout the text, reflecting a shift in authority and responsibilities. The bill also introduces new definitions relevant to the department's jurisdiction, such as "multiple mineral development area" and "expedited processing," while removing references to the commissioner of conservation.

Additionally, the bill enhances the secretary's jurisdiction over the management of natural resources, including oil and gas operations, and establishes provisions for the regulation of pipelines, hazardous waste disposal, and groundwater management. It mandates public hearings for certain permits, outlines compliance measures, and introduces penalties for violations. The bill also creates dedicated funds for oilfield site restoration and establishes a framework for comprehensive water resource management. Overall, the legislation aims to streamline administrative processes, enhance regulatory oversight, and ensure responsible management of Louisiana's natural resources while promoting environmental protection.

Statutes affected:
SB244 Original: 30:1(A), 30:3(3), 30:4(A), 30:1(B), 30:1(B)(1), 30:5(A), 30:1(A)(1), 30:2(A), 30:8(A)(1), 30:9(A), 30:10(A)(1), 30:12(A), 30:18(A)(1), 30:20(A), 30:21(A), 30:22(B), 30:23(B), 30:25(A)(2), 30:26(A), 30:27(A), 30:28(A), 30:29(A), 30:73(1), 30:74(A), 30:79(A), 30:82(1), 30:83(A)(5), 30:1(B)(3), 30:85(A)(1), 30:86(A)(2), 30:88(B), 30:1(A)(3), 30:2(C), 30:89(A), 30:90(C), 30:91(A), 30:91(A)(1), 30:92(A), 30:93(A), 30:94(A), 30:95(B), 30:3(2), 30:5(A)(2), 30:6(A), 30:7(A), 30:9(D), 30:10(A), 30:13(A), 30:14(A), 30:121(A), 30:1(C)(10), 30:129(B)(1), 30:3(B)(1), 30:143(D)(2), 30:9(A)(1), 30:209(4), 30:413(A), 30:414(A), 30:502(D), 30:503(1), 30:521(A), 30:521(C), 30:541(2), 30:544(A), 30:546(A), 30:557(A), 30:558(A), 30:559(A), 30:560(B), 30:561(A), 30:572(1), 30:603(A), 30:1(5), 30:2(2), 30:702(1), 30:704(B), 30:705(A), 30:723(A), 30:731(1), 30:904(2), 30:905(A), 30:3(A)(1), 30:907(A), 30:908(A)(12), 30:915(B)(7), 30:917(A)(1), 30:1102(B), 30:1103(10), 30:1104(A), 30:1104(A)(3), 30:1108(A)(1), 30:1109(A)(1), 30:1109(C), 30:1110(A), 30:2456(A), 31:115(C)(1), 36:354(A)(7), 36:359(A), 36:359(B)(1), 38:3072(A), 38:3076(A), 38:3076(A)(24), 38:132(A), 38:136(4), 38:3092(2), 38:3094(A)(1), 38:3094(B), 38:3094(B)(7), 38:3094(C), 38:3094(C)(1), 38:1(C), 38:2(1), 38:3(A), 38:3(C), 38:3(C)(4), 38:3(F)(2), 38:3(G), 38:6(A), 38:6(B), 38:7(B), 38:8(A), 38:3098(A), 38:3098(B), 38:1(4), 44:1(B)(19), 49:29(B), 56:1(C)(2), 56:13(B), 56:14(B), 30:4(N), 30:85(D)(11), 30:86(F), 38:6(A)(1)
SB244 Engrossed: 30:2456(A), 31:115(C)(1), 36:354(A)(7), 36:359(A), 36:359(B)(1), 38:3072(A), 38:3076(A), 38:3076(A)(24), 38:132(A), 38:136(4), 38:3092(2), 38:3094(A)(1), 38:3094(B), 38:3094(B)(7), 38:3094(C), 38:3094(C)(1), 38:1(C), 38:2(1), 38:3(A), 38:3(C), 38:3(C)(4), 38:3(F)(2), 38:3(G), 38:6(A), 38:6(B), 38:7(B), 38:8(A), 38:3098(A), 38:3098(B), 38:1(4), 44:1(B)(19), 49:29(B), 56:1(C)(2), 56:13(B), 56:14(B), 30:4(N), 30:85(D)(11), 30:86(F), 38:6(A)(1)
SB244 Reengrossed: 30:557(A), 30:558(A), 30:559(A), 30:560(B), 30:561(A), 30:572(1), 30:603(A), 30:1(5), 30:2(2), 30:702(1), 30:704(B), 30:705(A), 30:723(A), 30:731(1), 30:904(2), 30:905(A), 30:1(A), 30:3(A)(1), 30:907(A), 30:908(A)(12), 30:915(B)(7), 30:917(A)(1), 30:1102(B), 30:1103(10), 30:1104(A), 30:1104(A)(3), 30:1108(A)(1), 30:1109(A)(1), 30:1109(C), 30:1110(A), 30:2456(A), 31:115(C)(1), 36:354(A)(7), 36:359(A), 36:359(B)(1), 38:3076(A), 38:3076(A)(24), 38:136(4), 38:3092(2), 38:3094(A)(1), 38:3094(B), 38:3094(B)(7), 38:3094(C), 38:3094(C)(1), 38:1(C), 38:2(1), 38:3(A), 38:3(C), 38:3(C)(4), 38:3(F)(2), 38:3(G), 38:6(A), 38:6(B), 38:8(A), 38:3098(A), 38:3098(B), 38:1(4), 44:1(B)(19), 49:29(B), 56:1(C)(2), 56:13(B), 56:14(B), 30:4(N), 30:85(D)(11), 30:86(F), 38:6(A)(1)
SB244 Enrolled: 30:1, 30:3(3), 30:4(A), 30:1(B), 30:5(A), 30:1(A)(1), 30:2(A), 30:1(A), 30:8(A)(1), 30:9(A), 30:10(A), 30:1(B)(1), 30:12(A), 30:18(A)(1), 30:20(A), 30:21(A), 30:22(B), 30:23(B), 30:25(A)(2), 30:26(A), 30:27(A), 30:28(A), 30:73(1), 30:74(A), 30:79(A), 30:82(1), 30:83(A)(5), 30:1(B)(3), 30:85(A)(3), 30:86(A)(2), 30:88(B), 30:1(A)(3), 30:2(C), 30:89(A), 30:90(C), 30:91(A), 30:91(A)(1), 30:92(A), 30:93(A), 30:94(A), 30:95(B), 30:3(2), 30:5(A)(2), 30:6(A), 30:7(A), 30:9(D), 30:13(A), 30:14(A), 30:121(A), 30:1(C)(10), 30:129(B)(1), 30:3(B)(1), 30:143(D)(2), 30:9(A)(1), 30:209(4), 30:413(A), 30:414(A), 30:502(D), 30:503(1), 30:521(A), 30:521(C), 30:541(2), 30:544(A), 30:546(A), 30:557(A), 30:558(A), 30:559(A), 30:560(B), 30:561(A), 30:572(1), 30:603(A), 30:1(5), 30:2(2), 30:702(1), 30:704(B), 30:705(A), 30:723(A), 30:731(1), 30:904(2), 30:905(A), 30:3(A)(1), 30:907(A), 30:908(A)(12), 30:915(B)(7), 30:917(A)(1), 30:1103(3), 30:1104(A), 30:1104(A)(3), 30:1108(A)(1), 30:1109(A)(1), 30:1109(C), 30:1110(A), 30:2456(A), 30:29(A), 30:87(A), 31:115(C)(1), 36:354(A)(7), 36:359(A), 36:359(B)(1), 38:3073(8), 38:3076(A), 38:136(4), 38:3092(2), 38:3094(A)(1), 38:3094(B), 38:3094(B)(7), 38:3094(C), 38:3094(C)(1), 38:1(C), 38:2(1), 38:3(A), 38:3(C), 38:3(C)(4), 38:3(F)(2), 38:3(G), 38:6(A), 38:6(B), 38:8(A), 38:3098(A), 38:3098(B), 38:1(4), 44:1(B)(19), 45:251(3), 49:29(B), 49:922(D)(7), 56:1(C)(2), 56:13(B), 56:14(B), 30:4(N), 30:29(M)(1), 30:85(D)(11), 30:86(F), 30:3(E), 30:1103(10), 30:1104(F), 38:3073(2), 38:6(A)(1)
SB244 Act 458: 30:1, 30:3(3), 30:4(A), 30:1(B), 30:5(A), 30:1(A)(1), 30:2(A), 30:1(A), 30:8(A)(1), 30:9(A), 30:10(A), 30:1(B)(1), 30:12(A), 30:18(A)(1), 30:20(A), 30:21(A), 30:22(B), 30:23(B), 30:25(A)(2), 30:26(A), 30:27(A), 30:28(A), 30:73(1), 30:74(A), 30:79(A), 30:82(1), 30:83(A)(5), 30:1(B)(3), 30:85(A)(3), 30:86(A)(2), 30:88(B), 30:1(A)(3), 30:2(C), 30:89(A), 30:90(C), 30:91(A), 30:91(A)(1), 30:92(A), 30:93(A), 30:94(A), 30:95(B), 30:3(2), 30:5(A)(2), 30:6(A), 30:7(A), 30:9(D), 30:13(A), 30:14(A), 30:121(A), 30:1(C)(10), 30:129(B)(1), 30:3(B)(1), 30:143(D)(2), 30:9(A)(1), 30:209(4), 30:413(A), 30:414(A), 30:502(D), 30:503(1), 30:521(A), 30:521(C), 30:541(2), 30:544(A), 30:546(A), 30:557(A), 30:558(A), 30:559(A), 30:560(B), 30:561(A), 30:572(1), 30:603(A), 30:1(5), 30:2(2), 30:702(1), 30:704(B), 30:705(A), 30:723(A), 30:731(1), 30:904(2), 30:905(A), 30:3(A)(1), 30:907(A), 30:908(A)(12), 30:915(B)(7), 30:917(A)(1), 30:1103(3), 30:1104(A), 30:1104(A)(3), 30:1108(A)(1), 30:1109(A)(1), 30:1109(C), 30:1110(A), 30:2456(A), 30:29(A), 30:87(A), 31:115(C)(1), 36:354(A)(7), 36:359(A), 36:359(B)(1), 38:3073(8), 38:3076(A), 38:136(4), 38:3092(2), 38:3094(A)(1), 38:3094(B), 38:3094(B)(7), 38:3094(C), 38:3094(C)(1), 38:1(C), 38:2(1), 38:3(A), 38:3(C), 38:3(C)(4), 38:3(F)(2), 38:3(G), 38:6(A), 38:6(B), 38:8(A), 38:3098(A), 38:3098(B), 38:1(4), 44:1(B)(19), 45:251(3), 49:29(B), 49:922(D)(7), 56:1(C)(2), 56:13(B), 56:14(B), 30:4(N), 30:29(M)(1), 30:85(D)(11), 30:86(F), 30:3(E), 30:1103(10), 30:1104(F), 38:3073(2), 38:6(A)(1)