Abstract: Allows the Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority (CPRA) to acquire property
prior to judgment for integrated coastal protection purposes.
Present law authorizes levee districts and levee and drainage districts to acquire servitudes for levee
and related purposes. Further allows such districts to acquire such property by expropriation prior
to judgment. Proposed law provides CPRA the same authorization for acquisition of property for
integrated coastal protection purposes.
Present law provides for the process by which the acquisition must be accomplished. Proposed law
includes acquisition of property for integrated coastal protection by CPRA in each step of the
process.
Present law requires levee districts and levee and drainage districts to file a petition in the
appropriate district court along with a certified copy of a resolution by the governing board of the
district declaring the expropriation to be necessary.
Proposed law retains present law and requires the submission of an additional resolution adopted by
the CPRA Board declaring that the expropriation is necessary or useful for the purposes for which
CPRA was created. Requires the resolution to have the following attached:
(1) A certificate from the consulting engineer verifying that the property required for the
purposes set forth in the petition is adequate for those purposes.
(2) A certificate from the CPRA executive director stating that the expropriation is necessary or
useful for the purposes for which CPRA was created.
(3) A statement of compensation containing an estimate of the amount found to be just and
adequate for any damages and of the value of improvements.
Proposed law requires the CPRA executive director to submit a copy of the resolution and all
required attachments to the Senate Committee on Natural Resources and the House Committee on
Natural Resources and Environment for review prior to filing of the petition.
(Amends the heading of Part IV of Title 19 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, R.S. 19:141
and R.S. 38:2(A)(2) and (3))


Statutes affected:
HB643 Original: 38:2(A)(2)