HB 1169

HLS 26RS-1780  ORIGINAL
 2026 Regular Session
 HOUSE BILL NO. 1169
 BY REPRESENTATIVE KERNER
 PROPERTY: Requires the return of property or property rights acquired by the Coastal
  Protection and Restoration Authority for the Mid-Barataria Sediment Diversion
1AN ACT
2 To require the return of certain private property or property rights acquired by the Coastal
3Protection and Restoration Authority for the Mid-Barataria Sediment Diversion
4project; and to provide for related matters.
5 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
6Section 1. Any property sold to or expropriated by the Coastal Protection and
7 Restoration Authority for the Mid-Barataria Sediment Diversion project shall be returned
8 to the prior owner for an amount which shall not exceed the amount the prior owner received
9 as compensation for the sale or expropriation.
10Section 2. Alternatively, at the option of the prior owner, the Coastal Protection and
11 Restoration Authority shall execute an agreement with the prior owner to allow the prior
12 owner access to the property sold or expropriated for the Mid-Barataria Sediment Diversion
13 project for recreational purposes.
  DIGEST
 The digest printed below was prepared by House Legislative Services. It constitutes no part
 of the legislative instrument. The keyword, one-liner, abstract, and digest do not constitute
 part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)]
 HB 1169 Original  2026 Regular Session  Kerner
 Requires the Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority to return property acquired for
 the Mid-Barataria Sediment Diversion at the same price for which it was acquired or allow
 prior owners access to the property acquired for recreational purposes.
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