HB 1449 - Provides with respect to recognizing the right of riparian owners to transfer their rights to access to running water for agricultural or aquacultural purposes and to provide for transfer for agricultural and aquacultural use.
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2010 Legislation

Following is a list of the major oil & gas bills that LOGA is tracking for the 2010 Session. If you have any questions about these bills, please contact Gifford Briggs at 225-892-7688.

House Bills

HB 297 Requires offshore oilrig personnel transporters to provide flotation devices equipped with personal locator beacons.

HB 300 Authorization for the Louisiana Tax Commission to levy and collect certain fees.

HB 301 Grants the La. Tax Commission the authority to manage its own budget, procurement, and general management and operational functions

HB 328 (Constitutional Amendment) Prohibits expropriation of private property for certain compensatory mitigation purposes.

HB 492 - Authorizes levee boards to require a permit or letter of no objection before performance of certain levee work.

HB 546 - Provides for changes to the La. Underground Utilities and Facilities Damage Prevention Law.

HB 588 Provides for information provided to mineral interest owners.

HB 604 Require certain notifications and procedures relating to insufficient reporting of taxable property.

HB 643 Specifies certain conditions necessary for the issuance of a coastal use permit in certain public oyster seed ground areas

HB 644 allows the relocation of certain classes of oyster leases. Allows the wildlife and fisheries commission to set aside land from the public seeding grounds to be leased to former lease owners who lost their leases for various reasons relating to the state.

HB 692 extends the time within which an oyster lease renewal must be recorded.

HB 712 provides for certain restrictions on the taking of oysters..

HB 733 - Authorizes participation in sequestration of carbon dioxide programs

HB 790 Provides relative to the deadline for filing applications for two-year inactive well certifications.

HB 814 - Requires restoration of canals authorizes by a coastal permit.

HB 815 provides for wells in a drilling unit.

HB 837 requires ownership signs to be placed on roads leading into the drilling site.

HB 844 provides for standards and specifications new pipelines laid in the coastal zone.

HB 868 Provides relative to applications for two-year inactive well certifications

HB 876 removes the requirement for payment of a survey fee for oyster leases.

HB 889 authorizes the Wildlife and Fisheries Commission to promulgate rules to protect oyster habitat from harvest-related damage.

HB 927 - Provides relative to the administration and management of the state's mineral resources.

HB 977 - Provides relative to the administration and management of the state's mineral resources.

HB 998 – Authorizing the expropriation of property for hydrogen pipelines.

HB 1026 - Extends the Royalty Relief Dry Hole Credit Program until 2015.

HB 1329 - Provides for the recoupment of unit wells costs and risk charge.

HB 1359 - Provides for relocation for those oyster leases located within a public oyster seed ground.

HB 1375 - Provides for the landowner's right of use of running water adjacent to his estate.

HB 1449 - Provides with respect to recognizing the right of riparian owners to transfer their rights to access to running water for agricultural or aquacultural purposes and to provide for transfer for agricultural and aquacultural use.

House Resolutions

HCR1 Requests the Ground Water Commission to study and make recommendations on the management of the state's groundwater and surface water resources.

HCR 26 Memorializes congress to end the outer continental shelf moratorium on oil and natural gas exploration and production

HCR 31 Memorializes congress to maintain the current incentives for mid-level oil and gas exploration and production

HCR 33 Memorializes congress to stop EPA from unilaterally regulating carbon dioxide emissions.

HCR 24 Memorializes congress to postpone the EPA's effort to regulate greenhouse gas emissions.

HCR 36 Provides relative to mineral rights.

SENATE BILLS

SB 103 & HB 726 Creates the Alternative Fuel Vehicle Revolving Loan Fund Program within the Department of Natural Resources to provide financial assistance to political subdivisions of the state for the costs of converting to clean fuel vehicles.

SB 254 requires local political subdivisions to purchase or lease only hybrid fuel or alternative fuel vehicles.

SB 313 requires attendance at public hearings by the permit applicant

SB 327 - Requires an agency to provide an opportunity for public comment, questions and answers at certain permit hearings.

SB 363 Prohibits the issuance of a drilling permit for certain wells located within three hundred thirty feet of an existing water well.

SB 432 Constitutional amendment to repeal severance taxes on oil and gas and to allow levy of a tax on hydrocarbon processing and to require a dedication of such taxes to replace dedications of severance tax.

SB 499 - Requires DEQ to provide written summaries of changes made in certain database permit renewals.

SB 549 Provides for the receipt of certain pro bono legal services from state and private university law schools by small and emerging businesses and prohibits certain activities by law school clinics.

SB 636 Provide relative to certain water wells.

SB 655 - Provides relative to financial security for duty to plug dry or abandoned wells and perform certain site cleanups.\

SB 723 - Provides relative to estate bordering on running water

.SB 739 - Provides relative to the Louisiana Carbon Capture and Enhanced Oil Recovery Act.

Senate Resolutions

SCR 5 Memorializes Congress to adopt legislation postponing EPA's effort to regulate greenhouse gas emissions.

SCR 8 Memorialize the United States Congress to support expansion and use of domestic natural gas and alternative energies, and urge agencies to operate vehicles using compressed natural gas. SCR 14 Memorializes the United States Congress to enact the New Alternative Transportation to Give Americans Solutions Act of 2009

SCR 14 - Memorializes the United States Congress to enact the New Alternative Transportation to Give Americans Solutions Act of 2009.



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