§ 38:103 — Coordination and cooperation

§103. Coordination and cooperation
A. It is the policy of this Chapter that the West Bank hurricane protection projects
be pursued so that there is full coordination and cooperation between all federal and state
entities that have complementing or overlapping interests and authority in the projects. The
chairman of the Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority Board or the executive director
of the Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority is authorized to coordinate all of the state
and local governmental aspects of the projects so that there is an orderly development of the
project.
B. The chairman of the Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority Board or the
Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority is authorized to call upon the West Jefferson
Levee District, the Orleans Levee District, Plaquemines Parish, the Lafourche Basin
Conservation Levee and Drainage District, and all other commissions and districts and state
agencies, departments, and political subdivisions of the state for full and complete
cooperation and assistance in carrying out the provisions of this Chapter, and all such entities
are hereby directed and it shall be their duty to cooperate and assist in carrying out the
provisions of this Chapter to the fullest extent possible.

Legislative History

Acts 1993, No. 1012, §1, eff. June 25, 1993; Acts 2008, No. 503, §1; Acts 2009, No. 523, §2, eff. July 10, 2009; Acts 2012, No. 604, §2, eff. June 7, 2012; Acts 2016, No. 459, §1; Acts 2024, No. 177, §1.