Agenda - Natural Resources and Environment

House Committee on Natural Resources and Environment
April 28, 2021 9:00 a.m. Room 4
Adjourned

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CALL TO ORDER
ROLL CALL
DISCUSSION OF LEGISLATION
		HB174	HUVAL	PUBLIC CONTRACT/BIDS - Provides relative to the Louisiana Municipal Natural Gas Purchasing and Distribution Authority
		HB246	COUSSAN	SALT DOMES - Provides relative to the storage of hydrogen in underground reservoirs and salt domes
		HB331	BOURRIAQUE	PUBLIC LANDS/STATE - (Constitutional Amendment) Authorizes the state to enter into certain agreements with landowners concerning boundaries between state claimed and privately claimed water bottoms (RE SEE FISC NOTE SG EX See Note)
		HB399	CARRIER	PUBLIC LANDS/STATE - Allows state and private landowners to enter into boundary agreements concerning disputed property
		HB537	ROMERO	ENVIRONMENT/SOLID WASTE - Provides relative to solid waste permitted capacity
		HB572	MALINDA WHITE	CONSERVATION - Provides relative to the Carbon Dioxide Geologic Storage Trust Fund (EN INCREASE SD EX See Note)
		HB617	MCCORMICK	ENERGY - Establishes Louisiana as a fossil fuel sanctuary state (OR SEE FISC NOTE FF RV)
		HB626	GAROFALO	LEVEES/BDS & DISTRICTS - Authorizes flood protection authority spending across various levee districts
		HB630	HORTON	DISTRICTS/WATER CONSERVN - Provides relative to the Cypress-Black Bayou Recreation and Water Conservation District
OTHER BUSINESS
ANNOUNCEMENTS
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