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LA HB380
Bill
Status
4/3/2025
Primary Sponsor
Rodney Schamerhorn
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AI Summary
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Eliminates the authority of corporations and other entities to use eminent domain (expropriation) for carbon dioxide geologic sequestration projects and CO2 pipeline transportation for underground storage
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Removes the statutory declaration that geologic storage of carbon dioxide is "in the public interest for a public purpose"
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Preserves eminent domain authority only for CO2 pipelines used in secondary/tertiary oil and gas enhanced recovery projects approved by the commissioner of conservation
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Repeals R.S. 19:2(11) and R.S. 30:1108 in their entirety, which provided the legal basis for CO2 sequestration-related property expropriation
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Amends permit requirements by removing references to eminent domain as a condition precedent to using reservoirs for carbon dioxide storage
Legislative Description
Removes eminent domain authority for carbon dioxide sequestration
ENERGY/CONSERVATION
Last Action
Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Natural Resources and Environment.
4/14/2025