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LA HB601
Bill
Status
Introduced
4/4/2025
Primary Sponsor
Brett Geymann
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AI Summary
- Removes eminent domain/expropriation authority for CO2 storage pipeline companies, requiring them to negotiate voluntary agreements with landowners for pipeline construction
- Requires CO2 storage pipeline transporters to obtain a certificate of public convenience and necessity from the commissioner of conservation before constructing pipelines, with such certificates authorizing construction only (not eminent domain)
- Mandates that pipeline companies provide written notice to property owners in bold 14-point font stating they have no legal authority to take property by eminent domain before executing any land use agreements
- Prohibits foreign-owned entities (those controlled by non-U.S. countries or non-U.S. citizens/residents) from exercising expropriation authority for carbon dioxide sequestration projects in Louisiana
- Preserves expropriation authority for CO2 storage facility operators for surface/subsurface rights needed to construct and operate storage facilities, but explicitly excludes pipelines from this authority
Legislative Description
Provides relative to carbon dioxide sequestration
ENERGY
Last Action
Read by title, returned to the calendar.
6/9/2025
Committee Referrals
Natural Resources and Environment4/4/2025
Full Bill Text
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