LA HB75

Amends R.S. 30:1104.2 to establish minimum compensation for non-consenting landowners in carbon dioxide storage units, requiring they receive no less than the average per acre compensation paid to all other owners in interest in the unit

Requires storage unit operators to compensate non-consenting mineral owners for the value of stranded minerals located beneath the unit or reimburse them for additional drilling costs required by the Department of Energy and Natural Resources

Authorizes courts to request all information necessary to determine just compensation for owners in interest who challenge unitization orders

Permits jury trials on compensation disputes if timely requested, with judicial reviews to be tried by preference and conducted with greatest possible dispatch

Preserves existing rights of mineral owners to drill through storage units while complying with commissioner rules protecting against CO2 escape or migration