Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 38:91

  • Office: means the office of engineering of the Department of Transportation and Development. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 38:90.1
  • Program: means the flood control system which may include, but not be limited to, floodproofing, waterproofing, ring dikes, relocation assistance, information programs, formulation of codes, and engineering studies. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 38:90.1

A.  The Department of Transportation and Development, office of engineering, is hereby directed to establish and create a Louisiana Water Resources Information Center to be administered by and housed in the office of  engineering and to implement an indexing and data accessing system that will contain, in part, all information past, present, and future for water and water-related resource data so collected by federal, state, and local agencies in the state of Louisiana.

B.  The Louisiana Water Resources Information Center, within the Department of Transportation and Development, office of engineering, shall promulgate rules necessary to develop a program that will index or access all water-related resources data from the various host federal, state, and local agencies so as to serve as a central access point for all Louisiana water data, making said data more available, thereby reducing duplication of collection of said water data and increasing its use.

Added by Acts 1983, No. 224, §1; Acts 1999, No. 999, §1, eff. July 9, 1999; Acts 2006, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 6, §4; Acts 2012, No. 753, §5.

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