§3302. AGMAC Deepening Project
A. For the purpose established in this Chapter and contingent upon the necessary act of designation to be promulgated by the governor pursuant to R.S. 38:81, designating the Department of Transportation and Development as the assuring and coordinating agency for the AGMAC Project, the secretary of the department is authorized to negotiate and contract with the United States of America to provide such local assurances and cooperation as is necessary for the purposes authorized in this Chapter.
B. The secretary is authorized to proceed with and cooperate in the planning, design, engineering, construction, and right-of-way acquisition of the project; to wit, providing a channel twenty feet in depth from the Gulf of Mexico to Port of Iberia (POI).
C. The Department of Transportation and Development shall be designated as the non-federal sponsor of the lower portion of the Vermilion River in Vermilion Parish for ten and three/tenths miles to a depth of twenty feet if included as a post authorization change to the AGMAC.
D. Notwithstanding any provision of this Section to the contrary, prior to entering into any contract with the United States of America to provide such local assurances and cooperation, the department shall submit said contract for approval to the Joint Legislative Committee on the Budget.
Acts 2004, No. 728, §1, eff. July 6, 2004.
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