§103. Coordination and cooperation
A. It is the policy of this Chapter that the West Bank hurricane protection projects be pursued so that there is full coordination and cooperation between all federal and state entities that have complementing or overlapping interests and authority in the projects. The chairman of the Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority Board or the executive director of the Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority is authorized to coordinate all of the state and local governmental aspects of the projects so that there is an orderly development of the project.
B. The chairman of the Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority Board or the Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority is authorized to call upon the West Jefferson Levee District, the Orleans Levee District, Plaquemines Parish, the Lafourche Basin Levee District, and all other commissions and districts and state agencies, departments, and political subdivisions of the state for full and complete cooperation and assistance in carrying out the provisions of this Chapter, and all such entities are hereby directed and it shall be their duty to cooperate and assist in carrying out the provisions of this Chapter to the fullest extent possible.
Acts 1993, No. 1012, §1, eff. June 25, 1993; Acts 2008, No. 503, §1; Acts 2009, No. 523, §2, eff. July 10, 2009; Acts 2012, No. 604, §2, eff. June 7, 2012; Acts 2016, No. 459, §1.