HB1169 • 2026

PROPERTY: Requires the return of property or property rights acquired by the Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority for the Mid-Barataria Sediment Diversion

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor: Timothy P. Kerner
Last action: 2026-04-01
Official status: Pending House Natural Resources - Sched. for 5/12/26
Effective date: Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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PROPERTY: Requires the return of property or property rights acquired by the Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority for the Mid-Barataria Sediment Diversion

What This Bill Does

PROPERTY: Requires the return of property or property rights acquired by the Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority for the Mid-Barataria Sediment Diversion

Limits and Unknowns

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Bill History

2026-04-01 H
Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Natural Resources and Environment.
2026-03-31 H
Read by title. Lies over under the rules.

Official Summary Text

PROPERTY: Requires the return of property or property rights acquired by the Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority for the Mid-Barataria Sediment Diversion

Current Bill Text

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HLS 26RS-1780 ORIGINAL
2026 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 1169
BY REPRESENTATIVE KERNER
PROPERTY: Requires the return of property or property rights acquired by the Coastal
Protection and Restoration Authority for the Mid-Barataria Sediment Diversion
1 AN ACT
2 To require the return of certain private property or property rights acquired by the Coastal
3 Protection and Restoration Authority for the Mid-Barataria Sediment Diversion
4 project; and to provide for related matters.
5 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
6 Section 1. Any property sold to or expropriated by the Coastal Protection and
7 Restoration Authority for the Mid-Barataria Sediment Diversion project shall be returned
8 to the prior owner for an amount which shall not exceed the amount the prior owner received
9 as compensation for the sale or expropriation.
10 Section 2. Alternatively, at the option of the prior owner, the Coastal Protection and
11 Restoration Authority shall execute an agreement with the prior owner to allow the prior
12 owner access to the property sold or expropriated for the Mid-Barataria Sediment Diversion
13 project for recreational purposes.
DIGEST
The digest printed below was prepared by House Legislative Services. It constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument. The keyword, one-liner, abstract, and digest do not constitute
part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)]
HB 1169 Original 2026 Regular Session Kerner
Requires the Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority to return property acquired for
the Mid-Barataria Sediment Diversion at the same price for which it was acquired or allow
prior owners access to the property acquired for recreational purposes.
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