HB 494

NATURAL RESOURCES DEPT: Urges and requests the Department of Conservation and Energy to study the implementation of gravel surface mining reclamation and conservation

CIVIL/LAW: Removes damage threshold for carbon capture release

CIVIL/PROCEDURE: Provides relative to requests for admissions

SUCCESSIONS: Provides relative to small successions

FLOODING/CONTROL: Prohibits expropriation by the board of commissioners of the Amite River Basin Drainage and Water Conservation District in East Feliciana and St. Helena Parishes

LOCAL GOVERNMENT: Provides for a local option election to establish term limits for members of the governing authority of St. Helena Parish (OR SEE FISC NOTE SG RV)

ENERGY: Creates the Louisiana Energy Protection Act (EN NO IMPACT See Note)

ENERGY: Urges and requests the Department of Conservation and Energy and the Louisiana Geological Survey to study and develop recommendations for the collection, retention, and access to the state's subsurface data

ENERGY: Creates the Task Force on Advanced Drilling to study the impacts of carbon storage on mineral rights and oil and gas operations

ENERGY: Recognizes the value of geothermal energy development in the state

ENERGY: Urges and requests the Department of Conservation and Energy to review policies and practices related to the redaction of proposed well site locations

LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS: Establishes the Energy Caucus in the Louisiana House of Representatives

Net Energy Metering - Portable Solar Electric Generating Facilities

Environment - Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative - Withdrawal (Restoring Energy Freedom Act)

Income Tax - Energy Efficient Home Improvement Credit

Property Tax - Agricultural Use Assessment - Community Solar Energy Generating Systems

Energy Performance Contracts - Navigators, Funding, and Requirements

Moratorium on Construction of New Data Centers - Co-Location and Generation Contingency