TRANSPORTATION/DEV DEPT: Requests the Department of Transportation and Development to perform a cost benefit analysis on merging the Lafitte Area Independent Levee District with the Southeast Louisiana Flood Protection Authority-West.

This Senate resolution asks the Department of Transportation and Development to study whether the Lafitte Area Independent Levee District should be merged with the Southeast Louisiana Flood Protection Authority-West. The proposed analysis would compare the costs and benefits of combining these two separate flood control organizations that currently manage levees and floodwalls on the west side of the Mississippi River. If the study is completed, a report detailing the findings must be submitted to specific Senate committees and the state legislative research library by December 1, 2024. This action does not immediately change how flood protection is managed but sets up an official review of the two entities' structures and operations.