Louisiana Administrative Code
Title 56 - PUBLIC WORKS
Part III - Flood Control and Water Management
Subpart 1 - Water Resources and Flood Control
Chapter 3 - Statewide Flood Control Program
Subchapter C - Evaluation of Proposed Projects and Distribution of Funds
Section III-319 - Distribution of Funds

Universal Citation: LA Admin Code III-319

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 9, September 20, 2024

A. Maximum Statewide Flood Control Program participation is $5,000,000 per project, unless the secretary of DOTD authorizes a project to be undertaken in excess of $5,000,000 due to the receipt of one-time funds.

B. The distribution of program funds is based on a two-tiered system consisting of:

1.
a. the eleven major urban areas in Louisiana as shown in Figure 1 (§301); and,

b. the five funding districts shown in Figure 2 (§303);

2. 45 percent of total program funds is allocated to project areas within the eleven designated urban areas as shown in Figure 1 (§301). Projects within urban areas must compete for funding with projects from all urban areas. Urban funding shall be distributed evenly among urban jurisdictions with outstanding funding obligations;

3. 55 percent of total program funds is allocated to rural projects in the five funding districts as shown in Figure 2 (§303). The formula for distributing funds among the five districts is as follows:

District's Percent of Available Funding =

[0.50 x (District's Percent of State's Rural Land Area)] + [0.50 x (District's Percent of State's Rural Population)]

4. The following table presents the funding allocation percentage for each of the five districts.

Table 1 Funding Allocations for Rural Projects by Funding District

Funding District

Percent of State Total

Rural Land Area

Rural Population

Funding Allocation

Northwest

28.589

25.745

27.167

Northeast

19.644

13.948

16.796

Southwest

18.199

18.537

18.368

South Central

16.907

22.824

19.866

Southeast

16.661

18.964

17.803

State Total

100.0

100.0

100.0

5. The total annual funding provided to projects under the Rural Grant Opportunity Program shall not exceed 25 percent of the total annual funding provided to the Statewide Flood Control Program.

C. The Evaluation Committee will make its recommendations for projects within the limitations of the funding projections for the coming year and in accordance with the distributions presented in Table 1 of this Chapter. Table 2 of this Chapter presents the funding distribution for a hypothetical $50 million construction program allocation.

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 38:90.1 et. seq.

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