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La. Const. art. IX, § 1 ARTICLE IX. NATURAL RESOURCES
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§1. Natural Resources and Environment; Public Policy The natural resources of the state, including air and water, and the healthful, scenic, historic, and esthetic quality of the environment shall be protected, conserved, and replenished insofar as possible and consistent with th…
La. Const. art. IX, § 2 Natural Gas
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(A) Public Policy; Regulation. Natural gas is declared to be affected with a public interest. Notwithstanding any provision of this constitution relative to the powers and duties of the Public Service Commission, the legislature shall provide by law for regulation of natural gas …
La. Const. art. IX, § 3 Alienation of Water Bottoms
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The legislature shall neither alienate nor authorize the alienation of the bed of a navigable water body, except for purposes of reclamation by the riparian owner to recover land lost through erosion. This Section shall not prevent the leasing of state lands or water bottoms for …
La. Const. art. IX, § 4 Reservation of Mineral Rights; Prescription
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(A) Reservation of Mineral Rights. The mineral rights on property sold by the state shall be reserved, except when the owner or person having the right to redeem buys or redeems property sold or adjudicated to the state for taxes. The mineral rights on land, contiguous to and abu…