Capitol Briefing: Houma lawmaker wants New Orleans area not Louisiana taxpayers to pay for city s levees
From wire reports
Houma lawmaker wants N.O. to pay levee bill
A measure headed to the House directs the governing authorities in New Orleans and four suburban parishes to devise a plan to pay off the state s share of the $14.5 billion post-Katrina hurricane levee system.
The resolution, sponsored by Rep. Jerome Zee Zeringue, R- Houma, asks officials in Jefferson, Orleans, Plaquemines, St. Bernard and St. Charles parishes to report back to the Legislature with a plan by Dec. 1. That takes a softer approach than another proposal which would up the region s sales tax without seeking input from local residents.