Louisiana § RS 30:81 - Policy and purpose
Full text of Louisiana Louisiana Civil Code § RS 30:81 — Policy and purpose, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ RS 30:81. Policy and purpose
A. The legislature finds and declares that:
(1) A present and future benefit to the environment, public health, safety, and welfare would be to clean up, close, and restore oilfield sites.
(2) State laws and regulations must comprehensively address those situations where proper and timely cleanup, closure, and restoration of orphaned oilfield sites must be assured.
B. It is in the public interest and within the police power of this state to establish an oilfield site restoration fund to provide for the proper and timely cleanup, closure, and restoration of oilfield sites, to be administered by the Department of Conservation and Energy.
C. Nothing in this Part shall be deemed to alter or impair any rights and responsibilities established by contract between private parties.
Acts 1993, No. 404, §2; Acts 2023, No. 150, §5, eff. Jan. 10, 2024; Acts 2024, 3rd Ex. Sess., No. 16, §1, eff. July 1, 2025.
Source: official Louisiana text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section RS 30:81 ("Policy and purpose") is part of the Louisiana Civil Code, the codified statutory law of Louisiana. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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