1. 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.

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

   1. 1.

      1. a. the eleven major urban areas in Louisiana as shown in Figure 1 (§301); and,
      2. b. the five funding districts shown in Figure 2 (§303);
   2. 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. 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. 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. 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.
3. 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

AUTHORITY NOTE: promulgated in accordance with R.S. 38:90 et seq.

Historical Note

HISTORICAL NOTE: Promulgated by the Department of Transportation and Development, Office of Public Works, LR 5:577 (May 1985), repromulgated by the Department of Transportation and Development, Office of Public Works, LR 31:942 (April 2005), amended LR 35:2854 (December 2009), LR 46:1239 (September 2020).