1. The department of homeland security and emergency management shall prepare and submit a statewide levee assessment report to the governor and general assembly not later than January 5 of each year.
2. a. (1) The statewide levee assessment report must include a summary of the condition of levees in each levee district.
(2) This paragraph is repealed July 1, 2028.
b. The statewide levee assessment report must identify those levees having the highest level of critical need of repair or reconstruction and the budget of a levee district to finance the repair or reconstruction.
3. The statewide levee assessment report must include the results of efforts to repair or reconstruct levees using cost-share moneys awarded to the governing bodies of levee districts under the levee improvement program.
4. The statewide levee assessment report must include a summary of future plans to administer the program. The statewide levee assessment report may include recommendations for additional funding and legislation necessary to carry out the purpose of this chapter.