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ACT No. 234
Regular Session, 2010
HOUSE BILL NO. 174
BY REPRESENTATIVE EDWARDS
AN ACT1
To enact R.S. 49:191(5)(b) and to repeal R.S. 49:191(3)(p), relative to the Department of2
Veterans Affairs, including provisions to provide for the re-creation of the3
Department of Veterans Affairs and the statutory entities made a part of the4
department by law; to provide for the effective termination date for all statutory5
authority for the existence of such statutory entities; and to provide for related6
matters.7
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:8
Section 1. Pursuant to R.S. 49:193, the Department of Veterans Affairs and the9
statutory entities made a part of the department by law shall be re-created effective June 30,10
2010, and all statutory authority therefor is continued in accordance with the provisions of11
Part XII of Chapter 1 of Title 49 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950.12
Section 2. All statutory authority for the existence of the Department of Veterans13
Affairs and the statutory entities made a part of the department as re-created by Section 114
of this Act shall cease as of July 1, 2015, pursuant to R.S. 49:191. However, the Department15
of Veterans Affairs may be re-created prior to such date in accordance with the provisions16
of Part XII of Chapter 1 of Title 49 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950.17
Section 3. The provisions of R.S. 49:193 are hereby superseded to the extent that18
those provisions are in conflict with the provisions of this Act.19
Section 4. R.S. 49:191(5)(b) is hereby enacted to read as follows:20
ยง191. Termination of legislative authority for existence of statutory entities; phase-21
out period for statutory entities; table of dates22
Notwithstanding any termination dates set by any previous Act of the23
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operations on July first of each of the following years, and all legislative authority1
for the existence of any statutory entity, as defined in R.S. 49:190, shall cease as of2
July first of the following year, which shall be the termination date:3
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(5) July 1, 2014:5
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(b) The Department of Veterans Affairs and statutory entities made a part of7
the department by law.8
Section 5. R.S. 49:191(3)(p) is hereby repealed in its entirety.9
Section 6. This Act shall become effective on June 30, 2010; if vetoed by the10
governor and subsequently approved by the legislature, this Act shall become effective on11
June 30, 2010, or on the day following such approval by the legislature, whichever is later.12
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATI VES
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED: