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Regular Session, 2010 ENROLLED
SENATE BILL NO. 144
BY SENATORS THOMPSON AND WALSWORTH AND REPRESENTATIVE WHITE
AN ACT1
To enact R.S. 49:191(5)(b) and to repeal R.S. 49:191(3)(k), relative to the Governor's Office2
of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness, including provisions to provide3
for the re-creation of the Governor's Office of Homeland Security and Emergency4
Preparedness and the statutory entities made a part of the department by law; to5
provide for the effective termination date for all statutory authority for the existence6
of such statutory entities; and to provide for related matters.7
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:8
Section 1. Pursuant to R.S. 49:193, the Governor's Office of Homeland Security and9
Emergency Preparedness and the statutory entities made a part of the department by law10
shall be re-created effective June 30, 2010, and all statutory authority therefor is continued11
in accordance with the provisions of Part XII of Chapter 1 of Title 49 of the Louisiana12
Revised Statutes of 1950.13
Section 2. All statutory authority for the existence of the Governor's Office of14
Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness and the statutory entities made a part of15
the department as re-created by Section 1 of this Act shall cease as of July 1, 2015, pursuant16
to R.S. 49:191. However, the Governor's Office of Homeland Security and Emergency17
Preparedness may be re-created prior to such date in accordance with the provisions of Part18
XII of Chapter 1 of Title 49 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950.19
Section 3. The provisions of R.S. 49:193 are hereby superseded to the extent that20
those provisions are in conflict with the provisions of this Act.21
Section 4. R.S. 49:191(5)(b) is hereby enacted to read as follows:22
ยง191. Termination of legislative authority for existence of statutory entities; phase-23
out period for statutory entities; table of dates24
Notwithstanding any termination dates set by any previous Act of the25
legislature, the statutory entities set forth in this Section shall begin to terminate their26
operations on July first of each of the following years, and all legislative authority27
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for the existence of any statutory entity, as defined in R.S. 49:190, shall cease as of1
July first of the following year, which shall be the termination date:2
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(5) July 1, 2014:4
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(b) The Governor's Office of Homeland Security and Emergency6
Preparedness and all statutory entities made a part of the department7
by law.8
Section 5. R.S. 49:191(3)(k) 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
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED: