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Regular Session, 2012
HOUSE BILL NO. 373
BY REPRESENTATIVE TIM BURNS
AN ACT1
To enact R.S. 49:191(5)(n) and to repeal R.S. 49:191(4)(g), relative to the Department of2
State Civil Service, including provisions to provide for the re-creation of the3
Department of State Civil Service 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 State Civil Service and the9
statutory entities made a part of the department by law shall be re-created effective June 30,10
2012, 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 State Civil13
Service 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 State Civil Service 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 The provisions of R.S. 49:193 are hereby superseded to the extent that18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 ENROLLEDHB NO. 373
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Section 4. R.S. 49:191(5)(n) is hereby enacted to read as follows: 1
ยง191. Termination of legislative authority for existence of statutory entities; phase-2
out period for statutory entities; table of dates3
Notwithstanding any termination dates set by any previous Act of the4
legislature, the statutory entities set forth in this Section shall begin to terminate their5
operations on July first of each of the following years, and all legislative authority6
for the existence of any statutory entity, as defined in R.S. 49:190, shall cease as of7
July first of the following year, which shall be the termination date:8
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(5) July 1, 2014:10
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(n) The Department of State Civil Service and all statutory entities made a12
part of the department by law.13
Section 5. R.S. 49:191(4)(g) is hereby repealed in its entirety.14
Section 6. This Act shall become effective on June 30, 2012; if vetoed by the15
governor and subsequently approved by the legislature, this Act shall become effective on16
June 30, 2012, or on the day following such approval by the legislature, whichever is later.17
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATI VES
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED: