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Regular Session, 2012
HOUSE BILL NO. 565
BY REPRESENTATIVE DOVE AND SENATOR LONG
SUNSET LAW: Re-creates the Department of Natural Resources
AN ACT1
To enact R.S. 49:121(6) and to repeal R.S. 49:121(4)(d), relative to the Department of2
Natural Resources, including provisions to provide for the re-creation of the3
Department of Natural Resources 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 Natural Resources 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 Natural13
Resources and the statutory entities made a part of the department as re-created by Section14
1 of this Act shall cease as of July 1, 2017, pursuant to R.S. 49:191. However, the15
Department of Natural Resources may be re-created prior to such date in accordance with16
the provisions 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 The provisions of R.S. 49:193 are hereby superseded to the extent that18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. 49:121(6) is hereby enacted to read as follows:20 HLS 12RS-563 ORIGINAL
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ยง191. Termination of legislative authority for existence of statutory entities; phase-1
out period for statutory entities; table of dates2
Notwithstanding any termination dates set by any previous Act of the3
legislature, the statutory entities set forth in this Section shall begin to terminate their4
operations on July first of each of the following years, and all legislative authority5
for the existence of any statutory entity, as defined in R.S. 49:190, shall cease as of6
July first of the following year, which shall be the termination date:7
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(6) July 1, 2016:9
(a) The Department of Natural Resources and all statutory entities made a10
part of the department by law.11
Section 5. R.S. 49:121(4)(d) is hereby repealed in its entirety.12
Section 6. This Act shall become effective on June 30, 2012; if vetoed by the13
governor and subsequently approved by the legislature, this Act shall become effective on14
June 30, 2012, or on the day following such approval by the legislature, whichever is later.15
DIGEST
The digest printed below was prepared by House Legislative Services. It constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument. The keyword, one-liner, abstract, and digest do not constitute
part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)]
Dove HB No. 565
Abstract: Re-creates the Dept. of Natural Resources
Present law (Sunset) provides that the Dept. of Natural Resources and all the statutory
entities made a part of that department by law shall begin to terminate their operations on
July 1, 2012, and that all legislative authority for such entities shall cease as of July 1, 2013,
unless the legislature enacts a bill authorizing the re-creation of the department and its
statutory entities prior thereto.
Proposed law provides for the general re-creation of the Dept. of Natural Resources and its
statutory entities, effective June 30, 2012, in accordance with the "sunset" law. Proposed
law supersedes the provisions of the "sunset" law which set out the procedure for review and
re-creation and which require a separate bill to re-create each statutory entity within the
department along with additional provisions. Proposed law makes July 1, 2017, the new
termination date and termination would begin July 1, 2016, unless the department is re-
created again.
Effective June 30, 2012.
(Adds R.S. 49:121(6); Repeals R.S. 49:121(4)(d))