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Regular Session, 2012 ENROLLED
SENATE BILL NO. 315
BY SENATOR AMEDEE
AN ACT1
To enact R.S. 49:191(6)(a) and to repeal R.S. 49:191(4)(c), relative to the Department of2
Culture, Recreation and Tourism, including provisions to provide for the re-creation3
of the Department of Culture, Recreation and Tourism and the statutory entities4
made a part of the department by law; to provide for the effective termination date5
for all statutory authority for the existence of such statutory entities; and to provide6
for related matters.7
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:8
Section 1. Pursuant to R.S. 49:193, the Department of Culture, Recreation and9
Tourism and the statutory entities made a part of the department by law shall be re-created10
effective June 30, 2012, and all statutory authority therefor is continued in accordance with11
the provisions of 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 Culture,13
Recreation and Tourism and the statutory entities made a part of the department as re-created14
by Section 1 of this Act shall cease as of July 1, 2017, pursuant to R.S. 49:191. However,15
the Department of Culture, Recreation and Tourism may be re-created prior to such date in16
accordance with the provisions of Part XII of Chapter 1 of Title 49 of the Louisiana Revised17
Statutes of 1950.18
Section 3. The provisions of R.S. 49:193 are hereby superseded to the extent that19
those provisions are in conflict with the provisions of this Act.20
Section 4. R.S. 49:191(6)(a) is hereby enacted to read as follows:21
ยง191. Termination of legislative authority for existence of statutory entities; phase-22
out period for statutory entities; table of dates23
Notwithstanding any termination dates set by any previous Act of the24
legislature, the statutory entities set forth in this Section shall begin to terminate their25
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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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(6) July 1, 2016:5
(a) The Department of Culture, Recreation and Tourism and all6
statutory entities made a part of the department by law.7
Section 5. R.S. 49:191(4)(c) is hereby repealed in its entirety.8
Section 6. This Act shall become effective on June 30, 2012; if vetoed by the9
governor and subsequently approved by the legislature, this Act shall become effective on10
June 30, 2012, or on the day following such approval by the legislature, whichever is later.11
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED: