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Regular Session, 2012 ENROLLED
SENATE BILL NO. 384
BY SENATOR RISER
AN ACT1
To enact R.S. 49:191(6) and to repeal R.S. 49:191(4)(i), relative to the Department of2
Revenue, including provisions to provide for the re-creation of the Department of3
Revenue and the statutory entities made a part of the department by law; to provide4
for the effective termination date for all statutory authority for the existence of such5
statutory entities; and to provide for related matters.6
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:7
Section 1. Pursuant to R.S. 49:193, the Department of Revenue and the statutory8
entities made a part of the department by law shall be re-created effective June 30, 2012, and9
all statutory authority therefor is continued in accordance with the provisions of Part XII of10
Chapter 1 of Title 49 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950.11
Section 2. Notwithstanding any provision of any previous Act of the legislature, all12
statutory authority for the existence of the Department of Revenue and the statutory entities13
made a part of the department as re-created by Section 1 of this Act shall cease as of July 1,14
2017, pursuant to R.S. 49:191. However, the Department of Revenue may be re-created15
prior to such date in accordance with the provisions of Part XII of Chapter 1 of Title 49 of16
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 The provisions of R.S. 49:193 are hereby superseded to the extent that18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(6) is hereby enacted to read as follows:20
ยง191. Termination of legislative authority for existence of statutory entities;21
phase-out period for statutory entities; table of dates22
Notwithstanding any termination dates set by any previous Act of the23
legislature, the statutory entities set forth in this Section shall begin to terminate their24
operations on July first of each of the following years, and all legislative authority25
for the existence of any statutory entity, as defined in R.S. 49:190, shall cease as of26
July first of the following year, which shall be the termination date:27
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(6) July 1, 2016:2
The Department of Revenue and all statutory entities made a part3
of the department by law.4
Section 5. R.S. 49:191(4)(i) is hereby repealed in its entirety.5
Section 6. This Act shall become effective on June 30, 2012; if vetoed by the6
governor and subsequently approved by the legislature, this Act shall become effective on7
June 30, 2012, or on the day following such approval by the legislature, whichever is later.8
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED: