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Regular Session, 2014
HOUSE BILL NO. 231
BY REPRESENTATIVE PONTI
SUNSET LAW: Re-creates the Department of Public Service
AN ACT1
To enact R.S. 49:191(7) and to repeal R.S. 49:191(5)(b), relative to the Department of2
Public Service, including provisions to provide for the re-creation of the Department3
of Public Service and the statutory entities made a part of the department by law; to4
provide for the effective termination date for all statutory authority for the existence5
of such 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 Public Service and the8
statutory entities made a part of the department by law shall be re-created effective June 30,9
2014, and all statutory authority therefor is continued in accordance with the provisions of10
Part XII of Chapter 1 of Title 49 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950.11
Section 2. All statutory authority for the existence of the Department of Public12
Service and the statutory entities made a part of the department as re-created by Section 113
of this Act shall cease as of July 1, 2019, pursuant to R.S. 49:191. However, the Department14
of Public Service may be re-created prior to such date in accordance with the provisions of15
Part XII of Chapter 1 of Title 49 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950.16
Section 3. The provisions of R.S. 49:193 are hereby superseded to the extent that17
those provisions are in conflict with the provisions of this Act.18
Section 4. R.S. 49:191(7) is hereby enacted to read as follows: 19 HLS 14RS-370 ENGROSSED
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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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(7) July 1, 2018:9
(a) The Department of Public Service and all statutory entities made a part10
of the department by law.11
Section 5. R.S. 49:191(5)(b) is hereby repealed in its entirety.12
Section 6. This Act shall become effective on June 30, 2014; if vetoed by the13
governor and subsequently approved by the legislature, this Act shall become effective on14
June 30, 2014, 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)]
Ponti HB No. 231
Abstract: Re-creates the Dept. of Public Service.
Present law (Sunset) provides that the Dept. of Public Service and all the statutory entities
made a part of that department by law shall begin to terminate their operations on July 1,
2014, and that all legislative authority for such entities shall cease as of July 1, 2015, 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 Public Service and its
statutory entities, effective June 30, 2014, 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, 2019, the new termination date and termination would begin
July 1, 2018, unless the department is re-created again. HLS 14RS-370 ENGROSSED
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Effective June 30, 2014.
(Adds R.S. 49:191(7); Repeals R.S. 49:191(5)(b))
Summary of Amendments Adopted by House
Committee Amendments Proposed by House Committee on Commerce to the original
bill.
1. Made technical changes.