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Regular Session, 2014
HOUSE BILL NO. 284
BY REPRESENTATIVE ST. GERMAIN
SUNSET LAW: Re-creates the Dept. of Transportation and Development
AN ACT1
To enact R.S. 49:191(7) and to repeal R.S. 49:191(5)(d), relative to the Department of2
Transportation and Development, including provisions to provide for the re-creation3
of the Department of Transportation and Development 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 Transportation and9
Development and the statutory entities made a part of the department by law shall be re-10
created effective June 30, 2014, and all statutory authority therefor is continued in11
accordance with the provisions of Part XII of Chapter 1 of Title 49 of the Louisiana Revised12
Statutes of 1950.13
Section 2. All statutory authority for the existence of the Department of14
Transportation and Development and the statutory entities made a part of the department as15
re-created by Section 1 of this Act shall cease as of July 1, 2018, pursuant to R.S. 49:191.16
However, the Department of Transportation and Development may be re-created prior to17
such date in accordance with the provisions of Part XII of Chapter 1 of Title 49 of the18
Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950.19 HLS 14RS-379 ORIGINAL
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Section 3. The provisions of R.S. 49:193 are hereby superseded to the extent that1
those provisions are in conflict with the provisions of this Act.2
Section 4. R.S. 49:191(7) is hereby enacted to read as follows:3
ยง191. Termination of legislative authority for existence of statutory entities; phase-4
out period for statutory entities; table of dates5
Notwithstanding any termination dates set by any previous Act of the6
legislature, the statutory entities set forth in this Section shall begin to terminate their7
operations on July first of each of the following years, and all legislative authority8
for the existence of any statutory entity, as defined in R.S. 49:190, shall cease as of9
July first of the following year, which shall be the termination date:10
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(7) July 1, 2017:12
(a) The Department of Transportation and Development and all statutory13
entities made a part of the department by law.14
Section 5. R.S. 49:191(5)(d) is hereby repealed in its entirety.15
Section 6. This Act shall become effective on June 30, 2014; if vetoed by the16
governor and subsequently approved by the legislature, this Act shall become effective on17
June 30, 2014, or on the day following such approval by the legislature, whichever is later.18
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)]
St. Germain HB No. 284
Abstract: Re-creates the Dept. of Transportation and Development.
Present law (Sunset) provides that the Dept. of Transportation and Development 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 Transportation and
Development 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
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July 1, 2018, the new termination date and termination would begin July 1, 2017, unless the
department is re-created again.
Effective June 30, 2014.
(Adds R.S. 49:191(7); Repeals R.S. 49:191(5)(d))