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Regular Session, 2014
HOUSE BILL NO. 284
BY REPRESENTATIVE ST. GERMAIN
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
Section 3. The provisions of R.S. 49:193 are hereby superseded to the extent that20
those provisions are in conflict with the provisions of this Act.21 ENROLLEDHB NO. 284
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Section 4. R.S. 49:191(7) is hereby enacted to read as follows:1
ยง191. Termination of legislative authority for existence of statutory entities; phase-2
out period for statutory entities; table of dates3
Notwithstanding any termination dates set by any previous Act of the4
legislature, the statutory entities set forth in this Section shall begin to terminate their5
operations on July first of each of the following years, and all legislative authority6
for the existence of any statutory entity, as defined in R.S. 49:190, shall cease as of7
July first of the following year, which shall be the termination date:8
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(7) July 1, 2017:10
(a) The Department of Transportation and Development and all statutory11
entities made a part of the department by law.12
Section 5. R.S. 49:191(5)(d) is hereby repealed in its entirety.13
Section 6. This Act shall become effective on June 30, 2014; if vetoed by the14
governor and subsequently approved by the legislature, this Act shall become effective on15
June 30, 2014, or on the day following such approval by the legislature, whichever is later.16
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATI VES
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED: