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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 statutory entity within
the department along with additional provisions. Proposed law makes 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))