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Regular Session, 2014
HOUSE BILL NO. 404
BY REPRESENTATIVE HENRY BURNS
SUNSET LAW: Re-creates the Department of Veterans Affairs
AN ACT1
To enact R.S. 49:191(7)(a) and to repeal R.S. 49:191(5)(j), relative to the Department of2
Veterans Affairs, including provisions to provide for the re-creation of the3
Department of Veterans Affairs and the statutory entities made a part of the4
department by law; to provide for the effective termination date for all statutory5
authority for the existence of such statutory entities; and to provide for related6
matters.7
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:8
Section 1. Pursuant to R.S. 49:193, the Department of Veterans Affairs and the9
statutory entities made a part of the department by law shall be re-created effective June 30,10
2014, and all statutory authority therefor is continued in accordance with the provisions of11
Part XII of Chapter 1 of Title 49 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950.12
Section 2. All statutory authority for the existence of the Department of Veterans13
Affairs and the statutory entities made a part of the department as re-created by Section 114
of this Act shall cease as of July 1, 2019, pursuant to R.S. 49:191. However, the Department15
of Veterans Affairs may be re-created prior to such date in accordance with the provisions16
of Part XII of Chapter 1 of Title 49 of 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 The provisions of R.S. 49:193 are hereby superseded to the extent that18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(7)(a) is hereby enacted to read as follows:20 HLS 14RS-1235 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 Veterans Affairs and statutory entities made a part of10
the department by law.11
Section 5. R.S. 49:191(5)(j) 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)]
Henry Burns HB No. 404
Abstract: Re-creates the Dept. of Veterans Affairs.
Present law (Sunset) provides that the Dept. of Veterans Affairs 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 Veterans Affairs 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 with 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.
Effective June 30, 2014.
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