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Regular Session, 2014
HOUSE BILL NO. 56
BY REPRESENTATIVE LOPINTO
AN ACT1
To enact R.S. 49:191(7)(a) and to repeal R.S. 49:191(5)(f), relative to the Department of2
Public Safety and Corrections, including provisions to provide for the re-creation of3
the Department of Public Safety and Corrections and the statutory entities made a4
part of the department by law; to provide for the effective termination date for all5
statutory authority for the existence of such statutory entities; and to provide for6
related matters.7
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:8
Section 1. Pursuant to R.S. 49:193, the Department of Public Safety and Corrections9
and the statutory entities made a part of the department by law shall be re-created effective10
June 30, 2014, and all statutory authority therefor is continued in accordance with the11
provisions of 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 Public13
Safety and Corrections and the statutory entities made a part of the department as re-created14
by Section 1 of this Act shall cease as of July 1, 2021, pursuant to R.S. 49:191. However,15
the Department of Public Safety and Corrections may be re-created prior to such date in16
accordance with the provisions of Part XII of Chapter 1 of Title 49 of the Louisiana Revised17
Statutes of 1950.18
Section 3. The provisions of R.S. 49:193 are hereby superseded to the extent that19
those provisions are in conflict with the provisions of this Act.20
Section 4. R.S. 49:191(7)(a) is hereby enacted to read as follows:21 ENROLLEDHB NO. 56
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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, 2020:9
(a) The Department of Public Safety and Corrections and all statutory10
entities made a part of the department by law.11
Section 5. R.S. 49:191(5)(f) 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
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATI VES
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED: