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Regular Session, 2014 ENROLLED
SENATE BILL NO. 239
BY SENATOR WALSWORTH
AN ACT1
To enact R.S. 49:191(7)(a) and to repeal R.S. 49:191(5)(h), relative to the Department of2
Environmental Quality, including provisions to provide for the re-creation of the3
Department of Environmental Quality 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 Environmental Quality and9
the statutory entities made a part of the department by law shall be re-created effective June10
30, 2014, and all statutory authority therefor is continued in accordance with the provisions11
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 of13
Environmental Quality 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, 2019, pursuant to R.S. 49:191. However,15
the Department of Environmental Quality may be re-created prior to such date in accordance16
with the provisions of Part XII of Chapter 1 of Title 49 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of17
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 The provisions of R.S. 49:193 are hereby superseded to the extent that19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
ยง191. Termination of legislative authority for existence of statutory entities;22
phase-out period for statutory entities; table of dates23
Notwithstanding any termination dates set by any previous Act of the24
legislature, the statutory entities set forth in this Section shall begin to terminate their25 SB NO. 239 ENROLLED
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operations on July first of each of the following years, and all legislative authority1
for the existence of any statutory entity, as defined in R.S. 49:190, shall cease as of2
July first of the following year, which shall be the termination date:3
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(7) July 1, 2018:5
(a) The Department of Environmental Quality and all statutory entities6
made a part of the department by law.7
Section 5. R.S. 49:191(5)(h) is hereby repealed.8
Section 6. This Act shall become effective on June 30, 2014; if vetoed by the9
governor and subsequently approved by the legislature, this Act shall become effective on10
June 30, 2014, or on the day following such approval by the legislature, whichever is later.11
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED: