Walsworth (SB 239) Act No. 292
Prior law (Sunset law) provided that the Dept. of Environmental Quality and all the statutory
entities made a part of that department by law shall begin to terminate their operations on
July 30, 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.
New law provides for the general re-creation of the Dept. of Environmental Quality and its
statutory entities, effective June 30, 2014, for a four-year period.
Effective June 30, 2014.
(Adds R.S. 49:191(7)(a); repeals R.S. 49:191(5)(h))