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Regular Session, 2014 ENROLLED
SENATE BILL NO. 510
BY SENATOR HEITMEIER
AN ACT1
To enact R.S. 49:191(7) and to repeal R.S. 49:191(5)(j), relative to the Department of2
Veterans Affairs; to provide for re-creation of the Department of Veterans Affairs3
and the statutory entities made a part of the department by law; to provide for the4
effective termination date for all statutory authority for the existence of such5
statutory entities; to provide for an effective date; and to provide for related matters.6
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:7
Section 1. Pursuant to R.S. 49:193, the Department of Veterans Affairs and the8
statutory entities made a part of the department by law shall be re-created effective June 30,9
2014, and all statutory authority therefor is continued in accordance with the provisions of10
Part XII of Chapter 1 of Title 49 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950. 11
Section 2. All statutory authority for the existence of the Department of Veterans12
Affairs and the statutory entities made a part of the department as re-created by Section 113
of this Act shall cease as of July 1, 2019, pursuant to R.S. 49:191. However, the Department14
of Veterans Affairs may be re-created prior to such date in accordance with the provisions15
of Part XII of Chapter 1 of Title 49 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950.16
Section 3. The provisions of R.S. 49:193 are hereby superseded to the extent that17
those provisions are in conflict with the provisions of this Act.18
Section 4. R.S. 49:191(7) is hereby enacted to read as follows:19
ยง191. Termination of legislative authority for existence of statutory entities; phase-20
out period for statutory entities; table of dates21
Notwithstanding any termination dates set by any previous Act of the22
legislature, the statutory entities set forth in this Section shall begin to terminate their23
operations on July first of each of the following years, and all legislative authority24
for the existence of any statutory entity, as defined in R.S. 49:190, shall cease as of25
July first of the following year, which shall be the termination date:26
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(7) July 1, 2018:2
The Department of Veterans Affairs and all statutory entities made a3
part of the department by law.4
Section 5. R.S. 49:191(5)(j) is hereby repealed in its entirety.5
Section 6. This Act shall become effective on June 30, 2014; if vetoed by the6
governor subsequently approved by the legislature, this Act shall become effective on June7
30, 2014, or on the day following such approval by the legislature, whichever is later.8
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED: