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Regular Session, 2014 ENROLLED
SENATE BILL NO. 511
BY SENATOR HEITMEIER
AN ACT1
To enact R.S. 49:191(7) and to repeal R.S. 49:191(5)(g), relative to the Department of2
Children and Family Services; to provide for re-creation of the Department of3
Children and Family Services and the statutory entities made a part of the department4
by law; to provide for the effective termination date for all statutory authority for the5
existence of such statutory entities; to provide for an effective date; and to provide6
for related matters.7
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:8
Section 1. Pursuant to R.S. 49:193, the Department of Children and Family Services9
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 Children and13
Family Services and the statutory entities made a part of the department as re-created by14
Section 1 of this Act shall cease as of July 1, 2019, pursuant to R.S. 49:191. However, the15
Department of Children and Family Services 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 The provisions of R.S. 49:193 are hereby superseded to the extent that19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) is hereby enacted to read as follows:21
ยง191. Termination of legislative authority for existence of statutory entities; phase-22
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
operations on July first of each of the following years, and all legislative authority26
for the existence of any statutory entity, as defined in R.S. 49:190, shall cease as of27
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July first of the following year, which shall be the termination date:1
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(7) July 1, 2018:3
(a) The Department of Children and Family Services and all statutory4
entities made a part of the department by law.5
Section 5. R.S. 49:191(5)(g) is hereby repealed in its entirety.6
Section 6. This Act shall become effective on June 30, 2014; if vetoed by the7
governor and subsequently approved by the legislature, this Act shall become effective on8
June 30, 2014, or on the day following such approval by the legislature, whichever is later.9
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED: