ENROLLED
2016 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 181
BY REPRESENTATIVE BISHOP
1 AN ACT
2 To enact R.S. 49:191(9)(b) and to repeal R.S. 49:191(6)(c), relative to the Department of
3 Natural Resources, including provisions to provide for the re-creation of the
4 Department of Natural Resources and the statutory entities made a part of the
5 department by law; to provide for the effective termination date for all statutory
6 authority for the existence of such statutory entities; and to provide for related
7 matters.
8 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
9 Section 1. Pursuant to R.S. 49:193, the Department of Natural Resources and the
10 statutory entities made a part of the department by law shall be re-created effective June 30,
11 2016, and all statutory authority therefor is continued in accordance with the provisions of
12 Part XII of Chapter 1 of Title 49 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950.
13 Section 2. All statutory authority for the existence of the Department of Natural
14 Resources and the statutory entities made a part of the department as re-created by Section
15 1 of this Act shall cease as of July 1, 2021, pursuant to R.S. 49:191. However, the
16 Department of Natural Resources may be re-created prior to such date in accordance with
17 the provisions of Part XII of Chapter 1 of Title 49 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950.
18 Section 3. The provisions of R.S. 49:193 are hereby superseded to the extent that
19 those provisions are in conflict with the provisions of this Act.
20 Section 4. R.S. 49:191(9)(b) is hereby enacted to read as follows:
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1 ยง191. Termination of legislative authority for existence of statutory entities;
2 phase-out period for statutory entities; table of dates
3 Notwithstanding any termination dates set by any previous Act of the
4 legislature, the statutory entities set forth in this Section shall begin to terminate their
5 operations on July first of each of the following years, and all legislative authority
6 for the existence of any statutory entity, as defined in R.S. 49:190, shall cease as of
7 July first of the following year, which shall be the termination date:
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9 (9) July 1, 2020:
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11 (b) The Department of Natural Resources and all statutory entities made a
12 part of the department by law.
13 Section 5. R.S. 49:191(6)(c) is hereby repealed in its entirety.
14 Section 6. This Act shall become effective on June 30, 2016; if vetoed by the
15 governor and subsequently approved by the legislature, this Act shall become effective on
16 June 30, 2016, or on the day following such approval by the legislature, whichever is later.
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED:
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