SLS 16RS-176 ORIGINAL
2016 Regular Session
SENATE BILL NO. 21
BY SENATOR BOUDREAUX
HEALTH CARE. Extends legislative authority for the Louisiana Obesity Prevention and
Management Commission. (8/1/16)
1 AN ACT
2 To amend and reenact R.S. 40:2018.4(H), relative to the Louisiana Obesity Prevention and
3 Management Commission; to provide for a termination date of the commission; to
4 provide for an effective date; and to provide for related matters.
5 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
6 Section 1. R.S. 40:2018.4(H) is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows:
7 ยง2018.4. Louisiana Obesity Prevention and Management Commission
8 * * *
9 H. The legislative authority for the existence of the commission shall cease
10 on March 31, 2016 2018.
11 Section 2. This Act shall become effective on August 1, 2016; if vetoed by the
12 governor and subsequently approved by the legislature, this Act shall become effective on
13 August 1, 2016, or on the day following such approval by the legislature, whichever is later.
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Coding: Words which are struck through are deletions from existing law;
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SLS 16RS-176 ORIGINAL
The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument, were prepared by Christine Arbo Peck.
DIGEST
SB 21 Original 2016 Regular Session Boudreaux
Present law provides that the legislative authority for the Louisiana Obesity Prevention and
Management Commission ceases to exist on March 31, 2016.
Proposed law changes the date from 2016 to 2018.
Effective August 1, 2016.
(Amends R.S. 40:2018.4(H))
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Coding: Words which are struck through are deletions from existing law;
words in boldface type and underscored are additions.