RÉSUMÉ DIGEST
ACT 216 (SB 20) 2018 Regular Session Cortez
Prior law (Sunset) provided that the Dept. of Transportation and Development (DOTD) and
all the statutory entities made a part of that department by law shall begin to terminate their
operations on July 1, 2017, and that all legislative authority for such entities shall cease as
of July 1, 2018, 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 DOTD and its statutory entities, effective
June 30, 2018, in accordance with the "Sunset" law.
New law supersedes the provisions of the "Sunset" law which set out the procedure for
review and re-creation and which require a separate bill to re-create each statutory entity
within the department along with additional provisions.
New law makes July 1, 2021, the new termination date and termination would begin July 1,
2020, unless the department is re-created again.
Effective June 30, 2018.
(Adds R.S. 49:191(9)(g); repeals R.S. 49:191(7))