The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part of the
legislative instrument, were prepared by Carla S. Roberts.
DIGEST
SB 336 Original 2018 Regular Session Riser
Present law provides that the La. Workforce Commission and all the statutory entities made a part
of that department by law shall begin to terminate their operations on July 1, 2018, 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.
Proposed law provides for the general re-creation of the La. Workforce Commission and its statutory
entities, effective June 30, 2018, in accordance with the "sunset" law. Proposed 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. Proposed law makes July 1, 2022, the new termination date and termination would begin
July 1, 2018, unless the department is re-created again.
Present law provides for the Incumbent Worker Training Program within the La. Workforce
Commission. Present law provides that the purpose of the program is to upgrade job skills through
training, with emphasis on preventing job loss caused by obsolete skills, technological change, or
national or global competition, in order to retain workers for occupations in high demand areas of
the economy. Present law provides that, for the program to continue, reauthorization must be
expressly renewed by the legislature prior to July 1, 2018.
Proposed law provides for the reauthorization of the incumbent worker training program within the
La. Workforce Commission until July 1, 2022.
Effective June 30, 2018.
(Amends R.S. 23:1553(G); adds R.S. 49:191(10)(c); and repeals R.S. 49:191(8)(a))