2018 Regular Session ENROLLED
SENATE BILL NO. 62
BY SENATOR MARTINY
1 AN ACT
2 To enact R.S. 49:191(10)(c) and to repeal R.S. 49:191(8)(j), relative to certain agencies
3 within the office of the governor, including provisions to provide for the re-creation
4 of such agencies; to provide for the effective termination date for all statutory
5 authority for the existence of such statutory entities; and to provide for related
6 matters.
7 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
8 Section 1. Pursuant to R.S. 49:193, the agencies transferred to or placed within the
9 office of the governor pursuant to R.S. 36:4.1, to wit: the Louisiana Board of Cosmetology,
10 the Office of Financial Institutions, the Louisiana State Racing Commission, the Louisiana
11 Cemetery Board, the State Board of Certified Public Accountants of Louisiana, the State
12 Board of Architectural Examiners, the Louisiana Real Estate Commission, the Louisiana
13 State Board of Home Inspectors, the State Licensing Board for Contractors, the Board of
14 Examiners of Certified Shorthand Reporters, the Louisiana Auctioneers Licensing Board,
15 the State Board of Examiners of Interior Designers, the Louisiana Real Estate Appraisers
16 Board, the State Boxing and Wrestling Commission, the Louisiana Motor Vehicle
17 Commission, the Louisiana Used Motor Vehicle Commission, and the Louisiana State
18 Polygraph Board shall be re-created effective June 30, 2018, and all statutory authority
19 therefor is continued in accordance with the provisions of Part XII of Chapter 1 of Title 49
20 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950.
21 Section 2. All statutory authority for the existence of the aforementioned agencies
22 and the statutory entities made a part of them as re-created by Section 1 of this Act shall
23 cease as of July 1, 2023, pursuant to R.S. 49:191. However, the aforementioned agencies
24 may be re-created prior to such date in accordance with the provisions of Part XII of Chapter
25 1 of Title 49 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950.
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1 Section 3. The provisions of R.S. 49:193 are hereby superseded to the extent that
2 those provisions are in conflict with the provisions of this Act.
3 Section 4. R.S. 49:191(10)(c) is hereby enacted to read as follows:
4 ยง191. Termination of legislative authority for existence of statutory entities;
5 phase-out period for statutory entities; table of dates
6 Notwithstanding any termination dates set by any previous Act of the
7 legislature, the statutory entities set forth in this Section shall begin to terminate their
8 operations on July first of each of the following years, and all legislative authority
9 for the existence of any statutory entity, as defined in R.S. 49:190, shall cease as of
10 July first of the following year, which shall be the termination date:
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12 (10) July 1, 2022:
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14 (c) Those entities transferred to or placed within the office of the
15 governor pursuant to R.S. 36:4.1.
16 Section 5. R.S. 49:191(8)(j) is hereby repealed.
17 Section 6. This Act shall become effective on June 30, 2018; if vetoed by the
18 governor and subsequently approved by the legislature, this Act shall become effective on
19 June 30, 2018, or on the day following such approval by the legislature, whichever is later.
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED:
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