RÉSUMÉ DIGEST
ACT 22 (HB 143) 2020 Regular Session Coussan
Prior law (Sunset) provided that the Dept. of Wildlife and Fisheries and all statutory entities
made a part of that department by law should begin to terminate their operations on July 1,
2020, and that all legislative authority for such entities should cease as of July 1, 2021, unless
the legislature enacted 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 Dept. of Wildlife and Fisheries and its
statutory entities, effective June 30, 2020, 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, 2025, the new
termination date and termination would begin July 1, 2024 unless the department is re-
created again.
Effective June 30, 2020.
(Adds R.S. 49:191(12)(b); Repeals R.S. 49:191(9)(d))