ENROLLED ACT No. 74 2020 Regular Session HOUSE BILL NO. 203 BY REPRESENTATIVE HUVAL 1 AN ACT 2 To enact R.S. 49:191(12)(b) and to repeal R.S. 49:191(9)(b), relative to the Department of 3 Culture, Recreation and Tourism, including provisions for the re-creation of the 4 Department of Culture, Recreation and Tourism and the statutory entities made a part 5 of the department by law; to provide for the effective termination date for all 6 statutory authority for the existence of such statutory entities; and to provide for 7 related matters. 8 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana: 9 Section 1. Pursuant to R.S. 49:193, the Department of Culture, Recreation and 10 Tourism and the statutory entities made a part of the department by law shall be re-created 11 effective June 30, 2020, and all statutory authority therefor is continued in accordance with 12 the provisions of Part XII of Chapter 1 of Title 49 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950. 13 Section 2. All statutory authority for the existence of the Department of Culture, 14 Recreation and Tourism and the statutory entities made a part of the department as re-created 15 by Section 1 of this Act shall cease as of July 1, 2025, pursuant to R.S. 49:191. However, 16 the Department of Culture, Recreation and Tourism may be re-created prior to such date in 17 accordance with the provisions of Part XII of Chapter 1 of Title 49 of the Louisiana Revised 18 Statutes of 1950. 19 Section 3. The provisions of R.S. 49:193 are hereby superseded to the extent that 20 those provisions are in conflict with the provisions of this Act. 21 Section 4. R.S. 49:191(12)(b) is hereby enacted to read as follows: Page 1 of 2 CODING: Words in struck through type are deletions from existing law; words underscored are additions. HB NO. 203 ENROLLED 1 ยง191. Termination of legislative authority for existence of statutory entities; phase- 2 out period for statutory entities; table of dates 3 Notwithstanding any termination dates set by any previous Act of the 4 legislature, the statutory entities set forth in this Section shall begin to terminate their 5 operations on July first of each of the following years, and all legislative authority 6 for the existence of any statutory entity, as defined in R.S. 49:190, shall cease as of 7 July first of the following year, which shall be the termination date: 8 * * * 9 (12) July 1, 2024: 10 * * * 11 (b) The Department of Culture, Recreation and Tourism and all statutory 12 entities made a part of the department by law. 13 Section 5. R.S. 49:191(9)(b) is hereby repealed in its entirety. 14 Section 6. This Act shall become effective on June 30, 2020; if vetoed by the 15 governor and subsequently approved by the legislature, this Act shall become effective on 16 June 30, 2020, or on the day following such approval by the legislature, whichever is later. SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA APPROVED: Page 2 of 2 CODING: Words in struck through type are deletions from existing law; words underscored are additions.