HLS 20RS-29 ORIGINAL
2020 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 7
BY REPRESENTATIVE GREGORY MILLER
STATE AGENCIES: Provides relative to reports by executive branch agencies
1 AN ACT
2To repeal Chapter 21 of Title 49 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, comprised of
3 R.S. 49:1401, relative to reports by agencies in the executive branch of state
4 government; to repeal provisions providing for the automatic expiration of
5 requirements for such reports; and to provide for related matters.
6Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
7 Section 1. Chapter 21 of Title 49 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950,
8comprised of R.S. 49:1401, is hereby repealed in its entirety.
9 Section 2. This Act shall become effective upon signature by the governor or, if not
10signed by the governor, upon expiration of the time for bills to become law without signature
11by the governor, as provided by Article III, Section 18 of the Constitution of Louisiana. If
12vetoed by the governor and subsequently approved by the legislature, this Act shall become
13effective on the day following such approval.
DIGEST
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part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)]
HB 7 Original 2020 Regular Session Gregory Miller
Abstract: Repeals provisions providing for the automatic expiration of requirements for
reports by executive branch agencies.
Present law (R.S. 49:1401) provides that a legislative mandate for an executive branch
agency to produce a report expires five years after legislative approval of the mandate.
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CODING: Words in struck through type are deletions from existing law; words underscored
are additions. HLS 20RS-29 ORIGINAL
HB NO. 7
Requires the producing agency to notify the legislature of the impending expiration.
Authorizes the legislative committees with jurisdiction over the producing agency to extend
the mandate for an additional five years. Provides for the first reports to expire July 1, 2019.
Proposed law repeals present law.
Effective upon signature of governor or lapse of time for gubernatorial action.
(Repeals R.S. 49:1401)
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