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HB 99 Original 2020 Regular Session Marino
Abstract: Re-creates the Dept. of Public Safety and Corrections.
Present law (Sunset) provides that the Dept. of Public Safety and Corrections and all the statutory
entities made a part of that department by law shall begin to terminate their operations as of July 1,
2020, and that all legislative authority for such entities shall cease as of July 1, 2021, 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 Dept. of Public Safety and Corrections and
its statutory entities, effective June 30, 2020, 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, 2027, the new termination date and termination
would begin on July 1, 2026, unless the department is re-created again.
Effective June 30, 2020.
(Adds R.S. 49:191(13)(a); Repeals R.S. 49:191(9)(a))