RÉSUMÉ DIGEST
ACT 102 (HB 119) 2022 Regular Session Carpenter
Prior law provided that the Incumbent Worker Training Program (IWTP) re-authorization
shall be expressly renewed by the legislature prior to July 1, 2022, in order for amounts to
be charged and credited to the Incumbent Worker Training Account in the following calendar
year for use in funding the program.
New law changes the renewal date for the IWTP re-authorization from July 1, 2022, to July
1, 2026.
Prior law (sunset) provided that the La. Workforce Commission (LWC) and all the statutory
entities made a part of that department by law shall begin to terminate its operations on July
1, 2022, and that all legislative authority for such entities shall cease as of July 1, 2023,
unless the legislature enacts 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 LWC and its statutory entities, effective
June 30, 2022, 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, 2027, the new termination date and termination would begin July 1,
2026, unless the department is again re-created.
Effective June 30, 2022.
(Amends R.S. 23:1553(G) and R.S. 49:191(1); Repeals R.S. 49:191(10)(l))