The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part of the
legislative instrument, were prepared by Tyler S. McCloud.
DIGEST
SB 27 Engrossed 2022 Regular Session Lambert
Present law (Sunset law) provides that the Dept. of Environmental Quality and all the statutory
entities made a part of that department by law must begin to terminate their operations on July 1,
2022, and that all legislative authority for such entities must 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.
Proposed law provides for the re-creation of the Dept. of Environmental Quality and its statutory
entities, effective June 30, 2022, for a four-year period.
Effective June 30, 2022.
(Adds R.S. 49:191(13)(a); repeals R.S. 49:191(10)(f))