HLS 24RS-815 ORIGINAL
2024 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 450
BY REPRESENTATIVE SCHAMERHORN
SUNSET LAW: Re-creates the Department of Public Safety and Corrections
1 AN ACT
2To enact R.S. 49:191(2)(b) and to repeal R.S. 49:191(12)(d), relative to the Department of
3 Public Safety and Corrections, including provisions to provide for the re-creation of
4 the Department of Public Safety and Corrections and the statutory entities made a
5 part of the department by law; to provide for the effective termination date for all
6 statutory authority for the existence of such statutory entities; to provide for an
7 effective date; and to provide for related matters.
8Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
9 Section 1. Pursuant to R.S. 49:193, the Department of Public Safety and Corrections
10and the statutory entities made a part of the department by law shall be re-created effective
11June 30, 2024, and all statutory authority therefor is continued in accordance with the
12provisions 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 Public
14Safety and Corrections and the statutory entities made a part of the department as re-created
15by Section 1 of this Act shall cease as of July 1, 2029, pursuant to R.S. 49:191. However,
16the Department of Public Safety and Corrections may be re-created prior to such date in
17accordance with the provisions of Part XII of Chapter 1 of Title 49 of the Louisiana Revised
18Statutes of 1950.
19 Section 3. The provisions of R.S. 49:193 are hereby superseded to the extent that
20those provisions are in conflict with the provisions of this Act.
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HB NO. 450
1 Section 4. R.S. 49:191(2)(b) is hereby enacted to read as follows:
2 ยง191. Termination of legislative authority for existence of statutory entities; phase-
3 out period for statutory entities; table of dates
4 Notwithstanding any termination dates set by any previous Act of the
5 legislature, the statutory entities set forth in this Section shall begin to terminate their
6 operations on July first of each of the following years, and all legislative authority
7 for the existence of any statutory entity, as defined in R.S. 49:190, shall cease as of
8 July first of the following year, which shall be the termination date:
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10 (2) July 1, 2028:
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12 (b) The Department of Public Safety and Corrections and all statutory
13 entities made a part of the department by law.
14 Section 5. R.S. 49:191(12)(d) is hereby repealed in its entirety.
15 Section 6. This Act shall become effective on June 30, 2024; if vetoed by the
16governor and subsequently approved by the legislature, this Act shall become effective on
17June 30, 2024, or on the day following such approval by the legislature, whichever is later.
DIGEST
The digest printed below was prepared by House Legislative Services. It constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument. The keyword, one-liner, abstract, and digest do not constitute
part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)]
HB 450 Original 2024 Regular Session Schamerhorn
Abstract: Re-creates the Dept. of Public Safety and Corrections for four more years.
Changes termination date from July 1, 2025 to July 1, 2029.
Present law ("Sunset" law) provides that the Dept. of Public Safety and Corrections and all
the statutory entities made a part of the department by law shall begin to terminate their
operations on July 1, 2024, and that all legislative authority for such entities shall cease as
of July 1, 2025, 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, 2024, in accordance with the Sunset
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. July 1, 2029, is the new termination date, and
termination would begin July 1, 2028, unless the department is again re-created.
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HB NO. 450
Effective June 30, 2024.
(Adds R.S. 49:191(2)(b); Repeals R.S. 49:191(12)(d))
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