HLS 24RS-848 ENGROSSED
2024 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 463
BY REPRESENTATIVE EGAN
SUNSET LAW: Re-creates the Department of Justice
1 AN ACT
2To amend R.S. 49:191(3) and to repeal R.S. 49:191(12)(a), relative to the Department of
3 Justice, including provisions to provide for the re-creation of the Department of
4 Justice and the statutory entities made a part of the department by law; to provide for
5 the effective termination date for all statutory authority for the existence of such
6 statutory entities; and to provide for related matters.
7Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
8 Section 1. Pursuant to R.S. 49:193, the Department of Justice and the statutory
9entities made a part of the department by law shall be re-created effective June 30, 2024, and
10all statutory authority therefor is continued in accordance with the provisions of Part XII of
11Chapter 1 of Title 49 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950.
12 Section 2. All statutory authority for the existence of the Department of Justice and
13the statutory entities made a part of the department as re-created by Section 1 of this Act
14shall cease as of July 1, 2031, pursuant to R.S. 49:191. However, the Department of Justice
15may be re-created prior to such date in accordance with the provisions of Part XII of Chapter
161 of Title 49 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950.
17 Section 3. The provisions of R.S. 49:193 are hereby superseded to the extent that
18those provisions are in conflict with the provisions of this Act.
19 Section 4. R.S. 49:191(3) is hereby amended to read as follows:
20 ยง191. Termination of legislative authority for existence of statutory entities; phase-
21 out period for statutory entities; table of dates
22 Notwithstanding any termination dates set by any previous Act of the
23 legislature, the statutory entities set forth in this Section shall begin to terminate their
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1 operations on July first of each of the following years, and all legislative authority
2 for the existence of any statutory entity, as defined in R.S. 49:190, shall cease as of
3 July first of the following year, which shall be the termination date:
4 * * *
5 (3) July 1, 2010: 2030:
6 (a) The Department of Justice and all statutory entities made a part of the
7 department by law.
8 * * *
9 Section 5. R.S. 49:191(12)(a) is hereby repealed in its entirety.
10 Section 6. This Act shall become effective on June 30, 2024; if vetoed by the
11governor and subsequently approved by the legislature, this Act shall become effective on
12June 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 463 Engrossed 2024 Regular Session Egan
Abstract: Re-creates the Dept. of Justice for six more years. Changes termination date
from July 1, 2025, to July 1, 2031.
Present law ("Sunset" law) provides that the Dept. of Justice and all the statutory entities
made a part of the department by law shall begin to terminate their operations on July 1,
2030, and that all legislative authority for such entities shall cease as of July 1, 2031, 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 Justice 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, 2031, is the new termination date, and termination would
begin July 1, 2030, unless the department is again re-created.
Effective June 30, 2024.
(Amends R.S. 49:191(3); Repeals R.S. 49:191(12)(a))
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