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HB 428 Original 2025 Regular Session Bourriaque
Abstract: Re-creates the La. Dept. of Transportation and Development.
Present law (sunset) provides that the Dept. of Transportation and Development (DOTD) and all the
statutory entities made a part of the department by law must begin to terminate their operations on
July 1, 2025, and that all legislative authority for such entities shall cease as
of July 1, 2026, unless the legislature enacts a bill recreating the DOTD, and its statutory entities
prior thereto.
Proposed law provides for the general re-creation of the DOTD and its statutory entities, effective
June 30, 2025, in accordance with "sunset" law.
Proposed law supersedes the provisions of the "sunset" law which set out the procedure for
review and re-creation and requires a separate bill to re-create each statutory entity within the
department along with additional provisions.
Proposed law makes July 1, 2026 the new termination date and provides that termination begins July
1, 2025, unless the department is re-created again.
Effective June 30, 2025.
(Adds R.S. 49:191(1)(o); Repeals R.S. 49:191(4)(a))