HB 1174

ENROLLED
 2026 Regular Session
  ACT No. 338
 HOUSE BILL NO. 1174
 BY REPRESENTATIVES BOURRIAQUE AND CHASSION
1AN ACT
2 To enact R.S. 49:191(3)(b) and to repeal R.S. 49:191(1)(o), relative to the Department of
3Transportation and Development, including provisions to provide for the re-creation
4of the Department of Transportation and Development and the statutory entities
5made a part of the department by law; to provide for the effective termination date
6for all statutory authority for the existence of such statutory entities; and to provide
7for related matters.
8 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
9Section 1.    Pursuant to R.S. 49:193, the Department of Transportation and
10 Development and the statutory entities made a part of the department by law shall be re-
11 created effective June 30, 2026, and all statutory authority therefor is continued in
12 accordance with the provisions of Part XII of Chapter 1 of Title 49 of the Louisiana Revised
13 Statutes of 1950.
14Section 2.     All statutory authority for the existence of the Department of
15 Transportation and Development and the statutory entities made a part of the department as
16 re-created by Section 1 of this Act shall cease as of July 1, 2031, pursuant to R.S. 49:191.
17 However, the Department of Transportation and Development may be re-created prior to
18 such date in accordance with the provisions of Part XII of Chapter 1 of Title 49 of the
19 Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950.
20Section 3. The provisions of R.S. 49:193 are hereby superseded to the extent that
21 those provisions are in conflict with the provisions of this Act.
22Section 4. R.S. 49:191(3)(b) is hereby enacted to read as follows:
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1§191. Termination of legislative authority for existence of statutory entities; phase-
2out period for statutory entities; table of dates
3Notwithstanding any termination dates set by any previous Act of the
4legislature, the statutory entities set forth in this Section shall begin to terminate their
5operations on July first of each of the following years, and all legislative authority
6for the existence of any statutory entity, as defined in R.S. 49:190, shall cease as of
7July first of the following year, which shall be the termination date:
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9(3) July 1, 2030:
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11(b) The Department of Transportation and Development and all statutory
12entities made a part of the department by law.
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14Section 5. R.S. 49:191(1)(o) is hereby repealed in its entirety.
15Section 6. This Act shall become effective on June 30, 2026; if vetoed by the
16 governor and subsequently approved by the legislature, this Act shall become effective on
17 June 30, 2026, or on the day following such approval by the legislature, whichever is later.
  SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
  PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
  GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
 APPROVED:
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