HB 975 — SUNSET LAW: Re-creates the Department of Public Service

HLSENROLLED 26RS-1405 ENGROSSED Regular Session HOUSE BILL NO.

BLANC SUNSETAN LAW:ACT To enact R.S.

Re-creates the Department of Public Service AN ACT To enact R.S.

49:191(1)(b), relative to the Department of PublicService,includingprovisionstoprovideforthere-creationoftheDepartment of Public Service and the statutorystatutoryentities entities made a part of the department bylaw;

to provide for the effectivetermination datefordate for all statutoryauthorityfor the existence of such statutoryentities;

All statutory authority for the existence of the Department of Public Service and the statutory entities made a part of the department as re-created by Section 1 ofthisActshallceaseasofJuly1,3031,pursuanttoR.S.49:191.ofthisActshallceaseasofJuly1,2031,pursuanttoR.S.49:191.

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975 ENROLLED Section 4.

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975 §191.

if vetoed by the governor and subsequently approved by the legislature, this Act shall become effective on June 30, 2026, or on the day following such approval bytheby the legislature, whichever is later.

DIGESTSPEAKER ThedigestprintedbelowwaspreparedbyHouseLegislativeOF Services.THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA APPROVED:

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[R.S.

1:13(B) and 24:177(E)] HB 975 Engrossed 2026 Regular Session St.

Blanc Abstract:

Re-creates the Department of Public Service.

Present law (Sunset) provides that the Dept.

of Public Service and all the statutory entities made a part of that department by law shall begin to terminate their operations on July 1, 2026, and that all legislative authorityfor such entities shall ceaseas of July1, 2027, 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 Service and its statutory entities, effective June 30, 2026, in accordance with the sunset law.

Proposed 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.

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HLS 26RS-1405 ENGROSSED HB NO.

975 Proposed law makes July 1, 2031, the new termination date and termination would begin July 1, 2030, unless the department is again re-created.

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