La. Rev. Stat. § 36:651 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 36 / Section 651
Transfer of boards, commissions, departments, and agencies to Department of Education; boards, commissions, and agencies within Department of Education
Status: in_force

A. For purposes of this Chapter, references in Chapters 22 and 24 of this Title to the "secretary" shall refer to the state superintendent of education, references to the "undersecretary" shall refer to the deputy superintendent for the office of management and finance, and references to an "assistant secretary" shall refer to a deputy superintendent.

B. The following agencies are hereby transferred to the Department of Education and shall exercise and perform their powers, duties, functions, and responsibilities as provided in R.S. 36:801:

(1) The Louisiana Educational Television Authority (R.S. 17:2501 et seq.).

(2) The office of instructional technology (R.S. 17:3921 et seq.).

C. The following agencies are transferred to and hereafter shall be within the Department of Education as provided in R.S. 36:801.1:

(1) The Board of Supervisors for the University of Louisiana System (Article VIII, Section 6 of the Constitution of Louisiana; R.S. 17:1831 et seq. and 3201 et seq. and other provisions of Title 17 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950 that apply to the board).

(2) The Board of Regents (Article VIII, Section 5 of the Constitution of Louisiana; R.S. 17:3121 et seq. and other provisions of Title 17 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950 that apply to the board).

(3) The Board of Supervisors of Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College (Article VIII, Section 7 of the Constitution of Louisiana; R.S. 17:1453 et seq. and 3201 et seq. and other provisions of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950 that apply to the board).

(4) The Board of Supervisors of Southern University and Agricultural and Mechanical College (Article VIII, Section 7 of the Constitution of Louisiana; R.S. 17:1851 et seq. and 3201 et seq. and other provisions of Title 17 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950 that apply to the board).

(5) The Board of Supervisors of Community and Technical Colleges (Article VIII, Section 7.1 of the Constitution of Louisiana; R.S. 17:1871 et seq. and 3201 et seq. and other provisions of Title 17 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950 that apply to the board).

(6) The board of directors for the New Orleans Center for Creative Arts (R.S. 17:1970.21 et seq.).

(7) The board of directors of Thrive Academy (R.S. 17:1971 et seq.).

(8) Repealed by Acts 2022, No. 592, §3B, eff. June 17, 2022.

(9) The board of directors for the Jimmy D. Long, Sr. Louisiana School for Math, Science, and the Arts (R.S. 17:1961 et seq.).

(10) The Quality Science and Mathematics Council (R.S. 17:371 et seq.).

(11) The Governor's Program for Gifted Children (R.S. 17:1989.1 et seq.).

(12) The Special School District and its board of directors (R.S. 17:1945 and 1945.1).

(13) The École Pointe-au-Chien board of directors (R.S. 17:1977.1 et seq.).

D. The State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education (Article VIII, Section 3 of the Constitution of Louisiana; R.S. 17:1 et seq. and other provisions of Title 17 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950 that apply to the board) is hereby transferred to and hereafter shall be within the Department of Education as provided in R.S. 36:801, except that the board shall be authorized to employ, appoint, remove, assign, and promote such personnel as are necessary for the board to perform its functions as provided by law and by the Constitution of Louisiana and the superintendent shall administer and implement all programs provided or authorized for the board, except as otherwise provided by law or by the Constitution of Louisiana, in accordance with the policies, rules, and regulations established by the board in accordance with the provisions of the Constitution of Louisiana and applicable laws.

E. The following agencies are placed within the Department of Education and shall exercise and perform their powers, duties, functions, and responsibilities in accordance with the provisions of R.S. 36:802:

(1) The Recovery School District (R.S. 17:1990).

(2) Repealed by Acts 2025, No. 210, §3.

F. The following agencies are transferred to and hereafter shall be within the Department of Education as provided in R.S. 36:901 et seq.:

(1) The College and Career Readiness Commission (R.S. 17:3951).

(2) The Agricultural Education Commission (R.S. 17:185.4).

(3) The ABLE Account Advisory Council (R.S. 17:3089).

(4) The task force on student proficiency (R.S. 17:24.4(I)).

(5) The Early Childhood Care and Education Commission (R.S. 17:407.101).

(6) The Cybersecurity Education Management Council (R.S. 17:3138.9).

(7) The Computer Science Education Advisory Commission (R.S. 17:187.3).

(8) The Louisiana Literacy Advisory Commission (R.S. 17:410.11).

G. The State Department of Education (R.S. 17:24 as provided in Act No. 274 of the 1975 Regular Session of the Legislature) is hereby abolished and its powers, duties, functions, and responsibilities are transferred to the superintendent of education of the Department of Education and hereafter shall be exercised and performed as provided in R.S. 36:921 et seq.

H. The public colleges and universities, the vocational-technical schools of the state, and all special schools under the jurisdiction of any agency transferred to the department are hereby transferred into the Department of Education and shall be governed as provided by the constitution and laws of this state.

I. The advisory councils to postsecondary vocational-technical schools (R.S. 17:1998) are transferred to and hereafter shall be within the Department of Education but shall retain their function of advising the Board of Supervisors of Community and Technical Colleges.

J. The Advisory Commission on Proprietary Schools (R.S. 17:3140.1 et seq.) is placed within the Department of Education and shall exercise and perform its powers, duties, functions, and responsibilities in the manner provided in R.S. 36:801. However, the commission shall exercise all powers, duties, functions, and responsibilities provided or authorized for the commission by the Constitution of Louisiana and laws, and particularly the provisions of R.S. 17:3140.1 through 3140.17, and shall exercise all such powers, duties, functions, and responsibilities in the manner and to the extent so provided or authorized. The agency shall be under the jurisdiction of the Board of Regents, and the Board of Regents shall have such powers, duties, functions, and responsibilities relative to the agency as otherwise provided by law. All personnel employed or assigned to administer and implement the powers, duties, functions, and responsibilities of the agency shall be employees of the Board of Regents. Except as otherwise provided by law, the Board of Regents shall perform and administer all functions of the agency which are in the nature of accounting and budget control, procurement and contract management, management and program analysis, data processing, personnel management, and grants management.

K. The following agencies are placed within the Department of Education and shall perform and exercise their powers, duties, functions, and responsibilities as provided by law:

(1) Statewide Articulation and Transfer Council (R.S. 17:3162).

(2) Process Technology Advisory Board (R.S. 17:3398.2).

(3) Louisiana Tuition Trust Authority (R.S. 17:3093 et seq.).

(4) Governing board of the Louisiana Cancer Research Center of LSU Health Sciences Center in New Orleans/Tulane Health Sciences Center (R.S. 17:1922 et seq.).

(5) Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center Health Maintenance Organization (R.S. 22:2181 et seq.).

(6) Louisiana Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Advisory Council (R.S. 17:4071).

(7) Advisory Council on Historically Black Colleges and Universities (R.S. 17:3138.7).

(8) Louisiana Hall of Fame for the Arts election board (R.S. 17:1815).

(9) Repealed by Acts 2022, No. 231, §4.

(10) Postsecondary Inclusive Education Advisory Council (R.S. 17:3138.11).

L.(1) The following agencies are placed within the Department of Education as provided by Paragraph (2) of this Subsection and shall exercise all powers, duties, functions, and responsibilities provided or authorized for such agencies by the Constitution of Louisiana and laws and shall exercise all such powers, duties, functions, and responsibilities in the manner and to the extent so provided or authorized:

(a) The Louisiana Health Works Commission (R.S. 17:2048.51).

(b) - (c) Repealed by Acts 2025, No. 379, §2, eff. June 20, 2025.

(2) The agencies transferred by this Subsection shall be under the jurisdiction of the Board of Regents, and the Board of Regents shall have such powers, duties, functions, and responsibilities relative to the agencies as otherwise provided by law. All personnel employed or assigned to administer and implement the powers, duties, functions, and responsibilities of the agencies shall be employees of the Board of Regents. Except as otherwise provided by law, the Board of Regents shall perform and administer all functions of the agencies which are in the nature of accounting and budget control, procurement and contract management, management and program analysis, data processing, personnel management, and grants management.

M. The Louisiana Student Financial Assistance Commission (R.S. 17:3021 et seq.) is hereby abolished and its powers, duties, functions, and responsibilities are hereby transferred to the Board of Regents. All reference in law to the Louisiana Student Financial Assistance Commission shall refer to the Board of Regents.

Added by Acts 1977, No. 83, §1, eff. June 22, 1978. Amended by Acts 1978, No. 75, §1; Acts 1978, No. 135, §3; Acts 1979, No. 557, §2; Acts 1979, No. 559, §2; Acts 1980, No. 207, §2; Acts 1980, No. 236, §3; Acts 1981, No. 873, §1, eff. Sept. 11, 1981; Acts 1981, No. 932, §2, eff. Sept. 1, 1982; Acts 1982, No. 698, §1; Acts 1984, No. 275, §2; Acts 1984, No. 757, §2, eff. July 13, 1984; Acts 1984, No. 758, §2, eff. July 13, 1984; Acts 1984, No. 759, §2, eff. July 13, 1984; Acts 1984, No. 834, §2, eff. July 13, 1984; Acts 1985, No. 354, §1, eff. July 9, 1985; Acts 1986, No. 146, §2, eff. July 2, 1986; Acts 1986, No. 873, §2; Acts 1986, No. 1074, §2, eff. July 17, 1986; Acts 1987, No. 198, §§2, 3, eff. June 19, 1987; Acts 1987, No. 934, §§2, 3, eff. July 20, 1987; Acts 1988, No. 945, §2; Acts 1989, No. 140, §2, eff. June 22, 1989; Acts 1989, No. 190, §4, eff. Sept. 30, 1990; Acts 1989, No. 377, §2, eff. June 29, 1989; Acts 1989, No. 406, §1, §2; Acts 1989, No. 662, §8, eff. July 7, 1989, §11, eff. Aug. 1, 1989; §13, eff. June 30, 1991; Acts 1990, No. 621, §2, eff. July 19, 1990; Acts 1990, No. 1067, §2, eff. July 27, 1990; Acts 1991, No. 1036, §2, eff. July 26, 1991; Acts 1992, No. 317, §1; Acts 1992, No. 328, §2, eff. June 17, 1992; Acts 1992, No. 970, §2, eff. July 9, 1992; Acts 1992, No. 1093, §2; Acts 1993, No. 778, §2, eff. June 22, 1993; Acts 1995, No. 1228, §2, eff. June 29, 1995; Acts 1995, No. 1262, §1; Acts 1997, No. 462, §3; Acts 1997, No. 478, §2, eff. June 30, 1997; Acts 1997, No. 1116, §2; Acts 1999, No. 595, §2, eff. June 30, 1999; Acts 2000, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 60, §3, eff. July 1, 2000; Acts 2001, No. 1137, §1; Acts 2003, No. 9, §2, eff. Nov. 6, 2003; Acts 2005, No. 233, §2, eff. June 29, 2005; Acts 2005, No. 428, §3, eff. July 1, 2005; Acts 2006, No. 223, §§2,3 eff. June 2, 2006; Acts 2006, No. 462, §2, eff. June 15, 2006; Acts 2008, No. 534, §2, eff. June 30, 2008; Acts 2008, No. 760, §2, eff. July 1, 2008; Acts 2009, No. 309, §2, eff. July 1, 2009; Acts 2009, No. 409, §3, eff. July 1, 2009; Acts 2009, No. 421, §2; Acts 2009, No. 438, §§2, 4(B); Acts 2010, No. 525, §3, eff. June 24, 2010; Acts 2010, No. 743, §5, eff. July 1, 2010; Acts 2010, No. 861, §§17, 22; Acts 2011, No. 163, §2; Acts 2011, No. 187, §2, eff. June 24, 2011; Acts 2012, No. 251, §§3, 7B, 11; Acts 2012, No. 596, §1, eff. July 1, 2012; Acts 2012, No. 811, §§11, 17, eff. July 1, 2012; Acts 2013, No. 320, §1, eff. June 17, 2013; Acts 2013, No. 327, §1; Acts 2013, No. 378, §2, eff. June 18, 2013; Acts 2014, No. 450, §2, eff. June 4, 2014; Acts 2014, No. 452, §2, eff. June 4, 2014; Acts 2014, No. 791, §10; Acts 2014, No. 832, §8B; Acts 2015, No. 411, §2, eff. July 1, 2015; Acts 2016, No. 314, §§1(B), 2(B), 3(B); Acts 2016, No. 577, §2; Acts 2016, No. 604, §§2, 3; Acts 2016, No. 614, §4(B); Acts 2016, No. 672, §2, eff. July 1, 2017; Acts 2017, No. 374, §3, eff. June 23, 2017; Acts 2017, No. 392, §2, eff. June 23, 2017; Acts 2018, No. 236, §2, eff. May 15, 2018; Acts 2018, No. 381, §2; Acts 2018, No. 381, §3, eff. Dec. 31, 2019; Acts 2018, No. 455, §2, eff. May 23, 2018; Acts 2018, No. 455, §4, eff. March 1, 2019; Acts 2018, No. 639, §2; Acts 2018, No. 639, §3, eff. March 31, 2020; Acts 2019, No. 21, §2; Acts 2019, No. 238, §2; Acts 2019, No. 437, §2; Acts 2020, No. 57, §2; Acts 2020, No. 180, §2, eff. June 11, 2020, §3, eff. July 1, 2022; Acts 2021, No. 20, §§5, 8, 10C; Acts 2021, No. 468, §2, eff. July 1, 2021; Acts 2022, No. 82, §2, eff. May 24, 2022; Acts 2022, No. 231, §4; Acts 2022, No. 454, §2, eff. June 15, 2022; Acts 2022, No. 541, §2, eff. June 17, 2022; Acts 2022, No. 592, §3B, eff. June 17, 2022; Acts 2022, No. 682, §2, eff. June 18, 2022; Acts 2023, No. 208, §2, eff. June 8, 2023; Acts 2025, No. 210, §3; Acts 2025, No. 379, §2, eff. June 20, 2025.
La. Rev. Stat. § 36:693 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 36 / Section 693
Office of financial solvency; functions
Status: in_force

There is hereby created an office of financial solvency in the department of insurance. Such office shall be under the direction of the deputy commissioner for financial solvency. The duties and functions of the office of financial solvency and the deputy commissioner for the office of financial solvency shall be as provided in this Title and as assigned by the commissioner.

Acts 1992, No. 477, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 36:208 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 36 / Section 208
Offices; purposes and functions
Status: in_force

A. The purposes for which the offices of the Department of Culture, Recreation and Tourism are created shall be as set forth in this Section.

B. The office of the state library shall perform the duties and functions of the state library in accordance with applicable law. The state librarian shall be responsible for establishing a system of depositories for state public documents, and for the deposit and distribution of state public documents to the depositories, as provided in R.S. 25:121 through R.S. 25:124.1.

C. The office of the state museum shall administer, manage, operate, and maintain the Louisiana State Museum, including all buildings, collections, and exhibitions of the Louisiana State Museum complex in New Orleans and other museums which may be established under the jurisdiction of the museum; except that the board of directors of the Louisiana State Museum shall exercise its powers, duties, and functions as provided by law.

D. The office of state parks shall plan, design, construct, operate, and maintain a system of parks, natural areas, and recreational facilities and shall perform the functions of the state relating to outdoor recreation development and trails, all in accordance with applicable laws.

E. The office of cultural development shall perform the functions of the state relating to the arts, historical and archaeological preservation, crafts, humanities, cultural heritages and traditions, and related cultural programs and activities assigned to it by law or by the secretary. The office shall administer the provisions of law relating to the State Capitol Historic District. In addition, the office shall perform the functions of the state relating to planning and development of all museums and cultural collections transferred to the department, except state historic sites of the office of state parks and the Louisiana State Museum. The office shall be comprised of three divisions: the division of the arts as created by R.S. 25:891 et seq., the division of historic preservation as created by R.S. 25:911 et seq., and the division of archaeology as created by R.S. 41:1601 et seq.

F. The office of tourism shall develop and implement a program to promote the historical, cultural, recreational, and scenic legacy of the state, and all activities of the department, based on a master plan; shall be responsible for performing the functions of the state relating to promotion and advertisement of the historical, cultural, recreational, and commercial sites, events, and assets of the state; shall encourage and promote tourism and the tourist industry for the benefit of the people of this and other states and as a developing economic resource; and shall cooperate with local tourist promotion and convention agencies; all in accordance with applicable laws.

G. Repealed by Acts 2001, No. 9, §10, eff. July 1, 2001.

H. Repealed by Acts 1998, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 148, §10.

Acts 1970, No. 137, §1; Acts 1975, No. 292, §1; Acts 1976, No. 513, §1; Acts 1977, No. 83, §1, eff. June 22, 1977; Acts 1979, No. 215, §1; Acts 1979, No. 650, §2; Acts 1982, No. 154, §1, eff. July 1, 1982; Acts 1982, No. 264, §1; Acts 1982, No. 329, §1, eff. July 18, 1982; Acts 1982, No. 511, §2; Acts 1982, No. 698, §1. Acts 1983, No. 687, §5; Acts 1983, No. 688, §5; Acts 1986, No. 372, §2; Acts 1986, No. 464, §2; Acts 1986, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 17, §1, eff. Dec. 24, 1986; Acts 1988, No. 326, §1, eff. July 7, 1988; Acts 1988, 2nd Ex Sess., No. 1, §2, eff. Oct. 13, 1988; Acts 1989, No. 687, §2; Acts 1990, No. 726, §2; Acts 1991, No. 9, §2, eff. June 6, 1991; Acts 1992, No. 655, §2; Acts 1997, No. 785, §2; Acts 1998, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 148, §10; Acts 1999, No. 709, §1; Acts 2001, No. 9, §10, eff. July 1, 2001; Acts 2008, No. 908, §2, eff. July 11, 2008; Acts 2025, No. 450, §2.

NOTE: See Acts 1998, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 147, §§2 and 3.
La. Rev. Stat. § 36:471 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 36 / Section 471
Department of Children and Family Services; creation; domicile; composition; purpose and functions
Status: in_force

A. The Department of Children and Family Services is created and shall be a body corporate with the power to sue and be sued. The domicile of the department shall be in Baton Rouge where it shall maintain its principal offices, but the secretary may maintain branch offices if he deems it in the best interest of the efficient administration of the department.

NOTE: Subsection B eff. until Oct. 1, 2027. See Acts 2025, No. 477.

B. The Department of Children and Family Services, through its office and officers, shall be responsible for the development and providing of social services and the improvement of social conditions for the citizens of Louisiana.

NOTE: Subsection B eff. Oct. 1, 2027. See Acts 2025, No. 477.

B.(1) The department declares that every child deserves to be safe, stability is the foundation for success, and strong families create strong communities.

(2) It is the mission of the department to protect children, empower families, and strengthen communities so every child grows up safe, stable, and strong. The department envisions a future where every child thrives in a safe, stable, and loving environment, supported by empowered families and resilient communities.

(3) To accomplish the mission and vision set forth, the department declares the following:

(a) It will take accountability and be committed to transparency, action, and results.

(b) It will prioritize connections to bridge gaps between services, agencies, and in communities to bring the right people together for real solutions.

(c) It will develop every employee by ensuring they have the tools and support required to reach their highest potential.

NOTE: Paragraph (C)(1) eff. until Oct. 1, 2027. See Acts 2025, No. 477.

C.(1) The Department of Children and Family Services shall be composed of the office of children and family services, and such other offices as shall be created by law.

NOTE: Paragraph (C)(1) eff. Oct. 1, 2027. See Acts 2025, No. 477.

C.(1) The Department of Children and Family Services shall be composed of the executive office of the secretary, office of management and finance, office of child welfare, office of child support, and such other offices as shall be created by law.

(2) Whenever the secretary determines that the administration of the functions of the department may be more efficiently performed by eliminating, merging, or consolidating existing offices or establishing new offices, he shall present a plan therefor to the legislature for its approval by statute.

Acts 1988, 1st. Ex. Sess., No. 1, §2, eff. Mar. 28, 1988; Acts 1988, No. 773, §2, eff. July 2, 1988; Acts 1990, No. 744, §1, eff. July 24, 1990; Acts 2010, No. 877, §1, eff. July 1, 2010; Acts 2010, No. 939, §4, eff. July 1, 2010; Acts 2025, No. 477, §11, eff. Oct. 1, 2027.

NOTE: See Acts 1988 1st E.s., No. 1, §§5-9.

NOTE: See Acts 1988, No. 858, §1.

NOTE: See Acts 1988, No. 772, §1.

NOTE: See Acts 1988, No. 773, §§1, 4.

NOTE: See Acts 1990, No. 601, §4.

NOTE: See Acts 1990, No. 744, §4.
La. Rev. Stat. § 36:646 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 36 / Section 646
Deputy state superintendent
Status: in_force

There may be a deputy state superintendent of the department, who shall be appointed by the state superintendent with consent of the Senate. He shall serve at the pleasure of the state superintendent at a salary fixed by the state superintendent, which salary shall not exceed the amount approved for such position by the legislature while in session. The duties and functions of the deputy state superintendent shall be determined and assigned by the state superintendent. He shall serve as acting state superintendent in the absence of the state superintendent. If no deputy state superintendent is appointed, the state superintendent shall designate the deputy superintendent of management and finance or the deputy superintendent of district support to serve in his absence.

Added by Acts 1977, No. 83, §1, eff. June 22, 1977; Acts 2011, No. 302, §1, eff. June 28, 2011; Acts 2013, No. 327, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 36:621 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 36 / Section 621
Department of Agriculture and Forestry; creation; domicile; composition; purposes and functions
Status: in_force

A. The Department of Agriculture and Forestry is created and shall be a body corporate with the power to sue and be sued. The domicile of the department shall be in Baton Rouge. The department shall be known as the Department of Agriculture and Forestry.

B. The Department of Agriculture and Forestry, through its offices and officers, shall be responsible for performing the functions of the commissioner of agriculture and forestry and the agencies transferred into this department in accordance with the provisions of this Title.

C.(1) The Department of Agriculture and Forestry shall be composed of the executive office of the commissioner, the office of forestry, the office of management and finance, the office of agricultural and environmental sciences, the office of agro-consumer services, the office of animal health and food safety, the office of soil and water conservation, and such other offices as shall be created by law.

(2) Whenever the commissioner of agriculture and forestry determines that the administration of the functions of the department may be more efficiently performed by eliminating, merging, or consolidating existing offices or establishing new offices, he shall present a plan therefor to the legislature for its approval by statute.

Added by Acts 1977, No. 83, §1, eff. June 22, 1977. Acts 1986, No. 581, §2, eff. July 2, 1986; Acts 1987, No. 736, §1; Acts 1988, No. 91, §1; Acts 2008, No. 52, §2, eff. June 5, 2008; Acts 2008, No. 920, §4, eff. July 14, 2008; Acts 2009, No. 24, §3, eff. June 12, 2009.

NOTE: SEE ACTS 1987, NO. 736, §3.

NOTE: SEE ACTS 1990, NO. 601, §§3-5.

NOTE: See Acts 2009, No. 24, §§9-11 relative to transfer of certain authority to the La. Agricultural Finance Authority (associated with abolition of office of marketing and agro-economic development and State Market Commission).
La. Rev. Stat. § 36:922 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 36 / Section 922
Unfinished business
Status: in_force

Upon the abolition of each agency whose powers, duties, functions, and responsibilities are transferred in accordance with this Part, any pending or unfinished business of each such agency shall be taken over and be completed by the department to which transferred and its secretary, with the same power and authority as that of the agency abolished. The department and its secretary shall be the successor in every way to each such agency, and every act done by the department or its secretary in the exercise of the functions of each shall be deemed to have the same force and effect under any provisions of the constitution and laws in effect on the effective date of this Section as if done by the agency abolished.

Acts 1976, No. 513, §1. Amended by Acts 1977, No. 83, §1, eff. June 22, 1977.
La. Rev. Stat. § 36:359 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 36 / Section 359
Transfer of agencies and functions to Department of Conservation and Energy
Status: in_force

A. The following agencies are transferred to the Department of Conservation and Energy and shall exercise and perform their powers, duties, functions, and responsibilities as provided by law:

(1) Oyster Lease Damage Evaluation Board (R.S. 56:700.10 et seq.).

(2) Advisory committee for the regulation and control of water well drillers (R.S. 38:3098 et seq.).

(3) Water Management Advisory Task Force (R.S. 38:3097.7).

B. The following agencies are transferred to the Department of Conservation and Energy and shall exercise and perform their powers, duties, functions, and responsibilities in accordance with the provisions of R.S. 36:802:

(1) State Department of Conservation (Article V, Section 18 and Article VI, Section 1(C) of the 1921 Constitution of Louisiana made statutory by Article XIV, Section 16(A)(2) and (3) of the 1974 Constitution of Louisiana; Part I of Chapter 1 of Subtitle I of Title 30 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950 and other provisions of Title 30 that directly apply to the department). The secretary shall be authorized to employ, appoint, remove, assign, and promote personnel as is necessary for the efficient administration required in making these decisions in accordance with applicable civil service laws, rules, and regulations, and with policies and rules, subject to budgetary control of the Department of Conservation and Energy and applicable laws.

(2) State Mineral and Energy Board (R.S. 30:121 et seq.), except the undersecretary of the Department of Conservation and Energy or his designee shall be an ex officio member of the State Mineral and Energy Board. The State Mineral and Energy Board shall retain the authority to lease for development and production of minerals, oil, and gas any lands belonging to the state, or the title to which is in the public, including road beds, water bottoms, and land adjudicated to the state at tax sale. The State Mineral and Energy Board shall retain supervision of all mineral leases granted by the state, and it shall retain general authority to take action for and on behalf of and to protect the interests of the state in accordance with the provisions of Title 30 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, as amended, and applicable laws.

(3) Water Resources Commission (R.S. 38:3097.1 et seq.), except that the commission's powers, duties, functions, and responsibilities are in the nature of policymaking and adjudication. The commission shall continue to exercise all advising powers, duties, functions, and responsibilities provided by law.

(4) Office of the oil spill coordinator (R.S. 30:2451 et seq.).

C. The Oilfield Site Restoration Commission (R.S. 30:80 et seq.) is placed within the Department of Conservation and Energy and shall perform its powers, duties, functions, and responsibilities in accordance with the provisions of R.S. 36:901 et seq.

D. The Capital Area Groundwater Conservation District (R.S. 38:3071 et seq.) is transferred to the Department of Conservation and Energy and shall perform its powers, duties, functions, and responsibilities in accordance with the provisions of R.S. 36:851 et seq.

Acts 1976, No. 513, §1. Amended by Acts 1977, No. 83, §1, eff. June 22, 1977; Acts 1979, No. 449, §3, eff. Jan. 1, 1980; Acts 1981, No. 873, §1, eff. Sept. 11, 1981; Acts 1983, No. 97, §7, eff. Feb. 1, 1984; Acts 1983, No. 543, §2; Acts 1983, No. 705, §7, eff. Sept. 1, 1983; Acts 1984, No. 795, §2, eff. July 13, 1984; Acts 1984, No. 514, §3, eff. July 6, 1984; Acts 1986, No. 581, §3, eff. July 2, 1986; Acts 1988, No. 630, §2; Acts 1988, No. 724, §3, eff. July 18, 1988; Acts 1989, No. 282, §6, eff. June 27, 1989; Acts 1992, No. 1067, §2; Acts 1993, No. 404, §3; Acts 1997, No. 181, §2; Acts 1997, No. 1116, §2; Acts 1998, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 3, §2, eff. April 23, 1998; Acts 2003, No. 49, §1, eff. July 1, 2003; Acts 2006, No. 713, §4, eff. July 1, 2006; Acts 2009, No. 196, §4, eff. July 1, 2009; Acts 2010, No. 861, §17; Acts 2011, No. 301, §1; Acts 2012, No. 471, §1; Acts 2012, No. 811, §§11, 17, eff. July 1, 2012; Acts 2018, No. 570, §5, eff. July 1, 2018; Acts 2022, No. 623, §4, eff. July 1, 2022; Acts 2023, No. 150, §10, eff. Jan. 10, 2024; Acts 2024, No. 727, §1, eff. July 1, 2024; Acts 2025, No. 458, §4, eff. Oct. 1, 2025.
La. Rev. Stat. § 36:601 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 36 / Section 601
Wildlife and Fisheries Commission
Status: in_force

A. The control and supervision of the wildlife of the state, including all aquatic life, is vested in the Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Commission. The commission shall be in the executive branch and shall consist of seven members appointed by the governor, subject to confirmation by the Senate. Six members shall serve overlapping terms of six years, and one member shall serve a term concurrent with that of the governor. Three members shall be electors of the coastal parishes and representatives of the commercial fishing and fur industries, and four shall be electors from the state at large other than representatives of the commercial fishing and fur industries, as provided by law. No member who has served six years or more shall be eligible for reappointment.

B. The functions, duties, and responsibilities of the commission, and the compensation of its members, shall be as provided by law.

Acts 1976, No. 513, §1. Amended by Acts 1977, No. 83, §1, eff. June 22, 1977; Acts 2013, No. 198, §1; Acts 2013, No. 198, §1, eff. on the effective date of the const. amend. proposed by Acts 2013, No. 437 is adopted by the electorate on Nov. 4, 2014.

NOTE: See Acts 2013, No. 198, §3, relative to effectiveness of the Act contingent upon adoption by the voters of a const. amend. proposed by Acts 2013, No. 437 on Nov. 4, 2014.
La. Rev. Stat. § 36:702 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 36 / Section 702
Powers and duties of attorney general
Status: in_force

In addition to the functions, powers, and duties otherwise vested in the attorney general, he shall:

(1) Represent the public interest in the administration of this Chapter and shall be responsible to the legislature and the public therefor.

(2) Employ, appoint, remove, assign, and promote such personnel as is necessary for the efficient administration of the department.

(3) In accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act, make, alter, amend, and promulgate rules and regulations necessary for the administration of the functions of the department.

(4) Organize, plan, supervise, direct, administer, execute, and be responsible for the functions and programs vested in the department, in the manner and to the extent provided by this Title.

(5) Make and publish an annual report to the legislature concerning the operations of the department and submit with each report such recommendations as he deems necessary for the more effective internal structure and administration of the department, and make other reports and recommendations on his own initiative or upon the request of the legislature, or any committee or member thereof.

(6) Provide for the ongoing reorganization and consolidation of the department and submit a report thereon to the legislature, which report shall accompany the budget request which he submits under provisions of R.S. 39:33. Such report shall include a statement of the goals of the department and of the programs thereof and shall summarize the accomplishments of the department in meeting such goals and implementing such programs. The report shall also contain a specific statement of the reorganization and consolidation plan for the department for the next year and shall include a report on the implementation of such reorganization and consolidation plan for the previous year. The report concerning reorganization shall specifically detail the extent to which the department has achieved goals stated the previous year with respect to merger and consolidation of offices and administrative and programmatic division of the department, elimination of job positions, and efficiency and economy in delivery of services. The report shall contain any recommendations with respect to reorganization which may require legislative action. A copy of the report and recommended legislation shall also be submitted by the attorney general to the presiding officer of each house of the legislature. The presiding officer shall refer the report to the appropriate committee having jurisdiction of the subject matter as provided in the rules of the respective house.

(7) Do such other things, not inconsistent with law, as are necessary to perform properly the functions vested in him.

(8)(a) On an annual basis, provide all of the following information to the legislature no later than fifteen days prior to the convening of each regular session:

(i) A full organizational chart for the department which is current as of the date of submission to the legislature and which shows each staff position, whether filled or vacant, that comprises the department.

(ii) The current salary of the person occupying each filled position shown on the organizational chart.

(b) The attorney general may submit the annual report required by this Paragraph in electronic format and is further authorized, but is not required, to submit the report at the time of submission of the annual report required by Paragraph (5) of this Section.

(9) Provide for the statewide coordination of sexual assault nurse examiners, with a specific focus on ensuring access to services provided by sexual assault nurse examiners in rural areas. The statewide coordination provided for in this Paragraph may be funded through grants or appropriations by the legislature.

Added by Acts 1977, No. 83, §1, eff. June 22, 1977; Acts 2013, No. 220, §14, eff. June 11, 2013; Acts 2016, No. 557, §2; Acts 2025, No. 289, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 36:104.1 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 36 / Section 104.1
Fee for independent certified public accountant or tax attorney verification reports required for certain Louisiana Economic Development programs
Status: in_force

A. In order to protect the integrity of its programs by ensuring that tax credits are certified only for eligible expenditures, and to provide for uniformity in expenditure verification reporting, Louisiana Economic Development shall directly engage and assign an independent certified public accountant, hereinafter referred to as "CPA", or tax attorney to prepare for the department any required expense or expenditure verification report on a tax credit applicant's cost report of expenditures or claimed expenditures for all of the following programs:

(1) Motion picture investor tax credit program, R.S. 47:6007.

(2) Research and development tax credit program, R.S. 47:6015.

(3) Digital interactive media and software tax credit program, R.S. 47:6022.

(4) Sound recording investor tax credit program, R.S. 47:6023.

(5) Musical and theatrical production income tax credit program, R.S. 47:6034.

(6) Any other program as provided by statute or department rule.

B. For purposes of this Section, the term "certified public accountant", or "CPA", shall mean a person who meets all of the following qualifications:

(1) Maintains an active unrestricted original certified public account license.

(2) Maintains a current Louisiana certified public account firm permit.

(3) Actively participates in a Peer Review Program approved by the State Board of Certified Public Accountants of Louisiana.

(4) Completes eight hours of continuing professional education in approved Louisiana Economic Development tax credit attestation courses per reporting cycle.

(5) Is capable of conducting two levels of review within the CPA firm or, if not within the firm, then through a cooperative endeavor with another CPA for the review of a verification report prior to its issuance.

C. For purposes of this Section, the term "tax attorney" shall mean a person who meets all of the following qualifications:

(1) Admitted to the practice of law in Louisiana.

(2) Either possesses a Masters of Law in Taxation or Tax Law from an ABA-accredited law school, or is Board Certified as a Tax Law Specialist by the Louisiana Board of Legal Specialization.

(3) Practices in a law firm with an office in Louisiana.

(4) Completes six hours of continuing legal education in the federal research and development tax credit under Section 41 of the Internal Revenue Code per reporting cycle.

D. The applicant seeking certification of tax credits shall be responsible for and assessed an expenditure or expense verification report fee which shall be equal to the actual cost of the verification report. The fee shall not exceed twenty-five thousand dollars and shall be based upon either an hourly rate not to exceed two hundred twenty-five dollars per hour for contract services, or the pro rata cost of salary and benefits for a department-employed CPA.

E. The applicant seeking certification of tax credits shall be required to submit an up-front deposit of the expenditure or expense verification report fee, which shall not exceed fifteen thousand dollars, as required by the relative program statute or rules.

F. The applicant seeking tax credits shall make all records related to the tax credit application available to the CPA or tax attorney assigned by the department to prepare and submit to the department a verification report on the applicant's cost report of expenditures or expenses.

G. The term "verification report" shall include any agreed-upon procedure, tax opinion, attestation, or other report required by statute or department rule. Prior to submission to the department, a verification report shall require two levels of review either within a CPA firm, or a second review through a cooperative endeavor with another CPA.

Acts 2015, No. 412, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 36:766 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 36 / Section 766
Deputy state treasurer for management and finance; functions; office of management and finance
Status: in_force

A. There shall be a deputy state treasurer for management and finance of the Department of the Treasury who shall be appointed by the state treasurer with the consent of the Senate and who shall serve at the pleasure of the state treasurer at a salary fixed by the state treasurer, which salary shall not exceed the amount approved for such position by the legislature while in session. The deputy state treasurer for management and finance shall be directly responsible to and shall perform his functions under the supervision and control of the state treasurer.

B. The deputy state treasurer for management and finance shall direct and be responsible for the functions of the office of management and finance within the Department of the Treasury. In such capacity he shall be responsible for accounting and budget control, procurement and contract management, management and program analysis, data processing, personnel management, and grants management for the department and all of its offices, including all agencies transferred to the Department of the Treasury, except as otherwise specifically provided in this Title. He shall employ, appoint, remove, assign, and promote such personnel as is necessary for the efficient administration of the office of management and finance and the performance of its powers, duties, functions, and responsibilities, in accordance with applicable civil service laws, rules, and regulations, and with policies and rules of the department, all subject to budgetary control and applicable laws. The deputy state treasurer for management and finance shall exercise all powers and authority granted to him in this Title subject to the overall direction and control of the state treasurer.

C. The duties and functions of the office of management and finance and of the deputy state treasurer for the office of management and finance shall be as provided in this Section, and these duties and functions shall not be subject to change by the state treasurer except that the deputy state treasurer for the office of management and finance shall perform such additional duties and functions as are assigned by the state treasurer.

Added by Acts 1977, No. 83, §1, eff. June 22, 1977.
La. Rev. Stat. § 36:206 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 36 / Section 206
Undersecretary; functions; office of management and finance
Status: in_force

A. There shall be an undersecretary of the Department of Culture, Recreation and Tourism who shall be appointed by the lieutenant governor with consent of the Senate and who shall serve at the pleasure of the lieutenant governor at a salary fixed by the lieutenant governor, which salary shall not exceed the amount established for such position by the legislature while in session. The undersecretary shall be directly responsible to and shall perform his functions under the supervision and control of the secretary.

B. The undersecretary shall direct and be responsible for the functions of the office of management and finance within the Department of Culture, Recreation and Tourism. In such capacity he shall be responsible for accounting and budget control, procurement and contract management, data processing, management and program analysis, personnel management, and grants management for the department and all of its offices, including all agencies transferred to the Department of Culture, Recreation and Tourism, except as otherwise specifically provided in this Title or determined by the secretary. He shall also perform such additional duties and functions as are assigned by the secretary. He shall employ, appoint, remove, assign, and promote such personnel as is necessary for the efficient administration of the office of management and finance and the performance of its powers, duties, functions, and responsibilities, in accordance with applicable civil service laws, rules, and regulations, and with policies and rules of the department, all subject to budgetary control and applicable laws. The undersecretary shall exercise all powers and authority granted to him in this Title subject to the overall direction and control of the secretary.

Acts 1976, No. 513, §1. Amended by Acts 1977, No. 83, §1, eff. June 22, 1977; Acts 1986, No. 124, §1, eff. June 26, 1986; Acts 1993, No. 781, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 36:101 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 36 / Section 101
Louisiana Economic Development; creation; domicile; composition; purposes and functions
Status: in_force

A. Louisiana Economic Development is created and shall be a body corporate with the power to sue and be sued. The domicile of the department shall be in Baton Rouge.

B. Louisiana Economic Development, through its offices and officers, shall be responsible for fostering the growth of industry and other commercial enterprises in Louisiana that will contribute to the overall improvement of the economy of the state. The department shall promote the advantages of Louisiana to out-of-state business and industry, facilitate the expansion of existing enterprises, and coordinate with other state agencies and units of local government plans and programs aimed at developing optimum conditions for new and expanding industrial and commercial enterprises in Louisiana.

C.(1) Louisiana Economic Development shall be composed of the office of economic development and other offices as shall be created by law.

(2) Whenever the secretary determines that the administration of the functions of the department may be more efficiently performed by eliminating, merging, or consolidating existing offices or establishing new offices, he shall present a plan therefor to the legislature for its approval by statute.

(3)(a) However, the department shall be prohibited from employing, appointing, or assigning any of the following persons to positions within the department for a period of two years following the termination of their public service as any of the following:

(i) An elected official who was serving in such capacity as of March 26, 2001.

(ii) An appointee or employee of the executive branch of state government who was subject to Senate confirmation and who was appointed or employed as of March 26, 2001. However, officers and employees of Louisiana Economic Development and the office of film and video within the Department of Culture, Recreation and Tourism shall be exempted from this Subparagraph.

(iii) An officer, appointee, or employee of the office of the governor as of March 26, 2001.

(b) The department shall also be prohibited from contracting with any of the persons described in Subparagraph (a) of this Paragraph for a period of two years following the termination of their public service in the capacities described in Subparagraph (a) of this Paragraph.

Acts 1976, No. 513, §1. Amended by Acts 1977, No. 83, §1, eff. June 22, 1977; Acts 1984, No. 633, §1; Acts 1984, No. 455, §1, eff. Oct. 1, 1984; Acts 1985, No. 520, §1; Acts 1987, No. 736, §1; Acts 1988, No. 563, §1, eff. July 14, 1988; Acts 1991, No. 490, §1, eff. July 15, 1991; Acts 2001, No. 8, §11, eff. July 1, 2001; Acts 2001, No. 9, §4, eff. July 1, 2001; Acts 2010, No. 743, §1B, eff. July 1, 2010; Acts 2023, No. 459, §1, see Act; Acts 2024, No. 312, §1, eff. July 1, 2024; Acts 2024, No. 590, §1, eff. June 11, 2024; Acts 2024, No. 755, §4; Acts 2025, No. 432, §1.

NOTE: See Acts 1987, No. 736, §3.

NOTE: See Acts 1988, No. 563, §2.

NOTE: See Acts 2001, No. 8, §19, relative to precedence of certain provisions of Acts 2001, No. 9, over provisions of Act 8.
La. Rev. Stat. § 36:688 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 36 / Section 688
Deputy commissioner for property and casualty; functions; office of property and casualty
Status: in_force

A. There is hereby created an office of property and casualty in the Department of Insurance. Such office shall be under the direction of the deputy commissioner for property and casualty who shall be appointed by the commissioner of insurance with consent of the Senate and who shall serve at the pleasure of the commissioner at a salary fixed by the commissioner, which salary shall not exceed the amount approved for such position by the legislature while in session. The deputy commissioner for property and casualty shall be directly responsible to and shall perform his functions under the supervision and control of the commissioner of insurance.

B. The duties and functions of the office of property and casualty and the deputy commissioner for property and casualty shall be the regulation of insurance rates, the review of insurance rates, the licensing of insurance rating organizations, and such additional duties and functions as are assigned by the commissioner.

Acts 1985, No. 520, §1; Acts 1999, No. 885, §2, eff. June 30, 1999; Acts 2001, No. 184, §2, eff. July 1, 2001.

NOTE: See Acts 2001, No. 184, §3, relative to changing references to the office of insurance rating to the office of property and casualty and to the title of the deputy commissioner.
La. Rev. Stat. § 36:508.3 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 36 / Section 508.3
Office of multimodal commerce; functions; commissioner; deputy commissioner; powers and duties
Status: in_force

A.(1) There is hereby created within the Department of Transportation and Development, the office of multimodal commerce, which shall administer the planning and programming functions of the department related to strategic and intermodal issues, aviation including vertiports, commercial trucking, intercity public mass transit, railroad expansion and development, port and water transportation systems, and related matters, and any other special programs as may be directed by the governor.

(2) The office shall advise the office of project delivery on intermodal issues and implement the master plan as it relates to intermodal transportation.

(3) Notwithstanding Paragraph (1) of this Subsection, any powers, duties, responsibilities and corresponding department employees, equipment, facilities, and funding of the Department of Transportation and Development with respect to federal programs on rail safety and the administration of federal rail safety and hazard mitigation funds and the like shall remain with the office of project delivery of the Department of Transportation and Development.

B. The office of multimodal commerce shall be vested with the powers, duties, responsibilities, budgetary authority, and department employees, equipment, facilities, and funding necessary to carry out the functions conferred upon it by the provisions of Paragraphs (A)(1) and (2) of this Section.

C.(1) The office of multimodal commerce shall be under the supervision of a commissioner of multimodal commerce, who shall administer all department functions and duties for which the office of multimodal commerce is responsible. The commissioner shall be appointed by the governor, subject to Senate confirmation, and shall serve at the pleasure of the governor.

(2) The commissioner shall have authority, in accordance with applicable rules and regulations of the civil service commission, to employ, appoint, transfer, assign, and promote such personnel as is necessary for the efficient administration of the office of multimodal commerce.

(3) The commissioner shall receive an annual salary fixed by the governor, which salary shall not exceed the amount approved for such position by the legislature while in session, and shall be allowed his actual and necessary traveling expenses incurred in the discharge of his official duties.

D. The powers, duties, responsibilities, budgetary authority, employees, equipment, facilities, and funding of the office of multimodal commerce shall be allocated among the following divisions of such office:

(1) Commercial trucking.

(2) Ports and waterways.

(3) Aviation.

(4) Freight and passenger rail development.

Acts 2014, No. 719, §1, eff. July 1, 2016; Acts 2015, No. 31, §1, eff. July 1, 2016; Acts 2024, No. 316, §1; Acts 2025, No. 375, §1.

NOTE: See Acts 2015, No. 31, §4, regarding eff. date of Subsection C.
La. Rev. Stat. § 36:351.1 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 36 / Section 351.1
Natural Resources Commission; creation; composition; purposes and functions
Status: in_force

A. The Natural Resources Commission is hereby reconstituted within the Department of Conservation and Energy. The commission shall not have authority to grant or deny permits, to take enforcement action, or to take other action which has traditionally been within the sole jurisdiction of the department.

B. The Natural Resources Commission shall be composed of the following individuals, who shall not have the ability to serve by proxy or designee:

(1) The secretary of the Department of Conservation and Energy.

(2) The secretary of Louisiana Economic Development.

(3) The secretary of the Department of Environmental Quality.

(4) The secretary of the Department of Revenue.

(5) The secretary of the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries.

(6) The executive secretary of the Louisiana Public Service Commission.

(7) One individual, appointed by the governor, who shall represent statewide flood control interests. This individual shall be one of the following:

(a) The secretary of the Department of Transportation and Development.

(b) The executive director of the Coordinated Use of Resources for Recreation, Economy, Navigation, and Transportation Authority.

(c) The executive director of the Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority.

(d) The chief resilience officer.

C. The department shall staff the commission and may engage the legislative auditor for reports requested by legislature or commission. The commission shall meet four times per year, preferably quarterly. The commission will facilitate strategic alignment and coordination amongst members. The commission shall coordinate with the legislative auditor to provide investigative oversight to the commission.

D. The commission shall:

(1) Serve as primary coordination body for water management planning, statewide flood protection, and develop a process for its centralization striving for uniformity.

(2) Develop a process in which agencies coordinate intergovernmental responses.

(3) Develop a process in responding to legislative study requests, including their prioritization.

(4) Engage legislative auditor for staffing on matters related to investigation, reporting, and review of the executive branch.

(5) Develop a process to identify, review, receive, clarify and act on matters of agency overlap, including independent agencies and political subdivisions.

E. The commission shall meet on the first Wednesday of March, June, September, and December of each year. In the event of a state declared emergency or holiday, the meeting shall be held on the next working day. The date may be changed by unanimous agreement of the members in writing.

F. The legislature may establish advisory committees to advise the Natural Resources Commission on any matter within the jurisdiction of the commission. Advisory committees shall be established by resolution which, at a minimum, provides for the purpose of the advisory committee, either the membership of the committee or how the members will be appointed, and such other matters as the legislature deems appropriate. An advisory committee established pursuant to this Subsection shall terminate one year after the effective date of the resolution creating it unless a different term is expressly provided in the resolution or the advisory committee is reauthorized by subsequent resolution.

Acts 2025, No. 458, §4, eff. Oct. 1, 2025.
La. Rev. Stat. § 36:607 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 36 / Section 607
Undersecretary; functions; office of management and finance
Status: in_force

A. There shall be an undersecretary of the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries, who shall be appointed by the governor with consent of the Senate and who shall serve at the pleasure of the governor at a salary fixed by the governor, which salary shall not exceed the amount approved for such position by the legislature while in session. The undersecretary shall be directly responsible to and shall perform his functions under the supervision and control of the secretary.

B. The undersecretary shall direct and be responsible for the functions of the office of management and finance within the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries. In such capacity he shall be responsible for accounting, budget forecasting and control, procurement and contract management, data processing, management and program analysis, socioeconomic research and analysis, property control, boat registration, customer service program management, personnel management, and grants management for the department and all of its offices, including all agencies transferred to the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries, except as otherwise specifically provided in this Title. The undersecretary shall be responsible for assisting the office of wildlife and the office of fisheries with the administration of the licensing and permit issuance program, the collection of fees, taxes, fines, and penalties, and the dissemination of information through various media channels. He shall employ, appoint, remove, assign, and promote such personnel as is necessary for the efficient administration of the office of management and finance and the performance of its powers, duties, functions, and responsibilities, in accordance with applicable civil service laws, rules, and regulations, and with policies and rules of the department, all subject to budgetary control and applicable laws. The undersecretary shall exercise all powers and authority granted to him in this Title subject to the overall direction and control of the secretary.

C. The duties and functions of the office of management and finance and of the undersecretary shall be as provided in this Section, and these duties and functions shall not be subject to change by the secretary, except that the undersecretary shall perform such additional duties and functions as are assigned by the secretary.

Acts 1976, No. 513, §1. Amended by Acts 1977, No. 83, §1, eff. June 22, 1977; Acts 2001, No. 113, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 36:722 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 36 / Section 722
Powers and duties of Public Service Commission
Status: in_force

In addition to the functions, powers, and duties otherwise vested in the Public Service Commission, it shall:

(1) Represent the public interest in the administration of this Chapter and shall be responsible to the legislature and the public therefor.

(2) Employ, appoint, remove, assign, and promote such personnel as is necessary for the efficient administration of the department.

(3) In accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act, make, alter, amend, and promulgate rules and regulations necessary for the administration and the functions of the department.

(4) Organize, plan, supervise, direct, administer, execute, and be responsible for the functions and programs vested in the department.

(5) Make reports and recommendations on its own initiative or upon the request of the legislature, or any committee or member thereof; however, the commission shall not include within the reports and recommendations submitted, or otherwise issue, publish or distribute general information documents or pamphlets, which are published on a regular basis and are generally known as newsletters.

(6) Provide for the ongoing reorganization and consolidation of the department and submit a report thereon to the legislature, which report shall accompany the budget request which it submits under provisions of R.S. 39:33. Such report shall include a statement of the goals of the department and of the programs thereof and shall summarize the accomplishments of the department in meeting such goals and implementing such programs. The report shall also contain a specific statement of the reorganization and consolidation plan for the department for the next year and shall include a report on the implementation of such reorganization and consolidation plan for the previous year. The report concerning reorganization shall specifically detail the extent to which the department has achieved goals stated the previous year with respect to merger and consolidation of functions, abolition of agencies, consolidation of administrative and programmatic divisions of the department, elimination of job positions, and efficiency and economy in delivery of services. The report shall contain any recommendations with respect to reorganization which may require legislative action. A copy of the report and recommended legislation shall also be submitted by the commission to the presiding officer of each house of the legislature. The presiding officer shall refer the report to the appropriate committee having jurisdiction of the subject matter as provided in the rules of the respective house.

(7) Do such other things, not inconsistent with law, as are necessary to perform properly the functions vested in it.

(8)(a) On an annual basis, provide all of the following information to the legislature no later than fifteen days prior to the convening of each regular session:

(i) A full organizational chart for the department which is current as of the date of submission to the legislature and which shows each staff position, whether filled or vacant, that comprises the department.

(ii) The current salary of the person occupying each filled position shown on the organizational chart.

(b) The commission may submit the annual report required by this Paragraph in electronic format and is further authorized, but is not required, to submit the report at the time of submission of a report pursuant to Paragraph (5) of this Section.

Added by Acts 1977, No. 83, §1, eff. June 22, 1977. Acts 1986, No. 743, §1; Acts 2013, No. 220, §14, eff. June 11, 2013; Acts 2016, No. 557, §2.
La. Rev. Stat. § 36:763 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 36 / Section 763
State treasurer
Status: in_force

The state treasurer shall serve as the executive head and chief administrative officer of the Department of the Treasury and shall have the responsibility for the policies of the department except as otherwise provided by this Title, and for the administration, control, and operation of the functions, programs, and affairs of the department.

Added by Acts 1977, No. 83, §1, eff. June 22, 1977.
La. Rev. Stat. § 36:254.3 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 36 / Section 254.3
Criminal history information; access to federal tax information
Status: in_force

The Louisiana Department of Health, Medicaid eligibility section, is authorized to perform criminal history records checks of current and prospective employees, contractors, and subcontractors in accordance with the procedures provided in R.S. 15:587.5. Pursuant to this authorization and to implement the requirements of R.S. 15:587.5, the secretary shall promulgate rules and regulations with regard to this matter.

Acts 2017, No. 147, §3, eff. June 12, 2017; Acts 2018, No. 206, §2.
La. Rev. Stat. § 36:951 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 36 / Section 951
Orderly transfer
Status: in_force

A. In order to effect an orderly transfer of the agencies and the powers, duties, responsibilities, and functions of agencies as provided in this Title, to departments for which transfers and abolitions of agencies were not approved prior to the effective date of the Act by which this Part is enacted, and in order to achieve maximum reorganization and consolidation within such departments, the procedures to be followed for such purposes shall be as set forth in this Chapter, and more specifically as provided in this Part.

B. This Part shall be applicable to the following departments: the Department of Corrections, the Department of Health and Human Resources, the Department of Agriculture, the Department of Education, the Department of Elections and Registration, the Department of Insurance, the Department of Justice, the Department of Public Service, the Department of State, and the Department of the Treasury.

Acts 1976, No. 513, §1. Amended by Acts 1977, No. 83, §1, eff. June 22, 1977.
La. Rev. Stat. § 36:407 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 36 / Section 407
Assistant secretaries
Status: in_force

A. Each office within the Department of Public Safety and Corrections, except the offices of management and finance and the office of state police, shall be under the immediate supervision and direction of an assistant secretary who shall be appointed by the governor with consent of the Senate. Each shall serve at the pleasure of the governor and shall be paid a salary which shall be fixed by the governor, which salary shall not exceed the amount approved for such position by the legislature while in session.

B. Except as otherwise expressly provided in this Title and except for the offices within youth services, the duties and functions of each office and its assistant secretary shall be determined by the secretary, and all of such duties and functions shall be exercised under the direct supervision and control of the secretary. The exercise of the duties and functions of the offices of public safety services and their assistant secretaries shall be under the supervision of the deputy secretary for public safety services. The duties and functions of the office of juvenile justice and its assistant secretary shall be as provided in this Chapter and as determined by the deputy secretary for youth services. The exercise of the duties and functions of youth services and its offices and officers shall be under the supervision of the deputy secretary for youth services.

C. Except as otherwise provided in this Chapter, each assistant secretary shall exercise all powers and authority granted to him in this Title subject to the overall direction and control of the secretary.

Acts 1976, No. 513, §1. Amended by Acts 1977, No. 83, §1, eff. June 22, 1977; Acts 1983, No. 97, §4, eff. Feb. 1, 1984; Acts 1984, No. 326, §1, eff. July 2, 1984; Acts 2004, No. 7, §1, eff. May 5, 2004; Acts 2008, No. 565, §5.

NOTE: See Acts 2004, No. 7, §§5 and 6, relative to implementation.
La. Rev. Stat. § 36:767 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 36 / Section 767
Assistant state treasurers
Status: in_force

A. Each office within the Department of the Treasury, except the office of management and finance, shall be under the immediate supervision and direction of an assistant state treasurer, who shall be appointed by the state treasurer with consent of the Senate. Each shall serve at the pleasure of the state treasurer and shall be paid a salary which shall be fixed by the state treasurer, which salary shall not exceed the amount approved for such position by the legislature while in session.

B. Except as otherwise expressly provided in this Title, the duties and functions of each office and its assistant state treasurer shall be determined by the state treasurer, and all of such duties and functions shall be exercised under the direct supervision and control of the state treasurer.

C. Except as otherwise provided in R.S. 36:801, each assistant state treasurer shall employ, appoint, remove, assign, and promote such personnel as is necessary for the efficient administration of his office and its programs and the performance of its powers, duties, functions, and responsibilities, in accordance with applicable civil service laws, rules, and regulations, and with policies and rules of the department, all subject to budgetary control and applicable laws.

D. Each assistant state treasurer shall exercise all powers and authority granted to him in this Title subject to the overall direction and control of the state treasurer.

Added by Acts 1977, No. 83, §1, eff. June 22, 1977.
La. Rev. Stat. § 36:704 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 36 / Section 704
Divisions of the department; functions
Status: in_force

A. Each division within the Department of Justice shall be under the immediate supervision and direction of a director. The purposes for which the divisions of the Department of Justice are created shall be as set forth in this Section.

B. There shall be within the Department of Justice a federalism division. It shall be responsible for the appellate work of the state relating to federal litigation, multistate actions, amicus briefs, and other complex litigation as determined by the attorney general.

C. There shall be within the Department of Justice an administrative services division. It shall be responsible for accounting and budget control, procurement and contract management, management and program analysis, data processing, personnel management, grants management for the department, automated systems, governmental relations, and the collection of money owed to the state and its agencies, boards, and commissions.

D. There shall be within the Department of Justice a public protection division. It shall be responsible for consumer protection, environmental protection, anti-trust, securities, family violence prevention, and insurance protection.

E. There shall be within the Department of Justice a civil division. It shall be responsible for providing the full range of civil legal services requested by the officers and agencies of the state. The functions of the civil division shall include the assertion or protection of any right or interest of the state of Louisiana; legal representation of governmental officers, agencies, boards, or commissions; collection of money owed to the state of Louisiana and its agencies, boards, or commissions; construction claims and litigation on public works; and legal protection of state lands, water bottoms, and natural resources of the state.

F. There shall be within the Department of Justice a criminal division. It shall be responsible for criminal appeals, amicus curiae briefs in criminal prosecutions, habeas corpus defense, assistance to district attorneys in criminal cases, criminal prosecution, public corruption, institutional and insurance fraud cases, and extraditions, in accordance with Article IV, Section 8 of the Constitution of Louisiana.

G. There shall be within the Department of Justice an investigation division. It shall be responsible for investigation of alleged violations of the criminal laws of this state; conducting of civil and special investigations, including investigations of public corruption, institutional and insurance fraud; and executive security.

H. There shall be within the Department of Justice a litigation division. It shall be responsible for providing legal representation for the state, its officers, agents, employees, boards, and commissions, pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 16A of Title 39.

I. There shall be within the Department of Justice a gaming division. It shall be responsible for providing legal representation, services, and staffing to gaming regulatory entities and agencies of the state as provided by law and such other functions and duties, related to gaming, as are assigned by the attorney general.

J. The duties and functions of the divisions shall be as provided in this Section and these duties and functions shall not be subject to change by the attorney general, except that the divisions shall perform such additional duties and functions as are assigned by the attorney general.

K. Whenever the attorney general determines that the administration of the functions of the department may be more efficiently performed by eliminating, merging, or consolidating existing divisions, he shall present a plan therefor to the legislature for its approval by statute.

Added by Acts 1977, No. 83, §1, eff. June 22, 1977. Amended by Acts 1978, No. 438, §1; Acts 1992, No. 866, §1; Acts 1993, No. 610, §1, eff. June 15, 1993; Acts 2005, No. 435, §1, eff. July 11, 2005; Acts 2018, No. 432, §5, eff. June 30, 2018.
La. Rev. Stat. § 36:511 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 36 / Section 511
Contract and purchasing laws applicable to agencies within the department
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, including any provision of Chapter 11 of Title 38 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, the Sabine River Authority and the Poverty Point Reservoir District as provided in R.S. 38:3087.1 et seq. shall be subject to the provisions of Part II of Chapter 10 of Title 38 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950 as these provisions are applicable to the department.

Acts 1998, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 144, §1, eff. July 1, 1998.
La. Rev. Stat. § 36:692 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 36 / Section 692
Office of licensing; functions
Status: in_force

There is hereby created an office of licensing in the department of insurance. Such office shall be under the direction of the deputy commissioner for licensing. The duties and functions of the office of licensing and the deputy commissioner of licensing shall be as provided in this Title and as assigned by the commissioner.

Acts 1992, No. 477, §1; Acts 2015, No. 274, §2, eff. June 29, 2015.
La. Rev. Stat. § 36:648.1 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 36 / Section 648.1
Special School District; administration
Status: in_force

A. The Special School District shall be under the administration and supervision of a superintendent who shall be appointed by the district's board of directors, subject to confirmation by the Senate.

B. The salary of the superintendent shall be fixed by the district's board of directors and shall not exceed the amount approved for such position by the legislature while in session.

C. The superintendent shall exercise his duties and functions under the oversight of the district's board of directors.

Acts 2011, No. 302, §1, eff. June 28, 2011; Acts 2012, No. 441, §2; Acts 2021, No. 468, §2, eff. July 1, 2021.
La. Rev. Stat. § 36:358.1 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 36 / Section 358.1
Agricultural studies
Status: in_force

Studies, research projects, or programs regarding the development and utilization of any agricultural product as a source of fuel or as a fuel extender may be conducted by the Department of Agriculture as provided in R.S. 36:624(A)(8).

Added by Acts 1981, No. 223, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 36:239 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 36 / Section 239
Transfer of agencies and functions to Department of Environmental Quality
Status: in_force

A. The following agencies are hereby abolished and their powers, duties, functions, and responsibilities are transferred to the secretary of the Department of Environmental Quality and shall be exercised and performed as provided in R.S. 36:921 et seq.:

(1) Governor's Council on Environmental Quality (R.S. 40:2351 et seq.).

(2) Citizen's Advisory Board to the Governor's Council on Environmental Quality (R.S. 40:2354).

(3) Environmental Control Commission (R.S. 30:2013).

B. The Motor Fuels Underground Storage Tank Trust Fund Advisory Board (R.S. 30:2195 et seq.) is placed within the Department of Environmental Quality and shall exercise and perform its powers, duties, functions, and responsibilities as otherwise provided by law.

C. The Board of Certification and Training for Solid Waste Management System Operators (R.S. 37:3151 et seq.) is placed within the Department of Environmental Quality and shall exercise and perform its powers, duties, functions, and responsibilities in accordance with the provisions of R.S. 36:803.

D. The Louisiana Small Business Compliance Advisory Panel (R.S. 30:2062) is placed within the Department of Environmental Quality and shall exercise and perform its powers, duties, functions, and responsibilities in accordance with the provisions of R.S. 36:901 et seq., except that the panel shall also serve in an advisory capacity to other appropriate department officers and agencies, particularly as otherwise provided by law.

Added by Acts 1983, No. 97, §2, eff. Feb. 1, 1984. Acts 1984, No. 795, §2, eff. July 13, 1984; Acts 1984, No. 514, §2, eff. July 6, 1984; Acts 1984, No. 862, §4; Acts 1987, No. 248, §2, eff. July 3, 1987; Acts 1988, No. 724, §2, eff. July 18, 1988; Acts 1989, No. 662, §4, §8, eff. July 7, 1989; Acts 1992, No. 1037, §2; Acts 1995, No. 1019, §2; Acts 2001, No. 524, §2; Acts 2005, No. 428, §1, eff. July 1, 2005; Acts 2006, No. 713, §4, eff. July 1, 2006; Acts 2012, No. 811, §§11, 17, eff. July 1, 2012; Acts 2013, No. 220, §14, eff. June 11, 2013; Acts 2018, No. 509, §5; Acts 2022, No. 623, §4, eff. July 1, 2022.
La. Rev. Stat. § 36:959 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 36 / Section 959
Information to be furnished to legislature
Status: in_force

A. The secretary of each department shall furnish to each member of the legislature an organizational chart of his department, illustrating the officers and all offices and other organizational units of the department and their relationships. He shall also furnish each member of the legislature a brief description of the function of each officer, office, and other organizational units of the department, the name and telephone number of each departmental officer, and such other information as he deems necessary to explain the organization of the department and the functions of the officers, offices, and organizational units thereof. The secretary shall furnish the chart and other materials to the members of the legislature not later than the thirtieth day after the effective date of any transfer of an agency or the functions of an agency to his department.

B. At any time any change is made in the organization of a department, or in the functions of any officer, office, or organizational unit of a department, the secretary shall, within thirty days of the effective date of such change, notify all members of the legislature in writing of the change and shall furnish each member with a revised organizational chart, a revised description of the functions of the affected officer(s), office(s), or organizational unit(s), and revised explanatory information concerning departmental organization and functions, reflecting such change.

C. The secretary shall notify all members of the legislature of any new appointments to departmental offices within ten days after such appointments are made.

Acts 1976, No. 513, §1. Amended by Acts 1977, No. 83, §1, eff. June 22, 1977.
La. Rev. Stat. § 36:935 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 36 / Section 935
Committee authority generally; staff services; state agency assistance
Status: in_force

A. The committee, for the purposes of conducting the study as provided in this Chapter, is authorized to utilize the personnel, facilities, and services of the legislative auditor, the legislative fiscal officer, and the staffs of the House of Representatives and the Senate. The committee may request of and utilize such counsel, assistance, personnel, facilities, and advice as may be obtained from any and all public sources and from any and all private sources, including but not necessarily restricted to private research agencies, individuals, and organizations.

B. The committee is authorized to make, or cause to be made, any studies it may find useful to the purposes of this Chapter through legislative personnel or in cooperation with any public or private agency including universities, colleges, foundations, charitable corporations, and research organizations, and the committee may call upon the members or staffs of any and all existing departments or agencies of the state for data and assistance and all such agencies and departments shall cooperate with the committee.

C. The legislative auditor, the legislative fiscal officer, or the staff of the House of Representatives or the staff of the Senate, upon direction of the committee, may employ necessary staff and may receive and expend funds appropriated or otherwise made available by the legislature or from any other source, including gifts, donations, and grants of money or services from public or private persons or agencies, for the purpose of such studies as the committee is authorized to undertake.

D. At the written request of the committee, the head or governing authority of any state department, agency, or other instrumentality shall make available to the committee any officer or employee thereof, selected by the committee in consultation with the agency head, to be assigned to the committee to aid and assist in the carrying out of its functions, duties, and obligations for as long as is deemed necessary by the committee and the compensation and expenses of any such person so assigned shall be borne by and paid out of the funds appropriated to the particular agency from which he was selected.

E. The committee may receive grants, donations, or gifts of money or services from public or private organizations or from any other sources, to be utilized for the purposes of the committee.

F. The committee may create or appoint advisory committees or task forces to act in an advisory capacity or to assist in its studies, composed of such representatives of the public and private sectors as it shall deem appropriate.

G.(1) The committee shall have the power and authority to hold hearings, subpoena witnesses, administer oaths, require the production of books and records, and do all other things necessary to discharge its duties and responsibilities under this Chapter. Subpoenas shall be served by any agent of the committee, by the sheriff, or by any other officer authorized by law to serve process in this state.

(2) In the case of failure or refusal of a person to comply with a subpoena issued by the committee, or in the case of the refusal of a witness to testify or answer as to a matter regarding which he may be lawfully interrogated, any district court on the application of the committee may, in term time or in vacation, issue an attachment for the person to compel him to comply with the subpoena and to appear before the committee with the desired documents and to give testimony upon whatever matters are lawfully required. The court may punish for contempt those disobeying its orders as in the case of disobedience of a subpoena issued by the court or refusal to testify therein.

(3) Perjury and false swearing before the committee shall be punished in accordance with the laws of the state.

Acts 1997, No. 1045, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 36:357 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 36 / Section 357
Leadership
Status: in_force

A. Each office within the Department of Conservation and Energy, except the executive office of the secretary and the office of administration shall be under the immediate supervision and direction of a director who shall be appointed by the secretary and shall be an unclassified employee. The secretary may issue a directive clearly identifying each director and specifically delegating the authority of such director.

B. The secretary shall employ, appoint, remove, assign, and promote from any funding sources authorizing administrative costs such personnel as is necessary for the efficient administration of this Chapter. In addition to any other powers, duties, functions, and responsibilities defined by the secretary.

Acts 1976, No. 513, §1. Amended by Acts 1977, No. 83, §1, eff. June 22, 1977; Acts 1986, No. 581, §2, eff. July 2, 1986; Acts 2023, No. 150, §10, eff. Jan. 10, 2024; Acts 2024, No. 727, §1, eff. July 1, 2024; Acts 2025, No. 458, §4, eff. Oct. 1, 2025.
La. Rev. Stat. § 36:151 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 36 / Section 151
Department of Elderly Affairs; creation; domicile; composition; purposes and functions
Status: in_force

NOTE: See note below regarding effectiveness.

A. The Department of Elderly Affairs is created and shall be a body corporate with the power to sue and be sued. The domicile of the department shall be in Baton Rouge.

B. The Department of Elderly Affairs, through its offices and officers, shall be responsible for the functions of the state that are designed to meet the needs of Louisiana residents sixty years of age or older and for planning, monitoring, coordination, and delivery of services to persons of the state who are elderly, including but not limited to coordination of services of all state agencies serving persons who are elderly and requiring reports from such agencies; developing a plan for efficient coordination of functions and services for persons who are elderly and for consolidation of such functions and services within the department with local administration by the parish voluntary councils on aging; administration of the Older Americans Act and related programs; administration of all federal funds appropriated, allocated, or otherwise made available to the state for services to the elderly, except funds for programs administered by other state departments or agencies as specified by the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950; exercising functions relative to nutrition programs for the citizens of Louisiana who are elderly or have disabilities, homemaker services, home repair and maintenance services, employment and training services, recreational and transportation services, counseling, information and referral services, protective services as provided in R.S. 15:1501 et seq., and health-related outreach, but excluding the transportation program for persons who are elderly or have disabilities administered by the Department of Transportation and Development under Section 16(b)(2) of the Federal Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1964 as amended and other such programs and services assigned to other departments of state government as provided in Title 36 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950; collection of facts and statistics and making special studies of conditions pertaining to the employment, health, financial status, recreation, social adjustment, or other conditions affecting the welfare of persons who are aged; keeping abreast of the latest developments in aging throughout the nation and interpreting such findings to the public; providing for a mutual exchange of ideas and information on national, state, and local levels; and making recommendations to the governor and to the legislature for needed improvements and additional resources to promote the welfare of the aging in the state.

C. The Department of Elderly Affairs shall be composed of the executive office of the secretary, the office of management and finance, and such other offices as shall be created by law. Whenever the secretary determines that the administration of the functions of the department may be more efficiently performed by eliminating, merging, or consolidating existing offices or establishing new offices, he shall present a plan therefor to the legislature for its approval by statute.

Acts 2013, No. 384, §3, eff. upon contingencies contained in Acts 2013, No. 384, §9(B); Acts 2014, No. 811, §18, eff. June 23, 2014.

NOTE: Acts 2013, No. 384, §8, effective July 1, 2013 per §9(A) of the Act, provides that funds allocated for any purpose under the authority of the Office of Elderly Affairs or its successor, the Department of Elderly Affairs, are allocated only to the Office of Elderly Affairs or its successor and are not to be appropriated, allocated or transferred to any other state department, office or programs.
La. Rev. Stat. § 36:51 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 36 / Section 51
Department of State Civil Service; creation; purpose
Status: in_force

In order to provide for the administration of the state civil service system, there shall be a Department of State Civil Service as created in the constitution, which shall be a body corporate with power to sue and be sued. The functions of the department shall be as defined in the constitution or by law.

Acts 1976, No. 513, §1. Amended by Acts 1977, No. 83, §1, eff. June 22, 1977.
La. Rev. Stat. § 36:53 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 36 / Section 53
Transfer of boards, commissions, departments, and agencies to Department of State Civil Service
Status: in_force

A. The following agencies are hereby placed within the Department of State Civil Service in accordance with the provisions of R.S. 36:801:

(1) State examiner of municipal fire and police civil service and office of the state examiner of municipal fire and police civil service (Parts II and III of Chapter 5 of Title 33 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950).

(2) Board of Ethics (R.S. 42:1101 et seq.). The State Civil Service Commission and the Department of State Civil Service and its director shall in no way interfere with, review, or change the decisions of the Board of Ethics.

(3) Division of administrative law (R.S. 49:991 et seq.).

B. The following agencies are hereby placed within the Department of State Civil Service in accordance with the provisions of R.S. 36:801.1:

(1) State Police Service (Article X, Sections 41 through 51 of the Constitution of Louisiana).

(2) Board of Tax Appeals (R.S. 47:1401 et seq.). The State Civil Service Commission, the Department of State Civil Service, and its director shall in no way interfere with, review, or change the decisions or operations of the Board of Tax Appeals. There shall be a Local Tax Division of the Board of Tax Appeals.

C. For purposes of this Chapter, references in Chapters 22 and 24 of this Title to the "secretary", the "undersecretary", or an "assistant secretary" shall be construed to mean the State Civil Service Commission, through the director.

Acts 1976, No. 513, §1. Amended by Acts 1977, No. 83, §1, eff. June 22, 1977; Acts 1981, No. 873, §1, eff. Sept. 11, 1981; Acts 1982, No. 698, §1; Acts 1987, No. 737, §2; Acts 1991, No. 88, §1, eff. June 26, 1991; Acts 1995, No. 739, §1, eff. Oct. 1, 1996; Acts 1996, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 64, §5, eff. Jan. 1, 1997; Acts 2012, No. 811, §§11, 17, eff. July 1, 2012; Acts 2014, No. 640, §1, eff. June 12, 2014; Acts 2020, 2 nd Ex. Sess., No. 33, §2; Acts 2022, No. 623, §4, eff. July 1, 2022.
La. Rev. Stat. § 36:852 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 36 / Section 852
Unfinished business
Status: in_force

Upon the transfer of each agency in accordance with this Part, any pending or unfinished business of each such agency shall be taken over and be completed by the department to which transferred and its secretary, with the same power and authority as that of the agency transferred. The department and its secretary shall be the successor in every way to each agency, and every act done by the department or its secretary in the exercise of the functions of each shall be deemed to have the same force and effect under any provisions of the constitution and laws in effect on the effective date of this Section as if done by the agency transferred.

Acts 1976, No. 513, §1. Amended by Acts 1977, No. 83, §1, eff. June 22, 1977.
La. Rev. Stat. § 36:155 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 36 / Section 155
Deputy secretary
Status: in_force

NOTE: See note below regarding effectiveness.

There may be a deputy secretary of the department, who shall be appointed by the secretary with consent of the Senate and who shall serve at the pleasure of the secretary at a salary fixed by the secretary, which salary shall not exceed the amount approved for such position by the legislature while in session. The duties and functions of the deputy secretary shall be determined and assigned by the secretary. If appointed, he shall serve as acting secretary in the absence of the secretary.

Acts 2013, No. 384, §3, eff. upon contingencies contained in Acts 2013, No. 384, §9(B).

NOTE: Acts 2013, No. 384, §8, effective July 1, 2013 per §9(A) of the Act, provides that funds allocated for any purpose under the authority of the Office of Elderly Affairs or its successor, the Department of Elderly Affairs, are allocated only to the Office of Elderly Affairs or its successor and are not to be appropriated, allocated or transferred to any other state department, office or programs.
La. Rev. Stat. § 36:721 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 36 / Section 721
Department of Public Service; creation; domicile; purpose and functions
Status: in_force

A. The Department of Public Service is created and shall be a body corporate with the power to sue and be sued. The domicile of the department shall be in Baton Rouge.

B. The Public Service Commission shall be the executive head of the department and shall have the responsibility for the administration, control, and operation of the functions, programs, and affairs of the department, as provided by law.

C. The Department of Public Service shall be responsible for performing the functions of the Public Service Commission.

Added by Acts 1977, No. 83, §1, eff. June 22, 1977.
La. Rev. Stat. § 36:232 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 36 / Section 232
Officers of the department; compensation for one office only
Status: in_force

A. The officers of the department shall be the secretary, the undersecretary, the deputy secretary if a deputy secretary is appointed, and assistant secretaries, each of whom shall be selected and shall perform functions as provided in this Title.

B. No person serving as a secretary, deputy secretary, undersecretary, or assistant secretary shall receive any additional salary from the state other than that salary which he receives by virtue of serving in any one of such offices. Any statewide elected official appointed to serve as a secretary, deputy secretary, undersecretary, or assistant secretary shall not receive any additional salary from the state other than that salary which he receives as a statewide elected official.

C. Notwithstanding any provision herein to the contrary, subject to approval of the governor, any person, including any statewide elected official, serving or appointed to serve as a secretary, undersecretary, deputy secretary, or assistant secretary may receive additional compensation for part-time services rendered as an instructor in post-secondary educational institutions or as a member of the National Guard.

Added by Acts 1983, No. 97, §2, eff. Feb. 1, 1984.
La. Rev. Stat. § 36:508.4 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 36 / Section 508.4
Multimodal Commerce Advisory Commission
Status: in_force

A. The Multimodal Commerce Advisory Commission is hereby established within the office of multimodal commerce. It shall be composed of the following:

(1) The commissioner of multimodal commerce who shall be chair of the commission.

(2) The secretary of Louisiana Economic Development, or his designee.

(3) The secretary of the Department of Transportation and Development, or his designee.

(4) The chairs of the Senate and House committees on transportation, highways, and public works, or their designees.

(5) The chairs of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Consumer Protection, and International Affairs and the House Committee on Commerce, or their designees.

(6) A representative of the Ports Association of Louisiana selected by its board of directors.

(7) A representative of the Louisiana Association of Waterway Operators and Shipyards selected by its board of directors.

(8) The president of the Louisiana Airport Managers and Associates, or his designee.

(9) A representative of the Louisiana Motor Transport Association selected by its board of directors.

(10) A representative of the Louisiana Railroad Association selected by its board of directors.

(11) The chairman of the Louisiana Board of International Commerce, or his designee.

(12) The chairman of the board of the Offshore Marine Service Association, or his designee.

(13) A Louisiana representative of the Southern Rail Commission appointed by the governor.

(14) A representative at-large selected by the president of the Senate.

(15) A representative at-large selected by the speaker of the House of Representatives.

B. The Multimodal Commerce Advisory Commission shall meet and develop an operational plan for the 2016 Regular Session of the Legislature for the following: (1) An allocation of the department employees, equipment, facilities, and funding the commission finds necessary to carry out the functions conferred upon the office of multimodal commerce by the provisions of R.S. 36:508.3 to become effective on July 1, 2016.

(2) The organizational structure of the office of multimodal commerce, with a further initial allocation of the office's powers, duties, responsibilities, officers, equipment, and employees among the specific divisions provided for in R.S. 36:508.3(D), to become effective on July 1, 2016.

(3) Proposed legislation for the 2016 Regular Session of the Legislature necessary to implement the operational plan on July 1, 2016.

C. The operational plan of the Multimodal Commerce Advisory Commission shall be presented to the Senate and House committees on transportation, highways, and public works for their review, amendment, and approval no later than February 1, 2016.

D. A majority of the members of the commission shall constitute a quorum for the purpose of taking any action, and actions of the commission may be taken by an affirmative vote of the members of the commission present.

E. Members of the commission shall serve without compensation, except per diem or expenses reimbursement to which they may be individually entitled as members of the constituent organizations.

F. After July 1, 2016, the commission shall continue to exist in an advisory capacity to the commissioner.

Acts 2014, No. 719, §2, eff. June 18, 2014; Acts 2015, No. 31, §2, eff. July 1, 2015; Acts 2016, No. 324, §1, eff. July 1, 2016.
La. Rev. Stat. § 36:623 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 36 / Section 623
Commissioner of agriculture and forestry
Status: in_force

The commissioner of agriculture and forestry shall serve as the executive head and chief administrative officer of the Department of Agriculture and Forestry and shall have the responsibility for the policies of the department, except as otherwise provided by this Title, and for the administration, control, and operation of the functions, programs, and affairs of the department.

Added by Acts 1977, No. 83, §1, eff. June 22, 1977; Acts 2009, No. 24, §3, eff. June 12, 2009.
La. Rev. Stat. § 36:457 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 36 / Section 457
Assistant secretaries
Status: in_force

A. Each office within the Department of Revenue, except the office of management and finance, shall be under the immediate supervision and direction of an assistant secretary, who shall be appointed by the governor with consent of the Senate. Each shall serve at the pleasure of the governor and shall be paid a salary which shall be fixed by the governor, which salary shall not exceed the amount approved for such position by the legislature while in session.

B. Except as otherwise expressly provided in this Title, the duties and functions of each office and its assistant secretary shall be determined by the secretary, and all of such duties and functions shall be exercised under the direct supervision and control of the secretary.

C. Except as otherwise provided in R.S. 36:801, each assistant secretary shall employ, appoint, remove, assign, and promote such personnel as is necessary for the efficient administration of his office and its programs and the performance of its powers, duties, functions, and responsibilities, in accordance with applicable civil service laws, rules, and regulations, and with policies and rules of the department, all subject to budgetary control and applicable laws.

D. Each assistant secretary shall exercise all powers and authority granted to him in this Title subject to the overall direction and control of the secretary.

Acts 1976, No. 513, §1. Amended by Acts 1977, No. 83, §1, eff. June 22, 1977; Acts 1997, No. 658, §1, eff. July 7, 1997.
La. Rev. Stat. § 36:701 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 36 / Section 701
Department of Justice; creation; domicile; purposes and functions
Status: in_force

A. The Department of Justice is created and shall be a body corporate with the power to sue and be sued. The domicile of the department shall be in Baton Rouge.

B. The attorney general shall serve as the executive head and chief administrative officer of the Department of Justice and shall have the responsibility for the policies of the department and for the administration, control, and operation of the functions, programs, and affairs of the department.

C. The Department of Justice, through its offices and officers, shall be responsible for performing the functions of the attorney general.

D.(1) The Department of Justice shall be composed of the executive office of the attorney general, the civil division, the public protection division, the criminal division, the investigation division, the litigation division, the gaming division, the federalism division, and the administrative services division. The executive office of the attorney general shall be comprised of such personnel and organizational subunits as shall be necessary to carry out the functions of the attorney general as the executive head and chief administrative officer of the department, including legal services.

(2) Whenever the attorney general determines that the administration of the functions of the department may be more efficiently performed by eliminating, merging, or consolidating existing offices (divisions), or establishing new offices (divisions), he shall present a plan therefor to the legislature for its approval by statute.

E.(1) The officers of the department shall be the attorney general, the chief deputy attorney general, and the respective directors of the divisions created by this Chapter. They shall perform functions as provided in this Title. With the exception of the attorney general, they shall be selected as provided in this Title.

(2) No person serving as any one of the above officers shall receive any additional salary from the state other than that salary which he receives by virtue of serving in any one of such offices. Notwithstanding any provision herein to the contrary, subject to approval of the attorney general, any person serving as an officer of the department may receive additional compensation for part-time services rendered as an instructor in postsecondary educational institutions or as a member of the National Guard.

Added by Acts 1977, No. 83, §1, eff. June 22, 1977; Acts 1988, No. 859, §1; Acts 1992, No. 866, §1; Acts 1993, No. 610, §1, eff. June 15, 1993; Acts 2018, No. 432, §5, eff. June 30, 2018.
La. Rev. Stat. § 36:931 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 36 / Section 931
The Joint Legislative Committee on Reorganization of the Executive Branch; creation; composition
Status: in_force

A. The Joint Legislative Committee on Reorganization of the Executive Branch is hereby created to undertake all necessary study and to propose legislation to the legislature to reorganize the executive branch of state government as contemplated by Article IV, Section 1 of the Constitution of Louisiana and in particular the transfer, allocation, or consolidation of state agencies and their powers, duties, functions, and responsibilities as contemplated by R.S. 36:2 and 4.

B. The committee shall be composed of fifteen members: five members of the Senate, to be appointed by the president of the Senate from a list of nominees submitted by the Senate Committee on Senate and Governmental Affairs, five members of the House of Representatives, to be appointed by the speaker of the House of Representatives from a list of nominees submitted by the House Committee on House and Governmental Affairs, and five members appointed by the governor. Vacancies shall be filled in the manner of the original appointments.

Acts 1997, No. 1045, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 36:454 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 36 / Section 454
Powers and duties of secretary of revenue
Status: in_force

A. In addition to the functions, powers, and duties otherwise vested in the secretary by law, he shall:

(1) Represent the public interest in the administration of this Chapter and shall be responsible to the governor, the legislature, and the public therefor.

(2) Determine the policies of the department, except as otherwise provided by this Title.

(3) In accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act, make, alter, amend, and promulgate rules and regulations necessary for the administration of the functions of the department, except as otherwise provided by this Title.

(4) Organize, plan, supervise, direct, administer, execute, and be responsible for the functions and programs vested in the department, in the manner and to the extent provided by this Title.

(5) Advise the governor on problems concerning the administration of the department.

(6) Act as the sole agent of the state or, in necessary cases, designate one of the offices within the department or its assistant secretary, to cooperate with the federal government and with other state and local agencies in matters of mutual concern and in the administration of federal funds granted to the state or directly to the department or an office thereof to aid in the furtherance of any function of the department and its offices. For this purpose he may take such actions, in accordance with applicable state law, necessary to meet such federal standards as are established for the administration and use of such federal funds, except as otherwise specifically provided in this Title or by the constitution and laws of this state.

(7) Make and publish an annual report to the governor and the legislature concerning the operations of the department and submit with each report such recommendations as he deems necessary for the more effective internal structure and administration of the department and make other reports and recommendations on his own initiative or upon request of the governor, the legislature, or any committee or member thereof.

(8) Provide for the ongoing merger and consolidation of the agencies and functions transferred to his department and submit a report thereon to the governor and the legislature, which report shall accompany the budget request which he submits under provisions of R.S. 39:33. Such report shall include a statement of the goals of the department and of the programs thereof and shall summarize the accomplishments of the department in meeting such goals and implementing such programs. The report shall also contain a specific statement of the reorganization and consolidation plan for the department for the next year and shall include a report on the implementation of such reorganization and consolidation plan for the previous year. The report concerning reorganization shall specifically detail the extent to which the department has achieved goals stated the previous year with respect to merger and consolidation of functions, abolition of agencies, consolidation of offices, elimination of job positions, and efficiency and economy in delivery of services. The report shall contain any recommendations with respect to reorganization which may require legislative action under the provisions of this Title. A copy of the report and recommended legislation shall also be submitted by the secretary to the presiding officer of each house of the legislature. The presiding officer shall refer the report to the appropriate committee having jurisdiction of the subject matter as provided in the rules of the respective house.

(9)(a) On an annual basis, provide all of the following information to the legislature no later than fifteen days prior to the convening of each regular session:

(i) A full organizational chart for the department which is current as of the date of submission to the legislature and which shows each staff position, whether filled or vacant, that comprises the department.

(ii) The current salary of the person occupying each filled position shown on the organizational chart.

(b) The secretary may submit the annual report required by this Paragraph in electronic format and is further authorized, but is not required, to submit the report at the time of submission of the annual report required by Paragraph (7) of this Subsection.

B. The secretary shall have authority to:

(1)(a) Except as otherwise specifically provided in R.S. 36:801 and R.S. 36:803:

(i) Employ, appoint, remove, assign, and promote such personnel as is necessary for the efficient administration of the executive office of the secretary and the performance of its powers, duties, functions, and responsibilities and such other personnel, who are not assigned to an office, as may be necessary for the efficient administration of the department, and for the performance of the responsibilities, powers, duties, and functions of agencies transferred to it;

(ii) Employ, assign, and remove all personnel employed for the department on a contractual basis, and

(iii) Transfer the personnel of the department as necessary for the efficient administration of the department and its programs.

(b) All of the above are to be accomplished in accordance with applicable civil service laws, rules, and regulations, and with policies and rules of the Department of Revenue, and all are subject to budgetary control and applicable laws.

(2) Appoint, subject to gubernatorial approval, advisory councils, boards, and commissions necessary in the administration of the department, except as otherwise provided by law or by executive order.

(3) Accept and use, in accordance with law, gifts, grants, bequests, and endowments for purposes consistent with the responsibilities and functions of the department, and take such actions as are necessary to comply with conditions required for such acceptance.

(4) Formulate and promulgate rules of administration for the department relating to employment and management.

(5) Do such other things not inconsistent with law, as are necessary to perform properly the functions vested in him.

C. The secretary and agents of the office of charitable gaming are authorized to have direct access by means of computer interfacing to criminal history records maintained by the office of state police, Department of Public Safety and Corrections, for the purpose of issuing, denying, suspending, revoking, or conditioning a charitable gaming license or for any other action necessary with respect to a charitable gaming license.

Acts 1976, No. 513, §1. Amended by Acts 1977, No. 83, §1, eff. June 22, 1977; Acts 1987, No. 736, §1; Acts 1997, No. 658, §1, eff. July 7, 1997; Acts 1999, No. 568, §1, eff. June 30, 1999; Acts 2013, No. 220, §14, eff. June 11, 2013; Acts 2016, No. 557, §2.
La. Rev. Stat. § 36:683 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 36 / Section 683
Chief deputy commissioner
Status: in_force

There may be a chief deputy commissioner of the department, who shall be appointed by the commissioner of insurance with consent of the Senate and who shall serve at the pleasure of the commissioner of insurance in the office of the commissioner, at a salary fixed by the commissioner of insurance, which salary shall not exceed the amount approved for such position by the legislature while in session. The chief deputy shall be the first assistant of the commissioner of insurance appointed pursuant to Article IV, Section 13 of the Constitution of Louisiana. The duties and functions of the chief deputy commissioner shall be determined and assigned by the commissioner of insurance. The chief deputy shall serve as acting commissioner of insurance in the absence of the commissioner as provided by law.

Added by Acts 1977, No. 83, §1, eff. June 22, 1977; Acts 1992, No. 477, §1; Acts 2022, No. 159, §2, eff. May 25, 2022.
La. Rev. Stat. § 36:902 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 36 / Section 902
Unfinished business
Status: in_force

Upon the transfer of each agency in accordance with this Part, any pending or unfinished business of each such agency shall be taken over and be completed by the department to which transferred and its secretary, with the same power and authority as that of the agency transferred. The department and its secretary shall be the successor in every way to each agency, and every act done by the department or its secretary in the exercise of the functions of each shall be deemed to have the same force and effect under any provisions of the constitution and laws in effect on the effective date of this Section as if done by the agency transferred.

Acts 1976, No. 513, §1. Amended by Acts 1977, No. 83, §1, eff. June 22, 1977.
La. Rev. Stat. § 36:252 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 36 / Section 252
Officers of the department; compensation for one office only
Status: in_force

A. The officers of the department shall be the secretary, the surgeon general, the undersecretary, the deputy secretary if a deputy secretary is appointed, and assistant secretaries, each of whom shall be selected and shall perform functions as provided in this Title.

B. No person serving as a secretary, surgeon general, deputy secretary, undersecretary, or assistant secretary shall receive any additional salary from the state other than that salary which the person receives by virtue of serving in any one of such offices. Any statewide elected official appointed to serve as a secretary, deputy secretary, undersecretary, or assistant secretary shall not receive any additional salary from the state other than that salary which the person receives as a statewide elected official.

C. Notwithstanding any provision herein to the contrary, subject to approval of the governor, any person, including any statewide elected official, serving or appointed to serve as a secretary, undersecretary, deputy secretary, or assistant secretary may receive additional compensation for part-time services rendered as an instructor in postsecondary educational institutions, or as a member of the National Guard.

Acts 1988, No. 772, §2, eff. July 17, 1988; Acts 2024, No. 739, §1, eff. June 19, 2024.
La. Rev. Stat. § 36:508.2 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 36 / Section 508.2
Office of operations; functions; assistant secretary; powers and duties
Status: in_force

A. There is hereby created within the Department of Transportation and Development, the office of operations, which shall administer all matters related to the operations of the department's district offices and other matters as may be directed by the secretary.

B. The office of operations shall be under the immediate supervision of the assistant secretary, who shall be appointed by the governor and shall serve at the pleasure of the secretary.

C. The assistant secretary shall have authority, subject to approval of the secretary and in accordance with applicable rules and regulations of the civil service commission, to employ, appoint, transfer, assign, and promote such personnel as is necessary for the efficient administration of the office of operations.

D. The assistant secretary shall receive an annual salary fixed by the governor, which salary shall not exceed the amount approved for such position by the legislature while in session, payable monthly out of funds appropriated therefor and shall be allowed his actual and necessary traveling expenses incurred in the discharge of his official duties.

E. The assistant secretary shall administer all department functions and duties for which the office of operations is responsible. He shall also have such other duties as may be assigned to him by the secretary, by the provisions of this Chapter, or by the laws of this state. He shall report the proceedings of his office annually to the secretary of the department and at such other times as the secretary may designate, and he shall make any additional reports as are required by the secretary.

F. The secretary is specifically authorized and empowered to perform any of the duties of the assistant secretary when the assistant secretary is absent or incapacitated or when in the opinion of the secretary it would be in the best interest of the department. The assistant secretary with approval of the secretary may designate a senior staff member in the office of operations to perform any duties required of the assistant secretary.

Acts 1998, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 71, §1, eff. July 1, 1998; Acts 2012, No. 866, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2013; Acts 2025, No. 375, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 36:352 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 36 / Section 352
Officers of the department; compensation for one office only
Status: in_force

A. The officers of the department shall be the secretary, the undersecretary, the deputy secretary if a deputy secretary is appointed, and directors, each of whom shall be selected and shall perform functions as provided in this Title.

B. No person serving as a secretary, deputy secretary, undersecretary, or director shall receive any additional salary from the state other than that salary which he receives by virtue of serving in any one of such offices. Any statewide elected official appointed to serve as a secretary, deputy secretary, undersecretary, or director shall not receive any additional salary from the state other than that salary which he receives as a statewide elected official.

C. Notwithstanding any provision herein to the contrary, subject to approval of the governor, any person, including any statewide elected official, serving or appointed to serve as a secretary, undersecretary, deputy secretary, or director may receive additional compensation for part-time services rendered as an instructor in post-secondary educational institutions, or as a member of the National Guard.

Acts 1976, No. 513, §1; Acts 1977, No. 83, §1, eff. June 22, 1977; Acts 2025, No. 458, §4, eff. Oct. 1, 2025.
La. Rev. Stat. § 36:905 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 36 / Section 905
Protection of obligations, etc.
Status: in_force

A. The legislature hereby specifically states that this Title is in no way and to no extent intended to nor shall it be construed in any manner which will impair the contractual obligations of any agency transferred by this Title or of the state of Louisiana. It is hereby specifically provided that all obligations of any agency transferred in accordance with this Part hereafter shall be deemed to be the obligations of the department to which the agency is transferred and of its secretary, to the same extent as if originally made by them. In like manner, and in order to prevent any violation of the provisions, terms, or conditions of any gift, donation, deed, will, trust, or other instrument or disposition by which property of any kind has been vested in an agency transferred by this Title, or diversion from the purposes for which such property was thus vested in any agency, it is hereby specifically provided that each such instrument or disposition hereafter shall be deemed to have been vested in the department to which the agency is transferred and its secretary in the same manner and to the same extent as if originally so done.

B. The department to which each agency is transferred and its secretary shall be the successor in every way to each agency transferred and from which functions are or may be merged and consolidated, including all of the obligations and debts of each agency. All funds heretofore dedicated by or under authority of the constitution and laws of this state or any of its subdivisions to the payment of any bonds issued for construction or improvements for any institution or facility under the control of any agency hereby transferred shall continue to be collected and dedicated to the payment of those bonds, unless under the constitution and laws such bonds are now being paid out of moneys in the Bond Security Redemption Fund. In like manner, all other dedications and allocations of revenues and sources of revenues heretofore made, which are constitutional under the Louisiana Constitution of 1974, shall continue, until otherwise hereafter provided by the constitution, in the same manner, to the same extent, and for the same purposes as were provided prior to the enactment of this Title.

C. This Title shall not be construed or applied in any way which will prevent full compliance by the state, or any department, office, or agency thereof, with the requirements of any Act of the Congress of the United States or any regulation made thereunder by which federal aid or other federal assistance has been or hereafter is made available to this state or any department, office, agency, or subdivision thereof, anything contained in this Title to the contrary notwithstanding, and such compliance hereafter shall be accomplished by the secretary insofar as such compliance affects any agency transferred in accordance with the provisions of this Part.

Acts 1976, No. 513, §1. Amended by Acts 1977, No. 83, §1, eff. June 22, 1977.
La. Rev. Stat. § 36:478 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 36 / Section 478
Transfer of agencies and functions to Department of Children and Family Services
Status: in_force

The following agencies previously abolished by the Executive Reorganization Act and their powers, duties, functions, and responsibilities are transferred to the secretary of the Department of Children and Family Services and shall be exercised and performed as provided in R.S. 36:921 et seq.:

(1) Louisiana Health and Human Resources Administration (R.S. 46:1751-46:1767, and generally Chapters 1 and 11 of Title 40 and all of Title 46 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, except R.S. 46:1601 through 1608) to the extent that the cited provisions provide with respect to agencies or functions placed in or transferred to the Department of Children and Family Services.

(2) State Youth Planning Advisory Commission (Act No. 430 of the 1975 Regular Session of the Legislature).

(3) State Department of Public Welfare (Such provisions of Title 46 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950 as apply to the abolished department).

(4) State Board of Public Welfare (Such provisions of Title 46 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950 as apply to the abolished board).

Acts 1988, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 1, §2, eff. Mar. 28, 1988; Acts 1988, No. 555, §2, eff. July 14, 1988; Acts 1988, No. 785, §1; Acts 1989, No. 89, §2, eff. June 16, 1989; Acts 1989, No. 456, §3; Acts 1989, No. 566, §1; Acts 1989, No. 662, §8, eff. July 7, 1989; Acts 1990, No. 351, §1, eff. July 10, 1990; Acts 1990, No. 860, §1, eff. Oct. 1, 1990; Acts 1993, No. 654, §2, eff. June 16, 1993; Acts 1993, No. 864, §1; Acts 1993, No. 1006, §§2 and 3, eff. June 25, 1993; Acts 2005, No. 428, §3, eff. July 1, 2005; Acts 2008, No. 559, §1, eff. July 1, 2008; Acts 2009, No. 194, §3, eff. June 30, 2009; Acts 2010, No. 743, §8B, eff. July 1, 2010; Acts 2010, No. 867, §1, eff. July 2, 2010; Acts 2010, No. 877, §3, eff. July 1, 2010; Acts 2010, No. 939, §11, eff. July 1, 2010; Acts 2012, No. 811, §§11, 17, eff. July 1, 2012; Acts 2016, No. 301, §3, eff. June 2, 2016; Acts 2017, No. 237, §3; Acts 2022, No. 623, §4, eff. July 1, 2022.
La. Rev. Stat. § 36:476 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 36 / Section 476
Assistant secretaries
Status: in_force

A. There shall be an assistant secretary of child welfare and an assistant secretary of family support, who shall be appointed by the governor with consent of the Senate and who shall serve at the pleasure of the governor at a salary fixed by the governor, which salary shall not exceed the amount approved for such position by the legislature while in session.

B. The assistant secretary of child welfare shall manage the division of child welfare and perform the duties and functions of the division related to program development and administration, program service delivery, and development of rules and policy to govern the various programs of the division.

C. The assistant secretary of family support shall manage the division of family support and perform the duties and functions of the division related to program development and administration, program service delivery, and development of rules and policy to govern the various programs of the division.

NOTE: §476 eff. until Oct. 1, 2027. See Acts 2025, No. 477.

§476. Assistant secretaries

A. Each office within the Department of Children and Family Services, except the executive office of the secretary and the office of management and finance, shall be under the immediate supervision and direction of an assistant secretary who shall be appointed by the governor with the consent of the Senate. Each shall serve at the pleasure of the governor and shall be paid a salary which shall be fixed by the governor, which salary shall not exceed the amount approved for such a position by the legislature while in session.

B. Except as otherwise expressly provided in this Title, the duties and functions of each office and its assistant secretary shall be determined by the secretary, and all such duties and functions shall be exercised under the direct supervision and control of the secretary.

C. Except as otherwise provided in R.S. 36:801, each assistant secretary shall employ, appoint, remove, assign, and promote such personnel as is necessary for the efficient administration of his office and its programs and the performance of its powers, duties, functions, and responsibilities in accordance with applicable civil service laws, rules, and regulations and with regard to policies and rules of the department, all subject to budgetary control and applicable laws.

Acts 2016, No. 90, §2, eff. July 1, 2016; Acts 2025, No. 477, §11, eff. Oct. 1, 2027.
La. Rev. Stat. § 36:857 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 36 / Section 857
Transfer of employees
Status: in_force

All employees heretofore engaged in the performance of duties in each agency transferred in accordance with this Part are hereby transferred to the department to which the employing agency is transferred, to the extent the secretary deems necessary to carry out the functions of the agency so transferred and shall, insofar as practicable and necessary, continue to perform the duties heretofore performed, subject to applicable state civil service laws, rules, and regulations.

Acts 1976, No. 513, §1. Amended by Acts 1977, No. 83, §1, eff. June 22, 1977.
La. Rev. Stat. § 36:960 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 36 / Section 960
Membership in certain departments and agencies prohibited
Status: in_force

No member of the legislature shall hold office or serve in any of the departments or agencies of the executive branch of state government as enumerated and contained in this Title.

Acts 1976, No. 513, §1. Amended by Acts 1977, No. 83, §1, eff. June 22, 1977.
La. Rev. Stat. § 36:855 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 36 / Section 855
Protection of obligations, etc.
Status: in_force

A. The legislature hereby specifically states that this Title is in no way and to no extent intended to nor shall it be construed in any manner which will impair the contractual or other obligations of any agency transferred by this Title or of the state of Louisiana. It is hereby specifically provided that all obligations of any agency transferred in accordance with this Part hereafter shall be deemed to be the obligations of the department to which the agency is transferred and of its secretary to the same extent as if originally made by them. In like manner, and in order to prevent any violation of the provisions, terms, or conditions of any gift, donation, deed, will, trust, or other instrument or disposition by which property of any kind has been vested in an agency transferred by this Title, or diversion from the purposes for which such property was thus vested in any agency, it is hereby specifically provided that each such instrument or disposition hereafter shall be deemed to have been vested in the department to which the agency is transferred and its secretary in the same manner and to the same extent as if originally so done.

B. The department to which each agency is transferred and its secretary shall be the successor in every way to each agency transferred and from which functions are or may be merged and consolidated, including all of the obligations and debts of each agency. All funds heretofore dedicated by or under authority of the constitution and laws of this state or any of its subdivisions to the payment of any bonds issued for construction or improvements for any institution or facility under the control of any agency hereby transferred shall continue to be collected and dedicated to the payment of those bonds, unless under the constitution and laws such bonds are now being paid out of moneys in the Bond Security and Redemption Fund. In like manner, all other dedications and allocations of revenues and sources of revenues heretofore made, which are constitutional under the Louisiana Constitution of 1974, shall continue, until otherwise hereafter provided by the constitution, in the same manner, to the same extent, and for the same purposes as were provided prior to the enactment of this Title.

C. This Title shall not be construed or applied in any way which will prevent full compliance by the state, or any department, office, or agency thereof, with the requirements of any Act of the Congress of the United States or any regulation made thereunder by which federal aid or other federal assistance has been or hereafter is made available to this state, or any department, office, agency, or subdivision thereof, anything contained in this Title to the contrary notwithstanding, and such compliance hereafter shall be accomplished by the secretary insofar as such compliance affects any agency transferred in accordance with the provisions of this Part.

Acts 1976, No. 513, §1. Amended by Acts 1977, No. 83, §1, eff. June 22, 1977.
La. Rev. Stat. § 36:745 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 36 / Section 745
Office of the Uniform Commercial Code; deputy secretary
Status: in_force

A. There shall be within the Department of State an office of the uniform commercial code which shall have the responsibility of developing, implementing, managing, and operating Chapter 9 of the Louisiana Commercial Laws (R.S. 10:9-101, et seq.).

B. There shall be a deputy secretary for the office of the uniform commercial code of the department who shall be appointed by the secretary with the consent of the Senate. The deputy secretary shall serve at the pleasure of the secretary at a salary fixed by the secretary, which salary shall not exceed the amount approved for such position by the legislature. The deputy secretary shall be directly responsible to and shall perform his functions under the immediate supervision and control of the secretary.

C. The deputy secretary shall direct and be responsible for the functions and management of the office of the uniform commercial code within the department. In such capacity he shall be responsible for all program budgeting and shall act as liaison with the clerks of court, members of the financial services community, and other users of the program to coordinate the program. He shall establish educational and informational services for consumers of the program, procurement, management and program analysis, and data processing, and such additional duties and functions as are assigned by the secretary.

D. The deputy secretary shall employ, appoint, remove, assign and promote such personnel as is necessary for the efficient administration of the office and its programs and the performance of its powers, duties, functions, and responsibilities in accordance with applicable civil service law and all budgetary control and applicable laws.

Acts 1989, No. 137, §12, eff. June 22, 1989.
La. Rev. Stat. § 36:644 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 36 / Section 644
State superintendent of education
Status: in_force

The state superintendent of education shall serve as the executive head and chief administrative officer of the Department of Education and shall have the responsibility for implementing educational policies, except as otherwise provided by this Title, and for the administration, control, and operation of the functions, programs, and affairs of the department to the extent provided by this Title.

Added by Acts 1977, No. 83, §1, eff. June 22, 1977; Acts 2013, No. 327, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 36:691.1 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 36 / Section 691.1
Office of insurance fraud
Status: in_force

There is hereby created an office of insurance fraud in the Department of Insurance under the direction of the deputy commissioner for insurance fraud. The duties and functions of the office of insurance fraud and the deputy commissioner for insurance fraud shall be the investigation of alleged administrative or civil fraudulent insurance acts, other administrative or civil violations of the insurance laws of this state, executive security, and such additional duties and functions as assigned by the commissioner of insurance.

Acts 2013, No. 217, §2; Acts 2015, No. 274, §2, eff. June 29, 2015; Acts 2022, No. 159, §2, eff. May 25, 2022.
La. Rev. Stat. § 36:253 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 36 / Section 253
Secretary of health and hospitals
Status: in_force

There shall be a secretary of health and hospitals, who shall be appointed by the governor with consent of the Senate and who shall serve at the pleasure of the governor at a salary fixed by the governor, which salary shall not exceed the amount approved for such position by the legislature while in session. The secretary shall serve as the executive head and chief administrative officer of the Louisiana Department of Health and shall have the responsibility for the policies of the department, except as otherwise provided by this Title, and for the administration, control, and operation of the functions, programs, and affairs of the department; provided that the secretary shall perform his functions under the general control and supervision of the governor.

Acts 1976, No. 513, §1. Amended by Acts 1977, No. 83, §1, eff. June 22, 1977; Acts 1988, 1st. Ex. Sess., No. 1, §2, eff. Mar. 28, 1988.
La. Rev. Stat. § 36:503 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 36 / Section 503
Secretary of transportation and development
Status: in_force

There shall be a secretary of transportation and development who shall be appointed by the governor with consent of the Senate. He shall serve at the pleasure of the governor at a salary fixed by the governor, which salary shall not exceed the amount approved for such position by the legislature while in session. He shall be the appointing authority for the department in accordance with civil service rules and regulations. The secretary shall serve as the executive head and chief administrative officer of the Department of Transportation and Development and shall have the responsibility for the policies of the department, except as specifically provided for particular agencies transferred to or placed within the department by other provisions of this Title. He shall also be responsible for the administration, control, and operation of the functions, programs, and affairs of the department; provided that the secretary shall perform his functions under the general control and supervision of the governor.

Acts 1988, No. 488, §1, eff. July 9, 1988; Acts 1998, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 71, §1, eff. July 1, 1998.
La. Rev. Stat. § 36:103 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 36 / Section 103
Secretary of economic development
Status: in_force

There shall be a secretary of economic development, who shall be appointed by the governor with consent of the Senate and who shall serve at the pleasure of the governor at a salary fixed by the governor, which salary shall not exceed the amount approved for such position by the legislature while in session. The secretary shall serve as the executive head and chief administrative officer of Louisiana Economic Development and shall have the responsibility for the policies of the department, except as otherwise provided by this Title, and for the administration, control, and operation of the functions, programs, and affairs of the department; provided that the secretary shall perform his functions under the general control and supervision of the governor.

Acts 1976, No. 513, §1. Amended by Acts 1977, No. 83, §1, eff. June 22, 1977; Acts 1988, No. 563, §1, eff. July 14, 1988.
La. Rev. Stat. § 36:205 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 36 / Section 205
Deputy secretary
Status: in_force

There may be a deputy secretary of the department, who shall be appointed by the secretary with consent of the Senate and who shall serve at the pleasure of the secretary at a salary fixed by the secretary, which salary shall not exceed the amount approved for such position by the legislature while in session. The duties and functions of the deputy secretary shall be determined and assigned by the secretary. If appointed, he shall serve as acting secretary in the absence of the secretary.

Acts 1977, No. 83, §1, eff. June 22, 1977.
La. Rev. Stat. § 36:473 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 36 / Section 473
Secretary of children and family services
Status: in_force

There shall be a secretary of children and family services, who shall be appointed by the governor with consent of the Senate and who shall serve at the pleasure of the governor at a salary fixed by the governor, which salary shall not exceed the amount approved for such position by the legislature while in session. The secretary shall serve as the executive head and chief administrative officer of the Department of Children and Family Services and shall have the responsibility for the policies of the department, except as otherwise provided by this Title, and for the administration, control, and operation of the functions, programs, and affairs of the department; provided that the secretary shall perform his functions under the general control and supervision of the governor.

Acts 1988, 1st. Ex. Sess., No. 1, §2, eff. Mar. 28, 1988; Acts 2010, No. 877, §1, eff. July 1, 2010.
La. Rev. Stat. § 36:505 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 36 / Section 505
Deputy secretary; functions; office of transformation
Status: in_force

A. There shall be a deputy secretary of the department, who shall be appointed by the governor and shall serve as the appointing authority for the office of transformation. He shall serve at the pleasure of the governor at a salary fixed by the governor, which salary shall not exceed the amount approved for such position by the legislature while in session. The duties and functions of the deputy secretary shall be to oversee the office of transformation which shall include all duties, responsibilities, and authorities necessary and lawful to optimize the department and those otherwise assigned by the secretary. He shall serve as acting secretary in the absence of the secretary.

B. If the position of deputy secretary is not filled during the absence of the secretary, the secretary may designate either the undersecretary or the assistant secretary for project delivery to serve as acting secretary in his absence. The secretary shall notify the governor in writing of his temporary appointment of an acting secretary in his absence. The governor shall have the full authority to revoke the appointment. In no event shall the temporary appointment exceed thirty days in length, except with the specific written approval of the governor. The governor may appoint a temporary secretary to act in the absence or incapacity of the secretary if an acting secretary has not been appointed.

C. The deputy secretary shall assess all of the department's reports and submit one single report to the legislature annually.

Acts 1988, No. 488, §1, eff. July 9, 1988; Acts 1998, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 71, §1, eff. July 1, 1998; Acts 2025, No. 375, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 36:958 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 36 / Section 958
Studies by committee, reports by committee, commissioner of administration, recommendations
Status: in_force

A. The joint committee shall make such review of reports filed under the provisions of this Part as it shall deem necessary to carry out the purposes of this Part, and may request such additional information or make such additional studies of the departments as it shall deem necessary to implement this Part. For the purposes of this Part the joint committee shall have all powers and authority granted to it under the provisions of Chapter 23 of this Title.

B. Based on its review of reports received and other studies conducted by it, the joint committee shall make such recommendations to the legislature as it shall deem appropriate to carry out the purposes of this part, either by written report or by personal appearance. It may make recommendations for this purpose to the appropriate standing committees of the legislature or other committees thereof and also may make recommendations related to implementation of Act 277 of the 1976 Regular Session concerning the termination of agencies. It shall also recommend to the Joint Legislative Audit Council or to the appropriate standing committee any problem area it finds should be the subject of a detailed program evaluation.

C. The officers of each department shall submit to the Joint Legislative Committee on Reorganization of the Executive Branch a monthly report on the progress and implementation of reorganization and, upon request, shall also furnish to the committee any information concerning reorganization or appear before the committee to provide such information.

D. On or before March 15, 1978, the commissioner of administration shall submit to the legislature a comprehensive written report detailing the status of reorganization of each department administered by a secretary appointed by the governor and the accomplishments of the department to achieve reorganization and any proposals for legislation concerning related problems which require legislative action.

E. The joint committee shall submit, no later than the first day of the 1978 Regular Session of the legislature, a report to the Senate Finance Committee and the House Appropriations Committee, which report shall include a statement by the joint committee of the accomplishments of each department to achieve further reorganization and consolidation. It shall also include any recommendations relative to the budget of the department which the joint committee finds advisable to achieve further reorganization and consolidation. The House Appropriations Committee and the Senate Finance Committee shall consider the report of the joint committee at such time as they consider the proposed budget for the department. The joint committee shall transmit a copy of this report to the Office of the Budget and to the Legislative Fiscal Officer.

Added by Acts 1977, No. 83, §1, eff. June 22, 1977.
La. Rev. Stat. § 36:802 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 36 / Section 802
Transfer; retention of policymaking and rulemaking functions
Status: in_force

The agencies transferred in accordance with this Section shall continue to be composed and selected as provided by law, and each shall continue to exercise all of the powers, duties, functions, and responsibilities provided or authorized for each by the constitution or laws which are in the nature of policymaking, rulemaking, licensing, regulation, enforcement, or adjudication and also shall continue to exercise all advisory powers, duties, functions, and responsibilities provided by law. Such powers, duties, functions, and responsibilities shall be exercised independently of the secretary and any assistant secretary, except that:

(1)(a) The secretary of the department to which each is transferred shall exercise all powers, duties, functions, and responsibilities necessary for the administration and implementation of the policies, rules, and decisions of the agencies so transferred, including the employing, appointing, removing, and promoting of necessary personnel. However, in the case of any agency transferred under the provisions of this Section and placed by the secretary within an office administered by an assistant secretary, the assistant secretary of the office, under the direct supervision and control of the secretary, shall exercise all powers, duties, functions, and responsibilities necessary for the administration and implementation of the policies, rules, and decisions of the agency, including the employing, appointing, removing, and promoting of necessary personnel.

(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of Subparagraph (a) of this Paragraph, the secretary of the Department of Corrections, in the case of any agency transferred to the Department of Corrections under the provisions of this Section and placed by the secretary within an office administered by an assistant secretary, shall have the authority to employ, appoint, remove, assign, and promote such personnel as is necessary for the efficient administration of the agency.

(2) The undersecretary of the department to which each is transferred shall, under the supervision and control of the secretary, perform and administer those functions of each which he is required to perform and administer to the extent provided for each by this Title.

Acts 1976, No. 513, §1; Amended by Acts 1977, No. 83, §1, eff. June 22, 1977; Acts 1978, No. 119, §1; Acts 1978, No. 439, §2; Acts 1979, No. 258, §1; Acts 1980, No. 762, §1; Acts 1981, No. 621, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 1982; Acts 1982, No. 778, §2; Acts 1983, No. 97, §4, eff. Feb. 1, 1984; Acts 1984, No. 862, §3; Acts 1984, No. 455, §1, eff. Oct. 1, 1984; Acts 1987, No. 737, §1; Acts 1988, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 2, §1, eff. Mar. 28, 1988; Acts 1988, No. 4, §2; Acts 1988, No. 796, §1, eff. July 18, 1988; Acts 1999, No. 944, §2; Acts 2001, No. 8, §11, eff. July 1, 2001; Acts 2005, No. 428, §1, eff. July 1, 2005; Acts 2012, No. 269, §1, eff. May 25, 2012; Acts 2012, No. 600, §1, eff. June 7, 2012; Acts 2012, No. 759, §1, eff. June 12, 2012; Acts 2012, No. 811, §11, eff. July 1, 2012; Acts 2013, No. 228, §1, eff. July 1, 2013; Acts 2018, No. 515, §1; Acts 2019, No. 238, §2; Acts 2021, No. 20, §5; Acts 2022, No. 623, §4, eff. July 1, 2022.
La. Rev. Stat. § 36:238 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 36 / Section 238
Offices; purposes and functions
Status: in_force

A. The purpose for which the offices of the Department of Environmental Quality are created shall be as set forth in this Section.

B.(1) The executive office of the secretary shall provide for the general oversight and supervision of the department in addition to providing internal audits, technical advisory support, and communications.

(2) The executive office of the secretary shall also include a legal division which shall provide legal consultation and representation to the various offices of the department with regard to permitting, enforcement, grants, contracts, personnel, legislation, intergovernment agreements, or such other matters as may be necessary.

C. The office of environmental assessment shall provide for environmental air quality assessment and water quality assessment and shall administer underground storage tank service activities, all remediation services, and such duties as delegated by the secretary.

D. The office of environmental compliance shall provide for surveillance of the regulated community, enforcement of environmental laws and regulations, and the issuance of necessary licenses, registrations, exemptions, and certifications of radiation sources.

E. The office of environmental services shall provide for environmental assistance and the issuance of permits, licenses, registrations, variances, exemptions, and certifications, except as provided in Subsection D of this Section.

Acts 1983, No. 97, §2, eff. Feb. 1, 1984; Acts 1984, No. 254, §2; Acts 1988, No. 964, §3, eff. July 27, 1988; Acts 1990, No. 245, §2; Acts 1997, No. 27, §2; Acts 1999, No. 303, §2, eff. June 14, 1999; Acts 2005, No. 21, §2; Acts 2010, No. 48, §3; Acts 2016, No. 378, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 36:625 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 36 / Section 625
Deputy commissioner
Status: in_force

There may be a deputy commissioner of the department, who shall be appointed by the commissioner of agriculture and forestry with consent of the Senate and who shall serve at the pleasure of the commissioner of agriculture and forestry at a salary fixed by the commissioner of agriculture and forestry which salary shall not exceed the amount approved for such position by the legislature. If appointed, the deputy commissioner shall be the first assistant of the commissioner of agriculture and forestry. The duties and functions of the deputy commissioner shall be determined and assigned by the commissioner of agriculture and forestry. He shall serve as acting commissioner of agriculture and forestry in the absence of the commissioner as provided by law.

Added by Acts 1977, No. 83, §1, eff. June 22, 1977; Acts 2009, No. 24, §3, eff. June 12, 2009.
La. Rev. Stat. § 36:650 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 36 / Section 650
Office of student financial assistance; purposes and functions
Status: in_force

A. The office of student financial assistance shall perform the functions of the state relating to the programs of financial assistance and the certain scholarship programs for higher education, all in accordance with applicable law.

B. Repealed by Acts 2012, No. 251, §9; Acts 2012, No. 811, §17, eff. July 1, 2012.

Acts 1988, No. 631, §2; Acts 1990, No. 1054, §1; Acts 2012, No. 251, §9; Acts 2012, No. 811, §17, eff. July 1, 2012.
La. Rev. Stat. § 36:254.2 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 36 / Section 254.2
Hot Wells Rehabilitation Center
Status: in_force

All rights, title, and interest in the Hot Wells Rehabilitation Center, including all property, rights to mineral waters, equipment, and facilities, are vested in the office of the secretary, Louisiana Department of Health. The secretary of the Louisiana Department of Health may engage in cooperative endeavors, including but not limited to contracts or leases, with any public or private association, corporation, or individual for the establishment, maintenance, and operation of the Hot Wells Rehabilitation Center facilities as public facilities for rehabilitation purposes.

Acts 2003, No. 371, §1.

NOTE: See Acts 2003, No. 371, §§2 and 3 relative to transfer of Hot Wells Rehabilitation Center from Rapides Parish Police Jury to La. Dept. of Health and repeal of Acts 1995, No. 146 relative to transfer of Hot Wells Rehabilitation Center to Rapides Parish Police Jury from Military Department.
La. Rev. Stat. § 36:451 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 36 / Section 451
Department of Revenue; creation; domicile; composition; purposes and functions
Status: in_force

A. The Department of Revenue is created and shall be a body corporate with the power to sue and be sued. The domicile of the department shall be in Baton Rouge.

B. The Department of Revenue, through its offices and officers, shall be responsible for assessing, evaluating, and collecting the consumer, producer, and any other state taxes specifically assigned by law to the department, and shall have authority generally for alcoholic beverage control and the regulation of charitable gaming.

C. The Department of Revenue shall be composed of the executive office of the secretary, the office of management and finance, the office of tax administration, group I, the office of tax administration, group II, the office of tax administration, group III, the office of alcohol and tobacco control, the office of legal affairs, the office of charitable gaming, the office of debt recovery, and such other offices as shall be created by law. Whenever the secretary determines that the administration of the functions of the department may be more efficiently performed by eliminating, merging, or consolidating existing offices or establishing new offices, he shall present a plan therefor to the legislature for its approval by statute; provided that, whenever the secretary deems necessary, he may reassign the responsibility for the collection of a specific tax from one office to another office.

Acts 1976, No. 513, §1; Amended by Acts 1977, No. 83, §1, eff. June 22, 1977; Acts 1987, No. 736, §1; Acts 1995, No. 1188, §3, eff. June 29, 1995; Acts 1997, No. 283, §1, eff. June 17, 1997; Acts 1997, No. 658, §1, eff. July 7, 1997; Acts 1997, No. 1370, §4, eff. Oct. 1, 1997; Acts 1999, No. 568, §1, eff. June 30, 1999; Acts 2013, No. 399, §2, eff. June 17, 2013.

{{NOTE: SEE ACTS 1987, NO. 736, §3.}}

{{NOTE: SEE ACTS 1987, NO. 7.}}

{{NOTE: SEE ACTS 1995, NO. 1188, §6.}}

NOTE: See Acts 1999, No. 568, §§5 & 7 eff. June 30, 1999, relative to transfer of functions of division of charitable gaming, office of state police, Dept. of Public Safety and Corrections, to office of charitable gaming, Dept. of Revenue, not later than 1/1/2000 and conflicting Acts.
La. Rev. Stat. § 36:4.1 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 36 / Section 4.1
Agencies transferred from Louisiana Economic Development to the office of the governor; agencies placed within the office of the governor
Status: in_force

A.(1) With regard to the agencies transferred or placed pursuant to the provisions of this Section, the following terms used in R.S. 36:801, 801.1, 802, 803, and 921 shall have the following meanings when used in those Sections:

(a) "Department" means the office of the governor.

(b) "Secretary" means the governor through the commissioner of administration.

(c) "Undersecretary" means the commissioner of administration.

(2) The term "assistant secretary" shall have no application to the transfer or placement of agencies in the office of the governor provided in this Section and shall not be deemed to grant any power or authority to any officer or employee of the office of the governor with respect to any agency transferred to or placed within the office of the governor by this Section.

B. The following agencies are hereby placed within the office of the governor and shall perform and exercise their powers, duties, functions, and responsibilities as provided in R.S. 36:801.1:

(1) The Office of Financial Institutions (R.S. 6:101 et seq.). The Office of Financial Institutions shall be a separate budget unit within the office of the governor.

(2) The Louisiana State Racing Commission (R.S. 4:141 et seq.).

C. The following agencies are hereby transferred to and shall be placed within the office of the governor and shall perform and exercise their powers, duties, functions, and responsibilities as provided in R.S. 36:803:

(1) Louisiana Cemetery Board (R.S. 8:61 through 78).

(2) State Board of Certified Public Accountants of Louisiana (R.S. 37:71 et seq.).

(3) State Board of Architectural Examiners (R.S. 37:141 et seq.).

(4) Louisiana Real Estate Commission (R.S. 37:1430 et seq.).

(5) Louisiana State Board of Home Inspectors (R.S. 37:1471 et seq.).

(6) State Licensing Board for Contractors (R.S. 37:2150 et seq.).

(7) Board of Examiners of Certified Shorthand Reporters (R.S. 37:2551 et seq.).

(8) Louisiana Auctioneers Licensing Board (R.S. 37:3101 et seq.).

(9) State Board of Examiners of Interior Designers (R.S. 37:3171 et seq.).

(10) Louisiana Real Estate Appraisers Board (R.S. 37:3391 et seq.).

(11) Louisiana State Athletic Commission (R.S. 4:61 et seq.).

(12) Louisiana Motor Vehicle Commission (R.S. 32:1251 et seq.).

(13) Louisiana Used Motor Vehicle Commission (R.S. 32:781 et seq.).

(14) Louisiana State Polygraph Board (R.S. 37:2831 et seq.), notwithstanding the provisions of Chapter 36-A of Title 37 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950 to the contrary.

(15) Louisiana State Board of Cosmetology (R.S. 37:561 et seq.).

D. The Department of Occupational Standards (R.S. 37:1 through 15) is hereby abolished and its powers, duties, functions, and responsibilities are transferred to the governor, through the commissioner of administration, in the office of the governor and hereafter shall be exercised and performed as provided in R.S. 36:921 et seq.

E. Not later than the first day of January in each year, each entity transferred or placed in the office of the governor pursuant to this Section shall submit a copy of its proposed budget for the ensuing fiscal year to each chairman of the House Committee on Commerce and the Senate Committee on Commerce, Consumer Protection, and International Affairs, pursuant to R.S. 39:1335.

F., G. Repealed by Acts 2021, No. 20, §9.

Acts 2001, No. 8, §11, eff. July 1, 2001; Acts 2001, No. 718, §1; Acts 2001, No. 9, §4, eff. July 1, 2001; Acts 2001, No. 907, §1, eff. June 26, 2001; Acts 2003, No. 183, §2; Acts 2003, No. 553, §1; Acts 2003, No. 850, §§1 and 4; Acts 2004, No. 557, §2; Acts 2008, No. 815, §5; Acts 2008, No. 831, §6; Acts 2009, No. 409, §§3, 7, eff. July 1, 2009; Acts 2010, No. 861, §17; Acts 2011, No. 207, §7; Acts 2012, No. 811, §§11, 17, eff. July 1, 2012; Acts 2021, No. 20, §§5, 9; Acts 2025, No. 290, §2.
La. Rev. Stat. § 36:604 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 36 / Section 604
Secretary of wildlife and fisheries
Status: in_force

There shall be a secretary of wildlife and fisheries, who shall be appointed by the governor with consent of the Senate and who shall serve at the pleasure of the governor at a salary fixed by the governor, which salary shall not exceed the amount approved for such position by the legislature while in session. The secretary shall serve as the executive head and chief administrative officer of the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries and shall have the responsibility for the policies of the department, except as otherwise provided by this Title, and for the administration, control, and operation of the functions, programs, and affairs of the department; provided that the secretary shall perform his functions under the general control and supervision of the governor.

Acts 1976, No. 513, §1. Amended by Acts 1977, No. 83, §1, eff. June 22, 1977.
La. Rev. Stat. § 36:924 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 36 / Section 924
Legal proceedings and documents continued
Status: in_force

A. For purposes of this Section, "legal proceeding" includes, but is not limited to, any suit, action, incidental demand or action, claim, and any other matter filed or pending before any court, administrative agency, or other judicial or quasi-judicial body.

B. For purposes of this Section, "document" includes, but is not limited to, any petition, application, exception, motion, rule, answer, incidental demand, citation, notice, return, affidavit, certificate, oath, bond or other security summons, subpoena, writ, interrogatory, deposition, inventory, appraisal, evidence, court record, instruction, verdict, judgment, order, injunction, confirmation, appointment, warrant, letter, homologation, and any other pleading or instrument whatsoever permitted or required in any legal proceeding.

C. Any legal proceeding to which any agency, which is abolished and the powers, duties, functions, and responsibilities of which are transferred in accordance with the provisions of this Part, is a party and which is filed, initiated, or otherwise pending before any court on the effective date of such abolition and transfer, and all documents involved in or affected by said legal proceeding, shall retain their effectiveness and shall be continued in the name of the agency abolished. All further legal proceedings and documents in the continuation, disposition, and enforcement of said legal proceeding shall be in the name of the original party agency which is abolished, and the department to which the powers, duties, functions, and responsibilities of the agency are transferred shall be substituted for the original party agency without necessity for amendment of any document to substitute the name of the department or the name or title of any office, official, employee, or other agent or representative of the department. Any legal proceeding, and all documents involved in or affected by such legal proceeding, which has been continued in the name of the department after the effective date of the abolition of an agency so abolished, the powers, duties, functions, and responsibilities of which are so transferred, and prior to the effective date of this Section, shall retain their effectiveness, and those provisions of this Section requiring that the continuation, disposition and enforcement of a legal proceeding and documents related thereto shall be in the name of the agency shall not apply to or affect the validity of such legal proceeding.

Acts 1977, No. 83, §1, eff. June 22, 1977.
La. Rev. Stat. § 36:603 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 36 / Section 603
Officers of the department; compensation for one office only
Status: in_force

A. The officers of the department shall be the secretary, the deputy secretary if a deputy secretary is appointed, the undersecretary, and assistant secretaries, each of whom shall be selected and shall perform functions as provided in this Title.

B. No person serving as a secretary, deputy secretary, undersecretary, or assistant secretary shall receive any additional salary from the state other than that salary which he receives by virtue of serving in any one of such offices. Any statewide elected official appointed to serve as a secretary, deputy secretary, undersecretary, or assistant secretary shall not receive any additional salary from the state other than that salary which he receives as a statewide elected official.

C. Notwithstanding any provision herein to the contrary, subject to approval of the governor, any person, including any statewide elected official, serving or appointed to serve as a secretary, undersecretary, deputy secretary, or assistant secretary may receive additional compensation for part-time services rendered as an instructor in postsecondary educational institutions, or as a member of the National Guard.

Acts 1976, No. 513, §1. Amended by Acts 1977, No. 83, §1, eff. June 22, 1977.
La. Rev. Stat. § 36:507 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 36 / Section 507
Department; purposes and functions
Status: in_force

A. The secretary, or in his discretion a subordinate or subordinates appointed in writing by him, shall administer the programs of the state relating to and affecting aeronautics and aviation facilities within the state; the development and establishment of public mass transit, railroad, and water transportation systems; and other special transportation programs as may be directed by the secretary.

B. The secretary, or in his discretion a subordinate or subordinates appointed by him, shall administer the programs of the state relating to the establishment, design, construction, extension, improvement, repair, maintenance, and regulation of roads, highways, expressways, bridges, and matters pertaining thereto. The secretary or his designated subordinate shall develop, prepare, and finalize the annual highway construction program authorized by Act 334 of 1974.

C. The secretary, or in his discretion a subordinate or subordinates appointed in writing by him, shall perform the public works functions of the state, related to flood and drainage control, the flood plain management program, reclamation, water resources, soil conservation, land surveying and mapping, disaster relief, and related functions.

D. The secretary, or in his discretion a subordinate or subordinates appointed in writing by him, shall perform the functions necessary to develop the state's multimodal transportation and development plan.

E. The secretary is hereby granted full power and authority to delegate, assign, or appoint in his discretion any subordinate to perform any function or duties required by law to be performed by the department, except as specifically provided in this Title. This grant of power and authority shall be liberally construed to effectuate the purposes of this Chapter.

Acts 1988, No. 488, §1, eff. July 9, 1988.

{{NOTE: SEE ACTS 1988, NO. 488, §§2, 3.}}
La. Rev. Stat. § 36:202 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 36 / Section 202
Officers of the department; compensation for one office only
Status: in_force

A. The officers of the department shall be the secretary, if a secretary is appointed, the undersecretary, the deputy secretary, if a deputy secretary is appointed, and assistant secretaries, each of whom shall be selected and shall perform functions as provided in this Title.

B. No person serving as a secretary, deputy secretary, undersecretary, or assistant secretary shall receive any additional salary from the state other than that salary which he receives by virtue of serving in any one of such offices. Any statewide elected official appointed to serve as a secretary, deputy secretary, undersecretary, or assistant secretary shall not receive any additional salary from the state other than that salary which he receives as a statewide elected official.

C. Notwithstanding any provision herein to the contrary, subject to approval of the governor, any person, including any statewide elected official, serving or appointed to serve as a secretary, undersecretary, deputy secretary, or assistant secretary may receive additional compensation for part-time services rendered as an instructor in post-secondary educational institutions, or as a member of the National Guard.

Acts 1976, No. 513, §1. Amended by Acts 1977, No. 83, §1, eff. June 22, 1977; Acts 2012, No. 338, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 36:201 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 36 / Section 201
Department of Culture, Recreation and Tourism; creation; domicile; composition; purposes and functions
Status: in_force

A. The Department of Culture, Recreation and Tourism is created and shall be a body corporate with the power to sue and be sued. The department shall be domiciled in Baton Rouge and shall be in the office of lieutenant governor. The lieutenant governor may also be referred to as the commissioner of the Department of Culture, Recreation and Tourism.

B. The Department of Culture, Recreation and Tourism, through its offices and officers shall be responsible for planning, developing, and implementing improved opportunities for the enjoyment of cultural and recreational activities by the people of Louisiana and for greater development of their cultural and physical potential. The department shall be responsible for the development, maintenance, and operation of library, park, recreation, museum, and other cultural facilities; the statewide development and implementation of cultural, recreational, and tourism programs; and planning for the future leisure needs of the people.

C.(1) The Department of Culture, Recreation and Tourism shall be composed of the executive office of the secretary, the office of management and finance, the office of the state library, the office of the state museum, the office of state parks, the office of cultural development, the office of tourism, and such other offices as shall be created by law.

(2) Whenever the secretary determines that the administration of the functions of the department may be more efficiently performed by eliminating, merging, or consolidating existing offices or establishing new offices, he shall present a plan therefor to the legislature for its approval by statute.

Acts 1976, No. 513, §1; Acts 1977, No. 83, §1, eff. June 22, 1977; Acts 1982, No. 329, §1, eff. July 18, 1982; Acts 1983, No. 688, §5; Acts 1986, No. 124, §1, eff. June 26, 1986; Acts 1986, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 13, §1, eff. Dec. 24, 1986; Acts 1986, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 17, §1, eff. Dec. 24, 1986; Acts 1987, No. 736, §1; Acts 1989, No. 687, §2; Acts 1992, No. 655, §2; Acts 2001, No. 9, §4, eff. July 1, 2001; Acts 2012, No. 811, §1, eff. July 1, 2012.

{{NOTE: SEE ACTS 1987, NO. 736, §3.}}
La. Rev. Stat. § 36:403 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 36 / Section 403
Secretary of public safety and corrections
Status: in_force

There shall be a secretary of public safety and corrections who shall be appointed by the governor with consent of the Senate and who shall serve at the pleasure of the governor at a salary fixed by the governor, which salary shall not exceed the amount approved for such position by the legislature while in session. The secretary shall serve as the executive head and chief administrative officer of the Department of Public Safety and Corrections and shall have the responsibility for the policies of the department except as otherwise provided by this Title, and for the administration, control, and operation of the functions, programs, and affairs of the department; however, the secretary shall perform his functions under the general control and supervision of the governor.

Acts 1983, No. 97, §4, eff. Feb. 1, 1984.
La. Rev. Stat. § 36:257 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 36 / Section 257
Assistant secretaries
Status: in_force

A. Each office within the Louisiana Department of Health, except the office of management and finance and the office of the surgeon general, shall be under the immediate supervision and direction of an assistant secretary, who shall be appointed by the governor with consent of the Senate. Each shall serve at the pleasure of the governor and shall be paid a salary which shall be fixed by the governor, which salary shall not exceed the amount approved for such position by the legislature while in session.

B. Except as otherwise expressly provided in this Title, the duties and functions of each office and its assistant secretary shall be determined by the secretary, and all of such duties and functions shall be exercised under the direct supervision and control of the secretary.

C. Except as otherwise provided in R.S. 36:801, each assistant secretary shall employ, appoint, remove, assign, and promote such personnel as is necessary for the efficient administration of his office and its programs and the performance of its powers, duties, functions, and responsibilities, in accordance with applicable civil service laws, rules, and regulations, and with policies and rules of the department, all subject to budgetary control and applicable laws.

D. Each assistant secretary shall exercise all powers and authority granted to him in this Title subject to the overall direction and control of the secretary.

Acts 1976, No. 513, §1. Amended by Acts 1977, No. 83, §1, eff. June 22, 1977; Acts 1984, No. 899, §1, eff. July 1, 1984; Acts 1988, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 1, §2, eff. Mar. 28, 1988; Acts 1988, No. 772, §2, eff. July 17, 1988; Acts 2024, No. 739, §1, eff. June 19, 2024.
La. Rev. Stat. § 36:956 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 36 / Section 956
Statement of purpose
Status: in_force

The purpose of this Part is to provide for the continued merger and consolidation of the departments of the executive branch of state government, the consolidation of functions, the abolitions of agencies, the consolidation of administrative and programmatic divisions of departments and of programs, the elimination of job positions, and efficiency and economy in the delivery of services, of the twenty departments of the executive branch of state government after the effective date of the transfers and allocations of functions required by Article IV, Section 1 and Article XIV, Section 6 of the constitution.

Acts 1977, No. 83, §1, eff. June 22, 1977.