LA Rev Stat § 36:53 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 36 - Organization of the Executive Branch|§53. Transfer of boards, commissions, departments, and agencies to Department of State Civil Service

RS 53 - Transfer of boards, commissions, departments, and agencies to Department of State Civil Service  A. The state examiner of municipal fire and police civil service and the 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 and other provisions of the constitution and law applicable to the state examiner and his office) are transferred to and hereafter shall be within the Department of State Civil Service, as provided in R.S. 36:801.  B. Repealed by Acts 1987, No. 737, §2.  C. The Board of Ethics (R.S. 42:1101 et seq.), an agency as defined by R.S. 36:3, is hereby placed in and hereafter shall be within the Department of State Civil Service, as provided in R.S. 36:809.  D. Repealed by Acts 1987, No. 737, §2.  E. Repealed by Acts 2012, No. 811, §17, eff. July 1, 2012.  F. 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.  G. Repealed by Acts 2020, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 33, §2.  H. The State Police Service (Article X, Sections 41 through 51 of the 1974 Louisiana Constitution) is placed within the Department of State Civil Service and shall exercise and perform its powers, duties, functions, and responsibilities in the manner provided for agencies transferred in accordance with R.S. 36:801.1.  I. The division of administrative law (R.S. 49:991 et seq.) is placed within the Department of State Civil Service and shall exercise and perform its powers, duties, functions, and responsibilities in the manner provided for agencies transferred in accordance with R.S. 36:801.  J. The Board of Tax Appeals is placed within the Department of State Civil Service as an independent agency and shall exercise its powers, duties, functions, and responsibilities in the manner provided for agencies transferred in accordance with the provisions of R.S. 36:801.1. 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 agency so placed. There shall be a Local Tax Division of the Board of Tax Appeals.  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, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 33, §2. NOTE: See Acts 2012, No. 811, §19 relative to legislative intent that Act No. 811 supersede Acts 2012, No. 494, which recreates the Dept. of State Civil Service and statutory entities in the department, and provides that Act No. 494 shall not have the effect of continuing any statutory authority repealed by Act No. 811. NOTE: See Acts 2014, No. 640, §§5-11, relative to implementation. NOTE: Acts 2014, No. 640, §12, provides that enactment of R.S. 36:53(J), though effective on June 12, 2014, becomes operative on July 1, 2014.