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2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 36 - Organization of the Executive Branch › §36:785. Deputy secretary

RS 36:785 - Deputy secretary
There may be a deputy secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs 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 2003, No. 1088, §1, eff. Jan. 12, 2004.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 36 - Organization of the Executive Branch › §36:786. Undersecretary; functions; office of management and finance

RS 36:786 - Undersecretary; functions; office of management and finance
A. There shall be an undersecretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs 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 Veterans Affairs. 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 Veterans Affairs, 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 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 2003, No. 1088, §1, eff. Jan. 12, 2004.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 36 - Organization of the Executive Branch › §36:787. Transfer of boards, commissions, departments, and agencies to the Department of Veterans Affairs

RS 36:787 - Transfer of boards, commissions, departments, and agencies to the Department of Veterans Affairs
A. The Veterans' Affairs Commission (R.S. 29:253) is placed within the Department of Veterans Affairs and shall perform and exercise its powers, duties, functions, and responsibilities as provided for agencies transferred in accordance with R.S. 36:802.
B. The Department of Veterans Affairs (R.S. 29:251 et seq.) is hereby abolished and its powers, duties, functions, and responsibilities are transferred to the Department of Veterans Affairs and hereafter shall be exercised and performed as provided in Part IV of Chapter 22 of this Title.
Acts 2003, No. 1088, §1, eff. Jan. 12, 2004.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 36 - Organization of the Executive Branch › §36:801.1. Transfer; retention of all functions

RS 36:801.1 - Transfer; retention of all functions
A. The agencies transferred in accordance with this Section shall continue to be comprised and selected as provided by law.
B. Each agency shall continue to exercise all 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, and functions provided by law, and each agency shall continue to administer and implement all programs provided or authorized for each by law.
C. The board or the executive head of each such agency shall continue to employ, appoint, remove, assign, and promote such personnel as is necessary for the efficient administration and implementation of such programs, in accordance with applicable law and in accordance with applicable civil service laws, rules, and regulations.
D. Except as provided in R.S. 36:511, each such agency shall continue to perform and administer its functions 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.
E. The agencies transferred as provided in this Section shall exercise the powers, duties, functions, and responsibilities as provided by the constitution and by law and shall administer and implement the programs authorized in this Section or any other provision of law independently of the secretary, the undersecretary, and any assistant secretary.
Acts 1991, No. 88, §1, eff. June 26, 1991; Acts 1992, No. 727, §1; Acts 1992, No. 744, §1; Acts 1996, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 7, §2, eff. May 1, 1996; Acts 1998, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 144, §1, eff. July 1, 1998; Acts 2001, No. 8, §11, eff. July 1, 2001; Acts 2003, No. 850, §1; Acts 2004, No. 248, §1, eff. June 15, 2004; Acts 2007, No. 307, §6; Acts 2010, No. 411, §1, eff. July 1, 2010; Acts 2010, No. 573, §1, eff. July 1, 2010; Acts 2010, No. 1014, §1; Acts 2010, No. 1014, §3, eff. Jan. 1, 2012; Acts 2014, No. 640, §1, eff. June 12, 2014; Acts 2018, No. 515, §1; Acts 2021, No. 20, §5; Acts 2022, No. 623, §4, eff. July 1, 2022.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 36 - Organization of the Executive Branch › §36:801.8. Governing board of Edward Douglass White Historic Site

RS 36:801.8 - Governing board of Edward Douglass White Historic Site
A. The Edward Douglass White Historic Site is hereby transferred to the office of the state museum of the Department of Culture, Recreation and Tourism as provided in Part II of Chapter 22 of this Title.
B. The Board of Directors of the Louisiana State Museum in the Department of Culture, Recreation and Tourism shall be the governing board of the Edward Douglass White Historic Site. The board shall have and exercise all powers, duties, functions, and responsibilities authorized for it by law, including the provisions of R.S. 25:341 et seq.
C. Nothing shall authorize monies, property, or personnel budgeted or assigned to the board to be transferred to or to be used by the department without prior approval of the board.
D. The board may solicit and accept gifts and donations for the purposes of the Edward Douglass White Historic Site. Any funds so accepted may be expended by the board or by the Department of Culture, Recreation and Tourism as otherwise provided by law.
Acts 1993, No. 507, §1, eff. July 1, 1993; Acts 2001, No. 1111, §2.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 36 - Organization of the Executive Branch › §36:803. Transfer; licensing agencies

RS 36:803 - Transfer; licensing agencies
A.(1) The agencies transferred in accordance with this Section, all of which are charged by law with the responsibility for the regulation, examination, certification, and licensing of persons in this state, and the enforcement of the laws relating thereto, 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, certification, licensing, regulation, enforcement, or adjudication and also shall continue to exercise all advisory powers, duties, functions, and responsibilities provided by law.
(2) In addition, each of those agencies shall continue to impose, collect, and retain license or certification fees as provided by law; issue and renew certificates for qualified applicants, set standards for and approve the preparation, conduct, and administration of its own examinations, and be responsible, as otherwise provided by law, for carrying out the laws relative to its profession or occupation to the extent that such laws provide for rulemaking, certification, licensing, regulations, testing, inspection, enforcement, and adjudication by the agency.
(3) Each such agency shall be subject to budget review of the undersecretary and shall be required to comply with all accounting, reporting, audit, and review requirements which are applicable to budget units. The undersecretary of the department to which each such agency is transferred shall, under the supervision and control of the secretary, review procurement and contract management for the agency. In addition, the license fees and any other fees charged by such agencies shall be subject to review by the secretary, and the secretary may make recommendations to the legislature for changes in such fees as he deems necessary.
(4) The secretary of the department to which each such agency is transferred shall review the number of employees which the agency may employ; however, the executive head of the agency shall employ, appoint, remove, assign, and promote such personnel, in accordance with applicable civil service laws, rules, and regulations and subject to other applicable laws.
B. Each of the agencies referred to in Subsection A of this Section shall be required to comply with the provisions of the "Louisiana Licensing Agency Budget Act" as contained in R.S. 39:1331 through 1342.
Acts 1976, No. 513, §1. Amended by Acts 1977, No. 83, §1, eff. June 22, 1977; Acts 1978, No. 767, §1; Acts 1979, No. 359, §1; Acts 1981, No. 799, §2; Acts 1988, No. 555, §2, eff. July 14, 1988; Acts 1989, No. 751, §1, eff. July 8, 1989; Acts 2001, No. 8, §11, eff. July 1, 2001; Acts 2003, No. 850, §1; Acts 2012, No. 811, §11, eff. July 1, 2012; Acts 2018, No. 515, §1; Acts 2021, No. 20, §5; Acts 2022, No. 623, §4, eff. July 1, 2022.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 36 - Organization of the Executive Branch › §36:810. Transfer of property and employees

RS 36:810 - Transfer of property and employees
The books, papers, records, moneys, actions, and other property of every kind and description, movable and immovable, real and personal, possessed, controlled, or used by each agency transferred in accordance with this Part, shall be transferred with each agency to the department but shall continue to be owned, possessed, controlled, and used by each agency so transferred. The employees of each agency transferred in accordance with this Part, to the extent required and in accordance with applicable civil service laws, shall be transferred with the agency to the department and shall continue to be controlled by the agency and its executive head to the extent provided in the provisions relative to the respective transfer of each.
Acts 1976, No. 513, §1. Amended by Acts 1977, No. 83, §1, eff. June 22, 1977.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 36 - Organization of the Executive Branch › §36:811. Protection of obligations; etc.

RS 36:811 - Protection of obligations; etc.
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.
B. 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.
Acts 1976, No. 513, §1. Amended by Acts 1977, No. 83, §1, eff. June 22, 1977.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 36 - Organization of the Executive Branch › §36:851. Transfer; merger and consolidation of functions

RS 36:851 - Transfer; merger and consolidation of functions
A. The powers, duties, functions, responsibilities, programs, and operations as vested by the constitution and laws of this state of each of the agencies transferred in accordance with this Part, upon and after the date of each such transfer, shall be exercised by and be under the administration and control of the secretary of the department to which each is transferred, except for those functions of each which are required to be performed and administered by the undersecretary of each department, as heretofore provided for each by this Title.
B. The secretary of each department shall have full authority, to the extent not inconsistent with this Title, to assign powers, duties, functions, responsibilities, programs, and operations of any agency transferred in accordance with the provisions of this Part to any other agency so transferred or to an office within the department, or may determine that any or all of them shall be exercised in such other manner, not inconsistent with law, as he shall decide. The powers, duties, and functions hereafter to be exercised and performed by each of the agencies transferred in accordance with the provisions of this Part and by each office in the department shall be determined by the secretary, in accordance with the general functions of each office as set forth in the applicable provisions of this Title for each office.
Acts 1976, No. 513, §1. Amended by Acts 1977, No. 83, §1, eff. June 22, 1977; Acts 1981, No. 858, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 1982; Acts 1988, No. 785, §1; Acts 1997, No. 273, §2; Acts 2012, No. 811, §11, eff. July 1, 2012; Acts 2015, No. 401, §3(B); Acts 2016, No. 14, §1, eff. May 9, 2016; Acts 2017, No. 112, §1, eff. June 12, 2017; Acts 2021, No. 20, §5; Acts 2022, No. 623, §4, eff. July 1, 2022.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 36 - Organization of the Executive Branch › §36:852. Unfinished business

RS 36:852 - Unfinished business
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.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 36 - Organization of the Executive Branch › §36:853. References in laws and documents

RS 36:853 - References in laws and documents
Wherever any agency transferred hereby is referred to or designated by the constitution or by any law or contract or other document, after the effective date of the transfer of such agency such reference or designation shall be deemed to apply to the department to which the transfer is made and/or its secretary.
Acts 1976, No. 513, §1. Amended by Acts 1977, No. 83, §1, eff. June 22, 1977.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 36 - Organization of the Executive Branch › §36:854. Legal proceedings and documents continued

RS 36:854 - Legal proceedings and documents continued
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 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 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 so transferred. 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 transferred in accordance with the provisions of this Part, and the department to which the original party agency and its functions 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 transfer of an agency transferred in accordance with the provisions of this Part 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.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 36 - Organization of the Executive Branch › §36:855. Protection of obligations, etc.

RS 36:855 - Protection of obligations, etc.
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.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 36 - Organization of the Executive Branch › §36:856. Transfer of property

RS 36:856 - Transfer of property
All books, papers, records, money, actions, and other property of every kind, movable and immovable, real and personal, heretofore possessed, controlled, or used by each agency transferred in accordance with this Part are hereby transferred to the department to which the agency is transferred.
Acts 1976, No. 513, §1. Amended by Acts 1977, No. 83, §1, eff. June 22, 1977.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 36 - Organization of the Executive Branch › §36:857. Transfer of employees

RS 36:857 - Transfer of employees
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.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 36 - Organization of the Executive Branch › §36:901. Transfer; merger and consolidation of functions; advisory agency

RS 36:901 - Transfer; merger and consolidation of functions; advisory agency
A. The functions, powers, duties, responsibilities, programs, and operations of each of the agencies transferred in accordance with this Part, on the date of each such transfer, shall vest in and thereafter be the responsibility of the secretary of the department to which the transfer is made and shall be administered by the secretary in accordance with the powers vested in him by this Title and the applicable laws pertaining to each agency, except for those functions of each which are required to be performed and administered by the undersecretary of the department as heretofore provided for each by this Title. Each agency thus transferred shall continue in existence, the members thereof shall continue in office and hereafter shall be selected in the manner provided by law for each, and each agency hereafter shall serve solely in an advisory capacity to the secretary with respect to policies concerning matters within the purview of each as originally created.
B. The secretary of each department shall have full authority, to the extent not inconsistent with this Title, to assign powers, duties, functions, responsibilities, programs, and operations of any agency transferred in accordance with the provisions of this Part to any other agency so transferred or to an office within the department, or may determine that any or all of them shall be exercised in such other manner, not inconsistent with law, as he shall decide. The powers, duties, and functions hereafter to be exercised and performed by each of the agencies transferred in accordance with the provisions of this Part and by each office in the department shall be determined by the secretary, in accordance with the general functions of each office set forth in the applicable provisions of this Title for each office.
Acts 1976, No. 513, §1. Amended by Acts 1977, No. 83, §1, eff. June 22, 1977; Acts 1978, No. 119, §1. Acts 1983, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 59, §2, eff. Feb. 7, 1983. Acts 1983, No. 97, §4, eff. Feb. 1, 1984; Acts 1988, No. 882, §4; Acts 1992, No. 1058, §2; Acts 1999, No. 367, §2; Acts 2012, No. 269, §1, eff. May 25, 2012; Acts 2012, No. 811, §11, eff. July 1, 2012; Acts 2021, No. 20, §5; Acts 2022, No. 623, §4, eff. July 1, 2022.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 36 - Organization of the Executive Branch › §36:902. Unfinished business

RS 36:902 - Unfinished business
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.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 36 - Organization of the Executive Branch › §36:903. References in laws and documents

RS 36:903 - References in laws and documents
Wherever any agency transferred hereby is referred to or designated by the constitution or by any law or contract or other document, after the effective date of the transfer such reference or designation shall be deemed to apply to the department to which the transfer is made and/or its secretary.
Acts 1976, No. 513, §1. Amended by Acts 1977, No. 83, §1, eff. June 22, 1977.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 36 - Organization of the Executive Branch › §36:904. Legal proceedings and documents continued

RS 36:904 - Legal proceedings and documents continued
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 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 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 so transferred. 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 transferred in accordance with the provisions of this Part, and the department to which the original party agency and its functions 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 transfer of an agency transferred in accordance with the provisions of this Part 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.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 36 - Organization of the Executive Branch › §36:905. Protection of obligations, etc.

RS 36:905 - Protection of obligations, etc.
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.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 36 - Organization of the Executive Branch › §36:906. Transfer of property

RS 36:906 - Transfer of property
All books, papers, records, money, actions, and other property of every kind, movable and immovable, real and personal, heretofore possessed, controlled, or used by each agency transferred in accordance with this Part are hereby transferred to the department to which the agency is transferred.
Acts 1976, No. 513, §1. Amended by Acts 1977, No. 83, §1, eff. June 22, 1977.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 36 - Organization of the Executive Branch › §36:907. Transfer of employees

RS 36:907 - Transfer of employees
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 so transferred and shall, insofar as necessary and practicable, 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.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 36 - Organization of the Executive Branch › §36:919.10. Repealed by Acts 2013, No. 184, §10.

RS 36:919.10 - Repealed by Acts 2013, No. 184, §10.
NOTE: See Acts 2013, No. 184, §17, relative to property and funds of entities abolished by the Act.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 36 - Organization of the Executive Branch › §36:922. Unfinished business

RS 36:922 - Unfinished business
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.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 36 - Organization of the Executive Branch › §36:923. References in laws and documents

RS 36:923 - References in laws and documents
Wherever any agency abolished, whose powers, duties, functions, and responsibilities are transferred as provided in this Part, is referred to or designated by the constitution or by any law or contract or other document, after the effective date of the abolition of such agency such reference or designation shall be deemed to apply to the department to which the transfer is made and/or its secretary.
Acts 1976, No. 513, §1. Amended by Acts 1977, No. 83, §1, eff. June 22, 1977.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 36 - Organization of the Executive Branch › §36:924. Legal proceedings and documents continued

RS 36:924 - Legal proceedings and documents continued
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.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 36 - Organization of the Executive Branch › §36:926. Transfer of property

RS 36:926 - Transfer of property
All books, papers, records, money, actions, and other property of every kind, movable and immovable, real and personal, heretofore possessed, controlled, or used by each agency abolished whose powers, duties, functions, and responsibilities are transferred in accordance with this Part are hereby transferred to the department to which such powers, duties, functions, and responsibilities are transferred.
Acts 1976, No. 513, §1. Amended by Acts 1977, No. 83, §1, eff. June 22, 1977.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 36 - Organization of the Executive Branch › §36:927. Transfer of employees

RS 36:927 - Transfer of employees
All employees heretofore engaged in the performance of duties in each agency abolished whose powers, duties, functions, and responsibilities are transferred in accordance with this Part are hereby transferred to the department to which such powers, duties, functions, and responsibilities are transferred, to the extent the secretary deems necessary to carry out the functions of the abolished agency 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.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 36 - Organization of the Executive Branch › §36:931. The Joint Legislative Committee on Reorganization of the Executive Branch; creation; composition

RS 36:931 - The Joint Legislative Committee on Reorganization of the Executive Branch; creation; composition
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.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 36 - Organization of the Executive Branch › §36:932. Organizational meeting; officers

RS 36:932 - Organizational meeting; officers
The committee created in this Chapter shall hold its organizational meeting within ninety days after adjournment sine die of the 1997 Regular Session of the Legislature on the call of the speaker of the House of Representatives and the president of the Senate, acting jointly. At such organizational meeting the committee shall elect such officers as it shall find necessary.
Acts 1997, No. 1045, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 36 - Organization of the Executive Branch › §36:933. Studies

RS 36:933 - Studies
The committee created in this Chapter shall make such studies as it shall find necessary or appropriate to reorganize the executive branch of state government and to carry out the purposes of reorganization as stated in this Title, which studies shall include but not be limited to: the nature of the powers, duties, functions, and responsibilities of all departments and agencies in the executive branch; how such powers, duties, functions, and responsibilities may be allocated among the departments of the executive branch in order to eliminate duplication, to coordinate the provision of services, and to deliver services to the public so as to achieve the greatest benefit at the most economical cost; how department and agency functions and duties may be performed more effectively and economically by merger and consolidation, abolition, or division of departments or agencies or other changes in department or agency structure; the impact of such proposed changes on provision of services to the public and on the cost of providing such services; how the responsibilities of agencies with respect to management, finance, budget, and personnel may be consolidated or allocated in order to facilitate the budgetary process, provide greater legislative oversight, and encourage economy and efficiency in government; how departments may determine levels of productivity as determined by efficiency and economy and may measure and improve such productivity; and how the legislature may provide for and oversee the continuous reorganization, merger, and consolidation of agencies and offices in the executive branch.
Acts 1997, No. 1045, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 36 - Organization of the Executive Branch › §36:934. Recommendations

RS 36:934 - Recommendations
The committee shall complete its study and determine its recommendations to the legislature no later than January 15, 1999, and shall submit to each member of the legislature and to the governor, no later than March 1, 1999, the complete results of its study, the report of its findings and its recommendations based thereon, together with a draft of such legislation as shall be necessary to accomplish its recommendations.
Acts 1997, No. 1045, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 36 - Organization of the Executive Branch › §36:936. Per diem; expenditures

RS 36:936 - Per diem; expenditures
The members of the committee created by this Chapter shall receive the same per diem and travel allowance in the performance of their duties as is provided for members of the legislature. Such per diem and allowance and all other expenses directly incurred by the committee shall be paid out of funds available to the presiding officers of the two houses of the Louisiana Legislature for expenses of the legislature and committees and other funds that may be made available for the purpose.
Acts 1997, No. 1045, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 36 - Organization of the Executive Branch › §36:951. Orderly transfer

RS 36:951 - Orderly transfer
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.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 36 - Organization of the Executive Branch › §36:952. Transferred or abolished agencies; information to be furnished; cooperation

RS 36:952 - Transferred or abolished agencies; information to be furnished; cooperation
A. The chief administrative authority of each agency transferred or abolished by this Title, which agency or its functions are transferred to the Department of Corrections or the Department of Health and Human Resources, shall transmit to the governor through the commissioner of administration or to the committee, upon request, any information necessary to implement the reorganization, including but not limited to: (a) a complete list of all personnel, including salaries and job descriptions; (b) a complete inventory of all furniture, fixtures, and equipment of every kind; (c) financial data and information; (d) a summary of all floor space in state office buildings or otherwise then being utilized. Every such agency and the personnel thereof shall fully cooperate with the governor, the commissioner, and the committee, who shall be responsible for carrying out the purposes of this Part.
B. The chief administrative authority of each agency transferred or abolished by this Title, which agency or its functions are transferred to one of the departments to which this Part is applicable other than as designated in Subsection A hereof, shall transmit such information as described in Subsection A to the committee upon request and every such agency shall fully cooperate with the committee.
Acts 1976, No. 513, §1. Amended by Acts 1977, No. 83, §1, eff. June 22, 1977.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 36 - Organization of the Executive Branch › §36:955. Effective date; budget and appropriations

RS 36:955 - Effective date; budget and appropriations
The realignment, merger, consolidation, and transfer of agencies and/or of their powers, duties, functions, and responsibilities, as provided for by this Part, shall in all events be completed and become operative and shall be effective no later than December 31, 1977. The executive budget and the general appropriations bill prepared for submission to the legislature at its 1977 Regular Session shall reflect the organization of the executive branch of state government as required by this Title.
Acts 1976, No. 513, §1. Amended by Acts 1977, No. 83, §1, eff. June 22, 1977.