2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 36 - Organization of the Executive Branch › §36:107. Assistant secretaries

RS 36:107 - Assistant secretaries
NOTE: §107 eff. until an Act of the Louisiana Legislature containing a specific appropriation of monies for the implementation of Act 459 of the 2023 Regular Session becomes effective or July 1, 2024, whichever is later. See Acts 2023, No. 459.
A. Each office within the Department of Economic Development, except the office of management and finance and the office of entertainment industry development, shall be under the immediate supervision and direction of an assistant secretary. The assistant secretary of each such office 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 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.
NOTE: §107 eff. upon an Act of the Louisiana Legislature containing a specific appropriation of monies for the implementation of Act 459 of the 2023 Regular Session becomes effective or July 1, 2024, whichever is later. See Acts 2023, No. 459.
A. Each office within the Department of Economic Development, except the office of management and finance, the office of port development, and the office of entertainment industry development, shall be under the immediate supervision and direction of an assistant secretary. The office of port development shall be under the immediate supervision and direction of a commissioner of port development. The assistant secretary or commissioner of each office 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 the 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 or commissioner shall be determined by the secretary, and all of the 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 or commissioner shall employ, appoint, remove, assign, and promote 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 or commissioner 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 1988, No. 563, §1, eff. July 14, 1988; Acts 2001, No. 8, §11, eff. July 1, 2001; Acts 2001, No. 9, §4, eff. July 1, 2001; Acts 2003, No. 551, §1; Acts 2007, No. 456, §1, eff. July 1, 2007; Acts 2023, No. 459, §1, see Act.
NOTE: See Acts 2007, No. 456, §§3 and 4, relative to the office of entertainment industry development as the successor to the Governor's Office of Film and Television Development.