Louisiana Revised Statutes 36:683 – Chief deputy commissioner
Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 36:683
- Office: means each principal operational unit within a department, except the executive office of the secretary. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 36:3
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 La. Const. Art. IV, § 13 . 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.