Louisiana Revised Statutes 36:901 – Transfer; merger and consolidation of functions; advisory agency
Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 36:901
- Agency: means and includes the boards, commissions, departments, agencies, offices, officers, and other instrumentalities, or any or all of these, within the executive branch of state government which are abolished by this Title or which are transferred and placed within departments of the state government created and established or continued by this Title or transferred to and placed within the office of the governor as provided by this Title. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 36:3
- Office: means each principal operational unit within a department, except the executive office of the secretary. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 36:3
- Secretary: means the officer appointed by the governor as the executive head and chief administrative officer of certain departments created and provided for by this Title. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 36:3
- Undersecretary: means the officer designated to direct and be responsible for the functions of the office of management and finance of certain departments. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 36:3
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.