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The office of the Louisiana oil spill coordinator is hereby created within the  Department of Public Safety and Corrections, public safety services, and shall exercise the powers and duties set forth in this Chapter or otherwise provided by law.  The office shall be administered by the coordinator who shall be appointed by the governor, subject to Senate confirmation.  The initial coordinator shall not perform any official duties prior to confirmation.

Acts 1991, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 7, §1, eff. April 23, 1991; Acts 2009, No. 409, §2, eff. July 1, 2009.