RS 502 - Officers of the department; compensation for one office only
A.(1) The officers of the department shall be the secretary, undersecretary, deputy secretary, chief engineer, assistant secretary of planning, commissioner of multimodal commerce, and assistant secretary of operations, each of whom shall be selected and shall perform functions as provided in this Title.
(2) The secretary, undersecretary, deputy secretary, assistant secretary of planning, assistant secretary of operations, executive director of the Offshore Terminal Authority, commissioner of multimodal commerce, and such other positions which may be authorized by the State Civil Service Commission or the state constitution shall be the only unclassified positions in the Department of Transportation and Development. All other positions in the department shall be in the classified state service. The secretary shall fill such positions as in his opinion and judgment are necessary to the operation of the department in accordance with applicable rules and regulations of the State Civil Service Commission and applicable law.
B. No person serving as a secretary, undersecretary, deputy secretary, chief engineer, assistant secretary of planning, assistant secretary of operations, commissioner of multimodal commerce, or in any other office in the department shall receive any additional salary from the state other than that salary which he receives by virtue of serving in any one of such offices. Any statewide elected official appointed to serve as a secretary or deputy secretary shall not receive any additional salary from the state other than that salary which he receives as a statewide elected official.
C. Notwithstanding any provision herein to the contrary, subject to approval of the governor, any person, including any statewide elected official, serving or appointed to serve as a secretary or deputy secretary may receive additional compensation for part-time services rendered as an instructor in postsecondary educational institutions, or as a member of the National Guard.
Acts 1988, No. 488, §1, eff. July 9, 1988; Acts 1997, No. 1381, §1, eff. July 1, 1997; Acts 1998, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 71, §1, eff. July 1, 1998; Acts 2006, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 6, §2, eff. April 18, 2006; Acts 2009, No. 523, §1, eff. July 10, 2009; Acts 2011, No. 261, §1, eff. June 28, 2011; Acts 2014, No. 719, §1, eff. July 1, 2016.
NOTE: See Acts 2009, No. 523, §§9 and 10, relative to transfer of duties and responsibilities to the Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority and the transfer of business, employees, programs, etc. of the authority and the Office of Coastal Protection and Restoration in the office of the governor.