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Organization of the Executive Branch

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Short title

Declaration of policy, purposes, and intent

Definitions

Structure of executive branch of state government

Agencies transferred from the Department of Economic Development to the office of the governor; agencies placed within the office of the governor

Departmental officers; unclassified service

Appointments to public office; reporting requirements

Multi-member entities within the executive branch; reporting requirements

Fiscal oversight and program evaluation

Litigation oversight; reports to the legislature

Internal auditing function

Designation of certain organizational units; uniform terminology

Statewide elected officials; salary

Public funding for abortion providers; prohibition

Department of State Civil Service; creation; purpose

State Civil Service Commission; transfer; powers

Transfer of boards, commissions, departments, and agencies to Department of State Civil Service

Director of state civil service; certain powers, duties, and functions

Department of Economic Development; creation; domicile; composition; purposes and functions

Officers of the department; compensation for one office only

Secretary of economic development

Powers and duties of the secretary of economic development

Fee for independent certified public accountant or tax attorney verification reports required for certain Department of Economic Development programs

Deputy secretary

Undersecretary; functions; office of management and finance

Assistant secretaries

Offices; purposes and functions

Transfer of boards, commissions, departments, and agencies to Department of Economic Development

Department of Elderly Affairs; creation; domicile; composition; purposes and functions

Officers of the department; compensation for one office only

Secretary of elderly affairs

Powers and duties of secretary of elderly affairs

Deputy secretary

Undersecretary; functions; office of management and finance

Transfer of agencies or their powers to Department of Elderly Affairs

Department of Culture, Recreation and Tourism; creation; domicile; composition; purposes and functions

Officers of the department; compensation for one office only

Secretary of culture, recreation and tourism

Powers and duties of secretary of culture, recreation and tourism

Deputy secretary

Undersecretary; functions; office of management and finance

Assistant secretaries

Offices; purposes and functions

Transfer of boards, commissions, departments, and agencies to Department of Culture, Recreation and Tourism

Department of Environmental Quality; creation; domicile; composition; purposes and functions

Officers of the department; compensation for one office only

Secretary of environmental quality

Powers and duties of secretary of environmental quality

Deputy secretary

Undersecretary; functions; office of management and finance

Assistant secretaries

Offices; purposes and functions

Transfer of agencies and functions to Department of Environmental Quality

Louisiana Department of Health; creation; domicile; composition; purpose and functions

Officers of the department; compensation for one office only

Secretary of health and hospitals

Powers and duties of the secretary of the Louisiana Department of Health

Power of the secretary of the Louisiana Department of Health to issue tax-exempt or taxable debt relative to the Drinking Water Revolving Loan Fund

Hot Wells Rehabilitation Center

Criminal history information; access to federal tax information

Deputy secretary

Undersecretary; functions; office of management and finance

Assistant secretaries

Offices; purposes and functions

Transfer of agencies and functions to Louisiana Department of Health

Louisiana Workforce Commission; creation; domicile; composition; purposes and functions

Officers of the commission; compensation for one office only

Secretary

Powers and duties of secretary

Deputy secretary

Undersecretary; functions; office of management and finance

Assistant secretaries

Offices; purposes and functions

Transfer of agencies to Louisiana Workforce Commission

Administrative Code

Repealed by Acts 2008, No. 743, §5, eff. July 1, 2008.

Repealed by Acts 2008, No. 743, §5, eff. July 1, 2008.

Audit and security division; employee investigations

Department of Natural Resources; creation, domicile; composition; purposes and functions

Officers of the department; compensation for one office only

Secretary of natural resources

Powers and duties of secretary of natural resources

Deputy secretary

Undersecretary; functions; office of management and finance

Assistant secretaries

Offices; purposes and functions

Agricultural studies

Transfer of agencies and functions to Department of Natural Resources

Department of Public Safety and Corrections; public safety services; corrections services; youth services; creation; domicile; composition; purposes and functions

Officers of the department; compensation for one office only

Secretary of public safety and corrections

Powers and duties of secretary of public safety and corrections

Deputy secretaries for public safety services, corrections services, and youth services

Undersecretaries; functions; offices of management and finance

Assistant secretaries

Offices; purposes and functions

Transfer of agencies to Department of Public Safety and Corrections

Department of Revenue; creation; domicile; composition; purposes and functions

Officers of the department; compensation for one office only

Secretary of revenue

Powers and duties of secretary of revenue

Deputy secretary

Undersecretary; functions; office of management and finance

Assistant secretaries

Offices; purposes and functions

Transfer of agencies or their powers to Department of Revenue

Department of Children and Family Services; creation; domicile; composition; purpose and functions

Officers of the department; compensation for one office only

Secretary of children and family services

Powers and duties of the secretary of the Department of Children and Family Services

Deputy secretary

Undersecretary; functions; division of management and finance

Assistant secretaries

Office; purposes and functions

Transfer of agencies and functions to Department of Children and Family Services

Department of Transportation and Development; creation; domicile; composition; purposes and functions

Officers of the department; compensation for one office only

Secretary of transportation and development

Powers and duties of secretary of transportation and development

Deputy secretary

Undersecretary; functions; office of management and finance

Department; purposes and functions

Office of engineering; functions; chief engineer; powers and duties

Office of planning; functions; assistant secretary; powers and duties

Office of operations; functions; assistant secretary, powers and duties

Office of multimodal commerce; functions; commissioner; deputy commissioner; powers and duties

Multimodal Commerce Advisory Commission

Transfer of agencies to Department of Transportation and Development

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Contract and purchasing laws applicable to agencies within the department

Sections
551. 551 to 559

repealed by Acts 1988, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 1, §10, eff. Mar. 28, 1988.

Wildlife and Fisheries Commission

Department of Wildlife and Fisheries; creation; domicile; composition; purposes and functions

Officers of the department; compensation for one office only

Secretary of wildlife and fisheries

Powers and duties of the secretary of wildlife and fisheries

Deputy secretary

Undersecretary; functions; office of management and finance

Assistant secretaries

Offices; purposes and functions

Transfer of agencies and functions to Department of Wildlife and Fisheries

Department of Agriculture and Forestry; creation; domicile; composition; purposes and functions

Officers of the department; compensation for one office only

Commissioner of agriculture and forestry

Powers and duties of commissioner of agriculture and forestry

Deputy commissioner

Assistant commissioner for management and finance; functions; office of management and finance

Confidential assistant to the commissioner

Assistant commissioners

Offices; purposes and functions

Transfer of boards, commissions, departments, and agencies to the Department of Agriculture and Forestry

Statement of purpose

Department of Education; creation; domicile; composition; purposes and functions

Officers of the department; compensation for one office only

State superintendent of education

Powers and duties of state superintendent of education

Deputy state superintendent

Repealed by Acts 2011, No. 302, §3, eff. June 28, 2011.

Deputy superintendents

Special School District; administration

Offices; purposes and functions relating to elementary and secondary education

Office of student financial assistance; purposes and functions

Transfer of boards, commissions, departments, and agencies to Department of Education; boards, commissions, and agencies within Department of Education

Repealed by Acts 2001, No. 451, §5, eff. Jan. 12, 2004.

Repealed by Acts 2001, No. 451, §5, eff. Jan. 12, 2004.

Repealed by Acts 2001, No. 451, §5, eff. Jan. 12, 2004.

Department of Insurance; creation; domicile; purposes and functions

Commissioner of insurance; powers and duties

Chief deputy commissioner

Deputy commissioner for management and finance; functions; office of management and finance

Implementation of reorganization of Department of Insurance

Transfer of agencies to the Department of Insurance

Deputy commissioner for consumer services; functions; division of consumer services

Deputy commissioner for property and casualty; functions; office of property and casualty

Division of legal services; functions

Division of public affairs; functions

Repealed by Acts 2013, No. 217, §3.

Division of insurance fraud

Office of licensing; functions

Office of financial solvency; functions

Office of health, life, and annuity; functions

Actuary

Deputy commissioner for consumer advocacy and diversity; functions; office of consumer advocacy and diversity

Department of Justice; creation; domicile; purposes and functions

Criminal history information; access to federal tax information

Powers and duties of attorney general

Chief deputy attorney general

Divisions of the department; functions

Repealed by Acts 1992, No. 866, §2.

Transfer of boards, commissions, and agencies to Department of Justice

Department of Public Service; creation; domicile; purpose and functions

Powers and duties of Public Service Commission

Executive secretary

Repealed by Acts 1978, No. 349, §2

Transfer of Public Service Commission

Department of State; creation; domicile; purposes and functions

Powers and duties of secretary of state

Repealed by Acts 2003, No. 1220, §4, eff. Jan. 1, 2004.

Deputy secretary

Transfer of boards, commissions, and agencies to the Department of State

Office of the Uniform Commercial Code; deputy secretary

Office of GeauxBiz

Department of the Treasury; creation; composition; purposes and functions

Officers of the department; compensation for one office only

State treasurer

Powers and duties of state treasurer

Deputy state treasurer

Deputy state treasurer for management and finance; functions; office of management and finance

Assistant state treasurers

Offices; purposes and functions

Transfer of boards, commissions, departments, and agencies to Department of the Treasury

Department of Veterans Affairs, state of Louisiana; creation; domicile; composition; purposes and functions

Officers of the department; compensation for one office only

Secretary

Powers and duties of the secretary

Deputy secretary

Undersecretary; functions; office of management and finance

Transfer of boards, commissions, departments, and agencies to the Department of Veterans Affairs

Transfer; retention of functions

Transfer; retention of all functions

Repealed by Acts 2021, No. 20, §9.

Transfer; retirement boards

Repealed by Acts 2016, No. 314, §1(B).

Repealed by Acts 2021, No. 20, §9.

Repealed by Acts 2021, No. 20, §9.

Repealed by Acts 2021, No. 20, §9.

Governing board of Edward Douglass White Historic Site

Repealed by Acts 2021, No. 20, §9.

Repealed by Acts 2013, No. 12, §1, eff. May 23, 2013.

Repealed by Acts 2017, No. 112, §2, eff. June 12, 2017.

Repealed by Acts 2021, No. 20, §9.

Repealed by Acts 2017, No. 112, §3, eff. June 12, 2017.

Repealed by Acts 2015, No. 401, §3(C).

Repealed by Acts 2021, No. 20, §9.

Repealed by Acts 2021, No. 20, §9.

Repealed by Acts 2017, No. 112, §5, eff. June 12, 2017.

Repealed by Acts 2015, No. 401, §3(C).

Repealed by Acts 2017, No. 112, §6, eff. June 12, 2017.

Repealed by Acts 2020, No. 75, §1, eff. June 5, 2020.

Repealed by Acts 2010, No. 890, §2, eff. July 2, 2010.

Repealed by Acts 2021, No. 20, §9.

Repealed by Acts 2016, No. 16, §2, eff. May 9, 2016.

Transfer; retention of policymaking and rulemaking functions

Repealed by Acts 2021, No. 20, §9.

Repealed by Acts 2021, No. 20, §9.

Repealed by Acts 2021, No. 20, §9.

Repealed by Acts 2012, No. 811, §17, eff. July 1, 2012.

Repealed by Acts 2013, No. 228, §3, eff. July 1, 2013.

Repealed by Acts 2021, No. 20, §9.

Repealed by Acts 2021, No. 20, §9.

Repealed by Acts 2012, No. 811, §17, eff. July 1, 2012.

Repealed by Acts 2017, No. 237, §3.

Repealed by Acts 2021, No. 20, §9.

Repealed by Acts 2010, No. 861, §22.

Repealed by Acts 2021, No. 20, §9.

Repealed by Acts 2006, No. 713, §4, eff. July 1, 2006.

Transfer; Volunteer Louisiana Commission

Transfer; certain appointive authority retained

Repealed by Acts 2021, No. 20, §9.

Repealed by Acts 2014, No. 832, §7(B).

Transfer; Water Resources Commission

Repealed by Acts 2021, No. 20, §9.

Repealed by Acts 2006, No. 713, §4, eff. July 1, 2006.

Repealed by Acts 2021, No. 20, §9.

Repealed by Acts 2016, No. 69, §2.

Repealed by Acts 2016, No. 314, §2(B).

Repealed by Acts 2016, No. 604, §3.

Transfer; licensing agencies

Transfer; certain appointing authority retained

Repealed by Acts 2016, No. 577, §3.

Repealed by Acts 2009, No. 438, §15(B).

Transfer; Department of Conservation

Transfer; State Mineral and Energy Board

Repealed by Acts 1978, No. 444, §2.

Board of Ethics

Transfer of property and employees

Protection of obligations; etc.

Transfer; merger and consolidation of functions

Repealed by Acts 2021, No. 20, §9.

Unfinished business

References in laws and documents

Legal proceedings and documents continued

Protection of obligations, etc.

Transfer of property

Transfer of employees

Transfer; merger and consolidation of functions; advisory agency

Unfinished business

References in laws and documents

Legal proceedings and documents continued

Protection of obligations, etc.

Transfer of property

Transfer of employees

Repealed by Acts 2021, No. 20, §9.

Repealed by Acts 2021, No. 20, §9.

Repealed by Acts 2021, No. 20, §9.

Repealed by Acts 2021, No. 20, §9.

Repealed by Acts 2021, No. 20, §9.

Repealed by Acts 2021, No. 20, §9.

Transfer; advisory to appropriate department officers and agencies

Transfer; advisory to other officers

Repealed by Acts 2005, No. 428, §3, eff. July 1, 2005.

Transfer, Latino Commission

Transfer, Lake Fausse Point, Lake Dauterive, and Grande Avoille Cove Advisory Board

Transfer; specific appointing authority retained

Repealed by Acts 2021, No. 20, §9.

Transfer; Clinical Laboratory Personnel Committee to the Louisiana State Board of Medical Examiners

Transfer; Louisiana Life Safety and Property Protection Advisory Board

Transfer; Louisiana Emergency Medical Services Certification Commission

Repealed by Acts 2006, No. 713, §4, eff. July 1, 2006.

Repealed by Acts 2021, No. 20, §9.

Repealed by Acts 2010, No. 743, §13, eff. July 1, 2010.

Repealed by Acts 2008, No. 815, §5.

Repealed by Acts 2021, No. 20, §9.

Repealed by Acts 2013, No. 184, §10.

Transfer; merger and consolidation of functions

Unfinished business

References in laws and documents

Legal proceedings and documents continued

Protection of obligations, etc.

Transfer of property

Transfer of employees

The Joint Legislative Committee on Reorganization of the Executive Branch; creation; composition

Organizational meeting; officers

Studies

Recommendations

Committee authority generally; staff services; state agency assistance

Per diem; expenditures

Committee dissolution

Orderly transfer

Transferred or abolished agencies; information to be furnished; cooperation

Transition plan for reorganization

Transfer dates

Effective date; budget and appropriations

Statement of purpose

Effective date of certain transfers and abolitions; continued merger and consolidation within departments

Studies by committee, reports by committee, commissioner of administration, recommendations

Information to be furnished to legislature

Repealed by Acts 1995, No. 1262, §1.

Repealed by Acts 1995, No. 1262, §1.

Membership in certain departments and agencies prohibited