2013 Louisiana Laws
Revised Statutes
TITLE 25 - Libraries, Museums, and Other Scientific
RS 25:1002 - Duties

§1002. Duties

A. The commission shall have authority to acquire, transport, berth, renovate, equip, operate, and maintain, and to exhibit the destroyer U.S.S. Kidd or, if acquisition thereof becomes impossible or impractical, then any other property acquired for use as a permanent public naval and marine corps, or both memorial, and to adopt rules and regulations for the use of such memorial and its properties.

B. The commission shall have control over the destroyer U.S.S. Kidd or other naval and marine corps, or both memorial, and over any improvements and exhibits located thereon and any additions constructed, created, leased, acquired, or erected in connection therewith.

C. The commission shall select a site for permanently docking the U.S.S. Kidd or other naval and marine corps, or both memorial within Louisiana and make all necessary arrangements for acquiring a location for its exhibition.

D. The commission shall be responsible for all distribution and collection of funds connected with this project. It is also authorized to contract for, receive, accept and expend any funds made available from public or private sources. No employees of the commission shall be deemed to be employees of the state or be entitled to join the state retirement system.

E. Repealed by Acts 1985, No. 109, §2, eff. June 29, 1985.

F. The commission shall not authorize reports and recommendations which include the issue, publication, or distribution of general information documents or pamphlets, which are published on a regular basis and are generally known as newsletters.

Added by Acts 1979, No. 415, §1; Acts 1985, No. 109, §2, eff. June 29, 1985; Acts 1986, No. 827, §1.