2013 Louisiana Laws
Revised Statutes
TITLE 25 - Libraries, Museums, and Other Scientific
RS 25:341 - Establishment and location; purpose; board of directors; appointment; compensation of members; terms; oaths

CHAPTER 5. STATE MUSEUM

§341. Establishment and location; purpose; board of directors; appointment; compensation of members; terms; oaths

A. The Louisiana State Museum is established as a complex of facilities in the cities of Baton Rouge, Natchitoches, New Orleans, Patterson, Thibodaux and Winnfield under the management and supervision of the office of the state museum of the Department of Culture, Recreation and Tourism.

B. The Louisiana State Museum shall be a historical, cultural, and educational institution whose primary purpose shall be to collect, preserve, and present, as an educational resource, objects of art, documents, artifacts, and the like that reflect the history, art, and culture of Louisiana.

C. The Board of Directors of the Louisiana State Museum, hereinafter referred to as the board, is hereby created in the Department of Culture, Recreation and Tourism.

D. The Board of Directors of the Louisiana State Museum shall be composed of members as provided in this Subsection. The secretary of the Department of Culture, Recreation and Tourism shall serve as a member of the board. Each additional member of the board shall have a knowledge of and interest in art, history, and cultural restoration. Additional members of the board shall be appointed by the lieutenant governor as follows:

(1) Each of the following shall submit a list of four names, and the lieutenant governor shall appoint one member from each list:

(a) The Friends of the Cabildo.

(b) The Louisiana Historical Society.

(c) The Louisiana Historical Association.

(d) The Foundation for Historical Louisiana, Inc.

(e) The Wedell-Williams Memorial Foundation in Patterson.

(f) The Louisiana Museum Foundation.

(g) The Friends of the Edward Douglass White Historic Site.

(h) The Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame Foundation.

(i) The Louisiana Civil Rights Museum Advisory Board.

(2) Eleven members shall be appointed from the state at large in such manner as to provide that membership on the board will reflect the ethnic and cultural diversity of the population of the state and encourage statewide representation on the board.

(3)(a) Notwithstanding the provisions of Paragraph (1) of this Subsection, should any entity fail to make all or any of the nominations initially required in Paragraph (1) of this Subsection by August 1, 2008, or within thirty days of the swearing in of a new lieutenant governor thereafter, the lieutenant governor may make an appointment for that nominating entity's seat on the board from the state at large.

(b) A nominee whose name is submitted by more than one entity concurrently shall automatically be disqualified from consideration so long as the nominee remains on multiple lists. The lieutenant governor shall notify the offending nominating entities of the duplicate nominees in writing and each such nominating entity shall have fifteen days from receipt of such notice to resubmit a list of names for consideration. Should an entity fail to submit an un-duplicated list of four names timely, the lieutenant governor may make the appointment for that nominating entity's seat on the board from the state at large.

E. Each member appointed pursuant to Subsection D of this Section shall serve a term concurrent with that of the lieutenant governor making the appointment. Each member shall serve until his successor is appointed and takes office. Each appointment by the lieutenant governor shall be submitted to the Senate for confirmation.

F.(1)(a) When a vacancy on the board occurs among the members appointed pursuant to the provisions of Paragraph (D)(1) of this Section, the entity that nominated the member shall submit to the lieutenant governor a list of four nominees to fill the vacancy. The lieutenant governor shall fill the vacancy by appointment from among the nominees and the appointment shall be for the remainder of the term.

(b) In the event there is more than one position vacant on the board concurrently, a nominee whose name is submitted by more than one entity shall automatically be disqualified from consideration so long as the nominee remains on multiple lists. The lieutenant governor shall notify the offending nominating entities of the duplicate nominees in writing and each such nominating entity shall have fifteen days from receipt of such notice to resubmit a list of names for consideration. Should an entity fail to submit an un-duplicated list of four names timely, the lieutenant governor may make the appointment for that nominating entity's seat on the board from the state at large.

(2) Notwithstanding the provisions of Paragraph (1) of this Subsection, should any entity fail to make any or all nominations required by Paragraph (1) of this Subsection within thirty days after the vacancy occurs, the lieutenant governor may make an appointment for that nominating entity's seat on the board from the state at large.

(3) When a vacancy occurs among the at-large members appointed pursuant to the provisions of Paragraph (D)(2) of this Section, then the lieutenant governor shall appoint a person to fill the vacancy. The member appointed to fill a vacancy shall serve the remainder of the unexpired term.

G. The members of the board shall serve without compensation, but they shall receive their actual expenses incurred in attending any meeting of the board.

H. Each member of the board shall take and subscribe to the oath of office required of state officials.

Acts 1983, No. 687, §4; Acts 1987, No. 416, §1; Acts 1990, No. 726, §1; Acts 1991, No. 9, §§1 and 3, eff. June 6, 1991; Acts 1997, No. 318, §1, eff. June 18, 1997; Acts 2003, No. 1205, §1, eff. July 3, 2003; Acts 2007, No. 53, §1, eff. June 30, 2007; Acts 2008, No. 908, §1.