2014 Louisiana Laws
Revised Statutes
TITLE 36 - Organization of the Executive Branch
RS 36:409 - Transfer of agencies to Department of Public Safety and Corrections

§409. Transfer of agencies to Department of Public Safety and Corrections

A. Repealed by Acts 2012, No. 811, §17, eff.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

B. The Louisiana Highway Safety Commission (R.S. 48:1351 et seq.) is transferred to the Department of Public Safety and Corrections and hereafter shall perform and exercise its powers, duties, functions, and responsibilities as provided in R.S. 36:801.

C. The following agencies, as defined by R.S. 36:3, are transferred to and hereafter shall be within the Department of Public Safety and Corrections, as provided in R.S. 36:802:

(1) Fire Prevention Board of Review (R.S. 40:1578.1 et seq.)

(2) Fireman's Supplemental Pay Board (R.S. 40:1666.5 et seq.)

(3) Board of Review for extra compensation for municipal police officers (R.S. 40:1667.6)

(4) Committee on Parole (R.S. 15:572; R.S. 15:574.2 et seq.; R.S. 46:1651 et seq.)

(5) Board of Pardons (Article IV, Section 5(E) of the 1974 Louisiana Constitution; R.S. 15:572 et seq.)

(6) The Volunteer Firefighters' Tuition Reimbursement Board (R.S. 40:1558.1 et seq.)

(7) Repealed by Acts 2001, No. 1185, §8, eff. July 1, 2001.

(8) The Weights and Standards Police Force (R.S. 40:1379.8). The Weights and Standards Police Force shall perform the functions of the state related to the enforcement of R.S. 32:380 through 388, R.S. 32:388.1, R.S. 32:390, and R.S. 47:718, and the provisions of Chapter 4 of Subtitle II of Title 47 relating to trucks, trailers, and semitrailers and Part V of Chapter 7 of Subtitle II of Title 47 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950 and the department's regulations adopted pursuant thereto.

(9) Repealed by Acts 2005, No. 428, §3, eff.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

(10) The office of the Louisiana oil spill coordinator (R.S. 30:2451 et seq.).

D. The Louisiana State Board of Private Security Examiners (R.S. 37:3270 et seq.) is transferred to and shall be within the Department of Public Safety and Corrections, as provided in R.S. 36:803.

E. The Louisiana Medical Advisory Board (R.S. 40:1351 et seq.) is transferred to and hereafter shall be within the Department of Public Safety and Corrections, as provided in Part III of Chapter 22 of this Title.

F. The following agencies, as defined in R.S. 36:3, are hereby abolished and their powers, duties, functions, and responsibilities are transferred to the secretary of the Department of Public Safety and Corrections and hereafter shall be exercised and performed as provided in Part IV of Chapter 22 of this Title:

(1) Department of Public Safety (Chapter 6 of Title 40 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950 and other statutes that directly apply to said department)

(2) State Fire Marshal (Part III of Chapter 7 of Title 40 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950 and other statutes that directly apply to the state fire marshal)

(3) The Interagency Recreation Board (R.S. 40:2501 et seq.; R.S. 41:1081 et seq.)

(4) Louisiana Criminal Justice Information System (R.S. 15:575 et seq.)

(5) Louisiana State Board of Boiler Inspector Examiners (R.S. 23:41 et seq.)

(6) The Department of Corrections (R.S. 15:821 et seq. and other provisions of Title 15 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950 that directly apply to said department)

G. The Prison Enterprises Board (R.S. 15:1151 et seq.) is placed within the Department of Public Safety and Corrections and shall exercise and perform its powers, duties, functions, and responsibilities in the manner provided for agencies transferred in accordance with the provisions of R.S. 36:901, et seq.

H. The Liquified Petroleum Gas Commission (Article VI, Section 28 of the 1921 Louisiana Constitution made statutory by Article XIV, Section 16(A)(3) of the 1974 Louisiana Constitution; R.S. 40:1841 et seq. and 1911 et seq.) is placed within the Department of Public Safety and Corrections and shall exercise and perform its powers, duties, functions, and responsibilities in the manner provided for agencies transferred in accordance with the provisions of R.S. 36:802, except that any director or assistant director of the agency or similar personnel authorized by law shall continue to be appointed as otherwise provided by law.

I. The advisory board to the Liquefied Petroleum Gas Commission (R.S. 40:1851(F)) is placed within the Department of Public Safety and Corrections and shall perform and exercise its powers, duties, functions, and responsibilities in the manner provided for agencies transferred in accordance with R.S. 36:901 et seq.

J. The Louisiana Manufactured Housing Commission (R.S. 51:911.21 et seq. and 911.51 et seq.) is placed within the office of the state fire marshal of the Department of Public Safety and Corrections and shall perform and exercise its powers, duties, functions, and responsibilities in accordance with the provisions of R.S. 36:803.1.

K. The Emergency Response Commission (R.S. 30:2361 et seq.) is placed within public safety services of the Department of Public Safety and Corrections and shall perform and exercise its powers, duties, functions, and responsibilities as provided by law.

L. The Louisiana State Board of Private Investigator Examiners (R.S. 37:3501 et seq.) is placed within the Department of Public Safety and Corrections and shall perform and exercise its powers, duties, functions, and responsibilities as provided for agencies transferred in accordance with R.S. 36:803.

M. The Louisiana Life Safety and Property Protection Advisory Board (R.S. 40:1664.1 et seq.) is placed within the Department of Public Safety and Corrections as provided in R.S. 36:919.3.

N.(1) The Louisiana Gaming Control Board (R.S. 27:1 et seq.) is placed within the Department of Public Safety and Corrections and shall exercise and perform its powers, duties, functions, and responsibilities as provided for agencies transferred in accordance with the provisions of R.S. 36:801.1.

(2) The Louisiana Gaming Control Board Hearing Office (R.S. 27:25), a division of the Louisiana Gaming Control Board, is placed within the Department of Public Safety and Corrections, as provided in R.S. 27:25.

O. The Louisiana Truck Center (R.S. 32:390.21 et seq.) is placed within the Department of Public Safety and Corrections as provided in R.S. 36:851.

P. The Reentry Advisory Council (R.S. 15:1199.4) is placed within the Department of Public Safety and Corrections and shall perform and exercise its powers, duties, functions, and responsibilities as provided by law.

Q. The task force to develop and implement an electronic media system for lien recordation and motor vehicle title information (R.S. 32:707.2) is placed within the Department of Public Safety and Corrections and shall perform and exercise its powers, duties, functions, and responsibilities as provided by law.

R. The Louisiana State Uniform Construction Code Council (R.S. 40:1730.21 et seq.) is placed within the Department of Public Safety and Corrections and shall perform and exercise its powers, duties, functions, and responsibilities as otherwise provided by law.

Acts 1976, No. 513, §1; Acts 1977, No. 83, §1, eff. June 22, 1977; Acts 1979, No. 722, §§3, 4, eff. July 1, 1980; Acts 1981, No. 799, §2; Acts 1981, No. 873, §1, eff. Sept. 11, 1981; Acts 1982, No. 565, §2, eff. July 22, 1982; Acts 1983, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 8, §2; Acts 1983, No. 97, §4, eff. Feb. 1, 1984; Acts 1984, No. 505, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 1985; Acts 1984, No. 567, §5, eff. Jan. 1, 1985; Acts 1984, No. 844, §4, eff. July 13, 1984; Acts 1985, No. 435, §2, eff. July 11, 1985; Acts 1985, No. 925, §3; Acts 1985, No. 965, §2; Acts 1987, No. 243, §1; Acts 1987, No. 613, §1; Acts 1989, No. 662, §8, eff. July 7, 1989; Acts 1990, No. 2, §4, eff. July 1, 1990; Acts 1990, No. 906, §1; Acts 1991, No. 753, §3, eff. July 18, 1991; Acts 1991, No. 809, §2, eff. July 22, 1991; Acts 1992, No. 245, §1; Acts 1995, No. 1054, §1, eff. Aug. 1, 1995; Acts 1995, No. 1150, §2; Acts 1996, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 7, §2, eff. May 1, 1996; Acts 1997, No. 273, §2; Acts 1997, No. 1116, §2; Acts 1997, No. 1186, §2; Acts 1997, No. 1503, §1; Acts 1999, No. 1148, §1; Acts 2001, No. 1185, §8, eff. July 1, 2001; Acts 2005, No. 428, §§1, 3, eff. July 1, 2005; Acts 2006, No. 307, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2007; Acts 2008, No. 831, §1, eff. July 1, 2008; Acts 2009, No. 409, §3, eff. July 1, 2009; Acts 2010, No. 320, §2, eff. July 1, 2010; Acts 2010, No. 861, §§17, 22; Acts 2012, No. 811, §§11, 17, eff. July 1, 2012; Acts 2013, No. 220, §14, eff. June 11, 2013; Acts 2013, No. 310, §1; Acts 2014, No. 158, §§3 and 7.

NOTE: See Acts 1985, No. 435, §5.

NOTE: SEE ACTS 1990, NO. 2, §§5-11.