2014 Louisiana Laws
Revised Statutes
TITLE 36 - Organization of the Executive Branch
RS 36:744 - Transfer of boards, commissions, and agencies to the Department of State

§744. Transfer of boards, commissions, and agencies to the Department of State

A. Repealed by Acts 2012, No. 811, §17, eff.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

B. For purposes of this Chapter, references in Chapters 22 and 24 of this Title to the "secretary", the "undersecretary" or an "assistant secretary" shall refer to the secretary of state.

C. The State Board of Election Supervisors (R.S. 18:23-18:27) shall be within the Department of State, as provided in R.S. 36:802.

D. The Louisiana Historical Records Advisory Board (Executive Order No. 08-62) is hereby transferred to and hereafter shall be within the Department of State as provided in Part III of Chapter 22 of this Title.

E. The Archives and Records Commission and the Archives and Records Service (R.S. 25:127 and R.S. 44:404 et seq.) are hereby abolished and their powers, duties, functions, and responsibilities are transferred to the secretary of state and hereafter shall be exercised and performed as provided in Part IV of Chapter 22 of this Title.

F. The Advisory Board of the Old State Capitol (R.S. 25:371 et seq.) is placed within the Department of State and shall perform and exercise its powers, duties, functions, and responsibilities in the manner provided for agencies transferred in accordance with the provisions of R.S. 36:919.1.

G. The Old State Capitol Memorial Commission (Act 250 of 1948; Act 233 of 1954; Act 154 of 1965) is hereby abolished and its powers, duties, functions, and responsibilities are transferred to the secretary of state and hereafter shall be exercised and performed as provided in Part IV of Chapter 22 of this Title.

H. The Old State Capitol and the Advisory Board of the Old State Capitol are transferred to and placed within the Department of State as provided in R.S. 25:371 et seq. and R.S. 36:919.1.

I. The Regional Museum Governing Board of the Louisiana State Exhibit Museum (R.S. 25:379 et seq.) is placed within the Department of State and shall perform and exercise its powers, duties, functions, and responsibilities in the manner provided for agencies transferred in accordance with the provisions of R.S. 36:801.6.

J. The Louisiana State Exhibit Museum (R.S. 25:379 et seq.) is transferred to and placed within the Department of State as provided in R.S. 36:801.6.

K. Repealed by Acts 2006, No. 713, §4, eff.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

L. The Louisiana State Cotton Museum (R.S. 25:380 et seq.) is placed within the Department of State as provided in R.S. 36:801.7.

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

N. The Louisiana State Oil and Gas Museum (R.S. 25:380.21 et seq.) is placed within the Department of State as provided in R.S. 36:801.9.

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

P. The Livingston Parish Museum and Cultural Center (R.S. 25:380.41 et seq.) and its governing board are placed within the Department of State as provided in R.S. 36:801.11.

Q. The Eddie G. Robinson Museum Commission (R.S. 25:1241 et seq.) is placed in the Department of State as provided in R.S. 36:919.6.

R. The office of commissioner of elections is merged and consolidated with the office of secretary of state, and the Department of Elections and Registration is merged and consolidated with the Department of State pursuant to the authority of Article IV, Section 20 of the Constitution of Louisiana. In order to accomplish the merger and consolidation of the office of commissioner of elections with the office of secretary of state, the office of commissioner of elections shall be continued, but the office of commissioner of elections is transferred to the Department of State in the manner provided for agencies transferred pursuant to Part II of Chapter 22 of this Title and, for purposes of such transfer, the office of commissioner of elections shall be considered a transferred agency as provided in Part II of Chapter 22. However, the commissioner of elections shall be an agent for service of process as provided in R.S. 18:44(B)(7). To accomplish the merger and consolidation of the Department of Elections and Registration with the Department of State, the Department of Elections and Registration and its powers, duties, functions, and responsibilities are transferred to the Department of State as provided in Part II of Chapter 22 of this Title.

S. The Louisiana Delta Music Museum (R.S. 25:380.51 et seq.) and its governing board are placed within the Department of State as provided in R.S. 36:801.12.

T. The Louisiana Military Museum and its governing board (R.S. 25:380.61 et seq.) are placed within the Department of State as provided in R.S. 36:801.13.

U. The Jean Lafitte Marine Fisheries Museum and its governing board (R.S. 25:380.71 et seq.) are placed within the Department of State as provided in R.S. 36:801.14.

V. The Tioga Heritage Park and Museum (R.S. 25:380.81 et seq.) and its governing board are placed within the Department of State as provided in R.S. 36:801.15.

W. The Mansfield Female College Museum (R.S. 25:380.91 et seq.) and its governing board are placed within the Department of State as provided in R.S. 36:801.16.

X. The Shreveport Water Works Museum (R.S. 25:380.101 et seq.) and its governing board are placed within the Department of State as provided in R.S. 36:801.17.

Y. The Chennault Aviation and Military Museum of Louisiana (R.S. 25:380.111 et seq.) and its governing board are placed within the Department of State as provided in R.S. 36:801.18.

Z. The Spring Street Historical Museum (R.S. 25:380.121 et seq.) and its governing board are placed within the Department of State as provided in R.S. 36:801.19.

AA. The Louisiana Military Hall of Fame and Museum (R.S. 25:380.131 et seq.) and its governing board are placed within the Department of State as provided in R.S. 36:801.20.

BB. The Germantown Colony Museum (R.S. 25:380.151 et seq.) and its governing board are placed within the Department of State as provided in R.S. 36:801.22.

CC. The Schepis Museum (R.S. 25:380.161 et seq.) and its advisory board are placed within the Department of State as provided in R.S. 36:801.23.

Acts 1977, No. 83, §1, eff. June 22, 1977; Acts 1980, No. 564, §2, eff. July 23, 1980; Acts 1982, No. 778, §2, eff. Aug. 4, 1982; Acts 1984, No. 917, §2; Acts 1988, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 2, §1, eff. Mar. 28, 1988; Acts 1989, No. 45, §3; Acts 1989, No. 46, §1; Acts 1989, No. 662, §8, eff. July 7, 1989; Acts 1990, No. 726, §2; Acts 1991, No. 9, §2, eff. June 6, 1991; Acts 1991, No. 1053, §1, eff. July 29, 1991; Acts 1992, No. 152, §1, eff. June 5, 1992; Acts 1993, No. 507, §1, eff. July 1, 1993; Acts 1997, No. 1091, §2; Acts 1999, No. 241, §2, eff. upon effective date of appropriation of funds; Acts 1999, No. 555, §2, eff. upon effective date of appropriation of funds; Acts 1999, No. 1368, §2; Acts 2001, No. 130, §2; Acts 2001, No. 451, §2, eff. Jan. 12, 2004; Acts 2001, No. 850, §2; Acts 2001, No. 1111, §3; Acts 2003, No. 586, §2, eff. upon appropriation of funds; Acts 2003, No. 592, §2, eff. upon appropriation of funds; Acts 2003, No. 786, §§2 and 4; Acts 2004, No. 229, §2; Acts 2004, No. 545, §2, eff. June 25, 2004; Acts 2005, No. 336, §2; Acts 2006, No. 417, §2, eff. June 15, 2006; Acts 2006, No. 614, §2; Acts 2006, No. 713, §4, eff. July 1, 2006; Acts 2007, No. 324, §2; Acts 2008, No. 327, §2; Acts 2008, No. 783, §2, eff. July 1, 2008; Acts 2008, No. 847, §2, eff. July 1, 2008; Acts 2009, No. 249, §2, eff. upon appropriation of funds; Acts 2010, No. 861, §17; Acts 2010, No. 890, §2, eff. July 2, 2010; Acts 2012, No. 811, §§11, 17, eff. July 1, 2012; Acts 2013, No. 12, §1, eff. May 23, 2013.

NOTE: See Acts 1999, No. 241, §§3 & 4 relative to conditions for transfer of Garyville Timbermill Museum to Dept. of State, termination of authority for transfer, and effectiveness of transfer.

NOTE: See Acts 2001, No. 451, §7, relative to the merger of the Dept. of Elections and Registration with the Dept. of State.

NOTE: See Acts 2001, No. 130, §3, relative to change of name of the Caddo Pine Island Oil and Historical Museum to the La. State Oil and Gas Museum.

NOTE: See Acts 2001, No. 850, §3, relative to conditions for action under the Act which creates the La. Delta Music Museum and for voiding the Act.

NOTE: See Acts 2003, No. 586, §3 relative to effectiveness of Act upon appropriation of funds.

NOTE: See Acts 2003, No. 592, §§3 and 4 relative to conditions for transfer of Mansfield Female College Museum to Dept. of State, termination of authority for transfer, and effectiveness of transfer.

NOTE: See Acts 2004, No. 229, §3(B), relative to Act having no effect on Acts 2003, No. 592, §§3 and 4 (see above note).

NOTE: See Acts 2004, No. 229, §3(A) relative to change of name of museum to Mansfield Female College Museum.

NOTE: See Acts 2004, No. 545, §3 relative to conditions for action to be taken under Act and termination of effectiveness of Act.

NOTE: See Acts 2005, No. 336, §3, relative to requirements for transfer to Dept. of State and effectiveness of Act if transfer is not made within four years.

NOTE: See Acts 2006, No. 417, §3, relative to Spring Street Historical Museum and effectiveness of Act and restriction on action pursuant to the Act.

NOTE: See Acts 2008, No. 783, §3, eff. July 1, 2008, relative to renaming the Aviation and Military Museum of La., Inc., as the Chennault Aviation and Military Museum of Louisiana.

NOTE: See Acts 2008, No. 847, §3, eff. July 1, 2008, relative to effectiveness of Act and restrictions on action pursuant to the Act.

NOTE: See Acts 2009, No. 249, §§3 and 4, eff. upon appropriation of funds, relative to effectiveness of Act and restrictions on actions pursuant to the Act.

NOTE: See Acts 2012, No. 811, §19, relative to legislative intent that Act No. 811 supersede Acts 2012, No. 122, which recreated the Dept. of State and statutory entities in the department, and provides that Act No. 122 shall not have the effect of continuing any statutory authority repealed by Act No. 811.