2016 Louisiana Laws
Revised Statutes
TITLE 36 - Organization of the Executive Branch
RS 36:509 - Transfer of agencies to Department of Transportation and Development

§509. Transfer of agencies to Department of Transportation and Development

            A. Repealed by Acts 2012, No. 811, §17, eff.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

            B. The Flood Control Project Evaluation Committee (R.S. 38:90.1 et seq.) is placed within the Department of Transportation and Development and shall exercise and perform its powers, duties, functions, and responsibilities as provided by law.

            (1) Repealed by Acts 1985, No. 898, §3.

            (2) Repealed by Acts 1988, No. 91, §3.

            (3) Repealed by Acts 1989, No. 662, §8, eff. July 7, 1989.

            (4) Repealed by Acts 1986, 1st E.S., No. 32, §8.

            (5) Repealed by Acts 2006, No. 761, §2, eff. June 30, 2006.

            C. The Louisiana Professional Engineering and Land Surveying Board (R.S. 37:681 et seq.) is transferred to and hereafter shall be within the Department of Transportation and Development, as provided in R.S. 36:803.

            D. Repealed by Acts 2008, No. 815, §5.

            E. Repealed by Acts 2012, No. 811, §17, eff.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

            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 Transportation and Development and hereafter shall be exercised and performed as provided in Part IV of Chapter 22 of this Title:

            (1) Repealed by Acts 2012, No. 811, §17, eff.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

            (2) The Department of Highways (Article VI, Sections 19, 19.2, 19.3, 19.4, 22(1), and 23 of 1921 Louisiana Constitution, made statutory by Article XIV, Section 16(A)(3) of 1974 Louisiana Constitution and such provisions of Title 48 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950 as apply to the abolished department)

            (3) Department of Public Works (R.S. 38:1 and such provisions of Title 38 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950 as apply to the abolished department)

            (4) The Board of Public Works (R.S. 38:7; 38:16)

            (5) The State Board of Highways (Article VI, Sections 19, 19.2, 19.3, 19.4, 22(1), and 23 of the 1921 Louisiana Constitution, made statutory by Article XIV, Section 16(A)(3) of the 1974 Louisiana Constitution, and such provision of Title 48 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950 as directly relate to said board)

            (6), (7) Repealed by Acts 2010, No. 743,§21, eff. July 1, 2010.

            (8) Louisiana Expressway Authority (R.S. 48:1251 et seq.)

            (9) Larose-Lafitte Toll Road Authority (Act No. 335 of 1964 Regular Session)

            (10) South Central Louisiana Toll Road Authority (Act No. 35 of 1969 Regular Session)

            (11) The Mississippi River Bridge Authority.

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

            H. The Mississippi River Parkway Commission of Louisiana (R.S. 48:101 et seq.) is placed within the Department of Transportation and Development and shall exercise and perform its powers, duties, functions, and responsibilities as provided for agencies transferred in accordance with the provisions of Part III of Chapter 22 of this Title.

            I. Repealed by Acts 1997, No. 1116, §2.

            J. Repealed by Acts 1987, No. 205, §2, eff. July 1, 1987.

            K. The Louisiana Transportation Authority (R.S. 48:2071 et seq.) is placed within the Department of Transportation and Development 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.

            L. The Offshore Terminal Authority (R.S. 34:3101 et seq.) is transferred to and hereafter shall be within the Department of Transportation and Development, as provided by law.

            M. Repealed by Acts 2012, No. 866, §3, eff. Jan. 1, 2013.

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

            O. The Sabine River Authority, state of Louisiana (Article XIV, Section 45 of 1921 Louisiana Constitution, made statutory by Article XIV, Section 16(A)(10) of 1974 Louisiana Constitution; R.S. 38:2321 et seq.) is placed within the Department of Transportation and Development 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. 36:801.1.

            P. Repealed by Acts 2010, No. 1014, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2012.

            Q. The Poverty Point Reservoir District (R.S. 38:3087.1 et seq.) is placed within the Department of Transportation and Development 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. 36:801.1.

            R. Repealed by Acts 2015, No. 401, §2.

            S. The Washington Parish Reservoir District (R.S. 38:3087.191 et seq.) is placed within the Department of Transportation and Development 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. 36:801.1.

            T. Repealed by Acts 2015, No. 401, §4.

            U. The Coastal Port Advisory Authority (R.S. 34:3551 et seq.) shall be placed within the office of multimodal planning, Department of Transportation and Development, and shall perform its duties, functions, and responsibilities in the manner provided by law.

            V. Repealed by Acts 2008, No. 815, §5.

            Acts 1976, No. 513, §1; Acts 1977, No. 83, §1, eff. June 22, 1977; Acts 1979, No. 555, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1980; Acts 1980, No. 327, §2, eff. July 1, 1980; Acts 1980, No. 760, §2; Acts 1981, No. 773, §2; Acts 1983, No. 97, §7, eff. Feb. 1, 1984; Acts 1984, No. 862, §2. Acts 1984, No. 314, §2; Acts 1985, No. 483, §1; Acts 1985, No. 898, §§1, 3; Acts 1986, No. 962, §§2, 3; Acts 1986, No. 872, §1; Acts 1986, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 32, §8; Acts 1987, No. 205, §2, eff. July 1, 1987; Acts 1988, No. 91, §3; Acts 1988, No. 762, §§2, 3, eff. July 15, 1988; Acts 1988, No. 882, §3; Acts 1989, No. 662, §8, eff. July 7, 1989; Acts 1990, No. 272, §1, eff. Sept. 1, 1990; Acts 1991, No. 23, §2; Acts 1991, No. 750, §1; Acts 1992, No. 888, §1, eff. July 8, 1992; Acts 1997, No. 1116, §2; Acts 1998, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 69, §1, eff. May 1, 1998; Acts 2001, No. 437, §1; Acts 2001, No. 1209, §1; Acts 2002, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 163, §1, eff. April 19, 2002; Acts 2003, No. 71, §1, eff. May 28, 2003; Acts 2003, No. 279, §4; Acts 2003, No. 724, §1, eff. June 27, 2003; Acts 2005, No. 40, §1, eff. June 16, 2005; Acts 2005, No. 93, §1, eff. June 21, 2005; Acts 2005, No. 428, §3, eff. July 1, 2005; Acts 2006, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 6, §2; Acts 2006, No. 761, §§1,2 eff. June 30, 2006; Acts 2007, No. 33, §3, eff. June 18, 2007; Acts 2008, No. 815, §5; Acts 2010, No. 743, §§11, 21, eff. July 1, 2010; Acts 2010, No. 861, §17; Acts 2010, No. 1014, §1; Acts 2010, No. 1014, §5, eff. Jan. 1, 2012; Acts 2011, No. 207, §10(B); Acts 2012, No. 811, §§11, 17, eff. July 1, 2012; Acts 2012, No. 866, §§1, 3, eff. Jan. 1, 2013; Acts 2013, No. 180, §2; Acts 2015, No. 401, §§2, 4.