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TITLE 36 - Organization of the Executive Branch
- RS 36:1 - TITLE 36 ORGANIZATION OF
- RS 36:2 - Declaration of policy, purposes, and intent
- RS 36:3 - Definitions
- RS 36:4 - Structure of executive branch of state government
- RS 36:4.1 - Agencies transferred from the Department of Economic Development to the office of the governor; agencies placed within the office of the governor
- RS 36:5 - Departmental officers; unclassified service
- RS 36:6 - Appointments to public office; reporting requirements
- RS 36:7 - Multi-member entities within the executive branch; reporting requirements
- RS 36:8 - Fiscal oversight and program evaluation
- RS 36:8.1 - Litigation oversight; reports to the legislature
- RS 36:8.2 - Internal auditing function
- RS 36:9 - Designation of certain organizational units; uniform terminology
- RS 36:10 - Statewide elected officials; salary
- RS 36:21 - Public funding for abortion providers; prohibition
- RS 36:51 - DEPARTMENT OF STATE CIVIL SERVICE
- RS 36:52 - State Civil Service Commission; transfer; powers
- RS 36:53 - Transfer of boards, commissions, departments, and agencies to Department of State Civil Service
- RS 36:54 - Director of state civil service; certain powers, duties, and functions
- RS 36:101 - Department of Economic Development; creation; domicile; composition; purposes and functions
- RS 36:102 - Officers of the department; compensation for one office only
- RS 36:103 - Secretary of economic development
- RS 36:104 - Powers and duties of the secretary of economic development
- RS 36:104.1 - Fee for independent certified public accountant or tax attorney verification reports required for certain Department of Economic Development programs
- RS 36:105 - Deputy secretary
- RS 36:106 - Undersecretary; functions; office of management and finance
- RS 36:107 - Assistant secretaries
- RS 36:108 - Offices; purposes and functions
- RS 36:109 - Transfer of boards, commissions, departments, and agencies to Department of Economic Development
- RS 36:151 - Department of Elderly Affairs; creation; domicile; composition; purposes and functions
- RS 36:152 - Officers of the department; compensation for one office only
- RS 36:153 - Secretary of elderly affairs
- RS 36:154 - Powers and duties of secretary of elderly affairs
- RS 36:155 - Deputy secretary
- RS 36:156 - Undersecretary; functions; office of management and finance
- RS 36:157 - Transfer of agencies or their powers to Department of Elderly Affairs
- RS 36:201 - Department of Culture, Recreation and Tourism; creation; domicile; composition; purposes and functions
- RS 36:202 - Officers of the department; compensation for one office only
- RS 36:203 - Secretary of culture, recreation and tourism
- RS 36:204 - Powers and duties of secretary of culture, recreation and tourism
- RS 36:205 - Deputy secretary
- RS 36:206 - Undersecretary; functions; office of management and finance
- RS 36:207 - Assistant secretaries
- RS 36:208 - Offices; purposes and functions
- RS 36:209 - Transfer of boards, commissions, departments, and agencies to Department of Culture, Recreation and Tourism
- RS 36:231 - Department of Environmental Quality; creation; domicile; composition; purposes and functions
- RS 36:232 - Officers of the department; compensation for one office only
- RS 36:233 - Secretary of environmental quality
- RS 36:234 - Powers and duties of secretary of environmental quality
- RS 36:235 - Deputy secretary
- RS 36:236 - Undersecretary; functions; office of management and finance
- RS 36:237 - Assistant secretaries
- RS 36:238 - Offices; purposes and functions
- RS 36:239 - Transfer of agencies and functions to Department of Environmental Quality
- RS 36:251 - Louisiana Department of Health; creation; domicile; composition; purpose and functions
- RS 36:252 - Officers of the department; compensation for one office only
- RS 36:253 - Secretary of health and hospitals
- RS 36:254 - Powers and duties of the secretary of the Louisiana Department of Health
- RS 36:254.1 - Power of the secretary of the Louisiana Department of Health to issue tax-exempt or taxable debt relative to the Drinking Water Revolving Loan Fund
- RS 36:254.2 - Hot Wells Rehabilitation Center
- RS 36:254.3 - Criminal history information; access to federal tax information
- RS 36:255 - Deputy secretary
- RS 36:256 - Undersecretary; functions; office of management and finance
- RS 36:257 - Assistant secretaries
- RS 36:258 - Offices; purposes and functions
- RS 36:259 - Transfer of agencies and functions to Louisiana Department of Health
- RS 36:301 - Louisiana Workforce Commission; creation; domicile; composition; purposes and functions
- RS 36:302 - Officers of the commission; compensation for one office only
- RS 36:303 - Executive director
- RS 36:304 - Powers and duties of executive director
- RS 36:305 - Deputy executive director
- RS 36:306 - Chief financial officer; functions; office of management and finance
- RS 36:307 - Directors
- RS 36:308 - Offices; purposes and functions
- RS 36:309 - Transfer of agencies to Louisiana Workforce Commission
- RS 36:310 - Administrative Code
- RS 36:311 - Repealed by Acts 2008, No. 743, §5, eff. July 1, 2008.
- RS 36:312 - Repealed by Acts 2008, No. 743, §5, eff. July 1, 2008.
- RS 36:313 - Audit and security division; employee investigations
- RS 36:351 - Department of Natural Resources; creation, domicile; composition; purposes and functions
- RS 36:352 - Officers of the department; compensation for one office only
- RS 36:353 - Secretary of natural resources
- RS 36:354 - Powers and duties of secretary of natural resources
- RS 36:355 - Deputy secretary
- RS 36:356 - Undersecretary; functions; office of management and finance
- RS 36:357 - Assistant secretaries
- RS 36:358 - Offices; purposes and functions
- RS 36:358.1 - Agricultural studies
- RS 36:359 - Transfer of agencies and functions to Department of Natural Resources
- RS 36:401 - Department of Public Safety and Corrections; public safety services; corrections services; youth services; creation; domicile; composition; purposes and functions
- RS 36:402 - Officers of the department; compensation for one office only
- RS 36:403 - Secretary of public safety and corrections
- RS 36:404 - Powers and duties of secretary of public safety and corrections
- RS 36:405 - Deputy secretaries for public safety services, corrections services, and youth services
- RS 36:406 - Undersecretaries; functions; offices of management and finance
- RS 36:407 - Assistant secretaries
- RS 36:408 - Offices; purposes and functions
- RS 36:409 - Transfer of agencies to Department of Public Safety and Corrections
- RS 36:451 - Department of Revenue; creation; domicile; composition; purposes and functions
- RS 36:452 - Officers of the department; compensation for one office only
- RS 36:453 - Secretary of revenue
- RS 36:454 - Powers and duties of secretary of revenue
- RS 36:455 - Deputy secretary
- RS 36:456 - Undersecretary; functions; office of management and finance
- RS 36:457 - Assistant secretaries
- RS 36:458 - Offices; purposes and functions
- RS 36:459 - Transfer of agencies or their powers to Department of Revenue
- RS 36:471 - Department of Children and Family Services; creation; domicile; composition; purpose and functions
- RS 36:472 - Officers of the department; compensation for one office only
- RS 36:473 - Secretary of children and family services
- RS 36:474 - Powers and duties of the secretary of the Department of Children and Family Services
- RS 36:475 - Deputy secretary
- RS 36:475.1 - Undersecretary; functions; division of management and finance
- RS 36:476 - Assistant secretaries
- RS 36:477 - Offices; purposes and functions
- RS 36:478 - Transfer of agencies and functions to Department of Children and Family Services
- RS 36:501 - Department of Transportation and Development; creation; domicile; composition; purposes and functions
- RS 36:502 - Officers of the department; compensation for one office only
- RS 36:503 - Secretary of transportation and development
- RS 36:504 - Powers and duties of secretary of transportation and development
- RS 36:505 - Deputy secretary
- RS 36:506 - Undersecretary; functions; office of management and finance
- RS 36:507 - Department; purposes and functions
- RS 36:508 - Office of engineering; functions; chief engineer; powers and duties
- RS 36:508.1 - Office of multimodal planning; functions; assistant secretary; powers and duties
- RS 36:508.2 - Office of operations; functions; assistant secretary, powers and duties
- RS 36:508.3 - Office of multimodal commerce; functions; commissioner; deputy commissioner; powers and duties
- RS 36:508.4 - Multimodal Commerce Advisory Commission
- RS 36:509 - Transfer of agencies to Department of Transportation and Development
- RS 36:510 - [Blank]
- RS 36:511 - Contract and purchasing laws applicable to agencies within the department
- RS 36:551 - DEPARTMENT OF URBAN AND
- RS 36:601 - Wildlife and fisheries commission
- RS 36:602 - Department of Wildlife and Fisheries; creation; domicile; composition; purposes and functions
- RS 36:603 - Officers of the department; compensation for one office only
- RS 36:604 - Secretary of wildlife and fisheries
- RS 36:605 - Powers and duties of the secretary of wildlife and fisheries
- RS 36:606 - Deputy secretary
- RS 36:607 - Undersecretary; functions; office of management and finance
- RS 36:608 - Assistant secretaries
- RS 36:609 - Offices; purposes and functions
- RS 36:610 - Transfer of agencies and functions to Department of Wildlife and Fisheries
- RS 36:621 - Department of Agriculture and Forestry; creation; domicile; composition; purposes and functions
- RS 36:622 - Officers of the department; compensation for one office only
- RS 36:623 - Commissioner of agriculture and forestry
- RS 36:624 - Powers and duties of commissioner of agriculture and forestry
- RS 36:625 - Deputy commissioner
- RS 36:626 - Assistant commissioner for management and finance; functions; office of management and finance
- RS 36:626.1 - Confidential assistant to the commissioner
- RS 36:627 - Assistant commissioners
- RS 36:628 - Offices; purposes and functions
- RS 36:629 - Transfer of boards, commissions, departments, and agencies to the Department of Agriculture and Forestry
- RS 36:641 - DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
- RS 36:642 - Department of Education; creation; domicile; composition; purposes and functions
- RS 36:643 - Officers of the department; compensation for one office only
- RS 36:644 - State superintendent of education
- RS 36:645 - Powers and duties of state superintendent of education
- RS 36:646 - Deputy state superintendent
- RS 36:647 - Repealed by Acts 2011, No. 302, §3, eff. June 28, 2011.
- RS 36:648 - Deputy superintendents
- RS 36:648.1 - Special School District; administration
- RS 36:649 - Offices; purposes and functions relating to elementary and secondary education
- RS 36:650 - Office of student financial assistance; purposes and functions
- RS 36:651 - Transfer of boards, commissions, departments, and agencies to Department of Education; boards, commissions, and agencies within Department of Education
- RS 36:661 - Repealed by Acts 2001, No. 451, §5, eff. Jan. 12, 2004.
- RS 36:662 - Repealed by Acts 2001, No. 451, §5, eff. Jan. 12, 2004.
- RS 36:663 - Repealed by Acts 2001, No. 451, §5, eff. Jan. 12, 2004.
- RS 36:681 - Department of Insurance; creation; domicile; purposes and functions
- RS 36:682 - Commissioner of insurance; powers and duties
- RS 36:683 - Chief deputy commissioner
- RS 36:684 - Deputy commissioner for management and finance; functions; office of management and finance
- RS 36:685 - Implementation of reorganization of Department of Insurance
- RS 36:686 - Transfer of agencies to the Department of Insurance
- RS 36:687 - Deputy commissioner for consumer services; functions; division of consumer services
- RS 36:688 - Deputy commissioner for property and casualty; functions; office of property and casualty
- RS 36:689 - Division of legal services; functions
- RS 36:690 - Division of public affairs; functions
- RS 36:691 - Repealed by Acts 2013, No. 217, §3.
- RS 36:691.1 - Division of insurance fraud
- RS 36:692 - Office of licensing ; functions
- RS 36:693 - Office of financial solvency; functions
- RS 36:694 - Office of health, life, and annuity; functions
- RS 36:695 - Actuary
- RS 36:696 - Deputy commissioner for consumer advocacy and diversity; functions; office of consumer advocacy and diversity
- RS 36:701 - DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
- RS 36:701.1 - Criminal history information; access to federal tax information
- RS 36:702 - Powers and duties of attorney general
- RS 36:703 - Chief deputy attorney general
- RS 36:704 - Divisions of the department; functions
- RS 36:705 - Repealed by Acts 1992, No. 866, 2.
- RS 36:706 - Transfer of boards, commissions, and agencies to Department of Justice
- RS 36:721 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SERVICE
- RS 36:722 - Powers and duties of Public Service Commission
- RS 36:723 - Executive secretary
- RS 36:724 - Repealed by Acts 1978, No. 349, 2
- RS 36:725 - Transfer of Public Service Commission
- RS 36:741 - Department of State; creation; domicile; purposes and functions
- RS 36:742 - Powers and duties of secretary of state
- RS 36:742.1 - Repealed by Acts 2003, No. 1220, §4, eff. Jan. 1, 2004.
- RS 36:743 - Deputy secretary
- RS 36:744 - Transfer of boards, commissions, and agencies to the Department of State
- RS 36:745 - Office of the Uniform Commercial Code; deputy secretary
- RS 36:746 - Office of GeauxBiz
- RS 36:761 - DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
- RS 36:762 - Officers of the department; compensation for one office only
- RS 36:763 - State treasurer
- RS 36:764 - Powers and duties of state treasurer
- RS 36:765 - Deputy state treasurer
- RS 36:766 - Deputy state treasurer for management and finance; functions; office of management and finance
- RS 36:767 - Assistant state treasurers
- RS 36:768 - Offices; purposes and functions
- RS 36:769 - Transfer of boards, commissions, departments, and agencies to Department of the Treasury
- RS 36:781 - Department of Veterans Affairs, state of Louisiana; creation; domicile; composition; purposes and functions
- RS 36:782 - Officers of the department; compensation for one office only
- RS 36:783 - Secretary
- RS 36:784 - Powers and duties of the secretary
- RS 36:785 - Deputy secretary
- RS 36:786 - Undersecretary; functions; office of management and finance
- RS 36:787 - Transfer of boards, commissions, departments, and agencies to the Department of Veterans Affairs
- RS 36:801 - Transfer; retention of functions
- RS 36:801.1 - Transfer; retention of all functions
- RS 36:801.2 - Transfer; Board of Elementary and Secondary Education
- RS 36:801.3 - Transfer; retirement boards
- RS 36:801.4 - Repealed
- RS 36:801.5 - Transfer; Advisory Commission on Proprietary Schools; Louisiana Health Works Commission; Nursing Supply and Demand Council; Simulation Medical Training and Education Council for Louisiana
- RS 36:801.6 - Transfer; Regional Museum Governing Board of the Louisiana State Exhibit Museum
- RS 36:801.7 - Governing board of Louisiana State Cotton Museum
- RS 36:801.8 - Governing board of Edward Douglass White Historic Site
- RS 36:801.9 - Governing board of the Louisiana State Oil and Gas Museum
- RS 36:801.10 - Repealed by Acts 2013, No. 12, §1, eff. May 23, 2013.
- RS 36:801.11 - Repealed by Acts 2017, No. 112, §2, eff. June 12, 2017.
- RS 36:801.12 - Governing board of the Louisiana Delta Music Museum
- RS 36:801.13 - Repealed by Acts 2017, No. 112, §3, eff. June 12, 2017.
- RS 36:801.14 - Repealed
- RS 36:801.15 - Governing board of the Tioga Heritage Park and Museum
- RS 36:801.16 - Governing board of the Mansfield Female College Museum
- RS 36:801.17 - Repealed by Acts 2017, No. 112, §5, eff. June 12, 2017.
- RS 36:801.18 - Repealed by Acts 2015, No. 401, §3(C).
- RS 36:801.19 - Repealed by Acts 2017, No. 112, §6, eff. June 12, 2017.
- RS 36:801.20 - Governing board of the Louisiana Military Hall of Fame and Museum
- RS 36:801.21 - Repealed by Acts 2010, No. 890, §2, eff. July 2, 2010.
- RS 36:801.22 - Governing board of the Germantown Colony Museum
- RS 36:801.23 - Repealed
- RS 36:802 - Transfer; retention of policymaking and rulemaking functions
- RS 36:802.1 - Transfer; retention of funds
- RS 36:802.2 - Transfer; Louisiana Sweet Potato Advertising and Development Commission
- RS 36:802.3 - Transfer; certain appointing authority retained
- RS 36:802.4 - Repealed by Acts 2012, No. 811, §17, eff. July 1, 2012.
- RS 36:802.5 - Repealed by Acts 2013, No. 228, §3, eff. July 1, 2013.
- RS 36:802.6 - Transfer; certain appointive authority retained
- RS 36:802.7 - Transfer, certain appointive authority retained
- RS 36:802.8 - Repealed by Acts 2012, No. 811, §17, eff. July 1, 2012.
- RS 36:802.9 - Repealed by Acts 2017, No. 237, §3.
- RS 36:802.10 - Transfer; Forestry Commission
- RS 36:802.11 - Repealed by Acts 2010, No. 861, §22.
- RS 36:802.12 - Transfer; State Soil and Water Conservation Committee
- RS 36:802.13 - Repealed by Acts 2006, No. 713, §4, eff. July 1, 2006.
- RS 36:802.14 - Transfer; Volunteer Louisiana Commission
- RS 36:802.15 - Transfer; certain appointive authority retained
- RS 36:802.16 - Transfer; Louisiana Health Care Commission
- RS 36:802.17 - Repealed
- RS 36:802.18 - Transfer; Water Resources Commission
- RS 36:802.19 - Transfer; Louisiana Byways Commission; certain appointing authority
- RS 36:802.20 - Repealed by Acts 2006, No. 713, §4, eff. July 1, 2006.
- RS 36:802.21 - Transfer; Board of Directors of the Louisiana Automobile Theft and Insurance Fraud Prevention Authority
- RS 36:802.22 - Repealed
- RS 36:802.23 - Repealed
- RS 36:802.24 - Repealed
- RS 36:803 - Transfer; licensing agencies
- RS 36:803.1 - Transfer; certain appointing authority retained
- RS 36:804 - Repealed
- RS 36:805 - Repealed by Acts 2009, No. 438, §15(B).
- RS 36:806 - Transfer; Department of Conservation
- RS 36:807 - Transfer; State Mineral and Energy Board
- RS 36:808 - Repealed by Acts 1978, No. 444, 2.
- RS 36:809 - Board of Ethics
- RS 36:810 - Transfer of property and employees
- RS 36:811 - Protection of obligations; etc.
- RS 36:851 - Transfer; merger and consolidation of functions
- RS 36:851.1 - Transfer; Museums of Local Interest and the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame
- RS 36:852 - Unfinished business
- RS 36:853 - References in laws and documents
- RS 36:854 - Legal proceedings and documents continued
- RS 36:855 - Protection of obligations, etc.
- RS 36:856 - Transfer of property
- RS 36:857 - Transfer of employees
- RS 36:901 - Transfer; merger and consolidation of functions; advisory agency
- RS 36:902 - Unfinished business
- RS 36:903 - References in laws and documents
- RS 36:904 - Legal proceedings and documents continued
- RS 36:905 - Protection of obligations, etc.
- RS 36:906 - Transfer of property
- RS 36:907 - Transfer of employees
- RS 36:908 - Transfer; Board of Commerce and Industry
- RS 36:909 - Transfer; Board of Directors of Louisiana State Museum
- RS 36:910 - Transfer; board of commissioners of the State Library of Louisiana
- RS 36:911 - Transfer; Louisiana State Arts Council
- RS 36:912 - Transfer; Louisiana Tourism Development Commission
- RS 36:913 - Transfer; certain appointing authority retained
- RS 36:914 - Transfer; advisory to appropriate department officers and agencies
- RS 36:915 - Transfer; advisory to other officers
- RS 36:916 - Repealed by Acts 2005, No. 428, §3, eff. July 1, 2005.
- RS 36:917 - Transfer, Latino Commission
- RS 36:918 - Transfer, Lake Fausse Point, Lake Dauterive, and Grande Avoille Cove Advisory Board
- RS 36:919 - Transfer; specific appointing authority retained
- RS 36:919.1 - Transfer; Advisory Board of the Old State Capitol
- RS 36:919.2 - Transfer; Clinical Laboratory Personnel Committee to the Louisiana State Board of Medical Examiners
- RS 36:919.3 - Transfer; Louisiana Life Safety and Property Protection Advisory Board
- RS 36:919.4 - Transfer; Louisiana Emergency Medical Services Certification Commission
- RS 36:919.5 - Repealed by Acts 2006, No. 713, §4, eff. July 1, 2006.
- RS 36:919.6 - Transfer; Eddie G. Robinson Museum Commission
- RS 36:919.7 - Repealed by Acts 2010, No. 743, §13, eff. July 1, 2010.
- RS 36:919.8 - Repealed by Acts 2008, No. 815, §5.
- RS 36:919.9 - Transfer; Louisiana Civil Rights Museum Advisory Board
- RS 36:919.10 - Repealed by Acts 2013, No. 184, §10.
- RS 36:921 - Transfer, merger and consolidation of functions
- RS 36:922 - Unfinished business
- RS 36:923 - References in laws and documents
- RS 36:924 - Legal proceedings and documents continued
- RS 36:925 - Protection of obligations, etc.
- RS 36:926 - Transfer of property
- RS 36:927 - Transfer of employees
- RS 36:931 - JOINT LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE ON
- RS 36:932 - Organizational meeting; officers
- RS 36:933 - Studies
- RS 36:934 - Recommendations
- RS 36:935 - Committee authority generally; staff services; state agency assistance
- RS 36:936 - Per diem; expenditures
- RS 36:937 - Committee dissolution
- RS 36:951 - IMPLEMENTATION OF REORGANIZATION
- RS 36:952 - Transferred or abolished agencies; information to be furnished; cooperation
- RS 36:953 - Transition plan for reorganization
- RS 36:954 - Transfer dates
- RS 36:955 - Effective date; budget and appropriations
- RS 36:956 - Statement of purpose
- RS 36:957 - Effective date of certain transfers and abolitions; continued merger and consolidation within departments
- RS 36:958 - Studies by committee, reports by committee, commissioner of administration, recommendations
- RS 36:959 - Information to be furnished to legislature
- RS 36:959.1 - Repealed by Acts 1995, No. 1262, 1.
- RS 36:959.2 - Repealed by Acts 1995, No. 1262, 1.
- RS 36:960 - DISTRIBUTION OF POWERS
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