2020 Louisiana Laws
Revised Statutes
Title 36 - Organization of the Executive Branch
§801.12. Governing board of the Louisiana Delta Music Museum

RS 801.12 - Governing board of the Louisiana Delta Music Museum

A.(1) The Louisiana Delta Music Museum is hereby placed within the Department of State, subject to the provisions of this Section and Chapter 5-H of Title 25 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950.

(2) The governing board of the Louisiana Delta Music Museum is hereby placed within the Department of State and shall exercise all powers, duties, functions, and responsibilities provided or authorized for it by law which are in the nature of regulation, enforcement, or adjudication. The board shall exercise all advisory powers, duties, and functions provided for it by law. The board shall administer and implement all programs provided or authorized by law for it or for the Louisiana Delta Music Museum. The board shall be responsible for the performance and administration of its day-to-day operations, except that the secretary of the Department of State shall be responsible for those matters which are in the nature of accounting, payroll, budget control, procurement, data processing, and personnel management and shall have the authority to transfer or implement any or all of said functions through the secretary and the department.

B. The board may solicit and accept gifts and donations for the purposes of the Louisiana Delta Music Museum. Any funds so accepted may be expended by the board or by the Department of State as otherwise provided by law.

C.(1) The provisions of R.S. 36:810 and 811 shall be applicable to the museum and its governing board placed within the Department of State by this Section.

(2) No records, books, or papers stored in the museum vault or on museum premises shall be removed or transferred from the museum without the unanimous approval of all of the members of the governing board.

Acts 2001, No. 850, §2; Acts 2020, No. 212, §2, eff. June 11, 2020.

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.

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