2021 Louisiana Laws
Revised Statutes
Title 49 - State Administration
§204. Secretary to the governor
RS 204 - Secretary to the governor
A. The governor may appoint a secretary, who shall be designated as "Secretary to the Governor", and employ two stenographers and one messenger.
The governor may designate the secretary to act as his proxy, with full authority to act in his stead, on any board, commission, or public corporation of which the governor is a member. The secretary may administer oaths and certify to documents of public record of the executive department and may affix the seal of the executive department to such oaths and documents.
B. The seal to be used by the secretary shall bear on it the words: "Executive Department State of Louisiana" around the emblem of the pelican feeding her young, an exact duplicate of that emblem which is used on the state seal.
C. No fee shall be charged by the secretary to the governor for any service performed under the provisions of this Section.
Amended by Acts 1958, No. 284, §1, eff. July 7, 1958.
