Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 39:15.1

  • Agency: means any state office, department, board, commission, institution, division, officer or other person, or functional group, heretofore existing or hereafter created, that is authorized to exercise, or that does exercise, any functions of the government of the state in the executive branch, but not any governing body or officer of any local government or subdivision of the state, or any parochial officer who exercises functions coterminous with the municipality in which he performs those functions. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 39:2

The office of technology services shall have authority over all information technology systems and services for agencies in the executive branch of state government, except for any agency of a statewide elected official.  The office shall have no authority over the legislative or judicial branches of state government or agencies thereof.  However, nothing provided in this Subpart shall apply to the public postsecondary management boards or the Board of Regents as provided in La. Const. Art. VIII of Louisiana.

Acts 2001, No. 772, §1, eff. July 1, 2001; Acts 2014, No. 712, §2, eff. July 1, 2014.