§ 36:401 Department of Public Safety and Corrections; public safety services; corrections services; youth services; creation; domicile; composition; purposes and functions
§ 36:402 Officers of the department; compensation for one office only
§ 36:403 Secretary of public safety and corrections
§ 36:404 A. In addition to the functions, powers, and duties otherwise vested in the secretary by law, he shall:
§ 36:405 Deputy secretaries for public safety services, corrections services, and youth services
§ 36:406 Undersecretaries; functions; offices of management and finance
§ 36:407 Assistant secretaries
§ 36:408 A. The purposes for which the offices of the Department of Public Safety and Corrections are created shall be as set forth in this Section.
§ 36:409 A. The following agencies are placed within the Department of Public Safety and Corrections and shall exercise and perform their powers, duties, functions, and responsibilities as pr

Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes > Title 36 > Chapter 9 - Department of Public Safety and Corrections

  • Agency: means and includes the boards, commissions, departments, agencies, offices, officers, and other instrumentalities, or any or all of these, within the executive branch of state government which are abolished by this Title or which are transferred and placed within departments of the state government created and established or continued by this Title or transferred to and placed within the office of the governor as provided by this Title. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 36:3
  • Arrest: Taking physical custody of a person by lawful authority.
  • Bicycle: means every device upon which any person or persons, if the design accommodates passengers, may ride, propelled exclusively by human power, or an electric-assisted bicycle as defined in this Section, having a saddle or seat for each rider, and having two tandem wheels, either of which is sixteen inches or more in diameter, or three wheels, any one of which is twenty inches or more in diameter. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 32:1
  • Bicycle lane: means the part of the roadway adjacent to the travel lane, designated by official signs or markings for the preferential or exclusive use by bicycles and electric mobility aid users. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 32:1
  • Commissioner: means the commissioner of insurance. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 22:1762
  • Commissioner: means the commissioner of insurance. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 22:1781.1
  • Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
  • Customer: means a person who purchases portable electronics or services. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 22:1781.1
  • Department: means the Department of Insurance. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 22:1781.1
  • Ex officio: Literally, by virtue of one's office.
  • Fiduciary: A trustee, executor, or administrator.
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). Source: OCC
  • Length: means the total longitudinal dimension of a single vehicle, a trailer, or a semi-trailer. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 32:1
  • Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
  • Limited licensee: means a person or entity authorized to sell certain coverages relating to the rental of vehicles pursuant to the provisions of this Part. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 22:1762
  • Location: means any physical location in the state of Louisiana or any website, call center site, or similar location directed to residents of the state of Louisiana. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 22:1781.1
  • Motor vehicle: means every vehicle which is self-propelled, and every vehicle which is propelled by electric power obtained from overhead trolley wires, but not operated upon rails, but excluding a motorized bicycle and an electric-assisted bicycle. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 32:1
  • Multiple-lane highway: means any highway with two or more clearly marked lanes for traffic in each direction. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 32:1
  • Operator: means every person, other than a chauffeur, who drives or is in actual physical control of a motor vehicle upon a highway or who is exercising control over or steering a vehicle being towed by a motor vehicle. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 32:1
  • Portable electronics: means electronic devices that are portable in nature, their accessories, and services related to the use of the device. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 22:1781.1
  • Portable electronics insurance: means insurance providing coverage for the repairs or replacement of portable electronics which may provide coverage for portable electronics against any one or more of the following causes of loss: loss, theft, inoperability due to mechanical failure, malfunction, damage, or other similar causes of loss. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 22:1781.1
  • Presiding officer: A majority-party Senator who presides over the Senate and is charged with maintaining order and decorum, recognizing Members to speak, and interpreting the Senate's rules, practices and precedents.
  • Private road or driveway: means every way or place in private ownership and used for vehicular travel by the owner and those having express or implied permission from the owner, but not by other persons. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 32:1
  • Probation: A sentencing alternative to imprisonment in which the court releases convicted defendants under supervision as long as certain conditions are observed.
  • Railroad: means a carrier of persons or property upon cars, other than streetcars, operated upon stationary rails. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 32:1
  • Rental agreement: means any written agreement setting forth the terms and conditions governing the use of a vehicle provided by the rental company for rental or lease. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 22:1762
  • Rental company: means any person or entity in the business of providing primarily private passenger vehicles to the public under a rental agreement for a period not to exceed ninety days. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 22:1762
  • Rental period: means the term of the rental agreement. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 22:1762
  • rental vehicle: means a motor vehicle of the private passenger type including passenger vans, minivans, and sport utility vehicles, and of the cargo type including but not limited to cargo vans, pickup trucks and trucks with a gross vehicle weight of less than twenty-six thousand pounds and which do not require the operator to possess a commercial driver's license. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 22:1762
  • Renter: means any person obtaining the use of a vehicle from a rental company under the terms of a rental agreement for a period not to exceed ninety days. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 22:1762
  • Rotary traffic island: means any circular area of ground, surrounded by a highway or roadway which is designed to prevent the crossing of traffic on four or more otherwise intersecting highways, in order to require all traffic approaching it to proceed for some distance around a portion of the island before entering one of the intersecting highways and to prevent left hand turns onto such otherwise intersecting highways. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 32:1
  • Shoulder: means the portion of the highway contiguous with the roadway for accommodation of stopped vehicles, for emergency use, pedestrian use, mobility aid use, bicycle use, and for lateral support of base and surface. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 32:1
  • Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
  • Street: means the entire width between the boundary lines of every way or place of whatever nature publicly maintained and open to the use of the public for the purpose of vehicular travel, including bridges, causeways, tunnels, and ferries; synonymous with the word "highway". See Louisiana Revised Statutes 32:1
  • Vendor: means a person in the business of engaging in portable electronics transactions directly or indirectly. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 22:1781.1
  • Width: means the total outside transverse dimension of a vehicle including any load or load holding devices thereon but excluding approved safety devices and tire bulge due to load. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 32:1