Louisiana Revised Statutes 36:107 – §107 eff. until an Act of the Louisiana Legislature containing a specific appropriation of monies for the implementation of Act 459 of the 2023 Regular Session becomes effective or July 1, 2024, whichever is l…
Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 36:107
- Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
- Assistant secretary: means the officer designated by law or by the secretary of each department to carry out the duties and functions of an office within certain departments, except an office of management and finance and the office of state police of the Department of Public Safety and Corrections. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 36:3
- Office: means each principal operational unit within a department, except the executive office of the secretary. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 36:3
- Secretary: means the officer appointed by the governor as the executive head and chief administrative officer of certain departments created and provided for by this Title. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 36:3
NOTE: §107 eff. until an Act of the Louisiana Legislature containing a specific appropriation of monies for the implementation of Act 459 of the 2023 Regular Session becomes effective or July 1, 2024, whichever is later. See Acts 2023, No. 459.
A. Each office within the Department of Economic Development, except the office of management and finance and the office of entertainment industry development, shall be under the immediate supervision and direction of an assistant secretary. The assistant secretary of each such office shall be appointed by the governor with the consent of the Senate. Each shall serve at the pleasure of the governor and shall be paid a salary which shall be fixed by the governor, which salary shall not exceed the amount approved for such position by the legislature while in session.
B. Except as otherwise expressly provided in this Title, the duties and functions of each office and its assistant secretary shall be determined by the secretary, and all of such duties and functions shall be exercised under the direct supervision and control of the secretary.
C. Except as otherwise provided in La. Rev. Stat. 36:801, each assistant secretary shall employ, appoint, remove, assign, and promote such personnel as is necessary for the efficient administration of his office and its programs and the performance of its powers, duties, functions, and responsibilities, in accordance with applicable civil service laws, rules, and regulations, and with policies and rules of the department, all subject to budgetary control and applicable laws.
D. Each assistant secretary shall exercise all powers and authority granted to him in this Title subject to the overall direction and control of the secretary.
NOTE: §107 eff. upon an Act of the Louisiana Legislature containing a specific appropriation of monies for the implementation of Act 459 of the 2023 Regular Session becomes effective or July 1, 2024, whichever is later. See Acts 2023, No. 459.
A. Each office within the Department of Economic Development, except the office of management and finance, the office of port development, and the office of entertainment industry development, shall be under the immediate supervision and direction of an assistant secretary. The office of port development shall be under the immediate supervision and direction of a commissioner of port development. The assistant secretary or commissioner of each office shall be appointed by the governor with the consent of the Senate. Each shall serve at the pleasure of the governor and shall be paid a salary which shall be fixed by the governor, which salary shall not exceed the amount approved for the position by the legislature while in session.
B. Except as otherwise expressly provided in this Title, the duties and functions of each office and its assistant secretary or commissioner shall be determined by the secretary, and all of the duties and functions shall be exercised under the direct supervision and control of the secretary.
C. Except as otherwise provided in La. Rev. Stat. 36:801, each assistant secretary or commissioner shall employ, appoint, remove, assign, and promote personnel as is necessary for the efficient administration of his office and its programs and the performance of its powers, duties, functions, and responsibilities, in accordance with applicable civil service laws, rules, and regulations, and with policies and rules of the department, all subject to budgetary control and applicable laws.
D. Each assistant secretary or commissioner shall exercise all powers and authority granted to him in this Title subject to the overall direction and control of the secretary.
Acts 1976, No. 513, §1. Amended by Acts 1977, No. 83, §1, eff. June 22, 1977; Acts 1988, No. 563, §1, eff. July 14, 1988; Acts 2001, No. 8, §11, eff. July 1, 2001; Acts 2001, No. 9, §4, eff. July 1, 2001; Acts 2003, No. 551, §1; Acts 2007, No. 456, §1, eff. July 1, 2007; Acts 2023, No. 459, §1, see Act.
NOTE: See Acts 2007, No. 456, §§3 and 4, relative to the office of entertainment industry development as the successor to the Governor’s Office of Film and Television Development.