Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 25:372

  • 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.

A.  The Old State Capitol is established as a facility in the city of Baton Rouge under the overall jurisdiction of the Department of State, as more specifically provided in this Chapter and in La. Rev. Stat. 36:919.  

B.  The Old State Capitol shall be a historical, cultural, and educational institution whose primary purpose shall be to collect, preserve, and present, as an educational resource, documents, artifacts, objects of art, and the like, that reflect the politics, history, art, and culture of Louisiana.

C.(1)  The Old State Capitol is dedicated to war veterans of Louisiana and offices for veterans’ organizations and the Department of Veterans’ Affairs shall be provided in the Old State Capitol.  

(2)  The Department of Veterans’ Affairs shall be housed within the Old State Capitol.  In addition to any other space allocated to the Department of Veterans’ Affairs in the Old State Capitol, the basement of the Old State Capitol is hereby dedicated for use as offices for veterans’ organizations and the Department of Veterans’ Affairs.  The secretary shall allocate and provide sufficient office space within the Old State Capitol to each federally chartered veterans’ organization without cost or charge.  

Acts 1990, No. 726, §1.