Louisiana Revised Statutes 36:402 – Officers of the department; compensation for one office only
Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 36:402
- 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
- Deputy secretary: means the officer authorized to be appointed by the secretary to serve as his principal administrative assistant. 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
- person: includes a body of persons, whether incorporated or not. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 1:10
- 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
- Undersecretary: means the officer designated to direct and be responsible for the functions of the office of management and finance of certain departments. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 36:3
A. The officers of the department shall be the secretary, the undersecretary for public safety services, the undersecretary for corrections services, the undersecretary for youth services,* the deputy secretary for public safety services, the deputy secretary for corrections services, the deputy secretary for youth services, and assistant secretaries, each of whom shall be selected and shall perform functions as provided in this Title.
B. No person serving as a secretary, deputy secretary for public safety services, deputy secretary for corrections services, deputy secretary for youth services, undersecretary for public safety services, undersecretary for corrections services, undersecretary for youth services,* or assistant secretary shall receive any additional salary from the state other than that salary which he receives by virtue of serving in any one of such offices. Any statewide elected official appointed to serve as a secretary, deputy secretary for public safety services, deputy secretary for corrections services, deputy secretary for youth services, undersecretary for public safety services, undersecretary for corrections services, undersecretary for youth services,* or assistant secretary shall not receive any additional salary from the state other than that salary which he receives as a statewide elected official.
C. Notwithstanding any provision herein to the contrary, subject to approval of the governor, any person, including any statewide elected official, serving or appointed to serve as a secretary, undersecretary for public safety services, undersecretary for corrections services, undersecretary for youth services,* deputy secretary for public safety services, deputy secretary for corrections services, deputy secretary for youth services, or assistant secretary may receive additional compensation for part-time services rendered as an instructor in postsecondary educational institutions, or as a member of the National Guard.
Acts 1976, No. 513, §1. Amended by Acts 1977, No. 83, §1, eff. June 22, 1977; Acts 1983, No. 97, §4, eff. Feb. 1, 1984; Acts 1984, No. 326, §1, eff. July 2, 1984; Acts 2004, No. 7, §1, eff. May 5, 2004, except see note re §7(B) below.
*NOTE: Acts 2004, No. 7, §7(B) provides that provisions of the Act relative to the office of management and finance for youth services and relative to the office of management and finance for corrections services shall become effective on the effective date of the creation of the office of management and finance for youth services as provided in the approved transition plan as provided in Section 5 of the Act. References in this Section to the office of management and finance for youth services and to the undersecretary for youth services would be subject to this provision.
NOTE: See Acts 2004, No. 7, §§5 and 6 relative to implementation.