Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 36:903

  • 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
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • 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

Wherever any agency transferred hereby is referred to or designated by the constitution or by any law or contract or other document, after the effective date of the transfer such reference or designation shall be deemed to apply to the department to which the transfer is made and/or its secretary.

Acts 1976, No. 513, §1.  Amended by Acts 1977, No. 83, §1, eff. June 22, 1977.