Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 36:907

  • 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
  • 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

All employees heretofore engaged in the performance of duties in each agency transferred in accordance with this Part are hereby transferred to the department to which the employing agency is transferred, to the extent the secretary deems necessary to carry out the functions so transferred and shall, insofar as necessary and practicable, continue to perform the duties heretofore performed, subject to applicable state civil service laws, rules, and regulations.  

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