§ 36:409 — Transfer of agencies to Department of Public Safety and Corrections

Louisiana § 36:409

• Jurisdiction: Louisiana
• Title 36: Organization of the Executive Branch of State Government

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§409. Transfer of agencies to Department of Public Safety and Corrections
A. The following agencies are placed within the Department of Public Safety and
Corrections and shall exercise and perform their powers, duties, functions, and
responsibilities as provided by law:
(1) Reentry Advisory Council (R.S. 15:1199.4).
(2) Task force to develop and implement an electronic media system for lien
recordation and motor vehicle title information (R.S. 32:707.2).
(3) Repealed by Acts 2025, No. 120, §3.
B. The Louisiana Highway Safety Commission (R.S. 48:1351 et seq.) is transferred
to the Department of Public Safety and Corrections and hereafter shall perform and exercise
its powers, duties, functions, and responsibilities as provided in R.S. 36:801.
C. The following agencies are transferred to and hereafter shall be within the
Department of Public Safety and Corrections, as provided in R.S. 36:802:
(1) Fire Prevention Board of Review (R.S. 40:1578.1 et seq.).
(2) Fireman's Supplemental Pay Board (R.S. 40:1666.5 et seq.).
(3) Board of Review for extra compensation for municipal police officers (R.S.
40:1667.6).
(4) Committee on Parole ( R.S. 15:574.2 et seq.; R.S. 46:1651 et seq.).
(5) Board of Pardons (Article IV, Section 5(E) of the Constitution of Louisiana; R.S.
15:572 et seq.).
(6) Volunteer Firefighters' Tuition Reimbursement Board (R.S. 40:1558.1 et seq.).
(7) Weights and Standards Police Force (mobile units only) (R.S. 40:1379.8). The
Weights and Standards Police Force shall perform the functions of the state related to the
enforcement of R.S. 32:380 through 388, 388.1, and 390, and R.S. 47:718, and the provisions
of Chapter 4 of Subtitle II of Title 47 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950 relating to
trucks, trailers, and semi-trailers and Part V of Chapter 7 of Subtitle II of Title 47 of the
Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950 and the department's regulations adopted pursuant
thereto.
(8) Repealed by Acts 2024, No. 727, §2, eff. July 1, 2024.
(9) Liquefied Petroleum Gas Commission (Article VI, Section 28 of the 1921
Constitution of Louisiana made statutory by Article XIV, Section 16(A)(3) of the 1974
Constitution of Louisiana; R.S. 40:1841 et seq. and 1911 et seq.), except that any director or
assistant director of the agency or similar personnel authorized by law shall continue to be
appointed as otherwise provided by law.
D. The following agencies are placed within the Department of Public Safety and
Corrections and shall exercise and perform their powers, duties, functions, and
responsibilities in accordance with the provisions of R.S. 36:803:
(1) Louisiana State Board of Private Security Examiners (R.S. 37:3270 et seq.).
(2) Louisiana State Board of Private Investigator Examiners (R.S. 37:3501 et seq.).
E. The following agencies are placed within the Department of Public Safety and
Corrections and shall exercise and perform their powers, duties, functions, and
responsibilities in accordance with the provisions of R.S. 36:901 et seq.:
(1) Louisiana Medical Advisory Board (R.S. 40:1351 et seq.).
(2) Prison Enterprises Board (R.S. 15:1151 et seq.).
(3) Advisory board to the Liquefied Petroleum Gas Commission (R.S. 40:1851(F)).
(4) Louisiana Life Safety and Property Protection Education Board (R.S. 40:1664.1
et seq.), except that the board shall advise the state fire marshal with respect to
administration and enforcement of R.S. 40:1664.1 et seq. and shall retain the authority to
approve acceptable equivalents for meeting certain licensure requirements and to establish
continuing education requirements as further provided for in R.S. 40:1664.11.
F. The following agencies are hereby abolished and their powers, duties, functions,
and responsibilities are transferred to the secretary of the Department of Public Safety and
Corrections and hereafter shall be exercised and performed as provided in R.S. 36:921 et
seq.:
(1) Department of Public Safety (Chapter 6 of Title 40 of the Louisiana Revised
Statutes of 1950 and other statutes that directly apply to said department)
(2) State Fire Marshal (Part III of Chapter 7 of Title 40 of the Louisiana Revised
Statutes of 1950 and other statutes that directly apply to the state fire marshal)
(3) The Interagency Recreation Board (R.S. 40:2501 et seq.; R.S. 41:1081 et seq.)
(4) Louisiana Criminal Justice Information System (R.S. 15:575 et seq.)
(5) Louisiana State Board of Boiler Inspector Examiners (R.S. 23:41 et seq.)
(6) The Department of Corrections (R.S. 15:821 et seq. and other provisions of Title
15 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950 that directly apply to said department)
G. The Louisiana Manufactured Housing Commission (R.S. 51:911.21 et seq.) is
placed within the office of the state fire marshal of the Department of Public Safety and
Corrections and shall perform and exercise its powers, duties, functions, and responsibilities
in accordance with the provisions of R.S. 36:803, except that the commission shall continue
to appoint its own director as otherwise authorized by law.
H. The Emergency Response Commission (R.S. 30:2361 et seq.) is placed within
public safety services of the Department of Public Safety and Corrections and shall perform
and exercise its powers, duties, functions, and responsibilities as provided by law.
I.(1) The Louisiana Gaming Control Board (R.S. 27:1 et seq.) is placed within the
Department of Public Safety and Corrections and shall exercise and perform its powers,
duties, functions, and responsibilities as provided for agencies transferred in accordance with
the provisions of R.S. 36:801.1.
(2) The Louisiana Gaming Control Board Hearing Office (R.S. 27:25), a division of
the Louisiana Gaming Control Board, is placed within the Department of Public Safety and
Corrections, as provided in R.S. 27:25.
J. The Louisiana Truck Center (R.S. 32:390.21 et seq.) is placed within the
Department of Public Safety and Corrections as provided in R.S. 36:851.
K-R. Repealed by Acts 2022, No. 623, §9, eff. July 1, 2022.

Legislative History

Acts 1976, No. 513, §1; Acts 1977, No. 83, §1, eff. June 22, 1977; Acts 1979, No. 722, §§3, 4, eff. July 1, 1980; Acts 1981, No. 799, §2; Acts 1981, No. 873, §1, eff. Sept. 11, 1981; Acts 1982, No. 565, §2, eff. July 22, 1982; Acts 1983, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 8, §2; Acts 1983, No. 97, §4, eff. Feb. 1, 1984; Acts 1984, No. 505, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 1985; Acts 1984, No. 567, §5, eff. Jan. 1, 1985; Acts 1984, No. 844, §4, eff. July 13, 1984; Acts 1985, No. 435, §2, eff. July 11, 1985; Acts 1985, No. 925, §3; Acts 1985, No. 965, §2; Acts 1987, No. 243, §1; Acts 1987, No. 613, §1; Acts 1989, No. 662, §8, eff. July 7, 1989; Acts 1990, No. 2, §4, eff. July 1, 1990; Acts 1990, No. 906, §1; Acts 1991, No. 753, §3, eff. July 18, 1991; Acts 1991, No. 809, §2, eff. July 22, 1991; Acts 1992, No. 245, §1; Acts 1995, No. 1054, §1, eff. Aug. 1, 1995; Acts 1995, No. 1150, §2; Acts 1996, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 7, §2, eff. May 1, 1996; Acts 1997, No. 273, §2; Acts 1997, No. 1116, §2; Acts 1997, No. 1186, §2; Acts 1997, No. 1503, §1; Acts 1999, No. 1148, §1; Acts 2001, No. 1185, §8, eff. July 1, 2001; Acts 2005, No. 428, §§1, 3, eff. July 1, 2005; Acts 2006, No. 307, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2007; Acts 2008, No. 831, §1, eff. July 1, 2008; Acts 2009, No. 409, §3, eff. July 1, 2009; Acts 2010, No. 320, §2, eff. July 1, 2010; Acts 2010, No. 861, §§17, 22; Acts 2012, No. 811, §§11, 17, eff. July 1, 2012; Acts 2013, No. 220, §14, eff. June 11, 2013; Acts 2013, No. 310, §1; Acts 2014, No. 158, §§3 and 7; Acts 2021, No. 384, §§2, 5, eff. July 1, 2022; Acts 2022, No. 623, §§4, 9, eff. July 1, 2022; Acts 2024, No. 727, §2, eff. July 1, 2024; Acts 2025, No. 120, §3.