§ 36:501 — Department of Transportation and Development; creation; domicile; composition;

§501. Department of Transportation and Development; creation; domicile; composition;
purposes and functions
A. The Department of Transportation and Development is created and shall be a
body corporate with the power to sue and be sued. The domicile of the department shall be
in Baton Rouge.
B. The Department of Transportation and Development, through its offices and
officers, shall be responsible for developing and implementing programs to assure adequate,
safe, and efficient transportation and other public works facilities and services in the state
in accordance with the transfer of agencies and functions made by this Chapter. The
department shall develop and implement programs in all areas of transportation, including
highways, airports, waterways, flood protection, and mass transit, as well as public works
activities, in accordance with such transfers.
C.(1) The Department of Transportation and Development shall be composed of the
executive office of the secretary, the office of transformation, the office of management and
finance, the office of project delivery, the office of operations, the office of multimodal
commerce, and such other offices as shall be created by law.
(2) Whenever the secretary determines that the administration of the functions of the
department may be more efficiently performed by eliminating, merging, or consolidating
existing offices or establishing new offices, he shall present a plan therefor to the legislature
for its approval by statute.
Acts 1976, No. 513, §1. Amended by Acts 1977, No. 83, §1, eff. June 22, 1977; Acts
1979, No. 445, §1, eff. July 13, 1979; Acts 1981, No. 693, §1; Acts 1987, No. 736, §1; Acts
1988, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 2, §1, eff. Mar. 28, 1988; Acts 1988, No. 488, §1, eff. July 9, 1988;
Acts 1997, No. 1381, §1, eff. July 1, 1997; Acts 1998, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 71, §1, eff. July 1,
1998; Acts 2006, 1 st Ex. Sess., No. 6, §2; Acts 2006, No. 11, §3; Acts 2009, No. 523, §1, eff.
July 10, 2009; Acts 2011, No. 261, §1, eff. June 28, 2011; Acts 2014, No. 719, §1, eff. July
1, 2016; Acts 2025, No. 375, §1.
NOTE: SEE ACTS 1987, NO. 736, §3.
NOTE: SEE ACTS 1988, NO. 488, §§2, 3.
NOTE: SEE ACTS 1990, NO. 601, §§3-5.
NOTE: See Acts 2009, No. 523, §§9 and 10, relative to transfer of duties and
responsibilities to the Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority and the transfer
of business, employees, programs, etc. of the authority and the Office of Coastal
Protection and Restoration in the office of the governor.