§ 36:957 — Effective date of certain transfers and abolitions; continued merger and consolidation

§957. Effective date of certain transfers and abolitions; continued merger and consolidation
within departments
A. The transfer or abolition of each agency transferred or abolished by this Title,
which agency or the functions thereof are transferred to one of the following departments,
shall be effective upon the effective date of this Part: the Department of State Civil Service;
Louisiana Economic Development; the Department of Culture, Recreation and Tourism;
Louisiana Works; the Department of Conservation and Energy; the Department of Public
Safety and Corrections; the Department of Revenue; the Department of Transportation and
Development; and the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries.
B. In order to accomplish the purposes of this Part, each department listed in
Subsection A above, and each department whose implementation plan for reorganization and
effective dates for transfer and abolition of agencies has been approved under the provisions
of Part I of this Chapter, shall submit to the Joint Legislative Committee on Reorganization
of the Executive Branch, hereinafter referred to as the joint committee, the reports required
in this Section. For purposes of such reports, the joint committee may provide forms for the
information requested and in such case such reports shall conform to such forms.
C. No later than September 1, on such date as shall be determined by the joint
committee, the secretary of each such department shall submit to the joint committee a
statement setting out the goals of the department for the then current fiscal year, giving
particular attention to goals for the further reorganization and consolidation of the
department in accordance with the provisions and purposes of this Title.
D. No later than September 1, the secretary of each such department shall submit to
the joint committee a detailed report concerning how the department will achieve the goals
reported in the statement required in Subsection C above. The report shall provide such
details and information concerning the proposed implementation of goals or relative to the
purposes of this Part as shall be requested by the joint committee. It shall give particular
attention to implementation of transfers or abolitions made effective as provided in
Subsection A hereof.
E. No later than such date annually as the joint committee shall determine, the
secretary of each department shall submit to the joint committee a detailed report of such
information relative to the budget request which the department will make for the next fiscal
year and relative to proposed department operations as shall be requested by the joint
committee relative to continued reorganization, consolidation, and improved and more
efficient operation and management, of the department. Such report may be required to
include, but shall not necessarily be limited to the number and classification of personnel to
be requested, the amount of total dollars requested by category and by office, information
concerning the consolidation and merger of functions to effect savings and efficiency,
requests for vehicles and information concerning use of vehicles, and information concerning
operations of the office of management and finance, utilization of building space, supplies,
and equipment, and improved delivery of services.
F. Copies of the reports required by this Part, shall also be submitted to the governor
and the commissioner of administration.

Legislative History

Added by Acts 1977, No. 83, §1, eff. June 22, 1977. Amended by Acts 1978, No. 350, §1; Acts 1988, No. 563, §1, eff. July 14, 1988; Acts 1988, No. 625, §1; Acts 1989, No. 512, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 1990; Acts 1992, No. 447, §2, eff. June 20, 1992; Acts 1997, No. 658, §2; Acts 2008, No. 743, §7, eff. July 1, 2008; Acts 2023, No. 150, §10, eff. Jan. 10, 2024.