§ 46:1654 — Effect of transfer

Upon the transfer of functions, any pending or unfinished business shall be taken over and completed by the Louisiana Board of Institutions or the Board of Parole and the Bureau of Probation and Parole with the same power and authority had by the agency from which the functions are transferred. The Louisiana Board of Institutions shall be the successor in every way to the agency from which such functions are transferred, subject to the specific provisions of this Chapter, and every act done in the exercise of such functions by the Board shall be deemed to have the same force and effect under any provisions of law in effect as if done by the agency from which such functions are transferred. Whenever any agency from which functions are transferred or designated by any law or contract or other document, such reference or designation shall be deemed to apply to the Louisiana Board of Institutions; provided that to the extent necessary to prevent the impairment of the contractual obligations of any agency heretofore existing, or of the State of Louisiana, the existence, organization and functions of any such agency shall be excluded from the provisions of this Section, and like exclusion shall be made whenever necessary to prevent any violation of the provisions, terms or conditions of any gift, donation, deed, will, trust or other instrument or disposition by which property of any nature or description has been vested in any agency affected by this Section, or the diversion from the purposes for which such property was donated, deeded, devised or bequeathed, or otherwise vested in any such agency; provided, further, that the provisions of this Section shall not be construed or applied in such a way as to prevent full compliance by the state or any agency thereof with the requirements of any Act of the Congress of the United States or any regulations made thereunder by any officer or agency of the Federal Government, by which Federal aid or other financial assistance from the United States has been made available to this state of any subdivision or agency thereof, anything contained in this Section to the contrary notwithstanding.