§ 49:215 — Executive orders; procedures; limitations

§215. Executive orders; procedures; limitations
A. The authority of the governor to see that the laws are faithfully
executed by issuing executive orders is recognized.
B. Each executive order issued by the governor shall be published in
the Louisiana Register as required by the provisions of R.S. 49:953.
C. Each executive order issued by the governor shall terminate and
shall be void and of no effect on such date as shall be provided in the
executive order or a subsequent executive order. If no such termination date
is provided by executive order, the order shall terminate sixty days following
adjournment sine die of the regular session of the legislature after the issuing
governor leaves office.
D. The governor may establish executive branch agencies by executive
order. Any agency so created shall terminate on such date as is provided in the
executive order or by subsequent executive order, which termination date shall
be within one year of the date of issuance of the order, or, if no such date is
stated, one year from the date of issuance of the order, unless the agency is,
within such period, statutorily created or terminated by the legislature.
E. Whenever an executive order issued by the governor provides for an
appointment to public office, whether to a board, commission, committee,
executive or other office and whether to fill an initial or succeeding full term
of office or the unexpired portion of a term of office, the governor shall submit
the appointment to the Senate for confirmation. After initial confirmation by
the Senate, reconfirmation shall not be required for appointments by the
governor to any board or commission which is established by the Constitution
of Louisiana.
NOTE: SEE ACTS 1984, NO. 778, §2.

Legislative History

Added by Acts 1982, No. 687, §1, eff. Aug. 2, 1982. H.C.R. No. 4, 1984 1st Ex. Sess.; Acts 1984, No. 778, §1; Acts 2003, No. 774, §13.