Louisiana Revised Statutes Tit. 36, § 954. Transfer dates

A. (1) Each of the transfers and abolitions of agencies for which provision is made in this Title, which agencies or their functions are transferred to one of the following departments, shall become effective on such date after the effective date of this Part and on or no later than December 31, 1977, as shall be determined as provided in this Subsection:

(2) The transfer or abolition of each agency transferred or abolished and subject to the provisions of this Subsection and the organization of the department provided in the approved implementation plan shall become effective on such date as shall be approved by the secretary of the department to which the agency and/or its powers, duties, functions, and responsibilities are transferred and the Joint Legislative Committee on Reorganization of the Executive Branch, which date, after such approval has been granted, shall have been published in the State Register thirty days prior to such date, together with a statement that the approval has been granted by each of the persons and the committee required to so approve the date.

(3) The Joint Legislative Committee on Reorganization of the Executive Branch shall study and review each implementation plan submitted to it for departments subject to the provisions of this Subsection and shall approve or disapprove such plans. The joint committee shall approve the effective date of transfers and abolitions of agencies and transfers of functions as provided in this Subsection only when it has approved the implementation plan for the department.

(4) Notwithstanding the foregoing, the transfer of the State Board of Election Supervisors to the Department of State shall be effective on January 1, 1978.

B. (1) Each of the transfers and abolitions of agencies for which provision is made in this Title, which agencies or their functions are transferred to the Department of Corrections or the Department of Health and Human Resources, shall become effective on July 1, 1977.

(2) Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Department of Corrections shall prepare and submit the transition plan for reorganization and consolidation as required by the provisions of this Part. The Joint Committee on Reorganization of the Executive Branch shall submit the implementation plan for the Department of Health and Human Resources as provided in R.S. 36:953(C).

(3) The governor, the commissioner of administration, and the joint committee shall study and review each implementation plan submitted to them under the provisions of this Subsection. When the plan for a department so submitted, reviewed, and studied has been approved by the governor, the commissioner of administration, the joint committee, and the secretary of the department, which approval shall be granted on or before June 30, 1978, the department shall immediately proceed to implement the reorganization and consolidation of the department as provided in such plan and each department upon the approval of its respective plan shall become subject to further implementation of reorganization as provided in Part II of this Chapter.