§359. Transfer of agencies and functions to Department of Natural Resources

A. Repealed by Acts 2012, No. 811, §17, eff. July 1, 2012.

B. The Oyster Lease Damage Evaluation Board (R.S. 56:700.10 et seq.) is placed within the Department of Natural Resources and shall perform and exercise its powers, duties, functions, and responsibilities as provided by law.

C. The advisory committee for the regulation and control of water well drillers (R.S. 38:3098 et seq.) is placed within the Department of Natural Resources and shall perform and exercise its powers, duties, functions, and responsibilities as provided by law.

D. The State Department of Conservation (Article V, Section 18 and Article VI, Section 1(c) of 1921 Louisiana Constitution made statutory by Article XIV, Section 16(A)(2) and (3) of 1974 Louisiana Constitution; Part I of Chapter 1 of Subtitle I of Title 30 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950 and other provisions of Title 30 that directly apply to the department) is transferred to and hereafter shall be within the Department of Natural Resources as provided in R.S. 36:806.

E. The State Mineral and Energy Board (R.S. 30:121 et seq.) is transferred to and hereafter shall be within the Department of Natural Resources as provided in R.S. 36:807.

F. Repealed by Acts 1989, No. 282, §6, eff. June 27, 1989.

G. Repealed by Acts 1997, No. 181, §2, and No. 1116, §2.

H. Repealed by Acts 2006, No. 713, §4, eff. July 1, 2006.

I. The Oilfield Site Restoration Commission (R.S. 30:80 et seq.) is placed within the Department of Natural Resources, and shall perform its powers, duties, functions, and responsibilities in the manner provided for agencies and commissions transferred as provided in Part III of Chapter 22 of this Title.

J. Repealed by Acts 2018, No. 570, §5, eff. July 1, 2018.

K. The Water Resources Commission (R.S. 38:3097.1 et seq.) shall be placed within the office of conservation, Department of Natural Resources, and shall exercise its powers, duties, functions, and responsibilities as provided in R.S. 36:802.18.

L. The Water Management Advisory Task Force (R.S. 38:3097.7) shall be placed within the office of conservation, Department of Natural Resources, and shall perform its powers, duties, functions, and responsibilities in the manner provided by law.

Acts 1976, No. 513, §1. Amended by Acts 1977, No. 83, §1, eff. June 22, 1977; Acts 1979, No. 449, §3, eff. Jan. 1, 1980; Acts 1981, No. 873, §1, eff. Sept. 11, 1981; Acts 1983, No. 97, §7, eff. Feb. 1, 1984; Acts 1983, No. 543, §2; Acts 1983, No. 705, §7, eff. Sept. 1, 1983; Acts 1984, No. 795, §2, eff. July 13, 1984; Acts 1984, No. 514, §3, eff. July 6, 1984; Acts 1986, No. 581, §3, eff. July 2, 1986; Acts 1988, No. 630, §2; Acts 1988, No. 724, §3, eff. July 18, 1988; Acts 1989, No. 282, §6, eff. June 27, 1989; Acts 1992, No. 1067, §2; Acts 1993, No. 404, §3; Acts 1997, No. 181, §2; Acts 1997, No. 1116, §2; Acts 1998, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 3, §2, eff. April 23, 1998; Acts 2003, No. 49, §1, eff. July 1, 2003; Acts 2006, No. 713, §4, eff. July 1, 2006; Acts 2009, No. 196, §4, eff. July 1, 2009; Acts 2010, No. 861, §17; Acts 2011, No. 301, §1; Acts 2012, No. 471, §1; Acts 2012, No. 811, §§11, 17, eff. July 1, 2012; Acts 2018, No. 570, §5, eff. July 1, 2018.

NOTE: See Acts 2012, No. 811, §19, relative to legislative intent that Act No. 811 supersede Acts 2012, No. 265, which recreated the Dept. of Natural Resources and statutory entities in the department, and provides that Act No. 265 shall not have the effect of continuing any statutory authority repealed by Act No. 811.