§801.15. Governing board of the Tioga Heritage Park and Museum

A.(1) The Tioga Heritage Park and Museum is hereby placed within the Department of State, subject to the provisions of this Section and Chapter 5-K of Title 25 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950.

(2) The governing board of the Tioga Heritage Park and Museum is hereby placed within the Department of State and shall exercise all powers, duties, functions, and responsibilities provided or authorized for it by law which are in the nature of policymaking, rulemaking, regulation, enforcement, or adjudication. The board shall exercise all advisory powers, duties, and functions provided for it by law. The board shall administer and implement all programs provided or authorized by law for it or for the Tioga Heritage Park and Museum. The board shall exercise the powers, duties, functions, and responsibilities and shall administer and implement the programs authorized by this Section independently of the secretary, except as otherwise provided in this Section. The board shall be responsible for the performance and administration of its day-to-day operations, except that the secretary of the Department of State shall be responsible for those matters which are in the nature of accounting, payroll, budget control, procurement, data processing, and personnel management and shall have the authority to transfer or implement any or all of said functions through the secretary and the department.

B. Nothing shall authorize monies, property, or personnel budgeted or assigned to the board or to the museum to be transferred to or to be used by the department without prior approval of the board.

C. The board may solicit and accept gifts and donations for the purposes of the Tioga Heritage Park and Museum. Any funds so accepted may be expended by the board or by the Department of State as otherwise provided by law.

D.(1) The provisions of R.S. 36:810 and 811 shall be applicable to the museum and its governing board placed within the Department of State by this Section.

(2) No records, books, or papers stored in the museum vault or on museum premises shall be removed or transferred from the museum without approval of the governing board.

Acts 2003, No. 586, §2, eff. upon appropriation of funds.

NOTE: See Acts 2003, No. 586, §3 relative to effectiveness of Act upon appropriation of funds.