CHAPTER 7. OFFICE OF ELDERLY AFFAIRS

NOTE: §931 eff. until one or more of the 20 depts. of the executive branch is abolished or a const. amend. authorizing the creation of an additional dept. becomes effective, whichever is earlier. See Acts 2013, No. 384, §§5 and 9.

§931. Creation; personnel

An agency of the state to be known as the office of elderly affairs is hereby created and established in the office of the governor. Said office shall exercise the powers and duties hereinafter set forth or otherwise provided by law. The office shall be administered by an executive director, who shall be recommended for appointment by the Louisiana Executive Board on Aging to the governor to serve at his pleasure, subject to confirmation by the Senate. The executive director shall employ necessary staff to carry out the duties and functions of the office as otherwise provided in this Chapter, or as otherwise provided by law.

NOTE: §931 as amended by Acts 2013, No. 384, §5, eff. when one or more of the 20 depts. of the executive branch is abolished or a const. amend. authorizing the creation of an additional dept. becomes effective, whichever is earlier.

CHAPTER 7. DEPARTMENT OF ELDERLY AFFAIRS

§931. Creation; personnel

The Department of Elderly Affairs is hereby created. The department shall exercise the powers and duties set forth in this Chapter or otherwise provided by law. The department shall be administered by a secretary, who shall be appointed by the governor, subject to Senate confirmation, from recommendations for appointment by the Louisiana Executive Board on Aging. The secretary shall serve at the pleasure of the governor. The secretary shall employ necessary staff to carry out the duties and functions of the department as otherwise provided in this Chapter, or as otherwise provided by law.

Acts 1979, No. 206, §1, eff. July 6, 1979; Acts 1992, No. 648, §2, eff. July 2, 1992; Acts 2013, No. 384, §5, eff. when one of the 20 executive branch depts. is abolished or a const. amend. authorizing creation of an additional dept. becomes effective, whichever is earlier.

NOTE: Acts 2013, No. 384, §8, eff. July 1, 2013, provides that funds allocated for any purpose under the authority of the Office of Elderly Affairs or its successor, the Dept. of Elderly Affairs, are allocated only to the Office of Elderly Affairs or its successor and are not to be appropriated, allocated, or transferred to any other state department, office, or programs.