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STATE OF LOUISIANALEGISLATIVE AUDITOR

Boards, Commissions, and Like EntitiesReport to the Legislature

April 2, 2003

LEGISLATIVE LEADERS

Honorable John J. Hainkel, Jr.President of the Senate

Honorable Charles W. DeWitt, Jr.Speaker of the House of Representatives

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Table of Contents

Legislative Auditor’s Transmittal Letter ....................................................................................... v

Report Summary .......................................................................................................................vii

Licensing Agencies................................................................................................................. A-1

Port Commissions and Harbor Districts .................................................................................. B-1

Levee Districts ........................................................................................................................ C-1

Other Boards, Commissions, and Like Entities ....................................................................... D-1

Budget Units ........................................................................................................................... E-1

Index........................................................................................................................................F-1

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OFFICE OF

LEGISLATIVE AUDITORSTATE OF LOUISIANA

BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA 70804-93971600 NORTH THIRD STREET

POST OFFICE BOX 94397TELEPHONE: (504) 339-3800FACSIMILE: (504) 339-3870

April 2, 2003

The Honorable John J. Hainkel, Jr., President of the SenateThe Honorable Charles W. DeWitt, Jr., Speaker of the House of Representatives

Dear Senator Hainkel and Representative DeWitt:

This report contains summary financial information and personnel data on 487 boards,commissions, and like entities. Although state law does not require the report to includeboards, commissions, and like entities that are budget units of the state or which are includedwithin such budget units, we have included information identifying these entities. This report isprepared to assist you in controlling the growth and costs of all boards, commissions, and likeentities within Louisiana. Information in this report was provided by the boards, commissions,and like entities; it has not been audited, and, accordingly, we express no opinion on theinformation.

Respectfully submitted,

Grover C. Austin, CPAFirst Assistant Legislative Auditor

GCA/rst

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Office of Legislative Auditor

Report SummaryBoards, Commissions, and Like Entities

Report to the Legislature

Louisiana Revised Statute 24:513.2(E) requires the legislative auditor to submit annually to thelegislature a report including summary financial and personnel information on all boards,commissions, and like entities created by law or executive order and to report findings andrecommendations resulting from any analysis of the information. Based on our analysis, wesubmit the following information and recommendations:

• As of November 2002, we identified 487 boards, commissions, and like entitiescreated by law or executive order.

• Of the 394 active entities that responded to our request, 203 pay per diem, salaries,and/or travel of the board members. The current year budgets and prior yearamounts totaled $1,356,683 and $1,063,945 for per diem payments; $1,457,106and $1,397,845 for board member salaries; and $2,227,157 and $1,821,153 forboard member travel, respectively.

• Fifty-nine boards, commissions, and like entities that were created during 2001 orearlier have never been fully organized, have disbanded, or are currently inactive.The legislature or governor, as applicable, should consider abolishing theseentities.

• We were unable to determine the status of the Greater Ouachita Port Commission.Based on other information available to us, we recommend that the legislatureconsider abolishing the commission.

• The Polygraph Board does not have sufficient resources to continue the purposesfor which it was established. The legislature should consider abolishing this board.

• Other recommendations requiring legislative action:

• Legislation establishing the Advisory Committee on Respiratory Care and theNursing Supply and Demand Commission as licensing agencies in theDepartment of Health and Hospitals should be revised, as the committees donot serve a licensing function.

• Legislation providing for the governor to appoint an executive director of theOffshore Terminal Authority, rather than a governing board, should beenacted.

• Twenty-nine boards, commissions, and like entities, 20 of which we determined areactive, did not provide the requested information. Louisiana law requires theseentities to provide requested information.

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Louisiana Revised Statute (R.S.) 24:513.2(E) requires the legislativeauditor to submit annually to the legislature a report containing summaryfinancial information and personnel data on (1) boards, commissions,and like entities created by law or executive order that are made part of,or are placed in, the executive branch of state government; and (2) localboards, commissions, and like entities that are specifically created bylaw. The statute provides for the legislative auditor to report findings andrecommendations resulting from any analysis performed of theinformation.

This report identifies 487 boards, commissions, and like entities, as ofNovember 2003. Our current and previous reports include the followingnumber of entities.

Growth of EntitiesYear1992

Number of Entities338

1993 3601994 4411995 4541996 4561997 418199819992000200120022003

428458481480479487

Overall, these comparisons reflect an increase in the growth of boards,commissions, and like entities. The 1997 decrease in the number ofsuch entities is primarily attributable to the termination, in accordancewith R.S. 49:215(C), of entities that were created by executive order ofthe prior administration. Since our last report, ten entities were createdand two were either repealed by law or terminated in accordance with lawor executive order.

The recommendations included in this report are intended to control thegrowth of boards, commissions, and like entities.

Within the report, the boards, commissions, and like entities are groupedinto five categories: (1) licensing agencies; (2) port commissions andharbor districts; (3) levee districts; (4) other boards, commissions, andlike entities; and (5) budget units. The entities are arrangedalphabetically within each category and an alphabetical index is includedon pages F-1 through F-10 of this report.

R.S. 24:513.2(F) directs all agencies, boards, commissions, anddepartments of the state and its political subdivisions to furnishinformation and reports as requested by the legislative auditor to fulfill hisresponsibilities. R.S. 39:1335 and 1336 require licensing agencies tosubmit information on forms that were developed jointly by the legislative

Legislative Mandate

Trend

Report Organization

InformationRequested

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auditor and the legislative fiscal office and approved by the JointLegislative Committee on the Budget. The information required bylicensing agency forms includes summary and detailed informationpertaining to actual and budgeted revenues by source, expenditures bycategory, and fund balances; the number of classified and unclassifiedpersonnel; performance indicators; and certain general informationpertaining to the board and its authority and functions.

All other boards, commissions, and like entities, except budget units,were requested to complete and submit similar forms, except that thefinancial and budget information was requested in summary form onlyand information pertaining to performance indicators was not requested.Budget units and entities that did not receive or expend funds, althoughmember travel and per diem may have been paid through another entity,were requested to complete and submit forms to provide generalinformation pertaining to the entity, its members, and its authority andfunctions.

In some instances, the submitted information was incomplete; in theseinstances, we have indicated that the information was not provided.

Some boards, commissions, and like entities did not respond to ourrequest for financial information and personnel data. In these instances,we have provided general information about the entities and indicatedthat the specific information that we requested is unknown.

This report includes basic information about those boards, commissions,and like entities that were created by law or executive order during 2002,and which were not fully organized at the time the financial and personnelinformation was requested.

Information included in this report was provided by the boards,commissions, and like entities; it has not been audited by this office, and,accordingly, we express no opinion on the information. We did correctobvious errors in the submitted information.

Of the 394 active boards, commissions, and like entities that respondedto our request, 191 reported that their members do not receive any perdiem payments, salaries, or travel expense reimbursements.Conversely, 203 such entities reported that their members do receivethese payments.

Financial information relating to prior year payments and current yearbudgets for these costs is included in the body of this report andsummarized by report category on the following page.

IncompleteResponses

No ResponseReceived

New Entities

InformationUnaudited

Financial Information

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Financial InformationPayments Made to Board, Commission, or Like Entity Members

Per Diem Salaries TravelLicensing Agencies: Prior Year Actual $288,926 $7,200 $544,478 Current Year Budget $357,995 $7,200 $629,781

Port Commissions: Prior Year Actual $91,360 $4,500 $195,810 Current Year Budget $100,500 $5,000 $240,100

Levee Districts: Prior Year Actual $195,908 $121,454 $147,218 Current Year Budget $248,929 $126,600 $174,125

Other Boards and Commissions: Prior Year Actual $149,005 $145,000 $340,005 Current Year Budget $171,845 $145,000 $398,935

Budget Units: Prior Year Actual $338,746 $1,119,691 $593,642 Current Year Budget $477,414 $1,173,306 $784,216

TOTALS

Prior Year Actual $1,063,945 $1,397,845 $1,821,153 Current Year Budget $1,356,683 $1,457,106 $2,227,157

Responses to our request for financial information and personnel datafrom the following 59 boards, commissions, and like entities revealed thatthe entities were never fully organized; were disbanded with no plans toreorganize; are inactive; or have no funding prospects to undertake thefunctions for which they were established, even though the boardmembers may continue to meet.

Because these entities are not fulfilling their established functions, thelegislature or governor, as applicable, should consider their abolishment.

Inactive Entities

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Boards, Commissions, and Like EntitiesNever Fully Organized, Disbanded, or Inactive

PageAdvisory Committee on Assisted Living ................................................ D-3Advisory Committee on Midwifery......................................................... D-5Advisory Committee on Pain................................................................. D-6Biomedical Research and Development Park Commission ............... D-35Commemorative Coin Advisory Commission...................................... D-56Community/Technical College and Adult Education Task Force ....................................................................................... D-64Concordia Parish Port Commission .......................................................B-6Crescent River Port Pilots Association Fee Commission ................... D-74Delta Music Museum Governing Board .............................................. D-77Distance Learning Network Advisory Board........................................ D-80Drug Testing Task Force .................................................................... D-83Education Facilities Authority Board of Directors ................................ D-85Educational Facilities Trust Fund District Board of Trustees .............. D-86Electronic Benefits Transfer Program Task Force.............................. D-89Employees Health Benefits Study Commission .................................. D-91First Stop Shop Coordinating Council ................................................. D-98Garyville Timbermill Museum Governing Board ............................... D-103Governor’s Forest Products Industry Development Task Force ..................................................................................... D-109Governor’s Task Force on Individual Wastewater Treatment Systems........................................................................ D-112Grant Parish Port Commission ..............................................................B-9High-Speed Rail Transportation Advisory Council ............................ D-118Hospitality Research Program Advisory Committee ......................... D-123Hunting and Fishing Advisory Education Council.............................. D-125Imports and Exports Trust Authority Board of Trustees.................... D-126Infrastructure Bank Board of Directors.............................................. D-128Interagency Recreation Board .......................................................... D-132International Trade Commission ....................................................... D-133International Trade Development Board ........................................... D-134Justice System Funding Commission ............................................... D-141Landscape Architects Selection Board ............................................. D-144Latin American Business Development Commission ....................... D-145Learn Commission ...............................................................................E-80Mississippi River Road Commission................................................. D-162Motor Carrier Advisory Committee.................................................... D-163North Bossier Levee District Board of Commissioners....................... C-11Occupational Information Coordinating Committee .......................... D-174Oversize and Excess Weight Vehicle Task Force ............................ D-177Pointe Coupee-West Feliciana Bridge, Ferry, and Tunnel Authority ............................................................................. D-182Pork Promotion Board........................................................................E-104Postsecondary Review Commission................................................. D-184Project Restore Task Force .............................................................. D-186Radio and Television Technicians Board.............................................A-44Red River Development Council ........................................................E-110Reptile and Amphibian Task Force................................................... D-196Roadside Rest Area Task Force....................................................... D-202Rural Health Care Authority ...............................................................E-115

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Boards, Commissions, and Like EntitiesNever Fully Organized, Disbanded, or Inactive (Cont.)

PageSchool Based Health Clinic Task Force............................................ D-205SECURE Review Commission.......................................................... D-207Southern Louisiana Drinking Water Study Commission ................... D-212Statewide Intermodal Transportation and Economic Development Policy Commission.................................. D-216Tangipahoa River Task Force........................................................... D-219Task Force for the Reduction of Automobile Insurance Rates ............................................................................. D-220Task Force on Environmental Protection and Preservation ............................................................................ D-221Tensas Parish Port Commission..........................................................B-30Transportation Infrastructure Model for Economic Development Review Task Force .................................................. D-229Vidalia Port Commission......................................................................B-33Water Policy Advisory Task Force .....................................................E-138Workers' Compensation Advisory Council.........................................E-139Year 2000 Transition Team ...............................................................E-142

As of January 24, 2003, we were unable to determine the actual status ofthe Greater Ouachita Port Commission (B-13). Because we have notreceived any indication that the commission is fulfilling its establishedfunction, we recommend it be abolished.

Certain factors, such as the inability to generate adequate revenues,cause concern that an entity may require assistance from outsidesources to continue the purposes for which it was established. Based onthe information provided and other information available to us, weconclude that the Polygraph Board (A-42) does not have sufficientresources to fulfill its established purpose, causing us to question itsviability. For the eighth year, we recommend that the board be abolishedand its duties be transferred to the Department of Public Safety andCorrections, Public Safety Services.

Licensing agencies are responsible for regulating, examining, certifying,and/or licensing persons in the state and enforcing laws relating theretoand are required to comply with the “Louisiana Licensing Agency BudgetAct” as contained in R.S. 39:1331 through 39:1342. As of January 24,2003, the Advisory Committee on Respiratory Care (A-1) and the NursingSupply and Demand Commission (A-40) are deemed licensing agenciesbecause they were transferred to the Department of Health and Hospitalspursuant to R.S. 36:803, which specifically relates to licensing agencytransfers. These entities serve neither the purpose nor the function oflicensing agencies.

For the tenth year, we recommend that legislation be amended toorganizationally place the entities within the Department of Health andHospitals using another provision of law.

Entity for Whichthe Status Is

Unknown

InsufficientResources

Entities DeemedLicensing Agencies

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The statute creating the Offshore Terminal Authority Board ofCommissioners (page E-99) provides for a governing board ofcommissioners to be appointed by the governor. Responses to ourrequest for information about the board confirmed that there are noappointments made to a board of commissioners, rather an executivedirector is appointed by the governor and confirmed by the Senate.

For the tenth year, we recommend that the legislature consider amendinglegislation to remove the provision for a board of commissioners and toprovide for the appointment of the executive director.

As of January 24, 2003, we identified 29 boards, commissions, and likeentities that have not responded to our requests for personnel data andfinancial information. Based on other information available to us, wedetermined that 20 of the 29 entities are active. However, we are unableto determine the status of the other nine, for which we make norecommendation at this time.

Boards, Commissions, and Like EntitiesNo Responses

Page*Advisory Committee on Respiratory Care ............................................A-1Ambulance Standards Committee .........................................................E-9*Board of Examiners for New Orleans and Baton Rouge Steamship Pilots for the Mississippi River ................. D-38*Board of Examiners of Certified Shorthand Reporters .......................A-15*Board of Library Examiners ................................................................A-20Board of Morgan City, Berwick Port Pilot Commissioners and Examiners ....................................................... D-40*Board of New Orleans and Baton Rouge Steamship Pilot Review for the Mississippi River .............................................. D-41*Board of Nursing.................................................................................A-23*Boxing and Wrestling Commission.....................................................A-33Child Care Challenge Committee........................................................ D-50Children’s Health Insurance Program Task Force.............................. D-52Children’s Trust Fund Board ................................................................E-27*Columbia Port Commission ..................................................................B-5Coordinating Council on Domestic Violence....................................... D-66Fatherhood Council............................................................................. D-95*Fireman’s Supplemental Pay Board ...................................................E-55*John K. Kelly Grand Bayou Reservoir District Board of Commissioners................................................................ D-139Marriage and Family Commission .................................................... D-157*Municipal Employees’ Retirement System Board of Trustees .......................................................................... D-166*Natchitoches Levee and Drainage District Board of Commissioners.................................................................... C-9*Oyster Task Force ............................................................................E-103*Registrar of Voters Employees Retirement System Board of Trustees .......................................................................... D-195*Sheriffs’ Pension and Relief Fund Board of Trustees...................... D-208*Southern Rapid Rail Transit Commission.........................................E-122*Active entity

Absence of aGoverning Board

No Responses

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Boards, Commissions, and Like EntitiesNo Responses (Cont.)

Page*Soybean and Grain Research and Promotion Board ...................... D-213*Supplemental Pay Board of Review for Municipal Police Officers .................................................................................E-129*Twin Parish Port Commission ............................................................B-32*West Calcasieu Parish Community Center Authority ...................... D-234Wetlands Conservation and Restoration Task Force ....................... D-237*Active entity

An alphabetical index of all 487 boards, commissions, and like entitiesincluded within this report is located on pages F-1 through F-10.Index

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Licensing Agencies

Licensing agencies are charged by law with regulating, examining, certifying,and/or licensing persons in Louisiana, and enforcing the laws relating thereto.Each of the following licensing agencies is subject to budget review and isrequired to comply with all accounting, reporting, auditing, and reviewingrequirements that are applicable to budget units.

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ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON RESPIRATORY CARE

Contact: John BobearExecutive DirectorBoard of Medical Examiners(504) 524-6763

Legal authority R.S. 37:3356

Year created 1985

Organizational placement Department of Health and Hospitals

Status Active

Purpose/function The committee advises the state Board of Medical Examiners inlicensing and regulating persons practicing respiratory therapy.

Members Number authorized - 10; currently serving - unknown

Number of meetings Prior year actual - unknown; current year estimated - unknown

Authorized per diem None

Employees Unknown

Participation in state benefit plans Unknown

Financial/budget information Unknown

Performance indicators Unknown

Comments For the second year, the committee did not submit informationrequested by the legislative auditor in accordance with R.S.24:513.2(F).

The committee is deemed a licensing agency by R.S.36:259(E)(18) as provided by R.S. 36:803; however, the committeedoes not appear to serve either the purpose or function of alicensing agency.

Recommendation Since this committee does not perform a licensing function, thelegislature may wish to organizationally place this committeewithin the Department of Health and Hospitals under R.S. 36:801or 36:802 rather than R.S. 36:803.

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AUCTIONEERS LICENSING BOARD

Contact: Sherrie WilksExecutive Assistant(225) 922-2329


Year created 1984

Organizational placement Office of the Governor

Status Active

Purpose/function The board is charged statutorily to adopt and enforce rules andregulations necessary for the proper regulation of auctioneers andauction houses under its jurisdiction in the state.

Members Number authorized - 7; currently serving - 7

Number of meetings Prior year actual - 6; current year estimated - 7

Authorized per diem $97 per day spent on board business

Employees 1 unclassified

Participation in state benefit plans None

Financial/budget information Actual BudgetJune 30, 2002 June 30, 2003

Total revenues $114,103 $107,000Total expenses/expenditures $73,920 $107,000 which include: Per diem $5,723 $7,000 Members' travel expenses $15,300 $16,000 Members' salary None NoneEnding Balance $234,435 $234,435

Performance indicatorsLicenses issued/renewed Not provided Not providedExaminations taken 24 Not providedEnforcement actions closed 7 Not provided

Recommendation No change recommended.


BOARD FOR HEARING AID DEALERS

Contact: Resa BradyAdministrative Secretary(318) 362-3014


Year created 1969


Status Active

Purpose/function The board is responsible for protecting the public welfare byoverseeing those persons rendering or offering to render servicesfor the sale, maintenance, and repair of any type of hearing aiddevice and for examining and licensing hearing aid dealers in thestate.







Total revenues $13,895 $21,450Total expenses/expenditures $22,492 $21,450 which include: Per diem None None Members' travel expenses $2,397 $3,500 Members' salary None NoneEnding Balance $27,500 $27,500

Performance indicatorsLicenses issued/renewed 108 145Examinations taken 17 20Enforcement actions closed None None



BOARD OF ARCHITECTURAL EXAMINERS

Contact: Teeny SimmonsExecutive Director(225) 925-4802


Year created 1910


Status Active

Purpose/function The board is responsible for granting licenses and regulating thepractice of architecture within Louisiana.




Employees 2 classified; 1 unclassified; 1 part-time

Participation in state benefit plans Employees participate in state benefit plans.


Total revenues $349,289 $364,294Total expenses/expenditures $281,465 $405,870 which include: Per diem $4,350 $10,000 Members' travel expenses $16,368 Not provided Members' salary None NoneEnding Balance $283,859 $242,203

Performance indicatorsLicenses issued/renewed 3,076 Not providedEnforcement actions closed 33 Not provided



BOARD OF BARBER EXAMINERS

Contact: James A. AdamsPresident(225) 925-1701


Year created 1928

Organizational placement Department of Labor

Status Active

Purpose/function The board is charged with examining and licensing barbers andbarber schools, registering and inspecting barber shops, andregulating the barbering industry in the state.






Financial/budget information Actual BudgetDecember 31, 2001 December 31, 2002


Performance indicatorsLicenses issued/renewed 5,283 5,950Examinations taken 430 550Enforcement actions closed Not provided Not provided



BOARD OF CERTIFICATION FOR SUBSTANCE ABUSECOUNSELORS

Contact: Ellen CalvertChairperson(225) 927-7600


Year created 1987


Status Active

Purpose/function The board is charged to establish certification requirements,examine candidates, and investigate and regulate substanceabuse counselors and compulsive gambler counselors.




Employees 2 unclassified; 2 part-time



Total revenues $113,764 $112,900Total expenses/expenditures $103,154 $89,570 which include: Per diem $500 None Members' travel expenses $2,501 $2,775 Members' salary None NoneEnding Balance $32,204 $55,534

Performance indicatorsLicenses issued/renewed 478 215Enforcement actions closed 30 Not provided



BOARD OF CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS

Contact: Michael HendersonExecutive Director(504) 566-1244


Year created 1908


Status Active

Purpose/function The board is responsible for examining applicants to be certifiedpublic accountants, identifying and establishing measures ofcontrol over individuals who have met prescribed requirements andwho offer their services to the public as professional accountants,and taking appropriate administrative action to regulate thepractice of public accounting in the state.



Authorized per diem $150 - Officers; $100 - Other members

Employees 3 unclassified; 6 classified




Performance indicatorsLicenses issued/renewed 12,972 12,986Examinations taken 970 1,015Enforcement actions closed 98 94



BOARD OF CHIROPRACTIC EXAMINERS

Contact: Patricia A. OliverExecutive Director(225) 765-2322


Year created 1974


Status Active

Purpose/function The board licenses and regulates chiropractors in the state,approves educational training, certifies the proficiency ofchiropractic assistants, and conducts hearings on charges for therevocation or suspension of a license.



Authorized per diem $50 per meeting day





Performance indicatorsLicenses issued/renewed 692 Not providedExaminations taken 26 Not providedEnforcement actions closed 14 13



BOARD OF DENTISTRY

Contact: C. Barry OgdenExecutive Director(504) 568-8574


Year created 1888


Status Active

Purpose/function The board is responsible for examining and licensing applicants forthe professions of dentist and dental hygienist and for investigatingcomplaints of illegal practices when evidence is presented to theboard.




Employees 3 classified; 2 unclassified



Total revenues $932,723 $822,413Total expenses/expenditures $978,176 $928,000 which include: Per diem $54,450 $56,000 Members' travel expenses $49,759 $40,000 Members' salary $7,200 $7,200Ending Balance $582,335 $476,748

Performance indicatorsLicenses issued/renewed 2,514 2,800Examinations taken 155 150Enforcement actions closed 212 225



BOARD OF ELECTROLYSIS EXAMINERS

Contact: Cheri L. MillerChairperson(337) 463-6180


Year created 1979


Status Active

Purpose/function The board is responsible for examining and licensing applicants,accrediting electrolysis schools, and inspecting practitioners'offices for sanitary practices.




Employees 1 part-time



Total revenues $17,540 $23,295Total expenses/expenditures $10,313 $13,050 which include: Per diem $900 $1,200 Members' travel expenses $1,838 $1,700 Members' salary None NoneEnding Balance $18,913 $29,158

Performance indicatorsLicenses issued/renewed 153 187Examinations taken 8 13Enforcement actions closed 12 Not provided



BOARD OF EMBALMERS AND FUNERAL DIRECTORS

Contact: Dawn P. ScardinoExecutive Director(504) 838-5109


Year created 1914


Status Active

Purpose/function The board regulates embalmers, funeral homes, and professionalfuneral home directors and handles consumer complaints. It alsoprescribes requirements for funeral homes and otherestablishments engaged in the care and disposition of deadhuman bodies.








Performance indicatorsLicenses issued/renewed 1,757 1,762Examinations taken 73 NoneEnforcement actions closed 41 Not provided



BOARD OF EXAMINERS FOR NURSING FACILITYADMINISTRATORS

Contact: Kemp WrightExecutive Director(225) 922-0009


Year created 1969


Status Active

Purpose/function The board was created to develop, impose, and enforce standardsfor licensing nursing home administrators. The board issueslicenses and investigates complaints. In addition, it approves andcoordinates continuing education and conducts studies towardimproving the standards of practice of registered nurses andnursing home operations.








Performance indicatorsLicenses issued/renewed Not provided Not providedExaminations taken Not provided Not providedEnforcement actions closed Not provided Not provided



BOARD OF EXAMINERS FOR SANITARIANS

Contact: Merl FaganSecretary-Treasurer(225) 925-7204


Year created 1954


Status Active

Purpose/function The board is responsible for examining and issuing licenses toindividuals qualified to inspect, educate, and investigate in the fieldof environmental sanitation and public health.



Authorized per diem $40 per meeting

Employees None



Total revenues $15,857 $16,100Total expenses/expenditures $10,570 $13,715 which include: Per diem $640 $1,120 Members' travel expenses $1,256 $1,600 Members' salary None NoneEnding Balance $18,902 $21,287

Performance indicatorsLicenses issued/renewed 536 568Examinations taken 38 30Enforcement actions closed Not provided Not provided



BOARD OF EXAMINERS FOR SPEECH-LANGUAGEPATHOLOGY AND AUDIOLOGY

Contact: Suzanne L. PeveyAdministrator(225) 763-5480


Year created 1972


Status Active

Purpose/function The board is responsible for protecting the health, safety, andwelfare of the public by providing for the licensure and regulation ofpersons practicing speech-language pathology and/or audiology inthe state. The board recognizes the NTE area exam in speech-language pathology and audiology.








Performance indicatorsLicenses issued/renewed 2,945 3,000Enforcement actions closed 10 Not provided



BOARD OF EXAMINERS OF CERTIFIED SHORTHANDREPORTERS

Contact: Tonya CuppExecutive Director(225) 342-2668


Year created 1970


Status Active

Purpose/function The board is charged with encouraging proficiency in the practiceof shorthand reporting as a profession, promoting efficiency incourt and general reporting, and extending to the courts and publicprotection afforded by a standardized profession.




Employees Unknown




Comments As of January 24, 2003, the board had not submitted informationrequested by the legislative auditor in accordance with R.S.24:513.2(F). However, a June 30, 2001, biennial audit is on filewith the legislative auditor.



BOARD OF EXAMINERS OF DIETETICS AND NUTRITION



Year created 1987


Status Active

Purpose/function The board is responsible for protecting the health, safety, andwelfare of the public by providing for the licensure and regulation ofpersons practicing the profession of dietetics and nutrition. Theboard accepts examinations administered by the AmericanDietetic Association.











BOARD OF EXAMINERS OF INTERIOR DESIGNERS

Contact: Mary NortonExecutive Assistant(225) 298-1283


Year created 1984


Status Active

Purpose/function The board is charged with the protection of the public health,safety, and welfare of the people of the state by prohibiting the useof the title "interior designer" by nonlicensed persons, establishingrules and criteria for licensing, protecting the public from those notcompetent, and prescribing penalties for violations.





Participation in state benefit plans Employee participates in state benefit plans.



Performance indicatorsLicenses issued/renewed Not provided Not providedExaminations taken Not provided Not providedEnforcement actions closed Not provided Not provided



BOARD OF EXAMINERS OF PSYCHOLOGISTS

Contact: Ouida M. NugentAccountant(225) 752-3425


Year created 1964


Status Active

Purpose/function The board is responsible for licensure and regulation ofpsychologists within the state.











BOARD OF HOME INSPECTORS

Contact: Ralph ChanceChairman(225) 248-1334


Year created 1999


Status Active

Purpose/function The board is responsible for protecting the health, safety, andwelfare of the public by providing for the licensure and regulation ofhome inspectors.




Employees None




Performance indicatorsLicenses issued/renewed 147 225Enforcement actions closed 1 2



BOARD OF LIBRARY EXAMINERS

Contact: Pam DierLibrary Programs Coordinator(225) 342-4926


Year created 1926

Organizational placement Department of Culture, Recreation and Tourism

Status Active

Purpose/function The board is responsible for establishing rules and regulations;electing officers; and prescribing examinations, qualifications,conditions, and requirements for persons seeking certificates orpermits to practice the profession of librarian. License revenue isremitted to the State Library of Louisiana.




Employees Unknown




Comments As of January 24, 2003, the board had not submitted informationrequested by the legislative auditor in accordance with R.S.24:513.2(F).



BOARD OF MASSAGE THERAPY

Contact: Kayla AymondExecutive Director(225) 771-4090


Year created 1992


Status Active

Purpose/function The board is responsible for the examination, licensure,registration, investigation, and regulation of persons practicing asmassage therapists within the state. The board may establishcontinuing education requirements for license renewal and criteriafor certifying massage therapy instructors.








Performance indicatorsLicenses issued/renewed 1,780 1,780Examinations taken 232 Not providedEnforcement actions closed 228 Not provided



BOARD OF MEDICAL EXAMINERS

Contact: John BobearExecutive Director(504) 568-6820


Year created 1894


Status Active

Purpose/function The board is responsible for examination, licensure or certificationand regulation of doctors of medicine, osteopathy, and podiatry;midwives; occupational therapists and occupational therapyassistants; respiratory therapists and technicians; acupuncturistsand acupuncture assistants; et cetera.







Total revenues $3,176,766 $3,663,814Total expenses/expenditures $3,624,353 $3,734,599 which include: Per diem $7,500 $16,800 Members' travel expenses $30,000 $45,000 Members' salary None NoneEnding Balance $4,406,028 $4,335,244

Performance indicatorsLicenses issued/renewed 24,830 23,500Examinations taken Not provided Not providedEnforcement actions closed 475 523



BOARD OF NURSING

Contact: Barbara L. MorvantExecutive Director(504) 838-5385


Year created 1912


Status Active

Purpose/function The board is responsible for safeguarding the life and health ofLouisiana residents through the regulation of persons practicing oroffering to practice as a registered nurse. The board establishesminimum curriculum requirements and approves nursing schools.




Employees Unknown







BOARD OF OPTOMETRY EXAMINERS

Contact: James SandefurSecretary(318) 335-2989


Year created 1918


Status Active

Purpose/function The board is responsible for licensing and regulating optometristsin the state.




Employees None




Performance indicatorsLicenses issued/renewed 486 493Examinations taken 17 17Enforcement actions closed 18 8



BOARD OF PHARMACY

Contact: Malcolm J. BroussardExecutive Director(225) 925-6496


Year created 1888


Status Active

Purpose/function The board is responsible for promulgating rules to regulate thepractice of pharmacy in the state, examining and licensingpharmacists, issuing permits and drug kits, and inspectingpharmacies.











BOARD OF PHYSICAL THERAPY EXAMINERS

Contact: Cheryl GaudinExecutive Director(337) 262-1043

Legal authority R.S. 37:2401.1

Year created 1987


Status Active

Purpose/function The board is responsible for examining applications for thepractice of physical therapy, issuing licenses or permits to thosepossessing the necessary qualifications, and regulating thepractice of physical therapy in the state.







Total revenues $262,378 $377,140Total expenses/expenditures $290,722 $271,550 which include: Per diem $6,850 $7,600 Members' travel expenses $295 $3,000 Members' salary None NoneEnding Balance $374,633 $480,223

Performance indicatorsLicenses issued/renewed 2,599 2,575Enforcement actions closed 32 18



BOARD OF PRACTICAL NURSE EXAMINERS

Contact: Claire GlavianoExecutive Director(504) 838-5791


Year created 1948


Status Active

Purpose/function The board prescribes minimum curricula and standards forpractical nurses, examines and licenses qualified applicants,accredits practical nurse schools and courses, and conductshearings upon charges calling for discipline of a licensee.







Total revenues $961,671 $885,550Total expenses/expenditures $752,473 $852,043 which include: Per diem $2,250 $3,000 Members' travel expenses $12,571 $14,000 Members' salary None NoneEnding Balance $971,461 $1,004,958




BOARD OF PRIVATE INVESTIGATOR EXAMINERS

Contact: Jim BrownExecutive Director(225) 763-3556


Year created 1992

Organizational placement Department of Public Safety and Corrections, Public SafetyServices

Status Active

Purpose/function The board is responsible for examining, licensing, registering, andregulating persons practicing as private investigators and privateinvestigator businesses in the state.











BOARD OF PRIVATE SECURITY EXAMINERS

Contact: Wayne R. RogillioExecutive Secretary(225) 272-2310


Year created 1985

Organizational placement Department of Public Safety and Corrections, Public SafetyServices

Status Active

Purpose/function The board is responsible for licensing, regulating, and examiningthe contract security industry. The board is empowered to invokedisciplinary action by fine or revocation or suspension of licenses.








Performance indicatorsLicenses issued/renewed 10,575 11,000Examinations taken 60 60Enforcement actions closed 5,076 5,075



BOARD OF SOCIAL WORK EXAMINERS



Year created 1972


Status Active

Purpose/function The board is charged with safeguarding the public against theunauthorized, unqualified, and improper practice of social work.The board is empowered to train, educate, examine, and licensesocial workers so that competency may be assured. The boardaccepts examinations administered by the American Associationof State Social Work Boards.











BOARD OF VETERINARY MEDICINE EXAMINERS

Contact: Wendy ParrishAdministrative Director(225) 342-2176


Year created 1908


Status Active

Purpose/function The board is responsible for examining and determining thequalifications and fitness of applicants for a license to practiceveterinary medicine in the state. The board investigatescomplaints against and disciplines licensees.











BOARD OF WHOLESALE DRUG DISTRIBUTORS

Contact: John LiggioExecutive Director(225) 295-8567


Year created 1988


Status Active

Purpose/function The board reviews and certifies applicants as wholesale drugdistributors, regulates the distribution of legend drugs,promulgates rules and regulations, monitors compliance with allfederal and state laws and regulations, and conducts inspectionsof wholesale drug facilities. The board does not administerexaminations.







Total revenues $206,491 $205,100Total expenses/expenditures $169,406 $192,314 which include: Per diem $1,500 $3,000 Members' travel expenses $575 $1,200 Members' salary None NoneEnding Balance $287,392 $300,178

Performance indicatorsLicenses issued/renewed 900 900Enforcement actions closed Not provided Not provided



BOXING AND WRESTLING COMMISSION

Contact: Fielding LewisChairman(337) 828-7154


Year created 1974


Status Active

Purpose/function The commission regulates and licenses boxing and wrestlingcontests or exhibitions held, conducted, or given within the state.




Employees Unknown







CEMETERY BOARD

Contact: Lucille L. McCannDirector(504) 838-5267


Year created 1974


Status Active

Purpose/function The board licenses cemeteries and monitors and reviews perpetualcare and merchandise trust funds. The board also investigatesconsumer complaints and concerns.








Performance indicatorsLicenses issued/renewed 1,513 501Enforcement actions closed 2 None



LICENSED PROFESSIONAL COUNSELORSBOARD OF EXAMINERS

Contact: Lin FalconAdministrative Assistant(225) 765-2515


Year created 1987


Status Active

Purpose/function The board is responsible for licensing and regulating personspracticing as mental health counselors and those who use the title"licensed professional counselor." The board acceptsexaminations administered by the National Board of CertifiedCounselors.








Performance indicatorsLicenses issued/renewed 790 1,094Enforcement actions closed 15 10



LICENSED PROFESSIONAL VOCATIONAL REHABILITATIONCOUNSELORS BOARD OF EXAMINERS

Contact: Jeanette MathesAdministrative Assistant(225) 922-1435


Year created 1988


Status Active

Purpose/function The board is responsible for licensing, examining, and regulatingthe practice of rehabilitation counseling in the state.

Members Number authorized - 5; currently serving - not provided

Number of meetings Prior year actual - not provided; current year estimated - notprovided





Total revenues $27,754 $33,859Total expenses/expenditures $25,741 $54,424 which include: Per diem None None Members' travel expenses None None Members' salary None NoneEnding Balance $11,004 ($9,561)

Performance indicatorsLicenses issued/renewed 382 420Examinations taken 5 8Enforcement actions closed None None

Comments The board should limit expenditures to available resources.



LICENSING BOARD FOR CONTRACTORS

Contact: Kelli GautreauxAccountant(225) 765-2301


Year created 1956


Status Active

Purpose/function The board is responsible for licensing and regulating contractors.In addition, it is responsible for the health, safety, and generalwelfare of all contractees and the affording of such persons of aneffective and practical protection against the incompetent,inexperienced, unlawful, and fraudulent acts of contractors.








Performance indicatorsLicenses issued/renewed 15,942 16,000Examinations taken 3,800 3,875Enforcement actions closed 327 Not provided



MANUFACTURED HOUSING COMMISSION

Contact: Alex BertrandExecutive Director(225) 342-2943


Year created 2001


Status Active

Purpose/function The commission is responsible for licensing manufacturers,retailers, developers, salesmen and installers of manufacturedhousing.











MOTOR VEHICLE COMMISSION

Contact: Cynthia S. StyronAccountant Technician(504) 838-5207


Year created 1954


Status Active

Purpose/function The commission regulates and licenses motor vehiclemanufacturers, distributors, new and used car dealers and theiragents, leasing/rental companies, lessors operating in the state,and sales finance companies to prevent fraud, impositions, andother abuses upon the residents.







Total revenues $1,216,124 $1,253,000Total expenses/expenditures $1,211,640 $1,221,100 which include: Per diem $8,150 $14,400 Members' travel expenses $13,576 $19,000 Members' salary None NoneEnding Balance $815,639 $847,539

Performance indicatorsLicenses issued/renewed 16,009 15,000Enforcement actions closed 3,061 Not provided



NURSING SUPPLY AND DEMAND COMMISSION

Contact: Pat FaxonDepartment of Health and Hospitals(225) 342-4773


Year created 1991


Status Active

Purpose/function The commission was created to study all aspects of the supply ofand demand for nursing assistants, licensed practical nurses,registered nurses, nurses who have a baccalaureate degree, andnurse educators and to recommend action necessary to theresolution of any shortage of nurses.




Employees None


Financial/budget information None

Performance indicators none

Comments The commission is deemed a licensing agency by R.S.36:259(E)(22) as provided by R.S. 36:803; however, thecommission does not appear to serve either the purpose orfunction of a licensing agency.

Recommendation Since this commission does not perform a licensing function, thelegislature may wish to organizationally place this commissionwithin the Department of Health and Hospitals under R.S. 36:801or 36:802 rather than R.S. 36:803.


PLUMBING BOARD

Contact: Don TraylorExecutive Director(504) 826-2382


Year created 1924

Organizational placement Department of Labor

Status Active

Purpose/function The board is responsible for protecting all persons who use andrely upon plumbing and medical gas piping systems for personalor commercial need and for affording protection againstincompetent, inexperienced, or unlawful acts by persons whoperform work on plumbing and medical gas piping systems. Theboard qualifies and examines applicants for plumbers' licensesand serves, licenses, and enforces the law.











POLYGRAPH BOARD

Contact: Vicki H. KingSecretary(225) 744-3531


Year created 1980


Status Active

Purpose/function The board regulates all persons who use polygraphinstrumentation to detect deception or verify the truth ofstatements and provides a system for certification for theseindividuals.




Employees None



Total revenues $5,389 $3,200Total expenses/expenditures $5,767 $3,055 which include: Per diem None None Members' travel expenses $286 $1,010 Members' salary None NoneEnding Balance $13,617 $13,762


Comments With such limited resources, we question whether this boardshould continue to operate.

Recommendation The legislature should consider abolishing the board andtransferring its functions to the Department of Public Safety andCorrections, Public Safety Services.


PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERING AND LAND SURVEYINGBOARD

Contact: John RadfordDeputy Executive Secretary(225) 925-6291


Year created 1908

Organizational placement Department of Transportation and Development

Status Active

Purpose/function The board is responsible for examining, certifying, registering, anddisciplining engineers and land surveyors in the state.







Total revenues $1,008,815 $968,000Total expenses/expenditures $1,189,470 $1,122,900 which include: Per diem $23,805 $27,000 Members' travel expenses $39,136 $66,000 Members' salary None NoneEnding Balance $708,477 $553,576

Performance indicatorsLicenses issued/renewed 19,303 18,900Examinations taken 1,281 1,300Enforcement actions closed 95 132



RADIO AND TELEVISION TECHNICIANS BOARD

Contact: Jessie E. PughAdministrator(225) 231-4710


Year created 1958


Status Active

Purpose/function The board is responsible for licensing and regulating professionalswho service and repair radios, televisions, and recording devices.








Performance indicatorsLicenses issued/renewed Not provided Not providedExaminations taken 83 100Enforcement actions closed 35 15

Comments The board's expenditures continue to exceed its revenues and thistrend is expected to continue. The number of technicians enteringthe field decreases each year, which has resulted in a significantdecline in revenues, although expenditures, primarily salaries andrelated benefits, continue to increase.

Recommendation The legislature should consider abolishing the board andeliminating the licensure requirement.


RADIOLOGIC TECHNOLOGY BOARD OF EXAMINERS

Contact: Richard S. WhitehornExecutive Director(504) 838-5231


Year created 1984


Status Active

Purpose/function The board is responsible for examining, licensing, and regulatingqualified applicants as radiologic technologists and to protect thepublic from the misuse of ionizing radiation.











REAL ESTATE APPRAISERS BOARD

Contact: Albert RoweAccountant III(225) 925-4789


Year created 1987


Status Active

Purpose/function The board is responsible for establishing educational requirementsfor state certified real estate appraisers and for issuing certificatesand conducting disciplinary proceedings. The board contracts forexamination services.




Employees 1 classified




Performance indicatorsLicenses issued/renewed 568 485Enforcement actions closed 4 5



REAL ESTATE COMMISSION

Contact: Albert RoweAccountant III(225) 925-4789


Year created 1920


Status Active

Purpose/function The commission is responsible for licensing real estate brokers,associate brokers, salesmen, and schools and for regulating thereal estate business in the state. The commission contracts forexamination services.











USED MOTOR VEHICLE AND PARTS COMMISSION

Contact: Lynette BinningAccountant 2(225) 925-3870


Year created 1984


Status Active

Purpose/function The commission licenses and regulates salesmen and salesrepresentatives of used cars and truck dealers; new and usedmotor homes, trailers, semi-trailers, all terrain vehicles, andmotorcycles; automotive dismantlers; parts recyclers; boatdealers; and dealers, manufacturers, and distributors of marineproducts and motorcycles. The commission does not administerexaminations.







Total revenues $1,173,202 $1,159,500Total expenses/expenditures $976,927 $1,135,724 which include: Per diem $7,200 $15,075 Members' travel expenses $7,490 $7,500 Members' salary None NoneEnding Balance $1,701,902 $1,725,678



Port Commissions and Harbor DistrictsA board of commissioners administers and operates each of the following portcommissions and harbor districts and regulates commerce and traffic of theseports and harbors in such a manner as may be in the best interest of thepublic. The boards have charge of and administer wharves, docks, sheds,and landings and are empowered to construct or acquire and equip wharves,landings, and other structures useful for the commerce of the port areas. Theport commissions and harbor districts may charge reasonable fees to eachvessel arriving in the port area and may enter into contracts and leases for theuse of the facilities or any part or portion thereof.

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ABBEVILLE HARBOR AND TERMINAL DISTRICTBOARD OF COMMISSIONERS

(Political Subdivision)

Contact: James CampbellExecutive Director(337) 893-9465


Year created 1954

Status Active







Total revenues $512,682 $516,815Total expenses/expenditures $1,267,016 $396,569 which include: Per diem None None Members' travel expenses None None Members' salary None NoneEnding Balance $671,736 $791,982


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ALEXANDRIA REGIONAL PORT AUTHORITYBOARD OF COMMISSIONERS


Contact: John F. MarzulloExecutive Director(318) 473-1848


Year created 1987

Status Active






Financial/budget information Actual BudgetApril 30, 2002 April 30, 2003

Total revenues $284,095 $330,200Total expenses/expenditures $513,911 $291,482 which include: Per diem None None Members' travel expenses $16,488 $15,000 Members' salary None NoneEnding Balance $11,756,163 $11,794,881



AVOYELLES PARISH PORT COMMISSION

Contact: Tommy MaddiePresident(318) 941-5462


Year created 1960

Status Active




Employees None


Financial/budget information Not provided



CADDO-BOSSIER PARISHES PORT COMMISSION

Contact: Gloria WashingtonDirector of Administrative Services(318) 524-2272


Year created 1962

Status Active







Total revenues $6,186,825 $22,151,729Total expenses/expenditures $8,605,818 $13,593,395 which include: Per diem None None Members' travel expenses $19,664 $30,000 Members' salary None NoneEnding Balance $46,544,669 $55,103,003



COLUMBIA PORT COMMISSION

Contact: Darron McGuffeeCommissioner(318) 649-6613


Year created 1962

Status Active




Employees Unknown



Comments As of January 24, 2003, the commission had not submittedinformation requested by the legislative auditor in accordance withR.S. 24:513.2(F). However, a December 31, 2001, audit is on filewith the legislative auditor.



CONCORDIA PARISH PORT COMMISSION

Contact: Robbie ShirleyConcordia Parish Police Jury(318) 336-7151


Year created 1960

Status Inactive

Members Number authorized - 6; currently serving - none

Number of meetings Prior year actual - none; current year estimated - none


Employees None



Comments For the ninth year, a representative of the Concordia Parish PoliceJury informed us that no appointments have been made to thecommission. The commission is not fulfilling the functions forwhich it was established by law.

Recommendation The legislature should consider abolishing the commission.


EAST CAMERON PORT COMMISSION(Political Subdivision)

Contact: Darrell WilliamsSecretary(337) 775-5718


Year created 1962

Status Active




Employees None



Total revenues $40,590 $16,355Total expenses/expenditures $9,011 $11,539 which include: Per diem None None Members' travel expenses None None Members' salary None NoneEnding Balance $958,765 $963,581

Comments Administrative duties of the commission are performed byemployees of the Cameron Parish Police Jury.



GRAND ISLE PORT COMMISSION

Contact: Andy GallianoSecretary-Treasurer(985) 787-2500


Year created 1982

Status Active







Total revenues $96,478 $97,000Total expenses/expenditures $136,748 $93,000 which include: Per diem None None Members' travel expenses $200 $500 Members' salary $4,500 $5,000Ending Balance Not provided Not provided



GRANT PARISH PORT COMMISSION

Contact: Randy BriggsGrant Parish Police Jury(318) 627-3157


Year created 1966

Status Never fully organized




Employees None



Comments For the tenth year, a representative of the Grant Parish Police Juryinformed us that commissioners have never been appointed. Thecommission is not fulfilling the functions for which it wasestablished by law.



GREATER BATON ROUGE PORT COMMISSION

Contact: Al StarnsDirector of Finance(225) 342-1660


Year created 1952

Status Active










GREATER KROTZ SPRINGS PORT COMMISSION

Contact: Gary SoileauExecutive Director(337) 566-8867


Year created 1956

Status Active







Total revenues $355,851 $328,152Total expenses/expenditures $308,772 $337,682 which include: Per diem $23,325 $24,300 Members' travel expenses $4,943 $7,500 Members' salary None NoneEnding Balance $5,465,299 $5,455,769



GREATER LAFOURCHE PORT COMMISSION

Contact: Susan MartinAccountant Administrator I(985) 632-6701


Year created 1960

Status Active










GREATER OUACHITA PORT COMMISSION

Contact: Matt SandersonSecretary-Treasurer


Year created 1998

Status Unknown




Employees Unknown



Comments In the prior year, we reported that the commission had never beenfunded and a port had not been established. As of January 24,2003, the commission had not submitted information requested bythe legislative auditor in accordance with R.S. 24:513.2(F). Thereis no indication that the commission is fulfilling the functions forwhich it was established by law.



JEFFERSON PARISH ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND PORTDISTRICT BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS


Contact: Scott A. AdamsExecutive Director(504) 833-1881


Year created 1987

Status Active







Total revenues $2,153,152 $2,117,095Total expenses/expenditures $2,132,632 $1,960,885 which include: Per diem None None Members' travel expenses None None Members' salary None NoneEnding Balance $549,526 $705,736



LAFAYETTE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITYBOARD OF COMMISSIONERS


Contact: Gregg GothreauxPresident and Chief Executive Officer(337) 593-1400


Year created 1971

Status Active







Total revenues $1,842,131 $1,552,000Total expenses/expenditures $2,186,952 $1,329,500 which include: Per diem None None Members' travel expenses $908 $2,000 Members' salary None NoneEnding Balance $7,953,279 $8,175,779



LAKE CHARLES HARBOR AND TERMINAL DISTRICTBOARD OF COMMISSIONERS


Contact: Terry JordanExecutive Director(337) 439-3661


Year created 1924

Status Active










LAKE PROVIDENCE PORT COMMISSION

Contact: Wyly GilfoilPort Director(318) 559-2365


Year created 1958

Status Active










MADISON PARISH PORT COMMISSION(Political Subdivision)

Contact: Anna TonnangSecretary/Treasurer(318) 574-2181


Year created 1966

Status Active










MERMENTAU RIVER HARBOR AND TERMINAL DISTRICTBOARD OF COMMISSIONERS


Contact: John F. CratonAttorney(337) 785-1000


Year created 1976

Status Active




Employees None






MILLENNIUM PORT AUTHORITY(Political Subdivision)

Contact: Thomas SandsExecutive Director(504) 528-3366


Year created 1999

Status Active




Employees None





MORGAN CITY HARBOR AND TERMINAL DISTRICTBOARD OF COMMISSIONERS


Contact: Jerry L. HoffpauirExecutive Director(985) 384-0850


Year created 1952

Status Active




Employees Unknown



Comments For the second year, the district did not submit informationrequested by the legislative auditor in accordance with R.S.24:513.2(F). However, a June 30, 2002, audit is on file with thelegislative auditor.



NATCHITOCHES PARISH PORT COMMISSION

Contact: Pat Todd, Sr.President(318) 356-9686


Year created 1975

Status Active










POINTE COUPEE PORT, HARBOR AND TERMINAL DISTRICTBOARD OF COMMISSIONERS


Contact: David CifreoSecretary/Treasurer


Year created 1967

Status Active




Employees None



Total revenues $22,520 $24,300Total expenses/expenditures $17,294 $20,617 which include: Per diem None None Members' travel expenses Not provided Not provided Members' salary None NoneEnding Balance $35,467 $39,150

Comments Administrative duties of the board are performed by employees ofthe Pointe Coupee Parish Police Jury.



PORT OF IBERIA DISTRICTBOARD OF COMMISSIONERS


Contact: Roy A. PontiffExecutive Director(337) 364-1065


Year created 1938

Status Active







Total revenues $1,641,287 $1,281,200Total expenses/expenditures $557,543 $685,592 which include: Per diem None None Members' travel expenses $15,978 $24,500 Members' salary None NoneEnding Balance Not provided Not provided



PORT OF NEW ORLEANSBOARD OF COMMISSIONERS

Contact: Michael G. SigurFinancial Services Section Team Leader(504) 528-3361


Year created 1896

Status Active










PORT OF SOUTH LOUISIANA COMMISSION(Political Subdivision)

Contact: Grant J. FaucheuxFinance Director(985) 652-9278


Year created 1975

Status Active






Financial/budget information Actual BudgetApril 30, 2002 April 30, 2003




RED RIVER PARISH PORT COMMISSION

Contact: John PaulSecretary(318) 932-6721


Year created 1975

Status Active




Employees None






SOUTH TANGIPAHOA PARISH PORT COMMISSION

Contact: Fred M. BullingerExecutive Director(504) 386-9309


Year created 1962

Status Active







Total revenues $633,964 $1,511,000Total expenses/expenditures $300,465 $955,600 which include: Per diem $7,200 $10,000 Members' travel expenses None None Members' salary None NoneEnding Balance $1,870,625 $2,426,025



ST. BERNARD PORT, HARBOR AND TERMINAL DISTRICTBOARD OF COMMISSIONERS


Contact: Robert ScafidelExecutive Director(504) 277-8418


Year created 1961

Status Active










TENSAS PARISH PORT COMMISSION(Political Subdivision)

Contact: Linda SikesSecretary/TreasurerTensas Parish Police Jury(318) 766-3542


Year created 1964

Status Active




Employees None



Comments The Tensas Parish Police Jury appointed new commissionmembers on December 11, 2001. However, the commission hasnever been funded, has no current source of revenues, and doesnot anticipate any revenues in the near future. The commission isnot fulfilling the functions for which it was established by law.



TERREBONNE PORT COMMISSION(Political Subdivision)

Contact: Tim HittAccountant(985) 873-6446


Year created 1964

Status Active




Employees None



Total revenues $3,505 $8,448Total expenses/expenditures $485 $5,775 which include: Per diem None None Members' travel expenses None None Members' salary None NoneEnding Balance $5,296 $7,969

Comments Administrative duties of the commission are performed byemployees of the Terrebonne Parish Consolidated Government.



TWIN PARISH PORT COMMISSION(Political Subdivision)

Contact: Wendell R. VerretAttorney(337) 988-3875


Year created 1959

Status Active




Employees Unknown



Comments As of January 24, 2003, the commission had not submittedinformation requested by the legislative auditor in accordance withR.S. 24:513.2(F). However, a December 31, 2001, audit is on filewith the legislative auditor.



VIDALIA PORT COMMISSION

Contact: Ken DavisCity of VidaliaMayor's Office(318) 336-5206


Year created 1981

Status Active




Employees None



Comments A feasibility study was performed on the port’s property; however,because of the economic downturn, the prospect of future fundingis low. The commission is not fulfilling the functions for which itwas established by law.



VINTON HARBOR AND TERMINAL DISTRICTBOARD OF COMMISSIONERS


Contact: Mary ViceSecretary(318) 589-7453


Year created 1956

Status Active



Authorized per diem $250 - president; $70 - other members per meeting




Total revenues $229,418 $147,157Total expenses/expenditures $108,012 $265,427 which include: Per diem $4,910 $6,000 Members' travel expenses $2,400 $2,400 Members' salary None NoneEnding Balance Not provided Not provided



WEST CALCASIEU PORT, HARBOR, AND TERMINAL DISTRICTBOARD OF COMMISSIONERS

Contact: Darla B. PerryCertified Public Accountant(337) 528-4000


Year created 1964

Status Active




Employees None



Total revenues $139,283 $146,000Total expenses/expenditures $124,025 $137,200 which include: Per diem $1,000 $1,200 Members' travel expenses $8,942 $7,200 Members' salary None NoneEnding Balance $1,354,881 $1,363,681



WEST CAMERON PORT COMMISSION(Political Subdivision)

Contact: Bonnie ConnerSecretary-TreasurerCameron Parish Police Jury(337) 775-5718


Year created 1968

Status Active




Employees None



Total revenues $13,468 NoneTotal expenses/expenditures $156,318 None which include: Per diem None None Members' travel expenses None None Members' salary None NoneEnding Balance $5,187 $5,187



WEST ST. MARY PARISH PORT AND HARBOR DISTRICTBOARD OF COMMISSIONERS


Contact: Audrey L. BoudreauxOffice Manager(337) 828-3410


Year created 1976

Status Active







Total revenues $862,424 $2,116,389Total expenses/expenditures $412,839 $2,361,571 which include: Per diem None None Members' travel expenses None None Members' salary None NoneEnding Balance $1,588,239 $1,343,057




Levee Districts

A board of commissioners administers the operations of each of the followinglevee districts. These boards have the authority to locate, relocate, construct,maintain, extend, and improve all levees, embankments, seawalls, jetties,breakwaters, water-basins, and other works to ensure the adequate protectionof the lands of the districts from damage by flood.

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ATCHAFALAYA BASIN LEVEE DISTRICTBOARD OF COMMISSIONERS


Contact: Will TysonExecutive Director(225) 387-2249

Legal authority R.S. 38:291(A)

Year created 1890

Status Active







Total revenues $4,579,195 $3,544,343Total expenses/expenditures $4,476,497 $3,544,343 which include: Per diem $27,825 $35,100 Members' travel expenses $23,784 $25,873 Members' salary $12,000 $12,000Ending Balance $6,761,479 $6,761,479


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BOSSIER LEVEE DISTRICTBOARD OF COMMISSIONERS


Contact: Mary Jane EasterlyAdministrative Manager(318) 965-0668

Legal authority R.S. 38:291(B)

Year created 1892

Status Active







Total revenues $1,431,535 $1,405,715Total expenses/expenditures $717,923 $1,890,243 which include: Per diem $10,575 $13,600 Members' travel expenses $6,540 $14,000 Members' salary $10,236 $12,000Ending Balance $4,819,440 $4,334,912



CADDO LEVEE DISTRICTBOARD OF COMMISSIONERS


Contact: Gaylyn BellAssistant Secretary(318) 221-2654

Legal authority R.S. 38:291(C)

Year created 1892

Status Active










EAST JEFFERSON LEVEE DISTRICTBOARD OF COMMISSIONERS


Contact: Yvette Boue'Accountant Technician(504) 733-0087

Legal authority R.S. 38:291(D)

Year created 1979

Status Active










FIFTH LOUISIANA LEVEE DISTRICTBOARD OF COMMISSIONERS


Contact: Nancy G. WhittenAdministrative Assistant(318) 574-2206

Legal authority R.S. 38:291(E)

Year created 1853

Status Active










GRAND ISLE INDEPENDENT LEVEE DISTRICTBOARD OF COMMISSIONERS


Contact: Patricia BellangerSecretary(985) 787-3955

Legal authority R.S. 38:291(S)

Year created 1992

Status Active







Total revenues $916,112 $288,500Total expenses/expenditures $962,845 $287,000 which include: Per diem $5,100 $5,400 Members' travel expenses $100 $500 Members' salary $15,000 $18,000Ending Balance Not provided Not provided



LAFOURCHE BASIN LEVEE DISTRICTBOARD OF COMMISSIONERS


Contact: Aubrey GravoisPresident(225) 265-7545

Legal authority R.S. 38:291(F)

Year created 1892

Status Active










LAKE BORGNE BASIN LEVEE DISTRICTBOARD OF COMMISSIONERS


Contact: Robert A. TurnerExecutive Director(504) 682-5941

Legal authority R.S. 38:291(G)

Year created 1892

Status Active







Total revenues $3,732,066 $4,833,000Total expenses/expenditures $4,282,930 $5,858,900 which include: Per diem $2,325 $2,400 Members' travel expenses $6,500 $6,500 Members' salary $218 $600Ending Balance $17,474,834 $16,448,934



NATCHITOCHES LEVEE AND DRAINAGE DISTRICTBOARD OF COMMISSIONERS


Contact: Cliff ConineAssistant Secretary and Attorney(318) 357-1853

Legal authority R.S. 38:291(H)

Year created 1938

Status Active




Employees Unknown



Comments For the third year, the district did not submit information requestedby the legislative auditor in accordance with R.S. 24:513.2(F).However, a June 30, 2002, audit is on file with the legislativeauditor.



NINETEENTH LOUISIANA LEVEE DISTRICTBOARD OF COMMISSIONERS


Contact: Emma F. HydeClerk(318) 627-3261

Legal authority R.S. 38:291(I)

Year created 1930

Status Active







Total revenues $39,033 $40,100Total expenses/expenditures $28,555 $36,545 which include: Per diem $1,800 $1,800 Members' travel expenses None None Members' salary None NoneEnding Balance $163,913 $167,468



NORTH BOSSIER LEVEE DISTRICTBOARD OF COMMISSIONERS


Contact: James D. SoutherlandSecretary(318) 965-2316

Legal authority R.S. 38:291(J)

Year created 1906

Status Active




Employees None



Total revenues $6,341 $7,100Total expenses/expenditures $2,081 $14,000 which include: Per diem $450 $300 Members' travel expenses None None Members' salary None NoneEnding Balance $42,859 $35,959

Comments The district consists of about one mile of levee and its revenues,which approximate $6,500, are insufficient to maintain the levee.The board is not fulfilling the functions for which it was establishedby law.

Recommendation The legislature should consider abolishing the district.


NORTH LAFOURCHE CONSERVATION, LEVEE, AND DRAINAGEDISTRICT BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS


Contact: Carol LeBlancAdministrative Assistant(985) 537-2244

Legal authority R.S. 38:291(T)

Year created 1992

Status Active







Total revenues $999,283 $930,000Total expenses/expenditures $508,232 $549,450 which include: Per diem None None Members' travel expenses None $1,000 Members' salary None NoneEnding Balance $2,833,372 $3,213,922



ORLEANS LEVEE DISTRICTBOARD OF COMMISSIONERS


Contact: Mary E. Herbert, CPA, CGFMComptroller(504) 243-4068

Legal authority R.S. 38:291(K)

Year created 1890

Status Active










PONTCHARTRAIN LEVEE DISTRICTBOARD OF COMMISSIONERS


Contact: Joseph GautreauPresident(225) 869-9721

Legal authority R.S. 38:291(L)

Year created 1895

Status Active










RED RIVER LEVEE AND DRAINAGE DISTRICTBOARD OF COMMISSIONERS


Contact: Carrol SmithSecretary(318) 932-6615

Legal authority R.S. 38:291(N)

Year created 1936

Status Active










RED RIVER, ATCHAFALAYA AND BAYOU BOEUF LEVEEDISTRICT BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS


Contact: Rita MaloneyAdministrative Services Assistant(318) 443-9646

Legal authority R.S. 38:291(M)

Year created 1890

Status Active










SOUTH LAFOURCHE LEVEE DISTRICTBOARD OF COMMISSIONERS


Contact: Windell A. CuroleGeneral Manager(985) 632-7554

Legal authority R.S. 38:291(P)

Year created 1968

Status Active










TENSAS BASIN LEVEE DISTRICTBOARD OF COMMISSIONERS


Contact: John StringerExecutive Director(318) 728-4446

Legal authority R.S. 38:291(Q)

Year created 1881

Status Active










TERREBONNE LEVEE AND CONSERVATION DISTRICTBOARD OF COMMISSIONERS


Contact: Angela RainsAdministrative Manager(985) 594-4104

Legal authority R.S. 38:291(U)

Year created 1997

Status Active







Total revenues $2,419,364 $2,484,400Total expenses/expenditures $2,603,121 $4,043,650 which include: Per diem $17,850 $19,575 Members' travel expenses $954 $3,000 Members' salary None NoneEnding Balance $2,115,659 $556,409



WEST JEFFERSON LEVEE DISTRICTBOARD OF COMMISSIONERS


Contact: Harry CahillPresident(504) 340-0318

Legal authority R.S. 38:291(R)

Year created 1980

Status Active








Comments Budget information does not include the special revenue fund orthe capital project funds.


Other Boards, Commissions, and Like EntitiesOther boards, commissions, and like entities include such entities created bylaw or executive order to carry out specific governmental functions, but whichare not authorized to perform a licensing function, are not created under thestatutes that establish port and harbor commissions or levee districts, and areneither budget units of the state nor included within a budget unit of the state.These entities, some of which are political subdivisions or advisory in nature,perform a variety of governmental functions.

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ADVISORY COMMISSION ON TEACHER EDUCATIONAND CERTIFICATION

Contact: Janet ReedDivision of Teacher Standards, Assessment and

CertificationDepartment of Education(225) 342-3490


Year created 1986

Oversight agency Board of Elementary and Secondary Education

Status Active

Purpose/function The commission is responsible for advising the Board ofElementary and Secondary Education in areas relating tostandards for teacher certification and certification programs.


Number of meetings Prior year actual - none; current year estimated - 3


Employees None



Total revenues None NoneTotal expenses/expenditures None None which include: Per diem None None Members' travel expenses None $4,500 Members' salary None NoneEnding Balance None None

Comments The commission did not meet during 2000, 2001, and 2002, butplans to meet in 2003.

Recommendation No change recommended at this time.

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ADVISORY COMMITTEE FOR THE REGULATIONAND CONTROL OF WATER WELL DRILLERS

Contact: Z. B. "Bo" BolourchiWater Resources Section ChiefDepartment of Transportation and Development(225) 379-1434


Year created 1982

Oversight agency Department of Transportation and Development

Status Active

Purpose/function The committee serves in an advisory capacity and makesrecommendations to the Department of Transportation andDevelopment on the licensing, qualifications, and standards ofconduct for those engaged in the business of drilling, or thoseabandoning, water wells and holes in the state.




Employees None





ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON ASSISTED LIVING

Contact: Sandra VictorDepartment of Health and Hospitals(225) 342-3881


Year created 1997

Oversight agency Department of Health and Hospitals

Status Inactive

Purpose/function The advisory committee was created to provide input to theDepartment of Health and Hospitals in the development andimplementation of the Medicaid Assisted Living Pilot Project.




Employees None



Comments For the second year, a representative of the Department of Healthand Hospitals reported that the committee is inactive. Thecommittee is not fulfilling the functions for which it was establishedby law.



ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON HOSPICE CARE

Contact: Stephanie SchedlerChairperson(985) 641-1721


Year created 1988


Status Active

Purpose/function The committee has the responsibility to advise and makerecommendations to the Department of Health and Hospitalsconcerning matters of hospice services in the state.




Employees None





ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON MIDWIFERY



Year created 1988


Status Inactive

Purpose/function The committee was created to advise the state Board of MedicalExaminers on all matters dealing with licensing of midwiferypractitioners and on regulations relating to midwifery practitioners.




Employees None



Comments R.S. 37:3242(E) states that the committee may meet as needed,but shall meet at least twice a year. The committee has not metin the past six years and has no intention of meeting in the currentyear. The committee is not fulfilling the functions for which it wasestablished by law.

Recommendation The legislature should consider abolishing the committee.


ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON PAIN



Year created 1997



Purpose/function The committee was responsible for examining current andproposed practice guidelines on pain management, identifyingproblems in current treatment and practice guidelines, and makingany recommendations to the state Board of Medical Examinersconcerning practice guidelines on pain management.




Employees None



Comments For the third year, a representative of the Board of MedicalExaminers reported that the committee was never fully organized.The committee is not fulfilling the functions for which it wasestablished by law.



ADVISORY COUNCIL ON EARLY IDENTIFICATION OFHEARING IMPAIRMENT IN INFANTS

Contact: Linda PippinsDirector(504) 568-5055


Year created 1992


Status Active

Purpose/function The council advises the Office of Public Health on various aspectsof the development and implementation of the Early Identificationof Hearing Impairments in Infants Law. This includes makingrecommendations on risk factors for hearing loss, programstandards and quality assurance, program integration withcommunity resources, materials for distribution, and programimplementation and follow-up.




Employees None





ADVISORY COUNCIL ON THE CHILD CAREAND DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM

Contact: Ann WilliamsonAssistant SecretaryDepartment of Social Services(225) 342-3950

Legal authority EO MJF 96-59

Year created 1996

Oversight agency Department of Social Services

Status Active

Purpose/function The council's duties include making recommendations to thesecretary of the Department of Social Services regarding theexpenditure and disbursement of child care and development blockgrant funds and for improving, modernizing, and updating thequality of child care at the day care centers which operate withinthe state.




Employees None



Total revenues None NoneTotal expenses/expenditures None None which include: Per diem None None Members' travel expenses None $2,250 Members' salary None NoneEnding Balance None None



ADVISORY PANEL FOR THE EDUCATION OFCHILDREN WITH EXCEPTIONALITIES

Contact: Virginia BeridonDivision of Special PopulationsDepartment of Education(225) 342-3633


Year created 1977

Oversight agency Department of Education

Status Active

Purpose/function The panel shall advise the Department of Education of unmetneeds within the state in the education of children with disabilities;in developing evaluations and reporting on data; in developingcorrective action plans to address findings identified in federalmonitoring reports; and in developing and implementing policiesrelating to the coordination of services for children with disabilities.

Members Number authorized - unlimited; currently serving - 13

Number of meetings Prior year actual - not provided; current year estimated - 12


Employees None



Total revenues None NoneTotal expenses/expenditures None None which include: Per diem None None Members' travel expenses $6,415 $10,000 Members' salary None NoneEnding Balance None None



ADVISORY TASK FORCE ON FUNDING AND EFFICIENCY OF THELOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY

Contact: Darryl SerioFiscal OfficerDepartment of Environmental Quality(225) 765-0700


Year created 2002

Oversight agency Office of the Governor

Status Not fully organized

Purpose/function The task force shall evaluate and recommend an appropriateallocation of funds that is practical for the duties of the DEQ;analyze and recommend measures to improve the efficiency andeffectiveness of DEQ’s programs and functions; and identify,evaluate, and recommend appropriate funding sources for theregulatory programs that have state mandated standards thatexceed those required by federal law.




Employees None





AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION ADVISORY COMMITTEE

Contact: Cecil J. PicardState Superintendent of Education(225) 342-3602


Year created 2001


Status Active

Purpose/function The committee was established to provide recommendations forthe development and implementation of the state action plan forthe delivery of education in agriculture literacy, awareness, andcareer exploration in public schools.




Employees None





AIRPORT AUTHORITYBOARD OF COMMISSIONERS


Contact: Glenda JeansonneExecutive Director(985) 652-3240


Year created 1992

Status Active

Purpose/function The authority was created to acquire, construct, lease, operate,maintain, or manage airports and airport facilities, except for thosethat existed before 1992, either within or outside the territorialboundaries of the authority.




Employees None



Total revenues $1,064,289 $2,625,341Total expenses/expenditures $1,086,521 $2,625,341 which include: Per diem None None Members' travel expenses $7,430 $8,000 Members' salary None NoneEnding Balance ($34,175) ($34,175)



ALARM SERVICES ADVISORY BOARD

Contact: Boyd PettyState Fire Marshal's Office(225) 925-4911


Year created 1995

Oversight agency Department of Public Safety and Corrections, Public SafetyServices

Status Active

Purpose/function The board advises the state fire marshal with respect toadministration and enforcement of laws relating to the burglaralarm industry. The board also votes on requests for equivalencyto training.




Employees None





ALLEN PARISH RESERVOIR DISTRICTPolitical Subdivision

Contact: Phil BeardChairman(337) 639-4367


Year created 2002


Status Active

Purpose/function The district is responsible for developing the wealth and naturalresources of the district by the conservation of soil and water foragricultural, recreational, commercial, industrial, and sanitarypurposes. The district shall create and maintain a lake for suchpurposes.


Number of meetings Prior year actual - none; current year estimated - not provided


Employees None



Total revenues None $225,000Total expenses/expenditures None $225,000 which include: Per diem None None Members' travel expenses None None Members' salary None NoneEnding Balance None None



AMITE RIVER BASIN DRAINAGE AND WATER CONSERVATIONDISTRICT BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS


Contact: Kathryn SealeSecretary(225) 296-4900


Year created 1981


Status Active

Purpose/function The board has the authority to establish adequate drainage, floodcontrol, and water resource development by constructingreservoirs, diversion canals, gravity and pumped drainagesystems, and other flood control works.







Total revenues Not provided Not providedTotal expenses/expenditures Not provided Not provided which include: Per diem $8,700 $9,500 Members' travel expenses None None Members' salary None NoneEnding Balance Not provided Not provided



ANESTHESIOLOGIST ASSISTANT LEGISLATION COMMISSION

Contact: Kimberly RosenbergDeputy Executive CounselGovernor's Office(225) 342-0955


Year created 2001


Status Active

Purpose/function The commission is responsible for proposing draft legislation thatsets forth the prerequisite qualifications and minimum educationrequirements and training levels necessary to become or continueto be licensed as an anesthesiologist assistant.


Number of meetings Prior year actual - 3; current year estimated - none


Employees None





ANIMAL WELFARE COMMISSION

Contact: Larry KinlawExecutive DirectorGovernor's Office of Community Programs(225) 342-0332


Year created 2001


Status Active

Purpose/function The commission is responsible for assisting the Governor's Officeof Community Programs in promoting the proper treatment andwell being of dogs and cats.




Employees None





ARCHAEOLOGICAL SURVEY AND ANTIQUITIES COMMISSION

Contact: Thomas EubanksState ArchaeologistDepartment of Culture, Recreation and Tourism(225) 342-8170


Year created 1974

Oversight agency Department of Culture, Recreation and Tourism

Status Active

Purpose/function The commission advises the Department of Culture, Recreationand Tourism on matters relative to archaeology, antiquities, andother culture resources in an effort to protect and preserveproperties relating to the history, culture, and government of thestate.




Employees None





ARCHITECTS SELECTION BOARD

Contact: Roy BrownFiscal Officer(225) 342-0820


Year created 1975

Oversight agency Executive Department

Status Active

Purpose/function The board is responsible for selecting professional architects forprofessional service contracts to perform the design work on allcapital outlay projects with a construction cost greater than$500,000.




Employees None



Total revenues None NoneTotal expenses/expenditures None None which include: Per diem None None Members' travel expenses $52 $613 Members' salary None NoneEnding Balance None None



ARTIFICIAL REEF DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL

Contact: Rick KasprzakArtificial Reef CoordinatorDepartment of Wildlife and Fisheries(225) 765-2375


Year created 1986

Oversight agency Department of Wildlife and Fisheries

Status Active

Purpose/function The council is responsible for overseeing the development andimplementation of the Louisiana Artificial Reef Development Plan.The council is charged with providing guidance to the Departmentof Wildlife and Fisheries on policy and procedural mattersconcerning the program and making recommendations to thedepartment regarding the allocation of funds to various programcomponents.




Employees None





ARTS COUNCIL

Contact: Pam BreauxExecutive Director(225) 342-8180


Year created 1976


Status Active

Purpose/function The council is responsible for receiving applications formatching federal funds available from the National Endowment forthe Arts and such other funds made available and makingrecommendations thereon; reviewing and approving or rejectinggrant applications; advising departmental officers on the designand execution of an annual state plan; and administering theLouisiana native crafts program.




Employees None





ASCENSION-ST. JAMES AIRPORT AND TRANSPORTATIONAUTHORITY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS

Contact: Janet GonzalesSecretary(225) 644-1959


Year created 1982


Status Active

Purpose/function The authority is responsible for managing the airport upon itscompletion. The Department of Transportation and Development isresponsible for land acquisition and construction of facilities.Upon completion of the construction, the facilities will be turnedover to the authority, which will be responsible for their operation.







Total revenues $70,771 $1,143,600Total expenses/expenditures $55,796 $1,133,100 which include: Per diem $7,875 Not provided Members' travel expenses $1,920 Not provided Members' salary None NoneEnding Balance Not provided Not provided



ASSESSORS' RETIREMENT SYSTEMBOARD OF TRUSTEES

Contact: Stephen GriffinCertified Public Accountant(225) 928-8886


Year created 1950

Status Active

Purpose/function The board is responsible for buying and selling securities forinvestment of surplus monies of the fund to allow disabilitypayments and retirement allowances for assessors andassessors' employees and to otherwise administer the fund.






Members’ expense information Actual BudgetSeptember 30, 2001 September 30, 2002

Per diem $3,000 $10,000Members' travel expenses $1,355 $5,000Members' salary None None



ASSOCIATED BRANCH PILOTS FOR THE PORT OFNEW ORLEANS FEE COMMISSION

Contact: Michael R. Lorino, Jr.Chairman(504) 831-6615


Year created 1968

Status Active

Purpose/function The commission governs the rates of the Associated BranchPilots for the Port of New Orleans and is authorized to holdhearings, subpoena witnesses, administer oaths, and takedepositions to resolve disputes in matters of pilotage rates andother commission business.




Employees None



Comments The commission has not held a meeting in at least eight years,but plans to have one this year.



ASSOCIATED BRANCH PILOTS OF THE PORT OFLAKE CHARLES FEE COMMISSION

Contact: George MowbrayCommissioner(337) 436-0372


Year created 1968


Purpose/function The commission governs the rates of the Associated BranchPilots of the Port of Lake Charles and is authorized to holdhearings, subpoena witnesses, administer oaths, and takedepositions to resolve disputes regarding pilotage rates and othercommission business.




Employees None





ATCHAFALAYA BASIN ADVISORY COMMITTEE

Contact: Sandra DecoteauAtchafalaya Basin ProgramDepartment of Natural Resources(225) 342-0560


Year created 1998

Oversight agency Department of Natural Resources

Status Active

Purpose/function The committee shall advise the Atchafalaya Basin Program withinthe Department of Natural Resources and the Atchafalaya BasinPromotion and Research Board on the implementation of the statemaster plan of the Atchafalaya Basin Floodway System.

Members Number authorized - unlimited; currently serving - not provided



Employees None





ATCHAFALAYA BASIN PROMOTION AND RESEARCH BOARD

Contact: Sandra DecoteauAtchafalaya Basin ProgramDepartment of Natural Resources(225) 342-0560


Year created 1998

Oversight agency Department of Natural Resources

Status Active

Purpose/function The board is charged with the oversight of the Atchafalaya BasinProgram duties and functions relating to the Atchafalaya BasinFloodway System and the state's master plan.




Employees None





ATCHAFALAYA TRACE COMMISSION ADVISORY BOARD

Contact: Beverly ShawFiscal OfficerDepartment of Culture, Recreation and Tourism(225) 342-8198


Year created 1999


Status Active

Purpose/function The board advises the Atchafalaya Trace Commission on allaspects of the commission's duties and authority.

Members Number authorized - varies; currently serving - 20



Employees None





AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE PLAN GOVERNING COMMITTEE

Contact: Chad M. BrownDeputy CommissionerDepartment of Insurance(225) 342-7276

Legal authority R.S. 22:1417 (B)

Year created 1993

Oversight agency Department of Insurance

Status Active

Purpose/function The committee is responsible for overseeing casualty insurancerates for individuals who are unable to procure such insurancethrough ordinary methods.

Members Number authorized - 9; currently servi ng - 9



Employees None





BAYOU D'ARBONNE LAKE WATERSHED DISTRICTBOARD OF COMMISSIONERS


Contact: K. Paul BullockSecretary/Treasurer(318) 251-1319


Year created 1956

Status Active

Purpose/function The board is charged with the conservation of soil and water anddeveloping the natural resources and wealth of the district forsanitary, agricultural, and recreational purposes, as the same maybe conducive to the public health, safety, convenience or welfare,or of public utility or benefit.




Employees None






BAYOU LAFOURCHE FRESH WATER DISTRICTBOARD OF COMMISSIONERS

Contact: Carol LeBlancAccountant(985) 447-7155

Legal authority Act 186 of 1970

Year created 1950

Status Active

Purpose/function The board is charged with furnishing fresh water from theMississippi River to the incorporated villages, towns, and citiesalong Bayou Lafourche and within or adjacent to the boundaries ofthe district for purposes of drinking, irrigation, and industrial uses.







Total revenues $1,094,988 $922,000Total expenses/expenditures $1,368,652 $1,248,600 which include: Per diem $3,600 $3,375 Members' travel expenses None None Members' salary None NoneEnding Balance $1,455,085 $1,128,485



BEEF INDUSTRY COUNCIL

Contact: Robert H. FelknorAdministrative Assistant(225) 343-3491


Year created 1978

Oversight agency Department of Agriculture and Forestry

Status Active

Purpose/function The council is responsible for receiving and disbursing funds tohelp develop, maintain, and expand markets for cattle and beefproducts produced, processed, or manufactured in the state andpermitting the cattle production and feeding industry of the state tocontribute to the development and sustenance of coordinatedprograms of product improvement.




Employees None






BELGIUM-LOUISIANA JOINT COMMITTEE

Contact: David CheramieDirectorCouncil for the Development of French

in Louisiana(337) 262-5810


Year created 1996


Status Active

Purpose/function The committee meets, at regular intervals, with appropriateauthorities of the French community of Belgium to arrange for andorganize educational, cultural, and touristic exchanges.




Employees None





BI-STATE CORRIDOR COMMISSION(Political Subdivision)

Contact: M. D. LeComteCoordinating and Development Corporation(318) 632-2022


Year created 1991

Status Active

Purpose/function The commission initiates and coordinates research, studies, andgathering of information on the construction, expansion,improvement, or extension of a route running through SabineParish, through Arkansas, and to the Oklahoma state line.




Employees None





BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT PARK COMMISSION

Contact: Kathy BlankenshipFiscal OfficerDepartment of Economic Development(225) 342-9658


Year created 1990

Oversight agency Department of Economic Development

Status Inactive

Purpose/function The commission shall identify and review the health care facilitiesand services available in the city of New Orleans comprised of theterritory bounded by Iberville Street, Perdido Street, South GalvezStreet, Loyola Avenue, Elk Place, and Basin Street and shalldetermine the feasibility of the creation of a biomedical researchand development park in that area.




Employees None



Comments A representative of the Department of Economic Developmentreported that there are no current members and there are no plansto have meetings during 2003. There is no indication that thecommission is fulfilling the functions for which it was created bylaw.



BIRTH DEFECTS SURVEILLANCE SYSTEMADVISORY BOARD

Contact: Bhavani SathyaBirth Defects Monitoring Network CoordinatorDepartment of Health and Hospitals(504) 568-8250


Year created 2001


Status Active

Purpose/function The board is responsible for making recommendations to thesecretary of the Department of Health and Hospitals on theimplementation and continuing operation of the birth defectssurveillance system.




Employees None





BOARD OF ELECTION SUPERVISORS

Contact: Carol H. GuidryAssistant Commissioner of Management

and FinanceSecretary of State(225) 219-9600


Year created 1950

Oversight agency Department of State

Status Active

Purpose/function The board reviews election laws and procedures used inconducting elections in the state; reports its findings,observations, and recommendations annually to the legislature;and serves as a clearinghouse for proposed election-relatedlegislation.




Employees None





BOARD OF EXAMINERS FOR NEW ORLEANS AND BATON ROUGESTEAMSHIP PILOTS FOR THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER

Contact: Martin W. Gould, Jr.President(504) 832-8955


Year created 1942

Status Active

Purpose/function The board is required to report immediately to the governor allcases of neglect of duty, habitual drunkenness, and grossviolations of its rules. Upon referral by the governor, the board isrequired to investigate the cases and report its findings to thegovernor recommending, if justified, a penalty.




Employees Unknown






BOARD OF EXAMINERS OF BAR PILOTS FOR THEPORT OF NEW ORLEANS

Contact: Thomas L. IttmannChairman(504) 288-0696


Year created 1865

Status Active

Purpose/function The board is responsible for setting rules and regulations to governbar pilots and administering examinations as necessary tomaintain the number of pilots required by the board.




Employees None





BOARD OF MORGAN CITY, BERWICK PORT PILOTCOMMISSIONERS AND EXAMINERS

Contact: Rocky DucharmeChairman(985) 385-5862


Year created 1962

Status Unknown

Purpose/function The board is responsible for regulating pilots and masters andowners of vessels plying the navigable waters on the lowerAtchafalaya River and through the channel into the Gulf of Mexicoby way of Oyster Bayou Light and Eugene Island Light.




Employees Unknown



Comments As of January 24, 2003, the board had not submitted informationrequested by the legislative auditor in accordance with R.S.24:513.2(F). New members have been appointed to the board andthey plan on activating during 2003.



BOARD OF NEW ORLEANS AND BATON ROUGE STEAMSHIPPILOT REVIEW FOR THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER

Contact: Martin W. Gould, Jr.PresidentBoard of Examiners for the New Orleans and

Baton Rouge Steamship Pilots(504) 832-8955


Year created 1983

Status Active

Purpose/function The board is responsible for establishing rules and regulationsrelative to hearing complaints of misconduct of any bar pilot andconducting hearings of any such complaints.




Employees Unknown






BOARD OF REVIEW OF THE ASSOCIATED BRANCH PILOTSFOR THE PORT OF NEW ORLEANS

Contact: Thomas L. IttmannChairmanBoard of Examiners of Bar Pilots

for the Port of New Orleans(504) 288-0696


Year created 1988

Status Active

Purpose/function The board is responsible for establishing rules and regulationsrelative to hearing complaints of misconduct of any bar pilot andconducting hearings of any such complaints.




Employees None





BOARD OF RIVER PORT PILOT COMMISSIONERS AND EXAMINERSFOR THE PORT OF LAKE CHARLES

Contact: Brett PalmerCommissioner(337) 436-0372


Year created 1928

Status Active

Purpose/function The board establishes rules and regulations that are necessary forthe purpose of regulating pilots, pilot associations, masters, andowners of vessels plying the navigable waters within the board'sjurisdiction. The board makes recommendations to the governorfor the commission of new pilots and for discipline for any pilotwrongdoing.


Number of meetings Prior year actual - 4; current year estimated - not provided


Employees None





BOARD OF RIVER PORT PILOT COMMISSIONERSFOR THE PORT OF NEW ORLEANS

Contact: Scott LogaPresident(504) 392-5016


Year created 1950

Status Active

Purpose/function The board is responsible for formulating rules and regulationsestablishing qualifications of river port pilots, providing for theexamination and approval of apprentices, and policing river portpilots in the performance of their duties.




Employees None





BOARD OF RIVER PORT PILOT REVIEWFOR THE PORT OF NEW ORLEANS

Contact: Scott LogaMember(504) 392-5016


Year created 1986

Status Active

Purpose/function The board reviews reports of the Board of River Port PilotCommissioners, reviews complaints filed against pilots, and filesan annual report with the Department of Transportation andDevelopment regarding investigations of pilot incidents.




Employees None





CANCER RESEARCH CENTER OF LSU HEALTH SCIENCES CENTERIN NEW ORLEANS/TULANE HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER

GOVERNING BOARD

Contact: Paul WheltonSenior Vice President for Health SciencesTulane University Health Sciences Center(504) 588-5295


Year created 2002

Status Active

Purpose/function The center is responsible for conducting research and promotingeducation in the diagnosis, detection, and treatment of cancer inpursuit of obtaining National Cancer Institute designation for thetwo health sciences centers in New Orleans.




Employees None





CANE RIVER WATERWAY DISTRICTBOARD OF COMMISSIONERS


Contact: Tom O'DonnellAccountant(318) 352-8352


Year created 1982

Status Active

Purpose/function The board is responsible for establishing, operating, andmaintaining, either individually or in cooperation with the federalgovernment, the state of Louisiana and its various agencies,subdivisions, and public bodies, a navigable waterway system tobe known as the Cane River Waterway in Natchitoches Parish.



Authorized per diem $100 - treasurer and chairman; $50 - other members

Employees None






CASH MANAGEMENT REVIEW BOARD

Contact: James F. BlankinshipDepartment of Treasury(225) 342-0049


Year created 1990

Oversight agency Department of Treasury

Status Active

Purpose/function The board reviews and approves the cash management policiesand procedures adopted by state agencies and reports itsrecommendations for changes in cash management laws andprocedures to the legislature.




Employees None





CATFISH PROMOTION AND RESEARCH BOARD

Contact: Ron HarrellCorresponding Secretary(225) 922-6211


Year created 1991


Status Active

Purpose/function The board promotes the growth and development of the catfishindustry in the state by research and advertisement.




Employees None



Total revenues $79,252 Not providedTotal expenses/expenditures $67,706 Not provided which include: Per diem $720 Not provided Members' travel expenses $974 Not provided Members' salary None NoneEnding Balance $205,419 Not provided



CHILD CARE CHALLENGE COMMITTEE

Contact: Gwendolyn BrooksChild Care Assistance Program DirectorDepartment of Social Services(225) 342-9108


Year created 1990


Status Unknown

Purpose/function The committee is required to make recommendations to thesecretary of the Department of Social Services for implementing aprogram that encourages employers to provide child care options(flexible or cafeteria-style child care benefit plans, pre-tax dollarspending accounts, resource and referral, financial assistance,consortium centers, on-site/near-site centers, and sick child care)to their employees.




Employees Unknown






CHILD DEATH REVIEW PANEL

Contact: Jimmy GuidryChairman(504) 568-5073


Year created 1992


Status Active

Purpose/function The panel is charged with establishing a process to review allunexpected deaths in children less than fifteen years of age;developing a standardized child death investigation protocol;establishing criteria for information that must be included in adeath investigation report; and collecting, reviewing, and analyzingall death investigation reports.




Employees None





CHILDREN'S HEALTH INSURANCE PROGRAM TASK FORCE

Contact: Helene RobinsonDepartment of Health and Hospitals(225) 342-3807


Year created 1997


Status Unknown

Purpose/function The task force has the primary duty to advise the secretary ofDepartment of Health and Hospitals regarding the various optionsavailable for a Children's Health Insurance Program.




Employees Unknown



Comments For the second year, the task force did not submit informationrequested by the legislative auditor in accordance with R.S.24:513.2(F).



CLERKS OF COURT CERTIFICATION PROGRAM COMMITTEE

Contact: Charlotte MasseyExecutive DirectorClerks of Court Association(225) 293-1162

Legal authority R.S. 13:782(J)

Year created 1990

Status Active

Purpose/function The committee is responsible for governing the certificationprogram, which was established to formalize and recognize theprofessional standards of clerks of court in the state.




Employees None





CLERKS OF COURT RETIREMENT SYSTEMBOARD OF TRUSTEES

Contact: Charlotte MasseyExecutive DirectorClerks of Court Association(225) 293-1162


Year created 1950

Status Active

Purpose/function The board was created to administer and manage the fund for thepurpose of providing regular disability and survivor benefits forclerks of court, their deputies and other employees, and theirbeneficiaries.




Employees None


Members’ expense information Actual BudgetJune 30, 2002 June 30, 2003

Per diem $4,275 $4,500Members' travel expenses $812 $150Members' salary None None



CLINICAL LABORATORY PERSONNEL COMMITTEE



Year created 1993


Status Active

Purpose/function The committee is required to make recommendations to the Boardof Medical Examiners on the licensure of clinical laboratorypersonnel and rules and regulations for the appropriate training andcompetency of the profession.




Employees 2 classified; 1 part-time






COMMEMORATIVE COIN ADVISORY COMMISSION

Contact: Kimberly RosenbergDeputy Executive CounselGovernor's Office(225) 342-0955


Year created 1999


Status Disbanded

Purpose/function The commission was responsible for identifying at least threedesigns emblematic of Louisiana and submitting them to thegovernor. The governor chose one of those designs to appear onthe back of quarter dollars.




Employees None



Comments The commission has fulfilled the purpose for which it wasestablished by executive order and has disbanded.

Recommendation The governor should consider abolishing the commission.


COMMERCIAL BUILDING ENERGY CONSERVATION CODEADVISORY COMMITTEE

Contact: Darrell WintersSenior EngineerDepartment of Natural Resources(225) 342-4593


Year created 1997

Status Active

Purpose/function The committee is responsible for providing advice and consultationto the Office of the State Fire Marshal, the Facility Planning andControl section of the Division of Administration, and the Energysection of the Department of Natural Resources in theconsideration of revisions or amendments to the energy code.




Employees None



Comments The group only meets when major amendments are needed to thecommercial energy code or when a new code is developed.



COMMISSION FOR THE PROMOTION OF UNIFORM LEGISLATION

Contact: Henry GabrielProfessor(504) 861-5667


Year created 1991

Oversight agency Department of Justice

Status Active

Purpose/function The commission examines the uniformity of legislation in thevarious states and territories of the union. It confers withcommissioners appointed by other states and territories for thesame purpose, considers and drafts uniform laws to be submittedfor approval and adoption by the several states, and generallydevises and recommends such other or further course of action asshall accomplish uniformity of legislation.




Employees None





COMMISSION ON ADDICTIVE DISORDERS

Contact: Joy BordelonSecretary(225) 342-6717


Year created 1984


Status Active

Purpose/function The commission serves as the advisory board for the Office forAddictive Disorders on state policy with respect to addictivedisorders; advises other state entities on state addictive disorderspolicy; recommends policy, program initiatives, and goals relativeto addictive disorders prevention and treatment to be included inan annual state plan; and serves as a liaison to state and localentities advocating prevention and treatment of addictive disorders.




Employees None






COMMISSION ON HIV AND AIDS

Contact: Beth Scalco, LCSWDepartment of Health and Hospitals(504) 568-7474


Year created 1991


Status Active

Purpose/function The commission was charged to research and review all stateregulations, guidelines, policies, and procedures relative to HIVinfection and AIDS and to make recommendations to the governor,the Department of Health and Hospitals, and the legislature.




Employees None



Total revenues None NoneTotal expenses/expenditures None None which include: Per diem None None Members' travel expenses $2,542 None Members' salary None NoneEnding Balance None None

Comments In accordance with R.S. 40:2018.1(G), the commission shallterminate on September 1, 2005.



COMMISSION ON PERINATAL CARE AND PREVENTION OFINFANT MORTALITY

Contact: Jonathan ChapmanDivision of Research and DevelopmentDepartment of Health and Hospitals(225) 342-9513


Year created 1989


Status Active

Purpose/function The commission is responsible for researching and reviewing allstate laws, regulations, guidelines, policies, and procedures thatimpact perinatal care and, where appropriate, makingrecommendations to the legislature and secretary of theDepartment of Health and Hospitals. In addition, the commissionis responsible for providing a plan that the state can adopt toreduce the number of teenage pregnancies, sick infants, and infantmortalities.










COMMITTEE OF CERTIFICATION OF WATERWORKS ANDSEWERAGE WORKS OPERATORS

Contact: Douglas VincentChief Engineer & Secretary(225) 765-5038


Year created 1972


Status Active

Purpose/function The committee is responsible for advising and assisting the statehealth officer in the administration of the certification program foroperators of all water production facilities, treatment plants,distribution systems, and sewerage collection systems andtreatment plants. The committee conducts all work necessary topromote the certification program by developing examinations,examining certificate candidates, and maintaining records.




Employees None





COMMITTEE ON PRIVATE CHILD CARE

Contact: Thalia M. StevensonBureau of LicensingDepartment of Social Services(225) 922-0015


Year created 1985


Status Active

Purpose/function The committee is responsible for developing minimum standardsfor licensure of Class B child care facilities and consulting with theDepartment of Social Services on matters pertaining to decisionsto revoke or refuse to grant Class B licenses.




Employees None





COMMUNITY/TECHNICAL COLLEGE AND ADULTEDUCATION TASK FORCE

Contact: Stephen PerryChief of StaffGovernor's Office(225) 342-7015


Year created 1997


Status Disbanded

Purpose/function The task force analyzed economic and demographic trends in thestate and evaluated the impact the trends had upon thecompetitiveness of Louisiana businesses and industries and theability of the state's skilled labor force to meet the foreseeable andprojected needs of those businesses and industries.




Employees None



Comments For the fifth year, a representative of the Governor's Office reportedthat the task force has fulfilled the functions for which it wasestablished by executive order and has disbanded.

Recommendation The governor should consider abolishing the task force.


COMPREHENSIVE ENERGY POLICY ADVISORY COMMISSION

Contact: Mike FrenchTechnology Assessment Division DirectorDepartment of Natural Resources(225) 342-1275


Year created 2001


Status Active

Purpose/function The commission was created to review existing state energypolicies and develop recommendations for a comprehensiveenergy policy for the state.




Employees None





COORDINATING COUNCIL ON DOMESTIC VIOLENCE

Contact: Jannitta H. AntoineCorrections ServicesDepartment of Public Safety and Corrections(225) 342-6744


Year created 1997


Status Unknown

Purpose/function The council is responsible for examining the current responses ofpublic and private organizations to situations of domestic violence;identifying barriers or areas for improvement among those who arecharged with the public duty of responding to domestic violence;and making recommendations for improved cooperation andcoordination between public agencies and those entities whichvolunteer or offer assistance and services.




Employees Unknown



Comments For the second year, the council did not submit informationrequested by the legislative auditor in accordance with R.S.24:513.2(F).



CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES CORPORATIONBOARD OF DIRECTORS

Contact: Robert W. Scheffy, Jr.Attorney(225) 231-2032


Year created 1985

Status Active

Purpose/function The corporation is a nonprofit entity responsible for financing andacquiring correctional facilities for lease to the state.




Employees None





COTTON MUSEUM GOVERNING BOARD

Contact: Al AterFirst AssistantDepartment of State(225) 342-4479


Year created 1992


Status Active

Purpose/function The board adopts bylaws and establishes policies and proceduresfor the museum's governance in accordance with theAdministrative Procedure Act; advises the secretary of state on allmatters relating to the operations of the Louisiana State CottonMuseum; and sets and charges admission, tour, and user orrental fees.




Employees None





COUNCIL ON OBESITY PREVENTION AND MANAGEMENT

Contact: Catherine MooreCoordinator(225) 769-9357


Year created 1999


Status Active

Purpose/function The council is charged to collect and analyze data on theprevalence of obesity in Louisiana, determine the economic impactobesity has on the state by treating obesity-related diseases, anddevelop a comprehensive statewide obesity prevention andmanagement model.




Employees None





CRAB TASK FORCE

Contact: Karen FooteMarine Fisheries Division DirectorDepartment of Wildlife and Fisheries(225) 765-2383


Year created 2001


Status Active

Purpose/function The task force advises the Department of Wildlife and Fisheriesand the Wildlife and Fisheries Commission on matters pertainingto the management and development of the crab industry inLouisiana.




Employees None





CRAWFISH PROMOTION AND RESEARCH BOARD

Contact: Ron HarrellCorresponding Secretary(225) 922-6211


Year created 1983


Status Active

Purpose/function The board provides a voluntary method of raising revenues to beused to develop markets for Louisiana crawfish.




Employees None



Total revenues $74,476 Not providedTotal expenses/expenditures $80,544 Not provided which include: Per diem None Not provided Members' travel expenses $1,578 Not provided Members' salary None NoneEnding Balance $68,857 Not provided



CREOLE NATURE TRAIL SCENIC BYWAY DISTRICTBOARD OF COMMISSIONERS


Contact: Shelley JohnsonSecretary/Treasurer(337) 436-9588


Year created 1995

Status Active

Purpose/function The board is responsible for developing and implementing a planfor the preservation, beautification, and promotion of the scenicdrive known as the Creole Nature Trail Scenic Byway District.




Employees None



Total revenues $314,473 $81,187Total expenses/expenditures $296,239 $65,739 which include: Per diem None None Members' travel expenses Not provided Not provided Members' salary None NoneEnding Balance $178,133 $193,581



CRESCENT CITY CONNECTION OVERSIGHT AUTHORITY

Contact: Allen LeVasseurExecutive DirectorCrescent City Connection Division(504) 376-8100

Legal authority R.S. 47:820.5.2

Year created 1998


Status Active

Purpose/function The authority was created to prioritize projects that will beundertaken and paid from excess funds after all operation andmaintenance expenses of the bridges and ferries under theauthority of the Crescent City Connection Division, Department ofTransportation and Development have been paid.




Employees None





CRESCENT RIVER PORT PILOTS ASSOCIATION FEE COMMISSION

Contact: A. J. GibbsMember(504) 392-5016


Year created 1968

Status Inactive

Purpose/function The commission governs the rates of the Crescent River PortPilots Association and is authorized to hold hearings, subpoenawitnesses, administer oaths, and take depositions to resolvedisputes regarding pilotage rates and other commission business.




Employees None



Comments A member of the commission reported that the commission isinactive. The commission is not fulfilling the functions for which itwas established by law.



DAIRY INDUSTRY PROMOTION BOARD

Contact: Bryce MaloneAssistant CommissionerDepartment of Agriculture and Forestry(225) 922-1227


Year created 1983


Status Active

Purpose/function The board promotes the sale and consumption of Louisiana milkand dairy products.




Employees None



Total revenues $582,262 $538,500Total expenses/expenditures $648,425 $585,600 which include: Per diem $880 $840 Members' travel expenses $2,218 $1,500 Members' salary None NoneEnding Balance $329,560 $282,460



DEFERRED COMPENSATION COMMISSION

Contact: Emery J. BaresChairman(225) 926-8082


Year created 1982


Status Active

Purpose/function The commission is responsible for the administration of the stateemployees' deferred compensation plan through a contractualarrangement with an outside party.




Employees None




Comments A commission activity account, which is financed by an annual feecharged to plan participants and earnings on investments, ismaintained to pay expenses of the commission and the planadministrator fees.



DELTA MUSIC MUSEUM GOVERNING BOARD



Year created 2001



Purpose/function The board adopts bylaws and establishes policies and proceduresfor the museum's governance in accordance with theAdministrative Procedure Act; advises the secretary of state on allmatters relating to the operations of the Delta Music Museum; andsets and charges admission, tour, and user or rental fees.




Employees None



Comments A representative of the Department of State reported that the boardwas never fully organized. The board is not fulfilling the functionsfor which it was established by law.

Recommendation The legislature should consider abolishing the board.


DISABILITY SERVICES AND SUPPORTS SYSTEMCONSUMER TASK FORCE

Contact: Laura BrackinExecutive DirectorGovernor's Office of Disability Affairs(225) 219-7550

Legal authority R.S. 28:826 (B)

Year created 2001

Status Active

Purpose/function The task force was created to review the planning group's proposalfor a comprehensive long-term support system and then submitthe overall framework for development and implementation of thesystem to the secretary of the Department of Health andHospitals.




Employees None





DISABILITY SERVICES AND SUPPORTS SYSTEMPLANNING GROUP



Year created 2001

Status Active

Purpose/function The group is responsible for proposing provisions forcomprehensive efforts to enhance Louisiana's long-term supportsystem that should include informed choice and quality support toindividuals of all ages with disabilities.




Employees None





DISTANCE LEARNING NETWORK ADVISORY BOARD

Contact: Marsha T. JabourDirectorGovernor's Office of Boards and Commissions(225) 342-0919


Year created 1998



Purpose/function The board was created to establish distance learning sites withinthe state. Distance learning is a means to achieve efficient andcost-effective training of soldiers by educational training throughelectronically mediated instruction including audio conferencing,virtual office, video, audio graphic, computer, multimediatechnology, and other forms of learning capabilities when thesoldier is geographically separated from the instructor.




Employees None



Comments For the fourth year, a representative of the Governor's Officeinformed us that no appointments had been made to the board.The board is not fulfilling the functions for which it was establishedby executive order.

Recommendation The governor should consider abolishing the board.


DISTRICT ATTORNEYS' RETIREMENT SYSTEMBOARD OF TRUSTEES

Contact: E. Pete AdamsDirector(225) 267-4824


Year created 1956

Status Active

Purpose/function The board is responsible for administering the system; approvinginvestments, retirements, and refunds; and handling all otherbusiness of the system for district attorneys and assistant districtattorneys in the state.










DOMESTIC TERRORISM ADVISORY COMMITTEE

Contact: Neal FudgeOffice of Emergency Preparedness(225) 342-5470


Year created 2001


Status Active

Purpose/function The committee's duties include planning and executing a domesticterrorism threat and needs assessment and developing a three-year plan to enhance overall emergency response capabilities toterrorist events.




Employees None





DRUG TESTING TASK FORCE

Contact: Angele DavisDeputy CommissionerDivision of Administration(225) 342-7000


Year created 1997


Status Disbanded

Purpose/function The task force determined the scope and content of the four drugtesting programs that are authorized and mandated by legislation;identified and analyzed existing state programs which may becapable of providing support services for a central drug testingprogram; delineated any limitations which the constitutions of theUnited States of America and the state of Louisiana or any federalor state laws may have on the four drug testing programs; andrecommended procedures for the implementation of the four drugtesting programs in a consistent, uniform, and cost effectivemanner.




Employees None



Comments For the third year, a representative of the Division of Administrationreported that the task force fulfilled the purpose for which it wasestablished by executive order and has disbanded.



EDDIE G. ROBINSON MUSEUM COMMISSION



Year created 1999


Status Active

Purpose/function The commission adopts bylaws and establishes policies andprocedures for the museum's governance; advises the secretary ofstate on all matters relating to the operations of the Eddie G.Robinson Museum; and sets and charges admission, tour, anduser or rental fees.




Employees None





EDUCATION FACILITIES AUTHORITYBOARD OF DIRECTORS


Contact: Jim RyanExecutive DirectorLocal Government Environmental Facilities and

Community Development Authority(225) 344-0100


Year created 1999


Purpose/function The board governs the authority which was created to assist publicelementary and secondary school systems in constructing,extending, rehabilitating, repairing, renewing, and maintaining theinfrastructure of the schools within the systems and to assist inthe financing of such needs.

Members Number authorized - varies; currently serving - none



Employees None



Comments For the third year, a representative of the Local GovernmentEnvironmental Facilities and Community Development Authorityreported that the board was never fully organized. The board is notfulfilling the functions for which it was established by law.



EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES TRUST FUND DISTRICTBOARD OF TRUSTEES


Contact: Mike BoudreauxBudget DirectorNew Orleans Public Schools(504) 365-5400


Year created 1993

Status Inactive

Purpose/function The district, which is governed by a board of trustees, seeksrevenue sources to assist in providing funding to the OrleansParish School Board for capital improvement and maintenance.




Employees None



Comments For the third year, a representative of the New Orleans PublicSchool System reported that the board is inactive. The board isnot fulfilling the functions for which it was established by law.



EGG COMMISSION

Contact: Wesley YoungDirector(225) 925-3772


Year created 1968


Status Active

Purpose/function The commission provides for inspection, grading, and certificationof eggs; collection of assessments; and promotion of Louisianaeggs.




Employees None



Total revenues $48,138 $48,000Total expenses/expenditures $50,002 $52,000 which include: Per diem None None Members' travel expenses $188 $200 Members' salary None NoneEnding Balance $54,989 $50,989



EL CAMINO EAST-WEST CORRIDOR COMMISSION(Political Subdivision)

Contact: Bobby E. WilliamsSecretary/Treasurer(318) 586-3516


Year created 1992

Status Active

Purpose/function The management and control of the El Camino East-West CorridorCommission is vested in the board of commissioners. Thecommission is authorized to initiate or coordinate research,studies, and gathering of information on the east-west corridorproject.




Employees None





ELECTRONIC BENEFITS TRANSFER PROGRAM TASK FORCE

Contact: Gwendolyn HamiltonSecretaryDepartment of Social Services(225) 342-0286


Year created 1997


Status Inactive

Purpose/function The task force is responsible for identifying, researching, andreporting on the problems associated with the electronic benefittransfer program that distributes benefits and services that areprovided by public entitlement programs.




Employees None



Comments For the third year, a representative of the Department of SocialServices reported that the task force, which has never held ameeting, is inactive. The task force is not fulfilling the functions forwhich it was established by executive order.



EMERGENCY RESPONSE COMMISSION

Contact: Mark S. OxleyChairman(225) 922-2293

Legal authority R.S. 30:2364; EO MJF 96-48

Year created 1986


Status Active

Purpose/function The commission is responsible for establishing emergencyplanning districts, appointing local emergency planningcommittees (LEPCs), and supervising and coordinating theiractivities; providing the Federal Environmental Protection Agencydirector with information concerning releases of hazardoussubstances; designating, as necessary, additional facilities to becovered; recommending a standardized inventory form to be usedin gathering required information; recommending, as necessary,additional substances which should be defined as hazardousmaterials; acting as the centralized advisory body for coordinatingstate and federal activities concerning community "Right to Know"legislation; establishing procedures for receiving and processingrequests from the public for information; and reviewing LEPCemergency response plans and making recommendations to theLEPC on revisions on the plan.




Employees None





EMPLOYEES HEALTH BENEFITS STUDY COMMISSION

Contact: Bruce J. MinorFiscal OfficerOffice of Group Benefits(225) 925-6615


Year created 2000


Status Inactive

Purpose/function The commission's duties include reviewing and analyzing thecurrent health benefit options and rate structures offered throughthe State Employees Group Benefits Program (SEGBP),identifying and evaluating options for the delivery of health benefitsto participating employees in a manner that is actuarially sound,identifying and evaluating all reasonable options to improve theefficiency and cost effective administration of SEGBP, examiningand evaluating the future impact of providing health benefits on thestate budget, and conducting public hearings to receive input frompeople who are affected by SEGBP.




Employees None



Comments A representative of the Office of Group Benefits reported that thecommission has disbanded.



ENGINEERS SELECTION BOARD



Year created 1975


Status Active

Purpose/function The board is responsible for selecting engineers to perform thedesign work on all capital outlay projects with a construction costgreater than $500,000.




Employees None



Total revenues None NoneTotal expenses/expenditures None None which include: Per diem None None Members' travel expenses None $215 Members' salary None NoneEnding Balance None None



ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION COMMISSION

Contact: John TrowbrigeChairperson(225) 763-3537


Year created 1993


Status Active

Purpose/function The commission is charged to develop, review, approve, andtransmit a plan for environmental education to the governor, thelegislature, and the public; to provide advice on policies andpractices needed to provide environmental education; to serve as aforum for the discussion and study of environmental educationproblems; and to assist and obtain information to coordinateenvironmental education programs.




Employees None





ERNEST N. MORIAL NEW ORLEANS EXHIBITION HALL AUTHORITYBOARD OF COMMISSIONERS


Contact: David M. OhlmeyerController/Chief Financial Officer(504) 582-3082

Legal authority Act 305 of 1978; Act 572 of 1984; Act 43 of 1992; Act 1013 of1993; Act 1174 of 1997

Year created 1978

Status Active

Purpose/function The authority was created to acquire, construct, reconstruct,extend, improve, operate, and maintain convention, exhibition, andtourist facilities within Orleans Parish.







Total revenues $59,587,100 $58,096,740Total expenses/expenditures $55,800,096 $52,257,281 which include: Per diem None None Members' travel expenses None None Members' salary None NoneEnding Balance $97,347,911 $103,187,370



FATHERHOOD COUNCIL

Contact: Ann WilliamsonAssistant Secretary, Office of Family SupportDepartment of Social Services(225) 342-3947


Year created 2001


Status Unknown

Purpose/function The council was established to develop a comprehensive plan topromote the positive involvement and interaction of fathers withtheir children; conduct an evaluation of state programs,government policies, and community initiatives relative tofatherhood; and advise the secretary of the Department of SocialServices on the development of a fatherhood research anddemonstration program.




Employees Unknown



Comments As of January 24, 2003, the council had not submitted informationrequested by the legislative auditor in accordance with R.S.24:513.2(F).



FIRE PREVENTION BOARD OF REVIEW

Contact: Dawn MockState Fire Marshal's Office(225) 925-4911


Year created 1974


Status Active

Purpose/function The board is responsible for hearing appeals and renderingdecisions as to whether suggested alternatives to fire codes,rules, and regulations are acceptable as equivalencies to satisfythe requirements of fire safety.




Employees None



Comments A representative of the Fire Marshal's Office informed us that theboard only meets when there are appeals to be resolved.



FIREFIGHTERS' RETIREMENT SYSTEMBOARD OF TRUSTEES

Contact: Mandy ClaytonAdministrative Assistant(225) 925-4060


Year created 1980

Status Active

Purpose/function The board is responsible for the general administration and properoperation of the retirement system.










FIRST STOP SHOP COORDINATING COUNCIL

Contact: Amy EdwardsDeputy SecretarySecretary of State(225) 922-2675


Year created 1991


Status Inactive

Purpose/function The council periodically reviews the operations of the First StopShop and provides advice and recommendations to the secretaryof state and to the legislature.




Employees None



Comments For the second year, a representative of the Department of Statereported that the council is inactive. The council is not fulfilling thefunctions for which it was established by law.

Recommendation The legislature should consider abolishing the council.


FISCAL REVIEW COMMITTEE

Contact: Suzanne ElliottEngagement ManagerLegislative Auditor's Office(225) 339-3802


Year created 1990

Oversight agency State Bond Commission

Status Active

Purpose/function The committee is responsible for reviewing the financial stability ofpolitical subdivisions of the state and, where appropriate, initiatingaction requesting the Louisiana Attorney General to file a rule toappoint a fiscal administrator for any political subdivision that isreasonably certain to fail to make a debt service payment.




Employees None





FLUORIDATION ADVISORY BOARD

Contact: Karen OertlingOral Health ProgramLSU School of Dentistry(504) 670-2738


Year created 1997


Status Active

Purpose/function The board assists any public water system with at least fivethousand service connections to obtain funding for fluoridation ofits system by seeking all sources of funding, and it also assists ineducating the public on matters regarding dental health and theprevention of tooth decay.

Members Number authorized - 14; currently servi ng - 13



Employees None



Total revenues None NoneTotal expenses/expenditures None None which include: Per diem None None Members' travel expenses None $500 Members' salary None NoneEnding Balance None None



FOLKLIFE COMMISSION

Contact: Maida OwensLouisiana Folklife ProgramDepartment of Culture, Recreation and Tourism(225) 342-8180


Year created 1981


Status Active

Purpose/function The commission is responsible for advising the Office of CulturalDevelopment on the formulation of an annual state plan; outliningobjectives and budgeting needs in the identification, preservation,and presentation of Louisiana folk cultural resources; acting in anadvisory capacity to the Division of Arts and to the Louisiana StateArts Council with respect to the allocation of grant funds; advisingthe division and council on policies or guidelines as they relate toor affect the folk arts and artists in the state; formulating long-range goals for folklife activity; and advising the Office of CulturalDevelopment as to the creation of a Division of Folklife.




Employees None





FRANCE-LOUISIANA JOINT COMMITTEE

Contact: David CheramieDirectorCouncil on the Development of French



Year created 1996


Status Active

Purpose/function The committee meets, at regular intervals, with appropriateauthorities of France to arrange for and organize educational,cultural, and touristic exchanges.




Employees None





GARYVILLE TIMBERMILL MUSEUM GOVERNING BOARD



Year created 1999



Purpose/function The board adopts bylaws and establishes policies and proceduresfor the museum's governance; advises the secretary of state on allmatters relating to the operations of the Garyville TimbermillMuseum; and sets and charges admission, tour, and user orrental fees.




Employees None



Comments A representative of the Department of State reported that the boardwas never fully organized. The board is not fulfilling the functionsfor which it was established by law.



GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS COUNCIL

Contact: Marty BeasleyChairperson(225) 342-4450


Year created 1995


Status Active

Purpose/function The council is responsible for directing the activities of theLouisiana Geographic Information Center; establishing policies andprocedures for the sharing of GIS data among state agencies; andadvising state agencies on the acquisition and implementation ofGIS.




Employees None





GOVERNOR'S ADVISORY COUNCIL ON DISABILITY AFFAIRS



Year created 1996


Status Active

Purpose/function The council is responsible for advising the governor on all issuesconcerning people who have disabilities, providing assistance tothe Office of Disability Affairs, and coordinating state compliancewith the Americans with Disabilities Act.




Employees None





GOVERNOR'S ADVISORY COUNCIL ON SAFE DRUG-FREESCHOOLS AND COMMUNITIES

Contact: Stephen YoungExecutive Director(225) 342-3422


Year created 1996


Status Active

Purpose/function The council is responsible for assisting in setting priorities on thestate's Safe and Drug-Free School and Communities Act Program,contributing to the design of requests for proposals, reviewing andmaking recommendations on proposals, reviewing monitoringreports on grantees, and recommending disposition of contracts inthe case of noncomplying agencies.




Employees None





GOVERNOR'S ARSON STRIKE FORCE

Contact: V. J. BellaState Fire Marshal(225) 925-4911


Year created 1996


Status Active

Purpose/function The strike force assists local fire departments in determining thecause and/or perpetrator(s) of a suspicious fire and compilesinformation about arsonists, arson prevention, and arsoninvestigation techniques for the education and benefit of firedepartments.




Employees None





GOVERNOR'S DWI/VEHICULAR HOMICIDE TASK FORCE

Contact: James E. ChampagneVice Chairman(225) 925-6991


Year created 1996


Status Active

Purpose/function The task force is charged to address the unusually high incidenceof drunk and drugged driving in the state, the difficulty in provingidentification of multiple DWI offenders, refusals to submit tobreath tests, problems with obtaining evidence from drivers whocause fatal or serious injury crashes, and the arrest andprosecution of drug-impaired drivers.




Employees None





GOVERNOR'S FOREST PRODUCTS INDUSTRYDEVELOPMENT TASK FORCE

Contact: Cyril LeJeuneAssistant CommissionerDepartment of Agriculture and Forestry(225) 922-1255


Year created 1996

Oversight agency Departments of Economic Development and Agriculture andForestry

Status Disbanded

Purpose/function The task force was responsible for identifying opportunities for, andbarriers to, growth and development of the value-added forestproducts industry in the state, as well as developing ideas andplans that foster the growth of such industry.




Employees None



Comments For the fifth year, a representative of the Department of Agricultureand Forestry reported that the task force had met and preparedand submitted a report to the commissioner of Agriculture andForestry and to the Department of Economic Development. Thetask force has fulfilled the function for which it was established byexecutive order.



GOVERNOR'S MANSION COMMISSION

Contact: Alice FosterChairperson(225) 342-8198


Year created 1998



Purpose/function The commission was created to ensure a continuum in theappearance, contents, furnishings, and surrounding areas of thegovernor's mansion consistent with the historical significance andimportance of the governor's mansion.




Employees None



Comments The commission did not meet in 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, or 2002,but plans on holding three meetings this year.



GOVERNOR'S SCHOOL-TO-WORK COUNCIL

Contact: Chris WeaverDirector(225) 342-2094


Year created 1996


Status Active

Purpose/function The council shall oversee the implementation of the state'scomprehensive School-to-Work plan.




Employees None



Total revenues None NoneTotal expenses/expenditures None None which include: Per diem None None Members' travel expenses $159 None Members' salary None NoneEnding Balance None None

Comments A representative of the council reported that the council iscurrently closing because of the sunset provisions in federal law.



GOVERNOR'S TASK FORCE ON INDIVIDUAL WASTEWATERTREATMENT SYSTEMS

Contact: James P. AntoonSanitarian ServicesDepartment of Health and Hospitals(225) 763-5556


Year created 1997


Status Inactive

Purpose/function The task force is responsible for conducting in-depth studies andpreparing a preliminary and comprehensive report that identifiespotential health and environmental problems associated withindividual wastewater treatment systems, which are thosesystems with a capacity of less than 1,500 gallons per day.




Employees None



Comments For the second year, a representative of the Department of Healthand Hospitals reported that the task force is inactive. The taskforce is not fulfilling the functions for which it was established byexecutive order.



GOVERNOR'S TASK FORCE ON TUBERCULOSIS

Contact: Charles DeGrawDepartment of Health and Hospitals(504) 568-5015


Year created 1996


Status Active

Purpose/function The task force is responsible for identifying and examining allissues necessary to combat the disease of tuberculosis,recommending viable solutions to the problems raised by thoseissues, and evaluating existing and proposed measures that aredesigned to combat all forms of tuberculosis.




Employees None





GREATER NEW ORLEANS EXPRESSWAY COMMISSION(Political Subdivision)

Contact: Cheryl H. LambertSupervisor of Finance(504) 835-3118

Legal authority Act 762 of 1986; R.S. 48:1251

Year created 1954

Status Active

Purpose/function The commission is responsible for constructing, operating, andmaintaining the expressway. In addition, the commission policesthe Huey P. Long Bridge and the one-mile heavy marine trafficzone.






Financial/budget information Actual BudgetOctober 31, 2001 October 31, 2002

Total revenues $20,140,275 $20,306,000Total expenses/expenditures $20,140,275 $20,306,000 which include: Per diem None None Members' travel expenses Not provided Not provided Members' salary None NoneEnding Balance Not provided Not provided



HARBOR POLICE RETIREMENT SYSTEMBOARD OF TRUSTEES

Contact: Glenda WilliamsAdministrator(504) 598-0100


Year created 1971

Status Active

Purpose/function The board is responsible for the general administration and properoperation of a retirement system for commissioned members ofthe Port of New Orleans' Harbor Police Department.




Employees None


Members’ expense information None



HEALTH CARE COMMISSION



Year created 1993


Status Active

Purpose/function The commission was created to undertake a comprehensive studyof the availability and affordability of health care in the state.Specifically, the commission is to examine the rising costs ofhealth care in the state and the implementation of issues relatingto national health care reform initiatives. The commission submitsits recommendations to the commissioner of insurance.




Employees None





HEALTHY PEOPLE 2010 PLANNING COUNCIL

Contact: Madeline McAndrewAssistant SecretaryDepartment of Health and Hospitals(225) 342-8093


Year created 1999


Status Active

Purpose/function The council was created to design a Healthy People 2010 StatePlan that increases the span of healthy and worthwhile life,eliminates health disparities, and provides access to preventiveservices for all people in the state.

Members Number authorized - varies; currently serving - not provided






Comments R.S. 40:2743 provides that the council shall terminate onMarch 31, 2003.



HIGH-SPEED RAIL TRANSPORTATION ADVISORY COUNCIL

Contact: Tom AtkinsonDeputy Assistant SecretaryDepartment of Transportation and Development(225) 379-1294


Year created 1988


Status Inactive

Purpose/function The council is responsible for developing a short and long rangeresearch program into the development of a centralized andcoordinated planning and permitting process for the location ofhigh-speed rail lines and their construction, operation, financing,management, and maintenance in order to enhance thetransportation system of this state.




Employees None



Comments For the second year, a representative of the Department ofTransportation and Development reported that the council isinactive. The council is not fulfilling the functions for which it wasestablished by law.



HIGHER EDUCATION EXECUTIVE ADVISORY COMMITTEE

Contact: E. Joseph SavoieCommissioner of Higher Education(225) 342-4253


Year created 1984


Status Active

Purpose/function The committee is responsible for considering matters relating toeducation and making recommendations to the Board of Regentsas the committee deems necessary.




Employees None



Comments The commissioner of higher education reported that the committeeis partially active and needs organizational changes.



HIGHWAY 1 PROJECT TASK FORCE

Contact: Kenneth A. PerretAssistant SecretaryDepartment of Transportation and Development(225) 379-1248


Year created 1998


Status Active

Purpose/function The task force is responsible for evaluating the feasibility ofupgrading Louisiana Highway 1 between Port Fourchon andAlexandria, from a 2-lane highway to a 4-lane highway or aninterstate; analyzing the need for and means to provide adequatefunding for the project; and evaluating and documenting the level ofresident support for the project by the residents of the state ofLouisiana.




Employees None





HISTORICAL RECORDS ADVISORY BOARD

Contact: Florent Hardy, Jr.Director of State Archives(225) 922-1200


Year created 1998


Status Active

Purpose/function The board is responsible for sponsoring and publishing surveys ofthe conditions and need of historical records in the state andsoliciting and developing proposals for historical records projectsto be undertaken in the state with grants for the National HistoricalPublications and Records Commission.




Employees None





HOME INSTRUCTION PROGRAM FOR PRESCHOOL YOUNGSTERS(HIPPY) ADVISORY BOARD

Contact: Susan McCurleyState CoordinatorDepartment of Education(225) 342-3340


Year created 1992


Status Active

Purpose/function The board assists in developing standards for funding qualifiedHIPPY programs and public awareness for such programs and toprovide consultation and judicial guidance to the HIPPYcoordinator and the Department of Education.




Employees None





HOSPITALITY RESEARCH PROGRAM ADVISORY COMMITTEE

Contact: Phillip J. JonesSecretaryDepartment of Culture, Recreation and Tourism(225) 342-8115


Year created 1999



Purpose/function The advisory committee assists the secretary of the Department ofCulture, Recreation and Tourism to develop a mission statementand strategic plan for the program, which researches problemswithin the tourism industry.




Employees None



Comments For the third year, a representative of the Department of Culture,Recreation and Tourism reported that the committee was neverfully organized. The committee is not fulfilling the functions forwhich it was established by law.



HOUSING FINANCE AGENCYBOARD OF COMMISSIONERS


Contact: Jonathan RoviraVice-President/Chief Fiscal Officer(225) 763-8700


Year created 1980


Status Active

Purpose/function The agency provides funds for acquisition of owner-occupiedhomes at below market interest rates to Louisiana families of lowand moderate income; for acquisition, rehabilitation, and newconstruction of multi-family housing projects that meet publicpurpose criteria; and for refinancing of existing housing issues toachieve operating capital to enable the developer or owner to haveviable multi-family projects.










HUNTING AND FISHING ADVISORY EDUCATION COUNCIL

Contact: Wynnette KeesFiscal OfficerDepartment of Wildlife and Fisheries(225) 765-2862


Year created 2001



Purpose/function The council was created to promote the many benefits of huntingand fishing among Louisiana residents and to educate theresidents of the state on those benefits.




Employees None



Comments A representative of the Department of Wildlife and Fisheriesreported that the council was never fully organized. The council isnot fulfilling the functions for which it was established by law.



IMPORTS AND EXPORTS TRUST AUTHORITYBOARD OF TRUSTEES

Contact: Linda TempleMember(337) 462-0426

Legal authority R.S. 9:2341(E)

Year created 1979

Oversight agency Louisiana Public Facilities Authority

Status Inactive

Purpose/function The authority is charged with promoting and facilitating the trade ofgoods and services to benefit the residents of the state, developingfinancing mechanisms and trade promotion projects to increaseinternational trade services, and producing tangible results thatnurture small and medium sized export and import businesses.




Employees None



Comments A member of the board informed us that the board is inactive. Theboard is not fulfilling the functions for which it was established bylaw.



INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY ADVISORY BOARD

Contact: Chad McGeeChief Information OfficerDivision of Administration(225) 342-7105


Year created 2001

Status Active

Purpose/function The board advises the state's chief information officer onapproaches to coordinate information technology solutions amongstate government entities.




Employees None





INFRASTRUCTURE BANKBOARD OF DIRECTORS

Contact: John N. KennedyState Treasurer(225) 342-0010


Year created 1997



Purpose/function The board is responsible for establishing and administering aninfrastructure bank to make loans and provide other assistance topublic and private entities carrying out or proposing to carry outeligible infrastructure projects.




Employees None



Comments For the third year, the state treasurer reported that the board wasnever fully organized. The board is not fulfilling the functions forwhich it was established by law.



INSURANCE EDUCATION ADVISORY COUNCIL



Year created 1988


Status Active

Purpose/function The council reviews and evaluates each educational programapplying for certification as a registered insurance prelicensing orcontinuing education program and makes recommendations to thecommissioner of insurance with respect to applicants forcertification and educational requirements.




Employees None





INTER-AGENCY TRANSPORTATION COORDINATION COMMITTEE

Contact: Carol CranshawPublic Transportation AdministratorDepartment of Transportation and Development(225) 274-4302


Year created 1996


Status Active

Purpose/function The committee is charged with making recommendationsdesigned to maximize the utilization of transportation resourcesand to increase the cost efficiency of providing transportationservices through the coordination and consolidation of planning,funding, administration, and provision of public and specializedtransportation services.




Employees None





INTERAGENCY ACTION COUNCIL FOR THE HOMELESS

Contact: Keyth DevillierState Contact for Homeless Issues(225) 342-4028


Year created 1996


Status Active

Purpose/function The council coordinates state services and assistance on behalf ofhomeless persons; conducts an annual assessment andevaluation of service needs and resources for the homeless;researches and assists in the development of funding resourcesfor homeless services; and submits annual reports to the governorand the legislature recommending improvements to the servicedelivery system for the homeless.




Employees None





INTERAGENCY RECREATION BOARD

Contact: James LeBlancWardenDixon Correctional Institute(225) 634-6201


Year created 1999

Oversight agency Department of Public Safety and Corrections, Corrections Services


Purpose/function The board shall provide for the development and operation of golfcourses, tennis courts, ball parks, and other recreational facilitieson suitable state land for the purpose of providing recreation for theresidents of the state; providing maintenance training for and as anaid to rehabilitate inmates; and providing recreation for stateemployees and patients at state institutions in rural areas.




Employees None



Comments For the third year, a representative of the Dixon CorrectionalInstitute reported that members have never been appointed to theboard. The board is not fulfilling the functions for which it wasestablished by law.



INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION



Year created 1997


Status Inactive

Purpose/function The commission advises the secretary of the Department ofEconomic Development on policies, programs, and activities thatstimulate growth in international trade and investment; coordinatesinternational trade and investment programs and activities; andensures that Louisiana products are competitive in internationalmarkets.




Employees None



Comments For the third year, a representative of the Department of EconomicDevelopment reported that the commission was replaced by theInternational Trade Development Board; however, the lawestablishing the development board did not abolish thecommission.



INTERNATIONAL TRADE DEVELOPMENT BOARD



Year created 1997


Status Inactive

Purpose/function The board is responsible for assisting, promoting, encouraging,developing, and advancing economic prosperity and employmentthroughout the state by fostering international trade andinvestment.




Employees None



Comments A representative of the Department of Economic Developmentreported that the board is inactive. The board is not fulfilling thefunctions for which it was established by law.



INTERSTATE 49 NORTH EXTENSION FEASIBILITYAND FUNDING TASK FORCE

Contact: John BasilicaUndersecretaryDepartment of Transportation and Development(225) 379-1270


Year created 2000


Status Active

Purpose/function The task force is primarily responsible for identifying fundingsources for the proposed project to extend Interstate 49 north fromthe city of Shreveport to the Louisiana-Arkansas border.




Employees None





INTERSTATE 49 SOUTH PROJECT TASK FORCE

Contact: Carl BauerChairman(337) 482-5811


Year created 1997


Status Active

Purpose/function The primary duty of the task force was to submit to the governor acomprehensive report which addressed the feasibility of upgradingall or part of U.S. 90 between the Westbank Expressway in NewOrleans and I-10 in Lafayette into an Interstate 49 South andprepare a report for the members of the state of Louisiana's UnitedStates Congressional Delegation documenting why this section ofroad should be upgraded to an interstate. The secondary duty ofthe task force is to meet quarterly to review and report to thegovernor on the progress of the project.




Employees None





INVESTMENT IN INFRASTRUCTUREFOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION



Year created 2001


Status Active

Purpose/function The commission is charged with the duty to assist the secretaryof the Department of Transportation and Development to identifyand rank the state's priority transportation related economicdevelopment projects in order to achieve Louisiana's goals andobjectives for economic development and to maximize fundsawarded to the state from the federal government.




Employees None





JEAN LAFITTE SCENIC BYWAY DISTRICTBOARD OF COMMISSIONERS


Contact: Gerald BreauxPresident(337) 232-3737


Year created 1993


Status Active

Purpose/function The board is charged with developing and implementing a plan forthe preservation, beautification, and promotion of the scenic driveand the natural, historic, and cultural sites and attractions of theroute of Louisiana Highway 82, beginning at the Vermilion Parishline and ending at Holmwood, Louisiana.




Employees None



Total revenues $19,891 Not providedTotal expenses/expenditures $33,810 Not provided which include: Per diem None None Members' travel expenses None None Members' salary None NoneEnding Balance $3,434 Not provided



JOHN K. KELLY GRAND BAYOU RESERVOIR DISTRICTBOARD OF COMMISSIONERS


Contact: Mercer DupreeChairman(318) 932-3821


Year created 1975

Status Active

Purpose/function The board is charged with developing the wealth and naturalresources of the district by the conservation of soil and water foragricultural, recreational, commercial, industrial, and sanitarypurposes.




Employees Unknown



Comments For the fifth year, the board did not submit information requestedby the legislative auditor in accordance with R.S. 24:513.2(F).However, a December 31, 2001, audit is on file with the legislativeauditor and the 2002 audit is currently engaged.



JOINT ADMINISTRATION COMMITTEE ON PRESCRIPTIVEAUTHORITY FOR ADVANCED PRACTICE REGISTERED NURSES

Contact: Barbara L. MorvantExecutive DirectorBoard of Nursing(504) 838-5396


Year created 1995


Status Active

Purpose/function The committee is responsible for recommending rules andregulations to the Board of Nursing and the Board of MedicalExaminers regarding prescriptive authority for advanced practiceregistered nurses.




Employees None





JUSTICE SYSTEM FUNDING COMMISSION

Contact: Teri RicksExecutive AssistantGovernor's Office(225) 342-7015


Year created 1998



Purpose/function The commission is responsible for evaluating the manner in whichthe offices and entities of the justice system are funded andanalyzing the need for and means to provide adequatesupplemental funding for any component of the justice system thatis receiving inadequate funding.




Employees None



Comments For the third year, a representative of the Governor's Officereported that the commission was never fully organized. Thecommission is not fulfilling the functions for which it wasestablished by executive order.



KENNER NAVAL MUSEUM COMMISSION



Year created 1992


Status Active

Purpose/function The commission was created to acquire, lease, transport, berth,renovate, equip, operate, maintain, and exhibit the aircraft carrierUSS Cabot-Dedalo and any other property acquired for use as apermanent naval museum and to adopt rules and regulations forthe use of such museum and its properties.




Employees None





LAKE BRUIN RECREATION AND WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICTBOARD OF COMMISSIONERS


Contact: Robert BrittSecretary(318) 766-4789


Year created 1995

Status Active

Purpose/function The district is charged to preserve, promote, and develop thewealth and natural resources of the district by the conservation ofthe soil and water of Lake Bruin for agricultural, recreational,commercial, and sanitary purposes and by the regulation ofaquatic plant growth.




Employees None





LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS SELECTION BOARD



Year created 1975


Status Inactive

Purpose/function The board is responsible for selecting professional landscapearchitects for professional service contracts to perform the designwork on all capital outlay projects with a construction cost greaterthan $500,000.




Employees None



Comments The board did not meet in 1999, 2000, 2001, and 2002 and has noplans to meet in 2003. There is no indication that the board isfulfilling the functions for which it was established by law.



LATIN AMERICAN BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION



Year created 1997


Status Inactive

Purpose/function The commission was created to identify and develop business andtrade opportunities in Latin America for Louisiana business, aswell as to determine the means and techniques to attract LatinAmerican trade to Louisiana and Louisiana trade to Latin America.




Employees None



Comments For the third year, a representative of the Department of EconomicDevelopment reported that the commission is inactive. Thecommission is not fulfilling the functions for which it wasestablished by executive order.



LIQUEFIED PETROLEUM GAS COMMISSIONADVISORY BOARD

Contact: Billy GolsonChairman(225) 925-4898


Year created 1989

Status Active

Purpose/function The board advises the Liquefied Petroleum Gas Commission onthe expenditure of funds collected from the market developmentassessment.




Employees None





LOCAL GOVERNMENT ENVIRONMENTAL FACILITIES ANDCOMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Contact: James R. RyanExecutive Director(225) 344-5001


Year created 1991

Status Active

Purpose/function The authority was created to provide economic development,infrastructure, and environmental facilities; to assist politicalsubdivisions in constructing, extending, rehabilitating, repairing,and renewing infrastructure and environmental facilities; and toassist in the financing of such needs by political subdivisions ofthis state.










LOTTERY CORPORATIONBOARD OF DIRECTORS

Contact: James F. GoodrumVice President of Finance and Controller(225) 297-2012


Year created 1990

Status Active

Purpose/function The board approves, disapproves, amends, and modifies thecorporation's budget and the terms of major lottery procurementsrecommended by the president of the corporation and serves as aboard of appeal for denial, revocation, or cancellation by thepresident of a contract with a lottery retailer.







Total revenues $314,339,372 $285,715,000Total expenses/expenditures $313,218,942 $285,698,963 which include: Per diem None None Members' travel expenses $14,000 $14,000 Members' salary $145,000 $145,000Ending Balance $24,707,366 $24,723,403



LOUISIANA PRIVATE EMPLOYMENT SERVICEADVISORY COUNCIL

Contact: Winnie J. PaceEx Officio Secretary(225) 342-7825


Year created 1990

Oversight agency Department of Labor

Status Active

Purpose/function The council is required to inquire into the needs of the employmentservice industry; to advise the assistant secretary on how thecouncil may best serve employment applicants; and to makerecommendations to the assistant secretary about employment inthe state, applicants for licenses, and complaints againstemployment services.




Employees None





LOUISIANA PURCHASE BICENTENNIAL COMMISSION

Contact: Mary PerraultDirector(225) 342-9149


Year created 1999


Status Active

Purpose/function The commission is responsible for planning and developingactivities to commemorate the bicentennial of the LouisianaPurchase. The commission also serves as a clearinghouse forcollecting and disseminating information about bicentennial eventsand plans in the state.









LOUISIANA STATE LIBRARYBOARD OF COMMISSIONERS

Contact: Amber TinerAdministrative Specialist 5Department of Culture, Recreation and Tourism(225) 342-4926


Year created 1920


Status Active

Purpose/function The board is charged with planning and working toward acoordinated system of parish and regional libraries throughout thestate that will provide free library service of the highest quality.




Employees None





LOUISIANA STATE MUSEUMBOARD OF DIRECTORS

Contact: Bob MartinDeputy Assistant SecretaryDepartment of Culture, Recreation and Tourism(504) 568-6967


Year created 1906


Status Active

Purpose/function The board advises the secretary of the Department of Culture,Recreation and Tourism with respect to policies for the StateMuseum; exercises powers and duties with respect toaccessions, deaccessions, loans, and conservation of museumartifacts; serves as trustee for the William Irby Trust; and hires themuseum director.




Employees None





LOUISIANA TOURISM PROMOTION DISTRICTBOARD OF DIRECTORS




Year created 1990


Status Active

Purpose/function The district assists the state in the promotion of tourism and isauthorized to levy and collect a sales and use tax not to exceed$17,500,000 annually.




Employees None





LOUISIANA UNIVERSITIES MARINE CONSORTIUM FOR RESEARCHAND EDUCATION (LUMCON) ADVISORY COUNCIL

Contact: Kerry St. Pe'Interim Administrator(985) 851-2800

Legal authority R.S. 17:3453(F)

Year created 1995

Oversight agency Board of Regents

Status Active

Purpose/function The council meets as necessary to respond to requests of theLUMCON executive board for advice and information as well as toprovide the board with the benefit of perspectives represented onthe council.




Employees None





MARITIME ADVISORY TASK FORCE



Year created 1997


Status Active

Purpose/function The task force is responsible for recommending legislation that isdesigned to enhance and protect the economic viability ofLouisiana's maritime industry; recommending economicdevelopment programs that foster and promote growth in themaritime industry; and suggesting means to enhance thecompetitiveness of Louisiana's maritime industry in national andinternational markets.




Employees None



Comments The task force did not meet in 1999, 2000, 2001 or 2002, but planson holding one meeting during 2003.



MARITIME PROVINCES-LOUISIANA JOINT COMMITTEE




Year created 1996


Status Active

Purpose/function The committee meets, at regular intervals, with appropriateauthorities of the Maritime Provinces to arrange for and organizeeducational, cultural, and touristic exchanges.




Employees None





MARRIAGE AND FAMILY COMMISSION

Contact: Ann WilliamsonAssistant Secretary, Office of Family SupportDepartment of Social Services(225) 342-3947


Year created 2001


Status Unknown

Purpose/function The commission was created to collect and analyze data on thesocial and personal effects of marriage and review and analyze alllaws, rules and regulations, and programs for neutrality regardingthe institution of marriage so that marriage is not discouraged,discriminated against or undermined, and to propose programs,policies, curriculums, or initiatives that would encourage two-parent families, reduce the incidence of single-parent births, andstrengthen existing marriages that are in jeopardy.




Employees Unknown



Comments As of January 24, 2003, the commission had not submittedinformation requested by the legislative auditor in accordance withR.S. 24:513.2(F).



MARRIAGE AND FAMILY THERAPY ADVISORY COMMITTEE

Contact: Lin FalconAdministrative AssistantLicensed Professional Counselors

Board of Examiners(225) 765-2515


Year created 2001

Oversight agency Licensed Professional Counselors Board of Examiners

Status Active

Purpose/function The committee is responsible for examining and qualifying allapplicants for licensure as marriage and family therapists andrecommending each successful applicant for licensure to theLicensed Professional Counselor Board.




Employees None





MEDICAL EDUCATION COMMISSION

Contact: Perry G. RigbyDirector of Health Care SystemsLSU Health Sciences Center(504) 568-8977


Year created 1997


Status Active

Purpose/function The commission recommends to the secretary of the Departmentof Health and Hospitals the distribution of funding for residencypositions, residency supervision, and other medical educationresources for the hospitals in the Health Care Services Division ofthe Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center amongmedical education programs providing services in such hospitals.




Employees None





MINORITY HEALTH AFFAIRS COMMISSION

Contact: Rudy MacklinProgram Director(225) 342-4886

Legal authority R. S. 40:1299.181

Year created 1999


Status Active

Purpose/function The commission studies issues relating to the delivery of andaccess to health and social services for minorities in the state;identifies gaps in the health and social services delivery systemsthat particularly affect minorities; and makes recommendations tothe Department of Health and Hospitals, other state agencies, andthe legislature for improving the delivery of and access to healthand social services for minorities.




Employees None



Comments In accordance with R.S. 40:1299.183, the council will terminate onOctober 1, 2004.



MISSISSIPPI RIVER ROAD COMMISSION



Year created 2001


Status Active

Purpose/function The commission is responsible for preserving, enhancing, andpromoting the Mississippi River Road as a historic, cultural,scenic, natural, and economic resource for the state.




Employees None





MISSISSIPPI RIVER ROAD COMMISSION



Year created 1996



Purpose/function The commission serves as an advisory body to the Department ofCulture, Recreation and Tourism; the Department of Transportationand Development; the Department of Economic Development; andto all other state agencies involved in developing the MississippiRiver Road Corridor between Baton Rouge and New Orleans into aviable resource for the state.




Employees None



Comments For the third year, a representative of the Department of Culture,Recreation and Tourism reported that members have never beenappointed to the commission. The commission is not fulfilling thefunctions for which it was established by executive order.



MOTOR CARRIER ADVISORY COMMITTEE

Contact: Mark S. OxleyChairman(225) 922-2293


Year created 1990


Status Inactive

Purpose/function The committee was created to provide advice, consultation, andrecommendations to those agencies authorized to regulate,license, and tax the motor carrier industry. The committee wasalso supposed to be the coordinating authority of the LouisianaTruck Center, which is the headquarters and central location formotor carriers in obtaining all permits and for payment of any feesor charges required to engage in the motor carrier trade in thestate.




Employees None



Comments For the third year, the chairman reported that the committee isinactive. The committee is not fulfilling the functions for which itwas established by law.



MOTOR FUELS UNDERGROUND STORAGE TANK TRUST FUNDADVISORY BOARD



Year created 1988

Oversight agency Department of Environmental Quality

Status Active

Purpose/function The board advises the secretary of the Department ofEnvironmental Quality regarding the Tank Trust Fund including theinvestment of the trust and the minimum levels of financialresponsibility for underground storage tank owners.




Employees None





MULLET TASK FORCE

Contact: Karen FooteMarine Fisheries Division DirectorDepartment of Wildlife and Fisheries(225) 765-2330


Year created 2001


Status Active

Purpose/function The task force advises the Wildlife and Fisheries Commission onthe most appropriate date to open mullet season.




Employees None





MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEMBOARD OF TRUSTEES

Contact: William ToadvienDirector(225) 925-4810


Year created 1991

Status Active

Purpose/function The board is responsible for formulating and promulgating rulesand regulations to facilitate the proper functioning of the retirementsystem and the administration of any of its funds.




Employees Unknown



Comments In prior years, a representative of the board stated that he did notbelieve that R.S. 24:513.2(F) applied to the system, andaccordingly, the board would not submit the requested information.The board has not submitted information requested by thelegislative auditor for at least eleven years. However, a June 30,2002, audit is on file with the legislative auditor.



MUNICIPAL POLICE EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEMBOARD OF TRUSTEES

Contact: Virginia S. EckertDirector(225) 929-7411


Year created 1973

Status Active

Purpose/function The board is responsible for overall management of the retirementsystem, which includes reviewing and making recommendationsrelative to investments, member appeals, office procedures,personnel, and other matters.










NATIONAL REGISTER REVIEW COMMITTEE

Contact: Patricia DuncanArchitectural Historian(225) 342-8160


Year created 1979


Status Active

Purpose/function The committee serves in an advisory capacity to the Departmentof Culture, Recreation and Tourism in matters relating to theconservation, preservation, and restoration of the historicresources of the state. The committee votes, at quarterly publichearings, on whether historic properties in the state will benominated to the National Register of Historic Places.




Employees None





NAVAL WAR MEMORIAL COMMISSIONBOARD OF COMMISSIONERS

Contact: Maury DrummondExecutive Director(225) 342-1942


Year created 1979


Status Active

Purpose/function The commission acquires, transports, berths, renovates, equips,operates, maintains, and exhibits the Destroyer USS Kidd for useas a permanent public Naval and Marine Corps memorial.







Total revenues $653,644 $578,510Total expenses/expenditures $752,566 $574,175 which include: Per diem None None Members' travel expenses None None Members' salary None NoneEnding Balance $3,323,647 $3,327,982



NEW ORLEANS CITY PARK IMPROVEMENT ASSOCIATIONBOARD OF COMMISSIONERS

Contact: Minette BruceChief Financial Officer(504) 483-9492

Legal authority Act 130 of 1896; Act 104 of 1934; Act 492 of 1958; Act 405 of1962; Act 865 of 1982

Year created 1896


Status Active

Purpose/function The association manages and controls the New Orleans CityPark, providing recreational facilities for activities such as golf,tennis, baseball, boating, fishing, et cetera.






Financial/budget information Actual BudgetSeptember 30, 2001 September 30, 2002




NEW ORLEANS-BATON ROUGE STEAMSHIP PILOTSASSOCIATION FEE COMMISSION

Contact: Robert BarnettAttorney(504) 832-1199


Year created 1968

Status Active

Purpose/function The commission governs the rates of the New Orleans-BatonRouge Steamship Pilots Association and is authorized to holdhearings, subpoena witnesses, administer oaths, and takedepositions to resolve disputes regarding pilotage rates and othercommission business.




Employees None





NFL STADIUM ADVISORY COMMISSION

Contact: David WeidlerSenior Director of Finance and AdministrationStadium and Exposition District(504) 587-3850


Year created 2001


Status Active

Purpose/function The commission is responsible for compiling and evaluatinginformation on the feasibility, desirability, and costs of threeoptions for providing a competitive home stadium environment forthe New Orleans Saints and recommending an option, along witha proposal to fund the option, to the governor and the legislature.




Employees None





NON-INDIGENOUS AQUATIC SPECIES ADVISORY TASK FORCE

Contact: Mark McElroyDepartment of Wildlife and Fisheries(225) 765-2641


Year created 2002


Status Active

Purpose/function The task force shall compile information on aquatic plant andanimal species that are non-indigenous to the state of Louisianawhich invasively infest the waters of the state and recommend amanagement plan for the prevention, control, containment, anderadication of the non-indigenous aquatic species in a way thatdoes not have a negative effect on indigenous aquatic species.




Employees None





OCCUPATIONAL INFORMATION COORDINATING COMMITTEE

Contact: Gayle JosephAssistant SecretaryDepartment of Labor(225) 342-3111


Year created 1996

Oversight agency Department of Labor


Purpose/function The committee was created to plan, develop, and manage astatewide occupational information system that should have beenconsistent with the objectives and functions of the NationalOccupational Information Coordinating Committee.




Employees None



Comments For the second year, a representative of the Department of Laborreported that the committee was never fully organized. Thecommittee is not fulfilling the functions for which it was establishedby the executive order.

Recommendation The governor should consider abolishing the committee.


OFFICE OF GROUP BENEFITS STUDY COMMISSION

Contact: Bruce MinorFiscal OfficerOffice of Group Benefits(225) 925-6615


Year created 2002


Status Active

Purpose/function The commission is responsible for conducting an InternalOperational Assessment to review, analyze, and benchmarkhealth options and rate structures offered through the Office ofGroup Benefits (OGB); identifying and evaluating best practiceoptions to improve the efficiency and cost effective administrationof OGB; and identifying and evaluating best practice options forthe most cost effective and efficient delivery of pharmaceuticalbenefits.




Employees None





OLD STATE CAPITOL ADVISORY BOARD

Contact: Mary PrudhommeDirector(225) 342-0500


Year created 1990


Status Active

Purpose/function The board advises the secretary of state on all matters relating tothe operations of the Old State Capitol. The board, in cooperationwith any nonprofit corporation(s) established to support the OldState Capitol, may seek private funding to support programs forthe Old State Capitol.




Employees None





OVERSIZE AND EXCESS WEIGHT VEHICLE TASK FORCE



Year created 1998


Status Inactive

Purpose/function The task force is responsible for analyzing Louisiana's laws, rules,and regulations which pertain to the size, weight, width, height,length, and/or load of vehicles which operate on the highwaysand/or roadways of this state and evaluating adequacy of thestandard and special taxes and/or fees assessed vehicles thatexceed and vehicles that do not exceed the standard limitationsas compared to neighboring states.




Employees None



Comments For the third year, a representative of the Department ofTransportation and Development reported that the task force isinactive. The task force is not fulfilling the functions for which itwas established by executive order.



PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION

Contact: Kelvie BushExecutive SecretaryDepartment of Culture, Recreation and Tourism(225) 342-8111


Year created 1934


Status Active

Purpose/function The commission promotes the goals and objectives of the Office ofState Parks, acts in an advisory capacity to the office, andscreens qualified projects for federal grants administered by theoffice.




Employees None





PAROCHIAL EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT SYSTEMBOARD OF TRUSTEES

Contact: Thomas B. SimsAdministrative Director(225) 928-1361


Year created 1953

Status Active

Purpose/function The board formulates and promulgates any and all necessary rulesand regulations to facilitate the proper functioning of the retirementsystem. The system provides retirement benefits for employees of61 civil parishes of Louisiana.






Members’ expense information Actual BudgetDecember 31, 2001 December 31, 2002




PET OVERPOPULATION ADVISORY COUNCIL

Contact: Pamela CaseyVice President(504) 366-8972

Legal authority R.S. 47:463.60 (D)

Year created 2002



Purpose/function The council shall establish guidelines for the expenditure of fundscredited to the Pet Overpopulation Fund and to review and makerecommendations on submitted grant applications.




Employees None





PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS ADVISORY COMMITTEE



Year created 1993


Status Active

Purpose/function The committee advises the state Board of Medical Examiners onall matters specifically dealing with licensing or discipliningphysician assistants and on drafting and promulgating regulationsrelating to physician assistants. The committee also reviews andmakes recommendations to the board on applications for licensureas physician assistants.




Employees None





POINTE COUPEE-WEST FELICIANA BRIDGE, FERRY,AND TUNNEL AUTHORITY


Contact: Marsha JabourDirectorGovernor's Office of Boards and Commissions(225) 342-0919

Legal authority R.S. 48:1091; Act 319 of 1977

Year created 1977

Status Inactive

Purpose/function The authority is charged with studying the feasibility ofestablishing, constructing, acquiring, maintaining, administering,and operating toll bridge, tunnel, or ferry facilities across and underthe Mississippi River between the parishes of Pointe Coupee andWest Feliciana. If the authority determines such construction andoperation to be feasible, it is charged with constructing andoperating a toll bridge, tunnel, or ferry facility.




Employees None



Comments A representative of the Governor's Office reported that the authoritywas never fully organized. The authority is not fulfilling thefunctions for which it was established by law.

Recommendation The legislature should consider abolishing the authority.


POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION INFORMATIONTECHNOLOGY COUNCIL

Contact: Joseph SavoieCommissioner of Higher EducationState of Louisiana(225) 342-4253


Year created 2001

Status Active

Purpose/function The council advises and assists the state's chief information officerspecifically with respect to issues, policies, strategic planning,management, and operations relative to information technology forpostsecondary education.




Employees None





POSTSECONDARY REVIEW COMMISSION



Year created 1996


Status Inactive

Purpose/function The commission conducts and coordinates the review ofinstitutions of higher education pursuant to federal law andensures that each institution remains in compliance with thestandards required by that law.




Employees None



Comments For the fourth year, a representative of the Governor's Officeinformed us that members were never appointed to thecommission. The commission is not fulfilling the functions forwhich it was established by executive order.



POVERTY POINT RESERVOIR DISTRICTBOARD OF COMMISSIONERS


Contact: Michael L. ThompsonExecutive Director(318) 878-8572


Year created 1992

Status Active

Purpose/function The district is responsible for developing the wealth and naturalresources of the district by the conservation of soil and water foragricultural, recreational, commercial, industrial, and sanitarypurposes.







Total revenues $5,276,126 $228,000Total expenses/expenditures $4,801,641 $228,000 which include: Per diem None None Members' travel expenses None None Members' salary None NoneEnding Balance $734,355 $734,355

Comments Actual amounts include the district's capital outlay account;however, the budgeted amounts do not.



PROJECT RESTORE TASK FORCE



Year created 1996



Purpose/function The task force was created to research and analyze the potentialof using nonhazardous waste materials for coastal restorationprojects.




Employees None



Comments A representative of the Department of Environmental Qualityreported that the task force was never fully organized. The taskforce is not fulfilling the functions for which it was established byexecutive order.



PROPERTY AND CASUALTY COMMISSION

Contact: Chad M. BrownOffice of Management and FinanceDepartment of Insurance(225) 342-7276


Year created 2001


Status Active

Purpose/function The commission was created to review and examine theavailability and affordability of property and casualty insurancewithin the state.




Employees None





PUBLIC RETIREMENT SYSTEMS' ACTUARIAL COMMITTEE

Contact: John N. KennedyState Treasurer(225) 342-0010


Year created 1988


Status Active

Purpose/function The committee coordinates orderly and consistent strategies forcontinuing development and growth of state and statewideretirement systems and pension plans or funds that will attain andmaintain their soundness and advises the Joint LegislativeRetirement Committee of all findings and recommendations.




Employees None





QUEBEC-LOUISIANA JOINT COMMITTEE




Year created 1996


Status Active

Purpose/function The committee is required to meet at regular intervals, with theappropriate authorities of the Province of Quebec to arrange forand organize educational, cultural, and touristic exchanges.




Employees None





REAL FRENCH DESTINATION SCENIC BYWAY DISTRICTBOARD OF COMMISSIONERS


Contact: Gerald BreauxChairman(337) 232-3737


Year created 1995


Status Active

Purpose/function The board is responsible for developing and implementing a planfor the preservation, beautification, and promotion of the scenicdrive being LA 93 beginning from Bayou Fusilier through the townof Grand Coteau, west through the town of Sunset, south in thevicinity of Chretien Point Plantation, through the town of Canktonin St. Landry Parish, and continuing in Lafayette Parish souththrough the communities of Vatican and Ossun and the town ofScott, also in the vicinity of Acadian Village, and ending at theintersection of Johnston Street that is designated as US 167.




Employees None



Total revenues $23,065 Not providedTotal expenses/expenditures $7,443 Not provided which include: Per diem None None Members' travel expenses None None Members' salary None NoneEnding Balance $778 Not provided



RED RIVER WATERWAY COMMISSIONBOARD OF COMMISSIONERS

Contact: Jennifer HawkinsAccountant(318) 352-3652


Year created 1965


Status Active

Purpose/function The commission establishes, operates, and maintains a navigablewaterway system extending from the vicinity of the confluence ofthe Red River with the Old River and the Atchafalaya River northwestward in the Red River Valley to the state boundary.




Employees None






REGIONAL MUSEUM GOVERNING BOARD OF THELOUISIANA STATE EXHIBIT MUSEUM

Contact: Forrest DunnAdministrator(318) 632-2020


Year created 1991


Status Active

Purpose/function The board establishes policies, rules, and regulations for theoperation of the Louisiana State Exhibit Museum and advises thesecretary of state on all matters relating to the operation of themuseum.




Employees None





REGIONAL PLANNING COMMISSION OF JEFFERSON, ORLEANS,ST. BERNARD, AND ST. TAMMANY PARISHES

Contact: Nicholas B. SilveyDirector of Management and Finance(504) 568-6611


Year created 1962

Status Active

Purpose/function The commission develops and maintains plans for thedevelopment of the regional planning area based on studies ofphysical, social, economic, and government trends andcoordinates development of the regional planning area to promotethe general welfare and prosperity of its people.







Total revenues $3,427,932 $8,018,828Total expenses/expenditures $3,347,941 $8,018,828 which include: Per diem $5,150 $6,000 Members' travel expenses $21,981 $38,000 Members' salary None NoneEnding Balance $290,172 $290,172



REGIONAL TRANSIT AUTHORITYBOARD OF COMMISSIONERS


Contact: Mark MajorDeputy General Major(504) 248-3724


Year created 1979

Status Active

Purpose/function The authority is responsible for planning, designing, maintaining,and administering a transit system within the New Orleansmetropolitan area.







Total revenues Not provided Not providedTotal expenses/expenditures Not provided Not provided which include: Per diem $3,975 $7,800 Members' travel expenses $22,154 $10,800 Members' salary None NoneEnding Balance Not provided Not provided



REGISTRAR OF VOTERS EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT SYSTEMBOARD OF TRUSTEES

Contact: Lorraine C. DeesDirector(800) 510-8515


Year created 1955

Status Active

Purpose/function The board is responsible for managing the system to provideretirement allowances and other benefits for registrars of voters,their deputies, and their permanent employees.




Employees Unknown



Comments For the third year, the board did not submit information requestedby the legislative auditor in accordance with R.S. 24:513.2(F).However, a June 30, 2002, audit is on file with the legislativeauditor.



REPTILE AND AMPHIBIAN TASK FORCE

Contact: Jeff BoundyDepartment of Wildlife and Fisheries(225) 765-2815


Year created 1991


Status Inactive

Purpose/function The task force was created to assess and analyze the reptile andamphibian industry in Louisiana and report its conclusions andrecommendations regarding proper management and regulation ofthe industry to the legislature.




Employees None



Comments For the second year, a representative of the Department of Wildlifeand Fisheries reported that the task force is inactive. The taskforce is not fulfilling the functions for which it was established bylaw.

Recommendation The legislature should consider abolishing the task force.


RESIDENTIAL BUILDING CONTRACTORS SUBCOMMITTEE

Contact: Kelli GautreauxAccountantLicensing Board for Contractors(225) 765-2301


Year created 1995


Status Active

Purpose/function Subject to the approval of the State Licensing Board forContractors, the subcommittee is responsible for adopting rulesand regulations to govern residential building contractors in thestate; for issuing, suspending, modifying, or revoking licenses; andfor prescribing and adopting regulations and policies for continuingeducation.




Employees None



Total revenues None NoneTotal expenses/expenditures None None which include: Per diem $3,675 $10,000 Members' travel expenses $3,918 $9,000 Members' salary None NoneEnding Balance None None

Comments The subcommittee's financial information is included with the StateLicensing Board for Contractors.



RICE PROMOTION BOARD

Contact: Leonard J. HensgensChairman(337) 783-3283


Year created 1972


Status Active

Purpose/function The board promotes the growth and development of the riceindustry in Louisiana. It serves all rice farmers in Louisiana andbusinesses serving the rice industry through promotion andresearch activities.




Employees None





RICE RESEARCH BOARD

Contact: R. E. GirouardChairman(337) 788-7531


Year created 1972


Status Active

Purpose/function The board administers rice research check-off funds collected bythe Department of Agriculture and Forestry, selects projects forfunding, and reviews the progress of research.




Employees None





RIVER PARISHES TRANSIT AUTHORITYBOARD OF COMMISSIONERS

Contact: Brent PetitChairman(504) 431-6664


Year created 1976

Status Active

Purpose/function The board governs the mass transit system within the parishes ofSt. Charles, St. James, and St. John the Baptist.




Employees None



Total revenues $9,000 NoneTotal expenses/expenditures $3,716 $2,537 which include: Per diem $2,480 $1,880 Members' travel expenses None $93 Members' salary None NoneEnding Balance $11,468 $8,931



RIVER REGION CANCER SCREENING AND EARLY DETECTIONDISTRICT BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS

Contact: Louis LambertChairman(225) 675-6896

Legal authority R.S. 40:1300.61(C)

Year created 1995

Status Active

Purpose/function The board is responsible for establishing and operating the RiverRegion Cancer Screening and Early Detection Center whichscreens persons for cancer as well as promoting and conductingscientific research and training.




Employees None






ROADSIDE REST AREA TASK FORCE

Contact: Rodney BraxtonGovernor's Office(225) 342-8381


Year created 1998


Status Inactive

Purpose/function The task force is responsible for evaluating the present condition ofLouisiana's thirty-four roadside rest areas, the services available atthose rest areas, and the manner in which those rest areas aredesigned, maintained, and patrolled and making recommendationsfor a cost effective and efficient revitalization of the rest areas.




Employees Unknown



Comments In the prior year, a representative of the Governor's Office reportedthat the task force was inactive. The task force is not fulfilling thefunctions for which it was established by executive order.



ROYAL STREET PROJECT ADVISORY BOARD

Contact: Roger OgdenChairman(504) 866-9757


Year created 1997


Status Active

Purpose/function The board provides advice to the Division of Administration and theLouisiana Supreme Court regarding the expenditure of all fundsand all contracts, bids, proposals, and plans associated withrenovating the building that will eventually house the LouisianaSupreme Court, Louisiana Fourth Circuit Court of Appeal, the LawLibrary of Louisiana, the Louisiana Judicial Administrator's Office,a satellite office of the Louisiana Attorney General, and a museumor tourist information center.




Employees None





SALINE LAKE GAME AND FISH PRESERVEBOARD OF COMMISSIONERS

Contact: James E. LewisAttorney(318) 727-8674

Legal authority Act 105 of 1976; R.S. 56:801

Year created 1976


Status Active

Purpose/function The commission is responsible for administering the game andfish reserve and for providing rules and regulations for the controlthereof.




Employees None



Total revenues $2,943 $2,500Total expenses/expenditures $436 $570 which include: Per diem None None Members' travel expenses None None Members' salary None NoneEnding Balance $10,193 $12,123



SCHOOL BASED HEALTH CLINIC TASK FORCE

Contact: Andy KopplinGovernor's Office(504) 568-5050


Year created 1996


Status Disbanded

Purpose/function The task force was responsible for developing and recommendinga uniform parental consent form whichtakes into consideration the needs of adolescent students to haveappropriate medical attention or counseling, evaluatingthe types of services offered by school health clinics, andrecommending any necessary changes to those services.




Employees None



Comments For the fifth year, a representative of the Governor's Office reportedthat the task force has fulfilled the functions for which it wasestablished by executive order and has disbanded.



SCHOOL EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEMBOARD OF TRUSTEES

Contact: Charlene QuinnAccountant Supervisor(225) 925-6491


Year created 1946


Status Active

Purpose/function The board is responsible for managing the system to provideretirement allowances and other benefits for school bus drivers,janitors, custodians, maintenance employees, and otheremployees of the public school system.










SECURE REVIEW COMMISSION

Contact: Mark C. DrennenCommissioner of Administration(225) 342-7000

Legal authority EO MJF 98-13 and EO MJF 99-3

Year created 1998


Status Inactive

Purpose/function The Select Council on Revenues and Expenditures in Louisiana'sFuture (SECURE) Review Commission is responsible for reviewingSECURE's recommendations pertaining to governmentexpenditures and organization; analyzing the recommendedstrategies to reduce the cost of government and to improvegovernment services, as well as updating, implementing, andevaluating the progress the state has made regarding therecommendations.




Employees None



Comments For the second year, a representative of the Division ofAdministration reported that the commission is inactive. Thecommission is not fulfilling the functions for which it wasestablished by executive order.



SHERIFFS' PENSION AND RELIEF FUNDBOARD OF TRUSTEES

Contact: Annetta McGeeExecutive Director(225) 922-0465


Year created 1946

Status Active

Purpose/function The board oversees the operations of the fund, to include approvingexpenditures, making policy decisions, proposing legislation,approving purchases and sales of investments, and approvingapplications for benefits.




Employees Unknown



Comments In prior years, a representative of the board stated that he did notbelieve that R.S. 24:513.2(F) applied to the system, andaccordingly, the board would not submit the requested information.The board has not submitted information requested by thelegislative auditor for at least eleven years. However, a June 30,2002, audit is on file with the legislative auditor.



SMALL AND EMERGING BUSINESS DEVELOPMENTADVISORY COUNCIL

Contact: Arthur CooperDirectorDepartment of Economic Development(225) 342-4320


Year created 2001


Status Active

Purpose/function The council reviews and comments upon the processes used bythe Department of Economic Development in establishing andusing factors for certification of qualified businesses, advises thedepartment regarding novel approaches in delivering developmentalassistance to small and emerging businesses, and monitors theefforts of the department to assure that assistance is specificallytailored to improve the plight of businesses that have struggledbecause of a chronic lack of necessary capital.




Employees None



Total revenues None NoneTotal expenses/expenditures None None which include: Per diem None None Members' travel expenses $1,273 None Members' salary None NoneEnding Balance None None



SMALL BUSINESS COMPLIANCE ADVISORY PANEL



Year created 1992


Status Active

Purpose/function The panel is responsible for rendering advisory opinions to theDepartment of Environmental Quality on the effectiveness of theSmall Business Stationary Source Technical and EnvironmentalCompliance Assistance Program.




Employees None





SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM OPERATORSBOARD OF CERTIFICATION AND TRAINING



Year created 1983


Status Active

Purpose/function The board is responsible for establishing a certification program foroperators of solid waste disposal facilities that accommodateresidential and commercial solid waste. The board alsoestablishes fees paid by applicants for examination, training, andcertification.




Employees None





SOUTHERN LOUISIANA DRINKING WATER STUDY COMMISSION



Year created 1984



Purpose/function The commission is responsible for restoring the public'sconfidence in the quality of the drinking water of the parishes ofAscension, Assumption, Jefferson, Lafourche, Orleans,Plaquemines, St. Bernard, St. Charles, St. James, St. John theBaptist, and Terrebonne.




Employees None



Comments For the fourth year, a representative of the Governor's Officereported that no appointments had been made to the commission.The commission is not fulfilling the functions for which it wasestablished by law.



SOYBEAN AND GRAIN RESEARCH AND PROMOTION BOARD

Contact: Kyle McCannManager(225) 922-6209


Year created 1968


Status Active

Purpose/function The board promotes the growth and development of the soybean,wheat, corn, and grain sorghum industries in Louisiana throughresearch and advertisement. Assessments are levied on the saleof soybeans, wheat, corn, and grain sorghum within the state andthe board remits 50% of assessments collected to the UnitedStates Soybean Board.




Employees Unknown



Comments For the second year, the board did not submit informationrequested by the legislative auditor in accordance with R.S.24:513.2(F). However, a June 30, 2002, audit is on file with thelegislative auditor and the 2003 and 2004 audits are currentlyengaged.



STATE EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEMBOARD OF TRUSTEES

Contact: Wade H. AdamsAccount Administrator(225) 922-0185


Year created 1946


Status Active

Purpose/function The board is responsible for managing the system to provideretirement allowances and other benefits to employees of the stateof Louisiana and their beneficiaries.










STATE POLICE RETIREMENT SYSTEMBOARD OF TRUSTEES

Contact: Irwin L. Felps, Jr.Director(225) 925-4878


Year created 1938

Oversight agency State Police Retirement System

Status Active

Purpose/function The board is responsible for managing and administering the fund,authorizing the retirement of any police employee who may beeligible to retire, determining monthly pensions and retirementsalaries, and incurring whatever expenses may be necessary toproperly administer the fund.










STATEWIDE INTERMODAL TRANSPORTATION AND ECONOMICDEVELOPMENT POLICY COMMISSION



Year created 2000



Purpose/function The commission was created to advise the secretary of theDepartment of Transportation and Development regarding policyconsiderations, goals, and objectives relevant to the development,maintenance, implementation, and revision of the state'sintermodal transportation plan and to evaluate and rank the priorityof the Department of Transportation and Development'stransportation-related economic development projects and servicesto best achieve the goals and objectives of Louisiana: Vision 2020.




Employees None



Comments For the second year, a representative of the Department ofTransportation and Development reported that the commission hasnever been organized. The commission is not fulfilling thefunctions for which it was established by executive order.



STRAWBERRY MARKETING BOARD

Contact: Michelle RiberaAssistant DirectorDepartment of Agriculture and Forestry(225) 922-1255


Year created 1958


Status Active

Purpose/function The board promotes the general well-being of the strawberryindustries in Louisiana by expanding the market for the productand increasing consumption through acquainting the public withhealth-giving quantities and food value of Louisiana-grownstrawberries, wherever they may be sold.




Employees None






SWEET POTATO ADVERTISING AND DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION



Year created 1942


Status Active

Purpose/function The commission is responsible for expanding the market for andincreasing the consumption of sweet potatoes by acquainting thegeneral public with the health-giving qualities and the nutritionalfood values of sweet potatoes grown in Louisiana.




Employees None



Total revenues $278,932 $239,950Total expenses/expenditures $264,708 $273,167 which include: Per diem None None Members' travel expenses $892 $1,800 Members' salary None NoneEnding Balance $324,261 $291,044



TANGIPAHOA RIVER TASK FORCE

Contact: Brad SpicerAssistant CommissionerDepartment of Agriculture and Forestry


Year created 1996


Status Inactive

Purpose/function The task force is responsible for coordinating the efforts of all stateagencies involved in the cleanup of the Tangipahoa River andmonitoring the cleanup to ensure its safety for recreational use.




Employees None



Comments For the third year, a representative of the Department ofAgriculture and Forestry reported that the task force is inactive.The task force is not fulfilling the functions for which it wasestablished by executive order.



TASK FORCE FOR THE REDUCTION OFAUTOMOBILE INSURANCE RATES



Year created 1996


Status Disbanded

Purpose/function The task force researched and analyzed the factors that contributeto the escalating automobile insurance rates in the state anddeveloped a comprehensive, detailed and actuarially sound planthat will cause dramatic reduction of automobile insurance rates inthe state.




Employees None



Comments For the sixth year, a representative of the Department of Insurancereported that the task force has fulfilled the purpose for which itwas created and has disbanded.



TASK FORCE ON ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTIONAND PRESERVATION

Contact: George H. GuidryModerator(225) 388-9061


Year created 1996


Status Inactive

Purpose/function The task force facilitates discussions and exchanges betweenenvironmentalists, conservationists, business interests, andindustrialists on prevailing environmental concerns.




Employees None



Comments The moderator for the task force reported that the task force isinactive. The task force is not fulfilling the functions for which itwas established by executive order.



TAX FREE SHOPPING COMMISSION

Contact: Lisa Ponce de LeonDirector(504) 568-5323


Year created 1988

Oversight agency Department of Revenue

Status Active

Purpose/function The commission provides refunds of state and local sales tax tointernational visitors on items purchased in Louisiana atparticipating stores.







Total revenues $414,320 $498,400Total expenses/expenditures $460,223 $488,839 which include: Per diem None None Members' travel expenses None None Members' salary None NoneEnding Balance Not provided $338,920



TEACHERS' RETIREMENT SYSTEM OF LOUISIANABOARD OF TRUSTEES

Contact: Beverly M. CampbellAccountant 2(225) 925-1750


Year created 1936

Oversight agency Teachers' Retirement System of Louisiana

Status Active

Purpose/function The board is responsible for the general administration and properoperation of the Teachers' Retirement System, which providesretirement allowances and other benefits for the teachers of thestate.










TECHE-VERMILION FRESHWATER DISTRICTBOARD OF COMMISSIONERS

Contact: Jason D. DupuisExecutive Director(337) 233-6902


Year created 1986

Status Active

Purpose/function The board governs the affairs of the district, which establishes,maintains, and protects a fresh water supply in Bayou Teche andVermilion River in the parishes of Iberia, St. Martin, Lafayette, andVermilion.










TECHNOLOGY ADVISORY GROUP

Contact: Chad McGeeChief Information OfficerDivision of Administration(225) 342-7105


Year created 2001

Status Active

Purpose/function The group advises the state's chief information officer ontechnology approaches to coordinate information technologysolutions among state government entities.




Employees None





TOBACCO SETTLEMENT PAYMENT OPTIONS TASK FORCE

Contact: Mark DrennenCommissioner of Administration(225) 342-7000


Year created 2000


Status Active

Purpose/function The task force is responsible for determining the value, andevaluating the risks, of the state of Louisiana receiving its portionof the tobacco settlement in annual payments over a 25-yearperiod in comparison to exchanging, pledging, and selling itsannual payments for an immediate lump-sum payment andexploring and evaluating all payment options available.




Employees None





TOURISM DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION



Year created 1964


Status Active

Purpose/function The commission serves in an advisory capacity to the assistantsecretary of the Office of Tourism and the secretary of theDepartment of Culture, Recreation and Tourism on matters relatingto the development and implementation of programs promotingtourism and the historical, cultural, recreational, and scenic legacyof the state.




Employees None





TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY BOARD OF DIRECTORS



Year created 2001



Purpose/function The authority was created to promote, plan, finance, develop,construct, control, regulate, operate, and maintain any tollway ortransitway to be constructed in the state.




Employees None





TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE MODEL FOR ECONOMICDEVELOPMENT REVIEW TASK FORCE



Year created 1998


Status Inactive

Purpose/function The task force shall review the incomplete projects in theTransportation Infrastructure Model for Economic Development(TIMED) program and evaluate the continued need for thoseprojects as they relate to the state's transportation infrastructureimprovement needs and the overall economic development goals ofthe state.




Employees None



Comments For the third year, a representative of the Department ofTransportation and Development reported that the task force isinactive. The task force is not fulfilling the functions for which itwas established by executive order.



TRAUMATIC HEAD AND SPINAL CORD INJURY TRUST FUNDADVISORY BOARD

Contact: Darby Simoneaux IIIProgram Manager(225) 925-3502


Year created 1994


Status Active

Purpose/function The board is responsible for establishing priorities and criteria forthe disbursement of monies collected as additional fees imposedon all motor vehicle violations for driving under the influence,reckless operation, and speeding in the state, to be used solelyfor programs designed to provide services to Louisiana residentsdisabled by traumatic head and spinal cord injuries.




Employees None





TRI-STATE CORRIDOR COMMISSION(Political Subdivision)

Contact: M. D. LeComteCoordinating and Development Corporation(318) 632-2022


Year created 1990

Status Active

Purpose/function The commission is charged with conducting research studiespertaining to the four-laning, construction, expansion,improvement, or extension of Louisiana Highway 1 and providingfor the long-term economic/industrial development and tourismdevelopment of the corridor area.




Employees None





UNIFORM PAYROLL INSURANCE COMMISSION

Contact: Mark DrennenCommissioner of Administration(225) 342-7000

Legal authority R.S. 42:456.2 and EO MJF 01-40

Year created 2001


Status Active

Purpose/function The commission is responsible for examining all reasonableoptions to improve the efficiency and cost effective administrationof all voluntary insurance products (exclusive of those offered bythe Office of Group Benefits) offered under the uniform payrollsystem operated by the Division of Administration.




Employees None





UNMARKED BURIAL SITES BOARD

Contact: Thomas EubanksState ArchaeologistDepartment of Culture, Recreation and Tourism(225) 342-8170


Year created 1991


Status Active

Purpose/function The board is authorized to adopt, implement, and enforce rulesand regulations to protect the burial sites of earlier residents of thestate from desecration and to enable the proper archaeologicalinvestigation and study when disturbance of a burial site isnecessary or desirable.




Employees None



Comments The board only meets to review permit applications.



WEST CALCASIEU PARISH COMMUNITY CENTER AUTHORITY

Contact: Sandra AndersonRecording Secretary(337) 528-9378


Year created 1992

Status Active

Purpose/function The authority is charged with building, maintaining, and operatinga rodeo arena, sports complex, or community center withinCalcasieu Parish.




Employees Unknown



Comments As of January 24, 2003, the authority had not submittedinformation requested by the legislative auditor in accordance withR.S. 24:513.2(F). However, a June 30, 2002, audit is on file withthe legislative auditor.



WESTERN CORRIDOR COMMISSIONBOARD OF COMMISSIONERS


Contact: Courtney FenetMember


Year created 1987

Status Not provided

Purpose/function The commission initiates or coordinates research, studies, andthe gathering of information on the Western Corridor Project;contracts or performs work relating to the construction, expansion,improvement, or extension of U.S. Highway 171 within theboundaries of the district; and contracts for or constructs bridges,overpasses, causeways, underpasses, traffic circles,interchanges, and landscaping relating to the highway. Such workshall be performed by or through the authority of the Department ofTransportation and Development.




Employees None





WETLANDS CONSERVATION AND RESTORATION AUTHORITY

Contact: Karen GautreauxExecutive AssistantGovernor's Office of Coastal Activities(225) 342-3968


Year created 1989


Status Unknown

Purpose/function The authority was created to develop and annually update thestate's overall strategy for conserving and restoring coastalwetlands through the construction and management of coastalwetlands enhancement projects.




Employees None



Comments For the second year, the authority did not submit informationrequested by the legislative auditor in accordance with R.S.24:513.2(F).



WETLANDS CONSERVATION AND RESTORATION TASK FORCE

Contact: Len BahrExecutive Assistant(225) 342-3968


Year created 1989


Status Unknown

Purpose/function The task force was created to assist the Wetlands Conservationand Restoration Authority in carrying out its purpose.




Employees Unknown



Comments For the second year, the task force did not submit informationrequested by the legislative auditor in accordance with R.S.24:513.2(F).



WILDLIFE AND FISHERIES COMMISSION

Contact: Wynnette B. KeesAccountant AdministratorDepartment of Wildlife and Fisheries(225) 765-2862

Legal authority Article VI, Section 1 of the 1921 Louisiana Constitution;Article IX, Section 7 of the 1974 Louisiana Constitution;R.S. 56:1; R.S. 36:601

Year created 1921


Status Active

Purpose/function The commission is responsible for the control and supervision ofthe wildlife of the state, including all aquatic life. The commissionhas general control, management, supervision, and direction of thedepartment. It is a policy-making and budgetary-control boardwith no administrative functions. The commission has the soleauthority to establish definite management programs and policiesand to approve and accept all contracts.




Employees None





WOMEN'S POLICY AND RESEARCH COMMISSION

Contact: Vera ClayOffice of Women's ServicesGovernor's Office(225) 922-0960


Year created 2000


Status Active

Purpose/function The commission's duties include advising the governor on theparticular hardships, concerns, and needs that challengeLouisiana women; identifying and analyzing trends that negativelyimpact on the health and prosperity of Louisiana women; andmonitoring the status of Louisiana women for the purpose ofevaluating their economic, educational, and health concerns,needs and hardships.




Employees None





ZACHARY TAYLOR PARKWAY DISTRICTBOARD OF COMMISSIONERS


Contact: Patrick WittyTreasurer(225) 753-8801


Year created 1992

Status Active

Purpose/function The board is responsible for initiating and coordinating researchstudies for the construction of a highway traversing the LouisianaHighway 1 and Louisiana Highway 10 corridor and which will crossthe Mississippi River by way of a bridge, which is planned forconstruction in the vicinity of St. Francisville and New Roads. Thecommission is authorized to assess the feasibility of obtainingdesignation of the highway as a National Defense Highway and asa part of the National Highway System.




Employees None





Budget Units

A budget unit is any spending unit of the state authorized to exercise, or thatdoes exercise, any functions of the state in the executive branch and which isdeclared to be a budget unit by the Division of Administration. Budget units areincluded in the executive budget of the state. The following boards,commissions, and like entities are budget units of the state or are includedwithin such budget units.

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ADVISORY COMMISSION ON PESTICIDES

Contact: Matthew KeppingerAssistant CommissionerDepartment of Agriculture and Forestry(225) 925-3770


Year created 1975

Budget unit Department of Agriculture and Forestry

Status Active

Purpose/function The commission is responsible for establishing pesticide programsencompassing all phases of pesticide regulation includingregistration, distribution, sale, application, storage, and disposal;certification of pesticide users; environmental monitoring; andremediation of soil and water contaminated with pesticides.




Employees None



Per diem $1,280 $1,000 Members' travel expenses $2,069 $1,100 Members' salary None None


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ADVISORY COMMISSION ON PROPRIETARY SCHOOLS

Contact: Larry TremblayAssociate Commissioner(225) 342-4253


Year created 1972

Budget unit Board of Regents

Status Active

Purpose/function The commission is responsible for establishing standards for theconduct of solicitors and for the operation of approximately 170proprietary schools by reviewing and recommending, to the Boardof Regents, schools for initial licensure and for yearly renewal; forproviding for the investigation and the disposition of complaintsrelating to the standards; and for providing remedies for violationsof the standards.







Per diem None None Members' travel expenses $474 $1,000 Members' salary None None



ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON EQUAL OPPORTUNITY



Year created 1984

Budget unit Department of Insurance

Status Active

Purpose/function The committee is responsible for assisting the commissioner ofinsurance in establishing educational and informational services tofoster a greater awareness of the opportunities available in theinsurance industry and of the skills, training, and educationnecessary to prepare for employment in the industry; for reviewingall complaints alleging violations; and for reporting apparentviolations to the commissioner.




Employees None



Per diem None None Members' travel expenses $665 $500 Members' salary None None



ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON LICENSING OF CHILD CAREFACILITIES AND CHILD PLACING AGENCIES

Contact: Thalia StevensonDirector of Bureau of LicensingDepartment of Social Services(225) 922-0015


Year created 1985

Budget unit Department of Social Services

Status Active

Purpose/function The committee is responsible for developing the initial minimumstandards for licensure of Class A facilities and advising theDepartment of Social Services on matters pertaining to the reviewand revision of rules, regulations, and standards for licensure ofClass A licensed child day care centers, child placing agencies,child residential facilities, and maternity homes. The committeealso advises the department on all decisions to revoke or refusalsto grant or renew licenses.




Employees None



Per diem None None Members' travel expenses $1,899 None Members' salary None None



ADVISORY COUNCIL FOR TECHNOLOGY ACCESS BY INDIVIDUALSWITH DISABILITIES

Contact: Ed LeachmanDirectorOffice of Electronic Services(225) 219-4025


Year created 1997

Budget unit Executive Department

Status Active

Purpose/function The council advises the state's chief information officer in allmatters pertaining to accessibility of public databases byindividuals who are disabled.




Employees None





AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES COMMISSION

Contact: William BoudreauxDirector(225) 922-1341


Year created 1940


Status Active

Purpose/function The commission is responsible for grading, sampling, andinspecting all grain subject to inspection under an official USDAdesignation; for inspecting moisture metering devices foraccuracy; for certifying elevator grades and samplers; forlicensing, inspecting, supervising, and auditing all grain dealersand warehouses in the state; and for licensing and supervising allcotton buyers in the state.




Employees None






AGRICULTURAL FINANCE AUTHORITY

Contact: Frank MillicanDirector(225) 922-1292


Year created 1983


Status Active

Purpose/function The authority is responsible for providing capital at lower interestrates for loans made by lending institutions to farmers andcommercial agricultural businesses through a bond program.




Employees None



Per diem $400 $800 Members' travel expenses $819 $617 Members' salary None None



ALLIED HEALTH WORKFORCE COUNCIL

Contact: Chris WeaverExecutive DirectorWorkforce Commission(225) 342-2094

Legal authority R.S. 23:1901 (F)

Year created 2002

Budget unit Health Works Commission

Status Active

Purpose/function The council shall recommend specific and targeted strategies tothe Health Works Commission for purposes of coordination amongvarious state departments by the commission.




Employees None





AMBULANCE STANDARDS COMMITTEE

Contact: Steve ErwinBureau of Health Services FinancingDepartment of Health and Hospitals(225) 342-0138


Year created 1997

Budget unit Department of Health and Hospitals

Status Unknown

Purpose/function The committee advises the Department of Health and Hospitals onestablishing and updating a list of required medical and safetyequipment that shall be carried as part of the regular equipment ofevery ambulance.




Employees Unknown


Members’ expense information Unknown




APPRENTICESHIP COUNCIL

Contact: Cecil R. FormbyProgram Compliance OfficerDepartment of Labor(225) 342-7820


Year created 1938

Budget unit Department of Labor

Status Active

Purpose/function The council, subject to approval of the secretary of the Departmentof Labor, is responsible for establishing standards and proceduresfor registration and deregistration of apprenticeship programs, forapproving apprenticeship agreements, and for issuing related rulesand regulations.




Employees None





ATCHAFALAYA TRACE COMMISSION



Year created 1997

Budget unit Department of Culture, Recreation and Tourism

Status Active

Purpose/function In general, the main goals of the Atchafalaya Trace Commissionare to appropriately plan and promote the Trace Area as a heritageregion; coordinate tourism promotion and other development effortswithin the Trace Area; inventory, preserve, conserve, and interpretthe cultural, historic, natural, and scenic resources of the TraceArea and the Basin; encourage appropriate economic developmentand revitalization within the Trace Area; create an overallmanagement plan for the Trace Area; designate a Trace DrivingCorridor by linking together a number of Scenic Byways and seekNational Heritage Area designation for the Trace Area.




Employees None





BOARD OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY



Year created 1952

Budget unit Department of Economic Development

Status Active

Purpose/function The board is responsible for approving or disapproving taxexemption applications for new manufactured establishments andexpansion of existing establishments and for property owners whopropose development of existing structures in a downtown,historic, or economic development district.







Per diem None None Members' travel expenses $7,051 $8,113 Members' salary None None



BOARD OF COSMETOLOGY

Contact: Saraphia WilsonExecutive Director(225) 756-3404


Year created 1950

Budget unit Office of the Governor

Status Active

Purpose/function The board is responsible for supervising, investigating, andregulating the beauty and hairdressing industry in the state. Theboard is authorized to issue, suspend, or revoke licenses ofcosmetologists, operators, hairdressers, estheticians,manicurists, managers, beauty shop owners, teachers, schools,and students to protect the health and welfare of the people of thestate.







Per diem Not provided $76,500 Members' travel expenses Not provided $28,252 Members' salary None None



BOARD OF ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION

Contact: Weegie PeabodyExecutive Director(225) 342-5840


Year created 1974

Budget unit Department of Education

Status Active

Purpose/function The board is responsible for supervising and controlling the publicelementary and secondary schools and special schools under itsjurisdiction and is responsible for all funds appropriated orallocated by the state for those schools.










BOARD OF ETHICS

Contact: Deborah GrierAdministrative Director(225) 763-8777


Year created 1996

Budget unit Department of State Civil Service

Status Active

Purpose/function The board is responsible for administering and enforcing provisionsof the Code of Governmental Ethics, the Election Integrity Act, theCampaign Finance Disclosure Act, and the Lobbyist DisclosureAct.










BOARD OF PARDONS

Contact: Karen Z. BurchAdministrative Specialist III(225) 342-5421

Legal authority Article IV, Section 5(E) of the 1974 Louisiana Constitution

Year created 1968

Budget unit Department of Public Safety and Corrections, Corrections Services

Status Active

Purpose/function The board is responsible for receiving and examining informationand documents to make recommendations to the governorregarding applications for clemency and pardon of individuals whoare incarcerated.





Participation in state benefit plans Members and employees participate in state benefit plans.


Per diem None None Members' travel expenses $16,402 $13,262 Members' salary $186,001 $184,461



BOARD OF PAROLE

Contact: Fred Y. ClarkChairman(225) 342-6622


Year created 1968


Status Active

Purpose/function The board is responsible for determining the time and conditions ofparole for convicted felons sentenced to prison and confined in thestate and for revoking and returning to incarceration thoseoffenders who are unable to adjust and have violated the conditionsof their parole.


Number of meetings with inmates Prior year actual - 5,092; current year estimated - 4,850








BOARD OF REGENTS

Contact: Marlene FreemanAssistant Commissioner of Fiscal Affairs(225) 342-4253

Legal authority Article VIII, Section 5 of the 1974 Louisiana Constitution

Year created 1975


Status Active

Purpose/function The board is responsible for planning, coordinating, and budgetingfor all public higher education in the state; for administering theLouisiana Education Quality Support Fund as required by Act1020 of 1986; and for formulating a master plan for highereducation, including as a minimum within the master plan, aformula for the equitable distribution of funds.










BOARD OF TAX APPEALS

Contact: Marie WilliamsClerk(225) 922-0172


Year created 1942


Status Active

Purpose/function The board is responsible for acting as an appeal board to hear anddecide questions arising from disputes between taxpayers and thestate.










BOLL WEEVIL ERADICATION COMMISSION



Year created 1992


Status Active

Purpose/function The commission is responsible for suppressing or eradicating theboll weevil and cooperating with state and federal agencies in theadministration of cost-sharing programs for the suppression oreradication of the boll weevil.




Employees None





BOND COMMISSION

Contact: Sharon PerezDirector(225) 342-0040


Year created 1968

Budget unit Department of Treasury

Status Active

Purpose/function The commission issues and sells all general obligation bonds ofthe State of Louisiana issued pursuant to Article VII, Section 6 ofthe Louisiana Constitution, payable from the Bond Security andRedemption Fund. In addition, state agencies and politicalsubdivisions may not incur debt or levy taxes, or hold electionsthereof, without approval or authorization of the commission.










CABINET ADVISORY GROUP ON ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

Contact: Ann GuissingerContract Consultant(225) 769-5228


Year created 1996


Status Active

Purpose/function The group is responsible for advising, coordinating with, andproviding research, informational, and staff support to theEconomic Development Council to implement the strategiceconomic development plan for the state.




Employees None





CANCER AND LUNG TRUST FUND BOARD

Contact: Ray WhitingAdministrator(504) 568-3335


Year created 1980

Budget unit Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center

Status Active

Purpose/function The board is responsible for directing disbursements of grantmonies from the Cancer and Lung Trust Fund to be used solely forresearch, clinical investigations, and training in the cancer andcardiopulmonary fields.










CAPITAL AREA HUMAN SERVICES DISTRICT GOVERNING BOARD

Contact: Louis AskinsChairman(225) 922-2700


Year created 1996


Status Active

Purpose/function The board is responsible for directing the operation andmanagement of community-based programs and services relativeto public health, mental health, developmental disabilities, andsubstance abuse services for the parishes of Ascension, EastBaton Rouge, East Feliciana, Iberville, Pointe Coupee, WestBaton Rouge, and West Feliciana.










CHILDREN'S CABINET

Contact: Suzy SonnierExecutive Director(225) 342-7806


Year created 1992


Status Active

Purpose/function The cabinet is responsible for facilitating and requiring thecoordination of policy, planning, and budgeting that affectsprograms and services for children and their families; coordinatingdelivery of services to children and their families; and eliminatingduplication of services where appropriate. The cabinet isresponsible for assuring the most efficient and effective use ofresources, particularly through programs for intervention andprevention.







Comments R.S. 46:2607 provides for the cabinet to terminate and its legalauthority to cease, as well as for the repeal of Title 46, Chapter 45,on August 15, 2003.



CHILDREN'S CABINET ADVISORY BOARD

Contact: Suzy SonnierExecutive DirectorChildren's Cabinet(225) 342-7806


Year created 1997


Status Active

Purpose/function The board advises the Children's Cabinet on ways to facilitate andrequire coordination of policy, planning, and budgeting affectingprograms and services for children and their families.




Employees None



Comments In accordance with R.S. 46:2607, the board shall terminate onAugust 15, 2003.



CHILDREN'S TRUST FUND BOARD

Contact: Judy HarrisonExecutive Director(225) 342-2245


Year created 1983


Status Unknown

Purpose/function The board is responsible for reviewing, evaluating, adopting,coordinating, and revising the comprehensive state plan for childabuse prevention that is to be funded through the LouisianaChildren's Trust Fund. The board reviews, evaluates, and awardsgrants from the fund for child abuse and neglect prevention andmonitors and evaluates the programs and services that have beenfunded by grants from the trust fund.




Employees Unknown



Comments For the second year, the board did not submit informationrequested by the legislative auditor in accordance with R.S.24:513.2(F).



CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION

Contact: Anne SoileauDeputy Director(225) 342-8069

Legal authority Article XIV, Section 15(c) of the 1921 Louisiana Constitution(adopted as Constitutional Amendment), continued by Article X,Section 3 of the 1974 Louisiana Constitution

Year created 1952


Status Active

Purpose/function The commission is responsible for the administration andregulation of a merit system for state employees within theclassified service.










COMMISSION FOR THE DEAF

Contact: Jan FaulknerExecutive Director(225) 925-4177


Year created 1980


Status Active

Purpose/function The commission is responsible for promoting and coordinatingpublic and private services for deaf and/or hard of hearingindividuals; serving as an advocate for the needs and rights of thedeaf and hearing impaired; certifying and maintaining a registry ofcertified interpreters; reviewing and reporting on the status ofavailable services; and recommending priorities for appropriateprograms and services for the deaf and hearing impaired.




Employees None






COMMISSION OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES

Contact: Benjy RayburnDirector(225) 925-3780


Year created 1952


Status Active

Purpose/function The commission is responsible for testing and inspectingcommercially used weights, measures, and measuring devices tomaintain a fixed standard by which sales and purchases can bemade with confidence.




Employees None






COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS

Contact: Loyce Pierce WrightExecutive Director(225) 342-6969


Year created 1988


Status Active

Purpose/function The commission is responsible for assuring that the state hasappropriate legislation prohibiting discrimination in employment,public accommodations, and banking and lending sufficient tojustify the deferral of cases by the federal Equal EmploymentOpportunity Commission, the Secretary of Labor, and theDepartment of Justice, and to safeguard all individuals within thestate from discrimination because of race, color, religion, sex,age, disability, national origin, sickle cell trait, pregnancy, or othermedical conditions; and to further the interest, rights, andprivileges of individuals within the state.










COMMISSION ON LAW ENFORCEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION OFCRIMINAL JUSTICE

Contact: Judy MoutonDeputy Director(225) 925-4986


Year created 1976


Status Active

Purpose/function The commission is responsible for studying and encouragingadoption of methods that make law enforcement more effectiveand justice administration more efficient and fair, for encouragingpublic understanding of the responsibilities and problems of lawenforcement officers and agencies, and for developing publicsupport for their efforts. The commission also reviews andapproves criminal justice grant projects for several federal andstate programs.









COMMITTEE ON LAW ENFORCEMENT SERVICES FOR THEELDERLY

Contact: Judy MoutonDeputy DirectorCommission on Law Enforcement and Administration of Criminal Justice(225) 925-4986


Year created 1994


Status Active

Purpose/function The committee advises law enforcement agencies and seniorcitizen organizations in the study and evaluation of the "TriadPrograms," sponsored by the National Sheriffs' Association, theInternational Association of Chiefs of Police, and the AmericanAssociation of Retired Persons, as an effective response to theproblems of crime against elderly persons.




Employees None





COMMUNITY AND TECHNICAL COLLEGESBOARD OF SUPERVISORS

Contact: Jan JacksonSenior Vice President for Finance and Administration(225) 219-8700


Year created 1998


Status Active

Purpose/function The board is responsible for the supervision and management ofthe Louisiana Community and Technical Colleges System, whichincludes institutions that provide programs of vocational-technicaleducation.










COUNCIL FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF FRENCH IN LOUISIANA(CODOFIL)

Contact: David CheramieDirector(337) 262-5810


Year created 1968


Status Active

Purpose/function The council is empowered to do any and all things necessary toaccomplish the development, utilization, and preservation of theFrench language as found in the state for the cultural andeconomic benefit of the state.









COUNCIL ON PEACE OFFICER STANDARDS AND TRAINING

Contact: Bob WertzDeputy Assistant DirectorCommission on Law Enforcement and Administration of Criminal Justice(225) 925-1997


Year created 1976


Status Active

Purpose/function The council has broad supervisory authority over education(training standards) made available to law enforcement officers.This council is responsible for accrediting law enforcement trainingcenters; developing minimum curriculum requirements;establishing instructor qualifications; certifying officers andinstructors; inspecting and evaluating training centers, courses,and programs; and adopting, amending, or repealing rules andregulations to implement and interpret applicable acts.




Employees None





CRIME VICTIMS REPARATIONS BOARD

Contact: Bob WertzProgram ManagerCommission on Law Enforcement and Administration of Criminal Justice(225) 925-1997


Year created 1982


Status Active

Purpose/function The board is used by the Louisiana Commission on LawEnforcement and Administration of Criminal Justice to administerfederal and state Victims Reparations funds. The board isresponsible for reviewing and approving or denying reparations'applications for victims of violent crimes.




Employees None






DAIRY STABILIZATION BOARD

Contact: Bob SimonDirector(225) 922-1346


Year created 1974


Status Active

Purpose/function The board is responsible for licensing (without charge) and auditingprocessors, distributors, and retail stores selling dairy productsand for conducting investigations to detect and prevent violations oflaws, rules, and regulations.




Employees None






DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES COUNCIL

Contact: Sandee WinchellExecutive Director(225) 342-6804


Year created 1982


Status Active

Purpose/function The council was established to coordinate, monitor, plan, andevaluate services, assistance, and opportunities necessary toenable persons with developmental disabilities to achieve theirmaximum potential.










DRUG ABUSE RESISTANCE EDUCATION (DARE) ADVISORY BOARD



Year created 1996


Status Active

Purpose/function The board is charged with developing, promoting, monitoring, andevaluating the DARE program throughout the state. The boardserves as an advisory body to the Louisiana Commission on LawEnforcement and Administration of Criminal Justice in thisrespect.




Employees None





DRUG CONTROL AND VIOLENT CRIME POLICY BOARD



Year created 1996


Status Active

Purpose/function The duties of the board include, but are not limited to, serving asan advisory body to the Louisiana Commission on LawEnforcement and Administration of Criminal Justice and developinga statewide drug control and violent crime strategy encompassingall components of the criminal justice system.




Employees None





DRUG POLICY BOARD

Contact: Steve YoungGovernor's Office(225) 342-3423


Year created 1990


Status Active

Purpose/function The board is responsible for identifying, examining, selecting, ordeveloping and recommending or implementing drug controlpolicies to more effectively combat illegal drugs and alcoholabuse; evaluating how anti-drug monies are used in implementingrelated programs; identifying and evaluating the effectiveness ofpublic awareness and drug prevention programs; and assessingthe role of law enforcement in combating drug abuse andtrafficking.









ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATIONBOARD OF DIRECTORS

Contact: Susan SaucierStaff Accountant(225) 342-5675


Year created 1988


Status Active

Purpose/function The board is responsible for governing the Economic DevelopmentCorporation, which serves as the single review board for allfinancial assistance, loans, incentives or inducements,customized workforce training, investment programs, and anyrelated appropriations, grants, or joint ventures administered bythe Department of Economic Development, excluding thosefinancial incentive programs administered by the State Board ofCommerce and Industry.










ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL



Year created 1996


Status Active

Purpose/function The council is responsible for formulating and recommending acomprehensive strategic plan for economic development in thestate and working in concert with the Cabinet Advisory Group onEconomic Development to provide direction and coordination forthe implementation of any state measures the legislature decidesto pursue.




Employees None





ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COUNCILEXECUTIVE COMMITTEE


Legal authority R.S. 51:2382(B)(1)

Year created 1996


Status Active

Purpose/function The committee is authorized to divide the work of the EconomicDevelopment Council into discrete areas and to establish andappoint subcommittees. The committee also meets quarterly withthe Cabinet Advisory Group on Economic Development toexchange information and facilitate implementation strategiesregarding the state master plan for economic development.




Employees None





EDUCATIONAL ASSESSMENT TESTING COMMISSION

Contact: Weegie PeabodyExecutive DirectorBoard of Elementary and Secondary Education(225) 342-5840

Legal authority R.S. 17:24.4(J)

Year created 1986


Status Active

Purpose/function The commission is responsible for studying elementary andsecondary education testing issues and indicators of studentperformance. The commission serves in an advisory capacity tothe Board of Elementary and Secondary Education byrecommending procedures for conducting, maintaining, andreporting reliable accountability measures of student performance.




Employees None






EDUCATIONAL TELEVISION AUTHORITY

Contact: Beth CourtneyExecutive Director(225) 767-4200


Year created 1971


Status Active

Purpose/function The authority, which serves four million Louisiana residents andschool children through six television licenses and severalcooperative endeavors, is responsible for promoting the use ofeducational and public television in the state.









EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES CERTIFICATION COMMISSION

Contact: Nancy BourgeoisBureau of Emergency Medical ServicesDepartment of Health and Hospitals(225) 342-4881


Year created 1997


Status Active

Purpose/function The commission advises the Bureau of Emergency MedicalServices within the Department of Health and Hospitals onrequirements and standards for certification of emergency medicalpersonnel and continuing education requirements for certificationand also handles disciplinary actions against all levels ofemergency medical personnel.




Employees None






EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES FOR CHILDRENADVISORY COUNCIL

Contact: Nancy BourgeoisBureau of Emergency Medical ServicesDepartment of Health and Hospitals(225) 342-4881


Year created 1995


Status Active

Purpose/function The council advises the Department of Health and Hospitals andthe coordinator of the Emergency Medical Services for ChildrenProgram on all matters concerning emergency medical servicesfor children.




Employees None






EMPLOYMENT SECURITY BOARD OF REVIEW

Contact: Joseph W. BryantDeputy UndersecretaryDepartment of Labor(225) 342-3137


Year created 1936


Status Active

Purpose/function The board serves as the third level of employer claims hearing ofappeals. The board is responsible for disposing of appeals filed tothe higher authority.




Employees None






EXECUTIVE BOARD ON AGING

Contact: Paul ColombGeneral Counsel(225) 342-7100


Year created 1992


Status Active

Purpose/function The board is responsible for developing and implementing policiesand procedures pertaining to the Office of Elderly Affairs within theOffice of the Governor; for approving matters of policy and all rulesand regulations pertaining to elderly affairs and all voluntary parishcouncils on aging; and for reviewing and making recommendationsto the director of the Office of Elderly Affairs on matters of generalimportance and relevance to the planning, monitoring,coordination, and delivery of services to the elderly.




Employees None



Per diem $520 $2,000 Members' travel expenses $2,177 $4,000 Members' salary None None



FEED COMMISSION



Year created 1948


Status Active

Purpose/function The commission is responsible for registering and regulatingoperations of the feed industry in Louisiana to ensure qualityproducts for the farmers and consumers in the state.




Employees None





FERTILIZER COMMISSION



Year created 1948


Status Active

Purpose/function The commission is responsible for registering and regulating theactivities of the fertilizer industry so that it may provide qualityproducts to the farmers and consumers of the state.




Employees None





FILM AND VIDEO COMMISSION



Year created 2001


Status Active

Purpose/function The commission was created to advise the secretary of theDepartment of Economic Development on all matters relative tothe development and expansion of film, motion picture, video,multimedia, and still photography industries in the state.




Employees None



Per diem None None Members' travel expenses None $2,000 Members' salary None None



FIREMAN'S SUPPLEMENTAL PAY BOARD

Contact: Kay DeBenedettaFinancial Services Division DirectorDepartment of Public Safety and Corrections, Public Safety Services(225) 925-6041


Year created 1967

Budget unit Department of Public Safety and Corrections, Public SafetyServices

Status Active

Purpose/function The board is responsible for deciding questions of eligibility offiremen to receive supplemental pay out of state funds.




Employees Unknown






FORESTRY COMMISSION

Contact: Paul D. FreyState Forester(225) 925-4500


Year created 1921


Status Active

Purpose/function The commission is responsible for protecting, conserving, andreplenishing the natural resources of the state. The commissionprepares plans for execution of laws relating to forestry, selectsand employs the state forester and controls his tenure of office,and directs and advises the state forester in the work of thecommission.




Employees None






FORMOSAN TERMITE TASK FORCE



Year created 1998


Status Active

Purpose/function The task force is responsible for evaluating the extent of Formosantermite infestations in the state and the extent of economic andproperty damage that has resulted from that activity; analyzingstrategies for treating areas infested with Formosan termites; anderadicating the termites.




Employees None





FUR AND ALLIGATOR ADVISORY COUNCIL

Contact: Greg LinscombeProgram ManagerDepartment of Wildlife and Fisheries(337) 373-0032

Legal authority R.S. 56:266(C)

Year created 1986

Budget unit Department of Wildlife and Fisheries

Status Active

Purpose/function The council is responsible for reviewing and approvingrecommended procedures and programs to be funded from theLouisiana Fur and Alligator Public Education and Marketing Fundand the Louisiana Alligator Resource Fund and ensures that anymonies from the fund are expended for the specific goals of thecouncil.







Per diem None None Members' travel expenses $9,524 None Members' salary None None



GAMING CONTROL BOARD

Contact: Lana TramonteAdministrative Assistant(225) 295-8450


Year created 1996


Status Active

Purpose/function The board has all regulatory authority, control, and jurisdiction,including investigation, licensing, and enforcement, and all powerincidental or necessary to such regulatory authority, control, andjurisdiction over all aspects of gaming activities and operationswithin the state.







Per diem $10,700 None Members' travel expenses $18,388 $81,280 Members' salary $224,079 $244,333

Comments Members' salary for the budget year also includes per diem.



GOVERNOR'S ADVISORY COMMISSION ON COASTALRESTORATION AND CONSERVATION

Contact: Karen GautreauxInterim DirectorGovernor's Office of Coastal Activities(225) 342-3968


Year created 2002


Status Active

Purpose/function The commission shall advise the governor and the executiveassistant for coastal activities on the overall status and direction ofthe state's coastal restoration program, as well as provide a forumfor coordinating coastal activities and the exchange of informationon the status of various state, federal, and local coastalpreservation and restoration programs.




Employees None





GOVERNOR'S COUNCIL ON PHYSICAL FITNESS AND SPORTS

Contact: Durand "Rudy" MacklinExecutive Director(225) 342-4886


Year created 1980


Status Active

Purpose/function The council is responsible for developing, fostering, andcoordinating services and programs of physical fitness and sportsfor the people of Louisiana; sponsoring physical fitness and sportsworkshops; giving recognition to outstanding developments andachievements in physical fitness and sports; stimulating physicalfitness research; and enlisting the support of individuals, civicgroups, amateur and professional sports associations, and otherorganizations to promote and improve physical fitness and sportsprograms.




Employees None





GOVERNOR'S MILITARY ADVISORY BOARD



Year created 2000


Status Active

Purpose/function The board was established to provide a public forum to discussissues concerning installations of the armed forces of the UnitedStates located within the state, the Louisiana Military Department,and the active, reserve, and retired military personnel and theirfamilies who reside in Louisiana.




Employees None






GOVERNOR'S STATEWIDE INDEPENDENT LIVING COUNCIL

Contact: Louis PrejeanExecutive Director(225) 219-7553


Year created 1996


Status Active

Purpose/function The council is responsible for jointly developing, in conjunctionwith the Office of Rehabilitation Services, a state plan forindependent living services and centers for independent living andmonitoring, reviewing, and evaluating implementation of this stateplan.










GROUND WATER MANAGEMENT ADVISORY TASK FORCE

Contact: Karen GautreauxChairpersonGovernor's Office of Coastal Activities(225) 342-3968


Year created 2001


Status Active

Purpose/function The task force assists the Ground Water ManagementCommission in developing a comprehensive ground watermanagement system for the state.




Employees None





GROUND WATER MANAGEMENT COMMISSION

Contact: Karen GautreauxChairpersonGovernor's Office of Coastal Activities(225) 342-3968


Year created 2001


Status Active

Purpose/function The commission is responsible for determining critical groundwater areas in the state's aquifers and for establishing boundariesto preserve and manage the ground water in those areas.




Employees None





GROUP BENEFITS POLICY AND PLANNING BOARD

Contact: Bruce J. MinorFiscal OfficerOffice of Group Benefits(225) 925-6615


Year created 2001

Budget unit Office of Group Benefits

Status Active

Purpose/function The board is responsible for reviewing life and health benefitprograms offered to eligible employees and submitting a writtenreport, which will include comments and recommendations, to theappropriate legislative oversight committees.




Employees None






HAZARD MITIGATION TEAM

Contact: Michael BrownAssistant DirectorOffice of Emergency Preparedness(225) 342-6629


Year created 1996

Budget unit Military Department

Status Active

Purpose/function The team advises and assists the Office of EmergencyPreparedness in updating and improving its disaster assistanceand emergency preparedness plans. The team also reviews andrecommends funding for the Hazard Mitigation Grant Program,Flood Mitigation Assistance Grants, and Project ImpactSelections.









HEALTH EDUCATION AUTHORITY OF LOUISIANA (HEAL)

Contact: Marshall J. RyalsExecutive Director(504) 568-5835


Year created 1968


Status Active

Purpose/function The authority is responsible for promoting the medical and healtheducation activities of private and public institutions in the state,assisting in providing prompt and efficient medical and health careservices at a reasonable cost, and striving to achieve superlativestandards of attainment in health care and education.










HEALTH WORKS COMMISSION


Legal authority R.S. 23:1901 (A)

Year created 2002

Budget unit Workforce Commission

Status Active

Purpose/function The commission serves as a collaborative working group tointegrate and coordinate resources relative to health careworkforce development within various state departments and keyorganizations.




Employees None





HEALTH WORKS COMMISSION EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE


Legal authority R.S. 23:1901 (A)(6)

Year created 2002

Budget unit Workforce Commission

Status Active

Purpose/function The committee shall elect the chairperson of the Health WorksCommission and establish rules and procedures for thecommission.




Employees None





HIGHWAY SAFETY COMMISSION

Contact: James E. ChampagneExecutive Director(225) 925-6991


Year created 1968


Status Active

Purpose/function The commission is responsible for developing and administeringthe state's traffic safety program by cooperating with the federalgovernment and other entities for the purpose of highway safety;preparing highway safety plans; studying, evaluating, andpreparing statistics regarding motor vehicle crashes, injuries, anddeaths; and obtaining federal funds for use within the state forhighway safety purposes.










HORTICULTURE COMMISSION OF LOUISIANA



Year created 1950


Status Active

Purpose/function The commission is responsible for governing the qualifications andpractices of professional arborists, retail and wholesale florists,horticulturists, landscape architects, landscape contractors,nursery stock dealers, and cut flower dealers. The commissionestablishes examinations and collects examination, license, andpermit fees.




Employees None






INDIGENT DEFENSE ASSISTANCE BOARD

Contact: Edward R. GreenleeDirector(504) 568-8530


Year created 1997


Status Active

Purpose/function The board is responsible for providing supplemental funds, whenappropriated, to judicial district indigent defender boards andthrough its established programs for the purposes of complyingwith the requirements of the constitutions of the United States andLouisiana and specific statutory provisions affording the right tocounsel to indigent defendants in criminal cases.










INSURANCE RATING COMMISSION



Year created 1992

Budget unit Department of Insurance

Status Active

Purpose/function The commission is responsible for regulating insurance companiesand rating organizations governing the application of rules andrates; reviewing and approving or disapproving rates to be chargedon all casualty-surety-fire and inland marine risks, includingapplications for deviations from rates, plans, schedules, or rules;and calling and conducting hearings when modified prior approvalrate filings are not sufficiently documented by actuarial evidence.




Employees None






INTEGRATED CRIMINAL JUSTICE INFORMATION SYSTEMPOLICY BOARD

Contact: Carle JacksonCriminal Justice Policy AdvisorCommission on Law Enforcement and Administration of Criminal Justice(225) 925-4440


Year created 1999


Status Active

Purpose/function The board is responsible for coordinating the design, development,maintenance, and use of an Integrated Criminal Justice InformationSystem that serves the criminal justice agencies in Louisiana.




Employees None





INTERAGENCY COORDINATING COUNCIL FOR CHILDNET

Contact: Janie MartinExecutive Director(225) 219-7560


Year created 1987


Status Active

Purpose/function The council is responsible for advising and assisting theDepartment of Education in identifying sources of fiscal and othersupport for services for early intervention programs for infants andtoddlers with special needs; assisting in achieving the fullparticipation, coordination, and cooperation of all public agenciesin Louisiana; assisting in assigning financial responsibility toappropriate agencies; and promoting interagency agreements.

Members Number authorized - unlimited; currently serving - 30


Authorized per diem $100 for "parent" members




Per diem $675 $2,400 Members' travel expenses $4,146 $9,360 Members' salary None None

Comments On July 1, 2003, the lead agency for the early intervention systemwill change from the Department of Education to the Department ofHealth and Hospitals, Office of Public Health.



INTERIM EMERGENCY BOARD

Contact: Cynthia B. DuhonBoard Secretary(225) 342-0349

Legal authority R.S. 39:461; Article VII, Section 7 of the 1974 LouisianaConstitution

Year created 1974

Budget unit Department of Treasury

Status Active

Purpose/function The board is responsible for obtaining funds, either from the stateGeneral Fund or by borrowing on the full faith and credit of thestate, when an emergency situation arises between sessions ofthe legislature. In addition, the board recommends prioritychanges in the capital outlay program and approves financialinstitutions as state depositories/fiscal agents.




Employees None



Per diem $696 Not provided Members' travel expenses $300 None Members' salary None Not provided



INTERPRETER CERTIFICATION BOARD

Contact: Jan FaulknerExecutive DirectorLouisiana Commission for the Deaf(225) 925-4177

Legal authority R.S. 46:2352(7)(c)(i)

Year created 1993


Status Active

Purpose/function The board is responsible for reporting to and advising the LouisianaCommission for the Deaf in the administration of the certificationprogram for sign language interpreters, including any specializedinterpreters.




Employees None






JEFFERSON PARISH HUMAN SERVICES AUTHORITYBOARD OF COMMISSIONERS

Contact: Leslie TremaineExecutive Director(504) 838-5215


Year created 1989


Status Active

Purpose/function The board is responsible for directing the operation andmanagement of mental health, mental retardation, and substanceabuse services for Jefferson Parish.










LEARN COMMISSION

Contact: Rodney WatsonAssistant SuperintendentDepartment of Education(225) 342-3355


Year created 1996


Status Disbanded

Purpose/function The commission oversaw the development of a state consolidationplan to improve education and developed recommendationsregarding the implementation of the plan.

Members Number authorized - unlimited; currently serving - none



Employees None



Comments A representative of the Department of Education reported that thecommission has fulfilled the function for which it was establishedby executive order and has disbanded.



LIQUEFIED PETROLEUM GAS COMMISSION

Contact: Charles M. FullerExecutive Director(225) 925-4895


Year created 1950


Status Active

Purpose/function The commission is responsible for regulating the LiquefiedPetroleum Gas and Anhydrous Ammonia Commercial DistributionSystem within the state.










LIVESTOCK BRAND COMMISSION

Contact: Terrel DelphinDirector(225) 922-1238


Year created 1944


Status Active

Purpose/function The commission is responsible for investigating livestock thefts,maintaining brand records, and reporting livestock marketinformation. The commission receives assistance from the statepolice, local sheriffs, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and lawenforcement officials in other states.




Employees None






LIVESTOCK SANITARY BOARD

Contact: Maxwell LeaDirector(225) 925-3980


Year created 1908


Status Active

Purpose/function The board is responsible for licensing and supervising livestockdealers and auction markets and for requiring livestock owners toquarantine, test, or vaccinate livestock to prevent, control, anderadicate disease. The board serves all livestock producers andowners in the state.




Employees None






LOUISIANA SCHOOL FOR MATH, SCIENCE AND THE ARTSBOARD OF DIRECTORS

Contact: Patrick WidhalmExecutive Director(318) 357-3174


Year created 1982


Status Active

Purpose/function The board establishes policies necessary for an efficient operation,selects and employs staff, establishes a curriculum, andotherwise provides for the general operation of the school.










LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY AND AGRICULTURAL ANDMECHANICAL COLLEGE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS

Contact: Todd M. Barre'Director of Budget(225) 388-6935


Year created 1855


Status Active

Purpose/function The board is responsible for the supervision and management ofthe Louisiana State University and Agricultural and MechanicalCollege System. The mission of the system involves developmentof the highest levels of intellectual and professional endeavor inprograms of instruction, research, and service.










LOUISIANA UNIVERSITIES MARINE CONSORTIUM FOR RESEARCHAND EDUCATION (LUMCON) EXECUTIVE BOARD

Contact: William J. HebertFinancial Operations Manager(985) 851-2800


Year created 1979


Status Active

Purpose/function The board is responsible for administering the affairs of theconsortium. The board reports to the Board of Regents on allfiscal and programmatic matters of the consortium.




Employees None





MARKET COMMISSION



Year created 1940


Status Active

Purpose/function The commission is responsible for promoting Louisiana products,administering loan programs for Louisiana agricultural industries,and enforcing regulations on Louisiana products. The commissionserves all farmers subject to rules governing grading andcertification of farm products and agribusinesses eligible for loansand loan guarantees for processing and storing agriculturalproducts.




Employees None



Per diem $1,080 $800 Members' travel expenses $1,563 $1,186 Members' salary None None



MEDICAID PHARMACEUTICAL AND THERAPEUTICS COMMITTEE

Contact: Ben BeardenDirector of the Health Services Financing BureauDepartment of Health and Hospitals(225) 342-5774

Legal authority R.S. 46:153.3(C)

Year created 2001


Status Active

Purpose/function The committee is responsible for developing and maintaining apharmacopoeia established in conjunction with a prior approvalprocess relating to the Medicaid drug program.




Employees None





MEDICAL ADVISORY COUNCIL

Contact: Eula BrooksConviction Medical Unit Office ManagerOffice of Motor Vehicles(225) 925-6344


Year created 1968


Status Active

Purpose/function The council is responsible for advi sing the Department of PublicSafety and Corrections, Public Safety Services, with respect tothe visual ability or physical condition of driver's license applicantsinsofar as any impairment or disability may hinder the person'sability to maintain reasonable control of a motor vehicle.




Employees None





MEDICAL ASSISTANCE TRUST FUND ADVISORY COUNCIL

Contact: Louis LylesProgram ManagerDepartment of Health and Hospitals(225) 342-3922


Year created 1992


Status Active

Purpose/function The council is responsible for advising the secretary of theDepartment of Health and Hospitals in the administration of theMedical Assistance Trust Fund and the Community-BasedServices Trust Fund; providing recommendations, advice, andassistance in the analysis and preparation of rules and regulationspertinent to the operation and administration of the trust funds; andreviewing the financial records and accounts of the trust funds andmaking such recommendations to the secretary as are deemedappropriate.




Employees None





MEDICAL DISCLOSURE PANEL

Contact: Ted McMullanProgram ManagerDivision of Research and DevelopmentDepartment of Health and Hospitals(225) 342-4415

Legal authority R.S. 40:1299.40(E) and (F)

Year created 1975


Status Active

Purpose/function The panel is responsible for determining which risks and hazardsrelated to medical care and surgical procedures must be disclosedby a physician or other health care provider to a patient or personauthorized to consent for a patient and to establish the generalform and substance of such disclosure.




Employees None



Per diem None None Members' travel expenses $42 Not provided Members' salary None None



MEDICAL MALPRACTICE PATIENT'S COMPENSATION FUNDOVERSIGHT BOARD

Contact: Sandra RamirezAdministrative Director(225) 342-6164

Legal authority R.S. 40:1299.44(D)

Year created 1990


Status Active

Purpose/function The board is responsible for the management, administration,operation, and defense of the Medical Malpractice Patient'sCompensation Fund.







Per diem $4,200 $8,100 Members' travel expenses $2,681 $500 Members' salary None None



MENTAL HEALTH ADVOCACY SERVICEBOARD OF TRUSTEES

Contact: Kevin RobshawDirector(225) 342-6678


Year created 1977


Status Active

Purpose/function The board governs the Mental Health Advocacy Service, whichprovides legal counsel and representation for mentally disabledpersons and ensures that their rights are protected. The MentalHealth Advocacy Service provides legal counsel to all patientsrequesting such service who are admitted for treatment pursuantto involuntary admission, commitment, legal competency, changeof status, transfer, or discharge.




Employees None





MINERAL BOARD

Contact: Karen HartAccountant 3(225) 342-4568


Year created 1936

Budget unit Department of Natural Resources

Status Active

Purpose/function The board is responsible for leasing state lands for mineralexploration and development. The board reviews existing mineralleases for proper maintenance, development, and operation;reviews payments pursuant to state leases; and documentsagreements affecting state leases, including unitization,compromise, consent letters, and assignments.




Employees None



Per diem $29,550 None Members' travel expenses $24,431 $20,761 Members' salary None None



MISSISSIPPI RIVER PARKWAY COMMISSION OF LOUISIANA

Contact: Sidney BabinChief Landscape Architect(225) 379-1550

Legal authority R.S. 48:101(A)

Year created 1980

Budget unit Department of Transportation and Development

Status Active

Purpose/function The commission is an affiliate of the National Mississippi RiverParkway Planning Commission and is required to cooperate withand assist the national commission in promoting interest in thedevelopment of the Great River Road as designated by the federalauthorities and to serve in an advisory capacity to the Departmentof Transportation and Development.




Employees None






MUSIC COMMISSION



Year created 1979


Status Active

Purpose/function The commission is responsible for promoting and developingpopular commercial music and its related industry in Louisiana.










NEW ORLEANS CENTER FOR CREATIVE ARTS/RIVERFRONTBOARD OF DIRECTORS

Contact: Lotte FarmerComptroller(504) 940-2826


Year created 2000


Status Active

Purpose/function The center was created to maintain a program of professionalquality training, coaching, and performing for high schoolsophomores, juniors and seniors who aspire to be artists,performers and arts technicians.










NONPUBLIC SCHOOL COMMISSION



Year created 1975


Status Active

Purpose/function The commission is responsible for advising and counseling theBoard of Elementary and Secondary Education relative toguidelines for private and proprietary schools' minimumrequirements of a sustained curriculum or specialized course ofstudy of quality at least equal to that prescribed for similar publicschools.




Employees None






OFFSHORE TERMINAL AUTHORITYBOARD OF COMMISSIONERS

Contact: Terry W. GeeExecutive Director(225) 379-1235


Year created 1972


Status Inactive

Purpose/function The authority is charged with promoting the industrial andpetrochemical base of the Mississippi Valley by providingadequate deep draft port facilities; promoting scientific and otheruses relating to offshore terminal facilities; accommodating andplanning for technological innovations occurring in the worldwideand domestic shipping industry to increase efficiency and the flowof commerce; protecting environmental values and Louisiana'scoastal marshland ecosystem; and asserting and protectingLouisiana's economic, social, and environmental interests in thedevelopment of any offshore terminal facilities outside the State ofLouisiana where such development may have an impact upon thestate.




Employees None



Comments R.S. 34:3104 specifies that the authority shall be governed by aboard of commissioners appointed by the governor. According tothe executive director, a board of commissioners does not existand he was appointed by the governor and confirmed by theSenate.

Recommendation The legislature should consider amending R.S. 34:3104 as itpertains to the existence of a board of commissioners and toprovide for the executive director's appointment.


OIL AND GAS MUSEUM GOVERNING BOARD

Contact: Coe HaygoodDirector(318) 995-6845


Year created 1997

Budget unit Department of State

Status Active

Purpose/function The board is responsible for establishing policies, rules, andregulations for the operation of the museum including setting andcharging admission and tour fees and user or rental fees to any orall museum buildings and exhibits.









OILFIELD RESTORATION COMMISSION

Contact: Doyle JohnsonPetroleum Engineer ManagerDepartment of Natural Resources(225) 342-5548


Year created 1993


Status Active

Purpose/function The commission is responsible for approving lists of contractorsacceptable to conduct site assessment and restoration; reviewingthe administration of site restoration activities and the adequacy ofrestoration assessments; and administering and managing theOilfield Site Restoration Fund.




Employees None





OYSTER LEASE DAMAGE EVALUATION BOARD

Contact: Katherine VaughanDeputy SecretaryDepartment of Natural Resources(225) 342-1375


Year created 1995


Status Active

Purpose/function The board is responsible for developing rules and regulations tocompensate fishermen for damages caused by oil and gasindustry activities to their leased oyster beds.


Number of meetings Prior year actual - 2; current year estimated - not provided


Employees None



Comments The board serves as an arbitrator and only meets when a hearingin required.



OYSTER TASK FORCE

Contact: Tracy MitchellAssistant Executive DirectorSeafood Promotion and Marketing Board(504) 568-5693


Year created 1999


Status Active

Purpose/function The task force is charged to study the decline in molluscanshellfish salability, to monitor the water quality and managementrequirements of the state's molluscan shellfish propagating areas,and to coordinate efforts to increase oyster production andsalability.




Employees Unknown



Comments As of January 24, 2003, the task force had not submittedinformation requested by the legislative auditor in accordance withR.S. 24:513.2(F).



PORK PROMOTION BOARD



Year created 1972


Status Inactive

Purpose/function The board was established to promote the growth anddevelopment of the pork industry in Louisiana through researchand advertisement.




Employees None



Comments For the ninth year, a representative of the Department ofAgriculture and Forestry reported that the board is inactive. Theboard is not fulfilling the functions for which it was established bylaw.



PRISON ENTERPRISES BOARD

Contact: Ginger WilliamsonExecutive Officer(225) 342-6603


Year created 1983


Status Active

Purpose/function The board advises the secretary of Corrections Services regardingthe management of the agricultural and industrial programs thatare operated by Prison Enterprises at the various statecorrectional institutions.




Employees None






PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION

Contact: Von M. MeadorUndersecretary(225) 342-4421


Year created 1921

Budget unit Public Service Commission

Status Active

Purpose/function The commission is responsible for fixing and regulating the ratesand services of public utilities; prescribing rules and regulationsgoverning the operation of contract carriers in competition withcommon carriers; and prescribing minimum rates, fares, andcharges.










QUALITY SCIENCE AND MATHEMATICS COUNCIL

Contact: Nell McAnellyGordon A. Cain Center for Scientific and Mathematical LiteracyLouisiana State University(225) 578-6001


Year created 1992

Budget unit

Status Active

Purpose/function The council annually allocates all monies appropriated to it fromthe Quality Science and Mathematics Equipping Fund. Thecouncil is charged to establish the criteria and eligibility standardsfor the receipt of materials and supplies and establish an inventoryand monitoring process for equipment and supplies that aredistributed.










RACING COMMISSION

Contact: Charles A. Gardiner IIIExecutive Director(504) 483-4000


Year created 1940

Budget unit Division of Administration

Status Active

Purpose/function The commission is responsible for instituting and maintaining aregulatory program for horse racing in Louisiana to protect publichealth, safety, and welfare.










RED RIVER COMPACT COMMISSION

Contact: Ed PreauAssistant SecretaryDepartment of Transportation and Development(225) 379-1253


Year created 1978


Status Active

Purpose/function The purpose and function of the Compact Commission is toadminister and enforce compliance with the provisions of theCompact among the four signatory states--Texas, Oklahoma,Arkansas, and Louisiana. The Compact is simply a contractbetween the four states to divide and apportion the waters of theRed River in a fair and equitable manner. The primary business ofthe Compact Commission is to establish equitable rules forapportioning the waters and equitable methods for calculating andmonitoring compliance with the apportionment rules.




Employees None






RED RIVER DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL



Year created 1989

Budget unit Department of Culture, Recreation and Tourism

Status Disbanded

Purpose/function The council was charged to develop a master plan for utilization ofthe fresh water supply of the Red River and for the development ofthe area within the watersheds of the Red River and its tributariesand for the protection of the watersheds.







Comments The council completed its mission and submitted the master planto the governor and the legislature in February 1991. The councilhas fulfilled the function for which it was established by law.



REHABILITATION COUNCIL

Contact: Susan BloodworthExecutive Services AssistantDepartment of Social Services(225) 925-4135


Year created 1996


Status Active

Purpose/function The council's duties include reviewing, analyzing, and advising theOffice of Rehabilitation Services within the Department of SocialServices regarding the performance of its responsibilities relatingto eligibility, the extent, scope, and effectiveness of servicesprovided, and functions performed by state agencies that affect orthat potentially affect the ability of individuals with disabilities inachieving employment.




Employees None


Members’ expense information Actual BudgetSeptember 30, 2001 September 30, 2002




RESIDENTIAL MORTGAGE LENDING BOARD

Contact: John TravisCommissioner of Financial Institutions(225) 925-4660


Year created 1999


Status Active

Purpose/function The board advises the commissioner of financial institutions onwhat continuing professional education is necessary andappropriate for residential mortgage lenders in the state.




Employees None



Per diem None None Members' travel expenses $42 None Members' salary None None



RETIREMENT DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION



Year created 1999

Budget unit Office of Lieutenant Governor

Status Active

Purpose/function The commission is responsible for formulating and modifying astrategic plan for retirement development, jointly with the Office ofthe Lieutenant Governor, and developing guidelines that certifyLouisiana communities as "retirement ready and friendly."






Members’ expense information Not provided



RISK REVIEW PANEL

Contact: Bernard Boudreaux IIIUndersecretary, Corrections ServicesDepartment of Public Safety and Corrections(225) 342-6739


Year created 2001


Status Active

Purpose/function The panel evaluates the risk of danger to the society that certainconvicted and presently confined persons would pose if releasedfrom confinement. The secretary of the Department of PublicSafety and Corrections is authorized to create three panels.

Members Number authorized - 5 per panel; currently serving - 5 per panel






Per diem $6,005 $8,000 Members' travel expenses $747 $2,000 Members' salary None None

Comments The secretary of the Department of Public Safety and Correctionsis authorized to create three panels.



RURAL HEALTH CARE AUTHORITY

Contact: Kristy NicholsProgram ManagerDepartment of Health and Hospitals(225) 342-9513


Year created 1993


Status Inactive

Purpose/function The authority, through the Department of Health and Hospitals,was authorized to establish primary health clinics in each ruralparish and to enhance comprehensive regional treatment centersto meet the special health care needs of rural Louisiana in theareas of Alexandria, Lafayette, Baton Rouge, Shreveport, Monroe,New Orleans, and Lake Charles. The authority was charged withestablishing three commissions in south Louisiana and threecommissions in north Louisiana to meet the health care needs ofthose areas.




Employees None



Comments A representative of the Department of Health and Hospitalsreported that the entity is inactive. The authority is not fulfilling thefunctions for which it was established by law.

Recommendation The legislature should consider abolishing the authority.


SABINE RIVER AUTHORITYBOARD OF COMMISSIONERS

Contact: Kellie FergusonAccountant(318) 256-4112


Year created 1950


Status Active

Purpose/function The board is responsible for conserving, storing, controlling,preserving, using, and distributing the waters of the rivers andstreams of the Sabine watershed; draining and reclaiming themarsh, swamp, and overflow lands in the district; controlling floodsand causing settlement and cultivation of the lands; andconserving and beneficially using the water resources of theSabine River and its tributaries.










SCHOOL FINANCE REVIEW COMMISSION



Year created 2001


Status Active

Purpose/function The commission is responsible for evaluating and revising theSchool Finance Commission's report issued on August 26, 1999,and making recommendations regarding the funding of publicelementary and secondary schools.




Employees None





SEAFOOD PROMOTION AND MARKETING BOARD

Contact: Ewell SmithExecutive Director(504) 568-5693


Year created 1981


Status Active

Purpose/function The board functions as a liaison with other state, federal, andregional fishery development agencies regarding investment, taxincentives, and other means of assisting the economicdevelopment of the Louisiana's commercial seafood industry. Theboard also develops markets and marketing strategies for allLouisiana seafood products.







Per diem None None Members' travel expenses $1,617 Not provided Members' salary None None



SEED COMMISSION



Year created 1946


Status Active

Purpose/function The commission is responsible for licensing and regulating theseed industry and for providing quality seed for Louisianaconsumers and producers. The commission is also responsiblefor a seed certification system that keeps pedigree records forcrop varieties and provides a source of genetically pure seed andpropagating materials for general distribution.




Employees None





SENTENCING COMMISSION

Contact: Carle L. JacksonPolicy Advisor for Criminal Justice(225) 925-4440


Year created 1987


Status Active

Purpose/function The commission was created to serve local and state criminaljustice agencies by formulating advisory sentencing guidelines tobe considered by the judiciary in determining sentences inparticular court cases. The commission was charged to conductan annual review on sentencing in Louisiana and advise thegovernor and legislature on all matters relating to sentencing.




Employees None





SERVE COMMISSION



Year created 1993

Budget unit Office of Lieutenant Governor

Status Active

Purpose/function The commission is charged with encouraging community serviceas a means of community and state problem-solving, promotingand supporting citizen involvement in government and privateprograms, developing a long-term comprehensive vision and planfor action for community service initiatives in Louisiana, acting asthe state's policy-making body for the Corporation on National andCommunity Service, and serving as the state's liaison to nationaland state organizations that support its mission.




Employees None



Per diem None None Members' travel expenses $234 None Members' salary None None



SOUTHERN RAPID RAIL TRANSIT COMMISSION

Contact: Karen ParsonsExecutive Director(504) 568-6633


Year created 1980


Status Active

Purpose/function The commission was created to investigate the feasibility of railpassenger service in the tri-state area and to promote and initiatethis service based on feasibility.




Employees Unknown



Comments For the second year, the commission did not submit informationrequested by the legislative auditor in accordance with R.S.24:513.2(F).



SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS

Contact: John BeltonChairman(225) 771-4600

Legal authority R.S. 17:1851 and 17:3216

Year created 1975


Status Active

Purpose/function The board is responsible for supervising and managing theSouthern University System. The system includes SouthernUniversity and Agricultural and Mechanical College at BatonRouge, Southern University Law Center, Southern University atShreveport, Southern University at New Orleans, and SouthernUniversity Agricultural Research and Extension Center.




Employees None






STADIUM AND EXPOSITION DISTRICTBOARD OF COMMISSIONERS


Contact: Lonnie StockwellAccountantPostlethwaite & Netterville(504) 837-5990

Legal authority Act 541 of 1976; Act 640 of 1993

Year created 1976


Status Active

Purpose/function The board is responsible for financing and operating a multi-purpose domed stadium and related facilities.




Employees None



Per diem None $13,200 Members' travel expenses None $8,800 Members' salary None None



STATE POLICE COMMISSION

Contact: Debra JohnsonDirector(225) 925-7057

Legal authority Article X, Part IV, Section 41 of the 1974 Louisiana Constitution

Year created 1991


Status Active

Purpose/function The commission is responsible for administering and regulatingthe state police classified and unclassified service.







Per diem $75 $75 Members' travel expenses $2,986 $2,000 Members' salary $3,300 $4,000



STATE SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION COMMITTEE

Contact: Bradley E. SpicerAssistant CommissionerDepartment of Agriculture and Forestry(225) 922-1269


Year created 1938


Status Active

Purpose/function The committee is responsible for assisting the supervisors of soiland water conservation districts in carrying out any of theirprograms.




Employees None



Per diem $1,980 $2,100 Members' travel expenses $3,240 $800 Members' salary None None



STRUCTURAL PEST CONTROL COMMISSION



Year created 1942


Status Active

Purpose/function The commission is responsible for regulating the structural pestcontrol industry to protect the interests, health, safety, and welfareof the public.




Employees None






STUDENT FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE COMMISSION

Contact: Connie AlmondFiscal Officer(225) 922-1041


Year created 1964


Status Active

Purpose/function The commission is responsible for assisting postsecondarystudents in obtaining financial resources for the pursuit of theiracademic goals. Assistance is provided through the guarantee ofstudent loans and through scholarships, grants, and entitlements.










SUPPLEMENTAL PAY BOARD OF REVIEWFOR MUNICIPAL POLICE OFFICERS

Contact: Kay DeBenedettoFinancial Services Division DirectorDepartment of Public Safety and Corrections, Public Safety Services(225) 925-6067


Year created 1962


Status Active

Purpose/function The board is responsible for determining the eligibility of municipalpolice officers to receive additional pay out of state funds.




Employees Unknown






SYSTEMIC INITIATIVES PROGRAM COUNCIL

Contact: Cindy BreauxContracts and Fiscal Coordinator(225) 922-0690


Year created 1992


Status Active

Purpose/function The council is responsible for recommending and supportingchange and improvement in school mathematics and science tothe Board of Elementary and Secondary Education, the Board ofRegents, the management boards for colleges and universities,the state Superintendent of Education, and the Commissioner ofHigher Education.







Per diem None None Members' travel expenses None $500 Members' salary None None



SYSTEMIC INITIATIVES PROGRAM COUNCILEXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

Contact: Cindy BreauxContracts and Fiscal CoordinatorSystemic Initiatives Program Council(225) 922-0690

Legal authority R.S. 17:2758(A)(4)

Year created 1995


Status Active

Purpose/function The executive committee is authorized to act for the council in itsabsence, except that the executive committee may not authorizethe allocation of funds to professional development projects ormodify salaries of council staff.




Employees None





TAX COMMISSION

Contact: James D. PetersAdministrator(225) 925-7830


Year created 1916

Budget unit Department of Revenue

Status Active

Purpose/function The commission is responsible for administering and enforcingLouisiana laws relating to local property tax and public serviceproperty tax assessments. The commission is charged with theresponsibility of formulating and implementing a system thatensures uniformity of tax assessments throughout all parishes ofthe state.










TECHNOLOGY INNOVATIONS COUNCIL

Contact: Chad McGeeChief Information Officer(225) 342-7105


Year created 1997


Status Active

Purpose/function The council is responsible for establishing policies, procedures,and criteria relative to innovative technological systems andservices and their applications to government as well asrecommending funding for those proposed projects that meetestablished requirements.




Employees None





TELEPHONE ACCESS PROGRAM BOARD

Contact: Jan FaulknerExecutive DirectorCommission for the Deaf(225) 925-4177


Year created 1995


Status Active

Purpose/function The board advises the Commission for the Deaf on matters relatingto the statewide program to provide access to all publictelecommunications services by persons who are deaf, deaf/blind,and others such as severely hearing impaired or severely speechimpaired.




Employees None






TUITION TRUST AUTHORITY

Contact: Connie AlmondFiscal OfficerStudent Financial Assistance Commission(225) 922-1041


Year created 1993


Status Active

Purpose/function The authority was created to provide financing assistance foreducation and protection against rising tuition costs and toencourage savings to enhance the ability of citizens to obtainaccess to postsecondary institutions.




Employees None



Per diem None $450 Members' travel expenses None $780 Members' salary None None



UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA SYSTEMBOARD OF SUPERVISORS

Contact: Sally ClausenSystem President(225) 342-6950

Legal authority Article VIII, Section 6 of the 1974 Louisiana Constitution andR.S. 17:1831

Year created 1974


Status Active

Purpose/function The board is responsible for supervising and managing statecolleges and universities that are not managed by a highereducation board created specifically for such a purpose. Thefollowing universities are under the specific supervision andmanagement of the board:

Grambling State University at Grambling

Louisiana Tech University at Ruston

McNeese State University at Lake Charles

Nicholls State University at Thibodaux

University of Louisiana at Monroe

Northwestern State University at Natchitoches

Southeastern Louisiana University at Hammond

University of Louisiana at Lafayette










VETERANS AFFAIRS COMMISSION

Contact: Joey StricklandExecutive Director(225) 922-0500


Year created 1944


Status Active

Purpose/function The commission is responsible for adopting and promulgatingrules and regulations governing the operations of the Departmentof Veterans Affairs, advising the department's director in problemsconcerning the welfare of veterans, making and publishing annualand special reports to the governor concerning the operations ofthe department, and establishing service offices throughout thestate.




Employees None






WATER POLICY ADVISORY TASK FORCE

Contact: Karen GautreauxGovernor's Office of Coastal Activities(225) 342-3968


Year created 2000


Status Disbanded

Purpose/function The task force was responsible for compiling and evaluatingregulations, policies and laws pertaining to freshwater resourcemanagement, development, maintenance, protection andconservation within the United States and recommending a groundand surface water policy plan to the governor that was suitable tothe needs, goals, and objectives of the state.




Employees None



Comments A representative of the Governor's Office reported that the taskforce has fulfilled the functions for which it was established byexecutive order and has disbanded.



WORKERS' COMPENSATION ADVISORY COUNCIL

Contact: Dan BoudreauxAssistant SecretaryDepartment of Labor(225) 342-7561


Year created 1989


Status Inactive

Purpose/function The council is responsible for monitoring and reporting to thegovernor and the legislature on the implementation andadministration of laws pertaining to the administration of workers'compensation claims and to make specific recommendationsthereon.




Employees None



Comments For the third year, a representative of the Department of Laborreported that the council is inactive. The council is not fulfilling thefunctions for which it was established by law.



WORKERS' COMPENSATION SECOND INJURY BOARD

Contact: Joseph San MarieDirector(225) 342-7868


Year created 1974


Status Active

Purpose/function The board is responsible for administering the Workers'Compensation Second Injury Fund to determine whether anemployer or his insurer is entitled to reimbursement from the fundwhen a handicapped employee receives a subsequent injury thatcreates a greater disability than would have resulted from thesubsequent injury alone. The board serves all employers andinsurance companies writing workers' compensation insurance.









WORKFORCE COMMISSION

Contact: Chris WeaverExecutive Director(225) 342-2094


Year created 1997


Status Active

Purpose/function The commission is responsible for developing a multiagencycooperative approach to workforce education, training anddevelopment by promoting comprehensive workforce developmentprograms, especially professional and technical programs thatequal the highest standards for achievement. The commissionalso serves as the state's Workforce Investment Board forimplementation of the federal Workforce Investment Act of 1998.










YEAR 2000 TRANSITION TEAM

Contact: Robert BottOffice of Emergency Preparedness


Year created 1999

Budget unit Military Department

Status Disbanded

Purpose/function The team was responsible for coordinating and overseeing thedelivery of essential state agency services and operations duringthe Y2K transition.

Members Number authorized - varies; currently serving - none



Employees None



Comments A representative of the Office of Emergency Preparednessreported that the team has fulfilled the functions for which it wasestablished by executive order and has disbanded.

Recommendation The governor should consider abolishing the team.

Index

An alphabetical index of the 487 boards, commissions, and like entitiesincluded within this report is located on the following pages.

Boards, Commissions, and Like EntitiesReport to the Legislature

Index

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Abbeville Harbor and Terminal District Board of Commissioners ...........................................................B-1Addictive Disorders, Commission on................................................................................................... D-59Agricultural Commodities Commission ...................................................................................................E-6Agricultural Education Advisory Committee......................................................................................... D-11Agricultural Finance Authority ................................................................................................................E-7Airport Authority Board of Commissioners .......................................................................................... D-12Alarm Services Advisory Board........................................................................................................... D-13Alexandria Regional Port Authority Board of Commissioners .................................................................B-2Allen Parish Reservoir District............................................................................................................. D-14Allied Health Workforce Council .............................................................................................................E-8Ambulance Standards Committee..........................................................................................................E-9Amite River Basin Drainage and Water Conservation District Board of Commissioners.................................................................................................................. D-15Anesthesiologist Assistant Legislation Commission ............................................................................ D-16Animal Welfare Commission................................................................................................................ D-17Apprenticeship Council ........................................................................................................................E-10Archaeological Survey and Antiquities Commission ............................................................................ D-18Architects Selection Board.................................................................................................................. D-19Architectural Examiners, Board of ..........................................................................................................A-4Arson Strike Force, Governor's ........................................................................................................ D-107Artificial Reef Development Council .................................................................................................... D-20Arts Council ........................................................................................................................................ D-21Ascension-St. James Airport and Transportation Authority Board of Commissioners.................................................................................................................. D-22Assessors' Retirement System Board of Trustees .............................................................................. D-23Assisted Living, Advisory Committee on................................................................................................ D-3Atchafalaya Basin Advisory Committee............................................................................................... D-26Atchafalaya Basin Levee District Board of Commissioners ................................................................... C-1Atchafalaya Basin Promotion and Research Board ............................................................................ D-27Atchafalaya Trace Commission............................................................................................................E-11Atchafalaya Trace Commission Advisory Board.................................................................................. D-28Auctioneers Licensing Board .................................................................................................................A-2Automobile Insurance Plan Governing Committee .............................................................................. D-29Automobile Insurance Rates, Task Force for the Reduction of ......................................................... D-220Avoyelles Parish Port Commission.........................................................................................................B-3

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Barber Examiners, Board of ...................................................................................................................A-5Baton Rouge Port Commission, Greater ..............................................................................................B-10Bayou D'Arbonne Lake Watershed District Board of Commissioners ................................................. D-30Bayou Lafourche Fresh Water District Board of Commissioners ........................................................ D-31Beef Industry Council .......................................................................................................................... D-32Belgium-Louisiana Joint Committee .................................................................................................... D-33Biomedical Research and Development Park Commission ................................................................. D-35Birth Defects Surveillance System Advisory Board ............................................................................. D-36Bi-State Corridor Commission............................................................................................................. D-34Boll Weevil Eradication Commission ....................................................................................................E-20Bond Commission ................................................................................................................................E-21

Bossier Levee District Board of Commissioners.................................................................................... C-2Boxing and Wrestling Commission .......................................................................................................A-33

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Cabinet Advisory Group on Economic Development............................................................................E-22Caddo Levee District Board of Commissioners ..................................................................................... C-3Caddo-Bossier Parishes Port Commission.............................................................................................B-4Cancer and Lung Trust Fund Board....................................................................................................E-23Cancer Research Center of LSU Health Sciences Center in New Orleans/Tulane Health Sciences Center Governing Board................................................... D-46Cane River Waterway District Board of Commissioners ...................................................................... D-47Capital Area Human Services District Governing Board.......................................................................E-24Cash Management Review Board....................................................................................................... D-48Catfish Promotion and Research Board.............................................................................................. D-49Cemetery Board...................................................................................................................................A-34Certified Public Accountants, Board of...................................................................................................A-7Certified Shorthand Reporters, Board of Examiners of ........................................................................A-15Child Care and Development Block Grant Program, Advisory Council on the....................................... D-8Child Care Challenge Committee........................................................................................................ D-50Child Care Facilities and Child Placing Agencies, Advisory Committee on Licensing of ...................................................................................................................................E-4Child Care, Committee on Private....................................................................................................... D-63Child Death Review Panel................................................................................................................... D-51Children with Exceptionalities, Advisory Panel for the Education of ...................................................... D-9Children's Cabinet ...............................................................................................................................E-25Children's Cabinet Advisory Board ......................................................................................................E-26Children's Health Insurance Program Task Force............................................................................... D-52Children's Trust Fund Board................................................................................................................E-27Chiropractic Examiners, Board of...........................................................................................................A-8Civil Service Commission .....................................................................................................................E-28Clerks of Court Certification Program Committee................................................................................ D-53Clerks of Court Retirement System Board of Trustees ....................................................................... D-54Clinical Laboratory Personnel Committee ........................................................................................... D-55Coastal Restoration and Conservation, Governor's Advisory Commission on .....................................E-60Columbia Port Commission ....................................................................................................................B-5Commemorative Coin Advisory Commission ....................................................................................... D-56Commerce and Industry, Board of .......................................................................................................E-12Commercial Building Energy Conservation Code Advisory Committee ............................................... D-57Community and Technical Colleges Board of Supervisors...................................................................E-34Community/Technical College and Adult Education Task Force ......................................................... D-64Comprehensive Energy Policy Advisory Commission.......................................................................... D-65Concordia Parish Port Commission........................................................................................................B-6Contractors, Licensing Board for .........................................................................................................A-37Correctional Facilities Corporation Board of Directors ........................................................................ D-67Cosmetology, Board of ........................................................................................................................E-13Cotton Museum Governing Board....................................................................................................... D-68Council for the Development of French in Louisiana (CODOFIL) ........................................................E-35Counselors Board of Examiners, Licensed Professional ......................................................................A-35Crab Task Force................................................................................................................................. D-70Crawfish Promotion and Research Board ........................................................................................... D-71Creole Nature Trail Scenic Byway District Board of Commissioners.................................................... D-72Crescent City Connection Oversight Authority .................................................................................... D-73Crescent River Port Pilots Association Fee Commission..................................................................... D-74Crime Victims Reparations Board ........................................................................................................E-37

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Dairy Industry Promotion Board .......................................................................................................... D-75Dairy Stabilization Board......................................................................................................................E-38Deaf, Commission for the.....................................................................................................................E-29

Deferred Compensation Commission.................................................................................................. D-76Delta Music Museum Governing Board............................................................................................... D-77Dentistry, Board of.................................................................................................................................A-9Department of Environmental Quality, Advisory Task Force on Funding and Efficiency of the Louisiana ........................................................................................................ D-10Developmental Disabilities Council ......................................................................................................E-39Dietetics and Nutrition, Board of Examiners of .....................................................................................A-16Disability Affairs, Governor's Advisory Council on............................................................................. D-105Disability Services and Supports System Consumer Task Force ........................................................ D-78Disability Services and Supports System Planning Group .................................................................. D-79Distance Learning Network Advisory Board ........................................................................................ D-80District Attorneys' Retirement System Board of Trustees.................................................................... D-81Domestic Terrorism Advisory Committee ............................................................................................ D-82Domestic Violence, Coordinating Council on ...................................................................................... D-66Drug Abuse Resistance Education (DARE) Advisory Board ................................................................E-40Drug Control and Violent Crime Policy Board ......................................................................................E-41Drug Policy Board................................................................................................................................E-42Drug Testing Task Force.................................................................................................................... D-83Drug-Free Schools and Communities, Governor's Advisory Council on Safe ................................... D-106DWI/Vehicular Homicide Task Force, Governor's ............................................................................. D-108

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East Cameron Port Commission ............................................................................................................B-7East Jefferson Levee District Board of Commissioners ......................................................................... C-4Economic Development Corporation Board of Directors ......................................................................E-43Economic Development Council...........................................................................................................E-44Economic Development Council Executive Committee .........................................................................E-45Eddie G. Robinson Museum Commission ........................................................................................... D-84Education Facilities Authority Board of Directors ................................................................................ D-85Educational Assessment Testing Commission .....................................................................................E-46Educational Facilities Trust Fund District Board of Trustees .............................................................. D-86Educational Television Authority ..........................................................................................................E-47Egg Commission ................................................................................................................................. D-87El Camino East-West Corridor Commission ........................................................................................ D-88Elderly, Committee on Law Enforcement Services for the ....................................................................E-33Election Supervisors, Board of............................................................................................................ D-37Electrolysis Examiners, Board of ..........................................................................................................A-10Electronic Benefits Transfer Program Task Force .............................................................................. D-89Elementary and Secondary Education, Board of .................................................................................E-14Embalmers and Funeral Directors, Board of ........................................................................................A-11Emergency Medical Services Certification Commission .......................................................................E-48Emergency Medical Services for Children Advisory Council ................................................................E-49Emergency Response Commission..................................................................................................... D-90Employees Health Benefits Study Commission ................................................................................... D-91Employment Security Board of Review.................................................................................................E-50Employment Service Advisory Council, Louisiana Private ................................................................. D-149Engineering and Land Surveying Board, Professional.........................................................................A-43Engineers Selection Board ................................................................................................................. D-92Environmental Education Commission ................................................................................................ D-93Environmental Protection and Preservation, Task Force on ............................................................. D-221Equal Opportunity, Advisory Committee on............................................................................................E-3Ernest N. Morial New Orleans Exhibition Hall Authority Board of Commissioners.................................................................................................................. D-94Ethics, Board of ...................................................................................................................................E-15Executive Board on Aging....................................................................................................................E-51

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Fatherhood Council ............................................................................................................................ D-95Feed Commission ................................................................................................................................E-52

Fertilizer Commission...........................................................................................................................E-53Fifth Louisiana Levee District Board of Commissioners ........................................................................ C-5Film and Video Commission.................................................................................................................E-54Fire Prevention Board of Review ........................................................................................................ D-96Firefighters' Retirement System Board of Trustees ............................................................................ D-97First Stop Shop Coordinating Council ................................................................................................. D-98Fiscal Review Committee .................................................................................................................... D-99Fluoridation Advisory Board.............................................................................................................. D-100Folklife Commission .......................................................................................................................... D-101Forest Products Industry Development Task Force, Governor's ...................................................... D-109Forestry Commission ...........................................................................................................................E-56Formosan Termite Task Force ............................................................................................................E-57France-Louisiana Joint Committee.................................................................................................... D-102Fur and Alligator Advisory Council .......................................................................................................E-58

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Gaming Control Board .........................................................................................................................E-59Garyville Timbermill Museum Governing Board ................................................................................ D-103Geographic Information Systems Council ......................................................................................... D-104Governor's Mansion Commission...................................................................................................... D-110Grand Isle Independent Levee District Board of Commissioners .......................................................... C-6Grand Isle Port Commission...................................................................................................................B-8Grant Parish Port Commission...............................................................................................................B-9Ground Water Management Advisory Task Force ...............................................................................E-64Ground Water Management Commission ............................................................................................E-65Group Benefits Policy and Planning Board ..........................................................................................E-66

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Harbor Police Retirement System Board of Trustees ........................................................................ D-115Hazard Mitigation Team .......................................................................................................................E-67Health Care Commission................................................................................................................... D-116Health Education Authority of Louisiana (HEAL) ..................................................................................E-68Health Works Commission ...................................................................................................................E-69Health Works Commission Executive Committee..................................................................................E-70Healthy People 2010 Planning Council ............................................................................................. D-117Hearing Aid Dealers, Board for ..............................................................................................................A-3Hearing Impairment in Infants, Advisory Council on Early Identification of............................................. D-7High-Speed Rail Transportation Advisory Council ............................................................................ D-118Higher Education Executive Advisory Committee .............................................................................. D-119Highway 1 Project Task Force .......................................................................................................... D-120Highway Safety Commission ................................................................................................................E-71Historical Records Advisory Board.................................................................................................... D-121HIV and AIDS, Commission on ............................................................................................................ D-60Home Inspectors, Board of...................................................................................................................A-19Home Instruction Program for Preschool Youngsters (HIPPY) Advisory Board ................................. D-122Horticulture Commission of Louisiana ..................................................................................................E-72Hospice Care, Advisory Committee on.................................................................................................. D-4Hospitality Research Program Advisory Committee .......................................................................... D-123Housing Finance Agency Board of Commissioners........................................................................... D-124Human Rights, Commission on ............................................................................................................E-31Hunting and Fishing Advisory Education Council .............................................................................. D-125

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Imports and Exports Trust Authority Board of Trustees .................................................................... D-126Independent Living Council, Governor's Statewide ..............................................................................E-63Indigent Defense Assistance Board .....................................................................................................E-73Individuals with Disabilities, Advisory Council for Technology Access by ...............................................E-5Information Technology Advisory Board ........................................................................................... D-127Infrastructure Bank Board of Directors.............................................................................................. D-128

Insurance Education Advisory Council .............................................................................................. D-129Insurance Rating Commission..............................................................................................................E-74Integrated Criminal Justice Information System Policy Board ...............................................................E-75Inter-Agency Transportation Coordination Committee ...................................................................... D-130Interagency Action Council for the Homeless.................................................................................... D-131Interagency Coordinating Council for ChildNet ....................................................................................E-76Interagency Recreation Board .......................................................................................................... D-132Interim Emergency Board.....................................................................................................................E-77Interior Designers, Board of Examiners of............................................................................................A-17International Trade Commission ....................................................................................................... D-133International Trade Development Board ........................................................................................... D-134Interpreter Certification Board..............................................................................................................E-78Interstate 49 North Extension Feasibility and Funding Task Force ................................................... D-135Interstate 49 South Project Task Force ............................................................................................ D-136Investment in Infrastructure for Economic Development Commission ............................................... D-137

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Jean Lafitte Scenic Byway District Board of Commissioners ............................................................. D-138Jefferson Parish Economic Development and Port District Board of Commissioners...................................................................................................................B-14Jefferson Parish Human Services Authority Board of Commissioners ..................................................E-79John K. Kelly Grand Bayou Reservoir District Board of Commissioners............................................ D-139Joint Administration Committee on Prescriptive Authority for Advanced Practice Registered Nurses........................................................................................... D-140Justice System Funding Commission ................................................................................................ D-141

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Kenner Naval Museum Commission.................................................................................................. D-142Krotz Springs Port Commission, Greater..............................................................................................B-11

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Lafayette Economic Development Authority Board of Commissioners .................................................B-15Lafourche Basin Levee District Board of Commissioners...................................................................... C-7Lafourche Port Commission, Greater...................................................................................................B-12Lake Borgne Basin Levee District Board of Commissioners ................................................................. C-8Lake Bruin Recreation and Water Conservation District Board of Commissioners ........................... D-143Lake Charles Harbor and Terminal District Board of Commissioners...................................................B-16Lake Providence Port Commission ......................................................................................................B-17Landscape Architects Selection Board ............................................................................................. D-144Latin American Business Development Commission......................................................................... D-145Law Enforcement and Administration of Criminal Justice, Commission on ...........................................E-32Learn Commission ...............................................................................................................................E-80Library Examiners, Board of.................................................................................................................A-20Liquefied Petroleum Gas Commission .................................................................................................E-81Liquefied Petroleum Gas Commission Advisory Board ..................................................................... D-146Livestock Brand Commission ...............................................................................................................E-82Livestock Sanitary Board .....................................................................................................................E-83Local Government Environmental Facilities and Community Development Authority Board of Directors ..................................................................................... D-147Lottery Corporation Board of Directors ............................................................................................. D-148Louisiana Purchase Bicentennial Commission.................................................................................. D-150Louisiana School for Math, Science and the Arts Board of Directors ...................................................E-84Louisiana State Library Board of Commissioners ............................................................................. D-151Louisiana State Museum Board of Directors ..................................................................................... D-152Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College Board of Supervisors ........................................................................................................................E-85Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium for Research and Education (LUMCON) Advisory Council .......................................................................................................... D-154

Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium for Research and Education (LUMCON) Executive Board..............................................................................................................E-86

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Madison Parish Port Commission.........................................................................................................B-18Manufactured Housing Commission.....................................................................................................A-38Maritime Advisory Task Force........................................................................................................... D-155Maritime Provinces-Louisiana Joint Committee ................................................................................. D-156Market Commission..............................................................................................................................E-87Marriage and Family Commission ..................................................................................................... D-157Marriage and Family Therapy Advisory Committee........................................................................... D-158Massage Therapy, Board of ................................................................................................................A-21Medicaid Pharmaceutical and Therapeutics Committee.......................................................................E-88Medical Advisory Council .....................................................................................................................E-89Medical Assistance Trust Fund Advisory Council.................................................................................E-90Medical Disclosure Panel.....................................................................................................................E-91Medical Education Commission......................................................................................................... D-159Medical Examiners, Board of................................................................................................................A-22Medical Malpractice Patient's Compensation Fund Oversight Board ...................................................E-92Mental Health Advocacy Service Board of Trustees ............................................................................E-93Mermentau River Harbor and Terminal District Board of Commissioners.............................................B-19Midwifery, Advisory Committee on......................................................................................................... D-5Military Advisory Board, Governor's .....................................................................................................E-62Millennium Port Authority .....................................................................................................................B-20Mineral Board ......................................................................................................................................E-94Minority Health Affairs Commission ................................................................................................... D-160Mississippi River Parkway Commission of Louisiana............................................................................E-95Mississippi River Road Commission.................................................................................................. D-161Mississippi River Road Commission.................................................................................................. D-162Morgan City Harbor and Terminal District Board of Commissioners.....................................................B-21Morgan City, Berwick Port Pilot Commissioners and Examiners, Board of .......................................... D-40Motor Carrier Advisory Committee .................................................................................................... D-163Motor Fuels Underground Storage Tank Trust Fund Advisory Board ............................................... D-164Motor Vehicle Commission...................................................................................................................A-39Mullet Task Force ............................................................................................................................. D-165Municipal Employees' Retirement System Board of Trustees ........................................................... D-166Municipal Police Employees' Retirement System Board of Trustees ................................................. D-167Music Commission ...............................................................................................................................E-96

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Natchitoches Levee and Drainage District Board of Commissioners..................................................... C-9Natchitoches Parish Port Commission..................................................................................................B-22National Register Review Committee ................................................................................................ D-168Naval War Memorial Commission Board of Commissioners .............................................................. D-169New Orleans Center for Creative Arts/Riverfront Board of Directors....................................................E-97New Orleans City Park Improvement Association Board of Commissioners ...................................... D-170New Orleans Expressway Commission, Greater................................................................................ D-114NFL Stadium Advisory Commission................................................................................................... D-172Nineteenth Louisiana Levee District Board of Commissioners ............................................................ C-10Non-Indigenous Aquatic Species Advisory Task Force ..................................................................... D-173Nonpublic School Commission .............................................................................................................E-98North Bossier Levee District Board of Commissioners ........................................................................ C-11North Lafourche Conservation, Levee, and Drainage District Board of Commissioners.................................................................................................................. C-12Nursing Facility Administrators, Board of Examiners for .......................................................................A-12Nursing Supply and Demand Commission ...........................................................................................A-40Nursing, Board of.................................................................................................................................A-23

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Obesity Prevention and Management, Council on .............................................................................. D-69Occupational Information Coordinating Committee ........................................................................... D-174Office of Group Benefits Study Commission ..................................................................................... D-175Offshore Terminal Authority Board of Commissioners .........................................................................E-99Oil and Gas Museum Governing Board .............................................................................................E-100Oilfield Restoration Commission ........................................................................................................E-101Old State Capitol Advisory Board...................................................................................................... D-176Optometry Examiners, Board of ...........................................................................................................A-24Orleans Levee District Board of Commissioners ................................................................................. C-13Ouachita Port Commission, Greater ....................................................................................................B-13Oversize and Excess Weight Vehicle Task Force ............................................................................. D-177Oyster Lease Damage Evaluation Board...........................................................................................E-102Oyster Task Force.............................................................................................................................E-103

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Pain, Advisory Committee on ................................................................................................................ D-6Pardons, Board of................................................................................................................................E-16Parks and Recreation Commission ................................................................................................... D-178Parochial Employees Retirement System Board of Trustees ............................................................ D-179Parole, Board of...................................................................................................................................E-17Peace Officer Standards and Training, Council on ..............................................................................E-36Perinatal Care and Prevention of Infant Mortality, Commission on...................................................... D-61Pesticides, Advisory Commission on......................................................................................................E-1Pet Overpopulation Advisory Council................................................................................................ D-180Pharmacy, Board of .............................................................................................................................A-25Physical Fitness and Sports, Governor's Council on ...........................................................................E-61Physical Therapy Examiners, Board of ................................................................................................A-26Physician Assistants Advisory Committee ......................................................................................... D-181Plumbing Board ...................................................................................................................................A-41Pointe Coupee Port, Harbor and Terminal District Board of Commissioners........................................B-23Pointe Coupee-West Feliciana Bridge, Ferry, and Tunnel Authority................................................. D-182Polygraph Board..................................................................................................................................A-42Pontchartrain Levee District Board of Commissioners ........................................................................ C-14Pork Promotion Board........................................................................................................................E-104Port of Iberia District Board of Commissioners .....................................................................................B-24Port of Lake Charles Fee Commission, Associated Branch Pilots of the............................................. D-25Port of Lake Charles, Board of River Port Pilot Commissioners and Examiners for the...................................................................................................................... D-43Port of New Orleans Board of Commissioners .....................................................................................B-25Port of New Orleans Fee Commission, Associated Branch Pilots for the ............................................ D-24Port of New Orleans, Board of Examiners of Bar Pilots for the ............................................................ D-39Port of New Orleans, Board of Review of the Associated Branch Pilots for the ................................... D-42Port of New Orleans, Board of River Port Pilot Commissioners for the................................................ D-44Port of New Orleans, Board of River Port Pilot Review for the ............................................................ D-45Port of South Louisiana Commission ...................................................................................................B-26Postsecondary Education Information Technology Council .............................................................. D-183Postsecondary Review Commission.................................................................................................. D-184Poverty Point Reservoir District Board of Commissioners ................................................................. D-185Practical Nurse Examiners, Board of ....................................................................................................A-27Prison Enterprises Board...................................................................................................................E-105Private Investigator Examiners, Board of .............................................................................................A-28Private Security Examiners, Board of ...................................................................................................A-29Project Restore Task Force.............................................................................................................. D-186Promotion of Uniform Legislation, Commission for the ........................................................................ D-58Property and Casualty Commission .................................................................................................. D-187Proprietary Schools, Advisory Commission on.......................................................................................E-2Psychologists, Board of Examiners of ..................................................................................................A-18Public Retirement Systems' Actuarial Committee .............................................................................. D-188

Public Service Commission ................................................................................................................E-106

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Quality Science and Mathematics Council .........................................................................................E-107Quebec-Louisiana Joint Committee .................................................................................................. D-189

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Racing Commission ...........................................................................................................................E-108Radio and Television Technicians Board.............................................................................................A-44Radiologic Technology Board of Examiners.........................................................................................A-45Real Estate Appraisers Board..............................................................................................................A-46Real Estate Commission ......................................................................................................................A-47Real French Destination Scenic Byway District Board of Commissioners ......................................... D-190Red River Compact Commission........................................................................................................E-109Red River Development Council ........................................................................................................E-110Red River Levee and Drainage District Board of Commissioners ....................................................... C-15Red River Parish Port Commission ......................................................................................................B-27Red River Waterway Commission Board of Commissioners.............................................................. D-191Red River, Atchafalaya and Bayou Boeuf Levee District Board of Commissioners.................................................................................................................. C-16Regents, Board of................................................................................................................................E-18Regional Museum Governing Board of the Louisiana State Exhibit Museum.............................................................................................................................. D-192Regional Planning Commission of Jefferson, Orleans, St. Bernard, and St. Tammany Parishes............................................................................................................ D-193Regional Transit Authority Board of Commissioners ......................................................................... D-194Registrar of Voters Employees Retirement System Board of Trustees ............................................. D-195Rehabilitation Council ........................................................................................................................E-111Reptile and Amphibian Task Force................................................................................................... D-196Residential Building Contractors Subcommittee................................................................................ D-197Residential Mortgage Lending Board.................................................................................................E-112Respiratory Care, Advisory Committee on .............................................................................................A-1Retirement Development Commission ...............................................................................................E-113Rice Promotion Board....................................................................................................................... D-198Rice Research Board........................................................................................................................ D-199Risk Review Panel .............................................................................................................................E-114River Parishes Transit Authority Board of Commissioners ................................................................ D-200River Region Cancer Screening and Early Detection District Board of Commissioners................................................................................................................ D-201Roadside Rest Area Task Force....................................................................................................... D-202Royal Street Project Advisory Board................................................................................................. D-203Rural Health Care Authority ...............................................................................................................E-115

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Sabine River Authority Board of Commissioners................................................................................E-116Saline Lake Game and Fish Preserve Board of Commissioners ....................................................... D-204Sanitarians, Board of Examiners for.....................................................................................................A-13School Based Health Clinic Task Force ............................................................................................ D-205School Employees' Retirement System Board of Trustees ............................................................... D-206School Finance Review Commission..................................................................................................E-117School-to-Work Council, Governor's................................................................................................. D-111Seafood Promotion and Marketing Board ..........................................................................................E-118SECURE Review Commission ........................................................................................................... D-207Seed Commission ..............................................................................................................................E-119Sentencing Commission.....................................................................................................................E-120Serve Commission .............................................................................................................................E-121Sheriffs' Pension and Relief Fund Board of Trustees ....................................................................... D-208Small and Emerging Business Development Advisory Council.......................................................... D-209Small Business Compliance Advisory Panel...................................................................................... D-210

Social Work Examiners, Board of .........................................................................................................A-30Soil and Water Conservation Committee, State .................................................................................E-126Solid Waste Management System Operators Board of Certification and Training .................................................................................................................................. D-211South Lafourche Levee District Board of Commissioners ................................................................... C-17South Tangipahoa Parish Port Commission.........................................................................................B-28Southern Louisiana Drinking Water Study Commission .................................................................... D-212Southern Rapid Rail Transit Commission...........................................................................................E-122Southern University Board of Supervisors .........................................................................................E-123Soybean and Grain Research and Promotion Board ........................................................................ D-213Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology, Board of Examiners for .................................................A-14St. Bernard Port, Harbor and Terminal District Board of Commissioners .............................................B-29Stadium and Exposition District Board of Commissioners ..................................................................E-124State Employees' Retirement System Board of Trustees .................................................................. D-214State Police Commission....................................................................................................................E-125State Police Retirement System Board of Trustees .......................................................................... D-215Steamship Pilot Review for the Mississippi River, Board of New Orleans and Baton Rouge ......................................................................................... D-41Steamship Pilots Association Fee Commission, New Orleans-Baton Rouge ..................................... D-171Steamship Pilots for the Mississippi River, Board of Examiners for New Orleans and Baton Rouge........................................................................................................ D-38Strawberry Marketing Board ............................................................................................................. D-217Structural Pest Control Commission...................................................................................................E-127Student Financial Assistance Commission.........................................................................................E-128Substance Abuse Counselors, Board of Certification for .......................................................................A-6Supplemental Pay Board of Review for Municipal Police Officers ......................................................E-129Supplemental Pay Board, Fireman's....................................................................................................E-55Sweet Potato Advertising and Development Commission ................................................................. D-218Systemic Initiatives Program Council..................................................................................................E-130Systemic Initiatives Program Council Executive Committee ................................................................E-131

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Tangipahoa River Task Force .......................................................................................................... D-219Tax Appeals, Board of .........................................................................................................................E-19Tax Commission.................................................................................................................................E-132Tax Free Shopping Commission ....................................................................................................... D-222Teacher Education and Certification, Advisory Commission on ............................................................ D-1Teachers' Retirement System of Louisiana Board of Trustees ......................................................... D-223Teche-Vermilion Freshwater District Board of Commissioners.......................................................... D-224Technology Advisory Group ............................................................................................................. D-225Technology Innovations Council ........................................................................................................E-133Telephone Access Program Board ....................................................................................................E-134Tensas Basin Levee District Board of Commissioners ........................................................................ C-18Tensas Parish Port Commission ..........................................................................................................B-30Terrebonne Levee and Conservation District Board of Commissioners.............................................. C-19Terrebonne Port Commission ..............................................................................................................B-31Tobacco Settlement Payment Options Task Force ........................................................................... D-226Tourism Development Commission................................................................................................... D-227Tourism Promotion District Board of Directors, Louisiana ................................................................. D-153Transportation and Economic Development Policy Commission, Statewide Intermodal...................................................................................................................... D-216Transportation Authority Board of Directors ..................................................................................... D-228Transportation Infrastructure Model for Economic Development Review Task Force .................................................................................................................................... D-229Traumatic Head and Spinal Cord Injury Trust Fund Advisory Board ................................................. D-230Tri-State Corridor Commission.......................................................................................................... D-231Tuberculosis, Governor's Task Force on.......................................................................................... D-113Tuition Trust Authority .......................................................................................................................E-135Twin Parish Port Commission...............................................................................................................B-32

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Uniform Payroll Insurance Commission ............................................................................................. D-232University of Louisiana System Board of Supervisors ........................................................................E-136Unmarked Burial Sites Board ............................................................................................................ D-233Used Motor Vehicle and Parts Commission..........................................................................................A-48

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Veterans Affairs Commission .............................................................................................................E-137Veterinary Medicine Examiners, Board of ............................................................................................A-31Vidalia Port Commission ......................................................................................................................B-33Vinton Harbor and Terminal District Board of Commissioners..............................................................B-34Vocational Rehabilitation Counselors Board of Examiners, Licensed Professional ..............................A-36

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Wastewater Treatment Systems, Governor's Task Force on Individual ............................................ D-112Water Policy Advisory Task Force .....................................................................................................E-138Water Well Drillers, Advisory Committee for the Regulation and Control of .......................................... D-2Waterworks and Sewerage Works Operators, Committee of Certification of....................................... D-62Weights and Measures, Commission of ...............................................................................................E-30West Calcasieu Parish Community Center Authority......................................................................... D-234West Calcasieu Port, Harbor, and Terminal District Board of Commissioners......................................B-35West Cameron Port Commission .........................................................................................................B-36West Jefferson Levee District Board of Commissioners ...................................................................... C-20West St. Mary Parish Port and Harbor District Board of Commissioners ..............................................B-37Western Corridor Commission Board of Commissioners................................................................... D-235Wetlands Conservation and Restoration Authority ........................................................................... D-236Wetlands Conservation and Restoration Task Force ....................................................................... D-237Wholesale Drug Distributors, Board of.................................................................................................A-32Wildlife and Fisheries Commission.................................................................................................... D-238Women's Policy and Research Commission ..................................................................................... D-239Workers' Compensation Advisory Council .........................................................................................E-139Workers' Compensation Second Injury Board....................................................................................E-140Workforce Commission ......................................................................................................................E-141

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Year 2000 Transition Team...............................................................................................................E-142

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Zachary Taylor Parkway District Board of Commissioners ................................................................ D-240

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