Louisiana § RS 36:351 - Department of Conservation and Energy; creation; domicile; composition; purposes and functions
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§ RS 36:351. Department of Conservation and Energy; creation; domicile; composition; purposes and functions
A. The Department of Conservation and Energy is created and shall be a body corporate with the power to sue and be sued. The domicile of the department shall be in Baton Rouge.
B. The Department of Conservation and Energy, through its offices and officers, shall be responsible for the conservation, management, and development of water, minerals, and other such natural resources of the state, including coastal management, state water bottom management and permitting, the issuance of energy-related rights of way on state water bottoms and state lands, and energy-related leasing of state water bottoms and state lands as further set forth in law, but not including timber or fish and wildlife and their habitats.
C. The Department of Conservation and Energy shall be composed of the executive office of the secretary, the office of administration, the office of enforcement, the office of energy, the office of permitting and compliance, the office of state resources, and other offices as shall be created by law.
Acts 1983, No. 97, §3, eff. Feb. 1, 1984; Acts 1986, No. 581, §2, eff. July 2, 1986; Acts 1987, No. 736, §1; Acts 1989, No. 282, §2, eff. June 27, 1989; Acts 1989, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 6, §1, eff. July 14, 1989; Acts 1993, No. 404, §3; Acts 2009, No. 523, §1, eff. July 10, 2009; Acts 2010, No. 734, §2; Acts 2023, No. 150, §10, eff. Jan. 10, 2024; Acts 2024, No. 727, §1, eff. July 1, 2024; Acts 2025, No. 458, §4, eff. Oct. 1, 2025.
NOTE: See Acts 1987, No. 736, §3.
NOTE: See Acts 1989, No. 282, §5.
NOTE: See Acts 1990, No. 601, §§3-5.
NOTE: See Acts 2009, No. 523, §§9 and 10.
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