Louisiana § RS 36:922 - Unfinished business

Full text of Louisiana Louisiana Civil Code § RS 36:922 — Unfinished business, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.

§ RS 36:922. Unfinished business

Upon the abolition of each agency whose powers, duties, functions, and responsibilities are transferred in accordance with this Part, any pending or unfinished business of each such agency shall be taken over and be completed by the department to which transferred and its secretary, with the same power and authority as that of the agency abolished.  The department and its secretary shall be the successor in every way to each such agency, and every act done by the department or its secretary in the exercise of the functions of each shall be deemed to have the same force and effect under any provisions of the constitution and laws in effect on the effective date of this Section as if done by the agency abolished.  

Acts 1976, No. 513, §1.  Amended by Acts 1977, No. 83, §1, eff. June 22, 1977.  

Source: official Louisiana text · Last verified 2026-08-27

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