The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part of the
legislative instrument, were prepared by Jerry J. Guillot.
DIGEST
Chabert (SB 390)
Present law, relative to the office of multimodal planning within DOTD provides that:
(1)The assistant secretary of the office shall have authority subject to approval of the
secretary and in accordance with applicable rules and regulations of the civil service
commission to employ, appoint, transfer, assign, and promote such personnel as is
necessary for the efficient administration of the office of planning and programming.
(2) The assistant secretary shall administer all DOTD functions and duties for which the
office is responsible. Further shall also have such other duties as may be assigned to him
by the secretary, pursuant to present law. Requires that he report the proceedings of his
office annually to the DOTD secretary and at such other times as the secretary may
designate, and make any additional reports as are required by the secretary.
(3) The secretary is specifically authorized and empowered to perform any of the duties of
the assistant secretary when the assistant secretary is absent or incapacitated or when in
the opinion of the secretary it would be in the best interest of the department. Further the
assistant secretary with approval of the secretary may designate a member of the senior
staff in the office to perform any duties required of the assistant secretary.
Proposed law makes technical revisions. Otherwise retains present law.
Effective August 1, 2014.
(Amends R.S. 36:508.1(C), (E), and (F))