HLS 24RS-2147 ENGROSSED
2024 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 903
BY REPRESENTATIVE NEWELL
MUSEUMS/STATE MUSEUM: Provides relative to the position of museum director for
the Louisiana State Museum
1 AN ACT
2To amend and reenact R.S. 25:343(A), relative to the Louisiana State Museum; to provide
3 relative to the position of museum director; to change the criteria for such position;
4 and to provide for related matters.
5Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
6 Section 1. R.S. 25:343(A) is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows:
7 ยง343. Museum director; appointment; powers and duties
8 A. The museum director shall be appointed by the lieutenant governor from
9 a list of up to three candidates nominated by a search committee appointed by the
10 board. The lieutenant governor shall make the appointment no later than sixty days
11 after receiving the list of candidates from the search committee. The board shall
12 establish criteria for the position of director that include but are not limited to
13 possession of a master's degree in Museum Science, or a related field, or experience
14 in a related field, and shall provide clear evidence of successful performance as a
15 skilled professional.
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HB NO. 903
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HB 903 Engrossed 2024 Regular Session Newell
Abstract: Changes the criteria for the position of museum director of the La. State
Museum.
Present law (R.S. 25:341) provides that the La. State Museum is established as a complex
of facilities in the cities of Baton Rouge, Natchitoches, New Orleans, Patterson, Thibodaux,
and Winnfield under the management and supervision of the office of the state museum of
the Dept. of Culture, Recreation and Tourism (department). Provides that the museum is
governed by a board of directors, which includes the secretary of the department, or his
designee.
Proposed law retains present law.
Present law requires that the museum director be appointed by the lt. governor from a list
of three candidates nominated by a search committee appointed by the board. Requires the
board to establish criteria for the position of director that include but are not limited to
possession of a master's degree in Museum Science, or a related field, and must provide clear
evidence of successful performance as a skilled professional.
Proposed law retains present law allows for fewer than three nominations and expands the
criteria for the position of director to include equivalent experience in a related field.
(Amends R.S. 25:343(A))
Summary of Amendments Adopted by House
The Committee Amendments Proposed by House Committee on Municipal, Parochial
and Cultural Affairs to the original bill:
1. Allow for fewer than three nominations from the search committee.
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