Title 25, Libraries, Museums, and Other Scientific
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La. Rev. Stat. § 25:1 Establishment and location
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§1. Establishment and location There shall be a library known as the State Library of Louisiana, domiciled in the parish of East Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and located in the city of Baton Rouge. Amended by Acts 1950, No. 316, §6; Acts 1991, No. 938, §2; Acts 1992, No. 210, §2.
La. Rev. Stat. § 25:10 Supervision of public libraries; reports required
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§10. Supervision of public libraries; reports required The executive secretary shall, from time to time when called upon, give supervisory service and advice to all parish, institutional, and public libraries in the state, except law libraries. He shall also require such librarie…
La. Rev. Stat. § 25:1000 Legislative intent
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§1000. Legislative intent The legislature hereby recognizes that no Naval or Marine Corps war memorial has been established in Louisiana, despite the heroic participation and sacrifices of its citizens in World War II and subsequent conflicts in which the United States has been e…
La. Rev. Stat. § 25:1001 Commission
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§1001. Commission A. There is hereby created in the Department of Culture, Recreation and Tourism, office of tourism, the Louisiana Naval War Memorial Commission. The commission shall be composed of seventeen members, one of whom shall be the secretary of the Department of Cultur…
La. Rev. Stat. § 25:1002 Duties
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§1002. Duties A. The commission shall have authority to acquire, transport, berth, renovate, equip, operate, and maintain, and to exhibit the destroyer U.S.S. Kidd or, if acquisition thereof becomes impossible or impractical, then any other property acquired for use as a permanen…
La. Rev. Stat. § 25:1003 Authority to acquire, construct, and finance certain facilities and improvements
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§1003. Authority to acquire, construct, and finance certain facilities and improvements A. The Louisiana Naval War Memorial Commission, in addition to those duties specified in R.S. 25:1002, shall have the authority to acquire, construct, and finance a landing facility for commer…
La. Rev. Stat. § 25:1005 Legislative intent
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§1005. Legislative intent The legislature hereby recognizes that it is appropriate to establish a naval museum on the Mississippi River at Kenner and that including a naval vessel of historic significance as part of such museum will be a significant factor in its effectiveness. T…
La. Rev. Stat. § 25:1005.1 Commission
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§1005.1. Commission A. There is hereby created in the Department of Culture, Recreation and Tourism, office of tourism, the Kenner Naval Museum Commission. The commission shall be composed of eleven members, one of whom shall be the secretary of the Department of Culture, Recreat…
La. Rev. Stat. § 25:1005.2 Duties
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§1005.2. Duties A. The commission shall have authority to acquire, lease, transport, berth, renovate, equip, operate, and maintain, and to exhibit any property acquired for use as a permanent naval museum, and to adopt rules and regulations for the use of such museum and its prop…
La. Rev. Stat. § 25:1005.3 Authority to acquire, lease, construct, and finance certain facilities and improvements
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§1005.3. Authority to acquire, lease, construct, and finance certain facilities and improvements A. The Kenner Naval Museum Commission, in addition to those duties specified in R.S. 25:1005.2, shall have the authority to acquire, lease, construct, and finance a landing facility f…
La. Rev. Stat. § 25:1011 Establishment; purpose
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§1011. Establishment; purpose The Louisiana Governor's Mansion Advisory Commission, hereafter in this Chapter referred to as the "commission", is hereby created and established as an agency in the office of the governor for purposes of providing recommendations on the protection …
La. Rev. Stat. § 25:1012 Jurisdictional area
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§1012. Jurisdictional area The commission shall have jurisdiction over the public areas of the governor's mansion and grounds. Public areas shall consist of the first floor, the stairwell in the rotunda, and all grounds in front and on each side of the mansion. The private areas …
La. Rev. Stat. § 25:1013 Membership; appointment; terms; officers; compensation
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§1013. Membership; appointment; terms; officers; compensation A. The commission shall be composed as follows: (1)(a) If the governor is married, the governor's spouse or the spouse's designee. (b) If the governor is unmarried, the governor or his designee. (2) A person appointed …
La. Rev. Stat. § 25:1014 Commission powers, duties, and responsibilities; approval of changes required
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§1014. Commission powers, duties, and responsibilities; approval of changes required A. The commission shall have the following powers, duties, functions, and responsibilities: (1) To make recommendations relative to improvements, renovation, redecoration, or enhancement of the g…
La. Rev. Stat. § 25:1015 Cooperation by other state entities
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§1015. Cooperation by other state entities A. The office of state buildings and grounds within the division of administration shall timely perform or provide for all requests for maintenance and repair to the governor's mansion and its grounds made by the commission. B. All depar…
La. Rev. Stat. § 25:1016 Repealed by Acts 2024, No
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§1016. Repealed by Acts 2024, No. 237, §5, eff. May 23, 2024.
La. Rev. Stat. § 25:1021 Declaration of purpose
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§1021. Declaration of purpose A.(1) The Legislature of Louisiana hereby recognizes that October 12, 1992, marks the five hundredth anniversary of the voyages of discovery of Christopher Columbus and that all persons in this state should look with pride on the achievements and con…
La. Rev. Stat. § 25:1022 Louisiana Quincentenary Commission; creation; appointments of members; terms; officers; meetings; domicile
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§1022. Louisiana Quincentenary Commission; creation; appointments of members; terms; officers; meetings; domicile A. The Louisiana Quincentenary Commission, hereafter referred to as the "commission", is hereby created and established in the Department of Culture, Recreation and T…
La. Rev. Stat. § 25:1023 Powers and duties
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§1023. Powers and duties The commission shall: (1) Plan and develop activities appropriate to commemorate the quincentenary of the voyages of Columbus, including a limited number of projects to be undertaken by the state, seeking to harmonize and balance the important goals of ce…
La. Rev. Stat. § 25:1024 Funding; donations and grants
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§1024. Funding; donations and grants The commission may solicit, accept, use, and dispose of any private or public funds in the form of donations of money, grants, property, or personal services from individuals, corporations, and governments for such purposes. However, the commi…
La. Rev. Stat. § 25:1025 Annual report
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§1025. Annual report The commission shall submit a report annually to the governor, the president of the Senate and the speaker of the House of Representatives, and no later than thirty days prior to the beginning of each regular session of the legislature until the commission te…
La. Rev. Stat. § 25:1026 Cooperation by other state entities
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§1026. Cooperation by other state entities All departments, commissions, boards, agencies, officers, and institutions of the state and all subdivisions thereof shall cooperate with the commission in carrying out the powers and purposes of this Chapter. Acts 1988, No. 4, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 25:1027 Termination of commission
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§1027. Termination of commission The commission shall terminate on December 31, 1992. Acts 1988, No. 4, §1; Acts 1990, No. 819, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 25:11 Repealed by Acts 1983, No
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§11. Repealed by Acts 1983, No. 687, §7.
La. Rev. Stat. § 25:1101 Sale and deaccession of university museum collection items
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§1101. Sale and deaccession of university museum collection items A. All state university museums shall protect and improve the quality of their collections through the sale, exchange, transfer, or disposal of artifacts. Deaccessioning is the process of permanently removing acces…
La. Rev. Stat. § 25:12 Travelling expenses of members; how paid
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§12. Travelling expenses of members; how paid The necessary and actual travelling expenses incurred by the executive secretary or any members of the staff, acting under the authority and direction of the executive secretary, while on business for the State Library of Louisiana, a…
La. Rev. Stat. § 25:1201 Museum board authorized
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§1201. Museum board authorized The governing authority of West Baton Rouge Parish may create, by ordinance, a museum board to establish, maintain, operate, and support public museums and related facilities within the parish. Acts 1991, No. 120, §1, eff. June 30, 1991.
La. Rev. Stat. § 25:1202 Board purpose
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§1202. Board purpose The board shall be a historical, cultural, and educational entity with the primary purpose of encouraging research, collecting, preserving, and presenting, as an education resource, objects of art, documents, artifacts, and the like that reflect the history, …
La. Rev. Stat. § 25:1203 Definitions
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§1203. Definitions As used in the Chapter, the following terms shall have the following meaning, unless the context requires otherwise: (1) "Association" means the West Baton Rouge Historical Association. (2) "Board" means the West Baton Rouge Museum Board. (3) "Director" means t…
La. Rev. Stat. § 25:1204 Funds for acquiring site or construction of buildings; anticipation of revenues; bond issues; special tax; use of maintenance tax
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§1204. Funds for acquiring site or construction of buildings; anticipation of revenues; bond issues; special tax; use of maintenance tax A. For the purpose of acquiring sites or erecting buildings thereon or additions thereto, including furniture, fixtures, and equipment, for a m…
La. Rev. Stat. § 25:1205 Museum board; members; appointment and terms of office; meetings
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§1205. Museum board; members; appointment and terms of office; meetings A. The ordinance creating the museum board shall establish the membership thereof as follows: (1) Nine members who have a knowledge of or interest in art, history, and cultural preservation who reside and are…
La. Rev. Stat. § 25:1206 Board powers, duties, and functions
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§1206. Board powers, duties, and functions A. The board shall: (1) Adopt bylaws establishing policies and procedures for its governance, subject to law and ordinances. (2) Elect and define the responsibilities of the board's officers, including a chairman and vice chairman to ser…
La. Rev. Stat. § 25:1207 Board and staff standards
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§1207. Board and staff standards A. The board and its professional staff shall be governed by the standards of museum ethics promulgated by the American Association of Museums, which are not in conflict with law or ordinance. B. The board may adopt further standards of ethics for…
La. Rev. Stat. § 25:1208 Museum director
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§1208. Museum director A. The board shall appoint a professional director who shall have three to five years of experience in the museum field. The director shall serve as executive officer of the board and shall discharge all operational, maintenance, administrative, and executi…
La. Rev. Stat. § 25:1209 Funding
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§1209. Funding A. The board shall be funded through an ad valorem tax levied and administered by the governing authority. B. In addition to Subsection A, the governing authority may levy a special ad valorem tax, as provided by constitution and law, for the maintenance and suppor…
La. Rev. Stat. § 25:121 Policy
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§121. Policy Freedom of access to public documents is a basic right of citizenship. Therefore, it is the policy of the state of Louisiana that state public documents shall be made available to the public. In order to obtain maximum efficient distribution and maximum availability …
La. Rev. Stat. § 25:121.1 Definitions
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§121.1. Definitions As used in this Chapter, the following terms shall have the following meanings unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: (1) "Public document" means informational matter, for public distribution regardless of format, method of reproduction, source, or co…
La. Rev. Stat. § 25:1210 Annual budget; approval
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§1210. Annual budget; approval The board shall annually submit to the governing authority a budget for its proposed operation during the ensuing fiscal year, which the governing authority may approve, reject, or revise. Once approved by the governing authority, the board shall pr…
La. Rev. Stat. § 25:1211 Audit
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§1211. Audit The financial records of the board shall be audited pursuant to R.S. 24:513. A written report of this audit shall be made to the board and to the governing authority. Audit costs shall be borne by the board. Acts 1991, No. 120, §1, eff. June 30, 1991.
La. Rev. Stat. § 25:1212 Fiscal year
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§1212. Fiscal year The fiscal year of the board shall be the same as the fiscal year of the governing authority. Acts 1991, No. 120, §1, eff. June 30, 1991.
La. Rev. Stat. § 25:1213 Donations and loans; disposition of abandoned loans
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§1213. Donations and loans; disposition of abandoned loans A. The board may solicit and accept funds, governmental and private grants, donations, and contributions of lands, buildings, money, relics, works of art, or other property on behalf of and as additions to the museum eith…
La. Rev. Stat. § 25:1215.1 Museum board authorized
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§1215.1. Museum board authorized The governing authority of the parish of Jackson is hereby authorized to create, by ordinance, a museum board, referred to in this Chapter as the "board". The authority of the board shall extend throughout all of the territory of the parish of Jac…
La. Rev. Stat. § 25:1215.2 Board purpose
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§1215.2. Board purpose The board shall be a historical, cultural, and educational entity with the primary purpose of encouraging research, collecting, preserving, and presenting, as an education resource, objects of art, documents, artifacts, and the like that reflect the history…
La. Rev. Stat. § 25:1215.3 Museum board; membership
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§1215.3. Museum board; membership A. The ordinance creating the museum board shall establish the membership thereof. B. The members of the board shall serve without compensation. Acts 2004, No. 424, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 25:1215.4 Powers of the board
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§1215.4. Powers of the board The board shall have and exercise all powers of a political subdivision necessary or convenient for the carrying out of its objects and purposes including but not limited to the following: (1) To incur debt. (2) To sue and to be sued. (3) To adopt, us…
La. Rev. Stat. § 25:1215.5 Funding
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§1215.5. Funding The governing authority of the parish of Jackson may provide, by ordinance, for the funding of the museum board or for the funding of any public museum or related facilities created by such board. Acts 2004, No. 424, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 25:1215.6 Annual budget; approval
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§1215.6. Annual budget; approval The board shall annually submit to the governing authority of the parish of Jackson a budget for its proposed operation during the ensuing fiscal year, which the governing authority may approve, reject, or revise. Once approved by the governing au…
La. Rev. Stat. § 25:122 Establishment of depositories; administration of depository system; documents; rules and regulations
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§122. Establishment of depositories; administration of depository system; documents; rules and regulations A. The state librarian shall be responsible for establishing a system of depositories for state public documents, and for the deposit and distribution of state public docume…
La. Rev. Stat. § 25:1221 Legislative recognition
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§1221. Legislative recognition A. The Atchafalaya Basin, with its adjacent lands and communities, is a place where natural, scenic, cultural, and historic resources combine to form a cohesive, nationally distinctive landscape arising from patterns of human activity shaped by geog…
La. Rev. Stat. § 25:1222 Atchafalaya Trace Commission; creation
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§1222. Atchafalaya Trace Commission; creation A. In furtherance of the legislature's recognition, there is hereby created the Atchafalaya Trace Commission, referred to in this Chapter as the "commission", which shall be an agency of state government within the Department of Cultu…