BOARDS, COMMISSIONS, AND LIKE ENTITIES STATE OF LOUISIANA

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1 BOARDS, COMMISSIONS, AND LIKE ENTITIES STATE OF LOUISIANA REPORT TO THE LEGISLATURE ISSUED DECEMBER 18, 2013

2 LOUISIANA LEGISLATIVE AUDITOR 1600 NORTH THIRD STREET POST OFFICE BOX BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA LEGISLATIVE AUDITOR DARYL G. PURPERA, CPA, CFE FIRST ASSISTANT LEGISLATIVE AUDITOR AND STATE AUDIT SERVICES PAUL E. PENDAS, CPA DIRECTOR OF FINANCIAL AUDIT THOMAS H. COLE, CPA Under the provisions of state law, this report is a public document. A copy of this report has been submitted to the Governor, to the Attorney General, and to other public officials as required by state law. A copy of this report is available for public inspection at the Baton Rouge office of the Louisiana Legislative Auditor. This document is produced by the Louisiana Legislative Auditor, State of Louisiana, Post Office Box 94397, Baton Rouge, Louisiana in accordance with Louisiana Revised Statute 24:513. Six copies of this public document were produced at an approximate cost of $ This material was produced in accordance with the standards for state agencies established pursuant to R.S. 43:31. This report is available on the Legislative Auditor s website at When contacting the office, you may refer to Agency ID No or Report ID No for additional information. In compliance with the Americans With Disabilities Act, if you need special assistance relative to this document, or any documents of the Legislative Auditor, please contact Elizabeth Coxe, Chief Administrative Officer, at

3 LOUISIANA LEGISLATIVE AUDITOR DARYL G. PURPERA, CPA, CFE December 18, 2013 The Honorable John A. Alario, Jr., President of the Senate The Honorable Charles E. Chuck Kleckley, Speaker of the House of Representatives Dear Senator Alario and Representative Kleckley: This report identifies 485 boards, commissions, and like entities as of June 30, This report also identifies the website established for boards, commissions, and like entities that they are required to submit contact information and financial data to by law. This report is prepared to assist you in controlling the growth and costs of all boards, commissions, and like entities within Louisiana. Information in this report and information found at the website was provided by the boards, commissions, and like entities; it has not been audited, and, accordingly, we express no opinion on the information. Respectfully submitted, DGP:PEP:THC:nac:ch Daryl G. Purpera, CPA, CFE Legislative Auditor BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS NORTH THIRD STREET POST OFFICE BOX BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA PHONE: FAX:

4 TABLE OF CONTENTS Page Report Summary... 2 Report to the Legislature... 3 List of Boards, Commissions, and Like Entities Appendix Websites Used to Collect Southeastern States Data... A Executive Orders... B 1

5 REPORT SUMMARY Louisiana Revised Statute (R.S.) 24:513.2(E) requires the legislative auditor to submit annually to the legislature a report including summary financial and personnel information on all boards, commissions, and like entities created by law or executive order and to report findings and recommendations resulting from any analysis of the information. Based on our analysis, we submit the following information and recommendations: As of June 30, 2013, we identified 485 boards, commissions, and like entities created by law or executive order. Since our last report, 12 entities were created and 19 were repealed, terminated, or otherwise removed. Of the 448 active entities that responded to our request, 257 pay per diem, salaries, and/or travel of the board members. The 2013 and 2012 actual amounts totaled $1,163,133 and $1,199,247 for per diem payments; $3,316,107 and $2,008,844 for board member salaries; and $2,489,761 and $2,204,437 for board member travel, respectively. Twenty-seven boards, commissions, and like entities that were created during 2011 or earlier have never been fully organized, have disbanded, or are currently inactive. The legislature and/or governor should consider abolishing these entities. Ten boards, commissions, and like entities did not provide the requested information. Louisiana law requires these entities to provide requested information. Act 184 of 2013, effective August 1, 2013, now requires the commissioner of administration to notify the Senate Committee on Senate and Governmental Affairs, the House Committee on House and Governmental Affairs, and the oversight committees for boards, commissions, or like entities of their failure to comply with the request for information. 2

6 REPORT TO THE LEGISLATURE Legislative Mandate R.S. 24:513.2(E) requires the legislative auditor to submit annually to the legislature a report containing summary financial information and personnel data on (1) boards, commissions, and like entities created by law or executive order that are made part of, or are placed in, the executive branch of state government and (2) local boards, commissions, and like entities that are specifically created by law. The statute provides for the legislative auditor to report findings and recommendations resulting from any analysis performed of the information. R.S. 49:1301 requires the commissioner of administration to establish and maintain a website containing information on boards, commissions, and like entities. Act 184 of 2013, effective August 1, 2013, now requires the commissioner of administration to send boards, commissions, and like entities that fail to submit the required information a notice of noncompliance by certified mail; to send a notice detailing the failure to comply by certified mail to the chief administrative officer of the department of which the board, commission, or like entity is a part, if applicable; and to send a notice detailing the failure to comply to the Senate Committee on Senate and Governmental Affairs, the House Committee on House and Governmental Affairs, and the oversight committees for the board, commission, or like entity. R.S. 49:1307 also requires the legislative auditor to work with the commissioner of administration to ensure that each board, commission, or like entity complies with submitting information to the website. Website Through a cooperative endeavor agreement, the legislative auditor and the commissioner of administration established a website at wwwprd.doa.louisiana.gov/boardsandcommissions/ home.cfm. The information provided in this report was collected from the website as of June 30, Information for a specific board, commission, or like entity can be viewed by visiting the website and searching for the specific board, commission, or like entity of interest. A list of the 485 boards, commissions, and like entities identified at the time of this report begins on page 12. 3

7 Report to the Legislature Trend This report identifies 485 boards, commissions, and like entities, as of June 30, Our current and previous reports include the following number of entities: Growth of Entities Year Number of Entities Since 1992, these comparisons reflect an increase in the growth of boards, commissions, and like entities. The 1997 and 2005 decreases in the number of such entities are primarily attributable to the termination, in accordance with R.S. 49:215(C), of entities that were created by executive order. Since our last report, 12 entities were created and 19 entities were either repealed by law, terminated in accordance with law or executive order, or otherwise removed. The recommendations included in this report are intended to control the growth of boards, commissions, and like entities. Information Requested R.S. 24:513.2(F) directs all agencies, boards, commissions, and departments of the state and its political subdivisions to furnish information and reports as requested by the legislative auditor to fulfill his responsibilities. All boards, commissions, and like entities were requested to provide contact information, membership information, and statutory or legal authority relative to the entity. 4

8 Report to the Legislature R.S. 39:1335 and 1336 require licensing agencies to provide summary and detailed information pertaining to actual and budgeted revenues by source, expenditures by category, and fund balances; the number of classified and unclassified personnel; performance indicators; and certain general information pertaining to the board and its authority and functions. All other boards, commissions, and like entities were requested to provide similar information, except that the financial and budget information was requested in summary form only and information pertaining to performance indicators was not requested. No Response Received Some boards, commissions, and like entities did not respond to our request for information. A list of those boards, commissions, and like entities that did not respond to our request can be found on page 7. Information Unaudited Information included in this report and on the website was provided by the boards, commissions, and like entities; it has not been audited by the legislative auditor, and, accordingly, we express no opinion on the information. Inactive Entities The following 27 boards, commissions, and like entities were never fully organized; were disbanded with no plans to reorganize; were inactive; or had no funding prospects to undertake the functions for which they were established, even though the board members may continue to meet. Because these entities are not fulfilling their established functions, the legislature or governor as deemed appropriate should consider their abolishment. 5

9 Report to the Legislature Boards, Commissions, and Like Entities Never Fully Organized, Disbanded, or Inactive Ambulance Service District Commission Broadband Advisory Council Business Compliance Advisory Panel, Small Byways Commission Catfish Promotion and Research Board Cemetery Trust Fund Advisory Board, Historic Centers of Excellence Financing Corporation Board of Directors Civil Rights Museum Advisory Board Coastal Land Stewardship Authority Board of Directors Coastal Louisiana Levee Consortium Concordia Parish Port Commission Drug-Free Schools and Communities, Governor's Advisory Council on Safe and Educator Evaluation Advisory Committee El Camino East-West Corridor Commission Equal Opportunity, Advisory Committee on Garyville Timbermill Museum Governing Board Geoscientists, Board of Professional Hospice Care, Advisory Committee on Interstate Corridor Commission Interstate 49 South Feasibility and Funding Task Force Jean Lafitte Marine Fisheries Museum Governing Board Juvenile Detention Standards and Licensing, Task Force on North Bossier Levee and Drainage District Board of Commissioners North Lafayette Redevelopment Authority Board of Commissioners Pilot Commissioners and Examiners, Board of Morgan City, Berwick Port Systemic Initiatives Program Council Vidalia Port Commission 6

10 Report to the Legislature No Responses As of June 30, 2013, we identified 10 boards, commissions, and like entities that have not responded to our requests for personnel data and financial information. Boards, Commissions, and Like Entities No Responses Allen Parish Reservoir District Board of Commissioners Bayou Desiard Lake Restoration Commission Bi-State Corridor Commission Black Men and Boys, Council on the Social Status of Columbia Port Commission I-12 Retirement District Board of Directors Multi-Disciplinary Committee Tri-State Corridor Commission Vermilion and Iberia Railroad Development District Board of Commissioners West Ouachita Reservoir Commission A joint letter from the legislative auditor and the commissioner of administration requesting information was mailed to all 485 boards, commissions, and like entities identified in our report. Numerous attempts via telephone and to contact those boards, commissions, and like entities that did not submit the requested information were made by the legislative auditor s staff with no response from these entities. Comparison to Other Southeastern States We collected data on the number of boards, commissions, and like entities in 14 other Southeastern states to compare to the number in Louisiana. As of June 30, 2013, Louisiana had the highest number of boards, commissions, and like entities at 485. Oklahoma had the next highest number of boards, commissions, and like entities at 448, and Florida had the lowest number at 106. The graph on the following page illustrates those Southeastern states that we collected data on and how they compare to Louisiana. 7

11 Report to the Legislature Number of Boards and Commissions in the Southeastern States Louisiana Oklahoma North Carolina Kentucky Texas Arkansas Alabama Virginia West Virginia South Carolina Tennessee Mississippi Georgia Florida Source: Prepared by legislative auditor s staff using data collected from Appendix A. Boards and Commissions Per Diem Freeze During fiscal year 2012, Executive Orders BJ and were issued. These executive orders directed that all expenditures for per diem to members of all boards, commissions, authorities, task forces, and committees in the executive branch of government be terminated. However, the following were exempted from the provisions of the executive order: (1) elected members of boards, commissions, authorities, task forces, and committees who are authorized by law to receive a per diem; (2) members of boards, commissions, authorities, task forces, and committees who are statutorily authorized and entitled to the payment of per diem on their own warrant; and (3) exemptions granted by the commissioner of administration as may be necessary due to extreme economic hardships which would otherwise result to a member of a board, commission, authority, task force, or committee. Because of the exemptions, the executive orders had little or no fiscal impact on the boards, commissions, and like entities listed in this report. Executive Orders BJ and BJ are attached in Appendix B. 8

12 Report to the Legislature As of June 30, 2013 the following 117 boards, commissions, and like entities paid per diem to their board members in the amounts indicated as provided by the corresponding Louisiana revised statutes: Board, Commission, or Like Entity Per Diem Amount Authorized Revised Statute Actual Amount Paid Aging, Executive Board on $40/Meeting 46:933 $1,040 Amite River Basin Drainage and Water Conservation District Board of Commissioners $60/Meeting 38:3304 $11,580 Animal Health, Board of $40/Meeting 3:2091 $835 37:144/LAC 46:317(C) $15,050 Architectural Examiners, State Board of $149/Business Day Ascension-St. James Airport and Transportation Authority Board of Commissioners $75/Meeting 2:341 $7,350 Assessors' Retirement System Board of Trustees $75/Meeting Day 11:182 $9,400 Atchafalaya Basin Levee District Board of Commissioners $75/Meeting 38:308 $20,250 Auctioneers Licensing Board $97/Business Day 37:3111 $4,656 Barber Examiners, Board of $125/Business Day 37:345 $11,875 Baton Rouge Port Commission, Greater $75/Meeting Day 34:1221 $21,150 Bayou Lafourche Fresh Water District Board of Commissioners $75/Meeting 38: $5,775 Bond Commission $152/Meeting Day 42:3.1 $9,238 Bossier Levee District Board of Commissioners $75/Business Day 38:308 $8,325 Boxing and Wrestling Commission, State $80/Business Day 4:67 $5,760 Caddo Levee District Board of Commissioners $75/Meeting Day 38:308 $7,650 Cane River Waterway District Board of Commissioners $300/Meeting 34:3265 $3,150 Chiropractic Examiners, Board of $50/Meeting 37:2802 $1,550 Civil Service Commission $75/Business Day 42:1381 $9,300 Clerks of Court Retirement System Board of Trustees $75/Meeting 11:182 $3,000 College and Career Readiness Commission $149/Meeting Day 17:3951 $5,000 Community and Technical Colleges Board of Supervisors $50/Business Day 17:3206 $17,350 Contractors, State Licensing Board for $75/Meeting Day 37:2154 $18,750 Cosmetology, State Board of $100/Business Day 37:573 $31,990 Crime Victims Reparations Board $75/Meeting Day 46:1803 $3,600 Dentistry, State Board of $150/Business Day 37:755 $36,150 District Attorneys' Retirement System Board of Trustees $75/Meeting 11:182 $1,650 Drug Distributors, Board of Wholesale $75/Business Day 37:3463 $3,525 Education, Board of Elementary and Secondary $149/Business Day 17:5 $38,740 Electrolysis Examiners, State Board of $50/Meeting 37:3061 $800 Embalmers and Funeral Directors, State Board of $100/Business Day 37:838 $10,200 Emergency Board, Interim $149/Meeting 39:461 $447 Employees' Retirement System Board of Trustees, Louisiana State $75/Meeting Day 11:182 $16,117 Employment Security Board of Review $90/Business Day 23:1652 $57,690 Engineering and Land Surveying Board, Professional $100/Meeting Day 37:685 $12,030 Environmental Facilities and Community Development Authority Board of Directors, Local Government $350/Meeting 33:4548 $25,000 Ethics, Board of $50/Business Day 42:1133 $9,350 Fifth Louisiana Levee District Board of Commissioners $68/Business Day 38:308 $6,217 Firefighters' Retirement System Board of Trustees $75/Meeting 11:182 $4,125 Fireman's Supplemental Pay Board $50/Meeting 33:2007 $50 9

13 Report to the Legislature Per Diem Amount Authorized Revised Statute Actual Amount Paid Board, Commission, or Like Entity French in Louisiana (CODOFIL), Council for the Development of $50/Meeting 25:652 $0 Gaming Control Board $100/Meeting 27:14 $10,100 Grand Isle Independent Levee District Board of Commissioners $75/Meeting 38:308 $3,600 Harbor Police Retirement System Board of Trustees $75/Meeting 11:3688 $450 Housing Corporation Board of Directors $50/Meeting Day 40: $4,150 Human Rights, Commission on $65/Meeting Day 51:2234 $390 Interior Designers, State Board of Examiners of $97/Business Day 37:3175 $3,492 Jefferson, Orleans, St. Bernard, and St. Tammany Parishes, Regional Planning Commission of $50/Meeting 33:140 $4,650 Krotz Springs Port Commission, Greater $75/Meeting 34:1451 $9,900 Lafitte Area Independent Levee District Board of Commissioners $75/Meeting 38:308 $4,350 Lafourche Basin Levee District Board of Commissioners $75/Meeting 38:308 $14,550 Lafourche Port Commission, Greater $150/Business Day 34:1651 $95,700 Liquefied Petroleum Gas Commission $125/Meeting Day 40:1843 $10,250 Manufactured Housing Commission $75/Business Day 51: $3,975 Massage Therapy, Board of $50/Business Day 37:3554 $2,000 Medical Examiners, State Board of $100/Business Day 37:1268 $30,240 Mineral and Energy Board, State $75/Meeting Day 30:122 $7,725 Motor Vehicle Commission $50/Meeting 32:1253 $4,800 Municipal Employees' Retirement System Board of Trustees $75/Meeting 11:182 $6,825 Municipal Police Employees' Retirement System Board of Trustees $75/Meeting 11:182 $8,250 Natchitoches Levee and Drainage District Board of Commissioners $75/Meeting Day 38:308 $6,525 Nineteenth Louisiana Levee District Board of Commissioners $75/Business Day 38:308 $1,125 North Lafourche Conservation, Levee, and Drainage District Board of Commissioners $75/Meeting Day 38:308 $10,425 Nursing Facility Administrators, Board of Examiners for $75/Business Day 37:2503 $2,475 Nursing, State Board of $75/Meeting Day 37:914 $9,000 Optometry Examiners, State Board of $75/Meeting Day 37:1046 $5,325 Parochial Employees' Retirement System Board of Trustees $75/Meeting 11:182 $1,425 Patient's Compensation Fund Oversight Board $75/Business Day 40: $22,275 Pharmacy, Board of $75/Business Day 37:1178 $28,200 Physical Therapy Board $150/Business Day 37:2404 $55,418 Pilot Review and Oversight, Board of Louisiana River $150/Meeting 34:1133 $300 Pilotage Fee Commission $150/Business Day 34:1121 $1,463 Plumbing Board of Louisiana, State $75/Business Day 37:1364 $4,200 Police Commission, State $75/Meeting Day 42: $450 Police Retirement System Board of Trustees, Louisiana State $75/Meeting Day 11:182 $1,875 Pontchartrain Levee District Board of Commissioners $75/Meeting 38:308 $27,000 Practical Nurse Examiners, State Board of $75/Business Day 37:968 $9,600 Prison Enterprises Board $75/Meeting Day 15:1155 $3,450 Psychologists, State Board of Examiners of $75/Business Day 37:2353 $4,875 Public Defender Board $149/Meeting 15:151 $0 Racing Commission $50/Meeting Day 4:144 $4,250 10

14 Report to the Legislature Board, Commission, or Like Entity Per Diem Amount Authorized Revised Statute Actual Amount Paid Radiologic Technology Board of Examiners $50/Business Day 37:3206 $3,700 Real Estate Appraisers Board $50/Business Day 37:3394 $1,000 Real Estate Commission $50/Business Day 37:1433 $7,200 Red River Compact Commission $50/Meeting Day 38:20 $0 Red River Levee and Drainage District Board of Commissioners $75/Business Day 38:308 $4,500 Red River Waterway Commission Board of Commissioners $75/Business Day 24:2305 $19,864 Red River, Atchafalaya and Bayou Boeuf Levee District Board of Commissioners $75/Business Day 38:308 $2,700 Reentry Advisory Council $75/Meeting 15: $0 Regents, Board of $50/Business Day 17:3206 $1,200 Regional Transit Authority Board of Commissioners $75/Meeting 48:1655 $5,700 Registrar of Voters Employees' Retirement System Board of Trustees $75/Meeting Day 11:182 $4,725 River Parishes Transit Authority Board of Commissioners $60/Meeting 48:1604 $2,520 Sabine River Authority Board of Commissioners $200/Meeting Day 38:2322 $21,400 Sanitarians, State Board of Examiners for $100/Meeting 37:2104 $800 School Employees' Retirement System Board of Trustees, Louisiana $75/Meeting Day 11:182 $7,650 Sheriffs' Pension and Relief Fund Board of Trustees $75/Meeting 11:182 $3,225 Shorthand Reporters, Board of Examiners Certified $75/Meeting 37:2551 $4,800 South Lafourche Levee District Board of Commissioners $75/Meeting Day 38:308 $9,375 South Louisiana Commission, Port of $115/Meeting 34:2472 $8,912 Southeast Louisiana Flood Protection Authority - East Board of Commissioners $211/Meeting Day 38:330.1 $26,826 Southeast Louisiana Flood Protection Authority - West Board of Commissioners $135/Meeting Day 38:330.1 $26,040 Southern University Board of Supervisors $50/Business Day 17:3206 $2,330 St. Mary Levee District Board of Commissioners $75/Business Day 38:308 $7,200 Student Financial Assistance Commission $50/Meeting Day 17:3022 $2,300 Tax Appeals, Board of $140/Business Day 47:1402 $38,220 Teachers' Retirement System of Louisiana Board of Trustees $75/Meeting Day 11:182 $18,375 Teche-Vermilion Freshwater District Board of Commissioners $75/Meeting 38: $3,600 Tensas Basin Levee District Board of Commissioners $75/Business Day 38:308 $7,500 Terrebonne Levee and Conservation District $75/Meeting Day 38:308 $16,114 Terrebonne Port Commission $60/Meeting 34:2201 $720 Tuition Trust Authority $50/Meeting 17:3022 $1,500 University of Louisiana System Board of Supervisors $50/Business Day 17:3206 $4,520 Used Motor Vehicle Commission $75/Meeting 32:783 $5,475 Veterans Affairs Commission $75/Business Day 29:253 $1,534 Veterinary Medicine, Board of $75/Business Day 37:1515 $2,050 Vinton Harbor and Terminal District Board of Commissioners $70/Meeting 34:334.2 $2,590 West Calcasieu Port Board of Commissioners $100/Meeting 34:2102 $6,200 Total $1,163,133 11

15 LIST OF BOARDS, COMMISSIONS, AND LIKE ENTITIES The following is a list of the 485 boards, commissions, and like entities identified as of June 30, Information for a specific board, commission, or like entity can be viewed by visiting wwwprd.doa.louisiana.gov/boardsandcommissions/home.cfm. -A- Abbeville Harbor and Terminal District Board of Commissioners Acadiana Area Human Services District Governing Board Addictive Disorders Regulatory Authority Board Addictive Disorders, Commission on Aging, Executive Board on Agricultural Commodities Commission Agricultural Finance Authority Airport Authority Board of Commissioners, Southeast Regional Alexandria Regional Port Authority Board of Commissioners Allen Parish Reservoir District Board of Commissioners Alligator Advisory Council Ambulance Service District Commission Ambulance Standards Committee Amite River Basin Drainage and Water Conservation District Board of Commissioners Animal Health, Board of Animal Welfare Commission Apprenticeship Council Aquatic Chelonian Research and Promotion Board Aquatic Invasive Species Council Aquatic Invasive Species Task Force Archaeological Survey and Antiquities Commission Architects Selection Board Architectural Examiners, State Board of Articulation and Transfer Council, Statewide Artificial Reef Development Council Arts Council Ascension-St. James Airport and Transportation Authority Board of Commissioners Assessors' Retirement System Board of Trustees Atchafalaya Basin Levee District Board of Commissioners Atchafalaya Basin Research and Promotion Board Atchafalaya Basin Technical Advisory Group Atchafalaya Trace Commission Atchafalaya Trace Heritage Area Development Zone Review Board Auctioneers Licensing Board Automobile Insurance Plan Governing Committee Automobile Theft and Insurance Fraud Prevention Authority Board of Directors Avoyelles Parish Port Commission 12

16 List of Boards, Commissions, and Like Entities -B- Barber Examiners, Board of Baton Rouge Port Commission, Greater Battle of New Orleans Bicentennial Commission Bayou D'Arbonne Lake Watershed District Board of Commissioners Bayou Desiard Lake Restoration Commission Bayou Lafourche Fresh Water District Board of Commissioners Beef Industry Council Bio-Fuel Panel Birth Defects Monitoring Network Advisory Board Bi-State Corridor Commission Black Men and Boys, Council on the Social Status of Blind Vendors Trust Fund Advisory Board Boll Weevil Eradication Commission Bond Commission Bossier Levee District Board of Commissioners Boxing and Wrestling Commission, State Broadband Advisory Council Buildings and Lands Highest and Best Use Advisory Group, State Bunches Bend Protection District Board of Commissioners Business Compliance Advisory Panel, Small Byways Commission -C- Caddo Levee District Board of Commissioners Caddo-Bossier Parishes Port Commission Cancer and Lung Trust Fund Board Cancer Research Center of LSU Health Sciences Center in New Orleans/Tulane Health Sciences Center Governing Board Cane River Waterway District Board of Commissioners Capital Area Human Services District Governing Board Capital Area Transit System Board of Commissioners Care Governance Board, Coordinated System of Cash Management Review Board Catfish Promotion and Research Board Cemetery Board Cemetery Trust Fund Advisory Board, Historic Centers of Excellence Financing Corporation Board of Directors Centers of Excellence Program Advisory Board Central Louisiana Human Services District Governing Board Central Louisiana Regional Infrastructure Beltway Commission Certified Public Accountants of Louisiana, State Board of Chennault Aviation and Military Museum of Louisiana Governing Board Chiefs of Police Emergency Response Task Force, Association of Child Care and Early Education, Advisory Council on Child Death Review Panel Child Poverty Prevention Council Childhood Advisory Council, BrightStart Early ChildNet, Interagency Coordinating Council for 13

17 List of Boards, Commissions, and Like Entities Children's Cabinet Children's Cabinet Advisory Board Children's Trust Fund Board Chiropractic Examiners, Board of Citizens Property Insurance Corporation Board of Directors Civic Education, Commission on Civil Rights Museum Advisory Board Civil Service Commission Clerks of Court Certification Program Committee Clerks of Court Retirement System Board of Trustees Coastal Land Stewardship Authority Board of Directors Coastal Louisiana Levee Consortium Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority Coastal Protection and Restoration Financing Corporation Governing Board Coastal Protection, Restoration and Conservation, Governor's Advisory Commission on Coastal Science Consortium Council College and Career Readiness Commission Columbia Port Commission Commerce and Industry, Board of Commerce, Board of International Community and Technical Colleges Board of Supervisors Concordia Parish Port Commission Construction Code Council, Uniform Contractors Subcommittee, Residential Building Contractors, State Licensing Board for Correctional Facilities Corporation Board of Directors Cosmetology, State Board of Cotton Museum Governing Board Counselors Board of Examiners, Licensed Professional Crab Task Force Crawfish Promotion and Research Board Creole Nature Trail Scenic Byway District Board of Commissioners Crime Victims Reparations Board Criminal Justice Information System Policy Board, Integrated -D- Dairy Industry Promotion Board Dairy Stabilization Board Deaf, Commission for the Deep Water Gulf Transfer Terminal Authority Board of Commissioners, International Deferred Compensation Commission Delta Music Museum Governing Board Dentistry, State Board of Dietetics and Nutrition, State Board of Examiners in Disabilities Council, Developmental Disability Affairs, Governor's Advisory Council on District Attorneys' Retirement System Board of Trustees Drug Abuse Resistance Education (DARE) Advisory Board Drug Control and Violent Crime Policy Board 14

18 List of Boards, Commissions, and Like Entities Drug Distributors, Board of Wholesale Drug Policy Board Drug-Free Schools and Communities, Governor's Advisory Council on Safe and DWI-Vehicular Homicide, Governor's Task Force on -E- East Cameron Port Commission East New Orleans Neighborhood Advisory Commission Economic Development Corporation Board of Directors Eddie G. Robinson Museum Commission Education Information Technology Council, Postsecondary Education, Board of Elementary and Secondary Educational Television Authority, Louisiana Educator Evaluation Advisory Committee Egg Commission El Camino East-West Corridor Commission Election Supervisors, State Board of Electrolysis Examiners, State Board of Electronic Local Return and Remittance Advisory Committee (UELRRAC), Uniform Embalmers and Funeral Directors, State Board of Emergency Board, Interim Emergency Medical Services Certification Commission Emergency Medical Services for Children Advisory Council Emergency Preparedness Parish Directors Subcommittee, Regional Parish Office of Emergency Response Commission Emergency Response Network Board Employees' Retirement System Board of Trustees, Louisiana State Employment Security Board of Review ENCORE Louisiana Commission Engineering and Land Surveying Board, Professional Engineers Selection Board Environmental Education Commission Environmental Facilities and Community Development Authority Board of Directors, Local Government Equal Opportunity, Advisory Committee on Ernest N. Morial New Orleans Exhibition Hall Authority Board of Commissioners Ethics Adjudicatory Board Ethics, Board of -F- Feed, Fertilizer, and Agricultural Liming Commission Fifth Louisiana Levee District Board of Commissioners Fire and Emergency Training Commission Fire Prevention Board of Review Firefighters' Retirement System Board of Trustees Fireman's Supplemental Pay Board First Responders Subcommittee Fiscal Review Committee Florida Parishes Human Services Authority Governing Board Fluoridation Advisory Board 15

19 List of Boards, Commissions, and Like Entities Folklife Commission Forestry Commission French in Louisiana (CODOFIL), Council for the Development of Fur Advisory Council -G- Gaming Control Board Garyville Timbermill Museum Governing Board Gentilly Taxing District Board of Commissioners Geographic Information Systems Council Geoscientists, Board of Professional Germantown Colony Museum Governing Board Grand Isle Independent Levee District Board of Commissioners Grand Isle Port Commission Grandparents Raising Grandchildren, Council on the Status of Grant Parish Economic and Industrial Development District Board of Commissioners Grant Parish Port Commission Group Benefits Policy and Planning Board -H- Harbor Police Retirement System Board of Trustees Health Benefits Commission, Mandated Health Care Commission Health Data Panel Health Education Authority of Louisiana (HEAL) Health Plan Board of Directors Health Works Commission Hearing Aid Dealers, Board for Hearing Impairment in Infants, Advisory Council on Early Identification of Highway Safety Commission Historical Records Advisory Board HIV, AIDS, and Hepatitis C, Commission on Home Inspectors, State Board of Horticulture Commission Hospice Care, Advisory Committee on Housing and Transportation Planning and Coordinating Commission Housing Corporation Board of Directors Human Rights, Commission on Hunting and Fishing Advisory Education Council -I- I-12 Retirement District Board of Directors Iberia District Board of Commissioners, Port of Iberia Economic Development Authority Board of Commissioners Iberia Parish Levee, Hurricane, and Conservation District Board of Commissioners Imperial Calcasieu Human Services Authority Governing Board Independent Living Council, Statewide Information Technology Advisory Board Innovation Council Interior Designers, State Board of Examiners of Interoperability Subcommittee 16

20 List of Boards, Commissions, and Like Entities Interstate Corridor Commission Interstate 49 South Feasibility and Funding Task Force Intrastate Mutual Aid Subcommittee -J- Jackson Parish Industrial District Board of Commissioners Jean Lafitte Marine Fisheries Museum Governing Board Jefferson Parish Economic Development and Port District Board of Commissioners Jefferson Parish Human Services Authority Board of Commissioners Jefferson, Orleans, St. Bernard, and St. Tammany Parishes, Regional Planning Commission of John K. Kelly Grand Bayou Reservoir District Board of Commissioners Juvenile Detention Standards and Licensing, Task Force on Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, Governor's Advisory Board of Juvenile Justice Reform Act Implementation Commission -K- Kenner Naval Museum Commission Krotz Springs Port Commission, Greater -L- Laboratory Personnel Committee - State Board of Medical Examiners, Clinical Lafayette Economic Development Authority Board of Commissioners Lafitte Area Independent Levee District Board of Commissioners Lafourche Basin Levee District Board of Commissioners Lafourche Port Commission, Greater Lake Charles Harbor and Terminal District Board of Commissioners Lake Fausse Point, Lake Dauterive, and Grand Avoille Cove Advisory Board Lake Providence Port Commission Landscape Architects Selection Board Latino Commission Law Enforcement and Administration of Criminal Justice, Commission on Law Enforcement Executive Management Institute Governing Board Laws, Commission on Uniform State Library Examiners, State Board of Library of Louisiana Board of Commissioners, State Life Safety and Property Protection Advisory Board Liquefied Petroleum Gas Commission Liquefied Petroleum Gas Commission Advisory Board Livestock Brand Commission Lottery Corporation Board of Directors, Louisiana Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College Board of Supervisors -M- Madison Parish Economic and Industrial Development District Board of Commissioners Madison Parish Port Commission Mansfield Female College Museum Governing Board Manufactured Housing Commission Marine Consortium for Research and Education (LUMCON) Executive Board, Louisiana Universities Marriage and Family Commission Marriage and Family Therapy Advisory Committee Massage Therapy, Board of Medicaid Pharmaceutical and Therapeutics Committee 17

21 List of Boards, Commissions, and Like Entities Medical Advisory Board Medical Disclosure Panel Medical Education Commission Medical Examiners, State Board of Medical Training and Education Council for Louisiana, Simulation Mental Health Advocacy Service Board of Trustees Mermentau River Harbor and Terminal District Board of Commissioners Metropolitan Human Services District Governing Board Mid-City Security District Board of Commissioners Military Advisory Council Military Family Assistance Board Military Hall of Fame and Museum Governing Board Military Museum Governing Board Mineral and Energy Board, State Mississippi River Parkway Commission of Louisiana Mississippi River Road Commission Morehouse Parish Lake Commission Morgan City Harbor and Terminal District Board of Commissioners Motor Fuels Underground Storage Tank Trust Fund Advisory Board Motor Vehicle Commission Motor Vehicle Commission - Sales Finance Multi-Disciplinary Committee Municipal Employees' Retirement System Board of Trustees Municipal Police Employees' Retirement System Board of Trustees Municipal Police Officers, Supplemental Pay Board of Review for Museum Board of Directors, State Museum Governing Board of the Louisiana State Exhibit Museum, Regional -N- Natchitoches Levee and Drainage District Board of Commissioners Natchitoches Parish Port Commission National Register Review Committee Naval War Memorial Commission Board of Commissioners New Orleans Board of Commissioners, BioDistrict New Orleans Center for Creative Arts Board of Directors New Orleans City Park Improvement Association Board of Commissioners New Orleans Expressway Commission, Greater New Orleans, Board of Commissioners of the Port of Nineteenth Louisiana Levee District Board of Commissioners Non-Flood Protection Asset Management Authority Board of Commissioners Nonpublic School Commission North Bossier Levee and Drainage District Board of Commissioners North Lafayette Redevelopment Authority Board of Commissioners North Lafourche Conservation, Levee, and Drainage District Board of Commissioners Northeast Delta Human Services Authority Governing Board Northeast Louisiana Film Commission Northwest Louisiana Game and Fish Preserve Commission Northwest Louisiana Human Services District Governing Board Nursing Facility Administrators, Board of Examiners for 18

22 List of Boards, Commissions, and Like Entities Nursing Supply and Demand Council Nursing, State Board of -O- Occupational Forecasting Conference Occupational Therapy Advisory Committee - State Board of Medical Examiners Oil and Gas Museum Governing Board Oil Spill Interagency Council Oilfield Restoration Commission Old State Capitol Advisory Board Optometry Examiners, State Board of Ouachita Port Commission, Greater Ouachita Riverfront Development Commission Board of Commissioners Oyster Lease Damage Evaluation Board Oyster Seed Ground Vessel Permit Appeals Board, Public Oyster Task Force -P- Pardons, Board of Parks and Recreation Commission Parochial Employees' Retirement System Board of Trustees Parole, Committee on Patient's Compensation Fund Oversight Board Peace Officer Standards and Training, Council on Perinatal Care and Prevention of Infant Mortality, Commission on Pesticides, Advisory Commission on Pet Overpopulation Advisory Council Pharmacy, Board of Physical Fitness and Sports, Governor's Council on Physical Therapy Board Physician Assistants Advisory Committee - State Board of Medical Examiners Pilot Commissioners and Examiners for the Port of Lake Charles, Board of River Port Pilot Commissioners and Examiners, Board of Morgan City, Berwick Port Pilot Commissioners for the Port of New Orleans, Board of River Port Pilot Review and Oversight, Board of Louisiana River Pilotage Fee Commission Pilots for the Mississippi River, Board of Examiners for New Orleans - Baton Rouge Steamship Pilots for the Port of New Orleans, Board of Examiners of Bar Plumbing Board of Louisiana, State Podiatry Advisory Committee - State Board of Medical Examiners Pointe Coupee Port, Harbor and Terminal District Board of Commissioners Police Commission, State Police Retirement System Board of Trustees, Louisiana State Polygraph Board Polysomnography, Advisory Committee on Pontchartrain Levee District Board of Commissioners Poverty Point Reservoir District Board of Commissioners Practical Nurse Examiners, State Board of Prescription Monitoring Program Advisory Council Prison Enterprises Board 19

23 List of Boards, Commissions, and Like Entities Private Investigator Examiners, State Board of Private Security Examiners, State Board of Process Technology Advisory Board Property and Casualty Insurance Commission Psychologists, State Board of Examiners of Psychology Advisory Committee - State Board of Medical Examiners, Medical Public Defender Board Public Service Commission -R- Racing Commission Radiologic Technology Board of Examiners Rail Commission, Southern High-Speed Real Estate Appraisers Board Real Estate Commission Red River Compact Commission Red River Levee and Drainage District Board of Commissioners Red River Parish Port Commission Red River Waterway Commission Board of Commissioners Red River, Atchafalaya and Bayou Boeuf Levee District Board of Commissioners Reentry Advisory Council Regents, Board of Regional Transit Authority Board of Commissioners Registrar of Voters Employees' Retirement System Board of Trustees Rehabilitation Council Reptile and Amphibian Task Force Respiratory Care Advisory Committee - State Board of Medical Examiners Retirement Systems' Actuarial Committee, Public Rice Promotion Board Rice Research Board River Parishes Transit Authority Board of Commissioners River Region Cancer Screening and Early Detection District Board of Commissioners -S- Sabine River Authority Board of Commissioners Saline Lake Game and Fish Preserve Board of Commissioners Sanitarians, State Board of Examiners for Schepis Museum Advisory Board School Employees' Retirement System Board of Trustees, Louisiana School for Math, Science, and the Arts Board of Directors, Louisiana School in Lafayette Exploratory Committee, International Schools, Advisory Commission on Proprietary Science and Education Advisory Council to LUMCON Science and Mathematics Council, Quality Seafood Promotion and Marketing Board Seafood Safety Task Force Seed Commission Sentencing Commission Sex Offender Assessment Panel Sheriffs' Pension and Relief Fund Board of Trustees 20

24 List of Boards, Commissions, and Like Entities Sheriff's Executive Management Institute Governing Board Sheriff's Supplemental Pay Board, Deputy Shorthand Reporters, Board of Examiners of Certified Shreveport Water Works Museum Governing Board Shrimp Task Force Social Work Examiners, State Board of Soil and Water Conservation Commission, State Solid Waste Management System Operators Board of Certification and Training South Central Louisiana Human Services Authority Governing Board South Lafourche Levee District Board of Commissioners South Louisiana Commission, Port of South Tangipahoa Parish Port Commission Southeast Louisiana Flood Protection Authority - East Board of Commissioners Southeast Louisiana Flood Protection Authority - West Board of Commissioners Southern University Board of Supervisors Soybean and Grain Research and Promotion Board Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology, Board of Examiners for Sports and Entertainment District Board of Commissioners Spring Street Historical Museum Governing Board St. Bernard Port, Harbor and Terminal District Board of Commissioners St. Mary Levee District Board of Commissioners Stadium and Exposition District Board of Commissioners Strawberry Marketing Board Structural Pest Control Commission Student Financial Assistance Commission Sweet Potato Advertising and Development Commission Systemic Initiatives Program Council -T- Tax Appeals, Board of Tax Commission Tax Free Shopping Commission Teacher Certification Appeals Council Teacher Education and Certification, Advisory Commission on Teachers' Retirement System of Louisiana Board of Trustees Teche-Vermilion Freshwater District Board of Commissioners Technologies Enterprise Commission, Immersive Technology Advisory Group Tensas Basin Levee District Board of Commissioners Tensas Parish Port Commission Terrebonne Levee and Conservation District Board of Commissioners Terrebonne Parish Veterans' Memorial District Board of Commissioners Terrebonne Port Commission Tioga Heritage Park and Museum Governing Board Tourism Development Commission Tourism Promotion District Board of Directors Transportation Authority Board of Directors Traumatic Head and Spinal Cord Injury Trust Fund Advisory Board Tri-State Corridor Commission 21

25 List of Boards, Commissions, and Like Entities Tuition Trust Authority Twin Parish Port Commission -U- Unified Command Group University of Louisiana System Board of Supervisors Used Motor Vehicle Commission Utilities Restoration Corporation Board of Directors -V- Vermilion and Iberia Railroad Development District Board of Commissioners Veterans Affairs Commission Veterinary Medicine, Board of Vidalia Port Commission Vinton Harbor and Terminal District Board of Commissioners Vocational Rehabilitation Counselors Board of Examiners, Licensed Professional Volunteer Louisiana Commission -W- Washington Parish Reservoir District Board of Commissioners Water Management Advisory Task Force Water Resources Commission Water Well Drillers, Advisory Committee for the Regulation and Control of Waterworks and Sewerage Works Operators, Committee of Certification of Weights and Measures, Commission of West Calcasieu Parish Airport Managing Board West Calcasieu Parish Community Center Authority West Calcasieu Port Board of Commissioners West Cameron Port Commission West Feliciana Parish Port Commission West Ouachita Reservoir Commission West St. Mary Parish Port and Harbor District Board of Commissioners Wetlands Discovery Center Commission, South Louisiana White Lake Property Advisory Board Wildlife and Fisheries Commission Witness Protection Services Board Women's Policy and Research Commission Workers' Compensation Advisory Council Workers' Compensation Second Injury Board Workforce Investment Council -Y- Youth Advisory Council, Legislative -Z- Zachary Taylor Parkway Commission 22

26 APPENDIX A Websites Used to Collect Southeastern States Data

27 Appendix A The following is a list of the websites used to collect the data for the graph on page 8. State Alabama Arkansas Florida Kentucky Mississippi North Carolina Oklahoma South Carolina Tennessee Texas Virginia West Virginia Website Boards%20and%20Commissions.pdf ite10_13_11.pdf A.1

28 APPENDIX B Executive Orders

29 EXECUTIVE ORDER BJ Boards and Commissions per Diem Freeze WHEREAS, some boards, commissions, authorities, task forces and committees have been established by law or executive order with the provision for the payment of per diem to the members thereof; and WHEREAS, continuing to pay per diem causes a drain on the state general fund; and WHEREAS, the termination of per diem expenditures is necessary to decrease the drain on the state general funds; and WHEREAS, the purpose of this order is to withhold appropriations and limit expenditures for per diem for members of boards and commissions in the executive branch; NOW, THEREFORE I, BOBBY JINDAL, Governor of the State of Louisiana, by virtue of the authority vested by the Constitution and laws of the State of Louisiana, do hereby order and direct as follows: SECTION 1: That all expenditures for per diem to members of all boards, commissions, authorities, task forces or committees in the executive branch of government which are made by the General Appropriation Act be, and the same are hereby, terminated. SECTION 2: The commissioner of administration is hereby empowered to withhold all appropriations for the per diem expenditures subject to this order and is directed to develop procedures to terminate all such payments. SECTION 3: The following categories of members of boards, commissions, authorities, task forces and committees are herby exempted from the provisions of this executive order: 1. Elected members of boards, commissions, authorities, task forces and committees who are authorized by law to receive a per diem. 2. Members of boards, commissions, authorities, task forces and committees who are statutorily authorized and entitled to the payment of per diem on their own warrant. 3. The commissioner of administration is hereby authorized to grant such further exemptions as may be necessary due to extreme economic hardships which would otherwise result to a member of a board, commission, authority, task force or committee under Section 1 and 2 of this executive order. SECTION 4: This order shall supersede and rescind all prior executive orders not consistent herewith. SECTION 5: This order is effective upon signature of the Governor. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have set my hand officially and caused to be affixed the Great Seal of Louisiana, at the Capitol, in the city of Baton Rouge, on the 24th day of August, B.1 Bobby Jindal Governor

30 ATTEST BY THE GOVERNOR Tom Schedler Secretary of State B.2

31 EXECUTIVE ORDER BJ Moratorium on Boards and Commissions Authority to Pay per Diems and Elimination of Certain Board WHEREAS, Executive Order BJ froze payment of a per diem to members of boards, commissions, and like entities funded by the General Appropriation Act. However, over the years, many boards, commissions and like entities that have been statutorily created in the executive branch of state government with budget authority do not receive annual appropriation approval via the General Appropriation Act; WHEREAS, more than 80 boards, commissions, authorities, task forces, advisory councils, committees, and like entities have been established with a statutory mandate requiring payment of a per diem; WHEREAS, approximately 300 additional boards, commissions, authorities, task forces, advisory councils, committees or like entities have been established that permit discretionary payment of per diems, are silent as to such payments but may grant implied budgetary authority to authorize such payments, or provide that no compensation shall be paid to members of such entities; WHEREAS, continuing to pay a per diem is a drain on state funds and places a fiscal burden upon individuals, businesses, or other entities that fund the operations of boards, commissions, or like entities; WHEREAS, a moratorium on the payment of a per diem is necessary to decrease this fiscal burden and is proper to ensure boards, commissions, authorities, task forces, advisory councils, committees, and like entities are functioning in a fiscally prudent manner consistent with those that are included in the General Appropriations Act; and WHEREAS, the purpose of this Order is to freeze per diem payments, withhold appropriations for per diem payments, and limit expenditures for a per diem in the executive branch of state government, which will result in approximately $275,000 savings this fiscal year; NOW THEREFORE I, BOBBY JINDAL, Governor of the State of Louisiana, by virtue of the authority vested by the Constitution and laws of the State of Louisiana, do hereby order and direct as follows: SECTION 1: Expenditures for per diem payments by members of all boards, commissions, authorities, task forces, advisory councils, or committees in the executive branch of state government are hereby suspended, including any that may hold funds in accounts other than the State Treasury, except as otherwise provided in this Order. SECTION 2: The Commissioner of Administration and any executive or fiscal officer for any board, commission, authority, task force or committee in the executive branch of state government are hereby directed to withhold all funds for payment of B.3