RS 25:1005.2
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RS 25:1005.2
§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 properties.
B. The commission may have control over any naval museum vessel it acquires and shall have control over any improvements and exhibits located thereon and any additions constructed, created, leased, acquired, or erected in connection therewith.
C. The commission shall select a site for permanently docking any naval museum vessel it acquires at Kenner and make all necessary arrangements for leasing or acquiring a location for its exhibition.
D. The commission shall be responsible for all distribution and collection of funds connected with this project. It is also authorized to contract for, receive, accept, and expend any funds made available from public or private sources. No employees of the commission shall be deemed to be employees of the state or be entitled to join the state retirement system.
E. The commission is authorized and empowered to contract for professional management of all or part of the operations of any naval vessels it acquires and related facilities.
F. The commission shall have the authority to contract with the U.S.O., U.S. Navy and any other branch of the U.S. Armed Services, other naval and military museums, military and quasi-military organizations, corporations, individuals, and other legal entities for the purpose of soliciting and acquiring exhibits, equipment, additional improvements, films, videos, photographs, and memorabilia for public display, as well as donations for the acquisition of such items, and for events on any naval vessel it acquires.
Acts 1992, No. 68, §1; Acts 2014, No. 89, §1.