The Department of Transportation and Development must follow state budget control, supervision, review, and accounting rules, subject to stated federal exceptions.
§76. Regulation and control of annual budget A. Repealed by Acts 1997, No. 1403, §4, eff. July 1, 1997. B. The budgetary and fiscal operations of the Department of Transportation and Development shall be under the control and supervision of and subject to review by the legislative budget committee and the commissioner of administration to the same extent and in the same manner and under the same conditions as now or hereafter may be provided by law for the control, supervision, and review of the fiscal and budgetary operations of the other budget units of the state. C. The accounting procedures or system of accounting to be used by the Department of Transportation and Development, except as otherwise may be required by the Federal Highway Administration of the United States Department of Transportation, insofar as practical shall conform to and comply with the uniform accounting system prescribed and installed by the commissioner of administration, under the authority of the governor, as authorized to be prescribed and installed by the provisions of R.S. 39:91. D. It is the intent and purpose of the provisions of this Section to require that the annual budget of the Department of Transportation and Development and the financial and budgetary functions and operations thereof shall be governed by and be subject to the same conditions and provisions of law that are now or hereafter may be applicable to the budgets and the budgetary and fiscal functions and operations of the other budget units of the state. It therefore is hereby specifically provided and declared that the Department of Transportation and Development is classified as a budget unit, as the term is defined and referred to in Paragraph 7 of Section 2 of Title 39 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950 and, as such, shall be subject to all of the provisions of Title 39 and any and all other laws, relating or applicable to such budget units. Added by Acts 1975, No. 48, §1. Amended by Acts 1977, No. 291, §1; Acts 1997, No. 1403, §4, eff. July 1, 1997; Acts 2025, No. 380, §1.