The board has set meeting, committee, bylaw, advice, and seal duties, and it also has several powers related to museum operations and funding.
§379.2. Duties and powers of the board A. A majority of the board shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of official business. All official actions of the board shall require the affirmative vote of a majority of the members present and voting. B. The board shall: (1) Meet at least three times a year at the call of the board chairman. (2)(a) Create an executive committee consisting of the chairman and vice chairman of the board and other board members as the board may determine. (b) A majority of the members of the committee shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. However, when the board has delegated to the committee full power to act with respect to a matter, affirmative action by a majority of the entire committee membership shall be required. (c) The committee shall meet at least monthly, except in those months in which the board meets, or at the call of the chairman. (d) The committee shall consider such matters as are referred to it by the board. It shall execute such orders and resolutions as shall be assigned to it at any meeting of the board, and it shall also take such action as is necessary when an emergency requiring immediate action arises during the interim between board meetings. All acts of the committee shall be submitted to the board for ratification or rejection at its next meeting except in matters in which the board has delegated to the committee full power to act. (3) Adopt bylaws, including but not limited to the following: (a) The election and responsibilities of the officers of the board, including a chairman and vice chairman to serve terms of two years. (b) The selection and responsibilities of advisors to the board. (c) The appointment, duties, and functions of standing and special committees of the board, including the appointment of nonboard members to such committees and their functions. (d) The preparation of a budget and plan for funding sufficient to maintain standards necessary to qualify for and maintain the accreditation of the American Association of Museums. (4) Advise the secretary of state on all matters relating to the operations of the Louisiana State Exhibit Museum and shall have such other functions as are otherwise provided in this Chapter and R.S. 36:744(F). (5) Establish and use an identifying seal pertaining to museum business. C. The board may: (1) Individually or in cooperation with any nonprofit corporation established to support the Louisiana State Exhibit Museum, seek and expend funds from any source, public or private, to support programs of the museum. (2) Hold meetings in any of the parishes named in R.S. 25:379.1(C)(2)(a) as directed by the executive committee. (3) Contract with consulting experts for the conservation of paintings, books and papers, and other decorative arts for the accession and deaccession of artifacts, and for the accreditation of the museum. (4) Repealed by Acts 2020, No. 212, §5, eff. June 11, 2020. Acts 1991, No. 9, §1, eff. June 6, 1991; Acts 2020, No. 212, §§1, 5, eff. June 11, 2020; Acts 2021, No. 20, §4.