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La. Rev. Stat. § 46:52 (2026)

Duties of the secretary

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§52.  Duties of the secretary

The secretary, as the executive and administrative officer of the department, shall faithfully conduct and discharge all administrative and executive functions in the carrying out of this Chapter.  

The secretary shall submit to the legislature an annual financial statement accounting for all funds appropriated for the department, for the purposes of this Chapter and for public welfare purposes, for the specific purposes for which they are appropriated and also a financial statement accounting for all federal funds allotted to the state by the federal government for the purposes of the department.  He shall publish annually a full report of the operations and administration of the department under the provisions of this Chapter and for other public welfare purposes together with recommendations and suggestions, and these reports shall be submitted to the governor.  

Acts 1978, No. 786, §6, eff. July 17, 1978.  

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 5 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1952–2024 · leading case: Vonner v. State ex rel. Dept. of Pub. Welfare, 273 So. 2d 252 (La. 1973).
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Vonner v. State ex rel. Dept. of Pub. Welfare, 273 So. 2d 252 (La. 1973). “R.S. 46:52(8) which permits the Department to "contract with private individuals to hold their homes open for and to care for children in need of temporary or long time foster care * * *.”
Ball v. Campbell, 62 So. 2d 621 (La. 1952). “LSA-R.S. 46:52(8). This act was amended by Act 212 of 1940 containing substantially the same provision.”
Miller v. Martin, 838 So. 2d 761 (La. 2003). · cites it 4× “R.S. 46:52(8). That statute permitted the Department to "contract with private individuals to hold their homes open for and to care for children in need of temporary or long time foster care * * *.”
Brittany Nicole Howe v. Samantha Gafford & the Dep't of Child. & Fam. Servs., 395 So. 3d 844 (La. 2024). “R.S. 46:52(8) allowed the state to contract with foster parents to fulfill this duty, the statute did not authorize the state to divest itself of this duty by such contracts.”
Vonner v. State ex rel. Dep't of Pub. Welfare, 258 So. 2d 93 (La. Ct. App. 1972). ““Plaintiff contends that these ‘regulations’ were enacted by the Department pursuant to the mandate of R.S. 46:52 and were therefore expressive of the legal duties resting upon the Department in regard to the Vonner children.”
La. Rev. Stat. § 46:52(8): 4 cases
Vonner v. State ex rel. Dept. of Pub. Welfare, 273 So. 2d 252 (La. 1973). “R.S. 46:52(8) which permits the Department to "contract with private individuals to hold their homes open for and to care for children in need of temporary or long time foster care * * *.”
Ball v. Campbell, 62 So. 2d 621 (La. 1952). “LSA-R.S. 46:52(8). This act was amended by Act 212 of 1940 containing substantially the same provision.”
Miller v. Martin, 838 So. 2d 761 (La. 2003). “R.S. 46:52(8). That statute permitted the Department to "contract with private individuals to hold their homes open for and to care for children in need of temporary or long time foster care * * *.”
Brittany Nicole Howe v. Samantha Gafford & the Dep't of Child. & Fam. Servs., 395 So. 3d 844 (La. 2024). “R.S. 46:52(8) allowed the state to contract with foster parents to fulfill this duty, the statute did not authorize the state to divest itself of this duty by such contracts.”
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