§502. Officers of the department; compensation for one office only
A.(1) The officers of the department shall be the secretary, undersecretary, deputy
secretary, assistant secretary of project delivery, commissioner of multimodal commerce, and
assistant secretary of operations, each of whom shall be selected and shall perform functions
as provided in this Title.
(2) The secretary, undersecretary, deputy secretary, assistant secretary of project
delivery, assistant secretary of operations, executive director of the Offshore Terminal
Authority, commissioner of multimodal commerce, and such other positions which may be
authorized by the State Civil Service Commission or the state constitution shall be
unclassified positions in the Department of Transportation and Development. All other
positions in the department may be in the classified state service. The secretary shall fill
such positions as in his opinion and judgment are necessary to the operation of the
department in accordance with applicable rules and regulations of the State Civil Service
Commission and applicable law.
B. No person serving as a secretary, undersecretary, deputy secretary, assistant
secretary of project delivery, assistant secretary of operations, commissioner of multimodal
commerce, or in any other office in the department shall receive any additional salary from
the state other than that salary which he receives by virtue of serving in any one of such
offices. Any statewide elected official appointed to serve as a secretary or deputy secretary
shall not receive any additional salary from the state other than that salary which he receives
as a statewide elected official.
C. Notwithstanding any provision herein to the contrary, subject to approval of the
governor, any person, including any statewide elected official, serving or appointed to serve
as a secretary or deputy secretary may receive additional compensation for part-time services
rendered as an instructor in postsecondary educational institutions, or as a member of the
National Guard.
Acts 1988, No. 488, §1, eff. July 9, 1988; Acts 1997, No. 1381, §1, eff. July 1, 1997;
Acts 1998, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 71, §1, eff. July 1, 1998; Acts 2006, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 6, §2, eff.
April 18, 2006; Acts 2009, No. 523, §1, eff. July 10, 2009; Acts 2011, No. 261, §1, eff. June
28, 2011; Acts 2014, No. 719, §1, eff. July 1, 2016; Acts 2025, No. 375, §1.
NOTE: See Acts 2009, No. 523, §§9 and 10, relative to transfer of duties and
responsibilities to the Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority and the transfer
of business, employees, programs, etc. of the authority and the Office of Coastal
Protection and Restoration in the office of the governor.