---
urn: urn:us-la:rs:33:7835
citation: "R.S. 33:7835"
status: active
breadcrumb: "Title 33 › Chapter 24-A"
acts_citations:
  - { year: 1988, number: 259, section: 1, effective_date: 1988-07-07, role: enactment }
---

# Exercise of powers; status of commission

The commission shall constitute an instrumentality of the state of Louisiana as a body politic and political subdivision thereof, exercising public and essential governmental functions. The exercise by the commission of the powers conferred by this Chapter shall be deemed and held to be essential governmental functions of the state of Louisiana.