La. Stat. tit. 25 § 526
The commission is authorized to consider recommendations of interested civic groups in respect to the evaluation, classifications, and listing of any proposed site, object, thing, or place as a state historic or cultural resource; and is further authorized to create regional advisory councils composed of representatives of such groups, private or public as shall be determined and fixed by the commission. It is the intention of this Chapter that the commission not duplicate the functions of the State Archives and Records Commission, State Tourist Development Commission, the State Library of Louisiana or any other state agency, department, or local governmental subdivision, and its services and facilities. Such existing state agencies and subdivisions shall be fully utilized by the commission.
La. R.S. § 25:526