La. Rev. Stat. § 42:1115.2 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 42 / Section 1115.2
Admission to events; lodging; travel
Status: in_force

A. The provisions of R.S. 42:1111 or 1115 shall not preclude the acceptance by a public servant of complimentary admission, lodging, and reasonable transportation, or reimbursement for such expenses, if the agency head of the public servant's agency certifies each of the following:

(1) The public servant's acceptance of complimentary admission, lodging, and reasonable transportation, or reimbursement for such expenses, is either of direct benefit to the agency or will enhance the knowledge or skill of the public servant as it relates to the performance of his public service.

(2) The agency head approved the public servant's acceptance of complimentary admission, lodging, and reasonable transportation, or reimbursement for such expenses, prior to acceptance.

B.(1) Any public servant who accepts complimentary admission, lodging, or transportation, or reimbursement for such expenses, shall file with the Board of Ethics, within sixty days after such acceptance, a certification, on a form designed by the board, disclosing all of the following:

(a) The date and location of complimentary admission, lodging, or transportation and a brief description of its purpose.

(b) The name of the person who gave, provided, paid for, or reimbursed in whole or in part the admission, lodging, or transportation.

(c) The amount expended on his behalf or reimbursed by the person for admission, lodging, and transportation. The amount expended on air transportation by private aircraft shall be calculated as provided in Subsection C of this Section.

(2) The certification required by this Subsection shall include the certifications of the agency head required by Subsection A of this Section.

C. The amount expended on air transportation by private aircraft shall be calculated by any of the following methods:

(1) The cost of any of the following:

(a) The lower unrestricted and nondiscounted commercial, first class or business class, airfare for a flight comparable in departure location, destination, and time of travel, in the case of travel between locations served by regularly scheduled first class or business class commercial airline service.

(b) The lowest unrestricted and nondiscounted commercial, coach airfare for a flight comparable in departure location, destination, and time of travel, in the case of travel between locations not served by regularly scheduled first class or business class commercial airline service.

(c) The normal and usual charter fare or rental charge for a comparable aircraft of sufficient size to accommodate all travelers including security personnel, if applicable, in the case of travel to or from a city not regularly served by regularly scheduled commercial airline service.

(2) The actual cost of the private flight divided by the number of passengers.

(3) Any methodology accepted under generally accepted accounting principles or generally accepted auditing standards.

(4) Any methodology consistent with any provisions of the Code of Federal Regulations that values air transportation by private or noncommercial aircraft.

Acts 2018, No. 200, §1; Acts 2025, No. 301, §1, eff. June 11, 2025.
La. Rev. Stat. § 42:68 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 42 / Section 68
Qualified candidates for management positions; submission of list to governor-elect
Status: in_force

A. Within sixty days after each election for governor, the Civil Service Commission shall submit to the governor-elect a list of employees in the classified service holding supervisory positions or positions at other levels of management of major programmatic functions within an agency who meet the minimum qualifications for management personnel set forth in R.S. 42:67.1 and who are thereby eligible for and who desire to apply for appointment to a position of management in the unclassified service. The governor-elect may consult this list in making his appointments to unclassified management positions in the executive branch of state government and may make the list available to secretaries or other heads of departments in the executive branch of state government who will take office at the same time as the governor to whom the list is submitted.

B. In order to effectuate the purposes of this Section, the Department of Civil Service shall establish a program for the systematic identification of qualified classified employee candidates for unclassified management positions in the executive branch of state government. Every agency whose employees are in the classified state civil service shall participate in such program and shall cooperate with the department in carrying out such program under guidelines established by the department in accordance with applicable rules of the Civil Service Commission.

Added by Acts 1983, No. 693, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 42:1473 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 42 / Section 1473
Penalties
Status: in_force

An agency head who fails to properly implement a policy developed and approved pursuant to this Chapter shall be subject to a civil penalty not to exceed five hundred dollars per violation. The agency head shall be personally liable for the payment of the penalty. The civil penalty may be recovered by the state in a civil action instituted by the attorney general.

Acts 2023, No. 308, §1, eff. June 13, 2023.
La. Rev. Stat. § 42:286 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 42 / Section 286
Time of making report
Status: in_force

The annual reports required by R.S. 42:283 shall be made within thirty days after the close of the fiscal year employed by the respective offices, boards or commissions, and shall be filed and kept by the secretaries of the respective police juries and respective clerks of court, as public records, for one year.
La. Rev. Stat. § 42:1118.1 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 42 / Section 1118.1
Studies or position papers on public policy
Status: in_force

A. If not otherwise prohibited by this Chapter, any public employee of the executive, judicial, or legislative branch of state government or any local governmental subdivision who contracts with a person or governmental entity to provide political position papers, economic studies, or policy statements relative to public policy concerning any rule, regulation, or legislation proposed, passed, or adopted by the state or any of its political subdivisions, or any entity receiving public funds, shall disclose the name and address of the person or governmental entity engaging his services, the amount of the contract, and the nature of the business or relationship.

B. The disclosure statements required by this Section shall be filed with the appropriate ethics body for public employees prior to the publication, dissemination, or public release of such paper, study, or statement.

Acts 1992, No. 927, §1; Acts 2010, No. 861, §18.
La. Rev. Stat. § 42:454 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 42 / Section 454
Deductions and credits; refunds
Status: in_force

A. The payroll system shall retain detailed accounting for each employee as a subscriber to the payroll savings plan. Such records shall include deductions, purchases, refunds, and current balances. On a scheduled monthly basis the trustee shall purchase bonds for all employees with balances sufficient to purchase bonds in the denominations authorized through an authorized agent or bank of the United States Treasury.

B. The trustee shall allow refund, without interest, of balances due any employee who may decide to discontinue his participation in the payroll savings plan.

The trustee shall pay to the employee, or may transfer to another department for that employee, without interest, the balance to the credit of any employee who, voluntarily or otherwise, severs his connection with the department by which he is employed. In the case of death, any balance to the credit of any deceased employee shall be paid, without interest, to the person legally entitled to receive the refund.

All requests for refunds shall be submitted to the employing department on such forms as are required.

Amended by Acts 1981, No. 642, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 42:1358 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 42 / Section 1358
Contest of election
Status: in_force

Any election held under the provisions of this chapter may be contested in accordance with the provisions of the general laws of this state applicable to contests of elections of public officials.

Added by Acts 1974, Ex. Sess., No. 8, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1975.
La. Rev. Stat. § 42:190 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 42 / Section 190
Release of surety for cause; new bond
Status: in_force

Whenever a surety on any official bond has good cause to fear that the public officer will render him liable by reason of his misfeasance, malfeasance or neglect of official duties, the surety may, by rule upon the officer cause him to appear before any court of competent jurisdiction to show cause why the surety should not be released from further liability upon the bond.

The public officer shall be allowed ten days after service of the rule within which to answer, and upon the trial of the rule, if the court is satisfied that the apprehensions of the surety are well founded, a decree shall be entered requiring the officer to execute a new bond within a time fixed by the court of not less than ten days nor more than twenty days after final judgment, and further decreeing the release of the surety from all liability upon the bond after the expiration of the time allowed to give a new bond.
La. Rev. Stat. § 42:1111.1 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 42 / Section 1111.1
Charitable giving to public servants during gubernatorially declared disasters and emergencies; limitations; requirements; annual reports
Status: in_force

A. Notwithstanding any contrary provision of this Part, during the time period extending from the date of a gubernatorially declared disaster or emergency and ending on the date five years after the date the gubernatorially declared disaster or emergency was initially declared by the governor, a public servant may receive any thing of economic value as a contribution or donation from a not-for-profit organization or a fund within a not-for-profit organization for the purpose of disaster aid or relief to offset any economic losses suffered by the public servant as a result of the gubernatorially declared disaster or emergency, provided that the total value of contributions or donations received by the public servant related to the gubernatorially declared disaster or emergency from not-for-profit organizations or funds within not-for-profit organizations shall not exceed twenty-five thousand dollars.

B. Each not-for-profit organization which disburses, either directly or through a fund, a contribution or donation to a public servant that, except for the provisions of Subsection A of this Section, would otherwise be prohibited by this Part shall utilize objective criteria in both evaluating the need for and the disbursement of contributions or donations to public servants to ensure that fair and equitable disbursements are made and that the disbursements are based upon demonstrated and documented needs directly related to the gubernatorially declared disaster or emergency.

C. Not later than February fifteenth of each year following a year that a not-for-profit organization has given, either directly or through a fund, a contribution or donation to a public servant that, except for the provisions of Subsection A of this Section, would otherwise be prohibited by this Part, the not-for-profit organization shall file a report with the Board of Ethics containing the identification of the gubernatorially declared disaster associated with the contribution or donation, the objective criteria utilized as required by Subsection B of this Section, the name of each public servant to whom a contribution or donation was given, the name of the agency of each such public servant, the nature of the donation or contribution given to each such public servant, and the value of the donation or contribution given to each such public servant.

Acts 2017, No. 30, §1, eff. June 3, 2017.
La. Rev. Stat. § 42:375.2 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 42 / Section 375.2
Agency attrition analysis process, higher education systems
Status: in_force

A. The Board of Regents shall establish and implement an agency attrition analysis process to be used by each higher education system to review the historical employee vacancies, relative to authorized table of organization full and part-time positions funded in whole or in part by the state general fund, within each agency with a goal to reduce by five percent annually for three years by an equally proportionate reduction of such positions across all salary ranges of equal increments, beginning Fiscal Year 2010-2011, the number of such positions in each higher education system.

B. In implementing the requirements of Subsection A of this Section, the Board of Regents shall establish a process which requires the analysis of the following:

(1) General staffing needs of each higher education system.

(2) The state general fund cost associated with the filling of each vacant position.

(3) Any other information necessary to properly evaluate whether to retain or eliminate each vacant position.

C. On the first day of the month following the month in which the executive budget is submitted to the Joint Legislative Committee on the Budget, the Board of Regents shall provide a written report to the Commission on Streamlining Government indicating the state general fund dollar savings achieved as a result of the implementation of the agency attrition analysis process and the number of vacant positions eliminated and any other information relating to personnel numbers, costs, and historical vacancies.

D. For the purposes of this Section, the following terms shall have the following meanings unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:

(1) "Agency" means and includes all agencies, boards, commissions, and other instrumentalities within a higher education system.

(2) "Higher education system" means and includes each system and all institutions, agencies, and offices thereof for which the Board of Regents maintains budgetary responsibility as provided in Article VIII, Section 5(A) of the Constitution of Louisiana.

(3) "Vacant position" means any authorized table of organization full or part-time position of employment for which a budget has been approved and an appropriation has been made or a transfer of funds effected pursuant to law which is funded in whole or in part by the state general fund, but which is not filled.

Acts 2010, No. 1000, §2.
La. Rev. Stat. § 42:1308 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 42 / Section 1308
Transitional provisions
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding the preceding provisions of this Chapter:

(1) The Commission shall not be required to comply with the rulemaking requirements of the Administrative Procedure Act prior to July 1, 1983.

(2) The first participant members of the Commission shall be chosen by the ex officio members of the Commission after receiving such advice from interested participants as may be feasible in view of the need for prompt action. Such participant members shall serve until the first election of participant members, which shall be held during the month of June, 1983.

Added by Acts 1982, No. 1, §1, eff. May 6, 1982.
La. Rev. Stat. § 42:1141.7 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 42 / Section 1141.7
Motions and exceptions
Status: in_force

A. Motions and exceptions may be made before, during, or after a public hearing.

B. Any motion or exception made before or after the public hearing shall be filed with the appropriate panel of the Ethics Adjudicatory Board. Any contradictory motion or exception shall be accompanied by a memorandum which shall set forth a concise statement of the grounds upon which the relief sought is based and the legal authority therefor.

Acts 2023, No. 147, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 42:265 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 42 / Section 265
Special services by attorney general
Status: in_force

The governor may, in his discretion, require and direct the attorney general to render any special services to any police jury or other parish governing authority, parish school board, or state board or commission, in any matter and when deemed necessary in the case of a state board or commission, to assume full charge and control of all legal proceedings relating to such matter. Nothing in this Section shall limit the authority of the attorney general, as he deems appropriate, to render such special services.

Acts 2025, No. 237, §1, eff. June 11, 2025.
La. Rev. Stat. § 42:267 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 42 / Section 267
Naming public buildings, etc., in honor of a living person prohibited; penalty
Status: in_force

A. Except as authorized or provided by law, no public building, public bridge, public park, public fish or game preserve, or public wildlife refuge­ owned by the state or by any political subdivision of the state or by any institution receiving its support in whole or in part from the state shall be named in honor of any living person.

B. The officer, officers, board, or commission responsible for naming any public building, public bridge, public park, public fish or game preserve, or public wildlife refuge named in violation of this Section in honor of any person who is still living shall change the name and the officer, officers, board, or commission in charge of such building, bridge, park, preserve, or refuge shall destroy, deface, or remove all plaques, signs, or other evidence of the name of such person appearing on the premises thereof.

C. Any person may commence a suit in the district court for the parish in which the building, bridge, park, preserve, or refuge is located for mandamus, injunctive, or declaratory relief to require compliance with the provisions of this Section, together with reasonable attorney fees and costs.

Acts 2004, No. 577, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 42:291 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 42 / Section 291
Compilation of reported information; reports
Status: in_force

A. The Department of State Civil Service shall collect and maintain in accordance with law the information reported pursuant to R.S. 42:289 and R.S. 42:290. Said department shall publish quarterly, or at lesser intervals as deemed appropriate by the director of state civil service, a report reflecting the number of employees of state government by categories as provided in Subsection B of this Section.

B.(1) The report shall provide, separately, the number of full-time equivalent executive branch employees of state government and the number of full-time equivalent executive branch employees of state government whose salaries and employee benefits are funded through an appropriation measure enacted by the legislature, and each such number shall be further divided into the number of:

(a) Education employees.

(b) Student employees.

(c) Board members.

(d) All other employees.

(2) The report also shall include the aggregate number of full-time equivalent executive branch employees of state government, excluding student employees and board members, and the aggregate number of full-time equivalent executive branch employees of state government whose salaries and employee benefits are funded through an appropriations measure enacted by the legislature, excluding student employees and board members. Each number reported also shall be subdivided into classified employees and unclassified employees.

C. The information reporting required by this Section in the various categories as required shall include information on the number of employees who are and are not residents of the state.

Acts 1987, No. 843, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 42:1114 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 42 / Section 1114
Financial disclosure
Status: in_force

A. Other than a legislator, each public servant and each member of his immediate family who derives any thing of economic value, directly, through any transaction involving the agency of such public servant or who derives any thing of economic value of which he may be reasonably expected to know through a person which (1) is regulated by the agency of such public servant, or (2) has bid on or entered into or is in any way financially interested in any contract, subcontract, or any transaction under the supervision or jurisdiction of the agency of such public servant shall disclose the following:

(1) The amount of income or value of any thing of economic value derived;

(2) The nature of the business activity;

(3) Name and address, and relationship to the public servant, if applicable; and

(4) The name and business address of the legal entity, if applicable.

B. Each legislator and each member of his immediate family who derives anything of economic value, directly, through any transaction involving the legislator's agency or who derives anything of economic value of which he may be reasonably expected to know through a person which has bid on or entered into or is in any way financially interested in any contract, subcontract, or any transaction involving the legislator's agency shall disclose the following:

(1) The amount of income or value of anything of economic value derived;

(2) The nature of the business activity;

(3) The name and address, and relationship to the legislator, if applicable; and

(4) The name and business address of the legal entity, if applicable.

C.(1) Other than a legislator, each elected official, his spouse, and any business enterprise in which he has a substantial economic interest, who derives anything of economic value through a contract or other subcontract from the state or any political subdivision shall disclose the following:

(a) The nature of the business activity;

(b) The name and address, and relationship to the elected official, if applicable; and

(c) The name and business address of the political subdivision, if applicable.

(2) For the purposes of this Subsection, a "business enterprise", shall be included in the disclosure statement only if the elected official and/or his spouse owns at least ten percent of such enterprise.

D. Repealed by Acts 1999, No. 2, §3, April 22, 1999.

E. The disclosure statements required in this Section shall be filed each year with the appropriate ethics body by May fifteenth and shall include such information for the previous calendar year. Such statements shall be a matter of public record.

Acts 1979, No. 443, §1, eff. April 1, 1980; Acts 1990, No. 1084, §1; Acts 1997, No. 1279, §1, eff. July 15, 1997; Acts 1999, No. 2, §3, eff. April 22, 1999; Acts 2014, No. 744, §2.
La. Rev. Stat. § 42:13 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 42 / Section 13
Definitions
Status: in_force

A. For the purposes of this Chapter:

(1) "Consent agenda" means a grouping of procedural or routine agenda items that can be approved with general discussion.

(2) "Meeting" means the convening of a quorum of a public body to deliberate or act on a matter over which the public body has supervision, control, jurisdiction, or advisory power. It shall also mean the convening of a quorum of a public body by the public body or by another public official to receive information regarding a matter over which the public body has supervision, control, jurisdiction, or advisory power.

(3) "Public body" means village, town, and city governing authorities; parish governing authorities; school boards and boards of levee and port commissioners; boards of publicly operated utilities; planning, zoning, and airport commissions; and any other state, parish, municipal, or special district boards, commissions, or authorities, and those of any political subdivision thereof, where such body possesses policy making, advisory, or administrative functions, including any committee or subcommittee of any of these bodies enumerated in this paragraph.

(4) "Quorum" means a simple majority of the total membership of a public body.

B. The provisions of this Chapter shall not apply to chance meetings or social gatherings of members of a public body at which there is no vote or other action taken, including formal or informal polling of the members.

Added by Acts 1979, No. 681, §1. Amended by Acts 1981, Ex.Sess., No. 21, §1, eff. Nov. 19, 1981; Acts 1988, No. 821, §1; Acts 2010, No. 861, §23; Acts 2013, No. 416, §1.

NOTE: Former R.S. 42:13 was redesignated as R.S. 42:28 by Acts 2010, No. 861, §23.
La. Rev. Stat. § 42:1113.1 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 42 / Section 1113.1
Gubernatorially declared emergencies or disasters; prohibited personal use conversion and prohibited preferences
Status: in_force

A. During a gubernatorially declared emergency or disaster, no public servant shall convert property or resources of his governmental entity or property or resources which have been loaned to his governmental entity to or for his personal use.

B. During a gubernatorially declared emergency or disaster, no public servant shall offer, loan, or donate the property or resources of his governmental entity or property or resources which have been loaned to his governmental entity to or for the use of members of his immediate family in a manner which is preferential to members of his immediate family over members of the general public.

Acts 2007, No. 141, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 42:31 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 42 / Section 31
Eligibility requirements for certain unclassified employees
Status: in_force

A. Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, any person hired or employed in an unclassified position as defined by the State Civil Service Commission, and whose annual salary or rate of compensation is equal to, or exceeds one hundred thousand dollars, shall, within thirty days of being hired or employed at such salary, provide proof to his public employer that he has been issued a Louisiana driver's license and that all vehicles registered in his name are registered in Louisiana. This requirement shall be deemed a qualification for the position for which the person was employed or hired, and for the duration of the person's employment in the event the person's salary is increased and the requirements of this Section are triggered.

B. All government agencies which hire or employ any person in an unclassified position as defined by the State Civil Service Commission, whose annual salary or rate of compensation is equal to, or exceeds one hundred thousand dollars, shall verify that such person has been issued a Louisiana driver's license and that all vehicles registered in his name are registered in Louisiana. The public employer shall verify the employee meets this requirement for the duration of this person's employment.

C. Any person hired or employed in an unclassified position who does not meet the requirements of this Section, or who no longer meets the requirements of this Section, shall be removed and terminated within thirty days of the public employer learning such person does not meet the requirements of this Section.

Acts 2013, No. 264, §1, eff. Sept. 15, 2013.
La. Rev. Stat. § 42:447 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 42 / Section 447
Leave remaining after termination of personal emergency
Status: in_force

Transferred annual, sick, or compensatory leave remaining to the credit of a leave recipient when the personal emergency terminates shall be restored to the pool account.

Acts 1992, No. 1008, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1993; Acts 2012, No. 590, §1, eff. June 7, 2012; Acts 2013, No. 220, §18, eff. June 11, 2013.
La. Rev. Stat. § 42:1701 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 42 / Section 1701
State employment; consideration of criminal history; prohibited acts
Status: in_force

A. No state employer, when filling a position, may inquire, including without limitation on an initial application form, about a prospective employee's criminal history until after the prospective employee has been given an opportunity to interview for the position or, if no such interview is to be conducted, until after the prospective employee has been given a conditional offer of employment.

B. Nothing in this Section shall be construed to prohibit a state employer from considering the criminal history of a prospective employee in making the final determination of whether to employ the person. In considering the criminal history of the prospective employee, the state employer may consider the following:

(1) The nature and gravity of the criminal conduct.

(2) The time that has passed since the occurrence of the criminal conduct.

(3) The specific duties and essential functions of the position and the bearing, if any, that the criminal conduct will have on the ability of the prospective employee to perform one or more of those duties or functions.

C. For purposes of this Section, "state employer" means any department, office, division, agency, commission, board, committee, or other organizational unit of the state.

D. This Section applies to each position in the state unclassified service, except a position in law enforcement or corrections or a position for which a criminal background check is required by law.

Acts 2016, No. 398, §1; Acts 2019, No. 392, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 42:36 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 42 / Section 36
Limitation on prerequisites for state employment
Status: in_force

A. A state agency shall not require as a condition of eligibility for hire to a position in state employment that an applicant have a baccalaureate degree or more than three years of relevant experience.

B. Subsection A of this Section does not apply if the knowledge, skills, or abilities required for the position for which an applicant is applying can only reasonably be obtained through a course of study in pursuit of, and culminating in the award of, a baccalaureate degree, as determined by the Department of State Civil Service or the State Police Commission for classified positions or the appointing authority for unclassified positions or to management, higher-level positions, or positions in a career progression group as defined by a Department of State Civil Service or State Police Commission rule.

Acts 2024, No. 655, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2025.
La. Rev. Stat. § 42:459 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 42 / Section 459
Waiver of increase in salary or compensation
Status: in_force

A.(1) An elected official whose salary or compensation is increased during the term of office of the official may waive the right to accept such increase. If such official chooses to waive such increase, the official shall comply with each of the following at least fourteen days prior to the effective date of the increase:

(a) Notify the head of his agency, if applicable.

(b) Submit to the payroll officer of his agency an affidavit containing his name, the date, and a statement of the fact that he is waiving the increase in salary or compensation.

(2) Upon receipt of the affidavit, the payroll officer shall ensure that the elected official is paid or compensated at the same salary or rate he received immediately prior to the increase in salary or compensation.

B. If such an elected official is reelected to a new term, the elected official may choose to continue to waive the right to receive such increase in salary or compensation by submitting an affidavit stating such to the payroll officer at least fourteen days prior to the beginning of his new term of office.

C.(1) If the elected official decides to receive the increase in salary or compensation after waiving such increase, the elected official shall comply with each of the following at least fourteen days prior to the commencement of a new pay period:

(a) Notify the head of his agency, if applicable.

(b) Submit to the payroll officer of his agency an affidavit containing his name, the date, and a statement of fact that he is revoking his previous affidavit and that he intends to receive the increase in salary or compensation.

(2) Upon receipt of the affidavit as provided in this Subsection, the payroll officer shall ensure that the elected official is paid or compensated at the salary or rate of compensation after the increase. Such change in salary or compensation shall begin at the commencement of a new pay period.

D. All benefits shall be based on the amount of salary or compensation actually received by the elected official.

Acts 1993, No. 238, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 42:1474 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 42 / Section 1474
Exceptions
Status: in_force

The provisions of this Chapter shall not apply to networks that are open and available for public access.

Acts 2023, No. 308, §1, eff. June 13, 2023.
La. Rev. Stat. § 42:1114.2 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 42 / Section 1114.2
Financial disclosure; retirement systems
Status: in_force

A. Each person who has or is seeking to obtain contractual or other business or financial relationships with a state or statewide public retirement system shall file with the Board of Ethics, in the manner provided in this Section, a report of all expenditures for a retirement official or retirement officials.

B. A report shall be filed semiannually as follows:

(1) By August fifteenth for the period from January first through June thirtieth.

(2) By February fifteenth for the period from July first through December thirty-first.

C. The report shall be filed on forms prescribed by the board, shall be signed by the person filing, and shall include a certification of accuracy by the person responsible for filing the report.

D. Each report shall include, in the manner prescribed by the Board of Ethics, the following:

(1) The total of all expenditures per retirement system made during each reporting period, which shall include all expenditures for retirement officials associated with that system whether such expenditures are attributable to an individual retirement official or not.

(2) The aggregate total of expenditures attributable to an individual retirement official as provided in Subsection E of this Section during each reporting period, including the name of the retirement official.

(3) The aggregate total of expenditures per retirement system for all reporting periods during the same calendar year, which shall include all expenditures for retirement officials associated with that system whether such expenditures are attributable to an individual retirement official or not.

(4) The aggregate total of all expenditures attributable to an individual retirement official as provided in Subsection E of this Section for all reporting periods during the same calendar year, including the name of the retirement official.

E. When the aggregate expenditure for any one retirement official exceeds the sum of fifty dollars on any one occasion, or when the aggregate expenditure for any one retirement official exceeds the sum of two hundred fifty dollars in a reporting period, then the total amount of expenditures for the retirement official during the reporting period shall be attributable to the individual retirement official.

(1) For the purposes of this Section "retirement official" shall mean a member of a board of trustees of a state or a statewide public retirement system, a public employee of such a system, or an employee of the Department of the Treasury whose function is to assist any such system or systems.

(2) For the purposes of this Section "expenditure" shall mean a purchase, payment, donation, advance, deposit, or gift or payment of money or anything of economic value or the purchase, donation, or gift of promotional items, food, drink, or refreshment, transportation, and entertainment for a retirement official.

F.(1) The chairman of the board of trustees of each state or statewide public retirement system shall provide notice to every person associated with his system whom such chairman knows or reasonably should know is required to file a report pursuant to this Section. The chairman shall forward a copy of each such notification to the Board of Ethics no later than fifteen days after the original notification was sent. The failure of a chairman to give notice as required by the provisions of this Subsection shall not relieve any person from the reporting requirements of this Section or any penalties as provided in this Section.

(2) The contents of the notice required to be given pursuant to this Subsection shall be prescribed by the Board of Ethics.

G.(1) Failure to file a report, failure to timely file a report, failure to disclose required information, or filing a false report shall subject a person required to file to penalties as provided by this Chapter.

(2) Whoever fails to file a report required by this Section, or knowingly and willfully fails to timely file any such report, or knowingly and willfully fails to disclose or to accurately disclose any information required by this Section shall be assessed a civil penalty pursuant to R.S. 42:1157 for each day until such report or the required accurate information is filed. The amount of the penalty shall be one hundred dollars per day.

H. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section to the contrary, if a person makes expenditures as defined in this Section of less than five hundred dollars in a calendar year, such person shall not be required to file a report pursuant to this Section.

Acts 2004, No. 868, §1, eff. January 1, 2005.

NOTE: See Acts 2004, No. 868, §2, relative to reporting.
La. Rev. Stat. § 42:859 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 42 / Section 859
Refund of expenditures ineligible for reimbursement
Status: in_force

A. Notwithstanding any provision of law or any rule or regulation to the contrary, no refund shall be required from a plan member or health care provider on a paid claim determined by audit or review to be ineligible under the following circumstances:

(1) For claims paid after June 30, 1999, and before July 1, 2002, if a period of more than twenty-four months has elapsed since the date of payment of such claim.

(2) For claims paid on or after July 1, 2002, if a period of more than eighteen months has elapsed since the date of payment of such claim.

B. The provisions of this Section shall apply to claims paid on or after July 1, 1999. The provisions of this Section shall not apply to refunds collected pursuant to Part II of Chapter 7 of Title 22 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950.

Acts 2001, No. 1178, §5, eff. June 29, 2001; Acts 2008, No. 415, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 2009.
La. Rev. Stat. § 42:816 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 42 / Section 816
Pharmacy benefit managers
Status: in_force

A. Each pharmacy benefit manager contract with the office shall clearly establish an administrative fee or a calculation for an administrative fee to be retained by the pharmacy benefit manager for performance of its duties. The pharmacy benefit manager is prohibited from retaining revenues directly attributable to the contract other than the administrative fee. This prohibition includes revenues from rebates and other fee arrangements with third-party pharmacy benefit managers which revenues are directly attributable to the pharmacy benefit manager's contract with the office.

B.(1) Each year, within thirty days of filing the report required by R.S. 42:814(A)(1), a pharmacy benefit manager shall remit to the office all revenues that are directly attributable to its contract with the office, notwithstanding the administrative fee, that were collected by the pharmacy benefit manager in the calendar year covered by the report.

(2) Each year, within thirty days of filing the report required by R.S. 42:814(A)(2), the pharmacy benefit manager shall remit to the office revenues disclosed on such report that are directly attributable to its contract with the office, notwithstanding the administrative fee.

Acts 2024, No. 546, §1, eff. July 1, 2024.
La. Rev. Stat. § 42:403 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 42 / Section 403
Application for reinstatement
Status: in_force

The officer or employee may make application in person, or in writing, to the department head or appointing or managing authority of the state unit, for re-establishment in the former office or employment and it is the mandatory duty of said officer to re-employ and reinstate the applicant in the former office or employment, or one of like seniority, status and pay, within 31 days after the date of application, at which date the applicant shall be entitled to the emoluments of the position, unless employed or reinstated prior thereto, nor shall a reduction in personnel or budget of the department or unit concerned, if still existing, affect or deny to the person, his former or a similar position, and regardless of any limitation on the number of employees of the unit or department, these persons shall be re-employed.

A person restored to a position or office under the provisions of R.S. 42:401 and 42:402 shall not be discharged from the position without cause, within one year after restoration.
La. Rev. Stat. § 42:392 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 42 / Section 392
Leave of absence for public officers who are members of the reserve forces
Status: in_force

To assist in the prosecution of any war declared by the Congress, the governor shall grant a leave of absence for an indefinite period of time to any public officer who becomes a member of the reserve of the United States Army, Navy, Marines or National Guard, while holding public office.
La. Rev. Stat. § 42:1304 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 42 / Section 1304
Meetings
Status: in_force

The Commission shall meet at least twice yearly, and all meetings of the Commission shall be held in compliance with the Louisiana Open Meetings Law.

Added by Acts 1981, No. 308, §2. Amended by Acts 1982, No. 1, §1, eff. May 6, 1982.
La. Rev. Stat. § 42:395 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 42 / Section 395
Governor may grant leave to appointive officials in armed forces; salary to cease
Status: in_force

The governor may grant, upon request, a leave of absence for a period not to exceed the term of the respective appointment to any appointive state official who is serving in the armed forces of the United States.

The salary of any official obtaining a leave of absence under the provisions of this Section shall cease during the time the leave of absence is in effect.
La. Rev. Stat. § 42:1307 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 42 / Section 1307
Public notice; publication
Status: in_force

Public notice of the Commission's intention to enter into a contract with an administrator or with an investment product company or to amend any such contract shall be published at least ten days prior to such action in the official journal of the state.

Added by Acts 1982, No. 1, §1, eff. May 6, 1982.
La. Rev. Stat. § 42:67.2 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 42 / Section 67.2
Inapplicability of Part
Status: in_force

The provisions of this Part shall not be applicable to any person holding a position defined in R.S. 42:67 on the effective date of this Part. Additionally, the provisions of this Part shall not apply to management positions in those offices of the executive branch of state government provided for in Article X, Section 2(B)(10).

Added by Acts 1983, No. 693, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 42:1135 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 42 / Section 1135
Enforcement of regulation, decision, or order of the Board of Ethics
Status: in_force

The Board of Ethics shall have the right to enforce any valid regulation, final decision, or final order of the Board of Ethics or the Ethics Adjudicatory Board in any court of competent jurisdiction in this state by a mandamus or injunction suit brought for that purpose. Any court of competent jurisdiction in this state shall have authority to convert a valid final decision or final order into a court order, upon receipt from the Board of Ethics of a rule to show cause for that purpose.

Acts 1979, No. 443, §1, eff. April 1, 1980; Acts 1987, No. 730, §1; Acts 1996, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 64, §6, eff. Jan. 1, 1997; Acts 2012, No. 608, §1, eff. June 7, 2012; Acts 2018, No. 418, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 42:1353 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 42 / Section 1353
Nominations by petition; conduct of election; secret ballot
Status: in_force

Nomination as a candidate for the office of employee member of the commission shall be by petition of at least one hundred permanent employees in the state classified service. Such petition shall be filed with the director of the department of state civil service not later than seven working days after the call for the election. The director shall be responsible for supervising the election, which shall be by secret ballot.

Added by Acts 1974, Ex.Sess., No. 8, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1975. Acts 1988, No. 164, §1; Acts 2003, No. 332, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 42:162 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 42 / Section 162
Administration and recordation of oath or affirmation
Status: in_force

A. The oath or affirmation of all officers of the state may be administered by the governor, any judge, justice of the peace, notary public, or clerk of court. Except as otherwise provided in Subsection B of this Section, the oath or affirmation shall be subscribed to by the party taking it, and certified in his commission by the person administering it and shall be deposited in the office of the secretary of state and recorded by him at no charge to the elected or appointed official. The oath or affirmation of all parish officers shall also be recorded in the clerk of court's office of the parish where the same may have been administered, to be recorded by the clerk of court in a book kept for that purpose at no charge to the elected or appointed official.

B. For members of each house of the legislature who take the oath or affirmation at the organizational session of the legislature as provided in Article III, Section 2(D) of the Constitution of Louisiana, the clerical officer of each house of the legislature shall deposit in the office of the secretary of state a certified journal entry of the proceedings of that house which reflects the taking of the oath of office as provided in the constitution. The secretary of state shall record each certified journal entry in the same manner the oaths or affirmations received pursuant to Subsection A of this Section are recorded. For the members of the legislature who took the oath of office at the organizational session of the legislature, the certified journal entry shall fulfill the requirements of this Part to take and subscribe to the oath or affirmation.

C. The oath or affirmation shall be deposited for recordation within one month after the same shall have been administered. A certified journal entry submitted pursuant to Subsection B of this Section shall be deposited for recordation no later than one month following the organizational session of the legislature.

Acts 1988, No. 850, §1; Acts 2003, No. 320, §1; Acts 2012, No. 4, §1, eff. Apr. 25, 2012; Acts 2025, No. 269, §1.

NOTE: Acts 2012, No. 4, §2 provides that the Act is remedial, curative, and procedural and is to be applied retroactively and prospectively.
La. Rev. Stat. § 42:406 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 42 / Section 406
Penalty for violation of provisions of this Part
Status: in_force

Whoever violates any provision of this Part shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars, or imprisoned not more than six months, or both.
La. Rev. Stat. § 42:1161 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 42 / Section 1161
Preventive measures by agency heads
Status: in_force

A. Filing of reports. Every agency head shall file confidential reports with the board or panel on any matters that come to his attention which he believes may constitute a violation of this Chapter which is within the board or panel's jurisdiction.

B. Cooperation with board. Every agency head shall cooperate in every possible manner in connection with any investigation or hearing which may be lawfully conducted by the board or panel.

C. Compliance with order of board or panel. Every agency head shall forthwith comply with any lawful order received from the board or panel and shall immediately take disciplinary action against any employee under his supervision when ordered to do so by the board or panel.

D. Failure to comply with order of board or panel. Failure on the part of any agency head who is not an elected official to comply promptly with any lawful order received from the board or panel shall subject him to all penalties provided for elsewhere in this Chapter and shall cause the immediate suspension of all salary and other benefits which he otherwise would be entitled to receive. Such suspension shall remain in effect during the period in which he fails or refuses to comply, and all public employees are hereby directed to refuse to honor any drafts or other documents which would violate this provision.

E. Agency employment lists. Every agency head shall furnish the board or panel, upon request, a list showing the names, positions, compensation, if any, and the time actually spent earning such compensation of all agency employees. The list shall be prepared at the expense of the agency furnishing it out of funds available to such agency.

F. Screening of employees. Every agency head shall constantly screen all employees under his supervision to ascertain that such employees are needed to perform the work of the agency and shall promptly take the necessary steps to reduce the number of the employees of the agency to a sufficient or satisfactory number required. Knowingly having one or more employees on the payroll who are not rendering service for which they are being paid or having one or more employees on the payroll that violate the provisions of R.S. 42:1119 shall subject the agency head, a public employee having the authority to hire and fire the employee, and the immediate supervisor of the employee, as well as such employee, to the disciplinary action and penalties provided by this Chapter.

Acts 1979, No. 443, §1, eff. April 1, 1980; Acts 1996, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 64, §§6, 11, eff. Jan. 1, 1997.
La. Rev. Stat. § 42:3.1 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 42 / Section 3.1
Legislative members of boards and commissions; per diem
Status: in_force

Each legislative member of a board or commission shall receive a per diem equal to the per diem provided by law for members of the legislature.

Added by Acts 1981, No. 221, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 42:1124.1 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 42 / Section 1124.1
Penalties; required reports; failure to file; timely and accurate filing
Status: in_force

A.(1) Whoever fails to file a financial statement required by this Part, except for statements required by R.S. 42:1124, 1124.2, 1124.2.1, and 1124.3, or knowingly and willfully fails to timely file any such statement, or knowingly and willfully fails to disclose or to accurately disclose any information required by this Part shall be assessed a civil penalty pursuant to R.S. 42:1157 for each day until such statement or the required accurate information is filed.

(2) The amount of such penalty shall be two hundred fifty dollars per day for statements required by R.S. 42:1114.

B. Whoever knowingly and willfully files a false report required by this Part, except for statements required by R.S. 42:1124, 1124.2, 1124.2.1, or 1124.3, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined not less than one thousand dollars nor more than ten thousand dollars or imprisoned in parish prison for not more than six months, or both. Any prosecution under this Subsection shall be tried before a jury of six persons, all of whom must concur to render a verdict.

C. "Knowingly and willfully" for purposes of this Section means conduct which could have been avoided through the exercise of due diligence.

Acts 1999, No. 2, §1, eff. April 22, 1999; Acts 1999, No. 1349, §2, eff. July 12, 1999; Acts 2008, 1 st Ex. Sess., No. 1, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 2009; Acts 2008, No. 472, §1, eff. Jan.1, 2009; Acts 2024, No. 664, §3, eff. Jan. 1, 2025.
La. Rev. Stat. § 42:393 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 42 / Section 393
Designation of deputy; exceptions
Status: in_force

When a leave of absence is granted a public officer under the provisions of R.S. 42:392, the officer shall name and designate as his deputy, a person possessing all the qualifications required for the office, and that person shall discharge all the duties and functions of the office during the absence of the officer.

The provisions of this Section shall not apply to:

(1) Members of the legislature.

(2) Appointive officers.

(3) Judges of any of the courts.

(4) The governor.

(5) The lieutenant governor.

(6) Any officer authorized by the constitution or any other law of the state to appoint an assistant, who in the absence of his chief has the authority to perform all the acts and duties of the office.
La. Rev. Stat. § 42:39.2 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 42 / Section 39.2
Justices of the peace; ineligibility of temporary appointees to fill vacancy
Status: in_force

No person appointed by the Supreme Court to temporarily serve in the office of justice of the peace, until a vacancy can be filled through election, shall be eligible to run as a candidate for the filling of said vacant seat. The provisions of this Section shall apply to any person who accepts the appointment to temporarily serve as justice of the peace and subsequently resigns the office prior to the filling of the vacancy through election.

Acts 1987, No. 247, §2.
La. Rev. Stat. § 42:82 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 42 / Section 82
Damages
Status: in_force

If the judgment is in favor of the person alleged to be entitled to the office, he may recover the damages he sustained by reason of the usurpation by the defendant.
La. Rev. Stat. § 42:345 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 42 / Section 345
Department of State Civil Service; assistance
Status: in_force

A. The Department of State Civil Service shall develop and make available education and training material at no cost to assist state agency heads and state employees in complying with the requirements of this Chapter.

B. As required by Article VII, Section 14 of the Constitution of Louisiana, the Department of State Civil Service shall recoup the costs of copying or reproducing the training material on a compact disc and recoup the cost of mailing the disc to the agency, unless the agency is subject to the fees assessed for in-service training pursuant to R.S. 42:1383.

Acts 2018, No. 270, §1, eff. January 1, 2019; Acts 2020, 2 nd Ex. Sess., No. 33, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 42:1471 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 42 / Section 1471
Definitions
Status: in_force

Unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, the following words and terms, when used in this Chapter, shall have the following meanings:

(1) "Agency" means a department, office, division, agency, commission, board, committee, or other organizational unit of a governmental entity.

(2) "Agency head" means the chief executive or administrative officer of an agency or the chairman of a board or commission.

(3) "Covered application" means the social networking service TikTok or any successor application or service developed or provided by ByteDance Limited or an entity owned by ByteDance Limited.

(4) "Governmental entity" means the state or any political subdivision.

(5) "Public servant" means anyone who is:

(a) An elected official or an administrative officer or official of a governmental entity.

(b) Appointed to a post or position created by rule, law, resolution, ordinance, charter, or executive order.

(c) Employed by an agency, officer, or official of a governmental entity.

Acts 2023, No. 308, §1, eff. June 13, 2023.
La. Rev. Stat. § 42:1155 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 42 / Section 1155
Penalties for illegal gain; forfeiture of gifts, payments
Status: in_force

A. If an investigation conducted pursuant to this Part reveals that any public servant or other person has violated any law within the jurisdiction of the Board of Ethics to his economic advantage, and after an adjudicatory hearing on the matter, the Ethics Adjudicatory Board may order the payment of penalties. Recovery may include, in addition to an amount equal to such economic advantage, penalties not to exceed one half of the amount of the economic advantage. Any appeal of such final decision by the Ethics Adjudicatory Board shall be to the Court of Appeal, First Circuit, pursuant to R.S. 42:1142.

B. The Ethics Adjudicatory Board is authorized to order the forfeiture of any gifts or payments made in violation of this Chapter.

Acts 1979, No. 443, §1, eff. April 1, 1980; Acts 1996, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 64, §6, eff. Jan. 1, 1997; Acts 1996, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 66, §3, eff. Jan. 1, 1997; Acts 2012, No. 608, §1, eff. June 7, 2012.

NOTE: See Acts 2012, No.608, §3, relative to the prospective application of Act.
La. Rev. Stat. § 42:39 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 42 / Section 39
Judges; ineligibility to become candidate for other elective office; conditions and exceptions
Status: in_force

A. After July 31, 1968, no person serving in or elected or appointed to the office of judge of any court, justices of the peace excepted, shall be eligible to hold or become a candidate for any national, state or local elective office of any kind whatsoever, including any national, state or local office in any political party organization, other than a candidate for the office of judge for the same or any other court.

B. The provisions of Subsection A of this Section shall not be construed as prohibiting any person from resigning from his office as judge of any court for the purpose of becoming a candidate for nomination or election to any national, state or local elective office for which he is qualified and eligible; provided, however, that the resignation of any such person shall be and is made not less than twenty-four hours prior to the date on which he qualifies as a candidate for nomination or election to the office to which he seeks nomination or election.

C. If any judge elected or appointed, justice of the peace excepted, qualifies for any other elective position, other than those allowed by the provisions of this section, without complying with the provisions of Subsection B of this Section, his qualification as a candidate for the other office shall ipso facto be null and void.

Added by Acts 1968, No. 504, §§1, 2.
La. Rev. Stat. § 42:1303.1 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 42 / Section 1303.1
Section 401(a) plan
Status: in_force

The commission shall be authorized to establish a Section 401(a) plan in accordance with the provisions of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954, as amended, under such rules and regulations as the commission shall adopt.

Acts 2001, No. 1068, §1, eff. June 28, 2001.
La. Rev. Stat. § 42:184 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 42 / Section 184
Acceptance of bonds
Status: in_force

The bonds of public officers shall be accepted by the parish recorder, the clerk of the district court, and the president of the police jury, or any two of them, in the absence of the third, within thirty days from the date of his commission, and before entering upon his duties.

This shall apply in all the parishes except in the city of New Orleans, where that duty shall be performed by the recorder of mortgages.
La. Rev. Stat. § 42:67 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 42 / Section 67
Unclassified management positions
Status: in_force

A. Each appointee to or employee in a management position that is added to the unclassified state civil service by the Civil Service Commission under authority of Article X, Section 2(B) of the Louisiana Constitution, shall be subject to the provisions of this Part.

B. For purposes of this Part, "management position" means a position in which the appointee or employee performs one or more of the following activities within an agency in the executive branch of state government:

(1) Exercises important policy-making, policy-determining, or other executive functions.

(2) Directs the work of an organizational unit.

(3) Is held accountable for the success of one or more specific programs or projects.

(4) Monitors progress toward organizational goals and periodically evaluates and makes appropriate adjustments to those goals.

Added by Acts 1983, No. 693, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 42:24 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 42 / Section 24
Voidability
Status: in_force

Any action taken in violation of this Chapter shall be voidable by a court of competent jurisdiction. A suit to void any action must be commenced within sixty days of the action.

Added by Acts 1972, No. 669, §2. Amended by Acts 1976, No. 665, §1; Acts 1979, No. 681, §1; Acts 2010, No. 861, §23.
La. Rev. Stat. § 42:1142 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 42 / Section 1142
Appeals
Status: in_force

A.(1) Whenever action is taken against any public servant or person by order of the Board of Ethics, or panel thereof, or by a final decision of the Ethics Adjudicatory Board, or by an agency head by order of the Board of Ethics, or panel thereof, or by a final decision of the Ethics Adjudicatory Board, or whenever any public servant or person is aggrieved by any action taken by the Board of Ethics, or panel thereof, or the Ethics Adjudicatory Board, he may appeal to the Court of Appeal, First Circuit.

(a) An order of the Board of Ethics, or panel thereof, may be appealed by filing a written motion with the Board of Ethics within thirty days after the signing and transmission of the notice of the order.

(b) A final decision of the Ethics Adjudicatory Board may be appealed by filing a written motion with the Ethics Adjudicatory Board within thirty days after the signing and transmission of the notice of the final decision, or if a rehearing is requested, within thirty days after the transmission of the notice of the decision of the Ethics Adjudicatory Board on the rehearing.

(2)(a) Upon the unanimous vote of its members present and voting, the Board of Ethics may appeal a final decision of the Ethics Adjudicatory Board to the Court of Appeal, First Circuit, within thirty days after the signing and transmission of the notice of the final decision, or if a rehearing is requested, within thirty days after the transmission of the notice of the decision of the Ethics Adjudicatory Board on the rehearing. Only questions of law in a final decision may be appealed pursuant to this Paragraph, and the appeal shall be limited to the record created at the hearing before the adjudicatory panel of the Ethics Adjudicatory Board. For purposes of this Paragraph, "final decision" means the decision and order of the adjudicatory panel of the Ethics Adjudicatory Board on the final disposition of the entire matter the Ethics Adjudicatory Board was required to hear.

(b) If the Board of Ethics does not prevail in the final disposition of its appeal, the Board of Ethics shall be responsible for the payment of reasonable attorney fees and court costs of the other party inclusive of all stages of litigation and appeal.

(c) The amount of attorney fees shall be determined by the court of appeal and shall be set forth in the court's judgment.

(3) Any refusal by the Board of Ethics to issue a declaratory opinion is subject to the supervisory jurisdiction of the appellate court as provided by Article V, Section 10 of the Constitution of Louisiana. The Court of Appeal, First Circuit, shall promulgate rules of procedure to be followed in taking and lodging such appeals.

B. In the event that any public employee suspended or dismissed by order of the Board of Ethics, or panel thereof, or by a final decision of the Ethics Adjudicatory Board, or any public employee suspended or dismissed by an appointing authority by an order of the Board of Ethics, or panel thereof, or a final decision of the Ethics Adjudicatory Board expressly for violation of any provision of law within the jurisdiction of the Board of Ethics is ordered reinstated by a final court order upon appeal, the public employee shall be entitled to receive his back pay for the period of his suspension or improper dismissal less any earnings by him during the period from other sources, provided, however, that there shall be excluded from the mentioned deduction costs of court and reasonable attorney fees which shall be fixed by the court.

C. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section, a public employee who has attained permanent status in the classified state or city service, as provided in Article X, Section 1 of the Constitution of Louisiana, may, whenever any disciplinary action is taken against him by the Board of Ethics, or panel thereof, or the Ethics Adjudicatory Board, or by an appointing authority by order of the Board of Ethics, or panel thereof, or the Ethics Adjudicatory Board, appeal to the appropriate civil service commission, if written application to the board or panel that ordered the disciplinary action is made within thirty days after the decision becomes final. Any decision of a civil service commission may be appealed to the Court of Appeal, First Circuit, either by the Board of Ethics or the public employee, if a written motion is filed with the civil service commission within thirty days after the decision of such civil service commission becomes final.

D. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section, any tenured public employee of a public institution of higher education in this state may, whenever any disciplinary action is taken against him by the Board of Ethics, or panel thereof, or the Ethics Adjudicatory Board, or by the appointing authority by order of the Board of Ethics, or panel thereof, or the Ethics Adjudicatory Board, appeal to the appropriate higher education management board, if the tenured employee files a written appeal with the board or panel that ordered the disciplinary action within thirty days after the order or the decision becomes final. Such appeal shall be solely on the record of the hearing of the board or panel that ordered the disciplinary action and the Board of Ethics and the Ethics Adjudicatory Board shall adopt rules and regulations to effectuate the preparation of such record. If appeal is timely filed, the appropriate higher education management board shall review the record and decision shall be rendered within one hundred twenty days of the receipt of the record from the board or panel that ordered the disciplinary action. Any decision of a higher education management board may be appealed to the Court of Appeal, First Circuit, as provided in this Chapter, either by the Board of Ethics or by the tenured public employee, upon application to the appropriate higher education management board within thirty days after the decision of such higher education management board is rendered.

Acts 1979, No. 443, §1, eff. April 1, 1980; Acts 1996, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 64, §6, eff. Jan. 1, 1997; Acts 1999, No. 252, §1, eff. June 11, 1999; Acts 2008, 1 st Ex. Sess., No. 24, §1, eff. March 14, 2008; Acts 2008, No. 595, §1; Acts 2010, No. 1002, §1, eff. July 8, 2010; Acts 2012, No. 607, §1, eff. June 7, 2012.
La. Rev. Stat. § 42:1115 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 42 / Section 1115
Gifts
Status: in_force

A. No public servant shall solicit or accept, directly or indirectly, any thing of economic value as a gift or gratuity from any person or from any officer, director, agent, or employee of such person, if such public servant knows or reasonably should know that such person:

(1) Has or is seeking to obtain contractual or other business or financial relationships with the public servant's agency, or

(2) Is seeking, for compensation, to influence the passage or defeat of legislation by the public servant's agency.

B. No public employee shall solicit or accept, directly or indirectly, anything of economic value as a gift or gratuity from any person or from any officer, director, agent, or employee of such person, if such public employee knows or reasonably should know that such person:

(1) Conducts operations or activities which are regulated by the public employee's agency.

(2) Has substantial economic interests which may be substantially affected by the performance or nonperformance of the public employee's official duty.

Acts 1979, No. 443, §1, eff. April 1, 1980; Acts 1983, No. 403, §1; Acts 1987, No. 730, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 42:1124.5 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 42 / Section 1124.5
Disclosure; Board of Ethics; ethics administrator
Status: in_force

Each member of the Board of Ethics and the ethics administrator shall include on the statement required by R.S. 42:1124.2 the following information for the preceding calendar year unless the information is already included in the statement:

(1) The name, address, brief description of, and nature of association with and the amount of interest in each business in which the individual or spouse is a director, officer, owner, partner, member, or trustee, or in which the individual or spouse owns any interest, excluding a publicly traded corporation.

(2) The name, address, type, and amount of each source of income received by the individual or spouse, or by any business in which the individual or spouse owns an interest, excluding a publicly traded corporation, which is received from the state or any political subdivision as defined in Article VI of the Constitution of Louisiana.

(3) The name of each governmental entity from whom the individual or his spouse derives any thing of economic value through any contract or subcontract involving a governmental entity, including the Louisiana Insurance Guaranty Association, the Louisiana Health Insurance Guaranty Association, Louisiana Citizens Property Insurance Corporation, the Property Insurance Association of Louisiana, and any other quasi public entity; the nature of the contract or subcontract; and the value of thing of economic value derived.

Acts 2008, 1 st Ex. Sess., No. 1, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 2009.
La. Rev. Stat. § 42:450.5 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 42 / Section 450.5
Employing agency discretion
Status: in_force

Nothing contained herein shall be construed to require any employing agency to grant a public employee's request for voluntary disaster service leave if the appointing authority determines that the grant of leave would pose a hardship on the employing agency.

Acts 1995, No. 455, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 42:91 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 42 / Section 91
Purpose
Status: in_force

The purpose of this Chapter is to prohibit a person who has his professional license or certificate suspended or revoked from serving as a member of a board or regulatory entity if membership on the board requires a valid professional license or certificate.

Acts 1995, No. 64, §1, eff. June 12, 1995.
La. Rev. Stat. § 42:18 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 42 / Section 18
Executive or closed meetings of legislative houses and committees
Status: in_force

A. Notwithstanding any contrary provision of R.S. 42:16 and 17, executive or closed meetings may be held by the legislature, either house thereof, or any committee or subcommittee of either house, upon the affirmative vote of at least a majority of the members of the house or the committee or subcommittee thereof making the determination to hold such meeting, for one or more of the following purposes:

(1) Discussion of confidential communications.

(2) Discussion of the character, professional competence, or physical or mental health of any person subject to contract with or to employment, election, or appointment or confirmation of appointment by either house of the legislature or any committee or subcommittee of either or by any other public body.

(3) Strategy sessions or negotiations with respect to collective bargaining, prospective litigation after formal written demand, or litigation when an open meeting would have a detrimental effect on the bargaining or litigating position of the legislature, either house thereof, or any committee or subcommittee of either house.

(4) Discussion regarding a report, development, or course of action regarding security personnel, plans, or devices.

(5) Investigations by the legislature, either house thereof, or by any committee or subcommittee thereof, including the Legislative Audit Advisory Council or any other joint or statutory committee, whenever reasonable grounds exist to believe that the testimony to be elicited will reflect a failure of compliance with law.

(6) Cases of extraordinary emergency, which shall be limited to natural disaster, threat of epidemic, civil disturbances, suppression of insurrections, the repelling of invasions, or other matters of similar magnitude.

(7) Discussion by either house of the legislature, or any committee or subcommittee thereof, of any matter affecting the internal operations or management of the body.

(8) Any other matters provided by law or pursuant to the joint rules of the legislature.

B. All procedural matters pertaining to the necessity, purposes, or reasons for the holding of executive or closed meetings under the provisions of this Section shall be in accordance with such rules as are adopted by each of the houses of the legislature for the purpose.

C. The provisions of this Chapter shall not apply to chance meetings, social gatherings, or other gatherings at which only presentations are made to members of the legislature or members of either house thereof or of any committee or subcommittee if no vote or other action, including formal or informal polling of members, is taken.

Added by Acts 1981, Ex.Sess., No. 21, §1, eff. Nov. 19, 1981; Acts 2010, No. 861, §23.
La. Rev. Stat. § 42:17.2.1 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 42 / Section 17.2.1
Public body; member with a disability
Status: in_force

A. Notwithstanding any provision of this Chapter that requires a member of a public body to be physically present in order to be counted for a quorum and to participate and vote in a meeting, a member of a public body who has a disability recognized by the Americans with Disabilities Act shall be allowed to participate and vote in a meeting via electronic means as defined in R.S. 42:17.2.

B. Each public body shall adopt rules, regulations, and procedures to facilitate the requirements of Subsection A of this Section. State agencies as defined by R.S. 49:951 shall promulgate the rules pursuant to the Administrative Procedure Act.

C. The provisions of Subsections A and B of this Section shall not apply to members of the legislature or any parish board of election supervisors.

Acts 2023, No. 393, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 42:810 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 42 / Section 810
Audit of program accounts
Status: in_force

The office shall have the accounts of the program audited annually by the legislative auditor or a certified public accountant as described by R.S. 24:513 and shall furnish, as of the end of each fiscal year, a report showing a statement of revenue and expenditures for the preceding year, and a balance sheet showing the financial condition of the program at the end of the fiscal year. It shall also publish a synopsis of the report.

Acts 2001, No. 1178, §5, eff. June 29, 2001.
La. Rev. Stat. § 42:343 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 42 / Section 343
Preventing sexual harassment; mandatory training requirements
Status: in_force

A.(1) Each public servant shall receive a minimum of one hour of education and training on preventing sexual harassment during each full calendar year of his public employment or term of office, as the case may be.

(2) An agency head shall require supervisors and any persons designated by the agency to accept or investigate a complaint of sexual harassment in his agency to receive additional education and training.

B. The education and training required pursuant to this Section may be received either in person or via the internet through training and education materials approved by the public servant's agency head.

C. Each agency head shall ensure that each public servant in the agency is notified of the agency's policy against sexual harassment and the mandatory training requirement on preventing sexual harassment. The agency head, or his designee, shall be responsible for maintaining records of the compliance of each public servant in the agency with the mandatory training requirement. Each public servant's record of compliance shall be a public record and available to the public in accordance with the Public Records Law.

D. Each agency head shall ensure that its policy against sexual harassment and its complaint procedure is prominently posted on its website or, if the agency does not have a website, that a notice on how to obtain the information is posted in a conspicuous location in each of the agency's offices.

Acts 2018, No. 270, §1, eff. January 1, 2019.
La. Rev. Stat. § 42:1165 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 42 / Section 1165
Authority of school boards to administer tenure laws not affected
Status: in_force

A. Nothing in this Chapter is intended nor shall it be construed to have the effect of repealing, amending, or modifying in any way any state tenure statutes pertaining to the rights of probationary or permanent teachers or other public employees of any parish or city school board of this state nor the authority of any such school board to administer the state tenure statutes, relative to teachers and other public employees of the school board, when such teachers and other public employees are serving in their official capacities. All job actions based upon the causes for disciplining or dismissal of teachers or other school public employees, as may be now or hereafter set forth in the state tenure statutes, shall remain under the exclusive jurisdiction of the appropriate parish or city school board.

B. Subject to the provisions of Subsection A, the board or panel may order that any public employee of a parish or city school board of this state be disciplined or dismissed as provided in this Chapter whenever the board or panel has determined that the public employee has violated any provision of law within the jurisdiction of the board.

Acts 1979, No. 443, §1, eff. April 1, 1980; Acts 1996, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 64, §6, eff. Jan. 1, 1997.
La. Rev. Stat. § 42:11 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 42 / Section 11
Short title
Status: in_force

This Chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "Open Meetings Law".

Acts 2010, No. 861, §18.

NOTE: Former R.S. 42:11 was redesignated as R.S. 42:26 by Acts 2010, No. 861, §23.
La. Rev. Stat. § 42:17 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 42 / Section 17
Exceptions to open meetings
Status: in_force

A. A public body may hold an executive session pursuant to R.S. 42:16 for one or more of the following reasons:

(1) Discussion of the character, professional competence, or physical or mental health of a person, provided that such person is notified in writing at least twenty-four hours, exclusive of Saturdays, Sundays, and legal holidays, before the scheduled time contained in the notice of the meeting at which such executive session is to take place and that such person may require that such discussion be held at an open meeting. However, nothing in this Paragraph shall permit an executive session for discussion of the appointment of a person to a public body or, except as provided in R.S. 39:1593(C)(2)(c), for discussing the award of a public contract. In cases of extraordinary emergency, written notice to such person shall not be required; however, the public body shall give such notice as it deems appropriate and circumstances permit.

(2) Strategy sessions or negotiations with respect to collective bargaining, prospective litigation after formal written demand, or litigation when an open meeting would have a detrimental effect on the bargaining or litigating position of the public body.

(3) Discussion regarding the report, development, or course of action regarding security personnel, plans, or devices, including discussions concerning cybersecurity plans, financial security procedures, and assessment and implementation of any such plans or procedures.

(4) Investigative proceedings regarding allegations of misconduct.

(5) Cases of extraordinary emergency, which shall be limited to natural disaster, threat of epidemic, civil disturbances, suppression of insurrections, the repelling of invasions, or other matters of similar magnitude.

(6) Any meeting of the State Mineral and Energy Board at which records or matters entitled to confidential status by existing law are required to be considered or discussed by the board with its staff or with any employee or other individual, firm, or corporation to whom such records or matters are confidential in their nature, and are disclosed to and accepted by the board subject to such privilege, for the exclusive use in evaluating lease bids or development covering state-owned lands and water bottoms, which exception is proved pursuant to and consistently with the Public Records Act, being Chapter 1 of Title 44 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, as amended, and other statutes to which the board is subject.

(7) Discussions between a city or parish school board and individual students or the parents or tutors of such students, or both, who are within the jurisdiction of the respective school system, regarding problems of such students or their parents or tutors; provided however that any such parent, tutor, or student may require that such discussions be held in an open meeting.

(8) Presentations and discussions at meetings of civil service boards of test questions, answers, and papers produced and exhibited by the office of the state examiner, municipal fire and police civil service, pursuant to R.S. 33:2492 or 2552.

(9) The portion of any meeting of the Second Injury Board during which records or matters regarding the settlement of a workers' compensation claim are required to be considered or discussed by the board with its staff in order to grant prior written approval as required by R.S. 23:1378(A)(6).

(10) The portion of any meeting or hearing of the Board of Pardons or committee on parole during which a victim or the spouse or next of kin of a deceased victim presents testimony pursuant to R.S. 15:572.4, 573, 574.2, or 574.4.1.

(11) Consideration of any other matters now provided for or as may be provided for by the legislature.

B. The provisions of this Chapter shall not apply to judicial proceedings.

C. The provisions of this Chapter shall not prohibit the removal of any person or persons who willfully disrupt a meeting to the extent that orderly conduct of the meeting is seriously compromised.

D. The provisions of R.S. 42:19 and R.S. 42:20 shall not apply to any meeting of a private citizens' advisory group or a private citizens' advisory committee established by a public body, when the members of such group or committee do not receive any compensation and serve only in an advisory capacity, except textbook advisory committees of the State Department of Education or the Board of Elementary and Secondary Education. However, all other provisions contained in this Chapter shall be applicable to such group or committee and the public body which established such group or committee shall comply with the provisions of R.S. 42:19 in providing the required notice of meetings of such group or committee.

E. The provisions of this Chapter shall not apply to meetings of the Louisiana Governor's Mansion Advisory Commission.

Added by Acts 1976, No. 665, §1. Amended by Acts 1979, No. 681, §1; Acts 1982, No. 215, §1; Acts 1989, No. 389, §1; Acts 2003, No. 336, §1, eff. June 13, 2003; Acts 2006, No. 90, §1, eff. May 25, 2006; Acts 2009, No. 196, §7, eff. July 1, 2009; Acts 2010, No. 861, §23; Acts 2011, No. 188, §1; Acts 2012, No. 811, §15, eff. July 1, 2012; Acts 2014, No. 628, §1; Acts 2021, No. 66, §2, eff. June 4, 2021; Acts 2024, No. 237, §3, eff. May 23, 2024; Acts 2025, No. 128, §3.
La. Rev. Stat. § 42:27 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 42 / Section 27
Venue; summary proceedings
Status: in_force

A. Enforcement proceedings shall be instituted in the district court for the parish in which the meeting took place or will take place.

B. Enforcement proceedings shall be tried by preference and in a summary manner. Any appellate court to which the proceeding is brought shall place it on its preferential docket, shall hear it without delay, and shall render a decision as soon as practicable.

Added by Acts 1979, No. 681, §1; Acts 2010, No. 861, §23.
La. Rev. Stat. § 42:1702 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 42 / Section 1702
Political subdivision; consideration of arrest records; prohibited acts
Status: in_force

A. No political subdivision, when filling an employment position, may inquire on an initial application form about a prospective employee's arrest record.

B. This prohibition does not preclude a political subdivision from inquiring about convictions, pending felony criminal charges, or pleas of nolo contendere of a prospective employee on the initial application form.

C. This Section does not apply to any employment position for which a criminal background check is required by law.

Acts 2019, No. 392, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 42:1406 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 42 / Section 1406
Cost of election
Status: in_force

All costs incurred in connection with the election provided for by this Chapter shall be paid out of funds available to the state police commission for its operations.

Acts 1990, No. 788, §1, eff. Nov. 7, 1990.
La. Rev. Stat. § 42:457.1 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 42 / Section 457.1
Professional law enforcement and firefighter association dues
Status: in_force

Any employee of the state or of any political subdivision of the state may authorize his employer to withhold from his salary a specific amount for such pay periods as may be designated, for payment of his dues to any professional state or local law enforcement or firefighter association which is located or is operating a chapter within the respective jurisdiction and to which the employee belongs. The employee must voluntarily execute and furnish to the employer a written and specific authorization for such deduction. Upon receipt of such authorization, and in accordance with the instructions contained therein, the employer shall begin to make such deductions. The amounts withheld shall be remitted forthwith to the organization designated by the employee. The provisions of this Section shall not apply to any employee of the local sheriff's office or parish law enforcement district.

Acts 1992, No. 768, §1, eff. July 7, 1992.
La. Rev. Stat. § 42:32 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 42 / Section 32
Enemy aliens not to be employed; penalty
Status: in_force

The state, its agencies and subdivisions, as well as municipalities and parishes, shall not employ knowingly any enemy alien.

For the purpose of this section an enemy alien is defined as any person who is a national of a country with whom the United States is at war.

Any public officer or anyone in charge of any state agencies or board, who knowingly employs, or permits to be employed, any enemy alien shall be fined one thousand dollars or imprisoned for six months.

Amended by Acts 1974, No. 472, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 42:883 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 42 / Section 883
Officers; oath; meetings; quorum; minutes; reports; compensation
Status: in_force

A.(1) At the first meeting held in each fiscal year the board shall elect one of its members to serve as chairman until a new chairman is elected. At the same meeting, the board shall elect from its members a vice chairman to preside at meetings in the absence of the chairman and a secretary who shall be responsible for keeping the records and documents of the board.

(2) In the event of a vacancy in the office of chairman, vice chairman, or secretary, the board shall elect a member to serve in such capacity until the first meeting in the following fiscal year.

B. Each member of the board, within ten days after his election or appointment, shall take the constitutional oath of office.

C. Regular meetings of the board shall be held as called by the chairman at the time and place determined by the board; however, the chairman or a majority of the board, upon giving notice to each member, may call special meetings or cancel regular meetings. Meetings of the board shall be conducted in accordance with Robert's Rules of Order, unless the board prescribes a different procedure. All meetings and hearings of the board shall be open to the public.

D. Six members of the board shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, and the approval of a number equal to a majority of the voting membership of the board shall be necessary for any action taken by the board.

E. The secretary of the board shall keep records and minutes of the board's business and official actions. The minutes of the proceedings of the board shall be prepared and maintained by the secretary on behalf of and subject to the approval of the board.

F. Members of the board shall serve without compensation, but shall be reimbursed, in accordance with the official state travel regulations, for all necessary expenses incurred through service on the board.

Acts 2001, No. 1178, §5, eff. June 29, 2001; Acts 2017, No. 316, §1; Acts 2018, No. 676, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 42:63 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 42 / Section 63
Prohibitions
Status: in_force

A.(1) Except as otherwise provided in this Subsection, no person holding an elective office, appointive office, or employment in any of the branches of state government or of a political subdivision thereof shall at the same time hold another elective office, appointive office, or employment in the government of a foreign country, in the government of the United States, or in the government of another state.

(2) A person holding employment in the government of the United States and at the same time holding an appointive office in a political subdivision of the state shall not be in violation of this Subsection, unless the particular nature of his employment in combination with the duties and interests of his appointive office in a political subdivision of this state is otherwise prohibited by this Part or is found to be adverse to the public interest as set forth in R.S. 42:61.

(3)(a) A person holding employment in the government of the United States and at the same time holding part-time elective office shall not be in violation of this Subsection, unless the particular nature of his employment in combination with the duties and interests of his elective office is otherwise prohibited by this Part or is found to be adverse to the public interest as set forth in R.S. 42:61.

(b) For purposes of this Paragraph, "part-time elective office" shall mean an elective office the holder of which is deemed to be a part-time public servant pursuant to Article X, Section 29.1(A) of the Constitution of Louisiana.

B. Except as otherwise provided by the Louisiana constitution, no person holding office or employment in one branch of the state government shall at the same time hold another office or employment in any other branch of the state government.

C. No person holding an elective office in the government of this state shall at the same time hold another elective office, a full-time appointive office, or employment in the government of this state or in the government of a political subdivision thereof.

D. No person holding an elective office in a political subdivision of this state shall at the same time hold another elective office or full-time appointive office in the government of this state or in the government of a political subdivision thereof. No such person shall hold at the same time employment in the government of this state, or in the same political subdivision in which he holds an elective office. In addition no sheriff, assessor, or clerk of court shall hold any office or employment under a parish governing authority or school board, nor shall any member of any parish governing authority or school board hold any office or employment with any sheriff, assessor, or clerk of court.

E. No person holding a full-time appointive office or full-time employment in the government of this state or of a political subdivision thereof shall at the same time hold another full-time appointive office or full-time employment in the government of the state of Louisiana, in the government of a political subdivision thereof, or in a combination of these.

F. No person holding an elective office in any branch of state government shall contract, on a full-time basis, to provide health or health-related services for any agency of state government. No person engaged in a contract on a full-time basis, with any agency of state government to provide health or health-related services shall hold an elective office in any branch of state government.

Added by Acts 1979, No. 700, §1. Acts 1987, No. 837, §1, eff. July 20, 1987; Acts 1989, No. 60, §1; Acts 1995, No. 673, §1; Acts 2009, No. 178, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 42:814 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 42 / Section 814
Revenue reports
Status: in_force

A.(1) Annually on or before April first, each administrator and pharmacy benefit manager that had a contract with the office in the preceding calendar year shall file a report with the office detailing any known revenues outside of the administrative fee related to their current contract with the office for the preceding calendar year, by source.

(2) Annually on or before June thirtieth, each administrator and pharmacy benefit manager that was required to file a report pursuant to the provisions of Paragraph (1) of this Subsection shall file a final report with the office updating and supplementing as appropriate any information from its report filed pursuant to Paragraph (1) of this Subsection to ensure that all revenues for the preceding calendar year are reported.

B. At the time that a report required pursuant to the provisions of this Section is filed with the office, the filer shall also submit copies of the report to the House and Senate committees on insurance.

C. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, the office may promulgate emergency rules for the initial implementation of this Section.

Acts 2024, No. 546, §1, eff. July 1, 2024.
La. Rev. Stat. § 42:1404 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 42 / Section 1404
Ballots; distribution; vote; return; counting; rejection
Status: in_force

A.(1) The director shall arrange the names of the candidates in alphabetical order and shall assign a number to each. He shall place the name of each candidate who meets the requirements for candidacy in alphabetical order on the ballot, together with the number assigned to each. The ballot shall be uniform.

(2) Not later than seven days after the final day for the filing of nomination petitions, he shall cause to be delivered to the appointing authority of the Department of Public Safety and Corrections one official ballot, one signature slip, one official ballot envelope, and one postage paid return envelope that is preprinted addressed to the director for each such employee whose name appears on the employment rolls thirty days prior to the date on which the call for the election is issued. The appointing authority shall initiate distribution of the voting materials immediately upon receipt. Each person shall cast his vote out of the presence of any other person.

(3) The marked ballot shall be sealed in the ballot envelope and shall be placed along with the signature slip containing the signature and social security number of the employee in the return envelope and returned to the director. No identifying mark, except for the required signature and social security number, shall be placed on the signature slip, and the ballot shall not be valid unless the signature slip is signed by the voter. The ballots shall be returned to the director on or before a date fixed by the director, which date shall be not less than ten nor more than fifteen days after distribution of the ballots to the appointing authority.

B. All ballots shall be counted under the direction of a ballot oversight committee composed of one classified state police officer named by each candidate and such additional number of classified state police officers, named by each candidate, as the director determines is necessary to complete the count.

C. Following a verification process determined by the director, the ballots shall be placed in one or more ballot boxes which shall be furnished by the director. Beginning on the day after the date fixed by the director as the last day for return of the ballots, the ballot oversight committee shall begin its count of the ballots by opening the ballots contained in the ballot boxes. The count of the ballots shall be completed within three days after the date fixed by the director as the last day for return of the ballots.

D. Any ballot which is not timely returned, or which is returned improperly signed, shall be marked "Rejected" by the ballot oversight committee and shall not be counted by the ballot oversight committee. In addition, the ballot oversight committee shall reject any ballot upon which the name of more than one candidate is marked.

Acts 1990, No. 788, §1, eff. Nov. 7, 1990; Acts 1999, No. 513, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 42:1151 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 42 / Section 1151
Administrative enforcement
Status: in_force

A. Enforcement as to current public employees. An agency head and any other public servant having the authority to appoint a person to a position of public service, regardless of whether or not such appointment requires the approval of the Senate or any other body, employee, or person, shall take such action as may be ordered by a final decision of the Ethics Adjudicatory Board with respect to any public employee within his agency or any such appointee, upon a determination that such employee or appointee has violated any provision of law within the jurisdiction of the Board of Ethics or any order, rule, or regulation promulgated thereunder. Such action may include the imposition of the conditions described in Subsection B of this Section.

B. Enforcement as to former public servants and other persons. Upon a determination by the Ethics Adjudicatory Board or a court of competent jurisdiction, that a former public servant or other person has violated any provision of law within the jurisdiction of the Board of Ethics or any order, rule, or regulation promulgated hereunder, the agency head or the Ethics Adjudicatory Board shall bar or impose reasonable conditions upon:

(1) The appearance before such agency of such former public servant or other person.

(2) The conduct of, or negotiation or competition for, business with such agency by such former public servant or other person, for such period of time as may be necessary or appropriate to effectuate the purposes of this Chapter.

Acts 1979, No. 443, §1, eff. April 1, 1980; Acts 1996, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 64, §6, eff. Jan. 1, 1997; Acts 2012, No. 608, §1, eff. June 7, 2012.

NOTE: See Acts 2012, No.608, §3, relative to the prospective application of Act.
La. Rev. Stat. § 42:1130.1 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 42 / Section 1130.1
Legislative findings and intent
Status: in_force

The Legislature of Louisiana finds that the state has a compelling interest in taking every necessary step to assure that all elections are held in a fair and ethical manner and finds that an election cannot be held in a fair and ethical manner when any candidate or other person is allowed to make false statements, allegations, or insinuations about a candidate or to use deceptive caller identification information falsely to identify a candidate as the source of calls. The legislature finds that such scurrilous, false, or irresponsible adverse comments about a candidate have no place in effective representative democracy. The legislature, therefore, intends that this Part shall apply to all future elections to further the state's compelling interest in protecting the electoral process and the people's interest in assuring that campaign statements are not knowingly false and deliberately misleading.

Acts 2008, No. 812, §1, eff. July 7, 2008.
La. Rev. Stat. § 42:142 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 42 / Section 142
Time limitation for persons in military service
Status: in_force

The provisions of R.S. 42:141 shall not apply to any person elected, or appointed to any public office while serving in the military service of the United States outside the continental limits of the United States.

These persons shall qualify for office by:

(1) Taking the oath and giving bond, where required, within sixty days after returning to the continental limits of the United States; or

(2) Executing their oath and bond in any part or possession of the United States, or any foreign country.

In any case the oath and bond may be signed and executed before any commissioned officer of the military service of the United States, with the same force and effect as if before a notary public within this state.
La. Rev. Stat. § 42:1124.6 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 42 / Section 1124.6
Disclosure statements; certain agency heads and appointees to state boards and commissions
Status: in_force

A.(1) Each person who is directly employed by a statewide elected official to serve as an agency head, who is subject to annual financial statements as required by R.S. 42:1124, and who made a contribution or loan in excess of one thousand dollars to a campaign of the official who employed him, shall disclose to the board his date of employment, his salary, the name of the candidate to whom a contribution or loan was made, and the amount of any such contribution or loan. Each such person shall include the information required by this Subsection on the annual financial statement that is required by this Part.

(2) Each person who is appointed to a state board or commission, who is subject to annual financial statements as required by R.S. 42:1124.2.1, and who made a contribution or loan in excess of two thousand dollars to a campaign of the official who appointed him shall disclose to the board his date of appointment, the amount of any compensation provided for such position, the name of the candidate to whom a contribution or loan was made, and the amount of any such contribution or loan. Each such person shall include the information required by this Subsection on the annual financial statement that is required by this Part.

B.(1) The contributions or loans required by this Section to be disclosed shall include only those made within one year of the employment or appointment. This information shall be included in the report that covers the time period in which the employment or appointment occurred.

(2) For purposes of this Section:

(a) "Candidate" shall have the same meaning as provided in R.S. 18:1483(3)(a).

(b) "Contribution" means a gift, conveyance, payment, or deposit of money or anything of value, or the forgiveness of a loan or of a debt, made for the purpose of supporting, opposing, or otherwise influencing the nomination or election of a person to public office, whether made before or after the election.

(c) "Loan" shall have the same meaning as provided in R.S. 18:1483(10).

Acts 2009, No. 238, §1; Acts 2025, No. 301, §1, eff. June 11, 2025.
La. Rev. Stat. § 42:441 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 42 / Section 441
Definitions
Status: in_force

For the purposes of this Part, the following words and terms, when used in this Part, shall have the following meanings:

(1) "Employing agency" means the agency of the executive, legislative, or judicial branch of state government in which the leave recipient is employed.

(2) "Leave donor" means a full-time employee of an employing agency whose voluntary written request for transfer of annual, sick, or compensatory leave to the pool leave account of his employing agency is granted.

(3) "Leave recipient" means a full-time employee of an employing agency who has a need to receive annual, sick, or compensatory leave from the pool leave account of his employing agency and who meets one of the following qualifying circumstances:

(a) The employee experiences a catastrophic illness or serious injury that prevents the employee from performing his duties for a period of more than ten consecutive days that the employee is scheduled to work, and the employee does not have sufficient annual, sick, or compensatory leave credited to the employee personally to cover the entire period of illness or injury.

(b) The employee has a significant other, minor child, child who is still financially supported by the employee, or dependent parent for whom the employee is the primary caregiver who experiences a catastrophic illness or serious injury that prevents the employee from performing his duties for a period of more than ten consecutive days that the employee is scheduled to work, and the employee does not have sufficient annual, sick, or compensatory leave credited to the employee personally to cover the entire period of illness or injury.

(c) The employee experiences the birth or adoption of a child and does not have sufficient annual, sick, or compensatory time to cover a minimum of six weeks of parental leave immediately following the birth or adoption.

(4) Repealed by Acts 2022, No. 649, §2.

Acts 1992, No. 1008, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1993; Acts 2012, No. 590, §1, eff. June 7, 2012; Acts 2022, No. 649, §§1, 2.
La. Rev. Stat. § 42:287 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 42 / Section 287
Publication of reports
Status: in_force

Any parish governing authority may, in its own discretion, publish any of the reports which it receives as a result of R.S. 42:283.
La. Rev. Stat. § 42:196 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 42 / Section 196
Sale of land of principal and sureties upon execution
Status: in_force

Whenever an execution issues against a defaulting officer, the officer to whom the execution is directed, may seize and sell any lands which belonged to the principal obligor at the date of the registry of his official bond, without regard to any subsequent transfer or change of title, and in whatever hands the property is found.

No sale shall be made of the property of the sureties until that of the principal has been discussed.
La. Rev. Stat. § 42:1472 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 42 / Section 1472
Prohibited use of state computers and networks
Status: in_force

A.(1) The office of technology services shall develop a policy, subject to the approval of the Joint Legislative Committee on Technology and Cybersecurity, to prohibit the use of any covered application on any computer, device, or network owned or leased by the state.

(2) The office of technology services shall notify the agency head of each executive branch agency of the policy developed and approved pursuant to this Subsection when the office becomes aware that the agency is in possession of a computer, device, or network owned or leased by the state and shall make the policy available to any agency upon request by the agency.

(3) The agency head of an executive branch agency using a computer, device, or network owned or leased by the state shall ensure that the agency properly implements the policy developed pursuant to this Subsection.

B. The supreme court shall develop and implement a policy to prohibit the use of any covered application on any computer, device, or network owned or leased by the state and used by a judicial branch agency. The policy shall be substantially similar to the policy adopted and approved pursuant to Subsection A of this Section.

C. The Joint Legislative Committee on Technology and Cybersecurity shall develop a policy to prohibit the use of any covered application on any computer, device, or network owned or leased by the state and used by a legislative branch agency. The policy shall be substantially similar to the policy adopted and approved pursuant to Subsection A of this Section. The Legislative Budgetary Control Council shall oversee the implementation of the policy.

D. Any policy developed pursuant to this Section shall not prohibit a public servant from any of the following:

(1) Unrestricted access to a covered application for a legitimate scientific, educational, or law enforcement purpose as determined and approved by the public servant's agency prior to the public servant's access to the covered application.

(2) Unfiltered or unrestricted access to a covered application on a computer, device, or network that is not owned or leased by the state, provided that the public servant does not use the computer, device, or network to access a covered application in the course and scope of his public service.

Acts 2023, No. 308, §1, eff. June 13, 2023.
La. Rev. Stat. § 42:20 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 42 / Section 20
Written minutes
Status: in_force

A. All public bodies shall keep written minutes of all of their open meetings. The minutes to be kept by the legislature and legislative committees and subcommittees shall be governed by the provisions of R.S. 42:21. The minutes of all other public bodies shall include but need not be limited to:

(1) The date, time, and place of the meeting.

(2) The members of the public body recorded as either present or absent.

(3) The substance of all matters decided, and, at the request of any member, a record, by individual member, of any votes taken.

(4) Any other information that the public body requests be included or reflected in the minutes.

B.(1) The minutes shall be public records and shall be available within a reasonable time after the meeting, except where such disclosures would be inconsistent with R.S. 42:16, 17, and 18, or rules adopted under the provisions of R.S. 42:21.

(2) If the public body has a website, the public body shall post on its website a copy of the minutes made available pursuant to Paragraph (1) of this Subsection and shall maintain the copy of those minutes on the website for at least three months after the posting. If the public body is required to publish its minutes in an official journal, the public body shall post its minutes on its website as required by this Paragraph within ten days after publication in the official journal. If the public body is not required to publish its minutes in an official journal, the public body shall post its minutes on its website as required by this Paragraph within a reasonable time after the meeting. The inability of the public to access the public body's website due to any type of technological failure shall not be a violation of the provisions of this Chapter.

Added by Acts 1976, No. 665, §1. Amended by Acts 1981, Ex.Sess., No. 21, §1, eff. Nov. 19, 1981; Acts 2010, No. 861, §23; Acts 2014, No. 628, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 42:55 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 42 / Section 55
Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in this Part: (1) "Public employee" shall mean and include every officer or employee of any department, board, commission, or agency of the State of Louisiana, or of any political subdivision or municipal corporation of the State of Louisiana.

(2) "Student in a public educational institution" shall mean and include every student enrolled in any public school of the State, or in any state-supported trade school, vocational school, college, or university.

Acts 1950, No. 284, §4.
La. Rev. Stat. § 42:450.4 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 42 / Section 450.4
Reinstatement after disaster service leave
Status: in_force

Any public employee who has been granted leave to participate in relief services connected with a disaster, pursuant to this Part, shall be restored to his previous position of employment upon giving notice to the employing agency twenty-four hours prior to his return to employment, provided that the public employee submit written certification from the supervising official of the American Red Cross unit that the public employee has rendered volunteer disaster relief services showing the number of hours of service rendered by the public employee.

Acts 1995, No. 455, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 42:1352 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 42 / Section 1352
Call of election
Status: in_force

The director of the Department of State Civil Service shall issue the call for an election for the classified member of the State Civil Service Commission in January, 1975, and every six years thereafter, on the first Monday after January first of the election year.

Added by Acts 1974, Ex.Sess., No. 8, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1975. Acts 1988, No. 164, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 42:805 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 42 / Section 805
Collection and deposit of contributions
Status: in_force

A. The office shall be responsible for preparing and transmitting to each employer agency a monthly invoice premium statement delineating the participating employees of that agency, the class of coverage, total amount of employer and employee contributions due to the office, and such other items as are deemed necessary by the office.

B. It shall be the responsibility of the employer agency to reconcile the monthly invoice premium statement, collect the employee contribution by payroll deduction or otherwise, and remit the reconciled monthly invoice premium statement and both the employer and employee contributions to the office within thirty days after receipt of the monthly premium invoice statement.

C. If any employer agency fails to remit both the employer and employee contributions to the board within thirty days after receipt of the monthly invoice premium statement from the office, the state treasurer shall, at the request of the office, withhold from state funds due the agency the full amount of the delinquent employer and employee contributions and remit this amount directly to the office.

D.(1) Except as provided in Paragraph (2) of this Subsection, employer and employee contributions for the payment of premiums for group benefits for state employees contracted for under the provisions of this Chapter shall be deposited directly with the office or its designated third-party administrator. The office shall pay all monies for such benefits as they become due and payable.

(2) The provisions of Paragraph (1) of this Subsection shall not apply to either of the following:

(a) Any individual Medicare marketplace health reimbursement arrangement contracted by the office for Medicare-eligible enrollees.

(b) Health plans administered by Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College.

Acts 2001, No. 1178, §5, eff. June 29, 2001; Acts 2018, No. 676, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 42:25 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 42 / Section 25
Enforcement
Status: in_force

A. The attorney general shall enforce the provisions of this Chapter throughout the state. He may institute enforcement proceedings on his own initiative and shall institute such proceedings upon a complaint filed with him by any person, unless written reasons are given as to why the suit should not be filed.

B. Each district attorney shall enforce the provisions of this Chapter throughout the judicial district within which he serves. He may institute enforcement proceedings on his own initiative and shall institute such proceedings upon a complaint filed with him by any person, unless written reasons are given as to why the suit should not be filed.

C. Any person who has been denied any right conferred by the provisions of this Chapter or who has reason to believe that the provisions of this Chapter have been violated may institute enforcement proceedings.

Added by Acts 1976, No. 665, §1. Amended by Acts 1977, No. 707, §1; Acts 1979, No. 681, §1; Acts 2010, No. 861, §23.
La. Rev. Stat. § 42:853 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 42 / Section 853
Coverage for chiropractic services
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding any provision of law or any rule or regulation to the contrary, the Office of Group Benefits shall provide its eligible benefits as defined by the program for services which are rendered within the lawful scope of practice of a duly licensed chiropractor as defined in R.S. 37:2801. There shall be no discrimination in the payment of benefits allowed for such services whether performed by a chiropractor or physician in instances where the services performed are within the lawful scope of practice of both professions. Terminology in such a policy, contract, or plan considered discriminatory against any such person or method of practice shall be void.

Acts 2001, No. 1178, §5, eff. June 29, 2001.
La. Rev. Stat. § 42:1405 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 42 / Section 1405
Secrecy of ballot; interference with voter; penalty
Status: in_force

A. No voter shall allow his ballot to be seen by any person with an apparent intention of letting it be known how he is about to vote, or place any distinguishing mark upon his ballot, or make a false statement as to his inability to mark his ballot. No person shall interfere or attempt to interfere with any voter when marking his ballot, or endeavor to induce any voter before voting to show how he is about to mark or has marked his ballot, or influence or attempt to influence any voter to vote for or against a particular candidate, or otherwise violate any of the provisions of this Chapter or rules adopted pursuant thereto.

B. Whoever violates this Section shall be punished in accordance with R.S. 18:1461, R.S. 14:119, R.S. 14:120, R.S. 14:136, or any other applicable law enacted to punish violations of laws relating to other elections.

Acts 1990, No. 788, §1, eff. Nov. 7, 1990.
La. Rev. Stat. § 42:1264 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 42 / Section 1264
Review of needs and requirements
Status: in_force

The Department of State Civil Service shall conduct, at least every four years, a complete review of the needs and requirements for in-service training and education and shall adjust the training programs provided by this Chapter to meet the needs revealed by said reviews.

Added by Acts 1972, No. 400, §1. Amended by Acts 1979, No. 656, §1; Acts 1986, No. 313, §1, eff. June 30, 1986; Acts 2010, No. 825, §1, eff. July 1, 2010.
La. Rev. Stat. § 42:64 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 42 / Section 64
Incompatible offices
Status: in_force

A. In addition to the prohibitions otherwise provided in this Part, no other offices or employments shall be held by the same person in combination if any of the following conditions are found to pertain and these prohibitions shall exist whether or not the person affected by the prohibition exercises power in conjunction with other officers:

(1) The incumbent of one of the offices, whether or not in conjunction with fellow officers, or employment has the power to appoint or remove the incumbent of the other, except that local governmental subdivisions may appoint members of the governing body to boards and commissions created by them and over which they exercise general powers as provided in Article VI, Section 15 of the Constitution of Louisiana. A board or commission so created may elect officers from its own membership, and if a joint commission of two parishes, except a joint commission that has as its function the operation and maintenance of a causeway and its related roadways, may also appoint a member of one of such parish's governing body to be its general superintendent.

(2) The incumbent of one office, whether or not in conjunction with fellow officers, or employment receives the oath and/or bond of the incumbent of the other.

(3) The incumbent of one office, whether or not in conjunction with fellow officers, or employment is charged by law with instituting actions for penalties against the incumbent of the other office or employment.

(4) The incumbent of one office, whether or not in conjunction with fellow officers, or employment is required by law to execute orders and follow directions given by the incumbent of the other office or employment.

(5) One office, whether or not in conjunction with fellow officers, or employment is charged with auditing the accounts of or approving the budget of the other position.

(6) Funds received by one office or employment are deposited with or turned over to the other office or position.

B. A joint commission that has as its function the operation and maintenance of a causeway and its related roadways, created by two or more parishes, shall not appoint a member of the governing authority of any of the parishes or an employee thereof to the joint commission. No member of a parish governing authority or employee thereof shall serve as a member of a joint commission that has as its function the operation and maintenance of a causeway and its related roadways, created by the parish by agreement with one or more other parishes.

C. No other combination of offices or employments shall be deemed to be incompatible unless the powers, functions, or duties are found to be adverse to the public interest as set forth in Section 61 of this Part.

Added by Acts 1979, No. 700, §1. Acts 1988, No. 363, §2, eff. July 8, 1988.
La. Rev. Stat. § 42:433 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 42 / Section 433
Notification of employer
Status: in_force

A public employee who qualifies for athletic leave of absence under the provisions of this Part shall notify his employer of his desire for such leave at least thirty days before the effective date of the leave. However, if the official training camp for world, Pan American, or Olympic games commences less than thirty days after the employee's selection as a member of the United States team, the employee shall notify his employer of his desire for athletic leave immediately upon his selection as a member of such team.

Added by Acts 1978, No. 70, §1, eff. June 16, 1978.
La. Rev. Stat. § 42:71 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 42 / Section 71
Usurpation of office; punishment
Status: in_force

Any person who assumes or pretends to be a public officer without the authority of an election, or without the authority of a commission from the governor when a commission is required; or who has been duly addressed out of an office that he held, in the manner provided by Article IX, Section 3, of the Constitution of Louisiana, or who has been removed from such an office by impeachment or recall, is a usurper.

Any usurper who attempts to exercise the functions of a public officer or office, and who interferes with any public officer in the discharge of his duties; or refuses to vacate an office, after having been removed therefrom in the manner provided by Article IX, Section 3, of the Constitution of Louisiana, or by impeachment or recall, shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars or imprisoned not more than six months, or both.

Each day's action by a usurper shall constitute a separate offense.

Amended by Acts 1960, 3rd Ex.Sess., No. 3, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 42:1157.3 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 42 / Section 1157.3
Outside counsel; contingency fee; enforcement and collection authority
Status: in_force

The board may contract with outside counsel on a contingency fee basis to enforce judgments that may arise under this Part. Any such firm or attorney shall be selected pursuant to a request for proposals in accordance with Chapter 17 of Subtitle III of Title 39 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950.

Acts 1999, No. 850, §1; Acts 2014, No. 864, §§4 and 5.
La. Rev. Stat. § 42:1263 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 42 / Section 1263
Employee training program
Status: in_force

A. Pursuant to Article X, Section 10(A) of the Constitution of Louisiana, the State Civil Service Commission shall require the Department of State Civil Service to institute an employee training program in accordance with the provisions of this Chapter for state agencies, to coordinate in-service training and educational programs, to review the development and conduct of such programs, and to submit progress reports to the governor and legislature as either may direct.

B. The Department of State Civil Service is hereby designated as the agency to develop and conduct said training programs.

Added by Acts 1972, No. 400, §1. Amended by Acts 1979, No. 656, §1; Acts 1986, No. 313, §1, eff. June 30, 1986; Acts 2010, No. 825, §1, eff. July 1, 2010; Acts 2020, 2 nd Ex. Sess., No. 33, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 42:803 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 42 / Section 803
Chief executive officer; chief operating officer; powers and duties
Status: in_force

A. The commissioner of administration shall appoint a chief executive officer who shall be an unclassified employee and serve at the pleasure of the commissioner of administration and shall be subject to Senate confirmation. The chief executive officer shall be qualified in the areas of the administration of group insurance and other benefit programs and the investment of public funds.

B.(1) The chief executive officer shall exercise all functions necessary for the administration and implementation of the policies and rules of the office which relate to rulemaking, licensing, regulation, enforcement, and adjudication, including personnel management.

(2) The chief executive officer shall employ, appoint, remove, assign, and promote such personnel as are necessary for the efficient administration of the powers, duties, functions, and responsibilities of the board and for the administration and implementation of the office, in accordance with applicable civil service laws, rules, and regulations, and with policies and rules of the division of administration, and subject to budgetary control and applicable laws.

C.(1) The chief executive officer shall appoint a chief operating officer who shall be an unclassified employee. The chief operating officer shall possess such qualifications deemed necessary by the chief executive officer.

(2) The chief operating officer shall, under the supervision and control of the chief executive officer, perform and administer all functions of the office which are in the nature of accounting and budget control, management and program analysis, and grants management and exercise all functions of the program which relate to payroll, personnel management, procurement, and contract management.

Acts 2001, No. 1178, §5, eff. June 29, 2001.
La. Rev. Stat. § 42:801 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 42 / Section 801
Administration
Status: in_force

A. The Office of Group Benefits is hereby created within the office of the governor, division of administration.

B. As used in this Chapter, "office" means the Office of Group Benefits created in this Section.

C. The general administration of all aspects of programs of benefits as authorized or provided for under the provisions of this Chapter, which shall constitute the Office of Group Benefits, shall be vested in and be the responsibility of the office in accordance with the provisions of this Chapter.

D. The Office of Group Benefits shall be domiciled in Baton Rouge.

Acts 2001, No. 1178, §5, eff. June 29, 2001; Acts 2024, No. 546, §3, eff. July 1, 2024.
La. Rev. Stat. § 42:202 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 42 / Section 202
Mode of transfer
Status: in_force

The application for the transfer of a special mortgage to other property must be made by petition to the governor, who shall appoint two competent persons to evaluate the property offered as a substitute; and if a sworn appraisement of the property shows that its value is sufficient to answer for the sum required, then after accepting the new mortgage, the governor shall have it recorded in the manner directed by law, and authorize the cancellation of all anterior special mortgages, so far as the state may be interested.
La. Rev. Stat. § 42:813 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 42 / Section 813
Definitions
Status: in_force

For the purposes of this Subpart, the following terms shall have the following meanings:

(1) "Administrative fee" means the sole compensation that the administrator or pharmacy benefit manager receives under the contract. The administrative fee includes all services related to the contract including but not limited to appeals, clinical programs, and other communications, eligibility maintenance, explanation of benefits, formulary customizations, member grievances and call centers, on-site audits and surveys, prior authorizations and step therapy, trend management, and benchmark reporting and transaction fees. The administrative fee does not include pass-through claims.

(2) "Administrator" means any entity contracted with the office to adjust or settle claims in connection with health coverage offered by the office. The term "administrator" shall not include an employer performing any such service on behalf of its employees, an independent consulting actuary contracted with the office, or a pharmacy benefit manager.

(3) "Pharmacy benefit manager" means any entity contracted with the office to administer a prescription drug or device program of one or more health plans on behalf of the office in accordance with a pharmacy benefit program.

(4) "Revenues" means all financial benefits that an administrator or pharmacy benefit manager receives related to utilization or enrollment in programs offered by the office. These include but are not limited to access fees, market share fees, formulary access fees, inflation protection and penalty payments, and marketing grants from pharmaceutical manufacturers, wholesalers, and data warehouse vendors. "Revenues" also means any financial benefit received by an administrator or pharmacy benefit manager attached to a rebate.

Acts 2024, No. 546, §1, eff. July 1, 2024.
La. Rev. Stat. § 42:1305 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 42 / Section 1305
Audits
Status: in_force

The legislative auditor is authorized to audit annually the books and records of the plan administrator, and is authorized and directed to audit annually the plan.

Added by Acts 1981, No. 550, §1. Amended by Acts 1982, No. 1, §1, eff. May 6, 1982.
La. Rev. Stat. § 42:17.4 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 42 / Section 17.4
Exception for meetings of the Prescription Monitoring Program Advisory Council
Status: in_force

A. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the Prescription Monitoring Program Advisory Council, as provided in R.S. 40:1005, may conduct and its members may attend and participate in a meeting via electronic means if the Louisiana Board of Pharmacy, the advisory council, and its presiding officer comply with all of the requirements of this Section.

B. No later than twenty-four hours prior to a meeting conducted pursuant to the provisions of this Section, the advisory council shall provide for all of the following:

(1) The notice and agenda for the meeting, which shall be posted on the website of the Louisiana Board of Pharmacy, emailed to any member of the public or the news media who requests notice of meetings of the public body, and widely distributed to every known news media outlet that broadcasts or publishes news within the geographic area within the jurisdiction of the Louisiana Board of Pharmacy.

(2) Detailed information regarding how members of the public may participate in the meeting and submit comments regarding matters on the agenda, which information shall be posted on the website of the Louisiana Board of Pharmacy, emailed to any member of the public or the news media who requests notice of meetings of the public body, and widely distributed to every known news media outlet that broadcasts or publishes news within the geographic area within the jurisdiction of the Louisiana Board of Pharmacy.

C. For each meeting conducted pursuant to this Section, all of the following requirements shall apply:

(1) The advisory council shall provide a mechanism to receive public comment electronically both prior to and during the meeting.

(2) The advisory council shall properly identify and acknowledge all public comments during the meeting and shall maintain those comments in its record of the meeting.

(3) The presiding officer of the advisory council shall ensure that each person participating in the meeting is properly identified.

(4) The presiding officer shall ensure that all parts of the meeting, excluding any matter discussed in executive session, are clear and audible to all participants in the meeting including the public.

D. For the purposes of this Section, the following words and phrases have the following meanings:

(1) "Meeting via electronic means" means a meeting occurring via teleconference or video conference.

(2) "Teleconference" means a method of communication which enables persons in different locations to participate in a meeting and to hear and otherwise communicate with each other.

(3) "Video conference" means a method of communication which enables persons in different locations to participate in a meeting and to see, hear, and otherwise communicate with each other.

Acts 2023, No. 14, §2.
La. Rev. Stat. § 42:191 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 42 / Section 191
Effect of failure to give new bond
Status: in_force

When the public officer fails or refuses to give a new bond, with good and sufficient surety, within the time prescribed by the court, he shall be ipso facto deprived of his office.
La. Rev. Stat. § 42:376 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 42 / Section 376
Appointments by governor; withdrawal prior to Senate confirmation; interim appointment prohibited
Status: in_force

In all cases when the law requires Senate confirmation of a gubernatorial appointment to fill a position in a state, district, parish, ward, or municipal office, or other political subdivision no person who has been appointed by the governor to fill such a position, whose name has been submitted to the Senate for confirmation, and whose name is withdrawn by the governor or who resigns his appointment to the position prior to consideration of his confirmation by the Senate during the legislative session at which his confirmation is to be considered, shall be eligible for an interim appointment to fill the position to which he was previously appointed.

Acts 1988, No. 189, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 42:1193 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 42 / Section 1193
Effect of expungement
Status: in_force

A. The Board of Ethics and the Ethics Adjudicatory Board shall remove from public access all ethics enforcement records that are ordered to be expunged. The records shall not be destroyed.

B. An expunged ethics enforcement record shall be privileged, confidential, no longer be considered a public record, and not be made available to any person or other entity, except that any such record shall be available to each member of the Board of Ethics and the Ethics Adjudicatory Board and to their respective staff members.

Acts 2015, No. 316, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 42:811 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 42 / Section 811
Termination provisions
Status: in_force

A. No state agency, local school board, political subdivision, or other entity participating in programs offered through the Office of Group Benefits shall terminate participation in those programs, unless each of the following conditions is met:

(1) The head of the agency has notified the employees of the proposed termination.

(2) The head of the agency has informed the employees regarding these statutory provisions covering termination and re-enrollment.

(3) A majority of the employees of the agency approve in writing such termination within fifteen days of the notification of the proposed termination.

(4) The head of the agency has provided written notice of intent to withdraw to the office at least thirty days prior to the anniversary date of the agency joining the program.

B. Any agency which withdraws from a program offered by the office must pay, in advance, an actuarially determined pro rata share of any accrued liabilities of the program. The actuarial consultant serving the program shall determine the share of liabilities due. Any agency which does not remit the entire share of actuarially determined liabilities shall not be allowed to terminate participation in the program.

C.(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, no state agency, local school board, political subdivision, or other entity which terminates participation in the programs and procures a private contract of health and life insurance for its employees pursuant to this Section shall, upon termination of the private contract and re-enrollment in the programs, use monies appropriated by the legislature for payment of the state or employer's portion of any premium due the program.

(2) The total amount of the premium due by the employee of such agency to the office shall be deducted from the salary of the employee.

Acts 2001, No. 1178, §5, eff. June 29, 2001.
La. Rev. Stat. § 42:1130.4 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 42 / Section 1130.4
False statements by candidate or political committee
Status: in_force

No candidate in an election or any political committee shall, with the intent to mislead the voters, distribute or cause to be distributed any oral, visual, digital, or written material containing any statement which he knows or should be reasonably expected to know makes a false statement about another candidate in the election. "Political committee" shall have the same meaning as provided in R.S. 18:1483.

Acts 2008, No. 812, §1, eff. July 7, 2008; Acts 2022, No. 110, §1; Acts 2024, No. 589, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 42:1117 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 42 / Section 1117
Illegal payments
Status: in_force

No public servant or other person shall give, pay, loan, transfer, or deliver or offer to give, pay, loan, transfer, or deliver, directly or indirectly, to any public servant or other person any thing of economic value which such public servant or other person would be prohibited from receiving by any provision of this Part.

Acts 1979, No. 443, §1, eff. April 1, 1980.
La. Rev. Stat. § 42:1412 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 42 / Section 1412
Method for removal
Status: in_force

A. For conviction of a felony any public officer shall be removed by judgment of the district court of the district in which he is domiciled. The district attorney of that judicial district shall institute the suit within ten days after the conviction is final and all appellate review of the original trial court proceedings is exhausted. Suits against the attorney general shall be brought in the Nineteenth Judicial District by the district attorney of that district, and suits against a district attorney shall be brought by the attorney general.

B. An action instituted pursuant to R.S. 42:1411 and R.S. 42:1412 is civil in nature; shall be prosecuted in accordance with the provisions of the Louisiana Code of Civil Procedure, except as otherwise provided in this Section; and shall be tried by preference over all other matters in a summary proceeding.

C. A hearing on the petition for removal shall be held not more than twenty days after service upon the public officer whose removal is sought. Judgment shall be rendered in the matter within ten days after the removal hearing. Within five days after the signing of the judgment, either party may appeal suspensively by obtaining an order of appeal and posting bond for a sum fixed by the court to secure the payment of costs. The trial judge shall fix the return day at a time not to exceed five days after the granting of the order of appeal. An application to the supreme court for a writ of certiorari may be made only within three days after the signing of judgment by the court of appeal. Each appellate court to which the action is brought shall place the matter on its preferential docket, shall hear it without delay, and shall render a decision within ten days after oral argument. The granting of an order of appeal or writ of certiorari suspends the effect of the judgment during the pendency of such proceedings.

D. Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, an appeal of a felony conviction in a state court of a public officer shall be given preference over other criminal appeals.

Added by Acts 1976, No. 628, §1. Amended by Acts 1981, No. 601, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 42:307 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 42 / Section 307
Governor to publish annually list of defaulters reported to him
Status: in_force

The governor shall report to the legislature and cause to be published annually, in the official journal of the state, a list of all persons who appear to be defaulters by the reports on file in his office.
La. Rev. Stat. § 42:14 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 42 / Section 14
Meetings of public bodies to be open to the public
Status: in_force

A. Every meeting of any public body shall be open to the public unless closed pursuant to R.S. 42:16, 17, or 18.

B. Each public body shall be prohibited from utilizing any manner of proxy voting procedure, secret balloting, or any other means to circumvent the intent of this Chapter.

C. All votes made by members of a public body shall be viva voce and shall be recorded in the minutes, journal, or other official, written proceedings of the body, which shall be a public document.

D. Except school boards, which shall be subject to R.S. 42:15, each public body conducting a meeting which is subject to the notice requirements of R.S. 42:19(A) shall allow a public comment period at any point in the meeting prior to action on an agenda item upon which a vote is to be taken. The governing body may adopt reasonable rules and restrictions regarding such comment period.

E.(1) Each public body that has the capability to allow any member of the public with a disability recognized by the Americans with Disabilities Act or a designated caregiver of such a person to participate in its meetings via teleconference or video conference as defined in R.S. 42:17.2 shall adopt rules, regulations, and procedures to regulate and facilitate participation via teleconference or video conference for any such person who prior to the meeting requests that accommodation.

(2) Each public body that does not have the capability to allow any member of the public with a disability recognized by the Americans with Disabilities Act or a designated caregiver of such a person to participate in its meetings via teleconference or video conference as defined in R.S. 42:17.2 shall adopt rules, regulations, and procedures to facilitate viable alternative methods for a member of the public with a disability recognized by the Americans with Disabilities Act or a designated caregiver of such a person who so requests to participate in its meetings.

(3) The requirements of this Subsection shall not be applicable during an executive session held in accordance with law, during any meeting that is sequestered in accordance with law, or to any public body included in R.S. 42:17.2(I).

(4) State agencies as defined by R.S. 49:951 shall promulgate rules pursuant to the Administrative Procedure Act to implement this Subsection.

Added by Acts 1952, No. 484, §1. Amended by Acts 1976, No. 665, §1; Acts 1977, No. 707, §1; Acts 1978, No. 456, §1; Acts 1979, No. 681, §1; Acts 1981, Ex.Sess., No. 21, §1, eff. Nov. 19, 1981; Acts 1989, No. 55, §1; Acts 2001, No. 285, §1; Acts 2010, No. 850, §1; Acts 2010, No. 861, §23; Acts 2023, No. 393, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 42:1359 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 42 / Section 1359
Term; successors; vacancies
Status: in_force

A. The classified employee member of the commission shall be elected for a six-year term and shall take office on the first of May following the election.

B. Vacancies occurring for any cause prior to the expiration of the term shall be filled for the remainder of the unexpired term by the eligible candidate who was unsuccessful in the most recent runoff election. If that candidate is not eligible to serve, or if a runoff election was not held in the most recent election, then the vacancy shall be filled by the eligible candidate who received the next highest number of votes in the most recent election.

C. Loss of status as a classified state employee in this state shall vacate the office of classified employee member of the commission and the vacancy shall be filled in the manner provided in Subsection B of this section.

D. Notwithstanding the provisions of Subsection C, a vacancy in the office of classified employee member of the commission shall not occur when the classified employee who was elected to that office continues to be employed in the same position in which employed when elected as a member of the commission, but the position is changed to an unclassified position by court order, administrative action, or legislative action.

Added by Acts 1974, Ex.Sess., No. 8, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1975. Amended by Acts 1982, No. 385, §1; Acts 1988, No. 164, §1; Acts 2003, No. 332, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 42:1158 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 42 / Section 1158
Board of Ethics Computerized Data Management System; purpose; goals
Status: in_force

A.(1) To enhance the board's ability to govern and enforce the Code of Governmental Ethics and to provide efficient and economical dissemination of information, the board shall establish the Board of Ethics Computerized Data Management System.

(2) The following basic specifications shall be designed into the board's computerized data management system:

(a) The system shall be capable of handling each type of report required to be filed with the board.

(b) The system shall permit electronic filing of all reports required to be filed with the board or as provided for by this Chapter.

(c) The system shall provide for in-house review of all reports filed with the board.

(d) The system's database shall be categorized to provide for citizen's access of all reports filed with the board. This access shall include, but not be limited to, the ability of the public to search by contributor names the system's database of campaign finance disclosure reports that are required to be filed electronically by R.S. 18:1485 and R.S. 42:1125.

(e) The system shall provide a person viewing campaign finance reports filed electronically by a candidate pursuant to R.S. 18:1485 with a link to all reports filed pursuant to R.S. 42:1124.6 in which the candidate is listed.

B. The computerized data system shall be used to aid in the distribution of materials to state and local agencies as provided in R.S. 42:1170.

C. Notwithstanding any contrary provision of this Section, any material or information which is confidential as provided by law shall be excluded from such public access.

D. The Board of Ethics Computerized Data Management System shall commence basic operations no later than May 1, 1997, with total implementation of the system as provided for in this Subpart by May 1, 1998.

Acts 1996, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 64, §6, eff. Jan. 1, 1997; Acts 2010, No. 804, §1, eff. June 30, 2010.
La. Rev. Stat. § 42:1004 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 42 / Section 1004
Contributions by state employees
Status: in_force

A. Every employee of the state whose services are covered by an agreement entered into under R.S. 42:1003 shall be required to pay for the period of such coverage, contributions with respect to wages (as defined in R.S. 42:1002), equal to the amount of the employee tax which would be imposed by the Federal Insurance Contributions Act 1 if such services constituted employment within the meaning of that Act. Such liability shall arise in consideration of the employee's retention in the service, or his entry upon such service, after the enactment of this Chapter.

B. The contribution imposed by this Section shall be collected by the employer by deducting the amount of the contribution from wages as and when paid, but failure to make such deduction shall not relieve the employee from liability for such contribution.

Acts 1952, No. 204, §4. Amended by Acts 1955, No. 36, §4; Acts 2004, No. 280, §1, eff. July 1, 2004.

1 26 U.S.C.A. (I.R.C.1939) §1400 et seq.
La. Rev. Stat. § 42:857 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 42 / Section 857
Authorization for surcharge
Status: in_force

A. Notwithstanding any other provision of law or rule or regulation to the contrary, the Office of Group Benefits may impose a surcharge, payable by the participant employer or an enrollee, regardless of the source of funding, upon any class of employees or retirees.

B.(1) In the event the participant employer does not pay the surcharge by the date it is due, the office shall remove that participant employer and all of its employees and retirees from participation in the Office of Group Benefits programs, effective on the last day of the month in which the surcharge was due.

(2) This Subsection shall apply to local school boards only in the event that funds are appropriated by the legislature for the payment of the surcharge applicable to the local school boards.

C. Notwithstanding any other provision of law or rule or regulation to the contrary, in the event an enrollee does not pay an enrollee surcharge or portion of surcharge by the date it is due, the office shall remove that enrollee and his dependents from participation in the program for which the surcharge was applicable, effective on the last day of the month in which the surcharge was due.

Acts 2001, No. 1178, §5, eff. June 29, 2001; Acts 2018, No. 676, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 42:37 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 42 / Section 37
Questioning of employee witnesses as to membership in communist party; refusal to answer
Status: in_force

Every person in the employ of the state of Louisiana or any political subdivision thereof, or in the employ in any capacity of any parish or city school board or any public school, college, university or other institution of higher learning which is supported in whole or in part by public funds of the State of Louisiana, whenever he may or shall be called and sworn as a witness before the Joint Legislative Committee of the Legislature of Louisiana, shall be required to answer under oath whether he has been or is a member of the Communist Party. Refusal to give such information, in which the state of Louisiana has a legitimate interest in securing, in response to questions asked by the chairman, or any member of the Joint Legislative Committee, whenever any legislative investigation is being made or undertaken by the said committee in accordance with the provisions of Article V, Section 17 of the Constitution of the state of Louisiana, shall constitute insubordination on the part of any such employee, and he shall, by reason of such refusal to answer any such question or questions, be subject to dismissal or discharge, in the manner provided by law, from his said employment.

Acts 1960, No. 243, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 42:807 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 42 / Section 807
Retroactive cancellation of coverage
Status: in_force

A. The office is authorized to retroactively cancel coverage in programs offered through the office in the following instances:

(1) To the extent the cancellation of coverage is attributable to a failure of the enrollee to timely pay required premiums or contributions toward the cost of coverage.

(2) The cancellation of coverage is initiated by the enrollee or dependent.

B. When the office retroactively cancels coverage pursuant to this Section, the enrollee shall be liable to the office for all benefits paid by the office on behalf of the enrollee and dependents after the effective date of rescission or cancellation of coverage.

Acts 2001, No. 1178, §5, eff. June 29, 2001; Acts 2018, No. 676, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 42:854 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 42 / Section 854
Office of Group Benefits; use of monies
Status: in_force

A. Repealed by Acts 2018, No. 676, §2.

B. Repealed by Acts 2018, No. 676, §2.

C. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, any money received by or under the control of the Office of Group Benefits shall not be used, loaned, or borrowed by the state for cash flow purposes or any other purpose inconsistent with the purposes of or the proper administration of the Office of Group Benefits.

Acts 2001, No. 1178, §5, eff. June 29, 2001; Acts 2018, No. 676, §2.
La. Rev. Stat. § 42:852 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 42 / Section 852
Coverage for optometric services
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding any provision of law or any rule or regulation to the contrary, the Office of Group Benefits shall provide its eligible benefits, as defined by the program, for visual services which are rendered within the lawful scope of practice of a duly licensed optometrist as defined in R.S. 37:1041. There shall be no discrimination in the payment of benefits allowed for such visual services, whether performed by an optometrist or physician, in instances where the services performed are within the lawful scope of practice of both professions. The coverage required under this Section shall not apply to payment for routine eye examinations, glasses, contact lenses, or office visits wherein the optometrist refers the patient to an ophthalmologist.

Acts 2001, No. 1178, §5, eff. June 29, 2001.
La. Rev. Stat. § 42:404 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 42 / Section 404
Persons to whom reinstatement provisions do not apply
Status: in_force

The provisions of this Part shall not apply to any elected officer nor to any officer whose term is fixed by law or runs concurrently with the term of the governor, when the statutory term of the office has expired, at the time the officer is discharged from the military service.
La. Rev. Stat. § 42:261.1 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 42 / Section 261.1
Certain parish and city school boards; employment of general attorney
Status: in_force

Each parish and city school board in the state may select, employ, fix the salary of and pay its own general attorney, in which case the district attorney shall be relieved of responsibility to serve as counsel for such board.

Acts 1983, No. 475, §2.
La. Rev. Stat. § 42:288 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 42 / Section 288
Penalties
Status: in_force

Whoever violates any of the provisions of R.S. 42:283 through R.S. 42:287 shall be fined one thousand dollars or imprisoned for six months or both.
La. Rev. Stat. § 42:58 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 42 / Section 58
Appeal
Status: in_force

Any person dismissed or expelled as set forth in R.S. 42:57 hereof may prosecute an appeal from such dismissal or expulsion, within thirty days of notice thereof, to the district court having jurisdiction over the parish of the domicile of the public educational institution or public body concerned. On such appeal, which shall be a trial de novo, the written record of the proceedings before the committee shall be admissible in evidence for all purposes, but either party shall have the right to introduce all other competent evidence desired, whether introduced at the hearing by the committee or not.

Acts 1950, No. 284, §7.
La. Rev. Stat. § 42:12 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 42 / Section 12
Public policy for open meetings; liberal construction
Status: in_force

A. It is essential to the maintenance of a democratic society that public business be performed in an open and public manner and that the citizens be advised of and aware of the performance of public officials and the deliberations and decisions that go into the making of public policy. Toward this end, the provisions of this Chapter shall be construed liberally.

B. Further, to advance this policy, all public bodies shall post a copy of this Chapter.

Added by Acts 1976, No. 665, §1; Acts 1999, No. 467, §1; Acts 2010, No. 861, §23.

NOTE: Former R.S. 42:12 was redesignated as R.S. 42:27 by Acts 2010, No. 861, §23.
La. Rev. Stat. § 42:1143 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 42 / Section 1143
Procedure and rules of evidence
Status: in_force

Except as otherwise provided in this Chapter, all proceedings conducted by the board or panel shall be subject to and in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act.

Acts 1979, No. 443, §1, eff. April 1, 1980; Acts 1996, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 64, §6, eff. Jan. 1, 1997.
La. Rev. Stat. § 42:1601 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 42 / Section 1601
Duty to report
Status: in_force

A. The Department of State Civil Service shall collect data regarding the turnover of state employees within each agency, as defined in R.S. 39:2(2). The department shall prepare and submit reports compiling and analyzing such data to the Joint Legislative Committee on the Budget as further provided in this Section. The reports may provide any information the department deems appropriate, and shall at a minimum include the following:

(1) The turnover and turnover rate for each agency and the costs associated with that turnover.

(2) The five job classifications with the highest turnover rates for the previous year.

(3) The five agencies and the five job classifications for which the cost of turnover is highest for the previous year.

B. The first report required pursuant to this Section shall be submitted on or before December 15, 2010. Subsequent reports shall be submitted by the fifteenth of December in each calendar year and shall contain information reported for previous years up to and including the previous ten years of information reported pursuant to this Section.

Acts 2010, No. 879, §1, eff. July 1, 2010.
La. Rev. Stat. § 42:4 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 42 / Section 4
Public officers appointed by the governor
Status: in_force

A.(1) Except as otherwise provided by law, all public officers who are appointed by the governor shall serve at the pleasure of the governor.

(2) Paragraph (1) of this Subsection shall not apply to officers appointed by the governor upon recommendation or from lists submitted by others where the law requires appointments to be so made, nor to those whose terms of office are fixed by the constitution and those who are required by the constitution to be appointed with the advice and consent of the Senate.

B.(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the governor may appoint the chairman or the presiding member of each board and commission so long as both of the following criteria apply:

(a) The majority of the members of the board or commission are members of the board or commission by virtue of gubernatorial appointment.

(b) The appointment of the chairman or the presiding member is not otherwise prohibited by the Constitution of Louisiana.

(2) If the governor appoints the chairman or the presiding member of a board or commission, then the appointment shall be from among the membership of that board or commission.

(3) The governor shall submit the name of persons appointed pursuant to this Subsection to the Senate for confirmation.

(4) A chairman or presiding member of a board or commission appointed by the governor pursuant to this Subsection and confirmed by the Senate serves in that position at the pleasure of the governor.

(5) Until the governor appoints a chairman or presiding member of a board or commission pursuant to this Subsection, a board or commission may select its chairman or presiding member in the manner otherwise provided by law or in its rules, regulations, or bylaws.

C. The provisions of Subsection B of this Section shall not apply to any board or commission that as of May 1, 2024, is chaired by a statewide elected official.

Acts 1950, No. 68, §3. Amended by Acts 1950, 2nd Ex.Sess., No. 22, §1; Acts 1992, No. 447, §4; Acts 2008, No. 743, §7, eff. July 1, 2008; Acts 2024, No. 491, §1, eff. June 5, 2024.
La. Rev. Stat. § 42:54 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 42 / Section 54
Subversive activities prohibited
Status: in_force

No public employee, and no student in a public educational institution, shall by word of mouth or writing knowingly or wilfully advocate, abet, advise, or teach, the duty, necessity, desirability, or propriety, of overthrowing or destroying the government of the United States or of any state or of any political subdivision thereof, by force, violence, or any other unlawful means, or the adherence to the government of any foreign nation in the event of war between the United States and such foreign government.

Acts 1950, No. 284, §4.
La. Rev. Stat. § 42:141 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 42 / Section 141
Time limitation on oath and bond; failure to comply
Status: in_force

A. Each public officer, within thirty days after receipt of his commission or within thirty days after receipt of his commission certificate, whichever is later, shall take the oath of office prescribed by law, and give bond, when required, and file the same in the proper office in the manner required by law.

B. Subject to the time limitation set forth in Subsection A of this Section, a public officer may take his oath of office at any time after he receives his commission or commission certificate. An oath taken prior to the date shown on the commission shall be deemed to have been taken on and shall be effective on and after the date on which the term of office for which the oath is taken commences. In cases where the office is one for which no date for term of office is set, an oath taken prior to the date on the commission shall be deemed to have been taken on and shall be effective on and after the date on the commission.

C. Failure to comply with the requirements of this Section shall create a vacancy in the office, and the vacancy shall be filled in accordance with law as in other cases of vacancy.

Amended by Acts 1979, No. 652, §1; Acts 2003, No. 320, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 42:1154 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 42 / Section 1154
Civil penalties for illegal payments
Status: in_force

When the results of an investigation conducted pursuant to this Part indicates that a violation of R.S. 42:1117 has occurred, and after an adjudicatory hearing on the matter, the Ethics Adjudicatory Board may order the payment of a penalty by any person who violates R.S. 42:1117. The penalty shall be limited to an amount not in excess of ten thousand dollars. Any appeal of such final decision by the Ethics Adjudicatory Board shall be to the Court of Appeal, First Circuit, pursuant to R.S. 42:1142.

Acts 1979, No. 443, §1, eff. April 1, 1980; Acts 1996, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 66, §§3, 5, eff. Jan. 1, 1997; Acts 2012, No. 608, §1, eff. June 7, 2012.

NOTE: See Acts 2012, No.608, §3, relative to the prospective application of Act.
La. Rev. Stat. § 42:74 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 42 / Section 74
Declaration of forfeiture of office created by constitution
Status: in_force

Whenever the governor is informed that any public officer has forfeited his office by giving adhesion to or recognizing any usurper the governor may, when the office is established by the constitution, direct the Attorney General or the district attorney to take legal proceedings before the court of competent jurisdiction to have the forfeiture declared.

These proceedings shall be summary and be had by rule, with notice of one full day to the offender. The court shall hear and determine the rule at once.

Any appeal taken shall be made returnable within ten days, and shall be heard by preference by the supreme court, as in case of contest for judicial office.
La. Rev. Stat. § 42:85 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 42 / Section 85
Appeal
Status: in_force

Appeals to the supreme court may be taken from the action provided for in R.S. 42:76 through 42:84, the same as in other cases. But all these cases shall take preference when they come before the supreme court over all other cases in the order of trial, and shall be made returnable to the court, on motion of either of the parties.
La. Rev. Stat. § 42:1141.6 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 42 / Section 1141.6
Declaratory opinions
Status: in_force

A. Upon application of a public servant, other person, or agency, the Board of Ethics may declare rights, status, and other legal relations established by the provisions of this Chapter or by any other law within its jurisdiction or under opinions issued by the board, either before or after there has been a breach thereof. The applicant may seek to have the Board of Ethics determine any question of construction or validity arising under the provisions of this Chapter or by any other law within its jurisdiction.

B. The Board of Ethics' power to declare rights, status, or legal relations established by the provisions of this Chapter or by any other law within its jurisdiction or under opinions issued by the board, or the construction of such laws or opinions, is not limited or restricted to any proceeding where a declaratory opinion is sought in order to terminate a controversy or remove an uncertainty.

C. The purpose of a declaratory opinion is to settle and afford relief from uncertainty and insecurity with respect to rights, status, and other legal relations established by the provisions of this Chapter or by any other law within the Board of Ethics' jurisdiction or under opinions issued by the board, or the construction of such laws and opinions.

D. A declaratory opinion is a final decision of the Board of Ethics. The decision of the board on an application for a declaratory opinion shall be rendered after a public hearing and only after the requesting party, all other interested parties, and the board's staff have been afforded full and complete opportunity to present evidence, testimony, and argument. A declaratory opinion of the board shall be considered a final decision and shall be reviewable by the Court of Appeal, First Circuit, pursuant to R.S. 42:1142.

E. The Board of Ethics may refuse to render a declaratory opinion where such opinion, if rendered, would not terminate the uncertainty or controversy giving rise to the proceeding.

F. When a declaratory opinion is sought, the public servant, other person, or agency, as necessary and appropriate for the rendition of a declaratory opinion, who has or claims any interest which would be affected by the opinion shall be made a respondent and given notice of the request and of all public hearings conducted pursuant to the request.

G. The procedures for seeking a declaratory opinion and for the public hearing on such request shall be provided by rule adopted by the Board of Ethics pursuant to the Administrative Procedure Act.

Acts 2012, No. 608, §1, eff. June 7, 2012.

NOTE: See Acts 2012, No.608, §3, relative to the prospective application of Act.
La. Rev. Stat. § 42:1265 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 42 / Section 1265
Cooperative arrangements with educational institutions
Status: in_force

In addition to the in-service training and educational programs provided for in this Chapter, all state agencies may engage in cooperative arrangements or agreements with the Department of State Civil Service and with state educational institutions for specialized training, work-study programs, internships, and research projects designed to be useful in making long-range training and educational plans. State educational institutions are hereby directed to give special consideration to such projects and programs.

Added by Acts 1972, No. 400, §1. Amended by Acts 1979, No. 656, §1; Acts 1986, No. 313, §1, eff. June 30, 1986; Acts 2010, No. 825, §1, eff. July 1, 2010; Acts 2020, 2 nd Ex. Sess., No. 33, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 42:61 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 42 / Section 61
Declaration of policy
Status: in_force

A. It is essential to the maintenance of a democratic society that public officials and employees perform the public business in a manner which serves to promote and maintain in the general citizenry a high level of confidence and trust in public officials, public employees, and governmental decisions. The attainment of this end is impaired when a public official or employee holds two or more public offices or public jobs which by their particular nature conflict with the duties and interests of each other. The attainment of a high level of confidence and trust by the general citizenry in public officials, employees, and governmental decisions is further impaired by the excessive accumulation of governmental power which may result from public officials or employees holding two or more public offices or public jobs.

B. It is the purpose of this Part to implement a policy which will serve to maintain a high level of trust and confidence by the general citizenry in public officials, employees, and governmental decisions of the government of this state and of its political subdivisions by defining and regulating dual employment and by defining, regulating, and prohibiting dual officeholding.

Added by Acts 1979, No. 700, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 42:342 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 42 / Section 342
Mandatory policy prohibiting sexual harassment
Status: in_force

A. Each agency head shall develop and institute a policy to prevent sexual harassment which is applicable to all public servants in the agency.

B. At a minimum, the policy shall contain all of the following:

(1) A clear statement that unwelcome sexual advances, requests for sexual favors, and other verbal, physical, or inappropriate conduct of a sexual nature constitute sexual harassment when the conduct explicitly or implicitly affects an individual's employment or the holding of office, unreasonably interferes with an individual's work performance, or creates an intimidating, hostile, or offensive work environment and shall not be tolerated.

(2) A description of the behavior the agency defines as inappropriate conduct, including examples.

(3) An effective complaint or grievance process that includes taking immediate and appropriate action when a complaint of sexual harassment involving any public servant in the agency is received. The complaint process shall detail who may make a complaint, to whom a complaint may be made, and shall provide for alternative designees to receive complaints. Actions taken on the complaint shall be documented.

(4) A general description of the investigation process, including requiring the alleged sexual harasser and the alleged victim to participate in the investigation.

(5) A clear prohibition against retaliation against an individual for filing a complaint or testifying or participating in any way in an investigation or other proceeding involving a complaint of sexual harassment.

(6) A general description of the possible disciplinary actions which may occur after the conclusion of the investigation, including the possible disciplinary actions that may be taken against a complainant if it is determined that a claim of sexual harassment was intentionally false.

(7) A statement apprising public servants of applicable federal and state law on sexual harassment, including the right of the complainant to pursue a claim under state or federal law, regardless of the outcome of the investigation.

Acts 2018, No. 270, §1, eff. January 1, 2019; Acts 2019, No. 413, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2020.
La. Rev. Stat. § 42:1430 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 42 / Section 1430
State Employees; cost of living salary adjustment
Status: in_force

Whenever an appropriation of state funds is made for the purpose of providing cost of living salary adjustments for personnel whose compensation is paid by the state of Louisiana, the adjustment in no circumstances shall be substituted for, be paid in lieu of, or be considered as a factor in determining whether or not any step increase or any merit, promotional, or other scheduled salary increase shall be granted.

Acts 1976, No. 600, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 42:453 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 42 / Section 453
Payroll System Custodian declared trustee
Status: in_force

The designated custodian of the approval payroll system(s), by virtue of his responsibility, is named and designated, ex officio, trustee of that U.S. series "EE" bond account/fund created under R.S. 42:452. He shall serve as trustee of the account/fund without compensation.

Amended by Acts 1981, No. 642, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 42:282 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 42 / Section 282
Record of monies received; penalty for violation
Status: in_force

All public officers except notaries public, shall keep a full and complete record of all monies received by them for account of the state or its subdivisions or as fees for services rendered.

Whoever violates the provisions of this Section shall be fined, for the first offense, not less than twenty-five dollars nor more than fifty dollars, and for each subsequent offense not less than one hundred dollars nor more than five hundred dollars or imprisoned for not less than thirty days nor more than ninety days.
La. Rev. Stat. § 42:444 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 42 / Section 444
Pool account leave request
Status: in_force

Employees of a state agency requesting leave from the pool leave account under the provisions of this Part shall submit a written leave request to the employing agency with the following information included:

(1) The name, employing agency, position, title, and classification of the employee.

(2) A brief description of the nature, severity, and anticipated duration of the personal emergency.

Acts 1992, No. 1008, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1993; Acts 2022, No. 649, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 42:344 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 42 / Section 344
Mandatory reports
Status: in_force

A. Each agency head shall compile an annual report by February first of each year containing information from the previous calendar year regarding his agency's compliance with the requirements of this Chapter including the number and percentage of public servants in his agency who have completed the training requirements, the number of sexual harassment complaints received by his agency, the number of complaints which resulted in a finding that sexual harassment occurred, the number of complaints in which the finding of sexual harassment resulted in discipline or corrective action, and the amount of time it took to resolve each complaint. These reports shall be public record and available to the public in the manner provided by the Public Records Law.

B. Agency heads in state government shall submit the reports required by Subsection A of this Section by February fifteenth of each year as follows:

(1) Agency heads in the twenty principal departments of the executive branch of state government, the office of the governor, and the office of lieutenant governor shall submit the report to the division of administration.

(2) Agency heads in the legislative branch of state government shall submit the report to the Legislative Budgetary Control Council.

(3) Agency heads in the judicial branch of state government, including the supreme court, courts of appeal, district courts, and other courts authorized by Article V of the Constitution of Louisiana, shall submit the report to the chief justice of the supreme court.

C. The office of risk management, within the division of administration, shall submit an annual report to the speaker of the House of Representatives and the president of the Senate, related to the complaints of sexual harassment which are filed with the office for adjustment, as follows:

(1) The total number of sexual harassment cases filed with office of risk management.

(2) The number of cases which are settled and the total monetary amount paid in settlements.

(3) The number of cases for which a lawsuit is filed and the disposition of each case.

(4) The monetary amount paid for attorney fees, court costs, expert witness fees and any other litigation costs to defend each sexual harassment complaint.

Acts 2018, No. 270, §1, eff. January 1, 2019.

NOTE: First reports required pursuant to this Section due February 2020, see Acts 2018, No. 270, §2.
La. Rev. Stat. § 42:28 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 42 / Section 28
Civil penalties
Status: in_force

Any member of a public body who knowingly and wilfully participates in a meeting conducted in violation of this Chapter shall be subject to a civil penalty not to exceed five hundred dollars per violation. The member shall be personally liable for the payment of such penalty. A suit to collect such penalty must be instituted within sixty days of the violation.

Acts 1989, No. 54, §1; Acts 2010, No. 861, §23; Acts 2019, No. 340, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 42:806 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 42 / Section 806
Claims
Status: in_force

The office shall be responsible for the processing of all claims under policies for group benefits for state employees contracted for under the provisions of this Chapter. The office shall be responsible for the disbursement of all payments of such claims to program participants.

Acts 2001, No. 1178, §5, eff. June 29, 2001.
La. Rev. Stat. § 42:1191 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 42 / Section 1191
Eligibility; applicability
Status: in_force

A. A person may request expungement of ethics enforcement records relative to a complaint filed with the Board of Ethics in which it is alleged that the person violated one or more provisions of this Chapter if each of the following requirements is satisfied:

(1) The allegations in the complaint involved the person's status as a public employee.

(2) The person was a public employee solely because of his uncompensated service on a board or commission.

(3) The Board of Ethics issued charges based on the complaint that, at the conclusion of enforcement proceedings, did not result in a finding of a violation of this Chapter.

B. This Part shall not apply to enforcement proceedings that are concluded by consent opinion.

Acts 2015, No. 316, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 42:353 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 42 / Section 353
Litigation and settlements
Status: in_force

A. Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, including but not limited to R.S. 13:5108.1, when a claim of sexual harassment has been brought and the office of risk management, or the exempted institution of higher education, determines that sexual harassment did occur, the sexual harasser shall be responsible for the payment of all or a portion of the amount of the settlement or judgment. In determining the amount that the sexual harasser should contribute to any compromise of the claim, the following factors shall be considered:

(1) Whether the sexual harasser was engaged in the performance of the duties of his office or employment with the state at the time the sexual harassment occurred.

(2) The severity of the sexual harassment.

(3) The stage of litigation.

(4) The ability of the sexual harasser to pay.

B. When a claim is filed against the state due to a claim of sexual harassment which results in a final judgment or settlement against the state, the attorney general, on behalf of the state, may file suit against the sexual harasser to assert and enforce the state's right to reimbursement and indemnity from the sexual harasser. The attorney general is also entitled to recover from the alleged sexual harasser all costs and reasonable attorney fees incurred in asserting that right.

C. The attorney general shall receive as compensation an amount not to exceed twenty-five percent of the total monies recovered from the enforcement of the state's right to reimbursement from the sexual harasser, as set forth in this Chapter, to be deposited into the Department of Justice Debt Collection Fund. The attorney general, the office of risk management or the exempted institution, and the agency shall determine whether the interests of the state are best served by litigation or by the making of an offer or the acceptance of an offer to settle or compromise the claim or litigation.

Acts 2019, No. 413, §2, eff. June 20, 2019.
La. Rev. Stat. § 42:1354 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 42 / Section 1354
Ballots; election brochure; distribution; vote; return; counting; rejection
Status: in_force

A. The name of each candidate who meets the requirements for candidacy shall be placed in alphabetical order on the ballot.

B. An election brochure shall be prepared in accordance with specifications prescribed by the director. The election brochure shall contain instructions for voting and information about each candidate who meets the requirements for candidacy. The candidate information shall appear in the election brochure in the same order as the names of the candidates on the ballot.

C. Each permanent employee in the classified service whose name appears on the employment roll thirty days prior to the date on which the call for the election is issued shall be qualified to vote in the election. Not later than thirty days after the final day for the filing of nomination petitions, ballots and brochures shall be delivered to each such permanent employee.

D. Each person, except for any person who is illiterate, blind, or so physically disabled as to prevent his exercise of the right to cast his vote without assistance, shall cast his vote out of the presence of any other person.

E. All votes shall be cast in accordance with the instructions in the election brochure.

F. Any ballot or vote received after the close of voting as prescribed in the election brochure, any ballot which contains a distinguishing mark, and any ballot on which the name of more than one candidate is marked shall be rejected.

G. All valid votes shall be counted within five days after the close of voting.

Added by Acts 1974, Ex. Sess., No. 8, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1975. Acts 1988, No. 164, §1; Acts 1997, No. 45, §1; Acts 2003, No. 332, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 42:445 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 42 / Section 445
Agency procedures
Status: in_force

A. The employing agency shall monitor the status of the qualifying circumstance affecting the leave recipient and establish procedures to ensure that transferred annual, sick, or compensatory leave from the pool is not used after such circumstance ceases to exist.

B. A qualifying circumstance affecting a leave recipient terminates when the employing agency determines that the qualifying circumstance no longer exists or the leave recipient's employment terminates.

C. The employing agency may not grant any further request for leave from the pool account once the personal emergency affecting a leave recipient terminates.

Acts 1992, No. 1008, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1993; Acts 2012, No. 590, §1, eff. June 7, 2012; Acts 2022, No. 649, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 42:815 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 42 / Section 815
Administrators
Status: in_force

A. Each administrator contract with the office shall clearly establish an administrative fee or a calculation for an administrative fee to be retained by the administrator for performance of its duties. The administrator is prohibited from retaining revenues directly attributable to the contract other than the administrative fee. This prohibition includes revenues from rebates and other fee arrangements with third-party administrators which revenues are directly attributable to the administrator's contract with the office.

B.(1) Each year, within thirty days of filing the report required by R.S. 42:814(A)(1), the administrator shall remit to the office all revenues that are directly attributable to its contract with the office, notwithstanding the administrative fee, that were collected in the calendar year covered by the report.

(2) Each year, within thirty days of filing the report required by R.S. 42:814(A)(2), the administrator shall remit to the office any new revenues disclosed on such report that are directly attributable to its contract with the office, notwithstanding the administrative fee.

C. Amounts received but not retained by the administrator as payment for network access, or value-based clinical and provider quality performance programs based on national benchmarks, shall not be considered as revenue for purposes of this Section.

Acts 2024, No. 546, §1, eff. July 1, 2024.
La. Rev. Stat. § 42:188 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 42 / Section 188
Bond to remain on file; copy admissible in evidence
Status: in_force

All bonds must remain on file in the office of the recorder of mortgages and a duly certified copy shall always be admissible in evidence.
La. Rev. Stat. § 42:450.1 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 42 / Section 450.1
Definitions
Status: in_force

The following words and terms, when used in this Part, shall have the following meanings:

(1) "Public employee" means any full-time employee of the state, or any branch of state government, including the executive, legislative, and judicial branches, or any state board, commission, or other agency, and any employee of local governmental subdivisions of the state. However, no elected official shall be considered a public employee for purposes of this Part.

(2) "Employing agency" means the agency of the executive, legislative, or judicial branch of state government or a local governmental subdivision which employs the leave recipient.

(3) "Disaster" means a disaster designated at Level III (anticipated cost of the operation being at least fifty thousand dollars) and above in the American Red Cross Regulations and Procedures.

(4) "Disaster service volunteer" means a public employee who has received certification from the American Red Cross as a Trained Disaster Volunteer.

Acts 1995, No. 455, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 42:1167 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 42 / Section 1167
Judges
Status: in_force

All judges, as defined by the Code of Judicial Conduct, shall be governed exclusively by the provisions of the Code of Judicial Conduct, which shall be administered by the Judiciary Commission provided for in Article V, Section 25 of the Constitution of Louisiana.

Acts 1979, No. 443, §1, eff. April 1, 1980.
La. Rev. Stat. § 42:1130.6 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 42 / Section 1130.6
Deceptive caller identification information; prohibition
Status: in_force

A. No person, for the purpose of supporting, opposing, or otherwise influencing the nomination or election of a person to public office, shall authorize or approve any call, or cause any call to be made, which the person knows or reasonably should know will include or will be transmitted with deceptive caller identification information.

B. For purposes of this Section, the following terms shall have the following meanings:

(1) "Caller identification information" means information provided to an end user by a caller identification service regarding the telephone number of, or other information regarding the origination of, a call made using a telecommunications service.

(2) "Caller identification service" means any service or device designed to provide the user of the service or device with the telephone number of, or other information regarding the origination of, a call made using a telecommunications service.

(3) "Deceptive caller identification information" is caller identification information that falsely indicates that the call originated with a particular candidate or a committee or agent of a particular candidate.

(4) "Telecommunications service" shall have the meaning provided in R.S. 47:301(29)(x). "Telecommunications service" shall include but not be limited to a Voice over Internet Protocol service.

(5) "Voice over Internet Protocol service" means a service that provides real-time voice communications transmitted through end user equipment using TCP/IP protocol or a successor protocol, that is offered to the public or to such classes of users as to be effectively available to the public, and that has the capability to originate traffic to or terminate traffic from the public switched telephone network.

Acts 2008, No. 812, §1, eff. July 7, 2008.
La. Rev. Stat. § 42:2.1 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 42 / Section 2.1
Boards, commissions, councils, authorities, entities; composition
Status: in_force

A. In making appointments to any board, commission, council, authority, or other similar entity that has statewide jurisdiction and is established by law, rule, executive order, or otherwise, the appointing authority shall give due consideration to the demographics of the population of the state, including but not limited to geography, gender, and race.

B. No person shall have any right of action pursuant to this Section against an appointing authority or any board, commission, council, authority, or other similar entity or against any action of such an entity.

C. No person owing any outstanding fines, fees, or penalties pursuant to the Code of Governmental Ethics shall be appointed to any board or commission of the state or any political subdivision.

D. For purposes of this Section, "outstanding fines, fees, or penalties pursuant to the Code of Governmental Ethics" shall mean a fine, fee, or penalty equal to an amount of two hundred fifty dollars or more imposed by the Board of Ethics for which all appeals have been exhausted.

Acts 2004, No. 733, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2005; Acts 2014, No. 754, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 42:67.1 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 42 / Section 67.1
Minimum qualifications
Status: in_force

Each person appointed to a management position covered by this Part shall have at least the following qualifications:

(1) A bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university; however, appropriate work experience related to the position of appointment or employment may be substituted on a year for year basis for such degree.

(2) Three years of responsible managerial experience.

Added by Acts 1983, No. 693, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 42:201 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 42 / Section 201
Special mortgage may be transferred to other property
Status: in_force

All public officers who are required to give bond and have availed themselves of the privilege to give a special mortgage, are authorized to have this mortgage transferred to other property, by applying to the governor in the manner specified in R.S. 42:202.
La. Rev. Stat. § 42:1164 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 42 / Section 1164
Criminal laws not affected
Status: in_force

Nothing in this Chapter is intended to nor is to be construed as repealing, amending, or modifying in any way any provision of any criminal law of this state.

Acts 1979, No. 443, §1, eff. April 1, 1980.
La. Rev. Stat. § 42:1133 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 42 / Section 1133
Board of Ethics; quorum, recusal, compensation, and officers
Status: in_force

A. Quorum. A majority of the total membership of the board shall constitute a quorum for transacting the business of the board.

B. Recusal. Any member of the board who has a personal interest in or who becomes the subject of an investigation or hearing by the board shall recuse himself from participation in such investigation or hearing.

C. Compensation. Members of the board shall receive fifty dollars per diem for each day devoted to the work of the board. They shall also receive reimbursement for vouchered traveling, lodging, and other expenses at the rate established for state employees.

D. Officers. The board shall elect a chairman from among its members to serve a two-year term. The board shall select other necessary officers from among its membership.

Acts 1979, No. 443, §1, eff. April 1, 1980; Acts 1989, No. 721, §1, eff. July 8, 1989; Acts 1990, No. 1076, §1, eff. July 31, 1990; Acts 1996, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 64, §6, eff. Jan. 1, 1997; Acts 2024, No. 591, §1.

NOTE: SEE ACTS 1989 NO. 721, §§2 AND 5.

NOTE: ACTS 1990, NO. 1076, §1, CHANGES THE TERMINATION OF ACTS 1989, NO. 721, §§1 AND 2, TO JULY 1, 1991. ALSO SEE NOTES IN LSA AT THIS SECTION.

NOTE: SEE ACTS 1996, 1ST EX. SESS., NO. 64, §14.
La. Rev. Stat. § 42:1120 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 42 / Section 1120
Recusal from voting
Status: in_force

If any elected official, in the discharge of a duty or responsibility of his office or position, would be required to vote on a matter which vote would be a violation of R.S. 42:1112, he shall recuse himself from voting. An elected official who recuses himself from voting pursuant to this Section shall not be prohibited from participating in discussion and debate concerning the matter, provided that he makes the disclosure of his conflict or potential conflict a part of the record of his agency prior to his participation in the discussion or debate and prior to the vote that is the subject of discussion or debate.

Acts 1979, No. 443, §1, eff. April 1, 1980; Acts 1988, No. 880, §1; Acts 2008, 1 st Ex. Sess., No. 8, §1, eff. March 6, 2008; Acts 2008, No. 159, §1, eff. June 12, 2008.