La. Rev. Stat. § 51:2009 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 51 / Section 2009
Control or modification
Status: in_force

A person or entity that is not an authorized user shall not knowingly or willfully cause computer software to be copied or procure the copying onto the computer of an authorized user in this state and use the software to do any of the following acts:

(1) Take control of the authorized user's computer by doing any of the following:

(a) Transmit or relay commercial electronic mail or a computer virus from the authorized user's computer, where the transmission or relaying is initiated by a person other than the authorized user and without the authorization of an authorized user.

(b) Access or use the authorized user's modem or Internet service for the purpose of causing damage to the authorized user's computer or cause an authorized user to incur financial charges for a service that is not authorized by an authorized user.

(c) Use the authorized user's computer as part of an activity performed by a group of computers for the purpose of causing damage to another computer, including but not limited to launching a denial of service attack.

(d) Open a series of stand-alone messages in the authorized user's computer without the authorization of an authorized user and with knowledge that a reasonable computer user cannot close the advertisements without turning off the computer or closing the Internet application.

(2) Modify settings related to the computer's access to or use of the Internet including the following:

(a) An authorized user's security or other settings that protect information about the authorized user for the purpose of stealing personal information of an authorized user.

(b) The security settings of the computer for the purpose of causing damage to one or more computers.

(3) Prevent, without the authorization of an authorized user, an authorized user's reasonable efforts to block the installation of or to disable software by doing any of the following:

(a) Presenting the authorized user with an option to decline installation of software with knowledge that, when the option is selected by the authorized user, the installation nevertheless proceeds.

(b) Falsely representing that software has been disabled.

(c) Requiring in a deceptive manner the user to access the Internet to remove the software with knowledge or reckless disregard of the fact that the software frequently operates in a manner that prevents the user from accessing the Internet.

(d) Changing the name, location, or other designation information of the software for the purpose of preventing an authorized user from locating the software to remove it.

(e) Using randomized or deceptive file names, directory folders, formats, or registry entries for the purpose of avoiding detection and removal of the software by an authorized user.

(f) Causing the installation of software in a particular computer directory or computer memory for the purpose of evading authorized users' attempts to remove the software from the computer.

(g) Requiring, without the authority of the owner of the computer, that an authorized user obtain a special code or download software from a third party to uninstall the software.

Acts 2006, No. 392, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 51:1731 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 51 / Section 1731
900, 976, or any other pay-per-call charges; advertisement; collection; penalties
Status: in_force

A. Each sponsor shall include in any advertisement the following price disclosures:

(1) Advertisements for 900, 976, or any other pay-per-call service which are broadcast on radio or television or which appear in theatrical-release movies or home videos shall include a voice-over announcement which is clearly audible and articulated, of a volume equal to that used to announce the telephone number and in plain English. The price of the call shall be stated in the advertisement immediately prior to, or after, the presentation of the 900, 976, or any other pay-per-call service each time it is given in the advertisement.

(2) Advertisements for 900, 976, or any other pay-per-call service which are broadcast on television or which appear in theatrical-release movies or home videos shall include, in clearly visible letters and numbers set against a contrasting background, the cost of calling the advertised number. This visual disclosure of the cost of the call shall be displayed adjacent to the number to be called whenever the number is shown in the advertisement, and the lettering of the visual disclosure of the cost shall be clear, conspicuous, and legible and at least one-half the size of the largest telephone number disclosure.

(3) Advertisements for 900, 976, or any other pay-per-call service which appear in print shall include, in clearly visible letters and numbers set against a contrasting background, the cost of calling the advertised number. This printed disclosure of the cost of the call shall be displayed adjacent to the number to be called whenever the number is shown in the advertisement, and the lettering of the cost disclosure shall be clear, conspicuous, and legible and at least one-half the size of the largest telephone number disclosure.

(4) The price or cost of the 900, 976, or any other pay-per-call service which must be disclosed in advertisements, as provided in Paragraphs (1), (2), and (3) of this Subsection, shall be the total cost of placing the call. A statement of a price per minute shall not be deemed sufficient disclosure, except:

(a) If the call is interactive and the subscriber may affect the length of call, and, if the flat rate or the total number of minutes of a call cannot be predetermined, the advertisement shall include, along with a price per minute disclosure, a projection of the average total price of the call.

(b) If a projection of the average length or total price of the call cannot reasonably be made, the advertisement shall disclose, along with a price per minute disclosure, the total length of any prerecorded message or messages contained in the call, and the total price these prerecorded messages will incur.

(5) Any advertising shall include a complete and accurate description of the services or information that the subscriber will receive upon calling the advertised number.

(6) Any advertisement for an 800, 900, or 976 number which requires the subscriber to call a subsequent 900 or 976 number in order to receive the goods or service advertised shall comply with the provisions of this Section.

(7) Any advertisement for a 900, 976, or any other pay-per-call service shall include the sponsor's corporate name, if any; the name under which the sponsor does business, if different from the corporate name; and the address and telephone number of the office of the sponsor.

(8) No sponsor shall represent in any advertisement for calls to 900, 976, or any other pay-per-call service that the information or service provided by the number is free.

B. If an advertisement soliciting telephone calls to a 900 or 976 or any other pay-per-call service does not include a prominent display or announcement of the specific charge for such service, thereby encouraging a consumer to initiate a telephone call to such service without knowledge of such specific charges, and the consumer is subsequently billed, the collection of the specific charge for such service shall not be enforced in a court in this state.

Acts 1991, No. 808, §1; Acts 1992, No. 176, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 51:2377 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 51 / Section 2377
Termination of Chapter
Status: in_force

The provisions of this Chapter shall terminate on June 30, 2023, and thereafter shall be null, void, and without effect.

Acts 2018, No. 327, §1; Acts 2020, No. 21, §1, eff. June 4, 2020.

NOTE: This Section is updated through the 2020 First Extraordinary Session, but is subject to final technical revisions by the Louisiana State Law Institute.
La. Rev. Stat. § 51:2034 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 51 / Section 2034
Remedies for violation
Status: in_force

A. A person who is engaged in the business of providing Internet access service to the public, owns a web page, or owns a trademark that is adversely affected by a violation of R.S. 51:2033 may bring an action against a person who violates or is in violation of R.S. 51:2033. A person who brings an action under this Subsection may seek to recover the greater of actual damages or five hundred thousand dollars.

B. An individual who is adversely affected by a violation of R.S. 51:2033 may bring an action, but only against a person who has directly violated R.S. 51:2033. A person who brings an action under this Subsection may seek to enjoin further violations of R.S. 51:2033 and seek to recover the greater of three times the amount of actual damages or five thousand dollars per violation.

C. The attorney general or a district attorney in a parish where a violation occurs may bring an action against a person who violates or is in violation of R.S. 51:2033 to enjoin further violations of R.S. 51:2033 and to recover a civil penalty of up to two thousand five hundred dollars per violation.

D. In an action pursuant to this Section, a court may, in addition, do either or both of the following:

(1) Increase the recoverable damages to an amount up to three times the damages otherwise recoverable under Subsections A and B of this Section in cases in which the defendant has engaged in a pattern and practice of violating R.S. 51:2033.

(2) Award costs of suit and reasonable attorney fees to a prevailing plaintiff.

E. The remedies provided for in this Section do not preclude the seeking of any other remedies, including criminal remedies, provided by law.

F. For purposes of Subsection A of this Section, multiple violations of R.S. 51:2033 resulting from any single action or conduct shall constitute one violation.

Acts 2006, No. 201, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 51:1723 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 51 / Section 1723
Representation of having won anything of value or of having been specially selected; simulation of checks and invoices
Status: in_force

A.(1) No person shall, in connection with the sale or lease or the solicitation for the sale or lease of goods, property, or service, represent that another person has won anything of value or is the winner of a contest, unless each of the following conditions is met:

(a) The recipient of the prize, gift, or item of value shall be given the prize, gift, or item of value without obligation.

(b) The prize, gift, or item of value shall be delivered to the recipient, at no expense to him, within ten days of representation.

(c) The prize, gift, or item of value shall be delivered to the recipient within ten days of representation without assessing the recipient any shipping and handling charges.

(2) The use of language that may lead a reasonable person to believe he has won a contest or anything of value, including but not limited to "Congratulations", or "You have won", or "You are the winner of", shall be considered a representation of the type governed by this Section. The use of such language on an envelope, envelope window, flier, or insert card shall be prohibited on any solicitations or notifications in which the consumer is not previously established as the winner or recipient of the prize, gift, or item of value referred to unless any conditions are clearly and conspicuously disclosed. If the marketing material or direct mail package contains a notification of conditional status in a promotion or contest, no text in any of the enclosed material or on the envelope shall contain the words "Congratulations", "You have won", "You are the winner of", or any substantially similar words or phrases unless any conditions are clearly and conspicuously disclosed.

B.(1) No person shall represent that another person has been specially selected in connection with the sale or lease or solicitation for sale or lease of goods, property, or service, unless the selection process is designed to reach a particular type or types of persons.

(2) The use of any language that may lead a reasonable person to believe he has been specially selected, including but not limited to "carefully selected", or "You have been selected to receive", or "You have been chosen", shall be considered a representation of the type governed by this Section.

C. In connection with the sale or lease or solicitation for the sale or lease of goods, property, or service, no person shall issue any writing which simulates or resembles:

(1) A check unless the writing clearly and conspicuously discloses its true value and purpose, and the writing would not mislead a reasonable person; or

(2) An invoice unless the intended recipient of the invoice has actually contracted for goods, property, or services for which the issuer seeks proper payment.

Acts 1990, No. 760, §1; Acts 1995, No. 280, §1; Acts 1999, No. 511, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 51:126 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 51 / Section 126
Corporation's violation attributable to officers, directors and agents responsible; penalty
Status: in_force

Whenever a corporation violates any of the penal provisions of this Part the violation shall also be that of the individual officers, directors, or agents of the corporation who authorized, ordered, or did any of the acts constituting in whole or in part a violation.

Whoever violates this Section shall be fined not more than five thousand dollars, or imprisoned, with or without hard labor, not more than three years, or both.
La. Rev. Stat. § 51:1160 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 51 / Section 1160
Exemption from taxation; classification of bonds
Status: in_force

The corporation is hereby declared to be performing a public function on behalf of the municipality or parish with respect to which the corporation is organized and to be a public instrumentality of such municipality or parish. Accordingly, the corporation and all properties at any time owned by it and the income therefrom and all bonds issued by it and the income therefrom shall be exempt from all taxation in the state of Louisiana; provided, however, that the corporation may require the lessee of each of the projects of the corporation to pay annually to parish or municipal taxing authorities, through the normal collecting agency, a sum in lieu of ad valorem taxes to compensate such authorities for any services rendered by them to such projects which sum shall not be in excess of the ad valorem taxes such lessee would have been obligated to pay to such authorities had it been the owner of such project during the period for which such payment is made. Such payments to be made in lieu of taxes together with any fees and charges of such public trust, to the extent in the aggregate they do not exceed the amount of taxes that would be paid if the lessee were the owner, shall constitute statutory impositions within the meaning of R.S. 47:2128. Also for the purposes of R.S. 51:708(1) and any amendment thereto or substitution therefor, bonds issued by the corporation shall be determined to be securities issued by a public instrumentality of a political subdivision of the state of Louisiana.

Acts 1962, No. 436, §10. Amended by Acts 1966, Ex.Sess., No. 21, §1; Acts 1972, No. 103, §8, emerg. eff. June 25, 1972, at 6:15 P.M; Acts 2010, No. 1042, §3, eff. July 8, 2010.
La. Rev. Stat. § 51:9 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 51 / Section 9
Price fixing; excessive commissions; fraud; penalty
Status: in_force

No person engaged in selling on commission agricultural, horticultural, or other products of the farm, forest, lake, gulf, ocean, or stream, shall enter into any combination, compact, agreement, or understanding to keep the market on such products below their proper limit indicated by supply and demand or charge excessive commission rates, or in any form, method, or manner, cheat, defraud or swindle the consignor of a lot or shipment of such products.

Whoever violates this Section shall be imprisoned not less than six nor more than twelve months.
La. Rev. Stat. § 51:125 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 51 / Section 125
Corporations; transactions lessening competition; exceptions
Status: in_force

A. No corporation, engaged in commerce, shall acquire, directly or indirectly, the whole or any part of the shares of another corporation, engaged in the same line of commerce, where the effect of the acquisition:

(1) May be to substantially lessen competition between the corporation whose stock is acquired and the corporation making the acquisition;

(2) May be to restrain commerce in any section or community; or

(3) Tends to create a monopoly in any line of commerce.

B. No corporation shall acquire, directly or indirectly, the whole or any part of the shares of two or more corporations, engaged in the same line of commerce, where the effect of the acquisition, or the use of the shares by voting or granting of proxies, or otherwise:

(1) May be to substantially lessen competition between the corporations, or any of them, whose shares are acquired;

(2) May be to restrain commerce in any section or community; or

(3) Tends to create a monopoly of any line of commerce.

C. Nothing in this Section shall:

(1) Prohibit corporations from purchasing shares solely for investment, and not using them by voting or otherwise to bring about, or in attempting to bring about, the substantial lessening of competition;

(2) Prevent a corporation engaged in commerce from causing the formation, holding, owning, and voting shares of subsidiary corporations for the purpose of carrying on their immediate lawful business, or their natural and legitimate branches or extensions, when the effect of the formation is not to substantially lessen competition;

(3) Prohibit any common carrier from aiding in the construction of branches or short lines so located as to become feeders to the lines of the company aiding in the construction, or from acquiring or owning all or any part of the shares of the branch lines;

(4) Prevent any common carrier from acquiring or owning all or any part of the shares of a branch or short line constructed by an independent company where there is no substantial competition between the company owning the branch line and the company owning the main line acquiring the property or an interest therein; nor

(5) Prevent a common carrier from extending any of its lines through the medium of the acquisition of shares, or otherwise, of any other common carrier where there is no substantial competition between the company extending its lines and the company whose shares, property, or interest are acquired.
La. Rev. Stat. § 51:2260 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 51 / Section 2260
Documentary evidence; effect
Status: in_force

The production of a written, printed, or visual communication, advertisement, or other form of publication, or a written inquiry, record, or other document purporting to have been made by an individual shall be prima facie evidence in a proceeding under this Chapter that it was authorized by the individual.

Acts 1988, No. 886, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 51:1446 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 51 / Section 1446
Provision of support enforcement services by a private child support collection agency; prerequisites
Status: in_force

A. Before commencing support enforcement services, a private child support collection agency shall obtain from the obligee all of the following:

(1) A certified copy of the order of support.

(2) A statement executed by the obligee under oath containing the arrears balance and the dates during which the arrears balance accrued.

(3) Any judgments in existence at the time the contract is signed by the obligee setting the arrears owed.

(4) A statement executed by the obligee under oath stating that the obligee is not receiving FITAP for, or on behalf of, himself or another individual.

B. In addition to Subsection A of this Section, before commencing support enforcement services, the collection agency shall send the obligor a written notice no later than five days after the obligee and collection agency sign a contract. The notice shall include all of the following:

(1) The name of the obligee.

(2) A statement of the amount of the child support arrears, including any associated interest, late payment fee, or other charge authorized by law, and the current child support owed by the obligor.

(3) A statement that the collection agency assumes that the obligor owes child support or arrears to the obligee and that the amounts owed as described in the statement are correct, unless the obligor disputes the existence or amount of the child support obligation within thirty days after receipt of the notice.

(4) A statement that if the obligor provides written notice to the collection agency within the time period provided in Paragraph (3) of this Subsection, disputing the existence or amount of the child support obligation or arrears, the collection agency shall cease efforts to collect the support until it obtains and mails to the obligor written verification of the existence or amount of the obligation.

(5) A statement that the arrears balance reflected does not include any amounts owed to the department or any other state agency administering a state plan approved under Title IV-D of the Federal Social Security Act, as amended.

C. A statement in accordance with Paragraph (B)(4) of this Section shall not affect the enforceability of a valid income-withholding order or assignment issued by the department or any other state agency administering a state plan approved under Title IV-D of the Federal Social Security Act, as amended.

D. The failure of an obligor to dispute the amount or existence of child support or arrears shall not be construed as an admission of liability by the obligor.

Acts 2010, No. 872, §2, eff. July 2, 2010.
La. Rev. Stat. § 51:337 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 51 / Section 337
Violation; remedies and penalties cumulative
Status: in_force

The remedies and penalties provided in this Subpart shall be cumulative to each other and to all other remedies and penalties provided by law.
La. Rev. Stat. § 51:2024 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 51 / Section 2024
Civil relief
Status: in_force

A. The following persons may bring a civil action against a person who violates this Chapter:

(1) A person engaged in the business of providing Internet access service to the public who is adversely affected by the violation.

(2) An owner of a Web page or trademark who is adversely affected by the violation.

(3) The attorney general.

B. A person bringing an action under this Section may either:

(1) Seek injunctive relief to restrain the violator from continuing the violation.

(2) Recover damages in an amount equal to the greater of:

(a) Actual damages arising from the violation.

(b) One hundred thousand dollars for each violation of the same nature or both.

(3) Seek both injunctive relief and recover damages as provided by this Subsection.

C. The court may increase an award of actual damages in an action brought under this Section to an amount not to exceed three times the actual damages sustained if the court finds that the violations have occurred with a frequency as to constitute a pattern or practice.

D. A plaintiff who prevails in an action filed under this Section is entitled to recover reasonable attorney fees and court costs.

E. For purposes of this Section, violations are of the same nature if the violations consist of the same course of conduct or action, regardless of the number of times the conduct or act occurred.

Acts 2006, No. 549, §1, eff. Sept. 1, 2006.
La. Rev. Stat. § 51:2106 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 51 / Section 2106
Receipt of cyber threat indicators and defensive measure information; appropriate state entities
Status: in_force

A. In addition to those entities identified in 6 U.S.C. 1501(3), the following entities are authorized to receive cyber threat indicators and defensive measure information, as an appropriate state entity, through electronic mail transmission:

(1) The Department of Justice, office of the attorney general, Louisiana Bureau of Investigation.

(2) The Department of Public Safety and Corrections, office of state police, Louisiana State Analytical and Fusion Exchange.

(3) The Governor's Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness.

B. When a natural person or private or public entity is conveying a cyber threat indicator or defensive measure information by electronic mail, the natural person or public or private entity shall indicate such by populating "Cyber Threat Indicator" or "Cyber Defensive Measure" in the subject line of the electronic mail.

Acts 2019, No. 187, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 51:642 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 51 / Section 642
Storage and sale; marking; further restrictions
Status: in_force

No person shall offer for sale, sell, or otherwise dispose of, or distribute for use any matches, unless the package or container in which the matches are packed, bears plainly marked on the outside, the name of the manufacturer and the brand or trade-mark under which the matches are sold, disposed of or distributed.

No more than one case of each brand of matches of any type or manufacture shall be opened at any one time in any retail store where matches are sold. No loose boxes or paper wrapped packages of matches shall be kept on shelves or stored in retail stores where matches are sold, at a height exceeding five feet from the floor. All matches when stored in warehouses shall be kept only in properly secured cases or boxes, and not piled to a height exceeding ten feet from the floor, and shall not be stored within a horizontal distance of ten feet from any boiler, furnace, stove, or other like heating apparatus, or within a horizontal distance of twenty-five feet from any explosive material kept or stored on the same floor.

All matches shall be packed in boxes or suitable packages, containing not more than seven hundred matches in any one box or package. When more than three hundred matches are packed in any one box or package the matches shall be arranged in two nearly equal portions, the heads of the matches in the two portions being placed in opposite directions. All boxes containing three hundred and fifty or more matches shall have placed over the matches a center holding or protecting strip, made of chipboard, not less than one and one-quarter inches wide. This strip shall be flanged down to hold the matches in position when the box is nested into the shuck or withdrawn from it.
La. Rev. Stat. § 51:912.7 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 51 / Section 912.7
Insurance
Status: in_force

All or part of the builder's obligation under any warranty required in this Part may be insured by the builder for the benefit of the purchaser through an insurance company authorized to transact business in this state.

Acts 2012, No. 112, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 51:3143 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 51 / Section 3143
Requirements for doing business
Status: in_force

A. Home service contracts shall not be issued, sold, or offered for sale in this state unless the provider has done each of the following:

(1) Registered with the secretary of state and remains in good standing.

(2) Provided a receipt for, or other written evidence of, the purchase of the home service contract to the contract holder.

(3) Provided a copy of the home service contract to the service contract holder within a reasonable period of time from the date of purchase.

(4)-(5) Repealed by Acts 2016, No. 327, §1.

B. Each provider of a home service contract sold in this state shall file an application for an initial registration with the secretary of state consisting of his name, address, and contact person, designating a person in this state for service of process, and providing a listing of all officers, all directors, and all owners of ten percent or more of the business. Additionally, the provider shall file a copy of its basic organizational documents, including articles of incorporation, articles of organization, articles of association, or a partnership agreement.

C. A registration shall be effective for two years unless the registration is denied or revoked. Ninety days prior to the expiration of a registration, a provider shall submit a renewal application on a form prescribed by the secretary of state.

D. Each registrant shall notify the secretary of state of any material change in the registration information within sixty days of the effective date of such change. The notice shall be accompanied by supporting documentation.

E. In order to assure the faithful performance of a provider's obligations to its contract holders and to insure its outstanding obligations, each provider shall obtain and file with the secretary of state a surety bond issued by a company licensed to do business in Louisiana in the amount of fifty thousand dollars. The term of the surety bond shall coincide with the years the registration is effective as provided in Subsection C of this Section.

F. Except for the registration requirements of this Section, providers, administrators, and persons marketing, selling, or offering to sell home service contracts are exempt from any licensing requirements of this state and shall not be subject to other registration information or security requirements.

G. The marketing, sale, offering for sale, issuance, making, proposing to make, and administration of home service contracts by providers and related service contract sellers, administrators, and other persons is not insurance and shall be exempt from all provisions of the Louisiana Insurance Code.

Acts 2015, No. 161, §§1, 3(A), eff. Jan. 11, 2015; Acts 2015, No. 161, §§1, 3(B), eff. Jan. 15, 2016; Acts 2016, No. 243, §1, eff. May 26, 2016; Acts 2016, No. 327, §1; Acts 2018, No. 560, §5, eff. May 28, 2018; Acts 2020, No. 51, §1, eff. June 5, 2020; Acts 2022, No. 193, §5.
La. Rev. Stat. § 51:3185 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 51 / Section 3185
Penalties; powers of the attorney general
Status: in_force

A.(1) A medical facility or human genomic research facility that violates the provisions of this Chapter shall be fined ten thousand dollars per violation. A violation means each unique instance of an individual's genome having undergone genetic sequencing or analysis using a prohibited human genetic sequencer or a prohibited operational or research software.

(2) A medical facility, human genomic research facility, or company that knowingly violates the provisions of this Chapter by storing human genetic sequencing data in a foreign adversary country shall be fined ten thousand dollars per violation.

B. The attorney general has the sole authority to investigate allegations of violations of this Chapter and to enforce violations of R.S. 51:3183 and 3184.

Acts 2025, No. 244, §2.
La. Rev. Stat. § 51:771 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 51 / Section 771
Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in this Part, the following terms have the following meanings:

(1) "Cosmetic" means either of the following:

(a) Articles intended to be applied to or introduced into the human body or any part thereof for purposes of cleansing, beautifying, promoting attractiveness, or altering appearance.

(b) Articles intended for use as a component of any articles provided for in Subparagraph (a) of this Paragraph.

(c) "Cosmetic" does not include soap.

(2) "Cosmetic animal testing" means the internal or external application or exposure of any cosmetic product, cosmetic ingredient, or nonfunctional constituent to the skin, eyes, or any other body part, organ, or extremity of a live nonhuman vertebrate.

(3) "Cosmetic ingredient" means any single chemical entity or mixture used as a component in the manufacture of a cosmetic product as defined in 21 CFR 700.3(e) on the date of enactment of this Part.

(4) "Cosmetic product" means a finished and complete cosmetic.

(5) "Manufacturer" means any entity required to specify conspicuously its name and place of business on the label of a cosmetic in package form pursuant to 21 CFR 701.12.

(6) "Nonfunctional constituent" means any incidental ingredient as defined in 21 CFR 701.3(l) on the date of enactment of this Part.

(7) "Supplier" means any entity that provides, whether directly or through a third party, any cosmetic ingredient used by a manufacturer in the formulation of a cosmetic product.

Acts 2022, No. 712, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 51:3144 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 51 / Section 3144
Required disclosures; service contracts
Status: in_force

A. Each home service contract marketed, sold, offered for sale, issued, made, proposed to be made, or administered in this state shall be written, printed, or typed in clear, understandable language that is easy to read and shall disclose the requirements set forth in this Section, as applicable.

B. Every home service contract shall contain all the following information:

(1) The name and address of the provider and shall identify any administrator if different from the provider.

(2) The name of the service contract seller and name of the service contract holder to the extent that the name of the service contract holder has been furnished to the service contract provider. The identities of parties are not required to be preprinted on the service contract and may be added to the service contract at the time of sale.

(3) The total purchase price and the terms under which the service contract is sold. The purchase price is not required to be preprinted on the service contract and may be negotiated at the time of sale with the service contract holder.

(4) The existence of any deductible amount, if applicable.

(5) The goods and services to be provided and any limitations, exceptions, or exclusions.

(6) Any restrictions governing the transferability of the service contract, if applicable.

(7) The terms, restrictions, or conditions governing cancellation of the service contract prior to the termination or expiration date of the service contract by either the provider or the service contract holder. The provider of the service contract shall mail a written notice to the contract holder at the last known address of the service contract holder contained in the records of the provider at least fifteen days prior to cancellation by the provider. Prior notice is not required if the reason for cancellation is nonpayment of the provider fee, a material misrepresentation by the service contract holder to the provider, or a substantial breach of duties by the service contract holder relating to the covered product or its use. The notice shall state the effective date of the cancellation and the reason for the cancellation.

(8) The obligations and duties of the service contract holder, including but not limited to the duty to protect against any further damage and any requirement to follow an owner's manual.

(9) Whether or not the service contract provides for or excludes consequential damages or preexisting conditions, if applicable. Service contracts may, but are not required to, cover damage resulting from rust, corrosion, or damage caused by a noncovered part or system.

(10) If prior approval of repair work is required, the procedure for obtaining prior approval and for making a claim, including a toll-free telephone number for claim service and a procedure for obtaining emergency repairs performed outside of normal business hours.

Acts 2015, No. 161, §§1, 3(A), eff. Jan. 11, 2016.
La. Rev. Stat. § 51:661 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 51 / Section 661
Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in this Part:

(1) "Sell," "sold," "buy" and "purchase" include exchange, barter, gift, and offer to contract to sell or buy.

(2) "Manufacturer" means any person who is engaged, either directly or indirectly, in the manufacture of motor vehicles.

(3) "Wholesale distributor" means any person engaged, directly or indirectly, in the sale or distribution of motor vehicles to agents or dealers.

(4) "Dealer" means any person who is engaged in, or who intends to engage in the business of selling motor vehicles at retail in this state. "Dealer" also includes "retail agent."

(5) "Finance company or finance agency" means any person engaged in the business of financing the sale of motor vehicles, or engaged in the business of purchasing or acquiring promissory notes, either secured by vendor's privilege or chattel mortgage, arising from the sale of motor vehicles in this state.
La. Rev. Stat. § 51:1253 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 51 / Section 1253
Definition of terms
Status: in_force

For the purposes of this Subpart, the terms used herein shall have the following meanings unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:

(1) "Act 455 funds" mean the public monies appropriated by the legislature in accordance with Acts 1970, No. 455 and granted by the commission under authority of R.S. 51:1271 et seq.

(2) "Assistant secretary" means the assistant secretary of the office of tourism of the Department of Culture, Recreation, and Tourism.

(3) "Commission" means the Louisiana Tourism Development Commission created by R.S. 51:1256 and transferred into the department by R.S. 36:209(A).

(4) "Department" means the Department of Culture, Recreation, and Tourism.

(5) "Economic impact" means the value derived by the state and its political subdivisions in return for expenditures made on tourism advertising by the office in terms of revenue generated, jobs created, income generated for individuals or business within the state, changes in the number of tourist dollars spent in Louisiana, and such other results as may be appropriate to consider in calculating the justification for the expenditures authorized for tourism promotion.

(6) "Office" means the office of tourism of the Department of Culture, Recreation, and Tourism.

(7) "Promotion" means generally the encouragement through advertising, education, informational means and public relations, both within the state and outside of it, of travel by persons away from their residences for recreation, pleasure, personal reasons, or other purposes.

(8) "Tourism" means activities involved in providing and marketing services and products, including accommodations, food, and beverages, for nonresidents and residents who travel to and in Louisiana.

(9) "Tourism industry" means the industry consisting of private and public organizations that directly or indirectly provide services and products to nonresidents and residents who travel as tourists to and in Louisiana. The term "tourism industry" includes both the travel industry and the hospitality industry, and their components.

(10)(a) "Tourist" means that definition adopted by the department in accordance with generally accepted definitions used by the department for reporting purposes. The term "traveler", "conventioneer", "vacationer", and "visitor" shall all mean tourist for the purposes of this Subpart.

(b) The department shall adopt a definition within sixty days of August 15, 2001. The department shall submit to the Senate Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection and the House Committee on Commerce a comparative summary of the definition of tourists as defined by other southern states within sixty days of August 15, 2001.

Added by Acts 1983, No. 688, §4; Acts 2001, No. 1191, §1; Acts 2021, No. 20, §7.
La. Rev. Stat. § 51:2107 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 51 / Section 2107
Compliance with Database Security Breach Notification Law
Status: in_force

Nothing in this Chapter shall relieve a person or entity from compliance with the Database Security Breach Notification Law, R.S. 51:3071 et seq., specifically including but not limited to the requirements under R.S. 51:3074.

Acts 2019, No. 187, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 51:2135 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 51 / Section 2135
Written permit required
Status: in_force

No minor's employment regulated under the provisions of this Chapter shall occur without the issuance of a written permit from Louisiana Works as provided in Chapter 3 of Title 23 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950.

Acts 2005, No. 147, §2; Acts 2008, No. 743, §7, eff. July 1, 2008.
La. Rev. Stat. § 51:1287 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 51 / Section 1287
Legislative oversight and review
Status: in_force

Any rules or regulations promulgated or adopted by the Louisiana Tourism Promotion District shall be subject to legislative oversight by the House Commerce Committee and the Senate Committee on Commerce, Consumer Protection, and International Affairs in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act. The district shall further submit a report to such committees, no later than October first of each year, relative to its activities and finances during the immediately preceding fiscal year. Such committees may also review the activities or finances of the district at such times as they deem appropriate.

Acts 1990, No. 1038, §1, eff. July 26, 1990; Acts 1994, No. 17, §1, eff. July 1, 1995; Acts 1994, 3rd Ex. Sess., No. 4, §1, eff. Sept. 1, 1994; Acts 2003, No. 183, §8.
La. Rev. Stat. § 51:2761 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 51 / Section 2761
New Assistive Devices Warranty Act
Status: in_force

This Chapter shall be known as the "New Assistive Devices Warranty Act".

Acts 1993, No. 907, §1, eff. June 23, 1993.
La. Rev. Stat. § 51:3141 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 51 / Section 3141
Scope and purpose
Status: in_force

A. The purposes of this Part are the following:

(1) To create a registration and assurance mechanism for home service contract providers in this state.

(2) To encourage innovation in the marketing and development of more economical and effective means of providing services under home service contracts while placing the risk of innovation on the providers rather than on consumers.

(3) To permit and encourage fair and effective competition among different systems of providing and paying for these services.

B. The following shall be exempt from this Chapter:

(1) Warranties as defined in this Chapter.

(2) Maintenance-only agreements as defined in this Chapter.

(3) Service contracts sold or offered for sale to persons other than consumers.

(4) Contracts sold or offered for sale on a single new item of property at the time of the sale of the property, or within one year of the date of the sale, which guarantee the performance of the service, repair, replacement, or maintenance of the property or guarantee to indemnify for the service, repair, replacement, or maintenance of a single item of residential property.

Acts 2015, No. 161, §1, eff. Jan. 11, 2016.
La. Rev. Stat. § 51:1154 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 51 / Section 1154
Articles of incorporation
Status: in_force

In addition to the requirements of Title 12 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, the articles of incorporation shall set forth:

1. The names and residences of the applicants, together with a recital that each of them is an elector of the municipality or the parish;

2. The name of the corporation, which shall be the Industrial Development Board of the ________ of _______, Inc. (the blank spaces to be filled in with the name of the municipality or parish, including the proper designation thereof as a city, town or parish);

3. A recital that permission to organize the corporation has been granted by resolution duly adopted by the governing body of the municipality or parish and the date of the adoption of such resolution; and

4. The location of the principal office of the corporation, which shall be in the municipality or parish.

Acts 1962, No. 436, §4. Amended by Acts 1964, No. 433, §1; Acts 1972, No. 103, §4, emerg. eff. June 25, 1972, at 6:15 P.M.
La. Rev. Stat. § 51:2012 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 51 / Section 2012
Criminal enforcement
Status: in_force

The district attorney of a parish where a violation of this Chapter occurs and the attorney general shall have the authority to investigate and institute criminal proceedings for any such violation.

Acts 2006, No. 392, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 51:241 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 51 / Section 241
Filing of name, mark or device; publication
Status: in_force

Any person engaged in manufacturing, bottling, selling, or dealing in any beverage, including seltzer or mineral waters, or food in bottles, syphons, fountains, tanks, cases or boxes, with any name, mark or device on such bottles, syphons, fountains, tanks, cases or boxes, may file in the office of the clerk of the district court having jurisdiction over civil suits in the parish where the principal place of business of such person is situated a description of the name, mark, or device, and have the description printed once in each week for five weeks successively in a newspaper published in the English language in the parish in which the description has been filed.
La. Rev. Stat. § 51:2240 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 51 / Section 2240
Enforcement of local commission orders
Status: in_force

A. The proceeding for enforcement of a local commission order shall be initiated by filing a complaint in the district court. Copies of the complaint shall be served upon all parties of record. Within thirty days after the filing of the complaint by the local commission, or within such further time as the court may allow, the local commission shall transmit to the court the original or a certified copy of the entire record upon which the order is based, including a transcript of testimony, which need not be printed. By stipulation of all parties to the proceeding, the record may be shortened.

B. The findings of fact of the local commission shall be conclusive unless clearly erroneous in view of the probative and substantial evidence on the whole record. The court may grant such temporary relief or restraining order as it deems just and may enter an order enforcing, modifying, and enforcing as modified, or setting aside in whole or in part the order of the local commission, or remanding the case to the local commission for further proceedings.

Acts 1988, No. 886, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 51:443 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 51 / Section 443
Payment of commissions; timely payment
Status: in_force

Upon termination of any written or oral compensation agreement between a sales representative and a principal, the principal shall pay all commissions due the sales representative as specified in the agreement or, if not specified, no later than the thirtieth working day after the date of termination.

Acts 1988, No. 774, §1, eff. July 18, 1988.
La. Rev. Stat. § 51:3271 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 51 / Section 3271
Definitions
Status: in_force

For the purposes of this Chapter, the following terms and phrases shall have the meanings ascribed as follows:

(1) "Housing provider" means a property owner, lessor, property manager, or property management company that offers residential property for lease or rent.

(2) "Individual meter" means a residential unit with a meter affixed to it that is used to monitor the consumption of water, gas, or electricity.

(3) "Original bill" means the utility bill provided to the housing provider by a utility for a specific unit or residential unit.

(4) "Tenant" means a lessee of residential property or a person whose name appears on a lease indicating that the person is an occupant of the residential property.

(5) "Third-party billing" means a form of billing where an intermediary handles the invoicing and payment between a housing provider and a tenant.

(6) "Unit" or "residential unit" means a living space or combination of rooms designed to provide independent year-round living facilities for one family or household, with provisions for sleeping, eating, and sanitation.

(7) "Utility" or "utilities" means a provider of water, gas, or electric service that is regulated by the Louisiana Public Service Commission or a local governmental subdivision or owned or operated by a local governmental subdivision.

Acts 2024, No. 577, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 51:2322 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 51 / Section 2322
Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in this Part, the following terms shall have the meanings specified in this Section:

(1) "Applicant" means a private nonprofit or public entity located in this state.

(2) "Corporation" means the Louisiana Economic Development Corporation.

(3) "Program" means the Louisiana Small Business Incubator Program.

(4) "Small business incubator" means a multi-tenanted facility which is characterized by shared business services, equipment, space, and access to on-premises business consultants for tenants and which is operated by a private nonprofit or public entity.

(5) "Tenant" means a sole proprietorship, partnership, corporation, or limited liability partnership or company which operates within a small business incubator.

Acts 1995, No. 180, §1; Acts 1995, No. 276, §1, eff. July 1, 1995.
La. Rev. Stat. § 51:1408 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 51 / Section 1408
Additional relief
Status: in_force

A. The court may issue such additional orders or render judgments against any party, as may be necessary to compensate any aggrieved person for any property, movable or immovable, corporeal or incorporeal, which may have been acquired from such person by means of any method, act, or practice declared unlawful by R.S. 51:1405, whichever may be applicable to that party under R.S. 51:1418. Such orders shall include but not be limited to the following:

(1) Revocation, forfeiture, or suspension of any license, charter, franchise, certificate, or other evidence of authority of any person to do business in the state.

(2) Appointment of a receiver.

(3) Dissolution of domestic corporations or associations.

(4) Suspension or termination of the right of foreign corporations or associations to do business in this state.

(5) Restitution.

B. Unless otherwise expressly provided, the remedies or penalties provided by this Chapter are cumulative to each other and to the remedies or penalties available under all other laws of this state.

Added by Acts 1972, No. 759, §1; Acts 2006, No. 218, §1, eff. June 2, 2006.
La. Rev. Stat. § 51:1451 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 51 / Section 1451
Short Title
Status: in_force

This Chapter may be cited as The Service Station Dealers Day in Court Act.

Added by Acts 1974, No. 628, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 51:1789 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 51 / Section 1789
Industrial development bonds
Status: in_force

Any other provision of law to the contrary notwithstanding, a city or parish governing body, which is also the governing authority of an enterprise zone or an economic development zone and which has authority to issue revenue bonds, may sell such bonds and use the proceeds for loans to any new or expanding business or industry in that enterprise zone or economic development zone.

Added by Acts 1981, No. 901, §1; Acts 1995, No. 581, §2, eff. June 18, 1995.
La. Rev. Stat. § 51:414 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 51 / Section 414
Use of terms; fee information; violations
Status: in_force

A. Except as otherwise authorized under state or federal law and rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, no person with intent to sell or in any way dispose of goods or services shall use the term "federal" or "United States," or any such other terms that would lead the reader to the conclusion that the person represents the government of the United States or one of its agencies, in any written material issued by such person without a disclaimer clearly visible in large, legible print on the face of such material which states that the person is in no way connected with the government of the United States.

B. No person with intent to sell or in any way dispose of goods or services shall charge the fee stated in some written material to another person to whom he has sent written material, unless such fee is stated in large, legible, bold print on the face of the material.

C. Any violation of this Section shall be enforceable under the provisions and any violator shall be subject to the penalties of the Unfair Trade Practice and Consumer Protection Law.

Acts 1990, No. 833, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 51:921 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 51 / Section 921
Declaration of policy
Status: in_force

It is the policy of the state of Louisiana, in furtherance of its responsibility to protect the health, public safety, welfare, and future prosperity of the citizens of the state, to fully develop the human, economic, and natural resources of the state through a well-informed and business-oriented Louisiana Economic Development.

Acts 1964, No. 403, §1; Acts 2003, No. 933, §4.
La. Rev. Stat. § 51:444 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 51 / Section 444
Attorney fees and damages
Status: in_force

A judgment or decree issued in any action brought by a sales representative for the payment of commissions by a principal may include payment by the principal of attorney fees and treble damages incurred by the sales representative.

Acts 1988, No. 774, eff. July 18, 1988.
La. Rev. Stat. § 51:2386 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 51 / Section 2386
Short title
Status: in_force

This Chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "Louisiana Business and Industrial Development Company Act" or the "Louisiana BIDCO Act".

Acts 1991, No. 506, §1; Acts 1996, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 30, §3, eff. May 7, 1996; Acts 2004, No. 806, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 51:3213 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 51 / Section 3213
Powers and duties
Status: in_force

The Louisiana Gaming Control Board, the Louisiana State Racing Commission, and the office of alcohol and tobacco control have authority to take actions, not inconsistent with law, as deemed necessary to ensure a respective licensee's compliance with the provisions of this Chapter.

Acts 2020, 2 nd Ex. Sess., No. 21, §1, eff. Dec. 22, 2020.
La. Rev. Stat. § 51:2604 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 51 / Section 2604
Prohibitions; applicability; exceptions
Status: in_force

A. Subject to the provisions of Subsection B of this Section and R.S. 51:2605, the prohibitions against discrimination in the sale or rental of housing set forth in R.S. 51:2606 shall apply to:

(1) Dwellings owned or operated by the federal government, this state, or by any political subdivision of this state.

(2) Dwellings financed in whole or in part with the aid of loans, advances, grants, or contributions made by:

(a) This state or any political subdivision of this state.

(b) The federal government under agreements entered into after November 20, 1962, unless payment due thereon has been made in full prior to April 11, 1968.

(3) Dwellings provided in whole or in part by loans insured, guaranteed, or otherwise secured by the credit of the federal government under agreements entered into after November 20, 1962, unless payment thereon has been made in full prior to April 11, 1968; provided that nothing contained in Paragraphs (2) and (3) of this Subsection shall be applicable to dwellings solely by virtue of the fact that they are subject to mortgages held by an institution insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.

(4) Dwellings provided by the development or the redevelopment of real property purchased, rented, or otherwise obtained from a state or local public agency receiving federal financial assistance for slum clearance or urban renewal with respect to such real property under loan or grant contracts entered into after November 20, 1962.

(5) All other dwellings except as exempted by Subsection B of this Section.

B. Nothing in R.S. 51:2606, except Paragraph A(3) thereof, shall apply to any of the following dwellings:

(1) Any single-family house sold or rented by an owner, provided that such private individual owner does not own more than three such single-family houses at any one time; provided further, that in the case of the sale of any such single-family house by a private individual owner not residing in such house at the time of such sale or who was not the most recent resident of such house prior to such sale, the exemption granted by this Paragraph shall apply only with respect to one such sale within any twenty-four month period; provided further, that such bona fide private individual owner does not own any interest in, nor is there owned or reserved on his behalf, under any express or voluntary agreement, title to or any right to all or a portion of the proceeds from the sale or rental of, more than three such single-family houses at any one time; provided further that the sale or rental of any such single-family house shall be excepted from the application of this provision only if such house is sold or rented without the use in any manner of the sales or rental facilities or the sales or rental services of any real estate broker or salesperson, or of such facilities or services of any person in the business of selling or renting dwellings, or of any employee or agent of any such broker, salesperson, or person and without the publication, posting, or mailing of any advertisement or written notice in violation of R.S. 51:2606(A)(3), but nothing in this provision shall prohibit the use of attorneys, escrow agents, abstractors, title companies, and other such professional assistance as is necessary to perfect or transfer the title.

(2) Rooms or units in dwellings containing living quarters occupied or intended to be occupied by no more than four families living independently of each other, if the owner actually maintains and occupies one of such living quarters at his residence.

C. For the purposes of Subsection B of this Section, a person shall be deemed to be in the business of selling or renting dwellings if any of the following situations exist:

(1) He has, within the preceding twelve months, participated as principal in three or more transactions involving the sale or rental of any dwelling or any interest therein.

(2) He has, within the preceding twelve months, participated as agent, other than in the sale of his own personal residence, in providing sales or rental facilities or rental services in two or more transactions involving the sale or rental of any dwelling or any interest therein.

(3) He is the owner of any dwelling designed or intended for occupancy by, or occupied by, five or more families.

Acts 1991, No. 527, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1992.
La. Rev. Stat. § 51:1432 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 51 / Section 1432
Injunctive relief
Status: in_force

A. Actual or threatened misappropriation may be enjoined. Upon application to the court, an injunction shall be terminated when the trade secret has ceased to exist, but the injunction may be continued for an additional reasonable period of time in order to eliminate commercial advantage that otherwise would be derived from the misappropriation.

B. If the court determines that it would be unreasonable to prohibit future use, an injunction may condition future use upon payment of a reasonable royalty for no longer than the period of time the use could have been prohibited.

C. In appropriate circumstances, affirmative acts to protect a trade secret may be compelled by court order.

Added by Acts 1981, No. 462, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 51:1144 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 51 / Section 1144
Venture Capital Network; duties and functions
Status: in_force

The Venture Capital Network shall:

(1) Solicit, compile, profile, and maintain current information describing opportunities for risk capital investment in new or emerging business ventures.

(2) Identify active informal investors and profile their distinguishing investment objectives.

(3) Provide, for a reasonable fee, a timely, confidential, and objective referral system serving both entrepreneurs and investors.

(4) Maintain statistics on the operation of the Venture Capital Network, including the number of profile entrepreneurs and investors, referrals, and referrals resulting in investment.

Acts 1987, No. 449, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 51:2370.6 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 51 / Section 2370.6
Consultation
Status: in_force

The office may consult with Louisiana Economic Development to determine if a broadband project proposed under this Subpart will benefit a potential economic development project relevant to the proposed area outlined in the broadband project.

Acts 2021, No. 477, §1, eff. July 1, 2021; Acts 2023, No. 383, §3A.
La. Rev. Stat. § 51:523 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 51 / Section 523
Board of pharmacy; enforcement of law; rules and regulations
Status: in_force

The Louisiana Board of Pharmacy may supervise, adjust, arbitrate and enforce the provisions of this Part, and make and publish reasonable rules and regulations not inconsistent with any federal or state law.
La. Rev. Stat. § 51:36 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 51 / Section 36
License; record of application; abstract
Status: in_force

The mayor or the governing authority of the parish of location to whom application is made, as provided for in R.S. 51:34, shall endorse upon the application the date of its filing, preserve it as a record of his office, make an abstract of the facts set forth in the application in a book, properly indexed and kept for that purpose, which abstract shall contain the name of the person asking for a license, the nature of the proposed sale, the place where the sale is to be conducted, its duration, the inventory value of the goods to be sold, and a general statement as to where the goods came from, and make in the book a notation as to the issuance or refusal of the license applied for, together with the date of issuance or refusal and endorse on the application the date that the license, as applied for, is granted or refused. The application and abstract shall be prima facie evidence of all statements contained therein.

Acts 1986, No. 806, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 51:1004 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 51 / Section 1004
Advisory and technical committees
Status: in_force

NOTE: ACTS 1979, NO. 576, §1, EFF. UPON APPROVAL BY NINE PARTY STATES AND CONGRESS:

The board may establish such advisory and technical committees as it may deem necessary, membership on which to include but not be limited to private citizens, expert and lay personnel, representatives of industry, labor, commerce, agriculture, civic associations, medicine, education, voluntary health agencies, and officials of local, state and federal government, and may cooperate with and use the services of any such committees and the organizations which they represent in furthering any of its activities under this compact.

Acts 1979, No. 576, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 51:127 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 51 / Section 127
Idle manufacturing plants; presumption of violation; receivership; sale or lease
Status: in_force

Whenever in any suit on behalf of the state it appears to the court, by affidavit or otherwise, either in limine or upon trial, that any manufacturing plant has been closed and kept idle for more than one year, it shall be presumed that such manufacturing plant was closed and kept idle for the purpose of violating this Part. The court shall receive and consider any and all evidence, whether by affidavit or otherwise, which may rebut this presumption. In computing the one year period, any plant is idle which has not been operating bona fide.

If the court finds that the facts do not fairly rebut the presumption, it shall issue an order to the owner to sell the plant to bona fide third parties, within a delay fixed by the court, not to exceed six months from the date of the order. If, at the expiration of that time, the plant is not sold, the court shall appoint a receiver to take possession, under bond, and the receiver may sell, lease, or dispose of the plant under the directions of the court, within twelve months of the order appointing him.

No sale or lease shall be made to any individual who has been connected with the management of the plant, or to any corporation or firm composed in whole or in part of such individuals. No corporation shall buy or lease the plant if more than thirty per cent of its stock is held by former stockholders of the offending corporation.

All sales by receivers under this Part shall be made according to the law governing sheriff's sales.
La. Rev. Stat. § 51:3051 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 51 / Section 3051
Short title
Status: in_force

This Chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "Transparency in Ownership of Critical Infrastructure Law".

Acts 2022, No. 766, §1, eff. June 18, 2022.
La. Rev. Stat. § 51:2010 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 51 / Section 2010
Misrepresentation and deception
Status: in_force

A person or entity who is not an authorized user shall not do any of the following:

(1) Induce an authorized user to install a software component onto the computer by misrepresenting that installing software is necessary for security or privacy reasons or in order to open, view, or play a particular type of content.

(2) Cause the copying and execution on the computer of a computer software component with the intent of causing an authorized user to use the component in a way that violates any other provision of this Section.

Acts 2006, No. 392, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 51:37 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 51 / Section 37
License; removal of goods
Status: in_force

The license required by R.S. 51:33 shall be valid only for a sale of the goods inventoried and described in the application for the license, in the manner and at the time and place mentioned and set forth in the application. Any removal of the goods so inventoried and described in the application from the place of sale mentioned in the application, shall cause the goods to lose their identity as an insurance, bankrupt, mortgaged, insolvent's, assignee's, executor's, administrator's, receiver's, or trustee's stock of goods, or a damaged stock of goods, and thereafter no license shall be issued for the conducting of a sale of any goods so removed from the place set forth and described in the application, under the provisions of this Part at any other place.

Acts 1986, No. 806, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 51:720 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 51 / Section 720
Immunity of commissioner from suit
Status: in_force

For any action taken or any proceeding had under this Part or under color of law, the commissioner shall be immune from liability and suit to the same extent that any judge of any court of general jurisdiction in this state would be immune.

Acts 1985, No. 722, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 51:426 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 51 / Section 426
Exemptions
Status: in_force

The provisions of this Subpart shall not apply to sales at retail or sales at wholesale:

(1) Where merchandise is sold in bona fide clearance sales, if advertised, marked, and sold as such;

(2) Where perishable merchandise must be sold promptly in order to forestall loss;

(3) Where merchandise is imperfect or damaged, or is being discontinued and is advertised, marked and sold as such;

(4) Where merchandise is sold upon the final liquidation of any business;

(5) Where merchandise is sold for charitable purposes or to relief agencies;

(6) Where merchandise is sold on contract to departments of the government or governmental institutions;

(7) Where merchandise is sold in good faith to meet that competition which permits a competitor to sell at a lesser price where such competitor is able to do so without violating the terms and conditions of this Subpart;

(8) Where merchandise is sold by any officer acting under the order or direction of any court;

(9) Where the merchandise is sold by the manufacturer or producer thereof.

Amended by Acts 1952, No. 181, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 51:3182 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 51 / Section 3182
Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in this Chapter, the following definitions apply:

(1) "Company" means a for-profit sole proprietorship, organization, association, corporation, partnership, joint venture, limited partnership, limited liability partnership, or limited liability company, including a wholly owned subsidiary, majority-owned subsidiary, or parent company of those entities or business associations that exists to make a profit; or a nonprofit organization.

(2) "Domicile" means any of the following:

(a) The country where a company is registered and headquartered.

(b) The country where a company's affairs are primarily completed.

(c) The country where a majority ownership of the company is held.

(3) "Foreign adversary" means any of the following nations:

(a) The People's Republic of China including the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region.

(b) Republic of Cuba.

(c) Islamic Republic of Iran.

(d) Democratic People's Republic of Korea.

(e) Russian Federation.

(4) "Foreign adversary company" means any company, other than a United States person or United States subsidiary as defined in 15 CFR 772.1, that is any of the following:

(a) Domiciled, incorporated, issued, or listed in a foreign adversary country.

(b) Headquartered in a foreign adversary country.

(c) Has its principal place of business in a foreign adversary country.

(d) Controlled by the government of the People's Republic of China, the Chinese Communist Party, the Chinese military, or any instrumentality thereof, including the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of the State Council or the National Social Security Fund.

(e) Is majority-owned by an entity controlled by the government of the People's Republic of China, the Chinese Communist Party, the Chinese military, or any instrumentality thereof, including the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of the State Council or the National Social Security Fund.

(f) Itself receives or is the subsidiary of a parent company which receives more than fifty percent of its total annual revenue from a foreign adversary country.

(5) "Human genetic sequencer" means a device or platform used to conduct human genetic sequencing, resequencing, isolation, or other genetic research.

(6) "Human genetic sequencing" means any method to determine the identity and order of nucleotide bases in the human genome.

(7) "Human genome" means the complete set of deoxyribonucleic acid instructions found within a human cell encompassing all the genetic information needed for an individual to develop and function.

(8) "Human genomic research facility" means a facility that conducts research on, with, or relating to genetic sequencing or the human genome.

(9) "Medical facility" means either of the following:

(a) A facility for the delivery of healthcare services that receives state monies including interagency pass-through appropriations from the federal government.

(b) A facility licensed or certified by this state to provide healthcare services.

(10) "Operational and research software" means a computer program used for the operation, control, analysis, or other necessary functions of human genetic sequencing or human genetic sequencers.

Acts 2025, No. 244, §2.
La. Rev. Stat. § 51:2370.41 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 51 / Section 2370.41
GUMBO 3.0
Status: in_force

In the event that there are remaining GUMBO 2.0 funds after the obligation of infrastructure funds, the office shall run a grant program, nondeployment, that will allow eligible parties including but not limited to state agencies, nonprofits, for-profits, academic institutions, and planning commissions to utilize these funds to help address challenges in economic development, workforce development, health care, cybersecurity, agriculture, and other sectors and industries of importance to the state of Louisiana, as determined by approval of Volume 2 of Initial Proposal from the office and the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, or IIJA, the Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment, or BEAD, Program, and the Notice of Funding Opportunity, or NOFO, with an obligation deadline of these funds to be completed no later than December 12, 2024. This program will be designated as "Granting Unserved Municipalities Broadband Opportunities 3.0", and the office shall have the authority to create appropriate rules and scoring criteria.

Acts 2024, No. 632, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 51:940 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 51 / Section 940
Filing tax exemption certificates
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, contracts for tax exemptions entered into by the State Board of Commerce and Industry shall be filed with Louisiana Economic Development, which shall maintain a file of such contracts.

Added by Acts 1978, No. 548, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 51:134 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 51 / Section 134
Exceptions to be filed in limine litis; disposition; answer; trial; preference
Status: in_force

In all cases under this Part the defendant shall file all exceptions in limine litis, or if necessary in the alternative, after the usual delays, and any additional delays as the court may allow; however, a plea to the jurisdiction is not waived by other pleas or exceptions filed. The judge shall take up such exceptions in preference over all other business and shall decide all questions raised in the exceptions within ten days after submission, and his ruling shall have the effect of res judicata, unless the party cast shall appeal within five days. The appeal is returnable within ten days to the appellate court which shall hear and determine the case within forty days. If the exceptions are overruled by final judgment of the appellate court, the defendant shall file his answer covering all questions of controverted fact within fifteen days, and the case may be set for trial on the application of either party, which case the judge shall consider in preference over all other business.
La. Rev. Stat. § 51:3142 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 51 / Section 3142
Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in this Chapter, unless the context otherwise requires, the following words and phrases shall be defined as follows:

(1) "Administrator" means the person who is responsible for the administration of the home service contract or the home service contract plan or who is responsible for any submission required by this Chapter.

(2) "Consumer" means a natural person who buys, other than for purposes of resale, any corporeal movable property that is distributed in commerce and that is normally used for personal, family, or household purposes and not for business or research purposes.

(3) "Home service contract" means a contract or agreement for a separately stated consideration for any duration to perform the service, repair, replacement, or maintenance of property or indemnification for service, repair, replacement, or maintenance, for the operational or structural failure of any residential property due to a defect in materials, workmanship, inherent defect, or normal wear and tear, with or without additional provisions for incidental payment or indemnity under limited circumstances. A home service contract may provide for the service, repair, replacement, or maintenance of property for damage resulting from power surges or interruption and accidental damage from handling and may provide for leak or repair coverage to house roofing systems. A home service contract is not insurance in this state or otherwise regulated under any provision of the Louisiana Insurance Code.

(4) "Maintenance-only agreement" means a contract of limited duration that provides only for scheduled maintenance and does not include repair or replacement.

(5) "Person" means an individual, partnership, corporation, incorporated or unincorporated association, joint stock company, reciprocal, syndicate, or any similar entity or combination of entities acting in concert.

(6) "Provider" means a person who is contractually obligated to provide the services or indemnification under a home service contract.

(7) "Provider fee" means the consideration paid for a home service contract.

(8) "Service contract holder" or "contract holder" means a person who is the purchaser or holder of a home service contract.

(9) "Warranty" means a warranty made solely by the manufacturer, importer, or seller of property or services, including builders on new home construction, without consideration, that is not negotiated or separated from the sale of the product and is incidental to the sale of the product, that guarantees indemnity for defective parts, mechanical or electrical breakdown, labor, or other remedial measures, such as repair or replacement of the property, or repetition of services.

Acts 2015, No. 161, §1, eff. Jan. 11, 2016.
La. Rev. Stat. § 51:2186 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 51 / Section 2186
Administrative fines
Status: in_force

If the department finds that one or more grounds exist for the revocation of a certificate of registration issued under this Chapter, it may, in lieu of revocation, impose a fine upon the provider in an amount not to exceed one thousand dollars for each violation. Procedures for the imposition of fines and appeals of such fines shall be governed by the Administrative Procedure Act, R.S. 49:950, et seq.

Acts 1987, No. 483, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 51:1031 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 51 / Section 1031
Short title
Status: in_force

This Chapter shall be named and may be cited as the Louisiana Strategic Plan to Combat Poverty Act.

Acts 2002, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 44, §1, eff. April 18, 2002; Acts 2002, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 162, §3, eff. April 26, 2002.
La. Rev. Stat. § 51:1581 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 51 / Section 1581
Preservation of rights of action and defenses
Status: in_force

Any right of action or defense which the member could raise based on the contract for physical fitness services is preserved against any assignee or successor to the contract or to any credit contract executed by the member in connection therewith.

Added by Acts 1982, No. 808, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 51:938 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 51 / Section 938
Advisory committees; functions
Status: in_force

The secretary may appoint advisory committees composed of representatives of the businesses and industries and labor of the state and fix the number of members of each. These committees shall conduct such studies and investigations as the secretary may direct and shall report their findings and recommendations thereon to the secretary.

Acts 1964, No. 403, §1; Acts 1989, No. 316, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 51:2315 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 51 / Section 2315
Louisiana Economic Development Fund
Status: in_force

A. There is hereby established within the state treasury a fund to be known as the "Louisiana Economic Development Fund". All monies received by the corporation shall be deposited to the account of the Louisiana Economic Development Fund. Monies received by the corporation pursuant to R.S. 47:318(A) shall be used solely for Louisiana Economic Development - Debt Service and State Commitments.

B. All monies received or appropriated to such fund shall remain in the fund and shall not be returned to the state general fund at the end of any fiscal year.

C.(1) The monies in the Louisiana Economic Development Fund shall be invested by the treasurer in the same manner as monies in the state general fund.

(2) All interest earned on monies from the fund so invested by the state treasurer shall be deposited in the Louisiana Economic Development Fund.

Acts 1991, No. 34, §1, eff. July 1, 1991; Acts 2003, No. 1107, §1, eff. July 2, 2003; Acts 2012, No. 834, §13, eff. July 1, 2012; Acts 2018, No. 612, §17, eff. July 1, 2020; Acts 2019, No. 404, §§1, 12, eff. July 1, 2020.
La. Rev. Stat. § 51:3054 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 51 / Section 3054
Designation of country as a threat to critical infrastructure
Status: in_force

A. The governor, after consultation with the director of the Governor's Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness, may designate a country as a threat to critical infrastructure for purposes of this Chapter.

B. The governor shall consult the Senate and House select committees on homeland security to assess a threat to critical infrastructure for purposes of making a designation under this Section.

Acts 2022, No. 766, §1, eff. June 18, 2022.
La. Rev. Stat. § 51:2370.1 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 51 / Section 2370.1
Establishment
Status: in_force

There is hereby created a grant program to be known as the "Granting Unserved Municipalities Broadband Opportunities" program, hereinafter referred to as the "GUMBO" program.

Acts 2021, No. 477, §1, eff. July 1, 2021; Acts 2023, No. 383, §3A.
La. Rev. Stat. § 51:8 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 51 / Section 8
Use of inspection; misuse; penalty
Status: in_force

Any authority making the inspection provided for in R.S. 51:7 who discovers evidence of violation of law shall place such evidence before the grand jury of the parish in which the offense appears to have been committed.

Whoever uses the information obtained by such inspection for any purpose other than to serve the purposes of justice shall be imprisoned not less than thirty nor more than one hundred and twenty days.
La. Rev. Stat. § 51:1725 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 51 / Section 1725
Mail solicitations for contest participation
Status: in_force

A.(1) No person or entity shall solicit an individual by mail to participate in a contest unless such solicitation contains either of the following:

(a) A statement of the odds that a participant making a single entry in such contest has of winning each item offered as a gift, prize, or thing of value.

(b) A statement that the odds depend upon the number of entries received.

(2) Such a statement shall be clearly and conspicuously printed on the face of the solicitation in bold type of at least twelve points or shall be contained in a section with contest rules.

B. Each violation of this Section shall constitute an unfair practice under R.S. 51:1405(A) and shall be punishable as provided in R.S. 51:1722(B).

Acts 1995, No. 1169, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 51:666 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 51 / Section 666
Violation; suit for damages
Status: in_force

In addition to the other penalties provided in this Part, any person who is injured in his business or property by any violation of this Part, may proceed against the one committing the violation to recover the damages sustained and the costs of suit.
La. Rev. Stat. § 51:281.2 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 51 / Section 281.2
Assumed name restrictions
Status: in_force

A. In addition to any other requirements of law for the registration and filing of a certificate of an assumed business name, no person shall transact any business under an assumed name which contains the name of any public park, playground, or other public facility without the written consent of the governing authority of the governmental entity which owns or operates the public park, playground, or public facility. If use of the name of a public park, playground, or other public facility is consented to by the governmental entity, such written consent shall be in the form of a contract for a fixed term, not to exceed ten years. Such contract may be renewed; however, no renewal shall exceed a term of ten years. At the expiration of such contract, the person, corporation, or organization shall have one hundred eighty days within which to either amend the assumed business name or obtain another renewal of the contract authorizing the continued use of the name.

B. In addition to the remedies otherwise provided by law, any governmental entity may enforce the provisions of this Section by a civil suit, including a suit to enjoin any violation hereof. Upon finding that a person, corporation, or organization has knowingly violated this Section, a court may award damages, including an award of all profits derived from the said violation, and may order the destruction of all items bearing the name, symbol, or other descriptive inscription in violation of this Section.

Acts 1997, No. 819, §2, eff. July 10, 1997.
La. Rev. Stat. § 51:1563 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 51 / Section 1563
Bond; amount; filing
Status: in_force

Every dance studio shall maintain a bond issued by a surety company authorized to do business in this state. The principal sum of the bond shall be twenty-five thousand dollars.

A copy of such bond shall be filed with the office of the state treasurer. If the person in whose name the bond is issued severs his relationship with the bonded dance studio, the new owner shall, as a condition of doing business, notify the office of the state treasurer of the change of ownership and of proof of compliance with R.S. 51:1564 through R.S. 51:1566.

Added by Acts 1979, No. 533, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 51:300.12 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 51 / Section 300.12
Individual domain name protection; prohibited activities; exceptions
Status: in_force

A.(1) No person shall register a domain name that consists of the name of another living person or an alias or nickname by which such person is commonly known, or a name substantially and confusingly similar to such name, without the person's consent, with the specific intent to profit from such name by selling the domain name for financial gain to that person or any third party.

(2) Additionally, no person shall attempt to resell or resell the domain name that consists of the name of another living person or an alias or nickname by which such person is commonly known, or a name substantially and confusingly similar to such name, without the person's consent, for a price in excess of the registration cost paid by the original registrant.

B. Nothing in this Subpart shall prohibit the transfer by the original registrant of a domain name that is the name of another living person or an alias or nickname by which such person is commonly known, or is substantially or confusingly similar to such name, to the person whose name has been registered as long as the cost of the transfer does not exceed the registration cost paid by the original registrant.

C. Nothing in this Subpart shall prohibit a person from registering a domain name that consists of the name of another living person or a deceased personality or an alias or nickname by which such person is commonly known, or a name substantially or confusingly similar to such name, if such name is used in, affiliated with, or related to a work of authorship protected under Title 17 of the United States Code.

D. No domain name registrar, domain name registry, or any other domain name registration authority shall be subject to any penalties or liable for damages under this Subpart for the registration or maintenance of a domain name for another absent a showing of bad faith intent to profit from such registration or maintenance of the domain name.

Acts 2001, No. 388, §1, eff. June 13, 2001.
La. Rev. Stat. § 51:1759 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 51 / Section 1759
Subject to appropriation
Status: in_force

The implementation of this Chapter shall be subject to the appropriation of funds by the legislature for this purpose.

Acts 2023, No. 456, §1, eff. July 1, 2024; Acts 2024, No. 656, §1, eff. July 1, 2025.

NOTE: Acts 2023, No. 456 became effective July 1, 2024. Acts 2024, No. 656 changes the effective date of Acts 2023, No. 456 to July 1, 2025. However, Acts 2024, No. 656 is not effective until July 1, 2025.
La. Rev. Stat. § 51:1453 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 51 / Section 1453
Notification required; prohibited conduct
Status: in_force

A. A refiner or retailer shall not cancel or fail to renew a franchise unless he furnishes notice of intent to the other party. Such notice of intent shall be in writing and sent to such party by certified mail not less than ninety days prior to the date on which such franchise will be canceled or not renewed.

Provided, however, that (1) where, and to the extent that a franchise or other related agreement provides that it may be cancelled for criminal misconduct related to the premises; violation of law related to the premises; fraud; failure to pay taxes and obtain and maintain all licenses, permits, and other authority necessary to conduct business pursuant to the franchise; extension of credit in violation of the provisions of a franchise or other related agreement; expropriation, appropriation, condemnation, or other taking, in whole or in part, of, or damage to, the premises covered by the franchise pursuant to the power of eminent domain; or for other public purpose; abandonment, vacancy, closure, or unattendance of the premises covered by the franchise in excess of the period specified in the franchise; bankruptcy, insolvency, or filing of a petition for an arrangement under the Bankruptcy Act; alienation, transfer, subletting, assignment, pledge, or encumbrance of the franchise or of property covered by the franchise; attachment, garnishment, execution, or other legal process or proceedings levied against the franchise or property covered by the franchise; adulteration or misrepresentation of products; death or incapacity of a natural person, or termination or dissolution of a partnership or corporation; loss by the refiner of its legal right to grant a retailer possession of leased premises which are the subject of a franchise; force majeure; governmental regulations; inability or impracticability of performance; or the non-payment of sums due under the franchise; and (2) one or more of the foregoing constitute the grounds for cancellation or nonrenewal of a franchise, the notice provisions of this section shall not apply. Such notice given by certified mail shall be effective on the date of mailing. Such notice of intent shall contain in the case of cancellation a statement of intention to cancel, together with the reasons therefor, and the date on which such action shall take effect. In the case of nonrenewal, such notice shall recite the date on which such franchise term expires.

B. A refiner or retailer shall not cancel a franchise during the stated term of any franchise unless the party whose franchise is attempted to be canceled has failed to comply with any essential and reasonable requirement of such franchise, or has failed to comply substantially with any other condition, provision or stipulation of the franchise, unless the grounds for cancellation are such which do not require notice pursuant to Subsection A of this section, or unless the cancellation is otherwise authorized by other laws of this state, or unless such refiner or retailer withdraws entirely from the sale of motor gasoline in this state, or unless the parties mutually consent to the cancellation in writing.

Added by Acts 1974, No. 628, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 51:2331 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 51 / Section 2331
Short title
Status: in_force

This Part shall be known and may be cited as the "Workforce Development and Training Law".

Acts 1995, No. 483, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 51:3062 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 51 / Section 3062
Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in this Chapter, the following words have the following meanings:

(1) "Bioenergy with carbon capture and storage" means the process of capturing and permanently storing carbon dioxide from biomass energy generation.

(2) "Biomass" means forest products' manufacturing bioenergy feedstocks, which may include but not be limited to the following:

(a) Forest products' manufacturing residuals, including but not limited to spent pulping liquors, pulping byproducts, woody manufacturing residuals, paper recycling residuals, wastewater and process water treatment plant residuals, and anaerobic digester biogas.

(b) Harvest residues, including trees or portions of harvested trees that are too small or of too poor quality to be utilized for wood products or paper products.

(c) Downed wood from extreme weather events and natural disasters, nonhazardous landscape or right-of-way trimmings and municipal trimmings, and plant material removed for purposes of invasive or noxious plant species control; biowaste, including landfill gas.

(d) Forest biomass derived from residues created as a byproduct of timber harvesting, including but not limited to low-value wood, treetops, and tree limbs.

(e) Forest management activities conducted for stand improvement or to increase yield, ecological restoration, or to maintain or enhance forest health including but not limited to hazardous fuels reduction.

(f) Biomass materials recognized by the United States Environmental Protection Agency as fuels under 40 CFR 241.4.

(g) Other used wood products, such as crates or pallets.

(3) "Commission" means the Louisiana Public Service Commission or other appropriate governing body for an electric utility.

(4) "Electric utility" means a public or investor-owned utility, an electric cooperative, municipal utility, or any private power supplier or marketer that is engaged in the business of supplying electric energy to the ultimate consumer.

(5) "Net energy metering" means measuring the difference between electricity supplied by an electric utility and the electricity generated by a net energy metering customer and sold back to the electric utility over the applicable billing period.

(6) "Net energy metering customer" means an owner of a net energy metering facility.

(7) "Net energy metering facility" means a facility for the production of electrical energy that:

(a) Uses solar, wind, hydroelectric, geothermal, or biomass resources to generate electricity including but not limited to fuel cells and micro turbines that generate electricity if the fuel source is entirely derived from renewable resources.

(b) Has a generating capacity of not more than twenty-five kilowatts for residential use or three hundred kilowatts for commercial or agricultural use.

(c) Is located in Louisiana.

(d) Can operate with an electric utility's existing transmission and distribution facilities.

(e) Is intended primarily to offset part or all of the net energy metering customer requirements for electricity.

(8) "Sugarcane bagasse biomass" or "bagasse biomass" means the solid, heterogeneous, fibrous agricultural waste that remains after extracting the liquid from sugarcane stalks, which may include but is not limited to the following:

(a) Biomass derived from factory bagasse which is obtained from the industrial extraction process and contains only trace amounts of the sugarcane liquid.

(b) Biomass derived from pressed cane stalks or farm bagasse which is obtained from on-farm or small factory extraction and contains higher amounts of sugarcane liquid.

(c) Dewatered pulp derived from bagasse and recognized by the United States Environmental Protection Agency as fuels under 40 CFR 241.4.

Acts 2003, No. 653, §1, eff. Oct. 1, 2003; Acts 2008, No. 543, §1, eff. June 30, 2008; Acts 2022, No. 275, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 51:1286 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 51 / Section 1286
Sales and use tax
Status: in_force

A. In order to provide funds for the purpose of assisting the state in the promotion of tourism, after allocation of money to the Bond Security and Redemption Fund as provided in Article VII, Section 9(B) of the Constitution of Louisiana, the treasurer shall deposit in and credit to the district, three percent of the avails of the tax imposed by R.S. 47:331.

B.(1) The proceeds of the tax herein authorized shall be irrevocably pledged and dedicated for the purposes and in the order of priority as provided in Paragraph (2) of this Subsection.

(2)(a) For paying costs annually incurred that are associated with the levy and collection of the sales tax authorized by this Subpart.

(b) To transfer such amounts as may be determined by the district to the Department of Culture, Recreation and Tourism for the promotion of the state's tourism industry through the purchase of media advertisement, including but not limited to newspaper, magazine, billboard, radio, and television advertisement.

(c) To transfer such amounts as may be determined by the district to the Department of Culture, Recreation and Tourism to assist the state in the promotion of tourism; provided that any funds used by the department for the purchase of in-state media advertisement shall not exceed ten percent of all funds used for the purchase of media advertisement, and that such expenditures are consistent with the office of tourism's strategic plan for marketing.

(3) Any expenditure of funds by the Department of Culture, Recreation and Tourism from amounts transferred by the district in accordance with Paragraphs (1) and (2) of this Subsection shall be by annual appropriation by the legislature and shall be consistent with the tourism strategic plan.

C. The district may contract with the state for the collection of said sales and use taxes under such terms and conditions as it may deem appropriate and may adopt such rules and regulations pursuant thereto regarding the enforcement and collection of the tax authorized by this Section.

Acts 1990, No. 1038, §1, eff. July 26, 1990; Acts 1993, No. 624, §1, eff. July 1, 1993; Acts 1996, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 61, §1, eff. July 1, 1996; Acts 1997, No. 1291, §1, eff. July 1, 1998; Acts 1999, No. 1025, §2, eff. July 1, 2000, and §3, eff. July 1, 2003; Acts 2002, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 154, §1, eff. July 1, 2002; Acts 2004, No. 114, §1; Acts 2005, No. 20, §1; Acts 2005, No. 464, §1, eff. July 1, 2005; Acts 2007, No. 30, §§1, 2, eff. July 1, 2007; H.C.R. No. 31, 2020 R.S; H.C.R. No. 5, 2021 R.S.; Acts 2024, 3rd Ex. Sess., No. 10, §2, eff. Dec. 4, 2024; Acts 2024, 3rd Ex. Sess., No. 11, §3, eff. Dec. 4, 2024; Acts 2025, No. 384, §6, eff. June 20, 2025.

NOTE: See Section 2 of Act 61 of 1996 1st Ex. Sess., re: Joint Legislative Budget Committee approval.
La. Rev. Stat. § 51:2234 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 51 / Section 2234
Members; qualifications; compensation
Status: in_force

A. The members of the commission on human rights established by R.S. 51:2233 shall be appointed on a bipartisan basis and shall be broadly representative of employers, proprietors, trade unions, religious groups, human rights groups, and the general public.

B. Each member is entitled to reimbursement of expenses incurred in the performance of his duties and when serving as a hearing examiner.

C. Each member shall receive sixty-five dollars per day for attending meetings of the commission in addition to the reimbursement of expenses authorized in Subsection B of this Section. Monies received from federal funds may be used for payment of such per diem and expenses. No state or local monies shall be used for payment of per diem or expenses under provisions of this Section.

Acts 1988, No. 886, §1; Acts 1995, No. 1314, §1, eff. July 1, 1995.
La. Rev. Stat. § 51:716 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 51 / Section 716
Notice of opportunity for hearing; conduct of hearing; issuance of orders
Status: in_force

A. Where the commissioner has issued any order forbidding the sale of securities under R.S. 51:707, he shall promptly send to the issuer of such securities and to all persons who have registered such securities a notice of opportunity for hearing. Before entering an order refusing to register any person under R.S. 51:703, and after the entering of any order for revocation or suspension, the commissioner shall promptly send to such person and, if such person is a salesman to the dealer who employs or proposes to employ such salesman a notice of opportunity for hearing. Hearings shall be conducted pursuant to this Section by the commissioner.

B. The notice and hearing shall be had in the manner prescribed therefor in the Administrative Procedure Act.

C. If the commissioner does not receive a request for a hearing within the prescribed time, he may permit an order previously entered to remain in effect or he may enter a proposed order. If a hearing is requested and conducted as provided in this Section, the commissioner shall within thirty days after the conclusion of the hearing:

(1) Set forth his written findings with respect to the matters involved; and

(2) Enter an order in accordance with his findings.

Acts 1985, No. 722, §1; Acts 1989, No. 30, §1, eff. June 15, 1989.
La. Rev. Stat. § 51:2399.5 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 51 / Section 2399.5
Promulgation of rules
Status: in_force

Louisiana Economic Development, Louisiana Works and the Department of Revenue shall each promulgate such rules, in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act, as may be necessary to implement the provisions of this Chapter.

Acts 2009, No. 447, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 51:3105 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 51 / Section 3105
Determination
Status: in_force

A. No later than the ninety-first day after the date that an application for the designation of a banking development district is submitted, the commissioner shall make a determination regarding whether to approve the application.

B. If the commissioner approves the application, the commissioner shall notify:

(1) The local government requesting the district.

(2) Any financial institution which will be located in the district.

(3) The secretary of Louisiana Economic Development.

(4) The treasurer of the state of Louisiana.

Acts 2007, No. 255, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 51:3221 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 51 / Section 3221
Imports from the Russian Federation
Status: in_force

The importation of any product into this state produced in or originating from the Russian Federation is prohibited. This prohibition includes imports of oil and gas, iron and steel, precious metals, and agricultural products.

Acts 2022, No. 236, §1, eff. May 31, 2022.
La. Rev. Stat. § 51:1455 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 51 / Section 1455
Prescription
Status: in_force

No such suit shall be maintained unless commenced within two years after cancellation of, or failure to renew such franchise.

Added by Acts 1974, No. 628, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 51:928 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 51 / Section 928
Compensation of board members
Status: in_force

Appointed members of the board shall serve without compensation.

Acts 1964, No. 403, §1; Acts 2012, No. 32, §1, eff. May 4, 2012.
La. Rev. Stat. § 51:43 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 51 / Section 43
Applicability
Status: in_force

The provisions of this Part shall not apply to or otherwise affect the following:

(1) A sale conducted pursuant to an order or process of a court of competent jurisdiction.

(2) A sale conducted by a sheriff, constable, a public or court officer, or other person who sells goods in the course of his official duties while acting under the license, direction, or authority of a state or federal court.

Acts 1995, No. 669, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 51:737 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 51 / Section 737
Records
Status: in_force

A. A dealer or investment advisor shall provide access to or copies of records that are relevant to the suspected or attempted financial exploitation of an eligible adult to an adult protection agency, commissioner of securities, and to law enforcement, either as part of a referral to the agency or to law enforcement, or upon request of the agency or law enforcement pursuant to an investigation.

B. The records may include historical records as well as records relating to the most recent transaction or transactions that may comprise financial exploitation of an eligible adult.

C. All records made available under this Section shall be kept strictly confidential under applicable statutory authority of the commissioner of securities or adult protection agency.

D. Nothing in this Section shall limit or otherwise impede the authority of the commissioner of securities to access or examine the books and records of dealers and investment advisors as otherwise provided by law.

Acts 2016, No. 580, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2017.
La. Rev. Stat. § 51:1414 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 51 / Section 1414
Other investigative and subpoena authority
Status: in_force

The attorney general may use in the enforcement of this chapter all other authority for investigation, supervision and conduct of actions on behalf of the state which is provided in the Louisiana Constitution, and for the enforcement of this chapter and its provisions, the attorney general may use all other authority and procedures available to persons under the Louisiana Civil Code, Code of Civil Procedure and Revised Statutes.

Added by Acts 1972, No. 759, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 51:1952 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 51 / Section 1952
Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in this Chapter, the terms defined in this Section have the meanings given to them, except where the context expressly indicates otherwise:

(1) "Educational institution" means a public or private educational institution or a separate school or department of a public or private educational institution and includes but is not limited to the following:

(a) A university, college, or junior college.

(b) An academy.

(c) An elementary or secondary school.

(d) An extension course.

(e) A kindergarten.

(f) A nursery school.

(g) A school system, school district, or intermediate school district.

(h) A business, nursing, professional, secretarial, technical, or vocational school.

(i) A public or private educational testing service or test administrator.

(j) An agent of an educational institution.

(2) "Electronic communications device" means any device that uses electronic signals to create, transmit, and receive information, including a computer, telephone, personal digital assistant, or other similar device.

(3) "Employer" means a person, including a unit of state or local government, engaged in a business, industry, profession, trade, or other enterprise in this state and includes an agent, representative, or designee of the employer.

(4) "Personal online account" means an online account that the employee, applicant for employment, student, or prospective student uses exclusively for personal communications unrelated to any business purpose of the employer or educational institution. A personal online account does not extend to any account or profile created, serviced, maintained, used, or accessed by a current employee, applicant for employment, student, or prospective student for either business purposes of the employer or educational institution or to engage in business-related communications.

Acts 2014, No. 165, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 51:2425 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 51 / Section 2425
Enforcement
Status: in_force

Any violation of the provisions of this Chapter shall be enforced through the unfair trade practices provisions of the Insurance Code and shall be enforced by the penalties provided for in said provisions.

Acts 1990, No. 765, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1991.
La. Rev. Stat. § 51:2370.14 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 51 / Section 2370.14
Rules
Status: in_force

A. The office shall promulgate rules necessary to carry out the provisions of this Subpart in accordance with the provisions of the Administrative Procedure Act.

B. In administering the program, the office shall not include consideration of any new or additional regulatory obligations beyond those provided in this Subpart and any other applicable law.

C. Grants solicited and awarded pursuant to the GUMBO program shall not be subject to the provisions of the Louisiana Procurement Code, R.S. 39:1551 et seq. or the Public Bid Law, R.S. 38:2181 et seq. The office shall devise and implement alternate procurement methods to identify and award on the basis of best value, soliciting applications and scoring product features, cost, and technical factors in accordance with this Subpart.

Acts 2021, No. 477, §1, eff. July 1, 2021; Acts 2023, No. 383, §3A.
La. Rev. Stat. § 51:3201 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 51 / Section 3201
Short title
Status: in_force

This Chapter shall be known and may be cited as "The Veterans First Business Initiative".

Acts 2019, No. 160, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 51:2613 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 51 / Section 2613
Enforcement by private persons
Status: in_force

A. If no complaint has been filed with the attorney general pursuant to R.S. 51:2611, an aggrieved person may commence a civil action for enforcement of the rights granted pursuant to this Chapter in an appropriate state court of general jurisdiction within two years after the alleged discriminatory housing practice occurred.

B. An action to obtain relief arising from a breach of conciliation agreement entered into pursuant to this Chapter may be commenced in an appropriate state court of general jurisdiction within one year after the alleged breach.

C. If a complaint filed with the attorney general pursuant to R.S. 51:2611 is dismissed by the attorney general, or if within the time period set forth in R.S. 51:2611(F) the attorney general has not:

(1) Filed a civil action under R.S. 51:2614,

(2) Entered into a conciliation agreement with the complainant and respondent,

the attorney general shall notify the complainant or the party on whose behalf the complaint was filed. In no event, including the failure of the attorney general to issue the notification required herein, shall any action be brought pursuant to this Chapter more than two years after the alleged discriminatory housing practice occurred. On timely application, the court, in its discretion, may permit the attorney general to intervene in civil actions in which this state is not a defendant on certification that the case is of general public importance. On request, the court, in its discretion, may stay further proceedings for not more than sixty days pending the further efforts of the parties or the attorney general to obtain voluntary compliance.

D. Upon application by the plaintiff and in such circumstances as the court may deem just, a district court in which a civil action under this Section has been brought may appoint an attorney for the plaintiff and may authorize the commencement of a civil action upon proper showing without the payment of fees, costs, or security, to the extent not inconsistent with the law or procedures of this state.

E. The court may grant as relief, as it deems appropriate, any permanent or temporary injunction, temporary restraining order, or other order and may award to a prevailing plaintiff actual damages and punitive damages, together with court costs and reasonable attorney fees.

F. Any sale, encumbrance, or rental consummated prior to the issuance of any court order issued pursuant to the authority provided in this Chapter and involving a bona fide purchaser, encumbrancer, or tenant without actual notice of the existence of the filing of a complaint or civil action under the provisions of this Chapter shall not be affected.

G. Nothing in this Chapter shall impair any right to sue or cause of action arising under 42 United States Code, Sections 3610, 3612, and 3613, except, if applicable, on agreement between the parties.

H. If a party elects to proceed on a claim in a federal court, he shall be precluded from filing the same claim in an appropriate court of this state.

I. The court may grant as relief, as it deems appropriate, court costs and reasonable attorney fees to a prevailing defendant, consistent with federal civil rights statutes.

Acts 1991, No. 527, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1992; Acts 1992, No. 569, §1; Acts 1999, No. 687, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 51:1901.1 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 51 / Section 1901.1
Registration of professional solicitors; fees; bonds
Status: in_force

A. Not less than ten days prior to doing business in this state, a professional solicitor shall register with the department by filing an application, application fee, and bond with the department as provided in this Section.

B. An application for registration or renewal of registration shall be in writing, shall be signed and sworn to by the principal officer of the professional solicitor, and shall be in the form prescribed by the department.

C. An application for registration or renewal of registration shall be accompanied by a fee of one hundred fifty dollars. A professional solicitor which is a partnership or corporation may register for and pay a single fee on behalf of all its partners, officers, directors, and employees.

D. At the time of making application for registration and renewal of registration, any professional solicitor with custody or control of contributions made to a charitable organization shall file a department-approved bond with the state treasurer. The applicant shall be the principal obligor and shall maintain the bond in effect as long as the registration is in effect. The bond shall be for twenty-five thousand dollars or greater, as prescribed by the department, with one or more corporate sureties licensed to do business in this state whose liability in the aggregate at least equals the amount of the bond. The bond shall run to the state for the use of the department and to any person who may have a cause of action against the obligor of the bond for any losses resulting from malfeasance, nonfeasance, or misfeasance in the conduct of solicitation activities. A professional solicitor which is a partnership or corporation may file one twenty-five thousand dollar bond, or an amount specified by the department, on behalf of all its partners, officers, directors, and employees. A professional solicitor who qualifies as a telephonic seller and is required to file a bond pursuant to R.S. 45:829 shall be exempt from the bonding requirements of this Subsection.

E. Each registration as a professional solicitor shall be valid for a period of one year and may be renewed for additional one-year periods as provided in this Section. No person shall act as a professional solicitor after the expiration, suspension, or revocation of registration or renewal of registration.

Acts 1995, No. 1053, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 51:1008 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 51 / Section 1008
Eligible parties; entry and withdrawal
Status: in_force

NOTE: ACTS 1979, NO. 576, §1, EFF. UPON APPROVAL BY NINE PARTY STATES AND CONGRESS:

A. Any or all of the states of Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, Missouri, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, West Virginia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and the United States Virgin Islands shall be eligible to become party to this compact.

B. As to any eligible party state, this compact shall become effective when its legislature shall have enacted the same in law; provided that it shall not become initially effective until enacted into law by seven states.

C. Any party state may withdraw from this compact by enacting a statute repealing the same, but no such withdrawal shall become effective until the governor of the withdrawing state shall have sent formal notice in writing to the governor of each other party state informing said governors of the action of the legislature in repealing the compact and declaring an intention to withdraw.

Acts 1979, No. 576, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 51:692 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 51 / Section 692
Penalty
Status: in_force

Whoever knowingly violates this Part shall be fined not more than one thousand dollars, or imprisoned for not more than one year, or both.
La. Rev. Stat. § 51:1732 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 51 / Section 1732
Registration requirements for prizes, sweepstakes, games of chance, job lines, and loans
Status: in_force

Any sponsor which solicits calls for a prize, contest, sweepstakes, reward, give-away, credit card, loan, or job information shall also provide the following information to the attorney general. All other sponsors shall provide the following upon request of the attorney general or his representative or any district attorney's office:

(1) For television, video, or any on-screen advertisements, a copy of the story board and videotape recording.

(2) For radio advertisement, a copy of the script and audio cassette recording.

(3) For print, a copy of the advertisement as produced for publication.

(4) For telephone-initiated solicitations, a copy of any script to be used by the salesperson making the call.

(5) For direct mail solicitation, a copy of the entire mailing.

(6) A copy of the sponsor's audiotext, prerecorded, or live operator scripts or other 900, 976, or any other pay-per-call service program messages, and a written transcript of the messages.

(7) A copy of the entire package of information, if any, as part of the goods or services to be provided to subscribers.

Acts 1991, No. 808, §1; Acts 1992, No. 176, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 51:300.22 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 51 / Section 300.22
Violations; private actions
Status: in_force

A. A violation of this Subpart shall be a deceptive and unfair trade practice in the same manner provided for in R.S. 51:300.13(A).

B. In addition to the attorney general's right to bring an action for injunctive relief, an aggrieved person may also bring such action, and if a court awards injunctive relief, it may order the forfeiture or cancellation of the domain name or the transfer of the domain name to the aggrieved person.

C. The court may award costs to the attorney general or other law enforcement authority in the same manner provided for in R.S. 51:300.13(D).

D.(1) Additionally, no person shall attempt to resell or resell the domain name that consists of the name of another living person or an alias or nickname by which such person is commonly known, or a name substantially and confusingly similar to such name, without the person's consent, for a price in excess of the registration cost paid by the original registrant.

(2) Nothing in this Subpart shall prohibit the transfer by the original registrant of a domain name that is the name of another living person or an alias or nickname by which such person is commonly known, or is substantially or confusingly similar to such name, to the person whose name has been registered as long as the cost of the transfer does not exceed the registration cost paid by the original registrant.

Acts 2001, No. 388, §1, eff. June 13, 2001.
La. Rev. Stat. § 51:2022 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 51 / Section 2022
Creation of Web page or domain name for fraudulent purposes
Status: in_force

A person may not, with the intent to engage in conduct involving the fraudulent use or possession of another person's identifying information:

(1) Create a Web page or Internet domain name that is represented as a legitimate online business without the authorization of the registered owner of the business.

(2) Use that Web page or a link to the Web page, that domain name, or another site on the Internet to induce, request, or solicit another person to provide identifying information for a purpose that the other person believes is legitimate.

Acts 2006, No. 549, §1, eff. Sept. 1, 2006.
La. Rev. Stat. § 51:2370.32 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 51 / Section 2370.32
Reimbursement for grantees
Status: in_force

A. GUMBO 2.0 awards shall be made on a fixed-amount subaward basis, consistent with NTIA's Tailoring the Application of the Uniform Guidance Policy Notice, and an initial ten percent disbursement shall be made available immediately upon entering into a subgrantee agreement.

B. Except as provided in Subsection C of this Section, the next ten percent of the subgrant award shall be provided based on provider certification and the office's verification that ten percent of the eligible locations have been reached. The remaining disbursements shall be given at the thresholds of completion of thirty-five percent, sixty percent, eighty-five percent, and one hundred percent. The final disbursement for one hundred percent completion shall be given only after verification of one hundred percent deployment to eligible locations, within the mandatory forty-eight-month maximum deadline, which may be extended up to a year by the office or another shorter timeline certified by the applicant. The office shall disburse funds only for completed deployments that comply with the terms included in the successful application and shall withhold funds for failure to do so.

C. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the office may disburse on any basis that may be necessary to effectuate option 2.4, Subgrantee Option for Alternative Initial LOC or Performance Bond Percentage made available in the BEAD Letter of Credit Waiver issued by NTIA on November 1, 2023, and the office may give full effect to that option as a means of enabling a subgrantee to satisfy the GUMBO 2.0 letter of credit requirement.

Acts 2023, No. 383, §1; Acts 2024, No. 632, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 51:915 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 51 / Section 915
Mattresses and box springs; prohibited sales
Status: in_force

A. It shall be a prohibited trade practice for any manufacturer, wholesaler, distributor, or retailer doing business in Louisiana, engaged to any extent in the business of selling mattresses and box springs for resale or directly to the consumer for use, to refuse to sell to any person as an individual item any one mattress or one box spring singly with a separate, individual price for the mattress or box spring.

B. Nothing herein shall be construed as prohibiting a manufacturer, wholesaler, or retailer from selling mattresses and box springs in sets only in addition to selling said items individually; however, no manufacturer or wholesaler shall require any retailer to purchase for resale mattresses and box springs in sets only, or refuse to sell to retailers for resale individual mattresses and box springs of any line or brand.

C. Whoever violates the provisions of this Section shall be fined for the first offense not less than fifty dollars nor more than one hundred dollars; and for any subsequent offense not less than one hundred dollars nor more than three hundred dollars, and in addition the violator shall be enjoined from engaging in the business of selling for resale or use mattresses and box springs in the state of Louisiana for one year.

Acts 1985, No. 199, §2, eff. July 6, 1985.
La. Rev. Stat. § 51:1035 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 51 / Section 1035
Strategic Plan to Combat Poverty; Northeast and targeted parishes
Status: in_force

A. The plan shall be available and applicable throughout the state. However, as a priority, the plan shall specifically target the following northeast and targeted parishes for inclusion within priority economic development zones by the secretary of Louisiana Economic Development, as provided for in R.S. 36:104(A)(14) and for inclusion within priority health care zones by the secretary of the Louisiana Department of Health, as provided for in R.S. 36:254(A)(12):

(1) Caldwell.

(2) Catahoula.

(3) Concordia.

(4) East Carroll.

(5) Franklin.

(6) Jackson.

(7) LaSalle.

(8) Lincoln.

(9) Madison.

(10) Morehouse.

(11) Ouachita.

(12) Richland.

(13) Tensas.

(14) Union.

(15) West Carroll.

(16) Webster.

(17) St. Charles.

(18) St. John.

(19) Vermilion.

(20) Acadia.

(21) Washington.

(22) Tangipahoa.

(23) Iberville.

(24) Assumption.

(25) Avoyelles.

(26) St. James.

(27) DeSoto.

(28) Terrebonne.

(29) Lafourche.

(30) Calcasieu.

(31) Cameron.

(32) West Bank of Ascension.

(33) East Feliciana.

(34) West Feliciana.

(35) St. Helena.

(36) East Baton Rouge.

B.(1) The plan shall require the secretaries of Louisiana Economic Development and the Louisiana Department of Health to aid the parishes within the state's economically disadvantaged regions as provided for in Subsection A of this Section. The secretaries shall coordinate any and all assistance that may be obtained through state or federal anti-poverty, health care, or economic development stimulus plans or programs.

(2) The secretary of Louisiana Economic Development shall create priority economic development zones throughout the regions of the state, as provided for in Subsection A of this Section, and shall also specifically provide coordination and assistance to existing economic development districts, in particular, the Southside Economic Development District of the city of Monroe, the Downtown Economic Development District of the city of Monroe, and the Northeast Economic Development District.

(3) The secretary of the Louisiana Department of Health shall create priority health care zones throughout the state, taking into account federally designated health professional shortage areas and those parishes as provided for in Subsection A of this Section.

(4) The Louisiana Workforce Investment Council shall aid in the development and implementation of the Strategic Plan to Combat Poverty by coordinating and integrating a workforce development system.

(5)(a) The Louisiana Board of Regents shall aid in the development and implementation of the Strategic Plan to Combat Poverty in an attempt to reduce poverty by improving educational opportunities.

(b) Educational opportunities shall be provided by preparing each child academically and by providing caring, quality, and certified teachers in every classroom with adequate educational resources and by furnishing strong leadership.

Acts 2002, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 162, §3, eff. April 26, 2002; Acts 2008, No. 743, §7, eff. July 1, 2008.
La. Rev. Stat. § 51:2301 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 51 / Section 2301
Short Title
Status: in_force

This Chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "Louisiana Economic Development Act."

Acts 1988, No. 888, §1, eff. July 21, 1988.
La. Rev. Stat. § 51:1781 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 51 / Section 1781
Short title
Status: in_force

This Act may be cited as the Louisiana Enterprise Zone Act.

Added by Acts 1981, No. 901, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 51:2370.51 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 51 / Section 2370.51
GUMBO 4.0
Status: in_force

The office shall have the authority to develop the rules, scoring criteria, and eligibility in the execution of the State's First Digital Opportunity Plan, pending approval from the National Telecommunications and Information Administration, a Sub-Agency of the United States Department of Commerce. Eligible parties shall include but not be limited to state agencies, nonprofits, for-profits, academic institutions, and planning commissions. This program will be designated as "Granting Unserved Municipalities Broadband Opportunities 4.0".

Acts 2024, No. 632, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 51:1404 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 51 / Section 1404
Powers and duties
Status: in_force

A. The Louisiana Attorney General's Office, Public Protection Division, Consumer Protection Section shall have the following powers and duties:

(1)(a) To investigate, conduct studies and research, to conduct public or private hearings into commercial and trade practices in the distribution, financing and furnishing of goods and services to or for the use of consumers.

(b) In the furtherance of the above, the attorney general shall notify said seller, distributor, packer, or manufacturer who shall have the right to put on the record any and all pertinent information that may substantiate the commercial or trade practice and shall have the right of cross examination.

(c) Public disclosure shall not be made of any trade secret and commercial or financial information obtained from a person which is of a privileged or confidential nature.

(2) To suggest means of securing adequate consumer representation on public boards and commissions;

(3) To advise the governor and the legislature on matters affecting consumer interests, and to assist in developing executive policies, and to develop, draft and prepare legislative programs to protect the consumer;

(4) To promote consumer education;

(5) Repealed by Acts 2006, No. 218, §2, eff. June 2, 2006.

(6) To do such other acts as are necessary and incidental to the exercise of the powers and functions of the section.

B. The attorney general may receive information and documentary material and may receive and otherwise investigate complaints with respect to acts or practices declared to be unlawful by this Chapter or other laws of this state and inform the public with respect thereto. The attorney general may institute legal proceedings and take such other actions provided for herein or which are necessary or incidental to the exercise of his powers and functions.

C. The attorney general may receive funding available under federal grants and from other sources for the purposes set forth in this Chapter.

Added by Acts 1972, No. 759, §1; Acts 2006, No. 218, §§1, 2, eff. June 2, 2006.
La. Rev. Stat. § 51:425 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 51 / Section 425
Incrimination not to bar evidence in civil action; defendant or witness not to be prosecuted
Status: in_force

Any defendant, or any witness, in any civil action brought under the provisions of this Subpart may be required to testify, and the books, records, invoices and all other documents of any defendant, may be brought into court and introduced as evidence, but no defendant, or any witness in any civil action shall be prosecuted or subjected to any penalty or forfeiture for or on account of any transaction, matter or thing concerning which he may testify or produce evidence, documentary or otherwise, and no testimony given or produced shall be received against him upon any criminal proceeding or investigation.
La. Rev. Stat. § 51:911.46 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 51 / Section 911.46
Down payments, sale of manufactured housing
Status: in_force

It is unlawful for a retailer or developer to set forth in any retail installment sales contract, chattel mortgage, or security agreement any down payment unless all of the down payment has actually been received by the retailer or developer at the time of execution of such document. If any part of the down payment is represented by a loan, trade-in, or any consideration other than cash, this fact shall be expressly set forth on the retail installment sales contract, chattel mortgage, or security agreement. No amount of the cash down payment shall be from any rebate or other consideration received by or to be given to the consumer from the retailer or developer, or his respective agent.

Acts 1986, No. 808, §1; Acts 1997, No. 1116, §2; Acts 1997, No. 1294, §6, eff. July 15, 1997; Acts 2001, No. 718, §2; Acts 2017, No. 221, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 51:2184 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 51 / Section 2184
Revocation of registration
Status: in_force

A. The registration of a provider may be revoked, after notice and hearing, and upon written findings of fact by the department that the provider has:

(1) Willfully violated any provision of this Chapter or any rule, regulation, or order adopted hereunder.

(2) Failed to file an annual disclosure statement required by this Chapter.

(3) Failed to make available to residents the disclosure statement required by this Chapter.

(4) Delivered to prospective residents a disclosure statement which makes an untrue statement of material fact or omits a material fact and the provider, at the time of the delivery of the disclosure statement, had actual knowledge of the misstatement or omission.

(5) Failed to comply with the terms of a cease and desist order.

B. If the department finds, after notice and hearing, that the provider has been guilty of a violation for which revocation may be ordered, it may first issue a cease and desist order. If the cease and desist order is or cannot be effective in remedying the violation, the department may, after notice and hearing, order that the registration be revoked.

Acts 1987, No. 483, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 51:2451 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 51 / Section 2451
Short title
Status: in_force

This Chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "Louisiana Quality Jobs Program Act".

Acts 1995, No. 1238, §1, eff. July 1, 1995.
La. Rev. Stat. § 51:1947 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 51 / Section 1947
Attorney fees
Status: in_force

If the motor vehicle does not conform to applicable express warranties after the consumer has complied with the requirements of this Chapter, the consumer shall be entitled to reasonable attorney fees actually incurred if a judgment is rendered in part or whole in his favor.

Acts 1985, No. 169, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 51:3101 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 51 / Section 3101
Definitions
Status: in_force

For purposes of this Chapter, the following terms and phrases shall have the following meaning:

(1) "Commissioner" means the commissioner of the Office of Financial Institutions.

(2) "Financial institution" means any state or federally chartered bank, savings bank, savings and loan association, or trust company, which is operating in Louisiana with an existing branch, branches or main office.

(3) "Local government" means a municipality or parish governing authority.

Acts 2007, No. 255, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 51:295 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 51 / Section 295
Registration of confusingly similar trademarks, service marks and trade names prohibited
Status: in_force

The secretary of state shall not register any trademark or service mark or trade name, (including corporate names), which so resembles any one of the trademarks, service marks or trade names reserved by this Subpart to the Louisiana Stadium and Exposition District, except for said district or with the written approval of said district, that is likely to cause confusion or mistake or to deceive.

Added by Acts 1973, No. 132, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 51:1052 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 51 / Section 1052
Cooperative endeavors involving the state
Status: in_force

The governor, on behalf of Louisiana, is authorized to enter into cooperative endeavor agreements with Alabama, Mississippi, and Texas for the public purpose of restoring and revitalizing the state. However, prior to the governor exercising such authority, each such agreement shall have been presented to the legislature and shall have been approved by a majority of the elected members of each house of the legislature. Such approval shall be provided by the adoption of a concurrent resolution by such vote if approval is sought during a time the legislature is in legislative session. Such approval shall be provided by mail ballot using the same procedure for the distribution, return, and counting of such ballots as is provided for the ballots of the Interim Emergency Board if such approval is sought during a time when the legislature is not meeting in legislative session. Such cooperative endeavor agreements may provide for the investment, pledge, use, or deposit of state funds and the guarantee by the state of certain financial obligations, or may otherwise obligate the state financially to achieve the goals set forth herein. Such obligation shall be enforceable subject to the appropriation of requisite funds and upon a showing of reasonable expectations that the incurring of such obligation will result in restoring and revitalizing the state or will achieve other restoration and revitalizing goals that will equal or exceed the value of the obligations of the state required thereby. Notwithstanding any other provisions of law to the contrary, all cooperative endeavors sought to be entered into under the provisions of this Section shall receive approval by the Joint Legislative Committee on the Budget prior to their execution.

Acts 2006, No. 817, §1, eff. July 5, 2006.
La. Rev. Stat. § 51:191 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 51 / Section 191
Sunday closing law; local ordinances; election
Status: in_force

Except as provided in R.S. 51:193, the governing authority of any parish or municipality may adopt ordinances regulating or prohibiting the opening of certain businesses and/or the sale of certain stock or articles of merchandise on Sunday, if approved by the voters at an election called as provided in Chapter 6-B of Title 18 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950.

Acts 1986, No. 1, §1.

{{NOTE: SEE ACTS 1986, NO. 1, §3, REGARDING EFFECTIVE DATES OF MAY 22, 1987 OR DEC. 1, 1986.}}
La. Rev. Stat. § 51:1372 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 51 / Section 1372
Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in this Chapter, the following terms have the meaning ascribed to them:

(1) "4.9 GHz band" means the fifty megahertz of spectrum in the 4940 to 4990 megahertz band.

(2) "Office" means the office under the direction of the executive director of broadband development and connectivity.

Acts 2021, No. 237, §2.
La. Rev. Stat. § 51:1908 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 51 / Section 1908
Name badges
Status: in_force

Each individual soliciting funds shall prominently display on his person a badge, provided by the sponsoring person or organization and approved by the authority, bearing the signature of a responsible officer of the authority and that of the person soliciting funds, and describing the person soliciting funds by name, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, street address, principal occupation, and indicating the name of the organization for which funds are being solicited.

Acts 1987, No. 274, §1; Acts 1987, No. 784, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 51:242 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 51 / Section 242
Unlawful use, cancellation or damage
Status: in_force

No person other than the one filing a name, mark or device under R.S. 51:241 shall fill with any liquid or substance of any kind, any bottle, syphon, fountain or tank so marked and distinguished, or deface, erase, or in any way cancel the name, mark or device on any bottle, syphon, fountain, tank, case or box so marked and distinguished, or buy, take, sell, give, or otherwise dispose of or traffic in, or use in any manner, or damage or destroy any such bottle, syphon, fountain, tank, case or bottle, or any part thereof, without the written consent of the person whose name, mark or device is thereon.
La. Rev. Stat. § 51:668 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 51 / Section 668
Cumulative nature of law
Status: in_force

The provisions of this Part shall be cumulative of each other and of all other laws in any way affecting the subject matter of this Part now in force in this state.
La. Rev. Stat. § 51:2370.9 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 51 / Section 2370.9
Compliance during the agreement
Status: in_force

The office shall require that grant recipients offer the proposed advertised minimum download and minimum upload speeds of twenty-five Mbps download and three Mbps upload. Grant recipients that have offered broadband service to at least one thousand consumers for a period of at least five consecutive years shall offer broadband service at prices consistent with offers to consumers in other areas of the state. Any other broadband provider shall ensure that the broadband service is priced to consumers at no more than the cost rate identified in the project application, for the duration of the five-year service agreement. In calculating cost, the recipient may adjust annually, consistent with the annual percentage increase in the Consumer Price Index in the preceding year. At least annually, a grant recipient shall provide to the office evidence consistent with Federal Communications Commission attestation that the grant recipient is making available the proposed advertised speed, or a faster speed, as contained in the grant agreement. For the duration of the agreement, grant recipients shall disclose any changes to data caps. The office may require that grant recipients submit, no more than quarterly, a report for each funded project for the duration of the agreement.

Acts 2021, No. 477, §1, eff. July 1, 2021; Acts 2022, No. 288, §2; Acts 2023, No. 383, §3A.
La. Rev. Stat. § 51:3134 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 51 / Section 3134
Powers and duties of the secretary and executive director
Status: in_force

A. The secretary shall administer and enforce the provisions of this Chapter relating to duties and activities of the office, the board, and advisory subcommittees of the board.

B. The secretary may execute partnerships, joint ventures, memoranda of understanding, cooperative endeavors, or other similar relationships with local, state, or federal public entities, foreign governments, nongovernmental organizations, or private entities and business interests to implement the master plan. Such state public entities shall include but are not limited to the following: the Department of Transportation and Development, the Department of Agriculture and Forestry, and the Department of Culture, Recreation and Tourism.

C. The executive director of the office of international commerce shall report directly to the secretary.

D. The secretary and the executive director shall represent the board in all matters.

E. The secretary and the executive director shall represent the policy and viewpoints of the office at foreign, state, regional, and local levels.

Acts 2012, No. 687, §2, eff. June 7, 2012.
La. Rev. Stat. § 51:940.1 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 51 / Section 940.1
Motion picture investor; prohibition on certification for pornographic materials
Status: in_force

A. Purpose. The purpose of this Section is to provide heightened standards and procedures for Louisiana Economic Development.

B. In addition to all other program requirements, prior to final certification of production expenditures for a state-certified production, the motion picture production company shall submit to Louisiana Economic Development, office of entertainment industry development, a statement declaring that it is not required to maintain records for the certified production pursuant to 18 U.S.C. 2257. Louisiana Economic Development shall not issue final certification of production expenditures to any state-certified production required to maintain records pursuant to 18 U.S.C. 2257.

Acts 2012, No. 560, §1; Acts 2018, No. 504, §1, eff. July 1, 2018; Acts 2025, No. 432, §2.

NOTE: See Acts 2018, No. 504 regarding applicability.
La. Rev. Stat. § 51:2237 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 51 / Section 2237
Local human rights commissions
Status: in_force

Any parish or municipality, or one or more parishes and municipalities acting jointly, may create a human rights commission, hereinafter referred to as a "local commission":

(1) To provide for execution within its jurisdiction of the policies embodied in this Chapter, Chapter 3-A of Title 23 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, and the Federal Civil Rights Act of 1964 (78 Stat. 241).

(2) To safeguard all individuals within its jurisdiction from discrimination because of race, creed, color, religion, national origin, sex, disability, or age.

Acts 1988, No. 886, §1; Acts 1993, No. 820, §9; Acts 1997, No. 1409, §3, eff. Aug. 1, 1997; Acts 2014, No. 756, §1.

1 See, inter alia, 42 U.S.C.A. §2000A et seq.
La. Rev. Stat. § 51:707 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 51 / Section 707
Denial, suspension, or revocation of registration
Status: in_force

A. The commissioner may issue a stop order denying effectiveness to or suspending or revoking the effectiveness of, any registration, and shall give notice of such issuance pursuant to R.S. 51:716, if he finds that the order is in the public interest and that:

(1) The registration statement as of its effective date, or as of any earlier date in the case of an order denying effectiveness, contains an untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading.

(2) Any prospectus used or to be used in connection with the offering contains an untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading.

(3) This Part or any rule, order, or condition lawfully imposed under this Part has been willfully violated in connection with the offering by:

(a) The person filing the registration statement.

(b) The issuer, any partner, executive officer, or director of the issuer, any person occupying a similar status or performing similar functions, or any affiliate, but only if the person filing the registration statement is directly or indirectly controlled by or acting for the issuer.

(c) Any underwriter.

(4) The security registered or sought to be registered is the subject of a stop order of any federal or state securities commission or agency or similar order or a permanent or temporary injunction of any court of competent jurisdiction entered under any other federal or state act applicable to the offering, but:

(a) The commissioner may not institute a proceeding against an effective registration statement under this Paragraph more than one year from the date of the order or injunction relied on.

(b) The commissioner may not enter an order under this Paragraph on the basis of an order or injunction entered under any other federal or state act unless that order or injunction was based on facts which would currently constitute a ground for a stop order under this Section.

(5) The offering has worked or tended to work a fraud upon purchasers or would so operate.

(6) The security is sought to be registered by notification and is not eligible for such registration.

B. The commissioner may by order summarily postpone or suspend the effectiveness of the registration statement pending final determination of any proceeding under this Section. Upon the entry of the order, the commissioner shall promptly notify by telephone or telegraph the issuer, any person on whose behalf such distribution is being made, and the representative of the underwriters that it has been entered and of the reasons therefor and that within fifteen days after the receipt of a written request the matter will be set down for hearing. If no hearing is requested and none is ordered by the commissioner, the order will remain in effect until it is modified or vacated by the commissioner. If a hearing is requested or ordered, the commissioner, after notice of an opportunity for hearing to each person specified in R.S. 51:716(A), may modify or vacate the order or extend it until final determination.

C. No stop order issued under any part of this Section except the first sentence of Subsection B of this Section shall become effective until and unless the commissioner has complied with R.S. 51:716.

D. The commissioner may vacate or modify a stop order if he finds that the conditions which prompted its entry have changed or that it is otherwise in the public interest to do so.

Acts 1985, No. 722, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 51:471 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 51 / Section 471
Parts supply to be kept in state by manufacturers, wholesalers, or their agents
Status: in_force

All manufacturers or wholesale dealers or their general state agents who sell or offer for sale any tractors, threshers, binders, plows, discs, seeders, or any other implement used in agricultural pursuits in this state, shall within sixty days after any sale and at all times thereafter, maintain a full and adequate supply of parts for repairs at not less than one point within the state, so as to enable any purchaser or user to obtain at any time, any part for the purpose of repairing or replacing any broken, worn out or defective part of the implement, without the necessity of awaiting a shipment from the factory, or some other point located outside of the state. Nothing in this Section shall apply to the owner of a second hand implement, who sells or offers it for sale.