La. Rev. Stat. § 49:955 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 49 / Section 955
Application of Chapter to rules and fees
Status: in_force

A.(1) The legislature recognizes that it is essential to the operation of a democratic government that prior to the adoption, amendment, or repeal of any rule or the adoption, increasing, or decreasing of any fee, that the provisions of this Chapter be followed, except as otherwise specifically excepted, exempted, or limited by law.

(2) The legislature further recognizes that it is essential to the operation of a democratic government that the people be made aware of all exceptions, exemptions, and limitations to this Chapter. In order to foster the people's awareness, the legislature declares that all exceptions, exemptions, and limitations to this Chapter pertaining to the adoption, amendment, or repeal of any rule or the adoption, increasing, or decreasing of any fee be cited or provided for in this Chapter or the Constitution of Louisiana.

B. The legislature further recognizes that there exist specific exceptions, exemptions, and limitations to the laws pertaining to the adoption, amendment, or repeal of any rule or the adoption, increasing, or decreasing of any fee throughout the revised statutes and codes of this state. Such exceptions, exemptions, and limitations are hereby continued in effect by incorporation into this Chapter by citation:

(1) R.S. 6:121.1(A), 121.3(A), 969.34, and 1092(F).

(2) R.S. 9:3552(C), 3556.2(A), and 3561(D)(2).

(3) R.S. 13:4202(B)(2).

(4) R.S. 18:1511.2(B).

(5) R.S. 22:1260.10(B).

(6) R.S. 27:220(C).

(7) R.S. 29:788(C).

(8) R.S. 30:4(I)(5), 918(B), and 925(A)(2) and (D).

(9) R.S. 37:1806.1(B) and 3012(B)(1).

(10) R.S. 40:5.3(B), 406(B)(1), and 600.6(A)(4)(b).

(11) R.S. 42:814(C).

(12) R.S. 49:258(1).

(13) R.S. 51:1285(A), 1929.1(A), 2389.1(A), and 3090.

(14) R.S. 56:319(D) and 2014.

C. The legislature further recognizes that there exist provisions of law which authorize an agency to adopt, increase, or decrease a fee without specifically providing that such action shall be taken in accordance with this Chapter. Any action taken pursuant to such authorization shall be in accordance with this Chapter, unless it is specifically otherwise excepted, exempted, or limited in the Constitution of Louisiana or in law.

D. The provisions of this Chapter relative to fees shall not be applicable to a higher education management board created by Article VIII, Section 6, 7, or 7.1 of the Constitution of Louisiana.

Acts 2010, No. 775, §1, eff. June 30, 2010; Acts 2022, No. 663, §1; Redesignated from R.S. 49:967.1; Acts 2024, No. 546, §2, eff. July 1, 2024.

NOTE: Former R.S. 49:955 redesignated as R.S. 49:975 by Acts 2022, No. 663, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 49:170 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 49 / Section 170
State drink
Status: in_force

There shall be an official state drink. The official state drink shall be milk.

Added by Acts 1983, No. 6, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 49:170.7 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 49 / Section 170.7
State saltwater fish
Status: in_force

There shall be an official state saltwater fish. The official state saltwater fish shall be the spotted sea trout, or speckled trout ( Cynoscion nebulosus ). Its use on the official documents of the state and with the insignia of the state is hereby authorized.

Acts 2001, No. 165, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 49:1502 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 49 / Section 1502
Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in this Chapter, the following terms have the following meanings, unless context of use clearly requires otherwise:

(1) "Blockchain" has the meaning ascribed to it in R.S. 6:1382. The term "blockchain" includes both of the following:

(a) Data that is shared across a network to create a ledger of verified transactions or information among network participants linked together using cryptography to maintain the integrity of the ledger and to execute other functions.

(b) Data that is distributed among network participants in an automated fashion to concurrently update network participants on the state of the ledger and any other function.

(2) "Blockchain protocol" means any executable software deployed to a blockchain composed of source code that is publicly available and accessible, including a smart contract or any network of smart contracts.

(3) "Central bank digital currency" means a digital currency, a digital medium of exchange, or a digital monetary unit of account issued by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System or a federal agency which is made directly available to a consumer by such entities or which is processed or validated directly by such entities. The term does not mean a digital asset backed by legal tender or government treasuries and issued by a private entity.

(4) "Digital asset" means virtual currency, cryptocurrencies, natively electronic assets, including stablecoins and nonfungible tokens or NFTs, and other digital-only assets that confer economic, proprietary, or access rights or powers.

(5) "Digital asset mining" means using electricity to power a computer or node for the purpose of securing a blockchain network.

(6) "Digital asset mining business" means a group of computers working that consume more than one megawatt of energy for the purpose of securing a blockchain protocol.

(7) "Governing authority" means any board, commission, department, or other agency of the state or any political subdivision in the state.

(8) "Hardware wallet" means a physical device that is not continuously connected to the internet and allows an individual to secure and transfer digital assets. The term "hardware wallet" also includes a physical device under which the owner of digital assets retains independent control over the digital assets.

(9) "Home digital asset mining" means using digital asset mining in an area zoned for residential use.

(10) "Interest" means an ownership interest of greater than zero percent.

(11)(a) "Node" means a computational device that does any of the following:

(i) Communicates with other devices or participants on a blockchain to maintain consensus and integrity of that blockchain.

(ii) Creates and validates transaction blocks.

(iii) Contains and updates a copy of a blockchain.

(b) A node does not exercise discretion over transactions initiated by the end user of the blockchain protocol.

(12) "Nonfungible token" or "NFT" has the meaning ascribed to it in R.S. 6:1382.

(13) "Prohibited foreign party" means any of the following:

(a) A citizen, resident, or agent of a country subject to the provisions of 22 CFR 126.1 of the International Traffic in Arms Regulations.

(b) A foreign government formed within a country subject to the provisions of 22 CFR 126.1 of the International Traffic in Arms Regulations.

(c) A party other than an individual or government that is created or organized under the laws of a foreign government within a country subject to the provisions of 22 CFR 126.1 of the International Traffic in Arms Regulations.

(d) Any party other than an individual or a government that is created or organized under the laws of any state and in which a significant interest or substantial control is directly or indirectly held or is capable of being exercised by any of the following:

(i) An individual as provided in Subparagraph (a) of this Paragraph.

(ii) A foreign government as provided in Subparagraph (b) of this Paragraph.

(iii) A party as provided in Subparagraph (c) of this Paragraph.

(iv) A combination of any individual, party, or government as provided in this Paragraph.

(e) An Entity of Particular Concern (EPC) designated by the United States Department of State.

(f) An agent, trustee, or other fiduciary of a person or entity as provided in this Paragraph.

(14) "Self-hosted wallet" means a digital interface that is used to do both of the following:

(a) Secure and transfers digital assets.

(b) Retain independent control over the secured digital assets by the owner of the digital asset.

(15) "Staking" means the act of committing digital assets for a period of time to validate and secure a specific blockchain network.

(16) "Staking as a service" means the provision of technical staking services, including the operation of nodes and the associated infrastructure necessary to facilitate participation in blockchain networks' consensus mechanisms.

Acts 2024, No. 700, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 49:663.1 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 49 / Section 663.1
Community Development Block Grant
Status: in_force

A. The division of administration shall be responsible for and shall administer the Community Development Block Grant Program.

B. The office of community development disaster recovery unit shall terminate procedures in effect on June 18, 2014 under which disaster recovery monies paid as a result of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, including monies paid under the Road Home program, are to be recovered by the office if such monies are alleged to have been improperly paid to or misspent by the recipients.

C. The office of community development disaster recovery unit shall not initiate recovery of disaster monies paid as a result of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, including recovery of monies paid under the Road Home program, until procedures for recovery of these monies are adopted by the office in accordance with the provisions of this Section.

D. The office of community development disaster recovery unit shall recover funds improperly paid to or misspent by recipients through procedures developed in accordance with the following minimum requirements:

(1) The office shall provide documentation that any letter sent to a recipient, seeking confirmation that disaster monies paid to that person were used in accordance with the program rules for which they were received, was received at the recipient's correct municipal address.

(2) The letter to a recipient shall clearly indicate the information needed to verify that disaster monies were used by the recipient in accordance with program rules.

(3) The recipient of the letter shall have a minimum of ninety days within which to respond to the office by mail, return receipt requested, or in person.

(4) All issues concerning program compliance shall be resolved within sixty days after the office receives the information requested.

E. The office of community development disaster recovery unit shall develop the procedures as provided for in Subsection C of this Section by October 1, 2014.

Acts 1988, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 1, §4, eff. Mar. 28, 1988; Acts 2014, No. 709, §1, eff. June 18, 2014.
La. Rev. Stat. § 49:253 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 49 / Section 253
Attendance at sessions of legislature
Status: in_force

The Attorney General shall attend the legislature during its session, and shall give his aid and advice in the arrangement and preparation of legislative acts and documents, when required by either the senate or the house.
La. Rev. Stat. § 49:1057 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 49 / Section 1057
Receipt of donations and grants
Status: in_force

The council is authorized to receive donations or grants from private or public sources for the purpose of developing GIS technology and data sets for the state of Louisiana.

Acts 1995, No. 922, §2.
La. Rev. Stat. § 49:663 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 49 / Section 663
Report of plans for participation in federal assistance programs; review and comments; records of application submitted to the division of administration; review, comment, and analysis by the federal review section of the division of administration; general information, documents; prohibition
Status: in_force

A. Each state agency or political subdivision shall report its plans for participation in any new or existing programs supported by any assistance from any federal agency to the division of administration, hereafter referred to as the division, and shall use such form(s) relative to its declaration of intent to apply for federal aid as shall be prescribed by the division for such reporting purpose. In addition, the report shall include any other information which the division may require. Such report shall be made to the division at least thirty calendar days prior to submission of any application for assistance to any federal agency.

B. The division shall submit all state plan applications to the governor for review and comment.

C. The division shall review such reports and information submitted under provisions of this Section. Officers, officials, and agencies shall comply with requests by the division for additional information relative to such proposed applications.

D. The division shall maintain a record of all applications, as provided in this Section, that are submitted for federal assistance. Each state agency submitting such an application to a federal agency shall notify the division of the date such application is submitted to the appropriate federal agency.

Acts 1988, No. 625, §5.
La. Rev. Stat. § 49:214.5.7 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 49 / Section 214.5.7
Legal representation of the board; attorney general
Status: in_force

The attorney general or his designee shall be the legal advisor to the board, shall counsel and advise the board, and shall represent the board in all legal proceedings.

Acts 2009, No. 523, §3, eff. July 10, 2009; Acts 2012, No. 604, §3, eff. June 7, 2012.
La. Rev. Stat. § 49:957 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 49 / Section 957
Internet publication of certain information concerning proposed rules and fees; information required to be published; manner of publication; deadlines
Status: in_force

A.(1) Each agency shall include on its Internet website the information required by Subsection B of this Section.

(2)(a) If an agency does not have an Internet website, the department of which the agency is a part shall include the information required by Subsection B of this Section for the agency on the website of the department.

(b) If an agency in the office of the governor does not have an Internet website, the division of administration shall include the information required by Subsection B of this Section for the agency on the Internet website of the division of administration.

B. All of the following information shall be included on the website:

(1) A brief description of each rule or fee that the agency is in the process of adopting, amending, or repealing. For each rule or fee, links to the following shall be included:

(a) The full text of the current rule or fee.

(b) A link to the Louisiana Register website showing the proposed rule or statement of the proposed fee.

(c) The name and contact information of the agency representative responsible for responding to inquiries about the intended action as required by R.S. 49:961(A)(2)(d).

(d) The time when, the place where, and the manner in which interested persons may present public comment concerning the intended action as required by R.S. 49:961(A)(2)(e).

(e) The anticipated effective date for the proposed rule or fee.

(f) A copy of the notice of intent submitted to the Louisiana Register pursuant to R.S. 49:961(A)(3) and the date the notice of intent will be published in the Louisiana Register.

(g) A copy of the report submitted to the legislative oversight subcommittees pursuant to R.S. 49:966(D)(1)(b) and a copy of the public notice required by R.S. 49:966(D)(1)(c).

(h) A copy of any announcement of a hearing and report made pursuant to R.S. 49:966(H)(2).

(i) A copy of any report received by the agency from a legislative oversight subcommittee pursuant to R.S. 49:966(F) or from the governor pursuant to R.S. 49:966(I).

(2) A copy of the annual report submitted to the legislative oversight subcommittees by the agency pursuant to R.S. 49:966(K).

C.(1)(a) The information required to be published pursuant to Subparagraphs (B)(1)(a) through (g) of this Section shall be published in the manner required by this Section no later than five days after the date on which the agency submits the report for the proposed rule or fee to the legislative oversight subcommittees pursuant to R.S. 49:966(B).

(b) The copy of the announcement required to be published pursuant to Subparagraph (B)(1)(h) of this Section shall be published in the manner required by this Section no later than five days after the announcement is submitted to the Louisiana Register in accordance with R.S. 49:966(H)(2).

(c) The copy of the report required to be published pursuant to Subparagraph (B)(1)(i) of this Section shall be published in the manner required by this Section no later than five days after the report is received by the agency.

(d) The copy of the annual report required to be published pursuant to Paragraph (B)(2) of this Section shall be published in the manner required by this Section no later than five days after the report is submitted to the legislative oversight subcommittees by the agency pursuant to R.S. 49:966(K).

(2) If an agency does not have an internet website, the agency shall submit the information required by this Section to be published to the department or to the division of administration, as the case may be, in a manner which allows enough time for the information to be published as required by this Section prior to the applicable deadline provided in Paragraph (1) of this Subsection.

D.(1) All of the information required to be published pursuant to this Section shall be archived for a minimum of one year following the date of publication.

(2) Each agency, department, or the division of administration, as the case may be, shall include on its Internet home page a link to the information required to be published pursuant to this Section.

E. The provisions of this Section shall not be construed to require the publication of information concerning the adoption, amendment, or repeal of any rule or fee unless and until the agency gives notice of its intended action pursuant to R.S. 49:961(A).

Acts 2014, No. 401, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2015; Acts 2022, No. 663, §1; Redesignated from R.S. 49:974.

NOTE: Former R.S. 49:957 redesignated as R.S. 49:976 by Acts 2022, No. 663, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 49:307 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 49 / Section 307
Duties in general
Status: in_force

The state treasurer shall:

(1) receive and safely keep all the monies of this state, not expressly required by law to be received and kept by some other person;

(2) disburse the public money upon warrants drawn upon him according to law, and not otherwise;

(3) keep a true, just, and comprehensive account of all public money received and disbursed, in books to be kept for that purpose, in which he shall state from whom monies have been received, and on what account; and to whom and on what account disbursed;

(4) keep a true and just account of each head of appropriations made by law, and the disbursements under them;

(5) give information in writing to either house of the legislature when required, upon any subject connected with the treasury, or touching any duty of his office; and

(6) perform all other duties required of him by law.

Acts 1976, No. 428, §1, eff. July 31, 1976.
La. Rev. Stat. § 49:162 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 49 / Section 162
State fossil
Status: in_force

There shall be an official state fossil. The official state fossil shall be petrified palmwood. Its use on official documents of the state and with the insignia of the state is hereby authorized.

Added by Acts 1976, No. 362, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 49:971 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 49 / Section 971
Rejection of agency fee adoption, increases, or decreases; prohibition against fee increases and new fees; exceptions
Status: in_force

A.(1) If either the House of Representatives or the Senate oversight subcommittee appointed pursuant to R.S. 49:966 determines that a proposed fee adoption, increase, or decrease is unacceptable, the respective subcommittee shall provide a written report containing the reasons for the finding to the governor; the agency proposing the fee adoption, increase, or decrease; and the other house of the legislature. If the oversight subcommittee of the other house of the legislature likewise determines that the proposed fee adoption, increase, or decrease is unacceptable, the fee action shall not be adopted by the agency.

(2) If a proposed fee adoption, increase, or decrease is found unacceptable as provided in this Section, the agency shall not propose a fee or a fee change or an emergency fee or an emergency fee change that is the same or substantially similar to the disapproved fee action nor shall the agency adopt an emergency fee or fee change that is the same or substantially similar to the disapproved fee action within four months after issuance of the subcommittee report nor more than once during the interim between regular sessions of the legislature.

(3) However, no state agency which has the authority to impose or assess fees shall increase any existing fee or impose any new fee unless the fee increase or fee adoption is expressly authorized pursuant to a fee schedule established by statute or specifically authorized by a federal law, rules, or regulations for the purpose of satisfying an express mandate of such federal law, rule, or regulation. No state agency shall adjust, modify, or change the formula for any authorized fee in a manner that would increase the fee paid by any person by more than five percent of the relevant fee paid by such person in the previous fiscal year. Proposed fee increases of less than five percent shall be subject to oversight as required by R.S. 49:966.

(4)(a) The provisions of Paragraph (3) of this Subsection shall not apply to any department which is constitutionally created and headed by an officer who is duly elected by a majority vote of the electorate of the state.

(b) The provisions of Paragraph (3) of this Subsection shall not apply to any state professional and occupational licensing boards.

B. Action by a subcommittee shall require a quorum and the favorable vote of a majority of the members of the subcommittee who are present and voting.

Acts 1987, No. 240, §1; Acts 1995, No. 1005, §1, eff. Aug. 15, 1995; Acts 1995, No. 1057, §1, eff. June 29, 1995, and Jan. 8, 1996 (1/8/96 date is applicable to Dept. of Health and Hospitals only); Acts 2022, No. 663, §1.

{{NOTE: SEE ACTS 1987, NO. 240, §2.}}
La. Rev. Stat. § 49:321 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 49 / Section 321
Security for deposit of funds; checks and drafts of departments
Status: in_force

A. State depositing authorities shall require as security for deposits of state funds either:

(1) Bonds or other interest-bearing securities of the United States, or of any agency thereof, including but not limited to the Federal National Mortgage Association, or bonds or other interest-bearing obligations guaranteed fully or partially as to principal and interest by the United States, or by any agency thereof; or bonds of any possession of the United States; or bonds of the state of Louisiana, both direct and indirect obligations, including bonds or other interest-bearing obligations, whether supported by revenue or by the avails of taxes, of the state of Louisiana or of any agency, board, commission, department or division thereof or of any agency, public corporation or authority created by or recognized by the state of Louisiana; or bonds of any parish, municipality, levee board, road district, school board or school district of this state; or bonds of any parish, municipality, industrial district or industrial board which are secured by a lease executed in accordance with the provisions of Article 14, Section 14, Paragraphs b.2 or b.3 of the Constitution of Louisiana of 1921 or R.S. 39:1001 et seq. or R.S. 51:1151 et seq., as amended, and partially or fully guaranteed by the Board of Commerce and Industry in accordance with the provisions of the Bond Lease Guarantee Act of the Regular Session of the Louisiana Legislature of 1968.

(2) Promissory notes, warrants, or certificates of indebtedness, either of the authority letting such deposits or of any other authority referred to in this Section, which notes, warrants or certificates of indebtedness must be either unmatured or payable on demand.

(3) Notes representing loans to students, who meet the requirements provided in R.S. 17:3026(A)(1)(a) and (b) or who are attending or have attended any public college or university in the state of Louisiana or any regionally accredited independent institution of higher education that is a member of the Louisiana Association of Independent Colleges and Universities, which are guaranteed by the Louisiana Higher Education Assistance Commission in accordance with a contract agreement between the lender and the commission under the provisions of R.S. 17:3021 et seq. or under Title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. Section 1071 et seq.) as amended, or under the "Health Education Assistance Loan Program" authorized under the Public Health Service Act. Any notes representing loans to students which are accepted as collateral must be valued at an amount not to exceed seventy-five percent of the face amount of the outstanding balance of the qualifying notes in repayment as determined by the Louisiana Higher Education Assistance Commission.

(4) Deposit guaranty bonds underwritten and guaranteed by an insurance company, licensed to do business in this state, listed as an approved surety by the United States Department of the Treasury, or private deposit insurance underwritten and issued by an insurer licensed to do business in this state, and approved for this purpose by the Interim Emergency Board, that provide coverage for deposits of depositing authorities in excess of the amounts insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other governmental agency insuring bank or other financial institution deposits that is organized under the laws of the United States, and the form and content of which are approved in advance by the state treasurer.

(5) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, any obligation, security, or investment that the state may invest in directly as provided in R.S. 49:327.

(6) Bonds, debentures, notes, or other indebtedness issued by a state of the United States of America other than Louisiana or any such state's political subdivisions. The indebtedness shall have a long-term rating of A3 or higher by Moody's Investors Service, a long-term rating of A- or higher by Standard & Poor's, a long-term rating of A- or higher by Fitch, Inc., a short-term rating of M1G1 or VM1G1 by Moody's Investors Service, a short-term rating of A-1 or A-1+ by Standard & Poor's, or a short-term rating of F1 or F1+ by Fitch, Inc.

(7) Bonds, debentures, notes, or other indebtedness issued by domestic United States corporations. The indebtedness shall have a long-term rating of Aa3 or higher by Moody's Investors Service, a long-term rating of AA- or higher by Standard & Poor's, or a long-term rating of AA- or higher by Fitch Ratings, Inc.

B. Bonds or other securities in default, either in principal or in interest, shall not be accepted or held by any of the depositing authorities named in this Chapter.

C. The market value, excluding accrued interest, of the securities or the deposit guaranty bonds held by any depositing authority shall be equal to one hundred percent of the amount on deposit to the credit of the depositing authority except that portion of the deposits insured by any governmental agency insuring bank deposits which is organized under the laws of the United States; provided that in the case of bonds or other interest-bearing obligations guaranteed as to principal and interest by the United States, or an agency thereof, the market value of said bonds or obligations, excluding accrued interest, shall not be deemed to exceed an amount in excess of the principal so guaranteed. The market value of the securities used to secure deposits as provided herein may be calculated on the basis of the quarterly reports of financial conditions submitted by the fiscal agent bank to the office of financial institutions, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, or Office of the Comptroller of the Currency using the valuations derived from any national securities index, register, or publication, or in any other reasonable manner acceptable to the depositing authority.

D.(1) The state treasurer, with regard to funds on deposit in the state treasury, and other state agencies, with regard to funds not on deposit in the state treasury, may grant any designated depository a period not exceeding five days from date of any deposit in which to post the security or the deposit guaranty bonds required under Subsection C of this Section. The financial soundness of the designated depository may be considered by the state treasurer and other state agencies making deposits therein in determining the time period granted pursuant to this Subsection. The amount of collateral or of deposit guaranty bonds used to secure the deposit of public funds may be based on the collected portion of funds on deposit in the depository. State agencies depositing funds in accounts other than the central depository account or its regional account shall be required to ensure that the provisions of this Section are met by the depository.

(2) "State agencies", as used in this Subsection, shall mean other elected state officials, or any department, board, commission, or institution of the state.

E. All banks selected as fiscal agents or depositories for the deposit of funds belonging to the state, or any department, board, commission or institution thereof, shall pay at par and receive on deposit at par all checks and drafts drawn by or in favor of the state or any department, board, commission, or institution, upon whatsoever point these checks and drafts may be drawn all as part of the consideration for receiving deposits of state funds.

F. No bank selected as fiscal agent or depository for the deposit of funds belonging to the state, or any department, board, commission, or institution thereof, shall charge a state depositing authority, as that term is defined in R.S. 49:319, or a local depositing authority, as that term is defined in R.S. 39:1211, a fee for credit inquiries, deposit verifications and audit confirmations concerning accounts of the depositing authority.

G. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, there shall be no duration limitation or restriction on the bonds used as security for deposits of state funds pursuant to the provisions of this Section.

Acts 1976, No. 428, §1, eff. July 31, 1976; Acts 1986, No. 373, §3; Acts 1986, No. 220, §2; Acts 1987, No. 676, §1; Acts 1988, No. 946, §1; Acts 1990, No. 801, §1; Acts 1992, No. 1042, §1; Acts 1995, No. 1127, §2; Acts 2001, No. 752, §2; Acts 2020, No. 195, §1; Acts 2023, No. 81, §3, eff. July 1, 2023.
La. Rev. Stat. § 49:220.10 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 49 / Section 220.10
Claims of certain Road Home Program applicants
Status: in_force

A. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, those Road Home applicants whose claims were denied because of unresolved succession or inheritance issues shall be awarded a Road Home grant, together with a covenant restriction filed against the property to reserve the rights of the state of Louisiana, for any claims arising in favor of the state against the applicant subsequent to the awarding of the grant. The covenant restriction shall be satisfied and removed upon the occurrence of either of the following:

(1) The signing of a judgment of possession in favor of the Road Home grant recipient subject to the covenant restriction.

(2) The sale or transfer of the property subject to the covenant restriction by the Road Home grant recipient in which the purchaser, heir, or beneficiary receiving the property executes a mortgage in favor of the state, or secures a mortgage from a third party and repays the state the amount of the Road Home grant received for the property.

B. The division of administration, office of community development, is authorized to investigate annually the ownership status of property subject to the provisions of Subsection A of this Section, in order to protect its financial interest in the property improved with funds from the Road Home grant program.

C. Road Home funding for those applicants listed in Subsection A of this Section shall only be dispensed in accordance with revised program rules for the Road Home Program, as reflected in a duly amended Action Plan approved by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development. In the event that the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development does not approve such amended Action Plan authorizing the use of funds in accordance with the provisions of Subsection A of this Section, Subsection A of this Section shall be without effect.

D. Nothing in this Section shall be deemed to create any right or cause of action.

Acts 2010, No. 1012, §1, eff. July 8, 2010.
La. Rev. Stat. § 49:220.21 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 49 / Section 220.21
Office of the state inspector general; policy and purpose
Status: in_force

A. The prevention and detection of waste, inefficiencies, mismanagement, misconduct, abuse, fraud, and corruption in all departments, offices, agencies, boards, commissions, task forces, authorities, and divisions of the executive branch of state government as specifically provided in Title 36 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, all hereinafter referred to in this Part collectively as "covered agencies" and individually as "covered agency", is an important responsibility of the state.

B. In view of the responsibility of the state, it is the purpose of this Part to establish an independent office of the state inspector general in the office of the governor to examine and investigate the management and affairs of covered agencies.

Acts 2008, 1 st Ex. Sess., No. 12, §3, eff. April 26, 2008.
La. Rev. Stat. § 49:220.32 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 49 / Section 220.32
Rural Water Infrastructure Committee; creation and organization
Status: in_force

A. The Rural Water Infrastructure Committee is hereby created within the office of the governor and shall be composed of seventeen members as follows:

(1) The State Director of United States Department of Agriculture Rural Development in Louisiana or his designee.

(2) The State Director of the United States Economic Development Administration or his designee.

(3) The governor or his designee.

(4) The governor's designee to the Delta Regional Authority.

(5) The secretary of the Louisiana Department of Health or his designee.

(6) The secretary of the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality or his designee.

(7) The executive director of the Louisiana office of community development or his designee.

(8) The director of the Governor's Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness or his designee.

(9) The executive director of the Louisiana Rural Water Association or his designee.

(10) The executive director of the Police Jury Association of Louisiana or his designee.

(11) The executive director of the Louisiana Municipal Association or his designee.

(12) The president of the Louisiana Association of Planning and Development Districts or his designee.

(13) The president of the Senate or his designee.

(14) The speaker of the House of Representatives or his designee.

(15) The chairman of the Louisiana Rural Caucus or a member of the Louisiana Rural Caucus designated by the chairman.

(16) The commissioner of agriculture and forestry or his designee.

(17) The executive secretary of the Louisiana Public Service Commission or his designee.

B. Members shall serve terms concurrent with the governor.

C. The governor's designee to the Delta Regional Authority shall serve as chairman and shall develop procedures for the operation of the committee.

D. The committee shall meet as necessary at the call of the chairman. A majority of the members of the committee shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business.

E. All official actions of the committee shall require the affirmative vote of a majority of the members in attendance.

F. The governor or the chairman of the committee may request employees of federal, state, or local agencies involved with rural water systems to participate as nonvoting members of the committee.

G. The committee may request administrative and technical support from the governor's office to carry out the committee's functions and responsibilities as provided in this Part.

H. Members of the committee shall serve without compensation. Legislative members of the committee shall receive such per diem and expenses as provided for legislators during attendance at legislative committees and from the same source.

I. The names of the members who will serve on the committee shall be submitted to the governor not later than August 15, 2019.

Acts 2019, No. 126, §2, eff. June 6, 2019.
La. Rev. Stat. § 49:1114 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 49 / Section 1114
Commission meetings; attendance; quorum
Status: in_force

A. The commission shall meet quarterly, but may meet as often as necessary, to conduct business as a commission.

B.(1) Failure to attend at least seventy-five percent of called meetings in any calendar year is cause for removal from the commission.

(2) Members of the commission missing seventy-five percent of called meetings in any calendar year may be removed from the commission by a majority vote of the voting members of the commission.

(3) Removal of a member constitutes a vacancy.

C. A majority of the voting members shall constitute a quorum.

Acts 1995, No. 742, §2, eff. June 27, 1995.
La. Rev. Stat. § 49:75 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 49 / Section 75
Reports and statements under oath
Status: in_force

A.(1) All reports, registrations, and statements required under this Part shall include a certification of accuracy by the person responsible for filing the report, registration, or statement that the information contained in the report, registration, or statement is true and correct to the best of his knowledge, information, and belief; that no reportable expenditures have been made that are not included therein as required by law; and that no information required by this Part has been deliberately omitted.

(2) Except as otherwise specifically provided in this Part, reports, registrations, and statements required under this Part shall be filed by mailing said documents through the United States Postal Service, delivering by hand or through a commercial delivery service, or by transmitting by facsimile or electronic transfer.

B. All reports, registrations, and forms filed with the ethics board shall be maintained as public records and shall be made available for public inspection. The ethics board may charge a reasonable amount for copies of such reports.

Acts 2004, No. 116, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 2005; Acts 2008, 1 st Ex. Sess., No. 13, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 2009.

NOTE: See Acts 2004, No. 116, §§4 and 5, re implementation, administration, and effectiveness.
La. Rev. Stat. § 49:160.2 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 49 / Section 160.2
State steam locomotive
Status: in_force

There shall be an official state steam locomotive. The official state steam locomotive shall be the 2-8-2 Mikado class of steam locomotives. Its use on official documents of the state and with the insignia of the state is hereby authorized.

Acts 2022, No. 191, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 49:145 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 49 / Section 145
Use of public buildings; discrimination
Status: in_force

No person shall be denied access to any public meeting in any public building or facility used or owned by the state or any political subdivision of the state because of race, color, creed, military status, or physical or mental disability. For purposes of this Section, a public meeting is a meeting which is advertised as being open to the general public.

Added by Acts 1976, No. 700, §1; Acts 1987, No. 277, §1; Acts 2025, No. 100, §3.
La. Rev. Stat. § 49:203 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 49 / Section 203
Executive counsel to governor
Status: in_force

There shall be an executive counsel to the governor.

The executive counsel shall be appointed by the governor, and shall take the oath and be commissioned in the manner provided by law, and shall hold office at the pleasure of the governor appointing him, but not beyond the term of the governor; provided he shall hold office until his successor is appointed and qualified.

The executive counsel to the governor shall be a practicing attorney at law, licensed to practice in this state, and shall be a qualified elector of the state, and well versed in matters pertaining to the executive and other departments of the state government and the local governments.

The executive counsel to the governor shall be paid a salary to be fixed by the governor, payable monthly.

The executive counsel to the governor shall perform the duties assigned to him by the governor in connection with the administration of the governor's office, and with the duties of the governor. He may, at the direction of the governor, appear in all matters in which the governor or any board of which the governor is a member, is interested.

Wherever, by the constitution or laws of this state, the governor is made a member of any board, commission or corporation, the executive counsel may appear as the proxy of the governor and act in his place and stead.

Amended by Acts 1976, No. 557, §5.
La. Rev. Stat. § 49:1052 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 49 / Section 1052
Definitions
Status: in_force

A. "GIS" means geographic information system.

B. "Secretary" in R.S. 49:1053 means the secretary of the department of the executive branch of state government to which reference is made.

Acts 1995, No. 922, §2.
La. Rev. Stat. § 49:77 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 49 / Section 77
Administration
Status: in_force

The ethics board, in performance of its duties under this Part, shall:

(1) Register lobbyists and assign lobbyist registration numbers as required by this Part.

(2) Issue to each registered lobbyist at the time of initial registration a copy of this Part and any rules adopted pursuant to this Part.

(3) Promulgate all rules and forms necessary for the implementation and administration of this Part, including but not limited to rules and forms to prescribe the level of organizational unit or units of an executive branch agency for which expenditures required to be reported pursuant to this Part shall be aggregated.

(4) Establish and maintain access to a searchable electronic database available to the public via the Internet.

(5) Promulgate forms which allow a lobbyist to register, renew registration, file supplemental registration forms, and file reports pursuant to this Part and by Part III of Chapter 1 of Title 24 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950.

Acts 2004, No. 116, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 2005; Acts 2008, 1 st Ex. Sess., No. 13, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 2009; Acts 2008, No. 709, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 2009.

NOTE: See Acts 2004, No. 116, §§4 and 5, re implementation, administration, and effectiveness.
La. Rev. Stat. § 49:462 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 49 / Section 462
Dismissal of improper suits
Status: in_force

No court of the state shall entertain, or maintain, or recognize any action, suit, writ, or other legal process, nor any pleading in any case wherein the State Auditor, the State Treasurer, or any other ministerial officer, appears as a party to the record, either in person or by private counsel, but all such proceedings shall be refused or dismissed either ex officio or on motion as in case of non-suit, without prejudice to the rights of parties interested.

In every such case the officer unlawfully appearing shall be condemned to pay the costs of suit therein.

Notice of such dismissal shall be served on the Attorney General, or proper district attorney, who may, on motion, reinstate and maintain such action as it stood at the moment of dismissal, without prejudice to the rights of parties interested, if he deems it expedient so to do.
La. Rev. Stat. § 49:986 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 49 / Section 986
Filing of copy with commissioner of administration; certificate of correctness; printing
Status: in_force

Any edition of the Louisiana Administrative Code, or of any supplement thereto, prepared in the manner provided in R.S. 49:982 and 983, shall be certified by the Office of the State Register that each section therein has been compared with the original sections in the official copy of the Louisiana Register with the final provisions of the promulgated rules from which the sections were derived, and that with the exception of the changes of form permitted in R.S. 49:983, the sections are correct. The Office of the State Register shall order the printing of an edition sufficient in number to supply the demand. When the edition has been printed, the Office of the State Register shall affix to one copy of the printed edition the Office of the State Register's original certificate and file the same for record in his office. All other copies of the same edition may contain a printed facsimile of the office's certificate.

Acts 1993, No. 379, §1; Acts 2013, No. 220, §23, eff. June 11, 2013.
La. Rev. Stat. § 49:216 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 49 / Section 216
Interstate compact for border security; deterence of unlawful entry into this state; procedures; assistance; approval; purposes; legislative findings
Status: in_force

A. This Section shall be known and may be cited as the "Interstate Compact for Border Security Act".

B. The purpose of this compact is to deter unlawful entry and unlawful reentry into this state by an alien, as defined by R.S. 14:112.11, and to join with other states in mutual assistance in order for border states to control the influx with respect to illegal immigration that consequentially threatens the safety and security of Louisiana citizens.

C. The legislature finds all of the following:

(1) In 2024, an executive order was issued by Governor Jeff Landry, JML 24-05, entitled "Identifying, Qualifying, and Mitigating the Adverse Effects of Illegal Immigration on Louisiana" and provided findings, as follows:

(a) "[I]llegal entry and reentry to the United States, as well as the encouragement and inducement of illegal entry and transportation of illegal aliens within the United States, are criminal offenses under federal law, and those who aid and abet these offenses also commit a criminal act".

(b) "[T]he United States Supreme Court has recognized States 'bear[] many of the consequences of unlawful immigration.' Arizona v. United States, 567 U.S. 387, 397 (2012)".

(c) As a result of the federal government's "non-enforcement policies, large numbers of aliens who commit subsequent crimes are [being] released into communities across the United States," including Louisiana, "rather than being detained or removed, allowing these criminal aliens to commit additional crimes and increase the number of victims".

(d) "[S]tates are financially burdened by the cost of incarcerating illegal aliens in their prison systems. Although the U.S. Department of Justice provides limited funding to the states to offset some of these costs...reimbursements are usually less than one percent of the total cost of incarcerating aliens, leaving the states", including Louisiana, "to pay the balance".

(e) "Article I, Section 1 of the Louisiana Constitution declares that government is instituted by the people 'to protect the rights of the individual and for the good of the whole. Its only legitimate ends are to secure justice for all, preserve peace, protect the rights, and promote the happiness and general welfare of the people'".

(2) In his executive order, the governor directed that the head of every executive branch agency, department, office, commission, board, or entity of the state of Louisiana shall review the expenditures of public funds directly or indirectly to, or for the benefit of, illegal aliens.

(3) In the 2024 Second Extraordinary Session of the Louisiana Legislature, the legislature appropriated funds and the governor issued an executive order to deploy the Louisiana National Guard to assist the state of Texas in securing the southern border of the United States of America to curb the invasion by illegal immigrants at the international border in South Texas.

(4) The economic and human costs borne by the taxpayers and citizens of Louisiana include all of the following:

(a) Increased violent crimes are being committed against Louisiana citizens by illegal immigrants. Each murder committed by an illegal alien is one hundred percent preventable if that illegal alien had been barred from entering the state by the federal government, which has been derelict in its duty to enforce immigration laws.

(b) Schools and school teachers have been overburdened by the unfunded mandates forced on Louisiana schools by the federal government. The letter grades for certain school districts have been substantially lowered due to school overcrowding, the lack of certified teachers who are bilingual, and the lack of a local tax base needed to pay the bilingual teachers even if they were available.

D. The governor, with the legal assistance of the attorney general, is hereby authorized to negotiate and assist the state of Texas in an interstate compact for border security among interested states with the governor of the state of Texas in securing the southern border of the United States of America.

E. Any interstate compact that may be developed and executed under the authority of this Section shall, in order to take effect, represent a voluntary association of sovereign states of this United States of America, with the understanding that any such interstate compact shall not in any way increase the political authority of the compacting states in relation to the federal government or in any other manner that violates the Constitution of the United States of America.

F. The interstate compact authorized by this Section shall provide for joint action among the states that participate in the compact to pursue all security priorities, as follows:

(1) Sharing of law enforcement intelligence on illegal activity occurring at or in proximity to the United States-Mexico border.

(2) Sharing of state resources in order to build physical barriers, comprehensive technological surveillance systems, or combinations of barriers and surveillance systems on state property for the purposes of deterring and detecting illegal activity at or in proximity to the United States-Mexico border.

(3) Sharing of other law enforcement resources to ensure the protection of personnel and property of citizens of the states participating in the compact.

G. Once the governor, with the assistance of the attorney general, negotiates and assists the governor of the state of Texas with preparation and finalization of the compact to secure the United States-Mexico border, the governor shall promptly submit the Interstate Compact for Border Security to the legislature for approval and the appropriation of necessary funds to fulfill the purposes provided for in Subsection F of this Section.

Acts 2024, No. 670, §2, See Act.
La. Rev. Stat. § 49:170.14 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 49 / Section 170.14
State song for the Hurricane Katrina and Hurricane Rita recovery effort; official state troubadour
Status: in_force

A. There shall be an official state song for the Hurricane Katrina and Hurricane Rita recovery effort. The official state song for the Hurricane Katrina and Hurricane Rita recovery effort shall be "Come Back to Louisiana", a musical composition with lyrics and music by Jay Chevalier and Bobby Attwood; the lyrics reading as follows:

Since you left me the

tears are fallin'

Can't you hear my lips a callin'

Come back come back to Louisiana

Katrina/Rita caused this aching

It's my heart you're breakin'

Come back come back to Louisiana

Nothin' seems right

No days just nights

Don't you know I'm lonely

And I want you only

My pirogue' don't pole the same

Some times I don't know my name

Come back come back to Louisiana

Some times I think I'm dying

Even the willow trees are cryin'

Come back come back to Louisiana

B. Jay Chevalier shall be known as the official state troubadour for the Hurricane Katrina and Hurricane Rita relief efforts as he travels the world bringing awareness of the destruction caused by the hurricanes and the continuing needs of the people of Louisiana.

Acts 2006, No. 200, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 49:1122 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 49 / Section 1122
Termination of the commission
Status: in_force

The Volunteer Louisiana Commission and all statutory authority for the Volunteer Louisiana Commission shall terminate upon the failure of the legislature to appropriate federal funds for the commission.

Acts 1995, No. 742, §2, eff. June 27, 1995; Acts 2012, No. 553, §3.
La. Rev. Stat. § 49:214.7 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 49 / Section 214.7
Outcome-based performance contracts
Status: in_force

A. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the authority may use the outcome-based performance contract alternative project delivery method to contract for integrated coastal protection projects as set forth in this Section and as is consistent with the purpose and intent set forth in R.S. 49:214.1.

B. This Section creates an alternative project delivery method, known as outcome-based performance contracts, for use by the authority to award a contract to finance, design, construct, and monitor integrated coastal protection when deemed in the public interest, beneficial to the state, consistent with the purpose and intent set forth in R.S. 49:214.1, and in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Section. The following are reasons to use outcome-based performance contracting: financing to construct integrated coastal protection projects; cost of integrated coastal protection projects expected to significantly increase over time; need to access or leverage future funds to construct integrated coastal protection projects more quickly; obtain better overall value, performance, and costs; and control and minimize risk to the authority.

C. Outcome-based performance contracts shall not be used for any integrated coastal protection project that is estimated to cost more than two hundred fifty million dollars or exceeds a contract term of twenty-five years. Prior to proceeding to use outcome-based performance contracting, the authority through its executive director shall submit a proposed project along with the reason to use outcome-based performance contracting to the board and shall report to the Senate Committee on Natural Resources and the House Committee on Natural Resources and Environment for review.

D. When used in this Section, the following words and phrases shall have the meanings ascribed to them unless the context indicates a different meaning:

(1) "Outcome-based performance contract" means a delivery method by which the owner contracts with an entity for results-based, specific agreed-upon outcomes, goals, or outputs, with payment provided by an owner upon successful completion of the pre-agreed result, outcome, goal, output, or result. Outcome-based performance contracts shall include the following:

(a) A requirement that a substantial portion of the payment be conditioned on the achievement of specific outcomes based on defined performance targets. For purposes of this Subparagraph, "substantial portion" shall mean no less than seventy-five percent of the total project cost.

(b) A process through which performance indicators can be assessed by the owner to determine whether performance targets have been met.

(c) A schedule and calculation of consequences for contractors based on performance, to include payments that would be earned if performance targets are met or the imposition of penalties or other payment adjustments if performance targets are not met.

(2) "Outcome-based performance contractor" means a person, sole proprietorship, partnership, corporation, joint venture, or other legal entity, properly licensed, bonded, and insured, who is contractually responsible to the owner for financing, designing, permitting, constructing, and monitoring, or any combination thereof, the integrated coastal protection project to be delivered.

(3) "Owner" means the Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority.

(4) "Licensed design professional" means an engineer, architect, or landscape architect who has secured a professional license from a Louisiana registration board as required by state law.

(5) "Resident business" means one authorized to do and doing business under the laws of this state, that meets one of the following criteria:

(a) Maintains its principal place of business in the state.

(b) Employs a minimum of two employees who are residents of the state.

(6) All other terms shall have the meaning provided for in R.S. 49:214.2.

E. The authority shall not consider any unsolicited proposals for an outcome-based performance contract. However, nothing in this Subsection shall prohibit a private company from bringing to the authority suggestions for new projects or alterations to solicited proposals. Any award of a contract shall be made only after issuance of a request for proposal and competitive bid process as required by the provisions of this Section.

F. The authority may develop and adopt any guidelines, rules, or regulations necessary to effectuate the provisions of this Section in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act.

G. Any financing of integrated coastal protection projects pursuant to this Section may be in such amounts and upon such terms and conditions as may be agreed upon by the owner and the outcome-based performance contractor. Additionally, the authority, with the approval of the board, may utilize any and all funding resources available to it. Any revenues or earnings apportioned to the authority and derived from any integrated coastal protection programs, projects, or activities as described in this Section shall be deposited in and credited to the Coastal Protection and Restoration Fund in accordance with R.S. 49:214.5.4(F).

H. If necessary and upon request from the outcome-based performance contractor, the authority may exercise any statutorily created power for the purpose of acquiring lands or estates or interests in such, including but not limited to easements and access agreements, to the extent that the authority finds that such action serves the public purpose of this Section.

I. An outcome-based performance contractor shall employ, or have as a partner, member, coventurer, or subcontractor, persons or a firm with persons who are duly licensed and registered to provide the services required to complete the project and to do business in the state. The standard professional engineer and land surveyor requirements provided for in R.S. 37:681 et seq., and the rules and regulations of the Louisiana Professional Engineering and Land Surveying Board, shall apply to the components providing design services, and the standard contractor qualifications as provided for in R.S. 37:2150 et seq., and the current rules and regulations of the State Licensing Board for Contractors shall apply to the component providing construction services utilized by the outcome-based performance contractor, based upon the applicable categories for the specific project to be delivered and as specified by the authority. All registrations and licenses for each component shall be obtained prior to the award of the project to the selected outcome-based performance contractor.

J.(1) The authority shall solicit a request for statement of interest and qualifications or "RSIQ".

(2) The RSIQ shall include the following:

(a) Submittal criteria, deadlines, and requirements for proposal package.

(b) Scoring methodology and selection grading criteria.

(c) Statements of qualification and experience for key proposed management and staffing.

(d) Statements of qualification and experience of the financing members of the team.

(e) Statements of qualification and experience of design component members for the areas of expertise specific to the project.

(f) Statements of qualification, experience, and resources of the construction team component.

(g) A statement of the proposer's ability and intention to provide equal opportunities in recruitment, selection, appointment, promotion, training, and related employment areas in connection with the outcome-based performance contract.

(3) The authority may request that proposers include the following in response to the RSIQ, as well as any other pertinent information relative to the qualifications of a proposer that the authority determines needs to be submitted in a response to an RSIQ:

(a) The proposer's surety and any other financial assurances.

(b) Construction methodologies previously used by the proposer on other projects of similar size, type, and complexity.

(c) Extent to which the proposer intends to utilize resident businesses to perform the contract.

(d) Extent to which the proposer intends to self-perform any work.

(e) Past performance of the proposer, including timely and successful completion of other projects of similar size and complexity.

(f) The proposer's safety record and safety plan.

(g) Any other project-specific criteria as may apply to project needs.

(4) Any response that does not meet all of the requirements contained in the RSIQ shall be deemed nonresponsive and shall not be considered by the authority. False or misrepresented information furnished in response to an RSIQ shall be grounds for rejection. Additionally, the authority reserves the right to cancel any solicitation at its discretion.

(5)(a) The authority shall establish a qualification review committee for evaluation of the responses to the RSIQ. The qualification review committee shall evaluate the responses in accordance with the scoring methodology and criteria as identified and set forth in the RSIQ, and shall evaluate all aspects of the proposed project, including finance, design, construction, and monitoring components of any proposer.

(b) Within sixty days of the deadline for receipt of responses, the qualification review committee shall select a short list of the highest-rated proposers in a number to be determined by the qualification review committee. However, if fewer than three eligible responses are received for review by the qualifications review committee, then the executive director may either approve proceeding with the outcome-based performance contracting process or readvertising in accordance with this Section.

(c) The qualification review committee shall present a list of the highest-rated proposers to the executive director. The highest-rated proposers shall be invited by the executive director to submit a detailed technical and cost proposal for the proposed outcome-based performance project by means of an issued request for proposal or "RFP".

K.(1) The executive director shall issue an RFP to the proposers making the list of the highest-rated proposers in accordance with Subsection J of this Section.

(2) The RFP shall include, at a minimum, the following:

(a) Submittal criteria, deadlines, and requirements for proposal package.

(b) Scoring methodology and selection grading criteria.

(c) The proposer's surety and financial assurances.

(d) Design strategy and preliminary design concepts.

(e) Construction sequencing, techniques, materials, methodology, schedule and phasing.

(f) Proposed pricing and payment schedule for delivery of project.

(3) The RFP may also include any other requirements that the authority deems necessary.

(4) The authority may, at its discretion, compensate those unsuccessful and responsive highest-rated proposers for the expense of preparing the response to the RFP. The amount of compensation, if any, shall be predetermined by the authority in its sole discretion and shall be included in the RFP.

(5) The executive director shall establish a proposal review committee to review, score, and recommend award to an outcome-based performance contractor.

(a) The proposal review committee shall consist of no more than seven individuals as follows:

(i) Three representatives of the owner, one of whom shall also serve as the chairman of the committee.

(ii) One design professional in the discipline of but not involved with the project.

(iii) One licensed contractor in the discipline of but not involved with the project.

(iv) Two members at-large, as selected by the owner.

(b) Within ninety days after the deadline for responses to the RFP, the proposal review committee shall make a written recommendation for award to the executive director. The results of the proposal review committee, inclusive of its findings, grading, score sheets, and recommendations, shall be available for review by all proposers and shall be deemed public records.

L. Within sixty days of the award of the outcome-based performance contract, the authority and the selected outcome-based performance contractor shall execute a contract. If the authority and the outcome-based performance contractor are not able to agree upon a contract, then the authority reserves the right to re-advertise the project in accordance with this Section or any other contracting method available for the authority.

M. The authority shall cancel any solicitation and decline to award any contract if a determination is made that it is in the best interest of the state.

N. There shall be no challenge by any legal process to the choice of the successful outcome-based performance contractor except for fraud, bias for pecuniary or personal reasons not related to the taxpayers' interest, or arbitrary and capricious selection by the authority.

O. The provisions of this Section shall supersede and control to the extent of any conflict with any other provisions of any law including but not limited to the requirements of R.S. 38:2181 through 2320 and R.S. 39:1551 through 1755.

Acts 2017, No. 356, §1, eff. June 22, 2017.
La. Rev. Stat. § 49:1503 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 49 / Section 1503
Prohibitions on use and testing of central bank digital currency
Status: in_force

A. A governing authority shall not accept or require a payment using central bank digital currency.

B. A governing authority shall not participate in any test of central bank digital currency by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System or any branch or agency of the federal government.

Acts 2024, No. 700, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 49:214.35 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 49 / Section 214.35
Reconsiderations, judicial review
Status: in_force

A. This Section shall govern the reconsideration and/or judicial review of actions of the secretary under this Subpart, including coastal use permit and local program approval decisions and determinations of state or local concern under R.S. 49:214.30(C)(1) and determinations of direct and significant impact under R.S. 49:214.34.

B. A decision or determination shall be subject to reconsideration by the secretary if a petition for reconsideration is filed in writing with the secretary within ten days following public notice of a final coastal use permit or local program approval decision, or receipt of written notice of a determination made under R.S. 49:214.30(C)(1) or R.S. 49:214.34. The grounds for reconsideration shall be either that:

(1) The decision or determination is clearly contrary to the law or the evidence before the secretary;

(2) The petitioner has discovered, since the decision or determination, evidence important to the issues which he could not, with due diligence, have presented to the secretary prior to the decision;

(3) There is a showing that issues not previously considered, through no fault of the petitioner, ought to be examined in order to properly dispose of the matter; or

(4) There exist other good grounds for further consideration of the issues and the evidence in the public interest.

C. The petition for reconsideration shall set forth the grounds which justify such action. Nothing in this Section shall prevent the reopening or reconsideration of a decision or determination in accordance with other applicable statutory provisions or at any time on the grounds of fraud, perjured testimony, or fictitious evidence. The reconsideration shall be limited to those grounds upon which it was granted, and the secretary may adopt regulations for the orderly consideration and disposition of reconsideration petitions. The secretary shall render a decision upon the reconsideration petition within fifteen days of its receipt. If a petition for reconsideration is timely filed, the period within which judicial review must be sought shall run from the final disposition of such petition. The secretary, in the interest of justice, may grant a stay of a decision on a coastal use permit or approval of a local program until the final disposition of a petition for reconsideration.

D. Any person authorized by this Subpart to appeal a coastal use permit decision or any local government aggrieved by a final decision on approval of a local program may seek judicial review of that decision whether or not a petition for reconsideration has been filed under this Section. A preliminary, procedural, or intermediate action by the secretary or a determination of local or state concern under R.S. 49:214.30(C)(1) or of direct and significant impact under R.S. 49:214.34 is immediately reviewable if review of the secretary's final permit decision or action would not provide an adequate remedy or would inflict irreparable injury.

E. Proceedings for review may be instituted by filing a petition in the district court of the parish in which the proposed use is to be situated within thirty days after mailing of notice of the final decision by the secretary or, if a reconsideration is requested, within thirty days after the decision thereon.

F. Judicial review shall otherwise be pursuant to the Louisiana Administrative Procedure Act, provided that all such cases shall be tried with preference and priority. Trial de novo shall be held upon request of any party.

Acts 1978, No. 361, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1979. Amended by Acts 1982, No. 813, §1; Acts 1983, No. 705, §4, eff. Sept. 1, 1983; Acts 1983, No. 591, §1, eff. July 14, 1983; Acts 1984, No. 408, §1, eff. July 6, 1984.

{{NOTE: SEE ACTS 1989, 2D EX. SESS., NO. 6, §7.}}
La. Rev. Stat. § 49:155.1 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 49 / Section 155.1
State march song
Status: in_force

There shall be, and is, hereby adopted and established as the official state march song for the state of Louisiana, a musical composition, with lyrics by Sammie McKenzie and Lou Levoy and music by Castro Carazo, and entitled, Louisiana My Home Sweet Home; the said lyrics reading as follows:

Verse:

Kissed by the Gulf's mighty stream,

A lovely state, LOUISIANA,

Where sweet magnolias, so rare,

Perfume the air

With fragrance that's supreme.

God bless our lovely state.

It's a paradise right here on earth.

Chorus:

LOUISIANA, LOUISIANA,

It's beauty's always aglow.

Moss covered shade trees

Sway in the cool breeze

While lazy bayous flow.

The sugar cane gleams

Beneath the moonbeams

That light the Heaven's silvr'y dome.

Deep in the Southland

There is a dreamland:

LOUISIANA, my home, sweet home.

Acts 1952, No. 196, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 49:994 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 49 / Section 994
Administrative law judges
Status: in_force

A. The director of the division shall employ the administrative law judges for the division, each of whom shall have the following qualifications:

(1) An administrative law judge shall be a resident of Louisiana.

(2) An administrative law judge shall be licensed to practice law in Louisiana.

(3) An administrative law judge shall have been engaged in the actual practice of law for at least five years prior to his appointment.

B. An administrative law judge shall be an employee of the division.

C. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section, all persons employed in affected agencies on October 1, 1996, who handle adjudications and whether or not they meet the qualifications of this Chapter shall, unless the person declines, be transferred to and employed in the division created by this Chapter to handle adjudications in the manner provided in this Chapter. However, no person other than those provided for in this Subsection shall be employed as an administrative law judge who does not meet the requirements of this Section.

D. The administrative law judge shall have the authority to:

(1) Regulate the adjudicatory proceedings assigned to him.

(2) Issue such decisions and orders as are necessary to promote a fair, orderly, and prompt adjudication.

(3) Exercise those powers vested in the presiding officer in the Administrative Procedure Act.

(4) If the parties do not object, conduct adjudications or conferences in person or by telephone, video conference, or similar communication equipment, and administer oaths in such proceedings.

(5) Continue an adjudication in any case when a party or subpoenaed necessary witness has been called to service in the uniformed services as defined in R.S. 29:403, including but not limited to a proceeding pursuant to R.S. 32:667.

E. All adjudications involving alleged violations of any provision of law under the jurisdiction of the Board of Ethics shall be heard by administrative law judges who are licensed to practice law in Louisiana.

Acts 1995, No. 739, §2, eff. Oct. 1, 1996; Acts 2001, No. 84, §1; Acts 2001, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 7, §2, eff. Oct. 16, 2001; Acts 2003, No. 956, §1, eff. July 1, 2003; Acts 2008, 1 st Ex. Sess., No. 23, §2, eff. Aug. 15, 2008.

NOTE: See Acts 1995, No. 947, §8 and No. 739, §§3, 4.
La. Rev. Stat. § 49:1005 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 49 / Section 1005
Use of certified laboratories for drug testing of samples collected
Status: in_force

A. All drug testing of individuals in residence in the state and all drug testing of samples collected in the state, including territorial waters and any other location to which the laws of Louisiana are applicable, shall be performed in SAMHSA-certified, CAP-FUDT-certified, or CAP-FDT-certified laboratories, if both of the following apply:

(1) If, as a result of such testing, mandatory or discretionary negative employment consequences will be rendered to the individual.

(2) Drug testing is performed for any or all of the following classes of drugs: marijuana, opioids, cocaine, amphetamines, and phencyclidine.

B. Drug testing as provided in this Subsection shall be performed in compliance with the SAMHSA guidelines except as provided in this Chapter or pursuant to statutory or regulatory authority under R.S. 23:1081 et seq. and R.S. 23:1601 et seq. The cut off limits for drug testing shall be in accordance with SAMHSA guidelines with the exception of initial testing for marijuana. The initial cut off level for marijuana shall be no less than fifty nanograms/ML and no more than one hundred nanograms/ML as specified by the employer or the testing entity. The Louisiana Department of Health shall have the responsibility to adopt the SAMHSA guidelines for purposes of governing drug-testing programs for specimens collected in accordance with this Chapter. The Louisiana Department of Health shall have the responsibility for adoption of any subsequent revisions of the SAMHSA guidelines as of the initial effective date of this Chapter.

Acts 1990, No. 1036, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1991; SCR No. 137, 1991 R.S; Acts 2004, No. 901, §1, eff. July 12, 2004; Acts 2015, No. 74, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 49:972 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 49 / Section 972
Family impact statement; issues to be considered; procedure; penalty
Status: in_force

A. Prior to the adoption and implementation of rules, each state agency shall consider and state in writing the impact of such rules on family formation, stability, and autonomy. This written consideration shall be known as the "family impact statement".

B. The family impact statement will consider and respond in writing to the following regarding the proposed rule:

(1) The effect on the stability of the family.

(2) The effect on the authority and rights of parents regarding the education and supervision of their children.

(3) The effect on the functioning of the family.

(4) The effect on family earnings and family budget.

(5) The effect on the behavior and personal responsibility of children.

(6) The ability of the family or a local government to perform the function as contained in the proposed rule.

C. All family impact statements must be in writing and kept on file in the state agency which has adopted, amended, or repealed a rule in accordance with the applicable provisions of law relating to public records.

D. For the purposes of this Section, "family" shall mean a group of individuals related by blood, marriage, or adoption who live together as a single household.

Acts 1999, No. 1183, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 49:214.8.4 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 49 / Section 214.8.4
Powers and duties
Status: in_force

A. The director, in consultation with the board as desired, shall:

(1) Develop, implement, and manage a comprehensive state master plan for the Atchafalaya Basin Floodway System, Louisiana Project.

(2) Present the annual basin plan as a part of the state integrated coastal protection plan to the board each year for its review and approval.

(3) Coordinate state implementation of congressional mandates concerning the Atchafalaya Basin Floodway System, Louisiana Project.

(4) Serve as primary liaison on behalf of the state with the United States Army Corps of Engineers on the Atchafalaya Basin Floodway System, Louisiana Project, including representation of the state in state and federal partnerships, cost and share agreements, and other public and private cooperative endeavors.

(5) Represent the policy and consensus viewpoint of the state at the federal, regional, state, and local levels with respect to the Atchafalaya Basin Floodway System, Louisiana Project.

(6) Enter into partnerships, memoranda of understanding, and cooperative endeavors with state agencies and departments to implement the basin master plan or annual basin plan, including:

(a) Department of Wildlife and Fisheries: to operate and maintain wildlife management areas created by the Atchafalaya Basin Floodway System, Louisiana Project, and to plan and monitor projects to improve water quality and fish and wildlife production.

(b) Department of Culture, Recreation and Tourism: to operate and maintain tourist information centers and state parks funded by the Atchafalaya Basin Floodway System, Louisiana Project.

(c) Department of Agriculture and Forestry: to monitor environmental easements as required by the Atchafalaya Basin Floodway System, Louisiana Project.

(d) State land office: to monitor and enforce timber harvesting and campsite development on state-owned lands in the basin as required by the Atchafalaya Basin Floodway System, Louisiana Project.

(e) Department of Transportation and Development, Department of Environmental Quality, and Louisiana Department of Health: to advise the program on departmental operations relating to the Atchafalaya Basin.

(7) Provide recommendations to the board, legislature, and congress with respect to the implementation, management, and funding of the basin master plan.

(8) Monitor and seek available federal and private funds and property consistent with the purposes of this Subpart, including funds from matching sources.

(9) Enter into agreements and cooperative endeavors consistent with the purposes of this Subpart.

(10) Conduct meetings, hold hearings, and promulgate rules as necessary and consistent with the purposes of this Subpart.

(11) Appoint advisory committees.

(12) Expend funds consistent with the purposes of this Subpart.

(13) Enter into memoranda of understanding and cooperative endeavors with state, local, and federal public entities consistent with the purposes of this Subpart.

(14) Utilize the services and personnel of state, local, and federal public entities upon mutually agreeable terms and conditions consistent with the purposes of this Subpart.

(15) Seek, accept, and use, in accordance with law, gifts, grants, bequests, and endowments, including immovable property, for purposes consistent with the powers and duties in this Subpart and take such actions as are necessary to comply with any conditions required for such acceptance.

(16) Administer and enforce the provisions of this Subpart relating to duties and activities of the program.

(17) Perform such other acts and duties as necessary to effectuate the purposes of this Subpart.

(18) Develop an annual basin plan as provided in R.S. 49:214.8.6 and present the annual basin plan to the board.

(19) Develop and adopt criteria which must be met prior to a project being included in an annual basin plan.

(20) Hold public hearings on the annual basin plan prior to adoption. The director shall hold a minimum of two public hearings on the annual basin plan each year with at least one hearing to be held at a location on the west side of the Atchafalaya Basin and at least one hearing to be held at a location on the east side of the Atchafalaya Basin. The director shall advertise in the official journal of the state the date, time, and location of the public hearings at least seven days prior to the hearings.

(21) Promulgate rules in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act in order to carry out its duties and shall conduct its meetings in accordance with R.S. 42:11 et seq., the Open Meetings Law.

B. The director is authorized to:

(1) Acquire one thousand five hundred acres of land in the Atchafalaya Basin for recreation purposes, and to construct new recreation areas, facilities, and water management features.

(2) Conduct environmental easement monitoring.

(3) Operate and maintain public access features.

(4) Enter into cooperative endeavors or other agreements with federal, basin, or local departments or agencies to implement the basin master plan or annual basin plan.

(5) Enter into cooperative endeavors or agreements with the United States Army Corps of Engineers for projects covering public access, environmental easements, water management, and recreation as provided in the basin master plan and in the congressional authorization contained in Public Laws 99-88 of 1985 and 99-662 of 1986, the Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act of 1991, Public Law 101-514, the Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act of 1997, Public Law 104-206, the Water Resources Development Act of 2000, Public Law 106-541, and the Water Resources Development Act of 2007, Public Law 110-114.

(6) Use any federal funds that are, or that may become, available as matching funds or on any other basis for any of the projects contained in the annual basin plan or any other projects authorized for purposes of this Subpart, including federal funds from the Atchafalaya Basin Floodway System, Louisiana Project, Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (TEA-21) funds, and Section 204, Section 206, Section 235, and Section 1135 funds.

(7) Expend funds to implement the basin annual plan.

(8) In addition to funds appropriated for the program, use any other funds, goods, lands, or services donated or otherwise made available, including federal funds made available to the program.

(9) Enter into cooperative endeavors or agreements with designated local sponsors for the operation and maintenance of capital improvements under the recreation feature of the program.

(10) Negotiate and execute, on behalf of the state, project-specific or programmatic project cooperation agreements or similar agreements with the federal government for those projects that are part of the Atchafalaya Basin Floodway System, Louisiana Project. The director shall also be authorized to negotiate and execute such agreements.

Acts 2018, No. 570, §3, eff. July 1, 2018.
La. Rev. Stat. § 49:149.63 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 49 / Section 149.63
Michael C. Voisin Hatchery
Status: in_force

The bivalve hatchery situated on Grand Isle owned by the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries is hereby named, and shall hereafter be known as, the "Michael C. Voisin Hatchery".

Acts 2013, No. 2, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 49:193.1 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 49 / Section 193.1
Selective review and evaluation for statutory entities
Status: in_force

A. To facilitate an orderly review and evaluation procedure, and to ensure thorough study is given to the statutory entities scheduled for termination, the standing committees may conduct a more extensive evaluation of selected statutory entities under its jurisdiction or of particular programs of such entities than that given to the remaining statutory entities scheduled for review and termination.

B. The selection of those statutory entities or programs to receive extensive evaluation shall be made by taking the following factors, among others, into consideration:

(1) The extent to which the statutory entity or program appears to require significant change.

(2) The extent to which the resources of the legislature will allow for such evaluation.

(3) The extent to which substantial time has passed since the statutory entity or program has been in effect and in operation.

(4) The extent to which the statutory entity or program has encountered significant problems in satisfying its statutory mandate.

C. The selection of these statutory entities or programs to receive the extensive evaluation shall be made no later than thirty days following the referral of the statutory entities to the standing committees.

D. The standing committees shall notify the entities or program administrators of programs selected for extensive evaluation at the same time the standing committees comply with R.S. 49:193(B).

E. The standing committees making such extensive evaluation may instruct the Legislative Fiscal Office or the legislative auditor to make such performance audits, programmatic evaluations, and other studies as are needed to enable the standing committees to effectively conduct these evaluations.

Added by Acts 1979, No. 512, §1; Acts 1988, No. 58, §4; Acts 1995, No. 712, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 49:980 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 49 / Section 980
Expenses of administrative proceedings; right to recover
Status: in_force

A. When a small business files a petition seeking: (1) relief from the application or enforcement of an agency rule or regulation, (2) judicial review of the validity or applicability of an agency rule, (3) judicial review of an adverse declaratory order or ruling, or (4) judicial review of a final decision or order in an adjudication proceeding, the petition may include a claim against the agency for the recovery of reasonable litigation expenses. If the small business prevails and the court determines that the agency acted without substantial justification, the court may award such expenses, in addition to granting any other appropriate relief.

B. A small business shall be deemed to have prevailed in an action when, in the final disposition, its position with respect to the agency rule or declaratory order or ruling is maintained, or when there is no adjudication, stipulation, or acceptance of liability on its part. However, a small business shall not be deemed to have prevailed, if the action was commenced at the instance of, or on the basis of a complaint by, anyone other than an officer, agent, or employee of the agency and was dismissed by the agency on a finding of no cause for the action or settled without a finding of fault on the part of the small business.

C. An agency shall pay any award made against it pursuant to this Section from funds in its regular operating budget and shall, at the time of its submission of its proposed annual budget, submit to the division of administration and to the presiding officer of each house of the legislature a report of all such awards paid during the previous fiscal year.

D. As used in this Section:

(1) "Reasonable litigation expenses" means any expenses, not exceeding seven thousand five hundred dollars in connection with any one claim, reasonably incurred in opposing or contesting the agency action, including costs and expenses incurred in both the administrative proceeding and the judicial proceeding, fees and expenses of expert or other witnesses, and attorney fees.

(2) "Small business" means a small business as defined by the Small Business Administration, which for purposes of size eligibility or other factors, meets the applicable criteria set forth in 13 CFR, Part 121.

Added by Acts 1982, No. 497, §1; Acts 2022, No. 663, §1; Redesignated from R.S. 49:965.1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 49:1012 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 49 / Section 1012
Employee drug testing; responsibility of employer
Status: in_force

A. All information, interviews, reports, statements, memoranda, or test results received by the employer through its drug testing program are confidential communications and may not be used or received in evidence, obtained in discovery, or disclosed in any public or private proceedings, except in an administrative or disciplinary proceeding or hearing, or civil litigation where drug use by the tested individual is relevant.

B. No cause of action for defamation of character, libel, slander, or damage to reputation or privacy arises in favor of any person against an employer or testing entity who has established a program of drug or alcohol testing in accordance with this Chapter, unless:

(1) The results of that test were disclosed to any person other than the employer or testing entity, an authorized employee or agent of the employer or testing entity, the tested employee, or the tested prospective employee;

(2) The information disclosed was based on a false test result or a failure to comply with the provisions of this Chapter;

(3) All elements of an action for defamation of character, libel, slander, or damage to reputation or privacy as established by statute or civil law, are satisfied.

C. Any provision of this Chapter held to be prohibited by the laws of the state of Louisiana shall be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition without invalidating the remaining provisions of this Chapter.

Acts 1990, No. 1036, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1991.
La. Rev. Stat. § 49:170.19 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 49 / Section 170.19
Folklife heritage
Status: in_force

It is hereby declared that fox pen hunting is part of the folklife heritage of the state and, as such, should be preserved in order to help maintain the folklife culture.

Acts 2014, No. 552, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 49:977 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 49 / Section 977
Decisions and orders
Status: in_force

A final decision or order adverse to a party in an adjudication proceeding shall be in writing or stated in the record. A final decision shall include findings of fact and conclusions of law. Findings of fact, if set forth in statutory language, shall be accompanied by a concise and explicit statement of the underlying facts supporting the findings. If, in accordance with agency rules, a party submitted proposed findings of fact, the decision shall include a ruling upon each proposed finding. Parties shall be notified personally, by mail, or by electronic means of any decision or order. Upon request, a copy of the decision or order shall be delivered or mailed forthwith to each party and to his attorney of record. The parties by written stipulation may waive, and the agency in the event there is no contest may eliminate, compliance with this Section.

Acts 1966, No. 382, §1, eff. July 1, 1967; Acts 2012, No. 289, §1, eff. May 25, 2012; Acts 2022, No. 663, §1; Redesignated from R.S. 49:958.
La. Rev. Stat. § 49:1513 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 49 / Section 1513
Definitions
Status: in_force

For the purposes of this Chapter:

(1) "Agency" means the Louisiana Department of Health, state Department of Education, office of motor vehicles, Governor's Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness, Department of Public Safety and Corrections, Department of Children and Family Services, Department of Revenue, and Louisiana higher education institutions.

(2) "Annual report" means a report that details the legal status of individuals who have received state services and the estimated total dollar value of those services, compiled by the relevant state agencies.

(3) "Illegal alien" means an "alien" described in 8 U.S.C. 1101, who is present in the United States without lawful immigration status and therefore subject to removal pursuant to federal law. An alien granted parole under 8 U.S.C. 1182(d)(5), temporary protected status, deferred action, deferred enforced departure, or similar exercise of administrative grace or prosecutorial discretion shall not be deemed to have lawful immigration status.

(4) "State services and benefits" means all services and benefits provided by the Louisiana Department of Health, state Department of Education, office of motor vehicles, Governor's Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness, Department of Public Safety and Corrections, Department of Children and Family Services, Department of Revenue, and Louisiana higher education institutions, including but not limited to healthcare, education, licenses, emergency assistance, and tax benefits.

(5) "Unaccompanied alien child" has the meaning set forth in 6 U.S.C. 279(g).

Acts 2025, No. 419, §1, eff. June 20, 2025.
La. Rev. Stat. § 49:121 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 49 / Section 121
Name of board, department, or subdivisions; marking on boat or vehicle; Louisiana public license plates; exemptions
Status: in_force

A.(1) Every boat, watercraft, aircraft, automobile, truck, or other vehicle belonging to the state or to any of its political subdivisions, or to any department, board, commission, or agency of any of its political subdivisions shall, if required by law to bear a Louisiana license plate, bear a public license plate, and each such vehicle also shall have inscribed, painted, decaled, or stenciled conspicuously thereon, either with letters not less than two inches in height and not less than one-quarter inch in width or with an insignia containing not less than one hundred forty-four square inches, or if circular, not less than eight inches in diameter, the name of the board, commission, department, agency, or subdivision of the state to which the boat, watercraft, aircraft, automobile, truck, or other vehicle belongs, such as "Louisiana Department of Highways", or "Louisiana Conservation Commission", or "School Board-East Baton Rouge", or "Sheriff-East Baton Rouge", or "City of Baton Rouge"; however, recognized and approved abbreviations such as "La.", "Dept.", "Com.", "Bd.", and the like, may be used.

(2) Repealed by Acts 2003, No. 466, §2, eff. June 20, 2003.

B. The name of the board, commission, department, agency or political subdivision, in accordance with the provisions of Subsection A of this Section, shall be placed on the outside of the door on each side of every automobile, truck or other vehicle. If the vehicle is equipped with more than one door on each side, the name shall be placed on the outside of the doors nearest the front of the vehicle. In the case of boats and water craft, the name shall be placed on each side of the bow and, if there is sufficient room, on the stern.

C. All paintings, inscriptions or stencils shall be in a color that contrasts sharply with the color over which it is placed.

D. The individual whose responsibility it is to place the purchase order for any vehicle or water craft as provided by this Section shall be personally responsible for seeing that the agency name is placed thereon as required by this Section and shall do so within ten days after the delivery of such vehicle or water craft is receipted for and prior to delivery of such vehicle to the person or agency for whom the purchase was made.

E. Those vehicles used in crime prevention and detection and similar investigative work, which if identified as required by this Section could not be used effectively for such purposes, are exempt from the provisions of this Part, and, in addition, the vehicles used by the governor, lieutenant governor, statewide elected officials, the Louisiana School for the Deaf, the Louisiana School for the Visually Impaired, the Special School District, and any community and group homes and residential facilities administered by the Department of Children and Family Services or the Louisiana Department of Health are exempt from the provisions of this Part.

F. No officer or employee of the state or any of its political subdivisions shall drive or operate any publicly owned land vehicle, air craft or water craft not marked in accordance with the provisions of this Section, and no public officer or employee shall request, direct or permit any other public official or employee or any other person to drive or operate any such vehicle.

G. The head of any department or board of the state or any of its subdivisions who operates or who orders, requests or permits any employee under his control or supervision or any other person to operate any publicly owned land vehicle, water craft or air craft not marked in accordance with the provisions of this Section shall be guilty of a violation thereof. Each day upon which such a violation is committed shall be considered a separate offense.

H. The attorney general or any district attorney shall institute such action as is necessary to enforce or ensure the enforcement of and compliance with the provisions of this Section, and any interested citizen may initiate any civil action permitted by law to force compliance or to prevent operation or use of a vehicle not marked as required by this Section.

I. No law enforcement officer shall issue a citation for a violation of the motor vehicle laws of this state, unless the vehicle used for the apprehension bears the identifying insignia required by this Section and bar lights or grille lights, or the law enforcement officer is wearing a uniform identifying his authority. The provisions of this Subsection shall not apply in circumstances endangering public safety.

Amended by Acts 1962, No. 292, §1; Acts 1972, No. 707, §1; Acts 1993, No. 863, §1; Acts 1993, No. 941, §1; Acts 1997, No. 759, §2, eff. July 10, 1997; Acts 1998, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 148, §7; Acts 2003, No. 466, §2, eff. June 20, 2003; Acts 2014, No. 811, §27, eff. June 23, 2014; Acts 2019, No. 411, §5, eff. June 20, 2019.
La. Rev. Stat. § 49:856 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 49 / Section 856
Period in which authority may be exercised
Status: in_force

Officials authorized to act, pursuant to this chapter, as emergency interim successors are empowered to exercise the powers and discharge the duties of an office as herein authorized only after an attack upon the United States, as defined herein, has occurred. The legislature by concurrent resolution, may at any time terminate the authority of said emergency interim successors to exercise the powers and discharge the duties of office as herein provided.

Acts 1963, No. 111, §6.
La. Rev. Stat. § 49:978.2 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 49 / Section 978.2
Judicial review; attorney fees; court costs; report
Status: in_force

A. If an agency or official thereof, or other person acting on behalf of an agency or official thereof, files a petition for judicial review of a final decision or order in an adjudication proceeding and such agency, official, or person does not prevail in the final disposition of the judicial review, the agency shall be responsible for the payment of reasonable attorney fees and court costs of the other party.

B. Notwithstanding any provision of R.S. 13:4521 to the contrary, an agency or official thereof, or other person acting on behalf of an agency or official thereof, which files a petition for judicial review of a final decision or order in an adjudication proceeding shall be required to pay court costs.

C. All payments for litigation expenses required by this Section shall be paid from the agency's regular operating budget. Each agency which has paid litigation expenses shall submit a detailed report of all payments from the prior fiscal year to its legislative oversight committees and to the Joint Legislative Committee on the Budget no later than November fifteenth of each year. For the purposes of this Subsection and of R.S. 49:992(H), the term "litigation expenses" shall mean court costs and attorney fees of the agency and of any other party if the agency was required to pay costs and fees.

Acts 2003, No. 1271, §1, eff. July 11, 2003; Acts 2022, No. 663, §1; Redesignated from R.S. 49:964.1.

NOTE: Former R.S 49:978.2 redesignated as R.S. 49:974.2 by Acts 2022, No. 663, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 49:966 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 49 / Section 966
Review of agency rules; fees
Status: in_force

A. It is the declared purpose of this Section to provide a procedure whereby the legislature may review the exercise of rulemaking authority and the adoption, increasing, or decreasing of fees, extensions of the legislative lawmaking function, which it has delegated to state agencies.

B. Prior to the adoption, amendment, or repeal of any rule or the adoption, increase, or decrease of any fee, the agency shall submit a report relative to the proposed rule change or fee adoption, increase, or decrease to the appropriate standing committees of the legislature and the presiding officers of the respective houses as provided in this Section. The report shall be submitted on the same day that the notice of the intended action is submitted to the Louisiana Register for publication in accordance with R.S. 49:961. The report shall be submitted to each standing committee electronically if electronic means are available. If no electronic means are available, the report shall be submitted to the committee's office in the state capitol by certified mail with return receipt requested or by messenger who shall provide a receipt for signature. The electronic receipt by the committee, return receipt or the messenger's receipt shall be proof of receipt of the report by the committee.

(1) Louisiana Economic Development, all of the agencies made a part of it, and those agencies transferred to or placed within the office of the governor pursuant to R.S. 36:4.1 shall submit the report to the House Committee on Commerce and the Senate Committee on Commerce, Consumer Protection, and International Affairs.

(2) Corrections services of the Department of Public Safety and Corrections and all the agencies of the department related to corrections and concealed weapons and concealed weapon permits, except as otherwise provided in this Subsection, the Louisiana State Board of Private Security Examiners, and the gaming enforcement section of the office of state police within the Department of Public Safety and Corrections shall submit all reports other than reports on proposed rule changes affecting prison enterprise programs, to the House Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice and the Senate Committee on Judiciary, Section C; however, the Crime Victims Reparation Board shall submit the report to the House Committee on the Judiciary and the Senate Committee on the Judiciary, Section B.

(3) The Department of Culture, Recreation and Tourism and all of the agencies made a part of it, except as otherwise provided in this Paragraph, shall submit the report to the House Committee on Municipal, Parochial and Cultural Affairs and the Senate Committee on Commerce, Consumer Protection, and International Affairs.

(a) The office of the state library, the office of the state museum, the State Board of Library Examiners, the Louisiana Archaeological Survey and Antiquities Commission, the Board of Directors of the Louisiana State Museum, the Board of Commissioners of the State Library of Louisiana, the Louisiana State Arts Council, the Louisiana State Capitol Fiftieth Anniversary Commission, and the Louisiana National Register Review Committee shall submit the report to the House Committee on Municipal, Parochial and Cultural Affairs and the Senate Committee on Education.

(b) The office of state parks and the State Parks and Recreation Commission shall submit the report to the House Committee on Municipal, Parochial and Cultural Affairs and the Senate Committee on Natural Resources.

(c) The office of tourism and promotion and the Louisiana Tourist Development Commission shall submit the report to the House Committee on Commerce and the Senate Committee on Commerce, Consumer Protection, and International Affairs.

(4) The Department of State and all of the agencies made a part of it shall submit a report to the House Committee on House and Governmental Affairs and the Senate Committee on Senate and Governmental Affairs.

(5) Louisiana Works and all of the agencies made a part of it shall submit the report to the House Committee on Labor and Industrial Relations and the Senate Committee on Labor and Industrial Relations.

(6) The Department of Transportation and Development and all of the agencies made a part of it shall submit the report, to the House Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works and the Senate Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works. The department shall also submit to the standing committees any policies or priorities developed for the expenditure or distribution of any monies from the Transportation Trust Fund as created by Article VII, Section 27 of the Constitution of Louisiana. The policies and priorities shall be submitted for review purposes only.

(7) Repealed by Acts 2001, No. 451, §5, eff. Jan. 12, 2004.

(8) The Department of Justice and all of the agencies made a part of it shall submit the report to the House Committee on the Judiciary and the Senate Committee on the Judiciary, Section C.

(9) The Department of Civil Service and all of the agencies made a part of it shall submit the report to the House Committee on House and Governmental Affairs and the Senate Committee on Senate and Governmental Affairs; however, the Board of Tax Appeals shall submit the report to the House Committee on Ways and Means and the Senate Committee on Revenue and Fiscal Affairs.

(10) The Department of Revenue and all of the agencies made a part of it, except as otherwise provided in this Paragraph, shall submit the report to the House Committee on Ways and Means and the Senate Committee on Revenue and Fiscal Affairs; however, the office of charitable gaming shall submit the report to the House Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice and the Senate Committee on Judiciary, Section B.

(11) The Department of Conservation and Energy and all of the agencies made a part of it shall submit the report to the House Committee on Natural Resources and Environment and the Senate Committee on Natural Resources. However, for exercises of the commissioner of conservation's rulemaking authority pursuant to Chapter 13-A-1 of Title 38 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, the department shall submit the report to the House Committee on Natural Resources and Environment and the Senate Committee on Environmental Quality.

(12) Public Safety Services of the Department of Public Safety and Corrections and all the agencies of the department related to public safety, except as otherwise provided in this Subsection, shall submit the report to the House Committee on the Judiciary and the Senate Committee on the Judiciary, Section B; however, the office of motor vehicles shall submit the report to the House Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works and the Senate Committee on the Judiciary, Section B; however, the office of the state fire marshal, code enforcement and building safety, shall submit the report to the House Committee on Commerce and the Senate Committee on Commerce, Consumer Protection and International Affairs.

(13) The Wildlife and Fisheries Commission and the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries and all of the agencies made a part of it shall submit the report to the House Committee on Natural Resources and Environment and the Senate Committee on Natural Resources.

(14) The Department of Insurance and all of the agencies made a part of it shall submit the report to the House Committee on Insurance and the Senate Committee on Insurance.

(15)(a) The Department of the Treasury and all of the agencies made a part of it, except as otherwise provided in this Paragraph, shall submit the report to the House Committee on Appropriations and the Senate Committee on Finance.

(b) Each retirement system made a part of the Department of the Treasury shall submit the report to the House Committee on Retirement and the Senate Committee on Retirement.

(16) The Louisiana Department of Health and all of the agencies made a part of it shall submit the report to the House Committee on Health and Welfare and the Senate Committee on Health and Welfare.

(17) The Department of Children and Family Services and all of the agencies made a part of it shall submit the report to the House Committee on Health and Welfare and the Senate Committee on Health and Welfare.

(18) The Department of Agriculture and Forestry and all of the agencies made a part of it shall submit all reports, and the Department of Public Safety and Corrections and all the agencies made a part of it shall submit reports on proposed rule changes affecting prison enterprise programs to the House Committee on Agriculture, Forestry, Aquaculture and Rural Development and the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Forestry, Aquaculture and Rural Development.

(19) The Department of Education and all of the agencies made a part of it shall submit the report to the House Committee on Education and the Senate Committee on Education.

(20) The Department of Public Service and all of the agencies made a part of it shall submit the report to the House Committee on Commerce and the Senate Committee on Commerce, Consumer Protection, and International Affairs.

(21)(a) Except as provided in Paragraph (1) of this Subsection, the office of the governor and the office of the lieutenant governor and all of the agencies within or part of either and any other agency for which provisions are not otherwise made in this Subsection, shall submit the report to the speaker of the House of Representatives and the president of the Senate, except that executive orders duly issued by the governor and attested to by the secretary of state are exempt from the provisions of this Chapter. The speaker of the House of Representatives and the president of the Senate shall promptly forward the report to the appropriate standing committee of their respective houses.

(b) The Louisiana Workforce Investment Council shall submit the report to the House Committee on Labor and Industrial Relations and the Senate Committee on Labor and Industrial Relations.

(c) The Office of Group Benefits shall submit the report to the House Committee on Appropriations and the Senate Committee on Finance.

NOTE: Subparagraph (d) eff. upon appropriation of funds sufficient to fully fund the provisions of Acts 2020, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 24.

(d) The office of broadband and connectivity shall submit the report to the House Committee on Commerce and the Senate Committee on Commerce, Consumer Protection, and International Affairs.

(22) The Department of Environmental Quality and all of the agencies made a part of it shall submit the report to the House Committee on Natural Resources and Environment and the Senate Committee on Environmental Quality.

(23) The Louisiana Sentencing Commission shall submit the report to the House Committee on the Administration of Criminal Justice and the Senate Committee on the Judiciary, Section C.

(24)(a) In addition to the submission of a report relative to a proposed rule change or fee adoption, increase, or decrease by an agency to the appropriate standing committee as specified in Paragraphs (1) through (23) of this Subsection, whenever the fiscal impact of the rule or fee adoption, increase, or decrease, as indicated by the statement of fiscal impact required by Paragraph (C)(5) of this Section, exceeds one million dollars, the report on the proposed rule change or fee adoption, increase, or decrease shall also be submitted to the Senate Committee on Finance and the House Committee on Appropriations and shall be subject to review by those committees in the same manner and to the same extent as the review of the standing committees provided for in Paragraphs (1) through (23) of this Subsection.

(b) Whenever the fiscal impact or economic impact of the proposed rule change or fee adoption, increase, or decrease is five hundred thousand dollars or more as indicated by the statement of fiscal impact or the statement of economic impact required by Subsection C of this Section, the agency shall transmit the report provided for in Subsection C of this Section to each member of the legislature via electronic mail on the same day the notice of the intended action is submitted to the Louisiana Register for publication in accordance with R.S. 49:961.

C. The report, as provided for in Subsection B of this Section, shall contain:

(1) A copy of the rule as it is proposed for adoption, amendment, or repeal and a statement of the amount of the fee to be adopted or the amount of the proposed increase or decrease. The rule shall be coded with any new rule or language that is to be added to an existing agency rule underscored and any language that is to be deleted from an existing agency rule in struck-through type.

(2) A statement of whether the rule is proposed for adoption, amendment, or repeal; a brief summary of the content of the rule if proposed for adoption or repeal; and a brief summary of the change in the rule if proposed for amendment.

(3) The specific citation of the enabling legislation purporting to authorize the adoption, amending, or repeal of the rule or purporting to authorize the adoption, increasing, or decreasing of the fee.

(4) A statement of the circumstances which require adoption, amending, or repeal of the rule or adoption, increasing, or decreasing of the fee.

(5) A statement of the fiscal impact of the proposed action and a statement of the economic impact of the proposed action, both approved by the Legislative Fiscal Office.

D.(1)(a) The chairman of each standing committee to which reports are submitted shall appoint an oversight subcommittee, which may conduct hearings on all rules that are proposed for adoption, amendment, or repeal and on all proposed fee adoptions, increases, or decreases. Any hearing shall be conducted after any hearing is conducted by the agency pursuant to R.S. 49:961.

(b) The agency shall submit a report to the subcommittee, in the same manner as the submittal of the report provided for in Subsection B of this Section, which shall include all of the following:

(i) A summary of all testimony at any hearing conducted pursuant to R.S. 49:961.

(ii) A summary of all comments received by the agency, a copy of the agency's response to the summarized comments, and a statement of any tentative or proposed action of the agency resulting from oral or written comments received.

(iii) A revision of the proposed rule if any changes to the rule have been made since the report provided for in Subsection B of this Section was submitted, or a statement that no changes have been made.

(iv) A concise statement of the principal reasons for and against adoption of any amendments or changes suggested.

(c) The agency shall publish on its website public notice that the report required by Subparagraph (b) of this Paragraph has been delivered to the appropriate standing committee as provided for in Subsection B of this Section within five business days from submission of the report to the appropriate standing committee. If the agency does not maintain a website, the agency may submit the public notice to the office of the state register for publication on a website maintained by the office of the state register.

(2)(a) Except as provided in Paragraph (H)(2) of this Section, any subcommittee hearing on a proposed rule shall be held no earlier than five days and no later than thirty days following the day the report required by Subparagraph (1)(b) of this Subsection is received by the subcommittee.

(b) The oversight subcommittee may consist of the entire membership of the standing committee and shall consist of at least a majority of the membership of the standing committee, at the discretion of the chairman of the standing committee, with the concurrence of the speaker of the House of Representatives or the president of the Senate. House and Senate oversight subcommittees may meet jointly or separately to conduct hearings for purposes of rules review.

(3) At the hearings, the oversight subcommittees shall make all of the following determinations:

(a) Whether the rule change or action on fees is in conformity with the intent and scope of the enabling legislation purporting to authorize the adoption thereof.

(b) Whether the rule change or action on fees is in conformity and not contrary to all applicable provisions of law and of the constitution.

(c) The advisability or relative merit of the rule change or action on fees.

(d) Whether the rule change or action on fees is acceptable or unacceptable to the oversight subcommittee.

E.(1)(a) Each determination shall be made by the respective subcommittees of each house acting separately. Action by a subcommittee shall require the favorable vote of a majority of the members of the subcommittee who are present and voting, provided a quorum is present.

(b) No later than three weeks before the deadline for legislative oversight action, the chairman of the subcommittee may request, by letter, the consent of the subcommittee members to have a mail ballot instead of a meeting to consider a proposed rule or proposed fee action. If no objection is received within ten days of the chairman's request, the chairman shall cause a mail ballot to be sent to the members of the subcommittee. In order for the subcommittee to reject a proposed rule or proposed fee action, a majority of ballots returned to the chairman at least twenty-four hours prior to the deadline for legislative oversight action must disapprove the change. Any determination by the subcommittee shall be made within the period provided for oversight hearings in Paragraph (D)(2) of this Section.

(2) Failure of a subcommittee to conduct a hearing or to make a determination regarding any rule proposed for adoption, amendment, or repeal shall not affect the validity of a rule otherwise adopted in compliance with this Chapter.

F.(1) If either the House of Representatives or the Senate oversight subcommittee determines that a proposed rule change or proposed fee action is unacceptable, the respective subcommittee shall provide a written report which contains all of the following:

(a) A copy of the proposed rule or a statement of the amount of the proposed fee action.

(b) A summary of the determinations made by the subcommittee in accordance with Subsections D and E of this Section.

(2) The written report shall be delivered to the governor, the agency proposing the rule change, and the Louisiana Register no later than four days after the committee makes its determination.

G. After receipt of the report of the subcommittee, the governor shall have ten calendar days in which to disapprove the action taken by the subcommittee. If the action of the subcommittee is not disapproved by the governor within ten calendar days from the day the subcommittee report is delivered to him, the rule change shall not be adopted by the agency until it has been changed or modified and subsequently found acceptable by the subcommittee, or has been approved by the standing committee, or by the legislature by concurrent resolution. If a proposed rule change is determined to be unacceptable by an oversight committee and the determination is not disapproved by the governor as provided in this Section, the agency shall not propose a rule change or emergency rule that is the same or substantially similar to such disapproved proposed rule change nor shall the agency adopt an emergency rule that is the same or substantially similar to such disapproved proposed rule change within four months after issuance of a written report by the subcommittee as provided in Subsection F of this Section nor more than once during the interim between regular sessions of the legislature.

H.(1) If both the House of Representatives and Senate oversight subcommittees fail to find a proposed rule change unacceptable, or if the governor disapproves the action of an oversight subcommittee within the time provided in Subsection G of this Section, the proposed rule change may be adopted by the agency in the identical form proposed by the agency or with technical changes or with changes suggested by the subcommittee if at least ninety days and no more than twelve months have elapsed since notice of intent was published in the Louisiana Register.

(2) Substantive changes to a rule proposed for adoption, amendment, or repeal occur if the nature of the proposed rule is altered or if the changes affect additional or different substantive matters or issues not included in the notice required by R.S. 49:961. Whenever an agency seeks to substantively change a proposed rule after notice of intent has been published in the Louisiana Register pursuant to R.S. 49:961, the agency shall hold a public hearing on the substantive changes preceded by an announcement of the hearing in the Louisiana Register. A notice of the hearing shall be mailed within ten days after the date the announcement is submitted to the Louisiana Register to all persons who have made request of the agency for notice. Any hearing by the agency pursuant to this Paragraph shall be held no earlier than thirty days after the publication of the announcement in the Louisiana Register. The agency hearing shall conform to R.S. 49:961, and a report on the hearing shall be made to the oversight committees in accordance with Subparagraph (D)(1)(b) of this Section. The agency shall make available to interested persons a copy of the report no later than one working day following the submittal of such report to the oversight committees. Any determination as to the rule by the oversight committees, prior to gubernatorial review as provided in Subsection G of this Section, shall be made no earlier than five days and no later than thirty days following the day the report required by this Paragraph is received from the agency.

(3) If a rule or part of a rule that is severable from a larger rule or body of rules proposed as a unit is found unacceptable, the rules or parts found acceptable may be adopted by the agency in accordance with Paragraph (1) of this Subsection.

I. If the governor disapproves the action of an oversight subcommittee, he shall state written reasons for his action and shall deliver a copy of his reasons to the House and Senate oversight subcommittees, the agency proposing the rule change, and the Louisiana Register.

J. The Louisiana Register shall publish a copy of the written report of an oversight subcommittee and the written report of the governor in disapproving any such action, or if unduly cumbersome, expensive, or otherwise inexpedient, a notice stating the general subject matter of the omitted report and stating how a copy may be obtained.

K.(1) Each year, no later than thirty days prior to the beginning of the regular session of the legislature, each agency shall submit a report to the appropriate committees as provided for in Subsection B of this Section. This report shall contain a statement of the action taken by the agency with respect to adoption, amendment, or repeal of each rule proposed for adoption, amendment, or repeal during the previous year and a report of the action taken by the agency with respect to any proposed fee adoption, increase, or decrease during the previous year.

(2) The report required by Paragraph (1) of this Subsection shall also contain:

(a) A recitation of each petition, submission, and comment, if any, received by the agency pursuant to R.S. 49:964 during the previous calendar year and the agency's response to each petition, submission, and comment, if any were received.

(b) The report required by R.S. 49:964(D).

L. After submission of the report required by Subsection K of this Section to the standing committee, a public hearing may be held by the committee for the purpose of reviewing the report with representatives of the agency.

M. No later than the second legislative day of the regular session of the legislature, a standing committee to which proposed rule changes or proposed fee changes are submitted may submit a report to the legislature. This report shall contain a summary of all action taken by the committee or the oversight subcommittee with respect to agency rules and fees during the preceding twelve months. The report shall also contain any recommendations of the committee for statutory changes concerning the agency, particularly in statutes authorizing the making and promulgation of rules and fees of the agency.

N. A standing committee may, at any time, exercise the powers granted to an oversight subcommittee under the provisions of this Section.

O. Each presiding officer of the legislature may establish a select committee on oversight for his house of the legislature. If established, the select committee on oversight of that house of the legislature may exercise the same power and authority granted under the provisions of this Section to a standing committee of that house of the legislature or to an oversight subcommittee of a standing committee of that house of the legislature if the chairman of the standing committee or oversight subcommittee notifies the select committee no later than the seventh day of the committee's oversight period that his committee will not hold a hearing on the proposal.

Acts 1990, No. 312, §1; Acts 1990, No. 938, §1; Acts 1990, No. 1085, §1, eff. July 31, 1990; Acts 1991, No. 21, §2, eff. June 14, 1991; Acts 1991, No. 938, §5; Acts 1992, No. 377, §4, eff. June 17, 1992; Acts 1992, No. 447, §3, eff. June 20, 1992; Acts 1993, No. 119, §1; Acts 1993, No. 733, §1; Acts 1995, No. 1057, §1, eff. June 29, 1995 and Jan. 8, 1996 (1/8/96 date is applicable to Dept. of Health and Hospitals only); Acts 1996, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 36, §3, eff. May 7, 1996; Acts 1997, No. 1, §5, eff. April 30, 1997; Acts 1997, No. 1001, §1; Acts 1999, No. 568, §2, eff. June 30, 1999; Acts 2001, No. 8, §16, eff. July 1, 2001; Acts 2001, No. 9, §8, eff. July 1, 2001; Acts 2001, No. 300, §3; Acts 2001, No. 451, §5, eff. Jan. 12, 2004; Acts 2001, No. 1178, §7, eff. June 29, 2001; Acts 2003, No. 49, §3, eff. July 1, 2003; Acts 2003, No. 116, §3, eff. May 28, 2003; Acts 2003, No. 183, §7; Acts 2003, No. 358, §1; Acts 2003, No. 850, §3; Acts 2003, No. 1049, §1; Acts 2008, No. 580, §6; Acts 2008, No. 743, §4, eff. July 1, 2008; Acts 2010, No. 777, §1; Acts 2010, No. 861, §21; Acts 2010, No. 877, §3, eff. July 1, 2010; Acts 2012, No. 549, §1; Acts 2012, No. 725, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2013; Acts 2012, No. 744, §1, eff. June 12, 2012; Acts 2013, No. 220, §23, eff. June 11, 2013; Acts 2014, No. 640, §3, eff. June 12, 2014; Acts 2014, No. 832, §7.(A); Acts 2018, No. 454, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2019; Acts 2020, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 24, §2, see Act; Acts 2022, No. 663, §1; Redesignated from R.S. 49:968; Acts 2023, No. 98, §1, eff. June 6, 2023; Acts 2023, No. 150, §20, eff. Jan. 10, 2024; Acts 2023, No. 442, §1, eff. Jan. 8, 2024; Acts 2024, No. 192, §1.

NOTE: R.S. 51:1365 as amended by Acts 2022, No. 760, §1, provides that the provisions of Chapter 12 of Title 51 of the L.R.S. of 1950 regarding the Office of Broadband and Connectivity terminates on June 30, 2028.

NOTE: Former R.S. 49:966 redesignated as R.S. 49:952 by Acts 2022, No. 663, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 49:148.4.1 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 49 / Section 148.4.1
State-owned buildings; suitable accommodation for breastfeeding and lactation
Status: in_force

A. The requirements set forth in this Section shall apply to the state-owned buildings, educational institutions, and office buildings provided for in Subsection C of this Section which are constructed, renovated, or remodeled in whole or in part by the use of state funds, or the funds of any board, commission, agency, or department of the state, referred to hereafter as "state buildings"; provided, however, that the provisions of this Subpart shall not apply to buildings constructed by parish or city school boards.

B. The state buildings provided for in Subsection C of this Section shall provide suitable accommodation in the form of a room, other than a toilet stall, for the exclusive use of women to breastfeed a child or express breast milk. Such accommodation shall have, at minimum, all of the following features:

(1) A lockable door.

(2) A work surface and chair.

(3) Storage for cleaning supplies.

(4) Conveniently placed electrical outlets.

C. On or before July 1, 2016, the superintendent of the office of state buildings shall cause to be constructed in exactly twenty state buildings rooms of the type provided for in this Subpart, in a number of at least one room per building. The superintendent shall select the buildings in which the specified rooms shall be constructed according to criteria including but not limited to the following:

(1) The superintendent shall consider the particular design aspects of different areas within public buildings in order to determine feasibility of construction of the specified room and to carry out such construction in a manner that minimizes cost. State general fund (direct) shall not be used for the construction of the specified room.

(2) The superintendent shall consider the estimated demand for utilization of the specified room by employees domiciled in the building and the public.

D. Subject to appropriation, the office of state buildings may construct rooms of the type provided for in this Subpart in a number of public buildings greater than ten.

E. To carry out the provisions of this Subpart, the office of state buildings may contract for and accept private contributions, gifts, and grants, or in-kind aid from the federal government, the state, or any other source.

Acts 2011, No. 269, §1, eff. July 1, 2012; Acts 2014, No. 681, §1, eff. June 18, 2014.
La. Rev. Stat. § 49:214.2 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 49 / Section 214.2
Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in this Part, the following terms shall have the meanings ascribed to them below:

(1) "Annual plan" means the state integrated coastal protection plan submitted annually to the legislature as provided in this Part including amendments to the plan, as determined by the board. Such plan shall provide for protecting, conserving, enhancing, and restoring the coastal area through the construction and management of integrated coastal protection projects and programs pursuant to the provisions of R.S. 49:214.5.3.

(2) "Authority" means the Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority.

(3) "Board" means the Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority Board.

(4) "Coastal area" means the Louisiana Coastal Zone and contiguous areas subject to storm or tidal surge and the area comprising the Louisiana Coastal Ecosystem as defined in Section 7001 of P.L. 110-114.

(5) "Conservation and restoration" means the conservation, protection, enhancement, and restoration of coastal resources including but not limited to coastal wetlands, marshes, cheniers, ridges, coastal forests, and barrier islands, shorelines, coastal passes, or reefs through the construction and management of coastal resources enhancement projects, including privately funded marsh management projects or plans, and those activities requiring a coastal use permit which significantly affect such projects or which significantly diminish the benefits of such projects or plans insofar as they are intended to conserve or enhance coastal resources consistent with the legislative intent as expressed in R.S. 49:214.1.

(6) "Executive assistant" means the special assistant to the governor for coordination of coastal activities as delineated in R.S. 49:214.3.1.

(7) "Executive director" means the person appointed to serve as the head of the Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority.

(8) "Fund" means the Coastal Protection and Restoration Fund.

(9) "Hurricane protection" means systems to provide protection against tidal and storm surges.

(10) "Infrastructure" means facilities or systems in the coastal area that are negatively impacted by coastal land loss or rising seas, and that serve a critical public purpose and are consistent with the priorities stated in the master plan and the eligible uses of the Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act of 2006. The term shall not include levee, hurricane protection, or coastal restoration systems.

(11) "Integrated coastal protection" means plans, projects, policies, and programs intended to provide hurricane protection or coastal conservation or restoration, and shall include but not be limited to coastal restoration; coastal protection; infrastructure; storm damage reduction; flood control; water resources development; erosion control measures; marsh management; diversions; saltwater intrusion prevention; wetlands and central wetlands conservation, enhancement, and restoration; barrier island and shoreline stabilization and preservation; coastal passes stabilization and restoration; mitigation; storm surge reduction; or beneficial use projects.

(12) "Master plan" or "comprehensive master coastal protection plan" means the long-term comprehensive integrated coastal protection plan combining coastal restoration, coastal zone management, storm damage reduction, hurricane protection, flood control, and the protection, conservation, restoration, and enhancement of coastal wetlands, marshes, cheniers, ridges, coastal forests, and barrier shorelines or reefs, including amendments, as determined by the board to the plan. It shall include but not be limited to state and political subdivision operations plans.

(13) "Program" means a management strategy with procedures, projects, schedules, operations, and related activities to achieve a stated goal or objective.

(14) "Project" means a physical structure or structures designed and constructed according to the annual plan.

(15) "Sponsoring authority" means the governing authority of any municipal, parish, or other political subdivision submitting an application for funding of a project in the program.

(16) "Wetlands" means an open water area or an area that is inundated or saturated by surface or ground water at a frequency and duration sufficient to support, and that under normal circumstances does support, a prevalence of vegetation typically adapted for life in saturated soil conditions, but specifically excluding fastlands and lands more than five feet above mean sea level which occur within the designated coastal area of the state. Wetlands generally include swamps, marshes, bogs, and similar areas.

Acts 1989 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 6, §3, eff. July 14, 1989; Acts 2009, No. 523, §3, eff. July 10, 2009; Acts 2012, No. 604, §3, eff. June 7, 2012; Acts 2020, No. 89, §2.
La. Rev. Stat. § 49:214.39 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 49 / Section 214.39
Effective date
Status: in_force

This Subpart shall become effective on January 1, 1979, except that the coastal use permit program established pursuant to R.S. 49:214.30 shall not commence until thirty days after the adoption of guidelines pursuant to R.S. 49:214.27.

Acts 1978, No. 361, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1979.

{{NOTE: SEE ACTS 1989, 2D EX. SESS., NO. 6, §7.}}
La. Rev. Stat. § 49:212 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 49 / Section 212
Authority of governor to obtain reports and information
Status: in_force

The governor may require written information and reports from all executive or administrative departments, officials, agencies, and instrumentalities of the executive branch of the state government and from any levee board, commission, port authority, department, or other state agency or instrumentality thereof. The written information and reports shall be with respect to their respective finances, duties and responsibilities and shall include any other information that may be useful to the governor or to any other supervisory official or agency, and that, in the opinion of the governor, may be useful and helpful in the administration of the affairs of the executive branch of the state government.

Added by Acts 1975, No. 50, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 49:316.1 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 49 / Section 316.1
Payments by treasury approved credit cards, debit cards, and other forms of electronic payments; authorizations; contracts; fees
Status: in_force

A.(1) The state, through any department, agency, board, commission, or other state entity hereinafter referred to as "state entity" may accept payment of any obligation such state entity is authorized to collect, including but not limited to taxes, fees, charges, licenses, service fees or charges, fines, penalties, interest, sanctions, stamps, surcharges, assessments, obligations, and any other similar charges or obligations to any state entity hereinafter referred to collectively as "state charges" by credit cards, debit cards, and any other forms of electronic payments approved by the treasurer as provided in this Section.

(2)(a) The state treasurer shall establish a fee for approved payment of transactions authorized by this Section for each card and any other forms of electronic payment and for each method of conducting transactions to be accepted. The fee shall be established as uniformly as possible. When accepting such cards or any other forms of electronic payments as authorized by this Section, any state entity may assess a fee, if such fee has been established and in the amount established by the treasurer pursuant to this Section, provided that for each method of conducting transactions by the state entity, the fee is a uniform dollar amount, a percentage of the transaction, or a tiered amount based on the transaction amount assessed for each card and any other form of electronic payment. Such fee shall be considered a "state charge" as provided in this Section. The provisions of this Paragraph shall not be applicable to public postsecondary institutions of higher education or to transactions administered by a third-party solution.

(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of Subparagraph (2)(a) of this Subsection and Subsection C of this Section, each public postsecondary institution of higher education may assess a fee, for each card and any other forms of electronic payment, and for each method of conducting transactions, to be accepted for approved payment of transactions authorized by this Section. The amount of any such fee shall be as determined by the respective public postsecondary institution of higher education and shall be considered a "state charge" as provided in this Section. Each public postsecondary institution of higher education may negotiate and enter into contracts, for periods not to exceed five years, for provision of, and activities related to, the use of such cards and any other forms of electronic payments. Contracts may be made with financial providers, third-party solutions, or providers for Internet and other similar use and payment acceptance with respect to such cards and any other forms of electronic payments.

(c) Notwithstanding the provisions of Subparagraphs (a) and (b) of this Paragraph, the fee charged by a third-party solution for any state entity shall be a convenience fee paid directly to the private entity third-party solution by the payor and shall not be considered a "state charge" as provided in this Section. However, the amount of the convenience fee, after review and recommendation by the treasurer, shall be approved by the Senate Committee on Revenue and Fiscal Affairs and the House Committee on Ways and Means. In addition, the amount of the convenience fee shall be disclosed to the payor before the transaction is completed, and the payor shall be given the option of canceling the transaction at that time.

(3) For the purpose of this Section, "third-party solution" shall mean a company that provides a software application, a gateway, or both to capture credit card and any other forms of electronic payments for processing by a merchant services acquirer.

(4) The authorization and use of credit and debit cards and any other forms of electronic payments to make or accept payment for any government charge or required payment shall be in accordance with the provisions of this Section, and any rules, regulations, contracts, agreements, or policies promulgated or entered into pursuant to this Section.

B. When a state entity accepts payment of any state charge by any card or other forms of electronic payment, the liability therefor is not finally discharged and obligation for payment of such state charge is not extinguished until the state entity has received final settlement, payment, or other credit in full for the state charge and any additional permissible fees associated with the transaction. Upon receipt of the final settlement, payment, or other credit, the state charge shall be deemed paid on the date the credit or debit charge was initially made.

C. The treasurer shall designate any credit cards, debit cards, or other forms of electronic payments that state entities may accept to receive payment of any state charges, and shall from time to time, but at least annually, publish a list of approved credit and debit cards by card organization brand by which any state entity will be authorized to accept payment of any charge or payment the state entity is authorized to collect. Any state entity may recommend that the treasurer consider a specific credit or debit card by card organization brand for approval. Except as provided in Subparagraph (A)(2)(b) of this Section, he shall have authority to negotiate and enter into all contracts, for periods not to exceed five years, with providers of such cards or other forms of electronic payments, including merchant service acquirers, third-party solutions, or providers for Internet and other similar use and payment acceptance using such cards or other forms of electronic payments. In negotiating such contracts and approving designated cards and other forms of electronic payments, the treasurer shall seek to achieve uniform implementation and standard terms and provisions with respect to the acceptance of payments by state entities, in order to achieve maximum efficiency, uniformity, and cost effectiveness. Any contracts pursuant to this Section may include such provisions, terms, and conditions as the treasurer shall deem necessary or appropriate to fulfill those purposes, including specific terms applicable to any particular state entity, such as any limitations on amounts and limits of liabilities eligible for payment, operational requirements, types, terms, and payment of fees.

D. The treasurer shall by rule establish procedures and guidelines for the approval and operation of any cards and other forms of electronic payments, and fix applicable processing fees, pursuant to this Section.

E. The authorizations for and use of any cards and other forms of electronic payments by any state department, agency, board, commission, or other state entity, to accept payment for any state charges, shall be pursuant to and in accordance with this Section, notwithstanding any other provisions of law.

F. Any contracts or other binding arrangements for acceptance of credit or debit cards or other forms of electronic payments, in existence on August 15, 1999, shall not be affected by this Section and shall be honored according to their terms.

G. The provisions of this Section shall not apply to any payments made through a nationwide licensing or registry system, or any payments made pursuant to the Louisiana Securities Law, as provided for in R.S. 51:701 et seq.

Acts 1999, No. 1214, §1; Acts 2002, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 148, §1, eff. April 24, 2002; Acts 2004, No. 330, §1, eff. June 18, 2004; Acts 2007, No. 435, §1, eff. July 11, 2007; Acts 2008, No. 119, §1, eff. June 9, 2008; Acts 2010, No. 191, §1; Acts 2010, No. 559, §1, eff. June 25, 2010; Acts 2015, No. 414, §4.
La. Rev. Stat. § 49:1507 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 49 / Section 1507
Ownership of digital asset mining business by prohibited foreign-party- controlled business; prohibited
Status: in_force

A.(1) No prohibited foreign party shall acquire or hold by grant, purchase, devise, descent, or otherwise any interest in a digital asset mining business in this state.

(2) No person shall acquire or hold a digital asset mining business as an agent, trustee, or other fiduciary of a prohibited foreign-party-controlled business.

B.(1) A prohibited foreign-party-controlled business in operation before August 1, 2024, shall have three hundred sixty-five calendar days from August 1, 2024, for the prohibited foreign party to divest all interest in the digital asset mining business.

(2) If a prohibited foreign party fails to divest all interest in the digital asset mining business in accordance with Paragraph (1) of this Subsection, the attorney general may commence an action in a court of competent jurisdiction as provided in Subsection D of this Section.

C. Upon request of a person or upon receipt of information that leads the attorney general to believe that a violation of this Section may exist, the attorney general may conduct an investigation that includes any of the following:

(1) Receiving sworn statements.

(2) Issuing subpoenas to compel the testimony of witnesses.

(3) Issuing subpoenas duces tecum for the production of records and other documents.

D.(1) If, as a result of an investigation, the attorney general concludes that a violation of this Section has occurred, the attorney general may order a prohibited foreign party to divest all interest in the digital asset mining business within three hundred sixty-five calendar days of the order.

(2)(a) If the prohibited foreign party fails to divest all interest in the digital asset mining business within three hundred sixty-five calendar days, the attorney general may commence an action in a court of competent jurisdiction over the digital asset mining business.

(b) Prior to bringing an action pursuant to this Section, the attorney general shall provide written notice to the holder of each mortgage, lien, privilege, UCC-9 security interest, or other encumbrance of the subject property which is filed in the public records or is perfected. Such notice shall be provided in the same manner as provided in R.S. 40:2608 or R.S. 14:90.1.

(3)(a) If the court finds that a violation of this Section has occurred, the court shall order the digital asset mining business to be sold at a judicial sale in accordance with the procedural requirements of Code of Civil Procedure Article 2331 et seq.

(b) The proceeds of the sale pursuant to this Paragraph shall be disbursed to the lienholders in order of priority. Prior recorded or perfected encumbrances shall have priority over any subsequently awarded remedies, penalties, or damages authorized pursuant to Subparagraphs (4)(a) and (c) and Paragraph (5) of this Subsection.

(c) If the assets of the digital asset mining business include immovable property, the procedures provided for in R.S. 9:2717.1 related to notice and sale of immovable property shall be followed.

(4) The attorney general may pursue other remedies authorized by law in an action brought pursuant to the provisions of this Subsection, including but not limited to any of the following:

(a) A civil penalty not to exceed one million dollars or twenty-five percent of the fair market value on the date of the assessment of the civil penalty of the prohibited foreign party's interest in the digital asset mining business for the failure to divest of all interest in the digital asset mining business within three hundred sixty-five calendar days as required by this Section.

(b) Court costs associated with the civil action.

(c) Judicial interest on the amount of a judgment accruing from the date that the lawsuit is filed by the attorney general pursuant to Paragraph (2) of this Subsection.

(d) Reasonable attorney fees.

(5) In addition to the remedies provided in Paragraph (4) of this Subsection, the attorney general may pursue damages against a digital asset mining business if the digital asset mining business is held in violation of this Section by the court, is ordered to pay a civil penalty as provided in Paragraph (4) of this Subsection, and fails to pay the civil penalty imposed.

(6) The approval of a digital asset mining business by a local government or the receipt by a digital asset mining business of a permit or other authorization from the state to operate shall not be a defense to a cause of action brought pursuant to this Section.

E. No mortgage, lien, privilege, or other security interest recognized under the laws of this state and no ownership interest in indivision, lease, servitude, usufruct, right of use, bond for deed, or other real right shall be affected by a divestiture or disposition pursuant to this Section.

F. No attorney, title insurer, title insurance producer, title insurance agency producer, lender, mortgage loan servicer, notary public, real estate agent, real estate broker, seller, or lessor shall have a duty to make any investigation as to whether a party to a transaction involving immovable property is a prohibited foreign party, nor shall any such person be liable for failing to identify that a party to a transaction involving immovable property is a prohibited foreign party.

G. If a prohibited foreign party acquires immovable property despite the prohibitions provided in this Section, the property shall only be subject to divestiture or disposition during the period in which the prohibited foreign party owns the property. Rights in immovable property shall not be void or voidable because the property or right held in the property was previously held by a prohibited foreign party.

Acts 2024, No. 700, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 49:170.25 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 49 / Section 170.25
State children's Christmas book
Status: in_force

There shall be an official state children's Christmas book. The official state children's Christmas book shall be "Cajun Night Before Christmas", a literary composition written by J.B. Kling, Jr. and illustrated by James Rice.

Acts 2025, No. 172, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 49:1514 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 49 / Section 1514
Responsibilities of state agencies
Status: in_force

Each agency shall determine the eligibility of individuals receiving state services and benefits from the agency, including determining which individuals attempting to receive such state services and benefits are "illegal aliens" or "unaccompanied alien children". Each agency shall determine and collect information as to what services or benefits have been afforded to "illegal aliens" or "unaccompanied alien children" and calculate the total dollar amount of services provided to individuals identified as "illegal aliens" or "unaccompanied alien children".

Acts 2025, No. 419, §1, eff. June 20, 2025.
La. Rev. Stat. § 49:312 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 49 / Section 312
Assistant treasurer; duties, oath and bond
Status: in_force

The assistant state treasurer, in the absence of the state treasurer, or in case of his inability to act, or under his direction, shall have the authority to perform all the acts and duties of the treasurer's office. Before entering upon the discharge of the duties of his office he shall take and subscribe the oath required by the constitution, and execute a faithful performance bond in the sum of fifty thousand dollars, payable to the governor. Premiums of this bond shall be paid by the state.

Acts 1976, No. 428, §1, eff. July 31, 1976.
La. Rev. Stat. § 49:954 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 49 / Section 954
Exemptions from provisions of Chapter
Status: in_force

A. This Chapter shall not be applicable to the Board of Tax Appeals, the Department of Revenue, with the exception of the Louisiana Tax Commission that shall continue to be governed by this Chapter in its entirety, unless otherwise specifically provided by law, and the administrator of the Louisiana Employment Security Law; however, the provisions of R.S. 49:951 (3), (5), (6), (8), and (9), 953, 956, 961, 962, 965, 966, 969, and 970 shall be applicable to the board, department, and administrator.

B.(1) The provisions of R.S. 49:966(F) and 970 shall not be applicable to any rule promulgated by the State Civil Service Commission or the Public Service Commission.

(2) The provisions of this Chapter shall not be applicable to entities created as provided in Part V of Chapter 6 of Title 34 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950.

C. The provisions of R.S. 49:968, 978.1, and 979 shall not be applicable to any rule, regulation, or order of any agency subject to a right of review under the provisions of R.S. 30:12.

D. The provisions of R.S. 49:968, 978.1, and 979 shall not apply to any rule, regulation, or policy and procedure statements issued by or for the Department of Public Safety and Corrections, corrections services, concerning:

(1) The internal management and daily operations of a correctional institute, probation and parole district office, or headquarters function.

(2) General law statements that are substantially repetitions of state or federal law.

(3) The implementation and processes for carrying out a court-ordered sentence of death and any and all matters related to the regulations for the sentence of death.

E. The provisions of R.S. 49:968, 978.1, and 979 shall apply only to the regulations and policies of the Department of Public Safety and Corrections, corrections services, that affect the substantial rights of, or administrative remedies available to, the public or any offender incarcerated in a state correctional facility or local jail facility.

Acts 1983, No. 409, §2. Acts 1984, No. 244, §1; Acts 1985, No. 869, §1, eff. July 23, 1985; Acts 1986, No. 494, §1; Acts 1990, No. 248, §1; Acts 1992, No. 53, §1; Acts 1997, No. 1172, §9, eff. June 30, 1997; Acts 1997, No. 1484, §1, eff. July 16, 1997; Acts 2010, No. 777, §3; Acts 2010, No. 889, §2; Acts 2022, No. 663, §1; Redesignated from R.S. 49:967; Acts 2023, No. 98, §1, eff. June 6, 2023.

NOTE: Former R.S. 49:954 redesignated as R.S. 49:965 by Acts 2022, No. 663, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 49:191.1 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 49 / Section 191.1
Termination of unfunded programs and Acts
Status: in_force

A. Beginning with budgets presented for Fiscal Year 1986-1987 and in addition to the requirements of R.S. 39:28 et seq., each budget unit of the state shall compile a listing of all legislatively authorized programs and Acts of the legislature directing any activity to be administered by such budget unit for which implementing funds were not appropriated in the prior fiscal year. The listing shall be submitted to the executive budget office, the legislative fiscal office, and the Joint Legislative Committee on the Budget as an addendum to the annual budget request.

B. Following the review, analysis, and study of the listings provided above, the Joint Legislative Committee on the Budget shall submit its findings and recommendations thereon to the members of the legislature not later than two weeks prior to each regular session of the legislature as an addendum to the report on the proposed executive budget required by R.S. 24:653(C).

C. The committee shall include a draft of any proposed legislation as shall be necessary to accomplish its recommendations. If the committee recommends termination of an unfunded program or activity, it shall cause legislation to be introduced specifically providing for the repeal thereof. If the committee recommends continuance, it shall recommend appropriating funds therefor and any other legislation directing specific changes therein as a condition of continuance of such legislative authority.

Acts 1985, No. 756, §1; Acts 1995, No. 712, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 49:999 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 49 / Section 999
Disqualification and withdrawal of administrative law judge
Status: in_force

A. An administrative law judge shall voluntarily disqualify himself and withdraw from any adjudication in which he cannot accord a fair and impartial hearing or consideration, or when required to by applicable rules governing the practice of law in Louisiana.

B.(1) Any party may request the disqualification of an administrative law judge by filing an affidavit, promptly upon learning of the basis for the disqualification, stating with particularity the grounds upon which it is claimed that a fair and impartial hearing cannot be accorded.

(2) The director shall promptly determine whether or not to disqualify an administrative law judge based on the request, or alternatively, he may hold a preliminary hearing at least ten calendar days prior to the hearing date for the purpose of receiving evidence relating to the grounds alleged for disqualification.

Acts 1995, No. 739, §2, eff. Oct. 1, 1996; Acts 2003, No. 956, §1, eff. July 1, 2003.

NOTE: See Acts 1995, No. 947, §8 and No. 739, §§3, 4.
La. Rev. Stat. § 49:1054 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 49 / Section 1054
Duties of the Louisiana Geographic Information Systems Council
Status: in_force

The Louisiana Geographic Information Systems Council shall have the following duties:

(1) To advise the chief information officer, office of technology services, on the activities and duties of and provide oversight to the Louisiana Geographic Information Center (LAGIC), established to provide various GIS services to the state.

(2) To make recommendations to the chief information officer on the establishment of GIS policies, procedures, and guidelines for the sharing of data and technology among federal, state, and local agencies.

(3) To provide a forum for the coordination and cooperation of federal, state, and local GIS efforts.

(4) To advise state agencies on the acquisition and implementation of GIS and related activities.

Acts 1995, No. 922, §2; Acts 2001, No. 772, §4, eff. July 1, 2001; Acts 2005, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 68, §1, eff. Jan. 21, 2006; Acts 2009, No. 409, §6, eff. July 1, 2009.
La. Rev. Stat. § 49:170.16 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 49 / Section 170.16
State symbol
Status: in_force

There shall be an official state symbol. The fleur-de-lis shall be an official state symbol. The use of the fleur-de-lis on official documents of the state along with the insignia of the state is hereby authorized.

Acts 2008, No. 803, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 49:148.2 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 49 / Section 148.2
Enforcement of Subpart
Status: in_force

A. The state fire marshal shall be responsible for enforcement of R.S. 49:148 and 49:148.1. When conducting inspections authorized by R.S. 49:148 and 49:148.1 the authorized agents of the state fire marshal shall determine whether each building covered by R.S. 49:148 has met the specifications set forth in R.S. 49:148.1. If the state fire marshal or his agents find that the specifications set forth in R.S. 49:148.1 are not met, the state fire marshal shall order the state board, commission, department or agency responsible for the construction, remodeling or renovation of the building to make the necessary alterations within a reasonable time specified by the state fire marshal. No construction, remodeling or renovation shall be finally accepted by the authority ordering it unless the state fire marshal has furnished the authority with a certificate attesting that the construction, remodeling or renovation has met the standards set forth in this Subpart.

B. On projects where compliance with any regulation of this Subpart is judged by the project architect or engineer to be unreasonable, the architect or engineer may so notify the contracting authority in writing, in which event the contracting authority may authorize in writing a deviation from the compliance with such regulation.

Added by Acts 1966, No. 204, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 49:170.6 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 49 / Section 170.6
State tartan
Status: in_force

There shall be an official state tartan. A tartan is a plaid textile design consisting of stripes of varying width and color producing a repeating pattern. The pattern for the state tartan shall be defined by the repeating half-sett of six black, six green, four white, twenty-two green, twenty-four black, thirty-six blue, four black, and six white. This tartan shall be known as the Louisiana tartan and may be freely used by any and all organizations, societies, and individuals affiliated with the state of Louisiana.

Acts 2001, No. 53, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 49:227 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 49 / Section 227
Office of the Uniform Commercial Code
Status: in_force

A. There is hereby created within the Department of State an office of the uniform commercial code which shall have the responsibility of developing, implementing, managing, and operating Chapter 9 of the Louisiana Commercial Laws (R.S. 10:9-101, et seq.).

B. The office of the uniform commercial code shall be administered by a deputy secretary. The deputy secretary shall have the following duties and responsibilities:

(1) Coordinate a statewide network with the clerks of court for the implementation and operation of the program.

(2) Facilitate the perfection and filing of financing statements covering movable goods.

(3) Assist consumers, members of the financial services community, and attorneys in utilization of the program through educational and informational forums.

(4) Make recommendations to the legislature as to revisions of Chapter 9 of the Louisiana Commercial Laws (R.S. 10:9-101, et seq.).

(5) Prepare and administer program budget.

(6) Coordinate data processing needs for the department.

C. The Department of State, through the office of the uniform commercial code, shall be:

(1) Responsible for immediate coordination and implementation of the statewide computer network to be established pursuant to Chapter 9 of the Louisiana Commercial Laws (R.S. 10:9-101, et seq.), including, but not limited to, the furnishing of uniform program software to the filing officers, coordinating and establishing the communications network as designed by the secretary of state, as well as any other undertaking deemed necessary by the secretary of state to ensure completion of the network by January 1, 1990;

(2) Authorized to promulgate rules and regulations in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act (R.S. 49:950, et seq.) as may be necessary for the implementation of Chapter 9 of the Louisiana Commercial Laws (R.S. 10:9-101, et seq.).

Acts 1989, No. 137, §15, eff. June 22, 1989.
La. Rev. Stat. § 49:149.62 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 49 / Section 149.62
A. Z. Young Park
Status: in_force

A. The A. Z. Young Park shall be established on public lands formerly occupied by the state building known as the A. Z. Young Building situated in the city of Baton Rouge, having the municipal address of 755 North Third Street, and bounded by the LaSalle Building, North Third Street, the Pentagon Barracks, and the Capitol Park Welcome Center.

B. In recognition of the A. Z. Young Park, the division of administration shall place and permanently display in a prominent location in the park a plaque and memorial honoring A. Z. Young. In addition, any dedication or memorial to A. Z. Young formerly contained within the former state building known as the A. Z. Young Building shall be placed in a suitable location on the grounds of the park.

C. Repealed by Acts 2009, No. 438, §5(B).

Acts 2007, No. 154, §1, eff. June 25, 2007; Acts 2009, No. 438, §5(A), (B).
La. Rev. Stat. § 49:1306 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 49 / Section 1306
Rules and regulations
Status: in_force

The commissioner of administration may adopt rules and regulations in the manner provided by the Administrative Procedure Act to implement the provisions of this Chapter.

NOTE: §1306 as redesignated by Acts 2025, No. 374, eff. July 1, 2027.

§1306. Redesignated as R.S. 43:87 by Acts 2025, No. 374, §4(A).

Acts 2009, No. 12, §1, eff. March 1, 2010; Acts 2025, No. 374, §4(A), eff. July 1, 2027.
La. Rev. Stat. § 49:255 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 49 / Section 255
Suits involving title to land of the state or its agencies; federal actions against any registrar of voters or of his assistants or employees
Status: in_force

The attorney general shall, upon the request of the governor, represent the state or any political agency or subdivision thereof, in any suit in any court involving the title to any land or real property belonging to the state or any of its political agencies or subdivisions, whether the title to said land or real property is vested in or appears in the name of the state or in the name of any of its political agencies or subdivisions.

The attorney general shall give his advice and aid to any registrar of voters, deputy registrar of voters, and/or any employees of a registrar of voters, whose official acts have been or are being inquired into, challenged or disputed before any federal court, federal grand jury, federal board, federal commission or federal official, and he shall represent any registrar of voters, assistant registrar of voters, or employee in any suit or prosecution instituted in a federal court which relates to the official conduct of his office, all without costs or expense to said registrar, deputy registrar and/or employee.

Amended by Acts 1958, No. 482, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 49:965.5 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 49 / Section 965.5
Redesignated as R.S. 49:978.4 pursuant to Acts 2019, No. 204, §2(A), eff. Feb. 1, 2020.
Status: in_force

Acts 2008, No. 820, §1; Acts 2019, No. 204, §2(A), eff. Feb. 1, 2020.
La. Rev. Stat. § 49:4 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 49 / Section 4
Water boundary between Louisiana and Mississippi
Status: in_force

The water boundary between the States of Louisiana and Mississippi from the mouth of the Pearl River to the Gulf of America is fixed by the decree of the Supreme Court of the United States in the suit of Louisiana versus Mississippi, and marked and buoyed so as to be reasonably permanent and so as to make the location of the line reasonably plain and apparent to those navigating these waters.

Acts 2025, No. 105, §3, eff. June 8, 2025.
La. Rev. Stat. § 49:975.1 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 49 / Section 975.1
Rules of evidence; official notice; oaths and affirmations; subpoenas; depositions and discovery; confidential privileged information
Status: in_force

In adjudication proceedings:

(1) Agencies may admit and give probative effect to evidence which possesses probative value commonly accepted by reasonably prudent men in the conduct of their affairs. They shall give effect to the rules of privilege recognized by law. Agencies may exclude incompetent, irrelevant, immaterial, and unduly repetitious evidence. Objections to evidentiary offers may be made and shall be noted in the record. Subject to these requirements, when a hearing will be expedited and the interests of the parties will not be prejudiced substantially, any part of the evidence may be received in written form.

(2) All evidence, including records and documents in the possession of the agency of which it desires to avail itself, shall be offered and made a part of the record, and all such documentary evidence may be received in the form of copies or excerpts, or by incorporation by reference. In case of incorporation by reference, the materials so incorporated shall be available for examination by the parties before being received in evidence.

(3) Notice may be taken of judicially cognizable facts. In addition, notice may be taken of generally recognized technical or scientific facts within the agency's specialized knowledge. Parties shall be notified either before or during the hearing, or by reference in preliminary reports or otherwise, of the material noticed, including any staff memoranda or data, and they shall be afforded an opportunity to contest the material so noticed. The agency's experience, technical competence, and specialized knowledge may be utilized in the evaluation of the evidence.

(4) Any agency or its subordinate presiding officer conducting a proceeding subject to this Chapter shall have the power to administer oaths and affirmations, regulate the course of the hearings, set the time and place for continued hearings, fix the time for filing of briefs and other documents, and direct the parties to appear and confer to consider the simplification of the issues.

(5)(a) Any agency or its subordinate presiding officer shall have power to sign and issue subpoenas in the name of the agency requiring attendance and giving of testimony by witnesses and the production of books, papers, and other documentary evidence. No subpoena shall be issued until the party who wishes to subpoena the witness first deposits with the agency a sum of money sufficient to pay all fees and expenses to which a witness in a civil case is entitled pursuant to R.S. 13:3661 and R.S. 13:3671.

(b) A subpoena issued pursuant to this Section shall be served by any agent of the agency, by the sheriff, by any other officer authorized by law to serve process in this state, by certified mail, return receipt requested, or by any person who is not a party and who is at least eighteen years of age. Witnesses subpoenaed to testify before an agency only to an opinion founded on special study or experience in any branch of science, or to make scientific or professional examinations, and to state the results thereof, shall receive such additional compensation from the party who wishes to subpoena such witness as may be fixed by the agency with reference to the value of the time employed and the degree of learning or skill required.

(c) Whenever any person summoned under this Section neglects or refuses to obey such summons, or to produce books, papers, records, or other data, or to give testimony, as required, the agency may apply to the judge of the district court for the district within which the person so summoned resides or is found, for an attachment against him as for a contempt. It shall be the duty of the judge to hear the application, and, if satisfactory proof is made, to issue an attachment, directed to some proper officer, for the arrest of such person, and upon his being brought before him, to proceed to a hearing of the case; and upon such hearing, the judge shall have power to make such order as he shall deem proper, not inconsistent with the law for the punishment of contempts, to enforce obedience to the requirements of the summons and to punish such person for his default or disobedience.

(6) The agency or a subordinate presiding officer or any party to a proceeding before it may take the depositions of witnesses, within or without the state and may conduct discovery in all manners as provided by law in civil actions. Depositions so taken and admissions, responses, and evidence produced pursuant to discovery shall be admissible in any proceeding affected by this Chapter. The admission of such depositions, admissions, responses, and evidence may be objected to at the time of hearing and may be received in evidence or excluded from the evidence by the agency or presiding officer in accordance with the rules of evidence provided in this Chapter.

(7) Repealed by Acts 1995, No. 760, §2, eff. June 27, 1995.

(8)(a) Records and documents, in the possession of any agency or of any officer or employee thereof including any written conclusions drawn therefrom, which are deemed confidential and privileged shall not be made available for adjudication proceedings of that agency and shall not be subject to subpoena by any person or other state or federal agency.

(b) Such records or documents shall only include any private contracts, geological and geophysical information and data, trade secrets and commercial or financial data, which are obtained by an agency through a voluntary agreement between the agency and any person, which said records and documents are designated as confidential and privileged by the parties when obtained, or records and documents which are specifically exempt from disclosure by statute.

(c) Any violation of this prohibition shall be a waiver of governmental immunity from suit for damage resulting from any such disclosure.

(d) Notwithstanding the provisions of Subparagraphs (a) and (c) of this Paragraph the state boards and agencies identified in R.S. 13:3715.1(J) may make available and use records and documents, including any written conclusions drawn therefrom, which are otherwise deemed confidential or privileged and which are in the possession of such board or agency or any officer, employee, or agent thereof, or any attorney acting on its behalf in any adjudication proceedings of such agency, provided that in any case involving medical or patient records, the identity of any patient shall be maintained in confidence. Any such records shall be altered so as to prevent the disclosure of the identity of the patient to whom such records or testimony relates. Disclosure by such board or agency or any officer, employee, agent, or attorney acting on behalf of any of them, of any material otherwise deemed privileged or confidential under state law, which is made in response to a federal subpoena, shall not constitute a waiver of governmental immunity from suit for damages resulting from such disclosure. Such boards and agencies, including their officers, employees, agents, and attorneys, shall nevertheless assert any privilege which is recognized and applicable under federal law when responding to any such federal subpoena.

Acts 1966, No. 382, §6, eff. July 1, 1967. Amended by Acts 1976, No. 524, §1, eff. Aug. 5, 1976; Acts 1989, No. 156, §1; Acts 1995, No. 760, §§1, 2, eff. June 27, 1995; Acts 1999, No. 416, §1; Acts 1999, No. 765, §1; Acts 2022, No. 663, §1; Redesignated from R.S. 49:956.
La. Rev. Stat. § 49:305 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 49 / Section 305
Bond
Status: in_force

The state treasurer shall, within ten days after being officially informed of his election and before he is commissioned or enters on the discharge of the duties of his office, execute and deliver a faithful performance bond payable to the governor for the sum of fifty thousand dollars. Premiums of the bond shall be paid by the state.

Acts 1976, No. 428, §1, eff. July 31, 1976.
La. Rev. Stat. § 49:220.42 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 49 / Section 220.42
Functions and duties
Status: in_force

A. The chief resilience officer shall:

(1) Coordinate and provide strategic direction for governmental resilience initiatives in order to build long-term resilience for a robust, vibrant economic activity and a sustainable natural environment for Louisiana residents.

(2) Provide technical guidance to agencies, as well as local and regional jurisdictions, to integrate statewide resilience goals into future projects, plans, and programs.

(3) Review and reconcile state agency comments on federally sponsored resilience and risk mitigation activities to establish and present an official state position.

(4) Pursue all available federal and private funds consistent with the purposes of this Part.

(5) Coordinate with the Governor's Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness for emergency management and disaster response.

B. The chief resilience officer, subject to the approval of the governor, shall:

(1) Coordinate state agency powers, duties, functions, and responsibilities relative to reducing risk and protecting communities, businesses, vital infrastructure, and the environment, including flood risk mitigation and disaster housing.

(2) Coordinate all state departmental budget requests for programs and projects pertaining to resilience and risk mitigation.

(3) Appraise the adequacy of statutory and administrative mechanisms for coordinating the state's policies and programs at both the intrastate and interstate levels with respect to resilience and risk mitigation.

(4) Appraise the adequacy of federal, regional, state, and local programs to achieve the policies and meet the goals of the state with respect to resilience and risk mitigation.

(5) Coordinate and focus federal involvement in Louisiana with respect to resilience and risk mitigation, including flood risk mitigation.

(6) Provide official state recommendations to the legislature and congress with respect to policies, programs, and coordinating mechanisms relative to resilience and risk mitigation.

(7) Assist with the state's planning efforts including the Coastal Master Plan, the Upland Master Plan, the State Hazard Mitigation Plan, and the Statewide Watershed Management Plan to ensure the incorporation and alignment of the state's resilience goals and objectives into a unified, proactive, pre-disaster approach to adaptation and long-term resilience.

(8) Represent the resilience and risk mitigation policy of the state at the federal, regional, state, and local levels.

(9) Coordinate with state and local officials, the Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority, and the Coordinated Use of Resources for Recreation, Economy, Navigation, and Transportation Authority to pursue statewide strategy for the National Flood Insurance Program.

(10) Coordinate statewide policy and planning with respect to flood control.

Acts 2023, No. 315, §1, eff. June 13, 2023; Acts 2025, No. 418, §2.
La. Rev. Stat. § 49:974.8 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 49 / Section 974.8
Small business advocate; posting of rules
Status: in_force

A. The secretary of state shall designate a small business advocate from the existing staff of the commercial division of the Department of State to implement and maintain the notification duties and functions required of the Department of State pursuant to R.S. 49:974.7.

B. The small business advocate shall coordinate the implementation and maintenance of the website of the commercial division of the Department of State relative to the receipt of information from the office of the state register pursuant to R.S. 49:961. The department shall enter into an agreement with the office of the state register to arrange for the electronic receipt of the information on an ongoing basis.

C. The small business advocate shall administer the Small Business Protection Act.

Acts 2019, No. 204, §§1, 2, eff. Feb. 1, 2020; Acts 2022, No. 663, §1; Redesignated from R.S. 49:978.8.
La. Rev. Stat. § 49:977.2 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 49 / Section 977.2
Ex parte consultations and recusations
Status: in_force

A. Unless required for the disposition of ex parte matters authorized by law, members or employees of an agency assigned to render a decision or to make findings of fact and conclusions of law in a case of adjudication noticed and docketed for hearing shall not communicate, directly or indirectly, in connection with any issue of fact or law, with any party or his representative, or with any officer, employee, or agent engaged in the performance of investigative, prosecuting, or advocating functions, except upon notice and opportunity for all parties to participate.

B. A subordinate deciding officer or agency member shall withdraw from any adjudicative proceeding in which he cannot accord a fair and impartial hearing or consideration. Any party may request the disqualification of a subordinate deciding officer or agency member, on the ground of his inability to give a fair and impartial hearing, by filing an affidavit, promptly upon discovery of the alleged disqualification, stating with particularity the grounds upon which it is claimed that a fair and impartial hearing cannot be accorded. The issue shall be determined promptly by the agency, or, if it affects a member or members of the agency, by the remaining members thereof, if a quorum. Upon the entry of an order of disqualification affecting a subordinate deciding officer, the agency shall assign another in his stead or shall conduct the hearing itself. Upon the disqualification of a member of an agency, the governor immediately shall appoint a member pro tem to sit in place of the disqualified member in that proceeding. In further action, after the disqualification of a member of an agency, the provisions of R.S. 49:976 shall apply.

Acts 1966, No. 382, §10, eff. July 1, 1967; Acts 2022, No. 663, §1; Redesignated from R.S. 49:960.
La. Rev. Stat. § 49:1506 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 49 / Section 1506
Node operating; home digital asset mining; exceptions; liability
Status: in_force

A. It shall be legal in this state to operate a node for the purpose of connecting to a blockchain protocol, or a protocol built on top of a blockchain protocol, and transferring digital assets on a blockchain protocol or to participate in staking on a blockchain protocol.

B. Nothing in this Chapter restricts or prohibits the attorney general from initiating actions pursuant to the Unfair Trade Practices and Consumer Protection Law, including but not limited to actions brought for fraud, in connection with offering or providing digital asset mining or staking as a service to individuals or other businesses.

C. Nothing in this Chapter shall restrict, impede, limit, exempt, or prohibit any person, entity, transaction, or conduct from the jurisdiction or application of Louisiana Securities Law, R.S. 51:701, et seq., or any other federal or state securities law.

Acts 2024, No. 700, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 49:974.5 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 49 / Section 974.5
Regulatory flexibility analysis
Status: in_force

A. Prior to the adoption of any proposed rule, each agency shall prepare a regulatory flexibility analysis in which the agency shall, where consistent with health, safety, environmental, and economic welfare, consider utilizing regulatory methods that will accomplish the objectives of applicable statutes while minimizing adverse impact on small businesses. The agency shall consider, without limitation, each of the following methods of reducing the impact of the proposed rule on small businesses:

(1) The establishment of less stringent compliance or reporting requirements for small businesses.

(2) The establishment of less stringent schedules or deadlines for compliance or reporting requirements for small businesses.

(3) The consolidation or simplification of compliance or reporting requirements for small businesses.

(4) The establishment of performance standards for small businesses to replace design or operational standards required in the proposed rule.

(5) The exemption of small businesses from all or any part of the requirements contained in the proposed rule.

B. Prior to the adoption of any proposed rule by an agency which according to the economic impact statement required by R.S. 49:974.4 and the results of the regulatory flexibility analysis required by this Section would have an adverse impact on small businesses, the agency shall notify Louisiana Economic Development of its intent to adopt the proposed rule.

C. The agency shall submit the small business flexibility analysis with the office of the state register pursuant to R.S. 49:961.

Acts 2008, No. 820, §1; Acts 2019, No. 204, §§1, 2, eff. Feb. 1, 2020; Acts 2022, No. 663, §1; Redesignated from R.S. 49:978.5.
La. Rev. Stat. § 49:975 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 49 / Section 975
Adjudication; notice; hearing; records
Status: in_force

A. In an adjudication, all parties who do not waive their rights shall be afforded an opportunity for hearing after reasonable notice.

B.(1) The notice shall include all of the following:

(a) A statement of the time, place, and nature of the hearing.

(b) A statement of the legal authority and jurisdiction under which the hearing is to be held.

(c) A reference to the particular sections of the statutes and rules involved.

(d) A short and plain statement of the matters asserted.

(2) If the agency or other party is unable to state the matters in detail at the time the notice is served, the initial notice may be limited to a statement of the issues involved. Thereafter, upon application, a more definite and detailed statement shall be furnished.

C. Opportunity shall be afforded all parties to respond and present evidence on all issues of fact involved and argument on all issues of law and policy involved and to conduct cross-examination as required for a full and true disclosure of the facts.

D. Unless precluded by law, informal disposition may be made of any case of adjudication by stipulation, agreed settlement, consent order, or default.

E. The record in a case of adjudication shall include all of the following:

(1) All pleadings, motions, and intermediate rulings.

(2) Evidence received or considered or a resume thereof if not transcribed.

(3) A statement of matters officially noticed except matters so obvious that statement of them would serve no useful purpose.

(4) Offers of proof, objections, and rulings thereon.

(5) Proposed findings and exceptions.

(6) Any decision, opinion, or report by the officer presiding at the hearing.

F. The agency shall make a full transcript of all proceedings before it when the statute governing it requires it, and, in the absence of a requirement, shall, at the request of any party or person, have prepared and furnish him with a copy of the transcript or any part of the transcript upon payment of the cost unless the governing statute or constitution provides that it shall be furnished without cost.

G. Findings of fact shall be based exclusively on the evidence and on matters officially noticed.

Acts 1966, No. 382, §5, eff. July 1, 1967; Acts 2022, No. 663, §1; Redesignated from R.S. 49:955.
La. Rev. Stat. § 49:1140 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 49 / Section 1140
Inland water cleanup
Status: in_force

In order to fulfill the obligations and responsibilities under this Chapter, the secretary may promote and encourage inland water cleanups whereby a waterway cleanup may be conducted annually by local groups to clean rivers, bayous, lakes, streams, and other waterways encouraging beautification through removal of litter and debris.

Acts 2022, No. 16, §2.
La. Rev. Stat. § 49:1518 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 49 / Section 1518
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 2025, No. 419, §1, eff. June 20, 2025.
La. Rev. Stat. § 49:315 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 49 / Section 315
Operating bank accounts
Status: in_force

All operating bank accounts of state agencies and all balances in the operating bank accounts shall be public funds until final disbursement is made therefrom.

Acts 1976, No. 428, §1, eff. July 31, 1976.
La. Rev. Stat. § 49:214.6.3 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 49 / Section 214.6.3
Functions and responsibilities; hurricane protection and flood control
Status: in_force

A. Legislative intent

(1) The legislature recognizes that under Article VI, Section 9 of the Louisiana Constitution the state carries the ultimate responsibility for the protection of the health and safety of the people of Louisiana. Though in many policy areas, including the exercise of certain police powers, the management of affairs is best handled by a local entity, the legislature must remain vigilant in evaluating whether the advantages of a statewide, coordinated effort come to outweigh the advantages that local governments have in responding to local concerns.

(2) As Hurricanes Katrina, Rita, Gustav, and Ike have taught us, integrated coastal protection has become a state issue. The existing, disjointed system of local levee districts is not conducive to the development of a coordinated plan for hurricane protection and flood control nor to the implementation of such a plan. With the passage of Act No. 8 of the 2005 First Extraordinary Session of the Legislature, the state recognized the need for the development of a single coast-wide plan for both coastal restoration and hurricane protection and flood control. Levees and other flood control structures and marsh are both important for protecting Louisiana from the storm surge that hurricanes bring. In light of the tremendous coastal land loss that the state has already endured, if levee programs and coastal restoration programs continue to be operated independently and without consideration of the other, the state will never achieve the goal of providing the best possible hurricane protection and flood control for its citizens.

(3) The legislature concludes from these findings that the state should assume direct responsibility for the coordinating, planning, constructing, realigning, and repairing of hurricane protection and flood control levees and structures and facilities in a manner consistent with R.S. 49:214.1.

(4) This Section provides for the functions, powers, and responsibilities of the Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority, which authority is charged with oversight of the design, construction, extension, improvement, repair, and regulation of hurricane protection and flood control projects in the coastal area. The Section also provides for the integration of the state's hurricane protection and flood control efforts with coastal restoration efforts through the Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority Board.

(5) This Section provides for the functions, powers, and responsibilities of the Coordinated Use of Resources for Recreation, Economy, Navigation, and Transportation Authority, which authority is charged with oversight of the design, construction, extension, improvement, repair, and regulation of flood control and infrastructure projects in the upland area, as defined in R.S. 38:2352. This Section also provides for the integration of the state's hurricane protection and flood control efforts with coastal restoration efforts and upland flood protection and infrastructure projects through coordination between the Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority and Coordinated Use of Resources for Recreation, Economy, Navigation, and Transportation Authority.

B. Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority duties and responsibilities regarding hurricane protection and flood control:

(1) The authority shall have oversight of the administration of all matters related to the studying, planning, engineering, design, construction, extension, improvement, repair, and regulation of a hurricane protection and flood control system, including but not limited to the construction and design of a hurricane protection and flood control system consisting of levees and associated elements to provide protection against tidal surges within the coastal area.

(2) The inspection of hurricane protection and flood control levees and structures within the coastal area shall be the responsibility of the Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority. The executive director or his designee shall regularly cause such structures to be inspected and shall maintain a report of such inspections. The authority shall establish and implement a comprehensive hurricane and flood control protection inspection program. Such program shall include the following:

(a) Reviewing of hurricane protection and flood control diagrams, designs, and plans.

(b) Monitoring of defects and problems.

(c) Conducting of an inspection of every hurricane protection and flood control barrier and associated elements at least every five years, or after a hurricane impacts a hurricane protection and flood control barrier and associated elements. If a defect or problem is identified, then the authority shall measure and test elevations, soil conditions, and structural integrity of the hurricane protection and flood control barrier and associated elements.

(d) The authority shall report a notice of defect in the hurricane protection and flood control within thirty days of the inspection results to the appropriate entity or political subdivision. The notice shall contain a description of the defect. The notice of defect shall be mailed by certified mail or return receipt requested. The appropriate entity, or political subdivision, shall have forty-five days from receipt of the notice of defect to provide the authority with a plan and time line to remedy the defect.

(3) The exercise of any authority with respect to hurricane protection and flood control by a political subdivision within the coastal area is subject to the oversight and approval of the authority in accordance with rules and regulations adopted by the authority.

(4) No state agency or entity shall enter into a contract with the United States Army Corps of Engineers which would require the state to assume liability for or provide the cost of operations and maintenance for a hurricane protection project unless the contract provides for independent third-party review and evaluation in accordance with the best available science and technical capabilities to confirm the project's anticipated level of protection against hurricane flooding prior to the state or political subdivision assuming liability and operations and maintenance obligations. The independent third-party reviewer and evaluator provided for in the contract shall be approved by both the United States Army Corps of Engineers and the state agency or entity. However, the provisions of this Subsection shall not apply to contracts for routine maintenance or other minor construction or repairs, or in cases where there is imminent threat to life or property, or when the chairman of the Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority Board, with the approval of the board, determines that an emergency exists whereby compliance with the provisions of this Subsection would create an unreasonable hardship.

(5) No funds of the state nor of any political subdivision or political corporation of the state shall be used nor provided to the United States or any of its agencies, by contract, agreement, a required contribution of a project cost-share or otherwise, for the expropriation of property for the purpose of compensatory mitigation of wetlands or other natural habitat, as authorized or required by state or federal law, to offset, compensate, or replace actual or anticipated damages to or loss of wetlands or other natural habitat caused by the Comite River Diversion Project, Amite River and Tributaries, Louisiana. However, the provisions of this Section shall not apply where such funds are to be used to obtain property voluntarily offered for compensatory mitigation purposes, including but not limited to mitigation banking, property where at least seventy-five percent of the owners have voluntarily offered the property, or property where the record or apparent owner has voluntarily offered the property but does not have clear title. Subject to any contrary law or terms, conditions, or stipulations in the act of sale, donation, contract or other agreement by which the property was acquired, current property interests or future property interests acquired for the Comite River Diversion Canal Project or associated acquisitions may be leased only in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 10 of Title 41 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950 and additionally, such opportunity to lease shall first be offered to the original grantor, donor, vendor, or his successors in title for the same terms, conditions, and price as the highest successful bidder.

Acts 2009, No. 523, §3, eff. July 10, 2009; Acts 2010, No. 734, §6; Acts 2012, No. 604, §3, eff. June 7, 2012; Acts 2025, No. 418, §2.
La. Rev. Stat. § 49:1305 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 49 / Section 1305
Applicability
Status: in_force

A. This Chapter shall apply to the following boards, commissions, and like entities:

(1) Any board, commission, or like entity that is a licensing agency pursuant to the Louisiana Licensing Agency Budget Act (R.S. 39:1331 et seq.).

(2) The Louisiana Board of Cosmetology (R.S. 37:571).

(3) Each board and commission whose members are required to file annual financial disclosure statements pursuant to R.S. 42:1124.2.1.

B. This Chapter shall also apply to any committee, subcommittee, or panel of any board, commission, or like entity specified in Subsection A of this Section.

NOTE: §1305 as redesignated by Acts 2025, No. 374, eff. July 1, 2027.

§1305. Redesignated as R.S. 43:85 by Acts 2025, No. 374, §4(A).

Acts 2009, No. 12, §1, eff. March 1, 2010; Acts 2010, No. 814, §2, eff. May 1, 2011; Acts 2025, No. 374, §4(A), eff. July 1, 2027.

NOTE: See Acts 2009, No. 12, §2.
La. Rev. Stat. § 49:1119 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 49 / Section 1119
Funding sources
Status: in_force

The commission may accept funds and in-kind services from private sources at national, state, or local levels. The commission may receive federal funds as may be available. No state general fund monies or other funds appropriated to the commission shall be used to displace, replace, or supplant any federal funds appropriated to the commission in any prior fiscal year. Nothing in this Section shall preclude the commission from receiving or accepting any in-kind services from a state agency.

Acts 1995, No. 742, §2, eff. June 27, 1995; Acts 2003, No. 219, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 49:304 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 49 / Section 304
Residence
Status: in_force

The state treasurer shall reside at the seat of government.

Acts 1976, No. 428, §1, eff. July 31, 1976.