La. Rev. Stat. § 42:1116 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 42 / Section 1116
Abuse of office
Status: in_force

A. No public servant shall use the authority of his office or position, directly or indirectly, in a manner intended to compel or coerce any person or other public servant to provide himself, any other public servant, or other person with any thing of economic value. This Subsection shall not be construed to limit that authority authorized by law, statute, ordinance, or legislative rule in carrying out official duties.

B. No public servant shall use the authority of his office or position, directly or indirectly, in a manner intended to compel or coerce any person or other public servant to engage in political activity. For the purposes of this Subsection, "political activity" means an effort to support or oppose the election of a candidate for political office in an election. This Subsection shall not be construed to limit that authority authorized by law, statute, ordinance, or legislative rule in carrying out official duties.

C. No regulatory employee shall participate in any way in the sale of goods or services to a person regulated by his public agency, or to any officer, director, agent, or employee of such person, if a member of the immediate family of the regulatory employee, or any business enterprise in which such regulatory employee or member of his immediate family owns at least twenty-five percent, receives or will receive a thing of economic value by virtue of the sale.

Acts 1979, No. 443, §1, eff. April 1, 1980; Acts 1997, No. 338, §1; Acts 1999, No. 418, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 42:1124.2.1 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 42 / Section 1124.2.1
Financial disclosure; members of boards and commissions
Status: in_force

A. Each of the following, except a person who is required to file a financial statement pursuant to R.S. 42:1124 or 1124.2, shall annually file a financial statement as provided in this Section:

(1) Each member and any designee of a member of a board or commission that has the authority to expend, disburse, or invest ten thousand dollars or more of funds in a fiscal year.

(2) Each member of the State Civil Service Commission.

(3) Each member of the Board of Commissioners of the Louisiana Stadium and Exposition District.

(4) The executive director or person holding the equivalent position of each state and statewide retirement system specified in R.S. 11:4.

B.(1) The financial statement required by this Section shall be filed by May fifteenth of each year during which the person holds an office included in Subsection A of this Section and, except as provided in Paragraph (2) of this Subsection, by May fifteenth of the year following the termination of the holding of such office. The financial statement shall include the information required by Subsection C of this Section for the preceding calendar year.

(2) Notwithstanding the provisions of Paragraph (1) of this Subsection, if the holding of the office or position terminates in the month of January, the person shall not be required to file a financial statement pursuant to this Section in the year following the termination of the holding of the office or position if the person files a financial statement by May fifteenth of the year in which the holding of the office or position terminated containing the information required by Subsection C of this Section for the period in which the person held the office or position during that year.

C. The financial statement required by this Section shall be filed on a form prescribed by the Board of Ethics and shall include the following information:

(1) The full name and mailing address of the individual who is required to file.

(2) The full name of the individual's spouse, if any, and the spouse's occupation and principal business address.

(3) The name of the employer, job title, and a brief job description of each full-time or part-time employment position held by the individual or spouse.

(4)(a) The name, address, brief description of, and nature of association with and the amount of interest in each business in which the individual or spouse is a director, officer, owner, partner, member, or trustee, and in which the individual or spouse, either individually or collectively, owns an interest which exceeds ten percent of that business.

(b) The name, address, brief description of, and nature of association with a nonprofit organization in which the individual or spouse is a director or officer.

(5) The name, address, type, and amount of each source of income received by the individual or spouse, or by any business in which the individual or spouse, either individually or collectively, owns an interest which exceeds ten percent of that business, which is received from any of the following:

(a) The state or any political subdivision as defined in Article VI of the Constitution of Louisiana.

(b) Services performed for or in connection with a gaming interest as defined in R.S. 18:1505.2(L)(3)(a).

(6) A certification that such individual has filed his federal and state income tax returns, or has filed for an extension of time for filing such tax return.

(7) One of the following:

(a) A certification that neither the individual nor any member of his immediate family had a personal or financial interest in any entity, contract, or business or a personal or financial relationship that in any way posed a conflict of interest which affected the impartial performance of the individual's duties as a member of the board or commission.

(b) A statement describing each conflict and any action the individual took to resolve or avoid the conflict.

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

(1)(a) "Board or commission" shall mean:

(i) Each board, commission, and like entity created by law or executive order that is made a part of the executive branch of state government by the provisions of Title 36 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, or that is placed in an executive branch department or in the office of the governor or lieutenant governor by law or executive order, or that exercises any authority or performs any function of the executive branch of state government.

(ii) Each board, commission, and like entity created by the constitution, by law, by a political subdivision, except as provided in Subparagraph (b) of this Paragraph, or jointly by two or more political subdivisions as a governing authority of a political subdivision of the state or of a local government.

(b) "Board or commission" shall not mean:

(i) The governing authority of a parish.

(ii) Any board or commission or like entity that governs a political subdivision created by a single parish governing authority of a parish with a population of two hundred thousand or less, or any subdistrict of such a political subdivision.

(iii) The governing authority of a municipality.

(iv) Any board or commission or like entity that governs a political subdivision created by a single municipal governing authority of a municipality with a population of twenty-five thousand or less, or any subdistrict of such a political subdivision.

(v) A board of directors of a private nonprofit corporation that is not specifically created by law.

(vi) Any board or commission that does not have the authority to expend, disburse, or invest more than fifty thousand dollars of funds in a fiscal year and whose members are not eligible to receive any compensation, per diem, or reimbursement of expenses for service on the board or commission.

(vii) Any board or commission that is the governing authority of a special district established by Chapter 29 of Title 33 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950 or pursuant to Chapter 30-A of Title 33 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950 for the purpose of improvement or beautification of the district or promoting and adding to the security of district residents, provided that the boundaries of the special district are not coterminous with the boundaries of a parish or municipality and provided that the board or commission does not have the authority to collect, expend, disperse, or invest more than five hundred thousand dollars of funds in a fiscal year.

(2) "Business" shall have the same meaning as provided in R.S. 42:1124.

(3)(a) "Income" for a business shall mean gross income less both of the following:

(i) Costs of goods sold.

(ii) Operating expenses.

(b) "Income" for an individual shall mean taxable income and shall not include any income received pursuant to a life insurance policy.

(4) "Public office" shall have the same meaning as provided in R.S. 18:1483.

Acts 2008, No. 472, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2009; Acts 2012, No. 574, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 2013; Acts 2015, No. 450, §1, eff. July 1, 2015; Acts 2016, No. 410, §1; Acts 2018, No. 538, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 42:1156 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 42 / Section 1156
Finding of possible criminal violation
Status: in_force

Upon finding at a public hearing that there is probable cause to believe that any public servant or other person has violated any criminal law of this state, the Board of Ethics or the Ethics Adjudicatory Board shall forward a copy of its findings to the district attorney of the parish in which the violation occurred, for appropriate action. Thereafter, notwithstanding any other provision of this Chapter, such district attorney shall have access to all records of the board relative to such charges.

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

NOTE: See Acts 2012, No.608, §3, relative to the prospective application of Act.
La. Rev. Stat. § 42:1005 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 42 / Section 1005
Plans for coverage of employees of political subdivision and of state and local instrumentalities
Status: in_force

A. Each political subdivision of the state and each instrumentality of the state or of a political subdivision, or of both, is hereby authorized to submit for approval by the Department of the Treasury a plan for extending the benefits of Title II of the Social Security Act 1 , in conformity with applicable federal law, to employees of any such political subdivision or instrumentality. Each such plan or any amendment thereof shall be approved by the Department of the Treasury if it finds that such plan, or such plan as amended, is in conformity with such requirements as are provided in regulations of the Department of the Treasury, except that no such plan shall be approved unless:

(1) It is in conformity with the requirements of the applicable federal law and with the agreement entered into under R.S. 42:1003.

(2) It provides that all services which constitute employment as defined in R.S. 42:1002 and are performed in the employ of the political subdivision or instrumentality, by any employees thereof, shall be covered by the plan.

(3) It specifies the source or sources from which the funds necessary to make the payments required by Paragraph (B)(1) of this Section and by Subsection D 2 are expected to be derived and contains reasonable assurance that such sources will be adequate for such purpose.

(4) It provides for such methods of administration of the plan by the political subdivision or instrumentality as are found by the state agency to be necessary for the proper and efficient administration thereof.

(5) It provides that the political subdivision or instrumentality will make such reports, in such form and containing such information, as the state agency may from time to time require, and comply with such provisions as the state agency or the secretary of health, education, and welfare may from time to time find necessary to assure the correctness and verification of such reports.

B.(1) Each political subdivision or instrumentality as to which a plan has been approved under this Section shall pay to the Internal Revenue Service, with respect to wages (as defined in R.S. 42:1002), at such time or times as required by federal law, contributions in the amounts and at the rate specified in the applicable agreement entered into by the Department of the Treasury under R.S. 42:1003.

(2) Every political subdivision or instrumentality required to make payments under Paragraph (1) of this Subsection is authorized, in consideration of the employee's retention in, or entry upon, employment after enactment of this Chapter, to impose upon its employees, as to services which are covered by an approved plan, a contribution with respect to wages (as defined in R.S. 42:1002), not exceeding the amount of the employee tax which would be imposed by the Federal Insurance Contributions Act 3 if such services constituted employment within the meaning of that Act, and to deduct the amount of such contribution from the wages as and when paid. Contributions so collected shall be paid to the Internal Revenue Service in partial discharge of the liability of such political subdivision or instrumentality under Paragraph (1) of this Subsection. Failure to deduct such contribution shall not relieve the employee or employer of liability therefor.

Acts 1952, No. 204, §5. Amended by Acts 1955, No. 36, §5; Acts 2004, No. 280, §1, eff. July 1, 2004.

1 42 U.S.C.A. §401 et seq.

2 R.S. 42:1005(D) was deleted by Acts 2004, No. 280.

3 26 U.S.C.A. (I.R.C.1939) §1400 et seq.
La. Rev. Stat. § 42:282.1 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 42 / Section 282.1
Disbursement of funds by state agency, board or commission; information to be provided to legislators; penalty for violation
Status: in_force

Any other law to the contrary notwithstanding, any official, the head of any board, any commission or any agency of the State of Louisiana charged or assigned with the duty and/or responsibility to collect, receive or disburse state funds, excepting the governor, shall upon request furnish immediately to members of the legislature any information relating to the payment, allotment or disbursement of state funds. Nothing herein shall affect the confidence of the payment of state taxes.

Any person or persons found guilty of violating the provisions of this section shall be suspended from employment by the State of Louisiana, without pay, for a period of not less than sixty days or more than six months.

Acts 1972, No. 515, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 42:1112.1 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 42 / Section 1112.1
Service on a civil service commission; recusal
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding the provisions of R.S. 42:1111(C)(2)(d), a licensed attorney who serves as a member of a civil service commission and any legal entity in which he exercises control or owns an interest may receive a thing of economic value for or in consideration of legal services rendered or to be rendered to a classified employee under the jurisdiction of the civil service commission if the legal services rendered or to be rendered do not involve a matter that is under the supervision or jurisdiction of the civil service commission. Such a civil service commission member shall recuse himself from participating in any matter before the civil service commission involving any classified employee to whom he or any legal entity in which he exercises control or owns an interest is rendering legal services.

Acts 2016, No. 518, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 42:730 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 42 / Section 730
Definitions; interchange of employees; authority of agency heads
Status: in_force

A. For the purposes of R.S. 42:729 and 42:730, the following words and phrases shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this subsection:

(1) "Sending agency" means any department or agency of the federal government, a state government or local government which sends any employee thereof to another governmental agency under the provisions of this Act.

(2) "Receiving agency" means any department or agency of the federal government, a state government or local government which receives an employee of another government under the provisions of R.S. 42:729 and 42:730.

B. The appropriate agency head shall have the authority to adopt a program of the temporary interchange of state employees not classified, between any other state and its agencies and departments, counties, municipalities and the federal government and its agencies.

C. The interchange of any employees from the sending agency to the receiving agency shall be subject to the prior approval of the sending agency and no employee shall be so interchanged without the approval of the sending agency.

D. No detail of an employee under the provisions herein shall be in excess of twenty-four months in any forty-eight month period and must be with the employee's consent.

E. Any employee who is on detail shall receive such salary and expenses as may be fixed by the receiving agency and shall be under the supervision of the receiving agency. Any employee so detailed shall for the purposes of retirement benefits, insurance coverages, and other employee benefits continue to be considered as an employee of the sending agency provided he elects to do so. In case of such election, his contributions to the state retirement system, insurance programs and other such employee annuities shall be on the same basis as any other state employee of like status. The receiving agency or the employee shall be responsible for all such contributions to the appropriate agency of the sending state for which the sending agency would normally be responsible.

Added by Acts 1968, No. 375, §1. Amended by Acts 1975, No. 397, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 42:33 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 42 / Section 33
State civil service positions; Selective Service System registration required
Status: in_force

A. Except as provided in Subsections B and C of this Section, no person who is required to register for the federal draft under Section 3 of the Military Selective Service Act (50 U.S.C. App. 453) shall be eligible for employment or appointment in a state civil service position, whether classified or unclassified, until such person has registered for such draft, as evidenced by a statement of compliance pursuant to rules and regulations promulgated by the State Civil Service Commission.

B. A veteran of the armed forces of the United States may submit a copy of his discharge papers or his discharge certificate in lieu of the statement of compliance required by Subsection A of this Section.

C. A person who has not registered for the federal draft, as provided in Subsection A of this Section shall be eligible for employment or appointment in a state civil service position if the requirement for the person to register has terminated or become inapplicable to the person. The State Civil Service Commission may adopt rules for documentation of termination or inapplicability of such requirement.

Acts 1987, No. 581, §1; Acts 1999, No. 372, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 42:1157.1 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 42 / Section 1157.1
Timely filing of reports and statements due; presumption
Status: in_force

A. The filing of reports and statements shall be deemed timely in the following cases:

(1) The papers are hand-delivered, mailed, or deposited for delivery with a commercial delivery service, on or before the due date. If the papers are received by mail or delivered by a commercial delivery service on the first day following the due date, there shall be a rebuttable presumption that the papers were timely filed. In all cases where the presumption does not apply, the timeliness of the filing shall be shown only by an official U.S. postmark, official receipt or certificate from the U.S. Postal Service, or by receipt or invoice of a commercial delivery service made at the time of mailing or deposit for delivery which indicates the date thereof. For purposes of this Section, "by mail" applies only to the U.S. Postal Service.

(2) The report or statement due is transmitted by facsimile transmission or electronic transfer and received by the board on or before the due date. Any report or statement transmitted by facsimile transmission or electronic transfer and received by the board shall be considered as if filed in the original. However, in the case where the staff of the board discovers that a facsimile transmission or electronic transfer is illegible upon receipt, the staff shall immediately give notice to the party whose report or other statement is illegible that a legible copy of such facsimile transmission or electronic transfer shall be mailed, transmitted by a commercial delivery service, or hand-delivered within twenty-four hours to the offices of the board. The filing date shall be deemed to be the date of receipt of the facsimile transmission or electronic transfer of the report or statement.

B. If the date on which a report or statement is required to be filed occurs on a weekend or a federal or state holiday, the report shall be filed no later than the first working day after the date it would otherwise be due that is not a federal or state holiday.

Acts 1996, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 66, §§3, 5, eff. Jan. 1, 1997; Acts 1999, No. 164, §2.
La. Rev. Stat. § 42:1381 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 42 / Section 1381
Members of state and other civil service commissions; compensation and expenses
Status: in_force

A. Each member of the state civil service commission shall be paid a per diem of seventy-five dollars for each day devoted to the work commission, but not to exceed four thousand dollars for any member in any year, and shall be reimbursed for actual travel expenses authorized by the commission.

B. Each member of the city or other civil service commissions covered by Sections 4 and 14 of Article X of the Constitution of 1974 shall be paid a per diem in an amount not to exceed fifty dollars for each day of actual attendance at meetings of the commission of which he is a member, but not to exceed four thousand dollars for any member in any year, and shall be reimbursed for actual travel expenses authorized by the commission. The amount of the per diem shall be fixed by the commission.

Added by Acts 1974, Ex. Sess., No. 9, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1975. Amended by Acts 1982, No. 181, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 42:62 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 42 / Section 62
Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in this Part the following words and phrases shall have the following meanings ascribed for each unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:

(1) "Elective office" means any position which is established or authorized by the constitution or laws of this state or by the charter or ordinances of any political subdivision thereof, which is not a political party office, and which is filled by vote of the citizens of this state or of a political subdivision thereof.

(2) "Appointive office" means any office in any branch of government or other position on an agency, board, or commission or any executive office of any agency, board, commission, or department which is specifically established or specifically authorized by the constitution or laws of this state or by the charter or ordinances of any political subdivision thereof and which is filled by appointment or election by an elected or appointed public official or by a governmental body composed of such officials of this state or of a political subdivision thereof.

(3) "Employment" means any job compensated on a salary or per diem basis, other than an elective or appointive office, in which a person is an employee of the state government or of a political subdivision thereof.

(4) "Full time" means the period of time which a person normally works or is expected to work in an appointive office or employment and which is at least seven hours per day of work and at least thirty-five hours per week of work.

(5) "Part time" means the period of time which a person normally works or is expected to work in an appointive office or employment which is less than the number of hours of work defined in this Section as full time.

(6) The executive branch of state government includes the following named officers and all other officers, agents, employees, or other persons holding or exercising an employment with them, namely, the governor; lieutenant governor; secretary of state; attorney general; treasurer; commissioner of agriculture; commissioner of insurance; superintendent of education; members of the State Civil Service Commission, the Public Service Commission, the Board of Regents, the Board of Supervisors of Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College, the Board of Supervisors of Southern University and Agricultural and Mechanical College, the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education, the Board of Trustees for State Colleges and Universities, and the State Bond Commission. The executive branch shall also include the officers, members, agents, and employees of any department, office, agency, instrumentality, board, commission, or other entity created by the constitution or by law whose functions are not primarily legislative, judicial, or local in nature or operation.

(7) The legislative branch of state government includes the members of the Senate and the House of Representatives, the officers, agents, and employees of the legislature of either house or of a committee of either house thereof, the legislative auditor, legislative fiscal officer, or any other agency created by law which is primarily legislative in nature, and any other legislative officer, office, or instrumentality of the state.

(8) The judicial branch of state government includes all judges, employees, and agents of the supreme court, the judicial administrator, courts of appeal, district courts, including the civil and criminal district courts of Orleans Parish, parish courts, city courts, juvenile and family courts, and any other judicial offices and instrumentalities of the state, but does not include judges or employees of courts not enumerated in this Paragraph.

(9) "Political subdivision" means a parish, municipality, and any other unit of local government, including a school board and a special district, authorized by law to perform governmental functions. In addition for the purposes of this Part, mayor's courts, justice of the peace courts, district attorneys, sheriffs, clerks of court, coroners, tax assessors, registrars of voters, and all other elected parochial officials shall be separate political subdivisions.

Added by Acts 1979, No. 700, §1. Acts 1988, No. 58, §3; Acts 2001, No. 451, §3, eff. Jan. 12, 2004.

NOTE: See Acts 2001, No. 451, §8(A) relative to effective date.
La. Rev. Stat. § 42:39.1 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 42 / Section 39.1
Judges; eligibility to serve on boards of directors of financial institutions
Status: in_force

Any person serving in or elected or appointed to the office of judge of any court may hold and manage investments, including real estate, and engage in other remunerative activity and may also serve as a member of the board of directors of any bank, lending institution, homestead or savings and loan association, or other similar financial institutions.

Added by Acts 1978, No. 491, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 42:432 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 42 / Section 432
Leave of absence to participate in Athletic competition on the world, Pan American, or Olympic level
Status: in_force

A public employee who qualifies as a member of the United States team for athletic competition on the world, Pan American, or Olympic level in a sport contested in either Pan American or Olympic competition shall be granted a leave of absence without loss or reduction of pay, time, annual leave, or efficiency rating for the purpose of preparing for and engaging in competition on such levels. In no event shall the paid leave under this Part exceed the period of the official training camp and competition combined or ninety calendar days a year, whichever is less.

Added by Acts 1978, No. 70, §1, eff. June 16, 1978.
La. Rev. Stat. § 42:442 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 42 / Section 442
Leave transfer pools; establishment
Status: in_force

The State Civil Service Commission and the State Police Commission may establish a plan for the participation in the leave-transfer program, allowing full-time employees to pool their annual, sick, and compensatory leave and allowing any leave thus pooled to be used by any leave recipient when that employee has used all annual, sick, and compensatory leave that has been personally accrued by him.

Acts 1992, No. 1008, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1993; Acts 2012, No. 590, §1, eff. June 7, 2012; Acts 2022, No. 649, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 42:1124 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 42 / Section 1124
Financial disclosure; statewide elected officials; certain public servants
Status: in_force

A. The following persons shall annually file a financial statement as provided in this Section:

(1) Each person holding statewide elected office.

(2) The secretary of each of the following departments of state government:

(a) Louisiana Economic Development.

(b) The Department of Culture, Recreation and Tourism.

(c) The Department of Environmental Quality.

(d) The Louisiana Department of Health.

(e) Louisiana Works.

(f) The Department of Conservation and Energy.

(g) The Department of Public Safety and Corrections.

(h) The Department of Revenue.

(i) The Department of Children and Family Services.

(j) The Department of Transportation and Development.

(k) The Department of Wildlife and Fisheries.

(l) The Department of Veterans Affairs.

(3) The executive secretary of the Public Service Commission.

(4) The director of state civil service.

(5) The superintendent of education, the commissioner of higher education, and the president of each public postsecondary education system.

(6) The commissioner of the division of administration.

(7) The policy director in the office of the governor.

(8) The chief of staff of the office of the governor.

(9) The executive counsel to the governor.

(10) The deputy chief of staff of the office of the governor.

(11) The legislative director in the office of the governor.

B.(1) The financial statement required by this Section shall be filed by May fifteenth of each year during which the person holds an office or position included in Subsection A of this Section and, except as provided in Paragraph (2) of this Subsection, by May fifteenth of the year following the termination of the holding of such office or position. The financial statement shall include the information required by Subsection C of this Section for the preceding calendar year.

(2) Notwithstanding the provisions of Paragraph (1) of this Subsection, if the holding of the office or position terminates in the month of January, the person shall not be required to file a financial statement pursuant to this Section in the year following the termination of the holding of the office or position if the person files a financial statement by May fifteenth of the year in which the holding of the office or position terminated containing the information required by Subsection C of this Section for the period in which the person held the office or position during that year.

C. The financial statement required by this Section shall be filed on a form prescribed by the Board of Ethics and shall include the following information:

(1) The full name and mailing address of the individual who is required to file.

(2) The full name of the individual's spouse, if any, and the spouse's occupation.

(3) The name of the employer, job title, and a brief job description of each full-time or part-time employment position held by the individual or spouse.

(4)(a) The name, address, brief description of, and nature of association with and the amount of interest in each business in which the individual or spouse is a director, officer, owner, partner, member, or trustee, or in which the individual or spouse, either individually or collectively, owns an interest which exceeds ten percent of that business.

(b) The name, address, brief description of, and nature of association with a nonprofit organization in which the individual or spouse is a director or officer.

(5)(a) The name, address, type, and amount of each source of income received during the immediately preceding calendar year by the individual or spouse, or by any business in which the individual or spouse, either individually or collectively, owns an interest which exceeds ten percent of that business, which is received from any of the following:

(i) The state or any political subdivision as defined in Article VI of the Constitution of Louisiana.

(ii) Services performed for or in connection with a gaming interest as defined in R.S. 18:1505.2(L)(3)(a).

(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of Subsection D of this Section, amounts reported pursuant to this Paragraph shall be reported by specific amount rather than by category of value.

(6) The name, address, type, and amount of each source of income, in excess of one thousand dollars, received by the individual or spouse, and the nature of the services rendered therefor, if any, not already disclosed under Paragraph (5) of this Subsection. For income derived from professional or consulting services rendered, including mental health, medical health, or legal services, when the disclosure of the name or address of any source of income would be prohibited by law or by a professional code, the individual need only include the number of clients and amount of income for each of the following applicable industry types:

(a) Utilities:

(i) Electric.

(ii) Gas.

(iii) Telephone.

(iv) Water.

(v) Cable television companies.

(b) Transportation:

(i) Intrastate companies.

(ii) Pipeline companies.

(iii) Oil and gas exploration.

(iv) Oil and gas production.

(v) Oil and gas retailers.

(c) Finance and insurance:

(i) Banks.

(ii) Savings and loan associations.

(iii) Loan and/or finance companies.

(iv) Manufacturing firms.

(v) Mining companies.

(vi) Life insurance companies.

(vii) Casualty insurance companies.

(viii) Other insurance companies.

(d) Retail companies:

(i) Beer companies.

(ii) Wine companies.

(iii) Liquor companies.

(iv) Beverage distributors.

(e) Associations:

(i) Trade.

(ii) Professional.

(f) Other (specify).

(7) A brief description, fair market value or use value as determined by the assessor for purposes of ad valorem taxes, and the address, if any, and if no address, the location by state and parish or county, of each parcel of immovable property in which the individual or spouse, either individually or collectively, has an interest, provided that the value of the interest that the individual or spouse, either individually or collectively, has in the parcel of immovable property exceeds five thousand dollars.

(8) A brief description, amount, and date of any purchase or sale by the individual or spouse, in excess of five thousand dollars, of any immovable property, and of any personally owned tax credit certificates, stocks, bonds, or commodities futures, including any option to acquire or dispose of any immovable property or of any personally owned tax credit certificates, stocks, bonds, or commodities futures. Nothing in this Paragraph shall require the reporting of information concerning mutual funds, exchange-traded funds, variable annuities, variable life insurance, or variable universal life insurance.

(9) The name, brief description, and amount of each investment security having a value exceeding five thousand dollars held by the individual or spouse, excluding variable annuities, variable life insurance, variable universal life insurance, whole life insurance, any other life insurance product, mutual funds, exchange-traded funds, education investment accounts, retirement investment accounts, government bonds, and cash or cash equivalent investments. This Paragraph shall not be deemed to require disclosure of information concerning any property held and administered for any person other than the individual or spouse under a trust, tutorship, curatorship, or other custodial instrument.

(10) The name, address, amount, name of guarantor, if any, and nature of each liability owed to any creditor by the individual or spouse which exceeds ten thousand dollars, excluding:

(a) Any loan secured by movable property, if such loan does not exceed the purchase price of the movable property which secures it.

(b) Any liability, secured or unsecured, which is guaranteed by the individual or spouse for a business in which the individual or spouse owns any interest, provided that the liability is in the name of the business and, if the liability is a loan, that the individual or spouse does not use proceeds from the loan for personal use unrelated to the business.

(c) Any loan from an immediate family member, unless such family member is a registered lobbyist, or his principal or employer is a registered lobbyist, or he employs or is a principal of a registered lobbyist, or unless such family member has a contract with the state.

(11) A certification that such individual has filed his federal and state income tax returns, or has filed for an extension of time for filing such tax returns.

D.(1) When an amount is required to be disclosed pursuant to this Section, it shall be sufficient to report the amount by category of value. The categories shall be:

(a) Category I, less than $5,000.

(b) Category II, $5,000-$24,999.

(c) Category III, $25,000-$49,999.

(d) Category IV, $50,000-$99,999.

(e) Category V, $100,000-$199,999.

(f) Category VI, $200,000 or more.

(2) Except as provided in Paragraph (C)(7) of this Section, amounts required to be disclosed shall be valued at actual or fair market value, whichever is greater.

E. The financial statement shall be filed electronically with the Board of Ethics through the Board of Ethics Computerized Data Management System and shall be accompanied by the certification of the individual filing it certifying that the information contained in the financial statement is true and correct to the best of his knowledge, information, and belief. The financial statement shall be a public record, subject to the provisions of Chapter 1 of Title 44 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950.

F.(1) For the purposes of this Section, an individual or spouse shall not transfer any asset, interest, or liability required to be disclosed pursuant to this Section to any person or business for the purpose of avoiding disclosure, unless such transfer is irrevocable. A transfer shall not be irrevocable if there exists any contract, letter, counter letter, note, or any other legally enforceable agreement or authority which if exercised or enforced would require or authorize any asset, interest, or liability transferred by an individual or spouse to a person or business to revert back to such individual or spouse.

(2)(a) The sale of property subject to owner financing shall not be a transfer prohibited by Paragraph (1) of this Subsection provided that the income from the sale is disclosed in accordance with the provisions of this Section.

(b) A recorded bond for deed contract shall not be a transfer prohibited by Paragraph (1) of this Subsection.

G. For purposes of this Section, the following words shall have the following meanings:

(1) "Business" means any corporation, partnership, sole proprietorship, firm, enterprise, franchise, association, business, organization, self-employed individual, holding company, trust, or any other legal entity or person.

(2)(a) "Income" for a business shall mean gross income less both of the following:

(i) Costs of goods sold.

(ii) Operating expenses.

(b) "Income" for an individual shall mean taxable income and shall not include any income received pursuant to a life insurance policy.

H. Nothing in this Section shall require the disclosure or reporting of income derived from child support and alimony payments contained in a court order or from disability payments from any source.

Added by Acts 1982, No. 747, §2; Acts 1996, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 64, §11, eff. Jan. 1, 1997; Acts 1996, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 66, §3, eff. Jan. 1, 1997; Acts 1999, No. 2, §1, eff. April 22, 1999; Acts 2008, 1 st Ex. Sess., No. 1, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 2009; Acts 2008, No. 162, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 2009; Acts 2008, No. 743, §7, eff. July 1, 2008; Acts 2012, No. 574, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 2013; Acts 2014, No. 612, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2015; Acts 2016, No. 427, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2017; Acts 2023, No. 150, §16, eff. Jan. 10, 2024; Acts 2024, No. 282, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2025; Acts 2025, No. 301, §1, eff. June 11, 2025.
La. Rev. Stat. § 42:1442 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 42 / Section 1442
Law enforcement officers accused of crimes committed while acting within or in furtherance of their scope and course of employment
Status: in_force

A. When (1) a law enforcement officer, employed by the state or an agency thereof or by a political subdivision, as that term is defined in Article VI, Section 44 of the Constitution of Louisiana, has been subjected to an institution of prosecution for an alleged criminal act committed when the law enforcement officer is acting in good faith in the performance or in furtherance of the course and scope of his employment as defined by law and the policies and procedures of the law enforcement agency employing him, and (2) he is acquitted of the charge, the prosecution has been dismissed by the district attorney, or the periods of time have expired in which he could be brought to trial and convicted, the officer shall be reimbursed for reasonable attorney's fees incurred by him on account of the institution of prosecution. No reimbursement shall take place under the provisions of this Section until the suit is dismissed or finally adjudicated by a court of competent jurisdiction and the period for taking an appeal has expired. Reimbursement shall be from the governing authority by whom the officer was employed at the time of the alleged crime.

B. In a case of dismissal of prosecution, the officer may agree with the employer prior to the dismissal to waive any or all of his rights under this Section if the prosecution is dismissed. If an officer enters into a waiver agreement, it shall not be used as evidence of anything except as evidence of itself in a proceeding by the officer against his employer on matters affected by the waiver.

C. No law enforcement officer, unclassified or otherwise, shall lose any seniority, back pay, or other benefits within the authority of his employer to grant or withhold on account of institution of prosecution for a crime allegedly committed within the performance or in furtherance of the course and scope of his employment without an independent hearing or other established procedural step by the employer to meet fair due process standards.

D. Nothing herein shall prohibit an employer from suspending an employee pending a final resolution of an instituted prosecution.

E. Notwithstanding any other provision herein, the payments authorized by this Section shall be made only if the law enforcement officer has not violated any other rights or privileges secured by the state or federal constitution. The rights of such law enforcement officer shall not be construed as greater than those of an ordinary citizen.

Added by Acts 1983, No. 258, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 42:203 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 42 / Section 203
Annulment of bonds and mortgages after expiration of office, etc.
Status: in_force

All bonds with security and all mortgages which have been furnished by any public officer who has resigned or died, or whose office has expired by limitation, or who has been dismissed from office, shall be automatically cancelled by such eventualities, and no additional requirement for cancellation is necessary. The provisions of this Section do not apply to the collector of state taxes and licenses, nor to the state tax assessors, whose bonds and mortgages may be cancelled by the State Comptroller according to law. The provisions of this Section shall likewise not affect the responsibility of sureties on said bonds and mortgages by acts of the principal where there is liability prior to the cancellation of the said bonds or mortgages.

Amended by Acts 1964, No. 233, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 42:881 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 42 / Section 881
Establishment of the Group Benefits Policy and Planning Board
Status: in_force

A. There is hereby established the Group Benefits Policy and Planning Board within the Office of Group Benefits. The board shall review and recommend life and health benefit programs offered to eligible employees, including the proposed rate structure which will support the life and health benefit plan. At least annually, the chief executive officer shall submit any proposed changes to the rate structure and the associated life and health benefits programs to the board to review and recommend prior to the final adoption of the plan. The plan submitted by the chief executive officer shall include an estimate of the costs and an estimated rate structure for a three-year period. The board shall submit a written report to the commissioner of administration, the chief executive officer of the Office of Group Benefits, and the appropriate legislative oversight committees, including any comments and recommendations regarding modifications to such proposed benefit plans and the associated rates.

B. The Group Benefits Policy and Planning Board shall use any official information provided by the Group Benefits Estimating Conference as may be necessary in the review of benefits plans and proposed rate structures required by this Section.

Acts 2001, No. 1178, §5, eff. June 29, 2001; Acts 2015, No. 146, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 2016; Acts 2018, No. 603, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 42:200 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 42 / Section 200
Effect of special mortgage
Status: in_force

The effect of the special mortgage authorized by R.S. 42:198 is to free and release the surplus of the property of the person giving it from all mortgages resulting from his official bond.
La. Rev. Stat. § 42:1111 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 42 / Section 1111
Payment from nonpublic sources
Status: in_force

A. Payments for services to the governmental entity.

(1)(a) No public servant shall receive anything of economic value, other than compensation and benefits from the governmental entity to which he is duly entitled, for the performance of the duties and responsibilities of his office or position.

(b) Any supplementary compensation or benefits provided to an employee of a public higher education institution, board, or system from funds or property accruing to the benefit of the institution, board, or system as approved by the appropriate policy or management board, through an alumni organization recognized by the management board of a college or university within the state or through a foundation organized by the alumni or other supportive individuals of a college or university within the state the charter of which specifically provides that the purpose of the foundation is to aid said college or university in a philanthropic manner shall be deemed for purposes of this Subsection as compensation and benefits from the government to which he is duly entitled.

(c) Any supplementary compensation or benefits provided to the director of the Louisiana State Museum as approved by the board of directors of the Louisiana State Museum through the board or a foundation organized to support any particular museum under the jurisdiction of the Louisiana State Museum whose charter specifically provides that the purpose of the foundation is to aid the museum in a philanthropic manner shall be deemed for purposes of this Subsection as compensation and benefits from the government to which he is duly entitled.

(2) Any supplementary compensation or benefits provided to the commissioner of higher education or to an employee of the Board of Regents from funds or property accruing to the benefit of the board as approved by appropriate policy through a foundation organized to support higher education, including the Board of Regents, the charter of which specifically provides that the purpose of the foundation is to aid higher education in a philanthropic manner shall be deemed for purposes of this Subsection as compensation and benefits from the government to which he is duly entitled.

(3) Any supplementary compensation or benefits provided to a member of the faculty, administration, or staff of the New Orleans Center for Creative Arts or the Jimmy D. Long, Sr. Louisiana School for Math, Science, and the Arts from funds or property accruing to the benefit of the center or school pursuant to the approval of the board of directors for use as provided in R.S. 17:1968 or 1970.27 through a foundation organized to support the center or school which is chartered specifically to provide aid to the center in a philanthropic manner shall be deemed for purposes of this Subsection as a supplement to his compensation to which he is duly entitled. Such a supplement shall not, however, be considered as regular compensation from his governmental employer nor shall it form any basis for governmentally supported benefits.

(4) Up to five thousand dollars per year to be credited against qualified student loan debt that is provided to a former law student who is an attorney and a public employee through a bona fide Loan Repayment Assistance Program established as a qualified program under the federal Internal Revenue Code and administered by any law school using funds or property accruing to the benefit of the law school or from a foundation which is organized specifically to aid and support the programs of the law school and the charter of which specifically provides that the purpose of the foundation is to aid the law school in a philanthropic manner shall be deemed for purposes of this Subsection as a supplement to his compensation to which he is duly entitled. However, such a supplement shall not be considered regular compensation from the governmental entity which employs him, nor shall it be the basis for governmentally supported benefits.

(5) Any compensation paid to any public school teacher or administrator, including kindergarten through the twelfth grade and postsecondary education instructional faculty and administrators, for proctoring and assisting a bona fide non-profit testing organization in the administration of standardized tests either for student evaluation or for use in admission to college or other educational programs shall be deemed for purposes of this Part as compensation from his governmental entity to which he is duly entitled. Such compensation shall not, however, be considered as regular compensation from his governmental entity nor shall it form any basis for governmentally supported benefits. Moreover, such services shall be deemed for purposes of this Part to be performed for the benefit of his governmental entity, although the time spent in such matters shall not be deemed as hours worked for his governmental entity.

(6) Any award or stipend provided to any public school teacher or administrator for his participation in the National Math and Science Initiative, shall be deemed for purposes of this Part as compensation from his governmental entity to which he is duly entitled. Such an award or stipend shall not be considered regular compensation from his governmental entity nor shall it form any basis for governmentally supported benefits. For the purposes of this Part, the services for which the award or stipend is received shall be deemed to be performed for the benefit of the public school teacher's or administrator's governmental entity.

(7) Any compensation paid to any public school teacher, administrator, or supervisor, including kindergarten through the twelfth grade and postsecondary education instructional faculty and administrators from any agency participating in a state or statewide public retirement system shall be deemed for purposes of this Part as compensation from his governmental entity to which he is duly entitled. Such services shall be deemed for purposes of this Part to be performed for the benefit of his governmental entity, although the time spent in such matters shall not be deemed as hours worked for his governmental entity.

(8) Any award or stipend provided to any public school teacher or administrator for his participation with any nonprofit provider of teacher or public-school administrator certification, shall be deemed for purposes of this Part as compensation from his governmental entity to which he is duly entitled. For the purposes of this Part, the services for which the award or stipend is received shall be deemed to be performed for the benefit of the public school.

(9) Any stipend provided to any public school athletic trainer for services performed for the benefit of his governmental entity paid for by a private entity that provides for the health and safety of student athletes and that does not receive third party reimbursements shall be deemed for purposes of this Part as compensation from his governmental entity to which he is duly entitled.

B. Finder's fees. No public servant shall receive any thing of economic value from a person to whom the public servant has directed business of the governmental entity.

C. Payments for nonpublic service.

(1) No public servant shall receive any thing of economic value for any service, the subject matter of which:

(a) Is devoted substantially to the responsibilities, programs, or operations of the agency of the public servant and in which the public servant has participated; or

(b) Draws substantially upon official data or ideas which have not become part of the body of public information.

(2) No public servant and no legal entity in which the public servant exercises control or owns an interest in excess of twenty-five percent, shall receive any thing of economic value for or in consideration of services rendered, or to be rendered, to or for any person during his public service unless such services are:

(a) Bona fide and actually performed by the public servant or by the entity;

(b) Not within the course of his official duties;

(c) Not prohibited by R.S. 42:1112 or by applicable laws or regulations governing nonpublic employment for such public servant; and

(d) Neither performed for nor compensated by any person from whom such public servant would be prohibited by R.S. 42:1115(A)(1) or (B) from receiving a gift.

(3)(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of the law to the contrary, and specifically the provisions of this Section, an employee of the office of the clerk of court may research public records, prepare chains of title, or perform any other title abstract related work, for compensation from nonpublic sources, with the approval of the clerk of court, provided such services are not performed during the employee's assigned working hours and do not interfere with the performance of his assigned duties.

(b) No clerk of court shall receive any compensation or any portion of compensation received by any employee from nonpublic sources for the performance of any services related to the preparation of chains of title or any other title abstract related work approved by the clerk of court to be done by an employee during his nonworking hours.

(c) A willful violation of this Paragraph shall subject the clerk of court to a conviction of a misdemeanor and a fine of not less than five hundred dollars nor more than two thousand dollars.

(d) The clerk of court of each parish in conjunction with the parish governing authority shall promulgate rules and regulations for the use of its facilities, records, and equipment by all abstractors, including deputy clerks, regarding availability, costs, and procedures.

(4) Notwithstanding the provisions of Subparagraph (2)(d) of this Subsection, an elected official shall not be prohibited for a period of not more than ninety days following the first day of his initial term of office from receiving compensation from a person from whom he would be prohibited by R.S. 42:1115(A)(1) from receiving a gift for the completion while in office of any contract or subcontract which was entered into prior to his initial election to office, provided that such contract or subcontract is written and includes established terms for compensation and completion and that such contract or subcontract shall not be renewed after his initial election. Within thirty days of taking office, the elected official shall file a written notice of such contract or subcontract with his governmental entity and the Board of Ethics, setting forth the nature of the contract or subcontract, the established completion date, and the established compensation therefor.

(5)(a) Notwithstanding the provisions of Subparagraph (2)(d) of this Subsection, the spouse of a public servant may continue employment with a person who has or is seeking a contractual or other business or financial relationship with the public servant's agency provided all of the following conditions are met:

(i) The spouse is a salaried or wage-earning employee and has been continuously employed by the person for at least one year prior to the date the compensated employment would have otherwise initially been prohibited.

(ii) The compensation of the spouse is substantially unaffected by a contractual or other business or financial relationship with the public servant's agency.

(iii) Neither the public servant nor the spouse is an owner, officer, director, trustee, or partner in the legal entity which has or is seeking to have the relationship with the public servant's agency.

(iv) The public servant recuses or disqualifies himself from participating in any transaction involving the spouse's employer in accordance with R.S. 42:1112 and related rules and regulations.

(v) Either prior to or within ten business days of the date the compensated employment would otherwise be prohibited, the spouse and the public servant jointly file with the Board of Ethics a written notice containing a brief description of the nature of the contractual, business, or financial relationship with the public servant's agency, the date the spouse was employed by the person, and any other information required by the board.

(vi) The spouse complies with the disclosure requirements in R.S. 42:1114.

(b) The provisions of this Paragraph shall not apply to members of the legislature.

(6) Notwithstanding the provisions of Subparagraph (2)(d) of this Subsection, a member of a school board or parish or municipal governing authority may continue employment with a person who has or is seeking a contractual or other business or financial relationship with his governmental entity or an agency under the jurisdiction or supervision of his governmental entity, provided that all of the following conditions are met:

(a) The member is a salaried or wage-earning employee of his employer.

(b) The compensation of the member is substantially unaffected by his employer's contractual or other business or financial relationship with his governmental entity or other agency under the jurisdiction or supervision of his governmental entity.

(c) The member is not an officer, director, trustee, or partner of his employer.

(d) The member does not own an interest which exceeds one percent of the legal entity which employs him.

(e) The member does not participate in any transaction with his governmental entity or agency under the jurisdiction or supervision of his governmental entity, including recusing himself from any vote, involving his employer.

(f) The member complies with the disclosure requirements in R.S. 42:1114.

D. Payments for future services. No public servant shall receive, directly or indirectly, any thing of economic value during the term of his public service in consideration of personal services to be rendered to or for any person subsequent to the term of such public service; however, a public servant may enter into a contract for prospective employment during the term of his public service unless otherwise prohibited by R.S. 42:1116.

E. Payments for rendering assistance to certain persons.

(1) No public servant, and no legal entity of which such public servant is an officer, director, trustee, partner, or employee, or in which such public servant has a substantial economic interest, shall receive or agree to receive any thing of economic value for assisting a person in a transaction, or in an appearance in connection with a transaction, with the agency of such public servant.

(2)(a) No elected official of a governmental entity shall receive or agree to receive any thing of economic value for assisting a person in a transaction or in an appearance in connection with a transaction with the governmental entity or its officials or agencies, unless he files a written statement with the board prior to or within ten days after initial assistance is rendered.

(b) For purposes of this Paragraph, "transaction" shall not include a ministerial transaction. "Ministerial transaction" means a transaction that involves routine, administrative communications intended to obtain service, information, or assistance from a public employee whose duties are established in plain and unmistakable terms by law, rule, or regulation.

(c) The contents of the written statement required by this Paragraph shall be prescribed by the board and shall include a certification by the elected official filing it that the information contained in the statement is true and correct to the best of his knowledge, information, and belief. The statement shall be a public record.

(d) The board shall review all statements filed in accordance with this Paragraph. If the board determines that a statement is deficient or may suggest a possible violation of this Part, it shall, no later than the second regularly scheduled meeting of the board following the receipt of such statement, notify the elected official filing the statement of its findings. Such notification shall be deemed confidential and privileged and shall be made public only in connection with a public hearing by the board for an alleged violation of this Part where such would be relevant to the alleged violation for which the elected official is being investigated.

Acts 1979, No. 443, §1, eff. April 1, 1980; Acts 1983, No. 403, §1; Acts 1983, No. 697, §1; Acts 1986, No. 359, §1; Acts 1992, No. 1123, §1; Acts 1995, No. 74, §1, eff. June 12, 1995; Acts 2004, No. 722, §1; Acts 2006, No. 517, §1, eff. June 22, 2006; Acts 2006, No. 773, §1, eff. June 30, 2006; Acts 2008, No. 245, §1; Acts 2008, No. 690, §1; Acts 2010, No. 525, §4, eff. June 24, 2010; Acts 2014, No. 227, §1, eff. May 28, 2014; Acts 2015, No. 263, §2, eff. Jan. 12, 2016; Acts 2017, No. 388, §1, eff. June 23, 2017; Acts 2018, No. 183, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2019; Acts 2020, No. 233, §1; Acts 2021, No. 272, §1, eff. June 15, 2021; Acts 2022, No. 348, §1; Acts 2024, No. 492, §1, eff. June 5, 2024; Acts 2025, No. 301, §1, eff. June 11, 2025.
La. Rev. Stat. § 42:1403 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 42 / Section 1403
Nominations by petition; conduct of election; secret ballot
Status: in_force

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

Acts 1990, No. 788, §1, eff. Nov. 7, 1990.
La. Rev. Stat. § 42:1123.2 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 42 / Section 1123.2
Exception; certain positions at the Louisiana Department of Health
Status: in_force

A.(1) The provisions of R.S. 42:1111(C), 1112, and 1113 shall not apply to an exempted physician in the performance of the functions and duties of a position listed in Subsection D of this Section or to the practice of medicine by the exempted physician outside of the performance of such functions and duties.

(2) The provisions of R.S. 42:1111(E) shall not apply to an exempted physician but only to the extent that the transaction with the Louisiana Department of Health is limited to and necessary for the physician's medical care of patients.

B. The provisions of R.S. 42:1121 shall not apply to a former exempted physician who served in the position described in Paragraph (D)(4) of this Section.

C. Prior to being employed by or contracting with the Louisiana Department of Health or an agency thereof to serve in a position listed in Subsection D of this Section, a licensed Louisiana physician shall disclose to the secretary of the Louisiana Department of Health any possible conflicts of interest that could arise in performing the functions and duties of the position, including outside employment and business interests. All such disclosures shall be written and shall be a public record.

D. For purposes of this Section, "exempted physician" means a licensed Louisiana physician who is employed by or who has contracted with the Louisiana Department of Health or an agency thereof to serve in any of the following positions:

(1) Assistant secretary for the office of public health.

(2) Medicaid medical director.

(3) Medical director of the office of behavioral health.

(4) Physician, Eastern Louisiana Mental Health System, competency restoration program.

(5) Cancer policy director.

(6) The surgeon general of the office of the surgeon general.

E.(1) The compensation paid by the Louisiana Department of Health to each physician in a position listed in Subsection D of this Section shall be commensurate with the number of hours worked in such position by the physician.

(2) Each physician in a position listed in Paragraph (D)(1), (2), (3), or (5) of this Section shall be required to work full-time in the position.

F. The Louisiana Department of Health shall submit a quarterly report to the legislature containing the name of the physician in a position listed in Subsection D of this Section, the position, the number of hours worked by the physician during the previous quarter, and the amount of compensation received by the physician from the department during the previous quarter.

Acts 2018, No. 463, §1; Acts 2024, No. 739, §3, eff. June 19, 2024.
La. Rev. Stat. § 42:86 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 42 / Section 86
Manner of trial
Status: in_force

All the cases coming under the provisions of R.S. 42:76 through 42:84 may be tried before a judge of the district in chambers, or at a special term called by the judge on legal notice being given the parties interested; and, if required by either party, the judge may order a special jury, to be summoned according to law, to try the case.
La. Rev. Stat. § 42:261 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 42 / Section 261
District attorneys; counsel for boards and commissions
Status: in_force

A. Except as provided by Subsection C of this Section or as otherwise provided by law, the district attorneys of the several judicial districts other than the parish of Orleans shall, ex officio and without extra compensation, general or special, be the regular attorneys and counsel for the parish governing authorities, parish school boards, and city school boards within their respective districts and of every state board or commission domiciled therein, the members of which, in whole or in part, are elected by the people or appointed by the governor or other prescribed authority, except the state boards and commissions domiciled at the city of Baton Rouge, and all boards in charge or in control of state institutions.

B. Except as provided by Subsection C of this Section or as otherwise provided by law, all legal services for parish governing authorities, parish school boards, city school boards and all state boards and commissions, including levee boards, hospital and asylum boards, educational boards and dock boards, the members of which, in whole or in part, are elected by the people or are appointed by the governor or other prescribed authority, in reference to the issuance of bonds, notes or other evidences of indebtedness, whether in the original instance or for refunding purposes, shall be under the supervision, control and authority of the attorney general.

C. Notwithstanding the provisions of Subsections A and B of this Section or of any other law, the governing authority of Terrebonne Parish may retain or employ, on a full or part-time basis or on retainer, an attorney to serve as its regular or special attorney and in such case may fix and pay the salary or compensation of said attorney. The employment of an attorney under this authorization relieves the district attorney of responsibility.

D.(1) Except as otherwise permitted by this Section it shall be unlawful for any parish governing authority or state board or commission to retain or employ for any compensation whatever any attorney or counsel to represent it generally, or except as provided in R.S. 42:263, to retain or employ any special attorney or counsel for any compensation whatever to represent it in any special matter, or pay any compensation for any legal services whatever, provided that the board of commissioners of the port of New Orleans shall select its own attorney.

(2) The provisions of this Subsection shall not apply to the assessor of the parish of Orleans, the salary of whose attorney is paid by the city of New Orleans, nor shall it apply to the Board of Liquidation of the City Debt created by Act 110 of 1890.

E. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section or any law to the contrary, the Louisiana Board of Chiropractic Examiners may retain and employ counsel as specifically provided in R.S. 37:2804(F), and the attorney general shall be relieved of his responsibility to serve as attorney for the board, in such instances as provided therein.

F. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section or any other law to the contrary, nothing shall prohibit the governing authorities of the parishes of St. Charles, Ouachita, Morehouse, Calcasieu, Vermilion, and Acadia from each employing or retaining its own attorney to represent it generally; however, except in those specific instances where expressly allowed by law, no payment to such attorney so employed or retained shall be made on a contingent fee or other percentage basis. The employment of attorneys by the political subdivisions of the aforementioned parishes shall relieve the district attorneys of the judicial districts serving the parishes from any other duty of representing the political subdivisions of the parishes.

G. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section or any other law to the contrary, the Recreation and Park Commission for the parish of East Baton Rouge may retain and employ counsel as otherwise more specifically provided in R.S. 16:2.1 and the district attorney shall be relieved of his responsibility to serve as attorney for the commission only in such instances as provided therein.

H. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section or any other law to the contrary, and as a further exception to the general prohibition contained in this Section, any hospital service district created by or pursuant to state law may employ or retain its own attorney, the compensation of said attorney to be fixed and paid by the board of said district, in which event the district attorney of the judicial district in which the hospital service district is domiciled shall be relieved of the duty of representing said hospital service district.

I. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section or of any other laws to the contrary, the Natchitoches Parish School Board is hereby authorized to select its own attorney to serve as general counsel of said board, the compensation of the attorney to be fixed and paid by the board. The employment of an attorney by the school board shall relieve the district attorney of the judicial district serving Natchitoches Parish from any duty to represent the school board.

J. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section or any law to the contrary, the Louisiana Student Financial Assistance Commission may retain and employ counsel as specifically provided in R.S. 17:3025 and the attorney general shall be relieved of his responsibility to serve as attorney for the commission only in such instances as provided therein. The compensation of said counsel shall be fixed and paid by the commission with the approval of the governor.

Amended by Acts 1952, No. 127, §16; Acts 1952, No. 264, §1; Acts 1960, No. 304, §1; Acts 1960, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 5, §1; Acts 1964, No. 7, §1; Acts 1974, No. 479, §1; Acts 1974, No. 696, §1; Acts 1976, No. 140, §1; Acts 1976, No. 236, §1; Acts 1978, No. 315, §2; Acts 1978, No. 588, §2; Acts 1978, No. 612, §1; Acts 1979, No. 324, §2; Acts 1979, No. 507, §1; Acts 1980, No. 835, §1; Acts 1981, No. 734, §1; Acts 1982, No. 84, §1; Acts 1983, No. 184, §2; Acts 1983, No. 475, §§2, 3; Acts 1987, No. 267, §2; Acts 1988, No. 729, §1; Acts 1999, No. 384, §1; Acts 2001, No. 359, §2; Acts 2006, No. 622, §6, eff. Dec. 11, 2006; Acts 2011, 1 st Ex. Sess., No. 35, §1; Acts 2016, No. 168, §1; Acts 2018, No. 30, §2, eff. May 10, 2018.

NOTE: R.S. 17:3025 and the La. Student Financial Assistance Commission were repealed by Acts 2017, No. 314
La. Rev. Stat. § 42:435 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 42 / Section 435
Reimbursement of costs for substitute
Status: in_force

If the absence of a public employee necessitates the hiring of a substitute during the employee's absence, the state shall reimburse the governmental branch, department, agency, board, commission, or local governmental subdivision of this state for actual costs incurred in employing the substitute.

Added by Acts 1978, No. 70, §1, eff. June 16, 1978.
La. Rev. Stat. § 42:721 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 42 / Section 721
Establishment
Status: in_force

There shall be a system of personnel administration based on merit principles and scientific methods governing the appointment, promotion, transfer, lay-off, removal and discipline of the employees of those agencies or divisions or sections of state agencies administering federal funds which by federal law, rules or regulations are required to operate under personnel standards on a merit basis.
La. Rev. Stat. § 42:455 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 42 / Section 455
Payroll deduction rules
Status: in_force

A. Authority for payroll deductions not otherwise provided by statute shall be governed by rules promulgated by the division of administration and administered by the state payroll office. Providing any general insurance deduction vendors shall have met the following requirements:

(1) Foreign companies shall:

(a) Have been licensed to do business in this state for not less than five years.

(b) Have a current rating in A.M. Best of B+ or better, unless:

(i) Notwithstanding any other law, rule, or regulation to the contrary, and if they are in good standing with the Department of Insurance, and subject to the other applicable provisions of this Section, a foreign company which has participated in the payroll deduction system for a period of at least ten years and has a rating in A.M. Best of B, may continue to market and sell insurance policies through payroll deduction until the beginning of the next open enrollment period following the four-year anniversary date from the date of the issuance of the B rating by A.M. Best, provided they have maintained a rating of B or better for the entire four-year period. Thereafter, in the event that the foreign insurer has maintained a rating of B by A.M. Best and that rating is increased from B to a B+ or better and they meet the other applicable requirements of this Section and other applicable rules and regulations, they may resume marketing and selling insurance through the payroll deduction system; or

(ii) Notwithstanding any other law, rule, or regulation to the contrary, if a foreign company has been participating in the payroll deduction system for a period of at least ten years, and they have a rating in A.M. Best of B, they may maintain and administer indefinitely those policies purchased through payroll deduction as long as they maintain a rating by A.M. Best of no less than a B, are in good standing with the Department of Insurance, and comply with other applicable rules, and regulations, and laws and the provisions of this Section.

(c) Have been doing business under the same name for not less than three years.

(d) Offer like product, service, or coverage to citizens of Louisiana.

(e) Be in compliance with all procedural, accounting, and reporting requirements governing employee deductions.

(2) Domestic companies shall:

(a) Have been licensed to do business in this state for not less than five years.

(b) Have a current rating in A.M. Best of B or better, or if the company is of insufficient size to obtain a rating by A.M. Best, has posted a bond with the division of administration in the amount of:

(i) One hundred thousand dollars, if the company is a member insurer of the Louisiana Life and Health Insurance Guaranty Association; or

(ii) Two hundred fifty thousand dollars, if the company is not a member insurer of the Louisiana Life and Health Insurance Guaranty Association, or if the product for which the deductions are proposed is not covered under the Louisiana Life and Health Guaranty Association Act.

(c) Have been doing business under the same name for not less than three years.

(d) Provide like product, service, or coverage to citizens of Louisiana.

(e) Be in compliance with all procedural, accounting, and reporting requirements of all rules and requirements governing employee deductions.

B. The rules shall establish minimum reserve balances, bonding requirements, or other appropriate measures of fiscal responsibility for any payroll applicant not regulated by the Department of Insurance or office of financial institutions or any deduction, excepting charitable organizations, authorized by statute.

C. Payroll deductions authorized by statute shall comply with reporting, remittance, and system schedule requirements of rules promulgated by the Division of Administration and administered by the state payroll office as provided in this Section.

D.(1) Notwithstanding any law, rule, or regulation to the contrary, every vendor receiving payment through voluntary payroll deductions as of July 1, 2001, under the Uniform Payroll System, shall continue to be approved as a vendor if such vendor continues to meet the requirements of the rules and regulations of the division of administration governing payroll deductions which were in effect on May 19, 2000. Further, those vendors receiving payment through voluntary payroll deductions, under the Uniform Payroll System, as of July 1, 2001, who apply for a new payroll deduction for additional products, policy forms, or service plans may do so subject to the rules and regulations of the division of administration governing payroll deductions which were in effect on May 19, 2000.

(2) The provisions of this Subsection shall be null, void and of no effect on August 1, 2002, or on the date revised rules and regulations adopted in accordance with the provisions of R.S. 42:455(A) become effective, whichever is later.

E. Payroll deductions authorized by this Chapter shall give rise to no liability against the state, whether in contract or in tort, regarding either the administrative processing of the deduction or the quality or appropriateness of the product or its vendor.

Acts 1986, No. 805, §1; Acts 2001, No. 1029, §1; Acts 2004, No. 284, §1, eff. July 1, 2004; Acts 2004, No. 589, §1, eff. June 29, 2004.
La. Rev. Stat. § 42:723 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 42 / Section 723
Positions exempted
Status: in_force

Positions in the federal aid agencies and in the merit system council which are not governed by the provisions of this Chapter and are in the exempt service are:

(1) The state health officer, a confidential secretary to the state health officer, and the chief attorney of the department of health.

(2) Members of the state board of health and of all parish and municipal health boards.

(3) The commissioner of public welfare, a confidential secretary to the commissioner, and the chief attorney of the department of public welfare.

(4) Members of the state board of public welfare and of all parish welfare boards.

(5) The secretary, the administrator and the legal counsel of the office of employment security of Louisiana Works, and all employees of Louisiana Works not employed in the division of employment security of the department.

(6) Members of the unemployment compensation and employment service advisory councils, and members of the board of review representing employer and employee interests.

(7) The state hospital director, members of the state hospital board and of the state advisory council of the board, and all employees of the state hospital board not employed in the hospital and health planning division of the board.

(8) Independent contractors employed by any federal aid agency to render services on a contractual basis, including independent contractual professional services, provided these contractors meet the standards of training and experience established by the council.

(9) Janitors, maids and manual labor employed by any federal aid agency.

(10) The members of the merit system council.

Acts 1992, No. 447, §4; Acts 2008, No. 743, §7, eff. July 1, 2008.
La. Rev. Stat. § 42:394 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 42 / Section 394
Leave of absence for officers and employees in certain branches of armed forces
Status: in_force

All officers and employees of the state, or of any parish, city, town, political subdivision, unit, or any state institution thereof, who are members of the Officers' Reserve Corps of the Army of the United States, the National Guard of the United States, the Naval Reserve Corps, the Marine Corps Reserve, the Air Force Reserve, the Citizens Military Training Corps, or the Civil Air Patrol, either as officers or enlisted men, are entitled to leave of absence from their respective duties, without loss of pay, time, annual leave, or efficiency rating, on all days during which they are ordered to duty with troops or at field exercises, or for instruction, for periods not to exceed fifteen days in any one calendar year; and when relieved from duty, they are to be restored to the positions held by them when ordered to duty.

Amended by Acts 1977, No. 495, §1; Acts 1978, No. 61, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 42:851 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 42 / Section 851
Authority for employee benefit programs; payroll deduction for payment of premiums
Status: in_force

A. The state of Louisiana, through the Office of Group Benefits and each of its governmental and administrative subdivisions, departments, or agencies of the executive, legislative, or judicial branches, and the governing boards and authorities of each state university, college, or public elementary and secondary school system in this state are authorized to:

(1) Procure private contracts of insurance covering their respective employees, officials, and department heads, or any class or classes thereof, and the dependents of such employees, officials, or department heads under a policy or policies of group health, accident, accidental death and dismemberment, and hospital, surgical, or medical expense benefits.

(2) Adopt, administer, or operate or contract for all or a portion of the administration, operation, or both of a self-funded program for that purpose.

B. Each such private contract or self-funded program, the premiums of which are paid in whole or in part with state funds, shall be approved by the Office of Group Benefits, except that any city or parish school board may enter into such private contract or self-funded program without approval. The employee or retiree eligibility provided in such private contract or self-funded program must be identical to the eligibility provided in the Office of Group Benefits programs.

C.(1) Except as provided in Paragraphs (D)(1) and (2) and Subsection E of this Section, and except for those retirees who are not covered by Medicare and who are qualified for coverage in accordance with the rules and regulations of the Office of Group Benefits, the contribution of the state shall not be less than fifty percent of the total premium paid out of funds contributed by the state.

(2) However, except for those retirees who are not covered by Medicare, the contribution by the state shall not be in excess of the dollar amount paid on behalf of members in the rating classification for employees of state departments and agencies.

(3) The employee portion of the premium rate for retirees without Medicare coverage shall not exceed the active employee portion of the premium rates for the same classification of coverage.

D.(1) For those retirees who are covered by Medicare, the minimum contribution of the state shall be seventy-five percent.

(2) For those active employees covered by the provisions of Paragraph (C)(1) of this Section whose state contribution was not less than fifty percent of the total premium paid out of funds of the state on June 30, 2001, the minimum contribution of the state shall be as follows:

(a) Beginning July 1, 2001, the minimum contribution by the state shall be fifty-eight percent of the total premium.

(b) Beginning July 1, 2002, the minimum contribution by the state shall be sixty-five percent of the total premium.

(c) Beginning July 1, 2003, and each year thereafter, the minimum contribution by the state shall be seventy-five percent of the total premium.

(3) Nothing herein shall be construed to prohibit the state from providing contributions at a higher level for participants as provided in Paragraph (2) of this Subsection.

(4) Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, any lapse in participation for employees furloughed or terminated as the result of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita and subsequently rehired between August 30, 2005, and December 31, 2006, shall not reduce the state minimum contribution.

E.(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Part to the contrary, for any person who is an active employee as defined by R.S. 42:808 and who does not participate in the Office of Group Benefits program provided by this Part before January 1, 2002, but subsequently enrolls in the program, or for any person who is hired on or after January 1, 2002, who meets the definition of employee as provided by R.S. 42:808 the state contribution of the total premium shall, upon retirement, be:

(a) Nineteen percent for those persons with less than ten years of participation in the Office of Group Benefits program before retirement.

(b) Thirty-eight percent for those persons with ten years of participation but less than fifteen years of participation in the Office of Group Benefits program before retirement.

(c) Fifty-six percent for those persons with fifteen years of participation but less than twenty years of participation in the Office of Group Benefits program before retirement.

(d) Seventy-five percent for those persons with twenty or more years of participation in the Office of Group Benefits program before retirement.

(2) The Office of Group Benefits shall promulgate all rules necessary to carry out the provisions of Subsections A through E, P, and U of this Section.

(3) Nothing herein shall be construed to prohibit the state from providing contributions at a higher level for participants as provided in this Subsection.

(4) The provisions of this Subsection shall not affect the contributions paid by the state for any retiree covered under this Part on June 29, 2001, or the contributions paid by the state for any participant who retires before January 1, 2002.

F. The contributions of employees, officials, or department heads to the premiums for such benefits may be deducted by the employer from the salaries of the employees, officials, or department heads when authorized in writing by the respective persons. However, the amount paid toward the premium by the state or any of its governmental and administrative subdivisions, departments, or agencies and the governing boards and authorities of each state university, college, or public elementary and secondary school system of the state shall be subject to the approval of the office.

G. No reductions of state contributions shall be made on contracts heretofore written and continued in force, and, in addition, the premiums shall be paid out of funds appropriated for the purpose and included in the respective budgets of the state or other entity.

H.(1) Nothing herein shall be construed as limiting the authority of the office to adopt, administer, or operate or to contract for all or a portion of the administration, operation, or both of a primary self-funded program or additional programs with premium rate structures and state contribution rates which are different from the primary program.

(2) Under any such self-funded program the office, for purposes of establishing rates and premiums, may group risks into multiple classifications. There may be one classification for employees of state departments and agencies; there may be one classification for employees of eligible school boards; there may be one classification for employees of eligible political subdivisions and other public entities of the state; and there may be one or more classifications for retirees.

(3) For the purposes of this Subsection, the classification of state departments and agencies shall mean that group of eligible participants in the executive, legislative, or judicial branch of state government whose contributions for premiums are paid in whole or in part through appropriations by the legislature. The classification of school boards shall mean that group of eligible participants of city or parish school systems which receive funding through the Minimum Foundation Program. The classification of political subdivisions and other public entities shall mean participants of all other entities eligible for the program under the provisions of this Section not included in the classification of state departments and agencies or the classification of school boards.

(4) The rates and premiums adopted for each classification shall take into consideration the loss experience in the classification as well as other relevant factors.

(5) If a state department or agency, school board, or political subdivision or other public entity elects to participate in the state group health and accident insurance program after participation in another group health and accident program, the premium rate applicable to such employees and former employees intended to be covered by the program shall be the greater of the premium rate based on the loss experience of the group under the prior plan or the premium rate based on the loss experience of the classification into which the group is entering.

(6) The rates so fixed shall not be excessive, inadequate, or unfairly discriminatory and shall be uniform within each classification.

I. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, nothing herein shall be construed to exclude city and parish school board members from eligibility for participation as provided in R.S. 17:1223.

J. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, any eligible entity which elects to participate in the life insurance coverage as provided in Part II of Chapter 12 of Title 42 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950 shall also participate in the group health and accident insurance coverage as provided in this Part.

K. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, the employee portion of the premium rate for active employees or retirees shall not be increased to fund any deficit related to the provision of coverage. If a deficit is identified, the minimum contribution by the state may be increased to fully fund such deficit.

L.(1) School boards may pay from local funds any portion of the cost of the group policy.

(2) Nothing in this Section shall be construed to require any school board to use local funds to pay all or any portion of the cost of the group policy for participating former employees now retired.

M.(1) Notwithstanding any provision of law or any rule or regulation to the contrary, the state of Louisiana shall continue to contribute its portion of the premium or charges due under this Section for which an employee is granted leave of absence without pay due to a service-related injury for a period not to exceed twelve months. The state may contribute its portion of the premium and charges due under this Section for which an employee is granted leave of absence without pay due to active military duty or is granted leave without pay under the provisions of the federal Family and Medical Leave Act.

(2) If the employee should suffer a job-related injury that meets the definition of a total and permanent disability under the workers' compensation laws of Louisiana, the state of Louisiana shall continue to contribute its portion of the premiums or charges due under this Section until the employee becomes gainfully employed or is placed on state disability retirement.

(3) However, such contribution shall not be made for any period during which an employee is under a suspension from his employment without pay unless reinstated.

(4) An employee who is granted leave of absence without pay for any reason other than those enumerated above may continue participation in the Office of Group Benefits program for a period not to exceed twelve months upon the employee's payment of the full premium or charges due.

N. The Department of Insurance shall make an examination, at least once every five years, of the health indemnity plan of the Office of Group Benefits following the same guidelines applied to other health insurers, and report its findings to the Joint Legislative Committee on the Budget along with any recommendations for assuring plan solvency and quality.

O. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, any person who is an active employee, as defined in R.S. 42:808(A)(1), of the state Department of Education, special school district or the Department of Public Safety and Corrections, office of youth services who was employed by such state agency on or after January 1, 2002, but no later than March 29, 2004, who has participated in the Office of Group Benefits continuously during his state employment who, prior to such employment, was a professional and fully qualified employee of a city, parish, or other local public school system in a position that required certification by the state Department of Education and who participated in the group health insurance program made available by the school system for not less than twenty years shall, upon retirement, be eligible to maintain enrollment in the Office of Group Benefits program with a state contribution of seventy-five percent of his premium.

P.(1) Any person who is eligible for and receives disability retirement benefits from a retirement system created under the laws of this state shall receive the same retiree health care premium subsidy as an individual who has participated for twenty or more years in the Office of Group Benefits health care program. In order to be eligible for the retiree health care premium subsidy, the person shall have participated in health care programs sponsored by the Office of Group Benefits for the number of years sufficient to earn disability retirement benefits.

(2)(a) Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, a spouse who is eligible for and receives survivor benefits from the State Police Retirement System pursuant to R.S. 11:1316 or 1345.8 shall be eligible to participate in the Office of Group Benefits health care program and receive the same health care premium subsidy as a retiree who has participated for twenty or more years in the Office of Group Benefits health care program. For the spouse to be eligible for the retiree health care premium subsidy, the member shall have participated in health care programs sponsored by the Office of Group Benefits for the number of years sufficient to earn survivor retirement benefits. A spouse who did not meet the qualifications for health care premium subsidy coverage pursuant to this Paragraph due to the date of death of the member occurring prior to June 30, 2021, shall have the option to select coverage no later than December 31, 2021.

(b) Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, a child who has not attained the age of twenty-six years or a child who has a disability or is mentally incapacitated regardless of age who is eligible for and receives, or who was eligible for and received, survivor benefits from the State Police Retirement System pursuant to R.S. 11:1316 or 1345.8 shall be eligible to participate in the Office of Group Benefits health care program and receive the same health care premium subsidy as a retiree who has participated for twenty or more years in the Office of Group Benefits health care program. For the child to be eligible for the retiree health care premium subsidy, the member shall have participated in health care programs sponsored by the Office of Group Benefits for the number of years sufficient to earn survivor retirement benefits. A child who did not meet the qualifications for health care premium subsidy coverage pursuant to this Paragraph due to the date of death of the member occurring prior to June 30, 2021, shall have the option to select coverage no later than December 31, 2021.

Q. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, any person who is an active employee of the Jefferson Parish School System, or is employed as a probation and parole officer with the Department of Public Safety and Corrections on or before August 15, 1986, and participates in the Office of Group Benefits program, who elects to take retirement within the Louisiana State Employees' Retirement System pursuant to Act No. 194 of the 2004 Regular Session of the Legislature, and who has participated in the Office of Group Benefits program provided by this Part for at least ten years, shall, upon retirement, be eligible to maintain enrollment in the Office of Group Benefits program with a state contribution of seventy-five percent of his premium.

R. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, persons made eligible as part of a special group for participation in programs sponsored by the Office of Group Benefits pursuant to R.S. 42:808(A)(11) may elect to participate in group health insurance programs upon the end of their state service as provided in R.S. 42:808(A)(11) provided they participated in a program of group health insurance sponsored by the Office of Group Benefits for not less than ten consecutive years prior to the end of their service. One hundred percent of the premium cost for coverage of any person in such group electing to participate shall be paid entirely by such person and shall be risk rated by the Office of Group Benefits. The election to continue insurance coverage pursuant to this Subsection must be made by the employee on or before the termination of the employee's service and the payment of the premiums to be paid pursuant to this Subsection shall begin on the date of termination.

S. Notwithstanding Paragraph (E)(1) of this Section or any provision of law to the contrary, any person who retires within the Louisiana State Employees' Retirement System and who elects to suspend his retirement benefits pursuant to the laws applicable to that system shall be eligible to maintain enrollment in programs sponsored by the Office of Group Benefits with the same contribution by the state as was applicable to such person upon his retirement. If such person is reemployed subsequent to his retirement, such contributions by the state shall be maintained through the course of such person's reemployment and his subsequent retirement thereafter.

T.(1) Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, any person who retired on or after May 1, 2013, and on or before May 31, 2013, who participated in health care programs sponsored by the Office of Group Benefits for more than eighteen years, whose doctor certifies that on the date of his retirement he was medically unable to perform his job duties shall, upon retirement, be eligible to maintain enrollment in the Office of Group Benefits Program with a state contribution of seventy-five percent of his premium, if the sum of his accumulated unused leave on his retirement date plus his years of participation in the Office of Group Benefits Program, rounded to the nearest year, is twenty years or more.

(2) Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, any person who is an employee, as defined in R.S. 42:808(A), who was employed by the Office of Community Relations and Rural Development after January 1, 2004, who subsequently becomes a state elected official as defined in R.S. 42:808(11)(b)(ii), and who has participated in the Office of Group Benefits continuously during his state employment, shall, upon retirement, be eligible to maintain enrollment in the Office of Group Benefits program with a state contribution of his premium, as provided in Subsection D of this Section.

U.(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law or any rule or regulation to the contrary, health insurance coverage shall begin concurrent with employment by a public elementary or secondary school system if all of the following apply on the employee's first date of employment with that employer:

(a) The school system is in an area that is the subject of a gubernatorially or presidentially declared disaster or emergency.

(b) The declaration of disaster or emergency specifies that the disaster or emergency involves risks to the health or well-being of any individual who engages in certain activities.

(c) Among the activities posing a risk to an individual's health or well-being are activities integral to services to the school system that the employee is required to perform.

(2) The premium for the first month's insurance shall be paid immediately. The school system shall pay the employer contribution. The employee contribution may be paid by the school system or the employee. If the school system pays the employee contribution, the school system shall be reimbursed by a deduction from the employee's wages.

V.(1) Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, any person who previously participated in health coverage programs sponsored by the Office of Group Benefits as a dependent spouse of a deceased retiree immediately prior to enrolling in Office of Group Benefits health coverage as an active employee shall, upon termination from state service, be eligible to obtain Office of Group Benefits health coverage as a surviving spouse, provided that all of the following conditions are met:

(a) The person is enrolled in Office of Group Benefits health coverage as an active employee as of July 1, 2024.

(b) The person remains enrolled in Office of Group Benefits health coverage continuously until immediately prior to the date of termination.

(c) The person would have had surviving spouse coverage at the time of the death of the retiree spouse but for his or her eligibility for coverage in a group health plan other than Medicare.

(d) The person pays the requisite premiums.

(e) The person complies with any other applicable Office of Group Benefits rules.

(2) A surviving spouse pursuant to this Subsection shall be entitled to receive, in state contribution to premiums, the percentage of the total premium as provided for in applicable Office of Group Benefits rules.

(3) Employer premium contributions for a person eligible to obtain Office of Group Benefits coverage as a surviving spouse pursuant to this Subsection shall be the responsibility of the school board, state agency, or political subdivision from which the deceased retiree spouse originally retired.

(4) The dependent children of a person eligible to obtain Office of Group Benefits coverage as a surviving spouse pursuant to this Subsection may continue coverage in accordance with applicable rules promulgated by the Office of Group Benefits.

Acts 1950, No. 531, §1. Amended by Acts 1956, No. 294, §1; Acts 1975, No. 486, §1; Acts 1976, No. 521, §2; Acts 1978, No. 768, §1; Acts 1979, No. 653, §1; Acts 1979, No. 745, §3, eff. July 1, 1979; Acts 1980, No. 791, §2; Acts 1981, No. 419, §2; Acts 1981, No. 686, §1; Acts 1981, No. 704, §1; Acts 1981, No. 710, §2; Acts 1982, No. 243, §1; Acts 1984, No. 884, §1; Acts 1985, No. 812, §1; Acts 1985, No. 840, §1; Acts 1986, No. 644, §1; Acts 1988, No. 902, §1; Acts 1988, No. 1009, §1; Acts 1989, No. 726, §1, eff. Jan. 31, 1990; Acts 1990, No. 615, §1, eff. July 19, 1990; Acts 1991, No. 424, §1; Acts 1991, No. 705, §1; Acts 1992, No. 447, §4; Acts 1992, No. 635, §2, eff. July 2, 1992; Acts 1992, No. 1044, §§1, 2; Acts 1997, No. 1357, §1, eff. July 1, 1997; Acts 1998, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 150, §2, eff. July 1, 1998; Acts 1999, No. 1005, §1, eff. July 1, 1999; Acts 1999, No. 1069, §1, eff. July 9, 1999; Acts 2000, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 41, §1; Acts 2000, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 128, §1, eff. April 19, 2000; Acts 2001, No. 767, §1, eff. June 26, 2001; Acts 2001, No. 1079, §1, eff. July 1, 2001; Acts 2001, No. 1174, §2, eff. July 1, 2001; Acts 2001, No. 1178, §5, eff. June 29, 2001; Acts 2003, No. 897, §1; Acts 2005, No. 498, §1; Acts 2005, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 57, §1, eff. Dec. 6, 2005; Acts 2006, No. 757, §1, eff. June 30, 2006; Acts 2007, No. 366, §1, eff. July 10, 2007; Acts 2014, No. 771, §1, eff. June 30, 2014; Acts 2020, 2 nd Ex. Sess., No. 32, §2, eff. Oct. 28, 2020; Acts 2021, No. 56, §1, eff. June 30, 2021; Acts 2024, No. 304, §1, eff. May 28, 2024.

NOTE: See Acts 2001, No. 767, §3.

NOTE: See Acts 2007, No. 366, §2, regarding effectiveness of R.S. 42:851(S). See also Acts 2007, No. 252.
La. Rev. Stat. § 42:1261 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 42 / Section 1261
In-service training and educational programs; conducted for state agencies; eligible employees; fees; contracts and agreements
Status: in_force

A.(1) The Department of State Civil Service shall institute, develop, conduct, maintain, and otherwise provide for continuing programs of in-service training and education designed to improve the supervisory, managerial, and other generally applicable skills and expertise of officials and employees of all state agencies, including supervisory, administrative, and managerial personnel and nonsupervisory employees.

(2) For purposes of this Chapter, "state agency" means any board, commission, department, agency, office, officer, or other entity:

(a) Within the executive or legislative branches of state government;

(b) Of the supreme court, a court of appeal, or a district court of the judicial branch of state government; or

(c) Which employs any state classified employee.

B.(1) The in-service training and educational programs may be made available on a fee basis to other public officials and employees and to other participants as determined by the Department of State Civil Service, provided such participation does not have the effect of denying access to the program by any employee or official of a state agency. The Department of State Civil Service may establish and impose a schedule of fees or other charges for such officials, employees, and participants to attend such programs.

(2) The Department of State Civil Service is hereby designated as the training agency for state agencies as set forth in Subsection A of this Section.

C. The State Civil Service Commission shall advise the Department of State Civil Service on in-service training and educational programs and may award certifications to employees upon successful completion of such programs. Cooperative arrangements or agreements may be entered into between the Department of State Civil Service and state educational institutions for their participation in training and educational programs as needed to accomplish any of the purposes enumerated in Subsection A of this Section.

Added by Acts 1972, No. 400, §1. Amended by Acts 1979, No. 656, §1; Acts 1986, No. 313, §1, eff. June 30, 1986; Acts 1989, No. 289, §1, eff. July 1, 1989; Acts 2010, No. 825, §1, eff. July 1, 2010; Acts 2020, 2 nd Ex. Sess., No. 33, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 42:1355 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 42 / Section 1355
Secrecy of ballot; interference with voter; penalty
Status: in_force

A. Except as to any person who is illiterate, blind, or so physically disabled as to prevent his exercise of the right to cast his vote without assistance, no voter shall allow his candidate selection to be seen by any person with an apparent intention of letting it be known how he is about to vote, place any distinguishing mark upon his ballot, or make a false statement as to his inability to vote. No person shall interfere or attempt to interfere with any voter when voting, or endeavor to induce any voter to show how he is about to vote, or influence or attempt to influence any voter to vote for or against a particular candidate, or otherwise violate any of the provisions of this Chapter or rules adopted pursuant thereto.

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

Added by Acts 1974, Ex. Sess., No. 8, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1975. Acts 1988, No. 164, §1; Acts 2003, No. 332, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 42:1134 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 42 / Section 1134
Powers, duties, and responsibilities of the board
Status: in_force

A.(1) The Board of Ethics may adopt, amend, repeal, and enforce rules and regulations in the manner provided by the Administrative Procedure Act to carry out the provisions and purposes of this Chapter and any other law within its jurisdiction.

(2) The board shall provide for procedural rules governing the establishment and implementation of time periods for the dismissal of a complaint, the filing of a formal charge, the notification of the parties of the rendition of a decision, and the assessment of penalties.

(3) Notwithstanding the provisions of Paragraph (1) of this Subsection or the Administrative Procedure Act, all forms required by R.S. 42:1124, 1124.2, 1124.2.1, 1124.3, and 1124.5 shall be prepared and prescribed by the Board of Ethics as provided in this Paragraph. The board shall submit all such proposed forms to the Senate Committee on Senate and Governmental Affairs and the House Committee on House and Governmental Affairs for review and approval. The approval of each legislative committee shall be required prior to the utilization of a form to satisfy the requirements of R.S. 42:1124, 1124.2, 1124.2.1, 1124.3, or 1124.5. Upon receipt of a proposed form, the legislative committees shall meet, either separately or jointly, within sixty days to consider and act on the proposed form. Approval by either legislative committee, meeting separately, shall require a favorable vote of a majority of the members present and voting, a quorum of the legislative committee being present. Approval by the two legislative committees, meeting jointly, shall require a favorable vote of a majority of the members of each legislative committee present and voting, each committee voting separately, a quorum of the joint legislative committee being present. If the proposed form fails to receive the approval of both legislative committees within sixty days after submission by the supervisory committee, the proposed form shall be withdrawn from consideration.

B.(1) The board shall select an executive secretary who shall perform the necessary administrative and other functions that the board may delegate. The executive secretary shall be a full-time public employee and shall not engage in any employment with any other agency of the state or with a political subdivision or agency thereof or enter into any contract or subcontract with any other agency of the state or with a political subdivision or agency thereof. All investigations, normal staff functions, and legal services shall be conducted by the staff of the Department of State Civil Service under the authority and direction of the board. The board may obtain investigative assistance from any agency.

(2)(a) The board shall select an ethics administrator to serve as general counsel to the board, to provide general office management, and to perform other functions that the board may delegate.

(b) The ethics administrator shall be a full-time public employee and shall not engage in any employment with any other agency of the state or with a political subdivision or agency thereof or enter into any contract or subcontract with any other agency of the state or with a political subdivision or agency thereof. In addition, the ethics administrator shall not engage in outside business activities requiring active participation as determined by the board. For purposes of this Subparagraph, "outside business activities requiring active participation" shall include but not be limited to the practice of any profession for compensation other than in performing his public duties and responsibilities as ethics administrator.

C. The board may conduct private investigations in carrying out the board's responsibilities and powers under this Chapter and in obtaining information to serve as a basis for recommending additional legislation related to the purposes of this Chapter.

D. The board or a panel thereof may conduct private and public hearings in the discharge of the board's responsibilities.

E. The board may render advisory opinions with respect to the provisions of this Chapter and any other law within its jurisdiction and rules and regulations issued by the board. To facilitate this process, the board may provide by rule, for a consent agenda of proposed decisions on advisory opinions which shall be researched and prepared by the board's staff. Such rules shall provide for removing from the consent agenda any proposed advisory opinion which a member objects to considering on the consent agenda. Only those advisory opinions which are based on and consistent with prior opinions rendered by the board or its predecessors or prior decisions made by the board shall be placed on the consent agenda. The board may review and revise any opinion prepared by staff which has been or shall be placed on the consent agenda.

F. The board shall receive reports from agencies and collect information with respect to, and conduct studies of, personal conflicts of interest of public servants within its jurisdiction.

G. The board may consult with appropriate officials with respect to conflict of interest matters affecting more than one public agency.

H. The board may consult with agency heads and with appropriate officers designated by them as to the administration of this Chapter, within the board's jurisdiction, within their respective agencies and the regulations issued hereunder applicable to their respective agencies.

I. The board shall provide semi-annual reports and information to the governor, the legislature, and to governing authorities concerning the administration of this Chapter within its jurisdiction and conflict of interest matters generally. The board shall include in its reports all of the following:

(1) Aggregated data regarding investigations, including:

(a) Aggregated data regarding the number of complaints received.

(b) Aggregated data regarding the number of investigations.

(c) Aggregated data regarding the number and value of penalties and fees.

(d) Aggregated data regarding the number and value of penalty and fee waivers.

(e) Aggregated data regarding the number and nature of court and Ethics Adjudicatory Board proceedings regarding investigations.

(f) Aggregated data regarding categories of alleged violations yielding investigations.

(2) Aggregated data regarding charges issued, including:

(a) Aggregated data regarding the number of charges.

(b) Aggregated data regarding the length of proceedings resulting from charges.

(c) Aggregated data regarding categories of alleged violations yielding charges.

(3) Advisory opinions issued by the board.

(4) Judgments and opinions by the Ethics Adjudicatory Board and by state and federal courts interpreting this Chapter.

J. The board shall make recommendations to the governor and the legislature for revisions in the Code of Governmental Ethics and other legislation relating to the conduct of public servants and other persons subject to the provisions of this Chapter who are within its jurisdiction.

K. The board shall do and perform such other acts, duties, and functions as are provided elsewhere in this Chapter as it shall deem appropriate in connection with the provisions of this Chapter within its jurisdiction, except those duties and functions of the Ethics Adjudicatory Board.

L. The board shall establish and implement a policy to provide information and material, in booklet form, by seminar, or by other means to any individual appointed to a public board or commission, that is not a state board or commission, which would inform them of the provisions of the Code of Governmental Ethics which are applicable to such appointed positions. The board may adopt and charge a fee, in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act, for any material or seminar provided pursuant to this Subsection.

M. The board shall establish a computerized data management system for the collection and dissemination of any material pursuant to the provisions of this Chapter and for the processing of any reports required to be filed with the board pursuant to the provisions of this Chapter, Chapter 11 of Title 18 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, or any other provision of law. On a regular basis, the board shall offer training on the use of this system as well as educational materials detailing the procedures necessary to file such reports electronically.

N.(1) On a regular basis, the board shall conduct educational activities, seminars, and publish appropriate materials which provide instruction and information relative to the subjects of ethics and conflicts of interest concerning the following provisions: the Code of Governmental Ethics; the Campaign Finance Disclosure Act; the provisions of Part III of Chapter 1 of Title 24 relative to lobbying of the legislature; the provisions of Part IV of Chapter 1 of Title 49 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950 relative to lobbying of executive branch agencies; the provisions of Chapter 46 of Title 33 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, relative to lobbying local government; the Louisiana Riverboat Economic Development and Gaming Control Act; the Louisiana Economic Development and Gaming Corporation Act; the Louisiana Lottery Corporation Law; the Video Draw Poker Devices Control Law; and any other matter within the board's jurisdiction or as provided in this Chapter. Such activities, seminars, and materials shall explain the law in plain language and shall be open or available to public servants in all state and local agencies, persons who do business with such agencies, candidates, lobbyists, and any other interested persons.

(2) The board shall design and make available to all interested persons via the Internet training and educational materials pertaining to the Code of Governmental Ethics; the Campaign Finance Disclosure Act; the provisions of Part III of Chapter 1 of Title 24 relative to lobbying of the legislature; the provisions of Chapter 46 of Title 33 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, relative to lobbying local government; and the provisions of Part IV of Chapter 1 of Title 49 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950 relative to lobbying of executive branch agencies.

(3) The board shall conduct educational seminars specifically designed to educate persons involved in filing campaign finance disclosures, including committee chairmen and treasurers, professional campaign managers, public relations firms and advertising agencies, attorneys, and certified professional accountants, regarding the Campaign Financial Disclosure Act. The board shall make reasonable efforts to assure that the seminars qualify for continuing legal education credits and continuing education credits for certified public accountants.

O. The board shall publish, both in hard copy format and via the Internet, all public charges, opinions, letters of advice, and decisions of the Board of Ethics and its predecessors, the Board of Ethics for Elected Officials and the Commission on Ethics for Public Employees, concerning all of the laws under the jurisdiction of the board. In addition, the Board of Ethics shall compile and publish, both in hard copy format and via the Internet, an index referencing each such charge, opinion, letter of advice, and decision of the Board of Ethics and its predecessors, the Board of Ethics for Elected Officials and the Commission on Ethics for Public Employees, to the specific citation or citations of law on which the charge, opinion, letter of advice, or decision is based.

Acts 1979, No. 443, §1, eff. April 1, 1980. Amended by Acts 1981, No. 59, §2, eff. June 17, 1981; Acts 1993, No. 909, §1; Acts 1996, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 64, §§6, 10, eff. Jan. 1, 1997; Acts 2004, No. 116, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2005; Acts 2007, No. 315, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2008; Acts 2007, No. 442, §1, eff. Aug. 15, 2008; Acts 2010, No. 788, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2011; Acts 2012, No. 608, §1, eff. June 7, 2012; Acts 2014, No. 857, §2; Acts 2025, No. 301, §1, eff. June 11, 2025.

NOTE: See Acts 2012, No.608, §3, relative to the prospective application of Act.
La. Rev. Stat. § 42:1130.3 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 42 / Section 1130.3
Enforcement; penalties
Status: in_force

The provisions of this Part shall be enforced as provided in Part III of this Chapter. Violations of this Part shall be subject to applicable penalties as provided in Part III of this Chapter; however, no fine shall be imposed for any violation occurring prior to January 1, 2009.

Acts 2008, No. 812, §1, eff. July 7, 2008.
La. Rev. Stat. § 42:289 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 42 / Section 289
Definitions
Status: in_force

The following definitions shall be used in connection with the provisions of R.S. 42:289 through R.S. 42:291:

A. "Appointing authority" means an agency, department, officer, board, or commission of the executive branch and the officers and employees thereof authorized by statute or lawfully delegated authority to employ persons in state government.

B. "Board member" means a member of a board, commission, or other authority of state government created or authorized by law, by the Louisiana Constitution, or by executive order.

C. "Education employee" means an employee of a college or university of the state.

D. "Student employee" means an employee who is required under the terms of his employment to be a full-time student in a school, college, or university in this state.

E. "Unclassified employee" means any person holding an office or position of trust or employment in the state service, whether elective or appointive, who is not in the classified civil service of the state under the provisions of Section 2 of Article X of the Louisiana Constitution, excluding bona fide students employed by the educational institution in which they are enrolled as students.

Acts 1964, No. 38, §1. Acts 1987, No. 843, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 42:56 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 42 / Section 56
Dismissal from employment; expulsion from educational institution
Status: in_force

Any public employee found guilty of committing any act prohibited by R.S. 42:54 hereof shall be dismissed from his public employment. Any student in a public educational institution found guilty of committing any act prohibited by R.S. 42:54 hereof shall be expelled from the public educational institution in which he is enrolled.

Acts 1950, No. 284, §5.
La. Rev. Stat. § 42:72 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 42 / Section 72
Recognition of usurper; penalty
Status: in_force

Any public officer who gives adhesion to, or in any manner recognizes the authority of any usurper as contemplated by R.S. 42:71, forfeits his office.
La. Rev. Stat. § 42:1408 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 42 / Section 1408
Contest of election
Status: in_force

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

Acts 1990, No. 788, §1, eff. Nov. 7, 1990.
La. Rev. Stat. § 42:817 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 42 / Section 817
Penalties
Status: in_force

A. Each administrator and pharmacy benefit manager owes a duty of good faith and fair dealing to the office. Failure to file a report required by this Subpart or failure to accurately or completely disclose revenues on such report shall constitute a breach of the duties imposed in this Section.

B. In addition to any damages, attorney fees, and costs for breach of the imposed duty, including all costs associated with recovering owed amounts, the office may be awarded penalties assessed against the breaching party in an amount not to exceed two times the party's revenues received for the calendar year for which the party failed to disclose with the office.

Acts 2024, No. 546, §1, eff. July 1, 2024.
La. Rev. Stat. § 42:1160 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 42 / Section 1160
Electronic response required
Status: in_force

The board shall send a communication electronically in a timely manner to a filing party who files a report through the Computerized Data Management System in the manner provided by this Subpart. This communication shall not take the place of any other type of notice required by law.

Acts 2023, No. 241, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2024.
La. Rev. Stat. § 42:1121.1 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 42 / Section 1121.1
Assistance to certain persons after termination of public service
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding any provisions in Sections 1112, 1113, and 1121 of this Part to the contrary, any member or former member of a parish governing authority who prior to May 25, 2006, was serving as a parish manager may continue to serve as parish manager, provided that such member recuse himself from any vote regarding his employment as parish manager.

Acts 2006, No. 85, §2, eff. May 25, 2006.
La. Rev. Stat. § 42:1163 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 42 / Section 1163
Prescription
Status: in_force

No action to enforce any provision of this Chapter shall be commenced after the expiration of two years following the discovery of the occurrence of the alleged violation, or four years after the occurrence of the alleged violation, whichever period is shorter.

Acts 1979, No. 443, §1, eff. April 1, 1980.
La. Rev. Stat. § 42:1002 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 42 / Section 1002
Definitions
Status: in_force

For the purpose of this Chapter:

(1) "Agreement" means the federal-state agreement between the commissioner and state of Louisiana entered into by the state treasurer on December 10, 1952, as authorized by the Social Security Enabling Act for the purpose of extending coverage under Title II of the Social Security Act. 1

(2) "Applicable federal law" refers to such provisions of federal law (including federal regulations and requirements issued pursuant thereto) as provide for extending the benefits of Title II of the Social Security Act to employees of states, political subdivisions, and their instrumentalities.

(3) "Commissioner of Social Security" includes any individual to whom the commissioner has delegated any of his functions under the Social Security Act 2 with respect to coverage, under such Act, of employees of states, their political subdivisions, and instrumentalities.

(4) "Employee", in addition to its usual meaning, includes an officer of a state, a political subdivision thereof, or an instrumentality of either.

(5) "Employer" means the state, a political subdivision, or a local instrumentality of either.

(6)(a) "Employment" means any service performed by an employee in the employ of the state, or any political subdivision thereof, or any instrumentality of either, for such employer except (i) service which in the absence of an agreement entered into under this Chapter would constitute "employment" as defined in the Social Security Act; or (ii) service which under applicable federal law may not be included in an agreement between the state and the commissioner of Social Security entered into under this Chapter.

(b) Service which under the Social Security Act may be included in an agreement only upon certification by the governor in accordance with Section 218(d)(3), Section 218(d)(6), and Section 218(d)(7) of that Act shall be included in the term "employment" if and when the governor issues, with respect to such service, a certificate to the commissioner of Social Security pursuant to R.S. 42:1010(B).

(c) Provided, however, that services in any class or classes of elective positions, part-time positions, or positions the compensation for which is on a fee basis, or services performed by students or any agricultural labor excepted from employment by any provision of Section 210(a) of the Social Security Act other than Paragraph (8) of such Section, may, to the extent permitted by applicable federal law, be excluded in any plan or agreement approved or authorized by this Chapter.

(d) Provided further that the term "employment" shall include those civilian employees of the state military department who are paid with federal funds and who have been administratively determined by the National Guard Bureau to be state employees.

(7) "Federal Insurance Contributions Act" means subchapter A of Chapter 9 of the Federal Internal Revenue Code of 1939 and subchapters A and B of Chapter 21 of the Federal Internal Revenue Code of 1954, as such Codes have been and may from time to time be amended; and the term "employee tax" means the tax imposed by section 1400 of such Code of 1939 and section 3101 of such Code of 1954.

(8) "Instrumentality", when referring to an instrumentality of the state or political subdivision, includes only a juristic entity which is legally separate and distinct from the state or such subdivision and whose employees are not by virtue of their relation to such entity employees of the state or such subdivision.

(9) "Modification" means an amendment to the original federal-state agreement to extend coverage to coverage groups of additional employee classifications consistent with the provisions of Section 218 of the Social Security Act and this Chapter.

(10) "Plan" means an agreement between the state treasurer and a coverage group for the purpose of extending social security or health insurance coverage to the employees of the coverage group. Each agreement (plan) shall specify the terms, conditions, and scope of the coverage.

(11) "Political subdivision" includes any parish, municipality or other political subdivision within the state of Louisiana, to which has been delegated certain functions of local government, and employees thereof who are eligible to become a coverage group under the terms of the Social Security Act.

(12) "Retirement system" means a pension, annuity, retirement, or similar fund or system established by the state or by a political subdivision thereof or by an instrumentality of either the state or of a political subdivision.

(13) "Social Security Act" means the Act of Congress approved August 14, 1935, Chapter 531, 49 Stat. 620, officially cited as "The Social Security Act", 2 as such Act has been and may from time to time be amended.

(14) "Wages" means all remuneration for employment as defined herein, including the cash value of all remuneration paid in any medium other than cash, except that such term shall not include that part of such remuneration which, even if it were for "employment" within the meaning of the Federal Insurance Contributions Act 3 , would not constitute "wages" within the meaning of that Act.

Acts 1952, No. 204, §2. Amended by Acts 1955, No. 36, §2; Acts 2004, No. 280, §1, eff. July 1, 2004.

1 42 U.S.C.A. §401 et seq.

2 42 U.S.C.A. §301 et seq.

3 53 Stat. 175 to 179, §3101 et seq. (1954 Act) and 26 U.S.C.A.
La. Rev. Stat. § 42:1124.3 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 42 / Section 1124.3
Financial disclosure; certain elected officials, voting districts of under five thousand
Status: in_force

A. Each person holding a public office who represents a voting district having a population of fewer than five thousand and each member of the governing authority or management board of a charter school created pursuant to Chapter 42 of Title 17 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, except any person who is required to file a financial statement by R.S. 42:1124, 1124.2, or 1124.2.1 shall annually file a financial statement as provided in this Section.

B.(1) The financial statement required by this Section shall be filed by May fifteenth of each year during which the person holds an office included in Subsection A of this Section and, except as provided in Paragraph (2) of this Subsection, by May fifteenth of the year following the termination of the holding of such office. The financial statement shall include the information required by Subsection C of this Section for the preceding calendar year.

(2) Notwithstanding the provisions of Paragraph (1) of this Subsection, if the holding of the office or position terminates in the month of January, the person shall not be required to file a financial statement pursuant to this Section in the year following the termination of the holding of the office or position if the person files a financial statement by May fifteenth of the year in which the holding of the office or position terminated containing the information required by Subsection C of this Section for the period in which the person held the office or position during that year.

C. The financial statement required by this Section shall be filed on a form prescribed by the Board of Ethics and shall include the following information:

(1)(a) Any and all income exceeding five hundred dollars received during the immediately preceding calendar year by the individual who is required to file or the spouse of such individual which is received from any of the following:

(i) The state or any political subdivision as defined in Article VI of the Constitution of Louisiana.

(ii) Services performed for or in connection with a gaming interest as defined in R.S. 18:1505.2(L)(3)(a).

(b) Any and all income exceeding five hundred dollars received during the immediately preceding calendar year by any business in which the individual required to file or his spouse, individually or collectively, owns at least ten percent, which is received for services performed for or in connection with a gaming interest as defined in R.S. 18:1505.2(L)(3)(a).

(c) Each contract entered into during the immediately preceding calendar year by any business in which the individual required to file or his spouse, individually or collectively, owns at least ten percent with the state or any political subdivision as defined in Article VI of the Constitution of Louisiana, including the amount or value of the contract, the duration of the contract, and a description of the goods or services provided or to be provided pursuant to the contract.

(2) A certification that such individual has filed his federal and state income tax return, or has filed for an extension of time for filing such tax return.

(3) The full name and mailing address of the individual who is required to file.

(4) The full name of the individual's spouse, if any, and the spouse's occupation and principal business address.

(5) The name of the employer, job title, and a brief job description of each full-time or part-time employment held by the individual or spouse.

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

(1) "Business" and "income" shall have the same meanings as provided in R.S. 42:1124.

(2) "Public office" shall have the same meaning as provided in R.S. 18:1483.

Acts 2008, 1 st Ex. Sess., No. 1, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 2010; Acts 2008, No. 162, §3, eff. Jan. 1, 2010; Acts 2008, No. 472, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 2010; Acts 2010, No. 786, §1; Acts 2012, No. 574, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 2013; Acts 2014, No. 744, §2; Acts 2016, No. 559, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2017; Acts 2025, No. 301, §1, eff. June 11, 2025.
La. Rev. Stat. § 42:193 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 42 / Section 193
Suits to test sufficiency of surety; summary trial; appeal
Status: in_force

The governor is authorized to direct the institution of suits by the Attorney General or district attorney to test the sufficiency and solvency of the sureties on the bond of any public officer, even after approval of the bond by those whose duty it is to pass upon it.

The suits provided for in this Section may be brought in any court of competent jurisdiction; they shall be tried summarily and in chambers, after ten days notice; and no suspensive appeal shall be allowed from a judgment which declares the bond insufficient or the sureties thereon insolvent unless the officer furnishes a new bond, approved by the proper officers and by the judge who rendered the original judgment.
La. Rev. Stat. § 42:809 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 42 / Section 809
Payroll deductions for payment of premiums, surcharges, and other voluntary contributions
Status: in_force

State boards, commissions, municipalities, and other public bodies may deduct from the employee's pay, salary, or compensation, such parts of the premiums, surcharges, and other voluntary contributions for life, health, or other benefit programs offered by the office as are payable by the employee and as may be authorized in writing by the employee.

Acts 2001, No. 1178, §5, eff. June 29, 2001; Acts 2018, No. 676, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 42:812 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 42 / Section 812
Transparency in prior authorizations
Status: in_force

A. Beginning January 1, 2023:

(1) The office shall require every health plan offered through the office to furnish in writing or provide electronically, within one business day of a written or oral request by a healthcare provider, the medical criteria and any other requirements that must be satisfied in order for a particular healthcare service, procedure, or prescription drug to be prior authorized by the health plan.

(2) Upon the denial of a prior authorization by a health plan offered through the office, the office shall require the health plan to provide with the written notification of the denial either a copy of the applicable law, regulation, policy, procedure, or medical criterion or guideline that was used by the health plan in the determination to deny the prior authorization or instructions on how to access such law, regulation, policy, procedure, or medical criterion or guideline on the website of the health plan that is publicly accessible.

B. The office may adopt rules in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act as are necessary for the implementation of this Section.

Acts 2022, No. 696, §1, eff. July 1, 2022.
La. Rev. Stat. § 42:1101 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 42 / Section 1101
Declaration of policy
Status: in_force

A. Whereas the people of the state of Louisiana have in Article X, Section 21 of the Louisiana Constitution mandated that the legislature enact a code of ethics for officials and employees of this state and its political subdivisions, the legislature does hereby enact a Code of Governmental Ethics.

B. It is essential to the proper operation of democratic government that elected officials and public employees be independent and impartial; that governmental decisions and policy be made in the proper channel of the governmental structure; that public office and employment not be used for private gain other than the remuneration provided by law; and that there be public confidence in the integrity of government. The attainment of one or more of these ends is impaired when a conflict exists between the private interests of an elected official or a public employee and his duties as such. The public interest, therefore, requires that the law protect against such conflicts of interest and that it establish appropriate ethical standards with respect to the conduct of elected officials and public employees without creating unnecessary barriers to public service. It is the purpose of this Chapter to implement these policies and objectives.

Acts 1979, No. 443, §1, eff. April 1, 1980.
La. Rev. Stat. § 42:1102 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 42 / Section 1102
Definitions
Status: in_force

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

(1) "Action of a governmental entity" means any action on the part of a governmental entity or agency thereof including, but not limited to:

(a) Any decision, determination, finding, ruling, or order, including the judgment or verdict of a court or a quasi-judicial board, in which the governmental entity or any of its agencies has an interest, except in such matters involving criminal prosecutions.

(b) Any grant, payment, award, license, contract, transaction, decision, sanction, or approval, or the denial thereof, or the failure to act with respect thereto; and in which the governmental entity or any of its agencies has an interest, except in matters involving criminal prosecutions.

(c) As the term relates to a public servant of the state, any disposition of any matter by the legislature or any committee thereof; and as the term relates to a public servant of a political subdivision, any disposition of any matter by the governing authority or any committee thereof.

(2)(a) "Agency" means a department, office, division, agency, commission, board, committee, or other organizational unit of a governmental entity. For purposes of this Chapter, "agency of the public servant" and "his agency" when used in reference to the agency of a public servant shall mean:

(i) For public servants in the twenty principal departments of the executive branch of state government, the office in which such public servant carries out his primary responsibilities; except that in the case of the secretary, deputy secretary, or undersecretary of any such department and officials carrying out the responsibilities of such department officers it shall mean the department in which he serves; and except that in the case of public servants who are members or employees of a board or commission or who provide staff assistance to a board or commission, it shall mean the board or commission.

(ii) For the governor and lieutenant governor, it shall mean the executive branch of state government.

(iii) For public servants in the office of the governor or the lieutenant governor it shall mean their respective offices.

(iv) For public servants in the legislative branch of state government, it shall mean the agency or house of the legislature by which a public employee is employed and the legislative branch in the case of legislators.

(v) For public employees, except judges, of the supreme court, courts of appeal, district courts, and other courts authorized by Article V of the Constitution of 1974, it shall mean the court in which the public employee serves and any other court in which decisions of that court may be reviewed.

(vi) For public servants of political subdivisions, it shall mean the agency in which the public servant serves, except that for members of any governing authority and for the elected or appointed chief executive of a governmental entity, it shall mean the governmental entity. Public servants of political subdivisions shall include, but shall not be limited to, elected officials and public employees of municipalities, parishes, and other political subdivisions; sheriffs and their employees; district attorneys and their employees; coroners and their employees; and clerks of court and their employees.

(b) The board may adopt rules and regulations to provide for the application of this definition.

(3) "Agency head" means the chief executive or administrative officer of an agency or any member of a board or commission who exercises supervision over the agency.

(4) "Assist" means to act in such a way as to help, advise, furnish information to, or aid a person with the intent to assist such person.

(5) "Board" means the Board of Ethics.

(6) "Compensation" means any thing of economic value which is paid, loaned, granted, given, donated, or transferred or to be paid, loaned, granted, given, donated, or transferred for or in consideration of personal services to any person.

(7) "Controlling interest" means any ownership in any legal entity or beneficial interest in a trust, held by or on behalf of an individual or a member of his immediate family, either individually or collectively, which exceeds twenty-five percent of that legal entity.

(8) "Elected official" means any person holding an office in a governmental entity which is filled by the vote of the appropriate electorate. It shall also include any person appointed to fill a vacancy in such offices.

(9) "Ethics body" means the Board of Ethics.

(10) "Governing authority" means the body which exercises the legislative functions of a political subdivision.

(11) "Governmental entity" means the state or any political subdivision which employs the public employee or employed the former public employee or to which the elected official is elected, as the case may be.

(12) "Immediate family" as the term relates to a public servant means his children, the spouses of his children, his brothers and their spouses, his sisters and their spouses, his parents, his spouse, and the parents of his spouse.

(13) "Legislator" means any person holding office in the Senate or the House of Representatives of the Louisiana Legislature which is filled by the vote of the appropriate electorate.

(14) "Participate" means to take part in or to have or share responsibility for action of a governmental entity or a proceeding, personally, as a public servant of the governmental entity, through approval, disapproval, decision, recommendation, the rendering of advice, investigation, or the failure to act or perform a duty.

(15) "Person" means an individual or legal entity other than a governmental entity, or an agency thereof.

(16) "Political subdivision" means any unit of local government, including a special district, authorized by law to perform governmental functions.

(17)(a) "Public employee" means anyone, whether compensated or not, who is:

(i) An administrative officer or official of a governmental entity who is not filling an elective office.

(ii) Appointed by any elected official when acting in an official capacity, and the appointment is to a post or position wherein the appointee is to serve the governmental entity or an agency thereof, either as a member of an agency, or as an employee thereof.

(iii) Engaged in the performance of a governmental function.

(iv) Under the supervision or authority of an elected official or another employee of the governmental entity.

(b) However, "public employee" shall not mean a person whose public service is limited to the following:

(i) Periodic duty in the National Guard pursuant to 32 U.S.C. 502.

(ii) A contract to provide attest services as a certified public accountant.

(iii) Volunteering as described in R.S. 29:735.3.1(A).

(c) A public employee shall be in such status on days on which he performs no services as well as days on which he performs services. The termination of any particular term of employment of a public employee shall take effect on the day the termination is clearly evidenced.

(18) "Public servant" means a public employee or an elected official.

(19) "Public speech" means a speech, or other oral presentation, including a panel discussion, or radio or television appearance before the public at large, or before any civic, political, religious, or educational group or organization or an organization qualified for an exemption from federal income tax under Section 501 of the Internal Revenue Code by a member of the legislature in his capacity as a legislator.

(20)(a) "Reasonable transportation", with reference to employees in the legislative branch of state government only, means transportation organized primarily for educational or for informational purposes, including on-site inspections, to any state, territory, or commonwealth of the United States, to the territorial waters of Louisiana, and to any offshore structure located on the outer continental shelf seaward of such territorial waters and offshore of Louisiana, if such transportation is for official legislative purposes and receives prior approval from the presiding officer of the respective house by which such legislative employee is employed.

(b) "Reasonable transportation", with reference to legislators only, means transportation:

(i) Organized primarily for educational or for informational purposes, including on-site inspections, to any state, territory, or commonwealth of the United States, to the territorial waters of Louisiana, and to any offshore structure located on the outer continental shelf seaward of such territorial waters and offshore of Louisiana.

(ii) Organized primarily for entertainment purposes incidental to food, drink, or refreshments to any point within this state that is within a fifty-mile radius of the perimeter of the legislator's district, or within a fifty-mile radius of the perimeter of the parish wherein the state capitol is located.

(iii) Organized primarily for making a public speech from the legislator's home or the capitol, to and from the site of the public speech from the sponsoring group or organization, provided that the public speech is given in any state, territory, or commonwealth of the United States or any country in North America.

(21) "Regulatory employee" means a public employee who performs the function of regulating, monitoring, or enforcing regulations of any agency.

(22) "Responsibility" in connection with a transaction involving a governmental entity means the direct administration or operating authority, whether intermediate or final, and either exercisable alone or with others, and either personally or through or with others or subordinates, to effectively direct action of the governmental entity, as the case may be, in respect to such transaction.

(23) "Service" means the performance of work, duties, or responsibilities, or the leasing, rental, or sale of movable or immovable property.

(24) "Substantial economic interest" means an economic interest which is of greater benefit to the public servant or other person than to a general class or group of persons, except:

(a) The interest that the public servant has in his position, office, rank, salary, per diem, or other matter arising solely from his public employment or office.

(b) The interest that an elected official who is elected to a house, body, or authority has in a position or office of such house, body, or authority which is required to be filled by a member of such house, body, or authority by law, legislative rule, or home rule charter.

(c) The interest that a person has as a member of the general public.

(25)(a) "Thing of economic value" means money or any other thing having economic value, and includes but is not limited to:

(i) Any loan, except a bona fide loan made by a duly licensed lending institution at the normal rate of interest, any property interest, interest in a contract, merchandise, service, and any employment or other arrangement involving a right to compensation.

(ii) Any option to obtain a thing of economic value, irrespective of the conditions to the exercise of such option.

(iii) Any promise or undertaking for the present or future delivery or procurement of a thing of economic value.

(b) In the case of an option, promise, or undertaking, the time of receipt of the thing of economic value shall be deemed to be, respectively, the time the right to the option becomes fixed, regardless of the conditions to its exercise, and the time when the promise or undertaking is made, regardless of the conditions to its performance.

(c) Things of economic value shall not include any of the following:

(i) Salary and related benefits of the public employee due to his public employment or salary and other emoluments of the office held by the elected official. Salary and related benefits of public employees of higher education institutions, boards, or systems shall include any supplementary compensation, use of property, or other benefits provided to such employees from funds or property accruing to the benefit of the institution, board, or system, as approved by the appropriate policy or management board, from an alumni organization recognized by the management board of a college or university within the state or from a foundation organized by the alumni or other supportive individuals of a college or university within the state the charter of which specifically provides that the purpose of the foundation is to aid said college or university in a philanthropic manner.

(ii) Promotional items having no substantial resale value.

(iii) Pharmaceutical samples, medical devices, medical foods, and infant formulas in compliance with the Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, 21 U.S.C. 301 et seq., provided to a physician, health care professional, or appropriate public employee for the administration or dispensation to a patient at no cost to the patient.

(iv) Food, drink, or refreshments consumed by a public servant, including reasonable transportation and entertainment incidental thereto, while the personal guest of some person.

(v) With reference to legislators and employees in the legislative branch of state government only, reasonable transportation when organized primarily for educational or informational purposes, including on-site inspections, and including food and drink incidental thereto.

(vi) With reference to legislators only, reasonable transportation organized primarily for making a public speech.

(26) "Transaction involving the governmental entity" means any proceeding, application, submission, request for a ruling or other determination, contract, claim, case, or other such particular matter which the public servant or former public servant of the governmental entity in question knows or should know:

(a) Is, or will be, the subject of action by the governmental entity.

(b) Is one to which the governmental entity is or will be a party.

(c) Is one in which the governmental entity has a direct interest. A transaction involving the agency of a governmental entity shall have the same meaning with respect to the agency.

Acts 1979, No. 443, §1, eff. April 1, 1980. Amended by Acts 1980, No. 838, §1; Acts 1983, No. 403, §1; Acts 1985, No. 491, §1; Acts 1986, No. 359, §1; Acts 1988, No. 144, §1; Acts 1990, No. 687, §1, eff. July 20, 1990; Acts 1996, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 64, §§6, 10, eff. Jan. 1, 1997; Acts 1996, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 66, §5, eff. Jan. 1, 1997; Acts 1998, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 163, §1; Acts 1999, No. 418, §1; Acts 1999, No. 851, §1; Acts 1999, No. 1204, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2000; Acts 2006, No. 408, §1; Acts 2006, No. 496, §1, eff. June 22, 2006; Acts 2006, No. 524, §1, eff. June 22, 2006; Acts 2008, No. 609, §1, eff. June 30, 2008; Acts 2013, No. 413, §1, eff. June 21, 2013; Acts 2018, No. 548, §4; Acts 2025, No. 301, §1, eff. June 11, 2025.
La. Rev. Stat. § 42:1124.2 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 42 / Section 1124.2
Financial disclosure; certain elected officials; members of certain boards and commissions; ethics administrator
Status: in_force

A. Each of the following, except a person who is required to file a financial statement pursuant to R.S. 42:1124, shall annually file a financial statement as provided in this Section:

(1) Each member of the state legislature.

(2) Each person holding a public office who represents a voting district having a population of five thousand or more persons.

(3) Each member of the Board of Ethics and the ethics administrator.

(4) Each member of the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education.

(5) The superintendent of the Recovery School District.

(6) The executive director of the Louisiana Housing Corporation.

(7) Each member of the Board of Pardons.

B.(1) The financial statement required by this Section shall be filed by May fifteenth of each year during which the person holds an office or position included in Subsection A of this Section and, except as provided in Paragraph (3) of this Subsection, by May fifteenth of the year following the termination of the holding of such office or position. The financial statement shall include the information required by Subsection C of this Section for the preceding calendar year.

(2)(a) Notwithstanding the provisions of Paragraph (1) of this Subsection, the financial statement required by this Section may be filed within thirty days after the individual files his federal tax return for the year on which he is reporting, taking into consideration any extensions filed by the individual, provided that he notifies the Board of Ethics prior to the deadline provided in Paragraph (1) of this Subsection of his intention to do so and of the deadline for filing his federal tax return pursuant to the extension filed.

(b) An individual who has notified the Board of Ethics pursuant to Subparagraph (a) of this Paragraph and who does not file his financial statement within thirty days after the expiration of the original extension, shall notify the Board of Ethics of each extension he is granted beyond the original extension and the length of the extension until the required financial statement is filed. An individual shall file each notification required by this Subparagraph within thirty days after the expiration of the prior extension.

(3) Notwithstanding the provisions of Paragraph (1) of this Subsection, if the holding of the office or position terminates in the month of January, the person shall not be required to file a financial statement pursuant to this Section in the year following the termination of the holding of the office or position if the person files a financial statement by May fifteenth of the year in which the holding of the office or position terminated containing the information required by Subsection C of this Section for the period in which the person held the office or position during that year.

C. The financial statement required by this Section shall be filed on a form prescribed by the Board of Ethics and shall include the following information:

(1) The full name and mailing address of the individual who is required to file.

(2) The full name of the individual's spouse, if any, and the spouse's occupation and principal business address.

(3) The name of the employer, job title, and a brief job description of each full-time or part-time employment position held by the individual or spouse.

(4)(a) The name, address, brief description of, and nature of association with and the amount of interest in each business in which the individual or spouse is a director, officer, owner, partner, member, or trustee, and in which the individual or spouse, either individually or collectively, owns an interest which exceeds ten percent of that business.

(b) The name, address, brief description of, and nature of association with a nonprofit organization in which the individual or spouse is a director or officer.

(5)(a)(i) The name, address, type, and amount of each source of income received by the individual or spouse, or by any business in which the individual or spouse, either individually or collectively, owns an interest which exceeds ten percent of that business, which is received from any of the following:

(aa) The state or any political subdivision as defined in Article VI of the Constitution of Louisiana.

(bb) Services performed for or in connection with a gaming interest as defined in R.S. 18:1505.2(L)(3)(a).

(ii) Notwithstanding the provisions of Subsection D of this Section, amounts reported pursuant to this Subparagraph shall be reported by specific amount rather than by category of value.

(b) The name and address of any employer which provides income to the individual or spouse pursuant to the full-time or part-time employment of the individual or spouse, including a brief description of the nature of the services rendered pursuant to such employment and the amount of such income, excluding information required to be reported pursuant to Subparagraph (a) of this Paragraph.

(c) The name and address of all businesses which provide income to the individual or spouse, including a brief description of the nature of services rendered for each business or of the reason such income was received, and the aggregate amount of such income, excluding information required to be reported pursuant to Subparagraph (a) or (b) of this Paragraph.

(d) A description of the type of any other income, exceeding one thousand dollars received by the individual or spouse, including a brief description of the nature of the services rendered for the income or the reason such income was received, and the amount of income, excluding information required to be reported pursuant to Subparagraph (a), (b), or (c) of this Paragraph.

(6) A brief description, fair market value or use value as determined by the assessor for purposes of ad valorem taxes, and the location by state and parish or county of each parcel of immovable property in which the individual or spouse, either individually or collectively, has an interest, provided that the value of the interest that the individual or spouse, either individually or collectively, has in the parcel of immovable property exceeds five thousand dollars.

(7) The name and a brief description of each investment security having a value exceeding five thousand dollars held by the individual or spouse excluding variable annuities, variable life insurance, variable universal life insurance, whole life insurance, any other life insurance product, mutual funds, exchange-traded funds, education investment accounts, retirement investment accounts, government bonds, and cash or cash equivalent investments. This Paragraph shall not be deemed to require disclosure of information concerning any property held and administered for any person other than the individual or spouse under a trust, tutorship, curatorship, or other custodial instrument.

(8) A brief description, amount, and date of any purchase or sale by the individual or spouse, in excess of five thousand dollars, of any immovable property and of any personally owned tax credit certificates, stocks, bonds, or commodities futures, including any option to acquire or dispose of any immovable property or of any personally owned tax credit certificates, stocks, bonds, or commodities futures. This Paragraph shall not be deemed to require disclosure of information concerning variable annuities, variable life insurance, variable universal life insurance, whole life insurance, any other life insurance product, mutual funds, exchange-traded funds, education investment accounts, retirement investment accounts, government bonds, cash, or cash equivalent investments.

(9) The name and address of each creditor, and name of each guarantor, if any, to whom the individual or spouse owes any liability which exceeds ten thousand dollars on the last day of the reporting period excluding:

(a) Any loan secured by movable property, if such loan does not exceed the purchase price of the movable property which secures it.

(b) Any liability, secured or unsecured, which is guaranteed by the individual or spouse for a business in which the individual or spouse owns any interest, provided that the liability is in the name of the business and, if the liability is a loan, that the individual or spouse does not use proceeds from the loan for personal use unrelated to the business.

(c) Any loan by a licensed financial institution which loans money in the ordinary course of business.

(d) Any liability resulting from a consumer credit transaction as defined in R.S. 9:3516(13).

(e) Any loan from an immediate family member, unless such family member is a registered lobbyist, or his principal or employer is a registered lobbyist, or he employs or is a principal of a registered lobbyist, or unless such family member has a contract with the state.

(10) A certification that such individual has filed his federal and state income tax returns, or has filed for an extension of time for filing such tax returns.

D. When an amount is required to be disclosed pursuant to this Section, it shall be sufficient to report the amount by the following categories:

(a) Category I, less than $10,000.

(b) Category II, $10,000 to $49,999.

(c) Category III, $50,000 to $100,000.

(d) Category IV, more than $100,000.

E. The financial statement shall be filed electronically with the Board of Ethics through the Board of Ethics Computerized Data Management System and shall be accompanied by the certification of the individual filing it certifying that the information contained in the financial statement is true and correct to the best of his knowledge, information, and belief. The financial statement shall be a public record, subject to the provisions of Chapter 1 of Title 44 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950.

F.(1) For purposes of this Section, an individual or spouse shall not transfer any asset, interest, or liability required to be disclosed pursuant to this Section to any person or business for the purpose of avoiding disclosure, unless such transfer is irrevocable. A transfer shall not be irrevocable if there exists any contract, letter, counter letter, note, or any other legally enforceable agreement or authority which if exercised or enforced would require or authorize any asset, interest, or liability transferred by an individual or spouse to a person or business to revert back to such individual or spouse.

(2)(a) The sale of property subject to owner financing shall not be a transfer prohibited by Paragraph (1) of this Subsection provided that the income from the sale is disclosed in accordance with the provisions of this Section.

(b) A recorded bond for deed contract shall not be a transfer prohibited by Paragraph (1) of this Subsection.

G. For purposes of this Section, the following words shall have the following meanings:

(1) "Business" shall have the same meaning as provided in R.S. 42:1124.

(2)(a) "Income" for a business shall mean gross income less both of the following:

(i) Costs of goods sold.

(ii) Operating expenses.

(b) "Income" for an individual shall mean taxable income and shall not include any income received pursuant to a life insurance policy.

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

(4) Repealed by Acts 2008, No. 472, §3, Jan. 1, 2009.

H. Relative to members of the legislature, the Board of Ethics shall promptly notify the clerical officer of the house of the legislature to which a member is elected of all violations of the provisions of this Section.

I. Nothing in this Section shall require the disclosure or reporting of income derived from child support and alimony payments contained in a court order or from the reporting or disclosure of income derived from disability payments from any source.

Acts 2008, 1 st Ex. Sess., No. 1, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 2009; Acts 2008, No. 162, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2009; Acts 2008, No. 472, §§1, 3, eff. Jan. 1, 2009; Acts 2011, No. 333, §2; Acts 2011, No. 408, §2, eff. July 5, 2011; Acts 2012, No. 574, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 2013; Acts 2012, No. 714, §2; Acts 2014, No. 612, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2015; Acts 2014, No. 656, §1; Acts 2016, No. 427, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2017; Acts 2024, No. 282, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2025; Acts 2025, No. 301, §1, eff. June 11, 2025.
La. Rev. Stat. § 42:1130.5 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 42 / Section 1130.5
Push polling; false statement, question, or information
Status: in_force

A. For purposes of this Section, "push poll" means any paid telephone survey or series of telephone surveys that are similar in nature, that do not use an established method of scientific survey research, that reference a candidate or group of candidates other than in a basic preference question, and that ask any question or offer information concerning a candidate or candidates which states, implies, or conveys any negative or derogatory information or insinuation about the candidate or candidates and the primary purpose of which is to support or oppose a candidate in an election and not to measure public opinion.

B. No person shall authorize, commission, administer, conduct, or cause to be conducted any push poll which such person knows contains any false statement or question or which such person knows contains, implies, or conveys any false information or insinuation.

Acts 2008, No. 812, §1, eff. July 7, 2008.
La. Rev. Stat. § 42:1114.3 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 42 / Section 1114.3
Disaster or emergency contracts; prohibition; disclosure
Status: in_force

A.(1) No statewide elected official, legislator, commissioner of administration, or chief of staff or executive counsel to the governor, nor the spouse of any such person, nor any corporation, partnership, or other legal entity in which such a person owns an interest of greater than five percent, except a publicly traded corporation or a legal entity in which the person owns a passive ownership interest that is the result of participation in a federally approved program of employee ownership, shall enter into any contract to which all of the following apply:

(a) The contract is directed to addressing needs directly emanating from a gubernatorially declared disaster or emergency.

(b) The person knows or reasonably should know that the contract or subcontract is funded or reimbursed in whole or in part with federal funds distributed, paid, or allocated to or by the state or a state department, agency, or official.

(2) Hereafter in this Subsection, "person covered by this Subsection" shall mean a statewide elected official, legislator, commissioner of administration, or chief of staff or executive counsel to the governor, or the spouse of any such person. "Company covered by this Subsection" shall mean a corporation, partnership, or other legal entity in which a person covered by this Subsection owns an interest of greater than five percent, except a publicly traded corporation or a legal entity in which the person owns a passive ownership interest that is the result of participation in a federally approved program of employee ownership.

(3) The provisions of Paragraph (1) of this Subsection shall not apply to construction-related contracts entered into with entities more than two years following the initial declaration of disaster or emergency, provided that the entity is not the governmental entity of a person covered by this Section.

(4)(a) The following shall not be considered contracts for the purposes of this Section:

(i) A transaction valued at two thousand five hundred dollars or less. However, no person shall enter into separate transactions valued at two thousand five hundred dollars or less as a subterfuge to avoid the prohibition of this Subsection.

(ii) A foster parent provider agreement or a child care provider agreement entered into with the Department of Children and Family Services.

(iii) An agreement with a state entity or state quasi-public entity providing for housing, medical treatment, retirement benefits, or insurance benefits, provided on the same terms and conditions available to similarly situated persons.

(iv) An agreement providing for public assistance benefits, including but not limited to subsidies for agriculture, aquaculture, forestry, soil and water conservation, educational scholarships, grants and subsidies, or guaranteed student loans, provided that such benefits are available to similarly situated persons.

(v) An agreement for which the compensation is solely reimbursement of costs.

(vi) Applying for, payment of fees for, or obtaining a license, credential, or permit provided that such license, credential, or permit is available to similarly situated persons.

(vii) The payment of admission fees.

(viii) The sale of property pursuant to the expropriation of immovable property by any branch, agency, department, or institution of state government.

(ix) The donation of professional veterinary services and the donation of any goods and services related to the provision of such veterinary services.

(b) The provisions of this Subsection shall not prohibit the following:

(i) Contracts for employment or for services in a professional educational capacity in an elementary or secondary school or other educational institution.

(ii) Contracts for employment or for services by any licensed health care professional providing services in the classroom or working with administration in an elementary or secondary school or other educational institution.

(iii) Contracts for services by health care professionals which are required by federal or state law to provide an educational program for students in an elementary or secondary school or other educational institution.

(iv) A provider agreement entered into with the Louisiana Department of Health under the state medical assistance program.

(v) Contracts of employment of a physician or other licensed health care professional with the state or the charity hospitals of the state or the Louisiana Department of Health.

(5) Each person covered by this Subsection who derives, either directly or through a company covered by this Subsection, any thing of economic value through any contract which is directed to addressing needs directly emanating from a gubernatorially declared disaster or emergency and which the person covered by this Subsection knows or reasonably should know is or may be funded or reimbursed in whole or in part with federal funds shall disclose the information required by Subsection C of this Section as provided in that Subsection.

B.(1) Except persons covered by Subsection A of this Section and except as provided in Paragraph (2) of this Subsection, each elected official, each appointed state official, and each immediate family member of an official subject to this Subsection or Subsection A of this Section who derives, either directly or through a legal entity in which such official or immediate family member owns ten percent or more, any thing of economic value through any contract which is related to a gubernatorially declared disaster or emergency and which the official or immediate family member knows or reasonably should know is or may be funded or reimbursed in whole or in part with federal funds shall disclose the information required by Subsection C of this Section as provided in that Subsection.

(2) No person required to disclose information by Paragraph (1) of this Subsection shall be required to disclose the receipt of any thing of economic value pursuant to this Section when the value of the transaction or contract is two thousand five hundred dollars or less. However, no person shall enter into separate transactions or contracts valued at two thousand five hundred dollars or less with the same person or governmental entity or agency thereof as a subterfuge to avoid the disclosure requirements of this Section.

C.(1) The following information shall be disclosed:

(a)(i) If an elected or appointed official, the name and address of the elected or appointed official and the office held by such person.

(ii) If an immediate family member of an elected or appointed official, the name and address of such person; the name, address, and office of the elected or appointed official to whom the person is related; and the nature of the relationship.

(b) If through a legal entity, the name and business address of the legal entity, the percentage of the official's or immediate family member's ownership interest in the legal entity, and the position, if any, held by the official or immediate family member in the legal entity.

(c) The nature of the contract or subcontract, including the amount of the contract or subcontract and a description of the goods or services provided or to be provided pursuant to the contract or subcontract.

(d) The amount of income or value of any thing of economic value derived through the contract or subcontract by the official or immediate family member for the previous calendar year, except as provided in Paragraph (2) of this Subsection.

(2) Each elected or appointed official and immediate family member subject to the provisions of this Section shall file an initial disclosure statement with the Board of Ethics no later than thirty days after the official, immediate family member, or legal entity enters into the contract. The initial disclosure statement shall contain all of the information required by Paragraph (1) of this Subsection, except that instead of the actual amount of income or value of any thing of economic value derived from the contract by the official or immediate family member for the previous calendar year, the official or immediate family member shall include the amount of income or value of any thing of economic value to be derived or, if the actual amount is unknown at the time the statement is due, reasonably expected to be derived from the contract or subcontract for the first calendar year of the contract or subcontract.

(3)(a) After filing the initial disclosure statement, the elected or appointed official or immediate family member shall file the disclosure statements required by this Subsection with the Board of Ethics no later than May fifteenth each year and shall include such information for the previous calendar year.

(b) An elected or appointed official or immediate family member subject to the provisions of this Section shall be required to file the annual disclosure statements required by this Subsection until a disclosure statement is filed after the completion of the contract or subcontract subject to disclosure, or the person filing such statements, or to whom the immediate family member is related is no longer an elected or appointed official, whichever occurs first.

(c) Annual disclosure statements shall not be required for the receipt of things of economic value pursuant to contracts entered into prior to an elected or appointed official taking office; however, if an elected or appointed official or immediate family member thereof receives or reasonably expects to receive a thing of economic value otherwise required to be disclosed by this Section pursuant to the renewal of such a contract or subcontract occurring after the official takes office, such official or immediate family member shall file a disclosure statement no later than thirty days after such renewal in accordance with Paragraph (2) of this Subsection and annually thereafter in accordance with this Subsection.

(d) All disclosure statements filed pursuant to this Section shall be a matter of public record.

(4)(a) Failure to file a statement, failure to timely file a statement, failure to disclose required information, filing a false statement, or engaging in a subterfuge to avoid the disclosure requirements of this Section shall subject a person required to file to penalties as provided by this Chapter.

(b) In addition to other applicable penalties, whoever fails to file a statement required by this Section, or knowingly and willfully fails to timely file any such statement, or knowingly and willfully fails to disclose or to accurately disclose any information required by this Section shall be assessed a civil penalty in accordance with R.S. 42:1157 for each day until such statement or the required accurate information is filed. The amount of the penalty shall be one hundred dollars per day.

(c) In addition to other applicable penalties, whoever enters into separate contracts valued at two thousand five hundred dollars or less as a subterfuge to avoid the disclosure requirements of this Section shall be subject to the penalties of R.S. 42:1153.

D. For the purposes of this Section, the term "appointed state official" or "appointed official" shall mean a person holding an office in any branch of state government or other position on a state agency, board, or commission or any executive office of any state agency, board, commission, or department which is specifically established or specifically authorized by the constitution or laws of this state or by executive order of the governor and which is filled by appointment or election by an elected or appointed public official or by a governmental body composed of such officials of this state.

E. Nothing in this Section shall require the disclosure of any thing of economic value received from an individual assistance claim.

Acts 2005, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 18, §1, eff. Nov. 29, 2005; Acts 2006, No. 412, §1, eff. June 15, 2006; Acts 2008, 1 st Ex. Sess., No. 2, §1, eff. March 3, 2008; Acts 2008, No. 514, §1, eff. June 30, 2008.

NOTE: See Acts 2008, No. 514, §5, for applicability.
La. Rev. Stat. § 42:51 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 42 / Section 51
Declaration of policy
Status: in_force

The Legislature of Louisiana does hereby take cognizance of the fact that much of the world is in a state of political unrest; that foreign agents and others who seek the overthrow or destruction of the government of the United States are known to be working in our country, and that such a situation presents a clear and present danger; and it is hereby declared to be public policy that subversive activities by any public employee, or by any student in a public educational institution in this state, should not be permitted, and this act is enacted to prohibit such subversive activities.

Acts 1950, No. 284, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 42:871 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 42 / Section 871
Group retirement plans
Status: in_force

Any agency or department of the state of Louisiana and each of its political, governmental, and administrative subdivisions are authorized to adopt group plans which allow the purchase of annuities, life insurance, or mutual funds which qualify for deferred federal taxation benefits as provided in Section 401(a) of the U.S. Internal Revenue Code. The employees' contributions for making such purchases may be deducted by the employer from the employees' salaries when authorized in writing by the respective persons so to do; provided that the state of Louisiana shall make no contribution toward such purchases. All such group plans must be procured through insurance companies authorized to do business within this state.

Acts 2001, No. 1178, §5, eff. June 29, 2001.
La. Rev. Stat. § 42:351 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 42 / Section 351
Declaration of public policy
Status: in_force

A. The state of Louisiana is committed to providing a workplace that is free from sexual harassment. Sexual harassment in the workplace is strictly prohibited under the Equal Employment Opportunity Act, 42 U.S.C. 2000e-2; the Louisiana Employment Discrimination Law, R.S. 23:301 through 303 and 332; and the Louisiana laws on the prevention of sexual harassment, R.S. 42:341 through 345. The Legislature of Louisiana has enacted laws requiring each agency of a governmental entity to develop and institute a policy to prevent sexual harassment, which is applicable to all public servants, public employees, and elected officials.

B. It is hereby declared that in order to reduce the impact of sexual harassment judgments and settlements on the taxpayers of the state, it is the public policy of this state that as sexual harassment is against state and federal law, and state agencies have adopted policies and required training to prevent sexual harassment, when there has been a determination that sexual harassment has occurred, the state should consider certain factors in determining whether the alleged sexual harasser should be required to reimburse all or a portion of the settlement or judgment.

Acts 2019, No. 413, §2, eff. June 20, 2019.
La. Rev. Stat. § 42:371 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 42 / Section 371
Vacancies filled by governor; office holder to continue in office when called to active military service with armed forces, reserve or Louisiana National Guard
Status: in_force

Except as otherwise required by the constitution and laws of the State of Louisiana, and except in other cases where the law already provides for vacancies in office to be filled by appointment by the governor, whenever a vacancy occurs in any state, district, parish, ward or municipal office, by reason of death, resignation or otherwise, the said vacancy shall be filled by appointment of the governor, by and with the advice and consent of the senate, until the next regular election shall be held, according to law; provided, however, that no vacancy shall be deemed to have occurred by reason of the absence of any elected official serving in any state, district, parish, ward or municipal office when such is called to active military service as a member of the armed forces, reserve, or the Louisiana National Guard.

Amended by Acts 1966, No. 392, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 42:1112 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 42 / Section 1112
Participation in certain transactions involving the governmental entity
Status: in_force

A. No public servant, except as provided in R.S. 42:1120, shall participate in a transaction in which he has a personal substantial economic interest of which he may be reasonably expected to know involving the governmental entity.

B. No public servant, except as provided in R.S. 42:1120, shall participate in a transaction involving the governmental entity in which, to his actual knowledge, any of the following persons has a substantial economic interest:

(1) Any member of his immediate family.

(2) Any person in which he has a substantial economic interest of which he may reasonably be expected to know.

(3) Any person of which he is an officer, director, trustee, partner, or employee.

(4) Any person with whom he is negotiating or has an arrangement concerning prospective employment.

(5) Any person who is a party to an existing contract with such public servant, or with any legal entity in which the public servant exercises control or owns an interest in excess of twenty-five percent, or who owes any thing of economic value to such public servant, or to any legal entity in which the public servant exercises control or owns an interest in excess of twenty-five percent, and who by reason thereof is in a position to affect directly the economic interests of such public servant.

C. Every public employee, excluding an appointed member of any board or commission, shall disqualify himself from participating in a transaction involving the governmental entity when a violation of this Part would result. The procedures for such disqualification shall be established by regulations issued pursuant to R.S. 42:1134(A)(1).

D. No appointed member of any board or commission, except as otherwise provided in R.S. 42:1120.4, shall participate or be interested in any transaction involving the agency when a violation of this Part would result.

Acts 1979, No. 443, §1, eff. April 1, 1980; Acts 1983, No. 697, §1; Acts 1985, No. 426, §2; Acts 1987, No. 370, §1; Acts 2006, No. 798, §1, eff. June 30, 2006; Acts 2008, No. 685, §1; Acts 2018, No. 534, §2.
La. Rev. Stat. § 42:284 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 42 / Section 284
Reports, classification, and itemization
Status: in_force

A. The reports provided for in R.S. 42:283 shall be classified under the following headings:

(1) Salaries of officials.

(2) Salaries of deputies.

(3) Salaries of other employees.

(4) Office supplies and furnishings.

(5) Other expenditures.

B. The reports required of the sheriffs at the various parishes shall also include specific itemization of the following expenditures:

(1) Transporting prisoners, fugitives, and insane persons.

(2) Feeding prisoners.

Acts 2004, No. 757, §1, eff. July 1, 2004.
La. Rev. Stat. § 42:261.3 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 42 / Section 261.3
Execution of personal judgments against public officials
Status: in_force

Personal judgments for sums of money rendered against present or former public officers or employees of the state or their estates for acts or omissions in the course of public employment shall not become executory until ninety days after the close of the next regular legislative session following the time such judgments become final, or until such time as the Legislature appropriates funds therefor, whichever occurs first, provided, the provisions of this Section shall not affect any special fund or funds created for the payment of special benefits.

For purposes of this section, a judgment becomes final, if appealed from, as provided by Articles 2166 and 2167 of the Code of Civil Procedure or, if there is no appeal taken from such judgment, after the delay for a devolutive appeal therefrom has elapsed.

Added by Acts 1978, No. 136, §1, eff. June 26, 1978.
La. Rev. Stat. § 42:460 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 42 / Section 460
Recoupment of overpayments; establishment of rules
Status: in_force

The division of administration shall have the power to promulgate rules and regulations necessary to provide state agencies with the ability to recoup overpayments made to state employees. Such recoupments shall include but not be limited to overpayment of wages paid to employees and erroneous refunds of deductions withheld from employees.

Acts 2003, No. 1067, §1, eff. July 1, 2003.
La. Rev. Stat. § 42:1152 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 42 / Section 1152
Rescission of action of a governmental entity
Status: in_force

A. Subject to the limitations set forth in this Section, the Ethics Adjudicatory Board may cancel or rescind any contract of or permit or license issued by a governmental entity without liability to the governmental entity when:

(1) The Ethics Adjudicatory Board has found that a violation of law within the jurisdiction of the Board of Ethics has influenced the issuing of the permit or license or the making of such contract.

(2) The Ethics Adjudicatory Board finds under all of the circumstances that the interests of the governmental entity so require; however, such rescission is to be limited so as to not adversely affect the interests of innocent third parties.

B. The determination referred to in Subsection A of this Section shall be made in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Part and shall be subject to judicial review in accordance with the provisions of R.S. 42:1142, provided that the Ethics Adjudicatory Board may suspend the contract, permit, or license of the governmental entity subject to the limitations in Paragraph (A)(2) of this Section pending the determination of the merits of the controversy.

Acts 1979, No. 443, §1, eff. April 1, 1980; Acts 1988, No. 581, §1; Acts 1996, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 64, §6, eff. Jan. 1, 1997; Acts 2012, No. 608, §1, eff. June 7, 2012.

NOTE: See Acts 2012, No.608, §3, relative to the prospective application of Act.
La. Rev. Stat. § 42:1306 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 42 / Section 1306
Deferred amounts as compensation
Status: in_force

Any compensation deferred pursuant to the plan operated under this Chapter shall be deemed regular compensation for the purpose of computing contributions or benefits under existing retirement, pension, or social security systems applicable to participants. This provision shall not supersede the provisions of R.S. 42:861.

Added by Acts 1982, No. 1, §1, eff. May 6, 1982.
La. Rev. Stat. § 42:1120.4 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 42 / Section 1120.4
Recusal from voting; certain appointed members of boards and commissions
Status: in_force

A. If any appointed member of a board or commission in the discharge of a duty or responsibility of his office or position, would be required to vote on a matter which vote would be a violation of R.S. 42:1112, he shall recuse himself from voting.

B. An appointed member of a board or commission who recuses himself from voting pursuant to this Section shall be prohibited from participating in discussion and debate concerning the matter.

Acts 2008, No. 685, §1; Acts 2018, No. 534, §2.
La. Rev. Stat. § 42:1357 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 42 / Section 1357
Election; results; rules and regulations; promulgation
Status: in_force

A.(1) The director shall submit a written report of the election results to the State Civil Service Commission and the secretary of state within one working day after completion of the counting of votes or, if a runoff election is held, within one working day after completion of the counting of votes in the runoff election.

(2) Upon receipt of the results of the election, the secretary of state shall promulgate the results thereof. The candidate who receives the greatest number of the votes cast in the election shall be elected, provided such candidate receives at least thirty-five percent of the total votes cast in the election. If no candidate is elected in the first election, the candidate who receives the greatest number of the votes cast in the runoff election shall be elected. The secretary of state shall notify the candidate who is elected of his election.

(3) In the event that the two candidates in the runoff election each receive the same number of votes in the runoff election, the winner shall be determined by lot by the secretary of state.

B. The director of the Department of State Civil Service may make reasonable rules and regulations, not inconsistent with the constitution and laws of this state, as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this Chapter.

Added by Acts 1974, Ex.Sess., No. 8, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1975. Acts 1988, No. 164, §1; Acts 1997, No. 45, §1; Acts 2003, No. 332, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 42:1451 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 42 / Section 1451
Action overruled; attorneys' fees
Status: in_force

In any appeal under Article X, Section 8 of the constitution by an employee in the classified state civil service to overturn any action by the department or agency employing him in which the decision to take the action is overruled and such decision is found to be unreasonable, the Civil Service Commission shall order the department or agency to pay reasonable attorneys' fees incurred by the employee in appealing the action.

Added by Acts 1980, No. 461, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 42:456.1 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 42 / Section 456.1
Permitted withholding; Louisiana Student Tuition Assistance and Revenue Trust Program education savings account
Status: in_force

A. Notwithstanding any law, rule, or regulation to the contrary and effective July 1, 1997, and thereafter, any employee of the state or of a political subdivision in the state may authorize his employing department, office, or agency to withhold from his salary a specific amount for such pay periods as may be designated, for deposit into an education savings account as provided for by R.S. 17:3091 et seq., relative to the Louisiana Student Tuition Assistance and Revenue Trust Program.

B. Distribution of funds to a Louisiana Student Tuition Assistance and Revenue Trust Program education savings account shall be made based upon the payroll deduction collection record of the department, office, or agency.

C. No withholding may be made from the earnings of any employee for the purposes permitted by this Section unless the withholding is specifically and voluntarily authorized by the employee in writing. Any amount withheld in accordance with the provisions of this Section shall be remitted to the Louisiana Student Tuition Assistance and Revenue Trust Program on a regularly scheduled basis as prescribed by rules adopted in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act by the Louisiana Tuition Trust Authority.

Acts 1997, No. 599, §1, eff. July 3, 1997.
La. Rev. Stat. § 42:1130.2 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 42 / Section 1130.2
Definitions
Status: in_force

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

(1) "Candidate" means a person who seeks nomination or election to public office. An individual shall be deemed to seek nomination or election to public office if he has done any of the following:

(a) Since prior participation in an election, if any, received and accepted a contribution or made an expenditure, or has given his consent for any other person or committee to receive a contribution or make an expenditure with a view to influencing his nomination or election to public office whether or not the specific public office for which he will be a candidate is known at the time the contribution is received or the expenditure is made.

(b) Taken the action necessary under the laws of the state of Louisiana to qualify himself for nomination or election to public office.

(2) "Contribution" shall have the meaning provided in R.S. 18:1483(6), except that "public office" as used therein shall have the meaning provided in this Section.

(3) "Election" shall have the meaning provided in R.S. 18:1483(8).

(4) "Expenditure" shall have the meaning provided in R.S. 18:1483(9), except that "public office" as used therein shall have the meaning provided in this Section.

(5) "Public office" shall mean any state, parish, municipal, ward, district, or other office or position, including a federal office, which is filled by election of the voters of the appropriate electorate, except the office of president or vice president of the United States, presidential elector, delegate to a political party convention, or political party office.

Acts 2008, No. 812, §1, eff. July 7, 2008.