La. Rev. Stat. § 49:191 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 49 / Section 191
Termination of legislative authority for existence of statutory entities; phase-out period for statutory entities; table of dates
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding any termination dates set by any previous Act of the legislature, the statutory entities set forth in this Section shall begin to terminate their operations on July first of each of the following years, and all legislative authority for the existence of any statutory entity, as defined in R.S. 49:190, shall cease as of July first of the following year, which shall be the termination date:

(1) July 1, 2026:

(a) Louisiana Economic Development and all statutory entities made a part of the department by law.

(b) The Department of Public Service and all statutory entities made a part of the department by law.

(c) The Department of State and all statutory entities made a part of the department by law.

(d) The Department of State Civil Service and all statutory entities made a part of the department by law.

(e) The Department of Insurance and all statutory entities made a part of the department by law.

(f) Louisiana Works and all statutory entities made a part of the department by law.

(g) The Department of Education and all statutory entities made a part of the department by law.

(h) The Department of Children and Family Services and all statutory entities made a part of the department by law.

(i) The Department of the Treasury and all statutory entities made a part of the department by law.

(j) The Department of Environmental Quality and all statutory entities made a part of the department by law.

(k) The Department of Agriculture and Forestry and all statutory entities made a part of the department by law.

(l) The Department of Veterans Affairs and all statutory entities made a part of the department by law.

(m) The Governor's Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness and all statutory entities made a part of the office by law.

(n) Those entities transferred to or placed within the office of the governor pursuant to R.S. 36:4.1.

(o) The Department of Transportation and Development and all statutory entities made a part of the department by law.

(2) July 1, 2028:

(a) The Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority and the Coastal Restoration and Protection Authority Board to be reviewed by and re-creation to be considered by the House Committee on Natural Resources and Environment and the Senate Committee on Natural Resources.

(b) The Louisiana Department of Health and all statutory entities made a part of the department by law.

(c) The Department of Revenue and all statutory entities made a part of the department by law.

(d) The Department of Conservation and Energy and all statutory entities made a part of the department by law.

(e) The Department of Wildlife and Fisheries and all statutory entities made a part of the department by law.

(f) The Department of Public Safety and Corrections and all statutory entities made a part of the department by law.

(g) The Department of Culture, Recreation and Tourism and all statutory entities made a part of the department by law.

(h) Repealed by Acts 2008, No. 12, §5, eff. June 30, 2008.

(i) Repealed by Acts 2008, No. 13, §5, eff. June 30, 2008.

(j) Repealed by Acts 2008, No. 5, §5, eff. June 30, 2008.

(3) July 1, 2030:

(a) The Department of Justice and all statutory entities made a part of the department by law.

(4) July 1, 2025:

(a) Repealed by Acts 2025, No. 276, §5, eff. June 30, 2025.

(5) July 1, 2014:

(a) Repealed by Acts 2014, No. 446, §5, eff. June 30, 2014.

(b) Repealed by Acts 2014, No. 122, §5, eff. June 30, 2014.

(c) Repealed by Acts 2014, No. 108, §5, eff. June 30, 2014.

(d) Repealed by Acts 2014, No. 9, §5, eff. June 30, 2014.

(e) Repealed by Acts 2014, No. 32, §5, eff. June 30, 2014.

(f) Repealed by Acts 2014, No. 3, §5, eff. June 30, 2014.

(g) Repealed by Acts 2014, No. 230, §5, eff. June 30, 2014, and Acts 2014, No. 469, §5, eff. June 30, 2014.

(h) Repealed by Acts 2014, No. 292, §5, eff. June 30, 2014.

(i) Repealed by Acts 2014, No. 509, §5, eff. June 30, 2014.

(j) Repealed by Acts 2014, No. 309, §5, eff. June 30, 2014, and Acts 2014, No. 621, §5, eff. June 30, 2014.

(k) Repealed by Acts 2015, No. 381, §6, eff. June 30, 2015.

(l) Repealed by Acts 2014, No. 123, §5, eff. June 30, 2014.

(m) Repealed by Acts 2014, No. 159, §5, eff. June 30, 2014.

(n) Repealed by Acts 2014, No. 64, §5, eff. June 30, 2014.

(o) Repealed by Acts 2014, No. 39, §5, eff. June 30, 2014.

(6) July 1, 2016:

(a) Repealed by Acts 2016, No. 65, §5, eff. June 30, 2016.

(b) Repealed by Acts 2016, No. 15, §5, eff. June 30, 2016.

(c) Repealed by Acts 2016, No. 286, §5, eff. June 30, 2016.

(d) Repealed by Acts 2016, No. 300, §6, eff. June 30, 2016.

(e) Repealed by Acts 2016, No. 240, §5, eff. June 30, 2016.

(f) Repealed by Acts 2015, No. 153, §5, eff. June 30, 2015.

(g) Repealed by Acts 2016, No. 2, §5, eff. June 30, 2016.

(7) Repealed by Acts 2018, No. 216, §5, eff. June 30, 2018.

(8) July 1, 2018:

(a) Repealed by Acts 2018, No. 380, §8, eff. June 30, 2018.

(b) Repealed by Acts 2018, No. 358, §5, eff. June 30, 2018.

(c) Repealed by Acts 2018, No. 650, §5, eff. June 30, 2018.

(d) Repealed by Acts 2018, No. 3, §5, eff. June 30, 2018.

(e) Repealed by Acts 2018, No. 6, §5, eff. June 30, 2018.

(f) Repealed by Acts 2018, No. 133, §5, eff. June 30, 2018.

(g) Repealed by Acts 2017, No. 317, §5, eff. June 30, 2017.

(h) Repealed by Acts 2018, No. 24, §5, eff. June 30, 2018.

(i) Repealed by Acts 2018, No. 83, §5, eff. June 30, 2018.

(j) Repealed by Acts 2018, No. 350, §5, eff. June 30, 2018.

(k) Repealed by Acts 2018, No. 432, §6, eff. June 30, 2018.

(l) Repealed by Acts 2018, No. 25, §5, eff. June 30, 2018.

(m) Repealed by Acts 2018, No. 65, §5, eff. June 30, 2018.

(n) Repealed by Acts 2018, No. 158, §5, eff. June 30, 2018.

(9) July 1, 2020:

(a) Repealed by Acts 2020, No. 14, §5, eff. June 30, 2020.

(b) Repealed by Acts 2020, No. 74, §5, eff. June 30, 2020.

(c) Repealed by Acts 2020, No. 296, §5, eff. June 30, 2020.

(d) Repealed by Acts 2020, No. 22, §5, eff. June 30, 2020.

(e) Repealed by Acts 2020, No. 60, §5, eff. June 30, 2020.

(f) Repealed by Acts 2020, No. 11, §5, eff. June 30, 2020.

(g) Repealed by Acts 2020, No. 90, §5, eff. June 30, 2020.

(10) July 1, 2022:

(a) Repealed by Acts 2022, No. 32, §5, eff. June 30, 2022.

(b) Repealed by Acts 2022, No. 148, §5, eff. June 30, 2022.

(c) Repealed by Acts 2022, No. 6, §5, eff. June 30, 2022.

(d) Repealed by Acts 2022, No. 141, §5, eff. June 30, 2022.

(e) Repealed by Acts 2022, No. 12, §5, eff. June 30, 2022.

(f) Repealed by Acts 2022, No. 4, §5, eff. June 30, 2022.

(g) Repealed by Acts 2022, No. 133, §5, eff. June 30, 2022.

(h) Repealed by Acts 2022, No. 13, §5, eff. June 30, 2022.

(i) Repealed by Acts 2022, No. 183, §5, eff. June 30, 2022.

(j) Repealed by Acts 2022, No. 21, §5, eff. June 30, 2022.

(k) Repealed by Acts 2022, No. 20, §5, eff. June 30, 2022.

(l) Repealed by Acts 2022, No. 102, §6, eff. June 30, 2022; Acts 2022, No. 500, §7, eff. June 30, 2022.

(m) Repealed by Acts 2022, No. 182, §5, eff. June 30, 2022.

(n) Repealed by Acts 2022, No. 158, §5, eff. June 30, 2022.

(11) Repealed by Acts 2022, No. 7, §5, eff. June 30, 2022.

(12) July 1, 2024:

(a) Repealed by Acts 2024, No. 619, §5, eff. June 30, 2024.

(b) Repealed by Acts 2024, No. 369, §5, eff. June 30, 2024.

(c) Repealed by Acts 2024, No. 50, §5, eff. June 30, 2024.

(d) Repealed by Acts 2024, No. 77, §5, eff. June 30, 2024.

(e) Repealed by Acts 2024, No. 24, §5, eff. June 30, 2024.

(f) Repealed by Acts 2024, No. 720, §5, eff. June 30, 2024.

(g) Repealed by Acts 2024, No. 69, §5, eff. June 30, 2024.

(h) Repealed by Acts 2024, No. 20, §5, eff. June 30, 2024.

Acts 2008, No. 5, §§4, 5, eff. June 30, 2008; Acts 2008, No. 12, §§4, 5, eff. June 30, 2008; Acts 2008, No. 13, §§4, 5, eff. June 30, 2008; Acts 2008, No. 40, §§4, 5, eff. June 30, 2008; Acts 2008, No. 45, §§4, 5, eff. June 30, 2008; Acts 2008, No. 48, §§4, 5, eff. June 30, 2008; Acts 2008, No. 83, §§4, 5, eff. June 30, 2008; Acts 2008, No. 141, §§4, 5, eff. June 30, 2008; Acts 2008, No. 198, §1; Acts 2008, No. 743, §4, eff. July 1, 2008; Acts 2009, No. 73, §§4, 5, eff. June 30, 2009; Acts 2010, No. 8, §§4, 5, eff. June 30, 2010; Acts 2010, No. 14, §§4, 5, eff. June 30 2010; Acts 2010, No. 37, §§4, 5, eff. June 30, 2010; Acts 2010, No. 119, §§4, 5, eff. June 30, 2010; Acts 2010, No. 140, §§4, 5, eff. June 30, 2010; Acts 2010, No. 148, §§4, 5, eff. June 30, 2010; Acts 2010, No. 154, §§4, 5, eff. June 30, 2010; Acts 2010, No. 182, §§4, 5, eff. June 30, 2010; Acts 2010, No. 234, §§4, 5, eff. June 30, 2010; Acts 2010, No. 242, §§4, 5, eff. June 30, 2010; Acts 2010, No. 243, §§4, 5, eff. June 30, 2010; Acts 2010, No. 444, §§4, 5, eff. June 30, 2010; Acts 2010, No. 494, §§4, 5, eff. June 30, 2010; Acts 2010, No. 564, §§4, 5, eff. June 30, 2010; Acts 2010, No. 684, §§4, 5, eff. June 30, 2010; Acts 2010, No. 843, §§4, 5, eff. June 30, 2010; Acts 2010, No. 861, §21; Acts 2010, No. 877, §3, eff. July 1, 2010; Acts 2012, No. 6, §§4, 5, eff. June 30, 2012; Acts 2012, No. 97, §§4, 5, eff. May 11, 2012; Acts 2012, No. 122, §§4, 5, eff. June 30, 2012; Acts 2012, No. 265, §§4, 5, eff. June 30, 2012; Acts 2012, No. 304, §§4, 5, eff. June 30, 2012; Acts 2012, No. 322, §§4, 5, eff. June 30, 2012; Acts 2012, No. 362, §§4, 5, eff. June 30, 2012; Acts 2012, No. 494, §§4, 5, eff. June 30, 2012; Acts 2012, No. 617, §§4, 5, eff. June 30 2012; Acts 2012, No. 694, §§5, 6, eff. June 30, 2012; Acts 2014, No. 3, §§4, 5, eff. June 30, 2014; Acts 2014, No. 9, §§4, 5, eff. June 30, 2014; Acts 2014, No. 32, §§4, 5, eff. June 30, 2014; Acts 2014, No. 39, §§4, 5, eff. June 30, 2014; Acts 2014, No. 64, §§4, 5, eff. June 30, 2014; Acts 2014, No. 108, §§4, 5, eff. June 30, 2014; Acts 2014, No. 122, §§4, 5, eff. June 30, 2014; Acts 2014, No. 123, §§4, 5, eff. June 30, 2014; Acts 2014, No. 159, §§4, 5, eff. June 30, 2014; Acts 2014, No. 230, §§4, 5, eff. June 30, 2014; Acts 2014, No. 292, §§4, 5, eff. June 30, 2014; Acts 2014, No. 309, §§4, 5, eff. June 30, 2014; Acts 2014, No. 446, §§4, 5, eff. June 30, 2014; Acts 2014, No. 469, §§4, 5, eff. June 30, 2014; Acts 2014, No. 509, §§4, 5, eff. June 30, 2014; Acts 2014, No. 621, §§4, 5, eff. June 30, 2014; Acts 2015, No. 153, §§4, 5, eff. June 30, 2015; Acts 2015, No. 381, §§5, 6, eff. June 30, 2015; Acts 2016, No. 2, §§4, 5, eff. June 30, 2016; Acts 2016, No. 15, §§4, 5, eff. June 30, 2016; Acts 2016, No. 65, §§4, 5, eff. June 30, 2016; Acts 2016, No. 240, §§4, 5, eff. June 30, 2016; Acts 2016, No. 286, §§4, 5, eff. June 30, 2016; Acts 2016, No. 300, §§5, 6, eff. June 30, 2016; Acts 2017, No. 317, §§4, 5, eff. June 30, 2017; Acts 2018, No. 3, §§4, 5, eff. June 30, 2018; Acts 2018, No. 6, §§4, 5, eff. June 30, 2018; Acts 2018, No. 24, §§4, 5 eff. June 30, 2018; Acts 2018, No. 25, §§4, 5, eff. June 30, 2018; Acts 2018, No. 65, §§4, 5, eff. June 30, 2018; Acts 2018, No. 83, §§4, 5, eff. June 30, 2018; Acts 2018, No. 133, §§4, 5, eff. June 30, 2018; Acts 2018, No. 158, §§4, 5, eff. June 30, 2018; Acts 2018, No. 216, §§4, 5, eff. June 30, 2018; Acts 2018, No. 350, §§4, 5, eff. June 30, 2018; Acts 2018, No. 358, §§4, 5, eff. June 30, 2018; Acts 2018, No. 380, §§7, 8, eff. June 30, 2018; Acts 2018, No. 432, §§4, 6, eff. June 30, 2018; Acts 2018, No. 448, §1; Acts 2018, No. 650, §§4, 5, eff. June 30, 2018; Acts 2020, No. 11, §§4, 5, eff. June 30, 2020; Acts 2020, No. 14, §§4, 5, eff. June 30, 2020; Acts 2020, No. 22, §§4, 5, eff. June 30 2020; Acts 2020, No. 60, §§4, 5, eff. June 30, 2020; Acts 2020, No. 74, §§4, 5, eff. June 30, 2020; Acts 2020, No. 90, §§4, 5, eff. June 30, 2020; Acts 2020, No. 296, §§4, 5, eff. June 30, 2020; Acts 2022, No. 4, §§4, 5, eff. June 30, 2022; Acts 2022, No. 6, §§4, 5, eff. June 30, 2022; Acts 2022, No. 7, §§4, 5, eff. June 30, 2022; Acts 2022, No. 12, §§4, 5, eff. June 30, 2022; Acts 2022, No. 13, §§4, 5, eff. June 30, 2022; Acts 2022, No. 20, §§4, 5, eff. June 30, 2022; Acts 2022, No. 21, §§4, 5, eff. June 30, 2022; Acts 2022, No. 32, §§4, 5, eff. June 30, 2022; Acts 2022, No. 102, §§5, 6, eff. June 30, 2022; Acts 2022, No. 133, §§4, 5, eff. June 30, 2022; Acts 2022, No. 141, §§4, 5, eff. June 30, 2022; Acts 2022, No. 148, §§4, 5, eff. June 30, 2022; Acts 2022, No. 158, §§4, 5, eff. June 30, 2022; Acts 2022, No. 182, §§4, 5, eff. June 30, 2022; Acts 2022, No. 183, §§4, 5, eff. June 30, 2022; Acts 2022, No. 500, §§6, 7, eff. June 30, 2022; Acts 2023, No. 150, §20, eff. Jan. 10, 2024; Acts 2024, No. 20, §§4, 5, eff. June 30, 2024; Acts 2024, No. 24, §§4, 5, eff. June 30, 2024; Acts 2024, No. 50, §§4, 5, eff. June 30, 2024; Acts 2024, No. 69, §§4, 5, eff. June 30, 2024; Acts 2024, No. 77, §§4, 5, eff. June 30, 2024; Acts 2024, No. 369, §§4, 5, eff. June 30, 2024; Acts 2024, No. 619, §§4, 5, eff. June 30, 2024; Acts 2024, No. 720, §§4, 5, eff. June 30, 2024; Acts 2025, No. 276, §§4, 5, eff. June 30, 2025; Acts 2025, No. 478, §15, eff. Oct. 1, 2025.
La. Rev. Stat. § 49:214.5.1 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 49 / Section 214.5.1
Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority Board
Status: in_force

A. The Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority Board is hereby created within the office of the governor. The board is hereby established, and shall exercise the powers and duties hereinafter set forth or otherwise provided by law. The provisions of R.S. 44:5(A) shall not be applicable to any activities or records of or pertaining to the authority.

B. The Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority Board shall consist of the following members:

(1) Executive assistant to the governor for coastal activities.

(2) Secretary of the Department of Conservation and Energy or his designee.

(3) Secretary of the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries or his designee.

(4) Secretary of the Department of Environmental Quality or his designee.

(5) Eight members who shall be appointed by the governor, in consultation with the Police Jury Association of Louisiana and the Association of Levee Boards of Louisiana, from nominations submitted by levee districts located in whole or in part in the coastal area, from legislators who represent districts in whole or in part in the coastal area, and from parish governing authorities located in whole or in part in the coastal area. There shall be at least one appointee who is a resident from each of the following hydrologic basins established by the Coastal Wetlands Planning, Protection, and Restoration Act, 16 U.S.C. 3951 et seq.:

(a) Pontchartrain Basin.

(b) Breton Sound or Mississippi Delta Basins.

(c) Baratarian Basin.

(d) Terrebonne Basin.

(e) Atchafalaya Basin.

(f) Mermentau Basin or Teche/Vermilion Basin.

(g) Calcasieu/Sabine Basin.

(6) The chair of the Governor's Advisory Commission on Coastal Protection, Restoration, and Conservation or his designee.

(7) The speaker of the House of Representatives, or his designee, who shall serve as an ex officio member who shall not have the authority to vote and who shall not be counted for purposes of a quorum.

(8) The president of the Senate, or his designee, who shall serve as an ex officio member who shall not have the authority to vote and who shall not be counted for purposes of a quorum.

(9) The lieutenant governor or his designee who is an employee of the office of lieutenant governor.

(10) Three at-large members who shall be appointed by the governor.

C. Any member of the board who represents a political subdivision shall recuse himself from deliberations and from voting on any matter concerning the taking of action against that political subdivision for lack of compliance with the plan.

D. The executive assistant shall serve as chairman and shall develop procedures for the operation of the board.

Acts 2009, No. 523, §3, eff. July 10, 2009; Acts 2012, No. 604, §3, eff. June 7, 2012; Acts 2019, No. 441, §1, eff. Jan. 13, 2020; Acts 2023, No. 150, §20, eff. Jan. 10, 2024; Acts 2024, No. 726, §§1, 2, eff. June 19, 2024.
La. Rev. Stat. § 49:78 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 49 / Section 78
Enforcement
Status: in_force

A. The ethics board shall be responsible for the enforcement of provisions of this Part. The provisions of Part III of Chapter 15 of Title 42 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950 shall be applicable to enforcement of this Part.

B. No action to enforce any provision of this Part shall be commenced after expiration of two years after the occurrence of the alleged violation.

C. The ethics board shall have the authority to impose and collect penalties in accordance with the provisions of Part III of Chapter 15 of Title 42 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950 for a violation of this Part. In addition, for recurring or egregious violations of this Part, the ethics board may censure any person found guilty of such violation by the ethics board and prohibit such person from lobbying for not less than thirty days and not more than one year.

D. In addition to any other applicable penalties:

(1)(a) Any person required to register and who fails to timely register and any person who fails to timely file any report required by this Part shall be assessed, pursuant to R.S. 42:1157, a late fee of fifty dollars per day.

(b) However, any person who fails to timely file a lobbyist expenditure report filed pursuant to R.S. 24:55(G) or R.S. 49:76(G) which contains all of the information required by this Part and Part III of Chapter 1 of Title 24 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950 shall be assessed, pursuant to R.S. 42:1157, a late fee of fifty dollars per day.

(2) Any person whose registration or report is filed eleven or more days after the day on which it was due may be assessed, in addition to any late fees pursuant to this Section, after a hearing by the board, a civil penalty not to exceed one thousand dollars.

(3) If the board determines that a person has filed a registration or report required by this Part that is inaccurate or incomplete, the board shall mail by certified mail a notice of delinquency informing the person that the inaccuracy must be corrected or the missing information must be provided no later than fourteen business days after receipt of the notice of delinquency. The notice of delinquency shall include the deadline for correcting the inaccuracy or providing the missing information. If the person corrects the inaccuracy or provides the missing information prior to the deadline contained in the notice of delinquency, no penalties shall be assessed against the person.

(4) Whoever fails to correct the inaccuracy or provide the missing information by the deadline included in the notice of delinquency shall be subject to penalties as provided by law.

(5) Any person who with knowledge of its falsity files a registration or report as required in this Part that contains a false statement or false representation of a material fact shall be subject to the assessment of the civil penalties provided in Part III of Chapter 15 of Title 42 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, and the findings of the board relative to such filing shall be referred by the board to the appropriate district attorney for prosecution pursuant to R.S. 14:133.

(6) The computation of days provided for in this Subsection shall not include Saturdays, Sundays, or other legal holidays.

Acts 2004, No. 116, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 2005; Acts 2008, 1 st Ex. Sess., No. 13, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 2009; Acts 2010, No. 857, §3; Acts 2024, No. 540, §4.

NOTE: See Acts 2004, No. 116, §§4 and 5, re implementation, administration, and effectiveness.
La. Rev. Stat. § 49:112 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 49 / Section 112
Claims against state prescribe in ten years
Status: in_force

No claim or debt against the state shall be allowed by the state auditor or paid by the state treasurer after the lapse of ten years from the happening of the event or of the facts upon which any suit is founded or judgment rendered or of the execution of the contract under which the claim is made. No interruption or suspension whatsoever of this prescription shall be allowed. The provisions of this Section shall not apply to the claims, or the judgment rendered thereon, listed in Section 2 of Act No. 110 of 1946.
La. Rev. Stat. § 49:149.27 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 49 / Section 149.27
Bobby Fletcher Agricultural Center, Covington
Status: in_force

The building situated in the city of Covington, having the municipal address of 1304 Columbia Street, and generally known as the St. Tammany Livestock Show Facility is hereby named and shall hereafter be known as the Bobby Fletcher Agricultural Center.

Acts 2003, No. 329, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 49:229 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 49 / Section 229
Office of GeauxBiz
Status: in_force

A. It is the purpose of this Section to provide a convenient, accessible, and timely system for the business community and other persons seeking to establish a business to obtain information concerning and the acquisition and maintenance of the various licenses required by the state to conduct business. To accomplish this goal, the office of GeauxBiz is hereby established within the department.

B. It is the express intent of the legislature that the authority for determining whether a business should be licensed shall remain with the state agency authorized to perform this function.

C. As used in this Section, the following terms shall have the meanings ascribed to them, unless context clearly indicates otherwise:

(1) "Applicant" means any person acting for himself or who is authorized to act for another person to obtain a license or the renewal thereof.

(2) "License" means any license, certificate, registration, permit, or other form of authorization or approval required by state law or any rule or regulation issued pursuant thereto which must be obtained prior to the operation of a business or as a condition to the continued operation thereof.

(3) "Office" means the office of GeauxBiz within the Department of State.

(4) "Person" means an individual, proprietorship, partnership, company, cooperative, corporation, nonprofit organization, or any other legal entity required to obtain one or more licenses from a state agency.

(5) "Secretary" means the secretary of state of the state of Louisiana.

(6) "State agency" or "agency" means any department, office, board, commission, or other entity in state government.

D.(1) On or before January 1, 1992, the secretary of state shall prepare and promulgate to other state agencies a form or forms which shall provide for the inclusion of information relevant to all applications, forms, documents, and requirements used or enforced by the agency in its licensing processes. The form shall provide for, but shall not be limited to, information concerning the cost of each license, the estimated period required to process license applications, existing and proposed rules and regulations pertaining to such licensing, and agency publications which would be of assistance to the business community and other persons seeking to establish a business within the state.

(2) Each state agency shall within sixty days of receipt of the form or forms provide the office with all information requested pursuant to Paragraph (1) of this Subsection and shall thereafter provide, without request by the office, all supplements, amendments, or any proposed changes to licensing rules, regulations, or forms.

E. On or before January 1, 1992, each agency required to review, approve, issue, or renew licensing for any business undertakings, projects, or activities shall designate an officer or employee of the agency to act as business licensing liaison with the office to effectuate the purposes of this Section. The business licensing liaison shall perform, but shall not be limited to the performance of the following functions:

(1) Schedule, with the office, any conferences provided for in this Section.

(2) Determine, upon the request of the applicant or the office, the most current status of an application for a license or the renewal thereof, the reasons for delay in the licensing process, if any, and the action required to end the delay. He shall timely notify the applicant or the office of his determination.

(3) Attempt to resolve any dispute which may arise concerning the licensing process.

F. On or before July 1, 1992, the office shall begin activities as a clearinghouse for state business licensing information and shall perform the following functions:

(1) Obtain information for members of the business community and persons seeking to establish a business regarding all licenses required by state agencies to begin or continue a business in the state.

(2) Assist applicants in the clarification of licensing requirements and standards.

(3) Provide application forms, where practical.

(4) Arrange, in its discretion, informal conferences between the applicant and state agency to clarify licensing requirements or standards, the nature and scope of the agency's interest, and the standards and conditions which the applicant must meet.

(5) Assist applicants in the preparation of application forms.

(6) Provide guidance to the applicant in relation to his license application.

(7) Maintain, as the office deems necessary, ongoing monitoring of the licensing review process to determine the current status of a particular application.

(8) Generally coordinate the various aspects of the licensing review process and the compilation of data and other required submissions.

G. All state agencies are hereby directed to cooperate fully with the office to ensure implementation of and compliance with the provisions of this Section.

H. No provision of this Section shall excuse or be construed to excuse any applicant using the services of the office from full compliance with any licensing requirements or shall relieve him from any penalties, fines, or any other liabilities related to such requirements.

I. The department, office, or any officer or employee thereof shall make a good faith effort to supply all relevant information but shall be held harmless for any loss or damage resulting from their failure to supply relevant information or their transmittal of erroneous information, unless such loss or damage results from intentional acts or acts of gross negligence.

J. The department shall promulgate rules and regulations, in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act, to implement the provisions of this Section.

Acts 1991, No. 1053, §2, eff. July 29, 1991; Acts 2008, No. 127, §2.

NOTE: See Acts 1991, No. 1053, §4.
La. Rev. Stat. § 49:984 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 49 / Section 984
Alphabetical or numerical sequence of laws
Status: in_force

A. Whenever a rule defines terms, enumerates provisions or items, or otherwise sets forth provisions of a rule in a numerical or alphabetical listing or sequence, and such provision, as promulgated, fails to establish or fails to maintain an existing alphabetical or numerical sequence, the Office of the State Register, in preparing the Louisiana Register and the Louisiana Administrative Code as provided for by R.S. 49:983, shall rearrange and renumber or redesignate the provisions to the extent necessary to place all of them in consistent order.

B. The Office of the State Register shall notify the secretary or administrative officer charged with promulgation of the rule prior to making any proposed revision authorized by this Section. If no written disapproval of the secretary or administrative officer, or his designee, is received by the Office of the State Register within seven days after the secretary or administrative officer receives the notice, the Office of the State Register shall proceed with the revision.

C. This requirement is in addition to any other authority granted to the Office of the State Register in the preparation of the Louisiana Register or the Louisiana Administrative Code, particularly by R.S. 49:983.

Acts 1993, No. 379, §1; Acts 2013, No. 220, §23, eff. June 11, 2013.
La. Rev. Stat. § 49:999.1 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 49 / Section 999.1
Contract for adjudication services; other governmental entities
Status: in_force

The division is authorized to provide administrative law judges on a contractual basis to any governmental entity not covered by this Chapter, and to conduct administrative hearings for such entity.

Acts 1999, No. 416, §1; Acts 2003, No. 956, §1, eff. July 1, 2003.
La. Rev. Stat. § 49:219.2 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 49 / Section 219.2
Drug Policy Board; establishment; membership; selection; terms; compensation; organization; domicile; procedure
Status: in_force

A. The Drug Policy Board is established as a body corporate to operate within the office of the governor.

B.(1) The board shall be composed of twenty-five members.

(a) Fifteen of the members shall be as follows:

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

(ii) The secretary of the Department of Public Safety and Corrections or his designee.

(iii) The superintendent of state police or his designee.

(iv) The secretary of the Department of Children and Family Services or his designee.

(v) The executive director of the Louisiana Commission on Law Enforcement or his designee.

(vi) The superintendent of education or his designee.

(vii) The commander in chief of the national guard or his designee.

(viii) The attorney general or his designee.

(ix) The chairman of the Louisiana Commission on Addictive Disorders or his designee.

(x) The commissioner of Alcohol and Tobacco Control or his designee.

(xi) The executive director, or his designee, of the office of drug policy within the office of the governor.

(xii) A member of the Louisiana Highway Safety Commission.

(xiii) A member of the Board of Pharmacy.

(xiv) A representative of the Board of Regents specializing in collegiate recovery education and behavioral health services.

(xv) An individual who has been in recovery for at least five years and is actively engaged in substance use prevention and peer support efforts.

(b) Two of the members shall be as follows:

(i) A member of the House Committee on Health and Welfare as designated by the speaker of the House of Representatives.

(ii) A member of the Senate Committee on Health and Welfare as designated by the president of the Senate.

(c) The remaining eight members shall be appointed by the governor subject to the confirmation of the Senate as follows:

(i) A representative of a private or nonprofit organization located within this state providing substance use education, treatment, and prevention.

(ii) The president or a representative of the District Attorneys Association.

(iii) The director of the Louisiana Supreme Court Drug and Specialty Court Office or his designee.

(iv) The president or a representative of the Louisiana Sheriffs' Association.

(v) A representative of the indigent defender system.

(vi) A district court judge.

(vii) A representative from the alcohol industry.

(viii) A physician representing the field of substance misuse treatment or substance misuse prevention.

(2) The governor shall appoint persons who represent local and state education agencies; substance and alcohol misuse treatment or rehabilitation facilities or programs; local, state, and federal law enforcement agencies; and local, state, and federal judiciaries, and legal counsel to serve in support of the drug policy board.

(3) Each member shall serve a term concurrent with that of the appointing governor. Vacancies shall be filled in the same manner as the original appointment.

(4) Members shall serve without salary or per diem, but shall be reimbursed for travel, lodging, and related expenses occasioned by attendance on the business of the board in the same manner as provided for state employees.

C.(1) The board shall be domiciled in the city of Baton Rouge in East Baton Rouge Parish.

(2) The members of the board shall elect from among themselves a chair and such other officers as they deem necessary whose term shall be fixed by rule of the board.

(3) The board shall meet on a regular basis of not less often than quarterly as established by the board and at such other times as deemed necessary by the chair.

(4) The board shall establish its own rules of procedure.

(5) Official action of the board shall require the affirmative approval of not less than a majority of those present. A quorum shall be required to conduct a meeting. A quorum shall be a majority of the total membership of the board.

(6) Each board member who may appoint a designee to serve in his stead pursuant to Paragraph (B)(1) of this Section shall provide written notice of such to the chairman of the board. Such written notice shall name the individual who shall be the official designee until the member revokes such designation. No board member shall be represented in a meeting other than by the official designee.

Acts 1990, No. 1029, §2, eff. July 26, 1990; Acts 2009, No. 65, §1; Acts 2025, No. 78, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 49:251.3 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 49 / Section 251.3
Contractual attorney's fees; affidavit
Status: in_force

Each attorney employed on a contractual basis by the attorney general pursuant to R.S. 49:251.2, shall submit his fee for professional services by sworn affidavit. The affidavit shall contain a detailed statement of the number of hours actually worked, giving the dates and time of day and a description of the work performed. No contract fee shall be paid unless submitted by affidavit as provided herein.

Added by Acts 1982, No. 848, §3.
La. Rev. Stat. § 49:854 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 49 / Section 854
Emergency interim successors for state officers
Status: in_force

All state officers, subject to such regulations as may be issued by the governor or other official authorized under the constitution or other authority to exercise the powers and discharge the duties of the office of governor, shall, in addition to any deputy authorized pursuant to law to exercise all of the powers and discharge the duties of the office, designate by title emergency interim successors and specify their order of succession. The officer shall review and revise, as necessary, designations made pursuant to this chapter to insure their current status. The officer will designate a sufficient number of such emergency interim successors so that there will be not less than three nor more than seven such deputies or emergency interim successors or any combination thereof, at any time. In the event that any state officer is unavailable following an attack, and in the event his deputy, if any, is also unavailable, the said powers of his office shall be exercised and said duties of his office shall be discharged by his designated emergency interim successors in the order specified. Such emergency interim successors shall exercise said powers and discharge said duties only until such time as the governor under the constitution or laws or other official authorized under the constitution or laws to exercise the powers and discharge the duties of the office of governor may, where a vacancy exists, appoint a successor to fill the vacancy or until a successor is otherwise appointed, or elected and qualified as provided by law, or an officer or his deputy or a preceding named emergency interim successor becomes available to exercise or resume the exercise of the powers and discharge the duties of his office.

Acts 1963, No. 111, §4.
La. Rev. Stat. § 49:220.24 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 49 / Section 220.24
Authority; duties; powers; standards; functions
Status: in_force

A. The inspector general shall serve as the executive head and chief administrative officer of the office and shall have responsibility for the policies of the office, except as otherwise provided by this Part, and for the administration, control, and operation of the functions and affairs of the office.

B. The inspector general is authorized to examine and investigate the management and affairs of the covered agencies concerning waste, inefficiencies, mismanagement, misconduct, abuse, fraud, and corruption, and he may conduct all necessary investigations into such areas, including but not limited to:

(1) Misuse of state-owned automobiles, planes, watercraft, and all other movable and immovable property.

(2) Evidence of a pattern of excessive bills on state contracts.

(3) Unauthorized use of leave.

(4) Mismanagement of governmental operations.

(5) Waste or abuse of things of value belonging to or used by the covered agencies.

(6) Construction, operation, and maintenance of facilities.

C.(1) The inspector general shall help prevent waste, inefficiency, mismanagement, misconduct, abuse, fraud, and corruption in covered agencies by periodically reviewing policies and procedures and monitoring operations and making recommendations for improvement.

(2) The inspector general shall receive complaints of waste, inefficiency, mismanagement, misconduct, abuse, fraud, or corruption in covered agencies and determine whether they warrant investigation by the inspector general or by appropriate federal, state, or local agencies or may conduct such investigations upon his own initiative. In order to accomplish this, the office of the inspector general shall maintain a toll-free fraud hotline number and web site for anonymous reporting.

(3) The inspector general shall investigate complaints of waste, inefficiencies, mismanagement, misconduct, abuse, fraud, and corruption and, when appropriate, recommend whether disciplinary action or further investigation by appropriate federal, state, or local agencies is warranted and take further action as appropriate.

(4) The inspector general shall report complaints of fraud, abuse, or corruption to such federal, state, or local agencies when there is evidence of what may be criminal activity and when otherwise appropriate and shall otherwise cooperate with such agencies in any further action.

(5) The inspector general shall make reports of his findings to the governor. Such reports shall be subject to the provisions of R.S. 44:1 et seq.

(6) The inspector general shall submit an annual report to the governor and the Joint Legislative Committee on the Budget at the end of each fiscal year that describes the accomplishments and contributions made by the office toward achieving the mission of helping to prevent and detect waste, fraud, and abuse in Louisiana government. Upon completion, as indicated by signature of the inspector general, all final reports of the inspector general immediately shall be filed with the Joint Legislative Committee on the Budget and shall include the response of the agency, if any. All such reports shall be provided to the staff of the governor's office and the Joint Legislative Committee on the Budget upon request.

D. The inspector general shall provide for an opportunity for agency response prior to the release of a report unless the inspector general, in conjunction with a United States attorney, the state attorney general, district attorneys, or other prosecutorial agencies, determines that supplying the affected person or entity with such report will jeopardize a pending or potential criminal investigation.

E. All officers and employees of covered agencies shall extend full cooperation and all reasonable assistance to the inspector general.

F.(1) In the performance of his duties, the inspector general and any member of his staff designated by him may seek and obtain sworn testimony from any person using the same procedure as is provided for taking depositions provided for in Article 1443 in the Code of Civil Procedure.

(2) In the performance of his duties, the inspector general or any member of his staff designated by him may compel the attendance of witnesses to be deposed under oath or the production of public and private records by issuing a subpoena. However, such a subpoena or subpoena duces tecum shall be issued only upon approval of a judge of the district court of the parish in which the office of inspector general is domiciled upon application in writing by the inspector general. The judge shall issue a written decision within seventy-two hours after receipt of such application. Any subpoena for production of private records shall be in compliance with all applicable constitutionally established rights and processes. The subpoena may be served by certified mail, return receipt requested, at the addressee's residence or business address, or by representatives appointed by the inspector general, or may be directed for service to the office of the state police. If a person refuses to obey a subpoena issued by the inspector general, upon application by the inspector general, the district court of the parish in which the office of inspector general is domiciled may issue an order to the person requiring the person to appear before the court to show cause why an order shall not be issued ordering such person to obey the subpoena, and the person may be adjudged in contempt of court.

(3) The inspector general shall have access to all records, information, data, reports, plans, projections, matters, contracts, memoranda, correspondence, and any other materials of a covered agency and shall be deemed to be an authorized representative and agent of each covered agency for the purposes of:

(a) Examining and investigating the records of all contractors, subcontractors, grantees, or subgrantees of covered agencies, which records relate to contracts, subcontracts, grants, or subgrants with a covered agency.

(b) Obtaining access to any records of a covered agency in the possession of a third party, including but not limited to bank account records.

G. The inspector general and employees of the inspector general shall carry identifying cards.

H. The office of the state inspector general shall adhere to professional standards for initiating and conducting audits, investigations, inspections, and reviews such as those promulgated by the Association of Inspectors General. The office shall develop an operations manual that contains such standards and shall make it available to the public.

I. The inspector general shall engage in prevention activities, including but not limited to reviewing legislation, rules, regulations, policies, procedures, and transactions; providing for training and education; and making recommendations to the governor and the legislature to strengthen public integrity laws.

J. The office of the state inspector general is hereby designated as a law enforcement agency and conferred all investigative powers and privileges appurtenant to a law enforcement agency under state law as necessary and in furtherance of the authority, duties, powers, and functions set forth in this Part. These powers and privileges shall not include arrest powers but shall include access to computer systems, information maintained for the use of law enforcement personnel, and any information contained in the criminal history record and identification file of the Louisiana Bureau of Criminal Identification and Information.

K. Upon credible information of corruption or fraud, the office of the state inspector general shall notify the appropriate law enforcement agencies. Subsequent to notifying the appropriate law enforcement agency, the inspector general may assist the law enforcement agency in conducting the investigation. Upon detecting a violation of one of the provisions of the Code of Governmental Ethics, the office of the state inspector general may file a complaint with the Board of Ethics.

L. The office of the state inspector general may conduct joint investigations and projects with other oversight or law enforcement agencies.

M. The inspector general shall do all things necessary to carry out the functions set forth in this Part.

Acts 2008, 1 st Ex. Sess., No. 12, §3, eff. April 26, 2008; Acts 2008, No. 831, §3, eff. July 1, 2008; Acts 2010, No. 861, §21.
La. Rev. Stat. § 49:974.3 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 49 / Section 974.3
Definitions
Status: in_force

The following words or terms as used in this Act shall have the following meanings unless a different meaning appears from the context:

(1) "Agency" means each state board, commission, department, agency, officer, or other entity which makes rules, regulations, or policy, or formulates, or issues decisions or orders pursuant to, or as directed by, or in implementation, of the constitution or laws of the United States or the constitution and statutes of Louisiana. The term "agency" shall not include any of the following entities:

(a) The legislature or any branch, committee, or officer thereof.

(b) Any political subdivision, as defined in Article VI, Section 44 of the Constitution of Louisiana, and any board, commission, department, agency, officer, or other entity thereof.

(c) The courts.

(2) "Potpourri notice" means a notice sent by an agency to the office of the state register indicating all of the following items:

(a) That the agency may implement a rule change at some future date.

(b) That the agency is seeking public comment and plans to conduct a public hearing, if one is requested prior to giving a notice of intent to implement the rule change.

(c) The deadline for receiving public comments and requests for a public hearing, which deadline is to occur prior to the date that the notice of intent to adopt the rule change, shall be sent to the office of the state register.

(3) "Proposed rule" means a proposal by an agency for a new rule or for a change in, addition to, or repeal of an existing rule.

(4) "Rule" means each agency statement, guide, or requirement for conduct or action, exclusive of those regulating only the internal management of the agency and those purporting to adopt, increase, or decrease any fees imposed on the affairs, actions, or persons regulated by the agency, which has general applicability and the effect of implementing or interpreting substantive law or policy, or which prescribes the procedure or practice requirements of the agency. "Rule" includes but is not limited to any provision for fines, prices or penalties, the attainment or loss of preferential status, and the criteria or qualifications for licensure or certification by an agency. A rule may be of general applicability even though it may not apply to the entire state, provided its form is general and it is capable of being applied to every member of an identifiable class. The term includes the amendment or repeal of an existing rule but does not include declaratory rulings or orders or any fees.

(5) "Small business" means a business that is domiciled in this state, employs one hundred or fewer full-time employees, and meets at least one of the following conditions:

(a) Gross annual sales are less than ten million dollars.

(b) Total net worth of the business is less than two million dollars.

Acts 2008, No. 820, §1; Acts 2010, No. 861, §21; Acts 2019, No. 204, §§1, 2, eff. Feb. 1, 2020; Acts 2022, No. 663, §1; Redesignated from R.S. 49:978.3.
La. Rev. Stat. § 49:214.66 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 49 / Section 214.66
Notice to defendant
Status: in_force

A. The clerk of court shall issue a notice to each defendant in the suit notifying him that the property described in the petition has been expropriated for barrier island preservation, restoration, or creation for coastal wetlands purposes.

B. This notice, together with a certified copy of the order and the petition, shall be delivered by the clerk to the proper sheriff for service on each defendant in the manner provided for the service of citations.

Acts 2004, No. 633, §1, eff. July 5, 2004.
La. Rev. Stat. § 49:125 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 49 / Section 125
Sale of surplus movable property at auction
Status: in_force

A. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the state or any board, commission, department or agency of the state or any political subdivision of the state is hereby authorized to sell surplus movable property at public auction, in addition to the other methods provided by law for such sales. The unit of government so desiring to sell surplus movable property at public auction is authorized to employ qualified licensed auctioneers to handle said sale.

B. No sale at public auction shall be at a price which is less than is required by law, and all such sales shall be advertised in the manner provided by law.

C. The unit of government so desiring to sell surplus movable property at public auction shall reserve the right to reject any and all bids and remove said item of movable property from sale.

Acts 1972, No. 423, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 49:213 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 49 / Section 213
Authority of governor to establish office of civil rights
Status: in_force

The governor may establish within his office an office of civil rights to merge, consolidate, and administer the powers, duties, functions, and responsibilities of any state agency relative to equal employment opportunity and nondiscrimination in the provision of state services under the applicable state and federal statutes. It shall be the duty of such office to establish procedures where applicable to carry out such functions and responsibilities, including but not limited to procedures for investigation of and action on complaints regarding equal employment opportunity and discrimination in state services under the applicable state and federal statutes, and planning therefor.

Added by Acts 1978, No. 348, §2.
La. Rev. Stat. § 49:170.1 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 49 / Section 170.1
Garden Week
Status: in_force

There shall be an official state garden week. The official garden week shall be the first week in June commencing with the first Sunday in June of each year.

Acts 1988, No. 541, eff. July 11, 1988.
La. Rev. Stat. § 49:170.12 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 49 / Section 170.12
State cuisine
Status: in_force

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

Acts 2004, No. 406, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 49:257 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 49 / Section 257
Legal representation of certain state agencies
Status: in_force

A. Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary and in addition to any other powers, duties, or authority granted to the attorney general and the Department of Justice by the constitution and laws of the state, the attorney general shall represent the state and all departments and agencies of state government in all litigation arising out of or involving tort or contract.

B.(1) In all litigation whereby a state agency, board or commission, including levee boards, appoints, employs, or contracts private legal counsel to represent the state or a state agency, board or commission, including levee boards, pursuant to R.S. 39:1538, R.S. 42:262, R.S. 49:258, or this Section, the secretary of the department, or the head of the state agency, or the board or commission, including levee boards, shall consistently maintain accurate data on legal contracts, legal costs, and all final judgments, all of which shall be reported to the attorney general. At the same time as all final judgments are reported to the attorney general, they shall also be reported to the commissioner of administration, the Senate Committee on Finance, and the House Committee on Appropriations. The report shall be in writing or submitted electronically, as determined by the attorney general, and submitted quarterly. The attorney general, in consultation with the commissioner of administration, shall prepare and submit an annual report to the legislature no later than the first day of the regular session, and shall submit quarterly updates of the report to the division of administration, the Senate Committee on Finance, the House Committee on Appropriations, and the legislative fiscal office. The Department of Justice shall implement procedures to carry out the provisions of this Subsection no later than December 1, 2018.

(2) The attorney of record or the prevailing party shall submit a certified copy of the final judgment to the Senate Committee on Finance and the House Committee on Appropriations for the consideration of an appropriation to pay the judgment.

C. Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, the attorney general, at his discretion, shall represent or supervise the representation of the interests of the state in any action or proceeding in which the constitutionality of a state law or of a resolution of the legislature is challenged or assailed. In all other proceedings in which the constitutionality of a law is assailed, the attorney general shall be served notice or a copy of the pleading. The attorney general, at his discretion, shall be permitted to present, represent, or supervise the representation of the state's interest in the proceeding if the proceeding is in accordance with Code of Civil Procedure Articles 855.1 and 1845 and Code of Criminal Procedure Article 62(D). In any civil proceeding challenging the constitutionality of a law, the allegations of unconstitutionality shall be contained in a pleading as defined in Code of Civil Procedure Article 852.

D. In all litigation referenced in Subsection A of this Section, the governor, the secretary of the department, or head of the state agency as the case may be, and the attorney general shall have authority to determine the purposes of the state, the department, or the state agency, as the case may be, to be served by the litigation or by the making of an offer or the acceptance of an offer to settle or compromise such litigation.

E. Nothing in this Section, in R.S. 49:258, and in Chapter 16-A of Title 39 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950 shall prohibit any department of state government from employing a general counsel and such other attorneys as may be necessary to provide legal consultation, representation, and such other legal services as are not provided for under such provisions of law. However, all private legal counsel shall be chosen only in accordance with the provisions of R.S. 49:258, and subject to the authority granted to the attorney general by Article IV, Section 8 of the Constitution of Louisiana.

F. Nothing in this Section or in R.S. 39:1533 shall in any way impair, limit, or modify the rights and obligations of any insurer under any policy of insurance nor shall it affect any claims or suits handled pursuant to R.S. 39:1527 et seq.

G.(1)(a) Pursuant to constitutional and statutory authorities granted him, and upon the written request of an agency of the state, the attorney general may undertake debt collection activities to pursue debts owed the agency. Such activities shall be performed in accordance with the terms of a written agreement between the agency and the attorney general, and the attorney general shall receive as compensation an amount not to exceed twenty-five percent of the total monies recovered through activities undertaken pursuant to the agreement. In all such debt collections, the attorney general and the state agency shall determine whether the interests of the state are best served by litigation or by the making of an offer or the acceptance of an offer to settle or compromise litigation or debts owed the state. For purposes of this Subsection, "agency" or "state" shall mean the state, its departments, agencies, boards, and commissions.

(b) The provisions of this Paragraph shall not apply to authorities of the attorney general and collection activities provided for under R.S. 9:4751 et seq., R.S. 18:1400.6, R.S. 46:1 et seq., and R.S. 47:1516.1.

(c) The provisions of this Paragraph with respect to compensation to be paid the attorney general shall not apply to debt collection activities concerning student loans issued pursuant to the Federal Family Education Loan Program, 20 U.S.C. 1071 et seq., the Federal Perkins Loan Program, 20 U.S.C. 1087aa et seq., and all educational debts that are evidenced by a contract or negotiable instrument that provides for the payment of collection costs or attorney fees and are collected by the Louisiana Student Financial Assistance Commission or are collected on behalf of institutions under the jurisdiction of boards created by Article VIII of the Constitution of Louisiana.

(d) The provisions of Subsection G of this Section shall not be construed to authorize the attorney general to execute or enter into contingency fee contracts with private entities with respect to debt collections on behalf of the state.

(2) There is hereby established in the state treasury a special fund to be known as the Department of Justice Debt Collection Fund, hereinafter referred to as the "fund". The fund shall be comprised of monies received by the attorney general as compensation for any debt collection activities undertaken pursuant to the provisions of this Subsection or any other provision of law. Monies in the fund shall be subject to annual appropriation to the Department of Justice solely for support of debt collection activities and general operating expenses. Monies so appropriated shall be used to supplement the department's budget and shall not be used to displace, replace, or supplant appropriations from the state general fund for operations of the department below the level of state general fund appropriation for the foregoing year. All unencumbered and unexpended monies in the fund at the end of the fiscal year shall remain in the fund. Monies in the fund shall be invested by the treasurer in the same manner as those in the state general fund, and any interest earned on such investment shall be deposited in and credited to the fund.

Acts 1988, No. 448, §5, eff. July 1, 1988; Acts 2005, No. 435, §2, eff. July 11, 2005; Acts 2006, No. 611, §1; Acts 2018, No. 627, §2; Acts 2019, No. 362, §8, eff. June 11, 2019; Acts 2024, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 12, §3.
La. Rev. Stat. § 49:1143 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 49 / Section 1143
Adopt-a-waterbody program
Status: in_force

A. In order to fulfill the obligations and responsibilities under this Chapter, the secretary may promote and encourage a program to be known as "adopt-a-waterbody", whereby a business or a private civic organization may adopt a portion of a public bayou, stream, creek, river, or lake for the sole purpose of controlling litter. Included in the responsibilities of any business or private civic organization which chooses to participate in the program may be the following:

(1) Development of a functional plan to influence and encourage the public to improve the appearance of the adopted portion of a public waterbody.

(2) A general cleanup of the area at least twice per year.

(3) Assistance to the secretary in securing media coverage for the program.

B. Any organization which adopts a portion of a public bayou, stream, creek, river, or lake may place a sign identifying the organization on an interstate highway or state highway within two hundred feet of the adopted waterbody upon approval of the Department of Transportation and Development. Such a sign may also be placed on the bank of the adopted water body with the approval of the riparian landowner.

Acts 2022, No. 16, §2.
La. Rev. Stat. § 49:214.23 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 49 / Section 214.23
Definitions
Status: in_force

(1) "Alternative access" shall mean methods of gaining access, ingress and egress, other than by the dredging of canals into the wetlands for drilling, servicing, work over, or any other production of minerals activity.

(2) "Alternative access vehicle" shall mean any hover craft, helicopter, air cushion vehicle, or any other vehicle which does not require dredging.

(3) "Coastal use permit" shall mean the permits required by R.S. 49:214.30 of this Subpart and shall not mean or refer to, and shall be in addition to, any other permit or approval required or established pursuant to any other constitutional provision or statute.

(4) "Coastal waters" shall mean bays, lakes, inlets, estuaries, rivers, bayous, and other bodies of water within the boundaries of the coastal zone which have measurable seawater content (under normal weather conditions over a period of years).

(5) "Coastal Zone" shall mean the coastal waters and adjacent shorelands within the boundaries of the coastal zone established in R.S. 49:214.24, which are strongly influenced by each other, and in proximity to the shorelines, and uses of which have a direct and significant impact on coastal waters.

(6) "Fastlands" are lands, including areas that would otherwise be considered wetlands as defined in 33 CFR 328.3 and 40 CFR 120.2, that are surrounded by validly existing levees, berms, flood protection structures, or natural formations, whether privately or publicly owned or maintained, as of the effective date of this Subpart or as may be lawfully constructed in the future, which levees, berms, flood protection structures, or natural formations would normally prevent activities, not to include the pumping of water for drainage purposes, within the surrounded area from having a continuous surface connection to waters of the United States or direct and significant impacts on coastal waters.

(7) "Guidelines" means those rules and regulations adopted pursuant to R.S. 49:214.27.

(8) "Local government" shall mean the governmental body having general jurisdiction and operating at the parish level.

(9) "Person" shall mean any individual, partnership, association, trust, corporation, public agency or authority, or state or local government body.

(10) "Public hearing", wherever required in this Subpart, shall mean a hearing announced to the public at least 30 days in advance, and at which all interested persons shall be afforded a reasonable opportunity to submit data, views, or arguments, orally or in writing. At the time of the announcement of the public hearing all materials pertinent to the hearing, including documents, studies, and other data, in the possession of the party calling the hearing, must be made available to the public for review and study. As similar materials are subsequently developed, they shall be made available to the public as they become available to the party which conducted the hearing.

(11) "Residential coastal use" shall mean any coastal use associated with the construction or modification of one single-family, duplex, or triplex residence or camp. It shall also include the construction or modification to any outbuilding, bulkhead, pier, or appurtenance on a lot on which there exists a single-family, duplex, or triplex residence or camp or on a water body which is immediately adjacent to such lot.

(12) "Secretary" shall mean the secretary of the Department of Conservation and Energy or his designee.

(13) "Use" shall mean any use or activity within the coastal zone which has a direct and significant impact on coastal waters.

Acts 1978, No. 361, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1979; Acts 1983, No. 705, §§4, 7, eff. Sept. 1, 1983; Acts 1984, No. 408, §§1, 3, eff. July 6, 1984; Acts 1987, No. 497, §1, eff. July 9, 1987; Acts 2000, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 147, §1; Acts 2023, No. 150, §20, eff. Jan. 10, 2024; Acts 2025, No. 105, §2, eff. June 8, 2025.
La. Rev. Stat. § 49:343 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 49 / Section 343
Grant of authority
Status: in_force

A. In addition to any other grant of authority contained in the statutes of the state with respect to the investment of public funds and not by way of limitation, public entities shall be authorized to invest the proceeds derived from the sale of their bonds and monies held in any fund established in connection with the bonds in any direct obligation of, or obligation guaranteed by, the United States of America, without limitation as to maturity, and in tax-exempt bonds until such time as such proceeds or monies are required to be expended for the purpose of the issue.

B. Any authorized officer of a public entity which proposes to invest in tax-exempt bonds pursuant to the authority contained in this Part shall to the extent possible give preference and priority to tax-exempt bonds of the state of Louisiana and its political subdivisions and public corporations; and said officer may conclusively rely with respect to the tax-exempt status of any bond on an opinion of nationally recognized bond counsel rendered at the time of issuance of the tax-exempt bond.

C. Nothing contained in this Part is or shall be construed as a restriction or a limitation upon any other powers had and possessed by any public entity and this Part is cumulative and in addition to any such powers. This Part does and shall be construed to provide a complete and additional method for the doing of the things authorized hereby and shall be regarded as supplemental and additional to powers conferred by other laws.

Acts 1986, No. 66, §1, eff. June 13, 1986.
La. Rev. Stat. § 49:1101 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 49 / Section 1101
Naming state statutory entities, agencies, departments, offices, or budget units
Status: in_force

A. Except as designated by the Constitution of Louisiana or as provided in R.S. 49:215(D) or Subsection B of this Section, no statutory entity, as defined in R.S. 49:190, or "agency", "department", or "office", as defined in R.S. 36:3, or budget unit, as that term is used in Part II of Chapter 1 of Subtitle I of Title 39 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, shall be named or renamed except by a law enacted by the legislature. Organizational units of the executive branch of state government shall be designated by terminology as provided in R.S. 36:9.

B.(1) The powers, duties, and responsibilities of the Board of Regents for all public higher education pursuant to Article VIII, Section 5 of the Constitution of Louisiana shall include the power and authority to name or rename institutions of public higher education.

(2)(a) Notwithstanding the provisions of Subsection C of this Section, the Board of Regents, or its successor, shall change the name of any university designated in R.S. 17:3217 (1) through (9) to the "University of Louisiana at (its geographic location)" or its current name provided said name change is requested by the chief executive officer of the university, which, provided all requirements of this Paragraph have been complied with, shall be approved by both the Board of Trustees for State Colleges and Universities and the Board of Regents. Any such name change shall in no way affect the status of Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College as the premier flagship university for the state.

(b) The provisions of this Paragraph shall be implemented and become effective provided no less than two institutions make a request for and are approved to change the institutional name pursuant to Subparagraph (a) of this Paragraph.

(c) Nothing contained in this Paragraph, or in any other provision of law, shall authorize the Board of Regents, or its successor, to change the name of any university unless the chief executive officer of that university presents to that board an express written request for that change of name. The Board of Regents, or its successor, shall not force or coerce any chief executive officer of any university to request a change of name for that university.

(d) With regard to Grambling State University, the Board of Regents, or its successor, shall not take any action to change the name of Grambling State University unless the name change has been approved by a majority of the alumni voting in a referendum on that question at the annual meeting of the Alumni Association, by a majority of the student body voting in a referendum on that question, and by a majority of the Faculty Senate voting in a referendum on that question, and the president of Grambling State University has issued a written statement concurring in the actions of the alumni, the students, and the faculty.

C. Any contrary action taken by any management board of higher education notwithstanding, the names of the public institutions of higher education in the state of Louisiana shall be, on the effective date of this Section, as provided by the legislature in R.S. 17:3215 through 3217. Prior to naming any newly created or renaming any existing institution of public education, the Board of Regents shall obtain legislative approval of any proposed name or name change by concurrent resolution adopted by a vote of at least a majority of the membership of each house of the legislature.

Acts 1984, No. 656, §1; Acts 1987, No. 736, §2; Acts 1995, No. 45, §2, eff. June 8, 1995; Acts 1995, No. 634, §2, eff. June 20, 1995; Acts 1998, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 151, §2, eff. July 1, 1999; Acts 2013, No. 220, §23, eff. June 11, 2013; Acts 2014, No. 791, §18.
La. Rev. Stat. § 49:857 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 49 / Section 857
Removal of designees
Status: in_force

Until such time as the persons designated as emergency interim successors are authorized to exercise the powers and discharge the duties of an office in accordance with this chapter, including R.S. 49:856, said persons shall serve in their designated capacities at the pleasure of the designating authority and may be removed or replaced by said designating authority at any time, with or without cause.

Acts 1963, No. 111, §7.
La. Rev. Stat. § 49:214.21 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 49 / Section 214.21
Short title
Status: in_force

This Subpart shall be known and may be cited as the State and Local Coastal Resources Management Act of 1978.

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

{{NOTE: SEE ACTS 1989, 2D EX. SESS., NO. 6, §7.}}
La. Rev. Stat. § 49:5 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 49 / Section 5
Penalty for interference with marks or buoys
Status: in_force

Whoever injures, mutilates, destroys, interferes with or removes any of the marks or buoys located, placed, anchored or moored, under the provisions of R.S. 49:4, shall be fined not less than one thousand dollars nor more than five thousand dollars, or imprisoned for not less than one year, nor more than five years, or both.
La. Rev. Stat. § 49:999.24 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 49 / Section 999.24
Revocation
Status: in_force

A.(1) Within thirty days after the issuance of a written determination and order by an administrative law judge or an issuing agency that the license or permit of a holder should be suspended, and a recommendation to the courts that such license or permit should be revoked, the enforcing authority shall file a petition in the Nineteenth Judicial District Court requesting such judge or court to uphold the determination of such issuing agency and order the revocation of the license or permit. A copy of the written determination and order of the administrative law judge or the issuing agency and a certified transcript of all proceedings had, if any, shall be filed with the court at the same time as the petition of the enforcing authority.

(2) The holder of the license or permit that has been ordered suspended may also file a petition requesting that the order of the administrative law judge or the issuing agency be set aside at any time after it is issued.

B.(1) After or in conjunction with the filing of a petition as provided for in Subsection A of this Section, the holder of the license or permit that has been ordered suspended may file an application with the court with supporting affidavits requesting the court to make an initial determination as to whether the suspension of the license or permit by the administrative law judge or the issuing agency should be upheld.

(2) The court shall assign a hearing on the application for the initial determination not less than two nor more than ten days after the filing of such application, in open court or in chambers.

(3) The court shall review the written determination and order of the administrative law judge or issuing agency, any affidavits which were filed with the application, and the transcript of the proceedings, if any.

(4) If the court upon a review of such documents and consideration of the issues involved finds both that it is not probable that the order of the administrative law judge or the issuing agency will be upheld and that the suspension of the license or permit will result in irreparable injury, loss, or damage to the holder of the license or permit, the court shall issue an order enjoining the suspension until it renders a final judgment on the matter.

C.(1) Except for the procedure as provided in Subsection B of this Section, all of the cases provided for in this Section shall be tried in the same manner as civil cases and shall be heard and determined as speedily as possible.

(2) If the court finds that the action of the administrative law judge or the issuing agency is in accordance with the facts and law, the court shall render a judgment upholding the order of the administrative law judge or the issuing agency and revoking the license or permit of the holder. If not, the court shall either dismiss the order of the administrative law judge or the issuing agency and enjoin the suspension of the license or permit, or it shall remand the case to the administrative law judge or the issuing agency for further proceedings either with or without maintaining the suspension of the license or permit.

Acts 1997, No. 1162, §1, eff. July 1, 1998; Acts 2003, No. 956, §1, eff. July 1, 2003.
La. Rev. Stat. § 49:319 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 49 / Section 319
State depositories; definitions
Status: in_force

"State depositing authority" as used in this Chapter means the state treasurer, and other elected state officials or any department, board, commission, or institution of the state; and "depository" or "fiscal agent bank" means any bank selected and designated by the Interim Emergency Board for deposit of state funds by the treasurer and other elected state officials or any department, board, commission, or institution of the state.

Acts 1976, No. 428, §1, eff. July 31, 1976. Amended by Acts 1976, No. 557, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 49:1222 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 49 / Section 1222
Latino Commission; creation; domicile; membership
Status: in_force

A. The Latino Commission, hereafter referred to in this Chapter as the "commission", is hereby established in the executive branch of state government in the office of the governor. The commission is hereby declared to be a body corporate and public, exercising public and essential governmental functions. The domicile of the commission shall be in the city of New Orleans.

B. The commission shall be comprised of members as provided in this Subsection:

(1) The president of the Senate shall appoint two members.

(2) The speaker of the House of Representatives shall appoint two members.

(3) The governor shall appoint one member.

(4) The Louisiana Municipal Association shall appoint one member.

(5) The Police Jury Association of Louisiana shall appoint one member.

(6) Each of the following or his designee shall be a member:

(a) The secretary of Louisiana Works.

(b) The secretary of the Department of Children and Family Services.

(c) The secretary of the Louisiana Department of Heath.

(7) Puentes New Orleans shall appoint one member.

(8) The following shall each appoint one member:

(a) Catholic Charities of New Orleans.

(b) The Hispanic Chamber of Commerce of Louisiana.

(c) The Labor Council for Latin American Advancement.

(d) The Latin American Medical Association.

(e) Casa Argentina of New Orleans.

(f) The publisher of "El Tiempo New Orleans".

(g) The general manager of KGLA TV.

(h) The Loyola School of Law Workplace Justice Project.

(i) The Hispanic Apostolate of Shreveport.

(j) The Hispanic Lawyers Association.

(k) WFNO La Fabulosa 830-AM Radio.

(l) The Latin American Civic Association of Louisiana.

(m) The Hispanic Lawyers Association of Louisiana, Inc.

(n) The Spanish American Business Association.

(o) Asociacion Nicaraguense de Luisiana.

(p) Unidad Hispanoamericana.

(q) The Louisiana Housing Corporation.

(r) The Louisiana AFL-CIO.

C. Members of the commission shall be residents of this state. Each member shall be a member of a registered business organization in this state and actively engaging in business in this state as of the date of appointment.

D. A majority of the members shall constitute a quorum.

E. The commission shall annually elect a chairman and a vice chairman and other officers as it deems appropriate from among its members. The commission may appoint subcommittees in accordance with its bylaws.

F. The commission shall hold regular meetings at least quarterly and shall hold special meetings upon the call of the chairman or any three members.

G. Appointed members shall serve at the pleasure of the appointing authority.

H. The governor shall provide staff and administrative support to the commission.

Acts 2009, No. 141, §1, eff. June 25, 2009; Acts 2010, No. 599, §1; Acts 2010, No. 877, §3, eff. July 1, 2010; Acts 2011, No. 408, §5(B), eff. July 5, 2011.
La. Rev. Stat. § 49:953 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 49 / Section 953
Louisiana Administrative Code and Louisiana Register; publication; distribution; copies; index; interagency rules
Status: in_force

A. The office of the state register shall compile, index, and publish a publication to be known as the Louisiana Administrative Code, containing all effective rules adopted by each agency subject to the provisions of this Chapter, and all boards, commissions, agencies, and departments of the executive branch, notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary. The office of the state register shall also publish all executive orders issued by the governor. The Louisiana Administrative Code shall be supplemented or revised as often as necessary and at least once every two years.

B. The Office of the State Register shall publish at least once each month a bulletin to be known as the Louisiana Register which shall set forth the text of all rules filed during the preceding month and such notices as shall have been submitted pursuant to this Chapter. It shall also set forth all executive orders of the governor issued during the preceding month and a summary or digest of and fiscal note prepared for each such order as required by the provisions of R.S. 49:215. In addition, the Office of the State Register may include in the Louisiana Register digests or summaries of new or proposed rules; however, if any conflict should arise between the written digest of a rule and the rule, the rule shall take precedence over the written digest.

C. The Office of the State Register shall publish such rules, notices, statements, and other such matters as submitted by the rulemaking agency without regard to their validity. However, the Office of the State Register may omit from the Louisiana Register or Louisiana Administrative Code any rule the publication of which would be unduly cumbersome, expensive, or otherwise inexpedient, if the rule in printed or processed form is made available on application to the adopting agency, and if the Louisiana Register or Louisiana Administrative Code, as the case may be, contains a notice stating the general subject matter of the omitted rule and stating how a copy thereof may be obtained.

D. One copy, or multiple copies if practical, of the Louisiana Register and Louisiana Administrative Code shall be made available upon request to state depository libraries free of charge, and to other agencies or persons at prices fixed by the Office of the State Register to recover all or a portion of the mailing and publication costs. Notwithstanding the provisions of R.S. 49:951(2) to the contrary, the Office of the State Register shall provide free copies of the Louisiana Register and the Louisiana Administrative Code to the David R. Poynter Legislative Research Library, the Senate Law Library, and the Huey P. Long Memorial Law Library.

E. The Office of the State Register shall prescribe a uniform system of indexing, numbering, arrangement of text and citation of authority and history notes for the Louisiana Administrative Code.

F. The Office of the State Register may publish advertisements for bids and other legal notices in the Louisiana Register in addition to other publications thereof required by law.

G. The Office of the State Register is hereby authorized and empowered to promulgate and enforce interagency rules for the implementation and administration of this Section.

H. The governor shall be the publisher of the Louisiana Administrative Code and Louisiana Register provided for through the Office of the State Register.

Added by Acts 1974, No. 284, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1975. Amended by Acts 1975, No. 730, §1; Acts 1976, No. 279, §1; Acts 1978, No. 252, §1; Acts 1982, No. 687, §1, eff. Aug. 2, 1982; Acts 1988, No. 604, §1, eff. July 14, 1988; Acts 1988, No. 937, §1, eff. July 26, 1988; Acts 1990, No. 9, §2; Acts 1993, No. 119, §1; Acts 2013, No. 220, §23, eff. June 11, 2013; Acts 2014, No. 791, §18; Acts 2022, No. 663, §1; Redesignated from R.S. 49:954.1.

NOTE: Former R.S. 49:953 redesignated as R.S. 49:961 by Acts 2022, No. 663, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 49:961 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 49 / Section 961
Procedure for adoption of rules
Status: in_force

A.(1) An agency shall give notice of its intention to adopt, amend, or repeal any rule and a copy of the proposed rules at least ninety days prior to taking action on the rule.

(2) The notice shall include all of the following:

(a) A statement by the agency clearly describing the proposed action being taken.

(b) A statement by the legislative fiscal office on whether the proposed action will result in a fiscal impact.

(c) A statement by the legislative fiscal office on whether the proposed action will result in an economic impact.

(d) The name of the agency representative responsible for responding to inquiries about the intended action.

(e) The time, place, and manner in which interested persons may present public comment regarding the intended action.

(f) A statement that the intended action complies with the statutory law administered by the agency, including a citation of the enabling legislation.

(g) A preamble explaining the basis and rationale for the intended action and summarizing the information and data supporting the intended action.

(h) All of the following statements concerning the proposed action:

(i) The impact on family formation, stability, and autonomy required by R.S. 49:972.

(ii) The impact on child, individual, or family poverty in relation to individual or community asset development required by R.S. 49:973.

(iii) The economic impact on small businesses required by R.S. 49:974.4.

(iv) The small business regulatory flexibility analysis required by R.S. 49:974.5.

(3) The notice shall be published at least once in the Louisiana Register and shall be submitted with a full text of the proposed rule to the Louisiana Register at least one hundred days prior to the date the agency will take action on the rule.

(4) After the notice is published in the Louisiana Register, the agency shall make available copies of the full text of the proposed rule no later than two working days after receiving a written request.

(5) Notice of the intent of an agency to adopt, amend, or repeal any rule and the approved fiscal and economic impact statements shall be transmitted to all persons who have made timely request of the agency for notice. The notice and statements shall be transmitted at the earliest possible date, but not later than ten days after the date when the proposed rule change is submitted to the Louisiana Register.

(6) For the purpose of this Subsection, the date of notice is the date of publication of the issue of the Louisiana Register in which the notice appears as stated on the outside cover or the first page of the issue.

B.(1) The agency shall afford all interested persons a reasonable opportunity to submit data, views, comments, or arguments, orally or in writing. In the case of substantive rules, the agency shall grant an opportunity for oral presentation or argument if requested within twenty days after publication of the rule pursuant to Subsection A of this Section by twenty-five persons, by a governmental subdivision or agency, by an association having not less than twenty-five members, or by a committee of either house of the legislature to which the proposed rule change has been referred pursuant to R.S. 49:966.

(2) Any hearing held pursuant to the provisions of Paragraph (1) of this Subsection shall be held no earlier than thirty-five days and no later than forty-five days after the publication of the Louisiana Register in which the notice of the intended action appears.

(3) The agency shall consider fully all written and oral comments and submissions respecting the proposed rule. The agency shall respond to the comments and submissions describing the principal reasons for and against adoption of any amendments or changes suggested in the written or oral comments and submissions.

(4) The response required by Paragraph (3) of this Subsection shall be furnished to the respective legislative oversight subcommittees at least five days prior to the day the legislative oversight subcommittee hearing is to be held on the proposed rule and shall be made available to interested persons no later than one day following their submission to the appropriate legislative oversight subcommittee. If no legislative oversight hearing is to be held, the agency shall send its response to comments or submissions on the rule to any person who presented comments or submissions on the rule and to any requesting person not later than fifteen days prior to the time of publication of the final rule.

(5) The agency shall, upon request, make available to interested persons the report submitted pursuant to R.S. 49:966(D) no later than one working day following the submittal of such report to the legislative oversight subcommittees.

C.(1) The statement of fiscal impact shall be prepared by the proposing agency and submitted to the legislative fiscal office for its approval. The fiscal impact statement shall include a statement of the receipt, expenditure, or allocation of state funds or funds of any political subdivision of the state.

(2) The statement of economic impact shall be prepared by the proposing agency and submitted to the legislative fiscal office for its approval. The economic impact statement shall include an estimate of the cost to the agency to implement the proposed action, including the estimated amount of paperwork; an estimate of the cost or economic benefit to all persons directly affected by the proposed action; an estimate of the impact of the proposed action on competition and the open market for employment, if applicable; and a detailed statement of the data, assumptions, and methods used in making each of the above estimates.

D. When a rule is adopted, amended, or repealed in compliance with federal regulations, the adopting agency's notice of intent and the actual text of the rule as published in the Louisiana Register shall be accompanied by a citation of the volume, number, date, and page number of the Federal Register issue in which the determining federal regulation is published.

E.(1) No agency shall adopt, amend, or repeal any rule if the accompanying fiscal and economic impact statement approved by the legislative fiscal office indicates that the rule change would result in any increase in the expenditure of state funds, unless the rule is adopted as an emergency rule pursuant to the requirements of R.S. 49:962 or unless the legislature has specifically appropriated the funds necessary for the expenditures associated with the rule change.

(2) The fiscal and economic impact statement shall be summarized by the agency as to the estimated costs or economic benefits, or both, to directly affected persons, small businesses, or nongovernmental groups, and the summary shall be published in the Louisiana Register.

(3) No later than the tenth day of the month, the office of the state register shall electronically transmit to the commercial division of the Department of State the summary of the fiscal and economic impact statement.

(4)(a) Except as otherwise provided in Subparagraph (b) of this Paragraph, any proposed action that the legislative fiscal office determines will result in either the expenditure of state funds or an economic impact involving costs to regulated entities estimated at two hundred thousand dollars per year or more or six hundred thousand dollars or more over three years shall not take effect unless the appropriate legislative oversight subcommittees determine that the action is acceptable. However, this requirement shall not apply if the legislative fiscal office determines that the fiscal or economic impact of the proposed action is less than or equal to the amount accounted for in the fiscal note for legislation that required the action.

(b) A proposed action specified in Subparagraph (a) of this Paragraph may take effect without a determination by the legislative oversight committees that the action is acceptable only if both of the following occur:

(i) At least one legislative oversight committee fails to conduct a hearing for the purpose of making a determination regarding the proposed action within thirty days of receipt of the report required by R.S. 49:966(D)(1)(b).

(ii) The governor deems the action acceptable in writing.

F.(1) No later than the tenth day of the month, the office of the state register shall electronically transmit to the commercial division of the Department of State all of the following information:

(a) The small business economic impact statement prepared by the agency pursuant to R.S. 49:974.4 and the small business regulatory flexibility analysis prepared pursuant to R.S. 49:974.5.

(b) The summary of the estimated costs to small businesses, citizens, and nongovernmental groups as provided in Subsection E of this Section.

(c) Any potpourri notices which are submitted to the office of the state register pursuant to R.S. 49:974.4.

(2) Prior to electronically sending the information required in this Subsection and Subsection E of this Section to the commercial division of the Department of State, the office of the state register shall divide the information by agency.

Acts 1966, No. 382, §3, eff. July 1, 1967. Amended by Acts 1974, No. 284, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1975; Acts 1975, No. 730, §1; Acts 1976, No. 279, §1; Acts 1978, No. 252, §1; Acts 1980, No. 392, §1; Acts 1983, No. 713, §1; Acts 1984, No. 953, §1; Acts 1985, No. 371, §1, eff. July 9, 1985; Acts 1986, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 11, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1987; Acts 1987, No. 853, §1; Acts 1990, No. 1063, §1; Acts 1990, No. 1085, §§1 and 2, eff. July 31, 1990; Acts 1991, No. 104, §1, eff. June 30, 1991; Acts 1993, No. 119, §1; Acts 1993, No. 274, §1; Acts 1993, No. 386, §1; Acts 1995, No. 512, §1; Acts 1995, No. 642, §1; Acts 1995, No. 1057, §1, eff. June 29, 1995 and Jan. 8, 1996 (1/8/96 date applicable to Dept. of Health and Hospitals only); Acts 1996, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 36, §3, eff. May 7, 1996; Acts 1999, No. 1183, §1; Acts 2008, No. 580, §6; Acts 2010, No. 777, §1; Acts 2012, No. 781, §1, eff. June 13, 2012; Acts 2012, No. 854, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2013; Acts 2013, No. 220, §23, eff. June 11, 2013; Acts 2014, No. 791, §18; Acts 2018, No. 454, §1, eff. January 1, 2019; Acts 2019, No. 204, §1, eff. Feb. 1, 2020; Acts 2020, No. 153, §1; Acts 2021, No. 211, §§11, 13; Acts 2022, No. 663, §1; Redesignated from R.S. 49:953; Acts 2025, No. 98, §1.

NOTE: Former R.S. 49:961 redesignated as R.S. 49:977.3 by Acts 2022, No. 663, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 49:214.32 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 49 / Section 214.32
Intergovernmental coordination and consistency
Status: in_force

A. Deep water port commissions and deep water port, harbor, and terminal districts, as defined in Article 6, Sections 43 and 44 of the Louisiana Constitution of 1974, shall not be required to obtain coastal use permits. Provided, however, that their activities shall be consistent to the maximum extent practicable with the state program and affected approved local programs.

B. The governor, through the secretary, shall ensure that any activity within or outside the coastal zone that affects any land or water use or natural resources of the coastal zone which is undertaken, conducted, or supported by any governmental body is consistent with the state program and any affected approved local program having geographical jurisdiction over the action to the maximum extent practicable and, with respect to federal agencies, to the fullest extent allowed under federal law, particularly 16 U.S.C. 1456 and 15 C.F.R. 930.1-930.154 and amendments thereto. The governor, through the secretary, shall also ensure that such governmental body has considered the sustainability of any activity in the coastal zone and has accounted for potential impacts from hurricanes and other natural disasters.

C.(1) Consistency determinations shall be made by the secretary except that consistency determinations for uses carried out under the secretary's authority shall be made by the governor.

(2) The following schedule of fees shall be charged for the processing and evaluation of consistency determinations required by R.S. 49:214.32 to the person conducting an activity subject to consistency review. A nonrefundable processing fee of three hundred dollars shall accompany each application or request for consistency determination submitted to the Coastal Management Division.

(3) The schedule of fees shall become effective October 1, 1992.

(4) If the appropriate application fees are not included along with the application or request for consistency determination, the application or request shall be considered incomplete, and returned to the applicant.

(5) The following activities are exempted from consistency fees:

(a) The processing and evaluation of any consistency determinations relative to all matters concerning the Oil Spill Prevention and Response Act (R.S. 30:2451 et seq.) and any amendments thereto.

(b) The processing and evaluation of consistency determinations for activities performed by the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries on wildlife management areas and refuges maintained or managed by the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries.

(c) The processing and evaluation of consistency determinations for activities performed by the Louisiana Department of Recreation and Tourism on state parks and cultural sites maintained and/or managed by the Louisiana Department of Recreation and Tourism.

(d) The processing and evaluation of consistency determinations for any portions of federally permitted activities which are also subject to the state coastal use permitting requirement.

(e) The processing and evaluation of consistency determinations for federal loans and grants.

(f) The processing and evaluation of consistency determinations for activities performed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service on refuges maintained and/or managed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

(g) The processing and evaluation of consistency determinations for activities performed by the U.S. Park Service in national parks.

(h) The processing and evaluation of consistency determinations for maintenance of existing Outer Continental Shelf mineral facilities, pipelines, and other structures.

(i) The processing and evaluation of consistency determinations for relocation and removal of existing Outer Continental Shelf mineral facilities, pipelines, and other structures when such relocation or removal is required by federal or state statute or regulation.

(6) The monies generated from the collection of consistency determination fees shall be allocated and expended to employ sufficient personnel to process and evaluate consistency determinations in an expeditious manner.

(7) Decisions on consistency determinations shall be made within three months of receipt of the consistency determination by the Coastal Management Division, except as provided by federal regulations at 15 CFR 930.79 and 15 CFR 930.63.

(8) All other procedural and substantive requirements for consistency determinations are to be carried out in accordance with federal law, particularly 16 U.S.C. 1456 and 15 C.F.R. Sections 930.1-930.154, and amendments thereto.

D. Governmental bodies shall fully coordinate their activities affecting the coastal zone with the state program and affected approved local programs. When the secretary finds that governmental actions not subject to the coastal use permitting program may significantly affect land and water resources within the coastal zone, he shall notify the secretary of the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries or his designee and the concerned governmental body carrying out the action. Any governmental body so notified shall coordinate fully with the secretaries or their designees, acting jointly, at the earliest possible stage of the proposed action. The secretaries or their designees, shall make comments to such other agencies in order to assure that such actions are consistent with the state program and affected local programs. These comments shall, to the maximum extent practicable, be incorporated into the action commented upon.

E. Provided that neither the state nor any local government having an approved local program shall be liable for any damages resulting from activities occurring in connection with the granting of any coastal use permit pursuant to this Section; and provided further that any person undertaking any use within the coastal zone in accordance with the terms and conditions of a coastal use permit issued pursuant to this Section shall be considered in full compliance with the purposes and provisions of this Subpart.

F.(1) In order for the state to fulfill its obligation under the public policy provisions of this Subpart, the secretary shall insure that whenever a proposed use or activity requires the dredging or disposal of five hundred thousand cubic yards or more of any waterbottom or wetland within the coastal zone, the dredged material shall be used for the beneficial purposes of wetland protection, creation, enhancement, or combinations thereof, in accordance with a long term management strategies plan for each existing or proposed channel as developed by the secretary and adopted pursuant to the provisions of the Louisiana Administrative Procedure Act.

(2) When a proposed use or activity involves dredging to construct or maintain a channel or canal greater than one mile in length in the coastal zone and where the secretary determines that failure to maintain and stabilize the banks of such channel or canal will result in direct or indirect loss of wetlands or adverse impacts to wetlands or waterbottoms, the secretary shall require that such banks be maintained and stabilized using dredged materials or structural stabilization measures, or both. In areas where the secretary determines that dredged material placement alone is insufficient to maintain and stabilize the banks along all or part of the canal or channel, the use of structural stabilization measures, including, but not limited to rock breakwaters, shall also be required. Any dredged material disposal and channel bank stabilization shall be in accordance with a long term management strategies plan for each proposed or existing channel as developed by the secretary and adopted pursuant to the provisions of the Louisiana Administrative Procedure Act.

(3) In developing a long term management strategies plan for each existing or proposed channel as provided in Paragraphs F(1) and (2), the secretary shall consult with and address the concerns of the following:

(a) The local sponsor of the existing or proposed channel.

(b) The governing authority for the parish in the coastal zone through which the channel is to be constructed or maintained.

(c) Representatives of the affected or potentially affected port or waterway facility operators.

(d) Representatives of the affected or potentially affected waterway user groups.

(e) Appropriate state and federal agencies.

(4) The plan shall address beneficial use of dredged material disposal for the purposes of wetland protection, creation, enhancement, combinations thereof, and channel bank stabilization, where deemed appropriate by the secretary from a long-range perspective and shall incorporate structural, management, institutional, and economic components for a particular existing or proposed navigation channel. The plan shall include but not be limited to the following:

(a) A list of projects, programs, or structural channel bank stabilization measures required for the conservation, restoration, or creation of wetlands lost, adversely affected, or with the potential to be lost as a result of existing or proposed navigation channels and the action required of each state or federal agency, port authority, user group, or other responsible party to implement said project, program, or channel bank stabilization measure.

(b) A schedule, estimated cost, and source or sources of funding for the implementation of each project, program, or channel bank stabilization measure included in the plan for a particular existing or proposed navigation channel.

(c) Scientific data and other reasons, including but not limited to economic, social, geographic, and biological considerations and parameters as to why each project, program, or structural measure was selected for inclusion. Specifically this will include an explanation as to how each project, program, or channel bank stabilization measure advances the plan's objectives with respect to beneficial use of dredged material disposal for the purposes of wetland protection, creation, enhancement, a combination thereof, and channel bank stabilization, where deemed appropriate by the secretary.

(d) Provisions which address emergency situations, including but not limited to instances of force majeure, acts of God, acts of war, and other problems or situations not anticipated in the plan.

(5) Any plan approved by the secretary and adopted in accordance with the Louisiana Administrative Procedure Act shall be consistent with the provisions of R.S. 49:214.27 and 214.32, and the rules, regulations, and guidelines adopted thereunder. Any project, program, or structural channel bank stabilization measures included in an approved and promulgated plan for a particular existing or proposed navigation channel shall be deemed to be consistent with the Louisiana Coastal Resources Program, provided, however, actual construction and implementation is done in accordance with the plan, design memorandum, local cooperation agreement, and local cooperation agreement for a particular existing or proposed navigation channel. Consistency determinations for projects, programs or channel bank stabilization measures implemented or constructed on a channel or canal, or any segment thereof, which has not been made part of any plan approved and adopted pursuant to the provisions herein shall be made on a case-by-case basis in accordance with R.S. 49:214.27 and 214.32 and the rules, regulations and guidelines adopted thereunder. The provisions herein shall be made on a case-by-case basis in accordance with R.S. 49:214.27 and the rules, regulations, and guidelines adopted thereunder.

(6)(a) Any long term management strategies plan shall have, as a matter of law a term of not more than ten years. At the end of the term, the secretary may, in accordance with applicable statutory law, rules, and regulations:

(i) Extend or reissue a plan for another term of up to ten years.

(ii) Require a modification to incorporate terms and conditions deemed necessary for the wetland protection, conservation, restoration, enhancement, creation, any combination thereof, and channel bank stabilization, or to reflect regulatory changes which have been specified by rule or regulation.

(b) The secretary may not revoke the consistency determination for any provision of a plan approved and adopted pursuant to the provisions herein unless notice is given to the sponsor assuring agency not less than one calendar year prior to the revocation. Upon such notice, the secretary shall consult with and respond in writing to the concerns of the local sponsor of the existing or proposed channel, the governing authority for the parish in the coastal zone through which the channel is constructed or maintained, representatives of the affected or potentially affected port or waterway facility operators, representatives of the affected waterway user groups, and appropriate state and federal agencies.

(c) At the end of the term of any plan, the provisions of this Subsection shall apply to any request for an extension or renewal. No plan shall be terminated pursuant to this Section if the secretary has taken no action to extend, modify, or revoke the grant of authority. The grant of authority shall remain until such action is taken.

(7) Until a long term management strategies plan is adopted for a particular proposed or existing channel, the secretary shall continue to act in accordance with the provisions of R.S. 49:214.27 and 214.32 and the rules, regulations, and guidelines adopted thereunder in determining whether channel construction, maintenance, and associated dredged material disposal is consistent with Louisiana's Coastal Management Program.

(8)(a) The secretary may grant variances for consistency determinations for any project, program, or structural channel bank stabilization measure for which no funds are available to construct or implement same from the funding sources identified in a plan approved and adopted in accordance with this Section. Such variances may be granted upon presentation of reasonable evidence that compliance with the provisions of a plan will result in significant economic losses to any lawful business, occupation, or activity without sufficient corresponding benefit or advantage to the people of the state.

(b) In determining under what conditions and to what extent a variance from a plan approved and adopted pursuant to the provisions of the Section is granted, the secretary shall give due consideration to progress which the person, entity, sponsor, assuring agency, or state or federal agency requesting the variance shall have made in complying with and implementing a plan, the efforts made by the person, entity, sponsor, assuring agency, or state or federal agency requesting the variance to acquire adequate funding from the funding sources identified in a particular plan, and the degree and nature of the adverse ecological impacts caused by the failure to implement the project, program, or structural channel bank stabilization measure for which the variance is requested.

(c) The secretary may grant such variance which shall be conditioned to require the inclusion of the particular project, program, or channel bank stabilization measure, for which the variance is granted in the subsequent dredging cycle for that particular channel, and upon the requirement to provide a level of compensatory mitigation in accordance with the provisions of R.S. 49:214.41 for the ecological impacts resulting from the failure to implement the project, program, or structural channel bank stabilization measure for which the variance is granted. Any variance granted pursuant to the provisions of this Section shall be granted for a period of time not to exceed two years, as shall be specified by the secretary. Any variance which may be granted shall be under the condition that the sponsor or assuring agency shall make such periodic reports to the secretary as to the progress made toward acquiring adequate funding. Upon failure of the secretary to take action within sixty days after receipt of a request for a variance, or upon failure of the secretary to enter a final order or determination within sixty days after final argument in any hearing under this Subpart, then for all purposes the person, entity, sponsor, assuring agency, or state or federal agency affected shall be entitled to treat such failure to act as a grant of the variance or of a finding favorable to the party requesting the variance.

Acts 1978, No. 361, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1979. Acts 1983, No. 705, §4, eff. Sept. 1, 1983; Acts 1991, No. 637, §1; Acts 1992, No. 1075, §1; Acts 2006, No. 548, §1, eff. June 22, 2006.
La. Rev. Stat. § 49:214.27 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 49 / Section 214.27
Coastal management programs; development; guidelines
Status: in_force

A. The secretary shall develop the overall state coastal management program consisting of all applicable constitutional provisions, laws and regulations of this state which affect the coastal zone in accordance with the provisions of this Subpart and shall include within the program such other applicable constitutional or statutory provisions or other regulatory or management programs or activities as may be necessary to achieve the purposes of this Subpart or necessary to implement the guidelines hereinafter set forth.

B.(1) The secretary shall develop a management program and guidelines in conjunction with the secretary of the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries or his designee. Notice of the issuance of the proposed guidelines shall be given to relevant federal, state, and local governmental bodies and the general public, and public hearings shall be held. After consideration of comments received, the secretary shall adopt the guidelines in final form.

(2) The adopted guidelines shall be followed in the development of the state program and local programs and shall serve as criteria for the granting, conditioning, denying, revoking, or modifying of coastal use permits. The secretary, jointly with the secretary of the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries or his designee, shall review the guidelines periodically at the request of either secretary to consider modifications to the guidelines as a result of experience in issuing coastal use permits and results of research and planning activities.

C. The state guidelines shall have the following goals:

(1) To encourage full use of coastal resources while recognizing it is in the public interest of the people of Louisiana to establish a proper balance between development and conservation.

(2) Recognize that some areas of the coastal zone are more suited for development than other areas and hence use guidelines which may differ for the same uses in different areas.

(3) Require careful consideration of the impacts of uses on water flow, circulation, quantity, and quality and require that the discharge or release of any pollutant or toxic material into the water or air of the coastal zone be within all applicable limits established by law, or by federal, state, or local regulatory authority.

(4) Recognize the value of special features of the coastal zone such as barrier islands, fishery nursery grounds, recreation areas, ports and other areas where developments and facilities are dependent upon the utilization of or access to coastal waters, and areas particularly suited for industrial, commercial, or residential development and manage those areas so as to enhance their value to the people of Louisiana.

(5) Minimize, whenever feasible and practical, detrimental impacts on natural areas and wildlife habitat and fisheries by such means as encouraging minimum change of natural systems and by multiple use of existing canals, directional drilling, and other practical techniques.

(6) Provide for adequate corridors within the coastal zone for transportation, industrialization, or urbanization and encouraging the location of such corridors in already developed or disturbed areas when feasible or practicable.

(7) Reduce governmental red tape and costly delays and ensure more predictable decisions on permit applications.

(8) Encourage such multiple uses of the coastal zone as are consistent with the purposes of this Subpart.

(9) Minimize detrimental effects of foreseeable cumulative impacts on coastal resources from proposed or authorized uses.

(10) Provide ways to enhance opportunities for the use and enjoyment of the recreational values of the coastal zone.

(11) Require the consideration of available scientific understanding of natural systems, available engineering technology and economics in the development of management programs.

(12) Establish procedures and criteria to ensure that appropriate consideration is given to uses of regional, state, or national importance, energy facility siting and the national interests in coastal resources.

D.(1) In the development and implementation of the overall coastal management program, the secretary shall conduct a public education program to inform the people of the state of the provisions of this Subpart and the rules and regulations adopted pursuant hereto, and participation and comments by federal, state, and local governmental bodies, including port authorities, levee boards, regional organizations, planning bodies, municipalities and public corporations, and the general public shall be invited and encouraged.

(2) All governmental bodies may participate to ensure that their interests are fully considered.

E.(1) The secretary shall issue a request for proposals to all major manufacturers of alternative access vehicles and all major oil producers, and shall accept from any interested party proposals to physically demonstrate methods which are technically and economically feasible as well as environmentally sound to gain alternative access to the wetlands for the purpose of oil and gas operations in lieu of the need for dredging.

(2) The secretary shall complete the demonstration project at no cost to the state and report his findings on the technical and economic feasibility of alternative access to the committees on natural resources of the Senate and House of Representatives by March 1, 1988.

Acts 1978, No. 361, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1979. Acts 1983, No. 705, §4, eff. Sept. 1, 1983; Acts 1984, No. 408, §1, eff. July 6, 1984; Acts 1987, No. 497, §1, eff. July 9, 1987; Acts 1991, No. 640, §1; Acts 2004, No. 459, §1, eff. June 24, 2004.
La. Rev. Stat. § 49:21 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 49 / Section 21
Suits to prevent encroachment on state's rights
Status: in_force

A. In recognition of the state's right to self-determination, it is a declared interest of the state that the attorney general preserve and defend the state's autonomy, independence, and sovereignty in all legal matters and disputes involving the federal government and preserve for the state any power not expressly delegated to the federal government.

B. The state's sovereign interests refer to any matter, concern, or situation that directly or indirectly affects the status or rights of the state and its citizens and local political subdivisions, whether legal, financial, social welfare, or other interest that pertains to the sovereign power, identity, and autonomy of state government.

C. To that end, the attorney general shall have the authority to institute, defend, or intervene in any suit to protect the sovereign interests of the state in any matter involving the federal government, including but not limited to any matter brought in the federal courts.

D. Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary and in addition to any other powers, duties, or authority granted to the attorney general and the Department of Justice by the constitution and laws of the state, the attorney general may, at his discretion, represent the state and all departments and agencies of state government, state boards and commissions, state officials and employees, and any other state institution, as well as any local political subdivisions created by the Constitution of Louisiana or state law, including but not limited to school boards and charters, whether in his name or through special counsel retained for that purpose in order to preserve, protect, and defend the interests of the state.

E. Whenever the state, state department, state agency, state board or commission, state official or employee, any other state institution, or a local political subdivision created by the Constitution of Louisiana or state law, including but not limited to school boards and charters, receives a notice, claim, or demand made by a federal agency, agent, or official of the federal government or any notice, claim, or demand made by any party in litigation which seeks to impose continuing federal court jurisdiction over any state department, agency, board, commission, official, employee, any other state institution, or any local political subdivision created by the Constitution of Louisiana or state law, such entity or political subdivision shall immediately notify the governor and the attorney general by providing a copy of such notice, claim, or demand. Such notice shall be provided within thirty days of receipt of the notice, claim, or demand. The entity shall also notify all parties and the court of the statutory right created in this Section of the attorney general to intervene and shall seek a sixty-day stay of the litigation to provide notice and provide the attorney general time to intervene.

F. Neither the state of Louisiana nor any department, agency, board, commission, institution, or local political subdivision created by the Constitution of Louisiana or state law, including but not limited to school boards and charters, or any official or employee thereof in his official capacity may enter into a judgment by consent in federal court without the approval of the attorney general and the governor when the proposed judgment creates, establishes, or imposes injunctive relief, enforceable through continuing oversight by the federal court, with future binding conditions or obligations that exceed sixty days to effect the settlement. This Subsection shall not require consent by the attorney general or the governor if the agreement settles litigation without creating future obligations requiring continuing federal judicial oversight. Any agreement that contains an obligation that exceeds the consenting party's term of office, as a matter of public policy of this state, shall be considered unenforceable against the governmental entity or successor official and an ultra vires act.

Acts 2025, No. 237, §2, eff. June 11, 2025.

NOTE: See Acts 2025, No. 237, §3 regarding applicability to pending consent decrees and judgements.
La. Rev. Stat. § 49:674 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 49 / Section 674
Monitoring to ensure compliance
Status: in_force

Agencies responsible for the implementation of federal block grant programs shall provide sufficient monitoring of such programs so as to ensure compliance with the requirements of Section 673 of this Chapter.

Added by Acts 1982, No. 386, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 49:858 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 49 / Section 858
Disputes
Status: in_force

Any dispute concerning a question of fact arising under this Chapter with respect to an office in the executive branch of the state government, except a dispute of fact relative to the office of governor shall be adjudicated by the governor, or other official authorized under the constitution or laws to exercise the powers and discharge the duties of the office of governor and his decision shall be final.

Acts 1963, No. 111, §8.
La. Rev. Stat. § 49:170.8 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 49 / Section 170.8
State jellies
Status: in_force

A. There shall be two official state jellies. One official state jelly shall be the mayhaw jelly. Its use on official documents of the state and with the insignia of the state is hereby authorized.

B. The second official state jelly shall be Louisiana sugar cane jelly. Its use on official documents of the state and with the insignia of the state is hereby authorized.

Acts 2003, No. 76, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 49:308 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 49 / Section 308
State funds; deposit in state treasury; exceptions; lock box services; reports
Status: in_force

A. All money received by the state or by any state board, commission, or agency shall be deposited immediately upon receipt in the state treasury, except that received:

(1) As a result of grants or donations or other forms of assistance when the terms and conditions thereof or of agreements pertaining thereto require otherwise.

(2) By trade or professional associations, including the Louisiana State Board of Cosmetology.

(3) By the employment security administration fund or its successor.

(4) By retirement systems or funds.

(5) By state agencies operating under authority of the constitution preponderantly from fees and charges for the shipment of goods in international maritime trade and commerce.

(6) By a state board, agency, or commission, but pledged by it in connection with the issuance of revenue bonds as provided by Section 6(C) of Article VII of the constitution, other than any surplus which is defined in the law authorizing such revenue bonds.

(7) By a levee district or political subdivision, unless the full faith and credit of the state is pledged to the payment of the bonds of the levee district or political subdivision.

B. Only such monies shall be available for expenditure by state agencies as are appropriated by the legislature or dedicated by the constitution.

C. Dedicated monies shall be credited by the state treasurer to the agency to which the dedication is made, but only so much thereof shall be available for expenditure in any fiscal year as is appropriated by the legislature for such fiscal year, except as to revenues dedicated by the constitution.

D. The funds covered by this Section are to be considered as a means of financing the operations of the agencies to which appropriated or dedicated, and expenditures shall be subject to the laws and regulations relating to budgeting by state agencies and the budgetary controls provided for by Title 39 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, as amended, insofar as these laws and regulations are not inconsistent with the purposes of this Section.

E.(1) "State or state board, agency, or commission", as used in Subsection A of this Section, means any state office, department, board, commission, institution, division, officer, or other person or functional group authorized to exercise or that does exercise any functions of the government of the state.

(2) The term does not include:

(a) Offices and officers referred to in Article V of the Constitution of Louisiana.

(b) The legislature, or any officer, agency, or employee thereof.

(c) Any governing body or officer of any local government or subdivision of the state, or any parochial officer who exercises functions coterminous with the municipality in which he performs those functions.

(d) 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 Board of Supervisors of the University of Louisiana System, and the colleges and universities supervised and managed by each.

(e) The Board of Supervisors of Community and Technical Colleges, and the community and technical colleges supervised and managed by such board.

(f) Any public trust created under R.S. 9:2341 through 2347.

F. "Political subdivision" as used in Paragraph (7) of Subsection A of this Section means any judicial circuit, judicial district, office of public defender within a judicial district, school board, parish, municipality, or any other unit of local government, including a special district authorized by law to perform governmental functions. The term special district includes a parishwide special district, a special district within a parish, multi-parish districts, and all port authorities, boards, commissions and districts.

G. The state or any state board, agency, commission, or political subdivision may use commercial banks or other financial institutions, each of which shall have its principal office located in this state, to provide lock box services, as that term is generally understood in the national financial markets, for the collection of revenues. The use of lock box services may include the handling of tax returns or records, as such are characterized in R.S. 47:1508, by the financial institution providing such service without such service being a violation of R.S. 47:1508 regarding the confidential nature of such records. Nothing in this Subsection shall be construed as making any returns of taxpayers or records pertaining to those returns a matter of public record as such returns or records are specifically excluded by Article VII, Section 12 of the Constitution of Louisiana.

H. The state treasurer shall submit to the governor and the legislature a monthly report of all revenues received for each state tax, license, and fee, designated by agency on forms to be provided by the legislative fiscal office. The report shall be due on the fifteenth day of the month after the month in which the revenues were received.

Acts 1976, No. 428, §1, eff. July 31, 1976. Amended by Acts 1978, No. 489, §1; Acts 1987, No. 673, §1; Acts 1989, No. 836, §3, eff. July 1, 1989; Acts 1997, No. 489, §2, eff. July 1, 1997; Acts 2003, No. 756, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 49:461 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 49 / Section 461
Suits against ministerial officers or in which state is interested, including Federal Power Commission
Status: in_force

The state auditor, the state treasurer, or other ministerial officers of the state shall not appear in any court of the state, either in person or by private counsel, to institute, maintain, defend, prosecute, or in any manner interfere, or attempt to control any suit, writ, or other legal process, except criminal proceedings, which may be brought against him in his official capacity, or in which the state may be interested, directly or indirectly, or be in any wise a party; but in all such cases the proceedings shall be instituted, maintained, defended, or prosecuted by the attorney general as provided by law. The governor or attorney general may in case of necessity, designate a private attorney to conduct such proceedings. The state auditor, the state treasurer and other ministerial officers of the state, or persons charged with the execution of any state contract, or act enjoined by law, or pertaining to the duties of his station shall, on application, or if he has doubt as to the proper course to be pursued, refer the matter with all information in his possession to the attorney general.

In addition to all other duties conferred by law, the attorney general shall represent the State of Louisiana and the Louisiana Public Service Commission before the Federal Power Commission at all hearings on gas rates or allocations or other matters affecting or which could affect the supply of natural gas in Louisiana and maintain effective liaison with the Federal Power Commission concerning gas energy problems in Louisiana or elsewhere which could affect the health, welfare and general economy of the citizens of Louisiana. Provided, however, that nothing in this section shall be construed so as to grant to the attorney general any authority to represent the Louisiana Public Service Commission in any matter, proceeding, or litigation not set forth specifically in this paragraph.

Amended by Acts 1972, No. 636, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 49:220.41 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 49 / Section 220.41
Chief resilience officer; purpose; definition
Status: in_force

A. There shall be a chief resilience officer within the office of the governor to perform the functions and duties provided in this Part.

B. The chief resilience officer shall be appointed by the governor, subject to confirmation by the Senate. The chief resilience officer shall be paid a salary fixed by the governor. The chief resilience officer shall serve at the pleasure of and shall report directly to the governor.

C. The governor may assign other personnel to assist the chief resilience officer in the performance of his duties as he deems necessary.

D. For purposes of this Section, "resilience" shall mean a capability to anticipate, prepare for, respond to, and recover from significant multi-hazard threats with minimal damage to social well-being, the economy, infrastructure, and the environment, including flood risk management.

Acts 2023, No. 315, §1, eff. June 13, 2023; Acts 2025, No. 418, §2.
La. Rev. Stat. § 49:950 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 49 / Section 950
Title and form of citation
Status: in_force

This Chapter shall be known as the Administrative Procedure Act and may be cited as the Administrative Procedure Act.

Added by Acts 1982, No. 129, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 49:327 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 49 / Section 327
Authorized investments; maturity; interest rates
Status: in_force

A. It is hereby recognized that it is in the best interest of the state of Louisiana to maximize the return on the investments made by the state treasurer. However, it is also the desire to foster the economy of the state. To the extent possible under existing state and federal laws, regulations, guidelines, and prudent management of state funds, the state treasurer will endeavor to maintain a reasonable proportion of funds on deposit with in-state financial institutions.

B. Funds on deposit in state treasury.

(1) The state treasurer is hereby authorized and directed to invest monies on deposit in the state treasury belonging to the general fund of the state, funds in the state treasury to the credit of state agencies, departments, boards, and commissions, and any other funds under the control of the state treasurer which he, in his discretion, may determine to be available for investment in the following:

(a) Direct obligations of the United States government, a United States government agency, a United States government instrumentality, or a United States government-sponsored enterprise, the principal and interest of which are fully and explicitly guaranteed by the full faith and credit of the government of the United States of America, and contained in a list promulgated by the state treasurer in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act.

(b) Direct obligations of a United States government agency, United States government instrumentality, or United States government-sponsored enterprise, the principal and interest of which are fully guaranteed by the issuing entity, but are not explicitly guaranteed by the full faith and credit of the government of the United States, and contained in a list promulgated by the state treasurer. However, at no time shall the funds invested in United States government agency obligations enumerated in this Subparagraph exceed sixty percent of all monies invested as of that date with maturities of thirty days or longer.

(c) Direct security repurchase agreements and reverse security repurchase agreements. "Direct security repurchase agreement" means an agreement and transaction in which securities are purchased by the state from a registered securities broker or dealer for a rate and a guarantee to buy them back from the state; the state holds the securities for a specified time; and then the state sells those securities back to the broker or dealer at an agreed upon price. "Reverse security repurchase agreement" means an agreement and transaction in which securities are sold by the state to a registered securities broker or dealer for a rate and a guarantee to sell them back to the state; the broker or dealer holds the securities for a specified time; and then the state buys back the securities from the broker or dealer at an agreed upon price.

(d) Time certificates of deposit of any bank domiciled or having a branch office in the state of Louisiana, savings accounts or shares of savings and loan associations and savings banks, as defined by R.S. 6:703(16) and (17), or share accounts and share certificate accounts of federally or state-chartered credit unions issuing time certificates of deposit, issued for the state treasurer under this authority. For those funds determined under prudent judgment of the state treasurer to be made available for investment in time certificates of deposit, the rate of interest paid by the banks shall be determined by rules and regulations adopted and promulgated by the state treasurer. Competitive bidding may be used to establish the rate of interest on fifty percent or less of the amount determined to be available as of that date for investment in time certificates of deposit. Those financial institutions bidding on time certificates of deposit shall meet the financial criteria established by rules and regulations adopted and promulgated by the state treasurer. At the time of investment, the interest rate under the provisions of this Subsection shall be a rate not less than the prevailing market interest rate on direct obligations of the United States Treasury with a similar length of maturity.

(e)(i) Investment grade commercial paper issued in the United States, traded in the United States markets, denominated in United States dollars, with a short-term rating of at least A-1 by Standard & Poor's Financial Services LLC or P-1 by Moody's Investor Service, Inc. or the equivalent rating by a Nationally Recognized Statistical Rating Organization (NRSRO).

(ii) Investment grade corporate notes and bonds issued in the United States, traded in United States markets, denominated in United States dollars, rated Baa or better by Moody's Investor Service, Inc. or BBB or better by Standard & Poor's Financial Services LLC, and the trades of which are settled through The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC), a national clearinghouse in the United States for the settlement of securities trades.

(iii) However, at no time shall the funds invested in paper, notes, and bonds enumerated in these Items exceed twenty percent of all monies invested as of that date.

(f) Money market funds consisting solely of securities otherwise eligible for investment by the state treasurer.

(g) In addition to those general fund investments authorized and permitted pursuant to the provisions of this Subsection, the state treasurer is hereby authorized and directed to invest monies on deposit in the state treasury belonging to the general fund of the state in the tax exempt or taxable bonds issued in 2006 by the Louisiana Stadium and Exposition District, or any conversion, re-issuance, or other similar refunding or replacement of such bonds, in such total amounts to be so invested and the bonds to be so acquired as shall be set forth in a written directive, and certification of such investments to be in the best overall financial interest of the state by the governor to the treasurer, and the subsequent agreement to and approval of the governor's written directive and certification by both the Joint Legislative Committee on the Budget and the State Bond Commission. The divestment of or disposition from the state general fund of all or any portion of such investments from time to time shall be made by the treasurer at the direction of the State Bond Commission. Any investments so made shall be maintained in a separate sub-investment account of the state general fund so as to not be included in the determination of the general fund's investment performance.

(2) Investments authorized by Subparagraphs (a) through (f) of Paragraph (1) of this Subsection shall mature on such date or dates as determined by the state treasurer in the exercise of prudent judgment to generate a favorable return to the state and will allow the monies to be available for use at such time as the monies will be needed for state purposes. However, the weighted average maturity of securities purchased as enumerated in Subparagraphs (a) through (f) of Paragraph (1) of this Subsection shall not exceed five years from date of purchase. For monies invested from special funds, the weighted average maturities shall not exceed ten years from date of purchase. Special funds shall be considered those funds created constitutionally, statutorily, or administratively which are not considered general funds.

(3) These funds shall not exceed at any time the amount insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation in any one banking institution, or in any one savings and loan association, the National Credit Union Administration, or other deposit insurance corporation approved by the state treasurer, unless the uninsured portion is collateralized by the pledge of securities in the manner provided by R.S. 6:748.1 and R.S. 49:321.

(4) Unless otherwise provided, income from investments authorized by the provisions of this Subsection shall be credited to the state general fund.

(5) The treasurer shall develop and adopt an investment policy that details and clarifies investment objectives and the procedures and constraints necessary to reach those objectives. All such investment policies should:

(a) Reflect the mandate to manage public funds prudently.

(b) Place appropriate emphasis on the goals of safety of principal first, liquidity second, and yield third.

(c) Establish internal controls for any derivatives in use to ensure that the risks inherent in derivatives are adequately managed. For the purposes of this Section, the term "derivative" shall mean any financial instrument created from or whose value depends on the value of one or more underlying assets or indexes of asset value.

C. Funds not on deposit in state treasury. (1)(a) The heads of all state departments, boards, commissions, and agencies are authorized and directed to invest monies under their control and not on deposit in the state treasury which they in their discretion may determine to be available for investment in time certificates of deposit of any bank domiciled or having a branch office in the state of Louisiana, in savings accounts or shares of savings and loan associations and savings banks, as defined by R.S. 6:703(16) and (17)(a), or in share accounts and share certificate accounts of federally or state-chartered credit unions.

(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of Subparagraph (a) of this Paragraph, institutions of higher education may invest monies under their control and not on deposit in the state treasury in any or all of the instruments set forth in Paragraph (B)(1) of this Section in accordance with a written investment policy adopted by the management board of the investing institution of higher education, which investment policy has been approved by an investment advisory committee composed of the state treasurer, the legislative auditor, and the commissioner of administration. Income from such investments shall not be credited to the state general fund.

(c) Any state department, board, commission, agency, or institution of higher education which invests monies under its control and not on deposit in the state treasury shall develop and adopt an investment policy which complies with Paragraph (B)(5) of this Section.

(2) These funds shall not exceed at any time the amount insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation in any one banking institution, or in any one savings and loan association, the National Credit Union Administration or other deposit insurance corporation approved by the state treasurer, unless the uninsured portion is collateralized by the pledge of securities in the manner provided by R.S. 6:748.1 and R.S. 49:321. However, if funds are determined to be available for investment for a period of time less than thirty days, such heads of departments, boards, commissions, and other state agencies are authorized to invest such funds in direct United States Treasury obligations that mature not more than twenty-nine days after the date of purchase.

(3)(a) This Section shall not apply to funds of state colleges and universities which are derived from gifts and grants, funds functioning as endowments, or other permanent funds. Said funds may be invested by the managing board of the investing institution pursuant to R.S. 9:2337.6 or as otherwise provided by law and in accordance with a written investment policy adopted by the managing board and approved by an investment advisory committee comprised of the state treasurer, the legislative auditor, and the commissioner of administration. This Section shall not apply to reserve funds established in accordance with bond issues, which funds may be invested as otherwise provided by law.

(b) In accordance with the provisions of Article VII, Section 14 of the Constitution of Louisiana, public or private colleges or universities may invest publicly funded permanently endowed funds in the stock of any corporation listed on the New York Stock Exchange, the American Stock Exchange, or authorized for quotations display on the National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations System, provided that the total investment in such stocks at any one time shall not exceed thirty-five percent of the market value of all publicly endowed funds of the public or private college or university.

(4) Time certificates of deposit in which investments are made under the authority of this Subsection shall mature not more than twelve months after the date of their purchase.

(5) Banks issuing time certificates of deposit under the authority of this Section for heads of departments, boards, commissions and other state agencies shall pay interest at a rate equal to the rate determined by the United States Treasury to have been the average interest rate on the last previous sale of treasury bills with the same length of maturity; provided that if at any time the interest rate provided above is in excess of the maximum rate banks are permitted to pay on time certificates of deposit for the same period of time by regulations of the Federal Reserve System, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation, the National Credit Union Administration or other deposit insurance corporation, the interest rate shall be the maximum established by those regulations.

(6) Unless otherwise provided, income from investments under the authority of this Subsection shall be credited to the fund out of which the investments were made.

D. Excess funds. Those funds determined by the state treasurer or department head, commission, board, or agency head in the exercise of prudent judgment to be in excess of immediate cash requirements of the account to which the funds belong shall be available for investment and shall be invested under the authority of this Section.

E. The treasurer shall submit to the governor and the legislature a report on all investments of state funds made by the treasurer. The report shall be due on the fifteenth day after the end of each quarter and shall cover all investment activity for the previous quarter. The information in the report shall include:

(1) The method by which the fees paid to these persons or companies is calculated.

(2) The total amount of state funds invested for the month.

(3) The total earnings for the investments for the month.

(4) The rate of investment earnings expressed as a percentage of the amount of the investment.

(5) The comparable rate of investment earnings for:

(a) U.S. Treasury two-year notes.

(b) U.S. Treasury thirty-day bills.

Acts 1976, No. 428, §1, eff. July 31, 1976. Amended by Acts 1977, No. 339, §1; Acts 1979, No. 333, §1; Acts 1984, No. 581, §2; Acts 1984, No. 130, §1, eff. June 22, 1984; Acts 1988, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 21, §1, eff. Oct. 27, 1988; Acts 1990, No. 920, §1; Acts 1992, No. 1043, §1; Acts 1993, No. 699, §1; Acts 1995, No. 374, §2; Acts 1997, No. 661, §1, eff. July 7, 1997; Acts 1999, No. 858, §1; Acts 1999, No. 1101, §1; Acts 2001, No. 1077, §1, eff. if const. amend. proposed by Acts 2001, No. 1235, is adopted in Nov., 2002 (not adopted); Acts 2004, No. 92, §1, eff. July 1, 2004; Acts 2006, No. 289, §3; Acts 2006, No. 717, §1, eff. Oct. 31, 2006; Acts 2008, 2 nd Ex. Sess., No. 2, §1, eff. May 13, 2008; Acts 2012, No. 75, §1; Acts 2015, No. 463, §4.
La. Rev. Stat. § 49:49 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 49 / Section 49
Division of local affairs or its successor; purpose, establishment, duties of director, submission of data, functions of division, administration of programs affecting community affairs and development, coordinating community developments, authorization for appropriations and state grants, report
Status: in_force

A. The legislature hereby finds that the rapid growth being experienced by many communities within the state of Louisiana presents new and significant problems for these political subdivisions in providing the necessary public services and in planning and developing desirable living and working areas; that the full and effective use of the many grant programs of the federal government affecting community development necessitates full cooperation and coordination of existing state and local government agencies; that the coordination of existing state activities which affect the communities of the state requires the establishment of machinery within the government of the state of Louisiana to administer new and existing programs to meet these problems; and that it is the urgent responsibility of the state to assist communities in meeting these problems in whatever way possible including technical and financial assistance. It is therefore the purpose of this Section to establish a division of local affairs within the commission to provide for state financial and technical assistance to the communities of the state, and to otherwise assist in the community development in order to provide the health and living standards and conditions that the welfare of the people of the state of Louisiana require.

B. Repealed by Acts 1976, No. 471, §3.

C. The commissioner of administration shall have the following additional powers and duties regarding the division of local affairs:

(1) To supervise and administer the activities of the division and to advise the governor with respect to matters affecting community affairs generally and especially on the role of the state in these affairs.

(2) To delegate any of his functions, powers, and duties to such other officers and employees of the commission as he may choose and to authorize such successive redelegations of such functions, powers, and duties as he may deem desirable.

(3) To submit and adopt all necessary plans, enter into contracts, accept gifts, grants, and federal funds, prepare and submit budgets, make rules and regulations, and do all things necessary and proper to carry out the provisions of this Section.

D. All state agencies or political subdivisions of this state shall provide such assistance and data to the division of local affairs as is needed to carry out the functions, powers and duties of the division.

E. The division of local affairs shall have the following functions and responsibilities:

(1) To prepare and adopt a work program each year for the division of local affairs;

(2) To cooperate with and provide technical assistance to parish, municipal and regional planning commissions, zoning commissions, parks or recreation boards, community development groups, community action agencies, and similar agencies created for the purposes of aiding and encouraging an orderly, productive and coordinated development of the state;

(3) To assist the governor in coordinating the activities of state agencies which have an impact on the solution of community development problems and the implementation of community plans, and to channel airport redevelopment funds through the state to political subdivisions;

(4) To encourage and, when requested, assist the efforts of local governments to develop mutual and cooperative solutions to their common problems;

(5) To assist and cooperate with communities in establishing and organizing neighborhood information centers and referral services;

(6) To study existing legal provisions that affect the structure and financing of local government and those state activities which involve significant relations with local government units; and recommend to the governor and the legislature such changes in these provisions and activities as may seem necessary to strengthen local government;

(7) To serve as a clearinghouse for information, data, and other materials which may be helpful or necessary to local governments to discharge their responsibilities; the clearinghouse should also provide information on available federal and state financial and technical assistance;

(8) To carry out continuing studies and analyses of the problems faced by communities within the state and develop such recommendations for administrative or legislative action as appear necessary; in carrying out such studies and analyses, particular attention should be paid to the problems of metropolitan, suburban and other areas in which economic and population factors are rapidly changing;

(9) To assist and cooperate with other state agencies and officials, with official organizations of elected officials in the state, with local governments and officials, and with federal agencies and officials, in carrying out the functions and duties of the division;

(10) To consult with private groups and individuals, and if the director deems it desirable, hold public hearings to obtain information for the purpose of carrying out this section;

(11) To develop and test, model or demonstration programs and projects, contract to administer certain functions or services within a community of the state for such purposes, or to otherwise provide a program of practical research in the solution of community problems.

F.(1) The division of administration shall be responsible for determining and coordinating the state's role in federal grant programs applicable to the following community affairs and development programs or any future community affairs programs which may be enacted by Congress:

(a) Projects and programs for the planning and carrying out of the acquisition, use, and development of land for open space and recreational purposes;

(b) Programs to develop decent, safe, and sanitary housing to serve the needs of all citizens of the community including low-rent and middle-income housing constructed by public authorities or nonprofit groups, and other publicly assisted housing activities;

(c) Urban renewal and redevelopment activities to rebuild slum areas including the provision or supervision of relocation services for individuals, families, businesses, and nonprofit organizations to assure that such displaced are provided with comprehensive relocation and financial assistance;

(d) Channeling of Federal Airport Aid;

(e) Programs and projects to aid in the development, financing, and staffing of neighborhood information and service centers.

(2) Initiate study on state plans insuring local governments and municipalities shall have input into all state plans. The study shall show who is in charge of all state plans and shall provide a list of the respective agencies and committees. The study shall define the different types of state plans being prepared. The study shall further list the elements of each.

G. The successful discharge of this section demands that all activities and programs of state agencies which have an impact on community affairs be fully coordinated. State agencies shall cooperate fully with the director and governor in fulfilling this section. The commission may establish such coordination, advisory, or other machinery as they may find necessary to carry out this section and they may issue such rules and regulations as they believe necessary and desirable to carry out the provisions of this section.

H. Funds may be appropriated to carry out this section including monies to enable the director to assist communities in meeting the non-federal share of any federal community development programs.

I. The commission shall serve in an advisory capacity to the director and the division on all matters related to the implementation of this Section.

Added by Acts 1970, No. 407, §1. Amended by Acts 1976, No. 471, §2; Acts 1986, No. 860, §1; Acts 1988, No. 625, §5.
La. Rev. Stat. § 49:214.5.4 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 49 / Section 214.5.4
Funding and resource allocation
Status: in_force

A. To provide a dedicated, recurring source of revenue for the development and implementation of a program to protect and restore Louisiana's coastal area, there is hereby established in the state treasury the Coastal Protection and Restoration Fund.

B. Of all mineral revenues received in each fiscal year by the state including those received as a result of the production of or exploration for minerals, hereinafter referred to as mineral revenues from severance taxes, royalty payments, bonus payments, or rentals, and excluding federal revenues received as provided in Subsection E of this Section and such revenues received by the state as a result of grants or donations when the terms or conditions thereof require otherwise, the treasurer shall make the following allocations:

(1) To the Bond Security and Redemption Fund as provided in Article VII, Section 9(B) of the Constitution of Louisiana.

(2) To the political subdivisions of the state as provided in Article VII, Sections 4(D) and (E) of the Constitution of Louisiana.

(3) As provided by the requirements of Article VII, Sections 10-A and 10.1 of the Constitution of Louisiana.

C. After making the allocations provided for in Subsection B of this Section, the treasurer shall then deposit in and credit to the Coastal Protection and Restoration Fund any amount of mineral revenues that may be necessary to ensure that a total of five million dollars is deposited into such fund for the fiscal year from this source; provided that the balance of the fund which consists of mineral revenues from severance taxes, royalty payments, bonus payments, or rentals shall not exceed the amount provided in Subsection F of this Section.

D. After making the allocations and deposits as provided for in Subsections B and C of this Section, the treasurer shall deposit in and credit to the fund as follows:

(1) Two percent of the mineral revenues received in excess of the allocations provided for in Subsections B and C of this Section. The treasurer shall reduce the deposit made pursuant to this Paragraph by the amount of deposits made pursuant to Paragraphs (2) and (3) of this Subsection.

(2) Ten million dollars of the mineral revenues in excess of six hundred million dollars which remain after the allocations provided for in Subsection B of this Section are made by the treasurer.

(3) Ten million dollars of the mineral revenues in excess of six hundred fifty million dollars which remain after the allocations provided in Subsection B of this Section are made by the treasurer.

E.(1) Subject to Article VII, Sections 9(B) and 10.1 of the Constitution of Louisiana, in each fiscal year, the federal revenues that are received by the state generated from Outer Continental Shelf energy production, including but not limited to oil and gas activity, wind energy, solar energy, tidal energy, wave energy, geothermal energy, and other alternative or renewable energy production or sources, and eligible, as provided by federal law, to be used for the purposes provided in this Subsection shall be deposited and credited by the treasurer to the Coastal Protection and Restoration Fund.

(2) Such federal revenues shall be used only for the purposes of integrated coastal protection, including but not limited to coastal wetlands conservation, coastal restoration, hurricane protection, or for infrastructure directly impacted by coastal wetlands losses.

(3) In each year, no more than ten percent of the federal revenues received by the state generated from Outer Continental Shelf energy production may be used for the purposes of infrastructure directly impacted by coastal wetlands losses.

(4) In each fiscal year, at least two hundred thousand dollars but no more than seven percent of the federal revenues received by the state generated from Outer Continental Shelf energy production may be used for administrative costs or fees. The provisions of this Paragraph shall not apply to the following:

(a) Any revenues received by the state pursuant to 43 U.S.C. 1337(g), also known as "8(g)" funds.

(b) Any securitization or other monetizing of all or any portion of the federal revenues received by the state generated from Outer Continental Shelf energy production.

(c) Any monies received by the state for reimbursement of costs in response to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill.

(5)(a) Beginning with Fiscal Year 2022, a portion of the total federal revenues received by the state generated from Outer Continental Shelf energy production shall be allocated solely for hurricane protection projects, including operation and maintenance, that are included in or consistent with the master plan as follows:

(i) For Fiscal Years 2022 through 2024, a minimum of forty percent.

(ii) For Fiscal Years 2025 through 2027, a minimum of forty-five percent.

(iii) For Fiscal Year 2028 and subsequent fiscal years, a minimum of fifty percent.

(b) If the total federal revenues received by the state generated from Outer Continental Shelf energy production are less than one hundred million dollars in any fiscal year, then the minimum allocations contained in Subparagraph (a) of this Paragraph shall not apply.

(c) The authority may offset the funds allocated for hurricane protection projects as provided in Subparagraph (a) of this Paragraph with funds from other available sources.

(d) In the event the authority is unable to meet the allocations as provided in Subparagraph (a) of this Paragraph in any fiscal year, the authority may modify the allocation for that fiscal year. No modification shall be made without prior approval of the board and the Joint Legislative Committee on the Budget.

(e) Any revenues received by the state as provided in this Paragraph and allocated to a levee district shall only be utilized by a levee district for construction, and operations and maintenance of hurricane protection projects.

F. The money in the fund shall be invested as provided by law, and any earnings realized on investment of money in the fund shall be deposited in and credited to the fund. Revenues derived from integrated coastal protection programs, projects, or activities shall be deposited in and credited to the fund. Money from other sources, such as donations, appropriations, or dedications, may be deposited in and credited to the fund; however, the balance of the fund which, exclusive of federal revenues received as provided for in Subsection E of this Section and state revenues as provided in Subsection K of this Section, consists of mineral revenues from severance taxes, royalty payments, bonus payments, or rentals shall not exceed five hundred million dollars. Any unexpended money remaining in the fund at the end of the fiscal year shall be retained in the fund.

G. The money in the Coastal Protection and Restoration Fund is subject to appropriations by the legislature for the purposes of integrated coastal protection. The money in the fund may be used only for those projects and programs which are consistent with the statement of intent, R.S. 49:214.1, and the annual plan as it pertains to the integrated coastal protection and may include but not be limited to the following purposes:

(1) Projects and structures engineered for the enhancement, creation, or restoration of coastal wetlands.

(2) Match for federal or local project planning, design, construction, and monitoring.

(3) Administration and project management, planning, design, construction, and monitoring.

(4) Operation and maintenance of structural projects consistent with the purpose of this fund.

(5) Vegetation planting, seeding, or other revegetation methods.

(6) Planning and implementation of modifications to federal, state, or local flood control, navigation, irrigation, or enhancement projects.

(7) For coastal wetlands conservation, coastal restoration, coastal zone management, hurricane protection, and infrastructure directly impacted by coastal wetlands losses.

(8) The administration and operation of the Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority, the Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority Board, the Governor's Advisory Commission on Coastal Protection, Restoration, and Conservation, and the Coastal Protection and Restoration Financing Corporation.

(9) Projects and programs promoting scientific, technical, and engineering advancements for the sustainability of coastal Louisiana and ensuring that the best available scientific and technical information and tools are available for the implementation of the master plan and annual plan.

(10) Payment of debt service or other payment obligations required in connection with bonds or other debt obligations of the Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority.

H. As used in this Section, the term "balance of the fund" shall mean those monies in the fund which have not been expended or obligated under the plan approved pursuant to R.S. 49:214.5.3, or otherwise obligated in accordance with law.

I.(1) Any monies received by the state for violations pursuant to section 311 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, 33 U.S.C. 1321; R.S. 30:2025(E)(1) and (2); and R.S. 30:2001 et seq., including R.S. 30:2071 et seq., associated with the Deepwater Horizon oil spill that began on April 20, 2010, shall be deposited and credited by the treasurer to the Coastal Protection and Restoration Fund for integrated coastal protection efforts, including coastal restoration, hurricane protection, and improving the resiliency of the Louisiana Coastal Area affected by the Deepwater Horizon oil spill.

(2) Nothing in this Subsection shall be construed as affecting funds associated with the Natural Resources Damage Assessment process.

J. The authority is authorized to create one or more construction or project funds within the Coastal Protection and Restoration Fund, into which may be deposited the proceeds of any bonds or other debt obligations of the authority. Such construction or project funds may be maintained by the authority or any fiduciary appointed in connection with the authority only for the purpose or purposes for which such bonds or other debt obligations are issued. Funds held in any such construction or project fund shall not be subject to the other requirements of this Section.

K.(1) Subject to Article VII, Sections 9(B) and 10.1 of the Constitution of Louisiana, in each fiscal year, the revenues that are received by the state generated upon state lands or waterbottoms located in the coastal area from alternative or renewable energy production or sources, including but not limited to wind energy, solar energy, tidal energy, wave energy, and geothermal energy, shall be deposited and credited by the treasurer to the Coastal Protection and Restoration Fund.

(2) Such revenues shall be used only for the purposes of integrated coastal protection, including but not limited to coastal wetlands conservation, coastal restoration, hurricane protection, or for infrastructure directly impacted by coastal wetlands losses.

(3) In each year, no more than ten percent of the revenues received by the state generated upon state lands or waterbottoms located in the coastal area from alternative or renewable energy production or sources, including but not limited to wind energy, solar energy, tidal energy, wave energy, and geothermal energy, may be used for the purposes of infrastructure directly impacted by coastal wetlands losses.

Acts 2009, No. 523, §3, eff. July 10, 2009; Acts 2010, No. 964, §1; Acts 2012, No. 604, §3, eff. June 7, 2012; Acts 2012, No. 805, §1, eff. June 13, 2012; Acts 2017, No. 405, §1, eff. July 1, 2017; Acts 2020, No. 89, §2; Acts 2024, No. 684, §1, eff. Dec. 11, 2024; Acts 2024, No. 684, §2, eff. June 19, 2024.
La. Rev. Stat. § 49:158.1 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 49 / Section 158.1
Native American Week
Status: in_force

A. The legislature does hereby recognize and acknowledge that:

(1) There are four state-recognized tribes and four federally recognized tribes in Louisiana representing over twenty-five thousand Native Americans in this state.

(2) It is the policy of this state to acknowledge the tribes within the borders of the state, to support their aspirations for the preservation of their cultural heritage and the improvement of their economic conditions, and to assist them in achieving their just rights.

(3) The last week of September has been designated by tribes nationwide as "Native American Week" in observance and recognition of the vital role Native Americans have played in the formation of this great nation.

B. The legislature hereby designates the last week of the month of September each year as "Native American Week" in Louisiana.

Acts 1999, No. 773, §1, eff. July 2, 1999.
La. Rev. Stat. § 49:74 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 49 / Section 74
Registration of lobbyists with the ethics board; compilation of information
Status: in_force

A. Each lobbyist shall register with the ethics board as soon as possible after employment as a lobbyist or after the first action requiring his registration as a lobbyist, whichever occurs first, and in any event not later than five days after employment as a lobbyist or not later than five days after the first action requiring his registration as a lobbyist, whichever occurs first. The lobbyist shall electronically file with the ethics board, using forms provided by it, the following information:

(1) His name and business address.

(2) The name and address of each person by whom he is employed and, if different, whose interests he represents, including the business in which that person is engaged.

(3)(a) The name of each person by whom he is paid or is to be paid, the amount he is paid or is to be paid for the purpose of lobbying, and a characterization of such payment as paid, earned but not received, or prospective.

(b) Amounts required to be disclosed pursuant to this Paragraph shall be reported by category of value. The categories shall be:

(i) Category I, $24,999 or less.

(ii) Category II, $25,000-$49,999.

(iii) Category III, $50,000-$99,999.

(iv) Category IV, $100,000-$249,999.

(v) Category V, $250,000 or more.

(4)(a) An indication of potential subject matter about which he anticipates lobbying.

(b) Indication of potential subject matters shall be made by choosing from the following potential subject matter categories:

(i) Aerospace and space technology.

(ii) Agriculture: horticulture; livestock; poultry.

(iii) Agriculture: forestry; timber.

(iv) Alcohol and other beverages.

(v) Arts and entertainment.

(vi) Aquaculture and fisheries.

(vii) Business and private and commercial enterprises.

(viii) Banking, financial, and accounting.

(ix) Charities and social services, faith-based organizations, and community outreach.

(x) Computers, hardware, software, and intellectual property.

(xi) Construction, contracting, and real estate.

(xii) Educational services: colleges; technical schools; trade schools.

(xiii) Environmental quality, conservation, and wildlife preservation.

(xiv) Gaming.

(xv) Government: local; municipal; parish; state; federal.

(xvi) Health care: hospitals; nursing homes; elderly care; hospice.

(xvii) Health care: physicians; nurse practitioners; nurses.

(xviii) Health care: pharmaceutical and medical devices; research; development; sales.

(xix) Homeland security.

(xx) Hotels, restaurants, and tourism.

(xxi) Insurance.

(xxii) International trade.

(xxiii) Law and lawyers.

(xxiv) Manufacturing: oil and gas; mining; refining; production; chemical industry.

(xxv) Manufacturing: wholesale.

(xxvi) Military and veterans affairs.

(xxvii) Public safety, police, and fire.

(xxviii) Telecommunications.

(xxix) Tobacco industry.

(xxx) Transportation.

(xxxi) Unions, labor issues, and special advocacy groups.

(xxxii) Utilities: electric; gas; water; nuclear.

(c) The unintentional omission of a potential subject matter as provided in this Paragraph shall not be a violation of this Part.

(5)(a) The identity of each statewide elected official or executive branch department head or spouse of a statewide elected official or executive branch department head with whom he or his employer has or has had in the preceding twelve months a business relationship.

(b) For the purposes of this Paragraph, the following terms shall have the following meanings:

(i) "Executive branch department head" means:

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

(I) Louisiana Economic Development.

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

(III) The Department of Environmental Quality.

(IV) The Louisiana Department of Health.

(V) Louisiana Works.

(VI) The Department of Conservation and Energy.

(VII) The Department of Public Safety and Corrections.

(VIII) The Department of Revenue.

(IX) The Department of Children and Family Services.

(X) The Department of Transportation and Development.

(XI) The Department of Wildlife and Fisheries.

(XII) The Department of Veterans Affairs.

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

(cc) The director of state civil service.

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

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

(ff) The commissioner of the division of administration.

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

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

(ii) The executive counsel to the governor.

(jj) The legislative director for the governor.

(kk) The policy director for the governor.

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

(ii) "Business relationship" means any transaction or activity that is conducted or undertaken for profit and which arises from a joint ownership interest, partnership, or common legal entity between a lobbyist or his employer and an executive branch department head or spouse of an executive branch department head or a statewide elected official or spouse of a statewide elected official when the executive branch department head or spouse or the statewide elected official or spouse owns ten percent or more of such interest, partnership, or legal entity.

(6) If the registrant was a registered lobbyist during the previous calendar year, whether the registrant completed the annual training required pursuant to R.S. 42:1170 for the previous calendar year.

(7) One copy of a two-inch-by-two-inch recent photograph of the registrant made within the prior six months shall be filed with the initial registration form.

(8) If a lobbyist is compensated for lobbying and nonlobbying services, he shall reasonably allocate his compensation and report only the amount received for lobbying in the manner provided in this Part.

B. At the time of the initial registration of a lobbyist, the ethics board shall assign the lobbyist a registration number, which number shall be inscribed on the registration form. This number shall be inscribed on each supplemental registration form, renewal form, and expenditure report filed by the lobbyist.

C. A registration shall expire on December thirty-first of each year unless the lobbyist submits a renewal on forms provided by the ethics board along with the appropriate fee. The registrant may file his renewal any time from December first until January thirty-first. Failure to file the renewal form by January thirty-first each year shall cause the registration to expire retroactively as of December thirty-first of the preceding year.

D.(1)(a) Within ten days of termination of a registrant's employment or representation of any person, the registrant shall file a supplemental registration with the ethics board acknowledging the termination of his employment or representation.

(b) The registrant shall not be required to file a supplemental registration pursuant to Subparagraph (a) of this Paragraph if the termination of employment or representation occurs after December thirty-first and the lobbyist timely files his renewal form during the period provided in Subsection C of this Section and the renewal form accurately and completely lists the lobbyist's employment and representation as of the time the lobbyist files the renewal form.

(2) Each registrant who ceases activities requiring him to register shall file a supplemental registration with the ethics board acknowledging the termination of his lobbying activities.

(3) Each registrant who has terminated his registration must file disclosure reports for each reporting period during which he was registered.

E. The forms shall be published electronically by the ethics board. Registrations which have been filed shall be maintained by the ethics board and made available to the public via the Internet. The electronic filing by a lobbyist of any information required under this Section shall constitute a certification that the information is true and correct to the best of his knowledge, information, and belief and that no information required by this Part has been deliberately omitted.

F.(1) Whenever any information contained in his registration changes, or the lobbyist begins representing an additional person, a supplemental electronic registration shall be filed with the ethics board as soon as possible after such change occurs and in any event not later than five days after such change using forms provided by the ethics board.

(2) The lobbyist shall not be required to file a supplemental registration pursuant to Paragraph (1) of this Subsection if the lobbyist begins representing an additional person after December thirty-first and the lobbyist timely files his renewal form during the period provided in Subsection C of this Section and the renewal form accurately and completely lists the lobbyist's employment and representation as of the time the lobbyist files the renewal form.

G. Each lobbyist shall pay a fee of one hundred ten dollars with each registration and each renewal of registration form filed. No additional fee shall be paid for filing supplemental registration forms.

H. Each lobbyist at the time of registration or filing a renewal of registration may file a registration or renewal of registration form that indicates that he is registering or renewing registration pursuant to this Part and Part III of Chapter 1 of Title 24 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, relative to lobbying of the legislature. A lobbyist who indicates that he is registering pursuant to this Part and Part III of Chapter 1 of Title 24 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950 shall pay the fee required by this Section and the fee required by R.S. 24:53.

I. Any person who registers pursuant to this Part and who engages in lobbying on behalf of a foreign adversary as defined in R.S. 24:51 shall also register as provided in R.S. 24:53.1.

Acts 2004, No. 116, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 2005; Acts 2008, 1 st Ex. Sess., No. 13, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 2009; Acts 2008, No. 697, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 2009; Acts 2008, No. 709, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 2009; Acts 2008, No. 743, §7, eff. July 1, 2008; Acts 2016, No. 418, §3; Acts 2022, No. 543, §2, eff. June 17, 2022; Acts 2023, No. 150, §20, eff. Jan. 10, 2024; Acts 2025, No. 394, §3, eff. Dec. 1, 2025.
La. Rev. Stat. § 49:181 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 49 / Section 181
State examinations; interpreters for the deaf and hard of hearing
Status: in_force

A. Any person who is deaf or hard of hearing and takes an examination which is a prerequisite for employment or licensing by the state or any of its agencies is entitled to be furnished, upon request, with an interpreter by the state or its agency.

B. Interpreters appointed under this Section shall be compensated for their services based on the fee schedule established pursuant to R.S. 46:2370.

Acts 1968, No. 515, §§1, 2; Acts 1989, No. 109, §2; Acts 2017, No. 146, §13.
La. Rev. Stat. § 49:995 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 49 / Section 995
Director
Status: in_force

A. The governor shall appoint, and the Senate shall confirm, a director for the division, who shall have the following qualifications:

(1) The director shall be a resident of Louisiana.

(2) The director shall be licensed to practice law in Louisiana.

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

B.(1) The director shall serve a six-year term and may be reappointed and confirmed for subsequent six-year terms without limitation.

(2) If a vacancy occurs during the director's term, the governor shall appoint a successor to fill the remainder of the vacant term.

(3) The first director shall be appointed on July 1, 1996, and shall take such action in compliance with this Chapter as necessary to ensure that the provisions of this Chapter are implemented by October 1, 1996.

C. The director shall be a full-time unclassified employee of the division and he shall not accept or engage in additional employment of any kind.

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

NOTE: See Acts 1995, No. 947, §8 and No. 739, §§3, 4.
La. Rev. Stat. § 49:195 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 49 / Section 195
Termination date required to create or re-create a statutory entity
Status: in_force

Any statute which becomes law subsequent to August 15, 1995, which creates or re-creates a statutory entity must contain a termination date for that entity, no more than six years from the date of creation of the entity. Thereafter, such an entity may only be re-created according to the procedure provided in this Part.

Added by Acts 1976, No. 277, §6. Amended by Acts 1979, No. 512, §1; Acts 1995, No. 712, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 49:148.1 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 49 / Section 148.1
Specifications for grounds, buildings and facilities
Status: in_force

A. All public walks shall be at least forty-eight inches wide and shall have a gradient not greater than five percent. These walks shall be of a continuing common surface, not interrupted by steps or abrupt changes in level. Wherever walks cross other walks, driveways or parking lots they shall blend to a common level. A walk shall have a level platform at the top which is at least five feet by five feet, if a door swings out onto the platform or toward the walk. This platform shall extend at least one foot beyond each side of the doorway. A walk shall have a level platform at least three feet deep and five feet wide, if the door does not swing onto the platform or toward the walk. This platform shall extend at least one foot beyond each side of the doorway.

B. At least one parking area shall be made accessible to the building by either placing it at the grade level of the building or providing ramps at curbs or steps between the parking area and the building.

C. Where ramps with gradients are necessary or desired, they shall conform to the following specifications:

(1) The ramp shall not have a slope greater than one foot rise in twelve feet, or 8.33 per cent, or four degrees fifty minutes.

(2) The ramp shall have handrails on at least one side, and preferably two sides. The top of handrails shall be thirty-two inches above the surface of the ramp and shall extend one foot beyond the top and bottom of the ramp.

(3) The ramp shall be at least thirty-two inches wide (inside clear measurements) and have a surface that is nonslip.

(4) If a door swings out onto the platform or toward the ramp, the platform of the ramp shall be at least five feet by five feet. This platform shall be clear of door frame.

(5) If the door does not swing onto the platform or toward the ramp, this platform shall be at least three feet deep and five feet wide. This platform shall be clear of door frame.

(6) The bottom of the ramp shall have at least a six foot level run.

(7) Where the ramp exceeds thirty feet in length, level platforms shall be provided at thirty foot intervals. Level platforms shall also be provided at turns in the ramp. Platforms shall be at least thirty-two inches wide by five feet long.

D.(1) Each building shall have at least one entrance which is accessible to individuals in wheelchairs. If the building is to be equipped with elevators, this entrance shall provide access to elevators either on a level plane or by ramp.

(2) Doors shall have a clear opening of no less than thirty-two inches when open and shall be operable by a single effort. The floor on the inside and outside of each doorway shall be level for a distance of five feet from the door in the direction the door swings and shall extend one foot beyond each side of the door. Sharp inclines and abrupt changes in level shall be avoided at doorsills. As much as practicable, thresholds shall be flush with the door.

E. Steps in stairs shall be designed wherever practicable so as not to have abrupt (square) nosing. Stairs shall have handrails thirty-two inches high as measured from the tread at the face of the riser. Stairs shall have at least one handrail that extends at least eighteen inches beyond the top step and beyond the bottom step. Steps should, wherever possible, and in conformation with existing step formulas, have risers that do not exceed seven inches.

F. Floors shall wherever practicable have a surface that is nonslip. Floors on the same story shall be of a common level throughout or be connected by a ramp in accord with Subsection C of this Section.

G.(1) An appropriate number of toilet rooms shall be accessible to, and usable by, persons with physical disabilities and shall have space to allow traffic of individuals in wheelchairs.

(2) An appropriate number of toilet rooms shall have at least one toilet stall that: (a) is four feet and four inches wide, (b) is at least four feet eight inches, preferably five feet, deep, (c) has a door, where doors are used, that is thirty-two inches wide and swings out, (d) has handrails on each side, thirty-three inches high and parallel to the floor, one and one-half inches in outside diameter, with one and one-half inches clearance between rail and wall, and fastened securely at ends and center, and (e) has a water closet with the seat 20 inches from the floor.

(3) An appropriate number of toilet rooms shall have narrow aprons, which when mounted at standard height are usable by individuals in wheelchairs; or shall have lavatories mounted two inches or more from the wall and thirty-one inches from bottom rim to floor for knee space and accessibility to individuals in wheelchairs.

(4) Mirrors and shelves shall be provided above lavatories at a height as low as practicable and no higher than forty inches above the floor, measured from the top of the shelf and the bottom of the mirror.

(5) An appropriate number of toilet rooms for men shall have an appropriate number of wall-mounted urinals with the opening of the basin nineteen inches from the floor, or shall have floor-mounted urinals that are on level with the main floor of the toilet room.

(6) An appropriate number of toilet rooms shall have an appropriate number of towel racks, towel dispensers, and other dispensers and disposal units mounted no higher than forty inches from the floor.

H. An appropriate number of water fountains or other water-dispensing means shall be mounted thirty inches above the floor and in a way which will make them usable by persons with physical disabilities. Water fountains or coolers shall be hand-operated or hand-and-foot operated.

I. Where elevators are to be provided they shall be accessible to, and usable by, persons with physical disabilities at all levels normally used by the general public. Elevators shall be designed to allow for traffic by wheelchairs.

J. Switches and controls for light, heat, ventilation, windows, draperies, elevators, fire alarms, and all similar controls of frequent or essential use, shall be placed within the reach of individuals in wheelchairs.

K. Every effort shall be exercised to obviate all hazards to individuals with physical disabilities.

L. In addition to the requirements contained in Subsections A through K of this Section, each building to which this Subpart applies shall comply with the American Standard Specifications for Making Buildings and Facilities Accessible to and Usable by the Physically Handicapped, as approved on October 31, 1961 by the American Standards Association.

Added by Acts 1966, No. 204, §1; Acts 2014, No. 811, §27, eff. June 23, 2014.
La. Rev. Stat. § 49:464 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 49 / Section 464
Attorney for state board or institution
Status: in_force

Any attorney of any of the boards or institutions of state who refuses or fails to represent the board or institution of which he has been chosen attorney on the plea that he represents or is employed by a person with an adverse interest, shall resign his attorneyship, and if he fails to tender his resignation within fifteen days, his said attorneyship shall by operation of this law become vacant.
La. Rev. Stat. § 49:214.6.9 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 49 / Section 214.6.9
Authority for integrated coastal protection surveying
Status: in_force

The Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority and its authorized agents, contractors, or and employees shall also have the power to enter upon any lands, waters, and premises in the state for the purpose of making such surveys, soundings, drillings, and examinations as may be necessary or convenient for carrying out the purposes of integrated coastal protection, which entry shall not be deemed a civil or criminal trespass nor a temporary construction servitude, nor shall it be deemed an entry under any eminent domain proceedings which may be then pending, provided that prior written notice of five days to resident owners and fifteen days to nonresident owners be given to the last record property owner as reflected in the parish assessment rolls. Written notice shall consist of mailing the notice by certified mail to the last known address of the owner as shown in the current assessment records. The Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority shall indemnify the property owner for any loss or injury resultant from entry upon the property and shall make reimbursement for any actual damages resulting to lands, waters, and premises as a result of these activities.

Acts 2009, No. 523, §3, eff. July 10, 2009; Acts 2012, No. 604, §3, eff. June 7, 2012.
La. Rev. Stat. § 49:341 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 49 / Section 341
Findings and determinations
Status: in_force

Proposed federal legislation imposes restrictions on the investment by public entities of the proceeds derived from the sale of their bonds, notes, certificates, or other written obligations for the repayment of borrowed monies and certain related monies held in bond funds by requiring the rebate of certain arbitrage profits to the federal government and, in certain instances, the investment of such proceeds and monies in obligations having a yield less than the yield on the applicable bond issue, including special United States Treasury Certificates of Indebtedness, Notes and Bond - State and Local Government Series; and said proposed federal legislation provides for relief from certain of the foregoing investment restrictions if the proceeds of an issue are invested in tax-exempt bonds. It is hereby found and determined that it is desirable and necessary to enable public entities to comply with proposed federal legislation restricting the investment of bond proceeds and to provide greater flexibility and opportunities for such investments, and it is the desire of the legislature to grant additional authority for public entities to invest the proceeds derived from the sale of bonds and certain related monies held in bond funds in direct obligations of, or obligations guaranteed by, the United States of America, without regard to maturity, and in certain tax-exempt obligations.

Acts 1986, No. 66, §1, eff. June 13, 1986.
La. Rev. Stat. § 49:1301 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 49 / Section 1301
Commissioner of administration; duties; sunset review of boards, commissions, and like entities
Status: in_force

A. The commissioner of administration shall establish and maintain a website to post the information designated in R.S. 49:1302.

B.(1) If the commissioner of administration determines that a board, commission, or like entity covered by this Chapter has failed to submit the information required pursuant to R.S. 49:1304 in the manner required by this Chapter, the commissioner shall send the board, commission, or like entity a notice of noncompliance by certified mail, return receipt requested.

(2)(a)(i) If the board, commission, or like entity fails to submit the information required pursuant to R.S. 49:1304 in the manner required by this Chapter within the response period, the commissioner shall send notice detailing the failure to comply to the board, commission, or like entity and to the chief administrative officer of the department of which the board, commission, or like entity is a part, if applicable.

(ii) The commissioner shall also send notice detailing the failure to comply to the Senate Committee on Senate and Governmental Affairs, the House Committee on House and Governmental Affairs, and the oversight committees for the board, commission, or like entity.

(b)(i) Each oversight committee that receives a notice pursuant to Item (a)(ii) of this Paragraph shall within sixty days of receiving the notice evaluate the board, commission, or like entity and determine whether the board, commission, or like entity should be continued, modified, or terminated. The committee may direct the board, commission, or like entity to begin to terminate its operations and to prepare for the orderly transfer or termination of its powers, duties, responsibilities, and functions, as appropriate.

(ii) No later than thirty days prior to the beginning of a regular session, each oversight committee that received a notice pursuant to Item (a)(ii) of this Paragraph during the year prior to the year in which the session is to be held shall submit a report to the legislature and the governor. The report shall contain a summary of all action taken by the committee with respect to each such notice. The report shall also contain the committee's determination as to whether each board, commission, or like entity that was the subject of such a notice should be continued, modified, or terminated and any legislation concerning the board, commission, or like entity that the committee will propose to the legislature.

(c)(i) For purposes of this Paragraph, "response period" means the period of time beginning with the day the notice of noncompliance sent pursuant to Paragraph (1) of this Subsection is received by the board, commission, or like entity and ending ninety days later.

(ii) For purposes of this Paragraph, "oversight committees" means the standing committees of the two houses of the legislature which have usual jurisdiction over the affairs of the board, commission, or like entity.

C. The provisions of Subsection B of this Section shall not apply to any board which is responsible for the administration of any statewide retirement fund held in trust for the benefit of its participants and which retirement fund is not the direct financial responsibility of the state.

NOTE: §1301 as redesignated by Acts 2025, No. 374, eff. July 1, 2027.

§1301. Redesignated as R.S. 43:81.1 by Acts 2025, No. 374, §4(A).

Acts 2009, No. 12, §1, eff. March 1, 2010; Acts 2013, No. 184, §16; Acts 2025, No. 374, §4(A), eff. July 1, 2027.

NOTE: See Acts 2009, No. 12, §2.
La. Rev. Stat. § 49:259 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 49 / Section 259
Department of Justice Legal Support Fund
Status: in_force

A. There is hereby established in the state treasury a special fund to be known as the Department of Justice Legal Support Fund, hereinafter referred to as the "fund". The fund shall be comprised of proceeds recovered by the attorney general on behalf of the state from court judgments, settlements, fines, fees, forfeitures, and penalties; from the recovery or award of any attorney fees as provided in R.S. 42:262; or from proceeds recovered by the attorney general from any other source, which revenues are received by the attorney general for deposit into the fund, except those judgments and recoveries made on or pertaining to any office of risk management litigation, litigation involving the Department of Conservation and Energy or the Department of Environmental Quality, or to the settlement funds, judgments, or final disposition of the claims asserted in State of Louisiana v. BP Exploration & Production, et al., consolidated with In Re: Oil Spill by the Oil Rig "Deepwater Horizon" in the Gulf of Mexico, on April 20, 2010, MDL No. 2179 (E.D. La.) (hereinafter "DWH litigation"), as provided in Subsection D of this Section.

B.(1) After satisfying the requirements of the Bond Security and Redemption Fund as provided in Article VII, Section 9(B) of the Constitution of Louisiana, the treasurer shall transfer into the fund each fiscal year from proceeds received as provided in Subsection A of this Section an amount which together with the balance in the fund as of each July first is sufficient to bring the balance in the fund to fifteen million dollars annually. Annual deposits into the fund shall not exceed a total of fifteen million dollars, and the balance of the fund shall not exceed fifteen million dollars. Any proceeds received as provided in Subsection A of this Section, after making the total annual deposit into the fund of fifteen million dollars, shall be deposited into the state general fund.

(2) The attorney general shall notify the state treasurer, the Joint Legislative Committee on the Budget, and the commissioner of administration immediately upon receipt of any proceeds received as provided in Subsection A of this Section.

C.(1) The monies in the fund shall be annually appropriated to the Department of Justice solely for the purposes of defraying the costs of expert witnesses, consultants, contract legal counsel, technology, specialized employee training and education, and public education initiatives. Monies in the fund may also be used to defray the expense of employees hired, including attorneys and support staff, and to pay related expenses to represent the state.

(2) No employee salary or wages or other expenses, to be paid from the recovery or award of any attorney fees as provided in R.S. 42:262, including the recovery or award of any attorney fees resulting from the Court Order [Regarding Payment of the Gulf States' Attorneys' Fees and Costs] (Rec. Doc. 15441) issued in the DWH litigation on October 5, 2015, shall be paid by the Department of Justice, until funding is approved by the Joint Legislative Committee on the Budget.

(3) Each fiscal year, monies shall be deposited into the fund in an amount sufficient to bring the unencumbered balance in the fund to fifteen million dollars.

D. Notwithstanding the provisions of Subsection A of this Section, no proceeds shall be deposited into the fund from court-awarded judgments and settlements involving the Department of Conservation and Energy as specified in R.S. 30:136.3(B)(1), nor any judgments, settlements, or recoveries which are designated for credit to the Hazardous Waste Site Cleanup Fund, the Environmental Trust Dedicated Fund Account, or any other funds administered by the Department of Environmental Quality under the Environmental Quality Act. Notwithstanding the provisions of Subsection A of this Section, no proceeds shall be deposited into the fund from court-awarded judgments and settlements involving the Department of Transportation and Development. Notwithstanding the provisions of Subsection A of this Section, no proceeds shall be deposited into the fund from judgments, settlements, or recoveries arising from the DWH litigation, including but not limited to litigation expenses, assessment costs, court costs, or attorney fees.

E. All unexpended and unencumbered monies in the fund at the end of a fiscal year shall remain in the fund. Monies in the fund shall be invested by the treasurer in the same manner as those in the state general fund, and any interest earned on such investment shall be deposited in and credited to the state general fund.

Acts 2004, No. 586, §1, eff. June 29, 2004; Acts 2005, No. 420, §1, eff. July 1, 2006; Acts 2010, No. 1033, §1, eff. July 1, 2010; Acts 2014, No. 796, §2, eff. June 19, 2014; Acts 2016, No. 601, §4, eff. June 17, 2016; Acts 2018, No. 612, §16, eff. July 1, 2020; Acts 2019, No. 404, §1, eff. July 1, 2020; Acts 2023, No. 150, §20, eff. Jan. 10, 2024; Acts 2024, No. 723, §6, eff. July 1, 2025.
La. Rev. Stat. § 49:1056 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 49 / Section 1056
Reports
Status: in_force

The council shall prepare and distribute a periodic report on the development of GIS technology and data sharing in state government. Such reports shall be distributed to all departments in the executive branch, the president of the Senate, and the speaker of the House of Representatives. Such reports shall be made available to other interested individuals upon request, and fees may be charged for the distribution of reports to such individuals which shall not exceed the cost of preparing such reports.

Acts 1995, No. 922, §2.