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LA Rev Stat § 24:206 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 24 - Legislature and Laws|§206. Distribution of constitutional studies and notes

RS 206 - Distribution of constitutional studies and notes  A. The following distribution is authorized of printed sets of materials containing the explanatory statements and notes accompanying the "Project of a Constitution for the State of Louisiana", prepared by the Louisiana State Law Institute pursuant to and in accordance with its mandate in Act No. 52 of 1946:  (1) To the governor and lieutenant governor of the state of Louisiana, one set each;  (2) To the office of the secretary of state, twenty-five sets to be retained by it at all times as a permanent public document;  (3) To each member of the legislature for the year in which the sets become available for distribution, one set each;  (4) To the justices of the Louisiana Supreme Court and the judges of the Louisiana Courts of Appeal, one set each;  (5) To the clerk of the Louisiana Supreme Court, to the clerks of the Louisiana Courts of Appeal, and to the clerks of the District Courts of the state of Louisiana, three sets each for the use of their respective offices;  (6) To the recorder of mortgages for the parish of Orleans, one set for the use of his office;  (7) To the members of the next constitutional convention, one set each;  (8) To the members of the Council of the Louisiana State Law Institute, one set each;  (9) To the Hill Memorial Library of Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College, three sets for the use thereof;  (10) To the State Library of Louisiana, the Huey P. Long Memorial Library, and to the Law Library of Louisiana at New Orleans, and to the Law Libraries of Southern University of Louisiana, Tulane University of Louisiana, and Loyola University of the South, three sets each for the use of those libraries;  (11) To the Law Library of Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College, fifty sets for the use of the library and for exchange purposes with state libraries of other states, agencies, or other institutions, and with law libraries of other educational institutions in other states.  B. Printed sets of the materials described in Subsection A of this Section may also be distributed to foreign governments or foreign institutions, as well as to other institutions, agencies or organizations within the United States as a means of acknowledging and promoting assistance and full cooperation in the interchange of information regarding current social and legal developments.  Acts 1954, No. 50, §1; Acts 1991, No. 938, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 24:207 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 24 - Legislature and Laws|§207. Method of distribution

RS 207 - Method of distribution  The distribution authorized in R.S. 24:206 shall be made through the office of the secretary of state within a reasonable time after the printed sets of materials have been made available for distribution.  Added by Acts 1954, No. 50, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 24:208 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 24 - Legislature and Laws|§208. Disposition of remaining sets

RS 208 - Disposition of remaining sets  The secretary of state may sell to the general public all sets in excess of the distribution provided in R.S. 24:206 at a reasonable price not to exceed twenty percent advance on the original cost.  Added by Acts 1954, No. 50, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 24:251 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 24 - Legislature and Laws|§251. Continuous revision under supervision of Louisiana State Law Institute

RS 251 - Continuous revision under supervision of Louisiana State Law Institute  The Louisiana State Law Institute, as the official advisory law revision commission of the State of Louisiana, shall direct and supervise the continuous revision, clarification and co-ordination of the Louisiana Revised Statutes in a manner not inconsistent with the provisions of this Chapter.
LA Rev Stat § 24:252 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 24 - Legislature and Laws|§252. New legislation; incorporation in Revised Statutes; resolution of conflicting acts

RS 252 - New legislation; incorporation in Revised Statutes; resolution of conflicting acts  A. At the close of each legislative session the Louisiana State Law Institute shall prepare printer's copy, either for a supplement to the Revised Statutes of 1950, or for a volume to be called "Louisiana Revised Statutes", containing the text of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950 as they may have been amended, and omitting therefrom or noting therein, those sections that have been repealed. There shall also be incorporated therein, in an appropriate place and classification, the text of all the new legislation of a general and public nature, assigning to these laws an appropriate Title, Chapter, and Section number, and indicating the source of the legislative acts from which they are taken.  B. When a conflict between two or more legislative acts affecting the same subject matter in the same provision of law cannot be resolved for the purpose of incorporating the text into the Revised Statutes, the Louisiana State Law Institute shall so notify the secretary of the Senate and the clerk of the House of Representatives prior to preparing the printer's copy. The secretary and the clerk shall certify jointly which of the conflicting legislative acts was enacted last and jointly shall direct the institute to incorporate into the Revised Statutes the text of the provision of law last enacted.  C. The Louisiana State Law Institute shall also prepare and attach to the printer's copy a list, by number and title only, of the local, special, and private acts enacted at that session of the legislature.  Acts 1990, No. 38, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 24:253 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 24 - Legislature and Laws|§253. Incorporation of current legislation; procedure

RS 253 - Incorporation of current legislation; procedure  In preparing the printer's copy provided for in R.S. 24:252, the Louisiana State Law Institute shall not alter the sense, meaning or effect of any act of the legislature, but it may:  (1) Renumber and rearrange sections or parts of sections;  (2) Transfer sections or divide sections so as to give to distinct subject matters a separate section number, but without changing the meaning;  (3) Insert or change the wording of headnotes;  (4) Change reference numbers to agree with renumbered chapters or sections;  (5) Substitute the proper section or chapter number for the terms "this act", "the preceding section" and the like;  (6) Strike out figures where they are merely a repetition of written words and vice-versa;  (7) Change capitalization for the purpose of uniformity;  (8) Correct manifest typographical and grammatical errors, and  (9) Make any other purely formal or clerical changes in keeping with the purpose of the revision.  The Institute shall omit all titles of acts, all enacting, resolving, and repealing clauses, all appropriation measures, all temporary statutes, all declarations of emergency, and all validity, declaration of policy, and construction clauses, except when the retention thereof is necessary to preserve the full meaning and intent of the law. Whenever any validity, declaration of policy, or construction clause is omitted, proper notation of the omission shall be made.
LA Rev Stat § 24:253.1 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 24 - Legislature and Laws|§253.1. Alphabetical or numerical sequence of laws

RS 253.1 - Alphabetical or numerical sequence of laws  A. Whenever a law defines terms, enumerates provisions or items, or otherwise sets forth provisions of law in a numerical or alphabetical listing or sequence, and such provision, as enacted or amended, fails to establish or fails to maintain an existing alphabetical or numerical sequence, the Louisiana State Law Institute, in preparing the printer's copy as provided for by R.S. 24:252, shall rearrange and renumber or redesignate the provisions to the extent necessary to place all of them in consistent order.  B. This requirement is in addition to any other authority granted to the Louisiana State Law Institute in the preparation of printer's copy, particularly by R.S. 24:253.  Added by Acts 1982, No. 130, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 24:253.2 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 24 - Legislature and Laws|§253.2. Submitting copy to the secretary of the Senate and clerk of the House of Representatives

RS 253.2 - Submitting copy to the secretary of the Senate and clerk of the House of Representatives  A copy of the printer's copy prepared by the Louisiana State Law Institute for supplement to the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, the Louisiana Code of Civil Procedure, the Louisiana Code of Criminal Procedure, the Civil Code of the State of Louisiana, the Louisiana Code of Evidence, and the Louisiana Constitution of 1974 shall be submitted to the secretary of the Senate and the clerk of the House of Representatives at the time the printer's copy is transmitted to the printer. The copy shall be submitted in segments when it is prepared and transmitted to the printer in segments.  Added by Acts 1982, No. 130, §1. Amended by Acts 1992, No. 376, §5, eff. Jan. 1, 1993.
LA Rev Stat § 24:254 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 24 - Legislature and Laws|§254. Filing of copy with Secretary of State; certificate of correctness; printing

RS 254 - Filing of copy with Secretary of State; certificate of correctness; printing  The printer's copy for any edition of the Louisiana Revised Statutes, or of any supplement thereto, prepared in the manner provided in R.S. 24:252 and 24:253 shall be delivered to the secretary of state together with the certification of the Institute that each section therein has been compared with the original sections in the official copy of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, or in the case of sections of acts enacted after the adoption of the Revised Statutes of 1950, with the original provisions of the enrolled acts from which the sections were derived, and that with the exception of the changes of form permitted in R.S. 24:253, the sections in the printer's copy are correct. Upon receipt of the printer's copy, the secretary of state shall order the printing of an edition sufficient in number to supply the demand. When the edition has been printed the secretary of state shall, after making the necessary comparison with the original printer's copy, affix to one copy of the printed edition the Institute's original certificate and file the same for record in his office. All other copies of the same edition may contain a printed facsimile of the Institute's certificate.
LA Rev Stat § 24:255 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 24 - Legislature and Laws|§255. Amendment of sections prepared by the Institute

RS 255 - Amendment of sections prepared by the Institute  Any section in any subsequent edition or supplement of the Louisiana Revised Statutes, prepared by the Institute may be amended or repealed by reference to the section number, without reference to the legislative act from which the section was taken.
LA Rev Stat § 24:256 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 24 - Legislature and Laws|§256. Printing and publication of revised statutes; proof of certified edition

RS 256 - Printing and publication of revised statutes; proof of certified edition The secretary of state is authorized to enter into contracts with private publishers for the printing, publication, sale and distribution of any edition or supplement of the Louisiana Revised Statutes prepared by the Institute and certified by it pursuant to the provisions of this Chapter. Those editions so authorized by the Secretary of State and containing the printed facsimile of the Institute's certificate of correctness shall be admissible as prima facie evidence of the laws contained therein.
LA Rev Stat § 24:401 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 24 - Legislature and Laws|§401. §§401 to 411 Repealed by Acts 1988, No. 58, §5.

RS 401 - §§401 to 411 Repealed by Acts 1988, No. 58, §5.
LA Rev Stat § 24:501 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 24 - Legislature and Laws|§501. Speaker of the House of Representatives; speaker pro tempore

RS 501 - Speaker of the House of Representatives; speaker pro tempore  The speaker of the House of Representatives and the speaker pro tempore of the House of Representatives shall be elected viva voce from among the membership of the house by the membership of the house in accordance with such rules of the House of Representatives governing the election of the speaker and speaker pro tempore as were in force at the adjournment of the immediately preceding regular session of the legislature.  Added by Acts 1972, No. 325, §1. Amended by Acts 1976, No. 632, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 24:502 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 24 - Legislature and Laws|§502. Speaker of the House of Representatives; salary; expenses

RS 502 - Speaker of the House of Representatives; salary; expenses  A. The salary of the speaker of the House of Representatives shall be thirty-two thousand dollars per annum, such salary to be payable monthly on his own warrant and drawn on the general fund of the state. This salary shall be compensation to the speaker for service to the House of Representatives, including that rendered during regular and extraordinary sessions of the legislature and during the interim between sessions.  B. In addition to the days for which he is authorized a per diem as provided in R.S. 24:31 or for attendance at meetings of legislative and other committees or commissions during the interim between sessions, the speaker shall be paid the per diem authorized in R.S. 24:31 for each day spent in the state capitol in the conduct of the business of his office, upon filing of a voucher for each such day with the clerk of the House.  Added by Acts 1972, No. 325, §1. Amended by Acts 1980, No. 42, §1, eff. June 5, 1980; Acts 1984, No. 192, §1, eff. June 27, 1984; Acts 1992, No. 520, §1, June 26, 1992; Acts 1993, No. 248, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 24:503 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 24 - Legislature and Laws|§503. Expenses

RS 503 - Expenses A. The president of the Senate and the speaker of the House of Representatives shall be entitled to be reimbursed for actual expenses, including but not limited to travel, lodging expenses, and for attendance at meetings, conferences, and appearances in connection with their official duties, in an amount not to exceed ten thousand dollars per annum, to be paid monthly on their own warrants and drawn on the general fund of the state. B. The president of the Senate and speaker of the House of Representatives shall be entitled to be reimbursed for expenses incurred in maintaining a residence in the capital city, in an amount not to exceed one thousand dollars per month, upon filing an itemized statement of expenses and appropriate invoices or receipts supporting the same with the chief clerical officer of their respective house of the legislature. Added by Acts 1972, No. 325, §1. Amended by Acts 1975, No. 605, §1, eff. May 10, 1976; Acts 1981, No. 257, §1; Acts 1997, No. 1316, §1, eff. July 1, 1997.
LA Rev Stat § 24:504 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 24 - Legislature and Laws|§504. Speaker pro tempore; assumption of duties of speaker; salary

RS 504 - Speaker pro tempore; assumption of duties of speaker; salary A. The speaker pro tempore of the House of Representatives shall, upon the death of the speaker of the House of Representatives, assume the powers, duties, responsibilities, and emoluments of the speaker of the House until the first regular or special session of the legislature thereafter, at which time a new speaker shall be elected. The speaker pro tempore, in the event of the disability or absence of the speaker of the House of Representatives as certified by the speaker of the House or a majority of the members of the House of Representatives by roll call vote or mail ballot, shall assume the powers, duties, and responsibilities of the speaker until the termination of such disability or absence, and the House of Representatives shall make appropriate financial recompense for such service. B. The salary of the speaker pro tempore of the House of Representatives shall be twenty-four thousand five hundred dollars per annum. This salary shall be compensation to the speaker pro tempore for service to the House of Representatives, including that rendered during regular and extraordinary sessions of the legislature and during the interim between sessions. The salary provided for in this Section shall be payable in the same manner as provided in R.S. 24:31.1(B). The speaker pro tempore shall be entitled to the per diem and all other allowances provided by law for members of the Legislature of Louisiana. Added by Acts 1972, No. 325, §1; Acts 1997, No. 1316, §1, eff. July 1, 1997.
LA Rev Stat § 24:505 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 24 - Legislature and Laws|§505. President of the Senate; president pro tempore

RS 505 - President of the Senate; president pro tempore  The president of the Senate and the president pro tempore of the Senate shall be elected from among the membership of the Senate by the membership thereof in accordance with the rules of the Senate governing the election of the president and president pro tempore.  Added by Acts 1975, No. 605, §1, eff. May 10, 1976.
LA Rev Stat § 24:506 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 24 - Legislature and Laws|§506. President of the Senate; salary; expenses

RS 506 - President of the Senate; salary; expenses  A. The salary of the president of the Senate shall be thirty-two thousand dollars per annum, such salary to be payable monthly on his own warrant and drawn on the general fund of the state. This salary shall be compensation to the president for service to the Senate, including that rendered during regular and extraordinary sessions of the legislature and during the interim between sessions.  B. In addition to the days for which he is authorized a per diem as provided in R.S. 24:31 or for attendance at meetings of legislative and other committees or commissions during the interim between sessions, the president shall be paid the per diem authorized in R.S. 24:31 for each day spent in the state capitol in the conduct of the business of his office, upon filing of a voucher for each such day with the secretary of the Senate.  Added by Acts 1975, No. 605, §1, eff. May 10, 1976. Amended by Acts 1980, No. 42, §1, eff. June 5, 1980; Acts 1984, No. 192, §1, eff. June 27, 1984; Acts 1992, No. 520, §1, eff. June 26, 1992; Acts 1993, No. 248, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 24:507 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 24 - Legislature and Laws|§507. President pro tempore; assumption of duties of president; salary

RS 507 - President pro tempore; assumption of duties of president; salary A. The president pro tempore of the Senate shall, upon the death of the president of the Senate, assume the powers, duties, responsibilities, and emoluments of the president of the Senate until the first regular or extraordinary session of the legislature thereafter, at which time a new president shall be elected. The president pro tempore, in the event of the disability or absence of the president of the Senate as certified by the president of the Senate or by a majority of the members of the Senate by roll call vote or mail ballot, shall assume the powers, duties, and responsibilities of the president until the termination of such disability or absence, and the Senate shall make appropriate financial recompense for such service. B. The salary of the president pro tempore of the Senate shall be twenty-four thousand five hundred dollars per annum. This salary shall be compensation to the president pro tempore for service to the Senate, including that rendered during regular and extraordinary sessions of the legislature and during the interim between sessions. The salary provided for in this Section shall be payable in the same manner as provided in R.S. 24:31.1(B). The president pro tempore shall be entitled to the per diem and all other allowances provided by law for members of the Legislature of Louisiana. Added by Acts 1975, No. 605, §1, eff. May 10, 1976; Acts 1997, No. 1316, §1, eff. July 1, 1997.
LA Rev Stat § 24:511 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 24 - Legislature and Laws|§511. Qualification; term; oath; bond; vacancies; authority to administer oaths and take testimony

RS 511 - Qualification; term; oath; bond; vacancies; authority to administer oaths and take testimony A. The legislative auditor shall be a duly qualified elector and a licensed certified public accountant, and shall serve at the pleasure of the legislature. B. The legislative auditor shall take an oath of office and give bond with good and solvent surety in the sum of fifty thousand dollars in favor of the president of the Senate and the speaker of the House of Representatives, jointly, and conditioned upon the faithful performance of the duties of his office. This bond shall be filed in the office of the secretary of state within thirty days after the issuance of his commission by the governor. C. Any vacancy in the office of legislative auditor shall be filled on a temporary basis with the concurrence of the president of the Senate, the speaker of the House of Representatives, and the chairman and vice chairman of the Legislative Audit Advisory Council, or any three of them, until such time as the vacancy is filled by the legislature. D. The legislative auditor is authorized to administer oaths and take the testimony of those sworn. E. There shall be a first assistant legislative auditor who shall be appointed by the legislative auditor, subject to Senate confirmation, who shall serve at the pleasure of the legislative auditor at a salary fixed by the legislative auditor. The duties of the first assistant legislative auditor shall be determined and assigned by the legislative auditor. The first assistant legislative auditor shall serve as acting legislative auditor in the absence of the legislative auditor or if a vacancy occurs in the office of legislative auditor until a temporary legislative auditor is appointed or until a new legislative auditor is elected by the legislature. Acts 1975, No. 744, §1; Acts 1991, No. 610, §1, eff. Dec. 31, 1991; Acts 1999, No. 245, §1, eff. July 1, 1999; Acts 1999, No. 360, §1; Acts 2004, No. 614, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 24:511.1 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 24 - Legislature and Laws|§511.1. Special Recommendation Commission

RS 511.1 - Special Recommendation Commission A. The Special Recommendation Commission is hereby established. The purpose of the commission shall be to submit to the legislature the name of any person or persons whom the commission recommends to permanently fill a vacancy in the office of legislative auditor. It shall be comprised of the following members: (1) The president and president pro tempore of the Senate. (2) The speaker and speaker pro tempore of the House of Representatives. (3) The chairman and vice chairman of the Legislative Audit Advisory Council. (4) The chairman, or vice chairman if designated to serve by the chairman, of each of the following committees: (a) Senate and Governmental Affairs Committee. (b) House and Governmental Affairs Committee. (c) Senate Finance Committee. (d) House Appropriations Committee. (e) Senate Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Committee. (f) House Ways and Means Committee. B. The commission shall notify the members of the legislature of a vacancy in the office of legislative auditor within fifteen days after the occurrence of such vacancy. C. In addition to any other nominees considered by the commission for the office of legislative auditor, the commission shall also consider any nominee submitted to the commission by a member of the legislature. D. The commission shall submit to the legislature its recommendation to fill the office of legislative auditor not later than the convening of the next legislative session after the occurrence of the vacancy in the office of legislative auditor. Acts 1999, No. 245, §1, eff. July 1, 1999.