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LA Rev Stat § 49:961 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 49 - State Administration|§961. Licenses

RS 961 - Licenses  A. When the grant, denial, or renewal of a license is required to be preceded by notice and opportunity for hearing, the provisions of this Chapter concerning adjudication shall apply.  B. When a licensee has made timely and sufficient application for the renewal of a license or a new license with reference to any activity of a continuing nature, the existing license shall not expire until the application has been finally determined by the agency, and, in case the application is denied or the terms of the new license limited, until the last day for seeking review of the agency order or a later date fixed by order of the reviewing court.  C. No revocation, suspension, annulment, or withdrawal of any license is lawful unless, prior to the institution of agency proceedings, the agency gives notice by mail to the licensee of facts or conduct which warrant the intended action, and the licensee is given an opportunity to show compliance with all lawful requirements for the retention of the license. If the agency finds that public health, safety, or welfare imperatively requires emergency action, and incorporates a finding to that effect in its order, summary suspension of a license may be ordered pending proceedings for revocation or other action. These proceedings shall be promptly instituted and determined.  Acts 1966, No. 382, §11, eff. July 1, 1967.
LA Rev Stat § 49:962 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 49 - State Administration|§962. Declaratory orders and rulings

RS 962 - Declaratory orders and rulings Each agency shall provide by rule for the filing and prompt disposition of petitions for declaratory orders and rulings as to the applicability of any statutory provision or of any rule or order of the agency. Declaratory orders and rulings shall have the same status as agency decisions or orders in adjudicated cases. Acts 1966, No. 382, §12, eff. July 1, 1967; Acts 1995, No. 947, §6, eff. Jan. 1, 1996.
LA Rev Stat § 49:962.1 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 49 - State Administration|§962.1. Judicial review, rule to show cause for permit applicants

RS 962.1 - Judicial review, rule to show cause for permit applicants A. If the secretary does not grant or deny a permit, license, registration, variance, or compliance schedule for which the applicant had applied within the time period as provided for in R.S. 30:26 and 2022(C), R.S. 49:214.30(C)(2), and R.S. 56:6(26), the applicant has the authority, on motion in a court of competent jurisdiction, to take a rule on the secretary to show cause in not less than two nor more than thirty days, exclusive of holidays, why the applicant should not be granted the permit, license, registration, variance, or compliance schedule for which the applicant had applied. The rule may be tried out of term and in chambers. B. In any trial or hearing on the rule, the applicant shall be entitled to a presumption that the facts as stated in the affidavit of the applicant, which shall be attached to the rule are true. The rule of the applicant shall be denied by the court only if the secretary provides clear and convincing evidence of an unavoidable cause for the delay. However, in denying the rule, the court shall decree that the secretary shall grant or deny the application within a time set by the court, or the application shall be granted without further action of the secretary or the court. C. If the rule is made absolute, the order rendered thereon shall be considered a judgment in favor of the applicant granting the applicant the permit, license, registration, variance, or compliance schedule for which the applicant had applied. D. The provisions of Subsections A, B, and C of this Section shall not apply to permit applications submitted under the Louisiana Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (LPDES) program under the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality. Acts 1991, No. 828, §2; Acts 1995, No. 601, §2.
LA Rev Stat § 49:963 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 49 - State Administration|§963. Judicial review of validity or applicability of rules

RS 963 - Judicial review of validity or applicability of rules A.(1) The validity or applicability of a rule may be determined in an action for declaratory judgment in the district court of the parish in which the agency is located. (2) The agency shall be made a party to the action. B.(1) If, before the date set for hearing, application is made to the court for leave to present additional evidence, and it is shown to the satisfaction of the court that the additional evidence is material and that there were good reasons for failure to present it in the proceeding before the agency, the court may order that the additional evidence be taken before the agency upon conditions determined by the court. (2) The agency may modify its findings and decision by reason of the additional evidence and shall file that evidence and any modifications, new findings, or decisions with the reviewing court. C. The court shall declare the rule invalid or inapplicable if it finds that it violates constitutional provisions or exceeds the statutory authority of the agency or was adopted without substantial compliance with required rulemaking procedures. D. An action for a declaratory judgment under this Section may be brought only after the plaintiff has requested the agency to pass upon the validity or applicability of the rule in question and only upon a showing that review of the validity and applicability of the rule in conjunction with review of a final agency decision in a contested adjudicated case would not provide an adequate remedy and would inflict irreparable injury. E. Upon a determination by the court that any statement, guide, requirement, circular, directive, explanation, interpretation, guideline, or similar measure constitutes a rule as defined by R.S. 49:951(6) and that such measure has not been properly adopted and promulgated pursuant to this Chapter, the court shall declare the measure invalid and inapplicable. It shall not be necessary that all administrative remedies be exhausted. Acts 1966, No. 382, §13, eff. July 1, 1967; Acts 1991, No. 639, §1, eff. July 17, 1991; Acts 1997, No. 1043, §1, eff. July 11, 1997.
LA Rev Stat § 49:964.1 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 49 - State Administration|§964.1. Judicial review; attorney fees; court costs; report

RS 964.1 - Judicial review; attorney fees; court costs; report A. If an agency or official thereof, or other person acting on behalf of an agency or official thereof, files a petition for judicial review of a final decision or order in an adjudication proceeding and such agency, official, or person does not prevail in the final disposition of the judicial review, the agency shall be responsible for the payment of reasonable attorney fees and court costs of the other party. B. Notwithstanding any provision of R.S. 13:4521 to the contrary, an agency or official thereof, or other person acting on behalf of an agency or official thereof, which files a petition for judicial review of a final decision or order in an adjudication proceeding shall be required to pay court costs. C. All payments for litigation expenses required by this Section shall be paid from the agency's regular operating budget. Each agency which has paid such litigation expenses shall submit a detailed report of all such payments from the prior fiscal year to its legislative oversight committees and to the Joint Legislative Committee on the Budget no later than November fifteenth of each year. For the purposes of this Subsection and of R.S. 49:992(H), the term "litigation expenses" shall mean court costs and attorney fees of the agency and of any other party if the agency was required to pay such costs and fees. Acts 2003, No. 1271, §1, eff. July 11, 2003.
LA Rev Stat § 49:965 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 49 - State Administration|§965. Appeals

RS 965 - Appeals  An aggrieved party may obtain a review of any final judgment of the district court by appeal to the appropriate circuit court of appeal. The appeal shall be taken as in other civil cases.  Acts 1966, No. 382, §15, eff. July 1, 1967.
LA Rev Stat § 49:965.1 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 49 - State Administration|§965.1. Expenses of administrative proceedings; right to recover

RS 965.1 - Expenses of administrative proceedings; right to recover  A. When a small business files a petition seeking: (1) relief from the application or enforcement of an agency rule or regulation, (2) judicial review of the validity or applicability of an agency rule, (3) judicial review of an adverse declaratory order or ruling, or (4) judicial review of a final decision or order in an adjudication proceeding, the petition may include a claim against the agency for the recovery of reasonable litigation expenses. If the small business prevails and the court determines that the agency acted without substantial justification, the court may award such expenses, in addition to granting any other appropriate relief.  B. A small business shall be deemed to have prevailed in an action when, in the final disposition, its position with respect to the agency rule or declaratory order or ruling is maintained, or when there is no adjudication, stipulation, or acceptance of liability on its part. However, a small business shall not be deemed to have prevailed, if the action was commenced at the instance of, or on the basis of a complaint by, anyone other than an officer, agent, or employee of the agency and was dismissed by the agency on a finding of no cause for the action or settled without a finding of fault on the part of the small business.  C. An agency shall pay any award made against it pursuant to this Section from funds in its regular operating budget and shall, at the time of its submission of its proposed annual budget, submit to the division of administration and to the presiding officer of each house of the legislature a report of all such awards paid during the previous fiscal year.  D. As used in this Section:  (1) "Reasonable litigation expenses" means any expenses, not exceeding seven thousand five hundred dollars in connection with any one claim, reasonably incurred in opposing or contesting the agency action, including costs and expenses incurred in both the administrative proceeding and the judicial proceeding, fees and expenses of expert or other witnesses, and attorney fees.  (2) "Small business" means a small business as defined by the Small Business Administration, which for purposes of size eligibility or other factors, meets the applicable criteria set forth in 13 Code of Federal Regulations, Part 121, as amended.  Added by Acts 1982, No. 497, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 49:965.2 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 49 - State Administration|§965.2. Redesignated as R.S. 49:978.1 pursuant to Acts 2019, No. 204, §2(A), eff. Feb. 1, 2020.

RS 965.2 - Redesignated as R.S. 49:978.1 pursuant to Acts 2019, No. 204, §2(A), eff. Feb. 1, 2020.  Acts 2008, No. 820, §1; Acts 2019, No. 204, §2(A), eff. Feb. 1, 2020.
LA Rev Stat § 49:965.3 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 49 - State Administration|§965.3. Redesignated as R.S. 49:978.2 pursuant to Acts 2019, No. 204, §2(A), eff. Feb. 1, 2020.

RS 965.3 - Redesignated as R.S. 49:978.2 pursuant to Acts 2019, No. 204, §2(A), eff. Feb. 1, 2020.  Acts 2008, No. 820, §1; Acts 2019, No. 204, §2(A), eff. Feb. 1, 2020.
LA Rev Stat § 49:965.4 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 49 - State Administration|§965.4. Redesignated as R.S. 49:978.3 pursuant to Acts 2019, No. 204, §2(A), eff. Feb. 1, 2020.

RS 965.4 - Redesignated as R.S. 49:978.3 pursuant to Acts 2019, No. 204, §2(A), eff. Feb. 1, 2020.  Acts 2008, No. 820, §1; Acts 2010, No. 861, §21; Acts 2019, No. 204, §2(A), eff. Feb. 1, 2020.
LA Rev Stat § 49:965.5 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 49 - State Administration|§965.5. Redesignated as R.S. 49:978.4 pursuant to Acts 2019, No. 204, §2(A), eff. Feb. 1, 2020.

RS 965.5 - Redesignated as R.S. 49:978.4 pursuant to Acts 2019, No. 204, §2(A), eff. Feb. 1, 2020.  Acts 2008, No. 820, §1; Acts 2019, No. 204, §2(A), eff. Feb. 1, 2020.
LA Rev Stat § 49:965.6 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 49 - State Administration|§965.6. Redesignated as R.S. 49:978.5 pursuant to Acts 2019, No. 204, §2(A), eff. Feb. 1, 2020.

RS 965.6 - Redesignated as R.S. 49:978.5 pursuant to Acts 2019, No. 204, §2(A), eff. Feb. 1, 2020.  Acts 2008, No. 820, §1; Acts 2019, No. 204, §2(A), eff. Feb. 1, 2020.
LA Rev Stat § 49:965.7 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 49 - State Administration|§965.7. Redesignated as R.S. 49:978.6 pursuant to Acts 2019, No. 204, §2(A), eff. Feb. 1, 2020.

RS 965.7 - Redesignated as R.S. 49:978.6 pursuant to Acts 2019, No. 204, §2(A), eff. Feb. 1, 2020.  Acts 2008, No. 820, §1; Acts 2019, No. 204, §2(A), eff. Feb. 1, 2020.
LA Rev Stat § 49:965.8 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 49 - State Administration|§965.8. Redesignated as R.S. 49:978.7 pursuant to Acts 2019, No. 204, §2(A), eff. Feb. 1, 2020.

RS 965.8 - Redesignated as R.S. 49:978.7 pursuant to Acts 2019, No. 204, §2(A), eff. Feb. 1, 2020.  Acts 2008, No. 820, §1; Acts 2019, No. 204, §2(A), eff. Feb. 1, 2020.
LA Rev Stat § 49:966 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 49 - State Administration|§966. Construction and effect; judicial cognizance

RS 966 - Construction and effect; judicial cognizance  A. Nothing in this Chapter shall be held to diminish the constitutional rights of any person or to limit or repeal additional requirements imposed by statute or otherwise recognized by law. Notwithstanding the foregoing, and except as provided in R.S. 49:967, any and all statutory requirements regarding the adoption or promulgation of rules other than those contained in Sections 953, 954, 954.1, and 968 of this Title are hereby superseded by the provisions of this Chapter and are repealed. Except as otherwise required by law, all requirements or privileges relating to evidence or procedure shall apply equally to agencies and persons. Every agency is granted all authority necessary to comply with the requirements of this Chapter through the issuance of rules or otherwise.  B. If any provision of this Chapter or the application thereof is held invalid, the remainder of this Chapter or other applications of such provision shall not be affected. No subsequent legislation shall be held to supersede or modify the provisions of this Chapter except to the extent that such legislation shall do so expressly.  C. The courts of this state shall take judicial cognizance of rules promulgated in the Louisiana Register under the provisions of this Chapter.  D. Repealed by Acts 1978, No. 252, §3.  Acts 1966, No. 382, §16, eff. July 1, 1967. Amended by Acts 1979, No. 578, §§1, 2, eff. July 18, 1979; Acts 2013, No. 220, §23, eff. June 11, 2013; Acts 2014, No. 791, §18.
LA Rev Stat § 49:967 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 49 - State Administration|§967. Exemptions from provisions of Chapter

RS 967 - Exemptions from provisions of Chapter A. Chapter 13 of Title 49 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950 shall not be applicable to the Board of Tax Appeals, the Department of Revenue, with the exception of the Louisiana Tax Commission that shall continue to be governed by this Chapter in its entirety, unless otherwise specifically provided by law, and the administrator of the Louisiana Employment Security Law; however, the provisions of R.S. 49:951(2), (4), (5), (6), and (7), 952, 953, 954, 954.1, 968, 969, and 970 shall be applicable to such board, department, and administrator. B.(1) The provisions of R.S. 49:968(F) and 970 shall not be applicable to any rule promulgated by the State Civil Service Commission or the Public Service Commission. (2) The provisions of this Chapter shall not be applicable to entities created as provided in Part V of Chapter 6 of Title 34 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950. C. The provisions of R.S. 49:963, 964, and 965 shall not be applicable to any rule, regulation, or order of any agency subject to a right of review under the provisions of R.S. 30:12. D. Repealed by Acts 2010, No. 777, §3. E. The provisions of R.S. 49:963, 964, and 965 shall not apply to any rule, regulation, or policy and procedure statements issued by or for the Department of Public Safety and Corrections, corrections services, concerning: (1) The internal management and daily operations of a correctional institute, probation and parole district office, or headquarters function. (2) General law statements that are substantially repetitions of state or federal law. (3) The implementation and processes for carrying out a court-ordered sentence of death and any and all matters related to the regulations for the sentence of death. F. The provisions of R.S. 49:963, 964, and 965 shall apply only to the regulations and policies of the Department of Public Safety and Corrections, corrections services, that affect the substantial rights of, or administrative remedies available to, the public or any offender incarcerated in a state correctional facility or local jail facility. Acts 1983, No. 409, §2. Acts 1984, No. 244, §1; Acts 1985, No. 869, §1, eff. July 23, 1985; Acts 1986, No. 494, §1; Acts 1990, No. 248, §1; Acts 1992, No. 53, §1; Acts 1997, No. 1172, §9, eff. June 30, 1997; Acts 1997, No. 1484, §1, eff. July 16, 1997; Acts 2010, No. 777, §3; Acts 2010, No. 889, §2.
LA Rev Stat § 49:967.1 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 49 - State Administration|§967.1. Application of Chapter to rules and fees

RS 967.1 - Application of Chapter to rules and fees A.(1) The legislature recognizes that it is essential to the operation of a democratic government that prior to the adoption, amendment, or repeal of any rule or the adoption, increasing, or decreasing of any fee, that the provisions of this Chapter be followed, except as otherwise specifically excepted, exempted, or limited by law. (2) The legislature further recognizes that it is essential to the operation of a democratic government that the people be made aware of all exceptions, exemptions, and limitations to this Chapter. In order to foster the people's awareness, the legislature declares that all exceptions, exemptions, and limitations to this Chapter pertaining to the adoption, amendment, or repeal of any rule or the adoption, increasing, or decreasing of any fee be cited or provided for in this Chapter or the Constitution of Louisiana. B. The legislature further recognizes that there exist specific exceptions, exemptions, and limitations to the laws pertaining to the adoption, amendment, or repeal of any rule or the adoption, increasing, or decreasing of any fee throughout the revised statutes and codes of this state. Such exceptions, exemptions, and limitations are hereby continued in effect by incorporation into this Chapter by citation: (1) R.S. 6:121.1(A), 121.3(A), 969.34, and 1092(F). (2) R.S. 9:3552(C), 3556.2(A), and 3561(D)(2). (3) R.S. 13:4202(B)(2). (4) R.S. 18:1511.2(B). (5) R.S. 22:1260.10(B). (6) R.S. 27:220(C). (7) R.S. 29:788(C). (8) R.S. 30:4(I)(5), 918(B), and 925(A)(2) and (D). (9) R.S. 37:1806.1(B) and 3012(B)(1). (10) R.S. 40:5.3(B), 406(B)(1), and 600.6(A)(4)(b). (11) R.S. 49:258(1). (12) R.S. 51:1285(A), 1929.1(A), 2389.1(A), and 3090. (13) R.S. 56:319(D), and 2014. C. The legislature further recognizes that there exist provisions of law which authorize an agency to adopt, increase, or decrease a fee without specifically providing that such action shall be taken in accordance with this Chapter. Any action taken pursuant to such authorization shall be in accordance with this Chapter, unless it is specifically otherwise excepted, exempted, or limited in the Constitution of Louisiana or in law. D. The provisions of this Chapter relative to fees shall not be applicable to a higher education management board created by Article VIII, Section 6, 7, or 7.1 of the Constitution of Louisiana. Acts 2010, No. 775, §1, eff. June 30, 2010.
LA Rev Stat § 49:968.1 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 49 - State Administration|§968.1. Review of rules relative to state content standards; elementary and secondary education

RS 968.1 - Review of rules relative to state content standards; elementary and secondary education  A. Each rule proposed by the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education to adopt, amend, suspend, or repeal state content standards for use in public elementary and secondary schools shall be submitted to the Senate Committee on Education and the House Committee on Education for review, in accordance with the provisions of this Chapter.  B. State content standards proposed to be adopted by rule pursuant to this Section shall not be subject to severability in consideration by a legislative committee or the governor in oversight determinations. The state content standards set forth in a proposed rule shall be considered in globo in any determination of acceptability or unacceptability for oversight purposes.  Acts 2015, No. 245, §2.
LA Rev Stat § 49:969 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 49 - State Administration|§969. Legislative veto, amendment, or suspension of rules, regulations, and fees

RS 969 - Legislative veto, amendment, or suspension of rules, regulations, and fees  A. In addition to the procedures provided in R.S. 49:968 for review of the exercise of the rulemaking authority delegated by the legislature to state agencies, as defined by this Chapter, the legislature, by Concurrent Resolution, may suspend, amend, or repeal any rule or regulation or body of rules or regulations, or any fee or any increase, decrease, or repeal of any fee, adopted by a state department, agency, board, or commission. The Louisiana Register shall publish a brief summary of any Concurrent Resolution adopted by the legislature pursuant to this Section. Such summary shall be published not later than forty-five days after signing of such Resolution by the presiding officers of the legislature.  B. Notwithstanding the provisions of Subsection A of this Section, a rule adopted by the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education relative to state content standards adopted by the board for use in public elementary and secondary schools, may not be amended by the legislature and may be suspended or repealed only in its entirety.  Added by Acts 1980, No. 660, §1. Acts 1995, No. 1109, §1, eff. Oct. 1, 1995; Acts 2015, No. 245, §2.
LA Rev Stat § 49:970 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 49 - State Administration|§970. Gubernatorial suspension or veto of rules and regulations

RS 970 - Gubernatorial suspension or veto of rules and regulations  A. The governor, by executive order, may suspend or veto any rule or regulation or body of rules or regulations adopted by a state department, agency, board or commission, except as provided in R.S. 49:967, within thirty days of their adoption. Upon the execution of such an order, the governor shall transmit copies thereof to the speaker of the House of Representatives and president of the Senate.  B. Notwithstanding the provisions of Subsection A of this Section, the governor may suspend or veto a rule adopted by the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education relative to state content standards adopted by the board for use in public elementary and secondary schools only in its entirety.  Added by Acts 1981, No. 453, §1; Acts 2015, No. 245, §2.