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LA Rev Stat § 39:16.13 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 39 - Public Finance|§16.13. Compliance auditing

RS 16.13 - Compliance auditing  A. All state agencies shall submit to the commissioner comprehensive data sufficient to comply with the provisions of this Subpart. This data shall be of the type, extent, format, frequency, and timing specified by the commissioner.  B. Internal auditors of state agencies required to have an internal audit function shall report to the commissioner any findings of state agencies, contractors, grantees, vendors, or recipients of state funding that are not in compliance with the requirements of this Subpart.  C. The commissioner shall report agency noncompliance with this Subpart to the Joint Legislative Committee on the Budget on at least a quarterly basis.  D.(1) The legislative auditor shall perform periodic and unscheduled reviews of state agencies, contractors, grantees, vendors, or recipients of state funds to ensure compliance with this Subpart. The auditor shall report to the commissioner and the Joint Legislative Committee on the Budget any audit finding of noncompliance with the requirements of this Subpart.  (2) The auditor shall submit to the commissioner for publication on the website, all audits performed as authorized by a state agency contract, expenditure, or incentive expenditure.  E. Any state agency whose internal audit or legislative audit contains findings indicating a violation of the constitution or laws of this state or findings of fraud, waste, and abuse, shall be subject to periodic and unscheduled investigative audits by the internal auditor or the legislative auditor for a probationary period of not less than three years.  Acts 2018, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 1, §1, eff. July 1, 2018.
LA Rev Stat § 39:16.14 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 39 - Public Finance|§16.14. No authority to review, approve, or deny expenditures of the legislature or the judiciary

RS 16.14 - No authority to review, approve, or deny expenditures of the legislature or the judiciary  If the judicial branch or the legislative branch elects to join the LaGov statewide enterprise resource planning system, as opposed to being linked to LaGov through a portal, no provision of this Subpart shall be construed as conferring upon the division of administration any authority to review, approve, or deny any expenditure or contract entered into by the legislature, or by the judiciary, or to impose any requirement on the legislature or the judiciary to take any action other than to disclose expenditures and contracts entered into on or after July 1, 2018.  Acts 2018, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 1, §1, eff. July 1, 2018.
LA Rev Stat § 39:17.1 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 39 - Public Finance|§17.1. Definitions

RS 17.1 - Definitions  As used in this Subpart, the following terms shall have the meanings ascribed as follows:  (1) "Credential" means any document, certificate, identification, license, permit, or card indicating the user's status, right, privilege, classification, permission, entitlement, authority, or coverage.  (2) "Current status" includes but is not limited to valid, expired, cancelled, suspended, disqualified, active, inactive, member, nonmember, eligible, or ineligible.  (3) "Digitized credential" means a credential relayed in a data file available on any mobile device which has connectivity to the internet through an application that allows the mobile device to download the data file from the department, office, agency, company, division, university, school, board, commission, or other applicable entity and contains all of the data elements visible on the face and back of the credential, and also displays the current status of the credential.  (4) "Electronic wallet" refers to an electronic or online service or application that allows an individual to store credentials in order to access the credentials from a mobile device.  Acts 2019, No. 220, §1, eff. June 11, 2019.
LA Rev Stat § 39:17.2 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 39 - Public Finance|§17.2. Digitized credentials; authorization; implementation; validity

RS 17.2 - Digitized credentials; authorization; implementation; validity  A. Any credential authorized or required by the state may be made available in digitized format on a program which a user can utilize through an electronic wallet.  B. Any digitized credential downloaded through an application on a mobile device as provided by this Subpart shall be as valid as a tangible credential.  C. A digital copy, photograph, or image of a credential which is not downloaded through the application on a mobile device shall not be a valid digitized credential.  D. The commissioner of administration shall promulgate rules and regulations to implement the program and to develop the accessibility of any digitized credential available for use in an electronic wallet.  Acts 2019, No. 220, §1, eff. June 11, 2019.
LA Rev Stat § 39:17.3 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 39 - Public Finance|§17.3. Fee

RS 17.3 - Fee  The fee to install the application to display a digitized credential shall not exceed six dollars per credential.  Acts 2019, No. 220, §1, eff. June 11, 2019.
LA Rev Stat § 39:17.4 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 39 - Public Finance|§17.4. Privacy

RS 17.4 - Privacy  The display of a credential shall not serve as consent or authorization for a law enforcement officer or any other person to search, view, or access any other data or application on the mobile device. If a person presents his mobile device to a law enforcement officer or any other person for purposes of displaying his digitized credential, the law enforcement officer or other person shall promptly return the mobile device to the person once he has had an opportunity to verify the credential.  Acts 2019, No. 220, §1, eff. June 11. 2019.
LA Rev Stat § 39:17.5 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 39 - Public Finance|§17.5. Renewals

RS 17.5 - Renewals  A. Each agency which has a credential available on an electronic device through the electronic wallet may make the renewal of such credential available through the electronic wallet.  B. Prior to making a renewal available through the electronic wallet, each agency shall determine that the renewal process may be accomplished as provided by law and in accordance with agency rules.  C. If the person is otherwise prohibited or blocked from renewal of a credential by law or agency rules, this Section shall not create an additional or alternative means to renew a credential.  D. Prior to making renewal of a credential available through the electronic wallet, each agency shall adopt rules and regulations to implement the renewal process through the electronic wallet in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act.  Acts 2019, No. 220, §1, eff. June 11, 2019.
LA Rev Stat § 39:21.1 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 39 - Public Finance|§21.1. Consensus estimating conferences; general provisions

RS 21.1 - Consensus estimating conferences; general provisions A. The consensus estimating conference is hereby created. Each conference shall develop such official information within its responsibility area as the principals of the conference determine is needed for purposes of the state planning and budgeting system. Such official information shall be based on the assumption that current laws and current administrative practices will remain in effect throughout the period for which the information will be used. The official information developed by each consensus estimating conference shall include forecasts for a period of at least five years unless the principals of the conference unanimously agree otherwise. B. The official information developed by the Economic Estimating Conference and by the Demographic Estimating Conference shall be used by the other estimating conferences in developing their official information. C.(1) The membership of each estimating conference shall consist of principals and participants. (2) A person designated by law as a principal may preside over conference sessions, convene conference sessions, request information, specify topics to be included on the conference agenda, agree or withhold agreement on whether information is to be the official information of the conference, interpret official information of the conference, and monitor errors in official information of the conference. (3) A participant is a person who is invited to participate in the consensus estimating conference by the principals of a conference. A participant shall, at the request of any principal before or during any session of the conference, develop alternative forecasts, collect and supply data, perform analyses, or provide other information needed by the conference. The conference shall consider information provided by participants in developing its official information. D. All sessions of the consensus estimating conference shall be open to the public as provided in R.S. 42:11 et seq. Acts 1990, No. 966, §2, eff. July 1, 1990.
LA Rev Stat § 39:21.2 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 39 - Public Finance|§21.2. Use of official information by state agencies

RS 21.2 - Use of official information by state agencies Each state agency shall use the official information developed by the consensus estimating conferences in preparing its annual operating and capital outlay budget requests and for carrying out its duties under the state planning and budgeting system. Acts 1990, No. 966, §2, eff. July 1, 1990.
LA Rev Stat § 39:21.4 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 39 - Public Finance|§21.4. Sessions of consensus estimating conferences; workpapers

RS 21.4 - Sessions of consensus estimating conferences; workpapers A. How session convened. A session of a consensus estimating conference may be convened as follows: (1) For the governor. A session may be convened at the call of the office of the governor to develop information for use by the governor and executive agencies of government in preparing the governor's budget recommendations. (2) For the legislature. A session may be convened at the call of a principal who represents the legislature to develop official information on behalf of the legislature for use in its budget deliberations. (3) To review official information. After adequate notice, a session may be convened at the call of two principals to review and reconsider any official information of the conference that the principals feel is no longer valid. Any participant in the conference may notify a principal in writing if the participant feels that any official information of the conference is no longer valid. The principal so notified shall review the matter and shall notify the other principals if he feels that a session of the conference is warranted. If two or more principals agree that a session of the conference is warranted, they shall convene the conference for the purpose of reviewing and reconsidering such official information. (4) To consider special impacts. After adequate notice, two principals may call a special impact session of the conference to develop official information which reflects specific changes or proposed changes relating to the area of responsibility of the conference. B. Final sessions. Following each regular session of the legislature, each consensus estimating conference shall convene to revise its official information to reflect changes made in the law. The official information developed at this final session of the conference shall be published by the conference and shall constitute the official information of the conference until the adjournment of the next meeting of the estimating conference. The principal who is responsible for presiding over the conference shall prepare a final report relating to the official information of the conference. C. Workpapers. The principal who is responsible for presiding over the session of a consensus estimating conference is responsible for preparing and distributing the necessary workpapers prior to the meetings of the conference. Any principal may cancel a meeting of the conference if such workpapers have not been distributed at least twenty-four hours prior to a meeting at which official information is scheduled to be adopted or revised. Workpapers shall include comparisons between alternative information when such comparisons are warranted. Acts 1990, No. 966, §2, eff. July 1, 1990.
LA Rev Stat § 39:22 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 39 - Public Finance|§22. Revenue Estimating Conference

RS 22 - Revenue Estimating Conference The Revenue Estimating Conference is a conference consisting of principals and participants as follows: (1) "Principals" shall be the governor, the president of the Senate, the speaker of the House of Representatives, or their respective designees, and except as provided in R.S. 39:25(B), a faculty member with revenue forecasting expertise from a public or private university in the state selected by the other three principal members from a list of as many as five, but not less than three names, submitted to them by the Board of Regents after the board consults with the president of the Louisiana Association of Independent Colleges and Universities. (2) "Participants" shall be those persons who are invited to participate in the conference by a principal. Acts 1989, No. 836, §1, eff. July 1, 1989; Acts 2012, No. 37, §1, eff. May 4, 2012; Acts 2012, No. 251, §7A.
LA Rev Stat § 39:23 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 39 - Public Finance|§23. Official information

RS 23 - Official information "Official information" is the data, forecasts, estimates, analyses, studies, and other information which the principals of the Revenue Estimating Conference adopt for purposes of budget development, enactment, and execution as provided for in this Chapter through a process to be decided by the principals of the conference. Acts 1989, No. 836, §1, eff. July 1, 1989.
LA Rev Stat § 39:25 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 39 - Public Finance|§25. Public meetings

RS 25 - Public meetings A. All sessions and meetings of the Revenue Estimating Conference shall be open to the public as provided in R.S. 42:11 et seq. B. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, in the event the economist principal of the Revenue Estimating Conference develops a medical condition which prevents such principal from being present at a session or meeting of the Revenue Estimating Conference, such principal shall designate a faculty member of the faculty of a university or college in Louisiana who has expertise in forecasting revenues as an ad hoc member of the Revenue Estimating Conference to attend the session or meeting and act on his behalf. In the event the economist principal is incapacitated to the extent that he is unable to designate the ad hoc member as provided in this Subsection, the president of the college or university of which the economist principal is a faculty member shall make the designation on behalf of the economist principal. Acts 1989, No. 836, §1, eff. July 1, 1989; Acts 2012, No. 37, §1, eff. May 4, 2012.
LA Rev Stat § 39:26 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 39 - Public Finance|§26. Sessions

RS 26 - Sessions A. The Revenue Estimating Conference shall meet at least four times per year as follows: (1) By October fifteenth the conference shall establish an official forecast for the ensuing fiscal year which shall be utilized by the budget office in formulating the executive budget recommendations. (2) By January first the conference shall revise the official forecast for the ensuing fiscal year which shall be utilized in the preparation of the executive budget. (3) By the third Monday in March the conference shall revise the official forecast which shall be utilized by the legislature in its adoption of a state budget for the ensuing fiscal year. (4) By August fifteenth and subsequent to the final adjournment of each regular session the conference shall revise the official forecast for the fiscal year for which appropriations were made in the past regular session which shall incorporate all revenue impacts resulting from legislation enacted during the past regular session and which shall be utilized in the preparation of the state budget, as required by R.S. 39:56. B. The official forecast for the current fiscal year shall be reviewed, and revised if necessary, each time the Revenue Estimating Conference meets. C. At any time that at least two principals of the conference issue written notification that they are of the opinion that conditions warrant a possible revision of the official forecast for either the ensuing fiscal year or the current fiscal year, then a meeting of the conference shall be held for purposes of such consideration. Acts 1989, No. 836, §1, eff. July 1, 1989; Acts 1993, No. 533, §1, eff. July 1, 1993.
LA Rev Stat § 39:27 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 39 - Public Finance|§27. Presiding principal; workpapers; participant information

RS 27 - Presiding principal; workpapers; participant information A. A principal shall preside over conference sessions, convene conference sessions, request information, specify topics to be included on the conference agenda, and agree or withhold agreement on whether information is to be official information of the conference. The conference may release official information of the conference, interpret official information of the conference, and monitor errors in official information of the conference. B. The responsibility of presiding over sessions of the Revenue Estimating Conference shall be rotated annually among the principals. The principals shall elect the initial chairman from among themselves and thereafter the chairmanship shall rotate among the principals annually. No one principal shall serve as chairman more than once every four years. C. The chairman who is responsible for presiding over a session of a conference is responsible for preparing and distributing the necessary workpapers prior to that session of the conference. Any principal may cancel a meeting of the conference if such workpapers have not been distributed prior to the meeting. The workpapers shall include comparisons between alternative information where such comparisons are warranted. D. A participant shall, at the request of any principal before or during any session of the conference, develop alternative forecasts, collect and supply data, perform analyses, or provide other information needed by the conference. The conference shall consider information provided by participants in developing its official information. Acts 1989, No. 836, §1, eff. July 1, 1989.
LA Rev Stat § 39:28 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 39 - Public Finance|§28. Forms for the budget request

RS 28 - Forms for the budget request A. The budget office shall prescribe the budget request forms to be used by each budget unit. The budget office shall consult with the chairman of the House Committee on Appropriations and Senate Committee on Finance on the format and content of the forms and shall consider any suggestions relative thereto. B. On or before the twentieth day of September of each year, the budget office shall transmit to each budget unit a complete set of forms to be used by the budget unit to present its budget. The budget office shall include instructions on the proper method of completing the forms and shall provide consultation as requested by any budget unit on the establishment of measurements used to determine standards of performance and effectiveness of functions for each agency activity. C. Notwithstanding the provisions of Subsections A and B of this Section, for each postsecondary education system, institution, or budget unit which is funded or which is proposed by the Board of Regents to be funded through the funding formula for the ensuing fiscal year, the forms to be used for budget requests shall be as provided in R.S. 39:32.1. Acts 1989, No. 836, §1, eff. July 1, 1989; Acts 1998, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 49, §1, eff. July 1, 1998; Acts 2010, No. 899, §2.
LA Rev Stat § 39:30 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 39 - Public Finance|§30. Continuous financial planning

RS 30 - Continuous financial planning A. The governor shall have in continuous process of preparation and revision a tentative budget for the next year in the light of direct studies of the operation, plans, and needs of budget units and of the yields of existing and prospective sources of revenue. Upon receipt of the budget requests from the budget units the governor shall cause to be made such further inquiries and investigations, and such revisions of his tentative budget, as he may warrant. B. The governor may provide for public hearings on the budget requests submitted by the budget units and may require the attendance at such hearings of the heads or representatives of each budget unit. C. The governor-elect may advise and confer with the governor in the preparation and revision of budget recommendations, and for this purpose he shall have access to all estimates and requests submitted by the budget units in compliance with the instructions of the governor. Acts 1989, No. 836, §1, eff. July 1, 1989; Acts 1993, No. 533, §1, eff. July 1, 1993; Acts 1997, No. 1403, §2, eff. July 1, 1997.