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LA Rev Stat § 24:56.1 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 24 - Legislature and Laws|§56.1. Fundraising functions

RS 56.1 - Fundraising functions A. The provisions of R.S. 24:56(A), (B), and (C) shall not apply to a fundraising function conducted by or for a legislator during a session of the legislature called pursuant to Article III, Section 2(B) or (C) of the Constitution of Louisiana or held pursuant to Article III, Section 18(C) of the Constitution of Louisiana. B. No fundraising function shall be held for or by a legislator during any session of the legislature convened pursuant to Article III, Section 2(B) of the Constitution of Louisiana unless notice of the function has been filed with the board no later than two business days after the issuance of the proclamation stating the objects of the session. Acts 2001, No. 1181, §2, eff. June 29, 2001; Acts 2004, No. 783, §2. NOTE: See Acts 2001, No. 1181, §5, relative to remedial nature and retroactive effect.
LA Rev Stat § 24:57 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 24 - Legislature and Laws|§57. Administration

RS 57 - Administration The board, in performance of its duties under this Part, shall: (1) Register lobbyists and assign lobbyist registration numbers as required by this Part. (2) Issue to each registered lobbyist at the time of initial registration a copy of this Part and any rules adopted pursuant to this Part. (3) Establish and maintain access to a searchable electronic database available to the public via the Internet. (4) Establish forms for the registration and reports required by this Part, including clear and concise instructions on how to properly complete the forms particularly regarding the reporting of expenditures by the lobbyist and any expenditures of the employer or principal of the lobbyist in the manner required by this Part. (5) Promulgate forms which allow a lobbyist to register, renew registration, file supplemental registration forms, and file reports pursuant to this Part and Part IV of Chapter 1 of Title 49 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950. Acts 1993, No. 965, §1, eff. Aug. 15, 1993; Acts 1996, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 64, §3, eff. July 1, 1996; Acts 2008, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 13, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2009; Acts 2008, No. 683, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2009; Acts 2008, No. 709, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2009.
LA Rev Stat § 24:58.1 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 24 - Legislature and Laws|§58.1. Additional remedies; contract defeat or voidability

RS 58.1 - Additional remedies; contract defeat or voidability A. Any person who violates the provisions of R.S. 24:56(G) shall have engaged in a misrepresentation sufficient to defeat or void the contract such person entered into to act in a representative capacity for the purpose of lobbying. Any effort to register or to file a supplemental registration after any remedy or relief relative to such a violation is sought pursuant to any provision of law shall not be sufficient to reverse the misrepresentation. B. The board shall afford any person accused of violating R.S. 24:56(G) a hearing in accordance with the provisions of Part III of Chapter 15 of Title 42 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950. If the board finds that a person violated the provisions of R.S. 24:56(G), the board shall order that the contract entered into for the purpose of lobbying by such person is void and the provisions thereof unenforceable. C. The provisions of this Section shall be in addition to any other applicable penalties or any other remedy or relief provided by law. Acts 2006, No. 368, §1, eff. June 15, 2006. NOTE: See Acts 2006, No. 368, §2, relative to application of Act.
LA Rev Stat § 24:59 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 24 - Legislature and Laws|§59. Repealed by Acts 1996, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 64, §9, eff. July 1, 1996. (Acts 1996, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 66, §4, repealed §59(B) eff. Jan. 1, 1997).

RS 59 - Repealed by Acts 1996, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 64, §9, eff. July 1, 1996. (Acts 1996, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 66, §4, repealed §59(B) eff. Jan. 1, 1997).
LA Rev Stat § 24:61 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 24 - Legislature and Laws|§61. Short title

RS 61 - Short title  This Part shall be known as the "Emergency Interim Legislative Succession Act."  Acts 1963, No. 113, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 24:62 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 24 - Legislature and Laws|§62. Declaration of policy

RS 62 - Declaration of policy  The legislature declares:  (1) that recent technological developments make possible an enemy attack of unprecedented destructiveness, which may result in the death or inability to act of a large proportion of the membership of the legislature;  (2) that to conform in time of attack to existing legal requirements pertaining to the legislature would be impracticable, would admit of undue delay, and would jeopardize continuity of operation of a legally constituted legislature; and  (3) that it is therefore necessary to adopt special provisions as hereinafter set out for the effective operation of the legislature.  Acts 1963, No. 113, §2.
LA Rev Stat § 24:63 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 24 - Legislature and Laws|§63. Definitions

RS 63 - Definitions  As used in this Part:  (1) "Attack" means any action or series of actions taken by an enemy of the United States resulting in substantial damage or injury to persons or property in this state, whether through sabotage, bombs, missiles, shellfire, or atomic, radiological, chemical, bacteriological or biological means or other weapons or methods.  (2) "Unavailable" means absent from the place of session (other than on official business of the legislature), or unable for physical, mental or legal reasons to exercise the powers and discharge the duties of a legislator, whether or not such absence or inability would give rise to a vacancy under existing constitutional or statutory provisions.  Acts 1963, No. 113, §3.
LA Rev Stat § 24:64 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 24 - Legislature and Laws|§64. Designation of emergency interim successors to legislators

RS 64 - Designation of emergency interim successors to legislators  Each legislator shall designate a panel of not less than three nor more than seven emergency interim successors to his powers and duties. Each legislator shall review and, as necessary, promptly revise such panel of emergency interim successors to his powers and duties to insure that at all times there are at least three such qualified emergency interim successors on said panel. Such panels and all revisions thereof shall be filed in the office of the secretary of state.  Acts 1963, No. 113, §4. Amended by Acts 1968, No. 472, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 24:65 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 24 - Legislature and Laws|§65. Status, qualifications and term of emergency interim successors

RS 65 - Status, qualifications and term of emergency interim successors  An emergency interim successor is one who is designated for possible temporary succession to the powers and duties, but not the office, of a legislator. No person shall be designated or serve as an emergency interim successor unless he may under the constitution and statutes hold the office of the legislator to whose powers and duties he is designated to succeed, but no constitutional or statutory provision prohibiting a legislator from holding another office or prohibiting the holder of another office from being a legislator shall be applicable to an emergency interim successor. An emergency interim successor shall serve at the pleasure of the legislator designating him or of any subsequent incumbent of the legislative office.  Acts 1963, No. 113, §5.
LA Rev Stat § 24:66 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 24 - Legislature and Laws|§66. Contingent method of designating emergency interim successors

RS 66 - Contingent method of designating emergency interim successors  Prior to an attack, if a legislator fails to designate a panel containing the required minimum number of emergency interim successors within thirty days following July 31, 1968 or, after such period, if for any reason the number of emergency interim successors on said panel for any legislator falls below the required minimum and remains below such minimum for a period of thirty days, the governor shall promptly designate as many emergency interim successors as are required to achieve such minimum number. Each emergency interim successor designated by the governor shall serve at the pleasure of the governor, but the legislator for whom the emergency interim successor is designated or any subsequent incumbent of his office may replace at his pleasure any emergency interim successor so designated by the governor.  Acts 1963, No. 113, §6. Amended by Acts 1968, No. 472, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 24:67 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 24 - Legislature and Laws|§67. Recording

RS 67 - Recording  Each designation of an emergency interim successor on the panel provided for in R.S. 24:64 shall become effective when the legislator or the governor making the designation files with the secretary of state the successor's name and address. The removal of an emergency interim successor from said panel shall become effective when the legislator or the governor so acting files this information with the secretary of state. All such data shall be open to public inspection.  Acts 1963, No. 113, §7. Amended by Acts 1968, No. 472, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 24:68 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 24 - Legislature and Laws|§68. Repealed by Acts 1968, No. 472, §2

RS 68 - Repealed by Acts 1968, No. 472, §2
LA Rev Stat § 24:69 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 24 - Legislature and Laws|§69. Duty of emergency interim successors

RS 69 - Duty of emergency interim successors  Each emergency interim successor shall keep himself generally informed as to the duties, procedures, practices and current business of the legislature, and each legislator shall assist his emergency interim successors to keep themselves so informed.  Acts 1963, No. 113, §9.
LA Rev Stat § 24:70 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 24 - Legislature and Laws|§70. Place of legislative session

RS 70 - Place of legislative session  Whenever, in the event of an attack or upon finding that an attack may be imminent, the governor deems the place of session then prescribed to be unsafe, he may change it to any place within or without the state which he deems safer and convenient.  Acts 1963, No. 113, §10.
LA Rev Stat § 24:71 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 24 - Legislature and Laws|§71. Convening of legislature in event of attack

RS 71 - Convening of legislature in event of attack  In the event of an attack, the governor shall call the legislature into session as soon as practicable, and in any case within ninety days following the inception of the attack. If the governor fails to issue such call, the legislature shall, on the ninetieth day from the date of inception of the attack, automatically convene at the place where the governor then has his office. Each legislator and each emergency interim successor, if the legislator for whom he was designated is unavailable, shall proceed to the place of session as expeditiously as practicable. When the legislature is convened as provided in this Section, the secretary of state shall deliver the panel designating emergency interim successors for each legislator who is unavailable due to attack to the house of representatives or the senate, as the case may be, and from said panel a final emergency interim successor to perform the duties of such unavailable legislator shall be chosen by lot from said panel under a procedure prescribed and conducted by the officers of the respective houses. The final emergency interim successor thus chosen shall then subscribe to the oath of office prescribed by the constitution and proceed to perform the duties of the legislator who is unavailable due to attack. At such session or at any session in operation at the inception of the attack, and at any subsequent sessions, limitations on the length of sessions and on the subjects which may be acted upon shall be suspended.  Acts 1963, No. 113, §11. Amended by Acts 1968, No. 472, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 24:72 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 24 - Legislature and Laws|§72. Assumption of powers and duties of legislator by emergency interim successor

RS 72 - Assumption of powers and duties of legislator by emergency interim successor  A final emergency interim successor shall exercise the powers and assume the duties until the incumbent legislator elected and legally qualified can act. Each house of the legislature shall, in accordance with its own rules, determine who is entitled under the provisions of this Part to exercise the powers and assume the duties of its members. All constitutional and statutory provisions pertaining to ouster of a legislator shall be applicable to a final emergency interim successor who is exercising the powers and assuming the duties of a legislator.  Acts 1963, No. 113, §12. Amended by Acts 1968, No. 472, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 24:73 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 24 - Legislature and Laws|§73. Privileges, immunities and compensation of emergency interim successors

RS 73 - Privileges, immunities and compensation of emergency interim successors  When a final emergency interim successor exercises the powers and assumes the duties of a legislator, he shall be accorded the privileges and immunities, compensation, allowances and other perquisites of office to which a legislator is entitled. In the event of an attack, each emergency interim successor, whether or not called upon to exercise the powers and assume the duties of a legislator, shall be accorded the privileges and immunities of a legislator while traveling to and from a place of session and shall be compensated for his travel in the same manner and amount as a legislator. This Section shall not in any way affect the privileges, immunities, compensation, allowances or other perquisites of office of an incumbent legislator.  Acts 1963, No. 113, §13. Amended by Acts 1968, No. 472, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 24:74 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 24 - Legislature and Laws|§74. Quorum and vote requirements

RS 74 - Quorum and vote requirements  In the event of an attack:  (1) Quorum requirements for the legislature shall be suspended, and  (2) Where the affirmative vote of a specified proportion of members for approval of a bill, resolution or other action otherwise would be required, the same proportion of those voting thereon shall be sufficient.  Acts 1963, No. 113, §14.
LA Rev Stat § 24:75 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 24 - Legislature and Laws|§75. Termination of operation of provisions of this Part

RS 75 - Termination of operation of provisions of this Part  The authority of emergency interim successors to succeed to the powers and duties of legislators, and the operation of the provisions of this Part relating to quorum, the number of affirmative votes required for legislative action, and limitations on the length of sessions and the subjects which may be acted upon, shall expire two years following the inception of an attack, but nothing herein shall prevent the resumption before such time of the filling of legislative vacancies and the calling of elections for the legislature in accordance with applicable constitutional and statutory provisions. The governor, acting by proclamation, or the legislature, acting by concurrent resolution, may from time to time extend or restore such authority or the operation of any of such provisions upon finding that events render the extension or restoration necessary, but no extension or restoration shall be for a period of more than one year.  Acts 1963, No. 113, §15.
LA Rev Stat § 24:77.2 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 24 - Legislature and Laws|§77.2. Assumption of powers and duties of legislator by temporary successor; requirements

RS 77.2 - Assumption of powers and duties of legislator by temporary successor; requirements A. A temporary successor shall exercise the powers and assume the duties of the legislator from the date the legislator reports to active duty in the armed services until the legislator notifies the presiding officer of his house of the legislature that he can exercise the powers and the duties of his office. Prior to exercising the powers and assuming the duties of the legislator, the temporary successor shall take the oath of office prescribed by Article X, Section 30 of the constitution within seven days from the date the legislator reports for active duty in the armed service. The temporary successor's oath shall be recorded as provided in R.S. 42:162. However, no temporary successor shall serve in such capacity beyond the end of the term of office of the legislator for whom he is designated. B. Notwithstanding the provisions of Subsection A of this Section, a temporary successor shall not have the authority to remove a legislative assistant, but if a vacancy occurs in a legislative assistant position in the district office during his service, a temporary successor may employ a person as a legislative assistant in accordance with the provisions of R.S. 24:31.5. C.(1) Within fourteen days of being designated as temporary successor, a temporary successor shall receive at least one hour of ethics education and training on the Code of Governmental Ethics in the same manner as required by R.S. 42:1170. (2) Any person who serves as a temporary successor for six months or more shall be required to file the financial disclosure statement required by R.S. 42:1124.2. Acts 2008, No. 702, §1, eff. Dec. 8, 2008.
LA Rev Stat § 24:77.3 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 24 - Legislature and Laws|§77.3. Privileges, immunities, and compensation of temporary successors; compensation of legislator

RS 77.3 - Privileges, immunities, and compensation of temporary successors; compensation of legislator A. During the time period a temporary successor exercises the powers and assumes the duties of a legislator, he shall be accorded the privileges, immunities, and compensation as provided by R.S. 24:31 and 31.1 to which a legislator is entitled. B. During the time period a temporary successor is exercising the powers and duties of a legislator on active duty, the legislator shall not be entitled to his salary or other compensation as provided by R.S. 24:31 and 31.1. However, the allowances for the district office of the legislator and the provisions for his legislative assistant or assistants shall continue in the manner provided by law and the rules of procedure of his house of the legislature. Acts 2008, No. 702, §1, eff. Dec. 8, 2008.
LA Rev Stat § 24:77.4 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 24 - Legislature and Laws|§77.4. Temporary successors; prohibition on seeking legislative office

RS 77.4 - Temporary successors; prohibition on seeking legislative office No person who is serving as a temporary successor at the time of the opening of qualifying for the election for the legislative office to which he was designated to serve as a temporary successor shall be eligible to qualify as a candidate for that legislative office in that election. Acts 2008, No. 702, §1, eff. Dec. 8, 2008.
LA Rev Stat § 24:81 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 24 - Legislature and Laws|§81. Louisiana Commission on Uniform State Laws; creation; appointment of members; compensation

RS 81 - Louisiana Commission on Uniform State Laws; creation; appointment of members; compensation  A. The president of the Senate and the speaker of the House of Representatives shall each appoint two persons who shall constitute the Louisiana Commission on Uniform State Laws. The term of office shall be for three years. Any vacancy on the commission shall be filled in the same manner as the original appointment. B. The members of the commission shall not receive any compensation for their services. Acts 1991, No. 29, §1; Acts 2001, No. 327, §1, eff. June 6, 2001. {{NOTE: ACTS 1972, NO. 692, ABOLISHED THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS FOR PROMOTION OF UNIFORM LEGISLATION. ALSO, ACTS 1981, NO. 873, REPEALED R.S. 36:4(B)(1)(t) WHICH PLACED THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS FOR THE PROMOTION OF UNIFORMITY OF LEGISLATION IN THE UNITED STATES (EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 76-9) IN THE OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR.}}
LA Rev Stat § 24:82 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 24 - Legislature and Laws|§82. Duties of commission

RS 82 - Duties of commission The commission shall: (1) Examine the subjects upon which uniformity of legislation in the various states is desirable. (2) Confer upon these matters with the commissioners appointed by other states and territories for the same purpose. (3) Consider and draft uniform laws to be submitted for approval and adoption by the several states. (4) Generally devise and recommend such other or further course of action as shall accomplish uniformity of legislation. Acts 1991, No. 29, §1; Acts 2001, No. 327, §1, eff. June 6, 2001.
LA Rev Stat § 24:83 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 24 - Legislature and Laws|§83. Record of transactions; report to legislature

RS 83 - Record of transactions; report to legislature The commission shall keep a record of all its transactions. It shall at each session of the legislature, and may at any other time, make a report of its activities and of its recommendations to the legislature. Acts 1991, No. 29, §1; Acts 2001, No. 327, §1, eff. June 6, 2001.
LA Rev Stat § 24:101 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 24 - Legislature and Laws|§101. Purpose and findings

RS 101 - Purpose and findings  A. The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in severe declines in revenue for both private and public sector entities and, if no action is taken, the state of Louisiana will face significant funding challenges threatening the ability to finance state obligations.  B. Like thousands of businesses in Louisiana being forced to reevaluate the nature and scope of their operations in these trying times, the state of Louisiana must do the same. It is imperative to act swiftly to reduce the operational costs of state government entities through all means necessary and available, including efficiencies, economies, enhanced effectiveness, and other means to streamline government and overcome the financial challenges in the near future.  C. While many changes were implemented following the activities of the Commission on Streamlining Government created in 2009, the COVID-19 pandemic and its impact on state funding has demonstrated that more must be done to reduce the operational costs of state entities.  Acts 2009, No. 491, §1, eff. July 10, 2009; Acts 2010, No. 861, §10; Acts 2020, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 24, §1, July 13, 2020. NOTE: See R.S. 24:108 and 109 relative to effect and effectiveness of Part.