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LA Rev Stat § 42:27 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 42 - Public Officers and Employees|§27. Venue; summary proceedings

RS 27 - Venue; summary proceedings A. Enforcement proceedings shall be instituted in the district court for the parish in which the meeting took place or will take place. B. Enforcement proceedings shall be tried by preference and in a summary manner. Any appellate court to which the proceeding is brought shall place it on its preferential docket, shall hear it without delay, and shall render a decision as soon as practicable. Added by Acts 1979, No. 681, §1; Acts 2010, No. 861, §23.
LA Rev Stat § 42:28 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 42 - Public Officers and Employees|§28. Civil penalties

RS 28 - Civil penalties  Any member of a public body who knowingly and wilfully participates in a meeting conducted in violation of this Chapter shall be subject to a civil penalty not to exceed five hundred dollars per violation. The member shall be personally liable for the payment of such penalty. A suit to collect such penalty must be instituted within sixty days of the violation.  Acts 1989, No. 54, §1; Acts 2010, No. 861, §23; Acts 2019, No. 340, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 42:29 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 42 - Public Officers and Employees|§29. State Bond Commission; teleconference meetings

RS 29 - State Bond Commission; teleconference meetings  A. Subject to the limitations set forth in this Section, the State Bond Commission may hold periodic meetings via electronic means as defined in R.S. 42:17.1 as part of a regular schedule if such meetings comply with all of the following:  (1) A physical anchor location for the meeting shall be established from which the meeting shall originate and at which the presiding officer of the meeting shall be present and conduct the meeting. Any member of the State Bond Commission or any member of the public may participate in person at the anchor location.  (2) Such meetings shall comply with the requirements of R.S. 42:14, 16, 17, 19, 20, and 23.  (3) The State Bond Commission shall adopt and publish procedures for notice of and the conduct of such meeting in advance thereof including but not limited to the means for participation and providing testimony or public comment prior to and during the meeting, including a toll-free call in line for participants and the public, the number for which shall be posted on the website of the State Bond Commission.  (4) All public comments received in writing or by email shall be read into the record during the meeting.  (5) All votes taken in the meeting shall be by roll call vote.  (6) The entire meeting with the exception of a duly called executive session shall be audible to the public and broadcast over the internet.  (7) The meeting shall be recorded and made available to the public in an online archive located on the website of the State Bond Commission.  (8) If a problem occurs that causes the meeting to no longer be visible or audible to the public, the meeting shall be recessed until the problem is resolved. If the problem is not resolved in two hours or less, the meeting shall be adjourned.  B.(1) The number of meetings held via electronic means authorized by this Section shall be one teleconference meeting per quarter during a calendar year.  (2) Under no circumstances shall the State Bond Commission conduct successive meetings by teleconference.  C. A meeting held pursuant to this Section shall not require a quorum to be present at the anchor location of the meeting. All members of the State Bond Commission participating at the anchor location or electronically shall be counted for purpose of establishing a quorum.  D. The provisions of this Section shall not limit the conduct of meetings via electronic means during a gubernatorially proclaimed or declared disaster or emergency in the manner provided by R.S. 42:17.1.  E. The State Bond Commission may adopt rules, regulations, and procedures to allow the public to participate in a meeting via electronic means.  F. For purposes of this Section, "anchor location" means the physical location from which the meeting via electronic means originates or the participants are connected.  G. The provisions of this Section shall cease to be effective on August 1, 2022.  Acts 2020, No. 302, §2, eff. June 12, 2020.
LA Rev Stat § 42:31 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 42 - Public Officers and Employees|§31. Eligibility requirements for certain unclassified employees

RS 31 - Eligibility requirements for certain unclassified employees A. Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, any person hired or employed in an unclassified position as defined by the State Civil Service Commission, and whose annual salary or rate of compensation is equal to, or exceeds one hundred thousand dollars, shall, within thirty days of being hired or employed at such salary, provide proof to his public employer that he has been issued a Louisiana driver's license and that all vehicles registered in his name are registered in Louisiana. This requirement shall be deemed a qualification for the position for which the person was employed or hired, and for the duration of the person's employment in the event the person's salary is increased and the requirements of this Section are triggered. B. All government agencies which hire or employ any person in an unclassified position as defined by the State Civil Service Commission, whose annual salary or rate of compensation is equal to, or exceeds one hundred thousand dollars, shall verify that such person has been issued a Louisiana driver's license and that all vehicles registered in his name are registered in Louisiana. The public employer shall verify the employee meets this requirement for the duration of this person's employment. C. Any person hired or employed in an unclassified position who does not meet the requirements of this Section, or who no longer meets the requirements of this Section, shall be removed and terminated within thirty days of the public employer learning such person does not meet the requirements of this Section. Acts 2013, No. 264, §1, eff. Sept. 15, 2013.
LA Rev Stat § 42:32 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 42 - Public Officers and Employees|§32. Enemy aliens not to be employed; penalty

RS 32 - Enemy aliens not to be employed; penalty  The state, its agencies and subdivisions, as well as municipalities and parishes, shall not employ knowingly any enemy alien. For the purpose of this section an enemy alien is defined as any person who is a national of a country with whom the United States is at war. Any public officer or anyone in charge of any state agencies or board, who knowingly employs, or permits to be employed, any enemy alien shall be fined one thousand dollars or imprisoned for six months. Amended by Acts 1974, No. 472, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 42:33 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 42 - Public Officers and Employees|§33. State civil service positions; Selective Service System registration required

RS 33 - State civil service positions; Selective Service System registration required A. Except as provided in Subsections B and C of this Section, no person who is required to register for the federal draft under Section 3 of the Military Selective Service Act (50 U.S.C. App. 453) shall be eligible for employment or appointment in a state civil service position, whether classified or unclassified, until such person has registered for such draft, as evidenced by a statement of compliance pursuant to rules and regulations promulgated by the State Civil Service Commission. B. A veteran of the armed forces of the United States may submit a copy of his discharge papers or his discharge certificate in lieu of the statement of compliance required by Subsection A of this Section. C. A person who has not registered for the federal draft, as provided in Subsection A of this Section shall be eligible for employment or appointment in a state civil service position if the requirement for the person to register has terminated or become inapplicable to the person. The State Civil Service Commission may adopt rules for documentation of termination or inapplicability of such requirement. Acts 1987, No. 581, §1; Acts 1999, No. 372, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 42:34 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 42 - Public Officers and Employees|§34. Defaulters not to hold office

RS 34 - Defaulters not to hold office  Any person who at any time has been a collector of state, parish or municipal taxes or otherwise entrusted with public money, is ineligible to be a member of the Legislature, or to hold any office of profit or trust under the state government until he has obtained a discharge for the amount of the collections, and for all the public money with which he was entrusted. Amended by Acts 1950, No. 316, §13.
LA Rev Stat § 42:35 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 42 - Public Officers and Employees|§35. Commissions not to issue to defaulters; new elections

RS 35 - Commissions not to issue to defaulters; new elections  The governor shall not issue a commission to any public officer who appears to be a defaulter by the reports on file in his office, unless it is proved to his satisfaction that the person is not a defaulter, or has paid the amount of his defalcation. Unless this proof is made within ninety days from the date of the election or appointment the governor shall order a new election or make a new appointment, as the case may be.
LA Rev Stat § 42:36 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 42 - Public Officers and Employees|§36. Repealed by Acts 1950, No. 56, §1

RS 36 - Repealed by Acts 1950, No. 56, §1
LA Rev Stat § 42:37 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 42 - Public Officers and Employees|§37. Questioning of employee witnesses as to membership in communist party; refusal to answer

RS 37 - Questioning of employee witnesses as to membership in communist party; refusal to answer  Every person in the employ of the state of Louisiana or any political subdivision thereof, or in the employ in any capacity of any parish or city school board or any public school, college, university or other institution of higher learning which is supported in whole or in part by public funds of the State of Louisiana, whenever he may or shall be called and sworn as a witness before the Joint Legislative Committee of the Legislature of Louisiana, shall be required to answer under oath whether he has been or is a member of the Communist Party. Refusal to give such information, in which the state of Louisiana has a legitimate interest in securing, in response to questions asked by the chairman, or any member of the Joint Legislative Committee, whenever any legislative investigation is being made or undertaken by the said committee in accordance with the provisions of Article V, Section 17 of the Constitution of the state of Louisiana, shall constitute insubordination on the part of any such employee, and he shall, by reason of such refusal to answer any such question or questions, be subject to dismissal or discharge, in the manner provided by law, from his said employment. Acts 1960, No. 243, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 42:38 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 42 - Public Officers and Employees|§38. Repealed by Acts 1979, No. 700, §8

RS 38 - Repealed by Acts 1979, No. 700, §8
LA Rev Stat § 42:39 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 42 - Public Officers and Employees|§39. Judges; ineligibility to become candidate for other elective office; conditions and exceptions

RS 39 - Judges; ineligibility to become candidate for other elective office; conditions and exceptions   A. After July 31, 1968, no person serving in or elected or appointed to the office of judge of any court, justices of the peace excepted, shall be eligible to hold or become a candidate for any national, state or local elective office of any kind whatsoever, including any national, state or local office in any political party organization, other than a candidate for the office of judge for the same or any other court.  B. The provisions of Subsection (A) of this section shall not be construed as prohibiting any person from resigning from his office as judge of any court for the purpose of becoming a candidate for nomination or election to any national, state or local elective office for which he is qualified and eligible; provided, however, that the resignation of any such person shall be and is made not less than twenty-four hours prior to the date on which he qualifies as a candidate for nomination or election to the office to which he seeks nomination or election.  C. If any judge elected or appointed, justice of the peace excepted, qualifies for any other elective position, other than those allowed by the provisions of this section, without complying with the provisions of Subsection (B) set forth above, his qualification as a candidate for the other office shall ipso facto be null and void.  Added by Acts 1968, No. 504, §§1, 2.
LA Rev Stat § 42:39.1 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 42 - Public Officers and Employees|§39.1. Judges; eligibility to serve on boards of directors of financial institutions

RS 39.1 - Judges; eligibility to serve on boards of directors of financial institutions  Any person serving in or elected or appointed to the office of judge of any court may hold and manage investments, including real estate, and engage in other remunerative activity and may also serve as a member of the board of directors of any bank, lending institution, homestead or savings and loan association, or other similar financial institutions. Added by Acts 1978, No. 491, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 42:39.2 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 42 - Public Officers and Employees|§39.2. Justices of the peace; ineligibility of temporary appointees to fill vacancy

RS 39.2 - Justices of the peace; ineligibility of temporary appointees to fill vacancy  No person appointed by the Supreme Court to temporarily serve in the office of justice of the peace, until a vacancy can be filled through election, shall be eligible to run as a candidate for the filling of said vacant seat. The provisions of this Section shall apply to any person who accepts the appointment to temporarily serve as justice of the peace and subsequently resigns the office prior to the filling of the vacancy through election. Acts 1987, No. 247, §2.
LA Rev Stat § 42:1141.5 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 42 - Public Officers and Employees|§1141.5. Adjudicatory hearings

RS 1141.5 - Adjudicatory hearings A. The Ethics Adjudicatory Board shall sit in rotating panels composed of three administrative law judges randomly selected from among the members of the Ethics Adjudicatory Board. The panel shall select the administrative law judge who will preside over the hearing. The determination of the majority of the panel in a particular case shall be the determination of the Ethics Adjudicatory Board. After the hearing, the presiding administrative law judge shall assign authorship responsibility for the determination. B. After the hearing, the adjudicatory panel shall determine whether a violation of any provision of law within the jurisdiction of the Board of Ethics has occurred. If the adjudicatory panel determines that a violation has occurred, it shall determine what authorized penalties or other sanctions, if any, should be imposed and shall issue a final decision. C. If the public hearing of the adjudicatory panel fails to disclose clear and convincing evidence to support the charges, the adjudicatory panel shall make an official determination of its findings and shall issue a final decision. The person charged and the complainant shall be notified in writing within ten days of the adjudicatory panel's rendition of a final decision. The person charged may require the adjudicatory panel to make an official determination of the validity of the charges against him. D. If the adjudicatory panel determines that a violation has occurred and prescribes authorized penalties or other sanctions, the public servant or person may appeal as set forth in R.S. 42:1142. Acts 2012, No. 608, §1, eff. June 7, 2012. NOTE: See Acts 2012, No.608, §3, relative to the prospective application of Act.
LA Rev Stat § 42:1141.6 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 42 - Public Officers and Employees|§1141.6. Declaratory opinions

RS 1141.6 - Declaratory opinions A. Upon application of a public servant, other person, or agency, the Board of Ethics may declare rights, status, and other legal relations established by the provisions of this Chapter or by any other law within its jurisdiction or under opinions issued by the board, either before or after there has been a breach thereof. The applicant may seek to have the Board of Ethics determine any question of construction or validity arising under the provisions of this Chapter or by any other law within its jurisdiction. B. The Board of Ethics' power to declare rights, status, or legal relations established by the provisions of this Chapter or by any other law within its jurisdiction or under opinions issued by the board, or the construction of such laws or opinions, is not limited or restricted to any proceeding where a declaratory opinion is sought in order to terminate a controversy or remove an uncertainty. C. The purpose of a declaratory opinion is to settle and afford relief from uncertainty and insecurity with respect to rights, status, and other legal relations established by the provisions of this Chapter or by any other law within the Board of Ethics' jurisdiction or under opinions issued by the board, or the construction of such laws and opinions. D. A declaratory opinion is a final decision of the Board of Ethics. The decision of the board on an application for a declaratory opinion shall be rendered after a public hearing and only after the requesting party, all other interested parties, and the board's staff have been afforded full and complete opportunity to present evidence, testimony, and argument. A declaratory opinion of the board shall be considered a final decision and shall be reviewable by the Court of Appeal, First Circuit, pursuant to R.S. 42:1142. E. The Board of Ethics may refuse to render a declaratory opinion where such opinion, if rendered, would not terminate the uncertainty or controversy giving rise to the proceeding. F. When a declaratory opinion is sought, the public servant, other person, or agency, as necessary and appropriate for the rendition of a declaratory opinion, who has or claims any interest which would be affected by the opinion shall be made a respondent and given notice of the request and of all public hearings conducted pursuant to the request. G. The procedures for seeking a declaratory opinion and for the public hearing on such request shall be provided by rule adopted by the Board of Ethics pursuant to the Administrative Procedure Act. Acts 2012, No. 608, §1, eff. June 7, 2012. NOTE: See Acts 2012, No.608, §3, relative to the prospective application of Act.
LA Rev Stat § 42:1143 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 42 - Public Officers and Employees|§1143. Procedure and rules of evidence

RS 1143 - Procedure and rules of evidence Except as otherwise provided in this Chapter, all proceedings conducted by the board or panel shall be subject to and in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act. Acts 1979, No. 443, §1, eff. April 1, 1980; Acts 1996, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 64, §6, eff. Jan. 1, 1997.
LA Rev Stat § 42:51 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 42 - Public Officers and Employees|§51. Declaration of policy

RS 51 - Declaration of policy  The Legislature of Louisiana does hereby take cognizance of the fact that much of the world is in a state of political unrest; that foreign agents and others who seek the overthrow or destruction of the government of the United States are known to be working in our country, and that such a situation presents a clear and present danger; and it is hereby declared to be public policy that subversive activities by any public employee, or by any student in a public educational institution in this state, should not be permitted, and this act is enacted to prohibit such subversive activities. Acts 1950, No. 284, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 42:52 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 42 - Public Officers and Employees|§52. Oath or affirmation; form

RS 52 - Oath or affirmation; form  A. Except as otherwise provided herein, no person owing allegiance to the United States shall be employed by the state or any political subdivision thereof unless and until he files the following written statement with the appropriate appointing authority:  "I (A.B.) do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support the constitution and laws of the United States and the constitution and laws of this State; and I will faithfully and impartially discharge and perform all the duties incumbent upon me as _____, and according to the best of my ability and understanding. So help me God."  B. A person may be temporarily employed for fifteen days, and if the above statement is not filed by the fifteenth day, he shall be discharged. Acts 1950, No. 284, §2. Amended by Acts 1952, No. 504, §1; Acts 1982, No. 48, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 42:53 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 42 - Public Officers and Employees|§53. Oath or affirmation; prospective employees

RS 53 - Oath or affirmation; prospective employees  Before any contract of employment between any person and a state department, board, commission, or agency of the State of Louisiana, or of any political subdivision or municipal corporation of the State of Louisiana, is made or renewed after July 26, 1950, the oath or affirmation prescribed in R.S. 42:52 hereof shall be taken and filed by the prospective employee.  Acts 1950, No. 284, §3.
LA Rev Stat § 42:54 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 42 - Public Officers and Employees|§54. Subversive activities prohibited

RS 54 - Subversive activities prohibited  No public employee, and no student in a public educational institution, shall by word of mouth or writing knowingly or wilfully advocate, abet, advise, or teach, the duty, necessity, desirability, or propriety, of overthrowing or destroying the government of the United States or of any state or of any political subdivision thereof, by force, violence, or any other unlawful means, or the adherence to the government of any foreign nation in the event of war between the United States and such foreign government.  Acts 1950, No. 284, §4.
LA Rev Stat § 42:55 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 42 - Public Officers and Employees|§55. Definitions

RS 55 - Definitions  As used in this Part: (1) "Public employee" shall mean and include every officer or employee of any department, board, commission, or agency of the State of Louisiana, or of any political subdivision or municipal corporation of the State of Louisiana. (2) "Student in a public educational institution" shall mean and include every student enrolled in any public school of the State, or in any state-supported trade school, vocational school, college, or university. Acts 1950, No. 284, §4.
LA Rev Stat § 42:56 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 42 - Public Officers and Employees|§56. Dismissal from employment; expulsion from educational institution

RS 56 - Dismissal from employment; expulsion from educational institution  Any public employee found guilty of committing any act prohibited by R.S. 42:54 hereof shall be dismissed from his public employment. Any student in a public educational institution found guilty of committing any act prohibited by R.S. 42:54 hereof shall be expelled from the public educational institution in which he is enrolled. Acts 1950, No. 284, §5.