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LA Rev Stat § 42:344 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 42 - Public Officers and Employees|§344. Mandatory reports

RS 344 - Mandatory reports  A. Each agency head shall compile an annual report by February first of each year containing information from the previous calendar year regarding his agency's compliance with the requirements of this Chapter including the number and percentage of public servants in his agency who have completed the training requirements, the number of sexual harassment complaints received by his agency, the number of complaints which resulted in a finding that sexual harassment occurred, the number of complaints in which the finding of sexual harassment resulted in discipline or corrective action, and the amount of time it took to resolve each complaint. These reports shall be public record and available to the public in the manner provided by the Public Records Law.  B. Agency heads in state government shall submit the reports required by Subsection A of this Section by February fifteenth of each year as follows:  (1) Agency heads in the twenty principal departments of the executive branch of state government, the office of the governor, and the office of lieutenant governor shall submit the report to the division of administration.  (2) Agency heads in the legislative branch of state government shall submit the report to the Legislative Budgetary Control Council.  (3) Agency heads in the judicial branch of state government, including the supreme court, courts of appeal, district courts, and other courts authorized by Article V of the Constitution of Louisiana, shall submit the report to the chief justice of the supreme court.  C. The office of risk management, within the division of administration, shall submit an annual report to the speaker of the House of Representatives and the president of the Senate, related to the complaints of sexual harassment which are filed with the office for adjustment, as follows:  (1) The total number of sexual harassment cases filed with office of risk management.  (2) The number of cases which are settled and the total monetary amount paid in settlements.  (3) The number of cases for which a lawsuit is filed and the disposition of each case.  (4) The monetary amount paid for attorney fees, court costs, expert witness fees and any other litigation costs to defend each sexual harassment complaint.  Acts 2018, No. 270, §1, eff. January 1, 2019. NOTE: First reports required pursuant to this Section due February 2020, see Acts 2018, No. 270, §2.
LA Rev Stat § 42:345 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 42 - Public Officers and Employees|§345. Department of State Civil Service; assistance

RS 345 - Department of State Civil Service; assistance  A. The Department of State Civil Service shall develop and make available education and training material at no cost to assist state agency heads and state employees in complying with the requirements of this Chapter.  B. As required by Article VII, Section 14 of the Constitution of Louisiana, the Department of State Civil Service shall recoup the costs of copying or reproducing the training material on a compact disc and recoup the cost of mailing the disc to the agency, unless the agency is subject to the fees assessed for in-service training pursuant to R.S. 42:1383.  Acts 2018, No. 270, §1, eff. January 1, 2019; Acts 2020, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 33, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 42:351 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 42 - Public Officers and Employees|§351. Declaration of public policy

RS 351 - Declaration of public policy  A. The state of Louisiana is committed to providing a workplace that is free from sexual harassment. Sexual harassment in the workplace is strictly prohibited under the Equal Employment Opportunity Act, 42 U.S.C. 2000e-2; the Louisiana Employment Discrimination Law, R.S. 23:301 through 303 and 332; and the Louisiana laws on the prevention of sexual harassment, R.S. 42:341 through 345. The Legislature of Louisiana has enacted laws requiring each agency of a governmental entity to develop and institute a policy to prevent sexual harassment, which is applicable to all public servants, public employees, and elected officials.  B. It is hereby declared that in order to reduce the impact of sexual harassment judgments and settlements on the taxpayers of the state, it is the public policy of this state that as sexual harassment is against state and federal law, and state agencies have adopted policies and required training to prevent sexual harassment, when there has been a determination that sexual harassment has occurred, the state should consider certain factors in determining whether the alleged sexual harasser should be required to reimburse all or a portion of the settlement or judgment.  Acts 2019, No. 413, §2, eff. June 20, 2019.
LA Rev Stat § 42:352 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 42 - Public Officers and Employees|§352. Definitions

RS 352 - Definitions  Unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, the following words and terms, when used in this Chapter, shall have the following meanings:  (1) "Agency" means a department, office, division, agency, commission, board, committee, or other organizational unit of state government.  (2) "Agency head" means the chief executive, administrative officer of an agency, or the chairman of a board or commission.  (3) "Complainant" means the person who files a complaint alleging that they have been the victim of sexual harassment as described in this Chapter.  (4) "Elected official" means any person holding an office in state government which is filled by the vote of the electorate. The term includes any person appointed to fill a vacancy in that office.  (5) "Public employee" means anyone who is:  (a) An administrative officer or official of state government who is not holding an elective office.  (b) Appointed to a post or position of state government created by rule, law, resolution, or executive order.  (c) Employed by an agency, officer, or official of state government.  (6) "Public funds" means monies of the state, including but not limited to monies from the state risk management program established by R.S. 39:1528 et seq., monies from an exempted institution of higher education pursuant to R.S. 17:3139.5, the state general fund, dedicated funds, fees and self-generated revenues, or any other source of public funds.  (7) "Public servant" means a public employee or an elected official.  (8) "Sexual harassment" means unwelcome sexual advances, requests for sexual favors, and other verbal, physical, or inappropriate conduct of a sexual nature which explicitly or implicitly affects an individual's employment or the holding of office, unreasonably interferes with an individual's work performance, or creates an intimidating, hostile, or offensive work environment, by a public servant of the state. It includes intimidation, reprisal, retaliation, or discrimination that is unlawful under state or federal law and is taken against a public servant of the state because of a claim of sexual harassment in violation of state or federal law.  (9) "State government" means the legislative branch, executive branch, and judicial branch of state government, but shall not include any parish, municipality, or any other unit of local government, including a school board special district, mayor's court, justice of the peace court, district attorney, sheriff, clerk of court, coroner, tax assessor, registrar of voters, or any other elected parochial or municipal official.  Acts 2019, No. 413, §2, eff. June 20, 2019.
LA Rev Stat § 42:353 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 42 - Public Officers and Employees|§353. Litigation and settlements

RS 353 - Litigation and settlements  A. Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, including but not limited to R.S. 13:5108.1, when a claim of sexual harassment has been brought and the office of risk management, or the exempted institution of higher education, determines that sexual harassment did occur, the sexual harasser shall be responsible for the payment of all or a portion of the amount of the settlement or judgment. In determining the amount that the sexual harasser should contribute to any compromise of the claim, the following factors shall be considered:  (1) Whether the sexual harasser was engaged in the performance of the duties of his office or employment with the state at the time the sexual harassment occurred.  (2) The severity of the sexual harassment.  (3) The stage of litigation.  (4) The ability of the sexual harasser to pay.  B. When a claim is filed against the state due to a claim of sexual harassment which results in a final judgment or settlement against the state, the attorney general, on behalf of the state, may file suit against the sexual harasser to assert and enforce the state's right to reimbursement and indemnity from the sexual harasser. The attorney general is also entitled to recover from the alleged sexual harasser all costs and reasonable attorney fees incurred in asserting that right.  C. The attorney general shall receive as compensation an amount not to exceed twenty-five percent of the total monies recovered from the enforcement of the state's right to reimbursement from the sexual harasser, as set forth in this Chapter, to be deposited into the Department of Justice Debt Collection Fund. The attorney general, the office of risk management or the exempted institution, and the agency shall determine whether the interests of the state are best served by litigation or by the making of an offer or the acceptance of an offer to settle or compromise the claim or litigation.  Acts 2019, No. 413, §2, eff. June 20, 2019.
LA Rev Stat § 42:354 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 42 - Public Officers and Employees|§354. Dissemination of information to all elected officials, public employees, and public servants

RS 354 - Dissemination of information to all elected officials, public employees, and public servants  A. The commissioner of administration shall prepare a notice to be furnished to each agency head in the executive branch of state government for annual dissemination to each public servant in the executive branch of state government advising them of their potential liability if they are determined by the appropriate person in accordance with the public servant's agency policy or by a court of competent jurisdiction to have committed sexual harassment. Notice shall also be disseminated to any newly elected, appointed, or employed public servant in the executive branch of state government.  B. The Legislative Budgetary Control Council shall prepare a notice to be furnished to each agency head in the legislative branch of state government for annual dissemination to each public servant in the legislative branch of state government advising them of their potential liability if they are determined by the appropriate person in accordance with the public servant's agency's policy or by a court of competent jurisdiction to have committed sexual harassment. Notice shall also be disseminated to any newly elected, appointed, or employed public servant in the legislative branch of state government.  C. The chief justice of the supreme court shall prepare a notice to be furnished to each agency head in the judicial branch of state government for annual dissemination to each public servant in the judicial branch of state government advising them of their potential liability if they are determined by an agency head or a court of competent jurisdiction to have committed sexual harassment. Notice shall also be disseminated to any newly elected, appointed, or employed public servant in the judicial branch of state government.  Acts 2019, No. 413, §2, eff. June 20, 2019.
LA Rev Stat § 42:355 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 42 - Public Officers and Employees|§355. Public record; exception

RS 355 - Public record; exception  Any settlement executed in connection with a claim filed pursuant to this Chapter shall be a public record, with the exception of the name of the victim of the sexual harassment.  Acts 2019, No. 413, §2, eff. June 20, 2019.
LA Rev Stat § 42:371 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 42 - Public Officers and Employees|§371. Vacancies filled by governor; office holder to continue in office when called to active military service with armed forces, reserve or Louisiana National Guard

RS 371 - Vacancies filled by governor; office holder to continue in office when called to active military service with armed forces, reserve or Louisiana National Guard  Except as otherwise required by the constitution and laws of the State of Louisiana, and except in other cases where the law already provides for vacancies in office to be filled by appointment by the governor, whenever a vacancy occurs in any state, district, parish, ward or municipal office, by reason of death, resignation or otherwise, the said vacancy shall be filled by appointment of the governor, by and with the advice and consent of the senate, until the next regular election shall be held, according to law; provided, however, that no vacancy shall be deemed to have occurred by reason of the absence of any elected official serving in any state, district, parish, ward or municipal office when such is called to active military service as a member of the armed forces, reserve, or the Louisiana National Guard. Amended by Acts 1966, No. 392, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 42:372 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 42 - Public Officers and Employees|§372. Repealed by Acts 1981, No. 839, §3

RS 372 - Repealed by Acts 1981, No. 839, §3
LA Rev Stat § 42:373 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 42 - Public Officers and Employees|§373. Repealed by Acts 2014, No. 202, §2, eff. May 22, 2014.

RS 373 - Repealed by Acts 2014, No. 202, §2, eff. May 22, 2014.
LA Rev Stat § 42:374 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 42 - Public Officers and Employees|§374. Appointments by governor and senate; when nominations to be sent to senate

RS 374 - Appointments by governor and senate; when nominations to be sent to senate  In all cases when the law shall direct any appointment to be made by the governor and senate, within a limited time, a nomination for that appointment shall be laid before the senate at least six days before the expiration of the time for appointment.
LA Rev Stat § 42:375.2 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 42 - Public Officers and Employees|§375.2. Agency attrition analysis process, higher education systems

RS 375.2 - Agency attrition analysis process, higher education systems A. The Board of Regents shall establish and implement an agency attrition analysis process to be used by each higher education system to review the historical employee vacancies, relative to authorized table of organization full and part-time positions funded in whole or in part by the state general fund, within each agency with a goal to reduce by five percent annually for three years by an equally proportionate reduction of such positions across all salary ranges of equal increments, beginning Fiscal Year 2010-2011, the number of such positions in each higher education system. B. In implementing the requirements of Subsection A of this Section, the Board of Regents shall establish a process which requires the analysis of the following: (1) General staffing needs of each higher education system. (2) The state general fund cost associated with the filling of each vacant position. (3) Any other information necessary to properly evaluate whether to retain or eliminate each vacant position. C. On the first day of the month following the month in which the executive budget is submitted to the Joint Legislative Committee on the Budget, the Board of Regents shall provide a written report to the Commission on Streamlining Government indicating the state general fund dollar savings achieved as a result of the implementation of the agency attrition analysis process and the number of vacant positions eliminated and any other information relating to personnel numbers, costs, and historical vacancies. D. For the purposes of this Section, the following terms shall have the following meanings unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: (1) "Agency" means and includes all agencies, boards, commissions, and other instrumentalities within a higher education system. (2) "Higher education system" means and includes each system and all institutions, agencies, and offices thereof for which the Board of Regents maintains budgetary responsibility as provided in Article VIII, Section 5(A) of the Constitution of Louisiana. (3) "Vacant position" means any authorized table of organization full or part-time position of employment for which a budget has been approved and an appropriation has been made or a transfer of funds effected pursuant to law which is funded in whole or in part by the state general fund, but which is not filled. Acts 2010, No. 1000, §2.
LA Rev Stat § 42:376 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 42 - Public Officers and Employees|§376. Appointments by governor; withdrawal prior to Senate confirmation; interim appointment prohibited

RS 376 - Appointments by governor; withdrawal prior to Senate confirmation; interim appointment prohibited  In all cases when the law requires Senate confirmation of a gubernatorial appointment to fill a position in a state, district, parish, ward, or municipal office, or other political subdivision no person who has been appointed by the governor to fill such a position, whose name has been submitted to the Senate for confirmation, and whose name is withdrawn by the governor or who resigns his appointment to the position prior to consideration of his confirmation by the Senate during the legislative session at which his confirmation is to be considered, shall be eligible for an interim appointment to fill the position to which he was previously appointed. Acts 1988, No. 189, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 42:391 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 42 - Public Officers and Employees|§391. Leave of absence for state and parish officers

RS 391 - Leave of absence for state and parish officers  The governor may grant leave of absence to state and parish officers, not to exceed ninety days at any one time, at his discretion.
LA Rev Stat § 42:392 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 42 - Public Officers and Employees|§392. Leave of absence for public officers who are members of the reserve forces

RS 392 - Leave of absence for public officers who are members of the reserve forces  To assist in the prosecution of any war declared by the Congress, the governor shall grant a leave of absence for an indefinite period of time to any public officer who becomes a member of the reserve of the United States Army, Navy, Marines or National Guard, while holding public office.
LA Rev Stat § 42:393 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 42 - Public Officers and Employees|§393. Designation of deputy; exceptions

RS 393 - Designation of deputy; exceptions  When a leave of absence is granted a public officer under the provisions of R.S. 42:392, the officer shall name and designate as his deputy, a person possessing all the qualifications required for the office, and that person shall discharge all the duties and functions of the office during the absence of the officer. The provisions of this Section shall not apply to:  (1) Members of the legislature. (2) Appointive officers. (3) Judges of any of the courts. (4) The governor. (5) The lieutenant governor. (6) Any officer authorized by the constitution or any other law of the state to appoint an assistant, who in the absence of his chief has the authority to perform all the acts and duties of the office.
LA Rev Stat § 42:394 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 42 - Public Officers and Employees|§394. Leave of absence for officers and employees in certain branches of armed forces

RS 394 - Leave of absence for officers and employees in certain branches of armed forces  All officers and employees of the state, or of any parish, city, town, political subdivision, unit, or any state institution thereof, who are members of the Officers' Reserve Corps of the Army of the United States, the National Guard of the United States, the Naval Reserve Corps, the Marine Corps Reserve, the Air Force Reserve, the Citizens Military Training Corps, or the Civil Air Patrol, either as officers or enlisted men, are entitled to leave of absence from their respective duties, without loss of pay, time, annual leave, or efficiency rating, on all days during which they are ordered to duty with troops or at field exercises, or for instruction, for periods not to exceed fifteen days in any one calendar year; and when relieved from duty, they are to be restored to the positions held by them when ordered to duty. Amended by Acts 1977, No. 495, §1; Acts 1978, No. 61, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 42:395 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 42 - Public Officers and Employees|§395. Governor may grant leave to appointive officials in armed forces; salary to cease

RS 395 - Governor may grant leave to appointive officials in armed forces; salary to cease  The governor may grant, upon request, a leave of absence for a period not to exceed the term of the respective appointment to any appointive state official who is serving in the armed forces of the United States. The salary of any official obtaining a leave of absence under the provisions of this Section shall cease during the time the leave of absence is in effect.
LA Rev Stat § 42:396 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 42 - Public Officers and Employees|§396. Temporary appointments

RS 396 - Temporary appointments  The governor may in each instance where a leave of absence is granted under the terms of R.S. 42:395 name and designate a person having the necessary legal qualifications to serve during the temporary absence. The person so serving shall be vested with all of the rights, duties and emoluments of the office during the temporary appointment.
LA Rev Stat § 42:397 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 42 - Public Officers and Employees|§397. Reinstatement

RS 397 - Reinstatement  Upon the giving of written notice by the appointive official who has been granted a leave of absence under the provisions of this Part to the governor advising that the appointive official has received his discharge from active duty and containing the further statement that he desires to again assume the duties of his appointive office, the temporary appointment made under the provisions of R.S. 42:396, shall immediately terminate, and the official shall be re-instated to his former position.
LA Rev Stat § 42:398 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 42 - Public Officers and Employees|§398. Leave not accrued; unclassified health care professional employee pool

RS 398 - Leave not accrued; unclassified health care professional employee pool Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, no employee who fills a position in an unclassified health care professional employee pool established by a Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center medical center pursuant to R.S. 17:1519.16 shall earn or accrue any type of leave. The appointing authority for such position shall notify each person being employed in such a pool position of his ineligibility to earn or accrue leave. Each person employed in a pool position shall sign an affidavit acknowledging his ineligibility to earn or accrue leave and stating that he has full knowledge that he is never to earn or accrue any leave for time worked in a position in a pool. Acts 2005, No. 223, §3, eff. July 1, 2005.