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2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 49 - State Administration › §49:1303. Submission of notices and minutes

RS 49:1303 - Submission of notices and minutes
A. Each board, commission, or like entity covered by this Chapter shall submit each notice required to be included on the website pursuant to R.S. 49:1302(A) to the commissioner of administration in a manner which allows the commissioner enough time to post the notice on the website prior to the deadline applicable to the board, commission, or like entity for giving notice pursuant to R.S. 42:19.
B. Each board, commission, or like entity covered by this Chapter shall submit minutes required to be included on the website pursuant to R.S. 49:1302(B) to the commissioner of administration within ten days after the minutes are adopted by the board, commission, or like entity.
C. All submissions of information required by this Section shall be made in an electronic format designated by the commissioner of administration.
Acts 2009, No. 12, §1, eff. March 1, 2010.
NOTE: See Acts 2009, No. 12, §2.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 49 - State Administration › §49:1304. Submission of other information

RS 49:1304 - Submission of other information
A. Each board, commission, or like entity covered by this Chapter shall fully cooperate with the commissioner of administration in implementing and complying with the requirements of this Chapter.
B.(1) Except as provided in R.S. 49:1303, each board, commission, or like entity covered by this Chapter shall submit to the commissioner of administration all information required to be included on the website pursuant to R.S. 49:1302 by February first of each year. Except as provided in R.S. 49:1302(E)(2) and (G), the information shall be complete for the previous calendar year.
(2) The information required to be submitted pursuant to this Section shall be submitted by an appropriate officer of the board, commission, or like entity. The officer shall certify that the information submitted is true and correct to the best of his knowledge, information, and belief.
C. All submissions of information required by this Section shall be made in an electronic format designated by the commissioner of administration.
Acts 2009, No. 12, §1, eff. March 1, 2010; Acts 2013, No. 184, §16; Acts 2014, No. 791, §18.
NOTE: See Acts 2009, No. 12, §2.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 49 - State Administration › §49:1305. Applicability

RS 49:1305 - Applicability
A. This Chapter shall apply to the following boards, commissions, and like entities:
(1) Any board, commission, or like entity that is a licensing agency pursuant to the Louisiana Licensing Agency Budget Act (R.S. 39:1331 et seq.).
(2) The Louisiana Board of Cosmetology (R.S. 37:571).
(3) Each board and commission whose members are required to file annual financial disclosure statements pursuant to R.S. 42:1124.2.1.
B. This Chapter shall also apply to any committee, subcommittee, or panel of any board, commission, or like entity specified in Subsection A of this Section.
Acts 2009, No. 12, §1, eff. March 1, 2010; Acts 2010, No. 814, §2, eff. May 1, 2011.
NOTE: See Acts 2009, No. 12, §2.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 49 - State Administration › §49:1307. Legislative auditor

RS 49:1307 - Legislative auditor
The legislative auditor shall work with the commissioner of administration to ensure that each board, commission, or like entity covered by this Chapter complies with the provisions of this Chapter.
Acts 2010, No. 814, §2, eff. May 1, 2011.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 49 - State Administration › §49:1308. Internet publication of certain information concerning permits and licenses; information required to be published; manner of publication

RS 49:1308 - Internet publication of certain information concerning permits and licenses; information required to be published; manner of publication
A.(1) Each state entity subject to the provisions of this Chapter that issues a permit or license shall prominently include on its internet website the information required by Subsection B of this Section.
(2) If a state entity does not have an internet website, the department of which the state entity is a part shall include the information required by Subsection B of this Section for the state entity on the website of the department.
B. All of the following information shall be included on the website:
(1) A brief description of each permit or license that the state entity issues. For each such permit or license, links to the following shall be included:
(a) The full text of the current application.
(b) A checklist of all information required to be submitted to complete the application process.
(c) The name and contact information of the person within the state entity responsible for responding to inquiries about the status of an application.
(d) The anticipated timeline for review of a completed application.
(2) A copy of the annual report submitted to the legislative oversight committees or subcommittees by the state entity pursuant to Subsection C of this Section.
C. Each state entity shall annually submit to its legislative oversight committee or subcommittee a report containing the number of permit or license applications received, the number of permits or licenses issued, and timelines for approval of an application.
D. For the purposes of this Section, "state entity" means any department, office, division, commission, council, board, bureau, or other regulatory agency of state government.
Acts 2022, No. 590, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 49 - State Administration › §49:1402. Definition of terms

RS 49:1402 - Definition of terms
As used in this Chapter, the following terms have the meanings ascribed to them in this Section unless otherwise clearly indicated by context:
(1) "Agency" means any of the following state departments:
(a) Department of Children and Family Services.
(b) Department of Education.
(c) Louisiana Department of Health.
(d) Louisiana Workforce Commission.
(2) "Procedural reason" means a reason for an action on a program case related to an agency's nonreceipt of materials or information necessary for determining benefit eligibility.
(3) "Program" means any of the following:
(a) Medicaid.
(b) Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF).
(c) Family Independence Temporary Assistance (FITAP).
(d) Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP).
(e) Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC).
(f) Unemployment Compensation.
(g) Child Care Assistance Program (CCAP).
Acts 2022, No. 542, §1, eff. June 17, 2022.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 49 - State Administration › §49:1403. Reports

RS 49:1403 - Reports
Beginning in 2023, any agency that administers a program shall, no later than February fifteenth of each year, submit a report to the legislature, providing, at a minimum, the following information:
(1) For the current fiscal year, the total dollar amount and percentage of the agency's budget for the program allocated for program integrity and eliminating fraud, waste, and abuse.
(2) A description of the agency's current policies and practices that reduce fraud, waste, and abuse of program benefits.
(3) For the preceding calendar year, the total number of individuals determined by the agency or legislative auditor to have improperly received benefits through the program and the total dollar amount of benefits improperly received.
(4) The type and amount of improper payments.
(5) The type and amount of any improper payments prevented, if known.
(6) The dollar amount the state saved in preventing improper payments, and if any, in recouping improper payments.
(7) A description of all policies, processes, and procedures in place at the agency to determine eligibility for the program. The description shall include details about what information the agency verifies or cross-checks through databases and data exchanges with other agencies, including national databases, and the frequency of that verification or cross-checking.
(8) A description of all policies, processes, and procedures in place at the agency to identify individuals receiving benefits under the program who are no longer eligible to receive benefits and what steps, if any, are taken, and under what timeline, to remove identified individuals from program participation.
(9) A detailed description of all policies, processes, and procedures in place at the agency to verify federal or state work or work search requirements for benefit eligibility, if applicable.
(10) The frequency with which the agency performs the verification.
(11) A description of any barriers the agency identifies to implementing additional program integrity measures, including privacy or data sharing impediments, administrative burden, and any increase in financial cost.
(12) A description of all metrics and data points used by the agency to measure success of the program, including all metrics and data points related to program integrity and fraud.
(13) For the preceding calendar year, measures of access in the program, including:
(a) For each month, the number of applications received, the percentage of applications denied, and the percentage of applications denied for procedural reasons.
(b) Monthly call center performance metrics for call centers serving clients and applicants, including the average number of calls and the average and maximum call wait times.
(c) The average caseload per caseworker.
(14) A detailed description of the program's administrative appeals process for clients, including but not limited to the number of hearings requested by clients and the number of hearings waived by clients.
Acts 2022, No. 542, §1, eff. June 17, 2022.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 50 - Surveys and Surveyors › §50:1. Adoption; parishes comprising north and south zones

RS 50:1 - Adoption; parishes comprising north and south zones
A. The systems of plane coordinates which have been established by the National Ocean Service/National Geodetic Service, formerly the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey, or its successors for defining and stating the geographic positions or locations of points on the surface of the earth within the state of Louisiana are hereafter to be known and designated as the Louisiana Coordinate System of 1927 and the Louisiana Coordinate System of 1983.
B. For the purpose of the use of these systems, the state is divided into a North Zone, South Zone, and an Offshore Zone.
C. The area now included in the following parishes shall constitute the North Zone: Avoyelles, Bienville, Bossier, Caddo, Caldwell, Catahoula, Claiborne, Concordia, DeSoto, East Carroll, Franklin, Grant, Jackson, LaSalle, Lincoln, Madison, Morehouse, Natchitoches, Ouachita, Rapides, Red River, Richland, Sabine, Tensas, Union, Vernon, Webster, West Carroll, and Winn.
D. The area now included in the following parishes shall constitute the South Zone: Acadia, Allen, Ascension, Assumption, Beauregard, Calcasieu, Cameron, East Baton Rouge, East Feliciana, Evangeline, Iberia, Iberville, Jefferson, Jefferson Davis, Lafayette, Lafourche, Livingston, Orleans, Plaquemine, Pointe Coupee, St. Bernard, St. Charles, St. Helena, St. James, St. John the Baptist, St. Landry, St. Martin, St. Mary, St. Tammany, Tangipahoa, Terrebonne, Vermilion, Washington, West Baton Rouge, and West Feliciana.
E. The area now included in that area of the Gulf of Mexico defined as being within 200 miles of the state of Louisiana shall constitute the Offshore Zone.
Acts 1985, No. 913, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 50 - Surveys and Surveyors › §50:2. Designation for use in North, South, and Offshore Zones

RS 50:2 - Designation for use in North, South, and Offshore Zones
A. As established for use in the North Zone, the Louisiana Coordinate System of 1927 or the Louisiana Coordinate System of 1983 shall be named; and in any land description in which it is used, it shall be designated the "Louisiana Coordinate System of 1927 North Zone" or "Louisiana Coordinate System of 1983 North Zone".
B. As established for use in the South Zone, the Louisiana Coordinate System of 1927 or the Louisiana Coordinate System of 1983 shall be named; and in any land description in which it is used, it shall be designated the "Louisiana Coordinate System of 1927 South Zone" or "Louisiana Coordinate System of 1983 South Zone".
C. As established for use in that area of the Gulf of Mexico defined as being within 200 miles of the state of Louisiana, it shall constitute the Offshore Zone.
Amended by Acts 1968, No. 299, §1; Acts 1985, No. 913, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 50 - Surveys and Surveyors › §50:3. Plane coordinates

RS 50:3 - Plane coordinates
The plane coordinate values for a point on the earth's surface, used to express the geographic position or location of such point in the appropriate zone of this system, shall consist of two distances expressed in U.S. Survey feet and decimals of a foot when using the Louisiana Coordinate System of 1927 and expressed in meters and decimals of a meter, or the equivalent distance in feet and decimals of a foot, (conversion factor is 3937 divided by 1200), when using the Louisiana Coordinate System of 1983. One of these distances to be known as the "x-coordinate", shall give the position in an east and west direction; the other, to be known as the "y-coordinate", shall give the position in a north and south direction. These coordinates shall be made to depend upon and conform to plane rectangular coordinate values for the monumented points of the North American Horizontal Geodetic Control Network as published by the National Ocean Service/National Geodetic Survey, or its successors, and whose plane coordinates have been computed on the systems defined in this Chapter. Any such station may be used for establishing a survey connection to either Louisiana Coordinate System.
Acts 1985, No. 913, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 50 - Surveys and Surveyors › §50:4. Describing of location

RS 50:4 - Describing of location
For purposes of describing the location of any point in the state of Louisiana, it shall be considered a complete, legal, and satisfactory description of such location to give the position of said survey station or land boundary corner on the system of plane coordinates defined in this Chapter.
Acts 1985, No. 913, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 50 - Surveys and Surveyors › §50:5. Purchaser or mortgagee not required to rely on description depending solely on system

RS 50:5 - Purchaser or mortgagee not required to rely on description depending solely on system
Nothing contained in this Chapter shall require a purchaser or mortgagee to rely on a description, which depends exclusively upon either Louisiana Coordinate System.
Acts 1985, No. 913, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 50 - Surveys and Surveyors › §50:6. Land in different zones

RS 50:6 - Land in different zones
When any tract of land to be defined by a single description extends from one into the other of the above coordinate zones, the positions of all points on its boundaries may be referred to either of the two zones, the zone which is used being specifically named in the description.
Acts 1985, No. 913, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 50 - Surveys and Surveyors › §50:7. Louisiana Coordinate System defined

RS 50:7 - Louisiana Coordinate System defined
A. For purposes of more precisely defining the Louisiana Coordinate System of 1927, the following definition by the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey, now National Ocean Service/National Geodetic Service, is adopted:
(1) The "Louisiana Coordinate System of 1927 North Zone" is a Lambert conformal conic projection of the Clarke spheroid of 1866, having standard parallels at north latitudes 31 degrees 10 minutes and 32 degrees 40 minutes, along which parallels the scale shall be exact. The origin of coordinate is at the intersection of the meridian 92 degrees 30 minutes west of Greenwich and the parallel 30 degrees 40 minutes north latitude. This origin is given the coordinates: x = 2,000,000' and y = 0', as now defined.
(2) The "Louisiana Coordinate System of 1927 South Zone" is a Lambert conformal conic projection of the Clarke spheroid of 1866, having standard parallels at north latitudes 29 degrees 18 minutes and 30 degrees 42 minutes, along which parallels the scale shall be exact. The origin of coordinates is at the intersection of the meridian 91 degrees 20 minutes west of Greenwich and the parallel 28 degrees 40 minutes north latitude. This origin is given the coordinates: x = 2,000,000' and y= 0', as now defined.
B. For purposes of more precisely defining the Louisiana Coordinate System of 1983, the following definition by the National Ocean Service/National Geodetic Service is adopted:
(1) The "Louisiana Coordinate System of 1983 North Zone" is a Lambert conformal conic projection of the North American Datum of 1983, having standard parallels at north latitudes 31 degrees 10 minutes and 32 degrees 40 minutes, along which parallels the scale shall be exact. The origin of coordinates is at the intersection of the meridian 92 degrees 30 minutes west of Greenwich and the parallel 30 degrees 30 minutes north latitude. This origin is given the coordinates: x = 1,000,000 meters and y = 0 meters.
(2) The "Louisiana Coordinate System of 1983 South Zone" is a Lambert conformal conic projection of the North American Datum of 1983, having standard parallels at north latitudes 29 degrees 18 minutes and 30 degrees 42 minutes along which parallels the scale shall be exact. The origin of coordinates is at the intersection of the meridian 91 degrees 20 minutes west of Greenwich and the parallel 28 degrees 30 minutes north latitude. This origin is given the coordinates: x = 1,000,000 meters and y = 0 meters.
(3) The "Louisiana Coordinate System of 1983 Offshore Zone" is a Lambert conformal conic projection of the North American Datum 1983, having standard parallels at north latitudes 26 degrees 10 minutes and 27 degrees 50 minutes, along which parallels the scale shall be exact. The origin of coordinates is at the intersection of the meridian 91 degrees 20 minutes west of Greenwich and the parallel 25 degrees 30 minutes north latitude. This origin is given the coordinates: x = 1,000,000 meters and y = 0 meters.
Acts 1985, No. 913, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 50 - Surveys and Surveyors › §50:8. Distance of boundary points from station

RS 50:8 - Distance of boundary points from station
No coordinate based on either Louisiana Coordinate System, purporting to define the position of a point, shall be presented to be recorded in any public land records or deed records unless such point is within five kilometers of a monumented horizontal control station established in conformity with the standards of accuracy and specification for first or second-order geodetic surveying as prepared and published by the Federal Geodetic Control Committee (FGCC) of the United States Department of Commerce. Standards and Specifications of the FGCC or its successors in force on date of said survey shall apply. The publishing of the existing control stations, or the acceptance with intent to publish the newly established control stations, by the National Ocean Service/National Geodetic Service will constitute evidence of adherence to the FGCC Specification. Above limitations may be modified by a duly authorized state agency, the Department of Transportation and Development, to meet local conditions.
Acts 1985, No. 913, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 50 - Surveys and Surveyors › §50:9. Duly authorized state agency

RS 50:9 - Duly authorized state agency
The state Department of Transportation and Development is designated as the authorized state agency, as referred to in R.S. 50:8, to administer the provisions of this Chapter, to collect and distribute information, to authorize such modifications as are referred to in R.S. 50:8, and generally to advise with and assist appropriate state and federal agencies and individuals interested in the development of the provisions of this Chapter.
Amended by Acts 1968, No. 299, §1; Acts 1985, No. 913, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 50 - Surveys and Surveyors › §50:10. Use of term "Louisiana Coordinate System" in document

RS 50:10 - Use of term "Louisiana Coordinate System" in document
The use of the term "Louisiana Coordinate System of 1927 'North', 'South' Zones" or "Louisiana Coordinate System of 1983 'North', 'South', or 'Offshore' Zones" on any map, report of survey, or other document shall be limited to coordinates based on the Louisiana Coordinate System as defined in this Chapter.
Added by Acts 1968, No. 299, §2; Acts 1985, No. 913, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 50 - Surveys and Surveyors › §50:11. Termination of 1927 Coordinate System

RS 50:11 - Termination of 1927 Coordinate System
The Louisiana Coordinate System of 1927 shall not be used after December 31, 1995.
Added by Acts 1977, No. 692, §1; Acts 1985, No. 913, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 50 - Surveys and Surveyors › §50:61. Right of entry

RS 50:61 - Right of entry
Any person employed in the execution of a survey authorized by the Congress of the United States may enter upon lands within the state for the purpose of doing any work which may be necessary to carry out the object of then existing laws relative to surveys, and may establish permanent station marks, and erect the necessary signals and temporary observatories.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 50 - Surveys and Surveyors › §50:63. Disagreement as to damages due; petition to court; costs

RS 50:63 - Disagreement as to damages due; petition to court; costs
If the parties interested cannot agree upon the amount to be paid for damages caused by the entry or by the work done, either of them may petition the district court in the parish in which the land is situated to settle the issue. The court shall appoint a time to hear the parties and their witnesses and shall assess damages.
If there has been a tender of damages to the injured party by the party entering the land, the injured party shall bear the costs of the suit if the damages finally assessed by the court do not exceed the amount tendered. If the damages assessed by the court are more than the amount tendered, the party entering upon the land shall bear the costs.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 50 - Surveys and Surveyors › §50:64. Defacing, injuring, or removing property of U.S. survey; penalty; damages

RS 50:64 - Defacing, injuring, or removing property of U.S. survey; penalty; damages
Any person who wilfully defaces, injures, or removes any property of the United States coast and geodetic, or geological, or other survey, constructed or used by virtue of an act of Congress referred to in R.S. 50:61 shall be fined not less than ten dollars nor more than fifty dollars for each offense and shall be liable in a civil action for damages sustained by the United States in consequence thereof.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 50 - Surveys and Surveyors › §50:121. Reasons for surveys

RS 50:121 - Reasons for surveys
The Register of the State Land Office may cause surveys and resurveys to be made, in order to establish or re-establish township lines, range lines, section lines, corners, and half-mile stations, where the original monuments have been destroyed or lost or are uncertain, or where the lines, corners, or stations were never actually established.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 50 - Surveys and Surveyors › §50:122. Register may procure field notes and hire surveyors and helpers to make survey

RS 50:122 - Register may procure field notes and hire surveyors and helpers to make survey
The Register of the State Land Office may, from time to time, procure necessary field notes, where any exist from actual surveys, and may employ one or more competent surveyors and the necessary helpers, in order to make any survey or re-survey authorized by this Chapter.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 50 - Surveys and Surveyors › §50:123. Petition for survey; notice; survey and map; cost

RS 50:123 - Petition for survey; notice; survey and map; cost
Upon petition of any individual owning land in any township, or section thereof, which has never been surveyed or which has been only partially surveyed or in which the lines or corners have become obliterated or are uncertain, in whole or part, the Register of the State Land Office shall, after giving written notice to the other record owners of land in the area in need of surveying so that they may attend if they desire, proceed without delay to have the township surveyed or re-surveyed and a map made showing township and section lines and corners and half-mile stations. The landowner petitioning for the survey shall bear the expense thereof.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 50 - Surveys and Surveyors › §50:124. Landowners' liability for expenses

RS 50:124 - Landowners' liability for expenses
The Register of the State Land Office may charge to landowners desiring a survey or re-survey its actual cost and expense, including the cost and expense of establishing or re-establishing the lines, corners, and half-mile stations and the cost of appropriate permanent markers, monuments, or witnesses.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 50 - Surveys and Surveyors › §50:125. Conformance to prior survey or to plats under which lands granted

RS 50:125 - Conformance to prior survey or to plats under which lands granted
In making re-surveys under the provisions of this Part, the surveyor shall, as nearly as possible, re-establish the original lines of any prior survey made under United States or state authority. In all townships or portions of townships where no survey has been made, the surveyor, in surveying or platting the township or portion thereof, shall make it conform as nearly as practicable to the lots and sections indicated upon the plats according to which the lands were granted by the state or by the United States.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 50 - Surveys and Surveyors › §50:126. Filing of field notes and map or plat; effect of approval

RS 50:126 - Filing of field notes and map or plat; effect of approval
In all cases where the Register of the State Land Office has caused a township, or one or more sections thereof, to be surveyed or resurveyed, field notes of this survey and the map or plat thereof shall be filed in the State Land Office. When the survey or re-survey and the maps or plat thereof are approved by the Register of the State Land Office, they shall be the official survey and map or plat of the township or section or sections thereof.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 50 - Surveys and Surveyors › §50:127. Recording of copy of proces verbal and of map or plat of survey in parish; filing of originals

RS 50:127 - Recording of copy of proces verbal and of map or plat of survey in parish; filing of originals
Whenever the register of the State Land Office approves a survey, whether it be an original survey or a re-survey, and whether or not a prior survey had theretofore been approved, he shall file a certified copy of the proces verbal of the survey, showing his approval and embracing all field notes, and a certified copy of the map or plat of the survey, with the clerk of court and ex-officio recorder of the parish in which the area covered by the survey is situated; and the clerk shall record this proces verbal in the records of his office. The originals, with the approval by the Register of the State Land Office, shall be filed in the State Land Office.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 50 - Surveys and Surveyors › §50:128. Conclusiveness of survey; evidence; correcting or setting aside

RS 50:128 - Conclusiveness of survey; evidence; correcting or setting aside
All surveys or re-surveys, and the plats thereof, approved by the Register of the State Land Office, are binding on all parties, and copies thereof, certified by the clerk of court or by the Register of the State Land Office, are conclusive evidence of the correctness thereof in any court. No court may set aside any such approved survey, re-survey, or plat except in a direct action brought for that purpose on the ground of fraud or gross error in the making of the survey. If a survey is set aside in this manner, a re-survey may be made as provided in this Chapter. Only the executive department of the government may make and correct surveys or re-surveys approved by the Register of the State Land Office. No court shall alter or amend in any way any part of an approved survey or re-survey or the plat thereof.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 50 - Surveys and Surveyors › §50:151. Authorization to hire surveyors, procure field notes, and make surveys

RS 50:151 - Authorization to hire surveyors, procure field notes, and make surveys
Any parish, except the Parish of Orleans, may procure necessary field notes from any previous survey and may employ one or more competent surveyors to survey or re-survey and establish or reestablish township lines, range lines, section corners, and half-mile stations where these have never been surveyed or established or where the original witness trees have been destroyed or lost.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 50 - Surveys and Surveyors › §50:152. Petition by landowners for survey; survey and map

RS 50:152 - Petition by landowners for survey; survey and map
Upon the petition of landowners owning more than fifty per cent of the land in a township which has never been wholly surveyed or the lines of which are obliterated or destroyed, the governing authority of the parish in which the township is situated shall immediately have the township surveyed and a map made thereof.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 50 - Surveys and Surveyors › §50:153. Cost of survey or re-survey

RS 50:153 - Cost of survey or re-survey
Except in the situation referred to in R.S. 50:152, the governing authority of the parish may appropriate money out the general fund of the parish to defray the expenses of the survey or resurvey and of the establishing or re-establishing of the lines, corners, and half mile stations with cement, cast iron, or other permanent material. In the situation set out in R.S. 50:152, the landowners petitioning for the survey shall bear its cost.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 50 - Surveys and Surveyors › §50:154. Conformance to prior survey or to plats under which lands sold by state or by U.S.

RS 50:154 - Conformance to prior survey or to plats under which lands sold by state or by U.S.
In making his survey, the surveyor shall, as nearly as possible, re-establish the original lines of any prior survey made under United States or state authority. Where no survey has been made, the surveyor, in surveying and platting a township, shall make his survey conform, as nearly as practicable, to the lots and sections as indicated on the plats according to which the lands were sold by the state or by the United States. Nothing in this Section affects the articles of the Louisiana Civil Code relating to boundaries.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 50 - Surveys and Surveyors › §50:155. Recording copy of resolution, proces verbal of survey, and blue print maps in parish; filing with State Land Office

RS 50:155 - Recording copy of resolution, proces verbal of survey, and blue print maps in parish; filing with State Land Office
When the governing authority of the parish approves a survey under the provisions of this Part, whether it is an original or a re-survey, and whether or not a survey had theretofore been approved, it shall file a certified copy of the resolution approving the survey, the proces verbal of the survey, embracing all field notes, and a tracing or blue print map of the actual survey of the township with the clerk of court and ex-officio recorder of the parish in which the township is situated, and he shall record all of them in the records of the parish. The governing authority of the parish shall also file similar documents with the Register of the State Land Office.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 50 - Surveys and Surveyors › §50:157. Surveys affecting parish boundary lines; how made official

RS 50:157 - Surveys affecting parish boundary lines; how made official
Wherever, under the provisions of this Part, a boundary line between two or more parishes is involved, the survey affecting that line shall be approved, in accordance with the provisions of this Part, by the governing authorities of all the parishes affected by the survey before it becomes official and legal.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 50 - Surveys and Surveyors › §50:171. Statewide land information mapping and records system; standards

RS 50:171 - Statewide land information mapping and records system; standards
A. The state land office shall establish, promulgate, and maintain appropriate standards for a statewide land information mapping and map records system of all lands, private and public, within the state of Louisiana to promote and ensure compatibility, uniformity, and cost-effectiveness by public entities. These standards shall be developed to include the establishment of appropriate photogrametric or electronic mapping techniques and procedures which efficiently accommodate land information collection, maintenance, sharing, and retrieval. The department shall adopt these standards by rules adopted pursuant to the Administrative Procedure Act prior to January 1, 1991.
B. The standards required by Subsection A shall be employed by every parish governing authority or tax assessor undertaking the development of a land information mapping and map records system to assure that the assessment rolls of the parish contain a complete list of all taxable property. Only parish and tax assessor land information mapping and map records systems complying with these standards shall be eligible for state financial aid.
C. Information contained in the land information system shall not constitute or be considered as a legal representation of immovable property.
Acts 1989, No. 192, §1; Acts 2018, No. 242, §3.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 50 - Surveys and Surveyors › §50:172. Technical assistance and implementation

RS 50:172 - Technical assistance and implementation
A. The division of administration, office of state lands, shall provide technical assistance and advice to local governmental units and assessors in the development of land information mapping and records systems and the implementation of the state standards established under R.S. 50:171.
B-D. Repealed by Acts 1997, No. 1116, §2.
Acts 1991, No. 955, §1; Acts 1997, No. 1116, §§1, 2.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 50 - Surveys and Surveyors › §50:173. Maintaining currency of standards

RS 50:173 - Maintaining currency of standards
The office of state lands shall have the authority to promulgate and adopt such additional standards and upgrade existing standards regarding land information and records systems by rules adopted pursuant to the Administrative Procedure Act.
Acts 1991, No. 955, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 50 - Surveys and Surveyors › §50:173.1. Vertical control standards

RS 50:173.1 - Vertical control standards
Vertical controls for all surveys shall be determined in the North American Vertical Datum of 1988 (NAVD88). All measurements shall be referenced to local control stations of the National Spatial Reference System, specifically the public domain Louisiana State University Continuously Operating Reference Stations network or other currently National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration National Geodetic Survey approved reference stations, such as benchmarks, monuments, or continually operating reference stations.
Acts 2006, No. 194, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 50 - Surveys and Surveyors › §50:174. Parish land information office

RS 50:174 - Parish land information office
A. Parish land information mapping and records system programs may be initiated by either the parish government or by the parish office of the assessor.
B. Each parish government or assessor may either establish a parish land information office, or the functions and duties of the land information office may be directed to be performed by an existing parish department or by the office of the assessor.
C. The duties of the parish land information office shall include:
(1) The coordination of land information projects within the parish, between the parish and local government units, between the state and local governmental units, among local governmental units, the federal government, and the private sector.
(2) The establishment of a land information systems advisory user committee.
(3) The identification of possible program revenue sources for the initial development and future maintenance of the parish land information mapping and records system.
(4) The preparation of an implementation plan, setting forth the time schedule, the estimated total cost, and an annual budget for developing a parishwide land information mapping and records system.
(5) Applying for state financial aid, when available, from the office of state lands.
Acts 1991, No. 955, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 50 - Surveys and Surveyors › §50:221. Fixing parish boundary

RS 50:221 - Fixing parish boundary
Whenever the governing authority of any parish desires to ascertain and fix the boundary line of any adjoining parish, it shall pass an ordinance to that effect fixing a time and place for starting the running of the boundary. It shall then serve the presiding officer of the governing authority of the adjoining parish with a copy of the ordinance and with notice, at least six months in advance, of the time and place of starting the running of the boundary.
The surveyors appointed for that purpose, or, if there were none specifically appointed, the parish surveyors of both parishes shall, at the time fixed, proceed to the running and marking of the boundary line. If the surveyor of either parish fails to attend at the time and place fixed, the other surveyor shall wait two days and if the first does not arrive within that time shall proceed to the running and marking of the boundary line.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 50 - Surveys and Surveyors › §50:222. Preserving returns showing boundary

RS 50:222 - Preserving returns showing boundary
After a boundary line has been run and marked as prescribed in R.S. 50:221, due return of the survey shall be made to the presiding officer of the governing authority of each parish and he shall have it filed and preserved in the office of the recorder.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 50 - Surveys and Surveyors › §50:225. Contracts for surveys and maps of parish

RS 50:225 - Contracts for surveys and maps of parish
Any parish governing authority may contract for an aerial survey and mosaic map of its parish. This survey and map shall be drawn to scale and shall show range and township reference, township lines, section lines, and such other general information incidental and necessary to the survey and map as may be required by the parish governing authority and as is set out in the contract for the survey and mosaic map. Each section shall be completely numbered.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 50 - Surveys and Surveyors › §50:226. Payment of obligations incurred incidental to survey and mosaic map

RS 50:226 - Payment of obligations incurred incidental to survey and mosaic map
The cost of the contracted obligation incurred incidental to the survey and mosaic map as required in R.S. 50:225 shall be paid for by all tax recipient bodies in the parish in the proportion that each shares in tax monies collected and allotted from ad valorem taxes collected. The governing authority of the parish and the various tax recipient bodies who share in the tax monies may either appropriate money out of their general fund or pledge and dedicate its revenues and issue obligations to meet its share of the obligations incurred incidental to the survey and mosaic map.
Amended by Acts 1954, No. 643, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 50 - Surveys and Surveyors › §50:227. Survey and map approved by parish governing authority; effect

RS 50:227 - Survey and map approved by parish governing authority; effect
When an aerial survey and mosaic map of the parish have been approved by the governing authority of the parish by a proper resolution, they are the official survey and mosaic map of the parish and shall be fully preserved in the parish archives.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 50 - Surveys and Surveyors › §50:228. Effect of survey on assessment roll of parish

RS 50:228 - Effect of survey on assessment roll of parish
Upon the completion of an aerial survey and mosaic map of the parish and the approval thereof by the parish governing authority, as provided in R.S. 50:227, the assessor of the parish shall compare the assessment roll of the parish with the mosaic map and shall include on that roll any taxable property or properties shown on the mosaic map but not shown on the assessment roll. The governing authority of the parish shall satisfy itself that the assessment roll of the parish contains a complete list of all taxable property in the parish, as shown by the mosaic map.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 50 - Surveys and Surveyors › §50:271. §§271 to 283 Repealed by Acts 1968, No. 155, §1; Acts 1968, No. 533, §9

RS 50:271 - §§271 to 283 Repealed by Acts 1968, No. 155, §1; Acts 1968, No. 533, §9
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 51 - Trade and Commerce › §51:1. Definitions

RS 51:1 - Definitions
As used in this Part:
Commission merchant means every person who sells in this state on commission or buys as broker or agent for or on account of any person, farm products, fish, oysters, shrimp, crabs, game, or fur skins.
Farm products means all agricultural, horticultural, and floricultural products, live stock, meats, hides, poultry, eggs, butter, milk, nuts, honey, and seeds.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 51 - Trade and Commerce › §51:2. Bond

RS 51:2 - Bond
Every commission merchant shall furnish a bond of one thousand dollars, payable to the commissioner of agriculture and forestry of Louisiana or his successors in office, to guarantee his compliance with the provisions of R.S. 51:1 through 4, such bond to be signed as surety by any surety company authorized to do business in this state.
Acts 2009, No. 24, §5, eff. June 12, 2009.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 51 - Trade and Commerce › §51:3. Records of transactions; statements of sales; commissions

RS 51:3 - Records of transactions; statements of sales; commissions
Every commission merchant shall keep complete records of all his transactions as such, including all brokerage transactions, full account of all purchases made for or on account of any person, and records of all consignments received, sales made, consignments refused, consignments claimed to be damaged, short, or inferior, with reason for the refusal or claim. He shall make statements, signed and numbered in duplicate, showing all sales made, quantity, and price paid, and he shall furnish to the consignor one copy of the statement or account of sale which shall include the name of the purchaser, his postoffice and street address, immediately upon delivery to the purchaser of the goods sold and the other copy shall be kept on file in the office of the commission merchant. He shall not charge or deduct commissions on consignment on any amount except the amount paid by the purchaser of the consigned goods, which commission shall not exceed ten per centum, except in the case of shrimps where the commission shall not exceed five per centum, and when he has sufficient reasons to refuse a consignment, or claims it seriously damaged or short, he shall immediately communicate with the consignor, stating his reasons.
Amended by Acts 1952, No. 347, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 51 - Trade and Commerce › §51:4. Fraud; penalty

RS 51:4 - Fraud; penalty
No person shall misstate the condition of farm products or other products enumerated in R.S. 51:1, or the condition of the market, or any sale made, with intent to defraud, and no commission merchant shall take to his own account, or sell to himself or to any firm, partnership, corporation or association, of which he is a part or is agent, or is in any way interested, any part of any consignment, if such taking to account or sale is made to deceive or defraud the consignor, or to reduce the grade, value, or market price of the consignment or any part of it, or for the purpose of holding the consignment or any part of it off the market temporarily in order to sell to his own advantage or that of such firm, partnership, corporation, or association.
Whoever violates this Section shall be fined not less than twenty-five dollars nor more than one hundred dollars, and imprisoned for not less than thirty days nor more than six months.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 51 - Trade and Commerce › §51:5. Accounts of sales; contents; penalty

RS 51:5 - Accounts of sales; contents; penalty
Any factor, broker, commission merchant, middleman, or other person acting as a commission merchant who undertakes the sale for another of any goods, wares, merchandise, sugar, cotton, rice, or other agricultural produce, shall embody in all accounts of sales the address, dates and name of the person to whom sold, and shall render a correct account of sales within fifteen days of the date of sale of the whole or any portion of the goods.
Whoever violates this Section shall be fined not more than one thousand dollars nor less than five hundred dollars, or imprisoned for not more than twelve months nor less than six months, or both.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 51 - Trade and Commerce › §51:6. Inspection of records by state officers, etc.

RS 51:6 - Inspection of records by state officers, etc.
All books, records, and other papers and documents of all persons, selling on commission any agricultural, horticultural, or other products of the farm, lake, gulf, ocean, or stream may be inspected at any time by the commissioner of agriculture and forestry, the attorney general, any district attorney of the state, or any assistant or representative designated by either of these authorities, for the purpose of:
(1) Searching for evidence of any violation of law;
(2) Correcting any improper or illegal methods that may exist or be practiced in the conduct of the business;
(3) Determining the extent and character of any claim or complaint made by a shipper or consignor; or
(4) Providing for the welfare of the public and upholding the laws of the state.
A written request shall be made to any of these authorities by the consignor or shipper, and such inspection may be made by the consignor, or shipper, in person, or through his authorized representative.
Acts 2009, No. 24, §5, eff. June 12, 2009.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 51 - Trade and Commerce › §51:7. Refusal to permit inspection; penalty

RS 51:7 - Refusal to permit inspection; penalty
Whoever refuses to submit any books, records, other papers, or documents to inspection as required by R.S. 51:6 shall be imprisoned not less than thirty nor more than one hundred and twenty days, and if the offender refuses to submit the books, records, other papers, or documents at the instance of, or on the authority and direction of, any firm, partnership, corporation or association, such firm, partnership, corporation or association shall be fined not less than one hundred dollars nor more than five hundred dollars, notwithstanding the punishment imposed upon the individual.