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2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 42 - Public Officers and Employees › §42:1404. Ballots; distribution; vote; return; counting; rejection

RS 42:1404 - Ballots; distribution; vote; return; counting; rejection
A.(1) The director shall arrange the names of the candidates in alphabetical order and shall assign a number to each. He shall place the name of each candidate who meets the requirements for candidacy in alphabetical order on the ballot, together with the number assigned to each. The ballot shall be uniform.
(2) Not later than seven days after the final day for the filing of nomination petitions, he shall cause to be delivered to the appointing authority of the Department of Public Safety and Corrections one official ballot, one signature slip, one official ballot envelope, and one postage paid return envelope that is preprinted addressed to the director for each such employee whose name appears on the employment rolls thirty days prior to the date on which the call for the election is issued. The appointing authority shall initiate distribution of the voting materials immediately upon receipt. Each person shall cast his vote out of the presence of any other person.
(3) The marked ballot shall be sealed in the ballot envelope and shall be placed along with the signature slip containing the signature and social security number of the employee in the return envelope and returned to the director. No identifying mark, except for the required signature and social security number, shall be placed on the signature slip, and the ballot shall not be valid unless the signature slip is signed by the voter. The ballots shall be returned to the director on or before a date fixed by the director, which date shall be not less than ten nor more than fifteen days after distribution of the ballots to the appointing authority.
B. All ballots shall be counted under the direction of a ballot oversight committee composed of one classified state police officer named by each candidate and such additional number of classified state police officers, named by each candidate, as the director determines is necessary to complete the count.
C. Following a verification process determined by the director, the ballots shall be placed in one or more ballot boxes which shall be furnished by the director. Beginning on the day after the date fixed by the director as the last day for return of the ballots, the ballot oversight committee shall begin its count of the ballots by opening the ballots contained in the ballot boxes. The count of the ballots shall be completed within three days after the date fixed by the director as the last day for return of the ballots.
D. Any ballot which is not timely returned, or which is returned improperly signed, shall be marked "Rejected" by the ballot oversight committee and shall not be counted by the ballot oversight committee. In addition, the ballot oversight committee shall reject any ballot upon which the name of more than one candidate is marked.
Acts 1990, No. 788, §1, eff. Nov. 7, 1990; Acts 1999, No. 513, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 42 - Public Officers and Employees › §42:1405. Secrecy of ballot; interference with voter; penalty

RS 42:1405 - Secrecy of ballot; interference with voter; penalty
A. No voter shall allow his ballot to be seen by any person with an apparent intention of letting it be known how he is about to vote, or place any distinguishing mark upon his ballot, or make a false statement as to his inability to mark his ballot. No person shall interfere or attempt to interfere with any voter when marking his ballot, or endeavor to induce any voter before voting to show how he is about to mark or has marked his ballot, or influence or attempt to influence any voter to vote for or against a particular candidate, or otherwise violate any of the provisions of this Chapter or rules adopted pursuant thereto.
B. Whoever violates this Section shall be punished in accordance with R.S. 18:1461, R.S. 14:119, R.S. 14:120, R.S. 14:136, or any other applicable law enacted to punish violations of laws relating to other elections.
Acts 1990, No. 788, §1, eff. Nov. 7, 1990.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 42 - Public Officers and Employees › §42:1406. Cost of election

RS 42:1406 - Cost of election
All costs incurred in connection with the election provided for by this Chapter shall be paid out of funds available to the state police commission for its operations.
Acts 1990, No. 788, §1, eff. Nov. 7, 1990.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 42 - Public Officers and Employees › §42:1407. Election; results; rules and regulations; promulgation

RS 42:1407 - Election; results; rules and regulations; promulgation
A.(1) The director shall submit a written report of the election results to the state police commission and the secretary of state within one working day after completion of the counting of the election ballots or, if a runoff election is held, within one working day after completion of the counting of runoff election ballots. Upon receipt of the results of the election, the secretary of state shall promulgate the results thereof. The candidate who receives a majority of the votes cast in the election, or the greatest number of the votes cast in the runoff election, shall be elected, and the secretary of state shall notify said candidate of his election.
(2) In the event that the two candidates in the runoff election each receive the same number of votes in the runoff election, the winner shall be determined by lot by the secretary of state.
B. The secretary of state and the director of the State Police Service may make such reasonable rules and regulations, not inconsistent with the constitution and laws of this state, as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this Chapter.
Acts 1990, No. 788, §1, eff. Nov. 7, 1990.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 42 - Public Officers and Employees › §42:1408. Contest of election

RS 42:1408 - Contest of election
Any election held under the provisions of this Chapter may be contested in accordance with the provisions of the general laws of this state applicable to contests of elections of public officials.
Acts 1990, No. 788, §1, eff. Nov. 7, 1990.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 42 - Public Officers and Employees › §42:1409. Initial election; successors; vacancies

RS 42:1409 - Initial election; successors; vacancies
A. The initial election of the classified employee member of the commission hereunder shall be held as provided in this Chapter. The member then elected shall take office upon notification by the secretary of state of his election. Each successor thereafter shall be elected in the same manner as the initial member and shall take office on January first of the year following his election.
B. For the initial election to be held in 1990, the secretary of state shall perform the functions of the director of the state police service required by this Chapter, and the governor shall perform the functions of the secretary of state required by this Chapter. Thereafter, the functions with respect to the election shall be performed by the respective officers as provided in this Chapter.
C. Vacancies occurring for any cause prior to the expiration of the term shall be filled for the remainder of the unexpired term by special election conducted in accordance with the election procedures provided in this Part.
D. Loss of status as a classified state police officer in this state shall vacate the office of classified employee member of the commission, and the vacancy shall be filled in the manner provided in Subsection C of this Section.
E. Notwithstanding the provisions of Subsection D, a vacancy in the office of classified employee member of the commission shall not occur when the classified state police officer who was elected to that office continues to be employed in the same position in which employed when elected as a member of the commission, but the position is changed to an unclassified position by court order, administrative action, or legislative action.
Acts 1990, No. 788, §1, eff. Nov. 7, 1990.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 42 - Public Officers and Employees › §42:1410. Runoff election; qualifying of candidates; procedure

RS 42:1410 - Runoff election; qualifying of candidates; procedure
In the event no candidate receives a majority of the votes cast in the election, the candidates who receive the two highest number of votes cast in the election shall qualify as candidates in the runoff election. The director shall provide for the conduct of the runoff election in the same manner as provided in R.S. 42:1404, except that the ballots for the runoff election shall be distributed not less than five working days after completion of the counting of ballots in the initial election, and said ballots shall be returned by the voters to the director on or before a date fixed by the director, which date shall be not less than five nor more than ten days after the distribution of the runoff election ballots to the voters.
Acts 1990, No. 788, §1, eff. Nov. 7, 1990.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 42 - Public Officers and Employees › §42:1410.1. Members of State Police Commission; compensation and expenses

RS 42:1410.1 - Members of State Police Commission; compensation and expenses
Each member of the State Police Commission shall be paid a per diem of seventy-five dollars for each day devoted to the work of the commission, but not to exceed four thousand dollars for any member in any year, and shall be reimbursed for actual travel expenses authorized by the commission.
Acts 1990, No. 788, §1, eff. Nov. 7, 1990.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 42 - Public Officers and Employees › §42:1412. Method for removal

RS 42:1412 - Method for removal
A. For conviction of a felony any public officer shall be removed by judgment of the district court of the district in which he is domiciled. The district attorney of that judicial district shall institute the suit within ten days after the conviction is final and all appellate review of the original trial court proceedings is exhausted. Suits against the attorney general shall be brought in the Nineteenth Judicial District by the district attorney of that district, and suits against a district attorney shall be brought by the attorney general.
B. An action instituted pursuant to R.S. 42:1411 and R.S. 42:1412 is civil in nature; shall be prosecuted in accordance with the provisions of the Louisiana Code of Civil Procedure, except as otherwise provided in this Section; and shall be tried by preference over all other matters in a summary proceeding.
C. A hearing on the petition for removal shall be held not more than twenty days after service upon the public officer whose removal is sought. Judgment shall be rendered in the matter within ten days after the removal hearing. Within five days after the signing of the judgment, either party may appeal suspensively by obtaining an order of appeal and posting bond for a sum fixed by the court to secure the payment of costs. The trial judge shall fix the return day at a time not to exceed five days after the granting of the order of appeal. An application to the supreme court for a writ of certiorari may be made only within three days after the signing of judgment by the court of appeal. Each appellate court to which the action is brought shall place the matter on its preferential docket, shall hear it without delay, and shall render a decision within ten days after oral argument. The granting of an order of appeal or writ of certiorari suspends the effect of the judgment during the pendency of such proceedings.
D. Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, an appeal of a felony conviction in a state court of a public officer shall be given preference over other criminal appeals.
Added by Acts 1976, No. 628, §1. Amended by Acts 1981, No. 601, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 42 - Public Officers and Employees › §42:1413. Law enforcement officers; grounds for removal; method for removal

RS 42:1413 - Law enforcement officers; grounds for removal; method for removal
A. It is essential to the proper operation of democratic government in general and of law enforcement agencies in particular that public law enforcement officials and employees be independent and impartial; that decisions and recommendations by law enforcement officers be made through the proper channels of governmental structure; that positions of trust in law enforcement agencies not be used for private gain other than the remuneration provided by law; and that there be public confidence in the integrity of law enforcement organizations. It is the policy and purpose of these provisions to implement these objectives of protecting the integrity of the government of this state by prescribing essential restrictions on the conduct of law enforcement officers during the course of their discharge of official duties and responsibilities.
B. No law enforcement officer, whether a state, district, parochial, ward, or municipal officer, shall refer any person, with whom such officer has any relation or comes into contact in his professional capacity as a law enforcement officer, to any specific attorney at law, law firm, or investigator as a potential client, when said law enforcement officer receives any compensation for such referral.
C. Any law enforcement officer violating the provisions of Subsection B of this Section shall be removed from office as a law enforcement officer, and shall be fined not more than five thousand dollars or imprisoned with or without hard labor for not more than five years, or both, subject to applicable civil service laws, rules, and regulations, if any.
Added by Acts 1977, No. 758, §1. Acts 1993, No. 420, §3.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 42 - Public Officers and Employees › §42:1414. State, district, parish, ward, and municipal employees; termination for conviction of a felony

RS 42:1414 - State, district, parish, ward, and municipal employees; termination for conviction of a felony
The employee-employer relationship existing between a state, district, parish, ward, or municipal employee, whether classified or unclassified, and the state, district, parish, ward, or municipality, as applicable, shall be terminated and such employee shall be removed from his position of employment with the state, district, parish, ward, or municipality, as applicable, upon conviction, during his employment, of a felony as defined by the laws of this state or by the laws of the United States. Within ten days after a conviction is final and all appellate review of the original trial court proceedings is exhausted, the appointing authority of the employing agency shall terminate any state, district, parish, ward, or municipal employee who is convicted of a felony and is holding a position of employment with such agency. For the purposes of Article X, Section 8(A) and Article X, Section 46(A) of the Louisiana Constitution and any provision of law relating to disciplinary action taken against a state employee including any provision of law relating to post-employment benefits, final conviction of a felony shall be a cause for termination of a state, district, parish, ward, or municipal employee.
Added by Acts 1982, No. 353, §1, eff. July 17, 1982; Acts 2003, No. 240, §1, eff. June 5, 2003.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 42 - Public Officers and Employees › §42:1430. State Employees; cost of living salary adjustment

RS 42:1430 - State Employees; cost of living salary adjustment
Whenever an appropriation of state funds is made for the purpose of providing cost of living salary adjustments for personnel whose compensation is paid by the state of Louisiana, the adjustment in no circumstances shall be substituted for, be paid in lieu of, or be considered as a factor in determining whether or not any step increase or any merit, promotional, or other scheduled salary increase shall be granted.
Acts 1976, No. 600, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 42 - Public Officers and Employees › §42:1441.1. Nonimposition of master-servant liability on state by Civil Code Article 2320 and other laws for torts of persons not designated state officials, officers, or employees by R.S. 13:5108.2

RS 42:1441.1 - Nonimposition of master-servant liability on state by Civil Code Article 2320 and other laws for torts of persons not designated state officials, officers, or employees by R.S. 13:5108.2
Civil Code Article 2320 and other laws imposing liability on a master for the offenses and quasi offenses of his servant shall not extend or apply to and shall not impose liability on the state for the offenses and quasi offenses of any person who is not expressly specified by R.S. 13:5108.2(A) to be an official, officer, or employee of the state entitled to indemnification under R.S. 13:5108.2.
Acts 1985, No. 451, §1; Acts 1995, No. 828, §4, eff. Nov. 23, 1995.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 42 - Public Officers and Employees › §42:1441.2. Nonimposition of master-servant liability on state by Civil Code Article 2320 and other laws for torts of parish officials; insurance coverage; interlocal risk management programs

RS 42:1441.2 - Nonimposition of master-servant liability on state by Civil Code Article 2320 and other laws for torts of parish officials; insurance coverage; interlocal risk management programs
A. Civil Code Article 2320 and other laws imposing liability on a master for the offenses and quasi offenses of his servant shall not extend or apply to and shall not impose liability upon the state for the offenses and quasi offenses of any of those public officers named in Article V, Sections 26, 27, 28, and 29, and Article VII, Section 24, of the Constitution of Louisiana or any of their officers, deputies, assistants, employees, appointees, designees, or representatives.
B. Such public officers shall, by commercial insurance carriers, by self-insurance funds, by joining an interlocal risk management program, or by a combination of any two or more of them, secure general liability insurance coverage on themselves and on their officers, deputies, assistants, employees, appointees, designees, and representatives in amounts of not less than twenty thousand dollars per injured person. Such public officers may secure this insurance coverage themselves or through their respective associations. For purposes of being able to form new interlocal risk management programs or to join existing ones, the office of each such public officer in each parish of the state shall be deemed to be a separate "local governmental subdivision", and each association of such public officers and each combination of such associations shall be deemed to qualify as an "interlocal risk management agency", all within the meanings set forth in R.S. 33:1342.
Acts 1985, No. 451, §1; Acts 1989, No. 364, §1, eff. June 28, 1989; Acts 1995, No. 828, §4, eff. Nov. 23, 1995.
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2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 42 - Public Officers and Employees › §42:1441.4. Legislative findings and purposes

RS 42:1441.4 - Legislative findings and purposes
With respect to the nonliability situations set forth in this Chapter as well as the master-servant tort liability provisions contained in this Chapter, the legislature finds and states that:
(1) The intent of the Civil Code Article 2320 and other laws imposing liability on a master for the offenses and quasi offenses of his servant can be found implied in the traditional interpretation and application thereof, in much the same manner as explained in Blanchard v. Ogima, 253 La. 34, 215 So.2d 902 (1968), the same with respect to the relationships between governmental bodies politic and their respective officers and employees as it is with respect to relationships among private individuals.
(2) Such cases as Foster v. Hampton, 352 So.2d 197 (La. 1977) and 381 So.2d 789 (La. 1980); Mullins v. State, 387 So.2d 1151 (La. 1980), and Hryhorchuk v. Smith, 390 So.2d 497 (La. 1980), represent misinterpretations and misapplications of Civil Code Article 2320 and other laws imposing liability on a master for the offenses and quasi offenses of his servant.
(3) The intent and purpose of the provisions contained in this Chapter relative thereto are to restore to the legislatively created Civil Code Article 2320 and other laws imposing such master-servant liability the true legislatively intended meaning, interpretation, and application deviated from in such relationships, circumstances, and cases as reported in Foster v. Hampton, Mullins v. State, and Hryhorchuk v. Smith, supra.
(4) The intent, purpose, and effect of such provisions in this Chapter are not to attempt a reestablishment of any governmental immunity based on the status of sovereignty of any government, but rather to correct the legislatively created substantive law, in much the same manner as such provisions were correctly interpreted and upheld in Martinez v. Reynolds, 398 So.2d 156 (La. App. 3rd Cir. 1981), and Sullivan v. Quick, 406 So.2d 284 (La. App. 3rd Cir. 1981).
(5) The liability of government should be no greater than that of private individuals.
(6) That those legislatively created substantive laws which are misinterpreted and misapplied to result in such greater governmental liability can and should be corrected to the same extent and for the same relationships wherein they were erroneously interpreted and applied.
Acts 1985, No. 451, §1; Acts 1995, No. 828, §4, eff. Nov. 23, 1995.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 42 - Public Officers and Employees › §42:1442. Law enforcement officers accused of crimes committed while acting within or in furtherance of their scope and course of employment

RS 42:1442 - Law enforcement officers accused of crimes committed while acting within or in furtherance of their scope and course of employment
A. When (1) a law enforcement officer, employed by the state or an agency thereof or by a political subdivision, as that term is defined in Article VI, Section 44 of the Constitution of Louisiana, has been subjected to an institution of prosecution for an alleged criminal act committed when the law enforcement officer is acting in good faith in the performance or in furtherance of the course and scope of his employment as defined by law and the policies and procedures of the law enforcement agency employing him, and (2) he is acquitted of the charge, the prosecution has been dismissed by the district attorney, or the periods of time have expired in which he could be brought to trial and convicted, the officer shall be reimbursed for reasonable attorney's fees incurred by him on account of the institution of prosecution. No reimbursement shall take place under the provisions of this Section until the suit is dismissed or finally adjudicated by a court of competent jurisdiction and the period for taking an appeal has expired. Reimbursement shall be from the governing authority by whom the officer was employed at the time of the alleged crime.
B. In a case of dismissal of prosecution, the officer may agree with the employer prior to the dismissal to waive any or all of his rights under this Section if the prosecution is dismissed. If an officer enters into a waiver agreement, it shall not be used as evidence of anything except as evidence of itself in a proceeding by the officer against his employer on matters affected by the waiver.
C. No law enforcement officer, unclassified or otherwise, shall lose any seniority, back pay, or other benefits within the authority of his employer to grant or withhold on account of institution of prosecution for a crime allegedly committed within the performance or in furtherance of the course and scope of his employment without an independent hearing or other established procedural step by the employer to meet fair due process standards.
D. Nothing herein shall prohibit an employer from suspending an employee pending a final resolution of an instituted prosecution.
E. Notwithstanding any other provision herein, the payments authorized by this Section shall be made only if the law enforcement officer has not violated any other rights or privileges secured by the state or federal constitution. The rights of such law enforcement officer shall not be construed as greater than those of an ordinary citizen.
Added by Acts 1983, No. 258, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 42 - Public Officers and Employees › §42:1451. Action overruled; attorneys' fees

RS 42:1451 - Action overruled; attorneys' fees
In any appeal under Article X, Section 8 of the constitution by an employee in the classified state civil service to overturn any action by the department or agency employing him in which the decision to take the action is overruled and such decision is found to be unreasonable, the Civil Service Commission shall order the department or agency to pay reasonable attorneys' fees incurred by the employee in appealing the action.
Added by Acts 1980, No. 461, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 42 - Public Officers and Employees › §42:1461. Public property; personal obligations of officials, employees, and custodians; actions; prescription

RS 42:1461 - Public property; personal obligations of officials, employees, and custodians; actions; prescription
A. Officials, whether elected or appointed and whether compensated or not, and employees of any "public entity", which, for purposes of this Section shall mean and include any department, division, office, board, agency, commission, or other organizational unit of any of the three branches of state government or of any parish, municipality, school board or district, court of limited jurisdiction, or other political subdivision or district, or the office of any sheriff, district attorney, coroner, or clerk of court, by the act of accepting such office or employment assume a personal obligation not to misappropriate, misapply, convert, misuse, or otherwise wrongfully take any funds, property, or other thing of value belonging to or under the custody or control of the public entity in which they hold office or are employed.
B. When, pursuant to a statute, ordinance, resolution, or contract or other agreement, a public entity, as defined in Subsection A, entrusts to a contractor or to a quasi-public entity of any kind the care, administration, allocation, or disposition of funds, property, or other things of value belonging to it or under its custody or control, the contractor or the quasi-public entity, and the officers and employees thereof personally, shall be deemed to have undertaken the obligation of a fiduciary with respect to such funds, property, or other things of value of the public entity.
C. The breach of an obligation established under this Section gives rise to an action in favor of the public entity for the recovery of any such funds, property, or other things of value and for any other damages resulting from the breach. This action is prescribed by ten years, reckoning from the date on which the breach occurred.
Added by Acts 1982, No. 786, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 42 - Public Officers and Employees › §42:1471. Definitions

RS 42:1471 - 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 a governmental entity.
(2) "Agency head" means the chief executive or administrative officer of an agency or the chairman of a board or commission.
(3) "Covered application" means the social networking service TikTok or any successor application or service developed or provided by ByteDance Limited or an entity owned by ByteDance Limited.
(4) "Governmental entity" means the state or any political subdivision.
(5) "Public servant" means anyone who is:
(a) An elected official or an administrative officer or official of a governmental entity.
(b) Appointed to a post or position created by rule, law, resolution, ordinance, charter, or executive order.
(c) Employed by an agency, officer, or official of a governmental entity.
Acts 2023, No. 308, §1, eff. June 13, 2023.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 42 - Public Officers and Employees › §42:1472. Prohibited use of state computers and networks

RS 42:1472 - Prohibited use of state computers and networks
A.(1) The office of technology services shall develop a policy, subject to the approval of the Joint Legislative Committee on Technology and Cybersecurity, to prohibit the use of any covered application on any computer, device, or network owned or leased by the state.
(2) The office of technology services shall notify the agency head of each executive branch agency of the policy developed and approved pursuant to this Subsection when the office becomes aware that the agency is in possession of a computer, device, or network owned or leased by the state and shall make the policy available to any agency upon request by the agency.
(3) The agency head of an executive branch agency using a computer, device, or network owned or leased by the state shall ensure that the agency properly implements the policy developed pursuant to this Subsection.
B. The supreme court shall develop and implement a policy to prohibit the use of any covered application on any computer, device, or network owned or leased by the state and used by a judicial branch agency. The policy shall be substantially similar to the policy adopted and approved pursuant to Subsection A of this Section.
C. The Joint Legislative Committee on Technology and Cybersecurity shall develop a policy to prohibit the use of any covered application on any computer, device, or network owned or leased by the state and used by a legislative branch agency. The policy shall be substantially similar to the policy adopted and approved pursuant to Subsection A of this Section. The Legislative Budgetary Control Council shall oversee the implementation of the policy.
D. Any policy developed pursuant to this Section shall not prohibit a public servant from any of the following:
(1) Unrestricted access to a covered application for a legitimate scientific, educational, or law enforcement purpose as determined and approved by the public servant's agency prior to the public servant's access to the covered application.
(2) Unfiltered or unrestricted access to a covered application on a computer, device, or network that is not owned or leased by the state, provided that the public servant does not use the computer, device, or network to access a covered application in the course and scope of his public service.
Acts 2023, No. 308, §1, eff. June 13, 2023.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 42 - Public Officers and Employees › §42:1473. Penalties

RS 42:1473 - Penalties
An agency head who fails to properly implement a policy developed and approved pursuant to this Chapter shall be subject to a civil penalty not to exceed five hundred dollars per violation. The agency head shall be personally liable for the payment of the penalty. The civil penalty may be recovered by the state in a civil action instituted by the attorney general.
Acts 2023, No. 308, §1, eff. June 13, 2023.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 42 - Public Officers and Employees › §42:1501. Performance planning and review sessions; certification; increases in compensation

RS 42:1501 - Performance planning and review sessions; certification; increases in compensation
A. No state unclassified official or employee who is responsible for conducting performance planning and review sessions for a state classified employee shall receive an increase in his compensation unless his certifying official determines in writing that the unclassified official or employee has conducted his performance planning and review sessions in conformance with the rules of the State Civil Service Commission.
B. No state unclassified official or employee who is in the direct line of supervision of an unclassified official or employee described in Subsection A of this Section shall receive an increase in his compensation unless the certifying official of the unclassified official or employee described in Subsection A of this Section determines in writing that the unclassified official or employee described in Subsection A of this Section has conducted his performance planning and review sessions in conformance with the rules of the State Civil Service Commission.
C. For purposes of this Section, "certifying official" means the commissioner of administration, except as follows:
(1) If the unclassified official or employee described in Subsection A of this Section serves in a department headed by a statewide elected official, the statewide elected official shall be the certifying official.
(2) If the unclassified official or employee described in Subsection A of this Section serves in the division of administration, the governor shall be the certifying official.
(3) If the unclassified official or employee described in Subsection A of this Section serves in the Department of Public Service, the chairman of the Public Service Commission shall be the certifying official.
(4) If the unclassified official or employee described in Subsection A of this Section serves in a position at a public postsecondary education institution, the chairman of the management board that governs the institution shall be the certifying official.
Acts 2009, No. 377, §1, eff. July 1, 2010.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 42 - Public Officers and Employees › §42:1601. Duty to report

RS 42:1601 - Duty to report
A. The Department of State Civil Service shall collect data regarding the turnover of state employees within each agency, as defined in R.S. 39:2(2). The department shall prepare and submit reports compiling and analyzing such data to the Joint Legislative Committee on the Budget as further provided in this Section. The reports may provide any information the department deems appropriate, and shall at a minimum include the following:
(1) The turnover and turnover rate for each agency and the costs associated with that turnover.
(2) The five job classifications with the highest turnover rates for the previous year.
(3) The five agencies and the five job classifications for which the cost of turnover is highest for the previous year.
B. The first report required pursuant to this Section shall be submitted on or before December 15, 2010. Subsequent reports shall be submitted by the fifteenth of December in each calendar year and shall contain information reported for previous years up to and including the previous ten years of information reported pursuant to this Section.
Acts 2010, No. 879, §1, eff. July 1, 2010.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 42 - Public Officers and Employees › §42:1701. State employment; consideration of criminal history; prohibited acts

RS 42:1701 - State employment; consideration of criminal history; prohibited acts
A. No state employer, when filling a position, may inquire, including without limitation on an initial application form, about a prospective employee's criminal history until after the prospective employee has been given an opportunity to interview for the position or, if no such interview is to be conducted, until after the prospective employee has been given a conditional offer of employment.
B. Nothing in this Section shall be construed to prohibit a state employer from considering the criminal history of a prospective employee in making the final determination of whether to employ the person. In considering the criminal history of the prospective employee, the state employer may consider the following:
(1) The nature and gravity of the criminal conduct.
(2) The time that has passed since the occurrence of the criminal conduct.
(3) The specific duties and essential functions of the position and the bearing, if any, that the criminal conduct will have on the ability of the prospective employee to perform one or more of those duties or functions.
C. For purposes of this Section, "state employer" means any department, office, division, agency, commission, board, committee, or other organizational unit of the state.
D. This Section applies to each position in the state unclassified service, except a position in law enforcement or corrections or a position for which a criminal background check is required by law.
Acts 2016, No. 398, §1; Acts 2019, No. 392, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 42 - Public Officers and Employees › §42:1702. Political subdivision; consideration of arrest records; prohibited acts

RS 42:1702 - Political subdivision; consideration of arrest records; prohibited acts
A. No political subdivision, when filling an employment position, may inquire on an initial application form about a prospective employee's arrest record.
B. This prohibition does not preclude a political subdivision from inquiring about convictions, pending felony criminal charges, or pleas of nolo contendere of a prospective employee on the initial application form.
C. This Section does not apply to any employment position for which a criminal background check is required by law.
Acts 2019, No. 392, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 43 - Public Printing and Advertisements › §43:1. Purchase of printing and engraving; office of technology services; Louisiana Procurement Code; power and authority of state chief information officer

RS 43:1 - Purchase of printing and engraving; office of technology services; Louisiana Procurement Code; power and authority of state chief information officer
A. All administrative boards, commissions, departments, agencies, institutions, and offices within the executive branch of the state government shall purchase all requirements of printing and engraving through the office of technology services in the division of administration. This provision, however, shall not apply to postsecondary institutions of education and their management boards, the Board of Regents, special schools, and other institutions under the supervision of the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education, the port authorities of the state, the legislature, the office of the State Bond Commission in the Department of the Treasury, or the judiciary. All procurement of such printing and engraving for the executive departments of state government shall be done under and in accordance with the provisions of the Louisiana Procurement Code.
B. In order to carry out the duties and functions imposed upon him by this Chapter, in conjunction with the Louisiana Procurement Code, the state chief information officer shall have the power and authority:
(1) To consult, review, and make recommendations with regard to all printing requirements in order that the best and most economical methods may be employed.
(2) To delegate the purchase of printing to any instrumentality covered by this Chapter whenever in his written opinion the best interests of the state will be served thereby.
(3) To use any and all powers and authority granted to him by law or otherwise delegated to him by competent authority.
Acts 1983, No. 306, §2; Acts 1988, No. 843, §1, eff. July 1, 1988; Acts 1997, No. 677, §1; Acts 2015, No. 241, §2.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 43 - Public Printing and Advertisements › §43:14. Printing for the House and Senate

RS 43:14 - Printing for the House and Senate
Each of the two houses of the legislature shall order, audit, contract and pay for its own printing, binding and supplies, and shall issue its own orders and see that its contracts are complied with, except that joint or separate bids shall be obtained and joint or separate contracts or purchase orders awarded for (1) proof sheets, calendars and journals, (2) bills and resolutions, (3) printing and binding of acts, (4) case binding of acts, and (5) miscellaneous printing and supplies as may be required from time to time by the purchasing agent.
Amended by Acts 1980, No. 671, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 43 - Public Printing and Advertisements › §43:15. Bills and other documents to be printed and delivered in a certain time

RS 43:15 - Bills and other documents to be printed and delivered in a certain time
Whoever is awarded the contract by the legislature for the printing of any bills, reports, or other documents provided for and enumerated in R.S. 43:14 shall deliver them in the order in which they are numbered and delivered to him, or as he may be otherwise directed by the chief clerical officer of the respective house, and shall return them in like manner within forty-eight hours after their reception unless otherwise stipulated in the specifications set out by the purchasing agent.
Amended by Acts 1980, No. 671, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 43 - Public Printing and Advertisements › §43:16. House and Senate journals; time for delivery and penalty for failure

RS 43:16 - House and Senate journals; time for delivery and penalty for failure
Whoever is awarded the contract for the journals of the houses of the legislature shall furnish and have the journals ready for delivery within sixty days after the adjournment of the legislature. The sum of one hundred dollars per house shall be paid by the contractor for each day he is in default after the expiration of the sixty days.
Amended by Acts 1980, No. 671, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 43 - Public Printing and Advertisements › §43:17. Proof sheets of House and Senate journals

RS 43:17 - Proof sheets of House and Senate journals
Whoever is awarded the contract for the official journal of the houses of the legislature shall supply each house with proof sheets of the official journal, containing the proceedings of the previous day of meeting. After the journal has been approved, the same matter so published shall be made up in book form.
Amended by Acts 1980, No. 671, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 43 - Public Printing and Advertisements › §43:18. Style, form, binding and delivery date of House and Senate journals; contract provision

RS 43:18 - Style, form, binding and delivery date of House and Senate journals; contract provision
The style, form, binding, and delivery date of the Senate and House journals shall be as provided in the contract for such documents.
Amended by Acts 1980, No. 671, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 43 - Public Printing and Advertisements › §43:19. Laws to be printed in book form; style of printing; number of copies

RS 43:19 - Laws to be printed in book form; style of printing; number of copies
The acts of the legislature shall be published in book form, in the English language, with a list of the acts, the dates of their promulgation and an index thereto. Below each act shall be printed the date of approval by the governor, if approved, or by the legislature in the case of vetoed bills becoming law upon reconsideration by the legislature. The number of copies printed shall be at the discretion of the secretary of state but shall not exceed one thousand five hundred copies. The copies shall be delivered to the secretary of state as soon as possible after the adjournment of the legislature.
Amended by Acts 1975, 1st Ex.Sess., No. 1, §1, eff. Jan. 24, 1975; Acts 1976, No. 350, §2; Acts 1987, No. 223, §1; Acts 2010, No. 802, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2011.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 43 - Public Printing and Advertisements › §43:19.1. Legislative web site

RS 43:19.1 - Legislative web site
Any legislative or governmental instrument, journal, index, order, report, or other official document of the state which has previously been published in the official journal of the state as provided for in R.S. 43:81(A) may be made accessible on the official Internet website or portal of the Louisiana State Legislature.
Acts 2004, No. 708, §1, eff. July 6, 2004; Acts 2010, No. 802, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2011.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 43 - Public Printing and Advertisements › §43:20. Bills and resolutions; contract provisions

RS 43:20 - Bills and resolutions; contract provisions
Bills and resolutions of the Senate and House shall be printed in accordance with contracted specifications for such printing. The secretary of the Senate and the clerk of the House of Representatives shall order the requisite number of copies needed by the Senate and House, respectively.
Amended by Acts 1980, No. 671, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 43 - Public Printing and Advertisements › §43:22. Sale of Acts; price

RS 43:22 - Sale of Acts; price
The secretary of state shall retain and keep in the state archives at all times one printed copy and one microfilm copy of the Acts of the legislature delivered to him as provided in R.S. 43:19. The secretary of state shall collect from any person or public or private entity to which he distributes a copy or copies of the Acts of the legislature, except any state agency or official to which he is required by law to distribute copies, a fee equal to the cost, plus ten percent of such cost, of printing and delivery thereof.
Amended by Acts 1950, No. 367, §2; Acts 1977, No. 567, §1, eff. July 15, 1977; Acts 2015, No. 383, §3, eff. July 1, 2015.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 43 - Public Printing and Advertisements › §43:23. Documents numbered as sent to printer

RS 43:23 - Documents numbered as sent to printer
The secretary of the senate and the clerk of the house of representatives shall regularly number each bill, report or other document of any kind whatsoever, which may be ordered printed by either house, the number of which shall be endorsed thereon, "Printing No. _____". They shall make the corresponding entry on the bill book and shall also endorse on the bill, report or other document, the day on which it was ordered printed and the day of delivery to the person, firm or corporation to whom the contract for printing was awarded. They shall make corresponding entries on the bill book.