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Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 4 - ADMINISTRATION › Part VII - Governor's Office › Chapter 1 - Architects Selection Board › Subchapter B - Selection Procedure › Section VII-121 - Public Notification

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. Upon
				  being advised by the Office of Facility Planning and Control that an agency
				  intends to contract for professional services, the chairperson shall request
				  the official advertisement to be published by the Office of Facility Planning
				  and Control. There shall be a minimum seven-business-day application period,
				  commencing with the day of the first publication of the official advertisement
				  and ending on the day of the deadline for receiving applications. During this
				  period, the official advertisement shall be published in the official state
				  journal one time. A copy of the official advertisement shall be provided to the
				  Board of Architectural Examiners.
B. The official advertisement specified above
				  shall include all information required under
				  R.S.
				  38:2312(A) and the tentative
				  date and time of the board meeting at which applications will be
				  considered.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
					 Promulgated in accordance with
					 R.S.
					 38:2311.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 4 - ADMINISTRATION › Part VII - Governor's Office › Chapter 1 - Architects Selection Board › Subchapter B - Selection Procedure › Section VII-125 - Application

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. Any applicant
				  (proprietorship, partnership, corporation or joint venture of any of these)
				  meeting the requirements of
				  R.S.
				  38:2310 et seq., may submit an application
				  for selection consideration for a particular project upon which official
				  advertisement has been published. The applicant shall submit data concerning
				  its experience, previous projects undertaken, present state projects now being
				  performed, scope and amount of work on hand, and any other information that the
				  board deems appropriate.
B.
1. The Louisiana Architects Selection Board
				  hereby adopts the use of the LSB-1 Form as the format for submitting an
				  application to the board.
2. The
				  board will accept only those applications submitted on the current edition of
				  the LSB-1 Form. Any special information requested in the advertisement shall be
				  submitted with the required LSB-1 Form. Any submittal not following this format
				  will be deemed non-responsive and not considered.
3. In the LSB-1 Form, the term
prime
				  professional
is as defined in
				  R.S.
				  38:2310(9).
4. The board has the right to require proof
				  of compliance with the above definition.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 4 - ADMINISTRATION › Part VII - Governor's Office › Chapter 1 - Architects Selection Board › Subchapter B - Selection Procedure › Section VII-129 - Emergency Procedures

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. The
				  emergency procedures of the board are as follows:
1. The Office of Facility Planning and
				  Control receives the notification of emergency from the user agency.
2. The Office of Facility Planning and
				  Control may, after a review of the agencys notification of emergency, notify
				  the chairperson of the board that an emergency does exist.
3. The chairperson of the board then:
a. authorizes the advertisement;
b. directs the secretary to set the date and
				  time for the emergency meeting for selection. The meeting shall be scheduled to
				  occur not later than 72 hours after the advertisement is printed, not including
				  Saturdays, Sundays and holidays.
4. The emergency meeting will convene at the
				  date and time designated pursuant to
				  §129.A.3.b to receive
				  applications.
5. Applications will
				  be distributed to present board members as the first order of
				  business.
6. The meeting will then
				  adjourn and, after a review of the applications by board members, reconvene at
				  a time designated by the chairperson at which time selections shall be made in
				  accordance with §127
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 4 - ADMINISTRATION › Part VII - Governor's Office › Chapter 1 - Architects Selection Board › Subchapter B - Selection Procedure › Section VII-131 - Communications with Applicant Firms

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A.
				  No member of the board shall communicate in any manner concerning a project
				  application with any representative of an applicant firm or anyone
				  communicating on behalf of an applicant firm. This restriction shall apply from
				  the time advertisement of a project begins until the opening of the board
				  meeting at which the project application will be considered.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
					 Promulgated in accordance with
					 R.S.
					 38:2311.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 4 - ADMINISTRATION › Part VII - Governor's Office › Chapter 1 - Architects Selection Board › Subchapter B - Selection Procedure › Section VII-133 - Information

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. Any person may
				  obtain information concerning the board, its rules, regulations and procedures
				  from the board's secretary at the Office of Facility Planning and Control, P.O.
				  Box 94095, Baton Rouge, LA 70804. Requests for information shall be made in
				  writing. There may be a nominal fee charged to defray the cost of information
				  furnished. Said fee shall be set by the Office of Facility Planning and
				  Control, with the approval of the board.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
					 Promulgated in accordance with
					 R.S.
					 38:2312.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 4 - ADMINISTRATION › Part VII - Governor's Office › Chapter 1 - Architects Selection Board › Subchapter B - Selection Procedure › Section VII-139 - Severability

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. If any provision
				  or item of these rules or the application thereof is held invalid, such
				  invalidity shall not affect other provisions, items, or applications of these
				  rules that can be given effect without the invalidated provision, item, or
				  application and, to this end, the invalidated provision, item, or application
				  of these rules is hereby declared severable.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
					 Promulgated in accordance with
					 R.S.
					 38:2311.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 4 - ADMINISTRATION › Part VII - Governor's Office › Chapter 3 - Engineers Selection Board › Subchapter A - Organization › Section VII-301 - Name

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. The name of this
				  board is the "Louisiana Engineers Selection Board," hereinafter referred to as
				  "board," and its domicile shall be in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
					 Promulgated in accordance with
					 R.S.
					 38:2311(2).
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 4 - ADMINISTRATION › Part VII - Governor's Office › Chapter 3 - Engineers Selection Board › Subchapter A - Organization › Section VII-303 - Authority

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. The Louisiana
				  Engineers Selection Board shall be organized in accordance with the provisions
				  of R.S.
				  38:2310 et seq.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
					 Promulgated in accordance with
					 R.S.
					 38:2311.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 4 - ADMINISTRATION › Part VII - Governor's Office › Chapter 3 - Engineers Selection Board › Subchapter A - Organization › Section VII-305 - Objective

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. The objective of
				  this board is to provide a system for the selection of professional services
				  rendered by engineers, licensed to practice in the state of Louisiana, that is
				  impartial, equitable, and in the best public interest of the citizens of
				  Louisiana.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
					 Promulgated in accordance with
					 R.S.
					 38:2311.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 4 - ADMINISTRATION › Part VII - Governor's Office › Chapter 3 - Engineers Selection Board › Subchapter A - Organization › Section VII-307 - Members

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. The board shall
				  be composed of six members, appointed or elected, serving terms in accordance
				  with the provisions of the authority set forth in §303
B. Any member desiring to resign from the
				  board shall submit his/her resignation, in writing by registered mail, to the
				  American Council of Engineering Companies of Louisiana (formerly Consulting
				  Engineers Council of Louisiana, Inc.) and the Louisiana Engineering Society,
				  with a copy addressed to the chairperson of the board. The effective date of
				  resignation shall be the date of registered mailing to the American Council of
				  Engineering Companies of Louisiana (formerly Consulting Engineers Council of
				  Louisiana, Inc.) and the Louisiana Engineering Society.
C. The filling of a board vacancy for the
				  unexpired term due to resignation, death, or removal from office by just cause,
				  shall be made in accordance with the provisions of the authority stated in
				  §303
AUTHORITY NOTE:
					 Promulgated in accordance with
					 R.S.
					 38:2311.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 4 - ADMINISTRATION › Part VII - Governor's Office › Chapter 3 - Engineers Selection Board › Subchapter A - Organization › Section VII-309 - Officers

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. The officers of
				  this board shall be a chairperson and a vice-chairperson. These officers shall
				  perform the duties prescribed in
				  §303 and by
				  these rules.
B. The chairperson
				  shall:
1. be the presiding officer at
				  meetings of the board;
2. have the
				  authority to order a special meeting of the board;
3. be responsible for coordinating the
				  activities of the board;
4. appoint
				  all committees and serve as an ex-officio member thereof;
5. authenticate by his/her signature, when
				  necessary, all acts, orders, and proceedings of the board;
6. be responsible for implementing all orders
				  and resolutions of the board.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 4 - ADMINISTRATION › Part VII - Governor's Office › Chapter 3 - Engineers Selection Board › Subchapter A - Organization › Section VII-311 - Secretary

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. The office of
				  secretary shall be furnished to the board by the Office of Facility Planning
				  and Control, subject to approval by the board.
B. The secretary shall:
1. be under the general supervision of the
				  board;
2. give notice of all
				  meetings of the board and its committees to the board and general
				  public;
3. attend all meetings of
				  the board and committees and record the minutes of all proceedings and make the
				  minutes and records available upon request;
4. keep on file all committee
				  reports;
5. receive and conduct the
				  general correspondence of the board; that is, correspondence which is not a
				  function proper to the officers, or to the committees;
6. cause the official advertisement to be
				  advertised in accordance with
				  R.S.
				  38:2312(A) and the rules of
				  selection procedure as adopted by the board;
7. maintain and be the custodian of a file of
				  all applications for projects, as well as all data submitted by applicants
				  selected by the board to furnish engineering services for state projects as
				  provided for in the rules of selection procedure;
8. perform such other duties as may be
				  prescribed by the board.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 4 - ADMINISTRATION › Part VII - Governor's Office › Chapter 3 - Engineers Selection Board › Subchapter A - Organization › Section VII-313 - Meetings

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. A regular
				  meeting of the board shall be held on the second Wednesday in the months of
				  January, April, July, and October of each year unless such meeting is waived by
				  the chairperson as unnecessary.
B.
				  Special meetings may be called by the chairperson or shall be called upon the
				  written request of a minimum of four members of the board. Special meetings may
				  be held at any place provided that the time, the place, and the purpose of the
				  meeting shall be stated in the call and made public in accordance with
				  applicable laws. Except in cases of emergency, at least three days notice shall
				  be given for special meetings.
C. A
				  minimum of four members of the board shall be present to constitute a
				  quorum.
D. All meetings shall be
				  held in public, except as provided in
				  §339.A 6
AUTHORITY NOTE:
					 Promulgated in accordance with
					 R.S.
					 38:2311.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 4 - ADMINISTRATION › Part VII - Governor's Office › Chapter 3 - Engineers Selection Board › Subchapter A - Organization › Section VII-315 - Committees

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. Committees,
				  standing or special, shall be appointed by the chairperson of the board, as
				  he/she shall deem necessary to carry on the work of the board.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
					 Promulgated in accordance with
					 R.S.
					 38:2311.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 4 - ADMINISTRATION › Part VII - Governor's Office › Chapter 3 - Engineers Selection Board › Subchapter A - Organization › Section VII-317 - Parliamentary Authority

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. The rules
				  contained in the current edition of
Robert's Rules of Order, Newly
				  Revised
shall govern the board in all cases to which they are
				  applicable and in which they are not inconsistent with these rules of
				  organization and any special rules of order that the board may adopt.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
					 Promulgated in accordance with
					 R.S.
					 38:2311.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 4 - ADMINISTRATION › Part VII - Governor's Office › Chapter 3 - Engineers Selection Board › Subchapter A - Organization › Section VII-319 - Voting

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. Only the votes
				  of members present at the meeting shall be counted in the board's official
				  actions. Proxy votes on behalf of elected members are not allowed.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
					 Promulgated in accordance with
					 R.S.
					 38:2311.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 4 - ADMINISTRATION › Part VII - Governor's Office › Chapter 3 - Engineers Selection Board › Subchapter A - Organization › Section VII-321 - Amendments to Rules

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. These rules of
				  organization may be amended at any regular or special called meeting of the
				  board by an affirmative vote of a simple majority of the attending board,
				  provided that the proposed amendment has been submitted, in writing, at the
				  previous regular or special meeting, and is in full compliance with the
				  Louisiana Administrative Procedure Act and other applicable laws. Upon receipt
				  of a proposed written amendment, the chairperson, before the next regular or
				  special meeting, shall cause to give at least 20 days notice of the board's
				  intended action as provided in the Louisiana Administrative Procedure
				  Act.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
					 Promulgated in accordance with
					 R.S.
					 38:2311.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 4 - ADMINISTRATION › Part VII - Governor's Office › Chapter 3 - Engineers Selection Board › Subchapter A - Organization › Section VII-323 - Severability (Repealed)

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
AUTHORITY NOTE:
					 Promulgated in accordance with
					 R.S.
					 38:2311.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 4 - ADMINISTRATION › Part VII - Governor's Office › Chapter 3 - Engineers Selection Board › Subchapter B - Selection Procedure › Section VII-329 - Information (Repealed)

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
AUTHORITY NOTE:
					 Promulgated in accordance with
					 R.S.
					 38:2312.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 4 - ADMINISTRATION › Part VII - Governor's Office › Chapter 3 - Engineers Selection Board › Subchapter B - Selection Procedure › Section VII-331 - Public Notification

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. Upon
				  being advised by the Office of Facility Planning and Control, that an agency
				  intends to contract for professional services, the chairperson shall request
				  the official advertisement to be published by the Office of Facility Planning
				  and Control. There shall be a minimum seven-business day application period,
				  commencing with the day of the first publication of the official advertisement
				  and ending on the day of the deadline for receiving applications. During this
				  period, the official advertisement shall be published in the official state
				  journal one time. A copy of the official advertisement shall be provided to the
				  American Council of Engineering Companies of Louisiana (formerly Consulting
				  Engineers Council of Louisiana, Inc.) and the Louisiana Engineering
				  Society.
B. The official
				  advertisement specified above shall include all information required under
				  R.S.
				  38:2312(A) and the tentative
				  date and time of the board meeting at which applications will be
				  considered.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
					 Promulgated in accordance with
					 R.S.
					 38:2312.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 4 - ADMINISTRATION › Part VII - Governor's Office › Chapter 3 - Engineers Selection Board › Subchapter B - Selection Procedure › Section VII-333 - Communications with Applicant Firms

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A.
				  No member of the board shall communicate in any manner concerning a project
				  application with any representative of an applicant firm or anyone
				  communicating on behalf of an applicant firm. This restriction shall apply from
				  the time advertisement of a project begins until the opening of the board
				  meeting at which the project application will be considered.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
					 Promulgated in accordance with
					 R.S.
					 38:2311(E).
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 4 - ADMINISTRATION › Part VII - Governor's Office › Chapter 3 - Engineers Selection Board › Subchapter B - Selection Procedure › Section VII-335 - Application

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. Any applicant
				  (proprietorship, partnership, corporation, or joint venture of any of these)
				  meeting the requirements of
				  R.S.
				  38:2310 et seq., may submit an application
				  for selection consideration for a particular project upon which official
				  advertisement has been published. The applicant shall submit data concerning
				  its experience, previous projects undertaken, present state projects now being
				  performed, scope and amount of work on hand, and any other information that the
				  board deems appropriate.
B.
1. The Louisiana Engineers Selection Board
				  hereby adopts the use of the LSB-1 Form as the format for submitting an
				  application to the board.
2. The
				  board will accept only those applications submitted on the current edition of
				  the LSB-1 Form. Any special information requested in the advertisement shall be
				  submitted with the required LSB-1 Form. Any submittal not following this format
				  will be deemed non-responsive and not considered.
3. In the LSB-1 Form, the term
prime
				  professional
is as defined in
				  R.S.
				  38:2310(9).
4. The board has the right to require proof
				  of compliance with the above definition.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 4 - ADMINISTRATION › Part VII - Governor's Office › Chapter 3 - Engineers Selection Board › Subchapter B - Selection Procedure › Section VII-341 - Emergency Procedures

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. The
				  emergency procedures of the board are as follows:
1. The Office of Facility Planning and
				  Control receives the notification of emergency from the user agency.
2. The Office of Facility Planning and
				  Control may, after a review of the user agencys notification of emergency,
				  notify the chairperson of the board that an emergency does exist.
3. The chairperson of the board then:
a. authorizes the advertisement;
b. directs the secretary to set the date and
				  time for the emergency meeting for selection. The meeting shall be scheduled to
				  occur not later than 72 hours after the advertisement is printed, not including
				  Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays.
4. The emergency meeting will convene at the
				  date and time designated pursuant to
				  §339.A.3 b, to receive
				  applications.
5. Applications will
				  be distributed to present board members as the first order of
				  business.
6. The meeting will then
				  adjourn and, after a review of the applications by board members, reconvene at
				  a time designated by the chairperson at which time selections shall be made in
				  accordance with §327
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 4 - ADMINISTRATION › Part VII - Governor's Office › Chapter 3 - Engineers Selection Board › Subchapter B - Selection Procedure › Section VII-343 - Information [Formerly Section329]

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. Any person may obtain information
				  concerning the board, its rules, regulations, and procedures from the board's
				  secretary at the Office of Facility Planning and Control, P.O. Box 94095, Baton
				  Rouge, LA 70804. Requests for information shall be made in writing. There may
				  be a nominal fee charged to defray the cost of information furnished. Said fee
				  shall be set by the Office of Facility Planning and Control, with the approval
				  of the board.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
					 Promulgated in accordance with
					 R.S.
					 38:2312.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 4 - ADMINISTRATION › Part VII - Governor's Office › Chapter 3 - Engineers Selection Board › Subchapter B - Selection Procedure › Section VII-345 - Severability [Formerly Section343]

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. If any provision or item of these rules or
				  the application thereof is held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect other
				  provisions, items, or applications of these rules that can be given effect
				  without the invalidated provision, item, or application, and to this end, the
				  invalidated provision, item, or application of these rules is hereby declared
				  severable.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
					 Promulgated in accordance with
					 R.S.
					 38:2311.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 4 - ADMINISTRATION › Part VII - Governor's Office › Chapter 5 - Landscape Architects Selection Board › Subchapter A - Organization › Section VII-501 - Name

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. The name of the
				  board is the "Louisiana Landscape Architects Selection Board," hereinafter
				  referred to as "board," and its domicile shall be in Baton Rouge, LA.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
					 Promulgated in accordance with
					 R.S.
					 38:2311.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 4 - ADMINISTRATION › Part VII - Governor's Office › Chapter 5 - Landscape Architects Selection Board › Subchapter A - Organization › Section VII-503 - Authority

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. The Louisiana
				  Landscape Architects Selection Board shall be organized in accordance with the
				  provisions of
				  R.S.
				  38:2310, et seq.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
					 Promulgated in accordance with
					 R.S.
					 38:2311.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 4 - ADMINISTRATION › Part VII - Governor's Office › Chapter 5 - Landscape Architects Selection Board › Subchapter A - Organization › Section VII-505 - Objective

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. The objective of
				  this board is to provide a system for the selection of professional services
				  rendered by landscape architects, licensed to practice in the state of
				  Louisiana, that is impartial, equitable, and in the best public interest of the
				  citizens of Louisiana.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
					 Promulgated in accordance with
					 R.S.
					 38:2311.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 4 - ADMINISTRATION › Part VII - Governor's Office › Chapter 5 - Landscape Architects Selection Board › Subchapter A - Organization › Section VII-507 - Members

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. The board shall
				  be composed of six members, appointed or elected, serving terms in accordance
				  with the provisions of the authority stated in §503
B. Any member desiring to resign from the
				  board shall submit his/her resignation, in writing by registered mail, to The
				  Louisiana Chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architects, Inc., with a
				  copy addressed to the chairperson of the board. The effective date of
				  resignation shall be the date of registered mailing to The Louisiana Chapter of
				  the American Society of Landscape Architects, Inc.
C. The filling of a board vacancy for the
				  unexpired term due to resignation, death, or removal from office by just cause,
				  shall be made in accordance with the provisions of the authority stated in
				  §503
AUTHORITY NOTE:
					 Promulgated in accordance with
					 R.S.
					 38:2311.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 4 - ADMINISTRATION › Part VII - Governor's Office › Chapter 5 - Landscape Architects Selection Board › Subchapter A - Organization › Section VII-509 - Officers

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. The officers of
				  this board shall be a chairperson and a vice-chairperson. These officers shall
				  perform the duties prescribed in
				  §503 and by
				  these rules.
B. The chairperson
				  shall:
1. be the presiding officer at
				  meetings of the board;
2. have the
				  authority to order a special meeting of the board;
3. be responsible for coordinating the
				  activities of the board;
4. appoint
				  all committees and serve as an ex officio member thereof;
5. authenticate by his/her signature, when
				  necessary, all acts, orders and proceedings of the board;
6. be responsible for implementing all orders
				  and resolutions of the board.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 4 - ADMINISTRATION › Part VII - Governor's Office › Chapter 5 - Landscape Architects Selection Board › Subchapter A - Organization › Section VII-510 - Secretary

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. The office of
				  secretary shall be furnished to the board by the Office of Facility Planning
				  and Control, subject to approval by the board.
B. The secretary shall:
1. be under the general supervision of the
				  board;
2. give notice of all
				  meetings of the board and its committees to the board and general
				  public;
3. attend all meetings of
				  the board and committees and record the minutes of all proceedings and make the
				  minutes and records available upon request;
4. keep on file all committee
				  reports;
5. receive and conduct the
				  general correspondence of the board; that is, correspondence which is not a
				  function proper to the officers, or to committees;
6. cause the official advertisement to be
				  advertised in accordance with
				  R.S.
				  38:2312(A) and the rules of
				  selection procedure as adopted by the board;
7. maintain and be the custodian of a file of
				  all applications for projects, as well as all data submitted by applicants
				  selected by the board to furnish landscape architectural services for state
				  projects as provided for in the rules of selection procedure;
8. perform such other duties as may be
				  prescribed by the board.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 4 - ADMINISTRATION › Part VII - Governor's Office › Chapter 5 - Landscape Architects Selection Board › Subchapter A - Organization › Section VII-511 - Meetings

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. A regular
				  meeting of the board shall be held on the last Wednesday of January and July of
				  each year unless such meeting is waived by the chairperson as
				  unnecessary.
B. Special meetings
				  may be called by the chairperson or shall be called upon the written request of
				  a minimum of four members of the board. Special meetings may be held at any
				  place provided that the time, the place, and the purpose of the meeting shall
				  be stated in the call and made public in accordance with applicable laws.
				  Except in cases of emergency, at least three days notice shall be given for
				  special meetings.
C. A minimum of
				  four members of the board shall be present to constitute a quorum.
D. All meetings shall be held in public,
				  except as provided in
				  §528.A 6
AUTHORITY NOTE:
					 Promulgated in accordance with
					 R.S.
					 38:2311.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 4 - ADMINISTRATION › Part VII - Governor's Office › Chapter 5 - Landscape Architects Selection Board › Subchapter A - Organization › Section VII-513 - Committees

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. Committees,
				  standing or special, shall be appointed by the chairperson of the board as
				  he/she shall deem necessary to carry on the work of the board.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
					 Promulgated in accordance with
					 R.S.
					 38:2311.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 4 - ADMINISTRATION › Part VII - Governor's Office › Chapter 5 - Landscape Architects Selection Board › Subchapter A - Organization › Section VII-515 - Parliamentary Authority

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. The rules
				  contained in the current edition of
Robert's Rules of Order, Newly
				  Revised
, shall govern the board in all cases to which they are
				  applicable and in which they are not inconsistent with these rules of
				  organization and any special rules of order that the board may adopt.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
					 Promulgated in accordance with
					 R.S.
					 38:2311.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 4 - ADMINISTRATION › Part VII - Governor's Office › Chapter 5 - Landscape Architects Selection Board › Subchapter A - Organization › Section VII-517 - Voting

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. Only the votes
				  of members present at the meeting shall be counted in the board's official
				  actions. Proxy votes on behalf of elected members are not allowed.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
					 Promulgated in accordance with
					 R.S.
					 38:2311.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 4 - ADMINISTRATION › Part VII - Governor's Office › Chapter 5 - Landscape Architects Selection Board › Subchapter A - Organization › Section VII-519 - Amendment to Rules

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. These rules of
				  organization may be amended at any regular or special called meeting of the
				  board by an affirmative vote of a simple majority of the attending board
				  provided the proposed amendment has been submitted, in writing, at the previous
				  regular or special meeting, and is in full compliance with the Louisiana
				  Administrative Procedure Act and other applicable laws. Upon receipt of a
				  proposed written amendment, the chairperson, before the next regular or special
				  meeting, shall cause to give at least 20 days notice of the boards intended
				  action as provided in the Louisiana Administrative Procedure Act.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
					 Promulgated in accordance with
					 R.S.
					 38:2311.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 4 - ADMINISTRATION › Part VII - Governor's Office › Chapter 5 - Landscape Architects Selection Board › Subchapter B - Selection Procedure › Section VII-521 - Public Notification

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. Upon
				  being advised by the Office of Facility Planning and Control that an agency
				  intends to contract for professional services, the chairperson shall request
				  the official advertisement to be published by the Office of Facility Planning
				  and Control. There shall be a minimum seven business day application period,
				  commencing with the day of the first publication of the official advertisement
				  and ending on the day of the deadline for receiving applications. During this
				  period, the official advertisement shall be published in the official state
				  journal one time. A copy of the official advertisement shall be provided to The
				  Louisiana Chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architects,
				  Inc.
B. The official advertisement
				  specified above shall include all information required under
				  R.S.
				  38:2312(A) and the tentative
				  date and time of the board meeting at which applications will be
				  considered.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
					 Promulgated in accordance with
					 R.S.
					 38:2311.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 4 - ADMINISTRATION › Part VII - Governor's Office › Chapter 5 - Landscape Architects Selection Board › Subchapter B - Selection Procedure › Section VII-523 - Communication with Applicant Firms

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A.
				  No member of the board shall communicate in any manner concerning a project
				  application with any representative of an applicant firm or anyone
				  communicating on behalf of an applicant firm. This restriction shall apply from
				  the time advertisement of a project begins until the opening of the board
				  meeting at which the project application will be considered.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
					 Promulgated in accordance with
					 R.S.
					 38:2311.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 4 - ADMINISTRATION › Part VII - Governor's Office › Chapter 5 - Landscape Architects Selection Board › Subchapter B - Selection Procedure › Section VII-525 - Application

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. Any applicant
				  (proprietorship, partnership, corporation, or joint venture of any of these)
				  meeting the requirements of
				  R.S.
				  38:2310 et seq., may submit an application
				  for selection consideration for a particular project upon which official
				  advertisement has been published. The applicant shall submit data concerning
				  its experience, previous projects undertaken, present state projects now being
				  performed, scope and amount of work on hand, and any other information that the
				  board deems appropriate.
B.
1. The Louisiana Landscape Architects
				  Selection Board hereby adopts the use of the LSB-1 Form as the format for
				  submitting an application to the board.
2. The board will accept only those
				  applications submitted on the current edition of the LSB-1 Form. Any special
				  information requested in the advertisement shall be submitted with the required
				  LSB-1 Form. Any submittal not following this format will be deemed
				  non-responsive and not considered.
3. In the LSB-1 Form, the term
prime
				  professional
is as defined in
				  R.S.
				  38:2310(9).
4. The board has the right to require proof
				  of compliance with the above definition.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 4 - ADMINISTRATION › Part VII - Governor's Office › Chapter 5 - Landscape Architects Selection Board › Subchapter B - Selection Procedure › Section VII-529 - Emergency Procedures

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. The
				  emergency procedures of the board are as follows:
1. The Office of Facility Planning and
				  Control receives the notification of emergency from the user agency.
2. The Office of Facility Planning and
				  Control may, after a review of the user agencys notification of emergency,
				  notify the chairperson of the board that an emergency does exist.
3. The chairperson of the board then:
a. authorizes the advertisement;
b. directs the secretary to set the date and
				  time for the emergency meeting for selection. The meeting shall be scheduled to
				  occur not later than 72 hours after the advertisement is printed, not including
				  Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays.
4. The emergency meeting will convene at the
				  date and time designated pursuant to
				  §529.A.3.b to receive
				  applications.
5. Applications will
				  be distributed to present board members as the first order of
				  business.
6. The meeting will then
				  adjourn and, after a review of the applications by the board members, reconvene
				  at a time designated by the chairperson at which time selections shall be made
				  in accordance with §527
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 4 - ADMINISTRATION › Part VII - Governor's Office › Chapter 5 - Landscape Architects Selection Board › Subchapter B - Selection Procedure › Section VII-533 - Information

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A. Any person may
				  obtain information concerning the board, its rules, regulations, and procedures
				  from the boards secretary at the Office of Facility Planning and Control, P.O.
				  Box 94095, Baton Rouge, LA 70804. Requests for information shall be made in
				  writing. There may be a nominal fee charged to defray the cost of information
				  furnished. Said fee shall be set by the Office of Facility Planning and
				  Control, with the approval of the board.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
					 Promulgated in accordance with
					 R.S.
					 38:2311.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 4 - ADMINISTRATION › Part VII - Governor's Office › Chapter 5 - Landscape Architects Selection Board › Subchapter C - Selection Procedure › Section VII-535 - Severability

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. If any provision
				  or item of these rules or the application thereof is held invalid, such
				  invalidity shall not affect other provisions, items, or applications of these
				  rules that can be given effect without the invalidated provision, item, or
				  application, and to this end, the invalidated provision, item, or application
				  of these rules is hereby declared severable.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
					 Promulgated in accordance with
					 R.S.
					 38:2311.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 4 - ADMINISTRATION › Part VII - Governor's Office › Chapter 9 - Veterans' Affairs › Subchapter A - Veterans' Affairs Commission › Section VII-901 - Office of the Secretary (Repealed)

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
AUTHORITY
					 NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with
					 R.S.
					 36:781 and
					 783-786.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 4 - ADMINISTRATION › Part VII - Governor's Office › Chapter 9 - Veterans' Affairs › Subchapter A - Veterans' Affairs Commission › Section VII-902 - Powers and Duties of the Secretary

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. In addition to the functions, powers, and
				  duties otherwise vested in the secretary by law, he shall:
1. Represent the public interest in the
				  administration of this chapter and shall be responsible to the governor,
				  legislature, and the public therefore.
2. Determine the policies of the department,
				  except as otherwise provided by law.
3. Organize, plan, supervise, direct,
				  administer, execute, and be responsible for the functions and programs vested
				  in the department, in the manner and to the extent provided by law, including
				  but not limited to:
a. veterans home
				  operations;
b. veterans benefits
				  assistance;
c. homeless veteran
				  outreach;
d. state veterans
				  cemetery operations;
e. Louisiana
				  honor medal distribution;
f.
				  educational support, including State Approving Agency operations and the
				  LaVetCorps campus veteran center program;
g. the Gold Star Family Support
				  Program;
h. Military Family
				  Assistance Fund administration;
i.
				  veteran owned business support, including but not limited to Veterans
				  Initiative support;
j. veteran
				  employment support;
k. incarcerated
				  veteran support and readjustment support when appropriate;
l. other functions deemed necessary by the
				  secretary and not prohibited by law.
4. Advise the governor on problems concerning
				  the administration of the department and veterans issues.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 4 - ADMINISTRATION › Part VII - Governor's Office › Chapter 9 - Veterans' Affairs › Subchapter A - Veterans' Affairs Commission › Section VII-903 - Officers

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. The chairman and
				  vice chairman of the commission shall be elected at the first meeting following
				  the governor's appointment of the total commission or at the first meeting held
				  following July 1 in even-numbered years.
AUTHORITY
					 NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with
					 R.S.
					 29:253 and
					 R.S.
					 36:781.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 4 - ADMINISTRATION › Part VII - Governor's Office › Chapter 9 - Veterans' Affairs › Subchapter A - Veterans' Affairs Commission › Section VII-905 - Members

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. Each member may
				  be paid $75 each day devoted to the work of the commission, but not more than
				  $1,500 in any one fiscal year.
B.
				  Commission members may also be entitled to reimbursement for necessary travel
				  and other expenses, in accordance with current state travel
				  regulations.
C. Monies under this
				  Section may only be paid when available.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
					 Promulgated in accordance with
					 R.S.
					 29:253 and
					 R.S.
					 36:781.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 4 - ADMINISTRATION › Part VII - Governor's Office › Chapter 9 - Veterans' Affairs › Subchapter A - Veterans' Affairs Commission › Section VII-907 - Meetings

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. The commission
				  does not meet the criteria pursuant to
				  R.S.
				  42:17.2 to be eligible to conduct open public
				  meetings via electronic means because it does not conduct at least six
				  regularly scheduled meetings in a calendar year. Nonetheless the commission is
				  obligated to provide for participation via electronic means on an
				  individualized basis by people with disabilities.
1. People with disabilities are defined as
				  any of the following:
i. a member of the
				  public with a disability recognized by the Americans with Disabilities Act
				  (ADA);
ii. a designated caregiver of
				  such a person; or
iii. a
				  participant member of the commission with an ADA-qualifying
				  disability.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 4 - ADMINISTRATION › Part VII - Governor's Office › Chapter 9 - Veterans' Affairs › Subchapter A - Veterans' Affairs Commission › Section VII-911 - Travel

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. Travel will only
				  be authorized on days that per diem is paid, unless prior approval is granted
				  by the secretary or his designated representative. Travel must be for official
				  state business.
B. All travel
				  vouchers for the commission members shall be authorized by the secretary in
				  accordance with adopted rules relating to travel.
C. The secretary shall keep the chairman and
				  all members of the commission appraised of the availability or no availability
				  of travel monies.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
					 Promulgated in accordance with
					 R.S.
					 29:254.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 4 - ADMINISTRATION › Part VII - Governor's Office › Chapter 9 - Veterans' Affairs › Subchapter B - State Educational Aid Program › Section VII-917 - Eligibility

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. Application must
				  be made through the Parish Veterans Service Office. In order to be eligible to
				  receive educational benefits under
				  R.S.
				  29:288 et seq., the following criteria must
				  be met.
1. Any child applicant applying for
				  these educational benefits must be not less than 16 nor more than 25 years of
				  age, and marriage is not a bar to the program. Child applicants must meet the
				  dependence requirements of the United States Department of Veterans Affairs
				  pursuant to 38 CFR §
												3.57 and §
											3.204 through §
											3.211.
2. The spouse has no age limit but must use
				  the benefit within 10 years of the date eligibility is established. Remarriage
				  is a bar to this benefit. Dissolution of the remarriage does not re-establish
				  eligibility. Program termination for a remarried surviving spouse will be the
				  end of the semester in which the marriage takes place.
3. The eligible student must attend school on
				  a fulltime basis and maintain all academic and other enrollment standards
				  established by the school.
4. The
				  eligible student may attend any state college or university, including
				  institutions under the jurisdiction of the Board of Supervisors of Community
				  and Technical Colleges; all entrance requirements for such institution must be
				  met.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 4 - ADMINISTRATION › Part VII - Governor's Office › Chapter 9 - Veterans' Affairs › Subchapter B - State Educational Aid Program › Section VII-918 - Proof of Residency

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. To establish
				  that a deceased service member or veteran resided in Louisiana for one year
				  prior to entry into service, the applicant must present one of the following:
1. the death certificate of the deceased
				  service member or veteran;
2. the
				  deceased service member or veteran's DD-214 showing a Louisiana residence
				  address as the home of record;
3.
				  the deceased service member or veteran's Louisiana high school diploma or
				  equivalent; or
4. the deceased
				  service member or veteran's Louisiana high school, college, or university
				  transcripts.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 4 - ADMINISTRATION › Part VII - Governor's Office › Chapter 9 - Veterans' Affairs › Subchapter B - State Educational Aid Program › Section VII-919 - Fee Exemption Certificate

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. A fee
				  exemption certificate must be issued to each eligible applicant upon completion
				  of his/her processed claim in the administrative office, Department of
				  Veterans' Affairs, reflecting exemption from payment of all tuition and
				  school-imposed fees for the forthcoming school semester or term.
B. The registration certificate must be
				  signed by a school official indicating date of enrollment and returned by the
				  student or his/her designee to the administrative office, Department of
				  Veterans' Affairs, within 45 days after the beginning of the semester, in order
				  to receive a possible payment of cash subsistence allowance for the semester
				  pursuant to
				  R.S.
				  29:289, provided that funds have been
				  appropriated for that purpose.
C.
				  If the student transfers from one school to another, the original fee exemption
				  certificate may be taken to the new school, or the student may request from the
				  administrative office the issuance of another fee exemption to be used at
				  his/her next school.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
					 Promulgated in accordance with
					 R.S.
					 29:288.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 4 - ADMINISTRATION › Part VII - Governor's Office › Chapter 9 - Veterans' Affairs › Subchapter B - State Educational Aid Program › Section VII-921 - Maximum of Four Years

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. Tuition
				  exemptions under
				  R.S.
				  29:288 et seq. and possible payments of cash
				  subsistence allowances under
				  R.S.
				  29:289 may be given for a maximum of four
				  years of education, to be completed in not more than five years from the
				  beginning date of the first semester for which educational benefits are
				  approved by the Department of Veterans Affairs.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
					 Promulgated in accordance with
					 R.S.
					 29:288.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 4 - ADMINISTRATION › Part VII - Governor's Office › Chapter 9 - Veterans' Affairs › Subchapter B - State Educational Aid Program › Section VII-923 - Not Covered

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. Fees
				  assessed by the student body on themselves, such as yearbook, weekly paper, are
				  not exempt. Free registration does not cover books, supplies, room and board,
				  etc.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
					 Promulgated in accordance with
					 R.S.
					 29:288.