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rs-title-24•Title 24 — Legislature and Laws
All civil proceedings pending against members of the legislature shall be stayed during their attendance at the sessions of their respective houses and during the time required in going to and returning from the same.
Either house may send for persons and papers, and compel their attendance or production whenever necessary in the investigation of any matter before them. The chairman or acting chairman of any committee of the senate or house of representatives, or of any joint committee composed of members from both, may administer the oath to any witness who may be called before them to testify in relation to any subject referred to them for their consideration.
Witnesses summoned to testify before the senate or the house of representatives, or before any of the several committees thereof, shall receive two dollars per day while in attendance, and ten cents per mile travelled in going to and returning from the place of appearance.
A. Whenever the legislature or either house of the legislature, or whenever any committee of either house or any joint committee of both houses or any sub-committee of any such committee, which committee, joint committee or sub-committee has been specifically and expressly granted the subpoena power, has summoned any person as a witness to give testimony or to produce papers or other evidence upon any matter under inquiry before such house, committee, joint committee or sub-committee, such person shall be guilty of contempt of the legislature if he or she
(1) willfully defaults by failing to appear or to produce papers or other evidence, as ordered, or
(2) having appeared, refuses to take the oath or affirmation of a witness, or
(3) having appeared, refuses to answer any question pertinent to the question under inquiry.
B. Whoever is found guilty of contempt of the legislature under the provisions of this section shall be punished by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars or by imprisonment for not more than six months, or both.
C. The provisions of R.S. 24:4 through R.S. 24:6 are hereby declared to be supplemental to the powers of the legislature and of the senate and of the house of representatives to punish for contempt, and the legislature hereby reserves to itself and to the senate and to the house of representatives all inherent and all constitutional powers to punish for contempt.
Added by Acts 1963, No. 51, §1.
Whenever a statement of facts alleged to constitute contempt under R.S. 24:4 is reported to either house of the legislature while the legislature is in session, or whenever, while the legislature is not in session, such statement is reported to and filed with the president of the senate or the speaker of the house of representatives, said president or speaker, as the case may be, shall certify the statement to the district attorney of a district where venue lies, as provided in the general laws governing venue or as provided by R.S. 24:6 in the case of offenses defined in R.S. 24:4(A), and the district attorney shall institute and prosecute a criminal proceeding against the accused for contempt of the legislature under the provisions of R.S. 24:4.
Added by Acts 1963, No. 51, §1.
Any other provisions of law to the contrary notwithstanding, any offense defined by the provisions of R.S. 24:4(A) shall be deemed to have been committed (1) in the parish where the subpoena issued, (2) in the parish where the offender was served with the subpoena or (3) in the parish where the subpoena ordered the offender to give testimony or to produce papers or other evidence, and the trial of the offender for such offense may take place in any of such parishes.
Added by Acts 1963, No. 51, §1.
A legislative committee meeting that is held between sessions of the legislature and during which no vote on any matter having the effect of law is to be taken may be conducted by video conference. Each house of the legislature may adopt rules of procedure to provide for and accommodate committee meetings by video conference, including but not limited to rules governing attendance and participation of members of the legislature in and quorums of committees for such meetings. Such rules shall provide for public participation in such meetings in accordance with R.S. 42:11 et seq. For the purposes of this Section and any rules adopted by either house of the legislature pursuant to this Section, "video conference" shall mean a method of communication which enables persons in different locations to participate in a meeting and to see, hear, and otherwise communicate with each other. No committee meeting shall be held pursuant to this Section unless a quorum of the committee is present, in person, at the location at which the meeting was advertised to take place.
Acts 2008, No. 185, §1, eff. June 13, 2008; Acts 2010, No. 861, §10.
A. During a gubernatorially declared state of emergency pursuant to R.S. 29:724 et seq., or a gubernatorially declared state of public health emergency pursuant to R.S. 29:766 et seq., and as necessary to provide for the continuity of government and legislative operations during such an emergency, a member shall be counted for quorum purposes for the Senate or the House of Representatives to transact business and for quorum purposes for a committee to transact business if the member participates remotely by telephone, teleconference, or other electronic means.
B.(1) During a gubernatorially declared state of emergency pursuant to R.S. 29:724 et seq., or a gubernatorially declared state of public health emergency pursuant to R.S. 29:766 et seq., and as necessary to provide for the continuity of government and legislative operations during such an emergency, a member shall be permitted to participate in the debate and vote if the member participates remotely by telephone, teleconference, or other electronic means. The member shall certify each vote in writing and file the certification with the secretary of the Senate or the clerk of the House of Representatives.
(2) Any amendment, to be considered during legislative operations taking place remotely by telephone, teleconference, or other electronic means, shall be submitted at least twenty-four hours in advance of consideration of the amendment to the legislative body.
C. The authority provided in this Section during a gubernatorially declared emergency or public health emergency shall be invoked only at the discretion of the presiding officer and shall automatically expire upon the termination of the declared state of emergency.
Acts 2020, No. 302, §1, eff. June 12, 2020.
The members of the legislature shall be eligible and are hereby authorized to attend any meeting of any state board, commission, agency or committee and such attendance shall be permitted at both public meetings and those held in private or executive session.
Added by Acts 1970, No. 275, §1.
Each house shall determine the rules of its procedure, not inconsistent with the provisions of the constitution. The said rules of procedure in effect for the 1972 regular session, as amended or changed, shall henceforth be effective and shall govern each successive house and its committees between and during all sessions of the legislature and the effectiveness of such rules shall not terminate at the end of one session or at the end of any four year term of the members of the respective houses; provided, however, that such rules of procedure may be amended, revised, or repealed in whole or in part, in accordance with said rules adopted by the respective houses.
Added by Acts 1972, No. 85, §1.
A. A bill, except a joint resolution, shall become law if the governor signs it or if he fails to sign or veto it within ten days after delivery to him if the legislature is in session, or within twenty days if the legislature is adjourned.
B. If the governor does not approve a bill, he may veto it. When he vetoes a bill, he shall return it to the legislature, with his veto message stating his reasons for the veto, within twelve days after delivery to him if the legislature is in session.
C. Not later than twelve o'clock midnight of the twenty-third calendar day after the sine die adjournment of each session of the legislature, the governor shall transmit to the secretary of the Senate and the clerk of the House a statement of all vetoed bills, which have not previously been returned to the legislature in session and shall at the same time return each such vetoed bill to the chief clerical officer of the house of origin. Such statement shall contain the bill number and title of each such vetoed bill and the veto message for each stating the reasons for the veto of the particular bill. No later than midnight of the second day after receipt of such statement the secretary of the senate and the clerk of the house shall transmit by certified or registered mail, or by any other receipted written means, to each member of their respective houses a copy of the governor's statement and a form for declaration by the member that a veto session for reconsideration of the listed vetoed bills is not necessary. The form for such declaration shall contain a statement that the undersigned member finds that a veto session to reconsider the bills listed in the governor's statement is not necessary and shall also provide a designated place for the signature of the member responding.
D. Upon receipt of the copy of the governor's statement and the declaration form, each legislator who finds that a veto session to reconsider the bills listed in the governor's statement is not necessary shall sign the form for such declaration and shall immediately return such signed form to the presiding officer of the house of which he is a member. Each presiding officer shall note the date and hour of receipt of each signed form he receives and shall tabulate the number of members who have by return of such signed form declared that a veto session is not necessary. Any other written declaration by a member that such a session is not necessary which is received by one of the presiding officers, shall be treated in the same manner as those received on the form provided and shall be included in such tabulation. No declaration received after twelve o'clock midnight of the thirty-fifth calendar day after sine die adjournment of the legislature shall be counted and declarations received after that time shall be null and void.
E. The presiding officers shall jointly transmit to each member of the legislature the results of the tabulation of the declarations returned by the members of the respective houses together with an announcement that the veto session is or is not to be held and the date and time such session shall convene if it is to be held. No veto session shall be held if a majority of the elected members of either house have declared in writing that a veto session is unnecessary.
F. Unless a majority of the elected members of either house has declared in writing that a veto session is unnecessary, the legislature shall meet in veto session in the state capital at noon on the fortieth day following final adjournment of the most recent session, to consider all bills vetoed by the governor. If the fortieth day falls on Sunday, the session shall convene at noon on the succeeding Monday. No veto session shall exceed five calendar days, and any veto session may be finally adjourned prior to the end of the fifth day upon the vote of two-thirds of the elected members of each house.
G. A law enacted with the approval of a vetoed bill by two-thirds of the elected members of each house during a veto session shall take effect on the sixtieth day after final adjournment of the session in which it was originally finally passed by both houses, unless such Act contains a different effective date. If the Act contains a different effective date, it shall become effective on said date, unless the date is prior to the time of approval by both houses during a veto session by the required vote, in which case it shall become effective upon such approval.
Added by Acts 1975, 1st Ex.Sess., No. 23, §1, eff. Jan. 28, 1975.
A. The legislature shall be convened in extraordinary session by the presiding officers of both houses upon written petition of a majority of the elected members of each house.
B. The petition of members of the legislature to the presiding officers to call the legislature into extraordinary session shall specify the object or objects of the session, the date and time at which the session shall convene, and the number of days for which the session shall be convened; provided such number of days shall not exceed thirty calendar days. The petition shall also provide a designated place for the signature of any member who is in favor of the calling of said extraordinary session and it may specify the particular time the session shall adjourn. Such petition shall be in the following form:
PETITION
STATE CAPITOL
BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA
(DATE)
We, the undersigned members of the Legislature constituting a majority of the elected members of the House of Representatives and the Senate thereof, in accordance with the provisions set forth in Article III, Section 2(B) of the Constitution of Louisiana, do hereby petition the speaker of the House and the president of the Senate to call the Legislature into extraordinary session at the State Capitol in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, commencing at ________ o'clock ___.m. on __________________, in the year of our Lord _______, for a period not to exceed ____ days, after transmittal to you of copies of this petition as signed by at least a majority of the elected members of each house of the Legislature.
Said session shall be convened to consider the following enumerated object(s):
(Signed) _______________________________
C. The petition may be circulated, and transmitted to the presiding officers by the members themselves, or, alternatively, the petition may be circulated and transmitted to the presiding officers as provided in Subsection D.
D. When at least thirteen senators and thirty-five members of the house of representatives determine the necessity for an extraordinary session of the legislature they may prepare a petition to call the legislature into extraordinary session and submit it to the chief clerical officers of both houses who shall make adequate public announcement of its receipt. Such petition shall be in the form specified in Subsection B of this section.
Within forty-eight hours of the receipt by the presiding officers of such a petition duly signed by at least thirteen senators and thirty-five members of the house of representatives, the clerk of the house and the secretary of the senate shall prepare duplicate copies of the petition and shall transmit such a copy by certified or registered mail to each member of their respective houses for the purpose of obtaining the requisite number of signatures required to call the legislature into extraordinary session. The copies of the petition mailed to all members of the legislature shall be postmarked on the same day. Each duplicate copy of the petition shall contain the name of the legislator to whom it is mailed.
Each member who is in favor of the call for said extraordinary session shall sign the copy of the petition mailed to him and shall return it to the respective clerical officer no later than twenty days after the date on which the petition was mailed to the members or, if the date of the session as stated in the petition is earlier than twenty-seven days after the date that copies were mailed, no later than seven days before the date of such session as stated therein. No petition received by a clerical officer after five o'clock p.m. on the twentieth day after the copies were mailed or on the seventh day before the date of the session, whichever is the earlier, shall be counted and the clerical officer shall return it to the member. Any member who has signed and timely returned a copy of a petition may remove his signature from a petition or reclaim the copy he has signed by written notice to the respective clerical officer at any time prior to receipt by the chief clerical officers of signed copies from a majority of the elected members of each house. No signature so removed or copies of a petition so reclaimed shall be counted.
On the day after the final date for return of signed copies of the petition or as soon as a majority of the elected members of each house have timely returned signed copies, if earlier, each of the clerical officers shall separately list the names of the members who have returned signed copies of the petition to him and shall also list the names of those members whose copies of the petition were invalid because they were not signed by the member or because they were not timely received. Each clerical officer shall sign the list of members he has so prepared and shall cause a copy of the petition and a copy of the list to be transmitted to the presiding officers and to each member of the legislature. All costs in connection with preparation, transmittal, handling and tabulation of petitions and lists of members returning same shall be paid from funds appropriated for the expenses of the two houses.
If a majority of the elected members of each house sign and timely return the petition the extraordinary session shall be held. If a majority of the elected members of each house do not sign and timely return the petition, the chief clerical officers shall return the signed copies of the petition to the members who signed and returned them.
E. At least five days prior to the date for the convening of an extraordinary session as contained in a petition for such a session duly signed by a majority of the elected members of each house and transmitted to the presiding officers thereof, the presiding officers shall issue a proclamation calling the extraordinary session, which proclamation shall state the objects of the session, the date and time at which the session shall convene, the number of days for which it is convened, all as provided in the petition signed by the requisite number of members, and the time the session shall adjourn if included in the petition. The power to legislate shall be limited, under penalty of nullity, to the objects specifically enumerated in the proclamation.
F. The petition for an extraordinary session called upon petition of a majority of the elected members of each house and a list of members signing said petition or copies thereof shall be entered in the journal of said session.
G. When either the governor or the legislature has called an extraordinary session of the legislature, neither the governor nor the legislature shall call another extraordinary session to overlap or run concurrently with the first extraordinary session.
Added by Acts 1975, 1st Ex.Sess., No. 50, §1.
A.(1) The Board of Trustees for State Colleges and Universities, the Board of Supervisors of Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College, and the Board of Supervisors of Southern University and Agricultural and Mechanical College are authorized to require that each higher educational institution over which they exercise supervision and management, including, where appropriate, each campus, branch, or other separate division thereof, participate in a program of providing technical and scholarly assistance to the legislature, its standing and statutory committees, and its legislative service agencies.
(2) At each institution participating in such program there shall be designated an administrative officer to serve as liaison officer between that institution and the legislature. Such liaison officer shall be responsible for coordinating personnel of that institution to respond to any inquiries made by the legislature, its standing or statutory committees, or its service agencies involving areas in which the institution is capable of rendering technical expertise.
(3) Repealed by Acts 1988, No. 58, §5.
B. Repealed by Acts 1988, No. 58, §5.
C. Assistance rendered to the legislature, its standing or statutory committees, or its service agencies by a higher educational institution, campus, branch, or other separate division thereof, or by any of its employees in accordance with the provisions of this Section, shall be without cost or charge whatsoever. In addition, no higher educational institution, campus, branch, or other separate division thereof, shall include within its legislative budget request any additional monies to implement the provisions of this Section.
Added by Acts 1979, No. 532, §1; Acts 1988, No. 58, §5.
In printing and distributing legislative instruments which have been ordered engrossed or reengrossed by their respective houses and in having enrolled legislative instruments originating in their respective houses that have passed both houses or resolutions adopted by their respective houses, the clerk of the House of Representatives and the secretary of the Senate may not alter the sense, meaning, or effect of any legislative instrument but may make technical corrections in such legislative instruments as follows:
(1) Number, designate, renumber, or rearrange or redesignate items in a numerical or alphabetical listing to establish a numerical or alphabetical sequence.
(2) Change reference numbers to agree with numbered Chapters and Sections.
(3) Substitute the proper Chapter, Section, or other subdivision term or other proper citation for the terms "this Act", "the preceding Section", and the like.
(4) Delete figures where they are merely a repetition of written words and vice versa.
(5) Change capitalization for the purpose of uniformity.
(6) Correct misspellings and manifest punctuation and other typographical errors.
Acts 1989, No. 287, §1, eff. June 27, 1989.
A. Whenever an appointment to public office, whether to a board, commission, committee, or district, or to an executive or other office in the executive branch of state government or in a local governmental entity, and whether to fill an initial or succeeding full term of office or the unexpired portion of a term of office, is made by the governor, the governor shall submit the appointment to the Senate for confirmation.
B. Whenever an appointment to public office, whether to a board, commission, committee, or district, or to an executive or other office, and whether to fill an initial or succeeding full term of office or the unexpired portion of a term of office is made by a public official other than the governor, the public official making the appointment shall submit the name of the appointee to the Senate for confirmation if the constitution or statute providing for the appointment requires that the appointment be made with advice and consent of the Senate, with consent of the Senate, subject to confirmation by the Senate, or in any other language requiring confirmation by the Senate.
C. If the legislature is in regular session, any public official making an appointment subject to Senate confirmation shall submit the name of the appointee to the Senate for confirmation within forty-eight hours after the appointment is made. Failure of the Senate to confirm the appointment prior to the end of the session shall constitute rejection.
D. If the legislature is not in regular session, the public official making an appointment subject to Senate confirmation may make interim appointments which shall expire at the end of the next regular session unless submitted to and confirmed by the Senate during that session.
E. When a statute requires confirmation by the Senate of all or a part of a board or commission before the board or commission can begin any official business, and when the appointing public official has submitted the names of the appointees to the Senate for confirmation, the president of the Senate shall call the Senate into a special confirmation meeting not to exceed three days to consider confirmation of only those appointees. Each appointee confirmed during this special meeting may serve as an interim appointee until the end of the next regular session unless again submitted to and confirmed by the Senate during that session. The appointment of any appointee not confirmed by the Senate at the special meeting shall expire at the end of the special confirmation meeting and that person shall not be appointed to the same office during any recess of the legislature.
F. In order for an appointee to be confirmed, the name of the appointee shall be submitted by the appointing public official to the Senate during the next regular session following the appointment and a majority of the elected members of the Senate must vote in favor of confirming the appointee in open session during that regular session. The Senate can refuse to confirm an appointee by either taking no action at all or by voting not to confirm an appointee in open session.
G. The appointment of any appointee who is not confirmed by the Senate or who is not submitted to the Senate for confirmation, or who is not reconfirmed pursuant to Subsection K of this Section, notwithstanding the provision of R.S. 42:2, during the regular session shall expire at the end of the regular session and a vacancy shall be immediately created for that position. The appointee shall not be appointed to the same office during any recess of the legislature.
H.(1)(a) In the event a person is not submitted to or is not confirmed by the Senate, or is submitted to the Senate for reconfirmation but not reconfirmed by the Senate pursuant to Subsection K of this Section, and the person attempts to remain in office after being advised by the Senate, through its president, by certified mail, return receipt requested, of his lack of confirmation or reconfirmation, and acts in his official capacity, any action taken by a public body in which such person participates shall be null and void. The Senate, through its president, shall notify any person not submitted to the Senate for confirmation or not confirmed by the Senate and any person submitted to the Senate for reconfirmation but not reconfirmed by the Senate no later than thirty days after the Senate considers confirmations.
(b) The Senate, through its president, may bring an action to remove the person from office. Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, the venue for any such action shall be East Baton Rouge Parish.
(2)(a) In the event a person is not submitted to the Senate for reconfirmation pursuant to Subsection K of this Section and the person attempts to remain in office after being advised by his appointing official by certified mail, return receipt requested, of his failure to be submitted and to be reconfirmed and acts in his official capacity, any action taken by a public body in which such person participates shall be a relative nullity and shall be subject to challenge in district court. Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, the venue for any such action shall be East Baton Rouge Parish.
(b) The appointing official shall notify any person whom he failed to submit to the Senate for reconfirmation or who was not reconfirmed and the office, board, commission, committee, or district to which the person was appointed, no later than thirty days after the Senate considers confirmations.
I. The provisions of this Section shall not apply to appointments made pursuant to the provisions of Article X, Sections 3, 27, and 43 of the Constitution of Louisiana.
J.(1) Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, no appointee to public office required by law to file a state tax return and who failed to file such return during any year of the five years immediately preceding his appointment to office, shall be confirmed.
(2) The Department of Revenue shall investigate every person appointed to public office subject to Senate confirmation who has failed to file a state income tax return in any year of the five years immediately preceding the appointment and determine the reason the appointee failed to file. If an appointee is required by law to file a return in any year and failed to do so, the secretary of the Department of Revenue shall actively pursue the collection of all taxes due from the appointee including implementing procedures set forth in Part III of Chapter 18 of Subtitle II of Title 47 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950.
K. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, all persons who are appointed to a position on a board, commission, committee, or district, which requires Senate confirmation, including persons appointed to a partial term shall be subject to reconfirmation as follows:
(1)(a) The service of each appointee appointed to a term concurrent with the appointing official or at the pleasure of the appointing official shall expire at the end of the appointing official's term as provided for in Article IV, Section 3 of the Constitution of Louisiana or as otherwise provided for by law.
(b) The appointee may continue to serve until the end of the second regular session of the Legislature following the beginning of the legislative term at which time the position shall become vacant unless the appointee is reappointed to the position and has been confirmed by the Senate prior to the end of the second legislative session.
(2)(a) The service of each appointee appointed to a fixed term shall expire at the end of the term to which the appointee was appointed.
(b) The appointee may continue to serve until the end of the second regular session of the Legislature following the expiration of the term.
Acts 1993, No. 1021, §1; Acts 1995, No. 93, §1; Acts 2008, No. 528, §1; Acts 2014, No. 760, §1, eff. June 19, 2014.
A. Whenever the clerk of the House of Representatives is required to send a ballot, petition, or other documentation to the members of the House of Representatives by mail, either by law or pursuant to the rules of procedure of the House of Representatives, and the clerk determines that it is feasible and desirable to utilize the system designed pursuant to R.S. 39:461.1 instead of mail for the transmission of the ballot, petition, or other documentation, then notwithstanding any requirement to the contrary, the clerk may utilize the system for the transmission of the ballot, petition, or other documentation in lieu of mailing.
B. Whenever the secretary of the Senate is required to send a ballot, petition, or other documentation to the members of the Senate by mail, either by law or pursuant to the rules of procedure of the Senate, and the secretary determines that it is feasible and desirable to utilize the system designed pursuant to R.S. 39:461.1 instead of mail for the transmission of the ballot, petition, or other documentation, then notwithstanding any requirement to the contrary, the secretary may utilize the system for the transmission of the ballot, petition, or other documentation in lieu of mailing.
C. Whenever the clerk of the House of Representatives and the secretary of the Senate are required to send a ballot, petition, or other documentation to the members of the legislature by mail, either by law or pursuant to the joint rules of procedure of the House of Representatives and the Senate, and the clerk and the secretary jointly determine that it is feasible and desirable to utilize the system designed pursuant to R.S. 39:461.1 instead of mail for the transmission of the ballot, petition, or other documentation, then notwithstanding any requirement to the contrary, the clerk and the secretary may utilize the system for the transmission of the ballot, petition, or other documentation in lieu of mailing.
D. When necessary to determine any deadline based upon a postmark, the transmission date through the system shall serve as the postmark.
E. The provisions of this Section shall be applicable to any requirement on either or both clerical officers to mail any ballot, petition, or other documentation to the members of his house of the legislature or to each member of the legislature, including without limitation any such mail requirement in R.S. 18:135.1 and 401.3, R.S. 24:10, 11, 504, and 507, R.S. 27:224, R.S. 39:87, 99.12, and 99.36, R.S. 49:220.23, and R.S.51:1052.
Acts 2016, No. 674, §1.
REPEALED BY ACTS 1993, NO. 248, §2.
A. The compensation of the members of the legislature shall be equal to the rate allowable for per diem deduction under 26 U.S.C. 162(h)(1)(B)(ii) for the location of the state capital during their attendance on that body.
B.(1) If the domicile of a member of the legislature is more than fifty miles from the state capitol, the member may elect to receive the per diem compensation established pursuant to Subsection A of this Section as either compensation or as a travel allowance pursuant to an accountable plan maintained in accordance with the rules and regulations established in accordance with 26 U.S.C. 162(h) by the house of the legislature to which the member is elected.
(2) Once an eligible member of the legislature has made his election regarding receipt of per diem as compensation or allowance as provided in Paragraph (1) of this Subsection, the election regarding per diem is irrevocable for the remainder of that calendar year.
(3) An eligible member-elect may make the per diem election as provided in Paragraph (1) of this Subsection prior to taking the oath of office as a member, and the election regarding per diem is irrevocable during the remainder of the first calendar year of that member's service during the term of office to which he was elected.
Amended by Acts 1952, No. 2, §1; Acts 1956, No. 254, §1; Acts 1980, No. 42, §1, eff. June 5, 1980; Acts 1997, No. 1316, §1, eff. July 1, 1997; Acts 2022, No. 730, §1.
A. In addition to the per diem and all other allowances provided by law for members of the Legislature of Louisiana, each member of the legislature, except the president and the president pro tempore of the Senate and the speaker and the speaker pro tempore of the House of Representatives, shall be paid a salary in the full sum of sixteen thousand eight hundred dollars per annum.
B.(1) The salary provided for in this Section for the individual members shall be withdrawn from the treasury on the warrant of the presiding officer of each house on the state treasurer. The warrants shall be paid out of the general fund and the treasurer is hereby required to pay the warrants by preference over other warrants, except warrants for the salaries of constitutional officers, which shall be concurrent with the warrants provided for in this Section.
(2) The funds so drawn shall be deposited in the name of the House of Representatives, or the Senate, as the case may be, in an approved bank located in this state, selected by the presiding officer of each house. Payment of the salary to the persons entitled thereto shall be made by individual check, signed, in the case of the House of Representatives, by the presiding officer of the House and, in the case of the Senate, signed by the president of the Senate. Facsimile signatures may be used.
C.(1) In addition to the per diem and salary and all other allowances provided by law for members of the Legislature of Louisiana, each member shall be paid a mileage allowance for trips to and from the capitol during sessions of the legislature, regardless of the method of transportation, equal to the rate established as the standard mileage rate for business travel for purposes of Section 162(a) of Title 26 of the United States Code. Such mileage allowance shall be paid for a number of trips not to exceed the number of calendar weeks, or fraction thereof, of the session.
(2) During the interim between sessions each member shall also be paid, for actual attendance at meetings of legislative committees of which he is a member, a mileage allowance at the rate provided in Paragraph (1) of this Subsection for actual travel to and from the site of such meetings. Mileage allowance for legislative committee meetings shall be paid only upon the filing by the member with the respective presiding officer of a voucher for each such meeting. The legislature or either house may, by appropriate resolution, provide that no mileage allowance shall be paid in the case of particular committees or particular meetings.
D. In lieu of the mileage allowance provided in Subsection C of this Section, both during sessions and during the interim between sessions, any legislator may be reimbursed the actual cost paid by the legislator for a commercial coach fare airline ticket, either one way or round trip, for any trip for which the mileage allowance is otherwise authorized pursuant to Subsection C of this Section if the distance of travel one way by the most direct route by land is in excess of one hundred miles. Such reimbursement shall be paid only upon the filing by the legislator with the respective presiding officer of a voucher for each such trip, whether during session or during the interim.
E. In addition to the salary, compensation, and all other allowances provided by law for members of the legislature, each member of the legislature shall be paid a monthly expense allowance, as referred to in R.S. 11:403(10), in the amount of five hundred dollars per month for expenses in connection with the holding or conduct of their office. Warrants for the payment of such allowance shall be in accordance with, and subject to, Subsection B of this Section.
Added by Acts 1952, No. 11, §§1 to 3. Amended by Acts 1960, No. 349, §1; Acts 1969, No. 11, §7; Acts 1975, No. 14, §1, eff. July 18, 1975; Acts 1976, No. 4, §1, eff. June 16, 1976; Acts 1976, No. 356, §1; Acts 1980, No. 42, §1, eff. June 5, 1980; Acts 1980, No. 684, §1; Acts 1984, No. 192, §1, eff. June 27, 1984; Acts 1992, No. 520, §1, eff. June 26, 1992; Acts 1993, No. 248, §1; Acts 1997, No. 1316, §1, eff. July 1, 1997; Acts 2012, No. 847, §1, eff. July 1, 2012; Acts 2013, No. 220, §8, eff. June 11, 2013.
A. The clerk of the House of Representatives shall be paid an expense allowance of five hundred dollars per month for expenses in connection with the operation of his office and for attending to the business thereof between sessions. The expense allowance shall be withdrawn from the treasury on the warrant of the clerk of the House.
B. The secretary of the Senate shall be paid an expense allowance of five hundred dollars per month for expenses in connection with the operation of his office and for attending to the business of the Senate between sessions. The expense allowance shall be withdrawn from the treasury on the warrant of the secretary of the Senate.
Added by Acts 1952, No. 214, §1. Amended by Acts 1960, No. 349, §1; Acts 1969, No. 11, §7.
A. The presiding officers of both houses shall, upon the taking of office by a member elected between sessions by the legislature at a special election called to fill a vacancy in the office of senator or representative, pay to said member the regular legislative salary provided for in R.S. 24:31.1. Said sum shall be payable upon the taking of office of any such member-elect and shall be based on the period from the date of his election until the date of his taking office.
B. During the period between the promulgation of the election returns of the regular general election for members of the legislature and the organizational session of the legislature, a member-elect shall be reimbursed in the manner established by the division of administration for state officers, for mileage, lodging, and meal expenses incurred by the member-elect for actual attendance at one or more orientation seminars conducted by the house of the legislature to which such member-elect was elected.
C.(1) During the period beginning thirty days prior to the organizational session of the legislature, the presiding officer of the house of the legislature to which a member-elect was elected may take whatever action deemed necessary to assist a member-elect to establish a district office and for such office to begin operating, including incurring expenses and making expenditures related to such office in an amount not to exceed the monthly office expense allowance established in R.S. 24:31.4.
(2) During the period beginning thirty days prior to the organizational session of the legislature, a member-elect may employ one or more legislative assistants in accordance with the provisions of R.S. 24:31.5.
Added by Acts 1970, No. 244, §1. Acts 1993, No. 248, §1; Acts 2004, No. 516, §1.
A. In addition to the salary, per diem, and all other allowances provided by law for members of the legislature, each member of the legislature shall be paid a monthly expense allowance in the amount of one thousand dollars per month, or so much thereof as may be necessary, for payment of rent for office space in a parish or parishes which he represents, and for payment of the cost of maintaining utilities in said office or offices and for other expenses related to the holding or conduct of their office.
B.(1) Any payment under the allowance provided in Subsection A of this Section for office rental shall be used only for payment of rental for office space in a building situated in a parish which the member represents, and in no case shall payment be made for office space which is located in the legislator's residence or in any other property owned wholly or in part by the legislator or a member of his family. Payment under the allowance provided in Subsection A of this Section for cost of utilities and other expenses shall be for reimbursement for cost of electric, water, gas, and telephone service for the legislator's district office and for other office expenses, including but not limited to stationery and other supplies.
(2) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, a legislator may lease office space for his district office from a lessor from whom he also leases other commercial office space except as otherwise prohibited by Paragraph (1) of this Subsection. In such case, the monthly expense allowance provided in Subsection A of this Section and any allowance for office expenses authorized pursuant to the rules of procedure of the house of the legislator may be used for the payment of rent which represents the fair market value for the amount of space exclusively allocated for his district office and for the payment of the prorated cost of maintaining utilities in the office for the amount of space exclusively allocated for his district office. Transactions relative to the district office and for such payment are expressly authorized and shall be in accordance with the provisions of this Section and the rules of procedure of the house of the legislator.
C. The allowance provided in Subsection A of this Section shall be withdrawn from the treasury and paid to the persons entitled thereto in the same manner as is provided by law for the salary provided in R.S. 24:31.1. Each member shall be required to file with the presiding officer, prior to payment of the allowance each month, an itemized statement of expenses, and appropriate invoices or receipts supporting the same. The amount of the allowance paid to each member each month shall be equal to the total amount of the itemized statement, provided that in no case shall the total reimbursement exceed one thousand dollars.
D. However, in the event of a disaster or other emergency which necessitates the temporary relocation of a legislator's district office or in the event a legislator's district office is damaged to an extent that impedes the function of the office, the presiding officer of the house of the legislator may authorize the payment of rent for office space within the state and the reimbursement of other expenses related to the holding or conduct of the legislator's office during the duration of the temporary relocation or district office recovery process, as the case may be. Each such legislator shall be required to file with the presiding officer, prior to payment of such expenses each month, an itemized statement of expenses and appropriate invoices or receipts supporting the same. The total amount of the payment and reimbursement for a legislator's office expenses, including those authorized by this Subsection, shall not exceed the total amount per month for office expenses to which the legislator is otherwise entitled by law and the rules of procedure of his house.
E. The commissioner of administration shall promulgate and implement a procedure whereby, at no cost to a legislator, surplus space in immovable property owned by the state and located within a parish represented in whole or in part by a legislator may be utilized as the legislator's office. The commissioner of administration shall promulgate such procedure by rule in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act, and proposed rules relative to such procedure shall be subject to the approval of the House and Governmental Affairs Committee and the Senate and Governmental Affairs Committee. A legislator seeking to utilize such surplus space as his office shall make a written request for such space to the commissioner. Priority for such space shall be given to legislators in the order in which the requests are received.
Added by Acts 1972, No. 259, §1. Amended by Acts 1975, No. 44, §1, eff. Sept. 1, 1975; Acts 1980, No. 89, §1, eff. July 1, 1980; Acts 1982, No. 53, §1; Acts 1992, No. 520, §1, eff. June 26, 1992; Acts 1993, No. 248, §1; Acts 1997, No. 1316, §1, eff. July 1, 1997; Acts 2005, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 16, §1, eff. Nov. 29, 2005; Acts 2008, No. 603, §1, eff. June 30, 2008; Acts 2010, No. 861, §10; Acts 2012, No. 728, §1; Acts 2022, No. 608, §1, eff. July 1, 2022.
A.(1) Each member of the legislature may employ one or more legislative assistants, who shall be employed as unclassified state employees.
(2) The Legislative Budgetary Control Council shall establish and provide for the implementation of a salary schedule for legislative assistants. The Legislative Budgetary Control Council may make adjustments to the salary schedule for legislative assistants as necessary.
(3) Each legislator shall determine the qualification requirements of his legislative assistant or assistants. However, no person who is a member of the family of the legislator may serve as his legislative assistant.
(4)(a) Each legislative assistant shall perform such duties as the legislator may assign and shall be paid a salary fixed by the legislator. The salary for any one legislative assistant shall not exceed the base salary established by the Legislative Budgetary Control Council plus the equivalent of one step for each year of his employment as a legislative assistant.
(b) If a legislator employs more than one legislative assistant, the total salary for all his legislative assistants shall not exceed the base salary established by the Legislative Budgetary Control Council plus the equivalent of one step for each year of employment as a legislative assistant of the legislative assistant receiving the highest salary, or the equivalent of one step for each year of the employing legislator's service as a legislator, at the option of the employing legislator. However, no legislative assistant shall be paid a salary that exceeds the base salary established by the Legislative Budgetary Control Council plus the equivalent of one step for each year of his employment as a legislative assistant.
(c) The Legislative Budgetary Control Council shall also provide a detailed mechanism to factor in other governmental experience into the number of years of experience of a legislative assistant for determining that legislative assistant's salary.
(5) The salary of each legislative assistant shall be paid from the funds of the respective house, withdrawn from the state treasury and deposited in the manner provided in R.S. 24:31.1, and shall be paid to each individual legislative assistant whose employment and salary have been certified by a member to his respective presiding officer. Payment shall be by check signed by the speaker of the House of Representatives as to the salary of legislative assistants to House members and by the president of the Senate as to the salary of legislative assistants to Senate members. Facsimile signatures may be used.
(6) Nothing in this Section shall prohibit the use of contractual secretarial services in lieu of one or more legislative assistants who shall be paid in accordance with the salary schedule established by the Legislative Budgetary Control Council.
B. Each legislator who employs one or more legislative assistants as provided in this Section shall notify the presiding officer of his house in writing as to the name of each such legislative assistant and the salary to be paid. Any change of person or salary shall be reported to the presiding officer of his house within ten days after such change. The respective presiding officer shall hold such reports during the term of office of the legislator involved.
C.(1)(a) If a legislator employs only one legislative assistant, the assistant may participate in the state's group life, health, and hospitalization insurance program and the state employees' retirement system if the assistant receives at least sixty percent of the total compensation available to employ the legislative assistant.
(b) When a legislator employs more than one legislative assistant, the primary legislative assistant may participate in the state's group life, health, and hospitalization insurance program and the state employees' retirement system. "Primary legislative assistant" means the legislative assistant who receives the highest salary and whose salary is at least sixty percent of the total salary that such assistant can be paid.
(c) Any legislative assistant who does not meet the criteria set forth in this Subsection shall not be eligible to participate in these benefits.
(2) All legislative assistants shall be eligible for workers' compensation coverage as state employees immediately upon employment.
Added by Acts 1972, No. 259, §1. Amended by Acts 1975, No. 44, §1, eff. Sept. 1, 1975; Acts 1979, No. 408, §1, eff. Sept. 1, 1979; Acts 1980, No. 493, §1, eff. July 22, 1980; Acts 1983, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 1, §6; Acts 1986, No. 946, §1; Acts 1989, No. 9, §1; Acts 1989, No. 806, §1; Acts 1992, No. 520, §1, eff. June 26, 1992; Acts 1997, No. 1344, §1, eff. July 1, 1997; Acts 2008, No. 838, §1, eff. July 1, 2008; Acts 2010, No. 861, §10.
NOTE: See Acts 2008, No. 838, §§2 and 4, regarding implementation.
A. Each member of the legislature shall be entitled to an allowance for the purpose of purchasing office furniture and equipment to be utilized in the conduct of his office. Each legislator shall be entitled to a maximum allowance of two thousand dollars while serving his first term in the legislature, this allowance not to be renewable upon election for a subsequent term of office. However, the presiding officer may authorize the expenditure of monies in excess of a member's allowance for the purchase of a standard suite of office furniture, as that standard is defined by resolution of the Legislative Budgetary Control Council, as well as for replacing or making major repairs to any piece of equipment or furniture purchased under the provision of this Section.
B. Each legislator who has served one or more terms in the legislature, upon taking office for each subsequent and consecutive term, shall receive an additional allowance of five hundred dollars in the aggregate for the purpose of purchasing any additional equipment or furniture to be utilized in the conduct of his office.
C. Title to all furniture and equipment purchased under provisions of this Section shall vest in the purchasing house of the legislature, and the same shall be purchased by the presiding officers in accordance with purchasing policies of the Legislative Budgetary Control Council upon presentation of itemized statements from members of the legislature setting forth in detail the furniture and equipment desired to be purchased.
D. Notwithstanding the provisions of Part XI of Chapter 1 of Title 39 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, upon termination of office, each legislator having possession of equipment or furniture purchased with the dollar allotments provided in this Section or with the legislator's individual supplemental expense account provided by his house, or having possession of the standard computer equipment allocated to the legislator for use outside of the capitol building, may purchase such property with nonpublic funds at a cost of the standard depreciated value of the property. This authority to purchase furniture shall not encompass the standard suite of furniture purchased with additional monies approved by the presiding officer of either house. The legislator shall relinquish any such furniture or equipment which he does not purchase to the presiding officer or agents of his house.
E. Whenever a legislator returns any property or equipment purchased under the provisions of Subsection A or B of this Section, he shall receive credit to his furnishing allowance for such property at a value to be determined by the presiding officer of his house.
Added by Acts 1975, No. 44, §2, eff. Sept. 1, 1975. Amended by Acts 1980, No. 554, §1; Acts 1984, No. 330, §1; Acts 1992, No. 520, §1, eff. June 26, 1992; Acts 2007, No. 216, §1.
The allowance provided in Sections 31.4, 31.5 and 31.6 are hereby declared not to constitute emoluments of office of the members of the legislature, and shall not be used for the purpose of determining the amount upon which any employee or employer contributions are to be paid to any publicly supported retirement system or in computing any retirement benefits or any other benefits pertaining to any member of the legislature.
Added by Acts 1975, No. 44, §2, eff. Sept. 1, 1975.
Whenever any member of the legislature is imprisoned after conviction of a crime, the payment of the compensation and allowances under the provisions of R.S. 24:31.1, R.S. 24:31.4, R.S. 24:31.5, and R.S. 24:31.6 shall be suspended.
Added by Acts 1981, No. 570, §1.
A.(1) The president of the Senate and the speaker of the House of Representatives may provide jointly for the issuance of identification pins to the members of the legislature for security purposes. The president and the speaker may determine and adopt the design for such pins and may provide for the manufacture and purchase of such pins. The design of the identification pins shall be unique for members serving each four-year term of office or part thereof and shall be the same for all members of both houses.
(2) No person shall fabricate or manufacture a pin of the same design as any such design adopted by the president and the speaker, unless authorized to do so by the president and the speaker.
(3) No person not a member of the legislature during the four-year term for which a particular pin is issued shall wear such a pin at any time.
B. The ownership of each pin shall remain in the respective house which issued the pin. However, the president and the speaker may provide for the purchase of a pin by a member upon the expiration of the term or upon his leaving office.
C. The president and the speaker may adopt policies and procedures for the implementation of this Section and for the issuance and wearing of such pins.
Acts 1989, No. 18, §1, eff. June 8, 1989.
Any member of the Senate or House of Representatives wishing to resign shall direct his letter of resignation to the presiding officer of the house of the legislature of which he is a member.
Acts 1993, No. 251, §1.
The secretary of the Senate and the clerk of the House of Representatives or the officers performing their duties, shall hold over and continue in office from one term of the legislature to another, until their successors are elected and qualified.
Repealed by Acts 1988, No. 58, §5.
A. The Senate of the Legislature of Louisiana shall be composed of thirty-nine members. The state shall be divided into the following senatorial districts and one senator shall be chosen from each of the districts:
(1) District 1 is composed of Precincts 9-45 and 9-45A of Orleans Parish; Precincts 1-1, 1-2, 1-3 and 1-4 of Plaquemines Parish; Precincts 22, 24, 25, 33, 34, 41, 43, 45, 46, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57 and 58 of St. Bernard Parish and Precincts 601, 602, 603, 604, 606, 705, 706, 801, 802, 803, 804, 805, 806, 807, 808, 809, 810, 811, 812, 813, 814, 815, 816, 817, 901, 902, 903, 904, 905, 906, 907, 908, 909, 910, 911, 912, 913, 914, 915, 916, 917, 918, 921, P01, S01, S02, S03, S04, S05, S06, S07, S08, S09, S10, S11, S12, S13, S15, S16, S17, S18, S19, S21, S22, S23, S24 and S25 of St. Tammany Parish.
(2) District 2 is composed of Precincts 30, 36, 37, 39, 44, 45, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57 and 60 of Ascension Parish; Precincts 1-1, 1-2, 2-1, 2-2, 4-1, 4-2, 5-1, 5-2, 6-1, 6-2 and 7-1 of Assumption Parish; Precincts 1, 7, 8, 10, 11, 12, 13, 13B, 13C, 14A, and 22 (Part) that portion east of State Highway 1 of Iberville Parish; Precincts 1-2, 1-3, 1-4, 2-1, 2-1A, 2-3, 2-3A, 2-4, 2-4A, 2-5, 2-7, 2-9, 2-10, 5-1, 5-1A and 5-1B of Lafourche Parish; Precincts 1-1 of St. Charles Parish; Precincts 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 7-A, 12, 13, 14, 15, 15B, 16, 17, 17-A and 18 of St. James Parish; Precincts 1-2, 1-3, 1-4, 1-5, 2-1, 2-2, 2-3, 2-4, 3-1, 3-2, 3-3, 3-4, 4-1, 4-3 and 4-9 of St. John the Baptist Parish and Precincts 1-1, 2-1A, 3-1A, 3-1B, 3-2, 4-2, 4-3A, 4-3B, 4-4, 4-5 and 5-1 of West Baton Rouge Parish.
(3) District 3 is composed of Precincts 171, 172, 173, 174, 175, 179A, 179B, 180, 181, 182, 187, 188, 189, 200, 201, 210, 211, 212A (Part) that portion east of State Highway 3017 and north of Lapalco Blvd., 1-G and 2-G of Jefferson Parish; Precincts 6-1, 7-25A, 7-35, 7-37, 7-40, 8-1, 8-19, 8-20, 8-21, 8-22, 8-23, 8-24, 8-25, 8-26, 8-27, 9-1, 9-3, 9-3A, 9-4, 9-5, 9-5A, 9-6B, 9-6C, 9-6D, 9-6E, 9-6F, 9-7, 9-8, 9-8A, 9-9, 9-10, 9-11, 9-12, 9-13, 9-14, 9-15, 9-16, 9-25, 9-26, 9-28, 9-28C, 9-28E, 9-29, 9-30, 9-30A, 9-31, 9-31A, 9-31B, 9-32, 9-39, 9-39B, 9-40, 9-40A, 9-40C, 9-41, 9-41A, 9-41B, 9-41C, 9-41D, 9-43M, 9-44, 9-44I, 9-44L, 9-44M, 9-44N, 9-44P, 9-44Q, 15-1 and 15-5 of Orleans Parish and Precincts 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 20, 21, 23, 30, 31, 32, 40, 42, 44, 50 and 51 of St. Bernard Parish.
(4) District 4 is composed of Precincts 3-14, 3-19, 3-20, 4-2, 4-5, 4-6, 4-7, 4-8, 4-9, 4-11, 4-14, 4-15, 4-17, 4-17A, 4-18, 4-20, 4-21, 4-22, 4-23, 5-1, 5-2, 5-3, 5-4, 5-8, 5-9, 5-10, 5-11, 5-12, 5-13, 5-15, 5-16, 5-17, 5-18, 6-2, 6-4, 6-7, 6-8, 6-9, 7-1, 7-2, 7-4, 7-5, 7-7, 7-8, 7-9A, 7-12, 7-15, 7-16, 7-17, 7-18, 7-19, 7-23, 7-24, 7-25, 7-26, 7-27, 7-27B, 7-28, 7-28A, 7-29, 7-30, 7-32, 7-33, 7-34, 7-37A, 7-41, 7-42, 8-2, 8-4, 8-6, 8-7, 8-8, 8-9, 8-12, 8-13, 8-14, 8-15, 8-28, 8-30, 9-17, 9-19, 9-21, 9-23, 9-31D, 9-33, 9-34A, 9-35, 9-35A, 9-36, 9-36B, 9-37, 9-38, 9-38A, 9-42, 9-42C, 9-43A, 9-43B, 9-43C, 9-43E, 9-43F, 9-43G, 9-43H, 9-43I, 9-43J, 9-43K, 9-43L, 9-43N, 9-44A, 9-44B, 9-44D, 9-44E, 9-44F, 9-44G, 9-44J, 9-44O, 17-17, 17-18, 17-18A, 17-19 and 17-20 of Orleans Parish.
(5) District 5 is composed of Precincts 107, 131 and 133 of Jefferson Parish and Precincts 1-1, 1-2, 1-5, 1-6, 2-1, 2-2, 2-3, 2-4, 2-6, 2-6A, 2-7, 3-1, 3-3, 3-5, 3-8, 3-9, 3-12, 3-15, 3-18, 4-3, 4-4, 5-5, 5-7, 6-6, 7-6, 7-10, 7-11, 7-13, 7-14, 7-20, 7-21, 10-3, 10-6, 10-7, 10-8, 10-9, 10-11, 10-12, 10-13, 10-14, 11-2, 11-3, 11-4, 11-5, 11-8, 11-9, 11-10, 11-11, 11-12, 11-13, 11-14, 11-17, 12-1, 12-2, 12-3, 12-4, 12-5, 12-6, 12-7, 12-8, 12-9, 12-10, 12-11, 12-12, 12-13, 12-14, 12-16, 12-17, 12-19, 13-1, 13-2, 13-3, 13-4, 13-5, 13-6, 13-7, 13-8, 13-9, 13-10, 13-11, 13-12, 13-13, 13-14, 13-15, 13-16, 14-12, 14-13A, 14-17, 14-18A, 14-19, 14-20, 14-21, 14-23, 14-24A, 14-25, 14-26, 16-2, 16-3, 16-4, 16-5, 16-6, 16-7, 16-8, 16-9, 17-2, 17-3, 17-4, 17-5, 17-6, 17-7, 17-8, 17-9, 17-10, 17-11, 17-12, 17-13, 17-13A, 17-14, 17-15 and 17-16 of Orleans Parish.
(6) District 6 is composed of Precincts 1-98, 2-6, 2-8, 3-1, 3-2, 3-3, 3-9, 3-12, 3-15, 3-16, 3-21, 3-22, 3-25, 3-26, 3-28, 3-30, 3-32, 3-33, 3-34, 3-37, 3-38, 3-43, 3-45, 3-46, 3-47 and 3-53 of East Baton Rouge Parish; Precinct 9 of Livingston Parish; Precincts 4-1, 4-2 and 5-1 of St. Helena Parish and Precincts 40, 40A, 42, 42A, 45, 45A, 46, 47, 48, 49, 70, 70A, 71, 72, 72A, 73, 74, 117, 121, 121A, 125, 127, 127A, 133, 133A, 137B, 139, 141, 149A and 151 of Tangipahoa Parish.
(7) District 7 is composed of Precincts 195, 196, 197A, 197B, 197C, 205, 213A, 213B, 213C, 214A, 214B, 225, 226, 232A, 232B, 3-G, 4-G, 5-G, 6-G, 7-G, 8-G, 9-G, 10-G and 11-G of Jefferson Parish; Precincts 15-2, 15-3, 15-6, 15-8, 15-9, 15-10, 15-11, 15-12, 15-12A, 15-13, 15-13A, 15-13B, 15-14, 15-14A, 15-14B, 15-14C, 15-14D, 15-14E, 15-14F, 15-14G, 15-15, 15-15A, 15-15B, 15-16, 15-17, 15-17A, 15-17B, 15-18, 15-18A, 15-18B, 15-18C, 15-18D, 15-18E, 15-18F, 15-19, 15-19A, 15-19B and 15-19C of Orleans Parish and Precincts 2-1, 3-1, 4-1 and 5-2 of Plaquemines Parish.
(8) District 8 is composed of Precincts 150, 151, 152, 153, 154, 155, 156, 157A, 157B, 170, 176, 177, 178, 183, 184, 185A, 185B, 190, 191, 192, 193, 194A, 194B, 198, 199, 202, 203, 204, 212A (Part) that portion west of State Highway 3017 and north of Lapalco Blvd., and that portion south of Lapalco Blvd., 212B, 215, 216A, 216B, 217, 227, 228, 229, 230, 231, 234, 235, 236, 237, 238, 246, 247, 248, 12-G, 13-G, 1-GI, 1-L, 1-W, 2-W, 3-W, 4-W, 5-W, 6-W and 7-W of Jefferson Parish and Precincts 5-1, 6-1, 6-2, 6-3, 6-4, 7-1, 7-3, 8-1, 9-1 and 9-3 of Plaquemines Parish.
(9) District 9 is composed of Precincts 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 60, 66, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 106, 127, 128, 129, 130, 132, 134, 136 and 138 of Jefferson Parish and Precincts 14-1, 14-2, 14-3, 14-4, 14-5, 14-6, 14-7, 14-8, 14-9, 14-10, 14-11, 14-14, 14-15, 14-16, 16-1, 16-1A and 17-1 of Orleans Parish.
(10) District 10 is composed of Precincts 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 21, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 67, 68, 105, 116, 117, 118, 119, 120, 121, 122, 123, 124, 125, 126, 1-H, 2-H, 3-H, 4-H, 5-H, 6-H, 7-H, 8-H, 9-H, 1-K, 2-K, 3-K, 4-K, 5-K, 6-K, 7-K, 8-K, 9-K, 10-K, 11-K, 12-K, 13-KA, 14-K, 15-K, 16-K, 17-K, 18-K, 19-K, 20-K, 25-K, 26-K (Part) that portion northeast of Illinois Central Railroad, 27-K, 28-K, 34-K and 35-K of Jefferson Parish.
(11) District 11 is composed of Precincts 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 304, 305, 306, 307, 308, 309, 310, 311, 312, 313, 401, 402, 403, 404, 405, 406, 407, 408, 409, 410, 411, 412, 413, 414, 415, 416, 417, 418, 419, 420, 421, 422, 423, 424, 426, 427, 605, 607, 701, 702, 703, 704, A01, A02, A03, A04, C01, C02, C03, C04, C05, C06, C07, C08, C09, C10, C11, M01, M02, M03, M04, M05, M06, M07, M08, M09, M10 and MD1 of St. Tammany Parish and Precincts 120, 120B, 122, 122A, 124, 141A, 143 and 145 of Tangipahoa Parish.
(12) District 12 is composed of Precincts 201, 202, 203, 204, 205, 206, 207, 301, 302, 303, 501, 502, 503, 504, 505 and F01 of St. Tammany Parish; Precincts 1, 2, 6, 11, 15, 16, 17, 18, 26, 27, 27A, 28, 28A, 33, 41, 43, 44, 101, 102, 103, 104, 104A, 105, 106, 106A, 106B, 107, 108, 109, 109A, 110, 111, 111A, 112, 114, 115B, 116, 118, 119, 120A, 121B, 123, 129 and 129A of Tangipahoa Parish and Washington Parish.
(13) District 13 is composed of Precincts 3-6 and 3-14 of East Baton Rouge Parish; Precincts 1, 1A, 1B, 1C, 1D, 2, 2A, 3, 3A, 4, 4A, 5, 5A, 5B, 6, 6A, 6B, 7, 7A, 8A, 8B, 10, 11, 11A, 12, 13A, 13B, 19, 20, 23, 23A, 23B, 24, 24A, 24B, 24C, 24D, 25, 26, 26A, 26B, 26C, 27, 28A, 28B, 29, 30, 35, 35A, 36, 36A, 39, 39A, 40, 40A and 41 of Livingston Parish and Precincts 137, 137A, 137C, 137D and 149 of Tangipahoa Parish.
(14) District 14 is composed of Precincts 1-1, 1-3, 1-4, 1-5, 1-6, 1-10, 1-13, 1-14, 1-15, 1-16, 1-17, 1-18, 1-19, 1-21, 1-22, 1-23, 1-24, 1-25, 1-26, 1-27, 1-28, 1-29, 1-30, 1-31, 1-32, 1-36, 1-37, 1-38, 1-39, 1-45, 1-46, 1-50, 1-51, 1-57, 1-58, 1-59, 1-61, 1-62, 1-63, 1-64, 1-65, 1-67, 1-68, 1-73, 1-85, 1-100, 1-102, 1-107, 3-5, 3-20, 3-23, 3-44, 3-50 and 3-55 of East Baton Rouge Parish.
(15) District 15 is composed of Precincts 1-2, 1-54, 1-55, 1-60, 1-70, 1-71, 1-77, 1-78, 1-81, 1-82, 1-83, 1-84, 1-86, 1-87, 1-88, 1-91, 1-92, 1-93, 1-94, 1-95, 1-97, 1-101, 1-104, 2-1, 2-2, 2-3, 2-4, 2-5, 2-9, 2-10, 2-11, 2-12, 2-13, 2-14, 2-15, 2-16, 2-17, 2-18, 2-19, 2-20, 2-22, 2-23, 2-24, 2-25, 2-27, 2-28, 2-30, 2-31, 3-8, 3-24, 3-42 and 3-54 of East Baton Rouge Parish.
(16) District 16 is composed of Precincts 1-7, 1-8, 1-9, 1-12, 1-33, 1-34, 1-35, 1-40, 1-41, 1-42, 1-43, 1-44, 1-47, 1-48, 1-49, 1-52, 1-53, 1-56, 1-66, 1-69, 1-72, 1-74, 1-75, 1-80, 1-89, 1-90, 1-99, 1-103, 1-105, 3-4, 3-7, 3-10, 3-11, 3-13, 3-17, 3-18, 3-19, 3-27, 3-29, 3-31, 3-35, 3-36, 3-39, 3-40, 3-41, 3-48, 3-49, 3-51 and 3-52 of East Baton Rouge Parish.
(17) District 17 is composed of Precincts 2-3, 3-1, 3-2, 5-3, 5-4, 7-2, 8-1 and 9-1 of Assumption Parish; Precincts 2-7, 2-21, 2-26, 2-29 and 2-32 of East Baton Rouge Parish; East Feliciana Parish; Precincts 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 6A, 13A, 14, 14B, 15, 15A, 15B, 16, 17, 17A, 18, 19, 19A, 20, 21, 22 (Part) that portion west of State Highway 1, 23, 24, 25, 25A, 25B, 26, 26A, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31 and 32 of Iberville Parish; Pointe Coupee Parish; Precincts 1-1, 1-2, 2-1, 2-2, 3-1, 3-2, 3-3, 5-2, 6-1 and 6-2 of St. Helena Parish; Precincts 1-2 and 1-5 of St. Martin Parish and Precincts 2-1B, 2-2, 2-3, 4-1, 6-1, 6-2, 7-1, 7-2, 7-3 and 7-4 of West Baton Rouge Parish and Precincts 2-2 and 7-2 of West Feliciana Parish.
(18) District 18 is composed of Precincts 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 40, 41, 42, 43, 58 and 61 of Ascension Parish; Precincts 7B, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 21, 22, 31, 32, 33, 34, 38 and 43 of Livingston Parish and Precincts 8, 8-A, 9, 10 and 11 of St. James Parish.
(19) District 19 is composed of Precincts 104, 108, 115, 13-KB, 21-K, 22-K, 23-K, 24-K, 26-K (Part) that portion southwest of Illinois Central Railroad, 29-K, 30-K, 31-K and 33-K of Jefferson Parish; Precincts 3-1, 3-2, 3-3, 3-4, 3-5, 3-6, 4-1, 6-3, 7-1, 7-2, 7-3 and 7-4 of Lafourche Parish; Precincts 1-2, 1-3, 1-5, 1-6, 2-1, 2-2, 2-3, 2-4, 2-5, 3-1, 3-2, 3-3, 3-4, 3-5, 3-6, 4-1, 4-2, 4-3, 4-4, 5-1, 5-2, 5-3, 5-4, 5-5, 6-1, 6-2, 6-3, 6-4, 6-5, 6-6, 6-7, 6-8, 7-1, 7-2, 7-3 and 7-4 of St. Charles Parish and Precincts 1-1, 4-2, 4-4, 4-8, 5-1, 5-2, 5-3, 5-4, 5-5, 5-6, 5-7, 6-1, 6-3, 6-4, 7-2, 7-3, 7-4, 7-5 and 7-7 of St. John the Baptist Parish.
(20) District 20 is composed of Precincts 2-12, 2-13, 2-14, 4-2, 4-3, 4-4, 4-5, 4-6, 8-1, 9-1, 9-2, 10-1, 10-2, 10-3, 10-4, 10-5, 10-6, 10-7, 10-8, 10-9, 10-10, 10-11, 10-12, 10-13, 10-14, 10-15, 10-16, 11-1, 11-2, 11-3 and 11-4 of Lafourche Parish and Precincts 14, 19, 20, 21, 23, 24, 25, 27, 28, 29, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 38, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 68, 70, 71, 72, 73, 78, 80, 82, 83, 88 and 89 of Terrebonne Parish.
(21) District 21 is composed of Precincts 6-3, 11-1, 11-2, 11-3, 11-4, 11-5, 12-1, 12-2 and 12-3 of Iberia Parish; Precincts 1-1, 2-2, 2-6, 2-8, 2-11, 5-2, 6-1, 6-2 and 6-4 of Lafourche Parish; St. Mary Parish and Precincts 1, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 15, 17, 18, 51, 64, 65, 66, 67, 69, 74, 76, 81, 84, 85, 86, 87 and 90 of Terrebonne Parish.
(22) District 22 is composed of Precincts 1-1, 1-2, 1-3, 2-1, 2-2, 2-3, 3-1, 3-2, 3-3, 3-4, 4-1, 4-2, 4-3, 4-4, 5-1, 5-2, 5-3, 5-4, 5-5, 6-1, 6-2, 6-4, 7-1, 7-2, 7-3, 7-4, 7-5, 8-1, 8-2, 8-4, 8-5, 9-1, 9-2, 9-3, 9-4, 9-5, 10-2, 10-3, 10-4, 10-5, 10-6, 10-7, 12-4, 13-1, 13-2, 13-3, 13-4, 14-1, 14-3 and 14-4 of Iberia Parish; Precincts 99 and 100 of Lafayette Parish; Precincts 3-1, 3-3, 3-5, 4-5, 4-7, 4-12 and 4-13 of St. Landry Parish and Precincts 1-1, 1-3, 1-4, 1-7, 2-1, 2-2, 2-3, 2-4, 3-1, 3-1A, 3-1B, 3-2, 3-3, 3-4, 3-4A, 3-5, 3-6, 3-9, 4-1, 4-1A, 4-2, 4-3, 4-4, 4-4A, 4-5, 4-6, 5-1, 5-2, 5-3, 5-4, 6-1, 6-2, 6-3, 6-3A, 6-3B, 6-4, 7-1A, 7-2A, 7-4, 7-4A, 8-1, 8-3, 8-4, 8-4A, 9-1, 9-2, 9-3, 9-4 and 9-5 of St. Martin Parish.
(23) District 23 is composed of Precincts 30A, 33, 34, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 60, 65, 66, 67, 69, 70, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97A, 97B, 98, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110 and 111 of Lafayette Parish.
(24) District 24 is composed of Precincts 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 61, 62, 63, 64 and 68 of Lafayette Parish; Precincts 1-1, 1-2, 1-2A, 1-3, 1-3A, 1-4, 1-4A, 1-6, 1-7, 1-8, 1-9, 1-10, 1-11, 1-12, 1-13, 1-14, 1-15, 1-15A, 1-16, 1-17, 1-18, 1-20, 1-21, 1-22, 1-23, 1-25, 1-26, 1-26A, 1-28, 1-28A, 1-29, 2-1, 2-4, 3-2, 3-4, 3-6, 4-2, 4-3, 4-4, 4-6, 4-8, 4-9, 4-10, 4-11, 4-12A, 5-3, 5-6 (Part) except that portion north of State Highway 103 and west of Interstate Highway 49, 6-1, 6-3, 6-4, 6-10, 6-11A, 6-15 and 6-16 of St. Landry Parish and Precincts 6-2A, 7-1 and 7-3 of St. Martin Parish.
(25) District 25 is composed of Precincts 2-2, 2-3, 2-4, 2-5, 4-1, 4-2, 4-3, 4-4, 4-5, 4-6, 5-1A, 5-1B, 5-2A, 5-2B, 5-3, 5-4, 5-5, 6-1, 6-2, 6-3A, 6-3B, 6-4, 6-5, 6-6, 6-7, 6-8, 6-9, 6-10, 6-11, 6-12, 6-13, 6-14, 6-15, and 6-16 of Acadia Parish; Precincts 260, 261, 262, 333, 336, 337, 338, 339, 362, 363, 364, 365, 366, 367N, 367S, 368, 369, 370, 371N, 371S, 800, 801, 860N, 860S, 861E and 861W of Calcasieu Parish; Cameron Parish and Jefferson Davis Parish.
(26) District 26 is composed of Precincts 1-1, 1-2A, 1-2B, 1-3A, 1-3B, 1-4A, 1-4B, 1-5A, 1-5B, 1-6, 1-7, 1-8, 1-9, 2-1, 3-1, 3-3A, 3-3B, 3-4, 3-6 and 3-7 of Acadia Parish; Precincts 1, 3, 8, 26, 27, 28A, 28B, 29, 31, 32, 35, 36, 37 and 71 of Lafayette Parish; Precincts 2-2, 2-3, 2-5, 2-6, 2-7, 2-8 and 2-9 of St. Landry Parish and Vermilion Parish.
(27) District 27 is composed of Precincts 162E, 162W, 163, 164, 165, 166, 167, 300, 301, 302, 303, 304, 305, 306, 307, 308, 309E, 309W, 310, 311, 312, 313E, 313W, 314, 315E, 315W, 316E, 316W, 317, 318, 319, 320, 321, 322, 323, 324, 325, 326, 327, 328, 329, 330, 331, 332N, 332S, 334, 335, 360, 361, 400, 401, 402, 403, 404, 405, 406, 407, 408, 440, 441, 461, 462, 463, 464, 466E, 466W, 467, and 468 of Calcasieu Parish.
(28) District 28 is composed of Precincts 3-2, 3-5, 7-2, 7-3, and 7-4 of Acadia Parish; Allen Parish; Precincts 2-1A, 2-2B, 2-2C, 2-4A, 2-4B, 2-4D, 2-5A, 2-5B, 2-5C, 2-7, 2-8, 3-1A, 3-1B, 3-1C, 3-3A, 3-3D, 4-1, 4-2, 5-1, 5-2, 6-1A, 7-1, 7-2, 7-3, 7-3A, 8-1, 8-2A, 8-2B, 8-3A, 9-1A, 9-1C, 9-2, 9-3A, 9-4A, 9-5C, 9-6A, 9-6B, 10-2B, 10-2C, 10-3A, 10-3D, 10-4, 10-5C, 11-1 and 11-2A of Avoyelles Parish; Evangeline Parish; Precincts 1-5, 1-19, 1-24, 5-1, 5-2, 5-4, 5-5, 5-6 (Part) that portion north of State Highway 103 and west of Interstate Highway 49, 5-8, 6-2, 6-5, 6-6, 6-7, 6-8, 6-9, 6-11, 6-13, 6-14 and 6-16A of St. Landry Parish.
(29) District 29 is composed of Precincts 1-1, 1-2, 1-3, 2-1, 2-2, 3-1, 7-1, 7-2, 7-3 and 7-4 of Bienville Parish; Precincts 2-2, 3-1, 3-2, 3-3, 4-2 and 8-1 of Grant Parish; Precincts 16, 17, 17A, 18, 19, 19A, 19B, 20, 20A and 25 of Jackson Parish; Precincts 1-1, 1-2, 1-3, 2-1, 2-2, 3-1, 9-1, 10-1, 10-3, 10-5, 11-1, 11-3 and 12-1 of Lincoln Parish; Precincts 1-2, 1-3, 1-4, 1-4B, 1-5, 1-5A, 1-8 and 1-13 of Natchitoches Parish; Precincts C1, C2, C3, C4, C5, C6, C7, C8, C9, C10, C11, C13, C14, C15, C17, C18, C19, C20, C21, C22, C24, C25, C28, C38, C39, C40, N1, N2, N3, N4, N5, N6, N8, N9, N11, N15, N19, N20, N21, S4, S14, S20 and S21 of Rapides Parish and Precincts 1-1, 1-4, 1-5, 2-1, 2-3, 3-1B, 5-1, 5-3, 6-1, 7-1, 7-1A, 7-2A and 7-5 of Winn Parish.
(30) District 30 is composed of Beauregard Parish; Precincts 160E, 160W, 161, 460E, 460W, 465, 469, 560, 561, 562, 600, 601, 602, 603, 660, 661, 662, 663, 664, 700, 701, 702, 703, 760, 761 and 762 of Calcasieu Parish and Vernon Parish.
(31) District 31 is composed of Precincts 1-1, 1-2, 1-3 and 2-1 of Grant Parish; Precincts 1-1, 1-1A, 1-3A, 1-4A, 1-6, 1-7, 1-9, 1-9A, 1-10, 1-10A, 1-10B, 1-11, 1-12, 1-14, 2-1, 2-2, 2-3, 2-4, 2-5, 2-6, 2-7, 2-7A, 2-8, 2-9, 3-1, 3-2, 3-3, 3-4, 3-5, 3-6, 3-7, 3-8, 3-9, 3-10, 4-1, 4-2, 4-3, 4-4, 4-5, 4-6, 4-7, 4-8 and 4-9 of Natchitoches Parish; Precincts C23, C26, C27, C30, C31, C32, C33, C34, C35, C36, C37, C41, C42, S1, S2, S5, S6, S7, S8, S9, S10, S11, S13, S15, S17, S18, S19, S22, S23, S24, S25, S26, S27, S28 and S29 of Rapides Parish; Red River Parish; Sabine Parish and Precincts 1-3, 2-2, 3-1, 3-1A, 3-1C, 3-2, 3-2A, 3-3, 4-1, 4-2, 4-2A, 4-3, 4-4, 4-5 and 6-1A of Winn Parish.
(32) District 32 is composed of Precincts 1-1, 1-2, 2-2A, 2-3A and 6-2A of Avoyelles Parish; Caldwell Parish; Catahoula Parish; Precincts 1-3 (Part) that portion northwest of US Highway 65; 3-1, 3-2, 3-3, 4-1, 4-2, 4-3, 4-4, 4-6, 5-2, 5-3, 5-4, 5-5, 5-6 and 5-7 of Concordia Parish; Franklin Parish; La Salle Parish; Precincts 25, 26, 57 and 58 of Ouachita Parish; Precincts N10, N22, N23, N24, N25, N26, N27, N28, N29 and S16 of Rapides Parish; Precinct 1 of Richland Parish and Precincts 1-1, 2-1, 3-2, 3-3, 4-1, 4-2, 4-3, 5-1, 5-2, 5-3, 6-1, 6-2, 6-3, 7-1 and 7-4 of West Feliciana Parish.
(33) District 33 is composed of Precincts 1, 8, 10, 11, 21, 22, 31, 34, 35, 36, 37, 81, 84, 85, 87, 88, 91, 92, 93, 94 and 96 of Claiborne Parish; Precincts 4-1, 4-2, 4-3, 4-4, 4-5 and 5-2 of Lincoln Parish; Precincts 2, 3, 4, 6, 13, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 34, 35, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 53 and 54 of Morehouse Parish; Precincts 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 35, 36, 37, 41, 43, 44, 44A, 49, 50 and 76 of Ouachita Parish; Union Parish and West Carroll Parish.
(34) District 34 is composed of Precincts 1-1, 1-2, 1-3 (Part) that portion southeast of US Highway 65, 1-4, 2-1, 2-4 and 5-1 of Concordia Parish; East Carroll Parish; Madison Parish; Precincts 1, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 33, 36, 37, 38, 52 and 55 of Morehouse Parish; Precincts 9A, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 27, 28, 29, 30, 60, 63, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 72, 73, 74 and 79 of Ouachita Parish; Precincts 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34 and 35 of Richland Parish and Tensas Parish.
(35) District 35 is composed of Precincts 2-3, 4-1, 5-1, 5-2, 6-1, 6-2, 6-3, 7-1, 7-2, 7-3, 7-4, 8-2 and 8-3 of Grant Parish; Precincts 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 5A, 6, 7, 8, 8A, 9, 10, 11, 13, 14A, 15, 22, 24 and 26A of Jackson Parish; Precincts 3-2, 3-3, 3-4, 3-5, 5-1, 5-3, 5-4, 6-1, 6-2, 6-3, 6-4, 6-5, 7-1, 7-2, 8-1, 8-2, 8-3, 9-2, 9-3, 10-2, 10-4, 11-2 and 12-2 of Lincoln Parish; Precincts 31, 32, 33, 34, 38, 39, 40, 42, 45, 46, 47, 48, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 59, 61, 62, 64, 71, 75, 77 and 78 of Ouachita Parish; Precincts N7, N12, N13, N14, N16, N17 and N18 of Rapides Parish and Precincts 5-2, 5-4, 5-5, 6-3, 6-4, 6-5, 6-6, 7-2, 7-7 and 7-7A of Winn Parish.
(36) District 36 is composed of Precincts 2-3, 3-2, 3-3, 3-4, 3-5, 4-1, 4-2, 4-4, 5-1, 5-2, 5-3, 5-4, 6-1, 6-2, 6-3 and 6-4 of Bienville Parish; Precincts 2-1, 2-17A, 2-18A, 2-18B, 2-18C, 2-21A, 2-21B, 2-21C, 2-21D, 2-22A, 2-22B, 3-1, 3-2, 3-3, 3-4, 4-1A, 4-2, 4-3A, 4-3B, 4-3C, 4-4A, 4-4B, 4-5A, 4-6, 4-7, 4-9, 4-11A, 4-11B and 4-11C of Bossier Parish; Precincts 3, 5, 7, 41, 42 and 51 of Claiborne Parish and Webster Parish.
(37) District 37 is composed of Precincts 1-1, 1-2, 1-3, 1-3A, 1-4, 1-4A, 1-5, 2-2, 2-3, 2-4, 2-5, 2-6, 2-7, 2-8, 2-9, 2-10, 2-11, 2-11A, 2-12A, 2-12B, 2-12C, 2-13, 2-14, 2-15, 2-16, 2-16A, 2-17B, 2-19, 2-20, 2-23, 4-8A, 4-8B, 4-8C, 4-8D and 4-10 of Bossier Parish and Precincts 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 20, 21, 22, 24, 26, 27, 48, 49, 64, 76, 77, 99, 102, 104, 109 and 129 of Caddo Parish.
(38) District 38 is composed of Precincts 4, 56, 62, 63, 65, 66, 68, 72, 75, 78, 79, 84, 85, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 97, 100, 101, 103, 105, 107, 108, 110, 122, 123, 125, 126, 127, 128, 132, 133, 134 and 159 of Caddo Parish and De Soto Parish.
(39) District 39 is composed of Precincts 1, 2, 3, 5, 23, 25, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 67, 69, 70, 71, 73, 74, 80, 81, 82, 83, 86, 98, 106, 130, 135, 136, 137, 138, 139, 140, 142, 143, 144, 145, 146, 149, 150, 151, 154, 155, 156, 157 and 158 of Caddo Parish.
B. The precincts referenced in this Section are those precincts identified as Voting Districts (VTDs) in the 2010 Census Redistricting TIGER/Line Shapefiles for the State of Louisiana.
C. When a precinct referenced in this Section has been subdivided by action of the parish governing authority on a nongeographic basis or subdivided by action of the parish governing authority on a geographic basis in accordance with the provisions of R.S. 18:532.1, the enumeration in this Section of the general precinct designation shall include all nongeographic and all geographic subdivisions thereof, however such subdivisions may be designated. The territorial limits of the districts as provided in this Section shall continue in effect without change regardless of any changes made to the precincts by the parish governing authority.
NOTE: §35 as repealed by Acts 2022, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 1, eff. Jan. 8, 2024.
§35. Repealed by Acts 2022, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 1, §2, eff. Jan. 8, 2024.
Acts 2011, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 24, §1, eff. 10 a.m., Jan. 9, 2012 (eff. for election purposes only upon signature of governor, April 14, 2011); Acts 2022, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 1, §2, eff. Jan. 8, 2024.
The Senate of the Legislature of Louisiana shall be composed of thirty-nine members. The state shall be divided into the following senatorial districts and one senator shall be chosen from each of the districts:
(1) District 1 is composed of Precincts 9-45 and 9-45A of Orleans Parish; Precincts 33, 41, 43, 51, 52, 53, 54, and 55 of St. Bernard Parish and Precincts 602, 603, 604, 606, 609, 801, 802, 803, 804, 805, 806, 807, 808, 809, 810, 811, 812, 813, 814, 815, 816, 817, 818, 901, 902, 903, 904, 905, 906, 907, 909, 910, 911, 912, 913, 914, 915, 916, 917, 918, 921, 922, P01, S01, S02, S03, S04, S05, S06, S07, S08, S09, S10, S11, S13, S15, S16, S17, S18, S19, S20, S21, S22, S23, S24, and S25 of St. Tammany Parish.
(2) District 2 is composed of Precincts 28, 30, 36, 37, 39, 44, 45, 47, 48, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 57, and 65 of Ascension Parish; Precincts 1-1, 1-2, 2-1, 2-2, 2-5, 4-1, 4-2, 4-3, 5-1, 5-2, 5-5, 6-1, 6-2, 6-3, and 7-1 of Assumption Parish; Precincts 1, 3, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 13C, 14A, 15, 16, 19, 20, 21, 22 (Part) that portion east of State Highway 1, and 23 of Iberville Parish; Precincts 1-2, 1-4, 2-1, 2-1A, 2-3, 2-3A, 2-4, 2-5, 2-7, 2-9, 2-10, 2-11, 5-1, 5-1A, and 5-1B of Lafourche Parish; Precincts 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, and 19 of St. James Parish; Precincts 1-1, 1-2, 1-3, 1-5, 2-2, 3-2, 3-4, 4-1, 4-3, 4-14, 5-1, 5-8, 6-3, 6-4, 7-3, and 7-7 of St. John the Baptist Parish; and Precincts 1B, 1C, 6, 7B, 8, 9, 10A, 10B, 11A, 11B, 12, 13A, 13B, 14, 15, and 17 of West Baton Rouge Parish.
(3) District 3 is composed of Precincts 6-1, 6-2, 7-1, 7-4, 7-23, 7-24, 7-25, 7-25A, 7-28A, 7-29, 7-30, 7-32, 7-33, 7-35, 7-37, 7-40, 8-1, 8-2, 8-4, 8-6, 8-7, 8-8, 8-13, 8-14, 8-15, 8-19, 8-20, 8-21, 8-22, 8-23, 8-24, 8-25, 8-26, 8-27, 9-1, 9-3, 9-4, 9-5, 9-6, 9-7, 9-8, 9-9, 9-10, 9-11, 9-12, 9-13, 9-14, 9-15, 9-16, 9-17, 9-19, 9-21, 9-23, 9-28, 9-29, 9-30, 9-30A, 9-31, 9-31A, 9-31B, 9-31D (Part) that portion south of the eastbound lane of Leon C. Simon Drive between Peoples Avenue and the southbound lane of Press Drive; and, that portion west of the southbound lane of Press Drive until its intersection with Hayne Boulevard; and, that portion south of Hayne Boulevard until its intersection with Congress Drive; and, that portion west of Congress Drive until its intersection with Prentiss Avenue; and, that portion south of Prentiss Avenue until its intersection with France Road; and, that portion west of France Road until its intersection with the southernmost precinct boundary line, 9-32, 9-39, 9-39B, 9-40, 9-40A, 9-40C, 9-41, 9-41A, 9-41B, 9-41C, 9-41D, 9-44G, 9-44I, 9-44M, 9-44N, 9-44O, 9-44P, and 9-44Q of Orleans Parish and Precincts 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 30, 31, 32, 34, 40, 42, 42A, 44, 45, 46, and 50 of St. Bernard Parish.
(4) District 4 is composed of Precincts 3-9, 3-12, 3-14, 3-15, 3-19, 3-20, 4-2, 4-5, 4-6, 4-7, 4-8, 4-9, 4-11, 4-14, 4-15, 4-17, 4-17A, 4-18, 4-20, 4-21, 4-22, 4-23, 5-1, 5-2, 5-3, 5-8, 5-9, 5-10, 5-11, 5-12, 5-13, 5-15, 5-16, 5-17, 5-18, 6-4, 6-8, 6-9, 7-2, 7-5, 7-7, 7-8, 7-9A, 7-12, 7-17, 7-18, 7-19, 7-21, 7-26, 7-27, 7-27B, 7-28, 7-37A, 7-41, 7-42, 8-9, 8-12, 8-28, 8-30, 9-25, 9-26, 9-28C, 9-31D (Part) that portion north of the eastbound lane of Leon C. Simon Drive between Peoples Avenue and the southbound lane of Press Drive; and, that portion east of the southbound lane of Press Drive until its intersection with Hayne Boulevard; and, that portion north of Hayne Boulevard until its intersection with Congress Drive; and, that portion east of Congress Drive until its intersection with Prentiss Avenue; and, that portion north of Prentiss Avenue until its intersection with France Road; and, that portion east of France Road until its intersection with the southernmost precinct boundary line, 9-33, 9-34A, 9-35, 9-35A, 9-36, 9-36B, 9-37, 9-38, 9-38A, 9-42, 9-42C, 9-43A, 9-43B, 9-43C, 9-43E, 9-43F, 9-43G, 9-43H, 9-43I, 9-43J, 9-43K, 9-43L, 9-43M, 9-43N, 9-44, 9-44A, 9-44B, 9-44D, 9-44E, 9-44F, 9-44J, 9-44L, 17-17, 17-18, 17-18A, 17-19, and 17-20 of Orleans Parish.
(5) District 5 is composed of Precincts 131, 133, 171, 173, 179B, 180, 181, 187, 188, 191, 200, and 201 of Jefferson Parish and Precincts 1-1, 1-2, 1-5, 1-6, 2-1, 2-2, 2-4, 2-6, 2-7, 3-1, 3-8, 3-18, 4-3, 5-5, 5-7, 6-6, 6-7, 7-6, 7-10, 7-11, 7-13, 7-14, 7-15, 7-16, 7-20, 10-3, 10-6, 10-7, 10-8, 10-9, 10-11, 10-12, 10-13, 10-14, 11-2, 11-3, 11-4, 11-5, 11-8, 11-9, 11-10, 11-11, 11-12, 11-13, 11-14, 11-17, 12-1, 12-2, 12-3, 12-4, 12-5, 12-6, 12-7, 12-8, 12-9, 12-10, 12-11, 12-12, 12-13, 12-14, 12-16, 12-17, 12-19, 13-1, 13-2, 13-3, 13-4, 13-5, 13-6, 13-7, 13-8, 13-9, 13-10, 13-11, 13-12, 13-13, 13-14, 13-15, 13-16, 14-17, 14-20, 14-21, 14-23, 14-24A, 14-25, 14-26, 16-4, 16-5, 16-6, 16-7, 16-8, 16-9, 17-2, 17-3, 17-4, 17-5, 17-6, 17-7, 17-8, 17-9, 17-10, 17-11, 17-12, 17-13, 17-13A, 17-14, 17-15, and 17-16 of Orleans Parish.
(6) District 6 is composed of Precincts 1-98, 2-6, 2-7, 2-8, 2-21, 2-26, 2-28, 2-33, 3-1, 3-2, 3-3, 3-6, 3-9, 3-10, 3-12, 3-14, 3-15, 3-16, 3-21, 3-22, 3-25, 3-26, 3-28, 3-30, 3-32, 3-33, 3-34, 3-37, 3-38, 3-43, 3-45, 3-46, 3-47, 3-53, 3-58, 3-61, 3-66, 3-71, and 3-72 of East Baton Rouge Parish; Precincts 9, 10, 11A, 12, 13A, 13B, 14, 15, 31, 32, and 38 of Livingston Parish; and Precincts 1-2, 2-1, 2-2, 3-1, 3-2, 4-1, 4-2, 5-1, 6-1, and 6-2 of St. Helena Parish.
(7) District 7 is composed of Precincts 195, 196, 197A, 197B, 205, 211, 212, 213A, 213B, 213C, 214A, 214B, 215, 216A, 216B, 216C, 217, 225, 226, 228, 231, 232A, 232B, 238A, 238B, 1-G, 2-G, 4-G, 6-G, 7-G, 8-G, and 11-G of Jefferson Parish; Precincts 15-1, 15-2, 15-3, 15-5, 15-6, 15-8, 15-9, 15-10, 15-11, 15-12, 15-12A, 15-13, 15-13A, 15-13B, 15-14, 15-14A, 15-14B, 15-14C, 15-14D, 15-14E, 15-14F, 15-14G, 15-15, 15-15A, 15-15B, 15-16, 15-17, 15-17A, 15-17B, 15-18, 15-18A, 15-18B, 15-18C, 15-18D, 15-18E, 15-18F, 15-19, 15-19A, 15-19B, and 15-19C of Orleans Parish; and Precincts 1-1, 1-2, 1-3, 7-1, and 7-2 of Plaquemines Parish.
(8) District 8 is composed of Precincts 151, 152, 153, 154, 155, 156, 157A, 157B, 170, 172, 174, 175, 176, 177, 178, 179A, 182, 183, 184, 185A, 185B, 189, 190, 192, 193A, 193B, 194A, 194B, 198, 199, 202, 203, 204, 210, 227, 229, 230, 234, 235, 236, 237, 246, 247, 248, 3-G, 5-G, 9-G, 10-G, 12-G, 13-G, 1-GI, 1-L, 1-W, 2-W, 3-W, 4-W, 5-W, 6-W, and 7-W of Jefferson Parish and Precincts 2-1, 3-1, 4-1, 5-1, 6-1, 6-2, 8-1, 8-2, 8-3, 9-1, and 9-2 of Plaquemines Parish.
(9) District 9 is composed of Precincts 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 105, 106, 127, 128, 129, 130, 132, 134, 136, and 138 of Jefferson Parish and Precincts 14-1, 14-2, 14-3, 14-4, 14-5, 14-6, 14-7, 14-8, 14-9, 14-10, 14-11, 14-12, 14-13A, 14-14, 14-15, 14-16, 14-18A, 14-19, 16-1, 16-1A, 16-2, 16-3, and 17-1 of Orleans Parish.
(10) District 10 is composed of Precincts 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 21, 22, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 108, 116, 117, 118, 119, 120, 121, 122, 123, 124, 125A, 125B, 126, 1-H, 2-H, 3-H, 4-H, 5-H, 6-H, 7-H, 8-H, 9-H, 1-K, 2-K, 3-K, 4-K, 5-K, 6-KA, 6-KB, 7-KA, 7-KB, 8-K, 9-K, 10-K, 11-K, 12-K, 15-K, 16-K, 17-K, 18-K, 19-K, 20-K, 25-K, 26-K (Part) that portion north of Illinois Central Railroad, 34-K, and 35-K of Jefferson Parish.
(11) District 11 is composed of Precincts 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 110, 111, 112, 113, 114, 115, 116, 118, 301, 304, 305, 306, 307, 308, 309, 310, 312, 313, 314, 403, 404, 405, 406, 407, 408, 409, 410, 411, 412, 413, 414, 415, 416, 417, 418, 419, 420, 422, 426, 427, 429, 430, 605, 701, 702, 703, 704, 705, 706, C01, C02, C03, C04, C05, C06, C07, C08, C09, C10, C11, M02, M03, M04, M05, M07, M09, and M10 of St. Tammany Parish.
(12) District 12 is composed of Precincts 101, 201, 202, 203, 204, 205, 206, 207, 302, 303, 501, 502, 503, 504, 505, 601, A01, A02, A03, A04, and F01 of St. Tammany Parish; Precincts 1, 2, 6, 11, 15, 16, 17, 18, 101, 102, 104, 104A, 105, 106, 106A, 107, 108, 110, 112, 114, 115B, 116, 118, 119, 120, 120A, and 123 of Tangipahoa Parish; and Washington Parish.
(13) District 13 is composed of Precincts 1, 1A, 1B, 1C, 1D, 2, 2A, 3, 3A, 3B, 4, 4A, 4B, 5, 5A, 5B, 5C, 6, 6A, 6B, 7, 7A, 7B, 7C, 7D, 8A, 8B, 19, 19A, 20, 21, 21A, 22, 23, 23A, 23B, 23C, 24, 24B, 24C, 25, 26, 26A, 26B, 26C, 27, 28A, 28B, 29, 35, 35A, 36, 36A, 39, 39A, 39B, 40, 40A, and 41 of Livingston Parish.
(14) District 14 is composed of Precincts 1-1, 1-3, 1-4, 1-5, 1-6, 1-7, 1-10, 1-13, 1-14, 1-15, 1-16, 1-17, 1-18, 1-19, 1-21, 1-22, 1-23, 1-24, 1-25, 1-26, 1-27, 1-28, 1-29, 1-30, 1-31, 1-32, 1-36, 1-37, 1-38, 1-39, 1-45, 1-46, 1-50, 1-51, 1-57, 1-58, 1-59, 1-61, 1-62, 1-63, 1-64, 1-65, 1-67, 1-68, 1-73, 1-76, 1-85, 1-100, 1-102, 1-107, 3-5, 3-20, 3-23, 3-44, 3-50, 3-55, 3-56, 3-57, 3-63, 3-65, 3-69, and 3-70 of East Baton Rouge Parish.
(15) District 15 is composed of Precincts 1-2, 1-9, 1-11, 1-20, 1-54, 1-55, 1-60, 1-70, 1-71, 1-77, 1-78, 1-81, 1-82, 1-83, 1-84, 1-86, 1-87, 1-88, 1-91, 1-92, 1-93, 1-94, 1-95, 1-97, 1-101, 1-104, 2-1, 2-2, 2-3, 2-4, 2-5, 2-9, 2-10, 2-11, 2-12, 2-13, 2-14, 2-15, 2-16, 2-17, 2-18, 2-19, 2-20, 2-22, 2-23, 2-24, 2-25, 2-27, 2-30, 2-31, 2-34, 3-8, 3-24, and 3-54 of East Baton Rouge Parish.
(16) District 16 is composed of Precincts 1-8, 1-12, 1-33, 1-34, 1-35, 1-40, 1-41, 1-42, 1-43, 1-44, 1-47, 1-48, 1-49, 1-52, 1-53, 1-56, 1-66, 1-69, 1-72, 1-74, 1-75, 1-79, 1-80, 1-89, 1-90, 1-99, 1-103, 1-105, 3-4, 3-7, 3-11, 3-13, 3-17, 3-18, 3-19, 3-27, 3-29, 3-31, 3-35, 3-36, 3-39, 3-40, 3-41, 3-48, 3-49, 3-51, 3-52, 3-59, 3-60, 3-62, 3-64, 3-67, and 3-68 of East Baton Rouge Parish.
(17) District 17 is composed of Precincts 2-29, 2-32, 2-35, 2-36, and 2-37 of East Baton Rouge Parish; East Feliciana Parish; Precincts 4, 5, 14, 15B, 17, 18, 22 (Part) that portion west of State Highway 1, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 31, and 32 of Iberville Parish; Precinct 122 of Lafayette Parish; Pointe Coupee Parish; Precinct 1-1 of St. Helena Parish; Precincts 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 7A, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 37, 38, 39, and 40 of St. Landry Parish; Precincts 26 and 29 of St. Martin Parish; Precincts 1A, 2A, 2B, 3, 4, 5, 7A, 16, 18, 19, 20, 21, and 22 of West Baton Rouge Parish; and Precincts 2 and 3 of West Feliciana Parish.
(18) District 18 is composed of Precincts 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 40, 41, 42, 43, 58, 61, 62, 63, 64, 66, 71, 72, 73, 76, 77, and 78 of Ascension Parish; Precincts 16, 17, 18, 18A, 33, 34, and 43 of Livingston Parish; and Precincts 4, 8, 9, 10, and 11 of St. James Parish.
(19) District 19 is composed of Precincts 104, 115, 150, 13-KA, 13-KB, 14-K, 21-K, 22-K, 23-K, 24-K, 26-K (Part) that portion south of Illinois Central Railroad, 27-K, 28-K, 29-K, 30-K, 31-K, and 33-K of Jefferson Parish; Precincts 2-2, 2-6, 2-8, 3-1, 3-2, 3-4, 3-5, 3-6, 4-1, 6-1, 6-2, 6-3, 6-4, 6-5, 7-1, 7-2, 7-3, 7-4, and 8-1 of Lafourche Parish; St. Charles Parish; and Precincts 1-4, 2-1, 2-3, 2-4, 3-1, 4-2, 4-13, 5-4, 5-7, 6-1, 7-2, and 7-5 of St. John the Baptist Parish.
(20) District 20 is composed of Precincts 2-12 (Part) that portion east of Bowie Road, 2-13, 3-3, 4-2, 4-3, 4-4, 4-5, 4-6, 9-1, 9-2, 10-1, 10-2, 10-3, 10-4, 10-5, 10-6, 10-7, 10-8, 10-9, 10-10, 10-11, 10-12, 10-13, 10-14, 10-15, 10-16, 11-1, 11-2, 11-3, 11-4, and 11-5 of Lafourche Parish and Precincts 14, 15, 16, 18, 19, 20, 21, 23, 25, 27, 29, 31, 32, 34, 35, 36, 38, 41, 43, 45, 46, 48, 49, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 63, 68, 69, 71, 72, 73, 74, 82, 83, 84, 85, 88, 89, 90, 110, and 111 of Terrebonne Parish.
(21) District 21 is composed of Precincts 2-3, 2-4, 3-1, 3-2, 5-3, 7-2, 7-3, 8-1, and 9-1 of Assumption Parish; Precincts 8-3, 9-1, 9-4, 10-1, 10-4, 11-2, 12-1, and 12-3 of Iberia Parish; Precincts 1-1, 1-3, 1-5, 2-12 (Part) that portion between Audubon Avenue and Bowie Road, 2-14, and 5-2 of Lafourche Parish; Precincts 1 and 2 of St. Martin Parish; St. Mary Parish; and Precincts 1, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 17, 51, 64, 65, 67, 76, 86, and 87 of Terrebonne Parish.
(22) District 22 is composed of Precincts 1-1, 1-3, 2-1, 2-3, 3-1, 3-2, 3-3, 4-1, 4-2, 4-3, 4-4, 5-4, 6-1, 6-3, 6-5, 7-1, 7-2, 7-4, 7-5, 8-2, 9-2, 9-5, 10-2, 10-3, 10-7, 13-1, 13-3, 14-1, and 14-3 of Iberia Parish; Precincts 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 98, 99, 100, 109, 126, and 127 of Lafayette Parish; and Precincts 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 19, 20, 21, 22, 24, 25, 27, and 28 of St. Martin Parish.
(23) District 23 is composed of Precincts 8, 25, 26, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 67, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 97, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 110, 111, 114, 115, 116, 117, 118, 119, 120, 121, 124, 125, and 128 of Lafayette Parish.
(24) District 24 is composed of Precincts 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 68, 112, 113, and 123 of Lafayette Parish; Precincts 6, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 41, 42, 43, 44, 50, and 51 of St. Landry Parish; and Precincts 17, 18, and 23 of St. Martin Parish.
(25) District 25 is composed of Precincts 4-1, 4-5, 5-1, 5-3, and 5-4 of Acadia Parish; Precincts 260, 261, 262, 324, 327, 328, 329, 330, 332N, 332S, 333, 334, 335, 336, 337, 338, 339, 340, 362, 363, 364, 365, 366, 367, 368, 369, 370, 371N, 371S, 372, 800, 801, 860N, 860S, 861E, and 861W of Calcasieu Parish; Cameron Parish; and Jefferson Davis Parish.
(26) District 26 is composed of Precincts 1-1, 1-2, 1-3, 1-4, 1-5, 1-6, 1-8, 1-9, 2-1, 2-2, 2-3, 2-5, 3-1, 3-2, 3-3, 3-4, 3-5, 3-7, 4-2, 4-4, 4-6, 5-2, 5-5, 6-1, 6-2, 6-3, 6-4, 6-5, 6-6, 6-7, 6-8, 6-10, 6-12, 6-13, 6-14, 6-15, 6-16, 7-2, 7-3, and 7-4 of Acadia Parish; Precincts 27, 28, 35, 36, and 37 of Lafayette Parish; and Vermilion Parish.
(27) District 27 is composed of Precincts 160E, 160W, 161, 162E, 162W, 163, 164, 165, 166E, 166W, 167, 300, 301, 302, 303, 304, 305, 306, 307, 308, 309E, 309W, 310, 311, 312, 313E, 313W, 314, 315E, 315W, 316E, 316W, 317, 318, 319N, 319S, 320E, 320W, 321, 322, 323, 325, 326, 331, 360, 361, 400, 401, 402, 403, 404, 405, 406, 407, 408, 440, 441, 460E, 461, 463, 464, 466E, 466W, 467, 468, 469, and 664 of Calcasieu Parish.
(28) District 28 is composed of Allen Parish; Precincts 1-3, 2-1, 2-2B, 2-2C, 2-2F, 2-4, 2-4A, 2-5, 2-7, 2-8, 3-1, 3-1B, 3-3, 4-1, 4-2, 4-2A, 5-1, 5-1A, 6-1A, 6-2A, 7-1, 7-3, 7-3B, 8-1, 8-2A, 8-2B, 8-3, 8-3A, 9-1A, 9-2, 9-2A, 9-3, 9-4, 9-4B, 9-5B, 10-2A, 10-3A, 11-1, and 11-2A of Avoyelles Parish; Evangeline Parish; Precincts C23, C30, C31, C33, C34, C35, C36, C37-B, C41, C42, S13, S22, and S23 of Rapides Parish; and Precincts 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, and 52 of St. Landry Parish.
(29) District 29 is composed of Precincts 10-2 and 10-4 of Avoyelles Parish; Precincts 1-1, 1-2, 1-3, 2-5, 2-6, 7-3, and 7-4 of Bienville Parish; Precincts 1-1, 1-2, 1-3, 2-1, 2-2, 3-1, 3-2, and 3-3 of Grant Parish; Precincts 16, 17, 17A, 18, 19A, 19AI, 20, 20A, 25, 25A, and 25B of Jackson Parish; Precincts 1-1, 1-2, 1-3, 2-1, 2-2, 3-1, 3-3, 8-3, 8-4, 9-1, 9-2, 9-3, 9-4, 9-5, 10-1, 10-2, 10-4, 10-5, 11-1, 11-2, 11-3, 11-4, 12-1, 12-2, 12-3, 12-4, 12-5, and 12-6 of Lincoln Parish; Precincts 1-1, 1-2, 1-3, 1-3A, 1-4, 1-5, 1-5A, 1-8, 1-13, 1-14, 2-7, and 2-8 of Natchitoches Parish; Precincts C1, C2, C3, C4, C5, C6, C7, C8, C9, C10, C11-A, C11-B, C13, C14, C15, C17, C18, C19, C20, C21, C22, C24, C25, C26, C27, C28, C32, C38-A, C38-B, C39, C40, N1, N2, N3, N4, N5, N6, N8, N9, N11, N21, S4, S6A, S6B, S14, S17, S18, S19, S20, and S21 of Rapides Parish; and Precincts 1-1, 1-3, 1-4, 1-5, 2-1, 2-2, 2-3, 3-1A, 3-1C, 3-2A, 5-1, 5-2, 5-3, 6-1, 6-1A, 7-1, 7-1A, and 7-2A of Winn Parish.
(30) District 30 is composed of Beauregard Parish; Precincts 460W, 465, 560, 561, 562, 600, 601, 602, 603, 660, 661, 662, 663, 700, 701, 702, 703, 760, 761, and 762 of Calcasieu Parish; Precincts S2, S7, S9, S10, S24, S25, S26, S27, S28, and S29 of Rapides Parish; and Vernon Parish.
(31) District 31 is composed of Precincts 1-4, 2-3, 3-2, 3-3, 3-4, 3-5, 3-6, 4-1, 4-2, 4-4, 5-1, 5-2, 5-3, 5-4, 6-1, 6-2, 6-3, 6-4, 7-1, 7-2, and 7-5 of Bienville Parish; Precincts 1-2, 1-3, 1-3A, 1-3B, 1-4, 1-5, 4-8A, 4-8B, 4-8E, 4-8G, and 4-10 of Bossier Parish; Precincts 72, 77, 101, 102, 104, 108, 109, 113, and 127 of Caddo Parish; Precincts 1, 4, 5, 6, 9, 26, 38, 42, 44, 48, 51, 53, 55, 56, 59, 60, and 63 of DeSoto Parish; Precincts 1-1A, 1-4A, 1-6, 1-7, 1-9, 1-9A, 1-10, 1-10A, 1-10B, 1-11, 1-12, 2-1, 2-2, 2-3, 2-4, 2-5, 2-6, 2-7A, 2-9, 3-1, 3-2, 3-3, 3-4, 3-5, 3-6, 3-7, 3-8, 3-9, 3-10, 4-1, 4-2, 4-3, 4-4, 4-5, 4-6, 4-7, 4-8, and 4-9 of Natchitoches Parish; Precincts C37-A, S1, S5, S8, and S11 of Rapides Parish; Red River Parish; Sabine Parish; Precincts 32, 34, 35, 36, 38, 39, and 40 of Webster Parish; and Precincts 3-1B, 3-2, 3-3, 4-1, 4-2, 4-2A, 4-3, and 4-5 of Winn Parish.
(32) District 32 is composed of Precincts 1-1, 1-2, 2-2, 2-2A, 2-2D, 2-3A, 2-5E, and 6-2 of Avoyelles Parish; Caldwell Parish; Catahoula Parish; Precincts 2-1, 3-1, 3-2, 3-3, 3-4, 4-1, 4-2, 5-3, 5-4, 5-5, and 5-6 of Concordia Parish; Franklin Parish; LaSalle Parish; Precincts 57 and 58 of Ouachita Parish; Precincts N10, N12, N13-A, N13-B, N14-B, N22, N23, N24, N25, N26, N27, N28, N29, S15, and S16 of Rapides Parish; Precincts 3 and 4 of Richland Parish; and Precincts 1, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, and 13 of West Feliciana Parish.
(33) District 33 is composed of Precincts 2-1, 2-2, 2-4, 3-1, and 3-7 of Bienville Parish; Claiborne Parish; Precincts 3-2, 3-4, 3-5, 3-6, 4-1, 4-2, 4-3, 4-4, 4-5, 5-2, and 6-2 of Lincoln Parish; Precincts 23, 26-1, 27, 29, 32, 35, 39-1, 40, 42, 45, 47, 48, and 50 of Morehouse Parish; Precincts 1, 1A, 2, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 35, 36, 37, 41, 43, 44, 44A, 49, 50, 51, 51A, 53, and 76 of Ouachita Parish; Union Parish; Precincts 1, 2, 2B, 3, 4, 5, 6, 9, 10, and 14 of Webster Parish; and West Carroll Parish.
(34) District 34 is composed of Precincts 1-1, 1-2, 1-3, 1-4, 4-3, 4-4, 5-1, 5-2, and 5-2B of Concordia Parish; East Carroll Parish; Madison Parish; Precincts 1, 3-1, 6, 7, 8, 12, 13, 14, 16, 20, 21, 24, 31, 37, 39-2, 53, and 54 of Morehouse Parish; Precincts 3, 5, 9A, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 65, 65A, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 72, 73, 74, and 79 of Ouachita Parish; Precincts 1, 2, 8, 10, 11, 12, 12A, 13, 17, 18, 23, 25, 26, 27, 28, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, and 35 of Richland Parish; and Tensas Parish.
(35) District 35 is composed of Precincts 2-3, 2-5, 4-1, 4-2, 4-3, 5-1, 5-2, 5-3, 6-1, 6-2, 6-3, 6-4, 7-1, 7-2, 7-3, 7-4, 8-1, 8-2, 8-3, and 8-4 of Grant Parish; Precincts 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 5A, 6, 6A, 7, 8, 8A, 9, 10, 10A, 11, 11A, 13, 13A, 15, and 22 of Jackson Parish; Precincts 4-6, 5-1, 5-3, 5-4, 6-1, 6-3, 7-1, 7-2, 8-1, 8-2, and 10-3 of Lincoln Parish; Precincts 27, 27A, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 38, 39, 40, 42, 45, 46, 47, 48, 52, 52A, 54, 55, 56, 56A, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 71, 75, 77, and 78 of Ouachita Parish; Precincts N7, N14-A, N15, N16, N17, N18-A, N18-B, N19, and N20 of Rapides Parish; and Precincts 5-5, 6-3, 6-6, 7-2, and 7-7 of Winn Parish.
(36) District 36 is composed of Precincts 1-1, 2-1, 2-2, 2-3, 2-3A, 2-4, 2-5A, 2-6, 2-7, 2-8, 2-9, 2-10, 2-11, 2-11A, 2-15, 2-16, 2-17A, 2-17B, 2-18B, 2-18C, 2-18D, 2-18E, 2-18F, 2-18G, 2-19, 2-21A, 2-21B, 2-21C, 2-21D, 2-22A, 2-22B, 2-22C, 3-1, 3-2, 3-3, 3-4, 4-1A, 4-2, 4-3A, 4-3B, 4-3C, 4-3D, 4-4A, 4-4B, 4-5A, 4-6A, 4-6B, 4-7A, 4-7B, 4-8C, 4-9, 4-11A, 4-11B, and 4-11C of Bossier Parish and Precincts 8, 11, 12, 13, 15, 16, 17, 17A, 18, 22, 24, 25, 25A, 26, 27, 28, 29, 31, 33, 41, 42, and 43 of Webster Parish.
(37) District 37 is composed of Precincts 11 and 30 of Livingston Parish; Precincts 102, 401, 402, 421, M01, M06, M08, M11, M12, and MD1 of St. Tammany Parish; and Precincts 26, 27, 28, 33, 40, 40A, 41, 42, 42A, 43, 44, 45, 45A, 46, 47, 48, 49, 70, 70A, 71, 72, 72A, 73, 74, 109, 111A, 117, 120B, 121, 121A, 122, 122A, 122B, 124, 124A, 125, 127, 127A, 129, 129A, 133, 133A, 137, 137A, 137B, 137C, 137D, 139, 141, 141A, 143, 143A, 145, 147, 149, 149A, and 151 of Tangipahoa Parish.
(38) District 38 is composed of Precincts 4, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 16, 21, 22, 24, 26, 48, 49, 56, 62, 63, 65, 66, 68, 69, 75, 76, 78, 79, 84, 85, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 97, 100, 103, 105, 107, 110, 112, 114, 115, 123, 125, 126, 128, 129, 132, 133, 134, 136A, 136B, 162, 163, and 165 of Caddo Parish and Precincts 10, 11, 16, 21, 22, 23, 28, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 37, 46, and 49 of DeSoto Parish.
(39) District 39 is composed of Precincts 2-12A, 2-12B, 2-12C, 2-13, 2-14, 2-20, 2-23, and 4-8D of Bossier Parish and Precincts 1, 2, 3, 5A, 5B, 6, 7, 8, 15, 17, 20, 23, 25, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 64, 67, 70, 71, 73, 74, 80, 81, 82, 83, 86, 98, 99, 106, 111, 122, 135, 137, 138, 139, 140, 142, 143, 144, 145, 146, 149, 151, 154, 155, 156, 157, 158, 160, 161, and 166 of Caddo Parish.
Acts 2022, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 1, §1, See Act.
NOTE: See Acts 2022, 1st E.S., No. 1, §5, eff. March 9, 2022, for 2023 Regular election purposes; eff. Jan. 8, 2024, for all purposes.
NOTE: See Acts 2022, 1st E.S., No. 1, §3, relative to referenced precincts and territorial limits of districts.
NOTE: See Acts 2022, 1st E.S., No. 1, §4, relative to terms of office of persons selected based upon Senate Districts.
The House of Representatives of the Legislature of Louisiana shall be composed of one hundred five members. The state shall be divided into the representative districts provided in this Section. One representative shall be elected from each district.
(1) District 1 is composed of Precincts 2-18A, 3-1, 3-2, 3-3, 3-4, and 4-1A of Bossier Parish and Precincts 105, 133, 134, 136, 137, 138, 139, 140, 142, 143, 144, 145, 146, 149, 150, 151, 154, 155, 156, 157, 158, and 159 of Caddo Parish.
(2) District 2 is composed of Precincts 2-5, 2-6, 2-8, 2-13, 2-23, and 4-8D of Bossier Parish and Precincts 6, 7, 8, 15, 17, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 37, 39, 40, 41, 44, 46, 54, 64, 67, 71, 98, and 99 of Caddo Parish.
(3) District 3 is composed of Precincts 3, 4, 23, 25, 34, 35, 36, 38, 50, 51, 52, 53, 58, 59, 60, 61, 70, 78, 80, 86, and 87 of Caddo Parish.
(4) District 4 is composed of Precincts 1, 2, 5, 42, 43, 45, 47, 55, 57, 73, 74, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 100, 106, 122, 130, and 135 of Caddo Parish.
(5) District 5 is composed of Precincts 56, 62, 63, 65, 69, 72, 77, 79, 89, 90, 92, 94, 97, 101, 102, 104, 107, 108, 109, 110, and 128 of Caddo Parish.
(6) District 6 is composed of Precincts 1-1, 1-2, 1-3, 1-4, 1-4A, 1-5, and 4-8C of Bossier Parish and Precincts 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 16, 20, 21, 22, 24, 26, 48, 49, 68, 75, 76, and 129 of Caddo Parish.
(7) District 7 is composed of Precincts 66, 88, 91, 93, 95, 103, 123, 125, 126, 127, and 132 of Caddo Parish; Precincts 3, 10, 11, 12, 16, 19, 21, 22, 23, 26, 28, 29, 30, 33, 35, 36, 37, 39, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 53, 55, 57, and 58 of De Soto Parish; and Precincts 7-1, 7-2, 7-3, 7-4, 7-5, 9-1, and 9-2 of Sabine Parish.
(8) District 8 is composed of Precincts 2-1, 2-2, 2-4, 2-7, 2-9, 2-10, 2-11, 2-11A, 2-12A, 2-12B, 2-12C, 2-14, 2-16A, 2-17A, 2-17B, 2-18B, 2-18C, 2-19, 2-20, 2-21A, 2-21B, 2-21C, 2-21D, 2-22A, and 2-22B of Bossier Parish.
(9) District 9 is composed of Precincts 1-3A, 2-3, 2-15, 2-16, 4-2, 4-3A, 4-3B, 4-3C, 4-4A, 4-4B, 4-5A, 4-6, 4-7, 4-8A, 4-8B, 4-10, 4-11A, 4-11B, and 4-11C of Bossier Parish.
(10) District 10 is composed of Precinct 4-9 of Bossier Parish and Webster Parish.
(11) District 11 is composed of Precincts 2-1, 2-2, 3-1, 3-2, and 3-3 of Bienville Parish; Claiborne Parish; and Precincts 1-1, 1-2, 1-3, 2-1, 2-2, 3-1, 3-3, 3-4, 9-1, 9-2, 9-3, 10-1, 10-2, 10-3, 10-5, 11-1, 11-2, 11-3, 12-1, and 12-2 of Lincoln Parish.
(12) District 12 is composed of Precincts 3-2, 3-5, 4-1, 4-2, 4-3, 4-4, 4-5, 5-1, 5-2, 5-3, 5-4, 6-1, 6-2, 6-3, 6-4, 6-5, 7-1, 7-2, 8-1, 8-2, 8-3, and 10-4 of Lincoln Parish and Union Parish.
(13) District 13 is composed of Precincts 1-1, 1-2, 1-3, 2-3, 3-4, 3-5, 4-1, 4-2, 4-4, 5-1, 5-2, 5-3, 5-4, 6-1, 6-2, 6-3, 6-4, 7-1, 7-2, 7-3, and 7-4 of Bienville Parish; Jackson Parish; Precinct 55 of Ouachita Parish; and Precincts 1-1, 1-3, 1-4, 2-1, 2-2, 2-3, 3-1, 3-1A, 3-1B, 3-1C, 3-2, 3-2A, 3-3, 4-1, 4-2, 4-2A, 4-3, 4-4, 4-5, 5-1, 5-2, 5-3, 5-4, 5-5, 6-1, 6-1A, 6-3, 6-4, 6-5, 6-6, 7-1, 7-1A, 7-2, 7-2A, 7-5, 7-7, and 7-7A of Winn Parish.
(14) District 14 is composed of Precincts 23, 27, 35, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, and 45 of Morehouse Parish and Precincts 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 36, 42, 50, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 71, 75, 76, 77, and 78 of Ouachita Parish.
(15) District 15 is composed of Precincts 32, 33, 38, 39, 40, 41, 43, 44, 44A, 45, 48, 49, 51, 52, 53, 54, 56, 57, and 58 of Ouachita Parish.
(16) District 16 is composed of Precincts 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 20, 21, 22, 24, 25, 31, 33, 34, 36, 37, and 38 of Morehouse Parish and Precincts 3, 8, 9, 9A, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 72, 73, 74, and 79 of Ouachita Parish.
(17) District 17 is composed of Precincts 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 34, 35, 37, 46, and 47 of Ouachita Parish.
(18) District 18 is composed of Precincts 31 and 32 of Iberville Parish; Pointe Coupee Parish; Precincts 1-1, 2-2, 6-1, 7-1, 7-2, 7-3, and 7-4 of West Baton Rouge Parish; and Precinct 4-1 of West Feliciana Parish.
(19) District 19 is composed of Precincts 1, 2, 4, 4A, 5A, 5B, 15, 17, and 18 of East Carroll Parish; Precincts 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, and 14 of Madison Parish; Precincts 26, 28, 29, 30, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, and 55 of Morehouse Parish; Precinct 25 of Ouachita Parish; Richland Parish; and West Carroll Parish.
(20) District 20 is composed of Caldwell Parish; Precincts 1-1, 1-2, 1-3, 1-4, 2-1, 2-2, 2-5, 3-1, 3-2, 3-3, 3-4, 4-1, 4-2, 4-4, 5-1, 5-2, 6-1, 6-2, 6-3, 6-5, 7-3, 9-1, 9-2, 9-3, and 9-4 of Catahoula Parish; Franklin Parish; Precincts 4-1, 5-1, 6-1, 6-2, 9-1, and 10-1 of La Salle Parish; and Precinct 2 of Tensas Parish.
(21) District 21 is composed of Precincts 7-1, 7-5, 8-1, and 8-2 of Catahoula Parish; Concordia Parish; Precincts 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 13A, 14, 14A, 16, and 19 of East Carroll Parish; Precincts 11, 12, 13, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, and 29 of Madison Parish; and Precincts 1, 2A, 4, 4A, 5, 5A, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12, 15, 16, and 17 of Tensas Parish.
(22) District 22 is composed of Grant Parish; Precincts 1-1, 1-2, 1-3, 2-1, 3-1, 3-2, 4-2, 4-3, 4-4, 7-1, 7-2, 8-2, 8-3, 8-5, 8-6, 8-7, 9-2, 9-3, 9-4, and 9-5 of La Salle Parish; Precincts 1-2, 2-1, 2-2, 2-3, 2-4, 2-5, 2-6, and 2-9 of Natchitoches Parish; Precincts 1-1, 1-2, 2-1, 2-3, 3-1, 3-2, 3-3, 4-1, 4-2, 7-1, 7-2, and 7-3 of Red River Parish; and Precinct 1-5 of Winn Parish.
(23) District 23 is composed of Precincts 1, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 15, 20, 27, 31, 32, 34, 38, 41, 42, 44, 52, 56, 59, 60, 61, and 63 of De Soto Parish; Precincts 1-1, 1-1A, 1-3, 1-3A, 1-4, 1-4A, 1-4B, 1-5, 1-5A, 1-6, 1-7, 1-8, 1-9, 1-9A, 1-10, 1-10A, 1-10B, 1-11, 1-12, 1-13, 1-14, 2-7, 2-7A, 2-8, 3-2, 3-4, 3-7, 4-1, 4-2, 4-3, 4-4, and 4-9 of Natchitoches Parish; and Precincts 4-3, 4-5, 5-1, 5-2, 6-1, and 6-2 of Red River Parish.
(24) District 24 is composed of Precincts 3-1, 3-3, 3-5, 3-6, 3-8, 3-9, 3-10, 4-5, 4-6, 4-7, and 4-8 of Natchitoches Parish; Precincts 1-1, 1-2, 1-3, 2-1, 2-2, 2-2A, 2-3, 2-4, 2-4A, 2-5, 2-6, 2-6A, 3-2, 3-4, 3-6, 3-6A, 3-7, 4-1, 5-3, 5-5, 5-8, 5-8A, 6-2, 6-2A, 6-3, 6-4, 6-4A, 6-4B, 8-1, 8-2, and 9-3 of Sabine Parish; and Precincts 1-9, 2-1, 2-1A, 2-2, 2-2A, 2-3, 2-3A, 2-4, 2-4E, 3-1, 3-2, 3-3, 3-4, 3-5, 4-3E, 5-1, 5-1A, 5-2, 5-2A, 6-1, 6-2, 6-3, 6-4, 7-1, 7-2, 7-2A, 7-3, 7-4A, 8-1, 8-2, and 8-3 of Vernon Parish.
(25) District 25 is composed of Precincts C13, C22, C23, C30, C31, C34, C35, C36, C37, C38, C41, C42, S1, S2, S4, S5, S6, S7, S8, S9, S10, S11, S13, S14, S15, S19, S20, S21, S22, S23, S24, S25, S26, S27, S28, and S29 of Rapides Parish.
(26) District 26 is composed of Precincts C1, C2, C3, C4, C5, C6, C7, C8, C9, C10, C11, C14, C15, C17, C18, C19, C20, C21, C24, C25, C26, C27, C28, C32, C33, C39, C40, N1, N2, N3, and N4 of Rapides Parish.
(27) District 27 is composed of Precincts N5, N6, N7, N8, N9, N10, N11, N12, N13, N14, N15, N16, N17, N18, N19, N20, N21, N22, N23, N24, N25, N26, N27, N28, N29, S16, S17, and S18 of Rapides Parish.
(28) District 28 is composed of Avoyelles Parish.
(29) District 29 is composed of Precincts 1-17, 1-23, 1-24, 1-25, 1-58, 1-77, 1-84, 1-85, 2-11, 2-16, 2-23, 2-27, and 2-30 of East Baton Rouge Parish and Precincts 2-1A, 2-1B, 2-3, 3-1A, 3-1B, 3-2, 4-1, 4-2, 4-3A, 4-3B, 4-4, 4-5, 5-1, and 6-2 of West Baton Rouge Parish.
(30) District 30 is composed of Precincts 7, 17, 18, 18A, 25, 25A, 25B, 26, 27, 27B, 28, 28A, and 30 of Beauregard Parish and Precincts 1-1, 1-1B, 1-2, 1-2A, 1-3, 1-3B, 1-3C, 1-3D, 1-4, 1-4A, 1-4B, 1-4C, 1-4D, 1-5, 1-5A, 1-6, 1-6A, 1-6B, 1-7, 1-7A, 1-7B, 1-8, 1-8A, 1-8C, 1-8E, 1-8F, 4-1, 4-2, 4-3, 4-3A, 4-3C, 4-3F, 4-3G, 4-3J, 4-3K, 4-3L, 4-3M, 4-3N, 7-4, 7-5, 7-5A, and 7-5C of Vernon Parish.
(31) District 31 is composed of Precincts 28A, 28B, 34, 35, 36, 37, 67, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 105, 106, and 109 of Lafayette Parish and Precincts 24 and 25 of Vermilion Parish.
(32) District 32 is composed of Allen Parish; Precincts 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 9, 15, 15A, 16, 16A, 16B, 16C, 17A, 19, 19A, 19C, 20, 21, 22, 22A, 27A, and 27D of Beauregard Parish; and Precincts 600, 601, 602, 603, and 660 of Calcasieu Parish.
(33) District 33 is composed of Precincts 400, 401, 402, 403, 404, 405, 406, 407, 408, 460E, 460W, 461, 465, 466E, 466W, 467, 468, 469, 560, 561, 562, 661, 663, 700, 701, 702, 703, and 762 of Calcasieu Parish.
(34) District 34 is composed of Precincts 300, 301, 302, 303, 304, 305, 307, 308, 309E, 309W, 310, 311, 312, 313E, 313W, 314, 315E, 315W, 319, 320, 321, 322, 323, 324, 328, 329, 330, 360, 361, 364, and 371N of Calcasieu Parish.
(35) District 35 is composed of Precincts 10, 11, 12, 12A, 12B, 13, 13A, 14, and 14A of Beauregard Parish and Precincts 160E, 160W, 161, 162E, 162W, 163, 164, 165, 166, 167, 306, 317, 318, 440, 441, 462, 463, 464, 662, and 664 of Calcasieu Parish.
(36) District 36 is composed of Precincts 316E, 316W, 325, 326, 327, 331, 332N, 332S, 333, 334, 335, 336, 337, 338, 339, 362, 363, 365, 366, 367N, 367S, 368, 369, and 371S of Calcasieu Parish.
(37) District 37 is composed of Precincts 260, 261, 262, 800, 801, 860N, 860S, 861E, and 861W of Calcasieu Parish and Jefferson Davis Parish.
(38) District 38 is composed of Precincts 1010, 1011, 1020, 1030, 1031, 1040, 1041, 1050, 1060, 1080, 1081, 1090, 1091, 1100, 1101, 1110, 1120, 1130, 1131, 1140, 1141, 1150, 1160, 1161, 1162, 1170, 1171, 3010, 3020, 3030, 3031, 3032, 3040, 3050, 3051, 3052, 3060, 3070, 3071, 4001, 4010, 4011, 4012, 4013, 4020, 4021, 4030, 4040, 5004, 5010, 5020, 5030, 5040, 5041, and 5050 of Evangeline Parish and Precincts 1-6, 1-26, 1-26A, 4-2, 4-3, 4-4, 4-5, 4-6, 4-7, 4-8, 4-9, 4-11, 4-12, 4-12A, 4-13, 5-2, and 5-4 of St. Landry Parish.
(39) District 39 is composed of Precincts 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 12, 25, 26, and 29 of Lafayette Parish and Precincts 1-17, 1-28, 1-28A, 2-3, 2-7, 2-8, 3-2, and 3-4 of St. Landry Parish.
(40) District 40 is composed of Precincts 1-1, 1-2, 1-2A, 1-3, 1-3A, 1-4, 1-4A, 1-5, 1-7, 1-8, 1-9, 1-10, 1-11, 1-12, 1-13, 1-14, 1-15, 1-15A, 1-16, 1-18, 1-19, 1-20, 1-21, 1-22, 1-23, 1-24, 1-25, 1-29, 2-1, 2-2, 2-4, 2-5, 2-6, 2-9, 4-10, 5-1, 5-3, 5-5, 5-6, 5-8, 6-3, 6-11, and 6-11A of St. Landry Parish.
(41) District 41 is composed of Precincts 2-1, 2-2, 2-3, 2-4, 2-5, 3-1, 3-2, 3-3A, 3-3B, 3-4, 3-5, 3-6, 3-7, 4-1, 4-2, 4-3, 4-6, 6-16, 7-2, 7-3, and 7-4 of Acadia Parish; Precincts 2010, 2020, 2030, and 2040 of Evangeline Parish; and Precincts 6-1, 6-2, 6-4, 6-5, 6-6, 6-7, 6-8, 6-9, 6-10, 6-13, 6-14, 6-15, 6-16, and 6-16A of St. Landry Parish.
(42) District 42 is composed of Precincts 1-1, 1-2A, 1-2B, 1-3A, 1-3B, 1-4A, 1-4B, 1-5A, 1-5B, 1-6, 1-7, 1-8, 1-9, 4-4, 4-5, 5-1A, 5-1B, 5-2A, 5-2B, 5-3, 5-4, 5-5, 6-1, 6-2, 6-3A, 6-3B, 6-4, 6-5, 6-6, 6-7, 6-8, 6-9, 6-10, 6-11, 6-12, 6-13, 6-14, and 6-15 of Acadia Parish and Precincts 27 and 71 of Lafayette Parish.
(43) District 43 is composed of Precincts 87, 88, 89, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97A, 97B, 98, 104, 107, 108, and 111 of Lafayette Parish.
(44) District 44 is composed of Precincts 10, 11, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 50, 51, 52, 53, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 68, and 72 of Lafayette Parish.
(45) District 45 is composed of Precincts 30A, 31, 32, 33, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 69, 70, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, and 90 of Lafayette Parish.
(46) District 46 is composed of Precincts 9-1, 9-2, and 11-4 of Iberia Parish; Precincts 3-1, 3-3, 3-5, and 3-6 of St. Landry Parish; and Precincts 1-4, 3-4, 3-5, 4-1, 4-1A, 4-2, 4-4, 4-5, 5-1, 5-2, 5-3, 5-4, 6-1, 6-2, 6-3A, 6-3B, 6-4, 7-1A, 7-2A, 7-4, 7-4A, 8-1, 8-3, 8-4, 8-4A, 9-1, 9-2, 9-3, 9-4, and 9-5 of St. Martin Parish.
(47) District 47 is composed of Precincts 370, 760, and 761 of Calcasieu Parish; Cameron Parish; and Precincts 1, 2, 3, 5A, 5B, 6, 7A, 7B, 8, 9, 10A, 11, 12, 14, 15, 18, 19A, 19B, 20A-1, 20A-2, 20B-1, 21, 27A-2, 28, 29, 32B, 34, 35, 36A-1, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, and 46A of Vermilion Parish.
(48) District 48 is composed of Precincts 2-3, 3-1, 3-2, 3-3, 5-4, 6-1, 6-4, 7-1, 7-2, 7-3, 7-4, 7-5, 8-1, 8-2, 8-4, 8-5, 9-3, 9-4, 9-5, 10-2, 14-1, and 14-3 of Iberia Parish; Precincts 101, 102, 103, and 110 of Lafayette Parish; and Precinct 2-2 of St. Martin Parish.
(49) District 49 is composed of Precincts 5-5, 6-3, 10-3, 10-4, 10-5, 10-6, 10-7, 11-1, 11-2, 11-3, 11-5, 12-1, 12-2, 12-3, 12-4, 13-1, 13-2, 13-3, 13-4, and 14-4 of Iberia Parish and Precincts 16, 23, 26, 42A, 42B, 44, 45A, 46B-1, 46B-2, 46B-3, 49B-1, 49B-3, 50A, 50B, 51, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57A, and 57B of Vermilion Parish.
(50) District 50 is composed of Precincts 1-2 and 1-5 of St. Martin Parish and Precincts 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 39, 44, and 46 of St. Mary Parish.
(51) District 51 is composed of Precincts 2-2, 2-3, 3-1, 3-2, and 4-1 of Assumption Parish; Precinct 1-1 of Lafourche Parish; Precincts 37, 38, 40, 41, 42, 43, 45, and 47 of St. Mary Parish; and Precincts 1, 4, 5, 7, 8, 52, 53, 54, 64, 65, 66, 67, 70, 72, 73, 76, and 81 of Terrebonne Parish.
(52) District 52 is composed of Precinct 11-2 of Lafourche Parish and Precincts 9, 10, 11, 13, 14, 15, 27, 35, 36, 38, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 51, 68, 69, 71, 74, 78, 80, 82, 83, 84, 85, and 90 of Terrebonne Parish.
(53) District 53 is composed of Precinct 11-1 of Lafourche Parish and Precincts 12, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 23, 24, 25, 28, 29, 31, 32, 33, 34, 49, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 86, 87, 88, and 89 of Terrebonne Parish.
(54) District 54 is composed of Precinct 1-GI of Jefferson Parish and Precincts 3-2, 3-3, 4-1, 4-2, 4-3, 4-4, 4-5, 4-6, 7-3, 8-1, 9-1, 9-2, 10-1, 10-2, 10-3, 10-4, 10-5, 10-6, 10-7, 10-8, 10-9, 10-10, 10-11, 10-12, 10-13, 10-14, 10-15, 10-16, and 11-3 of Lafourche Parish.
(55) District 55 is composed of Precincts 1-2, 1-3, 1-4, 2-1, 2-1A, 2-2, 2-3, 2-3A, 2-4, 2-4A, 2-5, 2-6, 2-7, 2-8, 2-9, 2-10, 2-11, 2-12, 2-13, 2-14, 3-1, 3-4, 3-5, 3-6, 5-1, 5-1A, 5-1B, 5-2, 6-1, 6-2, 6-3, 6-4, 7-1, 7-2, 7-4, and 11-4 of Lafourche Parish.
(56) District 56 is composed of Precincts 1-6, 2-1, 2-2, 2-3, 2-4, 2-5, 3-1, 3-2, 3-3, 3-4, 3-5, 3-6, 4-1, 4-2, 4-3, 5-1, 5-2, 5-3, 5-4, 6-1, 6-2, 6-3, 6-4, 6-5, 6-6, 6-7, 6-8, 7-1, 7-2, and 7-3 of St. Charles Parish and Precincts 5-4, 5-6, and 5-7 of St. John the Baptist Parish.
(57) District 57 is composed of Precincts 1-1, 1-2, 1-3, 1-5, 4-4, and 7-4 of St. Charles Parish and Precincts 1-1, 1-2, 1-3, 1-4, 1-5, 3-2, 3-3, 3-4, 4-1, 4-2, 4-3, 4-4, 4-8, 4-9, 5-1, 5-2, 5-3, 5-5, 6-1, 6-3, 6-4, 7-2, 7-3, 7-4, 7-5, and 7-7 of St. John the Baptist Parish.
(58) District 58 is composed of Precincts 36, 37, 39, 42, 44, 45, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, and 60 of Ascension Parish; Precincts 1, 2, 3, 11, and 12 of Iberville Parish; and Precincts 2, 7, 7-A, 8, 8-A, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 15B, 16, 17, 17-A, and 18 of St. James Parish.
(59) District 59 is composed of Precincts 1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 16, 17, 19, 20, and 61 of Ascension Parish.
(60) District 60 is composed of Precincts 1-1, 1-2, 2-1, 4-2, 5-1, 5-2, 5-3, 5-4, 6-1, 6-2, 7-1, 7-2, 8-1, and 9-1 of Assumption Parish and Precincts 4, 5, 6, 6A, 7, 8, 10, 13, 13A, 13B, 13C, 14, 14A, 14B, 15, 15A, 15B, 16, 17, 17A, 18, 19, 19A, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 25A, 25B, 26, 26A, 27, 28, 29, and 30 of Iberville Parish.
(61) District 61 is composed of Precincts 1-2, 1-7, 1-14, 1-26, 1-27, 1-28, 1-29, 1-30, 1-32, 1-33, 1-36, 1-37, 1-40, 1-50, 1-54, 1-57, 1-61, 1-62, 1-63, 1-64, and 1-104 of East Baton Rouge Parish.
(62) District 62 is composed of Precincts 2-21, 2-26, 2-28, 2-29, and 2-32 of East Baton Rouge Parish; Precincts 1-1, 1-2A, 1-2B, 1-3, 2-1A, 2-1B, 2-1C, 3-1A, 3-1B, 3-1C, 3-2A, 3-2B, 4-1A, 4-1B, 4-2, 5-1, 5-2, 5-3, and 6-1 of East Feliciana Parish; and Precincts 1-1, 2-1, 2-2, 3-2, 3-3, 4-2, 4-3, 5-1, 5-2, 5-3, 6-1, 6-2, 6-3, 7-1, 7-2, and 7-4 of West Feliciana Parish.
(63) District 63 is composed of Precincts 1-86, 1-91, 1-92, 1-94, 1-95, 1-100, 1-101, 2-2, 2-4, 2-5, 2-9, 2-12, 2-13, 2-17, 2-18, 2-19, 2-20, 2-22, 2-24, 2-25, and 2-31 of East Baton Rouge Parish.
(64) District 64 is composed of Precincts 2-3, 2-6, 2-7, 2-8, 2-10, 2-14, 2-15, 3-2, and 3-37 of East Baton Rouge Parish and Precincts 1, 1A, 1B, 1C, 1D, 2, 2A, 3, 3A, 4, and 4A of Livingston Parish.
(65) District 65 is composed of Precincts 1-89, 1-97, 1-98, 3-1, 3-6, 3-9, 3-12, 3-14, 3-21, 3-25, 3-26, 3-28, 3-30, 3-32, 3-46, and 3-54 of East Baton Rouge Parish.
(66) District 66 is composed of Precincts 1-90, 1-103, 3-10, 3-16, 3-19, 3-20, 3-22, 3-33, 3-34, 3-38, 3-43, 3-45, 3-47, 3-48, and 3-53 of East Baton Rouge Parish.
(67) District 67 is composed of Precincts 1-1, 1-3, 1-4, 1-5, 1-6, 1-10, 1-13, 1-15, 1-16, 1-18, 1-19, 1-21, 1-22, 1-38, 1-45, 1-46, 1-51, 1-67, 1-68, 1-102, and 3-50 of East Baton Rouge Parish.
(68) District 68 is composed of Precincts 1-8, 1-35, 1-39, 1-41, 1-42, 1-44, 1-48, 1-59, 1-65, 1-73, 1-105, 3-13, 3-17, 3-18, 3-29, 3-35, 3-51, and 3-52 of East Baton Rouge Parish.
(69) District 69 is composed of Precincts 1-9, 1-34, 1-49, 1-52, 1-53, 1-60, 1-72, 1-74, 1-80, 1-99, 3-3, 3-7, 3-11, 3-15, 3-27, 3-31, 3-39, and 3-41 of East Baton Rouge Parish.
(70) District 70 is composed of Precincts 1-12, 1-43, 1-47, 1-56, 1-66, 1-69, 1-75, 1-107, 3-4, 3-5, 3-23, 3-36, 3-40, 3-44, 3-49, and 3-55 of East Baton Rouge Parish.
(71) District 71 is composed of Precincts 7A, 23, 24, 24A, 24B, 24C, 24D, 25, 26, 26A, 26B, 26C, 27, 28A, 28B, 35, 35A, 36, 39, 39A, 40, 40A, and 41 of Livingston Parish.
(72) District 72 is composed of Precincts 7-1, 8-1A, and 8-1B of East Feliciana Parish; St. Helena Parish; and Precincts 1, 2, 6, 11, 15, 16, 17, 18, 26, 27A, 43, 46, 47, 48, 49, 101, 103, 105, 107, 109, 109A, 111, 111A, 115B, 119, 123, 129, and 129A of Tangipahoa Parish.
(73) District 73 is composed of Precincts 45A, 70, 70A, 71, 72, 73, 74, 122, 122A, 124, 125, 133, 133A, 137, 137A, 137B, 137C, 137D, 143, 145, 149, 149A, and 151 of Tangipahoa Parish.
(74) District 74 is composed of Precincts 201, 203, 204, 205, 206, 302, 311, 502, 503, 504, 505, 601, 602, 604, 606, A01, A02, A03, and A04 of St. Tammany Parish; Precincts 102, 104, 104A, 106, 106A, 108, and 110 of Tangipahoa Parish; and Precincts 1-1, 1-2, 2-1, and 9-1 of Washington Parish.
(75) District 75 is composed of Precinct 501 of St. Tammany Parish and Precincts 3-1, 3-2, 3-3, 3-3A, 3-3B, 3-3C, 4-1, 4-1A, 4-2A, 4-3, 4-3B, 4-4, 4-5, 4-5B, 4-6, 4-7, 4-7B, 4-8, 4-9, 4-9A, 4-10, 4-10A, 4-11, 5-1, 5-2, 5-3, 6-1, 6-2, 6-3, 6-4, 7-1, 7-1A, 7-2, 7-3, 8-1, 8-2, and 8-3 of Washington Parish.
(76) District 76 is composed of Precincts 801, 804, 805, 806, 807, 808, 809, 810, 811, 812, 813, 814, 816, 817, 909, 918, S10, S11, S12, S16, S17, S21, S22, S23, S24, and S25 of St. Tammany Parish.
(77) District 77 is composed of Precincts 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 202, 207, 301, 303, 304, 306, 310, C01, C02, C03, C04, C05, C06, C07, C08, C09, C10, C11, F01, and MD1 of St. Tammany Parish.
(78) District 78 is composed of Precincts 9, 11, 21, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 61, 116, 117, 118, 119, 120, 121, 122, 123, 124, 1-H, 2-H, 3-H, 4-H, 5-H, 6-H, 7-H, 8-H, and 9-H of Jefferson Parish.
(79) District 79 is composed of Precincts 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 1-K, 2-K, 3-K, 4-K, 5-K, 6-K, 7-K, 8-K, 9-K, 10-K, 12-K, 34-K, and 35-K of Jefferson Parish.
(80) District 80 is composed of Precincts 18, 19, 20, 22, 23, 29, 31, 32, 33, 35, 36, 37, 40, 41, 70, 71, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, and 87 of Jefferson Parish.
(81) District 81 is composed of Precincts 35 and 40 of Ascension Parish; Precincts 13A, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 21, 22, 31, 32, 33, 34, 38, and 43 of Livingston Parish; Precincts 3, 4, 5, 6, and 9 of St. James Parish; and Precincts 2-1, 2-2, 2-3, 2-4, and 3-1 of St. John the Baptist Parish.
(82) District 82 is composed of Precincts 38, 43, 60, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 72, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 105, 106, 107, 125, 126, 127, 128, 129, 130, 131, 132, 133, 134, 136, and 138 of Jefferson Parish.
(83) District 83 is composed of Precincts 150, 151, 152, 153, 154, 155, 156, 157A, 157B, 170, 179B, 180, 187, 188, 191, 200, 201, 1-W, 2-W, 3-W, 4-W, 5-W, 6-W, and 7-W of Jefferson Parish.
(84) District 84 is composed of Precincts 175, 176, 177, 178, 182, 183, 184, 185A, 185B, 189, 190, 192, 193, 194A, 194B, 198, 199, 202, 203, 204, 246, 247, 248, and 1-L of Jefferson Parish.
(85) District 85 is composed of Precincts 225, 226, 227, 228, 229, 230, 231, 232A, 232B, 234, 235, 1-G, 2-G, 3-G, 4-G, 5-G, 6-G, 7-G, 8-G, 9-G, 10-G, 11-G, 12-G, and 13-G of Jefferson Parish.
(86) District 86 is composed of Precincts 27, 28, 28A, 33, 40, 40A, 41, 42, 42A, 44, 45, 72A, 106B, 112, 114, 116, 117, 118, 120, 120A, 120B, 121, 121A, 121B, 127, 127A, 139, 141, and 141A of Tangipahoa Parish.
(87) District 87 is composed of Precincts 171, 172, 173, 174, 179A, 181, 195, 196, 197A, 197B, 197C, 205, 210, 211, 212A, 212B, 213A, 213B, 213C, 214A, 214B, 215, and 216A of Jefferson Parish.
(88) District 88 is composed of Precincts 4, 5, 12, 13, 14, 15, 18, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 41, 43, and 58 of Ascension Parish.
(89) District 89 is composed of Precincts 401, 402, 403, 404, 405, 407, 408, 410, 413, 414, 415, 416, 417, 418, 419, 421, 423, 424, 426, 427, M01, M02, M03, M04, M05, M06, M07, M08, M09, and M10 of St. Tammany Parish.
(90) District 90 is composed of Precincts 802, 803, 815, 902, 903, 904, 906, 907, 908, 910, 911, 912, 914, 916, 921, P01, S01, S02, S03, S04, S05, S06, S07, S08, S09, S13, S15, S18, and S19 of St. Tammany Parish.
(91) District 91 is composed of Precincts 1-1, 1-2, 2-6A, 2-7, 3-18, 10-3, 10-6, 10-12, 10-13, 10-14, 11-2, 11-3, 11-4, 11-5, 11-8, 11-10, 11-11, 11-12, 11-13, 11-14, 11-17, 12-1, 12-2, 12-3, 12-5, 12-6, 12-7, 12-8, 12-9, 12-10, 12-11, 12-12, 12-13, 12-14, 12-16, 14-19, 14-21, 14-23, 14-24A, 14-25, 14-26, 16-7, 16-8, 16-9, 17-8, 17-9, 17-10, 17-11, 17-12, 17-13, 17-13A, 17-14, 17-15, and 17-16 of Orleans Parish.
(92) District 92 is composed of Precincts 7, 8, 10, 104, 108, 115, 11-K, 13-KA, 13-KB, 14-K, 15-K, 16-K, 17-K, 18-K, 19-K, 20-K, 21-K, 22-K, 23-K, 24-K, 25-K, 26-K, 27-K, 28-K, 29-K, 30-K, 31-K, and 33-K of Jefferson Parish and Precinct 5-5 of St. Charles Parish.
(93) District 93 is composed of Precincts 1-5, 1-6, 2-1, 2-2, 2-3, 2-4, 2-6, 3-1, 3-3, 3-5, 3-8, 3-9, 4-2, 4-3, 4-4, 5-1, 5-2, 5-3, 5-4, 5-5, 5-7, 6-1, 6-2, 6-4, 6-6, 6-7, 7-4, 7-5, 7-6, 7-7, 7-8, 7-9A, 7-10, 7-11, 7-13, 7-14, 7-15, 7-16, 7-20, 7-21, 8-6, 8-7, 8-8, 8-9, 10-7, 10-8, 10-9, 10-11, and 11-9 of Orleans Parish.
(94) District 94 is composed of Precincts 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 30, 34, 39, 42, 44, 45, and 46 of Jefferson Parish and Precincts 3-19, 3-20, 4-8, 4-9, 4-11, 4-14, 4-15, 4-17, 4-17A, 4-18, 4-20, 4-21, 4-22, 4-23, 5-12, 5-13, 5-15, 5-16, 5-17, 5-18, 7-41, 7-42, 17-17, 17-18, 17-18A, 17-19, and 17-20 of Orleans Parish.
(95) District 95 is composed of Precincts 5, 5A, 5B, 6, 6A, 6B, 7, 7B, 8A, 8B, 9, 10, 11, 11A, 12, 13B, 20, 23A, 23B, 29, 30, and 36A of Livingston Parish.
(96) District 96 is composed of Precincts 1-1, 1-2, 1-3, 2-1, 2-2, 3-4, 4-1, 4-2, 4-3, 4-4, 5-1, 5-2, 5-3, and 6-2 of Iberia Parish; Precincts 54, 55, 56, 99, and 100 of Lafayette Parish; and Precincts 1-1, 1-3, 1-7, 2-1, 2-3, 2-4, 3-1, 3-1A, 3-1B, 3-2, 3-3, 3-4A, 3-6, 3-9, 4-3, 4-4A, 4-6, 6-2A, 6-3, 7-1, and 7-3 of St. Martin Parish.
(97) District 97 is composed of Precincts 3-12, 3-14, 3-15, 4-5, 4-6, 4-7, 5-8, 5-9, 5-10, 5-11, 6-8, 6-9, 7-12, 7-17, 7-18, 7-19, 7-23, 7-24, 7-25, 7-25A, 7-26, 7-27, 7-27B, 7-28, 7-28A, 7-29, 7-30, 7-32, 7-33, 7-34, 7-35, 7-37, 7-37A, 7-40, 8-13, 8-14, 8-15, 8-19, 8-20, 8-21, 8-22, 8-23, 8-24, 8-25, 8-26, 8-27, 8-28, 8-30, 9-30, 9-30A, 9-31, 9-31A, 9-31B, and 9-31D of Orleans Parish.
(98) District 98 is composed of Precincts 12-4, 12-17, 12-19, 13-1, 13-2, 13-3, 13-4, 13-5, 13-6, 13-7, 13-8, 13-9, 13-10, 13-11, 13-12, 13-13, 13-14, 13-15, 13-16, 14-1, 14-2, 14-3, 14-4, 14-5, 14-6, 14-7, 14-8, 14-9, 14-10, 14-11, 14-12, 14-13A, 14-14, 14-15, 14-16, 14-17, 14-18A, 14-20, 16-1, 16-1A, 16-2, 16-3, 16-4, 16-5, 16-6, 17-1, 17-2, 17-3, 17-4, 17-5, 17-6, and 17-7 of Orleans Parish.
(99) District 99 is composed of Precincts 7-1, 7-2, 8-1, 8-2, 8-4, 8-12, 9-1, 9-3, 9-3A, 9-4, 9-5, 9-5A, 9-6B, 9-6C, 9-6D, 9-6E, 9-6F, 9-7, 9-8, 9-8A, 9-9, 9-10, 9-11, 9-12, 9-13, 9-14, 9-15, 9-16, 9-17, 9-19, 9-21, 9-23, 9-25, 9-26, 9-28, 9-28C, 9-28E, 9-29, 9-32, 9-33, 9-34A, 9-35, 9-35A, 9-36, 9-36B, 9-42, 9-42C, 9-43A, 9-43B, 9-43C, 9-43F, and 9-43I of Orleans Parish.
(100) District 100 is composed of Precincts 9-37, 9-38, 9-38A, 9-39, 9-39B, 9-40, 9-40A, 9-40C, 9-41, 9-41A, 9-41D, 9-43E, 9-43G, 9-43H, 9-43J, 9-43K, 9-43L, 9-43M, 9-43N, 9-44, 9-44A, 9-44B, 9-44D, 9-44E, 9-44F, 9-44G, 9-44I, 9-44J, 9-44L, 9-44M, 9-44N, 9-44O, 9-44P, and 9-44Q of Orleans Parish.
(101) District 101 is composed of Precincts 1-31, 1-55, 1-70, 1-71, 1-78, 1-81, 1-82, 1-83, 1-87, 1-88, 1-93, 2-1, 3-8, 3-24, and 3-42 of East Baton Rouge Parish.
(102) District 102 is composed of Precincts 15-1, 15-2, 15-3, 15-5, 15-6, 15-8, 15-9, 15-10, 15-11, 15-12, 15-12A, 15-13, 15-13A, 15-13B, 15-14, 15-14A, 15-14B, 15-14C, 15-14D, 15-14E, 15-14F, 15-14G, 15-15, 15-15A, 15-15B, 15-16, 15-17, 15-17A, 15-17B, 15-18, 15-18A, 15-18B, 15-18C, 15-19, 15-19A, 15-19B, and 15-19C of Orleans Parish.
(103) District 103 is composed of Precincts 9-41B, 9-41C, 9-45, and 9-45A of Orleans Parish; Precincts 1-1, 1-2, 1-3, and 1-4 of Plaquemines Parish; and St. Bernard Parish.
(104) District 104 is composed of Precincts 305, 307, 308, 309, 312, 313, 406, 409, 411, 412, 420, 422, 603, 605, 607, 701, 702, 703, 704, 705, 706, 901, 905, 913, 915, and 917 of St. Tammany Parish.
(105) District 105 is composed of Precincts 216B, 217, 236, 237, and 238 of Jefferson Parish; Precincts 15-18D, 15-18E, and 15-18F of Orleans Parish; and Precincts 2-1, 3-1, 4-1, 5-1, 5-2, 6-1, 6-2, 6-3, 6-4, 7-1, 7-3, 8-1, 9-1, and 9-3 of Plaquemines Parish.
NOTE: §35.2 as repealed by Acts 2022, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 4, eff. Jan. 8, 2024.
§35.2. Repealed by Acts 2022, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 4, §2, eff. Jan. 8, 2024.
Acts 2011, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 1, §1, eff. 10 a.m., Jan. 9, 2012 (eff. for election purposes only upon signature of governor, April 14, 2011); Acts 2022, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 4, §2, eff. Jan. 8, 2024.
The House of Representatives of the Legislature of Louisiana shall be composed of one hundred five members. The state shall be divided into the representative districts provided in this Section. One representative shall be elected from each district.
(1) District 1 is composed of Precincts 63, 66, 82, 85, 88, 105, 132, 133, 134, 136A, 136B, 137, 138, 139, 140, 142, 143, 144, 145, 146, 149, 151, 154, 155, 156, 157, 158, 160, 161, 162, 163, 165, and 166 of Caddo Parish.
(2) District 2 is composed of Precincts 2-5A, 2-6, 2-8, 2-12A, 2-12B, 2-12C, 2-13, 2-23, and 4-8D of Bossier Parish; and Precincts 5B, 6, 7, 8, 15, 17, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 37, 39, 40, 41, 44, 45, 46, 54, 64, 67, 71, 98, 99, and 111 of Caddo Parish.
(3) District 3 is composed of Precincts 3, 4, 23, 25, 34, 35, 36, 38, 50, 51, 52, 53, 58, 59, 60, 70, 78, 79, 80, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, and 103 of Caddo Parish.
(4) District 4 is composed of Precincts 1, 2, 5A, 43, 47, 55, 57, 61, 62, 65, 69, 73, 74, 81, 83, 84, 86, 87, 90, 100, 106, 114, 122, and 135 of Caddo Parish.
(5) District 5 is composed of Precincts 1-1, 1-2, 1-3, 1-3A, 1-3B, 1-5, 4-7A, 4-7B, 4-8B, 4-8C, 4-8E, 4-8G, 4-9, and 4-10 of Bossier Parish; Precincts 77, 97, 107, 109, 110, 115, 126, 127, and 128 of Caddo Parish; and Red River Parish.
(6) District 6 is composed of Precincts 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 16, 20, 21, 22, 24, 26, 48, 49, 56, 68, 72, 75, 76, 101, 102, 104, 108, 112, 113, and 129 of Caddo Parish.
(7) District 7 is composed of Precincts 89, 123, and 125 of Caddo Parish; DeSoto Parish; and Precincts 3-4, 5-5, 5-8A, 6-2, 6-3, 6-4, 6-4A, 6-4B, 7-1, 7-2, 7-3, 7-4, 7-5, 8-1, 8-1A, 8-2, 9-1, 9-2, and 9-3 of Sabine Parish.
(8) District 8 is composed of Precincts 2-1, 2-2, 2-4, 2-7, 2-9, 2-10, 2-11, 2-11A, 2-17A, 2-18B, 2-18C, 2-18E, 2-18F, 2-18G, 2-19, 2-21A, 2-21B, 2-21C, 2-21D, 2-22A, 2-22B, and 2-22C of Bossier Parish.
(9) District 9 is composed of Precincts 1-4, 2-3, 2-3A, 2-14, 2-15, 2-16, 2-17B, 2-20, 4-2, 4-3A, 4-3B, 4-3C, 4-3D, 4-4A, 4-4B, 4-5A, 4-6A, 4-6B, 4-8A, 4-11A, 4-11B, and 4-11C of Bossier Parish.
(10) District 10 is composed of Precincts 2-18D, 3-1, 3-2, 3-3, 3-4, and 4-1A of Bossier Parish; and Webster Parish.
(11) District 11 is composed of Precincts 1-1, 1-2, 2-1, 2-2, 2-3, 2-4, 2-5, 2-6, 3-1, 3-2, 3-3, and 3-7 of Bienville Parish; Claiborne Parish; and Precincts 1-1, 1-2, 1-3, 2-1, 2-2, 3-1, 3-3, 9-1, 9-2, 10-1, 10-2, 10-4, 10-5, 11-1, 11-2, 11-3, 11-4, 12-1, 12-2, 12-3, 12-4, 12-5, and 12-6 of Lincoln Parish.
(12) District 12 is composed of Precincts 3-2, 3-4, 3-5, 3-6, 4-1, 4-2, 4-3, 4-4, 4-5, 4-6, 5-1, 5-2, 5-3, 5-4, 6-1, 6-2, 6-3, 7-1, 7-2, 8-1, 8-2, 8-3, 8-4, 9-3, 9-4, 9-5, and 10-3 of Lincoln Parish; and Union Parish.
(13) District 13 is composed of Precincts 1-3, 1-4, 3-4, 3-5, 3-6, 4-1, 4-2, 4-4, 5-1, 5-2, 5-3, 5-4, 6-1, 6-2, 6-3, 6-4, 7-1, 7-2, 7-3, 7-4, and 7-5 of Bienville Parish; Jackson Parish; Precincts 1-2, 2-1, 2-2, 2-3, 2-4, 2-5, 2-6, 2-7, 2-7A, 2-8, and 2-9 of Natchitoches Parish; and Winn Parish.
(14) District 14 is composed of Precincts 1, 1A, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 36, 42, 43, 50, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 71, 75, 76, 77, and 78 of Ouachita Parish.
(15) District 15 is composed of Precincts 32, 33, 38, 39, 40, 41, 44, 44A, 45, 49, 51, 51A, 52, 52A, 53, 54, 55, 56, 56A, and 57 of Ouachita Parish.
(16) District 16 is composed of Precincts 1, 3-1, 6, 7, 8, 12, 13, 14, 16, 20, 21, 31, 32, 35, 37, 39-1, and 39-2 of Morehouse Parish; and Precincts 3, 8, 9, 9A, 65, 65A, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 72, 73, 74, and 79 of Ouachita Parish.
(17) District 17 is composed of Precincts 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 27, 27A, 28, 29, 30, 31, 34, 35, 37, 46, 47, and 48 of Ouachita Parish.
(18) District 18 is composed of Precincts 31 and 32 of Iberville Parish; Pointe Coupee Parish; Precincts 1A, 4, 18, 19, 20, 21, and 22 of West Baton Rouge Parish; and West Feliciana Parish.
(19) District 19 is composed of Precincts 4, 15, 17, and 18 of East Carroll Parish; Precincts 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, and 14 of Madison Parish; Precincts 23, 24, 26-1, 27, 29, 40, 42, 45, 47, 48, 50, 53, and 54 of Morehouse Parish; Richland Parish; and West Carroll Parish.
(20) District 20 is composed of Caldwell Parish; Precincts 1-2, 1-3, 1-4, 2-2, 3-1, 3-2, 3-3, 3-4, 4-1, 4-2, 5-1, 6-1, 6-2, 6-3, 9-1, 9-2, 9-3, and 9-4 of Catahoula Parish; Precincts 1, 2, 3, 4, 4A, 4B, 6, 12, 13, 13A, 14, 21, 22, 26, 27, 30, 31, 32, and 33 of Franklin Parish; Precincts 1-1, 1-2, 1-3, 4-2, 5-1, 6-1, 6-2, 7-1, 9-1, 9-2, 9-3, 9-4, and 10-1 of LaSalle Parish; and Precincts 25, 26, and 58 of Ouachita Parish.
(21) District 21 is composed of Precincts 1-1, 2-1, 6-5, 7-1, 7-3, 7-5, and 8-1 of Catahoula Parish; Concordia Parish; Precincts 1, 3, 5, 5A, 5B, 6, 7, 9, 10, 13, 14, 16, and 19 of East Carroll Parish; Precincts 16, 18, 19, 20, and 24 of Franklin Parish; Precincts 11, 12, 13, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, and 26 of Madison Parish; and Tensas Parish.
(22) District 22 is composed of Grant Parish; Precincts 2-1, 3-1, 3-2, 4-3, 7-2, 8-2, 8-3, 8-5, 8-6, 8-7, and 9-5 of LaSalle Parish; and Precincts 1-3, 1-3A, 1-4, 1-4A, 1-6, 1-7, 1-11, 1-12, 1-13, and 4-9 of Natchitoches Parish.
(23) District 23 is composed of Precincts 2-7, 3-8, 3-9, 3-12, 3-14, 3-15, 3-18, 3-19, 3-20, 4-3, 4-5, 4-6, 4-7, 4-8, 5-8, 5-9, 5-10, 5-11, 5-12, 5-13, 5-15, 6-7, 6-8, 6-9, 7-12, 7-15, 7-16, 7-21, 7-27B, 16-8, 16-9, 17-8, 17-9, 17-10, 17-11, 17-12, 17-13, 17-13A, 17-14, 17-15, and 17-16 of Orleans Parish.
(24) District 24 is composed of Precincts 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 17A, 19, 19C, 20, and 21 of Beauregard Parish; Precincts 1-1, 1-2, 1-3, 2-1, 2-2, 2-2A, 2-3, 2-4, 2-4A, 2-5, 2-6, 2-6A, 3-2, 3-6, 3-6A, 3-7, 3-7B, 3-7X, 4-1, 5-3, and 5-8 of Sabine Parish; and Precincts 1-7, 1-9, 2-1, 2-1A, 2-2, 2-2A, 2-3, 2-3A, 2-4, 2-4E, 3-1, 3-2, 3-3, 3-4, 3-5, 4-3, 4-3E, 4-3L, 4-3M, 4-3N, 5-1, 5-1A, 5-2, 5-2A, 6-1, 6-2, 6-3, 6-4, 7-3, 7-4A, 8-1, 8-2, and 8-3 of Vernon Parish.
(25) District 25 is composed of Precincts 1-1, 1-1A, 1-5, 1-5A, 1-8, 1-9, 1-9A, 1-10, 1-10A, 1-10B, 1-14, 3-1, 3-2, 3-3, 3-4, 3-5, 3-6, 3-7, 3-8, 3-9, 3-10, 4-1, 4-2, 4-3, 4-4, 4-5, 4-6, 4-7, and 4-8 of Natchitoches Parish; and Precincts C22, C23, C30, C31, C33, C34, C35, C36, C37-A, C37-B, C41, C42, S1, S2, S4, S5, S6A, S6B, S8, S9, S11, S13, S14, and S15 of Rapides Parish.
(26) District 26 is composed of Precincts C1, C2, C3, C4, C5, C6, C7, C8, C9, C10, C11-A, C11-B, C13, C14, C15, C17, C18, C19, C20, C21, C24, C25, C26, C27, C28, C32, C38-A, C38-B, C39, C40, N1, N2, N3, N4, and N5 of Rapides Parish.
(27) District 27 is composed of Precincts N6, N7, N8, N9, N10, N11, N12, N13-A, N13-B, N14-A, N14-B, N15, N16, N17, N18-A, N18-B, N19, N20, N21, N22, N23, N24, N25, N26, N27, N28, N29, and S16 of Rapides Parish.
(28) District 28 is composed of Avoyelles Parish; and Precincts 1 and 4 of St. Landry Parish.
(29) District 29 is composed of Precincts 1-17, 1-18, 1-19, 1-21, 1-22, 1-23, 1-24, 1-25, 1-26, 1-58, 1-77, 1-85, 2-16, 2-23, 2-27, and 2-30 of East Baton Rouge Parish; and Precincts 1B, 1C, 2A, 2B, 3, 5, 6, 7A, 7B, 8, 9, 10A, 10B, 11A, 11B, 12, 13A, 13B, 14, 15, 16, and 17 of West Baton Rouge Parish.
(30) District 30 is composed of Precincts 7, 15, 16, 16A, 16B, 17, 18, 18A, 25, 25A, 25B, 26, 27, 27A, 27B, 27D, 28, and 30 of Beauregard Parish; and Precincts 1-1, 1-1B, 1-2, 1-2A, 1-3, 1-3B, 1-3C, 1-3D, 1-4, 1-4A, 1-4B, 1-4C, 1-4D, 1-5, 1-5A, 1-6, 1-6A, 1-6B, 1-7A, 1-7B, 1-8, 1-8A, 1-8C, 1-8E, 1-8F, 4-1, 4-2, 4-3A, 4-3C, 4-3F, 4-3G, 4-3J, 4-3K, 7-1, 7-2, 7-2A, 7-4, 7-5, 7-5A, and 7-5C of Vernon Parish.
(31) District 31 is composed of Precincts 34, 35, 36, 67, 85, 86, 105, 106, 109, 117, and 125 of Lafayette Parish; and Precincts 24, 25, 25A, 26, 26A, 32B, 34, 34A, 35, 36A-1, 37, 39, 46A, 46B-2, 46B-3, and 46B-4 of Vermilion Parish.
(32) District 32 is composed of Allen Parish; Precincts 9, 10, 11, 14, 14A, and 22 of Beauregard Parish; Precincts 560, 561, 562, 600, 601, 602, 603, 660, 661, 662, 663, 664, and 760 of Calcasieu Parish; and Precinct 17 of Jefferson Davis Parish.
(33) District 33 is composed of Precincts 400, 401, 402, 403, 404, 405, 406, 407, 408, 460E, 460W, 461, 465, 466E, 466W, 467, 468, 469, 700, 701, 702, 703, 761, and 762 of Calcasieu Parish.
(34) District 34 is composed of Precincts 300, 301, 303, 304, 305, 307, 308, 309E, 309W, 310, 311, 312, 313E, 313W, 315E, 315W, 318, 319N, 319S, 320E, 320W, 321, 322, 323, 324, 328, 329, 330, 361, and 364 of Calcasieu Parish.
(35) District 35 is composed of Precincts 12, 12A, 12B, 13, and 13A of Beauregard Parish and Precincts 160E, 160W, 161, 162E, 162W, 163, 164, 165, 166E, 166W, 167, 302, 306, 314, 316E, 317, 440, 441, 463, and 464 of Calcasieu Parish.
(36) District 36 is composed of Precincts 316W, 325, 326, 327, 331, 332N, 332S, 333, 334, 335, 336, 337, 338, 339, 340, 362, 363, 366, 367, 368, 369, and 372 of Calcasieu Parish.
(37) District 37 is composed of Precincts 261, 262, 360, 800, 801, 860N, 860S, 861E, and 861W of Calcasieu Parish and Precincts 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 8A, 9A, 9B, 10, 12, 13, 14, 16, 18, 19, 20, 21, and 23 of Jefferson Davis Parish.
(38) District 38 is composed of Precincts 1010, 1020, 1030, 1031, 1040, 1041, 1050, 1060, 1080, 1081, 1090, 1091, 1100, 1101, 1110, 1120, 1130, 1140, 1150, 1160, 1161, 1162, 1170, 1171, 2010A, 3010, 3020, 3030, 3031, 3032, 3040, 3050, 3051, 3052, 3060, 3070, 3071, 4001, 4010, 4011, 4012, 4020, 4021, 4030, 4040, 5004, 5010, 5020, 5030, 5040, 5041, and 5050 of Evangeline Parish; and Precincts S7, S10, S17, S18, S19, S20, S21, S22, S23, S24, S25, S26, S27, S28, and S29 of Rapides Parish.
(39) District 39 is composed of Precincts 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 26, 29, 30, 31, 71, 113, 114, 119, 122, 123, and 124 of Lafayette Parish.
(40) District 40 is composed of Precincts 6, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 34, 35, 36, and 37 of St. Landry Parish.
(41) District 41 is composed of Precincts 2-1, 2-3, 3-1, 3-2, 3-3, 3-4, 3-5, 3-7, 4-1, 4-2, 4-6, 7-2, 7-3, and 7-4 of Acadia Parish; Precincts 2010, 2020, 2030, and 2040 of Evangeline Parish; and Precincts 32, 33, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, and 52 of St. Landry Parish.
(42) District 42 is composed of Precincts 1-1, 1-2, 1-3, 1-4, 1-5, 1-6, 1-8, 1-9, 2-2, 2-5, 4-4, 4-5, 5-1, 5-2, 5-3, 5-4, 5-5, 6-1, 6-2, 6-3, 6-4, 6-5, 6-6, 6-7, 6-8, 6-10, 6-12, 6-13, 6-14, 6-15, and 6-16 of Acadia Parish; and Precincts 27, 28, and 37 of Lafayette Parish.
(43) District 43 is composed of Precincts 87, 88, 89, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 104, 115, 120, 121, 126, 127, and 128 of Lafayette Parish.
(44) District 44 is composed of Precincts 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 51, 52, 53, 55, 57, 58, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 68, 72, and 112 of Lafayette Parish.
(45) District 45 is composed of Precincts 32, 33, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 69, 70, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, and 90 of Lafayette Parish.
(46) District 46 is composed of Precincts 2, 3, 5, 7, 7A, 16, 17, 30, 31, 38, 39, and 40 of St. Landry Parish; and Precincts 12, 13, 15, 16, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, and 29 of St. Martin Parish.
(47) District 47 is composed of Precincts 260, 365, 370, 371N, and 371S of Calcasieu Parish; Cameron Parish; and Precincts 1, 2, 5A, 6, 7A-1, 7B, 8B, 9, 10A, 11, 12, 14, 16, 18, 19A, 19A-1, 19B, 20A-2, 20B-1, 21, 21A, 23, 28, 29, 38, 40, and 57B of Vermilion Parish.
(48) District 48 is composed of Precincts 1-3, 2-3, 3-1, 3-2, 3-3, 6-3, 6-5, 7-1, 7-2, 7-4, 7-5, 8-2, 8-3, 9-2, 9-4, 9-5, and 14-1 of Iberia Parish; Precincts 100, 101, 102, and 110 of Lafayette Parish; and Precincts 3 and 4 of St. Martin Parish.
(49) District 49 is composed of Precincts 5-4, 10-3, 10-4, 10-7, 13-1, 13-3, and 14-3 of Iberia Parish; Precincts 103, 107, 108, 111, 116, and 118 of Lafayette Parish; and Precincts 41, 42A, 42B, 44, 45A, 46B-1, 49B-1, 49B-2, 50A, 51, 53, and 57A of Vermilion Parish.
(50) District 50 is composed of Precincts 1 and 2 of St. Martin Parish; and Precincts 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 38, 39, and 42 of St. Mary Parish.
(51) District 51 is composed of Precincts 2-2, 2-3, 2-4, 2-5, 3-1, 3-2, and 4-3 of Assumption Parish; Precincts 1-1, 1-2, 1-4, 11-3, and 11-5 of Lafourche Parish; Precincts 37, 40, 41, 43, 44, and 45 of St. Mary Parish; and Precincts 1, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 27, 64, 65, 67, and 76 of Terrebonne Parish.
(52) District 52 is composed of Precincts 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 35, 36, 38, 41, 43, 45, 46, 48, 51, 68, 69, 74, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, and 90 of Terrebonne Parish.
(53) District 53 is composed of Precincts 19, 20, 21, 23, 25, 29, 31, 32, 34, 49, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 63, 71, 72, 73, 88, 89, 110, and 111 of Terrebonne Parish.
(54) District 54 is composed of Precinct 1-GI of Jefferson Parish; and Precincts 3-2, 3-3, 4-1, 4-2, 4-3, 4-4, 4-5, 4-6, 7-3, 8-1, 9-1, 9-2, 10-1, 10-2, 10-3, 10-4, 10-5, 10-6, 10-7, 10-8, 10-9, 10-10, 10-11, 10-12, 10-13, 10-14, 10-15, 10-16, 11-1, and 11-2 of Lafourche Parish.
(55) District 55 is composed of Precincts 1-3, 1-5, 2-1, 2-1A, 2-2, 2-3, 2-3A, 2-4, 2-5, 2-6, 2-7, 2-8, 2-9, 2-10, 2-11, 2-12, 2-13, 2-14, 3-1, 3-4, 3-5, 3-6, 5-1, 5-1A, 5-1B, 5-2, 6-1, 6-2, 6-3, 6-4, 6-5, 7-1, 7-2, 7-4, and 11-4 of Lafourche Parish.
(56) District 56 is composed of Precincts 1-6, 2-1, 2-2, 2-3, 2-4, 2-5, 2-6, 3-1, 3-2, 3-3, 4-1, 4-2, 4-3, 5-1, 5-3, 5-4, 5-5, 6-1, 6-2, 6-4, 6-6, 6-7, 6-8, 7-1, 7-2, 7-3, and 7-4 of St. Charles Parish; and Precinct 5-7 of St. John the Baptist Parish.
(57) District 57 is composed of Precincts 1-1, 1-2, 1-3, 1-5, and 4-4 of St. Charles Parish; and Precincts 1-2, 1-4, 1-5, 2-4, 3-1, 3-2, 3-4, 4-1, 4-2, 4-3, 4-13, 4-14, 5-1, 5-4, 5-8, 6-1, 6-3, 6-4, 7-2, 7-3, 7-5, and 7-7 of St. John the Baptist Parish.
(58) District 58 is composed of Precincts 23, 28, 30, 36, 37, 39, 42, 44, 45, 47, 48, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 57, 65, and 73 of Ascension Parish; Precincts 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 10, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, and 19 of St. James Parish; and Precincts 1-1, 1-3, 2-1, 2-2, and 2-3 of St. John the Baptist Parish.
(59) District 59 is composed of Precincts 1, 2, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11, 16, 17, 20, 61, 62, 63, 64, 71, 72, 77, and 78 of Ascension Parish.
(60) District 60 is composed of Precincts 1-1, 1-2, 2-1, 4-1, 4-2, 5-1, 5-2, 5-3, 5-5, 6-1, 6-2, 6-3, 7-1, 7-2, 7-3, 8-1, and 9-1 of Assumption Parish; and Precincts 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 13C, 14, 14A, 15, 15B, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, and 29 of Iberville Parish.
(61) District 61 is composed of Precincts 1-2, 1-7, 1-14, 1-27, 1-28, 1-29, 1-30, 1-31, 1-32, 1-33, 1-36, 1-37, 1-40, 1-50, 1-54, 1-57, 1-61, 1-62, 1-63, 1-64, 1-78, 1-93, and 1-104 of East Baton Rouge Parish.
(62) District 62 is composed of Precincts 1-11, 1-84, 2-3, 2-10, 2-11, 2-12, 2-14, 2-15, 2-17, 2-25, 2-26, and 2-28 of East Baton Rouge Parish; and East Feliciana Parish.
(63) District 63 is composed of Precincts 1-86, 1-91, 1-92, 1-94, 1-95, 1-100, 1-101, 2-2, 2-4, 2-5, 2-9, 2-13, 2-18, 2-19, 2-20, 2-21, 2-22, 2-24, 2-29, 2-31, 2-32, 2-34, 2-35, 2-36, and 2-37 of East Baton Rouge Parish.
(64) District 64 is composed of Precincts 2-6 and 2-7 of East Baton Rouge Parish; and Precincts 1, 1A, 1B, 1C, 1D, 2, 2A, 3, 3A, 3B, 4, 4A, 4B, 5, 5B, 5C, 39A, 39B, 40, and 40A of Livingston Parish.
(65) District 65 is composed of Precincts 1-97, 2-8, 2-33, 3-1, 3-2, 3-6, 3-9, 3-12, 3-14, 3-21, 3-25, 3-26, 3-30, 3-32, 3-37, 3-46, 3-54, 3-58, 3-61, and 3-72 of East Baton Rouge Parish.
(66) District 66 is composed of Precincts 1-89, 1-98, 1-103, 3-10, 3-16, 3-19, 3-22, 3-34, 3-38, 3-43, 3-45, 3-47, 3-53, 3-56, 3-59, 3-63, 3-66, 3-67, 3-70, and 3-71 of East Baton Rouge Parish.
(67) District 67 is composed of Precincts 1-1, 1-3, 1-4, 1-5, 1-6, 1-10, 1-13, 1-15, 1-16, 1-38, 1-45, 1-46, 1-51, 1-67, 1-68, 1-102, 3-20, 3-44, 3-50, 3-57, and 3-69 of East Baton Rouge Parish.
(68) District 68 is composed of Precincts 1-8, 1-35, 1-39, 1-41, 1-42, 1-44, 1-48, 1-56, 1-59, 1-65, 1-73, 1-79, 1-105, 3-17, 3-18, 3-35, 3-36, 3-49, 3-51, and 3-52 of East Baton Rouge Parish.
(69) District 69 is composed of Precincts 1-34, 1-49, 1-52, 1-53, 1-72, 1-74, 1-80, 1-99, 3-3, 3-7, 3-11, 3-13, 3-15, 3-27, 3-29, 3-31, 3-39, 3-41, and 3-60 of East Baton Rouge Parish.
(70) District 70 is composed of Precincts 1-12, 1-43, 1-47, 1-66, 1-69, 1-75, 1-76, 1-107, 3-4, 3-5, 3-23, 3-33, 3-40, 3-48, 3-55, 3-62, 3-64, 3-65, and 3-68 of East Baton Rouge Parish.
(71) District 71 is composed of Precincts 7A, 23, 23A, 23B, 23C, 24, 24B, 24C, 25, 26, 26A, 26B, 26C, 27, 28A, 28B, 35, 35A, 36, 39, and 41 of Livingston Parish.
(72) District 72 is composed of St. Helena Parish; and Precincts 1, 2, 6, 11, 15, 16, 17, 18, 26, 43, 46, 47, 48, 49, 101, 102, 104, 104A, 105, 106, 107, 109, 111A, 115B, 119, 123, 129, and 129A of Tangipahoa Parish.
(73) District 73 is composed of Precincts 70, 70A, 71, 72, 73, 74, 116, 120, 120B, 122, 122A, 122B, 124, 124A, 137, 137A, 137B, 137C, 137D, 143, 143A, 145, 147, 149, 149A, and 151 of Tangipahoa Parish.
(74) District 74 is composed of Precincts 201, 202, 203, 204, 205, 206, 207, 302, 303, 304, 305, 308, 501, 502, 503, 504, 505, 601, 602, 603, 604, 606, 609, A01, A02, A03, A04, C09, F01, and P01 of St. Tammany Parish.
(75) District 75 is composed of Washington Parish.
(76) District 76 is composed of Precincts 801, 804, 805, 806, 807, 808, 809, 810, 811, 812, 813, 814, 816, 817, 818, 909, 918, 922, S10, S11, S16, S17, S20, S21, S23, S24, and S25 of St. Tammany Parish.
(77) District 77 is composed of Precincts 101, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 110, 111, 112, 113, 114, 115, 116, 118, 301, 310, 314, C01, C02, C03, C04, C05, C06, C07, C08, C10, and C11 of St. Tammany Parish.
(78) District 78 is composed of Precincts 9, 11, 21, 22, 51, 52, 53, 54, 56, 57, 58, 59, 61, 62, 67, 117, 118, 119, 120, 121, 122, 123, 124, 1-H, 2-H, 3-H, 4-H, 5-H, 6-H, 7-H, 8-H, and 9-H of Jefferson Parish.
(79) District 79 is composed of Precincts 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 1-K, 2-K, 3-K, 4-K, 5-K, 6-KA, 6-KB, 7-KA, 7-KB, 8-K, 9-K, 10-K, 12-K, 34-K, and 35-K of Jefferson Parish.
(80) District 80 is composed of Precincts 18, 19, 20, 23, 24, 29, 31, 32, 33, 35, 36, 37, 40, 70, 71, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, and 87 of Jefferson Parish.
(81) District 81 is composed of Precincts 14, 15, 27, 34, 35, 40, and 66 of Ascension Parish; Precincts 7B, 7D, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 18A, 21, 21A, 22, 31, 32, 33, 34, and 43 of Livingston Parish; and Precincts 6, 8, 9, and 11 of St. James Parish.
(82) District 82 is composed of Precincts 38, 43, 60, 63, 64, 65, 66, 68, 69, 72, 80, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 105, 106, 125A, 125B, 126, 127, 128, 129, 130, 131, 132, 133, 134, 136, and 138 of Jefferson Parish.
(83) District 83 is composed of Precincts 150, 151, 152, 153, 154, 155, 156, 157A, 157B, 170, 179B, 180, 187, 188, 191, 200, 201, 1-W, 2-W, 3-W, 4-W, 5-W, 6-W, and 7-W of Jefferson Parish.
(84) District 84 is composed of Precincts 174, 175, 176, 177, 178, 182, 183, 184, 185A, 185B, 189, 190, 192, 193A, 193B, 194A, 194B, 198, 199, 202, 203, 204, 246, 247, 248, and 1-L of Jefferson Parish.
(85) District 85 is composed of Precincts 225, 226, 227, 228, 229, 230, 231, 232A, 234, 235, 1-G, 2-G, 3-G, 4-G, 5-G, 6-G, 7-G, 8-G, 9-G, 10-G, 11-G, 12-G, and 13-G of Jefferson Parish.
(86) District 86 is composed of Precincts 27, 28, 33, 40, 40A, 41, 42, 42A, 44, 45, 72A, 106A, 108, 110, 112, 114, 117, 118, 120A, 121, 121A, 127, 127A, 139, 141, and 141A of Tangipahoa Parish.
(87) District 87 is composed of Precincts 171, 172, 173, 179A, 181, 195, 196, 197A, 197B, 205, 210, 211, 212, 213A, 213B, 213C, 214A, 214B, 215, 216A, 216C, and 217 of Jefferson Parish.
(88) District 88 is composed of Precincts 3, 4, 5, 10, 12, 13, 18, 21, 22, 24, 25, 26, 31, 32, 33, 41, 43, 58, and 76 of Ascension Parish.
(89) District 89 is composed of Precincts 102, 103, 306, 401, 402, 403, 404, 405, 407, 410, 413, 414, 415, 416, 417, 418, 419, 421, 426, 427, 429, M01, M02, M03, M04, M05, M06, M07, M08, M11, M12, and MD1 of St. Tammany Parish.
(90) District 90 is composed of Precincts 802, 803, 815, 902, 903, 904, 906, 907, 910, 911, 912, 914, 916, 921, S01, S02, S03, S04, S05, S06, S07, S08, S09, S13, S15, S18, S19, and S22 of St. Tammany Parish.
(91) District 91 is composed of Precincts 1-1, 1-2, 2-6, 10-3, 10-6, 10-7, 10-8, 10-9, 10-11, 10-12, 10-13, 10-14, 11-2, 11-3, 11-4, 11-5, 11-8, 11-9, 11-10, 11-11, 11-12, 11-13, 11-14, 11-17, 12-1, 12-2, 12-3, 12-4, 12-5, 12-6, 12-7, 12-8, 12-9, 12-10, 12-11, 12-12, 12-13, 12-14, 12-16, 12-17, 12-19, 14-20, 14-21, 14-23, 14-24A, 14-25, and 14-26 of Orleans Parish.
(92) District 92 is composed of Precincts 7, 8, 10, 55, 104, 108, 115, 116, 11-K, 13-KA, 13-KB, 14-K, 15-K, 16-K, 17-K, 18-K, 19-K, 20-K, 21-K, 22-K, 23-K, 24-K, 25-K, 26-K, 27-K, 28-K, 29-K, 30-K, 31-K, and 33-K of Jefferson Parish.
(93) District 93 is composed of Precincts 1-5, 1-6, 2-1, 2-2, 2-4, 3-1, 4-2, 5-1, 5-2, 5-3, 5-5, 5-7, 6-1, 6-2, 6-4, 6-6, 7-2, 7-4, 7-5, 7-6, 7-7, 7-8, 7-9A, 7-10, 7-11, 7-13, 7-14, 7-20, 8-4, 8-6, 8-7, 8-8, 8-9, 8-12, 9-10, 9-17, 9-19, 9-21, 9-23, 9-25, and 9-26 of Orleans Parish.
(94) District 94 is composed of Precincts 25, 26, 27, 28, 30, 34, 39, 41, 42, 44, 45, and 46 of Jefferson Parish and Precincts 4-9, 4-11, 4-14, 4-15, 4-17, 4-17A, 4-18, 4-20, 4-21, 4-22, 4-23, 5-16, 5-17, 5-18, 7-41, 7-42, 17-17, 17-18, 17-18A, 17-19, and 17-20 of Orleans Parish.
(95) District 95 is composed of Precincts 5A, 6, 6A, 6B, 7, 7C, 8A, 8B, 9, 10, 11, 11A, 12, 13A, 13B, 19, 19A, 20, 29, 30, 36A, and 38 of Livingston Parish; and Precincts 45A, 125, 133, and 133A of Tangipahoa Parish.
(96) District 96 is composed of Precincts 1-1, 2-1, 4-1, 4-2, 4-3, 4-4, 6-1, 9-1, 10-1, 10-2, 11-2, 12-1, and 12-3 of Iberia Parish; Precincts 54, 56, and 59 of Lafayette Parish; and Precincts 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 14, 17, and 18 of St. Martin Parish.
(97) District 97 is composed of Precincts 7-17, 7-18, 7-19, 7-23, 7-24, 7-25, 7-25A, 7-26, 7-27, 7-28, 7-28A, 7-29, 7-30, 7-32, 7-33, 7-35, 7-37, 7-37A, 7-40, 8-13, 8-14, 8-15, 8-19, 8-20, 8-21, 8-22, 8-23, 8-24, 8-25, 8-26, 8-27, 8-28, 8-30, 9-29, 9-30, 9-30A, 9-31, 9-31A, 9-31B, 9-31D, and 9-33 of Orleans Parish.
(98) District 98 is composed of Precincts 13-1, 13-2, 13-3, 13-4, 13-5, 13-6, 13-7, 13-8, 13-9, 13-10, 13-11, 13-12, 13-13, 13-14, 13-15, 13-16, 14-1, 14-2, 14-3, 14-4, 14-5, 14-6, 14-7, 14-8, 14-9, 14-10, 14-11, 14-12, 14-13A, 14-14, 14-15, 14-16, 14-17, 14-18A, 14-19, 16-1, 16-1A, 16-2, 16-3, 16-4, 16-5, 16-6, 16-7, 17-1, 17-2, 17-3, 17-4, 17-5, 17-6, and 17-7 of Orleans Parish.
(99) District 99 is composed of Precincts 7-1, 8-1, 8-2, 9-1, 9-3, 9-4, 9-5, 9-6, 9-7, 9-8, 9-9, 9-11, 9-12, 9-13, 9-14, 9-15, 9-16, 9-28, 9-28C, 9-32, 9-34A, 9-35, 9-35A, 9-36, 9-36B, 9-37, 9-38, 9-38A, 9-42, 9-42C, 9-43A, 9-43B, 9-43C, 9-43E, 9-43F, 9-43H, 9-43I, 9-43M, and 9-43N of Orleans Parish.
(100) District 100 is composed of Precincts 9-39, 9-39B, 9-40, 9-40A, 9-40C, 9-41, 9-41A, 9-41B, 9-41C, 9-41D, 9-43G, 9-43J, 9-43K, 9-43L, 9-44, 9-44A, 9-44B, 9-44D, 9-44E, 9-44F, 9-44G, 9-44I, 9-44J, 9-44L, 9-44M, 9-44N, 9-44O, 9-44P, 9-44Q, 9-45, and 9-45A of Orleans Parish.
(101) District 101 is composed of Precincts 1-9, 1-20, 1-55, 1-60, 1-70, 1-71, 1-81, 1-82, 1-83, 1-87, 1-88, 1-90, 2-1, 3-8, 3-24, and 3-28 of East Baton Rouge Parish.
(102) District 102 is composed of Precincts 15-1, 15-2, 15-3, 15-5, 15-6, 15-8, 15-9, 15-10, 15-11, 15-12, 15-12A, 15-13, 15-13A, 15-13B, 15-14, 15-14A, 15-14B, 15-14C, 15-14D, 15-14E, 15-14F, 15-14G, 15-15, 15-15A, 15-15B, 15-16, 15-17, 15-17A, 15-17B, 15-18, 15-18A, 15-18B, 15-18C, 15-18F, 15-19, 15-19A, 15-19B, and 15-19C of Orleans Parish.
(103) District 103 is composed of St. Bernard Parish.
(104) District 104 is composed of Precincts 307, 309, 312, 313, 406, 408, 409, 411, 412, 420, 422, 430, 605, 701, 702, 703, 704, 705, 706, 901, 905, 913, 915, 917, M09, and M10 of St. Tammany Parish.
(105) District 105 is composed of Precincts 216B, 232B, 236, 237, 238A, and 238B of Jefferson Parish; Precincts 15-18D and 15-18E of Orleans Parish; and Plaquemines Parish.
Acts 2022, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 4, §1, See Act.
NOTE: See Acts 2022, 1st E.S., No. 4, §5, eff. for March 9, 2022, for 2023 regular election purposes; eff. Jan. 8, 2024, for all other purposes.
NOTE: See Acts 2022, 1st E.S., No. 4, §3, relative to referenced precincts and territorial limits of districts.
NOTE: See Acts 2022, 1st E.S., No. 4, §4, relative to terms of office of persons selected upon House Districts.
Repealed by Acts 2001, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 3, §3, eff. Jan. 12, 2004.
Repealed by Acts 2011, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 1, §2, eff. at 10:00 a.m., Jan. 9, 2012.
A. All persons who are or have been members of the Louisiana Legislature, or who are or have been the clerk or sergeant-at-arms of the House of Representatives, or the secretary or sergeant-at-arms of the Senate, or who are or have been the governor, or who are or have been the lieutenant governor, and who are members of any actuarially funded retirement system maintained by the state of Louisiana or any political subdivision thereof, shall receive an additional benefit equal to one percent times the number of years of service in the Louisiana state legislature, except as provided by R.S. 11:164, or as clerk or sergeant-at-arms of the House of Representatives or as secretary or sergeant-at-arms of the Senate, or as an employee of the legislature, or as governor or lieutenant governor, times the average salary as defined in the law covering the particular system of which each is a member. Years of service as clerk or sergeant-at-arms of the House of Representatives, as secretary or sergeant-at-arms of the Senate, or as an employee of the legislature, or as governor or lieutenant governor shall be computed in the same manner as years of service is computed for membership in the legislature.
B. Any member of the legislature who is a member of an actuarially funded retirement system or who becomes a member within sixty days after June 29, 1959, shall be given full credit for all service as a state employee prior to July 1, 1959, provided he pays five percent of all salary earned as a state employee between January 1, 1948 and June 29, 1959; and provided such payment is made within six (6) months after June 29, 1959.
C.(1)(a) Any member of any actuarially funded retirement system maintained by the state of Louisiana or any political subdivision thereof who has a total of at least sixteen years of creditable service as a member of the state legislature or as governor or as lieutenant governor or as state treasurer shall be entitled to retire under the provisions of the actuarially funded retirement system of which he is a member, without regard to the age he has attained at the time he makes application for retirement.
(b) In addition, any such person who has a total of twenty years of creditable service, at least twelve years of which is as a member of the state legislature, or a clerk of the House of Representatives or sergeant-at-arms of the House of Representatives, or as president or secretary of the Senate or sergeant-at-arms of the Senate, or as governor, lieutenant governor, or state treasurer shall be entitled to retire under the provisions of the actuarially funded retirement system of which he is a member, if he has attained the age of fifty years or complies with the age limit provisions for retirement of the system from which he retires. Further, any such person who has a total of at least twelve years of creditable service as a member of the state legislature, or as governor, lieutenant governor, or state treasurer, at the time he withdraws from state service shall be entitled to retire under the provisions of the actuarially funded retirement system of which he is a member when he attains the age of fifty-five years, if such person has not previously received a refund of his accumulated contributions.
(c) A legislator or a governor, lieutenant governor, or state treasurer shall be entitled to obtain and to include all or a portion of any service rendered by him as an elected public official as listed in R.S. 18:551(B)(1)(c), (d), and (e) as creditable service as a member of the legislature, or as governor, lieutenant governor, or state treasurer, for the purpose of acquiring the required years of creditable service as a member of the legislature or as governor, lieutenant governor, or state treasurer.
(d) If such credit has not been credited previously to the legislator, or to a governor, lieutenant governor, or state treasurer in the system of which he is a member, that system shall allow such credit, upon application therefor, by the legislator, governor, lieutenant governor, or state treasurer, and upon his paying that system shall allow such credit, upon application therefor, by the legislator, governor, lieutenant governor, or state treasurer, and upon his paying into the system any employee and employer contributions computed by the system pursuant to R.S. 11:158.
(e) If no compensation was received for the service for which credit thus is sought, the legislator, governor, lieutenant governor, or state treasurer shall pay into the system as employee and employer contributions an amount which shall be computed on the basis of the amount of his per diem as a legislator for a number of days equal to the number of days for which he seeks credit, or on the basis of his salary as governor, lieutenant governor, or state treasurer.
(2)(a) Credit obtained for service rendered as an elected public official of this state shall count as creditable service as a member of the legislature or as governor, lieutenant governor, or state treasurer for the purpose of acquiring the required years of creditable service as a member of the legislature, or as governor, lieutenant governor, or state treasurer, provided at the time of retirement the member of the legislature, or governor, lieutenant governor, or state treasurer has credit for at least seven years of actual service as a member of the legislature or as governor, lieutenant governor, or state treasurer.
(b) If a member of the legislature, or a governor, lieutenant governor, or a state treasurer does not obtain credit for at least seven years of actual service as a legislator, or governor, lieutenant governor, or state treasurer, any credit obtained for service as an elected public official as listed in R.S. 18:551(B)(1)(c), (d), and (e) by any such person shall only count as other creditable service.
(c) If a member of the legislature, or a governor, lieutenant governor, or state treasurer does obtain credit for at least seven years of actual service as a legislator, or as governor, lieutenant governor, or state treasurer, then nothing herein shall limit the number of years that shall be counted as regular service for computing retirement benefits.
(3) Any person retiring under the provisions of this Subsection shall receive a full retirement benefit, without reduction of any percentage which may be provided in the laws pertaining to the retirement system for retirement before the normal retirement age. For purposes of computing retirement benefits for those persons provided for in Subsection A of this Section, "average compensation" shall be the average annual earned compensation of the member for any three years of service during which said earned compensation was the highest, including salary, per diem, and also the expense allowances provided by R.S. 24:31.1 and 31.2 and any other expense allowances provided for the clerk of the House of Representatives and the secretary of the Senate. The retirement benefits provided herein for any person covered by this provision shall not exceed the limitation provided in R.S. 11:444(B). Beginning with August 1, 1962, the benefits provided herein shall extend to members covered hereby who were employed in the state service on or after May 1, 1960, and to their survivors.
D. On and after May 1, 1960, any member as defined in Subsection A of this Section, shall have the right to transfer his total accredited years of service from the retirement system from which he leaves, due to change of employment, to any retirement system maintained by the state of Louisiana or any subdivision thereof. Transfer shall be effective upon the certification of total service credit by the retirement system transferring the member to the retirement system to which the member is transferred and shall be conditioned upon payment to the receiving system of such an amount which, on an actuarial basis, totally offsets the increase in accrued liability of the system resulting from the transaction. The amount payable shall be based upon the actuarial funding method, assumptions, and tables in use by the system at the time the person’s application is received by the system. The retirement system transferring the member shall transfer the employee and employers contribution accounts in full to the retirement system to which the member is transferred.
E. Repealed by Acts 2010, No. 94, §2, eff. July 1, 2010.
F. Any person who has served in the legislature for at least seven years who was elected to such office prior to attaining the age of fifty-five and who on January 6, 1969 is over the age of fifty-five, and who has never been a member of any actuarially funded retirement system maintained by the state or any political subdivision thereof, shall be eligible to become a member of the State Employees' Retirement System and to obtain credit for state service previously rendered as a member of the legislature and also as an employee of the State Board of Registration, provided that application for membership and for such credit is made on or before May 1, 1969. In order to obtain such credit, the applicant shall pay into the system contributions on the compensation earned for the period for which such credit is sought, computed at the current rate, together with two per cent compound interest thereon. These contributions may be paid in one lump sum or in such installments as may be agreed upon between the member and the board of trustees, provided that all such payments shall be made within four years of the date of application.
G. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, any person heretofore or hereafter elected to the legislature for three or more terms, and who is elected or who serves during any one of the terms for at least two sessions of the legislature but less than a full four years shall receive credit in any retirement system of which he is a member for the full four years. However, in order to receive such credit the member shall make application therefor to the board of trustees of the retirement system of which he is a member and shall submit evidence of the period for which he seeks credit and the reason or reasons therefor. In addition, the member shall pay into the system an amount on an actuarial basis calculated in accordance with R.S. 11:158. Such payments shall be made in one lump sum prior to the date of filing an application for retirement.
H. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary and particularly R.S. 11:142, any person who within three years after serving in their respective capacities as set forth in Subsection A of this Section is or has been employed by the state or any agency or political subdivision thereof shall have the right to transfer his total years of accredited service in the retirement system of which he was a member while serving in their respective capacities, aforesaid, to the retirement system maintained for employees of the public body which subsequently employs him, provided he has not received a refund of his accumulated contributions. Any such person shall be eligible for membership in the retirement system to which the accredited service is transferred, regardless of any age requirement for membership eligibility in such system. The retirement system transferring the accredited service shall transfer the employee and employer contribution accounts in full to the retirement system to which the transfer is being made. Any such person shall have the right to service credit in the system to which he transfers membership from the date of employment to the date he becomes a member of the system, provided he makes application therefor and pays into the system an amount which, on an actuarial basis, totally offsets the increase in accrued liability of the system resulting from the transaction. The amount payable shall be based upon the actuarial funding method, assumptions, and tables in use by the system at the time the person's application is received by the system. The amount required to be paid shall be paid in one lump sum or in such installments as are agreed upon by the board of trustees of the system, but the total amount shall be paid within six months after becoming a member of the system.
I. Any person who has served in the legislature for at least twelve years who was elected to such office after attaining the age of sixty-five and who on June 30, 1990, is over the age of eighty, and who has never been a member of any actuarially funded retirement system maintained by the state or any political subdivision thereof, shall be eligible to become a member of the State Employees' Retirement System and to obtain credit for state service previously rendered as a member of the legislature, provided that application for membership and for such credit is made on or before September 1, 1990. In order to obtain such credit, there shall be paid into the system an amount which on an actuarial basis, totally offsets the increase in accrued liability of the system resulting from the receipt of the credit. The amount payable shall be calculated by use of the actuarial funding method, assumptions, and tables in use by the system at the time of application for the credit. These contributions may be paid in one lump sum or in such installments as may be agreed upon between the member and the board of trustees, provided that all such payments shall be made within one year of the date of application.
J.(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, any person covered by this Section may purchase credit for any prior service in which he was employed by the state or any agency or political subdivision thereof or any nonprofit quasi governmental entity whose funding is derived in whole or in part from federal, state, or local sources or any prior service as an elected public official in this state.
(2) Any person who purchases service credit under the provisions of this Subsection shall be entitled to pay such a sum to the system as will allow the person to receive the additional benefit provided for in Subsection A of this Section with respect to all such newly purchased service credit.
(3) Any person covered by this Section, who has been employed by the state or any agency or political subdivision thereof or who served as an elected public official in this state and who transferred to this retirement system any amount of his accredited service in the retirement system of which he was a member while serving in that capacity, shall be entitled to pay such a sum of money to this retirement system as will grant him the additional benefit provided in Subsection A of this Section with respect to the total amount of service credited to his account and without regard to whether such service was obtained by transfer or otherwise.
(4) Any service credit, benefit, or additional benefits that any person may purchase in accordance with the provisions of this Subsection shall be conditioned upon payment to the retirement system of such an amount which, on an actuarial basis, totally offsets the increase in accrued liability of the system resulting from the transaction. The amount payable shall be based upon the actuarial funding method, assumptions, and tables in use by the system at the time the person's application is received by the system.
K.(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, any person covered under the provisions of this Section shall be eligible to pay such a sum to the retirement system of which he is a member to make the highest benefit accrual rate available to such person applicable to all service credited to his account.
(2) The provisions of this Subsection shall apply to any prior service credit without regard to the date that such service was purchased or credited to the member's account.
(3) All sums paid under this Subsection shall, on an actuarial basis, totally offset any increase in accrued liability of the system resulting from the transaction. The amount payable under this Subsection shall be calculated by use of the actuarial funding method, assumptions, and tables in use at the time of the purchase of the service credit.
L. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, any person covered by this Section shall be eligible to participate in the Deferred Retirement Option Plan of the system for which he is a member for a period of three years.
M. Beginning January 1, 2011, the provisions of this Section shall not be applicable to any person whose first employment making him eligible for membership in any public retirement system, plan, or fund, began on or after such date.
Acts 1959, No. 97, §§1 to 3; Acts 1960, No. 345, §§2, 3; Acts 1962, No. 141, §1; Acts 1963, No. 2, §§1, 3; Acts 1963, No. 6, §1; Acts 1963, No. 8, §3; Acts 1964, No. 386, §1; Acts 1968, No. 28, §1; Acts 1968, No. 37, §1; Acts 1968, Ex. Sess., No. 8, §1; Acts 1970, No. 40, §1; Acts 1974, No. 116, §1; Acts 1974, No. 204, §1; Acts 1974, No. 243, §1; Acts 1976, No. 222, §1, eff. July 29, 1976; Acts 1977, No. 481, §1, eff. July 13, 1977; Acts 1983, No. 674, §2; Acts 1985, No. 774, §1; Acts 1987, No. 537, §1; Acts 1988, No. 657, §1, eff. July 15, 1988; Acts 1990, No. 688, §1, eff. July 20, 1990; Acts 1991, No. 861, §1; Acts 1992, No. 518, §6, eff. June 26, 1992; Acts 1995, No. 667, §2; Acts 1995, No. 961, §2, eff. June 30, 1995; Acts 1995, No. 999, §1, eff. July 1, 1995; Acts 1995, No. 1112, §2; Acts 2010, No. 94, §2, eff. July 1, 2010; Acts 2010, No. 992, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 2011; Acts 2011, No. 377, §2, eff. June 30, 2011; Acts 2012, No. 811, §7, eff. July 1, 2012.
NOTE: SEE ACTS 1988, NO. 657, §2.
NOTE: SEE ACTS 1991, NO. 861, §2.
NOTE: SEE ACTS 1992, NO. 518, §§7 AND 8.
NOTE: SEE ACTS 1995, NO. 999, §2.
NOTE: SEE ACTS 1995, NO. 1112, §3.
NOTE: SEE ACTS 1995, NO. 961, §5, RELATIVE TO EFFECTIVE DATE OF ACT (SEE ALSO ACTS 1995, NO. 1110, §4).
On and after July 17, 1964, any person drawing retirement benefits under the provisions of R.S. 24:36, as said Section was amended by Act No. 6 of 1963, shall be paid retirement benefits in an amount which shall be determined and computed in accordance with the provisions of R.S. 24:36 as amended by Act 386 of the 1964 Regular Session; provided that widows of deceased members of the Legislature who are presently drawing benefits shall continue to draw retirement benefits as was provided by Act No. 6 of 1963; and such persons shall be entitled to a refund of any contributions paid by him, under the provisions of R.S. 24:36 as amended by Act No. 6 of 1963, in excess of the amounts required to be paid by any such person as contributions prior to the passage of Act No. 6 of 1963.
Acts 1964, No. 386, §2, emerg. eff. July 17, 1964.
Notwithstanding the provision of R.S. 11:416, any retired member of the Louisiana State Employees' Retirement System or the Teachers' Retirement System of Louisiana who is elected to the Louisiana House of Representatives or the Louisiana Senate shall continue to receive his full retirement benefit without suspension during the time of his service. If an active member of either system retires while serving as a legislator, he shall receive his full retirement benefit without suspension during the time of his service.
Acts 1992, No. 518, §6, eff. June 26, 1992; Acts 1995, No. 610, §2, eff. July 1, 1995.
{{NOTE: SEE ACTS 1992, NO. 518, §§7 AND 8.}}
A. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, any person who was elected as a member of the legislature in 1968, who prior to May 11, 1964 had been a member of any actuarially funded retirement system maintained by the state or any political subdivision thereof and was serving as a member of the legislature, and who on July 31, 1968 is not over the age of fifty-seven years, shall be eligible to regain membership in the system as of May 13, 1968, of which he had been a member, provided that application therefor is made to the board of trustees and repayment on or before September 1, 1968, of any amount of accumulated contributions to the system previously withdrawn, together with interest thereon at the rate of two percent per annum until paid, such member of the legislature shall be given credit in the system for creditable service to which he was entitled prior to withdrawal from membership and withdrawal of accumulated contributions.
The board of directors of the system shall adopt such rules and regulations as it deems necessary to carry out the purposes of this Section.
B. Repealed by Acts 1966, No. 492, §9.
C. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, any person who was a member of the Senate of this state and who was a member of this system but who has retired as a member of the system and is drawing benefits therefrom and who is, on July 29, 1964, between the ages of 60 and 65 years and is serving as director of highways may elect to cease to draw benefits from the system and to regain membership in the system, provided that such election shall be made on or before September 1, 1964. Any such person, upon his subsequent retirement from the state service, shall be entitled to benefits from the system based upon his accumulated contributions at the time of such retirement from active state service.
D. Any person who has met the requirements of Subsection C, and has made the election provided therein, shall be, upon his subsequent retirement from the state service, entitled to have his retirement benefits recomputed with credit for the additional service and the earnings received during his tenure as highway director.
Added by Acts 1964, No. 179, §1. Amended by Acts 1965, No. 22, §1; Acts 1966, No. 492, §9; Acts 1968, No. 18, §1.
A.(1) There is hereby created the Legislative Budgetary Control Council. The members shall be:
(a) The president of the Senate.
(b) The president pro tempore of the Senate.
(c) The speaker of the House of Representatives.
(d) The speaker pro tempore of the House of Representatives.
(e) The chairman of the Senate Finance Committee.
(f) The chairman of the House Appropriations Committee.
(g) The chairman of the Senate and Governmental Affairs Committee.
(h) The chairman of the House and Governmental Affairs Committee.
(i) One member of the Senate and Governmental Affairs Committee appointed by the chairman thereof.
(j) One member of the House and Governmental Affairs Committee appointed by the chairman thereof.
(k) Ex officio, the clerk of the House and the secretary of the Senate, both of whom shall not have the right to vote.
(2) The president of the Senate and the speaker of the House of Representatives shall serve as co-chairmen of the council.
(3) The council shall meet as necessary in the performance of its duties hereinafter enumerated. A meeting may be called by the president of the Senate, or the speaker of the House of Representatives, individually, or by any three voting members of the council collectively.
(4) The voting members of the council shall receive the same per diem and travel allowance as is provided for members of the legislature during session, for attendance at meetings of the council. The per diem and travel allowance herein authorized shall be paid out of funds available to the presiding officers of the respective houses for the expenses of the legislature and committees.
B.(1) The Legislative Budgetary Control Council, upon formal approval by a majority vote of the members of both houses, shall establish rules and regulations to govern the expenditure of all funds appropriated to or otherwise allocated or made available to the House of Representatives and the Senate and the presiding officers thereof; to each legislative committee, whether created by rule, statute or otherwise; to the legislative auditor; to the Legislative Fiscal Office; and to any and all legislative employees, officers and service agencies.
(2) Such rules and regulations shall provide procedures for expenditures and disbursements of funds by any such bodies, agencies, committees or persons and for the administration, supervision and approval thereof and may include, but shall not necessarily be limited to, rules and regulations with respect to any of the following:
(a) Preparation and submission of budgetary requests.
(b) Review of budgetary requests.
(c) Approval of budgetary requests.
(d) Preparation and submission of financial statements and reports and requirements as to the contents thereof.
(e) Uniform accounting systems and procedures.
(f) Authorization and approval for expenditures.
(g) Procedures for withdrawal of funds for expenditures.
(h) Procedures for interpretation of items in appropriation laws.
(i) Authorization for transfer of funds.
(j) Deposit of funds.
(k) Purchasing procedures, including advertisement and letting of bids.
(l) Approval of contracts.
(m) Travel expenses.
(n) Use of facsimile signatures.
(o) Payment of compensation for overtime work.
(3) Upon approval by a majority vote of the members of both houses of such rules and regulations by the council each of the bodies, agencies, committees or persons designated in this Subsection shall be subject to and shall comply with such rules and regulations in expending or otherwise disbursing all funds available to them. After the approval of the rules and regulations by a majority vote of the members of both houses, the council may from time to time amend, repeal, add or otherwise alter such rules and regulations as may be subject to amendment, repeal or alteration and may add such rules and regulations as it may deem necessary provided that such additional rules and regulations shall not be in conflict with any rule or regulation which is not subject to amendment, repeal or alteration. In addition, the council shall have the authority to implement and carry out such rules and regulations after approval thereof.
C. The Legislative Budgetary Control Council may direct any budget unit of the state, including the Insurance Guaranty Association as established by R.S. 22:2056 et seq., to submit information relative to the financial requirements and receipts of said budget unit or the expenditures, services, equipment, personnel, or any other matter relating to the operations thereof to the Joint Legislative Committee on the Budget or to the Legislative Fiscal Office, or both, as specifically provided in R.S. 39:32 and 33.
D. The Legislative Budgetary Control Council is authorized to utilize the personnel and services of the legislative auditor and the legislative fiscal officer to provide for the preparation of fiscal notes for legislative instruments.
Added by Acts 1973, No. 203, §1. Amended by Acts 1974, No. 556, §1; Acts 1980, No. 296, §1; Acts 1988, No. 58, §1; Acts 1993, No. 397, §3, eff. June 8, 1993; Acts 1998, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 113, §1, eff. May 5, 1998; Acts 2001, No. 175, §1; Acts 2008, No. 415, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 2009.
A. There is hereby created in the state treasury, as a special fund, the Legislative Capitol Technology Enhancement Fund, hereinafter referred to as the "fund".
B. The state treasurer is hereby authorized and directed to transfer ten million dollars from the state general fund to the Legislative Capitol Technology Enhancement Fund on June 30, 2008, and on July first of each fiscal year beginning July 1, 2009. The legislature may appropriate, allocate, or transfer additional monies to the fund if it deems necessary to accomplish the purposes of the fund.
C. Monies in the fund shall be invested by the treasurer in the same manner as monies in the state general fund and any interest earned on the investment of monies in the fund shall be credited to the fund. All unexpended and unencumbered monies in the fund at the end of the fiscal year shall remain in the fund.
D. Monies in the fund shall be available for appropriation to and use by the Legislative Budgetary Control Council, hereinafter referred to as the "council". Such appropriations shall be used by the council solely to fund construction, improvements, maintenance, renovations, repairs, and necessary additions to the House chamber, Senate chamber, legislative committee meeting rooms, and other legislative rooms, offices, and areas in the Capitol Complex for audio-visual upgrades and technology enhancements and for supporting all other operations and activities consistent with the authorized mission of the council.
Acts 2008, No. 513, §13, eff. June 30, 2008; Acts 2012, No. 597, §2, eff. June 7, 2012.
The legislature declares that the operation of open and responsible government requires that the fullest opportunity be afforded to the people to petition their government for the redress of grievances and to express freely their opinions on legislative action. To preserve and maintain the integrity of the legislative process, the legislature also declares it is necessary that the identity of persons who attempt to influence legislative actions and certain expenditures by those persons be publicly disclosed.
Acts 1993, No. 965, §1, eff. Aug. 15, 1993.
{{NOTE: SEE ACTS 1993, NO. 965, §§4 AND 5.}}
{{NOTE: PART III (R.S. 24:51-55) AS IT EXISTED PRIOR TO ACTS 1991, NO. 755 WAS REPEALED BY ACT NO. 755. ACT NO. 755 WAS FOUND UNCONSTITUTIONAL BY THE DISTRICT COURT IN JANUARY, 1992.}}
When used in this Part:
(1) "Board" means the ethics body which has jurisdiction over elected officials under Chapter 15 of Title 42 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950.
(2) "Expenditure" means the gift or payment of money or any thing of value for the purchase of food, drink, or refreshment for a legislator, for the spouse or minor child of a legislator, or for a public servant, other than a legislator, in the legislative branch of state government and any gift or payment as permitted by R.S. 42:1123(13) and (16) for the purpose of lobbying when the lobbyist or principal accounts, or would be expected to account, for the expenditure as an ordinary and necessary expense directly related to the active conduct of the lobbyist's, his employer's, or the principal's trade or business.
(3)(a) "Foreign adversary" means an individual, corporation, or government identified as a foreign adversary in 15 CFR Part 791.4, as revised, and identified in the database maintained by the United States Department of the Treasury, office of foreign assets control.
(b) "Foreign adversary" shall not include any entity that is the subject of, or covered by, a qualified divestiture pursuant to the Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act.
(c) "Foreign adversary" shall not include any entity where that entity, or any corporate parent or affiliate of that entity, holds an active registration on the United States General Services Administration's (GSA) SAM.gov federal procurement system.
(4) "Legislation" means bills, resolutions, concurrent resolutions, joint resolutions, amendments, nominations, and other matters pending or proposed in either house of the legislature and includes any other matter which may be the subject of action by either house.
(5) "Lobbying" or "to lobby" means any of the following:
(a) Any direct act or communication with a legislator, the purpose of which is to aid in influencing the passage or defeat of any legislation.
(b) Any preparation or research specifically intended, at the time it is performed, for use in or in support of any ongoing or planned direct act or communication with a legislator, the purpose of which is to aid in influencing the passage or defeat of any legislation.
(c) Conducting or attending a meeting the purpose of which is to discuss direct communication with a legislator to aid in influencing the passage or defeat of any legislation.
(6)(a) "Lobbyist" means either of the following:
(i) Any person who is employed or engaged for compensation to act in a representative capacity for the purpose of lobbying if lobbying constitutes one of the principal duties of such employment or engagement.
(ii) Any person who acts in a representative capacity and makes an expenditure.
(b) However, "lobbyist" shall not mean any person who does not make any direct act or have any direct communication with a legislator for the purpose of influencing the passage or defeat of any legislation.
(7) "Person" includes an individual, partnership, committee, association, corporation, and any other organization or group of persons.
(8) "Public servant" shall have the same meaning as provided in R.S. 42:1102.
(9) "Principal duty" means any duty which is expected to account for twenty percent or more of a person's time in fulfilling the terms of his engagement or any duty which is expected to account for twenty percent or more of a person's time in any given year in performing the responsibilities of his employment.
Acts 1993, No. 965, §1, eff. Aug. 15, 1993; Acts 1996, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 64, §3, eff. July 1, 1996; Acts 1996, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 68, §1, eff. July 1, 1996; Acts 2004, No. 579, §1; Acts 2006, No. 368, §1, eff. June 15, 2006; Acts 2008, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 13, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2009; Acts 2008, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 19, §1, eff. March 10, 2008; Acts 2008, No. 164, §1, eff. June 12, 2008, and §3, eff. Jan. 1, 2009; Acts 2008, No. 769, §1, eff. July 6, 2008; Acts 2025, No 394, §1, eff. Dec. 1, 2025.
Unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, the provisions of this Part shall apply only to persons who are lobbyists as defined in R.S. 24:51. The provisions of this Part shall not apply to an elected official or any designee of an elected official when such designee is a public employee and when such elected official or public employee is acting in the performance of his or her official public duties.
Acts 1993, No. 965, §1, eff. Aug. 15, 1993; Acts 2008, No. 769, §1, eff. July 6, 2008; Acts 2010, No. 861, §10.
A. Each lobbyist shall register with the board as soon as possible after employment as a lobbyist or after the first action requiring his registration as a lobbyist, whichever occurs first, and in any event not later than five days after employment as a lobbyist or not later than five days after the first action requiring his registration as a lobbyist, whichever occurs first. He shall electronically file with the board, using forms provided by it, the following information:
(1) His name and business address.
(2) The name and address of each person by whom he is employed and, if different, whose interests he represents, including the business in which that person is engaged.
(3)(a) The name of each person by whom he is paid or is to be paid, the amount he is paid or is to be paid for the purpose of lobbying, and a characterization of such payment as paid, earned but not received, or prospective.
(b) Amounts required to be disclosed pursuant to this Paragraph shall be reported by category of value. The categories shall be:
(i) Category I, $24,999 or less.
(ii) Category II, $25,000-$49,999.
(iii) Category III, $50,000-$99,999.
(iv) Category IV, $100,000-$249,999.
(v) Category V, $250,000 or more.
(4)(a) An indication of potential subject matters about which he anticipates lobbying.
(b) Indication of potential subject matters shall be made by choosing from the following potential subject matter categories:
(i) Aerospace and space technology.
(ii) Agriculture: horticulture; livestock; poultry.
(iii) Agriculture: forestry; timber.
(iv) Alcohol and other beverages.
(v) Arts and entertainment.
(vi) Aquaculture and fisheries.
(vii) Business and private and commercial enterprises.
(viii) Banking, financial, and accounting.
(ix) Charities and social services, faith-based organizations, and community outreach.
(x) Computers, hardware, software, and intellectual property.
(xi) Construction, contracting, and real estate.
(xii) Educational services: colleges; technical schools; trade schools.
(xiii) Environmental quality, conservation, and wildlife preservation.
(xiv) Gaming.
(xv) Government: local; municipal; parish; state; federal.
(xvi) Health care: hospitals; nursing homes; elderly care; hospice.
(xvii) Health care: physicians; nurse practitioners; nurses.
(xviii) Health care: pharmaceutical and medical devices; research; development; sales.
(xix) Homeland security.
(xx) Hotels, restaurants, and tourism.
(xxi) Insurance.
(xxii) International trade.
(xxiii) Law and lawyers.
(xxiv) Manufacturing: oil and gas; mining; refining; production; chemical industry.
(xxv) Manufacturing: wholesale.
(xxvi) Military and veterans affairs.
(xxvii) Public safety, police, and fire.
(xxviii) Telecommunications.
(xxix) Tobacco industry.
(xxx) Transportation.
(xxxi) Unions, labor issues, and special advocacy groups.
(xxxii) Utilities: electric; gas; water; nuclear.
(xxxiii) Appropriations.
(c) The unintentional omission of a potential subject matter as provided in this Paragraph shall not be a violation of this Part.
(5) The identity of each legislator or spouse of a legislator with whom he or his employer has, or has had in the preceding twelve months, a business relationship. For purposes of this Paragraph, "business relationship" means any transaction, contract, or activity that is conducted or undertaken for profit and which arises from a joint ownership interest, partnership, or common legal entity between a lobbyist or his employer and a legislator or spouse of a legislator when the legislator or spouse owns ten percent or more of such interest, partnership, or legal entity.
(6) If the registrant was a registered lobbyist during the previous calendar year, whether the registrant completed the annual training required pursuant to R.S. 42:1170 for the previous calendar year.
(7) One copy of a two inch by two inch recent photograph of the registrant made within the prior six months shall be filed with the initial registration form for a legislative term.
(8) If a lobbyist is compensated for lobbying and nonlobbying services, he shall reasonably allocate his compensation and report only the amount received for lobbying in the manner provided in this Part.
B. At the time of the initial registration of a lobbyist the board shall assign the lobbyist a registration number, which number shall be inscribed on the registration form. This number shall be inscribed on each supplemental registration form, renewal form, and expenditure report filed by the lobbyist.
C. Repealed by Acts 1997, No. 1311, §2.
D. Repealed by Acts 1996, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 64, §9, eff. July 1, 1996.
E. A registration shall expire on December thirty-first of each year unless the lobbyist submits a renewal on forms provided by the board along with the appropriate fee. The registrant may file his renewal any time from December first until January thirty-first. Failure to file the renewal form by January thirty-first each year shall cause the registration to expire retroactively as of December thirty-first of the preceding year.
F.(1)(a) Within ten days of termination of a registrant's employment or representation of any person, the registrant shall file a supplemental registration acknowledging the termination of his employment or representation with the board.
(b) The registrant shall not be required to file a supplemental registration pursuant to Subparagraph (a) of this Paragraph if the termination of employment or representation occurs after December thirty-first and the lobbyist timely files his renewal form during the period provided in Subsection E of this Section and the renewal form accurately and completely lists the lobbyist's employment and representation as of the time the lobbyist files the renewal form.
(2) Each registrant who ceases activities requiring him to register shall file a supplemental registration acknowledging the termination of his lobbying activities with the board.
(3) Each registrant who has terminated his registration must file disclosure reports for each reporting period during which he was registered.
G. The forms shall be published electronically by the board. Registrations which have been filed shall be maintained by the board and made available to the public via the Internet. The filing by a lobbyist of any information required under this Section shall constitute a certification that the information is true and correct to the best of his knowledge, information, and belief and that no information required by this Part has been deliberately omitted.
H.(1) Whenever any information contained in his registration changes, or the lobbyist begins representing an additional person, a supplemental electronic registration shall be filed with the board as soon as possible after such change occurs and in any event not later than five days after such change, using forms provided by the board.
(2) Repealed by Acts 2022, No. 543, §3, eff. June 17, 2022.
I. Each lobbyist shall pay a fee of one hundred ten dollars with each registration and each renewal of registration form filed. No additional fee shall be paid for filing supplemental registration forms.
J. Each lobbyist at the time of registration or filing a renewal of registration may file a registration or renewal of registration form that indicates that he is registering or renewing registration pursuant to this Part and Part IV of Chapter 1 of Title 49 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, relative to lobbying of the executive branch. A lobbyist who indicates that he is registering pursuant to this Part and Part IV of Chapter 1 of Title 49 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950 shall pay the fee required by this Section and the fee required by R.S. 49:74.
K. Any person who registers pursuant to this Part and who engages in lobbying on behalf of a foreign adversary, as defined in R.S. 24:51 shall also register as provided in R.S. 24:53.1.
Acts 1993, No. 965, §1, eff. Aug. 15, 1993; Acts 1996, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 64, §§3, 9, eff. July 1, 1996; Acts 1997, No. 1311, §1, 2; Acts 1999, No. 31, §1; Acts 1999, No. 37, §1; Acts 2001, No. 1041, §1; Acts 2008, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 13, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2009; Acts 2008, No. 697, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2009; Acts 2008, No. 709, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2009; Acts 2016, No. 418, §1; Acts 2022, No. 543, §§1, 3, eff. June 17, 2022; Acts 2025, No. 394, §1, eff. Dec. 1, 2025.
A. Any person who lobbies on behalf of a foreign adversary as defined in R.S. 24:51 shall, before engaging in lobbying activity in Louisiana on behalf of a foreign adversary, file a disclosure with the board on a form prescribed by the board, which shall include, at a minimum, the following:
(1) The name and office address of the person.
(2) The name of the foreign adversary represented by the person.
(3) A description of the business activity of the foreign adversary represented by the person, if applicable.
(4) An identification of the matters on which the person expects to conduct lobbying on behalf of the foreign adversary.
B. The Board of Ethics shall post on its website on the internet a list of all persons who have failed to file or failed to timely file a disclosure pursuant to this Section.
C. The board shall provide information about disclosures filed pursuant to this Section through a web portal maintained on the board's website. The portal shall contain the information about the registrant and the registrant's activities within the state. The board shall publish each disclosure filed pursuant to this Section on the board's website.
D. The board may send to and receive data from government officials in other states in order to increase the transparency and registration compliance of agents of foreign adversaries that operate in multiple states.
E. The board may promulgate rules pursuant to the Administrative Procedure Act as necessary to carry out the provisions of this Section.
F. Any change in information previously submitted in a disclosure pursuant to this Section shall be reported to the board through a supplemental disclosure within ten days following the change.
Acts 2025, No. 394, §1, eff. Dec. 1, 2025.
A. Any person who lobbies on behalf of a foreign corporation or any entity whose headquarters or principal place of business is located in a nation or country identified in 15 CFR Part 791.4, as revised from time to time, shall disclose at a minimum, the following information:
(1) The name of the foreign corporation represented by the person.
(2) The nation under whose laws the corporation is incorporated or organized.
(3) Where the corporation has its principal place of business.
(4) Where the corporation is primarily located if not in the United States which shall include the permanent mailing office address of the foreign corporation.
(5) A description of the business activity of the foreign corporation represented by the person.
(6) An identification of the matters on which the person expects to conduct lobbying business on behalf of the foreign corporation.
B. The Board of Ethics shall post on its website on the internet a list of all persons who have failed to file or failed to timely file a disclosure pursuant to this Section.
C. The board shall provide information about disclosures filed pursuant to this Section through a web portal maintained on the board's website. The portal shall contain the information about the registrant and the registrant's activities within the state. The board shall publish each disclosure filed pursuant to this Section on the board's website.
D. The board may send to and receive data from government officials in other states in order to increase the transparency and registration compliance of lobbyists of foreign corporations that operate in multiple states.
E. The board may promulgate rules pursuant to the Administrative Procedure Act as necessary to carry out the provisions of this Section.
F. Any change in information previously submitted in a disclosure pursuant to this Section shall be reported to the board through a supplemental disclosure within ten days following the change.
Acts 2025, No. 394, §1, eff. Dec. 1, 2025.
A.(1) All reports, registrations, notices, and statements required under this Part shall include a certification of accuracy by the person responsible for filing the report, registration, notice, or statement: that the information contained in the report, registration, notice, or statement is true and correct to the best of his knowledge, information, and belief; that no reportable expenditures have been made, and no fundraising functions have been held that are not included therein as required by law; and that no information required by this Part has been deliberately omitted.
(2) Except as otherwise specifically provided in this Part, reports, registrations, notices, and statements required under this Part shall be filed by mailing said documents through the United States Postal Service, delivering by hand or through a commercial delivery service, or by transmitting by facsimile or electronic transfer.
B. All reports, registrations, notices, and forms filed with the board shall be maintained as public records and shall be made available for public inspection. The board may charge a reasonable amount for copies of such reports.
Acts 1993, No. 965, §1, eff. Aug. 15, 1993; Acts 1996, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 64, §3, eff. July 1, 1996; Acts 1999, No. 31, §1; Acts 2008, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 13, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2009.
A. Each lobbyist registered under the provisions of this Part shall file with the board, in the manner provided in this Section, a report of all expenditures incurred for the purpose of lobbying.
B. A report shall be filed monthly. The report for each month shall be filed by the twenty-fifth day of the following month.
C.(1) The report shall be electronically filed with the board in a format suitable for use on the database required by R.S. 24:57(3). The filing of any report under this Section by a lobbyist shall constitute a certification that the information contained in the report is true and correct to the best of his knowledge, information, and belief; that no reportable expenditures have been made that are not included therein as required by law; and that no information required by this Part has been deliberately omitted.
(2) A lobbyist shall retain records that document all reports made pursuant to this Part for no less than three years.
D.(1) Each report shall include the following:
(a) A listing of each subject matter lobbied during each reporting period pursuant to R.S. 24:53(A)(4).
(b) The total of all expenditures made during each reporting period.
(c) The aggregate total of expenditures attributable to an individual legislator or public servant, other than a legislator, in the legislative branch of state government during each reporting period, including the name of the legislator or other public servant.
(d) The aggregate total of expenditures attributable to the spouse or minor child of a legislator during each reporting period. The name of the spouse or minor child shall not be included. The aggregate total of such expenditures shall be reported as follows:
"The aggregate total of expenditures attributable to the spouse of (insert name of legislator) was (insert aggregate total of expenditures).
The aggregate total of expenditures attributable to the minor child or children of (insert name of legislator) was (insert aggregate total of expenditures)."
(e) The aggregate total of expenditures for all reporting periods during the same calendar year.
(f) The aggregate total of all expenditures attributable to an individual legislator or public servant, other than a legislator, in the legislative branch of state government for all reporting periods during the same calendar year, including the name of the legislator or other public servant.
(g) The aggregate total of all expenditures attributable to the spouse or minor child of a legislator for all reporting periods during the same calendar year. The name of the spouse or minor child shall not be included. The aggregate total of such expenditures shall be reported as follows:
"The aggregate total of expenditures attributable to the spouse of (insert name of legislator) for all reporting periods during the year was (insert aggregate total of expenditures).
The aggregate total of expenditures attributable to the minor child or children of (insert name of legislator) for all reporting periods during the year was (insert aggregate total of expenditures)."
(2) For the purposes of this Section, the aggregate amount or any per occasion amount attributable to a legislator or the spouse or minor child of a legislator or public servant, other than a legislator, in the legislative branch of state government shall not include any expenditure which is required to be reported in Paragraph (E)(1) or (2) of this Section or which is exempt under Paragraph (E)(3) of this Section.
(3) For the purposes of this Section, the aggregate amount or any per-occasion amount attributable to a legislator or the spouse or minor child of a legislator or public servant, other than a legislator, in the legislative branch of state government shall not include any expenditure made at an event that the legislator, spouse, minor child, or public servant did not attend.
E.(1) Each report shall include a statement of the expenditure for each reception, social gathering, or other function to which the entire legislature, either house, any standing committee, select committee, statutory committee, committee created by resolution of either house, subcommittee of any committee, recognized caucus, or any delegation thereof, is invited which amount is attributable to such invitation. Any report of such amount shall include the name of the group or groups invited and the date and location of the reception, social gathering, or other function.
(2)(a) Any expenditure as defined in this Part for any reception or social gathering sponsored in whole or in part by a lobbyist, individually or on behalf of a principal he represents, held in conjunction with a meeting of a national or regional organization of legislators or legislative staff shall be reported by including the name of the national or regional organization, the date and location of the reception or social gathering, a general description of persons associated with the organization invited to attend the reception or social gathering, and the amount of the expenditure.
(b) The provisions of Subparagraph (a) of this Paragraph shall include without limitation any expenditure for any of the following:
(i) A single activity, occasion, reception, meal, or meeting held during the same time period and in the same general locale as a meeting of such an organization and to which some persons associated with the organization are invited.
(ii) A single activity, occasion, reception, meal, or meeting that is part of the scheduled activities of a meeting of such an organization and that is open to persons attending the meeting.
(3) Any expenditure for any meal or refreshment consumed by or offered to a legislator in connection with the legislator giving a speech, being a member of a panel, or otherwise being involved in an informational presentation to a group shall not be reportable. However, any expenditure for any meal or refreshment consumed by a legislator in connection with any out-of-state event permitted by R.S. 42:1123(16) shall be reported in accordance with the provisions of this Section.
F.(1) Any expenditures by a lobbyist's principal or employer made in the presence of the lobbyist shall be reported by the lobbyist as provided in this Part.
(2) Any lobbyist's principal or employer who makes direct expenditures required to be reported pursuant to this Part shall timely furnish its lobbyist information about such expenditures as necessary for compliance with this Part. Such information shall be furnished to the lobbyist no later than two business days after the close of each reporting period.
(3) Any lobbyist's principal or employer who makes direct expenditures required to be reported pursuant to this Part who fails to provide its lobbyist the information regarding such expenditures as provided in Paragraph (2) of this Subsection shall be required to register as a lobbyist pursuant to this Part and shall be subject to penalties for violations of this Part.
G. Each person required to file reports pursuant to this Part who is also required to file reports pursuant to Part IV of Chapter 1 of Title 49 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950 may file a report which contains all of the information required by this Part and by Part IV of Chapter 1 of Title 49 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950.
Acts 1993, No. 965, §1, eff. Aug. 15, 1993; Acts 1996, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 64, §3, eff. July 1, 1996; Acts 1996, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 68, §1, eff. July 1, 1996; Acts 1999, No. 31, §1; Acts 2004, No. 116, §3, eff. June 2, 2004; Acts 2008, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 13, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2009; Acts 2008, No. 164, §3, eff. Jan. 1, 2009; Acts 2008, No. 709, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2009; Acts 2009, No. 534, §1, eff. July 16, 2009; Acts 2010, No. 861, §10; Acts 2016, No. 416, §1.
A. No fundraising function shall be held during a regular legislative session for or by a legislator unless written notice of the function has been given to the board not less than thirty days prior to the function. If the deadline for the notice falls on a Saturday, Sunday, or other legal holiday, the notice required by this Subsection shall be extended until the first day after the Saturday, Sunday, or other legal holiday.
B. Unless the provisions of Subsection A of this Section and R.S. 24:56.1(B) are complied with, no lobbyist, for himself or his principal, shall offer or provide to a legislator or his principal campaign committee any campaign contribution or loan resulting from a fundraising function held during such a legislative session.
C. Unless the provisions of Subsection A of this Section and R.S. 24:56.1(B) are complied with, no legislator shall solicit or receive any campaign contribution or loan for himself or his principal campaign committee from a lobbyist or his principal resulting from a fundraising function held during such a legislative session.
D. For purposes of this Section "loan" shall be defined as in R.S. 18:1505.2(H).
E. The provisions of Subsections A, B, and C of this Section and of R.S. 24:56.1(B) shall not apply to any contribution, loan, or transfer of funds prohibited by R.S. 18:1505.2(Q) and shall not be construed in a manner to permit acceptance of any contribution, loan, or transfer of funds prohibited by R.S. 18:1505.2(Q).
F.(1) No state employee in his official capacity or on behalf of his agency shall lobby for or against any matter intended to have the effect of law pending before the legislature or any committee thereof. Nothing in this Subsection shall prohibit the dissemination of factual information relative to any such matter or the use of public meeting rooms or meeting facilities available to all citizens to lobby for or against any such matter.
(2) No state employee in his official capacity or on behalf of his agency shall enter into a contract with a lobbyist or a contract for lobbying services to lobby for or against any matter intended to have the effect of law pending before the legislature or any committee thereof. For purposes of this Paragraph, a contract shall include the following:
(a) An agreement to expend public funds for lobbyist or lobbying services entered into pursuant to the Louisiana Procurement Code, R.S. 39:1551 et seq.
(b) A memorandum of understanding, cooperative endeavor agreement, or other similar agreement with a lobbyist or for lobbying services.
(3) For purposes of this Subsection, "agency" or "agencies" shall mean any department, office, division, agency, commission, board, committee, or other organizational unit of a state government entity.
(4) The division of administration, office of state procurement, pursuant to the Louisiana Procurement Code, R.S. 39:1551 et seq., shall direct all state procurement officers to revoke procurement authority to all state government agencies with respect to contracts for professional lobbyists or lobbying services and shall terminate or direct to terminate all existing contracts between a state government agency and a lobbyist or other entity that includes a scope of work to provide lobbying services for a state government agency.
G. No person shall enter into a contract to act in a representative capacity for the purpose of lobbying and fail to register or fail to file a supplemental registration providing the name and address of the person by whom he is employed or engaged and, if different, whose interests he represents pursuant to such contract as required by this Part.
Acts 1993, No. 965, §1, eff. Aug. 15, 1993; Acts 1996, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 64, §3, eff. July 1, 1996; Acts 2001, No. 1181, §3, eff. Jan. 1, 2002; Acts 2004, No. 783, §2; Acts 2006, No. 368, §1, eff. June 15, 2006; Acts 2018, No. 480, §1.
A. The provisions of R.S. 24:56(A), (B), and (C) shall not apply to a fundraising function conducted by or for a legislator during a session of the legislature called pursuant to Article III, Section 2(B) or (C) of the Constitution of Louisiana or held pursuant to Article III, Section 18(C) of the Constitution of Louisiana.
B. No fundraising function shall be held for or by a legislator during any session of the legislature convened pursuant to Article III, Section 2(B) of the Constitution of Louisiana unless notice of the function has been filed with the board no later than two business days after the issuance of the proclamation stating the objects of the session.
Acts 2001, No. 1181, §2, eff. June 29, 2001; Acts 2004, No. 783, §2.
NOTE: See Acts 2001, No. 1181, §5, relative to remedial nature and retroactive effect.
The board, in performance of its duties under this Part, shall:
(1) Register lobbyists and assign lobbyist registration numbers as required by this Part.
(2) Issue to each registered lobbyist at the time of initial registration a copy of this Part and any rules adopted pursuant to this Part.
(3)(a) Establish and maintain access to a searchable electronic database available to the public via the internet.
(b) The database shall contain the reports, registration, and other information required to be filed pursuant to this Part.
(4) Establish forms for the registration and reports required by this Part, including clear and concise instructions on how to properly complete the forms particularly regarding the reporting of expenditures by the lobbyist and any expenditures of the employer or principal of the lobbyist in the manner required by this Part.
(5) Promulgate forms which allow a lobbyist to register, renew registration, file supplemental registration forms, and file reports pursuant to this Part and Part IV of Chapter 1 of Title 49 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950.
Acts 1993, No. 965, §1, eff. Aug. 15, 1993; Acts 1996, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 64, §3, eff. July 1, 1996; Acts 2008, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 13, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2009; Acts 2008, No. 683, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2009; Acts 2008, No. 709, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2009; Acts 2025, No. 394, §1, eff. Dec. 1, 2025.
A. The board shall be responsible for the enforcement of provisions of this Part. The provisions of Part III of Chapter 15 of Title 42 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950 shall be applicable to enforcement of this Part.
B. No action to enforce any provision of this Part shall be commenced after expiration of two years after the occurrence of the alleged violation.
C. The board shall have the authority to impose and collect penalties in accordance with the provisions of Part III of Chapter 15 of Title 42 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950 for a violation of this Part. In addition, for violations of this Part, the board may recommend to the legislature that the legislature censure any person found guilty of such violation by the board and prohibit such person from lobbying for not less than thirty days and not more than one year.
D. In addition to any other applicable penalties:
(1)(a) Any person required to register and who fails to timely register and any person who fails to timely file any report required by this Part shall be assessed, pursuant to R.S. 42:1157, a late fee of fifty dollars per day.
(b) However, any person who fails to timely file a lobbyist expenditure report filed pursuant to R.S. 24:55(G) or R.S. 49:76(G) which contains all of the information required by this Part and Part IV of Chapter 1 of Title 49 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950 shall be assessed, pursuant to R.S. 42:1157, a late fee of fifty dollars per day.
(2) Any person whose registration or report is filed eleven or more days after the day on which it was due may be assessed, in addition to any late fees pursuant to this Section, after a hearing by the board, a civil penalty not to exceed one thousand dollars.
(3) If the board determines that a person has filed a registration or report required by this Part that is inaccurate or incomplete, the board shall mail by certified mail a notice of delinquency informing the person that the inaccuracy must be corrected or the missing information must be provided no later than fourteen business days after receipt of the notice of delinquency. The notice of delinquency shall include the deadline for correcting the inaccuracy or providing the missing information. If the person corrects the inaccuracy or provides the missing information prior to the deadline contained in the notice of delinquency, no penalties shall be assessed against the person.
(4) Whoever fails to correct the inaccuracy or provide the missing information by the deadline included in the notice of delinquency shall be subject to penalties as provided by law.
(5)(a) Any person who with knowledge of its falsity files a registration or report as required in this Part that contains a false statement or false representation of a material fact shall be subject to the assessment of the civil penalties provided in Part III of Chapter 15 of Title 42 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, and the findings of the board relative to such filing shall be referred by the board to the appropriate district attorney for prosecution pursuant to R.S. 14:133.
(b) The board shall notify the chief clerical officer of each house of the legislature of any violation of Subparagraph (a) of this Paragraph, including the name of any person determined to be in violation.
(6) The computation of days provided for in this Subsection shall not include Saturdays, Sundays, or other legal holidays.
Acts 1993, No. 965, §1, eff. Aug. 15, 1993; Acts 1996, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 64, §3, eff. July 1, 1996; Acts 1996, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 66, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 1997; Acts 2008, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 13, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2009; Acts 2010, No. 857, §1; Acts 2024, No. 540, §1.
A. Any person who violates the provisions of R.S. 24:56(G) shall have engaged in a misrepresentation sufficient to defeat or void the contract such person entered into to act in a representative capacity for the purpose of lobbying. Any effort to register or to file a supplemental registration after any remedy or relief relative to such a violation is sought pursuant to any provision of law shall not be sufficient to reverse the misrepresentation.
B. The board shall afford any person accused of violating R.S. 24:56(G) a hearing in accordance with the provisions of Part III of Chapter 15 of Title 42 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950. If the board finds that a person violated the provisions of R.S. 24:56(G), the board shall order that the contract entered into for the purpose of lobbying by such person is void and the provisions thereof unenforceable.
C. The provisions of this Section shall be in addition to any other applicable penalties or any other remedy or relief provided by law.
Acts 2006, No. 368, §1, eff. June 15, 2006.
NOTE: See Acts 2006, No. 368, §2, relative to application of Act.
Repealed by Acts 1996, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 64, §9, eff. July 1, 1996. (Acts 1996, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 66, §4, repealed §59(B) eff. Jan. 1, 1997).
This Part shall be known as the "Emergency Interim Legislative Succession Act."
Acts 1963, No. 113, §1.
The legislature declares:
(1) that recent technological developments make possible an enemy attack of unprecedented destructiveness, which may result in the death or inability to act of a large proportion of the membership of the legislature;
(2) that to conform in time of attack to existing legal requirements pertaining to the legislature would be impracticable, would admit of undue delay, and would jeopardize continuity of operation of a legally constituted legislature; and
(3) that it is therefore necessary to adopt special provisions as hereinafter set out for the effective operation of the legislature.
Acts 1963, No. 113, §2.
As used in this Part:
(1) "Attack" means any action or series of actions taken by an enemy of the United States resulting in substantial damage or injury to persons or property in this state, whether through sabotage, bombs, missiles, shellfire, or atomic, radiological, chemical, bacteriological or biological means or other weapons or methods.
(2) "Unavailable" means absent from the place of session (other than on official business of the legislature), or unable for physical, mental or legal reasons to exercise the powers and discharge the duties of a legislator, whether or not such absence or inability would give rise to a vacancy under existing constitutional or statutory provisions.
Acts 1963, No. 113, §3.
Each legislator shall designate a panel of not less than three nor more than seven emergency interim successors to his powers and duties. Each legislator shall review and, as necessary, promptly revise such panel of emergency interim successors to his powers and duties to insure that at all times there are at least three such qualified emergency interim successors on said panel. Such panels and all revisions thereof shall be filed in the office of the secretary of state.
Acts 1963, No. 113, §4. Amended by Acts 1968, No. 472, §1.
An emergency interim successor is one who is designated for possible temporary succession to the powers and duties, but not the office, of a legislator. No person shall be designated or serve as an emergency interim successor unless he may under the constitution and statutes hold the office of the legislator to whose powers and duties he is designated to succeed, but no constitutional or statutory provision prohibiting a legislator from holding another office or prohibiting the holder of another office from being a legislator shall be applicable to an emergency interim successor. An emergency interim successor shall serve at the pleasure of the legislator designating him or of any subsequent incumbent of the legislative office.
Acts 1963, No. 113, §5.
Prior to an attack, if a legislator fails to designate a panel containing the required minimum number of emergency interim successors within thirty days following July 31, 1968 or, after such period, if for any reason the number of emergency interim successors on said panel for any legislator falls below the required minimum and remains below such minimum for a period of thirty days, the governor shall promptly designate as many emergency interim successors as are required to achieve such minimum number. Each emergency interim successor designated by the governor shall serve at the pleasure of the governor, but the legislator for whom the emergency interim successor is designated or any subsequent incumbent of his office may replace at his pleasure any emergency interim successor so designated by the governor.
Acts 1963, No. 113, §6. Amended by Acts 1968, No. 472, §1.
Each designation of an emergency interim successor on the panel provided for in R.S. 24:64 shall become effective when the legislator or the governor making the designation files with the secretary of state the successor's name and address. The removal of an emergency interim successor from said panel shall become effective when the legislator or the governor so acting files this information with the secretary of state. All such data shall be open to public inspection.
Acts 1963, No. 113, §7. Amended by Acts 1968, No. 472, §1.
Repealed by Acts 1968, No. 472, §2
Each emergency interim successor shall keep himself generally informed as to the duties, procedures, practices and current business of the legislature, and each legislator shall assist his emergency interim successors to keep themselves so informed.
Acts 1963, No. 113, §9.
Whenever, in the event of an attack or upon finding that an attack may be imminent, the governor deems the place of session then prescribed to be unsafe, he may change it to any place within or without the state which he deems safer and convenient.
Acts 1963, No. 113, §10.
In the event of an attack, the governor shall call the legislature into session as soon as practicable, and in any case within ninety days following the inception of the attack. If the governor fails to issue such call, the legislature shall, on the ninetieth day from the date of inception of the attack, automatically convene at the place where the governor then has his office. Each legislator and each emergency interim successor, if the legislator for whom he was designated is unavailable, shall proceed to the place of session as expeditiously as practicable. When the legislature is convened as provided in this Section, the secretary of state shall deliver the panel designating emergency interim successors for each legislator who is unavailable due to attack to the house of representatives or the senate, as the case may be, and from said panel a final emergency interim successor to perform the duties of such unavailable legislator shall be chosen by lot from said panel under a procedure prescribed and conducted by the officers of the respective houses. The final emergency interim successor thus chosen shall then subscribe to the oath of office prescribed by the constitution and proceed to perform the duties of the legislator who is unavailable due to attack. At such session or at any session in operation at the inception of the attack, and at any subsequent sessions, limitations on the length of sessions and on the subjects which may be acted upon shall be suspended.
Acts 1963, No. 113, §11. Amended by Acts 1968, No. 472, §1.
A final emergency interim successor shall exercise the powers and assume the duties until the incumbent legislator elected and legally qualified can act. Each house of the legislature shall, in accordance with its own rules, determine who is entitled under the provisions of this Part to exercise the powers and assume the duties of its members. All constitutional and statutory provisions pertaining to ouster of a legislator shall be applicable to a final emergency interim successor who is exercising the powers and assuming the duties of a legislator.
Acts 1963, No. 113, §12. Amended by Acts 1968, No. 472, §1.
When a final emergency interim successor exercises the powers and assumes the duties of a legislator, he shall be accorded the privileges and immunities, compensation, allowances and other perquisites of office to which a legislator is entitled. In the event of an attack, each emergency interim successor, whether or not called upon to exercise the powers and assume the duties of a legislator, shall be accorded the privileges and immunities of a legislator while traveling to and from a place of session and shall be compensated for his travel in the same manner and amount as a legislator. This Section shall not in any way affect the privileges, immunities, compensation, allowances or other perquisites of office of an incumbent legislator.
Acts 1963, No. 113, §13. Amended by Acts 1968, No. 472, §1.
In the event of an attack:
(1) Quorum requirements for the legislature shall be suspended, and
(2) Where the affirmative vote of a specified proportion of members for approval of a bill, resolution or other action otherwise would be required, the same proportion of those voting thereon shall be sufficient.
Acts 1963, No. 113, §14.
The authority of emergency interim successors to succeed to the powers and duties of legislators, and the operation of the provisions of this Part relating to quorum, the number of affirmative votes required for legislative action, and limitations on the length of sessions and the subjects which may be acted upon, shall expire two years following the inception of an attack, but nothing herein shall prevent the resumption before such time of the filling of legislative vacancies and the calling of elections for the legislature in accordance with applicable constitutional and statutory provisions. The governor, acting by proclamation, or the legislature, acting by concurrent resolution, may from time to time extend or restore such authority or the operation of any of such provisions upon finding that events render the extension or restoration necessary, but no extension or restoration shall be for a period of more than one year.
Acts 1963, No. 113, §15.
A. In accordance with Article III, Section 4(F) of the Constitution of Louisiana, for each legislator who is ordered to active duty in the armed services for a period of one hundred eighty days or more, a person shall be designated to act as a temporary successor to his powers and duties in the manner provided in this Part during the period the legislator is on active duty in the armed services. No person shall be designated to act as a temporary successor for a legislator who is ordered to active duty in the armed services for a period of less than one hundred eighty days.
B.(1) Each person designated to serve as a temporary successor for a legislator shall have the qualifications and eligibility to serve as a member of the legislature from the district of the legislator for whom such person has been designated.
(2) No person who is a member of the immediate family of a legislator shall be nominated or designated to serve as a temporary successor for that legislator. For purposes of this Paragraph, the term "immediate family" shall have the same meaning as provided in R.S. 42:1102.
C.(1) Each legislator who may be ordered to active duty in the armed services for a period of one hundred eighty days or more shall submit in writing to the presiding officer of the house of the legislature of which he is a member the names and contact information of at least three qualified nominees to be his temporary successor. Upon receipt of the information regarding the nominees, the presiding officer shall transmit the information to the governmental affairs committee of his house of the legislature. The governmental affairs committee shall hold hearings and conduct interviews of the nominees and may make recommendations concerning the nominees to the presiding officer.
(2) A legislator who is notified that he is being ordered to active duty in the armed services for a period of one hundred eighty days or more shall immediately notify the presiding officer of his house of the legislature of the time period he anticipates being unavailable to perform the powers and duties of his office.
(3) Upon notification that a legislator has been ordered to active duty in the armed services for a period of one hundred eighty days or more, the appropriate presiding officer shall immediately designate a temporary successor from the list of qualified nominees submitted by the legislator. This designation shall be made by proclamation of the presiding officer, attested to by the clerical officer of the house, and shall be deposited in the office of the secretary of state and recorded by him. The presiding officer shall immediately notify each member of his house of the legislature of the name of the person designated to serve as temporary successor.
D. A temporary successor shall serve at the pleasure of the house of the legislature of which he is a temporary member, and all constitutional and statutory provisions pertaining to the discipline and expulsion of a legislator shall be applicable to a temporary successor.
E. If a person designated as temporary successor is unable to serve for any reason, the appropriate presiding officer shall designate a different person to serve from the list of qualified nominees submitted by the legislator.
F. For purposes of this Part, "armed services" means the armed forces of the United States as defined by 10 U.S.C. 101(a)(4), including reserve components of the armed forces, the Army National Guard, and the Air National Guard.
Acts 2008, No. 702, §1, eff. Dec. 8, 2008.
A. A temporary successor shall exercise the powers and assume the duties of the legislator from the date the legislator reports to active duty in the armed services until the legislator notifies the presiding officer of his house of the legislature that he can exercise the powers and the duties of his office. Prior to exercising the powers and assuming the duties of the legislator, the temporary successor shall take the oath of office prescribed by Article X, Section 30 of the constitution within seven days from the date the legislator reports for active duty in the armed service. The temporary successor's oath shall be recorded as provided in R.S. 42:162. However, no temporary successor shall serve in such capacity beyond the end of the term of office of the legislator for whom he is designated.
B. Notwithstanding the provisions of Subsection A of this Section, a temporary successor shall not have the authority to remove a legislative assistant, but if a vacancy occurs in a legislative assistant position in the district office during his service, a temporary successor may employ a person as a legislative assistant in accordance with the provisions of R.S. 24:31.5.
C.(1) Within fourteen days of being designated as temporary successor, a temporary successor shall receive at least one hour of ethics education and training on the Code of Governmental Ethics in the same manner as required by R.S. 42:1170.
(2) Any person who serves as a temporary successor for six months or more shall be required to file the financial disclosure statement required by R.S. 42:1124.2.
Acts 2008, No. 702, §1, eff. Dec. 8, 2008.
A. During the time period a temporary successor exercises the powers and assumes the duties of a legislator, he shall be accorded the privileges, immunities, and compensation as provided by R.S. 24:31 and 31.1 to which a legislator is entitled.
B. During the time period a temporary successor is exercising the powers and duties of a legislator on active duty, the legislator shall not be entitled to his salary or other compensation as provided by R.S. 24:31 and 31.1. However, the allowances for the district office of the legislator and the provisions for his legislative assistant or assistants shall continue in the manner provided by law and the rules of procedure of his house of the legislature.
Acts 2008, No. 702, §1, eff. Dec. 8, 2008.
No person who is serving as a temporary successor at the time of the opening of qualifying for the election for the legislative office to which he was designated to serve as a temporary successor shall be eligible to qualify as a candidate for that legislative office in that election.
Acts 2008, No. 702, §1, eff. Dec. 8, 2008.
A. The president of the Senate and the speaker of the House of Representatives shall each appoint two persons who shall constitute the Louisiana Commission on Uniform State Laws. The term of office shall be for three years. Any vacancy on the commission shall be filled in the same manner as the original appointment.
B. The members of the commission shall not receive any compensation for their services.
Acts 1991, No. 29, §1; Acts 2001, No. 327, §1, eff. June 6, 2001.
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The commission shall:
(1) Examine the subjects upon which uniformity of legislation in the various states is desirable.
(2) Confer upon these matters with the commissioners appointed by other states and territories for the same purpose.
(3) Consider and draft uniform laws to be submitted for approval and adoption by the several states.
(4) Generally devise and recommend such other or further course of action as shall accomplish uniformity of legislation.
Acts 1991, No. 29, §1; Acts 2001, No. 327, §1, eff. June 6, 2001.
The commission shall keep a record of all its transactions. It shall at each session of the legislature, and may at any other time, make a report of its activities and of its recommendations to the legislature.
Acts 1991, No. 29, §1; Acts 2001, No. 327, §1, eff. June 6, 2001.
A. The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in severe declines in revenue for both private and public sector entities and, if no action is taken, the state of Louisiana will face significant funding challenges threatening the ability to finance state obligations.
B. Like thousands of businesses in Louisiana being forced to reevaluate the nature and scope of their operations in these trying times, the state of Louisiana must do the same. It is imperative to act swiftly to reduce the operational costs of state government entities through all means necessary and available, including efficiencies, economies, enhanced effectiveness, and other means to streamline government and overcome the financial challenges in the near future.
C. While many changes were implemented following the activities of the Commission on Streamlining Government created in 2009, the COVID-19 pandemic and its impact on state funding has demonstrated that more must be done to reduce the operational costs of state entities.
Acts 2009, No. 491, §1, eff. July 10, 2009; Acts 2010, No. 861, §10; Acts 2020, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 24, §1, July 13, 2020.
NOTE: See R.S. 24:108 and 109 relative to effect and effectiveness of Part.
As used in this Part, the following terms shall have the following meanings, unless the context requires otherwise:
(1) "Activity" means a distinct subset of functions or services within a program.
(2) "Agency" means and includes any office, department, board, commission, institution, division, office, instrumentality, or functional group, heretofore existing or hereafter created, that is authorized to exercise, or that does exercise, any functions in the executive branch of state government. "Agency" shall not mean any public institution of postsecondary education, any postsecondary education governing or management board, or any entity under the control of a public institution of postsecondary education or postsecondary education governing or management board.
(3) "Commission" means the Streamlining Government Commission.
(4) "Functions" means duties, jurisdiction, powers, rights, and obligations, conferred or imposed upon, or vested in, any agency by law, or exercised, performed, or discharged by any agency without contravention of any provision of law.
(5) "Objective" is a specific and measurable target for achievement which describes the exact results sought, which is expressed in an outcome-oriented statement that may reflect effectiveness, efficiency, or quality of work, and which may be either numeric or non-numeric.
(6) "Performance indicator" means a statement identifying an activity, input, output, outcome, achievement, ratio, efficiency, or quality to be measured relative to a particular goal or objective in order to assess an agency's performance. Performance indicator shall also mean measurement of any other aspect of performance as determined by rule issued by the commissioner of administration under the provisions of the Administrative Procedure Act.
(7) "Performance standard" means the expected level of performance associated with a particular performance indicator for a particular period.
(8) "Program" means a grouping of activities directed toward the accomplishment of a clearly defined objective or set of objectives.
(9) "Quality" means degree or grade of excellence.
Acts 2009, No. 491, §1, eff. July 10, 2009; Acts 2020, 1st Ex. Sess.,No. 24, §1, July 13, 2020.
NOTE: See R.S. 24:108 and 109 relative to effect and effectiveness of Part.
A. There is established the Streamlining Government Commission to examine each agency's constitutional and statutory activities, functions, programs, services, powers, duties, and responsibilities to determine which of these activities, functions, programs, services, powers, duties, and responsibilities can be eliminated, streamlined, consolidated, privatized, or outsourced in an effort to reduce the size of state government.
B. The commission shall target agencies whose activities, functions, programs, or services can be consolidated or eliminated, in addition to identifying opportunities for privatizing and outsourcing current state activities, functions, programs, or services.
C. The commission shall examine the necessity and performance of activities, functions, programs, and services to ensure that they are meeting current performance standards effectively and efficiently and are meeting the needs of Louisiana citizens.
D. The commission shall be composed as follows:
(1) The president of the Senate, or the president's designee.
(2) The speaker of the House of Representatives, or the speaker's designee.
(3) The legislative auditor.
(4) The state treasurer, or the treasurer's designee.
(5) The chairman of the House Committee on Appropriations, or the chairman's designee.
(6) The chairman of the Senate Committee on Finance, or the chairman's designee.
(7) Two individuals engaged in private enterprise, appointed by the governor, which individuals shall be subject to Senate confirmation.
(8) One individual engaged in private enterprise, appointed by the speaker of the House of Representatives, which individual shall be subject to Senate confirmation.
(9) One individual engaged in private enterprise, appointed by the president of the Senate, which individual shall be subject to Senate confirmation.
(10) One representative of the Public Affairs Research Council of Louisiana, which individual shall be subject to Senate confirmation.
(11) One representative of the Council for a Better Louisiana, which individual shall be subject to Senate confirmation.
(12) One individual, appointed by the president of the Senate, selected from a list of three individuals nominated by the Louisiana AFL-CIO, which individual shall be subject to Senate confirmation.
E. The commission may hold public hearings as part of its evaluation process, and may appoint advisory groups to conduct studies, research, or analyses, and make reports and recommendations with respect to a matter within the jurisdiction of the commission. At least one member of the commission shall serve on each advisory group.
F.(1) The names of the persons who are to serve on the commission shall be submitted to the president of the Senate on or before July 15, 2020.
(2) The president of the Senate shall call the first meeting of the commission which shall be held on or before July 30, 2020.
(3) At the first meeting, the members of the commission shall elect from their membership a chairman and vice chairman and such other officers as the commission may deem advisable. The president of the Senate or his designee shall preside over the commission until a chairman is elected by the commission.
Acts 2009, No. 491, §1, eff. July 10, 2009; Acts 2020, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 24, §1, eff. July 13, 2020.
NOTE: See R.S. 24:108 and 109 relative to effect and effectiveness of Part.
A. Reports submitted by the Streamlining Government Commission pursuant to this Section may include any of or any combination of the following:
(1) Recommendations to eliminate, streamline, consolidate, privatize, or outsource constitutional and statutory agency activities, functions, programs, services, powers, duties, and responsibilities to provide the same or greater type and quality of activity, function, program, or service that will result in cost reduction or greater efficiency or effectiveness.
(2) Recommendations to ensure that agency activities, functions, programs, and services are not duplicative and are necessary, meeting or exceeding performance standards, and meeting the needs of Louisiana citizens.
(3) Recommendations for the elimination, consolidation, privatization, or outsourcing of an agency to provide a more cost efficient or more effective manner of providing an activity, function, program, or service.
(4) Recommendations providing for the use of alternative resources for the operation of agencies, activities, functions, programs, and services to provide them in a more cost-effective manner without impacting the quality or availability of needed services.
(5) Recommendations for standards, processes, and guidelines for agencies to use in order to review and evaluate government activities, functions, programs, and services to eliminate, streamline, consolidate, privatize, or outsource.
B.(1) The commission shall submit an initial report of its recommendations, including recommendations requiring legislation or administrative action, to the governor, the president of the Senate, the speaker of the House of Representatives, the Senate and Governmental Affairs Committee, the House and Governmental Affairs Committee, and the commissioner of administration no later than December 15, 2020.
(2) The commission shall prepare the recommendations in the report as a reorganization plan and submit the plan to the Senate and Governmental Affairs Committee and the House and Governmental Affairs Committee for consideration by January 4, 2021, and the committees, meeting as a joint committee, shall review the plan by February 1, 2021.
(3) Executive and legislative action necessary to implement the reorganization plan as approved or modified by the two committees meeting jointly shall be taken as soon as possible.
C. The commission shall submit a report annually before January first consisting of the status and implementation of the reorganization plan approved by the Senate and Governmental Affairs Committee and the House and Governmental Affairs Committee to the governor, the president of the Senate, the speaker of the House of Representatives, the Senate and Governmental Affairs Committee, the House and Governmental Affairs Committee, and the commissioner of administration.
Acts 2009, No. 491, §1, eff. July 10, 2009; Acts 2020, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 24, §1, eff. July 13, 2020.
NOTE: See R.S. 24:108 and 109 relative to effect and effectiveness of Part.
The staffs of the Senate, House of Representatives, legislative fiscal office, legislative auditor, office of the governor, and division of administration shall, upon request, provide staff support and otherwise assist the commission as requested by the commission. The commission may submit a written request to the president of the Senate, the speaker of the House of Representatives, the legislative fiscal officer, the legislative auditor, or the commissioner of administration, for specific support and assistance to be provided by the staffs of their respective agencies.
Acts 2009, No. 491, §1, eff. July 10, 2009; Acts 2020, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 24, §1, eff. July 13, 2020.
NOTE: See R.S. 24:108 and 109 relative to effect and effectiveness of Part.
A. Each agency and political subdivision shall furnish aid, services, and assistance as may be requested by the commission.
B. To the extent permitted by and in accordance with R.S. 44:1 et seq., each officer, agency, and political subdivision shall make available all facts, records, information, and data requested by the commission and in all ways cooperate with the commission in carrying out the functions and duties imposed by this Part.
Acts 2009, No. 491, §1, eff. July 10, 2009; Acts 2020, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 24, §1, eff. July 13, 2020.
NOTE: See R.S. 24:108 and 109 relative to effect and effectiveness of Part.
A. The commission may apply for, contract for, receive, and expend for purposes of this Part any appropriation or grant from the state, its political subdivisions, the federal government, or any other public or private source.
B. The books and records of the commission shall be subject to audit by the legislative auditor pursuant to R.S. 24:513.
Acts 2009, No. 491, §1, eff. July 10, 2009; Acts 2010, No. 861, §10; Acts 2020, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 24, §1, July 13, 2020.
NOTE: See R.S. 24:108 and 109 relative to effect and effectiveness of Part.
This Part shall not be deemed to supercede or limit the provisions of Part XII of Chapter 1 of Title 49 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950.
Acts 2009, No. 491, §1, eff. July 10, 2009; Acts 2020, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 24, §1, eff. July 13, 2020.
This Part shall become null and of no effect on January 12, 2023.
Acts 2009, No. 491, §1, eff. July 10, 2009; Acts 2020, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 24, §1, eff. July 13, 2020.
A. Louisiana has the highest adult obesity rate in the nation and the fourth highest obesity rate for children ages ten through seventeen. Obesity-related health issues plague our citizens, with Louisiana ranking fifth in the nation for adults with diabetes and fourth in the nation for adults with hypertension. The Louisiana Medicaid program alone spent more than ninety-eight million dollars in 2014 in total obesity-related payments for Medicaid-covered children and adults. In 2012, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation estimated that a cumulative five percent body mass index reduction in children and adults in Louisiana could save the state nine billion dollars by 2030.
B. The issue of obesity in Louisiana has been studied tirelessly by countless national and state entities and there is no shortage of plans, programs, strategies, and initiatives by organizations at every level, and yet obesity rates in Louisiana continue to increase every year. Our children and adults develop obesity-related chronic diseases that impact every aspect of their lives, including decreased school performance, job absences, and lack of engagement in family and community, all of which decrease quality of life and come with a significant financial impact to the state.
C. The legislature finds and declares that the greatest resource in tackling any problem that impacts a community is the community itself. The obesity crisis cannot be mandated away at the federal or state level. It must be a priority at the local level, and to that end our mayors are key to the success of any effort to first slow and then reverse our obesity rates, thereby saving money and increasing the quality of life for all of our citizens. Our mayors must be equipped with the information needed to help their constituents lead healthier lives, which will result in a more prosperous community and save the taxpayers millions of dollars related to treating preventable chronic diseases.
Acts 2017, No. 187, §1, eff. June 12, 2017.
NOTE: Effective until July 1, 2020; see R.S. 24:114.
A. The Work Out Now: WON Louisiana Legislative Commission is hereby established to work directly with local elected officials to bring the battle against obesity to the local level.
B. The chairman of the Senate Committee on Health and Welfare shall serve as the chairman of the commission, which shall be comprised of the following members:
(1) The chairman of the Senate Committee on Health and Welfare.
(2) One member who serves on the Senate Committee on Local and Municipal Affairs, to be selected by the chairman.
(3) One member who serves on the Senate Committee on Education, to be selected by the chairman.
(4) One member who serves on the House Committee on Health and Welfare, to be selected by the chairman.
(5) One member who serves on the House Committee on Municipal, Parochial and Cultural Affairs, to be selected by the chairman.
(6) One member who serves on the House Committee on Education, to be selected by the chairman.
C. The duties of the commission shall be to engage an effort at the local level to:
(1) Address key gaps in current obesity prevention by understanding what works in multi-system approaches to obesity, and how these approaches can be implemented through community-led change strategies.
(2) Align obesity prevention activities at the local level based on a local agenda.
(3) Engage community partners to disseminate and implement evidence-based obesity prevention strategies.
(4) Facilitate communication that unites Louisiana local elected officials with their local schools, businesses, organizations, and community members to demonstrate their collective commitment to fighting obesity.
(5) Bring awareness to resources that are already available to communities but underutilized, such as joint use agreements provided for in R.S. 9:2800.22.
(6) Facilitate information sharing and access to enable local elected officials to engage existing programs that promote physical activity.
(7) Foster a healthy competition with similar-size communities throughout Louisiana.
(8) Partner with private entities who support, promote, or administer obesity prevention programs that focus on physical activity and seek funds or donated prizes from those entities to reward community health effort winners.
(9) Dedicate the second Monday of the legislative session during any regular session of the Louisiana Legislature as "WON Louisiana Day" at the state capitol.
(10) Recognize local elected officials and their cities who are the most involved in getting their communities to be more physically active at an award ceremony at the Louisiana state capitol.
D. The commission may hold public hearings as part of carrying out its duties. The chairman may call a hearing at a time and location deemed appropriate to best engage with the local elected officials. Notice shall be issued to all legislators representing an area of the state in which the commission shall meet if the chairman calls a hearing in a location outside of the state capitol. No legislator shall receive per diem or mileage reimbursement for attending any commission meeting held when the legislature is not in session or for attending any commission meeting held at a location other than the state capitol.
Acts 2017, No. 187, §1, eff. June 12, 2017.
NOTE: Effective until July 1, 2020; see R.S. 24:114.
A. The staff of the Senate Committee on Health and Welfare shall provide support and assist the commission as requested by the chairman.
B. Each agency and political subdivision shall furnish aid, services, and assistance as requested by the commission.
Acts 2017, No. 187, §1, eff. June 12, 2017.
Unless reauthorized by the legislature, the provisions of this Part shall expire on July 1, 2020, and this Part is deemed repealed on that date.
Acts 2017, No. 187, §1, eff. June 12, 2017.
A.(1) The legislature finds that the decline of the dairy industry in Louisiana has reached a tragic level, which is a matter of great importance to the state's health and welfare.
(2) The legislature further finds that the dairy industry is an essential agricultural activity in Louisiana and dairy farmers, processors, distributors, retailers, and consumers are an integral component of the state's economy.
(3) The legislature further finds that consumers should be protected against inadequate supplies of milk and dairy products and against excessive prices for milk and dairy products.
(4) The legislature further finds that it is in the best interest of the state's dairy industry and the dairy consumers in the state to create a commission to study and review the Dairy Stabilization Law as provided in R.S. 3:4101 et seq.
B. There is hereby created the Dairy Stabilization Study Commission, referred to in this Part as the "commission", for the purposes of studying and reviewing milk pricing in Louisiana, recommending best practices and strategies to best assist the dairy industry, and recommending any necessary statutory and regulatory changes to the legislature and the Department of Agriculture and Forestry related to the study.
C. The membership of the commission shall be comprised of twenty-one members as follows:
(1) The commissioner of agriculture or his designee.
(2) Three dairy farmers appointed by the Louisiana Farm Bureau Federation, Inc.
(3) A dairy processor appointed by the Louisiana Dairy Products Association.
(4) A dairy distributor appointed by the Louisiana Retailers Association.
(5) The president of the Senate or his designee.
(6) The speaker of the House of Representatives or his designee.
(7) The chairman of the House Committee on Agriculture, Forestry, Aquaculture and Rural Development or his designee.
(8) The chairman of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Forestry, Aquaculture and Rural Development or his designee.
(9) Two economists from a public postsecondary four-year institution appointed by the commissioner of higher education.
(10) An agriculture economist appointed by the chancellor of the Louisiana State University Agricultural Center.
(11) An agriculture economist appointed by the chancellor of the Southern University Agricultural Research and Extension Center.
(12) A consumer advocate appointed by the president of the Senate.
(13) A consumer advocate appointed by the speaker of the House of Representatives.
(14) One member appointed by the Public Affairs Research Council of Louisiana.
(15) One member appointed by the Louisiana Association of Business and Industry.
(16) One member appointed by the Louisiana chapter of the National Federation of Independent Business.
(17) An independent dairy processor appointed by the commissioner of agriculture.
(18) The United States Department of Agriculture Milk Market Administrator representing the Southeast Marketing Area Federal Order No. 7 or his designee.
D. Legislative members of the commission shall receive the same per diem and travel allowance for attending meetings of the commission as is normally provided for meetings of legislative committees. Other members of the commission shall serve without compensation.
E. The legislature shall provide the facilities needed by the commission to accomplish its tasks and shall designate staff from the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Forestry, Aquaculture and Rural Development and the House Committee on Agriculture, Forestry, Aquaculture and Rural Development to assist the commission in performing its duties and responsibilities.
F. The chairman of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Forestry, Aquaculture and Rural Development and the chairman of the House Committee on Agriculture, Forestry, Aquaculture and Rural Development shall serve as cochairmen of the commission and shall convene the commission for its first meeting by September 1, 2018. The commission shall meet upon the call of the cochairmen as often as deemed necessary to carry out its duties. The cochairmen shall establish a meeting schedule with a minimum of three meetings and time line for completion of the commission's duties.
G. The commission may hold public hearings as part of its evaluation process, and may appoint advisory groups to conduct studies, research, or analyses, and make reports and recommendations with respect to a matter within the jurisdiction of the commission. At least one member of the commission shall serve on each advisory group.
H. The names of the persons who are to serve on the commission shall be submitted to the president of the Senate and the speaker of the House of Representatives on or before August 15, 2018.
I. At a minimum, the commission shall study and make recommendations on the following:
(1) The retail price of milk and milk products in Louisiana, including an analysis of how cost markups of milk and milk products at the retail level affect the prices paid to milk processors, milk distributors, and dairy farmers.
(2) A comparison of other state programs which set minimum prices paid to milk processors, milk distributors, and dairy farmers.
(3) A comparison of other state programs which regulate or establish wholesale or retail prices of milk and milk products.
(4) An analysis on the effectiveness of the disruptive trade practices provisions of the Dairy Stabilization Law as provided in R.S. 3:4108 and rules adopted pursuant thereto.
(5) An analysis of whether supply and demand forces influenced by federal and state dairy programs determine the price dairy farmers receive for raw milk.
J. Except as provided in R.S. 3:4110, the commission shall be authorized to request and receive such records, data, and information produced by any public entity and such entity shall respond to the request in a timely manner.
K. The commission shall submit a written report of its findings and recommendations to the president of the Senate; the speaker of the House of Representatives; the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Forestry, Aquaculture and Rural Development; and the House Committee on Agriculture, Forestry, Aquaculture and Rural Development not later than sixty days prior to the convening of the 2019 Regular Session of the Legislature of Louisiana. The report also shall include recommendations for any changes to laws, rules, regulations, or guidelines that the commission deems necessary in order to strengthen the dairy industry in Louisiana and protect consumers against excessive prices for milk and dairy products.
L. The commission shall terminate on June 30, 2019.
Acts 2018, No. 611, §1.
Repealed by Acts 1995, No. 1262, §1.
Repealed by Acts 1995, No. 1262, §1.
Repealed by Acts 1995, No. 1262, §1.
Repealed by Acts 1995, No. 1262, §1.
§§131 to 136 Repealed by Acts 1988, No. 57, §1.
Repealed by Acts 1999, No. 1164, §4.
§§142, 143 Repealed by Acts 1975, No. 323, §1
The official enrolled bills of the legislature shall be typewritten with indelible ink.
A. All bills and concurrent resolutions authorizing suits against the state or any political subdivision of the state upon claims for damages alleged to have been caused by the negligence of the officers, agents and/or employees thereof which are filed on or before the last day for introducing bills shall be referred to the Senate Committee on Judiciary, Section A (or such other committee as the Senate may by rule or resolution direct) if filed in the Senate or to the House Committee on Judiciary, Section A (or such other committee as the House of Representatives may by rule or resolution direct) if filed in the House of Representatives. Each of said committees shall report all such bills of which it approves in an omnibus type substitute bill, and each of said committees shall report all such concurrent resolutions of which it approves in an omnibus type substitute concurrent resolution. It is the intent of this Section that there shall be one omnibus senate bill and one omnibus senate concurrent resolution and likewise one omnibus house bill and one omnibus house concurrent resolution.
B. The omnibus type substitute bill and the omnibus type substitute concurrent resolution referred to in Subsection A shall be substantially in the following form:
"SENATE (HOUSE) BILL NO.
OR
SENATE (HOUSE) CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO.
By Mr. _____________________ Chairman of the Committee on Judiciary, Section A (Substitute for Senate (House) Bill No. ________ by Mr. _______________)
"AN ACT (or A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION)
To authorize certain named persons, either individually or individually and on behalf of certain other persons, to file suit against the state of Louisiana through certain specified departments, boards, commissions or agencies of the state and/or to file suit against certain specified political subdivisions of the state directly or through certain specified departments, commissions, agencies or officers thereof upon certain specified claims for damages alleged to have been caused by the negligence of the officers, agents and/or employees thereof; and to waive immunity from such suits and from liability therefrom.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana: (or
Be it resolved by the Senate (House) of the Legislature of Louisiana, the House of Representatives (Senate) thereof concurring herein that:)
"Section 1. The following named persons, either individually or individually and for the use and benefit of certain other persons, as hereinafter specifically provided, are hereby authorized to file suit against the State of Louisiana or one of its political subdivisions, as the case may be, through the state board, commission, department or agency or through the department, commission, agency or officer of the political subdivision hereinafter specified as to each person hereinafter named upon each of their respective claims for damages alleged to have been sustained at the times and for the reasons hereinafter specified as to each person hereinafter named and alleged to have been caused by the negligence of the officers, agents and/or employees of the department, agency or political subdivision hereinafter specified as to each person hereinafter named: . . .
NOTE: In this space, list the names of those persons being authorized to sue, and following each name, insert the necessary information concerning the authorization to sue; the name of the defendant (state, parish, commission, board, agency, etc.) the name of the department, board, agency, commission, officer, etc., through which or whom the defendant is to be sued; the date and place of the occurrence of the damages, and the statement that such damages were caused by the negligence of the officers, agents and/or employees of the defendant by reason of an accident or other appropriate circumstances. Following are several examples:
John Doe is hereby authorized to file suit against the State of Louisiana, through the Department of Highways, upon his claim for damages alleged to have been sustained on or about February 1, 1965 by reason of an accident which occurred at or near Baton Rouge, Louisiana and alleged to have been caused by the negligence of the officers, agents and/or employees of the Louisiana Department of Highways.
John Doe and Helen Doe are hereby authorized to file suit individually and for the use and benefit of their minor child, Richard Doe, against the State of Louisiana, through the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries, upon their claims for damages alleged to have been sustained on or about March 1, 1965 by reason of an accident which occurred on Lake Salvador and alleged to have been caused by the negligence of the officers, agents and/or employees of the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries.
John Doe is hereby authorized to file suit against the parish of East Baton Rouge, through the East Baton Rouge Recreation and Parks Commission, upon his claim for damages alleged to have been sustained on or about May 1, 1965 by reason of an accident which occurred on the Baton Rouge City Park golf course and alleged to have been caused by the negligence of the officers, agents and/or employees of the East Baton Rouge Recreation and Parks Commission.
John Doe is hereby authorized to file suit individually and for the use and benefit of his minor son against the East Baton Rouge Parish School Board for damages alleged to have been sustained on or about November 5, 1965 by reason of an accident which occurred at or near Lee High School and alleged to have been caused by the negligence of the officers, agents and/or employees of the East Baton Rouge Parish School Board.
"Section 2. Nothing herein contained shall be construed as conferring upon any of the persons hereinabove named any different or greater claims or cause of action than was had before adoption of this Act and, except as otherwise expressly provided herein, the effect of this authorization shall be nothing more than a waiver of prescription and a waiver of the immunity from suit and from liability of the state and/or any other political subdivision hereinafter named insofar as the suits herein authorized are concerned.
"Section 3. If any provision or item of this Act (or Concurrent Resolution) or the application thereof is held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect other provisions, items or applications of this Act (or Concurrent Resolution) which can be given effect without the invalid provisions, items or applications, and to this end the provisions of this Act (or Concurrent Resolution) are hereby declared severable.
"Section 4. All laws or parts of laws in conflict herewith are hereby repealed." (Do not include repealer clause if a concurrent resolution)
C. Any person obtaining legislative authorization to prosecute such an action by means of one or more provisions forming a part of an omnibus bill or resolution enacted into law or properly adopted by the legislature, shall be deemed to have legally proved such authority by the presentation to the court in which the action is brought of a certified copy or extract of that portion or portions of said bill or resolution which contains information relative only to such person, namely, the name of the person or persons authorized to institute the particular action; the name of the defendant; the name of the department, board, agency, commission, officer or other person or entity against whom and/or through which or whom the defendant is to be sued; the date and place of the occurrence of the damages; the statement that such damages were caused by the negligence of the officers, agents and/or employees of the defendant by reason of an accident or other appropriate circumstances, and the provisions waiving the immunity of the state from liability and from suit and waiving prescription. The claimant shall not be required to furnish to the court a copy of the entire omnibus bill or resolution containing the provisions relating to his particular authorization.
The secretary of state shall comply with the minimum requirements for such proof of authority by furnishing to any such claimant a copy of only that portion of the required legislation herein described and shall not require that a copy of the entire bill or resolution, or any unnecessary pages thereof, be purchased by such claimant.
Acts 1966, No. 285, §§1, 2. Amended by Acts 1970, No. 507, §1.
A. The attorney general and secretary of state shall digest and condense the context of all proposed constitutional amendments so as to be as brief as possible yet fully disclosing the purpose and intent of each amendment. Copies thereof shall be delivered to each newspaper within the state by the secretary of state.
B. This shall be in addition to all publications now required by law, and shall be for public service use by said newspapers.
Acts 1972, No. 382, §§1, 2; Acts 1988, No. 58, §1.
The repeal of any law shall not have the effect of releasing or extinguishing any penalty, forfeiture or liability, civil or criminal, incurred under such law unless the repealing act expressly so provides, and such law shall be treated as still remaining in force for the purpose of sustaining any proper action or prosecution for the enforcement of such penalty, forfeiture or liability.
Whenever constitutional amendments proposed by the legislature have been submitted to and voted upon by the people, those which have been ratified and adopted in the election shall be printed and published as laws of the State of Louisiana in the next volume of the acts of the legislature printed thereafter.
Repealed by Acts 2015, No. 383, §4, eff. July 1, 2015.
In addition to the distribution required by R.S. 25:125, after each session of the legislature, the secretary of state shall distribute one copy of the Acts and journals of each house of the legislature to the State Library of Louisiana, one copy of the Acts of the legislature to both the Huey P. Long Memorial Library and the Law Library of Louisiana at New Orleans, three copies of the Acts of the legislature to the clerk of the House of Representatives, and five copies of the Acts of the legislature to the secretary of the Senate.
Acts 2015, No. 383, §1, eff. July 1, 2015.
The Secretary of State is authorized to furnish to each member of the legislature for the term 1952-1956, except members who were reelected to succeed themselves and have been furnished the Revised Statutes, one set of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, including indices and all supplements.
Acts 1952, No. 311, §1.
A. Unless otherwise specifically provided therein, the provisions of each act of the legislature are severable, whether or not a provision to that effect is included in the act. If any provision or item of an act, or the application thereof, is held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect other provisions, items, or applications of the act which can be given effect without the invalid provision, item, or application.
B. This Section shall apply to acts of the legislature affecting general, and local and special laws, and statutes of the state, including the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, the Civil Code, the Code of Civil Procedure, the Code of Criminal Procedure, the Code of Evidence, and the Children's Code.
Added by Acts 1982, No. 132, §1; Acts 1988, No. 515, §10, eff. Jan. 1, 1989; Acts 2021, No. 158, §4.
A. Unless otherwise specifically provided therein, all laws or parts of laws in conflict with a provision of a law subsequently enacted by the legislature are repealed by the law subsequently enacted.
B. This Section shall apply to acts of the legislature affecting general, and local and special laws, and statutes of the state, including the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, the Civil Code, the Code of Civil Procedure, the Code of Criminal Procedure, the Code of Evidence, and the Children's Code.
Added by Acts 1982, No. 132, §1; Acts 1988, No. 515, §10, eff. Jan. 1, 1989; Acts 2021, No. 158, §4.
A. When the meaning of a law cannot be ascertained by the application of the provisions of Chapter 2 of the Preliminary Title of the Louisiana Civil Code and Chapter 1 of Title 1 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, the court shall consider the intent of the legislature.
B.(1) The text of a law is the best evidence of legislative intent.
(2)(a) The occasion and necessity for the law, the circumstances under which it was enacted, concepts of reasonableness, and contemporaneous legislative history may also be considered in determining legislative intent.
(b) The legislature may express the intended meaning of a law in a duly adopted concurrent resolution, by the same vote and, except for gubernatorial veto and time limitations for introduction, according to the same procedures and formalities required for enactment of that law.
C. The legislature is presumed to have enacted an article or statute in light of the preceding law involving the same subject matter and court decisions construing those articles or statutes, and where the new article or statute is worded differently from the preceding law, the legislature is presumed to have intended to change the law.
D. A bill introduced but which does not become law is not competent evidence of legislative intent. Any action by the legislature other than enactment of law or adoption of a resolution as provided in Subparagraph (B)(2)(b) of this Section shall not constitute a confession as to the meaning of the law extant.
E.(1) The keyword, one-liner, summary and adjoining information, abstract, digest, and other words and phrases contained outside the sections of a bill following the enacting clause are solely to provide the members of the legislature with general indicia of the content of the bill and are not subject to amendment by the legislature or any committee of the legislature and shall not constitute proof or indicia of legislative intent.
(2) Fiscal and actuarial notes provide the legislature with an analysis of the potential fiscal impact of a bill based on presumptions made by the legislative fiscal officer, actuary, economist, or analyst preparing the note and shall not constitute proof or indicia of legislative intent.
(3) Committee minutes are summary reports of committee proceedings and shall not constitute proof or indicia of legislative intent.
(4) Words and phrases not constituting the substance of an amendment or the recommendations of a conference committee report, and any other legislative staff documents which are not subject to amendment by the legislature or any committee of the legislature, shall not constitute proof or indicia of legislative intent.
Acts 2006, No. 826, §3.
In case the Code of Practice as enacted in the year 1870, contains any provisions contrary or repugnant to those of the Civil Code as enacted in the year 1870, the latter shall be considered as virtually repealed or thereby amended in that respect.
The Louisiana State Law Institute, organized under authority of the Board of Supervisors of the Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College, domiciled at the Law School of the Louisiana State University, is chartered, created and organized as an official advisory law revision commission, law reform agency and legal research agency of the State of Louisiana.
A. The governing body of the Louisiana State Law Institute shall be a council composed of ex officio members and elected members. The ex officio members shall be:
(1) One justice of the Supreme Court of Louisiana selected by the justices thereof.
(2) One judge of the intermediate Louisiana courts of appeal selected by the judges thereof.
(3) Two judges of the Louisiana district courts selected by the District Judges Association.
(4) One federal judge residing in Louisiana selected by the federal judges residing in Louisiana.
(5) The attorney general of the state of Louisiana.
(6) The executive counsel to the governor.
(7) The chairman of each judiciary committee of the Senate, the chairman of the House Civil Law and Procedure Committee, the chairman of the House Administration of Criminal Justice Committee, and the chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, or an attorney appointed by any of the above named chairmen who is a member of any of the foregoing committees, one additional member of the House of Representatives appointed by the speaker, and one additional member of the Senate appointed by the president of the Senate.
(8) The president of the Louisiana State Bar Association.
(9) The chairman of the Young Lawyers Section of the Louisiana State Bar Association.
(10) The dean of the Louisiana State University Law School.
(11) The dean of the Loyola University School of Law.
(12) The dean of the Southern University Law School.
(13) The dean of the Tulane University School of Law.
(14) The officers of the Louisiana State Law Institute.
(15) Any Louisiana members on the Council of the American Law Institute.
(16) Any Louisiana members of the Board of Governors of the American Bar Association.
(17) Any Louisiana members of the House of Delegates of the American Bar Association.
(18) Any Louisiana members of the Board of Governors of the National Bar Association.
(19) A Louisiana member of the National Bar Association to be appointed by the president of the organization.
(20) Two Louisiana members of the National Bar Association to be appointed by the president of the Louisiana Judicial Council of the National Bar Association.
(21) The president of the state chapter of the Louis A. Martinet Society or his designee.
(22) The state public defender or his designee.
(23) Two judges who are members of the Louisiana Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges appointed by the president of the Louisiana Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges or their designees. One of the judges shall be a judge of a court having exclusive family or family and juvenile jurisdiction, and the other shall be a judge of a court having exclusive juvenile or family and juvenile jurisdiction.
(24) The executive director of the Louisiana District Attorneys Association.
(25) The president of the Louisiana District Attorneys Association or a district attorney designated by the president.
(26) One judge who is a member of the Louisiana City Court Judges Association appointed by the president of the Louisiana City Court Judges Association or his designee.
B. The elected membership shall consist of thirty-one members, as follows: three shall be elected from the members of the faculty of the Louisiana State University Law School; three from the members of the faculty of the Loyola University School of Law; three from the members of the faculty of the Southern University Law School; three from the members of the faculty of the Tulane University School of Law; and nineteen from among the practicing attorneys of the state of Louisiana.
C. The terms of office of the members of the judiciary who are ex-officio members of the Council shall be four years. The other ex-officio members shall hold their positions during their respective terms of office.
D. The terms of office of the elected members of the Council shall be four years. The terms of office of the first elected members having been fixed and determined under Acts 166 of 1938 and 195 of 1942, their successors shall continue to be elected for terms of four years under such rules as the Council may adopt. The elected members of the Council shall be eligible for re-election.
E. Vacancies in the elected membership created by death, resignation or otherwise than by the expiration of the terms of office shall be filled by the Council under such rules as it may adopt. Vacancies occurring through the expiration of the terms of office shall be filled by election by the Council under such rules as it may adopt.
F.(1) All meetings of the Council shall be held at a meeting space located in a public building and open to the public for the purposes of the meeting. The institute shall select meeting space that is available without charge or at a reduced cost. At least half of the Council meetings held each year shall be in Baton Rouge.
(2) Public entities are authorized and encouraged to make meeting space available to the institute without charge or at a reduced cost.
(3) For meetings held in Baton Rouge, preference shall be given to meeting at Louisiana State University unless, after reasonable inquiry by the institute, another meeting space at a public building elsewhere in Baton Rouge is available at a lower cost.
G.(1) Meetings of the institute shall be subject to the Open Meetings Law and the Public Records Law.
(2)(a) Notwithstanding Paragraph (1) of this Subsection or provisions of the Open Meetings Law to the contrary, committees and subcommittees of the institute may conduct periodic meetings via electronic means provided that all of the following requirements are met:
(i) No later than twenty-four hours prior to the meeting, the institute shall provide the notice and agenda for the meeting, which shall include information regarding how members of the public may participate in the meeting and submit comments regarding matters on the agenda. The notice and agenda shall be posted on the website of the institute and emailed to any member of the public or the news media who requests notice of the committee or subcommittee's meetings.
(ii) The institute shall provide a mechanism to receive public comment electronically both prior to and during the meeting. The institute shall properly identify and acknowledge all public comments during the meeting and shall maintain those comments in its record of the meeting.
(iii) The institute shall ensure that each person participating in the meeting is properly identified and that all parts of the meeting, excluding any matter discussed in executive session, are clear and audible to all participants in the meeting, including the public.
(iv) A committee or subcommittee shall not conduct successive meetings via electronic means.
(b) The provisions of Subparagraph (a) of this Paragraph shall not limit the conduct of meetings via electronic means during a gubernatorially proclaimed or declared disaster or emergency in the manner provided by R.S. 42:17.1.
(c) The institute may adopt rules, regulations, and procedures to allow the public to participate in a meeting via electronic means.
(d) For purposes of this Paragraph, the following words and phrases shall have the following meanings:
(i) "Meeting via electronic means" shall mean a meeting occurring via teleconference or video conference.
(ii) "Teleconference" shall mean a method of communication that enables persons in different locations to participate in a meeting and to hear and otherwise communicate with each other.
(iii) "Video conference" shall mean a method of communication that enables persons in different locations to participate in a meeting and to see, hear, and otherwise communicate with each other.
Amended by Acts 1952, No. 126, §1; Acts 1954, No. 53, §1; Acts 1971, No. 161, §1; Acts 1976, No. 673, §1; Acts 1999, No. 238, §1; Acts 1999, No. 1318, §1; Acts 2010, No. 620, §1; Acts 2012, No. 188, §1; Acts 2016, No. 428, §1; Acts 2016, No. 536, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2017; Acts 2018, No. 220, §1, eff. May 15, 2018; Acts 2022, No. 613, §1, eff. June 18, 2022.
The council and other persons of the Louisiana State Law Institute are empowered to adopt a plan or plans of membership so designed as to encourage and invite the co-operation of all members of the legal profession in the work of the institute. The members of the council shall serve without any compensation for services as such. However, the council may fix and pay reasonable compensation to the director of the institute, and honoraria to members of the council who perform professional service for the institute, authorized by the council or the institute. Such employment or payment shall not be deemed a violation of any criminal law punishing the holding of more than one public office or employment in Louisiana.
A. The general purposes for which the Louisiana State Law Institute is formed are to promote and encourage the clarification and simplification of the law of Louisiana and its better adaptation to present social needs, to secure the better administration of justice, and to carry on scholarly legal research and scientific legal work. To that end it shall be the duty of the Louisiana State Law Institute:
(1) To consider needed improvements in both substantive and adjective law and to make recommendations concerning the same to the legislature.
(2) To examine and study the civil law of Louisiana and the Louisiana jurisprudence and statutes of the state with a view of discovering defects and inequities and of recommending needed reforms.
(3) To cooperate with the American Law Institute, the Uniform Law Commission, bar associations, and other learned societies and bodies by receiving, considering, and making reports on proposed changes in the law recommended by any such body.
(4) To receive and consider suggestions from judges, justices, public officials, lawyers, and the public generally as to defects and anachronisms in the law.
(5) To recommend from time to time such changes in the law as it deems necessary to modify or eliminate antiquated and inequitable rules of law, and to bring the law of the state, both civil and criminal, into harmony with modern conditions.
(6) To render biennial reports to the legislature, and if it deems advisable to accompany its reports with proposed bills to carry out any of its recommendations.
(7) To make available translations of civil law materials and commentaries and to provide by studies and other doctrinal writings, materials for the better understanding of the civil law of Louisiana and the philosophy upon which it is based.
(8) To recommend the repeal of obsolete articles in the Civil Code and Code of Civil Procedure and to suggest needed amendments, additions, and repeals.
(9) To organize and conduct an annual meeting within the state for scholarly discussions of current problems in Louisiana law, bringing together representatives of the legislature, practicing attorneys, members of the bench and bar, and representatives of the law teaching profession.
(10) To make recommendations to the legislature on a biennial basis for the repeal, removal or revision of provisions of law that have been declared unconstitutional by final and definitive court judgment.
B. Legislation submitted on recommendation of the Louisiana State Law Institute shall have affixed to it a digest of the legislation. The digest shall be prepared by the Louisiana State Law Institute. The form and contents of the digest shall be as prescribed by the rules or practice of the legislature for digests of legislative instruments, but shall include a summary of each minority report authored by a member of the law institute. The digest shall not constitute a part of the legislation.
C. Any member of the Louisiana State Law Institute may author a minority report regarding any legislation submitted on recommendation of the Louisiana State Law Institute. The minority report shall include comments which accurately reflect a dissenting position or adverse position expressed by such member. Any other member may join and sign such minority report; however, no member may sign more than one minority report. The author of the minority report shall submit a copy of such report to each member of each standing committee of each house of the legislature to which such recommended legislation has been or is expected to be referred. All costs associated with furnishing such copies shall be paid by the Louisiana State Law Institute. Additionally, any member signing a minority report may present such report at any legislative hearing held on such recommended legislation.
Acts 1988, No. 206, §1; Acts 1999, No. 305, §1; Acts 2014, No. 598, §1, eff. June 12, 2014.
The Louisiana State Law Institute, in submitting reports to the legislature shall act solely in an advisory capacity. Its reports, studies, and recommended publications shall be public and available as provided by law.
Acts 2015, No. 383, §1, eff. July 1, 2015.
A. The following distribution is authorized of printed sets of materials containing the explanatory statements and notes accompanying the "Project of a Constitution for the State of Louisiana", prepared by the Louisiana State Law Institute pursuant to and in accordance with its mandate in Act No. 52 of 1946:
(1) To the governor and lieutenant governor of the state of Louisiana, one set each;
(2) To the office of the secretary of state, twenty-five sets to be retained by it at all times as a permanent public document;
(3) To each member of the legislature for the year in which the sets become available for distribution, one set each;
(4) To the justices of the Louisiana Supreme Court and the judges of the Louisiana Courts of Appeal, one set each;
(5) To the clerk of the Louisiana Supreme Court, to the clerks of the Louisiana Courts of Appeal, and to the clerks of the District Courts of the state of Louisiana, three sets each for the use of their respective offices;
(6) To the recorder of mortgages for the parish of Orleans, one set for the use of his office;
(7) To the members of the next constitutional convention, one set each;
(8) To the members of the Council of the Louisiana State Law Institute, one set each;
(9) To the Hill Memorial Library of Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College, three sets for the use thereof;
(10) To the State Library of Louisiana, the Huey P. Long Memorial Library, and to the Law Library of Louisiana at New Orleans, and to the Law Libraries of Southern University of Louisiana, Tulane University of Louisiana, and Loyola University of the South, three sets each for the use of those libraries;
(11) To the Law Library of Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College, fifty sets for the use of the library and for exchange purposes with state libraries of other states, agencies, or other institutions, and with law libraries of other educational institutions in other states.
B. Printed sets of the materials described in Subsection A of this Section may also be distributed to foreign governments or foreign institutions, as well as to other institutions, agencies or organizations within the United States as a means of acknowledging and promoting assistance and full cooperation in the interchange of information regarding current social and legal developments.
Acts 1954, No. 50, §1; Acts 1991, No. 938, §1.
The distribution authorized in R.S. 24:206 shall be made through the office of the secretary of state within a reasonable time after the printed sets of materials have been made available for distribution.
Added by Acts 1954, No. 50, §1.
The secretary of state may sell to the general public all sets in excess of the distribution provided in R.S. 24:206 at a reasonable price not to exceed twenty percent advance on the original cost.
Added by Acts 1954, No. 50, §1.
The Louisiana State Law Institute, as the official advisory law revision commission of the State of Louisiana, shall direct and supervise the continuous revision, clarification and co-ordination of the Louisiana Revised Statutes in a manner not inconsistent with the provisions of this Chapter.
A. At the close of each legislative session the Louisiana State Law Institute shall prepare printer's copy, either for a supplement to the Revised Statutes of 1950, or for a volume to be called "Louisiana Revised Statutes", containing the text of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950 as they may have been amended, and omitting therefrom or noting therein, those sections that have been repealed. There shall also be incorporated therein, in an appropriate place and classification, the text of all the new legislation of a general and public nature, assigning to these laws an appropriate Title, Chapter, and Section number, and indicating the source of the legislative acts from which they are taken.
B. When a conflict between two or more legislative acts affecting the same subject matter in the same provision of law cannot be resolved for the purpose of incorporating the text into the Revised Statutes, the Louisiana State Law Institute shall so notify the secretary of the Senate and the clerk of the House of Representatives prior to preparing the printer's copy. The secretary and the clerk shall certify jointly which of the conflicting legislative acts was enacted last and jointly shall direct the institute to incorporate into the Revised Statutes the text of the provision of law last enacted.
C. The Louisiana State Law Institute shall also prepare and attach to the printer's copy a list, by number and title only, of the local, special, and private acts enacted at that session of the legislature.
Acts 1990, No. 38, §1.
In preparing the printer's copy provided for in R.S. 24:252, the Louisiana State Law Institute shall not alter the sense, meaning or effect of any act of the legislature, but it may:
(1) Renumber and rearrange sections or parts of sections;
(2) Transfer sections or divide sections so as to give to distinct subject matters a separate section number, but without changing the meaning;
(3) Insert or change the wording of headnotes;
(4) Change reference numbers to agree with renumbered chapters or sections;
(5) Substitute the proper section or chapter number for the terms "this act", "the preceding section" and the like;
(6) Strike out figures where they are merely a repetition of written words and vice-versa;
(7) Change capitalization for the purpose of uniformity;
(8) Correct manifest typographical and grammatical errors, and
(9) Make any other purely formal or clerical changes in keeping with the purpose of the revision.
The Institute shall omit all titles of acts, all enacting, resolving, and repealing clauses, all appropriation measures, all temporary statutes, all declarations of emergency, and all validity, declaration of policy, and construction clauses, except when the retention thereof is necessary to preserve the full meaning and intent of the law. Whenever any validity, declaration of policy, or construction clause is omitted, proper notation of the omission shall be made.
A. Whenever a law defines terms, enumerates provisions or items, or otherwise sets forth provisions of law in a numerical or alphabetical listing or sequence, and such provision, as enacted or amended, fails to establish or fails to maintain an existing alphabetical or numerical sequence, the Louisiana State Law Institute, in preparing the printer's copy as provided for by R.S. 24:252, shall rearrange and renumber or redesignate the provisions to the extent necessary to place all of them in consistent order.
B. This requirement is in addition to any other authority granted to the Louisiana State Law Institute in the preparation of printer's copy, particularly by R.S. 24:253.
Added by Acts 1982, No. 130, §1.
A copy of the printer's copy prepared by the Louisiana State Law Institute for supplement to the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, the Louisiana Code of Civil Procedure, the Louisiana Code of Criminal Procedure, the Civil Code of the State of Louisiana, the Louisiana Code of Evidence, and the Louisiana Constitution of 1974 shall be submitted to the secretary of the Senate and the clerk of the House of Representatives at the time the printer's copy is transmitted to the printer. The copy shall be submitted in segments when it is prepared and transmitted to the printer in segments.
Added by Acts 1982, No. 130, §1. Amended by Acts 1992, No. 376, §5, eff. Jan. 1, 1993.
The printer's copy for any edition of the Louisiana Revised Statutes, or of any supplement thereto, prepared in the manner provided in R.S. 24:252 and 24:253 shall be delivered to the secretary of state together with the certification of the Institute that each section therein has been compared with the original sections in the official copy of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, or in the case of sections of acts enacted after the adoption of the Revised Statutes of 1950, with the original provisions of the enrolled acts from which the sections were derived, and that with the exception of the changes of form permitted in R.S. 24:253, the sections in the printer's copy are correct. Upon receipt of the printer's copy, the secretary of state shall order the printing of an edition sufficient in number to supply the demand. When the edition has been printed the secretary of state shall, after making the necessary comparison with the original printer's copy, affix to one copy of the printed edition the Institute's original certificate and file the same for record in his office. All other copies of the same edition may contain a printed facsimile of the Institute's certificate.
Any section in any subsequent edition or supplement of the Louisiana Revised Statutes, prepared by the Institute may be amended or repealed by reference to the section number, without reference to the legislative act from which the section was taken.
The secretary of state is authorized to enter into contracts with private publishers for the printing, publication, sale and distribution of any edition or supplement of the Louisiana Revised Statutes prepared by the Institute and certified by it pursuant to the provisions of this Chapter. Those editions so authorized by the Secretary of State and containing the printed facsimile of the Institute's certificate of correctness shall be admissible as prima facie evidence of the laws contained therein.
§§401 to 411 Repealed by Acts 1988, No. 58, §5.
The speaker of the House of Representatives and the speaker pro tempore of the House of Representatives shall be elected viva voce from among the membership of the house by the membership of the house in accordance with such rules of the House of Representatives governing the election of the speaker and speaker pro tempore as were in force at the adjournment of the immediately preceding regular session of the legislature.
Added by Acts 1972, No. 325, §1. Amended by Acts 1976, No. 632, §1.
A. The salary of the speaker of the House of Representatives shall be thirty-two thousand dollars per annum, such salary to be payable monthly on his own warrant and drawn on the general fund of the state. This salary shall be compensation to the speaker for service to the House of Representatives, including that rendered during regular and extraordinary sessions of the legislature and during the interim between sessions.
B. In addition to the days for which he is authorized a per diem as provided in R.S. 24:31 or for attendance at meetings of legislative and other committees or commissions during the interim between sessions, the speaker shall be paid the per diem authorized in R.S. 24:31 for each day spent in the state capitol in the conduct of the business of his office, upon filing of a voucher for each such day with the clerk of the House.
Added by Acts 1972, No. 325, §1. Amended by Acts 1980, No. 42, §1, eff. June 5, 1980; Acts 1984, No. 192, §1, eff. June 27, 1984; Acts 1992, No. 520, §1, June 26, 1992; Acts 1993, No. 248, §1.
A. The president of the Senate and the speaker of the House of Representatives shall be entitled to be reimbursed for actual expenses, including but not limited to travel, lodging expenses, and for attendance at meetings, conferences, and appearances in connection with their official duties, in an amount not to exceed ten thousand dollars per annum, to be paid monthly on their own warrants and drawn on the general fund of the state.
B. The president of the Senate and speaker of the House of Representatives shall be entitled to be reimbursed for expenses incurred in maintaining a residence in the capital city, in an amount not to exceed one thousand dollars per month, upon filing an itemized statement of expenses and appropriate invoices or receipts supporting the same with the chief clerical officer of their respective house of the legislature.
Added by Acts 1972, No. 325, §1. Amended by Acts 1975, No. 605, §1, eff. May 10, 1976; Acts 1981, No. 257, §1; Acts 1997, No. 1316, §1, eff. July 1, 1997.
A. The speaker pro tempore of the House of Representatives shall, upon the death of the speaker of the House of Representatives, assume the powers, duties, responsibilities, and emoluments of the speaker of the House until the first regular or special session of the legislature thereafter, at which time a new speaker shall be elected. The speaker pro tempore, in the event of the disability or absence of the speaker of the House of Representatives as certified by the speaker of the House or a majority of the members of the House of Representatives by roll call vote or mail ballot, shall assume the powers, duties, and responsibilities of the speaker until the termination of such disability or absence, and the House of Representatives shall make appropriate financial recompense for such service.
B. The salary of the speaker pro tempore of the House of Representatives shall be twenty-four thousand five hundred dollars per annum. This salary shall be compensation to the speaker pro tempore for service to the House of Representatives, including that rendered during regular and extraordinary sessions of the legislature and during the interim between sessions. The salary provided for in this Section shall be payable in the same manner as provided in R.S. 24:31.1(B). The speaker pro tempore shall be entitled to the per diem and all other allowances provided by law for members of the Legislature of Louisiana.
Added by Acts 1972, No. 325, §1; Acts 1997, No. 1316, §1, eff. July 1, 1997.
The president of the Senate and the president pro tempore of the Senate shall be elected from among the membership of the Senate by the membership thereof in accordance with the rules of the Senate governing the election of the president and president pro tempore.
Added by Acts 1975, No. 605, §1, eff. May 10, 1976.
A. The salary of the president of the Senate shall be thirty-two thousand dollars per annum, such salary to be payable monthly on his own warrant and drawn on the general fund of the state. This salary shall be compensation to the president for service to the Senate, including that rendered during regular and extraordinary sessions of the legislature and during the interim between sessions.
B. In addition to the days for which he is authorized a per diem as provided in R.S. 24:31 or for attendance at meetings of legislative and other committees or commissions during the interim between sessions, the president shall be paid the per diem authorized in R.S. 24:31 for each day spent in the state capitol in the conduct of the business of his office, upon filing of a voucher for each such day with the secretary of the Senate.
Added by Acts 1975, No. 605, §1, eff. May 10, 1976. Amended by Acts 1980, No. 42, §1, eff. June 5, 1980; Acts 1984, No. 192, §1, eff. June 27, 1984; Acts 1992, No. 520, §1, eff. June 26, 1992; Acts 1993, No. 248, §1.
A. The president pro tempore of the Senate shall, upon the death of the president of the Senate, assume the powers, duties, responsibilities, and emoluments of the president of the Senate until the first regular or extraordinary session of the legislature thereafter, at which time a new president shall be elected. The president pro tempore, in the event of the disability or absence of the president of the Senate as certified by the president of the Senate or by a majority of the members of the Senate by roll call vote or mail ballot, shall assume the powers, duties, and responsibilities of the president until the termination of such disability or absence, and the Senate shall make appropriate financial recompense for such service.
B. The salary of the president pro tempore of the Senate shall be twenty-four thousand five hundred dollars per annum. This salary shall be compensation to the president pro tempore for service to the Senate, including that rendered during regular and extraordinary sessions of the legislature and during the interim between sessions. The salary provided for in this Section shall be payable in the same manner as provided in R.S. 24:31.1(B). The president pro tempore shall be entitled to the per diem and all other allowances provided by law for members of the Legislature of Louisiana.
Added by Acts 1975, No. 605, §1, eff. May 10, 1976; Acts 1997, No. 1316, §1, eff. July 1, 1997.
A. The legislative auditor shall be a duly qualified elector and a licensed certified public accountant, and shall serve at the pleasure of the legislature.
B. The legislative auditor shall take an oath of office and give bond with good and solvent surety in the sum of fifty thousand dollars in favor of the president of the Senate and the speaker of the House of Representatives, jointly, and conditioned upon the faithful performance of the duties of his office. This bond shall be filed in the office of the secretary of state within thirty days after the issuance of his commission by the governor.
C. Any vacancy in the office of legislative auditor shall be filled on a temporary basis with the concurrence of the president of the Senate, the speaker of the House of Representatives, and the chairman and vice chairman of the Legislative Audit Advisory Council, or any three of them, until such time as the vacancy is filled by the legislature.
D. The legislative auditor is authorized to administer oaths and take the testimony of those sworn.
E. There shall be a first assistant legislative auditor who shall be appointed by the legislative auditor, subject to Senate confirmation, who shall serve at the pleasure of the legislative auditor at a salary fixed by the legislative auditor. The duties of the first assistant legislative auditor shall be determined and assigned by the legislative auditor. The first assistant legislative auditor shall serve as acting legislative auditor in the absence of the legislative auditor or if a vacancy occurs in the office of legislative auditor until a temporary legislative auditor is appointed or until a new legislative auditor is elected by the legislature.
Acts 1975, No. 744, §1; Acts 1991, No. 610, §1, eff. Dec. 31, 1991; Acts 1999, No. 245, §1, eff. July 1, 1999; Acts 1999, No. 360, §1; Acts 2004, No. 614, §1.
A. The Special Recommendation Commission is hereby established. The purpose of the commission shall be to submit to the legislature the name of any person or persons whom the commission recommends to permanently fill a vacancy in the office of legislative auditor. It shall be comprised of the following members:
(1) The president and president pro tempore of the Senate.
(2) The speaker and speaker pro tempore of the House of Representatives.
(3) The chairman and vice chairman of the Legislative Audit Advisory Council.
(4) The chairman, or vice chairman if designated to serve by the chairman, of each of the following committees:
(a) Senate and Governmental Affairs Committee.
(b) House and Governmental Affairs Committee.
(c) Senate Finance Committee.
(d) House Appropriations Committee.
(e) Senate Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Committee.
(f) House Ways and Means Committee.
B. The commission shall notify the members of the legislature of a vacancy in the office of legislative auditor within fifteen days after the occurrence of such vacancy.
C. In addition to any other nominees considered by the commission for the office of legislative auditor, the commission shall also consider any nominee submitted to the commission by a member of the legislature.
D. The commission shall submit to the legislature its recommendation to fill the office of legislative auditor not later than the convening of the next legislative session after the occurrence of the vacancy in the office of legislative auditor.
Acts 1999, No. 245, §1, eff. July 1, 1999.
The salary of the legislative auditor shall be fixed by the Legislative Audit Advisory Council and, together with all other expenses and salaries of his office, shall be paid out of funds appropriated by the legislature for that purpose.
Acts 1991, No. 610, §1, eff. Dec. 31, 1991; Acts 2008, No. 838, §1, eff. July 1, 2008.
A.(1)(a) Subject to Paragraph (3) of this Subsection, the legislative auditor shall have authority to compile financial statements and to examine, audit, or review the books and accounts of the state treasurer, all public boards, commissions, agencies, departments, political subdivisions of the state, public officials and employees, public retirement systems enumerated in R.S. 11:173(A), municipalities, and all other public or quasi public agencies or bodies, hereinafter collectively referred to as the "auditee". The scope of the examinations may include financial accountability, legal compliance and evaluations of the economy, efficiency, and effectiveness of the auditee's programs or any combination of the foregoing. In addition to the authority granted above, the legislative auditor shall have access to and be permitted to examine all papers, books, accounts, records, files, instruments, documents, films, tapes, and any other forms of recordation of all auditees, including but not limited to computers and recording devices, and all software and hardware which hold data, is part of the technical processes leading up to the retention of data, or is part of the security system. This access shall not be prohibited by Paragraph (3) of this Subsection.
(b) For the sole purpose of this Subsection, a quasi public agency or body is defined as:
(i) An organization, either not-for-profit or for profit, created by the state of Louisiana or any political subdivision or agency thereof, any special district or authority, or unit of local government to perform a public purpose.
(ii) An organization, either not-for-profit or for profit, that is a component unit of a governmental reporting entity, as defined under generally accepted accounting principles.
(iii) An organization, either not-for-profit or for profit, created to perform a public purpose and having one or more of the following characteristics:
(aa) The governing body is elected by the general public.
(bb) A majority of the governing body is appointed by or authorized to be appointed by a governmental entity or individual governmental official as a part of his official duties.
(cc) The entity is the recipient of the proceeds of an ad valorem tax or general sales tax levied specifically for its operations.
(dd) The entity is able to directly issue debt, the interest on which is exempt from federal taxation.
(ee) The entity can be dissolved unilaterally by a governmental entity and its net assets assumed without compensation by that governmental entity.
(iv) Any not-for-profit organization that receives or expends any local or state assistance in any fiscal year. Assistance shall include grants, loans, transfers of property, awards, and direct appropriations of state or local public funds. Assistance shall not include guarantees, membership dues, vendor contracts for goods and services related to administrative support for a local or state assistance program, assistance to private or parochial schools except as provided in R.S. 17:4022, assistance to private colleges and universities, or benefits to individuals.
(v) Any organization, either not-for-profit or for profit, which is subject to the open meetings law and derives a portion of its income from payments received from any public agency or body.
(2) The financial statements of individual state agencies, departments, boards, and commissions that are included within the annual comprehensive financial report required pursuant to R.S. 39:80 shall be audited by the legislative auditor but may be audited by a licensed certified public accountant pursuant to the provisions of this Subsection.
(3) The financial statements of the offices of the independently elected public local officials, including judges, sheriffs, clerks of court, assessors, and district attorneys, all parish governing authorities, all political subdivisions created by parish governing authorities or by law, and all districts, boards, and commissions created by parish governing authorities either independently or in conjunction with other units of government, school boards, district public defender offices, municipalities, all political subdivisions created by municipal governing authorities, and all boards and commissions created by municipalities, either independently or in conjunction with other units of government, city courts, quasi-public agencies, housing authorities, mortgage authorities, or other political subdivisions of the state not included within the annual comprehensive financial reports required pursuant to R.S. 39:80, hereinafter collectively referred to as "local auditee", shall be audited or reviewed by licensed certified public accountants subject to Paragraphs (5) and (6) of this Subsection but may be audited by the legislative auditor pursuant to Paragraph (4) of this Subsection. The total compensation, reimbursements, and benefits of an agency head or political subdivision head or chief executive officer related to the position, including but not limited to travel, housing, unvouchered expenses, per diem, and registration fees, shall be reported as a supplemental report within the financial statement of the local auditee; however, nongovernmental entities or not-for-profit entities that receive public funds shall report only the use of public funds for the expenditures itemized in the supplemental report. Any person authorized to conduct an audit of a governmental entity pursuant to R.S. 37:77 shall be permitted to continue auditing that governmental entity subject to the approval of the legislative auditor provided for in Paragraphs (5) and (6) of this Subsection.
(4)(a) Notwithstanding Paragraph (3) of this Subsection and Subsection B of this Section, the legislative auditor may audit or investigate a local auditee only in those instances when:
(i) The local auditee has failed after thirty days written notice from the legislative auditor to comply with the provisions of this Section relating to timely audits.
(ii) The Legislative Audit Advisory Council and the legislative auditor have determined that the local auditee is unable to pay for an audit by a licensed certified public accountant.
(iii) The local auditee exhibits a record of egregious control deficiencies and failures to comply with laws and regulations.
(iv) The legislative auditor has received complaints of illegal or irregular acts with respect to the local auditee.
(v) The local auditee, after requesting proposals for audit services, receives less than three proposals from licensed certified public accountants or the local auditee receives three or more proposals and the local auditee rejects all proposals for cause, including but not limited to excessive cost.
(vi) In the opinion of the legislative auditor and the Legislative Audit Advisory Council the best interest of the state of Louisiana would be served by his audit of the local auditee.
(b) Any local auditee selected for audit under the provisions of Item (a)(iii) of this Paragraph shall have the right of appeal to the Legislative Audit Advisory Council. Furthermore, the legislative auditor shall ensure that under the provisions of Item (a)(iii) of this Paragraph audit services are not duplicated.
(5)(a)(i) In lieu of examinations of the records and accounts of any office subject to audit or review by the legislative auditor, the legislative auditor may, at his discretion, accept an audit or review report prepared by a licensed certified public accountant, provided that such audit or review is performed in accordance with generally accepted governmental auditing standards and the Louisiana Governmental Audit Guide, which is to be jointly published by the legislative auditor and the Society of Louisiana Certified Public Accountant's Governmental Accounting and Auditing Committee, and further provided that the legislative auditor has approved the engagement letter in accordance with this Section. The Louisiana Governmental Audit Guide is a standard for audits and reviews of auditees within Louisiana and shall be produced by the society and the legislative auditor, with input from the Louisiana Municipal Association, the Louisiana Police Jury Association, the Louisiana School Board Association, and any other interested parties. Such audits shall be completed within six months of the close of the entity's fiscal year. Reviews shall be conducted in accordance with the authoritative pronouncements issued by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and guidance provided in the Louisiana Governmental Audit Guide. For the limited purpose of providing the audits and reviews as provided in this Subsection, the certified public accountant shall have the access and assistance privileges afforded the legislative auditor in Subsections E and I of this Section. However, the certified public accountant shall comply with any and all restrictions imposed by law on documents, data, or information deemed confidential by law and furnished to the certified public accountant during the course of the audit or review.
(ii) At any time after a disaster or emergency is declared under the provisions of R.S. 29:724(B)(1) which prevents an entity from completing its report within the period prescribed in Item (i) of this Subparagraph, the entity may ask the legislative auditor in writing for an extension of time to complete the report. The legislative auditor may approve the request at his discretion, subject to the approval of the Legislative Audit Advisory Council.
(b) It is the intent of the legislature that small audit firms and audit firms owned and controlled by socially and economically disadvantaged individuals shall have the maximum practicable opportunity to participate in contracts awarded to fulfill the requirements of this Section.
(6) The legislative auditor shall have the authority to prescribe the terms and conditions of any such audit or review conducted by a licensed certified public accountant and shall be authorized to approve said terms and conditions prior to its commencement and to require the office subject to audit to present said terms and conditions to him for approval. It is the joint responsibility of the office subject to audit or review and the certified public accountant to submit the engagement agreement to the legislative auditor for approval prior to the commencement of the audit. The legislative auditor shall also have access to the working papers of the accountant during the examination and subsequent to its termination.
(7) In order to fulfill the requirements imposed upon any public or quasi-public agency or body or political subdivision of the state by the provisions of this Subsection, any such body shall have the authority to contract for such professional services, without public bid, as are reasonably necessary.
(8) The legislative auditor shall make available, including by posting on its website, a list of best practices in preparation for an audit of public funds. Best practices may include:
(a) Written policies and procedures in place addressing all financial and business functions, including but not limited to budgeting, purchasing, disbursements, receipts, payroll, personnel, contracting, travel and expense reimbursements, ethics, debt service, disaster recovery, and credit, debit, or fuel cards, as applicable.
(b) Balance sheet and budget-to-actual comparisons for general fund and enterprise fund operations prepared and presented by the executive branch of the auditee to the legislative branch or governing body of the auditee at each scheduled meeting of the governing body.
(c) Bank reconciliations completed for all bank accounts within one month of each bank statement being available.
(d) Subsidiary ledgers reconciled to the general ledger at least quarterly.
(e) Bank deposits reconciled to the underlying receipts or equivalent documentation prior to deposit.
(f) Each credit card purchase supported by original receipts and including a description of its public purpose. Prior to payment, credit card statements reconciled to the supporting original receipt, approved by the signature of the elected official or employee who does not have access to the related credit card, and dated.
(g) Travel and expense reimbursements made in accordance with officially adopted per diem rates, or supported by an original receipt and include a description of the public purpose.
(h) Contractual payments made in accordance with the terms of the related written contract, as applicable.
(i) Compliance with annual training requirements under the Code of Governmental Ethics, if applicable to the local auditee, documented and maintained.
(j) A physical inventory of all fixed and movable property items conducted annually and reconciled to the recorded detailed listings of fixed and movable property.
(9) The legislative auditor shall have the sole authority to compile financial statements and to examine, audit, or review the books and accounts of any nonstate entity, including any local government entity or quasi-public entity, that receives funding for the construction of a new project through the Capital Outlay Act pursuant to R.S. 39:112(E)(4). Failure of a nonstate entity, including any local government entity or quasi-public entity, to comply with the provisions of R.S. 39:112(E)(4) shall result in an audit finding of noncompliance pursuant to this Section and for the purposes of R.S. 39:72.1.
B.(1) The accounts and records of each sheriff, in his function as ex officio tax collector, shall be audited in accordance with the provisions of this Section not less than once every year. Upon request, the tax collector shall provide the legislative auditor with a sworn statement of the amounts of cash on hand and taxes collected for the current year, with an itemized statement of all taxes assessed and uncollected. The statement shall indicate the reason for his failure to collect. Parish governing authorities and the governing authorities of other tax recipient bodies shall notify the legislative auditor, in writing, whenever any sheriff is delinquent in his settlements. All clerks of court and other public officers shall furnish certified copies of any documents or papers in their possession to the legislative auditor whenever he shall request the same, and these certified copies shall be furnished without charge.
(2) Any other local auditee or vendor that collects and distributes ad valorem taxes on behalf of a taxing authority shall have its tax collection and distribution fund audited annually and distribute a copy of the audit report to the legislative auditor and each taxing authority for which it collects taxes. The audit report shall include a sworn statement of the gross amount of taxes to be collected, any deductions made from the tax rolls, the amount of taxes collected, and the taxes distributed to the taxing authorities. The statement shall detail any taxes on hand at the end of the reporting period, the amounts of such balance belonging to the taxing authorities, the amounts of collections related to current tax collections, the amounts relating to prior year taxes, the amounts of any interest and penalties collected and disbursed, the extent to which the prior year tax collections relate to collection and audit efforts, and the reason, if any, for failure to collect. The statement shall include other disclosures as may be determined necessary by the legislative auditor. For fiscal periods beginning after December 31, 2010, the audit report required by this Paragraph shall be completed within six months of the close of the local auditee's or vendor's fiscal year.
(3) Any other local auditee or vendor that collects and distributes taxes other than ad valorem taxes on behalf of other taxing authorities shall have its annual financial statement audited and shall distribute a copy of the audit report to the legislative auditor and each taxing authority for which it collects taxes. The audit report shall have a footnote disclosure including total collections and a schedule of distribution by taxing authority. The statement shall include other disclosures as may be determined necessary by the legislative auditor. For fiscal periods beginning after December 31, 2010, the audit report required by this Paragraph shall be completed within six months of the close of the local auditee's or vendor's fiscal year.
C.(1) The legislative auditor shall have authority to evaluate on a continuing basis all aspects of any state, municipal, or parochial retirement system, funded in whole or in part out of public funds, as to its actuarial soundness. The legislative auditor shall make periodic detailed reports, both to the legislature and the governor, specifically setting forth his findings as to the actuarial soundness of such retirement systems. At least every five years, the reports produced by the legislative auditor shall include comparative summaries of each system's reported actuarial assumptions and funded ratio and the findings of the legislative auditor as to the appropriateness of each system's assumptions. In conducting such evaluations or any audit pursuant to R.S. 11:2260(A)(9)(b), the legislative auditor shall have complete access to all books, records, documents, and accounts of said retirement system and any participating employer thereof.
(2) This provision shall in no way be deemed to preclude the authority of any retirement system funded in whole or in part out of public funds to hire an actuary. However, any actuary employed by the legislature or legislative auditor shall be prohibited from serving as, or employing or contracting with any other actuary who is serving as, an actuary for any public retirement system within the state of Louisiana, with respect to such public retirement system, unless such service, employment, or contract is approved by the Legislative Audit Advisory Council as being in the best interest of the state of Louisiana.
D. In addition, the legislative auditor shall perform the following duties and functions:
(1) He shall, not later than the first day of each regular session of the legislature, prepare and submit to the governor and to the legislature his report on the financial statements of the state of Louisiana, together with such comments on internal control structure and compliance with laws and regulations that are appropriate. Supplemental statements shall be submitted at such other times as may be necessary to show probable changes.
(2)(a) He shall provide actuarial notes on proposed legislation as required by R.S. 24:521, and to provide for such function and related functions, he shall employ such personnel as necessary, including a legislative actuary.
(b) He shall fix the salary and establish the duties and functions of the legislative actuary and other such personnel.
(3)(a) He shall employ personnel as may be necessary to perform the duties and functions imposed herein, and may employ professional and technical personnel as may be necessary in the unclassified service, subject to the other provisions of this Section.
(b) He may perform criminal history records checks of current and prospective employees, designated by the legislative auditor to audit the records of an agency listed in R.S. 15:587.5, who have access to federal tax information.
(4)(a) He shall conduct performance audits, program evaluations, and other studies as are needed to enable the legislature and its committees to evaluate the efficiency, effectiveness, and operation of state programs and activities.
(b) The legislative auditor shall review the cost recovery budget request forms completed for each budget unit in the executive branch of state government as provided in R.S. 39:32 at least once every four years to determine if the fees are adequate to cover the costs associated with the service. The legislative auditor shall report his findings to the Joint Legislative Committee on the Budget.
(5) Notwithstanding any other provisions of law to the contrary, including R.S. 6:103(F), when the commissioner of financial institutions, or an authorized employee thereof, has informed the legislative auditor pursuant to R.S. 6:103(B)(6) of a failure by a financial institution to furnish adequate security for public funds deposited with it when such security is required by law, regulation, or by contract, the legislative auditor is authorized to notify a "state depositing authority," as defined in R.S. 49:319, or a "local depositing authority," as defined in R.S. 39:1211, of such failure. A copy of the notice shall be forwarded by the legislative auditor to the financial institution which is the subject of such notice.
(6) He shall establish and provide for an electronic mail notification system to notify subscribers of changes to the list of auditees not in compliance with this Part.
(7) He shall appoint a state child ombudsman to serve the functions provided in R.S. 24:525, subject to legislative appropriation, and employ personnel as may be necessary for the state child ombudsman to perform the duties and functions imposed upon him.
(8) He shall establish and maintain the Louisiana Transparency Portal in the manner provided by Part III of this Chapter as a centralized, searchable website, referred to as the "Louisiana Transparency Portal", that shall serve as an interactive portal for the public to access fiscal information, including data and reports of state expenditures, contracts, incentive expenditures, revenues, and other financial matters. For the purposes of this Paragraph, the datasets provided to the legislative auditor pursuant to R.S. 39:16.2 meet the information requirements for the portal for the state agencies that are included in the LaGov statewide enterprise resource planning system; however, the legislative auditor, with the approval of the Legislative Audit Advisory Council, may require the production of additional information.
E. In the performance of his duties as herein stated, the legislative auditor, or any member of his staff designated by him, shall have the power to inspect and to make copies of any books, records, instruments, documents, files, films, tapes, and other forms of recordation, including but not limited to computer and recording devices, of the auditee. He may call upon the auditee and any of its officials and staff for assistance and advice, and such assistance shall be given through the assignment of personnel or in such other manner as necessity requires.
F.(1) The legislative auditor shall have authority to compile financial statements and to examine, audit, or review the books and accounts of all private water supply systems. The scope of the examinations may include financial accountability, legal compliance and evaluations of the economy, efficiency, and effectiveness of the private water supply systems or any combination of the foregoing. In addition to the authority granted above, the legislative auditor shall have access to and be permitted to examine all papers, books, accounts, records, files, instruments, documents, films, tapes, and any other forms of recordation of all private water supply systems, including but not limited to computers and recording devices, and all software and hardware which hold data, are part of the technical processes leading up to the retention of data, or are part of the security system.
(2) For the purpose of this Subsection, "private water supply system" means any private water system which receives local or state assistance in any fiscal year and does not have audited financial statements prepared by licensed certified public accountants. Assistance shall include grants, loans, transfers of property, awards, and direct appropriations of state or local public funds. Assistance shall not include guarantees, membership dues, vendor contracts for goods and services related to administrative support for a local or state assistance program, or benefits to individuals.
(3) The financial statements of a private water supply system shall be audited or reviewed by licensed certified public accountants subject to Paragraphs (A)(5) and (6) of this Section, but may be audited by the legislative auditor pursuant to Paragraph (A)(4) of this Section. Any person authorized to conduct an audit of a governmental entity pursuant to R.S. 37:77 shall be permitted to audit the private water supply system subject to the approval of the legislative auditor provided for in Paragraphs (A)(5) and (6) of this Section.
(4) State or local assistance and other funds and expenditures of private water supply systems shall be audited.
G.(1) The audit reports issued by the legislative auditor or accepted by the legislative auditor pursuant to this Section or R.S. 46:1064(B), shall be subject to the laws providing for inspection of public records and shall be available in the office of the legislative auditor three days after the date of issuance of the reports as provided by R.S. 44:6. However, this Subsection shall not apply to any documents, data, or information furnished the legislative auditor which are deemed confidential by law.
(2)(a) An application to a court of competent jurisdiction for a temporary restraining order, preliminary injunction, or permanent injunction barring the release of an audit report, as described in this Subsection, shall be assigned for hearing by the court not less than two nor more than ten days after service of the petition for a temporary restraining order, preliminary injunction, or permanent injunction. Any order granting or denying the relief prayed for shall be rendered by the court within forty-eight hours following the conclusion of the hearing.
(b) If an aggrieved party seeks an appeal, the appeal shall be filed in the appropriate appellate court not later than the seventh day after the judgment is rendered and shall be tried on the original records and by preference over all other cases. The appellate court shall render its decision within ten days after submission.
H.(1) All auditees and their officials and staff are hereby directed to assist the legislative auditor in his work and to furnish such information, reports, aid, services, and assistance as may be requested, all without any cost or charge. It shall be the duty of the attorney general and the local district attorney to give assistance to the legislative auditor. The attorney general shall render his opinion in writing on any subject requested by the legislative auditor.
(2)(a) Each auditee shall designate an individual who shall be responsible for filing annual financial reports with the legislative auditor and shall notify the legislative auditor of the name and address of the person so designated.
(b) A governmental entity that provides funding to a quasi public agency or body shall notify each such quasi public agency or body of the requirements of this Paragraph.
I. The authority granted to the legislative auditor in this Section to examine, audit, inspect or copy shall extend to all books, accounts, papers, documents, records, files, instruments, films, tapes, and any other forms of recordation, including but not limited to computers and recording devices, whether confidential or otherwise. However, the legislative auditor shall comply with any and all restrictions imposed by law on documents, data, or information deemed confidential by law and furnished to the legislative auditor.
J.(1) The audits enumerated in Subsection A of this Section shall be conducted frequently enough to control and safeguard the assets of the auditee as follows:
(a)(i) The financial statements of the state of Louisiana shall be audited annually. The financial statements of individual state agencies, departments, boards, and commissions shall be audited at least once every two years, to include the transactions of both years. However, the financial statements of individual state agencies, departments, boards, and commissions that compose a material part of the state's financial statements, as determined by the legislative auditor, shall be subjected to audit tests annually.
(ii) However, at the discretion of the legislative auditor, the audit provisions of Subparagraph (c) of this Paragraph as they pertain to audit frequency and level of assurance required, may apply to an individual state agency, department, board, or commission.
(b) The accounts and financial statements of parish tax collectors shall be audited annually.
(c) The financial statements of local auditees as defined in Paragraph (A)(3) of this Section shall be audited as follows:
(i)(aa) Any local auditee that receives seventy-five thousand dollars or less in revenues and other sources in any one fiscal year shall not be required to have an audit but must file a certification with the legislative auditor indicating that it received seventy-five thousand dollars or less in funds for the fiscal year. Monies received from urban or rural development grants shall not be used in fiscal year computation of revenue amounts requiring an audit. The auditee shall annually file with the legislative auditor sworn financial statements as required by R.S. 24:514. However, the legislative auditor, at his discretion, may require such local auditee to have an audit of its books and accounts.
(bb) However, any volunteer fire department that receives seventy-five thousand dollars or less in funds in any one fiscal year shall not be required to have an audit but shall file a certification with the legislative auditor signed by the president of the volunteer fire department indicating that the department received seventy-five thousand dollars or less for the fiscal year and shall annually file with the legislative auditor sworn financial statements as required by R.S. 24:514. The legislative auditor, at his discretion, may require any such volunteer fire department to have an audit of its books and accounts.
(cc) However, a justice of the peace or constable of a justice of the peace court shall not be required to have an audit, but must file a certification with the legislative auditor indicating the amount of funds related to his official duties that he received for the fiscal year. Also he shall annually file with the legislative auditor sworn financial statements. The legislative auditor, at his discretion, may require a justice of the peace or constable to have an audit of his books. If a justice of the peace or constable of a justice of the peace court receives from his official duties in excess of two hundred thousand dollars in revenues and other sources in any one fiscal year, the requirements of Item (ii) of this Subparagraph shall be applicable to such justice of the peace or constable.
(ii) Notwithstanding the provisions of R.S. 24:514, any local auditee that receives more than seventy-five thousand dollars in revenues and other sources in any one fiscal year, but less than two hundred thousand dollars, shall cause to be conducted an annual compilation of its financial statements, with or without footnotes, in accordance with the Louisiana Governmental Audit Guide. However, the legislative auditor, at his discretion, may require such local auditee to have an audit of its books and accounts.
(iii) Any local auditee that receives two hundred thousand dollars or more in revenues and other sources in any one fiscal year, but less than five hundred thousand dollars, shall cause to be conducted an annual review of its financial statements to be accompanied by an attestation report in accordance with the Louisiana Governmental Audit Guide. However, the legislative auditor, at his discretion, may require said local auditee to have an audit of its books and accounts.
(iv) Any local auditee that receives five hundred thousand dollars or more in revenues and other sources in any one fiscal year shall be audited annually.
(v) Repealed by Acts 2022, No. 369, §4, eff. June 10, 2022.
(d) The provisions of Subparagraph (1)(c) of this Subsection shall apply to the state or local assistance received and/or expended by a quasi public agency or body when such funds are not commingled with other funds of the quasi public agency or body. However, if the state or local assistance received and/or expended by a quasi public agency or body is commingled with other funds of the quasi public agency or body then such state or local assistance and other funds of the quasi public agency or body shall be audited pursuant to Subparagraph (1)(c) of this Subsection.
(2) The provisions of this Section shall be deemed minimum audit requirements and nothing within this Section shall prohibit a political subdivision from providing for more frequent audits, subject to the approval of the engagement agreement by the legislative auditor.
(3) Notwithstanding the provisions of Subparagraph (1)(d) of this Subsection, any auditee described in Item (A)(1)(b)(v) of this Section shall be audited in accordance with Subitem (1)(c)(i)(aa) of this Subsection when it has received seventy-five thousand or less in public funds in any one fiscal year. Any such auditee shall be audited in accordance with Item (1)(c)(ii) of this Subsection when it has received more than seventy-five thousand dollars in public funds in any one fiscal year. Any such auditee shall be audited in accordance with Item (1)(c)(iii) of this Subsection when it has received three hundred fifty thousand or more in public funds in any one fiscal year. Any such auditee shall be audited in accordance with Item (1)(c)(iv) of this Subsection when it has received three million five hundred thousand dollars or more in public funds.
(4)(a) Notwithstanding any provision of this Section to the contrary, any entity which establishes scholastic rules which are the basis for the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education's policy required by R.S. 17:176 to be adhered to by all high schools under the board's jurisdiction shall not be required to be audited by the legislative auditor but shall file an audit with the legislative auditor and the Legislative Audit Advisory Council which has been prepared by an auditing firm which has been approved by the legislative auditor. Such entity shall submit such audit to the legislative auditor and the Legislative Audit Advisory Council.
(b) The Legislative Audit Advisory Council may order an audit by the legislative auditor upon a finding of cause by the council.
K. Whoever violates the provisions of this Section shall be fined not more than one thousand dollars and shall be deemed guilty of malfeasance and gross misconduct in office, and shall be subject to removal.
L. Notwithstanding the provisions of Subsection B of this Section or of any other provision of law to the contrary, a sheriff and ex-officio tax collector shall have the option of having the annual and biennial audits of his office as provided in Subparagraphs (J)(1)(b) and (c) of this Section conducted either by the legislative auditor or by a private certified public accountant pursuant to the provisions of this Section.
M.(1) In the performance of his duties the legislative auditor, or any member of his staff designated by him, may compel the production of public and private books, documents, records, papers, films, tapes, and electronic data processing media. For such purpose the legislative auditor and the chairman of the Legislative Audit Advisory Council may jointly issue a subpoena for the production of documentary evidence to compel the production of any books, documents, records, papers, films, tapes, and electronic data processing media regarding any transaction involving a governmental entity. The subpoena may be served by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, to the addressee's business address, or by representatives appointed by the legislative auditor, or shall be directed for service to the sheriff of the parish where the addressee resides or is found.
(2) If a person refuses to obey a subpoena issued under any Section of this Part, a judicial district court, upon joint application by the legislative auditor and the chairman of the Legislative Audit Advisory Council, may issue to the person an order requiring him to appear before the court to show cause why he should not be held in contempt for refusal to obey the subpoena. Failure to obey a subpoena may be punished as a contempt of court.
N. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the legislative auditor may issue, receive or accept, and maintain audit reports electronically.
O. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, the legislative auditor shall annually review, calculate, and certify, using the grand recapitulation of the assessment roll provided to the legislative auditor by the Louisiana Tax Commission, the amount due to each public retirement system as provided by law. The legislative auditor shall submit to each sheriff or other official responsible for tax collection a report setting forth the certified remittance due from each tax recipient body to each public retirement system.
P.(1) Upon request, either pursuant to a concurrent resolution adopted by the legislature or a written joint request from the speaker of the House of Representatives and the president of the Senate, an auditee of state government shall provide the legislative auditor with electronic access to a synchronized copy of the data points as they exist in the auditee's system, including those regarding expenditures, revenues, contracts, and financial matters.
(2) The legislative auditor shall utilize this data to perform and fulfill his constitutional and statutory duties as a fiscal advisor to the legislature and to audit the fiscal records of the state and other entities. However, the legislative auditor shall comply with any and all restrictions imposed by law on any of the data received pursuant to this Subsection that is deemed confidential, privileged, or otherwise restricted, and any reports which use such data shall be released or published only in a manner that maintains any and all such restrictions.
(3) The legislative auditor shall develop a plan for the implementation of this Subsection. The plan shall be subject to the review and approval of the Legislative Audit Advisory Council.
(4) Any costs related to establishing the portals or connectivity necessary for auditees to comply with the requirements of Paragraph (1) of this Subsection shall be subject to the approval of the speaker of the House of Representatives and the president of the Senate.
(5) The provisions of this Subsection shall not apply to the Department of Justice.
(6) The provisions of this Subsection shall not apply to the Department of State.
(7) Nothing in this Subsection shall be construed to require an auditee to provide electronic access to a synchronized copy of data, records, or other information if such data, records, or other information is protected by an attorney-client privilege or if disclosure of such data, records, or other information is prohibited by federal law, rule, or regulation or contractual obligation.
(8) Nothing in this Subsection shall be construed to limit the legislative auditor's access to documents and data in any form authorized by this Section or the requirements imposed upon auditees to produce documents and data requested by the legislative auditor in any form authorized by this Section.
Acts 1991, No. 610, §1, eff. Dec. 31, 1991; Acts 1992, No. 585, §1; Acts 1993, No. 183, §1; Acts 1995, No. 467, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1996; Acts 1995, No. 686, §1, eff. June 21, 1995; Acts 1995, No. 877, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1996; Acts 2001, No. 646, §1; Acts 2001, No. 1102, §5; Acts 2003, No. 1170, §1; Acts 2004, No. 508, §1; Acts 2004, No. 548, §1; Acts 2004, No. 635, §1; Acts 2005, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 36, §1, eff. Dec. 6, 2005; Acts 2006, No. 629, §1; Acts 2007, No. 51, §2, eff. June 18, 2007; Acts 2007, No. 307, §4; Acts 2008, No. 838, §1, eff. July 1, 2008; Acts 2010, No. 711, §1; Acts 2010, No. 1045, §1; Acts 2011, No. 290, §1; Acts 2012, No. 218, §2; Acts 2012, No. 811, §7, eff. July 1, 2012; Acts 2014, No. 467, §2; Acts 2014, No. 706, §1; Acts 2014, No. 774, §1; Acts 2015, No. 375, §1; Acts 2015, No. 462, §1; Acts 2016, No. 460, §1; Acts 2016, No. 641, §1; Acts 2018, No. 363, §2, eff. May 20, 2018; Acts 2018, No. 470, §1, eff. May 23, 2018; Acts 2018, No. 530, §1, eff. May 23, 2018; Acts 2018, No. 531, §1; Acts 2019, No. 440, §1, eff. June 22, 2019; Acts 2020, No. 274, §1; Acts 2022, No. 369, §§1, 4, eff. June 10, 2022; Acts 2023, No. 325, §1, eff. July 1, 2023; Acts 2023, No. 446, §1, eff. July 1, 2023; Acts 2024, No. 323, §1.
A. The legislative auditor, or any member of his staff designated by him, shall have authority to examine and audit the books and accounts of the Department of Revenue, and shall have access to all papers, books, records, files, instruments, documents, including tax returns and tax return information, films, tapes, and any other forms of recordation, including but not limited to computers and recording devices, and all software and hardware which hold data, is part of the technical processes leading up to the retention of data, or is part of the security system, which the legislative auditor, in his discretion, deems necessary for the purpose of making the audit, if such disclosure of information is not in contravention of any provision of federal law prohibiting the dissemination thereof.
B. The scope of the examination may include financial accountability, legal compliance, or evaluations of the economy, efficiency, and effectiveness of the Department of Revenue, or any combination of the foregoing.
C. In the performance of the audit and examination of the Department of Revenue, the legislative auditor, or any member of his staff designated by him, may inspect and make copies of any papers, books, records, files, instruments, documents, including tax returns and tax return information, films, tapes, and any other forms of recordation, including but not limited to computers and recording devices of the department. He may call upon the department for assistance and advice, and such assistance and advice shall be given through the assignment of personnel or in such other manner as necessity requires.
D. Any tax information, or copies thereof, furnished by the Department of Revenue to the legislative auditor, or any member of his staff designated by him, shall be considered confidential and privileged by the legislative auditor and members of his staff. Any person divulging such information contrary to the provisions of R.S. 47:1508 shall be punished by imprisonment for not more than two years, or fined not more than ten thousand dollars, or both.
E. The legislative auditor shall perform criminal history records checks of current and prospective employees, designated by the legislative auditor to audit the records of the Department of Revenue, in accordance with the procedures provided in R.S. 15:587.5. Pursuant to this authorization and to implement the requirements of R.S. 15:587.5, the legislative auditor shall establish policies with regard to this matter.
Acts 1991, No. 610, §1, eff. Dec. 31, 1991; Acts 2001, No. 1102, §5; Acts 2018, No. 363, §2, eff. May 20, 2018.
A. The legislative auditor shall establish and maintain a comprehensive computerized information system on boards, commissions, and like entities. The system shall include those state boards, commissions, and like entities as provided in Subsection D of this Section and those local boards, commissions, and like entities which are specifically created by law.
B. The information system shall include financial and personnel data for boards, commissions, and like entities, except for such entities which are budget units of the state as defined by R.S. 39:2 or which are included within such budget units.
These data shall include but not be limited to the following:
(1) Financial data for the last completed fiscal year, estimates covering the entire current fiscal year, and projections for the ensuing fiscal year, as follows:
(a) Fund balances of the licensing agency at the beginning and conclusion of each fiscal year.
(b) Revenues and receipts, itemized by source.
(c) Expenditures itemized by source of funds and expenditure category by each major function, program, or service.
(d) Number of classified, unclassified, and part-time employees.
(2) Clearly defined indicators of the quantity and quality of performance.
(3) Participation of agency personnel and board members in state employee benefit programs, including insurance and retirement.
C. The information system shall include a comprehensive listing of all boards, commissions, and like entities which shall include but not be limited to the following:
(1) Name of the board, commission, or like entity.
(2) Organizational placement under Title 36 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950.
(3) Statutory or other legal authority relative to the entity.
D. The information system shall provide for designation as a state board only entities created by law or executive order which are made a part of the executive branch of state government by the provisions of Title 36 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, or which are placed in an executive branch department or in the office of the governor or lieutenant governor by law or executive order, or which exercise any authority or perform any function of the executive branch of state government. The system shall also clearly designate entities created as political subdivisions of the state or of local government.
E. The auditor shall annually submit to the legislature a report including summary information on the financial and personnel information contained in the information system and shall report findings and recommendations resulting from any analysis of that information deemed necessary by the legislative auditor.
F. All agencies, boards, commissions, and departments of the state and its political subdivisions are hereby directed to furnish such information, reports, aid, services, and assistance as may be requested by the legislative auditor in the performance of his responsibilities as set forth in this Section, all without any cost or charge.
Acts 1989, No. 353, §1, eff. June 28, 1989; Acts 1991, No. 610, §1, eff. Dec. 31, 1991.
A. The legislature hereby recognizes that the legislative auditor is required by generally accepted auditing standards to determine whether gaming industry regulators are effectively performing their oversight function in the regulation of gaming operators in the state of Louisiana.
B.(1) In order to fulfill the duties imposed upon him by generally accepted auditing standards, the legislative auditor is authorized to accompany and/or observe any gaming industry regulators in the performance of their official duties in any gaming facility located within the state of Louisiana. However, the legislative auditor shall strive to use the least intrusive method of observation which will allow him to perform his duties hereunder. The legislative auditor may have access to the gaming facility to observe the gaming operations pursuant to this Subsection without the accompaniment of a gaming regulator only with the express written consent of the gaming operator unless such written consent is subsequently rescinded in writing by the gaming operator.
(2) "Gaming industry regulators", as used herein, shall mean the Department of Revenue, the Department of Public Safety and Corrections, the Riverboat Gaming Commission1, the Louisiana Economic Development and Gaming Corporation, any successor boards, commissions or departments which are formed to regulate the gaming industry in Louisiana and their representatives.
C. In addition and in furtherance of the legislative auditor's responsibility shown in Subsections A and B of this Section, provided the legislative auditor previously has obtained the written consent of the gaming operator and unless such written consent is subsequently rescinded in writing by the gaming operator, the legislative auditor may examine, audit, inspect, copy and/or review the books and records relating to revenues, including but not limited to accounts, papers, documents, files, instruments, films, tapes, all software and hardware which hold data, is part of the technical processes leading up to the retention of data, or is part of the security system, and any other forms of recordation relating to revenues, whether confidential or otherwise, of a gaming operator of a facility.
D. All files, records, reports, and other information pertaining to gaming matters in the possession of any gaming industry regulator shall be made available to the legislative auditor as necessary for the performance of his duties hereunder.
E. The legislative auditor may enter into restricted use and information sharing agreements with gaming industry regulators and law enforcement agencies. Information received pursuant to such agreements shall not be disclosed without the permission of the providing agency.
F.(1) The legislative auditor shall adopt a code of ethics for himself and his employees.
(2) Ethics codes adopted by the legislative auditor shall include but not be limited to the Code of Governmental Ethics and shall contain the following:
(a) The legislative auditor and his employees shall not be permitted to engage in gaming activities in an establishment licensed by a gaming industry regulator, except in the course of the person's duties.
(b) The legislative auditor and his employees shall not solicit or accept employment from an establishment licensed by a gaming industry regulator for a period of two years after termination of employment with the office of the legislative auditor.
(c) The legislative auditor and his employees shall not have a direct or indirect interest in an establishment licensed by a gaming industry regulator, or a holding, intermediary, or subsidiary company of such establishment during the employment of the legislative auditor and his employees.
(3) The legislative auditor, his employees, and any spouse or minor child of the legislative auditor and his employees shall not pay, lend, or contribute anything of value to a political candidate, political organization, political party, or political action committee.
(4) The legislative auditor and his employees shall not acquire a direct or indirect interest in or be employed by an establishment licensed by a gaming industry regulator for a period of two years after termination of employment with the office of the legislative auditor.
G. In performing the functions of this Section, the legislative auditor shall comply with any and all restrictions imposed by law and by any rule, regulation, or contractual agreement on documents, data, or information deemed confidential by law and by any rule, regulation, or contractual agreement.
Acts 1995, No. 1315, §1, eff. July 1, 1995; Acts 2001, No. 1102, §5.
1Abolished May 1, 1996. See R.S. 27:31(A)(2).
The legislative auditor shall have authority to compile financial statements and to examine, audit, or review the books and accounts of any not-for-profit organization which is created by a public official in the state of Louisiana, any political subdivision or agency thereof, any special district or authority, or unit of local government or by any other person for the purpose of accepting donations, charitable contributions, or other funds for disaster relief or recovery and which existence is promoted in any manner by one or more public officials or public entities in the state of Louisiana. The scope of the examinations may include financial accountability, legal compliance and evaluations of the economy, efficiency, and effectiveness of the auditee's programs or any combination of the foregoing. In addition to the authority granted above, the legislative auditor shall have access to and be permitted to examine all papers, books, accounts, records, files, instruments, documents, films, tapes, and any other forms of recordation of such an organization, including but not limited to computers and recording devices, and all software and hardware which hold data, are part of the technical processes leading up to the retention of data, or are part of the security system. For the purposes of this Chapter, any not-for-profit organization which is created by a public official of the state of Louisiana or any political subdivision or agency thereof, any special district or authority, or unit of local government or by any other person for the purpose of accepting donations, charitable contributions, or other funds for disaster relief or recovery and which existence is promoted in any manner by one or more public officials or public entities in the state of Louisiana shall be considered to be a "local auditee".
Acts 2005, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 36, §1, eff. Dec. 6, 2005.
A. The legislature hereby recognizes that judgments against political subdivisions established by statute should be timely paid; that delays in payment of judgments create burdens to taxpayers through the accrual of judicial or legal interest and potential decreases in bonding capacity; and that simple, regular, and full reporting of judgments against political subdivisions established by statute will promote transparency and accountability and inform the legislature in allocating state funds to political subdivisions by creating a measure of financial health and financial need. Therefore, it is the intent of the legislature, in the interest of the public, to require political subdivisions to report their unpaid judgments on a regular basis.
B. Each year, each political subdivision that is established by statute and that at any point in the then current or immediately prior year had total outstanding judgments, whether by a court of law or consent of the parties, in excess of seven million five hundred thousand dollars, exclusive of interest accrued thereupon, shall include in the information required to be submitted to the legislative auditor pursuant to R.S. 24:513 a complete list of all judgments, including consent judgments, settlement agreements, and compromise agreements, outstanding in any amount, including the following:
(1) The caption and number of the matter.
(2) The court in which the matter was filed.
(3) The date of the judgment or the date that the agreement was entered.
(4) The amount of the original judgment or agreement.
C. The legislative auditor shall develop, supervise, and require the use of uniform, standardized, and consistent forms and terminology for use in reporting pursuant to this Section in order to provide for clarity and uniformity.
D. The legislative auditor shall compile the reports required by this Section into a single biennial report and shall submit this biennial report to the Joint Legislative Committee on the Budget and the governor no later than December first.
E. The reporting requirements of this Section shall terminate on January 1, 2031.
F. The provisions of this Section shall not apply to any political subdivision created by home rule charter or governed by a police jury.
Acts 2024, No. 792, §1, eff. June 25, 2024.
A. The auditees and local auditees referred to in R.S. 24:513 shall furnish to the legislative auditor, annually, sworn annual financial statements.
B.(1) The annual sworn financial statements required under this Section shall be prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles and include such disclosures required by state and federal regulations, except as provided by Paragraphs (2) and (3) of Subsection B of this Section. The statements required by this Section shall include a recital that the financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the auditee; that the entity has maintained a system of internal control structure sufficient to safeguard assets and comply with laws and regulations; and that the entity has complied with all laws and regulations, or shall acknowledge exceptions thereto.
(2) Any local auditee which, under Louisiana law, can not issue bonds may issue annual financial statements on the cash basis of accounting, provided that such statements describe all outstanding obligations and fixed assets of the local auditee, amounts due the local entities and such disclosures required by state and federal regulations.
(3) The annual financial statements of the state of Louisiana shall be prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. The financial statements of individual state agencies, exclusive of the judiciary, shall be prepared in accordance with procedures and formats prescribed by the division of administration. The financial statements of the judiciary shall be prepared in accordance with procedures and formats prescribed by the Judiciary Budgetary Control Council, provided such procedures and formats provide for the compilation of the state's annual financial statements.
C. No officer shall destroy any voucher or other paper belonging to his office before it has been examined by the legislative auditor or certified public accountant authorized to perform an audit in lieu of the legislative auditor.
D. In addition to furnishing the annual sworn statements under Subsection A of this Section, all state, municipal, and parochial retirement systems funded in whole or part out of public funds shall furnish to the legislative auditor, annually, actuarial valuations. Such actuarial valuations shall be submitted to the legislative auditor between the first and one hundred and twentieth day following the close of the fiscal year of the retirement system.
E.(1) The annual sworn financial statements required under Subsection A of this Section shall be furnished to the legislative auditor between the first and ninetieth day following the close of the accounting year, provided that individual state agencies shall file annual financial statements within the time frame prescribed by the commissioner of administration.
(2) At any time after a disaster or emergency is declared under the provisions of R.S. 29:724(B)(1) which prevents a local auditee or quasi-public agency from furnishing sworn annual financial statements to the legislative auditor within the period prescribed in R.S. 24:514(E)(1), the local auditee or quasi-public agency may ask the legislative auditor in writing for an extension of time to complete the financial statements. The legislative auditor may approve the request at his discretion, subject to the approval of the Legislative Audit Advisory Council.
F.(1) The annual sworn financial statements required under the provisions of this Section shall not be filed by the reporting agency if the agency has filed an approved engagement agreement with the legislative auditor within sixty days of the close of the fiscal year to conduct an audit of its funds by a certified public accountant, the legislative auditor has approved the terms and conditions of the engagement agreement as authorized by R.S. 24:513, and the engagement agreement includes the period of the required report; provided however, when such agreement is for multiple fiscal years, financial statements must be submitted for the interim fiscal year.
(2) At any time after a disaster or emergency is declared under the provisions of R.S. 29:724(B)(1) which prevents a local auditee or quasi-public agency from filing an approved engagement agreement with the legislative auditor within the period prescribed in R.S. 24:514(F)(1), the local auditee or quasi-public agency may ask the legislative auditor in writing for an extension of time to file the engagement agreement. The legislative auditor may approve the request at his discretion, subject to the approval of the Legislative Audit Advisory Council.
G. The legislative auditor shall use the annual sworn statements and actuarial valuations provided for herein in connection with the audits, reviews, and valuations which he is authorized to conduct as provided by R.S. 24:513 and 513.1. If he finds that any irregularities exist, he shall call them to the attention of those responsible therefor. In case of any irregularities or defalcations or failure of any officer or employee to comply with the provisions of this Section, the legislative auditor shall notify the Legislative Audit Advisory Council.
H. Whenever any person required to make the sworn statement or actuarial valuation fails to do so or renders an inaccurate, incomplete, or otherwise improper statement or valuation, the legislative auditor shall have the power to petition directly or through his authorized representative to the courts for writs of mandamus to compel the filing of the sworn financial statements or actuarial valuations containing complete and accurate information. Any failure to obey a writ of mandamus issued by the court may be punished by the court as a contempt thereof.
I.(1) The annual financial statements of city, parish, and other local public school boards shall be accompanied by such schedules of performance and statistical data as may be developed by the legislative auditor and legislative staff, with assistance from the state Department of Education, and approved by the House Committee on Education and the Senate Committee on Education. Such performance and statistical data shall be the subject of assurances provided as part of the financial statement audits of local school boards to ensure that the information is complete and accurate. The assurances provided on such performance and statistical data shall be used for reporting to the legislature by the Department of Education. As an integral part of the legislative auditor's annual audit of the financial statements of the state of Louisiana, he shall review the Department of Education's compilation of the performance and statistical data, as reported by the local school boards, within the annual financial and statistical report of the department.
(2) The annual financial statements of eligible charter schools receiving loans as provided in R.S. 17:4001 shall be accompanied by a supplemental schedule developed by the legislative auditor, which shall include but not be limited to the following:
(a) Details on the approved loan, including total amounts of the loan, payments made, and outstanding balances.
(b) The amount expended on tangible items such as equipment, technology, and instructional materials.
(c) The amount expended on land acquisition and facility predevelopment and development costs, including construction hard and soft costs.
(d) The amount expended on facility acquisition, upgrade, repairs, and other eligible renovations.
(e) The amount expended for any other purposes approved by the division of administration that are related to the start-up, operation, expansion, or renovation of the eligible charter school.
Acts 1975, No. 744, §1. Amended by Acts 1979, No. 169, §2; Acts 1980, No. 801, §1; Acts 1981, No. 197, §1; Acts 1981, No. 470, §1; Acts 1982, No. 131, §1; Acts 1985, No. 978, §1; Acts 1991, No. 610, §1, eff. Dec. 31, 1991; Acts 1999, No. 472, §1; Acts 2001, No. 1102, §5; Acts 2005, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 36, §1, eff. Dec. 6, 2006; Acts 2025, No. 413, §2, eff. June 20, 2025.
A. All auditees shall designate or provide an office for their secretary, treasurer, or principal finance officer where their books and records must be kept. All accounts of such public funds shall be kept in the form prescribed by the legislative auditor and he shall have the authority to install a system of accounting in any office which he is authorized to examine and audit. Any failure of any auditee to furnish the legislative auditor with any information requested shall be immediately reported to the Legislative Audit Advisory Council which shall take such action as it may deem proper.
B.(1) The head of every auditee subject to examination and audit under the provisions of R.S. 24:513(A) shall maintain records of all land, buildings, improvements other than buildings, equipment, and any other general fixed assets which were purchased or otherwise acquired, and for which such entity is accountable. The records shall include information as to the date of purchase of such property or equipment, the initial cost, the disposition, if any, the purpose of such disposition, and the recipient of the property or equipment disposed of. When ascertaining the exact cost, exact selling price, or any other relevant information on property or equipment obtained prior to January 1, 1980, creates a hardship on the auditee, such agency may provide estimates of the information. The records shall be made available to the legislative auditor or, when the audit is conducted by a certified public accountant, the certified public accountant, at the time of examination and audit of the auditee, or any such time as the legislative auditor or certified public accountant requests the copies of such records be furnished. The records shall not include office supplies. Said records shall be used as one of the criteria in determining the rating which the auditee will be given.
(2) The records required to be maintained by Paragraph (l) hereof for state government shall be prepared on forms and conform to procedures developed and established by the division of administration in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act.
Acts 1975, No. 744, §1. Amended by Acts 1981, No. 207, §1; Acts 1982, No. 349, §1, eff. June 30, 1983; Acts 1991, No. 610, §1, eff. Dec. 31, 1991.
A. The legislature hereby recognizes that the reporting, accounting, and audit system of the district public defenders is fragmented and does not provide a comprehensive picture of certain judicial finances and the costs of operating the indigent defender system. Therefore, it is the intent of the legislature in the interests of the public to require the legislative auditor, by generally accepted auditing standards, to develop a uniform format for audit reports to assist district public defenders in reporting all major sources of revenue and expenditures.
B. In order to fulfill the duties imposed upon him by this Section, the legislative auditor shall require that such uniform audit reports for district public defenders include, at a minimum, but not be limited to the following:
(1) The amount of all state revenue provided by the legislature from general or special appropriations, or revenue passed through by state agencies.
(2) The amount of all revenue provided by local government from general or special appropriations, appropriations required by law, and revenue from the criminal court fund.
(3) The amount of grant funding from federal pass-through or categorical grants, grants from non-profit organizations, private and corporate foundations.
(4) The amount of funding received from any self-generated revenue.
C. The legislative auditor shall develop, supervise, and require the use of uniform, standardized, and consistent terminology for use in reporting on each source of revenue and each category of expenditure in order to provide for clarity.
D. Notwithstanding any other provisions of law to the contrary, the district public defender, and regional director, where applicable, shall commence to use uniform formats for audit reports developed by the legislative auditor by the end of Calendar Year 2007 for such boards on a calendar year schedule, or Fiscal Year 2007-2008 for such boards on a fiscal year schedule. The legislative auditor shall develop reporting schedules to assist such entities with standardized and uniform reporting requirements as provided for in this Section.
E. The legislative auditor shall review the uniform reporting system for audit reports on an annual basis to determine if it is consistent with state law and generally accepted accounting principles, and he shall revise the uniform reporting system as circumstances deem necessary. The legislative auditor shall have authority to determine whether the officials are complying with the requirements of the reporting system.
F. The legislative auditor shall annually submit to the legislature a report detailing compliance with the requirements of this Section, a report outlining the information contained in the uniform audit reports, and any findings and recommendations resulting from an analysis of the information submitted by such entities.
G. Any official who neglects, fails or refuses, to furnish the legislative auditor with a uniform audit report pursuant to this Section or fails to disclose or accurately disclose any information required in Subsection B shall be subject to a civil penalty for each day until such report or the required accurate information is filed. The amount of the penalty shall be one hundred dollars per day, not to exceed two thousand five hundred dollars for each violation.
Acts 2006, No. 597, §1, eff. June 23, 2006; Acts 2007, No. 307, §4.
A. The legislature hereby recognizes that the reporting of court costs, fines, and fees is fragmented and does not provide a comprehensive picture of certain judicial finances and the costs of operating the judicial system. Therefore, it is the intent of the legislature in the interest of the public to require the legislative auditor, by generally accepted auditing standards, to develop a uniform format for audit reports for all local and state auditees that assess, collect, or receive revenue from pre- or post-adjudication costs, fines, and fees, and which requires the reporting of certain information that helps to provide a more complete and accurate understanding of the types of costs, fines, and fees that are assessed, the amounts of the assessments, how the assessed amounts are collected and disbursed, and the cost of collecting the assessed amounts.
B. In order to fulfill the purposes of this Section, the legislative auditor and the Louisiana Supreme Court shall require that such uniform audit reports for the auditees described in Subsection A of this Section include, at a minimum, the amounts of all pre- and post-adjudication court costs, fines, and fees assessed or imposed; the amounts collected; the amounts outstanding; the amounts retained; the amounts disbursed; and the amounts received from disbursements.
C. The legislative auditor, jointly with the Louisiana Supreme Court, shall develop, supervise, and require the use of uniform, standardized, and consistent terminology for use in reporting on pre- and post-adjudication court costs, fines, and fees in order to provide for clarity.
D. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, local and state auditees described in Subsection A of this Section shall commence to use the uniform audit reports developed by the legislative auditor pursuant to the provisions of this Section by the end of Calendar Year 2020 for such local and state auditees on a calendar year schedule, or Fiscal Year 2020-2021 for such local and state auditees on a fiscal year schedule. The legislative auditor, jointly with the Louisiana Supreme Court, shall develop reporting schedules to assist such local and state auditees with standardized and uniform reporting requirements as provided for in this Section. Such reporting schedules shall be deposited with the legislative auditor.
E. The legislative auditor shall review the reporting schedules on an annual basis and shall revise the reporting schedules, jointly with the Louisiana Supreme Court, as circumstances deem necessary.
Acts 2020, No. 87, §1.
A.(1) The legislative auditor shall file copies of all audit reports released by his office with the governor, the attorney general, and the office investigated. The legislative auditor shall make available via his website copies of all audit reports, whether prepared by his office or accepted by the legislative auditor pursuant to R.S. 24:513(A) and R.S. 46:1064(B). Such copies may be filed electronically; however, the legislative auditor shall make actual paper copies of such reports available to any of these officials upon their request.
(2) All such reports shall call attention to those matters required by governmental auditing standards, including reportable conditions, failure to comply with laws and regulations, and such additional matters that may be included in a management letter. Reports shall make specific recommendations for future avoidance together with management's response. If the report discloses any alleged criminal acts by any public officer or employee, the legislative auditor shall furnish an additional copy of the report to the district attorney of the parish where the offense was committed.
B. Parish governing authorities and the governing authorities of other tax recipient bodies shall notify the legislative auditor, in writing, whenever any sheriff is delinquent in his settlements.
Acts 1975, No. 744, §1. Amended by Acts 1978, No. 112, §1; Acts 1982, No. 117, §1; Acts 1983, No. 93, §2; Acts 1991, No. 610, §1, eff. Dec. 31, 1991; Acts 2001, No. 1102, §5; Acts 2018, No. 274, §1.
A. The legislative auditor shall annually file copies of certain audit reports released by his office with the Joint Legislative Committee on the Budget. The legislative auditor shall file copies of audit reports prepared by his office or accepted by the legislative auditor pursuant to R.S. 24:513(A) which have a dollar impact of one hundred fifty thousand dollars or more relative to the following:
(1) Waste or inefficiencies in government.
(2) Missed revenue collections.
(3) Erroneous or improper payments or overpayments by the state, its departments, agencies, boards or commissions, including but not limited to tax credits or rebates, among others.
(4) Theft of money.
(5) Failing to meet funding obligations such as pension or health benefit requirements.
(6) Failure to comply with federal fund or grant requirements.
(7) Failure to comply with state funding requirements, including failure to report as required.
(8) Misappropriation of funds.
(9) Errors in or insufficient support for disaster expenditures.
(10) Accountability of public money associated with various disasters such as the Deepwater Horizon event.
B. In addition, the legislative auditor shall report any case where an auditee fails to take corrective action on an audit finding which has a dollar impact of one hundred fifty thousand dollars or more thereby causing a finding to be reported for two or more consecutive years.
C. Such reports shall be submitted quarterly to the Joint Legislative Committee on the Budget. An annual report shall be compiled by the legislative auditor and submitted and distributed to the committee by February fifteenth each year. Contents of the report may be used in deliberations of the executive budget. The reports may be filed electronically; however, the legislative auditor shall make paper copies of such reports available to any of the members of the Joint Legislative Committee on the Budget upon request.
Acts 2014, No. 461, §1, eff. July 1, 2014.
Repealed by Acts 1991, No. 610, §2, eff. Dec. 31, 1991.
A. The legislative auditor, except for services provided under R.S. 24:513(A)(4)(a)(iv), shall be reimbursed for actual expenses incurred in connection with any local government audit, audit of any public retirement system enumerated in R.S. 42:698.2(A), or audit of any municipality, public or quasi-public agency performed under the provisions of R.S. 24:513(A)(4). The Legislative Audit Advisory Council may authorize lower rates based on economic hardships to particular local auditees.
B.(1) The reimbursement provided in Subsection A of this Section shall be payable to the legislative auditor by the local government, including municipalities, public and quasi-public agencies, or public retirement system auditees based upon billing procedures established by the legislative auditor. If the auditee has failed to remit payment in full for the audit services rendered within a period of ninety days from the initial billing date, the legislative auditor shall submit written notice to the auditee that payment in full will be withheld from monies accruing to the auditee within thirty days of the notice.
(2) Upon its request, the auditee shall be entitled to a hearing before the Legislative Audit Advisory Council concerning the reimbursement and withholding of said monies. If such hearing is requested and the committee determines that the legislative auditor shall be reimbursed by the auditee, or if no such hearing is requested, and the legislative auditor certifies in writing to the Department of Treasury or any other state agency who is holding monies accruing to the auditee that:
(a) The legislative auditor has provided local services consistent with this Section, and
(b) The auditee has failed to remit payment in full for the audit services rendered within a period of ninety days from the initial billing date, the treasurer or state agency shall, from the monies accruing to the local entity, forward to the legislative auditor all or that portion of those monies necessary to reimburse the legislative auditor for the total amount of audit costs billed.
C through E. Repealed by Acts 1991, No. 610, §2, eff. Dec. 31, 1991.
F.(1) Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, a district public defender office which receives annual funds of less than fifty thousand dollars and is audited by the legislative auditor in accordance with this Chapter shall not be required to reimburse the legislative auditor for expenses incurred in connection with the audit, nor shall the legislative auditor charge a fee in connection with said audit.
(2) A district public defender office exempted by this Subsection from reimbursing the legislative auditor for audit costs shall be exempted from paying the costs of any such audit conducted after January 1, 1990.
Acts 1983, No. 482, §1; Acts 1984, No. 919, §1; Acts 1986, No. 240, §1; Acts 1987, No. 432, §1; Acts 1988, No. 483, §1; Acts 1990, No. 297, §§1 and 2, eff. July 5, 1990; Acts 1991, No. 610, §§1 and 2, eff. Dec. 31, 1991; Acts 2007, No. 307, §4.
REPEALED BY ACTS 1991, NO. 610, §2, EFF. DEC. 31, 1991.
A. The legislative auditor shall be reimbursed for actual expenses incurred in connection with any financial and compliance audit or financial and compliance related examination he performs of a state entity's federal programs or of a state entity whose revenues consist primarily of self-generated fees and revenues. The legislative auditor shall contract with a licensed certified public accountant for each state audit he does not possess the resources to audit, the cost of said audit to be paid by the legislative auditor to the extent that funds are appropriated by the legislature. Should funds not be made available for the audit, the legislative auditor shall bill the audited state agency and pay the contract auditor.
B to D. Repealed by Acts 1991, No. 610, §2, eff. Dec. 31, 1991.
Acts 1987, No. 431, §1, eff. July 9, 1987; Acts 1991, No. 610, §§1 and 2, eff. Dec. 31, 1991.
A.(1) Any auditee, local auditee, or public officer, employee, or other person of said auditee:
(a) Who neglects, fails or refuses, to furnish the legislative auditor with such papers, accounts, books, documents, films, tapes, and other forms of recordation, including but not limited to computer and recording devices, whether confidential or otherwise, that he has the right to inspect and examine, or
(b) Who shall deny him access to the office, or to papers, accounts, books, documents, films, tapes, and other forms of recordation, including but not limited to computer and recording devices, whether confidential or otherwise, that he has the right to inspect or examine, or
(c) Who refuses, fails, or neglects to transmit to the legislative auditor reports, statements of accounts or other documents upon request as provided by law or
(d) Who, otherwise in any manner, obstructs or impedes the legislative auditor in making the examination authorized by law shall be fined not less than five hundred dollars, nor more than five thousand dollars, or imprisoned for not less than ten days, nor more than six months, or both.
(2) Any officer of an auditee or local auditee who violates any of the provisions of this Chapter shall, in addition to the above fines and penalties, be deemed guilty of malfeasance and gross misconduct in office, and shall be subject to removal.
B. Any director, officer, employee or agent of a corporation, cooperative association or partnership, or any other person:
(1) Who neglects, fails or refuses to furnish in a timely fashion to the auditee or local auditee or its representative such papers, accounts, books, documents, films, tapes, and other forms of recordation, including but not limited to computer and recording devices, whether confidential or otherwise, that the auditee has the right to inspect and examine, or
(2) Who shall deny the auditee or local auditee or its representative access to the office, or to papers, accounts, books, documents, films, tapes, and other forms of recordation, including but not limited to computer and recording devices, whether confidential or otherwise, that the auditee has the right to inspect or examine, or
(3) Who refuses, fails, or neglects to transmit to the auditee or local auditee reports, statements of accounts or other documents upon request as provided by law or who obstructs or impedes the auditee in making the examination authorized by law shall be fined not less than five hundred dollars nor more than five thousand dollars, or imprisoned for not less than ten days nor more than six months, or both.
C.(1) Each elected and appointed official, employee, and agent of the auditee or local auditee shall comply with any and all restrictions imposed by law on documents, data, or information deemed confidential by law and furnished to the auditee pursuant to Subsection B of this Section.
(2) Any person who discloses such confidential documents, data, or information shall be fined not less than five hundred dollars nor more than five thousand dollars and, if a public employee, shall also be subject to dismissal from public employment.
D. If the type of audit report received by a local auditee from a licensed certified public accountant for three consecutive years is a disclaimer of opinion as defined by Generally Accepted Auditing Standards, the same person has served as agency head of the local auditee for those three consecutive years, and the legislative auditor determines that the agency head willfully failed to provide or maintain the necessary records to conduct the audit, then the three such audit reports shall be evidence of malfeasance in office by the agency head.
Acts 1975, No. 744, §1. Amended by Acts 1976, No. 75, §2. Acts 1984, No. 355, §1, eff. July 2, 1984; Acts 1991, No. 610, §1, eff. Dec. 31, 1991; Acts 2013, No. 255, §1.
A. In any case in which an audit report issued by the legislative auditor, or accepted by the legislative auditor pursuant to R.S. 24:513 cites reportable conditions or includes a management letter or other irregularities, as required by R.S. 24:516 to be reported, the head of the auditee to which the audit report pertained shall, within thirty days of receipt of said report, advise the Legislative Audit Advisory Council in writing of any remedial actions taken on the matters cited in the report or remedial action to be taken in the future.
B. When such audit report discloses illegalities or fraud and a copy of said report as provided by law has been sent to the district attorney of proper jurisdiction, the said district attorney shall within thirty days advise the chairman of the council as to action he has taken or proposes to take in connection with the illegality or fraud cited in said audit report. When future action is to be taken by the district attorney, the council shall set a date for receipt of further advice in the matter. When such advice is not forthcoming from the head of the agency audited or from the district attorney, as the case may be, or when it is evident that suitable action has not been taken, the council shall report the matter to the legislature at its next regular session for whatever action the legislature deems advisable under the circumstances.
Acts 1991, No. 610, §1, eff. Dec. 31, 1991.
A. The president of the Senate and the speaker of the House of Representatives, jointly, shall annually cause an audit to be made of the accounts of the office of legislative auditor for the fiscal year ending on the preceding June thirtieth. The audit shall be made by a certified public accountant selected by the president of the Senate and the speaker of the House of Representatives, and shall be made in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards.
B. The said audit shall include any and all accounts relating to the operation of said office of legislative auditor. The legislative auditor is hereby required and directed to make available for said audit all books and records of his office which might be needed to accomplish the said audit.
C. The cost of the audit shall be paid out of funds appropriated for the operation of the legislature and may be prorated from funds allocated to the Senate and House of Representatives, respectively, as may be agreed upon by the president of the Senate and the speaker of the House of Representatives.
Acts 1975, No. 744, §1.
A. Every bill, joint resolution, and simple or concurrent resolution introduced in the legislature proposing any change in the law relative to any state, municipal or parochial retirement system, funded in whole or in part out of public funds shall have attached to it at the time of its consideration by any committee of either house of the legislature a brief explanatory statement or note which shall include a reliable estimate of the fiscal and actuarial effect of the proposed change in any such retirement system. The statement or note shall be known as an actuarial note. Such note shall be attached to the original of each proposed bill or resolution which is reported favorably by any committee of either house of the legislature, but shall be separate therefrom, shall be clearly designated as an actuarial note, and shall not constitute a part of the law or other provisions or expression of legislative intent proposed by the bill or resolution.
B.(1) Subject to the provisions of this Subsection, for each bill or resolution for which an actuarial note is required as provided in Subsection A of this Section, a request for an actuarial note shall be presented to the legislative auditor who shall have the duty to prepare the note as promptly as possible. The actuarial note for any bill prefiled at least forty-five days prior to a regular session of the legislature shall be completed and filed at least five days prior to the convening of that session. Actuarial notes shall be prepared in the order of receipt of request for such notes.
(2) Within seven days after the transmittal to the author of the bill or resolution along with a memorandum indicating the bill or resolution may require an actuarial note, the author may instruct, in writing addressed to the chief clerical officer of the house in which the member serves, that an actuarial note be obtained or that no actuarial note be obtained. If the author instructs that no actuarial note be obtained, no request for an actuarial note will be made prior to the prefiling or introduction of the bill or resolution, except as provided in Paragraph (3) of this Subsection. Each written instruction received shall be recorded and preserved in the file maintained for the bill or resolution.
(3) If no written instruction is received within the time period set in Paragraph (2) of this Subsection, the chief clerical officer of the house in which the author is a member may request an actuarial note for the bill or resolution at any time prior to prefiling or introduction. In determining whether an actuarial note should be requested, due consideration shall be given to the recommendation of the staff of the house in which the author is a member.
(4) In addition, at prefiling or introduction, the chief clerical officer may request an actuarial note, and the chairman of the committee to which such bill or resolution is referred may request an actuarial note immediately upon referral of the bill or resolution.
C. The note shall be factual in nature, as brief and concise as may be, and shall, if possible, provide a reliable estimate in dollars. In addition, it shall include both the immediate effect and, if determinable or reasonably foreseeable, the long range fiscal and actuarial effect of the measure. The fiscal and actuarial effect of the measure shall include any impact on the costs to or the revenues of the retirement system and the estimated fiscal impact on governmental entities, including the effect on federal, state, and local funds. If, after careful investigation, it is determined that no dollar estimate is possible, the note shall set forth the reasons why no dollar estimate can be given. No comment or opinion shall be included in the actuarial note with regard to the merit, or lack thereof, of the measure for which the note is prepared. However, technical or mechanical defects may be noted.
D. At any time any committee of either house reports any legislative instrument, to which an actuarial note was attached at the time of committee consideration, with any amendment of such nature as would substantially affect the costs to or the revenues of any retirement system or the estimated fiscal impact on governmental entities, including the effect on federal, state, and local funds as stated in the actuarial note attached to the measure at the time of such consideration, it shall be the responsibility of the chairman of the committee reporting such instrument to obtain from the legislative auditor an actuarial note of the fiscal and actuarial effect of the change proposed by the amendment reported. The actuarial note shall be attached to the report of the committee on the measure as a supplement thereto, but shall not be printed in the journal. At any time a floor amendment is offered in either house to any bill or resolution to which an actuarial note was attached at the time of committee consideration or committee report, which amendment would substantially affect the cost to or the revenues of any retirement system or the estimated fiscal impact on governmental entities, including the effect on federal, state, and local funds as stated in the most recent actuarial note, and the member proposing such amendment does not present to the house an actuarial note prepared by the legislative auditor as to the fiscal and actuarial effect of his proposed amendment, any member may offer a motion that the proposed amendment be withdrawn. If the motion is adopted by the favorable vote of a majority of the quorum present the amendment shall be deemed to be withdrawn, though the amendment may be proposed again at any time it would otherwise be in order, provided that the required actuarial note is presented at that time.
E. Prior to the prefiling or introduction, the subject matter of bills or resolutions submitted to the legislative auditor for preparation of the required information for said actuarial notes shall be kept in strict confidence, and no information relating thereto or relating to the fiscal or actuarial effect of any such bill or resolution shall be divulged by the legislative auditor or any of his employees, except to the author or authors of the bill or resolution, the chief clerical officer and the staff of the house in which the author serves, and the legislative fiscal officer and his staff. After prefiling or introduction, copies of the actuarial note on any bill or resolution shall be furnished to the author, the chief clerical officer of the house in which the author is a member, and the committee to which the bill or resolution is referred.
Acts 1991, No. 610, §1, eff. Dec. 31, 1991; Acts 2001, No. 1102, §5; Acts 2016, No. 176, §1; Acts 2016, No. 353, §1.
A. The Louisiana Performance Audit Program is hereby established. This program is created to identify and plan for the state's long-term needs in addition to finding solutions to present fiscal problems.
B. For purposes of this program, "state agency" means any state agency, office, department, board, commission, institution, division, committee, program, or legal entity, heretofore existing or hereafter created within the legislative or executive branch of state government, including an institution of higher education, but does not include any agency, governing body, or officer of any local government or political subdivision of the state.
C. In accordance with this program and the powers and duties otherwise provided by law, including approval of the Legislative Audit Advisory Council, the legislative auditor shall provide the legislature with evaluation and audit of the functions and activities of the agencies of state government. Such evaluations and audits shall be based on standards appropriate for each evaluation or audit. To accomplish this, the legislative auditor may:
(1) Evaluate the basic assumptions underlying any and all state agencies and the programs and services provided by the state to assist the legislature in identifying those that are vital to the best interests of the people of the state of Louisiana and those that no longer meet that goal.
(2) Evaluate the programs, policies, services, and activities administered by the agencies of state government and identify overlapping functions, outmoded programs or methodologies, areas needing improvement, and/or programs amenable to privatization.
(3) Evaluate the impact, effectiveness, and cost-effectiveness of all state agencies and of their programs, services, and activities.
(4) Evaluate the efficiency with which state agencies operate the programs under their jurisdictions and fulfill their duties.
(5) Evaluate methods agencies use to maximize the amount of federal and private funds received by the state for its programs in order to ensure that the people of Louisiana receive a fair share of the taxes which they pay to the United States government and to provide for the effective efficient use of private resources.
(6) Evaluate the management of state debt.
(7) Evaluate the assessment, collection, and application of user fees.
(8) Make recommendations each year relative to the programs and services the various state agencies provide as well as recommendations for elimination of or reduction in funding for agencies, programs, or services based on the results of performance audits. Such recommendations shall be submitted in a report to each member of the legislature no later than February fifteenth each year.
(9) Make annual recommendations to the appropriate oversight committees of the legislature and the Legislative Audit Advisory Council as to amendments to statutory and constitutional provisions that will improve the efficiency of state government, including, if appropriate, recommendations concerning the reorganization or consolidation of state agencies.
(10) Evaluate the methods used by each agency in the estimation, calculation, and reporting of its performance, and evaluate the actual outcomes of each agency's performance with regard to its performance indicators as defined in R.S. 39:2 and provide agencies with information relative to the methods used to evaluate such performance.
D.(1) All state agencies and their officials and staff shall assist the legislative auditor in his work and furnish such information, reports, aid, services, and assistance as he may request, all without any cost or charge of any nature to the legislative auditor.
(2) All state agencies shall develop specific goals and objectives for each of their programs to include measures of performance. They shall report on program goals and objectives in developing annual budgets and shall submit such information to the legislature as a part of the appropriations process.
E. The legislative auditor may request assistance, including the use of personnel from the state treasurer, the commissioner of administration, and administrators of the various state agencies which may be necessary to enable him to accomplish the purposes of this Section.
F. The legislative auditor shall complete such audits which have statewide and/or program implications and include them as part of the legislative auditor's audit of the state of Louisiana's 1996 financial statements.
G. The annual audits of the legislative branch of state government shall include performance audit issues consistent with the legislative auditor's audits of the executive branch of state government.
H. State employee involvement shall be encouraged by the reward and recognition policy approved by the State Civil Service Commission.
I. Repealed by Acts 2000, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 44, §1.
J. All provisions relating to judicial strategic planning, performance budgeting, the judicial appropriation bill, and judicial performance reporting and auditing shall be strictly governed by the provisions of Part I-A of Chapter 2 of Title 13 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, R.S. 13:81 et seq.
K. The legislative auditor shall establish a schedule for execution of performance audits which shall ensure the completion and publishing of the audits of no less than two different agencies from at least two different executive departments in each year, with such audits published no later than thirty days prior to commencement of the regular session of the legislature. Such schedule shall be constructed to ensure that within the seven-year period beginning with the 1997-98 Fiscal Year at least one performance audit shall be completed and published for each of the twenty departments of the executive branch of state government.
Acts 1995, No. 1100, §1, eff. June 29, 1995; Acts 1997, No. 1465, §1, eff. July 15, 1997; Acts 1999, No. 1162, §1; Acts 1999, No. 1169, §1; Acts 1999, No. 1176, §2, eff. July 9, 1999; Acts 2000, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 44, §§1, 2.
NOTE: SEE ACTS 1995, NO. 1100, §2.
A. No later than July thirty-first of the second fiscal year following a performance audit report on an auditee, the auditee shall report to the legislative auditor its progress in implementing recommendations contained in the performance audit report. The auditee shall include in its progress report all necessary documentation to support each assertion of implementation of a recommendation. If an auditee has not fully implemented a recommendation contained in the performance audit report, the auditee shall include in its progress report a plan and a timetable for implementation or an explanation why implementation is not necessary or possible.
B. After review of a progress report, the legislative auditor:
(1) May request additional information or progress reports from the auditee and may conduct follow-up performance audits, program evaluations, and any other studies the legislative auditor deems necessary.
(2) Shall notify each member of the Legislative Audit Advisory Council and the auditee of any issue that in his opinion warrants public discussion at a meeting of the council.
C. The legislative auditor shall compile the information received pursuant to this Section into a report, together with any recommendations for legislation related thereto, and shall submit the report to the legislature no later than February fifteenth of each year.
D. The legislative auditor shall make progress reports available to the public in the same manner as performance audits.
Acts 2023, No. 343, §1, eff. July 1, 2023.
A. An agency head of an auditee who has actual knowledge of or reasonable cause to believe that there has been a misappropriation of the public funds or assets of his agency shall immediately notify, in writing, the legislative auditor and the district attorney of the parish in which the agency is domiciled of such misappropriation. "Reasonable cause" shall include information obtained as a result of the filing of a police report, an internal audit finding, or other source indicating such a misappropriation of agency funds or assets has occurred. The district attorney, or other prosecutorial agency, notified of such misappropriation may request audit assistance from the legislative auditor with respect to the misappropriation.
B. For the purposes of this Section the terms "agency head" and "his agency" shall have the same meanings as provided in R.S. 42:1102.
C. When misappropriation is discovered and reported, the attorney general, at the request of the legislative auditor, shall be authorized to recover misappropriated funds from the responsible party by civil suit. Upon a finding of misappropriation, the attorney general shall also seek restitution from the responsible party of those costs incurred by the legislative auditor to audit, investigate, or report an allegation of misappropriation, and all costs and reasonable attorney fees incurred by the attorney general in the civil suit shall be recoverable from the responsible party.
D. For the purposes of this Section, "responsible party" means the person or entity actually responsible for the reported misappropriation.
Acts 2001, No. 1101, §1; Acts 2014, No. 692, §1.
A. Every auditee shall post and keep posted in conspicuous places upon its premises a notice, prepared by the legislative auditor and located on his website, setting forth information concerning the reporting of the misappropriation, fraud, waste, or abuse of public funds.
B. Every auditee shall also post such notices on the website of the auditee.
Acts 2014, No. 693, §1.
A. All costs incurred by the legislative auditor to audit, investigate, or report possible fraud, theft, or other misappropriation shall be recoverable by civil suit against the responsible party. The attorney general, at the request of the legislative auditor, may seek recovery on behalf of the legislative auditor of such costs through civil suit against the responsible party.
B. The attorney general may also seek recovery from the responsible party of all costs and reasonable attorney fees incurred by the attorney general in a civil suit instituted at the request of the legislative auditor as provided in Subsection A of this Section.
C. The attorney general or the local district attorney prosecuting such crimes shall also seek restitution of such costs incurred by the legislative auditor.
D. If costs for an audit that were previously reimbursed pursuant to R.S. 24:517.1 or 517.3 are recovered pursuant to this Section, those costs shall be paid to the appropriate public or quasi public entity.
E. No person convicted of misappropriation or theft shall have his record expunged until he has made restitution and at least five years have passed since his conviction.
F. For purposes of this Section, "responsible party" means the person or entity actually responsible for the misappropriation.
Acts 2014, No. 684, §1; Acts 2014, No. 692, §1.
A.(1) There shall be a state child ombudsman who shall be appointed by the legislative auditor and shall serve at the pleasure of the legislative auditor at a salary fixed by the legislative auditor.
(2) The state child ombudsman appointed by the legislative auditor shall have knowledge of the child welfare system and the legal system and be qualified by training and experience to perform the duties provided for in this Section.
B. The state child ombudsman shall act as an independent ombudsman monitoring and evaluating the public and private agencies involved in the protection of children and delivery of services to children, reviewing state policies and procedures to ensure they protect children's rights and promote their best interest, and safeguarding the welfare of children through educational advocacy, system reform, public awareness, and training.
C. The state child ombudsman shall have all of the following duties and responsibilities:
(1) Evaluate the delivery of services to children by state agencies and those entities that provide services to children through funds provided by the state.
(2) Periodically review the procedures established by any state agency providing services to children, with a view toward the rights, needs, welfare, and safety of the children, and recommend revisions to the procedures.
(3) Review complaints of persons concerning the actions of any state agency providing services to children and of any entity that provides services to children through funds provided by the state, make appropriate referrals, and coordinate when the state child ombudsman determines that a child or family may be in need of his assistance or that a systemic issue in the state's provision of services to children is raised by the complaint.
(4) Act as a liaison for a child or family, including but not limited to advocating with an agency, provider, or others on behalf of the best interests of the child.
(5) Periodically review the facilities and procedures of any institution or residences, public or private, where a child has been placed by any state agency or department.
(a) For purposes of this Section, the term "residences" means congregate care facilities and does not include foster homes.
(b) For purposes of this Section, the term "access" means policies and availability of services.
(6) Recommend changes in state policies concerning children, including changes in the system of providing juvenile justice, child care assistance, foster care, and access to physical and mental health treatment.
(7) Conduct programs of public education, undertake legislative advocacy, and make proposals for systemic reform in order to ensure the rights and needs of children who reside in this state.
(8) Periodically review and recommend changes in the policies and procedures for the placement of special needs children. For purposes of this Section, "special needs" means the individualized care that children with a disability, whether physical, mental, behavioral, emotional, or learning difficulties, require to ensure their safety, access to public amenities, or ability to succeed in certain contexts.
(9) Serve or designate a person to serve as a member of the State Child Death Review Panel.
(10) Take appropriate steps to advise the public of the services and purpose of his position and his contact information.
(11) Prepare a biennial, in-depth report on conditions of confinement regarding children twenty-one years of age or younger who are held in secure detention in any facility operated by a state agency or those that receive state funding.
(12) Present to the legislature an annual report on the goals of and projects undertaken by him, within available appropriations, that are consistent with the duties and responsibilities provided for in this Section.
(13) Notify the senator and representative who represent the district in which a child has died as a result of abuse or neglect, within twenty-four hours of his knowledge of the death of the child.
D.(1) Any state agency having responsibility for the custody or care of children shall provide monthly notice to the state child ombudsman of the death of a child in its custody or care.
(2) The Department of Children and Family Services shall notify the state child ombudsman within three business days of receiving information on the death of any child that had been reported to the department for alleged child abuse or neglect.
E. The standing committee of each house of the legislature having responsibility for oversight shall perform a biennial review and evaluation of the state child ombudsman and the provisions of this Section.
F. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary and to the extent allowed by federal law, the state child ombudsman shall, upon request, have permission to view and use documents and records relevant to the ombudsman's statutory duties. To the extent allowed by federal law, such documents and records shall include but not be limited to the applications and case files of the Louisiana Department of Health and the Department of Children and Family Services except for the name and any identifying information of the reporter of child abuse or neglect and restrictions provided in Title IV-D of the Social Security Act and the Internal Revenue Code, juvenile court judgments and court minute entries, records and reports of children in the custody of or under the supervision of the office of juvenile justice, student records in the possession of the state Department of Education, any parish or city school board, and any elementary or secondary education school, including charter schools. The state child ombudsman shall comply with any and all restrictions imposed by law on documents, data, or information considered confidential or privileged and furnished to the state child ombudsman.
G. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the state child ombudsman shall not be compelled to be a witness or be deposed in any case where the state child ombudsman is not personally a defendant.
Acts 2023, No. 325, §1, eff. July 1, 2023; Acts 2024, No. 507, §2; Acts 2025, No. 409, §4.
NOTE: See Acts 2023, No. 447 for funding.
A. The Legislative Audit Advisory Council, hereinafter referred to as the "council", is hereby continued.
B. The council shall be composed of ten members, five members to be appointed by the speaker of the House of Representatives from the membership of the House of Representatives and five members to be appointed by the president of the Senate from the membership of the Senate. Appointments to the council shall be made within ninety days after the convening of the regular session of the legislature in each year in which the members of the legislature take office, and the members so appointed shall serve until the expiration of their term of office in the legislature. The council shall select a chairman and vice chairman and such other officers as it deems necessary. Any vacancy in the membership of the council shall be filled in the manner of the original appointment.
Acts 1978, No. 357, §2. Amended by Acts 1981, No. 206, §1; Acts 1991, No. 610, §1, eff. Dec. 31, 1991.
The council shall meet from time to time as it deems necessary. The council shall advise and consult with the legislative auditor with respect to all matters arising out of his functions, duties, and responsibilities to the legislature. The council shall make such recommendations to the legislative auditor and to the legislature as it deems necessary or expedient.
Acts 1978, No. 357, §2.
A. The council shall have such powers and duties as are conferred upon it by this Chapter and such other duties as are provided by law or otherwise assigned by the legislature.
B. The council shall be responsible for reviewing and approving, with whatever changes it deems necessary or appropriate, each annual budget for the office of the legislative auditor prior to submission of such budget to the legislature for funding.
C. The council shall be responsible for fixing the salary of the legislative auditor.
D. If the legislative auditor finds that a state agency required by law to have an internal audit function does not have an effective internal audit function, including a finding that the agency is not adhering to the Institute of Internal Auditors, International Standards for the Professional Practice of Internal Auditing, the council shall hold a hearing on such finding.
Acts 1978, No. 357, §2. Amended by Acts 1979, No. 170, §1; Acts 1991, No. 610, §1, eff. Dec. 31, 1991; Acts 2008, No. 838, §1, eff. July 1, 2008; Acts 2015, No. 314, §2.
A.(1) The council shall have the power and authority to hold hearings, to subpoena witnesses, administer oaths, compel the production of books, documents, records, and papers, public and private, to order the compiling and furnishing to the legislative auditor of the sworn statements and actuarial valuations which are required by R.S. 24:514, to petition directly, or through a representative authorized by the council, the courts for writs of mandamus to order the compiling and furnishing of the sworn statements and actuarial valuations required by R.S. 24:514, and to do all other things necessary to advise, aid, and assist the legislative auditor in carrying out the duties and responsibilities of his office.
(2) It shall also have the full power and authority of the legislature inherent in that body and conferred by law to take testimony at public or private hearings, and upon failure of any person to comply with an order of the council, to punish for contempt.
B.(1) If the council determines based upon its review and investigation that, without appropriate cause, an auditee has not complied with the recommendations contained in an audit report of such auditee, the council shall forward its determination of noncompliance to the Joint Legislative Committee on the Budget and the appropriate oversight committees of the House of Representatives and the Senate.
(2) If the council determines based upon its review and investigation that, without appropriate cause, a local auditee as defined in R.S. 24:513 has failed for three consecutive years to sufficiently resolve the findings contained in an audit report of such local auditee, the council may, after notice to and a public hearing with the local auditee, make a determination that the local auditee has failed or refused to comply with the provisions of R.S. 24:513, and upon two-thirds vote of the entire membership of the council, may direct the treasurer to withhold funds in accordance with R.S. 39:72.1.
Acts 1978, No. 357, §2. Amended by Acts 1980, No. 511, §1; Acts 1980, No. 794, §1, eff. Aug. 1, 1980; Acts 1981, No. 206, §1; Acts 1999, No. 264, §1, eff. July 1, 1999; Acts 2015, No. 462, §1.
Failure to comply with any order of the council issued in accordance with or under the authority of this Chapter, refusal to testify, or any act of disrespect or of disorderly or contemptuous behavior before the council shall constitute contempt of the council; and the council shall have the power and authority to initiate and conduct proceedings for contempt, and to prescribe punishment in the event there is a finding of contempt. In addition, false swearing or perjury before the council shall, in like manner, be punished in accordance with the laws of the state.
Acts 1978, No. 357, §2. Amended by Acts 1980, No. 511, §1.
In addition to the power and authority of the council to punish for contempt as provided in Article III, Section 7 of the Louisiana Constitution, the council shall also have the power and authority to invoke the provisions of R.S. 24:4 through R.S. 24:6, inclusive, in order to subject persons guilty of contempt of the council to the penalties provided for therein.
Acts 1978, No. 357, §2.
The members of the council and of its committees shall receive the same per diem and travel allowance in the performance of their duties as is provided for members of the legislature, and the per diem and travel allowance herein authorized and all other necessary expenses incurred by the council shall be paid for out of funds appropriated for operating expenses of the legislature.
Acts 1978, No. 357, §2.
To the extent possible, the legislative auditor shall furnish to the council such technical and clerical personnel as may be necessary to enable it to accomplish the purposes of this Chapter.
Acts 1978, No. 357, §2.
The council shall have the authority to employ professional personnel to provide review functions and follow-up services on audit reports conducted by the legislative auditor. Follow-up services shall be performed every twelve months.
Added by Acts 1981, No. 830, §1.
(1) "Auditor" means the legislative auditor.
(2) "Contract" means an agreement to which a state agency is a party, regardless of what the agreement may be called, and shall include an order, grant, or document purporting to represent a grant for the purchase or disposal of supplies, services, major repairs, or any other item; an award or notice of award of a contract of a fixed-price, cost, cost-plus-a-fixed-fee, or incentive type; a contract providing for the issuance of job or task orders; lease; letter contract; a purchase order; a memorandum of understanding between a state agency and a nonstate entity; a cooperative endeavor agreement between a state agency and a nonstate entity; incentive expenditure documentation; and a personal, professional, consulting, or social services contract.
(3) "Incentive expenditure" shall have the meaning ascribed to it in R.S. 39:2.
(4) "State agency" solely for the purposes of this Part means any state office, department, board, commission, institution, division, officer or other person, or functional group, heretofore existing or hereafter created, that is authorized to exercise, or that does exercise, any functions of the government of the state in the legislative, judicial, or executive branch, including higher education agencies and state retirement systems.
(5) "Website" means the Louisiana Transparency Portal.
Acts 2023, No. 446, §1, see Act.
A. The auditor may establish policies subject to the approval of the Legislative Audit Advisory Council as are necessary for the implementation of this Part.
B. The auditor shall ensure that the Louisiana Transparency Portal presents information in a manner that is intuitive to members of the general public and provides for the following functionality:
(1) Access to all related databases and features of the website at no cost to the public and without the requirement of user registration.
(2) Search, aggregate, and query data.
(3) Download, export, and print reports, graphs, charts, tables, or information yielded by a search of the database.
(4) Provide for graphical presentation and manipulation.
(5) Access to all related databases and features of the website with optimization for desktop and mobile platforms.
(6) Allow for the ability to share information on social media.
C. The auditor shall ensure that the public-facing database shall not include the following content:
(1) The addresses or telephone numbers of payees.
(2) Tax payment or refund data that includes confidential taxpayer information, such as the social security number or federal tax identification number of any individual or business.
(3) Payments of state assistance to individual recipients.
(4) Protected health information as the term is defined under the federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996.
(5) Information subject to attorney-client privilege.
(6) Secure information that would reveal undercover or intelligence operations by law enforcement.
(7) Any information that is confidential under state or federal law, rule, or regulation.
D. The auditor shall ensure that the website contains the following information relative to its databases as applicable:
(1) All relevant data points that are collected in each state agency information system.
(2) All data points that are relevant to the purposes of this Chapter in each state agency information system.
E. For purposes of this Part, the datasets provided to the auditor pursuant to R.S. 39:16.2 meet the information requirements for the website for the state agencies that are included in the LaGov statewide enterprise resource planning system; however, the legislative auditor, with the approval of the Legislative Audit Advisory Council, may require the production of additional information.
Acts 2023, No. 446, §1, see Act.
A. All state agencies are directed to furnish information, reports, aid, services, and assistance as may be requested by the auditor in the performance of the auditor's responsibilities as set forth in this Chapter and specifically in this Part.
B. Any state agency which does not maintain data on the LaGov statewide enterprise resource planning system shall report the information required in this Part to the auditor in the format and manner required by the auditor.
C. Except as otherwise provided in this Part, the auditor and, to the extent otherwise specified, the responsible agency shall ensure that information in the dataset for inclusion on the website is updated in the time and manner required by the auditor.
Acts 2023, No. 446, §1, see Act.
A.(1) The auditor shall ensure that the website includes an expenditure database that is electronically searchable by the public and contains reporting of expenditures by each budget unit in the executive budget.
(2) All state agencies shall provide information to the auditor required by this Section in the time and manner required by the auditor.
B. The auditor shall ensure that the expenditure database has the following functionality and ability to:
(1) Search and aggregate expenditures by individual and multiple budget units and programs.
(2) Search and aggregate payments to individual vendors and governmental entities, including the total amount of state payments issued to individual vendors and governmental entities.
(3) Search and aggregate expenditures and payments from multiple fiscal years.
(4) Search and aggregate expenditures by category.
(5) Download information yielded by a search of the database.
C. The expenditure database shall include the following content:
(1) Expenditures by category including:
(a) Details of expenses charged to credit, debit, or other purchase cards and related fees to the extent available from the card issuer.
(b) Mandated interagency payments, such as fees to the legislative auditor, annual payments to the office of risk management, and contributions to retirement systems and benefits plans.
(c) Revenue sharing and aid to other levels of government, including minimum foundation program transfers.
(2) Where available, for each expenditure, the database shall include the following information:
(a) The name of the entity making the expenditure.
(b) The name of the person or entity receiving the payment.
(c) The date and the amount of the expenditure.
(d) A standardized descriptive title of the type and purpose of each expenditure.
(e) The manner of payment, including check, warrant, credit, debit, or other purchase card.
(f) The funding source, including the categorical code and the state fund or account from which the expenditure is accounted.
(g) Where applicable, a link to additional information on the contract available through the contracts database.
Acts 2023, No. 446, §1, see Act.
A. The auditor, in coordination with the fiscal staff of the House of Representatives and the Senate and the Legislative Fiscal Office, shall ensure that the website includes a budget database.
B. The auditor shall ensure that the budget database includes the following for each branch of state government:
(1) Budgets for current and past fiscal years.
(2) Budgets proposed by the legislature, including the general appropriations, ancillary appropriations, legislative budget, judicial budget, and capital outlay bills.
Acts 2023, No. 446, §1, see Act.
A.(1) The auditor shall ensure that the website includes a contract database that is electronically searchable by the public.
(2) All state agencies shall provide information to the auditor as required by this Section in the time and manner required by the auditor.
B. The auditor shall ensure that the contract database shall have the following functionality and ability to:
(1) Search and aggregate records by agency.
(2) Search and aggregate contracts by contractor.
(3) Download information yielded by a search of the database.
(4) Provide access or integration into the website information from the reports on contracts required by law including:
(a) Information required to be published on the division of administration's website by R.S. 39:1567(B)(3).
(b) Copies of the monthly reports submitted to the Joint Legislative Committee on the Budget under R.S. 39:1567(E).
(c) The annual report on the progress of the Louisiana Initiative for Small Entrepreneurships (the Hudson Initiative) required to be made available on the internet by R.S. 39:2007(E).
(d) The annual report on the progress of the Louisiana Initiative for Veteran and Service-Connected Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Entrepreneurships (the Veteran Initiative) required to be made available on the internet by R.S. 39:2177(E).
C. The contract database shall include the following content:
(1) Contract amount.
(2) A brief description of the purpose of the contract.
(3) The beginning and ending dates of the contract.
(4) The name of the contracting agency.
(5) The name of the contractor.
(6) The city and state of the contractor's domicile.
(7) If available, supporting documentation for payment requests including invoices, timesheets, and reports from automatic verification software capable of automatically verifying the legitimacy of hours billed for computer generated work performed.
Acts 2023, No. 446, §1, see Act.
A.(1) The auditor shall ensure that the website includes an employment and payroll database that is electronically searchable by the public.
(2) All state agencies shall provide information to the auditor required by this Section in the time and manner required by the auditor.
B. The auditor shall ensure that the employment and payroll database shall have the following functionality and ability to:
(1) Search and aggregate records by agency.
(2) Search and aggregate salaries by job title.
(3) Search and aggregate records by civil service classification.
(4) Search and aggregate records of employees by their enrolled retirement system.
(5) Download information yielded by a search of the database.
C. The employment and payroll database shall include the following content:
(1) The name of the employing agency.
(2) The name of the employee.
(3) The job title or position.
(4) The salary or hourly wage of the employee.
(5) The total compensation paid to the employee in previous calendar years including overtime, stipends, allowances, benefit payments, and nontaxable reimbursements.
(6) Employer's payroll benefit cost for the employee.
D. The website shall contain information regarding the number of authorized positions and the number of vacant positions for each institution of higher education and each budget unit contained in the General Appropriation Act and the Ancillary Appropriation Act.
Acts 2023, No. 446, §1, see Act.
A.(1) The auditor shall ensure that the website includes a reports database that is electronically searchable by the public.
(2) All state agencies shall provide information to the auditor required by this Section in the time and manner required by the auditor.
B. The reports database shall be organized and searchable in an intuitive manner.
C. The reports database shall include the following content:
(1) The official forecast and the incentive expenditure forecast adopted by the Revenue Estimating Conference.
(2) The tax exemption budget prepared by the Department of Revenue under R.S. 47:1517.
(3) The Annual Tax Collection Report prepared by the Department of Revenue.
(4) Monthly reports provided by the Department of Revenue on net collections and distributions and severance tax collections and distributions.
(5) Information required to be published on the division of administration's website by R.S. 39:1567(B)(3).
(6) The monthly reports submitted to the Joint Legislative Committee on the Budget under R.S. 39:1567(E).
(7) The annual report on the progress of the Louisiana Initiative for Small Entrepreneurships (the Hudson Initiative) required to be made available on the internet by R.S. 39:2007(E).
(8) The annual report on the progress of the Louisiana Initiative for Veteran and Service-Connected Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Entrepreneurships (the Veteran Initiative) required to be made available on the internet by R.S. 39:2177(E).
(9) Any other state agency reports required by law.
Acts 2023, No. 446, §1, see Act.
A.(1) The auditor shall ensure that the website includes a boards and commissions database that is electronically searchable by the public.
(2) All boards and commissions shall provide information to the auditor required by this Section in the time and manner required by the auditor.
B. The auditor shall ensure that the boards and commissions database has the following functionality and ability to:
(1) Search and aggregate records by agency.
(2) Search and aggregate expenditures and payments from multiple fiscal years.
(3) Search and aggregate expenditures by category.
(4) Search and aggregate expenditures by individual and multiple agencies.
(5) Download information yielded by a search of the database.
C. The boards and commissions database shall include the following content:
(1) Membership information, employee information, and financial and budget information required by R.S. 43:82 and R.S. 24:513.2.
(2) Provide a link to or incorporate the annual reports submitted to the legislature by the auditor on boards, commissions, and like entities under R.S. 24:513.2(E).
Acts 2023, No. 446, §1, see Act.
A.(1) The auditor shall ensure that the website includes a state debt database that is electronically searchable by the public.
(2) All agencies, boards, commissions, and departments of the state shall furnish information, reports, aid, services, and assistance to the extent allowed by state and federal law and regulations as may be requested by the auditor in the performance of the auditor's responsibilities as set forth in this Subsection.
B. The auditor shall ensure that the state debt database allows the public to:
(1) Search and aggregate debt by agency.
(2) Search and aggregate debt from multiple fiscal years.
C. The state debt database shall include the following content:
(1) Amounts and categories of state debt, such as pensions, postemployment benefit obligations, and capital construction.
(2) Annual costs of debt service by category and budget unit.
(3) Sources of funding for state debt obligations.
(4) The per capita costs of state debt.
(5) Information used to determine the state's net state tax supported debt.
Acts 2023, No. 446, §1, see Act.
A.(1) The auditor shall ensure that the website includes an incentives database that is electronically searchable by the public.
(2) The auditor shall require any state agency that administers an incentive expenditure program to report the information stated in this Section for each incentive expenditure.
(3) The information shall be provided no later than six months after the effective date of the incentive expenditures and shall be updated as needed no less than every three months thereafter. Each state agency that administers such a program shall provide sufficient information to satisfy the requirements of this Subsection.
B. The auditor shall ensure that the incentives database allows the public to do the following:
(1) Search and aggregate incentives by individual recipients and multiple budget units and programs.
(2) Search and aggregate payments to recipients and governmental entities, including the total amount of state payments issued to individual recipients.
C. For the incentives database, the administering state agency shall report in each fiscal year the following information:
(1) The name of the recipient of the incentive expenditure.
(2) The corporate domicile of the recipient.
(3) The estimated net new jobs and payroll, if available.
(4) The estimated total capital investment or estimated total Louisiana expenditures, whichever is relevant based upon the incentive expenditure program being reported on.
(5) The annual and total estimated value of the benefits to the recipient.
(6) The official forecast of the incentive expenditure forecast adopted by the Revenue Estimating Conference.
(7) The actual total capital investment or actual total Louisiana expenditures, whichever is relevant based upon the incentive expenditure program, if the information is available.
(8) The annual and total actual value of the benefits to the recipient, if available.
D. The auditor shall ensure that the incentives database does not include information that is protected.
Acts 2023, No. 446, §1, see Act.
A. The auditor shall ensure that the website includes a dedicated funds database that is electronically searchable by the public.
B. All state agencies shall provide information pursuant to this Section that contains the electronic database of reports supported by appropriations from dedicated funds required by R.S. 49:308.5(B).
C. The dedicated funds database shall include access to the report on special funds prepared by the state treasurer as required by R.S. 49:308.3(E).
Acts 2023, No. 446, §1, see Act.
A. The auditor shall ensure that the website includes a performance database that is electronically searchable by the public.
B. The executive branch shall provide information pursuant to this Section.
C. The performance database shall include the Louisiana Performance Accountability System, the electronic performance database that tracks performance standards, interim quarterly performance targets, and actual performance information for executive branch departments and agencies required under the Louisiana Government Performance and Accountability Act, R.S. 39:87.1 et seq.
Acts 2023, No. 446, §1, see Act.
A. All state agencies shall submit to the auditor comprehensive data sufficient to comply with the provisions of this Part. This data shall be of the type, extent, format, frequency, and timing specified by the auditor.
B. Internal auditors of state agencies required to have an internal audit function shall report to the auditor any findings of state agencies, contractors, grantees, vendors, or recipients of state funding that are not in compliance with the requirements of this Part.
C.(1) The auditor shall report agency noncompliance with this Part to the Joint Legislative Committee on the Budget and the Legislative Audit Advisory Council on at least a quarterly basis.
(2) The auditor shall notify each member of the Legislative Audit Advisory Council and the agency of any significant issue with noncompliance that in his opinion warrants public discussion at the next meeting of the council.
D.(1) The legislative auditor shall perform periodic and unscheduled reviews of state agencies, contractors, grantees, vendors, or recipients of state funds to ensure compliance with this Part. The auditor shall report to the Legislative Audit Advisory Council and the Joint Legislative Committee on the Budget any finding of noncompliance with the requirements of this Part.
(2) All audits performed as authorized or required by a state agency contract, expenditure, or incentive expenditure shall be available on the website.
E. Any state agency whose internal audit or legislative audit contains findings indicating a violation of the constitution or laws of this state or findings of fraud, waste, and abuse shall be subject to periodic and unscheduled investigative audits by the internal auditor or the legislative auditor for a probationary period of not less than three years.
Acts 2023, No. 446, §1, see Act.
The auditor shall establish a schedule to include fiscal information regarding local auditees on the website. The schedule and the fiscal information requested from local auditees shall be subject to the approval of the Legislative Audit Advisory Council. After approval, local auditees shall furnish the information requested by the auditor in the format specified by the auditor.
Acts 2023, No. 446, §1, see Act.
Repealed by Acts 2024, No. 723, §7, eff. July 1, 2024.
There is hereby created the legislative fiscal office, hereinafter referred to as the office, which shall have for its purpose the provision of service, research and technical staff assistance concerning fiscal matters of any kind to the members of the legislature and to the committees thereof.
Added by Acts 1973, No. 169, §1, eff. July 1, 1974.
There is hereby created the office of legislative fiscal officer which shall be the chief executive office of the legislative fiscal office. The legislative fiscal officer shall be elected by the favorable vote of a majority of the elected members of both houses of the legislature, after having been interviewed by the House Appropriations Committee and the Senate Finance Committee and recommended for employment by the legislature by a majority vote of each such committee. He shall be a graduate of an accredited college or university with training in fiscal matters or shall have at least ten years experience in fiscal affairs of the state, shall take an oath of office and shall have general administrative control over the operations and functions of the office subject to the policies and directives of the legislature and of the Joint Legislative Committee on the Budget. He shall not be a member of the legislature. He may be removed by a majority vote of the elected members of both houses of the legislature. Any vacancy occasioned by death, resignation, or otherwise, which occurs while the legislature is not in session, shall be filled on a temporary basis by the Joint Legislative Committee on the Budget, until such time as such vacancy shall be filled by the legislature as herein provided. The salary of the legislative fiscal officer shall be established by the Joint Legislative Committee on the Budget, by majority vote of each house as prescribed by the statute creating the Joint Legislative Committee on the Budget.
Added by Acts 1973, No. 169, §1, eff. July 1, 1974. Amended by Acts 1974, No. 427, §1, emerg. eff. July 12, 1974; Acts 1978, No. 357, §3; Acts 1981, No. 834, §1, eff. July 1, 1981.
Subject to the general direction and supervision of the Joint Legislative Committee on the Budget, the Legislative Fiscal Office shall have the following duties and functions:
(1) To develop and make available to the legislature and its committees such fiscal information as will assist the legislature or any legislative committee in its deliberations with the view of pointing out unnecessary programs, projects, and functions; calling attention to inefficient and uneconomical practices; monitoring, reviewing, and analyzing the performance of state agencies; making recommendations for improvement; and carrying out other similar functions.
(2) To continuously review existing and proposed programs and budgets of state agencies.
(3) To review and evaluate requests for appropriations, including proposed plans and policies related to such requests, and make presentations to the House Appropriations Committee, the Senate Finance Committee, and the legislature in relation thereto.
(4) To analyze the annual budget prepared by the executive branch and make recommendations to the legislature and committees with respect thereto.
(5) To conduct other studies and perform other duties which may be of assistance in directing the financial affairs of the state.
(6) To perform, at the direction of either house or any committee thereof, in-depth studies of programs or statewide policies including studies of a program's accomplishments, the manner in which a program's appropriation has been expended, and the future direction of a program.
(7) To analyze and make recommendations reflecting capital budget requests.
(8) To make continuous short and long range studies of projected revenues and expenditures.
(9) To answer the fiscal information requests of individual legislators to the extent practical.
(10) To evaluate legislative proposals for fiscal effect and provide fiscal notes.
(11) To provide to the extent possible information services for other legislative staff.
(12) To provide to the extent possible fiscal staff services to nonfinance legislative committees supplemental to other staff services.
(13) To participate in interagency staff activities.
(14) To make recommendations to the legislature with respect to procedures and policies to effectuate legislative performances of the functions of budget analysis and review, capital budget study, fiscal policy, fiscal research, departmental operation, efficiency within state government, and other problems and matters related thereto.
(15) To report to the legislature annually with respect to its activities and at such other times as the Joint Legislative Committee on the Budget or the legislative fiscal officer deems appropriate.
(16) To carry out all directives issued by either house or committees thereof.
(17) The Legislative Fiscal Office shall submit a report on or before May 1 of each year to the legislature on each professional, personal, and consulting service contract included in the recommendations of the Joint Legislative Budget Committee.
(18) To develop and maintain a comprehensive information system on the receipt of revenues by local governmental subdivisions and political subdivisions from local, state, and federal sources, as well as the expenditure of these revenues and to submit a summary of this information annually to the legislature.
(19) At the request of the Joint Legislative Committee on the Budget, to review final judgments against the state after funds have been appropriated for payment, to attempt to determine in certain cases selected by the committee whether or not any remedial action has been or should be taken to prevent a like suit, including but not limited to repairs, use of different equipment or supplies, discipline of an employee or changes in agency policy, and to make recommendations to the committee for appropriate action.
(20) The Legislative Fiscal Office shall review the proposed executive budget for the ensuing fiscal year and report to the Joint Legislative Committee on the Budget whether the budget recommends appropriations out of the state general fund and dedicated funds for health care as contained in Schedule 09, Louisiana Department of Health, and for higher education as contained in Schedule 19, Higher Education and Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center Health Care Services Division, in amounts less than the appropriations for either purpose as contained for the same schedules in the existing operating budget for the current fiscal year as of the day the executive budget is submitted to the Joint Legislative Committee on the Budget. Within seven days of the governor's submission of the executive budget to the Joint Legislative Committee on the Budget pursuant to R.S. 39:37, the Legislative Fiscal Office shall prepare and submit such report to the governor and the legislature.
Added by Acts 1973, No. 169, §1, eff. July 1, 1974. Amended by Acts 1975, No. 414, §1; Acts 1981, No. 834, §1, eff. July 1, 1981; Acts 1981, No. 871, §2; Acts 1982, No. 372, §1; Acts 1984, No. 845, §1; Acts 1997, No. 1465, §1, eff. July 15, 1997; Acts 2013, No. 424, §1.
A. Every bill, joint resolution and simple or concurrent resolution which will require health insurers, health maintenance organizations, or preferred provider organizations to offer mandated benefits or mandated options to its insureds, enrollees, or subscribers shall have attached to it prior to its consideration by any committee of either house of the legislature, unless the committee otherwise decides, an impact report which shall include a reliable estimate of the negative or positive fiscal effect of such measure, including both its costs and savings. An impact report shall not constitute a part of the law proposed by the measure to which it is attached.
B.(1) The author of a measure requiring an impact report shall be responsible for obtaining the report from the legislative fiscal officer either directly or through the staff of the house in which the author serves.
(2) In addition, the chairman of the committee to which such measure is referred may request such a report from the legislative fiscal officer immediately upon referral of the measure and the secretary of the Senate and the clerk of the House of Representatives may request such a report upon introduction of the measure.
(3) The legislative fiscal officer shall be responsible for obtaining, directly or through another agency, through a political subdivision or agency thereof, through the proponents and opponents of the measure, or through the health actuary of the Department of Insurance, the information necessary to complete an impact report from the agency or political subdivision or agency thereof best suited to furnish the information in the judgment of the legislative fiscal officer.
C. The impact report shall be factual, brief, and concise, and shall provide an estimate in dollars of the immediate and long-range fiscal effect of the measure. If no dollar estimate is possible, the impact report shall set forth the reasons therefor. An impact report shall not contain reference to the merits of the measure.
D. As used in this Section, "health insurer" shall include any entity which issues a hospital, health, or medical expense insurance policy, hospital or medical service contract, employee welfare benefit plan, health and accident insurance policy, or any other insurance contract of this type, including a group insurance plan and a self-insurance plan.
Acts 1997, No. 1481, §1; Acts 1999, No. 1220, §1.
The legislative fiscal officer and members of the staff of the legislative fiscal office shall have the power to inspect and make copies of any books, records or files of all departments, institutions and subdivisions of the state, and any and all instruments and documents pertaining to the function of the legislative fiscal office. In addition, the legislative fiscal officer and members of the staff shall have the power and authority to inspect all records which are classified as confidential by any of the laws of the state, but shall be required to maintain confidentiality of such records except for the purpose of developing general statistics and program evaluations of the operations of the state agencies.
Added by Acts 1973, No. 169, §1, eff. July 1, 1974. Amended by Acts 1975, No. 414, §1.
The budget requests or statements of various budget units submitted to the governor and any budget statement prepared by the commissioner of administration as provided in R.S. 39:33 shall be submitted for informational purposes each year to the Legislative Fiscal Office on the same day that such statements are submitted to the governor as prepared by the commissioner of administration.
Added by Acts 1980, No. 296, §1; Acts 1997, No. 1403, §1, eff. July 1, 1997.
A. The Legislative Fiscal Office shall analyze the General Appropriation Bill and shall issue a report as soon as possible upon each step of the progress of the bill through the legislative process regarding major enhancements and increases compared to the previous year's budget, major reductions compared to the previous year's budget, and means of finance substitutions compared to the previous year's budget. For purposes of this Section, the phrase "each step of the progress of the bill through the legislative process" shall mean the original General Appropriation Bill as introduced, the engrossed General Appropriation Bill after report by the House Committee on Appropriations, the General Appropriation Bill as finally passed by the House of Representatives, the General Appropriation Bill with adopted Senate Committee Amendments, the General Appropriation Bill with adopted Senate Floor Amendments as finally passed by the Senate, the proposed conference committee report on the General Appropriation Bill, and the General Appropriation Act, as the case may be.
B. Immediately upon completion of each report required by this Section, the legislative fiscal officer shall transmit a copy to each member of the legislature via electronic mail and shall make each report available on the website of the Legislative Fiscal Office. In addition, the legislative fiscal officer shall make each report required by this Section available to the appropriate legislative officers who shall ensure that the reports are easily accessible by the public through the joint legislative website as information linked to the General Appropriation Bill.
Acts 2013, No. 307, §1.
A. The legislative fiscal officer shall appoint and remove all professional, research, technical, clerical, and other necessary employees and shall fix all salaries upon the recommendation of the Joint Legislative Committee on the Budget. All members of the professional, research, or technical staff shall be full-time employees.
B. All salaries of employees and operating expenses of the legislative fiscal office and of the legislative fiscal officer shall be paid upon warrants signed by the legislative fiscal officer and his principal assistant; provided that whenever any warrant, voucher, or check is in excess of one thousand dollars, it shall be signed by the legislative fiscal officer or his principal assistant and the chairman of the Joint Legislative Committee on the Budget.
C. The Joint Legislative Committee on the Budget shall be the governing council of the legislative fiscal office for purposes of rules and regulations adopted by the legislature to govern expenditure of legislative funds and related matters.
Added by Acts 1973, No. 169, §1, eff. July 1, 1974. Amended by Acts 1975, No. 414, §1; Acts 1978, No. 357, §3; Acts 1981, No. 834, §1, eff. July 1, 1981.
All of the agencies, boards, commissions and departments of the state and of any of its political subdivisions are hereby directed to assist the office in its work and to furnish such information, reports, aid, services and assistance as may be requested, all without any cost or charge of any nature to the office. The facilities of the state library and of Louisiana State University shall be made available for use by the office. It shall be the duty of the attorney general to give assistance to the office and to render his opinion in writing on any subject requested by the legislative fiscal officer.
Added by Acts 1973, No. 169, §1, eff. July 1, 1974.
The legislative fiscal office shall be domiciled in the State Capitol Building in Baton Rouge, and adequate space for its staff, library and equipment and the performance of its services and functions for the benefit of the legislature shall at all times be provided therein, such space to be in as close proximity to the chambers of the two houses of the legislature as is feasible.
Added by Acts 1973, No. 169, §1, eff. July 1, 1974.
A. The legislative fiscal office is a service agency of the legislature and in every aspect of its functions, duties and operations shall be responsible solely to the legislature and to no other branch of the state government or any board, commission, department or agency or official of any other branch of the state government.
B. The funds for the operations of the legislative fiscal office, over and above such funds as are now or may hereafter be made available by law or otherwise, shall be appropriated by the legislature from the state general fund from year to year and shall be included in and constitute a separate item in the act appropriating funds for the expenses of the legislature and its committees. In addition, the presiding officers of each of the houses of the legislature shall have authority to expend, or to pay over to the legislative fiscal office for expenditure, out of any funds available to either or both of them such amounts as are necessary to provide supplementary funds for the purpose of fully carrying out any one or more of the functions of the legislative fiscal office for the benefit of the legislature, its members and committees.
C. The books and records of the legislative fiscal office shall be subject to audit by the legislative auditor.
Added by Acts 1973, No. 169, §1, eff. July 1, 1974.
A. The Joint Legislative Committee on the Budget, hereinafter referred to as the committee, is hereby created and established as the budgetary and fiscal representative of the Legislature of Louisiana to assist that body in the discharge of its fiscal and budgetary responsibilities under the Constitution of Louisiana and to provide the legislature with information relative to such responsibilities from a source created by and responsible solely to the members of the legislature. The committee shall, from time to time, report to the legislature its recommendations, thereby providing to the legislature comprehensive budgetary and fiscal information. The committee shall be composed of the House Appropriations Committee and the Senate Finance Committee, or their successors, and the chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee or a member of that committee designated by the chairman thereof, and the chairman of the Senate Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Committee or a member of that committee designated by the chairman thereof. If any member of the House Appropriations Committee or the Senate Finance Committee no longer wishes or is unable to serve, the presiding officer of the respective body shall appoint another member to serve in the place of said member on the Joint Legislative Committee on the Budget. No action shall be taken by the joint committee or by a joint subcommittee thereof, except by the favorable vote of a majority of the members thereof from each house present and voting, each house voting separately, a quorum of the joint committee or subcommittee being present. A quorum of a joint committee or a joint subcommittee shall consist of a majority of the total membership thereof.
B. The committee may establish an executive committee thereof to be composed of not more than seventeen members to perform any administrative functions or exercise any administrative powers of the committee which are assigned or granted to said committee by law, rule, or resolution or to which it succeeds under the provisions of this Chapter.
C. The committee shall select a chairman and a vice chairman, and such other officers as it deems necessary.
D. The members of the committee shall receive the same per diem and travel allowance in the performance of their duties as is provided for standing committees of the legislature.
E. The committee may set additional compensation for the chairman and vice chairman of the committee for service on the committee, except that the amount of such additional compensation shall not cause the total compensation of such officers to exceed the total of the salary under R.S. 24:502 or R.S. 24:506, per diem under R.S. 24:31 and R.S. 24:502 or R.S. 24:506, and expense allowances under R.S. 24:31.1 and R.S. 24:503 authorized and available to the presiding officers of the legislature. In addition, if such officers receive additional compensation as provided in this Subsection, such officers shall not be entitled to receive per diem as provided in Subsection D of this Section for the performance of their duties for the committee.
Added by Acts 1976, No. 538, §3, eff. March 10, 1980. Amended by Acts 1981, No. 312, §1; eff. July 15, 1981; Acts 1997, No. 1316, §1, eff. July 1, 1997.
NOTE: SEE ACTS 1997, NO. 1316, §2.
A. The budget requests or statements of various budget units submitted to the governor and any budget statement prepared by the commissioner of administration as provided in R.S. 39:33 shall be submitted for informational purposes each year to the joint committee on the same day that such statements are submitted to the governor or prepared by the commissioner of administration.
B. The governor shall submit his executive budget recommendations to the joint committee as provided in Part II of Chapter 1 of Subtitle I of Title 39 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950. The executive budget recommendations submitted during the first year of each term shall be submitted to the joint committee no later than thirty days prior to the regular session of the legislature.
Added by Acts 1976, No. 538, §3, eff. March 10, 1980; Amended by Acts 1982, No. 722, §1; Acts 1997, No. 1403, §1, eff. July 1, 1997.
A. The committee shall make such study and examination of the matters pertaining to the budgeting and fiscal affairs of the state and its political subdivisions, their funds, revenues, expenditures, and any other financial affairs of the state and of its political subdivisions as may be deemed desirable by the committee or the legislature. The committee may also study and examine all requests for professional, personal, social service, and consulting service contracts to determine the impact of privatizing state government programs, functions, or activities. The committee shall make such reports of its findings and recommendations with regard to such matters to the legislature upon its request or as is deemed advisable by the committee.
B. Prior to and during each regular session of the legislature, the joint committee may make such studies and hold such hearings with respect to budget requests or statements and with respect to the executive budget as it shall deem appropriate and are necessary to carry out its duties and functions.
C. Following the review, analysis, and study of the proposed executive budget, the committee shall submit its findings and recommendations thereon to the members of the legislature not later than two weeks prior to each regular session of the legislature.
D. The committee shall make such continuing study and examination of matters pertaining to the budgeting of the state revenues and their expenditures, and the fiscal affairs of the state and its agencies, and shall make quarterly reports and recommendations to the legislature and such other reports as the committee or the legislature deems advisable.
E. The committee shall interpret the legislative intent respecting all fiscal and budgetary matters of the state and conduct general oversight and review of the budget execution processes of the various budget units and other agencies of the state when necessary.
F. The committee shall study, review, and approve or disapprove all transfers of funds from one program specified in the allotments established in each agency's budget to another program. Except as provided in R.S. 39:73 and 87.4, no transfer of funds from one program specified in the allotments in an agency's budget to another shall be made without prior approval of the committee.
G. The committee shall have the full power and authority to adopt rules and regulations prescribing and governing its procedures, policies, meetings, and any and all other activities relating to its functions and duties, including the power and authority to issue binding directives to agencies concerning the proper and efficient execution of their respective budgets as same were approved by the legislature.
H.(1) The committee shall have a litigation subcommittee which shall monitor and study the amounts of state funds required to pay judgments and compromises arising out of lawsuits against the state, its departments, and, with respect to payment of state funds as insurance premiums, the insurers thereof. The committee, by its own rules, motions, or resolutions, shall provide for the size, membership, appointment, all administrative matters, and the delegated powers and duties of the litigation subcommittee.
(2) No attorney representing the state or any of its departments or agencies or any of its employees entitled to indemnification under R.S. 13:5108.1 shall sign any compromise or settlement which obligates the state to pay five hundred thousand dollars or more without prior consultation with the attorney general and the members of the litigation subcommittee. The consultation with the members of the litigation subcommittee shall occur in executive session.
(3)(a) At the request of the litigation subcommittee, any department, agency, board, commission, educational institution, or other state entity entitled to indemnification by the state or any employer of an employee entitled to indemnification under R.S. 13:5108.1 shall report on any corrective measures or actions taken to mitigate state risk exposure if the litigation subcommittee determines that such a report is necessary after consideration of a compromise or settlement of litigation.
(b) A meeting of the litigation subcommittee to receive a report from a state entity on corrective measures or actions pursuant to this Paragraph shall occur only after the subject litigation has been concluded. The litigation subcommittee may require that any indemnified state entity or employer of an indemnified employee appear at one or more meetings of the litigation subcommittee to discuss and report on corrective measures or actions.
(c) Any information provided by a state entity pursuant to this Paragraph may only be presented in executive session, and any documentation prepared or compiled by the state entity pursuant to this Paragraph shall not be subject to disclosure pursuant to the Public Records Law set forth in R.S. 44:1 et seq.
I. The committee shall have the authority to nullify a penalty applied by the office of risk management relative to a state agency which has failed to receive certification after undergoing a loss prevention audit, as provided in R.S. 39:1536(B).
J. The committee may establish a subcommittee to execute its duties relative to oversight of performance-based budgeting under the Louisiana Government Performance and Accountability Act, as provided in Subpart D of Part II of Chapter 1 of Subtitle I of Title 39 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950. When the subcommittee acts on behalf of the committee, the chairman of the subcommittee shall provide to each member of the committee a summary report of the subcommittee's action.
K.(1) In the conduct of its responsibility to discharge the constitutional fiscal and budgetary responsibilities of the Louisiana Legislature, the committee shall consider the operating budgets of public entities and salaries of particular public officials which by law require the approval of the committee in accordance with the following:
(a) The committee shall consider operating budgets in advance of the beginning of a subject entity's fiscal year. If the committee finds that the entity has failed to receive the required approval, either by failure to appear or by committee disapproval of its budget, the committee may adopt a resolution to direct the commissioner of administration and the state treasurer to deny any warrant or payment of money from the state treasury for any amount contained within that budget. The committee may also adopt a resolution to direct the commissioner of administration and state treasurer to recommence the acceptance of warrants. If the committee determines that an entity whose operating funds are administered outside of the state treasury has failed to receive the required approval of its budget, either by failure to appear or by committee disapproval of its budget, the committee may adopt a resolution to that effect, and any expenditure of public monies by such entity shall constitute a violation of the provisions of Article VII, Section 14 of the Constitution of Louisiana.
(b) The consideration of salaries of public officials that by law require the approval of the committee shall occur prior to the execution of any employment contract for that official. The state shall not be liable for any payment of such salary if the salary has not been approved by the Joint Legislative Committee on the Budget. The committee shall have the authority to adopt a resolution to direct the commissioner of administration and the state treasurer to deny any warrant or payment of money from the state treasury for any monies related to the payment of the salary at issue. The committee is also authorized to adopt a resolution to direct the commissioner of administration and state treasurer to recommence the acceptance of warrants.
(2) The provisions of this Section shall have no effect on the provisions of any contract which is in effect prior to July 1, 2008.
(3) Notwithstanding any contrary provision of law, the chairman of the Joint Legislative Committee on the Budget may grant an entity, for good cause shown, an extension of time, not to exceed thirty days, to comply with the provisions of this Subsection, and the Joint Legislative Committee on the Budget may grant an additional extension of time.
L.(1)(a) Upon receipt of the reports from the various departments within the executive branch of state government as provided by R.S. 36:8(A)(6) and the public postsecondary education management boards as provided by R.S. 17:3130(C) and 3351(F), the Joint Legislative Committee on the Budget shall transmit the reports to the legislative fiscal office for review and analysis and may conduct hearings to review the reports.
(b) The legislative fiscal office shall review the reports and perform any additional analysis of the reports that is necessary to provide an accurate actual estimate as compared to the fiscal note as the bill was enacted.
(2) The reports required to be submitted under this Section shall be in a manner as prescribed by the chairman of the Joint Legislative Committee on the Budget and shall be accompanied by such other information as the chairman may require. At a minimum, the report shall present the differences between the original estimate as the bill was enacted and the actual current revenues or expenditures. Depending upon the scope of the original legislation, the comparisons between the fiscal note as the bill was enacted and the actual amounts shall include but not be limited to tax increases, decreases, fee increases and repeals, tax exemptions, suspensions, credits, rebates, exclusions, and deductions, among others.
(3) No later than February first of each year, the committee shall report its findings in a public meeting relative to any legislation that has been enacted that affects state revenues, public postsecondary education management boards and the related institutions or the various departments and the related entities and that legislation has a fiscal impact which has increased by the amount of one million dollars or more over the amount of the fiscal note as the bill was enacted. The review and analysis shall also examine the receipt, expenditure, allocation, dedication, or means of financing to determine specifically how the increases impact state revenue, the departments, agencies, boards, commissions, and like entities within the executive branch of state government, as well as among the public postsecondary education institutions of the state. The Joint Legislative Committee on the Budget shall transmit copies of the final report to the governor, the president of the Senate, and the speaker of the House of Representatives, and distribute a copy to each member of the legislature.
M.(1) All economic and financial reports for projects submitted in conjunction with the request for approval of the Joint Legislative Committee on the Budget in excess of a total state commitment of ten million dollars for the term of the project shall provide the following information:
(a) Inclusion of all input information, data, and assumptions, including but not limited to data sources, economic growth assumptions, and an assessment/basis of the reasonableness of each.
(b) A description of the analytical model employed for the report and how each input was utilized with that model.
(c) Results in terms of value-added, household earnings, and employment, and a description of each concept.
(d) Results by industry sector, with an assessment of possible adverse effects on sectors that compete with the subsidized company for in-state customers.
(e) Explicit identification of the project's effect on direct expenditure requirements in the state budget or any reduction in taxes or state revenues, including but not limited to tax exemptions, exclusions, deductions, reductions, repeals, rebates, incentives, abatements, or credits.
(f) An additional assessment by the secretary of Louisiana Economic Development regarding the extent to which the project would not have occurred but for the proposed state financial support. The secretary's assessment shall reference other business factors which contributed to the project activity occurring and factors which will be required for ongoing sustainability, including but not limited to labor, transportation, energy, among others.
(g) Cost/benefit comparisons of the incentives in the package compared to the costs in the package shall be for the same period of time or the same term, both for the direct benefits to the state as well as the indirect benefits to the state.
(2)(a) The department shall submit the request for Joint Legislative Committee on the Budget approval of the project with the analysis to the committee for its review at least seventeen business days, or as permitted by the chairman, prior to the meeting for which the department is seeking the committee's approval. In the event that the chairman specifies a request submission period that is less than seventeen business days, the chairman shall notify all members of the committee of the revised submission time period. Presentation of the information required shall be in a format developed by the department in consultation with the Legislative Fiscal Office and the Joint Legislative Committee on the Budget.
(b) Upon receipt of the request, the Joint Legislative Committee on the Budget shall transmit the report to the legislative fiscal office for evaluation of the department's assessment and the legislative fiscal office shall make such information available to the committee during its review.
(3) For the purposes of this Section and notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, "project" shall mean any public-private partnership, agreement with a nonpublic party, lease, cooperative endeavor agreement, memorandum of understanding, or other contractual agreement which would result in or is expected to result in the obligation of state resources or the expenditure of revenues from the operation, management, or control of a state resource for the purposes of engendering economic growth or development in the state through the utilization of certain incentives, including but not limited to tax exemptions, exclusions, deductions, reductions, repeals, rebates, incentives, abatements, or credits.
N.(1) The committee shall have a dedicated fund review subcommittee which shall review and make recommendations on special funds in the state treasury that dedicate state revenue.
(2) The committee, by its own rules, motions, or resolutions, shall provide for the size, membership, appointment, all administrative matters, and the delegated powers and duties of the dedicated fund review subcommittee. The committee shall provide that the membership of the subcommittee is bipartisan and diverse.
(3) No later than September 1, 2017, and every two years thereafter, the committee shall provide for the dedicated fund review subcommittee.
(4) The dedicated fund review subcommittee shall conduct the review of special funds and submit recommendations to the committee as required in R.S. 49:308.5.
Added by Acts 1976, No. 538, §3, eff. March 10, 1980. Acts 1984, No. 694, §1; Acts 1997, No. 738, §1; Acts 1997, No. 1465, §1, eff. July 15, 1997; Acts 1998, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 11, §1; Acts 2001, No. 894, §1, eff. June 26, 2001; Acts 2008, No. 842, §1, eff. July 8, 2008; Acts 2010, No. 861, §10; Acts 2013, No. 96, §2, eff. July 1, 2013; Acts 2014, No. 704, §1, eff. July 1, 2014; Acts 2017, No. 355, §1, eff. June 22, 2017; Acts 2018, No. 612, §8, eff. July 1, 2020; Acts 2019, No. 404, §16; Acts 2023, No. 291, §1.
NOTE: See Acts 2019, No. 404, §§16 and 20 regarding the repeal of certain changes made to R.S. 24:653(N)(3) in Acts 2018, No. 612.
NOTE: See Acts 2018, No. 612 and Acts 2019, No. 404 providing for the effects of the conversion of certain dedicated funds to special statutorily dedicated fund accounts.
All agencies, boards, commissions, and departments of the state, whether budget or nonbudget units, and of any of its political subdivisions, including the Insurance Guaranty Association as created by R.S. 22:2056 et seq., shall assist the committee in its work and furnish such information, reports, aid, services, and assistance as may be requested by the committee, all without any cost or charge of any nature to the committee.
Added by Acts 1976, No. 538, §3, eff. March 10, 1980; Acts 1993, No. 397, §3, eff. June 8, 1993; Acts 2008, No. 415, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 2009.
A. The committee shall have the power and authority to hold hearings, subpoena witnesses, administer oaths, require the production of books and records, and do all other things necessary to discharge its duties and responsibilities, including the power to punish for contempt and to initiate the prosecution, in accordance with the laws of this state, of any individual who refuses to testify or is charged with false swearing or perjury before the committee.
B. The committee shall have the power, by the adoption of a committee resolution, to grant rewards to state agencies or to require the imposition of penalties upon state agencies, as provided in R.S. 39:87.1 et seq. The committee shall also have the power, by the adoption of a committee resolution, to recommend that the legislature provide for a reward or penalty for a state agency, as provided in R.S. 39:87.1 et seq.
Added by Acts 1976, No. 538, §3, eff. March 10, 1980; Acts 1997, No. 1465, §1, eff. July 15, 1997.
A. The committee shall have the authority to employ professional, clerical, and other personnel, and incur such expenses as are necessary for carrying out its duties and responsibilities.
B. The legislative fiscal office and the legislative auditor shall assist the committee in the performance of its duties and functions.
C. The books and records of the committee shall be audited annually by the legislative auditor.
Added by Acts 1976, No. 538, §3, eff. March 10, 1980. Acts 1987, No. 431, §1, eff. July 9, 1987.
A.(1) The Joint Legislative Committee on Capital Outlay, hereinafter referred to as the committee, is hereby created and established as the representative of the Legislature of Louisiana on capital outlay to assist that body in the analysis of the capital outlay needs of the state and its political subdivisions and the preparation and analysis of the capital outlay and omnibus bond bills as presented to the legislature.
(2) The committee shall provide the legislature with information relative to such responsibilities from a source created by and responsible solely to the members of the legislature. The committee shall report from time to time to the legislature its recommendations, thereby providing to the legislature comprehensive budgetary and fiscal information.
(3)(a) The committee shall be composed of:
(i) The members of the House Ways and Means Committee and the Senate Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Committee, or their successors.
(ii) The chairman of the House Appropriations Committee or a member of that committee designated by the chairman thereof.
(iii) The chairman of the Senate Finance Committee or a member of that committee designated by the chairman thereof.
(iv) The speaker of the House of Representatives and four members of the House of Representatives appointed by the speaker.
(v) The president of the Senate and four members of the Senate appointed by the president.
(vi) The chairman of the Joint Highway Priority Construction Committee who, if a member of the House of Representatives, shall be one of the four members appointed by the speaker of the House of Representatives; however, if the chairman is a senator he shall be one of the four members appointed by the president of the Senate.
(b) If any member of the House Ways and Means Committee or the Senate Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Committee no longer wishes or is unable to serve, the presiding officer of the respective body shall appoint another member to serve in the place of that member on the Joint Legislative Committee on Capital Outlay.
(4) No action shall be taken by the committee or by a joint subcommittee thereof except by the favorable vote of a majority of the members. A quorum of the committee or a joint subcommittee shall consist of a majority of the total membership thereof.
B. The committee may establish an executive committee thereof to be composed of not more than seventeen members, such committee to perform any administrative functions or exercise any administrative powers of the committee which are assigned or granted to the committee by law, rule, or resolution or to which it succeeds under the provisions of this Chapter.
C. The committee shall select a chairman, a vice chairman, and such other officers as it deems necessary.
D. The members of the committee shall receive the same per diem and travel allowance in the performance of their duties as is provided for standing committees of the legislature.
Acts 1984, No. 491, §1; Acts 1990, No. 208, §1.
A. The capital outlay budget requests or statements of various budget units submitted to the division of administration and any capital outlay budget or recommendation or budget statement prepared by the division of administration, as provided in R.S. 39:61, except projects selected pursuant to the provisions of R.S. 38:90.1 et seq., shall be submitted each year for informational purposes to the committee on the same day that such statements are submitted to the division of administration or prepared by the division of administration.
B. The governor shall submit his preliminary capital recommendations together with a summary thereof to the committee not later than March 1 of each year.
Acts 1984, No. 491, §1.
A. The committee shall make such studies and examinations of the matters pertaining to the capital outlay affairs and needs of the state and its political subdivisions as may be deemed desirable by the committee or the legislature. The committee shall make such reports of its finding and recommendations with regard to such matters to the legislature upon its request or as is deemed advisable by the committee.
B. Prior to and during each regular session of the legislature, the committee may make such studies and hold such hearings with respect to capital requests or budgets and with respect to the preliminary capital outlay recommendations it deems appropriate and necessary to carry out its duties and functions.
C. Following the review, analysis, and study of the proposed capital outlay budget, the committee shall submit its findings and recommendations thereon to the members of the legislature not later than one week prior to each regular session of the legislature.
D. The committee shall make such continuing studies and examinations of matters pertaining to the capital outlay needs of the state and its agencies and political subdivisions, shall make quarterly reports and recommendations to the legislature, and shall make such other reports as the committee or the legislature deems advisable.
E. The committee shall have the full power and authority to adopt rules and regulations prescribing and governing its procedures, policies, meetings, and any and all other activities relating to its functions and duties.
Acts 1984, No. 491, §1.
All agencies, boards, commissions, and departments of the state, whether budget or nonbudget units, and of any of its political subdivisions shall assist the committee in its work and furnish such information, reports, aid, services, and assistance as may be requested by the committee, all without any cost or charge of any nature to the committee.
Acts 1984, No. 491, §1.
The committee shall have the power and authority to hold hearings, subpoena witnesses, administer oaths, require the production of books and records, and do all other things necessary to discharge its duties and responsibilities, including the power to punish for contempt and to initiate the prosecution, in accordance with the laws of this state, of any individual who refuses to testify or is charged with false swearing or perjury before the committee.
Acts 1984, No. 491, §1.
A. The committee shall have the authority to incur such expenses as are necessary for carrying out its duties and responsibilities in accordance with procedures established by the rules of the respective houses for the incurring of such expenses by standing committees. Such expenses shall be paid from funds appropriated for the purpose or from funds appropriated for the expenses of the legislature and its committees.
B. The books and records of the committee shall be audited annually by the legislative auditor.
C. In the conduct of its studies and proceedings, the committee shall utilize the personnel and services of the staffs of the Senate and the House of Representatives. The Legislative Fiscal Office shall assist the committee in the performance of its duties and functions.
Acts 1984, No. 491, §1.
A. The Joint Legislative Committee on Technology and Cybersecurity, hereinafter referred to as the "committee", is hereby created and established to assist the legislature in the evaluation and oversight of matters involving information technology for the state and its political subdivisions as deemed appropriate by the committee or the legislature.
B.(1) For purposes of this Chapter the phrase "information technology" shall include the equipment, services, and means necessary to provide:
(a) Telecommunications systems and services.
(b) Network systems and services.
(c) Server systems and services.
(d) Storage systems and services.
(e) Information technology security systems and services.
(f) Related peripheral systems and services.
(g) Software and software application services.
(h) Infrastructure and platform systems and services.
(i) Desktop computing systems and services.
(j) Geographic information systems and services.
(k) Mobile device systems and services.
(l) Video systems and services.
(m) Radio systems.
(n) Any and all systems and services based on emerging and future information technologies relating to Subparagraphs (a) through (m) of this Paragraph.
(2) The legislature, by concurrent resolution, may include other matters within the committee's scope of authority.
C. The committee shall be composed of five members of the House of Representatives appointed by the speaker of the House of Representatives and five members of the Senate appointed by the president of the Senate. In making these appointments, the presiding officers shall appoint members with technological knowledge and experience, to the extent possible.
D. No action shall be taken by the committee or by a subcommittee thereof, except by the favorable vote of a majority of the members thereof from each house present and voting, each house voting separately, a quorum of the committee or subcommittee being present. A quorum of a committee or a subcommittee shall consist of a majority of the total membership thereof.
E. The committee shall select a chairman and a vice chairman, and such other officers as it deems necessary.
F. The members of the committee shall receive the same per diem and travel allowance in the performance of their duties as is provided for standing committees of the legislature.
Acts 2020, No. 301, §1.
A. The committee may study and examine matters pertaining to information technology of the state and its political subdivisions as deemed appropriate by the committee or the legislature.
B. The committee may review the needs and performance of the office of technology services and make periodic recommendations to the legislature and the governor regarding the office and the state master information technology plan.
C.(1) The committee shall assess all cybersecurity risks facing public entities in Louisiana, including the potential likelihood, frequency, and severity of cyberattacks and data breaches. The committee shall work with law enforcement and the office of technology services and develop recommendations and strategies to mitigate the damage to the public relative to those cybersecurity risks.
(2) The committee shall review cybersecurity investments and expenditures and make recommendations, where appropriate.
D. The committee may make such continuing study and examination of matters pertaining to the information technology of the state and its agencies, and make reports and recommendations to the legislature as the committee or legislature deems advisable. The committee may make such studies and hold such hearings with respect to information technology as it deems necessary and appropriate to carry out its duties and functions.
E. Any information received by the committee containing confidential, proprietary, or security sensitive information shall be held confidential and the committee may discuss such information in executive session with appropriate notice in accordance with the Open Meetings Law.
F. The committee may adopt rules and regulations prescribing and governing its procedures, policies, meetings, and any and all other activities relating to its functions and duties.
Acts 2020, No. 301, §1.
A. The committee may review any budget request, expenditure request, or procurement request related to technology or cybersecurity. The committee shall review and approve a budget request, expenditure request, or procurement request if required by law or requested by the Joint Legislative Committee on the Budget. The committee shall perform its review and submit its comments and recommendations to the Joint Legislative Committee on the Budget in a timely manner.
B. Each agency shall submit any request by the agency to deviate from normal or standard technology procurement processes to the committee for review.
C. The committee may review any technology fees and expenditures related to information technology and cybersecurity from any means of finance and shall report its findings and recommendations as it deems appropriate.
Acts 2020, No. 301, §1; Acts 2024, No. 734, §1.
A. All agencies, boards, commissions, and departments of the state and of any of its political subdivisions, shall assist the committee in its work and furnish such information, reports, aid, services, and assistance as may be requested by the committee.
B. In order to assist the committee in its study and examination of information technology required by this Chapter, each public entity shall provide to the committee, upon request, any information the committee requests regarding the entity's information technology.
Acts 2020, No. 301, §1.
The committee shall have the power and authority to hold hearings, subpoena witnesses, administer oaths, require the production of books and records, and do all other things necessary to discharge its duties and responsibilities, including the power to punish for contempt and to initiate the prosecution, in accordance with the laws of this state, of any individual who refuses to testify or is charged with false swearing or perjury before the committee.
Acts 2020, No. 301, §1.
A. The staff of the House of Representatives and of the Senate shall assist the committee in the performance of its duties and functions.
B. The committee shall request funds from the Legislative Budgetary Control Council in the event that professional experts are necessary for carrying out its duties and functions.
C. The books and records of the committee shall be audited annually by the legislative auditor.
Acts 2020, No. 301, §1.
Repealed by Acts 2021, No. 404, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 2023.
A. There shall be a director of capitol security who shall be the chief security officer for the legislature. The director of capitol security shall be elected by the favorable vote of a majority of the elected members of each house of the legislature, after having been interviewed by the Capitol Security Council and recommended for employment by the council by a majority vote, and shall serve at the pleasure of the legislature. He may be removed by a majority vote of the elected members of each house of the legislature. Any vacancy occasioned by death, resignation, or otherwise, which occurs while the legislature is not in session, shall be filled on a temporary basis by the president of the Senate and the speaker of the House of Representatives, until such time as the vacancy shall be filled by the legislature as provided in this Subsection.
B. The director shall have a minimum of ten years of full-time law enforcement experience. He shall be POST-certified and possess qualifications necessary to be commissioned as a special officer. He shall not be a member of the legislature.
C. The salary of the director of capitol security shall be recommended by the Capitol Security Council, and together with all other expenses and salaries of his office necessary to carry out the duties required pursuant to R.S. 24:682, shall be submitted to the president of the Senate and the speaker of the House of Representatives for approval.
Acts 2022, No. 507, §1, eff. June 16, 2022.
A. Subject to the general direction and supervision of the Capitol Security Council, the director of capitol security shall have the following duties and functions:
(1) Oversee law enforcement and physical security for the areas within the state capitol complex, as defined in R.S. 40:1379.5, that are occupied and utilized by the members, officers, and staff of the legislative branch of state government, including areas of ingress and egress for those areas as necessary.
(2) Oversee law enforcement and physical security for the legislature, its members, officers, and staff at any official meeting or function of the legislature, and its committees regardless of location.
(3) Develop an annual budget for the operations of the office, subject to approval by the Capitol Security Council, which shall be submitted to the president of the Senate and the speaker of the House of Representatives for approval.
(4) Recommend for employment such security officers and other personnel as are necessary to ensure the physical security for the areas within the state capitol complex, as defined in R.S. 40:1379.5, that are occupied and utilized by the members, officers, and staff of the legislative branch of state government, including areas of ingress and egress for those areas as necessary.
(5) Ensure that security officers are POST-certified and possess qualifications necessary to be commissioned as special officers.
(6) Develop, coordinate, and implement security training for security officers.
(7) Coordinate and supervise the scheduling and activities of the security officers.
(8) Promptly respond and immediately take appropriate action with regard to any situation which threatens life, limb, or property, or which may likely result in the disruption of general order within his area of jurisdiction.
(9) Conduct investigations and affect lawful arrests when necessary.
(10) Conduct research; correlate, analyze, and interpret data; monitor compliance with administrative rules and regulations; make findings of fact; prepare reports; and recommend legislation, policies, and directives which relate to security.
(11) Act as the legislature's principal point of contact for all law enforcement recommendations to the legislature and committees with respect to security issues.
(12) Develop and implement, subject to adoption by the Capitol Security Council, a comprehensive security plan for the areas within the state capitol complex, as defined in R.S. 40:1379.5, that are occupied and utilized by the members, officers, and staff of the legislative branch of state government.
(13) Carry out all directives issued by the presiding officer of either house of the legislature.
Acts 2022, No. 507, §1, eff. June 16, 2022.
The director of capitol security shall make recommendations of employment for all security officers and other necessary employees and shall recommend salaries to the Capitol Security Council for approval by the president of the Senate and the speaker of the House of Representatives.
Acts 2022, No. 507, §1, eff. June 16, 2022.
The offices of the director of capitol security shall be domiciled in the state capitol complex in Baton Rouge.
Acts 2022, No. 507, §1, eff. June 16, 2022.
A. The director of capitol security shall, in every aspect of his functions, duties, and operations, be responsible solely to the legislature and to no other branch of state government and no board, commission, department, or agency or official of any other branch of state government.
B. Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, the director shall be the lead investigative officer for any security breach or occurrence in the state capitol building and other areas within the state capitol complex, as defined in R.S. 40:1379.5, that are occupied and utilized by the members, officers, and staff of the legislative branch of state government.
C. The designation of the director of capitol security as the chief capitol security officer for the legislature shall not otherwise affect the duties of the sergeant at arms of the Senate or the House of Representatives as provided in the Rules of Order of the Senate or the Rules of Order of the House of Representatives.
Acts 2022, No. 507, §1, eff. June 16, 2022.
A. The Capitol Security Council, referred to in this Part as the "council", is hereby created.
B. The council shall be composed of ten members as follows:
(1) The president of the Senate.
(2) Four members appointed by the president of the Senate from the membership of the Senate.
(3) The speaker of the House of Representatives.
(4) Four members appointed by the speaker of the House of Representatives from the membership of the House of Representatives.
C.(1) Appointments to the council shall be made no later than twenty days after the adjournment of the organizational session of the legislature.
(2) Any vacancy in the appointed membership of the council shall be filled in the manner of original appointment for the remainder of the term.
D. The positions of chairman and vice chairman of the council shall rotate in even-numbered years between the members of the House of Representatives and the members of the Senate who serve on the council as provided in this Section. In January of each even-numbered year, the speaker of the House of Representatives shall designate a member of the House of Representatives on the council who shall serve as chairman or vice chairman of the council, as applicable, and the president of the Senate shall designate the member of the Senate on the council who shall serve as chairman or vice chairman of the council, as applicable.
Acts 2022, No. 507, §1, eff. June 16, 2022.
A. The council shall have such powers and duties as are conferred upon it by this Chapter and such other duties as are provided by law or otherwise assigned by the legislature and shall meet from time to time as it deems necessary.
B. The council shall be responsible for adopting a comprehensive security plan for the areas within the state capitol complex, as defined in R.S. 40:1379.5, that are occupied and utilized by the legislative branch of state government as it deems necessary or appropriate.
C. The council shall be responsible for reviewing and approving, with whatever changes it deems necessary or appropriate, each annual budget for the operations of the office of the director of capitol security prior to submission of the budget to the president of the Senate and speaker of the House of Representatives.
D. In carrying out the powers and duties conferred upon it by this Chapter, and limited to the description of the powers, duties, and jurisdiction of the council as provided in this Chapter, the council shall have the power and authority of the legislature inherent in that body and conferred by law to hold hearings, administer oaths, take testimony at public or private hearings, and pursue punishment for contempt of the council as otherwise provided by law.
Acts 2022, No. 507, §1, eff. June 16, 2022.
Failure to comply with any order of the council issued in accordance with or under the authority of this Chapter, refusal to testify, or any act of disrespect or of disorderly or contemptuous behavior before the council shall constitute contempt of the council. The council shall have the power to initiate and pursue proceedings for contempt as provided by law. False swearing or perjury before the council shall be punished in accordance with the laws of the state.
Acts 2022, No. 507, §1, eff. June 16, 2022.
Notwithstanding any provision of this Chapter to the contrary, the legislature may, by joint rule, provide for the structure, authority, powers, functions, and duties of the council, the director of capitol security, capitol security officers, capitol security personnel, and officers of the legislature relative to capitol security.
Acts 2022, No. 507, §1, eff. June 16, 2022.
Repealed by Acts 1995, No. 1262, §1.
Repealed by Acts 1995, No. 1262, §1.
Repealed by Acts 1995, No. 1262, §1.
Repealed by Acts 1995, No. 1262, §1.
Repealed by Acts 1995, No. 1262, §1.
Repealed by Acts 1995, No. 1262, §1.
Repealed by Acts 1995, No. 1262, §1.
A. A law library known as the "Huey P. Long Memorial Law Library" shall be located in the state capitol building and administered by the Senate with funds allocated by the Legislative Budgetary Control Council or otherwise made available for such purposes.
B. A research library known as the "David R. Poynter Legislative Research Library" shall be located in the state capitol building and administered by the House of Representatives.
Acts 1985, No. 905, §1; Acts 1990, No. 9, §1.
As used in this Part, the following terms shall have the following meanings:
(1) "Agency" means an office, department, board, bureau, commission, committee, council, institution, college or university, division, officer, or other person or group within the executive, judicial, or legislative branches of state government or any political subdivision of the state that is authorized to exercise or that exercises any of the functions of government within the state of Louisiana.
(2) "David R. Poynter Legislative Research Library" means the research library provided for in R.S. 24:761(B).
(3) "Report" means any report which is a public record and is requested by the legislature or is required by law or resolution to be submitted to the legislature or to either house or to any committee or joint committee thereof, other than reports of standing committees of the House of Representatives and Senate. "Report" shall also include those reports of special committees, commissions, and task forces on which a member or members of the legislature serve, reports prepared for the legislature by any agency, or reports prepared for the legislature by a private individual or organization whether under contract or not and issued in print, including all forms of duplicating. "Report" shall not include those reports submitted to any legislative agency created by statute or any report required to be submitted by an agency to a legislative committee pursuant to the Administrative Procedure Act.
Acts 1985, No. 905, §1; Acts 1990, No. 9, §1; Acts 2005, No. 276, §1.
A.(1) To comply with any provision of law and any resolution requiring or requesting the submission of reports to the legislature, the agency shall send an e-mail notification which contains an electronic copy of the report to the David R. Poynter Legislative Research Library in such an electronic format as may be determined by the Legislative Budgetary Control Council. The David R. Poynter Legislative Research Library shall distribute a list of such reports to the members of the legislature via e-mail and, upon the request of a member, via paper copy.
(2) Notwithstanding Paragraph (1) of this Subsection, an agency may send an electronic copy of a report to one or more members of the legislature.
(3)(a) Each agency shall distribute a list of its reports and publications to the David R. Poynter Legislative Research Library by February first of each year. The list shall include all reports and publications issued by the agency during the previous calendar year and shall be sent via e-mail.
(b) Each agency shall also distribute an electronic copy of each report and publication on such list to the David R. Poynter Legislative Research Library by February first of each year.
(c) The David R. Poynter Legislative Research Library shall ensure that the information required to be submitted pursuant to this Paragraph, including a link to each report and publication, is distributed via e-mail to each member of the legislature.
B. In addition to the distributions required in Subsection A of this Section, one printed copy of each report shall be filed with the David R. Poynter Legislative Research Library. The David R. Poynter Legislative Research Library shall be a depository for all reports and shall receive such materials without cost within five days of publication.
C. During an audit of each state agency, the legislative auditor shall cause an examination of the records of the various reports submitted to the legislature by such agency, insofar as is practicable, to determine whether the agency has complied with the provisions of this Section. An audit report of a state agency by the legislative auditor shall contain specific comment on the compliance of such agency with the provisions of this Section.
Acts 1990, No. 9, §1; Acts 1997, No. 1417, §1; Acts 2001, No. 26, §1; Acts 2003, No. 827, §1; Acts 2005, No. 276, §1; Acts 2011, No. 182, §1.
A. The commissioner of insurance shall, at least twice each calendar year, report to the Senate and House committees on insurance relative to insurance regulation in this state.
B. The report shall include information and data about licensure, solvency of insurers, IRIS reports, and such other information as the commissioner may deem appropriate or as the committee may request.
C. The commissioner shall furnish the committee with all information and data which the committee requests except for any such information which is privileged or confidential by law.
D. The committee may meet at any time it deems appropriate to receive a report from the commissioner.
E. The committee may meet in executive session, and such sessions shall be exempt from the laws regulating open meetings for matters concerning the IRIS reports and company insolvencies, and other matters pertaining thereto.
Acts 1990, No. 795, §1; Acts 1992, No. 377, §2, eff. June 17, 1992.
Repealed by Acts 1995, No. 1262, §1.
Repealed by Acts 1995, No. 1262, §1.
Repealed by Acts 1995, No. 1262, §1.
Repealed by Acts 1995, No. 1262, §1.
Repealed by Acts 1995, No. 1262, §1.
Repealed by Acts 1995, No. 1262, §1.
Repealed by Acts 1995, No. 1262, §1.
The legislature finds and declares that there is a need for a permanent intergovernmental advisory body to study and report on:
(1) The current pattern of local governmental structure and its viability.
(2) The powers and functions of local governments, including their fiscal powers.
(3) The existing, necessary, and desirable relationship between and among local governments and the state.
(4) The existing, necessary, and desirable allocation of state and local fiscal resources.
(5) The existing, necessary, and desirable role of the state as the creator of the local governmental systems.
(6) The special problems facing general local governments, interstate regional units, and areawide bodies in interstate areas, such studies where possible to be conducted in conjunction with those of pertinent sister state commissions.
(7) Any constitutional amendments and statutory enactments required to implement appropriate commission recommendations.
Acts 1986, No. 1024, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1987.
{{NOTE: SEE ACTS 1986, NO. 1024, §3.}}
{{NOTE: ACTS 1989, NO. 672, §1 REPEALED ACTS 1986, NO. 1024, §3 WHICH WOULD HAVE PROVIDED FOR TERMINATION OF THE COMMISSION ON JANUARY 1, 1990.}}
A. There is hereby created a Louisiana Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations.
B. The commission shall be composed of nineteen members as follows:
(1) Three elected municipal officials appointed by the executive board of the Louisiana Municipal Association or their designees.
(2) Three elected parish government officials appointed by the executive board of the Louisiana Police Jury Association or their designees.
(3) Three elected school board officials appointed by the Louisiana School Board Association or their designees.
(4) The superintendent of education or his designee.
(5) The secretary of Louisiana Economic Development or his designee.
(6) The secretary of the Louisiana Department of Revenue or his designee.
(7) The secretary of the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development or his designee.
(8) Three state representatives appointed by the speaker of the Louisiana House of Representatives.
(9) Three state senators appointed by the president of the Louisiana Senate.
C. The chairman and vice chairman of the commission shall be elected by the members of the commission and shall serve for a term of one year.
D. Ten members of the commission shall constitute a quorum.
E.(1) The commission may establish an executive committee to be composed of six members selected as provided in this Subsection to perform any administrative function or exercise any administrative power of the commission which is assigned or granted to the commission by law, rule, or resolution or to which it succeeds under the provisions of this Chapter.
(2) The executive committee shall consist of the following members:
(a) One of the commission members serving pursuant to R.S. 24:802(B)(1) selected by the three members serving pursuant to that Paragraph.
(b) One of the commission members serving pursuant to R.S. 24:802(B)(2) selected by the three members serving pursuant to that Paragraph.
(c) One of the commission members serving pursuant to R.S. 24:802(B)(3) selected by the three members serving pursuant to that Paragraph.
(d) One of the commission members serving pursuant to R.S. 24:802(B)(4), (5), (6), or (7) selected by the members serving pursuant to those Paragraphs.
(e) One of the commission members serving pursuant to R.S. 24:802(B)(8) selected by the three members serving pursuant to that Paragraph.
(f) One of the commission members serving pursuant to R.S. 24:802(B)(9) selected by the three members serving pursuant to that Paragraph.
(3) The term of the members of the executive committee shall be one year.
(4) The chairman of the commission shall serve as ex officio chairman of the executive committee. The chairman shall not vote unless he is one of the six members of the committee provided for in Paragraph (2) of this Subsection.
(5) The executive committee, upon the favorable vote of a majority of the total membership of the committee, may act for the commission and in its name in the interim between meetings of the commission; however, it shall have no authority to change any action taken by the commission.
(6) All actions of the executive committee shall require the favorable vote of a majority of the total membership of the committee.
Acts 1986, No. 1024, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1987; Acts 1998, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 1, §1, eff. April 20, 1998; Acts 2001, No. 1065, §1, eff. June 28, 2001; Acts 2003, No. 805, §1, eff. July 1, 2003.
The commission shall have the following functions and duties:
(1) To serve as an advisory agency of the legislature and be responsible solely to the legislature in every aspect of its functions, duties, and operations.
(2) To serve as a forum for the discussion and resolution of intergovernmental problems.
(3) To engage in such activities and conduct such studies as are necessary or desirable in the accomplishment of the purposes set forth in R.S. 24:801.
(4) To consider, on its own initiative, ways and means of fostering better relations among local governments and between local governments and the state government.
(5) To draft and disseminate model local ordinances necessary to implement recommendations of the commission.
(6) To encourage, and, where appropriate, coordinate studies relating to intergovernmental relations conducted by universities, state, local, and federal agencies, and research and consulting organizations.
(7) To review the recommendations of national commissions studying federal, state, and local government relationships and problems and assess their possible application to Louisiana.
(8) To analyze the structure, functions, revenue requirements, and fiscal policies of Louisiana and its political subdivisions; conduct studies of economic, administrative tax, and revenue matters for all levels of state government; and make recommendations for improvement.
(9) To examine proposed and existing federal and state programs, assess their impact upon Louisiana and its political subdivisions, and provide such assessment and recommendations, when appropriate, to the legislature.
(10) To issue annual reports of its findings and recommendations to be transmitted to the presiding officer of each house of the legislature not less than thirty days prior to the convening of each regular session of the legislature. Such reports shall set forth the reasons and supporting data for each recommendation and shall include draft legislation to implement such recommendations. Recommendations regarding economic and taxation issues shall be accompanied by supporting analyses of economic data. The commission may issue special or interim reports on specific subjects as it may deem appropriate.
Acts 1986, No. 1024, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1987.
{{NOTE: SEE ACTS 1986, NO. 1024, §3.}}
{{NOTE: ACTS 1989, NO. 672, §1 REPEALED ACTS 1986, NO. 1024, §3 WHICH WOULD HAVE PROVIDED FOR TERMINATION OF THE COMMISSION ON JANUARY 1, 1990.}}
A. The commission shall hold meetings quarterly and at such times as it deems necessary. The commission may hold hearings from time to time on matters within its purview.
B. To the extent permitted by and in accordance with R.S. 44:1 et seq., each officer, board, commission, council, department, or agency of state government, and each political subdivision of the state shall make available all facts, records, information, and data requested by the commission and in all ways cooperate with the commission in carrying out the functions and duties imposed by this Chapter.
C. The commission may establish committees as it deems advisable and feasible, whose membership shall include at least one member of the commission, but only the commission itself may take official action.
D. The commission may adopt rules of procedure for its operation.
Acts 1986, No. 1024, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1987.
{{NOTE: SEE ACTS 1986, NO. 1024, §3.}}
{{NOTE: ACTS 1989, NO. 672, §1 REPEALED ACTS 1986, NO. 1024, §3 WHICH WOULD HAVE PROVIDED FOR TERMINATION OF THE COMMISSION ON JANUARY 1, 1990.}}
The commission shall use existing staff of the legislature, including but not limited to personnel of the legislative fiscal office.
Acts 1986, No. 1024, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1987.
{{NOTE: SEE ACTS 1986, NO. 1024, §3.}}
{{NOTE: ACTS 1989, NO. 672, §1 REPEALED ACTS 1986, NO. 1024, §3 WHICH WOULD HAVE PROVIDED FOR TERMINATION OF THE COMMISSION ON JANUARY 1, 1990.}}
A.(1) No member of the commission shall receive any salary for duties performed as a member of the commission.
(2) Legislator members of the commission shall receive per diem and be reimbursed for expenses as provided by law and the rules of the Senate or House of Representatives.
B. The commission is authorized to apply for, contract for, receive, and expend for its purposes any appropriation or grant from the state, its political subdivisions, the federal government, or any other public or private source.
C. To assist financially with the exercise of the functions and duties provided in R.S. 24:803, state appropriations are hereby authorized in such amounts as may be necessary.
D. The funds for the operations of the commission, over and above such funds as are now or may hereafter be made available by law or otherwise may be appropriated by the legislature from the state general fund from year to year, may be included in and constitute a separate item in the act appropriating funds for the expenses of the legislature and its committees. In addition, the presiding officers of each house of the legislature shall have authority to expend, or to pay over to the commission for expenditure, out of any funds available to either or both of them such amounts as are necessary to provide supplementary funds for the purpose of fully carrying out any one or more of the functions of the commission for the benefit of the legislature, its members, and committees.
E. The books and records of the commission shall be subject to audit by the legislative auditor.
Acts 1986, No. 1024, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1987.
{{NOTE: SEE ACTS 1986, NO. 1024, §3.}}
{{NOTE: ACTS 1989, NO. 672, §1 REPEALED ACTS 1986, NO. 1024, §3 WHICH WOULD HAVE PROVIDED FOR TERMINATION OF THE COMMISSION ON JANUARY 1, 1990.}}
Repealed by Acts 1995, No. 1262, §1.
Repealed by Acts 1995, No. 1262, §1.
Repealed by Acts 1995, No. 1262, §1.
Repealed by Acts 1995, No. 1262, §1.
Repealed by Acts 1995, No. 1262, §1.
Repealed by Acts 1995, No. 1262, §1.
Repealed by Acts 1995, No. 1262, §1.
Repealed by Acts 1995, No. 1262, §1.
Repealed by Acts 1995, No. 1262, §1.
Repealed by Acts 1995, No. 1262, §1.
Repealed by Acts 1995, No. 1262, §1.
Repealed by Acts 1995, No. 1262, §1.
Repealed by Acts 1995, No. 1262, §1.
A. The legislature hereby finds that it is imperative that the state have a permanent ongoing structure to develop and implement governmental policies and coordinate activities relating to the prevention of sex offenses and the treatment of sex offenders.
B. The purpose of this Chapter is:
(1) To establish the Interagency Council on the Prevention of Sex Offenses to evaluate services and programs sponsored either by local, state, or federal agencies or private organizations concerning the prevention of sex offenses and the treatment of sex offenders, and effective law enforcement and criminal and civil justice concerning alleged sex offenses and matters involving or relating to sexual offenses and abuse.
(2) To identify all sources of funding.
(3) To ensure proper coordination of the administration and implementation of a sound policy with respect to the prevention of sex offenses and the treatment of sex offenders.
(4) To monitor the effectiveness and quality of state and local activities, services, programs, employees, and facilities in the administration of sex offense laws of the state.
(5) To reduce conflicts and duplication of efforts between state and local resources.
(6) To ensure that the head of each resource is fully informed of other state and local resources and their functions.
(7) To clearly identify the proper state or local agency responsible for taking action under specified circumstances.
(8) To ensure proper and efficient operations in the prevention of sex offenses and the treatment of sex offenders.
Acts 1993, No. 484, §2, eff. June 10, 1993; Acts 1995, No. 1269, §1, eff. June 29, 1995.
For the purposes of this Chapter:
(1) "Council" means the Interagency Council on Prevention of Sex Offenses.
(2) "Rehabilitation service" means a mental health treatment or medical intervention program designed to treat or remedy a sex offender's mental or medical problem that may relate or contribute to the sex offender's criminal or paraphiliac problem.
(3) "Sex offender" means a person who:
(a) Admits to committing or has been convicted of one or more of the following sexual offenses as defined in R.S. 14:42, 43.1, 43.2, 43.3, 43.4, 45, 78, 81, 81.1, 81.2, 89.1, or 403; or any provision of Subpart C of Part II, Subpart B of Part IV, or Subpart A(1) or A(4) of Part V, of Chapter 1 of Title 14 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950.
(b) Experiences or evidences a paraphiliac disorder as defined by the Revised Diagnostic and Statistical Manual III.
(4) "Treatment provider" means a person who is licensed in this state to provide mental health or medical services for rehabilitation of sex offenders, including a physician, psychiatrist, psychologist, licensed professional counselor, therapist, or clinical social worker.
Acts 1993, No. 484, §2, eff. June 10, 1993; Acts 1995, No. 1269, §1, eff. June 29, 1995; Acts 1999, No. 1309, §6, eff. Jan. 1, 2000; Acts 2001, No. 486, §3, eff. June 21, 2001.
A. The Interagency Council on the Prevention of Sex Offenses is hereby established as a legislative agency.
B. The council shall be composed of twenty-four members as follows:
(1) A member of the Senate appointed by the Senate president who shall serve as chairman.
(2) A member of the House of Representatives appointed by the speaker of the House of Representatives who shall serve as vice chairman.
(3) The chairman of the Board of Parole or his designee.
(4) The chairman of the Board of Pardons or his designee.
(5) The chairman of the Louisiana Commission on Law Enforcement and Administration of Criminal Justice or his designee.
(6) The secretary of the Department of Public Safety and Corrections or his designee.
(7) The assistant secretary of the office of adult services of the Department of Public Safety and Corrections or his designee.
(8) The assistant secretary of the office of juvenile justice of the Department of Public Safety and Corrections or his designee.
(9) The assistant secretary of the office of community services of the Department of Children and Family Services or his designee.
(10) The assistant secretary of the office of behavioral health of the Louisiana Department of Health or his designee.
(11) The president of the Louisiana Sheriff's Association or his designee.
(12) The president of the Louisiana Chiefs of Police Association or his designee.
(13) The supervisor of the bureau of criminal identification and information of the office of state police of the Department of Public Safety and Corrections or his designee.
(14) The president of the Louisiana Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers or his designee.
(15) The president of the Louisiana Juvenile Judges Association or his designee.
(16) The president of the Louisiana District Judges Association or his designee.
(17) The judicial administrator of the Louisiana Supreme Court or his designee.
(18) The attorney general or his designee.
(19) Five members appointed by the governor who shall be subject to confirmation by the Senate.
(20) The president of the Louisiana District Attorneys Association or his designee.
C.(1) If a member designates a representative to the council on his behalf the representative must be, at the time of the designation and during the time of service on the council, an officer or employee of the entity the member represents.
(2) Two of the members appointed by the governor must be, at the time of appointment and during the time of service on the council, representatives of the general public with expertise in the treatment of sex offenders.
(3) Two of the members appointed by the governor must be designated by the Louisiana Foundation Against Sexual Assault.
(4) One member appointed by the governor must be designated by the Victims and Citizens Against Crime, Inc.
Acts 1993, No. 484, §2, eff. June 10, 1993; Acts 1994, 3rd Ex. Sess., No. 40, §1; Acts 1995, No. 1269, §1, eff. June 29, 1995; Acts 1999, No. 848, §1; Acts 2008, No. 565, §3; Acts 2009, No. 384, §5, eff. July 1, 2010.
A. The council shall meet at least four times each year, and may meet at other times at the call of the chairman or as provided by council rule.
B. The council may establish committees as it deems advisable and feasible, whose membership shall include at least one member of the council, but only the council itself may take official action.
C. Eleven members shall constitute a quorum.
D. The council may adopt rules of procedure for its operation.
Acts 1993, No. 484, §2, eff. June 10, 1993.
The council shall:
(1) Determine if a state-administered sex offender treatment program is necessary, identify needed services for the treatment and rehabilitation of sex offenders, report to the governor, the president of the Senate, and the speaker of the House of Representatives about the nature of the services and the funding necessary for the service.
(2) Evaluate in-state and out-of-state programs for sex offender treatment and recommend to the head of current programs methods of improving the programs.
(3) Collect and disseminate information to judicial officers, probation or parole workers, and the general public about available sex offender treatment programs.
(4) Distribute money appropriated by the legislature to the council or otherwise made available to the council for the development, operation, or evaluation of sex offender treatment programs.
(5) Advise and assist agencies in coordinating procedures to provide treatment services that may include community-based programs.
(6) Advise the office of behavioral health of the Louisiana Department of Health on the establishment and maintenance of a registry of individuals and programs providing mental health and medical services for sex offenders in accordance with R.S. 24:936.
(7) Plan effective coordination of resources to prevent sex offenses and treatment of the sex offenders.
(8) Serve as an advisory agency to the legislature, the governor, and resources involved in the prevention of sex offenses and the treatment of the sex offenders, or both.
(9) Identify and promote the full range of resources and funding available to prevent sex offenses and treat the sex offenders.
(10) Recommend procedures for reduction of overlapping efforts, activities, or actions by different resources.
Acts 1993, No. 484, §2, eff. June 10, 1993; Acts 1999, No. 848, §1; Acts 2009, No. 384, §5, eff. July 1, 2010.
A.(1) The office of behavioral health of the Louisiana Department of Health, with the advice of the council, shall, through contract, establish and maintain a registry of individuals who provide mental health or medical services for rehabilitation of sex offenders.
(2) The office, upon recommendation and advice of the council, by rule, shall develop procedures and eligibility requirements for registration.
(3) The office, upon recommendation and advice of the council, may establish a reasonable fee for registration to cover the costs of administering the registry.
(4) The office shall be responsible to have prepared annually a list of the treatment providers registered under this Section. The council, by rule, shall establish procedures for developing and distributing the list. The office, on request, shall be responsible for making the list available for a reasonable fee to cover the costs of printing and distribution.
B.(1) In furtherance of the purpose of this Chapter, the Department of Children and Family Services shall maintain a central registry in accordance with Children's Code Art. 616.
(2) In furtherance of the purpose of this Chapter, the Department of Public Safety and Corrections, office of state police, bureau of criminal identification and information shall maintain a registry of all cases of convictions of criminal sex offenses against children. Such sex offenses are those specified in R.S. 24:932(3)(a). The records of these convictions shall not be subject to expungement. The purpose of such registry is to fulfill the requirements of the Louisiana Child Protection Act as provided in R.S. 15:587.1.
Acts 1993, No. 484, §2, eff. June 10, 1993; Acts 1994, 3rd Ex. Sess., No. 56, §1, eff. July 7, 1994; Acts 1995, No. 625, §2, eff. June 19, 1995; Acts 1995, No. 1251, §1; Acts 1999, No. 848, §1; Acts 2009, No. 384, §5, eff. July 1, 2010.
NOTE: SEE ACTS 1995, NO. 625, §3.
The council may use the existing staff of the legislature, including but not limited to the legislative fiscal office.
Acts 1993, No. 484, §2, eff. June 10, 1993.
A. Each council member representing the executive or judicial branch of state government and each association represented on the council by a member shall designate a person within or from the entity as the council coordinator for that agency or association to work with the staff of the council to provide such information as the council may require regarding the activities of the agency or association in the prevention of sex offenses, treatment of the sex offenders, or both.
B. To the extent permitted by and in accordance with R.S. 44:1 et seq., each officer, board, commission, council, department, and agency of the state and each political subdivision shall make available all facts, records, information, and data required by the council and in all ways cooperate with the council in carrying out the functions and duties imposed by this Chapter.
Acts 1993, No. 484, §2, eff. June 10, 1993.
A. No nonlegislative member of the council shall receive any compensation for duties performed as a member of the council.
B. The council may apply for, contract for, receive, and expend for its purposes any appropriation or grant from the state, its political subdivisions, the federal government, or any other public or private source.
C. To assist financially with the exercise of functions and duties of the council, state appropriations are hereby authorized in such amounts as may be necessary.
D. The funds for the operations of the council over and above such funds as are now or may hereafter be made available by law or otherwise may be appropriated by the legislature from the state general fund from year to year.
E. The financial records of the council shall be audited pursuant to R.S. 24:513.
Acts 1993, No. 484, §2, eff. June 10, 1993.
No provision of this Chapter shall supersede any provision of Chapter 1-A of Title 15 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950 establishing the Louisiana Sentencing Commission, Chapter 8 of Title 15 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950 establishing the Louisiana Commission on Law Enforcement and the Administration of Criminal Justice, or Chapter 18 of Title 40 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950 establishing the Peace Officer Standards and Training Law.
Acts 1993, No. 484, §2, eff. June 10, 1993.
A. The Louisiana Commission on Civic Education, hereinafter referred to as "commission", is hereby established.
B. The purposes of the commission shall include the following:
(1) To educate citizens in the community as well as students in schools on the importance of citizen involvement in a representative democracy.
(2) To promote communication and collaboration among organizations in the state that conduct civic education programs.
Acts 2004, No. 596, §1, eff. July 5, 2004; Acts 2005, No. 107, §1, eff. June 21, 2005.
A. The commission shall consist of the following members:
(1) The governor, or his designee.
(2) The lieutenant governor, or his designee.
(3) The state attorney general, or his designee.
(4) The secretary of state, or his designee.
(5) The president of the Senate, or his designee.
(6) The speaker of the House of Representatives, or his designee.
(7) The chairman of the Senate Committee on Education, or his designee.
(8) The chairman of the House Committee on Education, or his designee.
(9) The state superintendent of education, or his designee.
(10) The president of the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education, or his designee.
(11) One state coordinator of the Louisiana Legislators Back to School Program, to represent the Senate program, appointed by the president of the Senate.
(12) One state coordinator of the Louisiana Legislators Back to School Program, to represent the House of Representatives program, appointed by the speaker of the House of Representatives.
(13) The state coordinator of Project Citizen.
(14) The executive director of the Public Affairs Research Council.
(15) The executive director of the Council for a Better Louisiana.
(16) One member to represent Louisiana Public Broadcasting, appointed by the executive director of the Louisiana Public Broadcasting Corporation.
(17) One member to represent the League of Women Voters, appointed by the League of Women Voters of Louisiana.
(18) One member to represent the Louisiana Press Association and one member to represent the Louisiana Association of Broadcasters, appointed by the president of each association.
(19) One member to represent the Louisiana Center for Law and Civic Education, appointed by the president of its board of directors.
(20) One member to represent the Louisiana Association of Non-Profit Organizations, appointed by the chairman of the Louisiana Association of Non-Profit Organizations.
(21) One member to represent the Louisiana Chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, appointed by the president of the Louisiana Chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.
(22) The chairman of the Volunteer Louisiana Commission, or his designee.
(23) Any additional member who has expertise in civic education or civic involvement, as may be designated by three-fourths of the commission members present and voting. Such member shall serve at the pleasure of the commission.
(24) One member to represent the Louisiana District Judges Association, appointed by the president of its board of directors.
(25) The chief justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court or his designee.
B. The members of the commission shall elect a chairman, vice chairman, and such other officers as it shall determine.
C. A member of the commission shall serve without compensation for his services, but may receive a per diem and be reimbursed for reasonable and necessary travel and other expenses actually incurred on business of the commission provided such reimbursement is authorized and paid by the representative agency or organization.
D. The commission shall hold at least two meetings each year and may hold other meetings upon the call of the chairman or majority of the members. The initial meeting of the commission shall be called by the president of the Senate and the speaker of the House of Representatives, acting jointly.
E. Staff and facilities needed by the commission to accomplish its purposes shall be provided by the legislature from its existing resources.
Acts 2004, No. 596, §1, eff. July 5, 2004; Acts 2005, No. 107, §1, eff. June 21, 2005; Acts 2012, No. 553, §1; Acts 2013, No. 38, §1.
A. The commission shall:
(1) Develop and coordinate outreach programs in collaboration with member organizations, agencies, and schools to educate citizens on the importance of understanding the following:
(a) That representative democracy is a process dependent on reasoned debate, good faith negotiation, and compromise.
(b) That individual involvement is a critical factor in community success.
(c) That consideration and respect of others must be shown when deliberating, negotiating, and advocating positions on public concerns.
(2) Identify civic education projects in Louisiana and provide technical assistance as may be needed to such programs.
(3) Build a network of civic education professionals to share information and strengthen partnerships.
(4) Develop, in consultation with entities having representatives on the commission and others as determined by the commission, a clearinghouse which shall be available on the Internet and which shall include but not be limited to the following:
(a) A database of civic education resources, lesson plans, and other programs of best practices in civic education.
(b) A bulletin board to promote discussion on and exchange of ideas relative to civic education.
(c) An events calendar.
(d) Links to civic education research.
(5) Value and support successful civic education programs in the state and encourage expansion of such efforts.
(6) Oversee the administrative needs and the implementation of the identified goals and objectives of the Legislative Youth Advisory Council.
(7) Prepare and provide an annual report of activities to the governor and to the legislature.
B. The commission may establish such committees as it deems necessary to carry out its functions.
Acts 2004, No. 596, §1, eff. July 5, 2004; Acts 2005, No. 107, §1, eff. June 21, 2005; Acts 2007, No. 118, §1, eff. July 1, 2007.
A. Purpose. The Legislative Youth Advisory Council, hereinafter referred to as "council," is hereby established to examine and facilitate communication between youth and the legislature regarding issues of importance to youth, including but not limited to education, employment, strategies to increase youth participation in local and state government, safe environments for youth, substance abuse, underage drinking, emotional and physical health, poverty, litter and environmental control, driver's licenses, and youth access to state and local services.
B. Membership. (1) The council shall consist of thirty-one members appointed by the Louisiana Commission on Civic Education as follows:
(a) Three members shall be appointed from each congressional district and the remaining members from the state at large in a manner which reflects the diversity of the state to the greatest extent practicable.
(b) Members shall be selected pursuant to an application process as provided in Paragraph (2) of this Subsection and shall possess the qualifications as provided in Subsection C of this Section.
(c) The commission shall select members to the council from among youths recommended by any of the following:
(i) A school administrator, teacher, or representative of an approved home study program or a general education development skills program.
(ii) An adult representative of a school-sponsored club or community organization which has a mission that supports the ideals of character, leadership, and service; encourages mutual respect and instills civic responsibility; builds courage and confidence among young people through community participation; or promotes the principles of representative democracy, in an effort to build stronger communities by increasing civic engagement among youth.
(2) The application form and process for membership on the council shall be developed and approved by the commission.
(3) The following persons shall serve as advisors to the council:
(a) A member of the Senate, appointed by the president.
(b) A member of the House of Representatives, appointed by the speaker.
(c) The chairman of the Louisiana Commission on Civic Education.
(d) The state superintendent of education, or his designee.
C. Qualifications of youth members. Each member of the council shall:
(1) Be a resident of Louisiana.
(2) Be a student aged fourteen through nineteen.
(3) Be enrolled and attending a Louisiana high school in the ninth, tenth, eleventh, or twelfth grade; participating in a home study program approved by the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education; or participating in a general education development skills program as defined by policy adopted by the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education.
D. Terms of office. Members shall serve a term of one year and may be reappointed for a subsequent term, provided that they are eligible at the time of reappointment. However, no member of the council shall serve more than two consecutive terms.
E. Duties. The council shall have the following duties and responsibilities:
(1) To identify the concerns and needs of youth, and to advise and make recommendations to members of the legislature on proposed or pending legislation and on policy matters related to youth.
(2) To collect, analyze, and provide information to the Senate and House committees on education and any other legislative committees, commissions, and task forces on issues related to youth.
(3) To participate in an annual seminar prior to the school year for council members regarding leadership, government, and the legislature.
(4) To hold at least one public hearing each year for the purpose of receiving youth comment on issues of importance to youth and such other meetings at the call of the council chair.
(5) To submit an annual report by June thirtieth of each year of its activities, including any recommendations for proposed legislation, to the governor, the Senate and House committees on education, and the commission.
F. Council administration. (1)(a) The chairman of the Louisiana Commission on Civic Education shall call the first meeting of the council after selection of members each year.
(b) Officers shall be elected at the first meeting of the council each calendar year, including a president who shall serve as chair, and a vice president, secretary, communications officer, and historian. All officers shall be elected by the members of the council and shall serve for a term of one year. Any vacancy in an office shall be filled with an election by the members of the council for the remainder of the unexpired term.
(2) Members of the council shall serve without compensation, except each appointed legislator advisor shall receive mileage and per diem from his respective house at the rate established by the legislature when attending meetings of the council.
(3) Meetings of the council shall be open to the public.
(4) The council shall set priorities and may establish any committees as may be necessary in connection with the exercise of its functions.
(5) Council members shall review and consider the procedures and rules used by the legislature as such may be appropriate for use as models for the council.
(6) Legislative staff shall provide staffing assistance to the council.
G. Confidentiality. Other than the name of an applicant, information contained in the application form of any person under the age of eighteen applying for membership on the council shall be confidential and shall not be subject to disclosure. However, the commission may use the information on application forms to develop summary or statistical data which contains no personally identifiable information. The summary or statistical data containing no personally identifiable information shall be subject to disclosure in the manner provided for public records in R.S. 44:1 et seq.
Acts 2007, No. 118, §1, eff. July 1, 2007; Acts 2008, No. 765, §1, eff. July 6, 2008; Acts 2010, No. 670, §1, eff. June 29, 2010; Acts 2012, No. 803, §5; Acts 2014, No. 444, §1; Acts 2016, No. 164, §1, eff. May 19, 2016.
To achieve the purposes of this Chapter, the commission may, on its own behalf or on behalf of the council, seek, accept, and expend monies from any source, including donations, state appropriations, and federal grants and may seek, accept, and use services from individuals, corporations, and governmental entities.
Acts 2004, No. 596, §1, eff. July 5, 2004; Acts 2007, No. 118, §1, eff. July 1, 2007.
A. The Institute for Public Health and Justice, organized under authority of the Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center in New Orleans, is hereby designated as an advisor to the legislature on matters related to youth in the criminal justice system and youth with behavioral health needs.
B. The Institute for Public Health and Justice shall act at the direction of the speaker of the House of Representatives and the president of the Senate, in consultation with the Juvenile Justice Reform Act Implementation Commission.
C.(1) The Institute for Public Health and Justice shall serve as a resource for best practices in the juvenile justice field, including promising local models of juvenile justice reform and national best practices models.
(2) The Institute for Public Health and Justice shall provide technical assistance to the Juvenile Justice Reform Act Implementation Commission, review the implementation of juvenile justice reform, and prepare annual reports to be submitted to the legislature and the governor.
D. The Institute for Public Health and Justice may work in partnership with the University of Louisiana at Lafayette and with other institutions of higher learning to fulfill the purposes of this Chapter.
E. The Institute for Public Health and Justice may work in partnership with the Department of Public Safety and Corrections, youth services, office of juvenile justice, to fulfill the purposes of this Chapter. Any release of data by the office of juvenile justice shall be subject to approval by the deputy secretary for youth services. Information may be provided on a per project basis, and the Institute for Public Health and Justice shall maintain the confidentiality of legally protected juvenile information. The Institute for Public Health and Justice shall not use any information shared pursuant to this Subsection for any proprietary purpose.
Acts 2013, No. 3, §1.
To achieve the purposes of this Chapter, the Institute for Public Health and Justice may seek, accept, and expend monies from any source, including donations, state appropriations, and federal grants and may seek, accept, and use services from individuals, corporations, and governmental entities.
Acts 2013, No. 3, §1.
A. Following the release of the tabulation of population by the United States Bureau of the Census pursuant to the provisions of P.L. 94-171 following each federal decennial census, the legislature shall conduct a series of public hearings at different locations throughout the state to solicit public comment concerning the development of redistricting plans subject to enactment by the legislature.
B. The legislature shall provide that each public hearing is broadcast live via the internet. If a technical difficulty occurs during a public hearing that impairs the broadcast of the hearing, the hearing shall be temporarily paused to address the issue with the broadcast; however, the failure to resolve the issue shall not require the hearing to be terminated and shall not be construed to be a violation of the provisions of this Section.
Acts 2023, No. 240, §2, eff. June 9, 2023.
A. The legislature shall provide for, maintain, and update as necessary a redistricting website.
B. At a minimum, the redistricting website shall contain the following information:
(1) Any documents or material presented or distributed by the legislature at a redistricting public hearing.
(2) Any written testimony, materials, or redistricting plans submitted by the public at a redistricting public hearing or in the manner prescribed by the legislature.
Acts 2023, No. 240, §2, eff. June 9, 2023.
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