Louisiana Administrative Code

A. Only in those cases in which a foreign country has entered into a reciprocity agreement with the department, may a citizen of that foreign country apply for a Louisiana driver's license pursuant to a reciprocity agreement. The application shall be on a form approved by the dep…

A. A person who has a revoked or suspended Louisiana driver's license, or who has been denied a Louisiana driver's license because of failure to meet a statutory qualification, shall neither apply for, nor be issued, a driver's license pursuant to a reciprocity agreement. B. A pe…

A. All reciprocity agreements shall provide for an effective date and a termination date. The reciprocity agreement may provide for automatic renewals at the end of the specified term, but the agreement shall state that either party may choose not to renew the reciprocity agreeme…

A. A commercial driver's license, Class "A," "B," or "C," shall not be issued pursuant to any reciprocity agreement. B. Except as provided in §179.A, the class of license issued by the department pursuant to a reciprocity agreement shall be of the same class or of a similar class…

A. Any person desiring a ruling on the applicability of any statute, or the applicability or validity of any rule, to the regulation of the reciprocity agreements with foreign countries for the issuance of driver's licenses shall submit a written petition to the assistant secreta…

A. All contracts shall have a term of two years and shall expire on December 31 for privately-owned schools and August 31 for secondary schools. Contracts shall be renewed as set forth in §146.H.5 and §156.D.2. B. As with any contract, contracts confected pursuant to LAC 55, Part…

A. The third party tester and the third party examiners shall maintain at its place of business a record of each applicant for whom a third party examiner has conducted an application, written test, visual examination, and the driving or skills test for a minimum of five years. E…

3. Tank Vehicle Endorsement. In order to obtain a Tank Vehicle Endorsement, each applicant must have knowledge covering the following: a. causes, prevention, and effects of cargo surge on motor vehicle handling; b. proper braking procedures for the motor vehicle when it is empty,…

A. The Economic Development Award Program (EDAP) is vital to support, promote and enhance the state’s commitment to Targeted Industry-Based Economic Development, and the state’s long term goals as set forth in the Louisiana Department of Economic Development's Master Plan for Eco…

Applicants—the company or business enterprise and (if a Sponsored Project) the public entity, collectively, requesting or seeking financial assistance from LED and LEDC under this program. Award—the funding of financial assistance and/or appropriations, including performance-base…

A. The following general principles, including the eligibility requirements set forth in §107 and the criteria provided in §109 below, will direct the administration of the Economic Development Award Program (EDAP). 1. LEDC acting through LED may make an EDAP award, by grant or l…

A. An eligible application for the award must meet the general principles set forth in Section 105 above and the criteria provided in Section 109 below; must demonstrate a need for the funding of the project consistent with these rules; and, 1. In connection with a sponsored proj…

A. In addition to the general principles set forth in §105 and the eligibility requirements provided in §107 above, projects must meet the criteria hereinafter set forth for an award under this program. 1. Job Creation and/or Retention and Capital Investment a. Projects must crea…

A. The applicants must submit an application to LED or LEDC on a form provided by LED or LEDC which shall contain, but not be limited to, the following: 1. a business plan that contains an overview of the company, its history, and the business climate in which it operates, includ…

A. Applicants must submit their completed application to LED or to LEDC. Submitted applications will be reviewed and evaluated by the staff of LED or LEDC. Input may be required from the applicant, other divisions of the Department of Economic Development, LEDC, and other state a…

A. These provisions shall be applicable to all awards (whether grants or loans) under this program. All agreements shall demonstrate the intent of the company, LED, LEDC and (if a sponsored project) the public entity, to enter into the award agreement. 1. Award Agreement. After a…

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A. A robust inventory of sites suitable for business and industrial location and expansion, having characteristics that are competitive with site offerings available in other states and availability for such projects within a short time frame, is essential to economic development…

LED—the Louisiana Department of Economic Development. LEDC—the Louisiana Economic Development Corporation, acting through its board of directors. Program—the Economic Development Site Readiness Program (EDRED). Project—the location or expansion of a business or industrial facilit…

A. Pursuant to R.S. 51:2341, LEDC may award an appropriation or allocation of funds to LED, to be used for site readiness grants. B. LED may make a site readiness grant upon terms and conditions which it determines, within its discretion, will be beneficial in meeting the goals s…

A. In accordance with the provisions of R.S. 17:3801(A)(1), there has been established within the state treasury as a special permanent trust fund the Louisiana Education Quality Trust Fund (the "LEQTF"), for the benefit of the Board of Elementary and Secondary Education and the …

A. In the management of the assets of the LEQTF (the "assets"), the state treasurer has established the following goals (the "goals"): 1. preservation of the assets; 2. provision of income in a stable and predictable manner to the beneficiaries; and 3. enhancement of the market v…

A. The state treasurer, through the Investment Division of the State Treasury, shall invest the assets in accordance with applicable law and regulation. B. State Treasurer's LEQTF Investment Advisory Panel 1. The state treasurer shall establish the state treasurer's LEQTF Investm…

A. The state treasurer, by Section 2(a)(5) of Act 67 of the 1986 Regular Session of the Legislature ("Act 67"), as amended by Act 136 of the 1994 Third Extraordinary Session, is authorized to invest as much as 35 percent of the market value of the assets in certain stocks ("equit…

A. The state treasurer, by Section 2(a)(4) of Act 67, is authorized to invest the assets in marketable fixed income securities ("bonds"). The following rules shall apply to the investment of the assets in bonds. 1. Assets shall be invested in bonds which have been selected after …

A. Any portion of the assets which is cash or the equivalent of cash ("LEQTF Cash") may be invested in a short-term investment fund (STIF) maintained for the LEQTF. All securities held in such STIF must be of the type permitted by applicable law as eligible for investment by the …

A. The investment performance of the assets shall be measured quarterly on the calendar quarter by a professional and independent organization which is in the business of performing such measurements and which is not affiliated with any firm or entity which advises the state trea…

A. Minimum Requirements for Outside Investment Managers. Each investment manager chosen to manage any assets must be a registered investment advisor and in good standing with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Investment Advisors Act of 1940, or, if a bank, in good …

A. Method of Selection. Should the state treasurer retain the services of an investment consultant, the treasurer shall choose a firm or individual to serve as an investment consultant for the LEQTF in accordance with all applicable Louisiana laws and rules regarding the process …

A. Any citizen or any public, school, academic, special, or state institutional library is eligible to use without charge the library materials and services of the State Library of Louisiana, as provided in these rules.

A. Any citizen may use library materials and receive information and reference service at the State Library. B. Any citizen registered for library service with his local public library shall borrow State Library materials through his local library unless the State Library receive…

A. Any Louisiana resident who cannot use standard printed materials because of temporary or permanent visual impairment or physical handicap may use directly the special library materials and services of the State Library's Talking Books and Braille Library. Eligibility based on …

A. The Department of Health and Human Resources (DHHR) reaffirms its policy for the Equal Delivery of Services and will administer all programs and conduct its business, either directly or indirectly, or through contractual or other arrangements, in accordance with Title VI of th…

A. The policy shall apply to all DHHR Offices providing financial, social or health care services. The policy shall also apply to any agency providing these services whether directly or indirectly or through contractual or other arrangements in accordance with those provisions of…

A. A complaint may be filed with DHHR‑Civil Rights Bureau, DHHS‑Office of Civil Rights or USDA at the following addresses: 1. Department of Health and Human Resources (DHHR), Office of the Secretary, Civil Rights Bureau, 200 Riverside Mall, Suite 102, Baton Rouge, LA 70802. 2. De…

A. All initial inquiries will be directed to the director of information services within the office of management and finance. Rates may be updated each fiscal year or as legislative statutes change. For one-time requests, a minimum deposit of 75 percent of the estimated cost is …

A. Pricing policy for motor vehicle data extracted on a daily basis under contractual agreement which includes title, registration, renewal and other non-specific data is $25 per thousand records. B. The pricing policy for drivers license, motor vehicle and alcoholic beverage con…

A. The Department of Health may remove a service provider from the waiver provider freedom of choice list and offer freedom of choice to waiver participants when: 1. one or more of the following departmental proceedings are pending against a waiver participant’s service provider:…

A. Whereas, the Claiborne Parish Watershed District Board of Commissioners, the local regulatory body for Lake Claiborne in Claiborne Parish, passed a resolution at its meeting on March 18, 1982 requesting the Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Commission to prohibit gill, trammel …

A. A properly licensed commercial fisherman may take any freshwater shrimp species in freshwater areas of the state, except in those freshwater areas of the state where commercial fishing is prohibited by law. B. In addition to other legal methods of take as provided for in Title…

A. Whereas, the chairman of the Anacoco-Prairie State Fish and Game Commission has requested commercial nets be prohibited in Lake Vernon, Anacoco Lake, and that portion of Anacoco Bayou between the lakes, all in Vernon Parish; and B. whereas, fish population samples taken by the…

A. Whereas, a petition containing 170 signatures of Caddo Parish residents requesting the prohibition of gill, trammel and flagg nets in Caddo Lake, Caddo Parish, Louisiana, was submitted to the Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Commission; and B. whereas, state legislators of Cad…

A. The Wildlife and Fisheries Commission hereby prohibits the use of freshwater trammel and gill nets in Poverty Point Reservoir, Richland Parish, Louisiana, except their use will be allowed for the legal harvest of commercial fish during a special recurring trammel and gill nett…

A. Whereas, Nantachie Lake is a relatively small impoundment (1,500 acres) utilized primarily by recreational fishermen who seek largemouth bass, crappie and bluegill; and B. whereas, the commercial fish population in the lake is extremely low and presently cannot and does not su…

A. Notwithstanding the provisions of LAC 76:VII.165 and 189, anglers below 16 years of age shall be allowed to possess black bass below the minimum length limit in accordance with the following provisions. 1. The areas where the length limit will be suspended are the Atchafalaya …

A. The Wildlife and Fisheries Commission hereby prohibits the use of gill nets, trammel nets, flagg webbing and fish seines in the Louisiana portion of Toledo Bend Reservoir located in Sabine and DeSoto Parishes, Louisiana; and, hoop nets are prohibited during March 1 through May…

A. Purpose 1. Pursuant to Louisiana Revised Statute 56:673 and the July 1, 2010 memorandum of understanding between Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries and Texas Parks and Wildlife, the commission hereby ratifies and enters into an agreement with the Texas Parks and Wi…