Louisiana Administrative Code

A. The objective of this board is to provide a system for the selection of professional services rendered by architects, licensed to practice in the state of Louisiana, that is impartial, equitable, and in the best public interest of the citizens of Louisiana.

A. The board shall be composed of eight members, appointed or elected, serving terms in accordance with the provisions of the authority set forth in

A. The officers of this board shall be a chairperson and a vice-chairperson. These officers shall perform the duties prescribed in §103 and by these rules. B. The chairperson shall: 1. be the presiding officer at meetings of the board; 2. have the authority to order a special mee…

A. The office of secretary shall be furnished to the board by the Office of Facility Planning and Control, subject to approval by the board. B. The secretary shall: 1. be under the general supervision of the board; 2. give notice of all meetings of the board and its committees to…

A. A regular meeting of the board shall be held on the third Wednesday in the months of January, March, May, July, September, and November of each year, unless such meeting is waived by the chairperson as unnecessary. B. Special meetings may be called by the chairperson or shall …

A. Committees, standing or special, shall be appointed by the chairperson of the board as he/she shall deem necessary to carry on the work of the board.

A. The rules contained in the current edition of Robert's Rules of Order, Newly Revised, shall govern the board in all cases to which they are applicable and in which they are not inconsistent with these rules of organization and any special rules of order that the board may adop…

A. Only the votes of members present at the meeting shall be counted in the board's official actions. Proxy votes on behalf of elected members are not allowed.

A. These rules of organization may be amended at any regular or special called meeting of the board by an affirmative vote of a simple majority of the attending board, provided the proposed amendment has been submitted, in writing, at the previous regular or special meeting, and …

A. Upon being advised by the Office of Facility Planning and Control that an agency intends to contract for professional services, the chairperson shall request the official advertisement to be published by the Office of Facility Planning and Control. There shall be a minimum sev…

A. No member of the board shall communicate in any manner concerning a project application with any representative of an applicant firm or anyone communicating on behalf of an applicant firm. This restriction shall apply from the time advertisement of a project begins until the o…

A. Any applicant (proprietorship, partnership, corporation or joint venture of any of these) meeting the requirements of R.S. 38:2310 et seq., may submit an application for selection consideration for a particular project upon which official advertisement has been published. The …

A. After the deadline for applications, the Office of Facility Planning and Control shall forward copies of the applications, together with any available description of the job to the board members. B. The selection procedure shall be as follows. 1. The user agency shall present …

A. The interview procedures of the board are as follows: 1. The user agency notifies the Office of Facility Planning and Control, or the Office of Facility Planning and Control may determine on its own that the proposed project is of a special nature and should be considered unde…

A. The emergency procedures of the board are as follows: 1. The Office of Facility Planning and Control receives the notification of emergency from the user agency. 2. The Office of Facility Planning and Control may, after a review of the agency’s notification of emergency, notif…

A. Any person may obtain information concerning the board, its rules, regulations and procedures from the board's secretary at the Office of Facility Planning and Control, P.O. Box 94095, Baton Rouge, LA 70804. Requests for information shall be made in writing. There may be a nom…

A. If any provision or item of these rules or the application thereof is held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect other provisions, items, or applications of these rules that can be given effect without the invalidated provision, item, or application and, to this end, the i…

A. Under the authority of the Louisiana Pesticide Law, R.S. 3:3201 et seq., and in accordance with the provisions in R.S. 49:950 et seq., the commissioner of Agriculture and Forestry adopts the following regulations. B. The commissioner of Agriculture and Forestry, in accordance …

A. The definitions in R.S. 3:3202 are applicable to this Part. B. The following words and terms are defined for the purposes of this Part. Aerial Applicator—a certified commercial applicator involved in or supervising the mixing, loading, spraying, and dispensing of pesticides an…

A. It is the declared policy of the Office of Financial Institutions to provide for the licensing and regulation of Louisiana corporations as business and industrial development corporations authorized by Act 506 of the 1991 Louisiana Legislature, which will aid in the increasing…

A. This Chapter contains definitions which supplement the definitions provided for in the Louisiana Business and Industrial Development Act, R.S. 51:2386 et seq. Applicant―a Louisiana corporation organized under an incorporating statute which applies to the commissioner for a lic…

A. Application and Contents. The application shall be in such form and contain such information as the commissioner may from time-to-time prescribe. The commissioner may refuse to accept an application for filing until the applicants have submitted all required information. The a…

A. The board of directors for each BIDCO licensed by the commissioner shall annually make a report of examination of the financial condition of the BIDCO and its subsidiaries. They may make said examination by employing an independent certified public accountant, their respective…

A. The application shall contain the following specific information: 1. name of applicant; 2. date of application; 3. address of applicant; 4. Louisiana corporate certification number and certified copies of the articles of incorporation and initial report filed with the Louisian…

A. If an applicant desires to participate in a program of the Small Business Administration, (SBA), or the commissioner determines that an application indicates that an applicant’s participation in such program will comprise a significant portion of the applicant’s business plan,…

A. Write-Off Objectives 1. To establish and implement a collection policy and procedure that the Cash Management Review Board has approved. 2. An authorization to write-off an account does not constitute a forgiveness of indebtedness. 3. Debtor remains obligated to the state. 4. …

A. Warrant Intercept 1. Vendor/debtor is receiving a payment from the state, a request is made by a state agency to intercept the payment for a past due amount, the system automatically applies the payment to the past due amount, and the difference is sent to the vendor. 2. State…

A. Objectives 1. To establish a report that shows each state agency/department's accounts receivable balances and activities during the quarter as mandated by R.S 39:79. 2. To establish guidelines and procedures for the quarterly reporting as stated by Memorandum SA 96-45. 3. To …

A. The names and definitions for commercial feeds shall be the Official Definition of Feed Ingredients adopted by the Association of American Feed Control Officials (AAFCO), except as the commission designates otherwise in specific cases. B. When not in conflict with existing pro…

A. Commercial feed, other than customer-formula feed, shall be labeled with the information prescribed in this regulation on the principal display panel of the product and in the following general format: 1. a quantity or net weight, in both standard (avoirdupois) and metric unit…

A. The brand or product name must be appropriate for the intended use of the feed and must not be misleading. If the name indicates the feed is made for a specific use, the character of the feed must conform therewith. A mixture labeled dairy feed, for example, must be suitable f…

A. The guarantees for crude protein, equivalent protein from nonprotein nitrogen, crude fat, crude fiber and mineral guarantees (when required) will be in terms of percentage. B. Commercial feeds containing 6 1/2 percent or more calcium, phosphorus, sodium and chloride shall incl…

A. The name of each ingredient or collective term for the grouping of ingredients, when required to be listed, shall be the name as defined in the Official Definitions of Feed Ingredients as published in the Official Publication of American Feed Control Officials, the common or u…

A. Directions for use and precautionary statements on the labeling of all commercial feeds and customer-formula feeds containing additives (including drugs, special purpose additives or non-nutritive additives) shall: 1. be adequate to enable safe and effective use for the intend…

A. Urea and other nonprotein nitrogen products defined in the Official Publication of the Association of American Feed Control Officials are acceptable ingredients only in commercial feeds for ruminant animals as a source of equivalent crude protein. If the commercial feed contai…

A. Prior to approval of a registration application and/or approval of a label for commercial feed which contains additives (including drugs, other special purpose additives, or non-nutritive additives), the distributor may be required to submit evidence to prove the safety and ef…

A. For the purpose of R.S. 3:1396(1), the terms poisonous or deleterious substances include but are not limited to the following: 1. fluorine and any mineral or mineral mixture which is to be used directly for the feeding of domestic animals and in which the fluorine exceeds 0.20…

A. For the purposes of enforcement of R.S. 3:1396 (8), the commission adopts the following as current good manufacturing practices: 1. the regulations prescribing current good manufacturing practice, hazard analysis, and risk-based preventive controls for food for animals, as pub…

A. Each application for registration with the commission shall be accompanied by a registration fee of $40. B. Each registrant filing a label with the commission shall pay to the commission a labeling fee of $10 per label. C. Registration shall expire on the last day of June of e…

A. For the purpose of assessing penalties for protein deficiencies in feeds, as provided for in R.S. 3:1400(A)(1), the value of crude protein will be updated each quarter. B. The value of crude protein will be calculated as follows: 1. The quarterly average price of four feedstuf…

Immediate Container―the unit, can, box, tin, bag or other receptacle or covering in which a pet food is displayed for sale to retail purchasers, but does not include containers used as shipping containers. Ingredient Statements―a collective and contiguous listing on the label of …

A. The statement of net content and product name must be shown on the principal display panel. All other required information may be placed elsewhere on the label but shall be sufficiently conspicuous as to render it easily read by the average purchaser under ordinary conditions …

A. No flavor designation shall be used on a pet food label unless the designated flavor is detectable by a recognized test method or is one the presence of which provides a characteristic distinguishable by the pet. Any flavor designation on a pet food label must either conform t…

A. The sliding scale method of expressing a guaranteed analysis (for example, protein 15-18 percent) is prohibited. B. Pursuant to R.S. 3:1394(A)(3), the label of a pet food which is formulated as and represented to be a mineral additive supplement, shall include in the guarantee…

A. The maximum moisture in all pet foods shall be guaranteed and shall not exceed 78 percent or the natural moisture content of the constituent ingredients of the product, whichever is greater. Pet foods such as those consisting principally of stew, gravy, sauce, broth, juice or …

A. An artificial color may be used in a pet food only if it has been shown to be harmless to pets. The permanent or provisional listing of an artificial color in the United States Food and Drug Regulations as safe for use, together with the conditions, limitations and tolerance, …

A. For the purpose of R.S. 3:1396(1), the terms poisonous or deleterious substances include but are not limited to the following: 1. soybean meal, flakes or pellets or other vegetable meals, flakes or pellets, which have been extracted with trichlorethylene or other chlorinated s…

A. Each application for registration of pet food with the commission shall be accompanied by a registration fee of $40. B. Each registrant filing a label for pet food with the commission shall pay to the commission a labeling fee of $10 per label. C. Registration shall expire on …

A. For the purpose of assessing penalties for protein deficiencies in pet foods, as provided for in R.S. 3:1400(A)(1), the value of crude protein will be updated each quarter. B. The value of crude protein in pet food will be calculated as follows. 1. The quarterly average price …

A. The commission adopts the definitions of R.S. 3:1381 and 1391 and those that appear in §101.F this Chapter. B. The commission adopts the definitions and quality standards for recycled animal waste products as printed in Section 74 of the Official Publication of the Association…