Louisiana Administrative Code

A. All geographic base maps shall be prepared by stereo photogrammetric methods. Only recognized high order precision type analytical stereo-plotting instruments (Wild BC Series, Zeiss C Series, Kern DSR Series, or equivalent) or second order analogue stereo-plotting instruments …

A. The recording, formatting, adjustment and editing of the digital cartographic data shall be done with an Interactive Graphics System of the mapping consultant's choice. The system must be capable of producing digital files compatible with the Geographic Information System to b…

A. As set forth in Chapter 3, the required final map scale of each respective area classification to be mapped is specified as follows. Area Classification Description Map Scale Class A Dense Urban 1" = 50' Class B Urban and Suburban 1" = 100' Class C Rural 1" = 200' Class D Wood…

A. Planimetric maps within the limits of the project area shall be prepared in conformance with the map scale specified for each respective area classification required. All planimetric maps shall be prepared by stereo photogrammetric methods using the aerial photography, ground …

A. The Office of Hospitals may establish and administer geriatric hospitals or units to receive and care for infirm persons who have been discharged by a hospital for the mentally ill and for other elderly and infirm persons who are in need of nursing and medical care. Such hospi…

A. Patients admitted to geriatric hospitals established under the authority of this part or the responsible relatives of such patients shall pay the cost of the patients' maintenance and care. B. Any funds received from this source, as well as any funds made available to the geri…

A. Drawing of assembled vehicle showing: 1. the location of the centerline of each axle; 2. the spacing and size of the wheels on each axle; 3. the tare (unloaded tractor/trailer combination) weight of each axle in pounds; 4. the location of the king pin of the trailer; 5. the lo…

A. Employers required to deduct and withhold taxes pursuant to R.S. 47:112 shall deduct and withhold tax in an amount determined in accordance with the tables provided in Subsection C, the formulas provided in Subsection D, or a formula that produces equivalent amounts. B. Wage B…

A. Electronic Form L-4 or L-4E in general. An employer may establish a system for its employees to file withholding exemption certificates electronically. B. Requirements for Electronic Form L-4 or L-4E 1. In General. The electronic system must ensure that the information receive…

A. All payers (employers) must furnish payees (employees) with at least three copies of the Form W-2. This regulation pertains to Copy 2, to be filed with the employee's state income tax return. Any privately printed substitute Form W-2, Copy 2, must conform to the specifications…

A. Employers shall file a separate L-1 return electronically on a quarterly basis. B. Employers are required to file a transmittal of withholding tax statements, Form L-3, with copies of the employee withholding statements, Form W-2s and any information returns such as Federal Fo…

A. All employers or persons who deduct and withhold any amount from any wage pursuant to R.S. 47:114 shall remit payment on a quarterly basis. B. The due dates for quarterly payments are: 1. first quarter⎯April 30; 2. second quarter⎯July 31; 3. third quarter⎯October 31; 4. fourth…

A. Definitions Nonresident―any person not domiciled, residing in, or having a permanent place of abode in Louisiana. Professional Athletic Team―a member team of a professional sports association or league. Team Member―shall include those employees of a professional athletic team …

A. Withholding Requirement for Gaming Winnings 1. Any person that pays gaming winnings won in Louisiana is required to withhold individual income taxes at the highest rate provided for by R.S. 47:32(A) if income taxes are required to be withheld for the Internal Revenue Service u…

A. Mission. To assist persons with disabilities in their desire to achieve independence in their home or community and/or to assist a responsible individual to obtain or maintain employment by providing independent living services and by working cooperatively with other community…

A. The Rehabilitation Act Amendments of 2014, as amended through P.L. 114-95, enacted December 10, 2015, Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act, 29 USC Chapter 16: Vocational Rehabilitation and Other Rehabilitation Services. B. Code of Federal Regulations, Volume34, Section 365…

A. General Statement. All client information is confidential. All personal information in the possession of the state agency shall be used only for purposes directly connected with the administration of the program. B. Notification to Clients. Individuals asked to supply the agen…

A. Administrative Review 1. The administrative review is a process which may be used by applicants/clients (or as appropriate the applicant's/client's representative) for a timely resolution of disagreements. However, this process may not be used as a means to delay a fair hearin…

A. Criteria for Eligibility. To be eligible for independent living services, an applicant must be an individual: 1. with a severe physical or mental impairment which substantially limits the individual's ability to function independently in the family or community, and 2. for who…

A. Purpose. The purpose of an expanded system of information and referral is as follows: 1. to ensure that individuals with disabilities receive accurate independent living information to assist such individuals in functioning more independently in the family and/or community; an…

A. Purpose 1. To make a determination of the independent living needs of the individual with a disability. 2. To make a determination of the objectives, nature, and scope of independent living services required for development of the Independent Living Plan (ILP) of an eligible i…

A. Purpose. The purpose of the Independent Living Plan, hereafter referred to as ILP, and all subsequent amendments is to assure that each individual determined eligible for independent living services shall have a formal plan, jointly developed and agreed upon by the individual …

A. Comparable Services and Similar Benefits 1. Determination of Availability a. Prior to providing any independent living service to an eligible individual, LRS will determine whether comparable services and benefits are available under any other program (including programs carri…

A. Independent Living Services are time limited services described in an ILP necessary to assist an individual with a disability in their desire to achieve independence in their home/community and are consistent with the strengths, resources, priorities, concerns, abilities, capa…

A. Options for Closure. An individual's case can be closed at any time in the independent living process when it has been determined that: 1. the individual is not available for services; 2. the individual is ineligible; 3. appropriate planned services, expenditures and reports h…

A. This Chapter prescribes minimum requirements for joining materials in pipelines, other than by welding. [49 CFR 192.271(a)] B. This Chapter does not apply to joining during the manufacture of pipe or pipeline components. [49 CFR 192.271(b)]

A. Each caulked bell and spigot joint in cast iron pipe must be sealed with mechanical leak clamps. [49 CFR 192.275(a)] B. Each mechanical joint in cast iron pipe must have a gasket made of a resilient material as the sealing medium. Each gasket must be suitably confined and reta…

A. Ductile iron pipe may not be joined by threaded joints. [49 CFR 192.277(a)] B. Ductile iron pipe may not be joined by brazing. [49 CFR 192.277(b)]

A. Copper pipe may not be threaded except that copper pipe used for joining screw fittings or valves may be threaded if the wall thickness is equivalent to the comparable size of Schedule 40 or heavier wall pipe listed in Table C1 of ASME/ANSI B16.5(incorporated by reference, see…

A. General. A plastic pipe joint that is joined by solvent cement, adhesive, or heat fusion may not be disturbed until it has properly set. Plastic pipe may not be joined by a threaded joint or miter joint. [49 CFR 192.281(a)] B. Solvent Cement Joints. Each solvent cement joint o…

A. Heat Fusion, Solvent Cement, and Adhesive Joints. Before any written procedure established under §1503.B is used for making plastic pipe joints by a heat fusion, solvent cement, or adhesive method, the procedure must be qualified by subjecting specimen joints made according to…

A. No person may make a plastic pipe joint unless that person has been qualified under the applicable joining procedure by: [49 CFR 192.285(a)] 1. appropriate training or experience in the use of the procedure; and [49 CFR 192.285(a)(1)] 2. making a specimen joint from pipe secti…

A. No person may carry out the inspection of joints in plastic pipes required by §1503.C and §1515.B unless that person has been qualified by appropriate training or experience in evaluating the acceptability of plastic pipe joints made under the applicable joining procedure. [49…

Licensee―a person licensed by the commissioner under the provisions of the: 1. Louisiana Check Cashers Act-R.S. 6:1001 et seq.; 2. Louisiana Sale of Checks and Money Transmission Act-R.S. 6:1031 et seq.; 3. Louisiana Consumer Credit Law-R.S. 9:3510 et seq.; 4. Louisiana Credit Re…

A. No person having an office in Louisiana shall broker a loan in Louisiana unless exempt by statute, without first being licensed and complying with the provisions of the Louisiana Loan Brokers Act. B. Any licensee who performs loan brokerage activity or who enters into a loan b…

A. A person licensed or exempt from licensure as a loan broker, is prohibited from brokering a loan to a Louisiana consumer which does not comply with the LCCL or LDPSLA.

A. Any person or licensee who is found to be in violation of this regulation may be subject to any and all of the administrative and enforcement proceedings provided by R.S. 9:3554.

A. The Louisiana Administrative Procedure Act, R.S. 49:950 et seq., shall govern all proceedings instituted under the coverage of this rule.

A. The purpose of this program is to promote and enhance Louisiana Department of Economic Development's cluster development, the goals of Vision 20/20, Louisiana's long-term plan for economic development, and related public policy for the introduction, growth and retention of Lou…

Applicant―the public entity requesting the loan funding from the Louisiana Project Equity Fund for equipment and other materials to be owned by the public entity during the pendency of the loan and to be utilized by the company for the project. Award―the funding of the loan from …

A. The following general principles will direct the administration of the Louisiana Project Equity Fund. 1. Awards are not to be construed as an entitlement for companies locating or located in Louisiana and are subject to the discretion of the LED, the secretary of the LED and t…

A. In order to be eligible for a Project Equity Funding Award pursuant to this program, the applicant and company must demonstrate to the satisfaction of the board that the award sought must be consistent with the principles set forth above, and the applicant and company must dem…

A. The applicant and the company must jointly submit an application to the LED through its assigned staff and cluster director(s) responsible for the business area that will be subject to the project for which the lending is being sought, in proposal form which shall contain the …

A. All funding applications must be considered by the board after review by the assigned staff and upon recommendation of the relevant cluster director and the secretary. Thereafter, the LEDC board upon such review as may be necessary to make the determination as to the applicati…

A. The Depository Institutions' Section of the Louisiana Office of Financial Institutions ("OFI") is funded entirely through assessments and fees levied on state-chartered financial institutions for services rendered. All fees detailed in this rule are nonrefundable and must be p…

A. Pursuant to the authority granted under R.S. 6:121; 6:576; 6:592; and 6:613, the following fee and assessment structure is hereby established to cover necessary costs associated with the administration of the Louisiana Trust Company Law, R.S. 6:571 et seq. Description Fee A. A…

A. Authority to Require Electronic Filing and Payment 1. Pursuant to R.S. 47:1519 and 1520, the secretary may require certain taxpayers to file returns and make payments electronically using the electronic format prescribed by the Department of Revenue. 2. Specific requirements r…

A. Definitions Authorized Individual Income Tax Return—any individual tax return that can be filed electronically. Filed Electronically—filing a tax return by electronic means using software that has been approved for electronic filing by the Louisiana Department of Revenue. Indi…

A. The following returns and reports are required to be filed electronically: 1. all withholding tax returns and statements. 2. copies of Federal Forms 1099-NEC required by R.S. 47:114.1. 3. annual informational returns of S corporations required by R.S. 47:287.732(B). 4. composi…

A. Every corporation that files a Louisiana Corporation Franchise Tax Return shall be required to file the return electronically with the Department of Revenue using the electronic format prescribed by the department as follows: 1. For tax periods beginning on or after January 1,…