Louisiana Administrative Code

A. When determined by the Office of Telecommunications Management to be in the best interest of the state and when available, general subscriber tariffs and related special billing assemblies may be used.

A. The request for proposals, or the invitation to bid, and its addenda with the vendor's response shall be incorporated into the final contract consummated with that vendor. In the event of ambiguity, the order of precedence will be the contract, the request for proposals or the…

A. Multi-year contract use must be justified and approved in writing. Such justification shall identify and consider all cost factors relevant to that contract. The multi-year method of contracting may be used in, but shall not be limited to, the following situations: 1. utility-…

A. Act 43 of 1968 created a Women's Division and a Louisiana Commission on the Status of Women within the Louisiana Department of Labor. B. Act 253 of 1972 created a Bureau on the Status of Women, which was established within the Division of Human Services of the Louisiana Health…

A.1. The Department of Health and Human Resources, Women's Advocacy Bureau, has adopted a fee schedule for the Teen Parent Center program, as mandated by federal regulations, as published in the Federal Register, Vol. 47, Number 40, Monday March 1,1982, pg. 8682. 2. In accordance…

A. Basic Considerations. These standards emphasize the role of the governing body in setting policy, identifying need, developing a strategy to address needs and evaluating the effectiveness and efficiency of the organization. The role of the governing body and the executive dire…

A. Basic Considerations. These standards emphasize legal and contractual issues which the program is required to meet and are identified in the contract. These standards are not inclusive of all the requirements under the contract. It should be noted that the contract contains an…

A. Basic Considerations. These standards address the program's education and advocacy efforts to ensure that survivors, their children, and those at risk of family violence, are protected and treated compassionately. The overall goal is to create an effective response system in t…

A. Basic Considerations. These standards address the issues and concerns which apply across all areas of the organization and program implementation. They provide basic guidelines to assure the highest ethical standards with regard to behaviors of staff, volunteers (including boa…

A. Basic Considerations. These standards encompass the overall practices and procedures that the program needs to ensure that survivors receive the services they are eligible for, interested in and in need of. Also, that those services are delivered in a manner which is survivor …

A. Basic Considerations. These standards encompass the overall practices and procedures that the program employs to ensure that the facility and grounds that the program rents or owns are appropriately accessible, functional, attractive, safe and secure for the persons served, vi…

A. Basic Considerations. These standards stress that Generally Accepted Accounting Practices (GAAP) with regular internal and external reports and audits, are the foundation for prudent management of capital, endowment and operating income and expenses. It is the role of the gove…

A. Basic Considerations. These standards encourage strong professional values. They assume that written policies and consistent practice are the cornerstone of a quality human resource system. B. Standards 1. Policies for the management of staff and volunteers are comprehensive a…

A. Basic Considerations. These standards assure equal provision of services to family violence survivors and their dependents. B. Standards 1. Persons eligible for the services of family violence programs include, but are not limited to family violence survivors, their legal depe…

A. Basic Considerations. These standards assure family violence programs provide appropriate and quality services to survivors of family violence and their children in an empowering, non-blaming way. B. Standards 1. General a. Family violence shelters provide access, admittance a…

A. Basic Considerations. These standards assure quality intervention services provided within family violence programs. B. Standards 1. General a. The first priority of the staff is immediate response and accessibility for a hotline caller. b. A family violence program provides a…

A. Basic Considerations. These standards assure family violence programs offering transitional living/housing as part of their service delivery plan provide appropriate and quality services to survivors of family violence and their children in an empowering, non blaming way. Serv…

A. Introduction. The Programs for Victims of Family Violence Fund was established by Acts 60 and 61 of the first Extraordinary Session, 1983 Louisiana Legislature, for the purpose of providing supplemental funding for family violence programs. Act 1056 of the 1986 Louisiana Legis…

A. The OWS Microenterprise Program will help families achieve self-sufficiency through the development of comprehensive microenterprise development opportunities as a strategy for moving parents on public assistance into self-employment and work thereby breaking the cycle of depe…

A. Eligibility for OWS Microenterprise Development Program shall be determined by verifying eligibility for FITAP, KCSP, food stamps, CCAP, Medicaid, LaChip, SSI or Free or Reduced School Lunch. If a family does not meet the definition of need, but appears to be eligible for one …

A. These programs will encourage the formation and maintenance of two-parent families by providing training and crisis services to assist women and children living in a "special needs" situation, family violence, in order to promote their safety, self-sufficiency and the opportun…

A. There are no eligibility guidelines for training projects. Eligibility for Rural Project and Children's Project includes a family with parent/caretaker relative and child. Eligibility is valid if a child has been removed from the home due to domestic violence.

A. Pursuant to the above authority, in order to discharge my duty and responsibility as directed by the statutes, it is hereby ordered that all state budget units shall abide by the statutes and the following rules and regulations. 1. All requests shall be fully documented to inc…

FORM BA-7Revised 7/91 State of Louisiana Division of Administration Office of Planning and Budget Request for Changes in Appropriation department name:______________________ agency name:__________________________ schedule number:______________________ head of budget unit:________…

A. The Entertainment Workforce Training Award Program is vital to support the State’s commitment to the development of strategies and initiatives for the entertainment industry, and the state’s long-term goals in its Master Plan for Economic Development for the State of Louisiana…

Applicant—the entity or training provider requesting a training award from LED and LEDC under this program. Award—funding approved under this program for eligible training activities. Award Agreement—that agreement or contract hereinafter referred to between the training provider…

A. The following general principles will direct the administration of the Entertainment Workforce Training Award Program. 1. LEDC shall serve as the single review board for this Entertainment Workforce Training Award Program, which is to be administered by LED, through OEID and W…

A. This program provides training assistance to enhance the quantity and quality of individuals who possess sufficient skills to perform jobs in the entertainment industry. The training to be funded may include, but is not limited to: 1. film—lighting: hair and make-up,: grip: el…

A. An eligible applicant is a training provider that seeks customized training services to provide training in an entertainment sector. B. Persons to be trained must be residents of Louisiana. C. A training provider shall be considered ineligible for this program if it has pendin…

A. LED will consider various factors when determining which proposals will be funded. Among the factors which may be taken into account in the review of the award requests are the following; 1. needs of the entertainment industry; 2. training cost per student; 3. the number of st…

A. LED will provide a standard application form which applicants will be required to use to apply for assistance under this program. The application form will contain, but not be limited to, detailed descriptions of the following: 1. justification of need; 2. the training provide…

A. Applicants must submit their completed application to LED Submitted applications will be reviewed and evaluated by LED staff. Further input may be required from the applicant in order to; 1. evaluate the importance of the proposed training; 2. identify the availability of exis…

A. Award Agreement 1. A written award agreement, contract or cooperative endeavor agreement will be executed between LEDC and the successful applicant training provider. The contract will specify the performance objectives expected of the training provider and the compliance requ…

A. All monitoring will be done by LED.

A. The words and terms defined in R.S. 3:730.2 are applicable to this Chapter. B. The following words and terms are defined for the purposes of this Chapter. Container or Package—the receptacle in which strawberries are placed or held for retail sale. Farm of Origin—the tract of …

A. Each Louisiana producer and each handler of fresh or frozen strawberries in this state shall maintain complete, separate and correct records and accounts pertaining to all lots of strawberries produced, processed, packed, distributed, marketed or sold in this state, including,…

A. The board may waive the compensation provided by law for members by unanimous consent.

A. The board shall meet at least once in every quarter of the year, but a meeting may be cancelled by the chairman if there is no business to consider at the meeting. B. The board shall meet upon the call of the chairman or the commissioner or upon the written request of at least…

A. Each container of fresh or frozen strawberries sold or offered for sale in this state to the ultimate purchaser shall have a stamp or label containing sufficient information from which the farm of origin may be identified, except as otherwise provided by these regulations. B. …

A. Louisiana grown strawberries may be eligible for labeling with a logo developed by the department for use on strawberries or other agricultural products raised, processed, and packed in this state. B. Any producer, processor, packer, wholesaler, or distributor who desires to h…

A. Any person who prior to the effective date of these regulations ordered strawberry containers that do not meet the requirements of these regulations may use those containers for the 2011 strawberry season up to July 1, 2011 if documentation allowing the farm of origin to be de…

A. The commissioner, upon reasonable request, shall be permitted access to any premises where restricted use pesticides are sold, offered for sale, or held for distribution. B. The commissioner may examine the records required under §2105 and may take samples of any restricted us…

A. The commissioner, upon reasonable request, shall be permitted access to the records required under

A. The Office of Rural Development (ORD) provides financial assistance to local units of government throughout the state mitigating the effects of natural and economic emergencies and funding units of local government projects essential to community well-being. B. Municipalities …

A. Rural development applications are available from the Office of Rural Development to all who request them. All requests for information may be submitted via mail to the Office of Rural Development, Box 94004, Baton Rouge, LA 70804-9004. B. Municipalities, parish governments, s…

A. Every dealer registered or required to be registered pursuant to R.S. 51:703(A)(1), every investment adviser registered or required to be registered pursuant to R.S. 51:703(A)(2), every investment adviser notice filed pursuant to R.S. 51:703(D)(2), and officers, directors, and…

A. Intent of Law. For qualifying manufacturing establishments, headquarters, or warehousing and distribution establishments, the Board of Commerce and Industry may enter into a contract to equalize the total tax burden in Louisiana to that of a competing site located in another s…

A. The Louisiana Department of Economic Development (“LED”) and the Board of Commerce and Industry (“board”) encourages applicants and their contractors to give preference and priority to Louisiana manufacturers, and, in the absence of Louisiana manufacturers, to Louisiana suppli…

A. Any establishment, and its contractors, applying for an exemption or state-sponsored subsidy shall designate and set-aside for awarding to economically disadvantaged businesses an amount not less than ten percent of the value of the anticipated total procurement of goods and s…

A. An applicant for tax equalization must be either a manufacturing establishment, a headquarters, or a warehousing and distribution establishment. B. The sites under consideration must be valid and viable for the proposed operations. C. An applicant must either be located in ano…