Title 42, Public Officers and Employees
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La. Rev. Stat. § 42:1 Public office defined
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§1. Public office defined As used in this title, the term "public office" means any state, district, parish or municipal office, elective or appointive, or any position as member on a board or commission, elective or appointive, when the office or position is established by the c…
La. Rev. Stat. § 42:10 Redesignated as R.S
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§10. Redesignated as R.S. 42:25 by Acts 2010, No. 861, §23.
La. Rev. Stat. § 42:1001 Declaration of policy
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§1001. Declaration of policy In order to extend to employees of the state and its political subdivisions, and of the instrumentalities of either, and to the dependents and survivors of such employees, the basic protection accorded to others by the federal old age, survivors, and …
La. Rev. Stat. § 42:1002 Definitions
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§1002. Definitions For the purpose of this Chapter: (1) "Agreement" means the federal-state agreement between the commissioner and state of Louisiana entered into by the state treasurer on December 10, 1952, as authorized by the Social Security Enabling Act for the purpose of ext…
La. Rev. Stat. § 42:1003 Federal-State agreement
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§1003. Federal-State agreement A. The Department of the Treasury, with the approval of the governor, is hereby authorized to enter on behalf of the state into an agreement with the commissioner of Social Security, consistent with the terms and provisions of this Chapter, for the …
La. Rev. Stat. § 42:1004 Contributions by state employees
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§1004. Contributions by state employees A. Every employee of the state whose services are covered by an agreement entered into under R.S. 42:1003 shall be required to pay for the period of such coverage, contributions with respect to wages (as defined in R.S. 42:1002), equal to t…
La. Rev. Stat. § 42:1005 Plans for coverage of employees of political subdivision and of state and local instrumentalities
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§1005. Plans for coverage of employees of political subdivision and of state and local instrumentalities A. Each political subdivision of the state and each instrumentality of the state or of a political subdivision, or of both, is hereby authorized to submit for approval by the …
La. Rev. Stat. § 42:1006 Repealed by Acts 2004, No
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§1006. Repealed by Acts 2004, No. 280, §2, eff. July 1, 2004.
La. Rev. Stat. § 42:1007 Repealed by Acts 2004, No
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§1007. Repealed by Acts 2004, No. 280, §2, eff. July 1, 2004.
La. Rev. Stat. § 42:1008 Rules and regulations
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§1008. Rules and regulations The Department of the Treasury shall make, adopt, and promulgate such rules and regulations, not inconsistent with the provisions of this Chapter, as it finds necessary or appropriate to the efficient administration of the functions with which it is c…
La. Rev. Stat. § 42:1009 Studies and reports
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§1009. Studies and reports The Department of the Treasury may make studies concerning the problem of old age, survivors, disability, and health insurance protection for employees of the state and local governments and their instrumentalities and concerning the operation of agreem…
La. Rev. Stat. § 42:1010 Referenda and certification
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§1010. Referenda and certification A. With respect to each retirement system established by the state the governor is empowered to authorize a referendum, upon request of the board of trustees thereof, and with respect to each retirement system established by a political subdivis…
La. Rev. Stat. § 42:1011 Effective date of agreement or modification for coverage
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§1011. Effective date of agreement or modification for coverage In order to extend on the broadest possible basis to employees of the state and its political subdivisions and to the dependents and survivors of said employees the basic protection accorded to other employees by the…
La. Rev. Stat. § 42:1051 State police officials; designation of portion of salary as statutory subsistence allowance
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§1051. State police officials; designation of portion of salary as statutory subsistence allowance The sum of $5.00 per day of the regular salary of each and every police official employed by the State of Louisiana is hereby designated as a statutory subsistence allowance within …
La. Rev. Stat. § 42:1052 Political subdivisions; authorization to designate portion of police salary as subsistence allowance
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§1052. Political subdivisions; authorization to designate portion of police salary as subsistence allowance Each and every political subdivision of the State of Louisiana is hereby authorized, by appropriate ordinance, to designate as a subsistence allowance the sum of $5.00 per …
La. Rev. Stat. § 42:11 Short title
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§11. Short title This Chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "Open Meetings Law". Acts 2010, No. 861, §18. NOTE: Former R.S. 42:11 was redesignated as R.S. 42:26 by Acts 2010, No. 861, §23.
La. Rev. Stat. § 42:1101 Declaration of policy
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§1101. Declaration of policy A. Whereas the people of the state of Louisiana have in Article X, Section 21 of the Louisiana Constitution mandated that the legislature enact a code of ethics for officials and employees of this state and its political subdivisions, the legislature …
La. Rev. Stat. § 42:1102 Definitions
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§1102. Definitions Unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, the following words and terms, when used in this Chapter, shall have the following meanings: (1) "Action of a governmental entity" means any action on the part of a governmental entity or agency thereof including,…
La. Rev. Stat. § 42:1111 Payment from nonpublic sources
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§1111. Payment from nonpublic sources A. Payments for services to the governmental entity. (1)(a) No public servant shall receive anything of economic value, other than compensation and benefits from the governmental entity to which he is duly entitled, for the performance of the…
La. Rev. Stat. § 42:1111.1 Charitable giving to public servants during gubernatorially declared disasters and
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§1111.1. Charitable giving to public servants during gubernatorially declared disasters and emergencies; limitations; requirements; annual reports A. Notwithstanding any contrary provision of this Part, during the time period extending from the date of a gubernatorially declared …
La. Rev. Stat. § 42:1112 Participation in certain transactions involving the governmental entity
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§1112. Participation in certain transactions involving the governmental entity A. No public servant, except as provided in R.S. 42:1120, shall participate in a transaction in which he has a personal substantial economic interest of which he may be reasonably expected to know invo…
La. Rev. Stat. § 42:1112.1 Service on a civil service commission; recusal
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§1112.1. Service on a civil service commission; recusal Notwithstanding the provisions of R.S. 42:1111(C)(2)(d), a licensed attorney who serves as a member of a civil service commission and any legal entity in which he exercises control or owns an interest may receive a thing of …
La. Rev. Stat. § 42:1113 Prohibited contractual arrangements; exceptions; reports
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§1113. Prohibited contractual arrangements; exceptions; reports A.(1)(a) No public servant, excluding any legislator and any appointed member of any board or commission and any member of a governing authority of a parish with a population of ten thousand or less, or member of suc…
La. Rev. Stat. § 42:1113.1 Gubernatorially declared emergencies or disasters; prohibited personal use conversion and prohibited preferences
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§1113.1. Gubernatorially declared emergencies or disasters; prohibited personal use conversion and prohibited preferences A. During a gubernatorially declared emergency or disaster, no public servant shall convert property or resources of his governmental entity or property or re…
La. Rev. Stat. § 42:1114 Financial disclosure
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§1114. Financial disclosure A. Other than a legislator, each public servant and each member of his immediate family who derives any thing of economic value, directly, through any transaction involving the agency of such public servant or who derives any thing of economic value of…
La. Rev. Stat. § 42:1114.1 Repealed by Acts 2008, 1st Ex
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§1114.1. Repealed by Acts 2008, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 1, §3, eff. Jan. 1, 2009.
La. Rev. Stat. § 42:1114.2 Financial disclosure; retirement systems
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§1114.2. Financial disclosure; retirement systems A. Each person who has or is seeking to obtain contractual or other business or financial relationships with a state or statewide public retirement system shall file with the Board of Ethics, in the manner provided in this Section…
La. Rev. Stat. § 42:1114.3 Disaster or emergency contracts; prohibition; disclosure
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§1114.3. Disaster or emergency contracts; prohibition; disclosure A.(1) No statewide elected official, legislator, commissioner of administration, or chief of staff or executive counsel to the governor, nor the spouse of any such person, nor any corporation, partnership, or other…
La. Rev. Stat. § 42:1115 Gifts
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§1115. Gifts A. No public servant shall solicit or accept, directly or indirectly, any thing of economic value as a gift or gratuity from any person or from any officer, director, agent, or employee of such person, if such public servant knows or reasonably should know that such …
La. Rev. Stat. § 42:1115.1 Limitation on food, drink, and refreshment
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§1115.1. Limitation on food, drink, and refreshment A. No person from whom a public servant is prohibited by R.S. 42:1111 or 1115(A) from receiving a thing of economic value shall give to such a public servant any food, drink, or refreshment the total value of which exceeds fifty…
La. Rev. Stat. § 42:1115.2 Admission to events; lodging; travel
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§1115.2. Admission to events; lodging; travel A. The provisions of R.S. 42:1111 or 1115 shall not preclude the acceptance by a public servant of complimentary admission, lodging, and reasonable transportation, or reimbursement for such expenses, if the agency head of the public s…
La. Rev. Stat. § 42:1116 Abuse of office
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§1116. Abuse of office A. No public servant shall use the authority of his office or position, directly or indirectly, in a manner intended to compel or coerce any person or other public servant to provide himself, any other public servant, or other person with any thing of econo…
La. Rev. Stat. § 42:1116.1 Repealed by Acts 2003, No
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§1116.1. Repealed by Acts 2003, No. 1292, §1. NOTE: Statute requiring elected officials to submit to random drug testing violated search and seizure clause and therefore is unconstitutional; no special need which would justify departure from Fourth Amendment's requirement of indi…
La. Rev. Stat. § 42:1117 Illegal payments
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§1117. Illegal payments No public servant or other person shall give, pay, loan, transfer, or deliver or offer to give, pay, loan, transfer, or deliver, directly or indirectly, to any public servant or other person any thing of economic value which such public servant or other pe…
La. Rev. Stat. § 42:1117.1 Subterfuge to avoid compliance
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§1117.1. Subterfuge to avoid compliance A. No public servant or other person shall transfer any thing of economic value or any asset, interest, or liability to any person or governmental entity for the purpose of circumventing any provision of this Chapter, unless such transfer i…
La. Rev. Stat. § 42:1118 Influencing action by legislature or governing authority
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§1118. Influencing action by legislature or governing authority No public servant shall solicit or receive any thing of economic value, directly or indirectly, for, or to be used by him or a member of his immediate family principally to aid in, (1) the accomplishment of the passa…
La. Rev. Stat. § 42:1118.1 Studies or position papers on public policy
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§1118.1. Studies or position papers on public policy A. If not otherwise prohibited by this Chapter, any public employee of the executive, judicial, or legislative branch of state government or any local governmental subdivision who contracts with a person or governmental entity …
La. Rev. Stat. § 42:1119 Nepotism
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§1119. Nepotism A. No member of the immediate family of an agency head shall be employed in his agency. B.(1) No member of the immediate family of a member of a governing authority or the chief executive of a governmental entity shall be employed by the governmental entity. (2) N…
La. Rev. Stat. § 42:1120 Recusal from voting
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§1120. Recusal from voting If any elected official, in the discharge of a duty or responsibility of his office or position, would be required to vote on a matter which vote would be a violation of R.S. 42:1112, he shall recuse himself from voting. An elected official who recuses …
La. Rev. Stat. § 42:1120.1 Repealed by Acts 2018, No
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§1120.1. Repealed by Acts 2018, No. 534, §3.
La. Rev. Stat. § 42:1120.2 Repealed by Acts 2008, No
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§1120.2. Repealed by Acts 2008, No. 685, §2 .
La. Rev. Stat. § 42:1120.3 Repealed by Acts 2008, No
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§1120.3. Repealed by Acts 2008, No. 685, §2.
La. Rev. Stat. § 42:1120.4 Recusal from voting; certain appointed members of boards and commissions
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§1120.4. Recusal from voting; certain appointed members of boards and commissions A. If any appointed member of a board or commission in the discharge of a duty or responsibility of his office or position, would be required to vote on a matter which vote would be a violation of R…
La. Rev. Stat. § 42:1121 Assistance to certain persons after termination of public service
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§1121. Assistance to certain persons after termination of public service A.(1) No former agency head or elected official shall, for a period of two years following the termination of his public service as the head of such agency or as an elected public official serving in such ag…
La. Rev. Stat. § 42:1121.1 Assistance to certain persons after termination of public service
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§1121.1. Assistance to certain persons after termination of public service Notwithstanding any provisions in Sections 1112, 1113, and 1121 of this Part to the contrary, any member or former member of a parish governing authority who prior to May 25, 2006, was serving as a parish …
La. Rev. Stat. § 42:1122 Continuation in certain pension and other plans by public servants
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§1122. Continuation in certain pension and other plans by public servants A. Pension and benefit plans. A public servant may continue in a bona fide pension, insurance, or other benefit plan maintained by a former employer, provided that such former employer makes no contribution…
La. Rev. Stat. § 42:1123 Exceptions
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§1123. Exceptions This Part shall not preclude: (1) Participation in the affairs of charitable, religious, nonprofit educational, public service, or civic organizations, bona fide organized public volunteer fire departments when no compensation is received, or the activities of p…
La. Rev. Stat. § 42:1123.1 Exception; operation of hospital owned by Hospital Service District Number Two of Beauregard Parish
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§1123.1. Exception; operation of hospital owned by Hospital Service District Number Two of Beauregard Parish The provisions of this Chapter shall not apply to a nonprofit entity operating a hospital in a building or facility owned by Hospital Service District Number Two of Beaure…
La. Rev. Stat. § 42:1123.2 Exception; certain positions at the Louisiana Department of Health
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§1123.2. Exception; certain positions at the Louisiana Department of Health A.(1) The provisions of R.S. 42:1111(C), 1112, and 1113 shall not apply to an exempted physician in the performance of the functions and duties of a position listed in Subsection D of this Section or to t…
La. Rev. Stat. § 42:1124 Financial disclosure; statewide elected officials; certain public servants
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§1124. Financial disclosure; statewide elected officials; certain public servants A. The following persons shall annually file a financial statement as provided in this Section: (1) Each person holding statewide elected office. (2) The secretary of each of the following departmen…