§ 24:104 — Procedure

Louisiana § 24:104

• Jurisdiction: Louisiana
• Title 24: Legislature and Laws

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§104. Procedure
A. Reports submitted by the Streamlining Government Commission pursuant to this
Section may include any of or any combination of the following:
(1) Recommendations to eliminate, streamline, consolidate, privatize, or outsource
constitutional and statutory agency activities, functions, programs, services, powers, duties,
and responsibilities to provide the same or greater type and quality of activity, function,
program, or service that will result in cost reduction or greater efficiency or effectiveness.
(2) Recommendations to ensure that agency activities, functions, programs, and
services are not duplicative and are necessary, meeting or exceeding performance standards,
and meeting the needs of Louisiana citizens.
(3) Recommendations for the elimination, consolidation, privatization, or outsourcing
of an agency to provide a more cost efficient or more effective manner of providing an
activity, function, program, or service.
(4) Recommendations providing for the use of alternative resources for the operation
of agencies, activities, functions, programs, and services to provide them in a more
cost-effective manner without impacting the quality or availability of needed services.
(5) Recommendations for standards, processes, and guidelines for agencies to use in
order to review and evaluate government activities, functions, programs, and services to
eliminate, streamline, consolidate, privatize, or outsource.
B.(1) The commission shall submit an initial report of its recommendations, including
recommendations requiring legislation or administrative action, to the governor, the president
of the Senate, the speaker of the House of Representatives, the Senate and Governmental
Affairs Committee, the House and Governmental Affairs Committee, and the commissioner
of administration no later than December 15, 2020.
(2) The commission shall prepare the recommendations in the report as a
reorganization plan and submit the plan to the Senate and Governmental Affairs Committee
and the House and Governmental Affairs Committee for consideration by January 4, 2021,
and the committees, meeting as a joint committee, shall review the plan by February 1, 2021.
(3) Executive and legislative action necessary to implement the reorganization plan
as approved or modified by the two committees meeting jointly shall be taken as soon as
possible.
C. The commission shall submit a report annually before January first consisting of
the status and implementation of the reorganization plan approved by the Senate and
Governmental Affairs Committee and the House and Governmental Affairs Committee to
the governor, the president of the Senate, the speaker of the House of Representatives, the
Senate and Governmental Affairs Committee, the House and Governmental Affairs
Committee, and the commissioner of administration.
NOTE: See R.S. 24:108 and 109 relative to effect and effectiveness of Part.

Legislative History

Acts 2009, No. 491, §1, eff. July 10, 2009; Acts 2020, 1 st Ex. Sess., No. 24, §1, eff. July 13, 2020.