§ 43:147.1 — Compensation for printing; per character

Louisiana § 43:147.1

• Jurisdiction: Louisiana
• Title 43: Public Printing and Advertisements

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§147.1. Compensation for printing; per character
A. The parish and municipal governing authorities and school boards of this state
may have their official proceedings and public notices published by contract, compensation
for which shall not exceed the amounts provided by this Section unless agreed to by both
parties in writing. Payment may be made monthly or quarterly at the option of the governing
authority or school board.
B.(1) In all parishes that do not contain a city with a population of more than one
hundred thousand, the cost of publishing official proceedings and public notices shall not
exceed the rate of one and one-half cents per character. When the insertion contains material
to be set in tabular form or is submitted prebuilt, the rate will be computed at two dollars
seventy-six cents per square inch based on six-point type and six-point font. If the notice is
set in larger type or font, the rate shall be prorated. Regardless of the size of type the notice
is set in, the rates specified in this Paragraph are based on a printable space of one-inch-high
and one-inch-wide column. If the page width is either wider or narrower for a single column,
the rate per column shall be prorated.
(2) In all parishes that contain a city with a population of more than one hundred
thousand, the cost of publishing official proceedings and public notices shall not exceed the
rate of two cents per character. When the insertion contains material to be set in tabular form
or is submitted prebuilt, the rate will be computed at three dollars ninety-six cents per square
inch based on six-point type and six-point font. If the notice is set in larger type or font, the
rate shall be prorated. Regardless of the size of type the notice is set in, the rates specified
in this Paragraph are based on a printable space of one-inch-high and one-inch-wide column.
If the page width is either wider or narrower for a single column, the rate per column shall
be prorated.
(3) For purposes of this Subsection, "character" means an alphanumeric character
and any punctuation or other character, all of which have been requested by the public body,
and shall not include letting, kerning, or spacing unless additional letting, kerning, or spacing
is ordered by the public body at a cost agreed to in writing.
C. The charge for publication of official proceedings and public notices on the
website of either the official journal or a public notice website in which official journals
participate shall be subsumed within the applicable publication rate.

Legislative History

Acts 2023, No. 178, §1.