§ 43:81.1 — Commissioner of administration; duties; sunset review of boards and commissions

Louisiana § 43:81.1

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

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NOTE: §81.1 eff. until July 1, 2027. See Acts 2025, No. 374.
§81.1. Cost of publication
The Official Journal of the State shall include a statement of the cost charged to the
state agency for publication with any notice, advertisement, proclamation, or other
information that it publishes for a state agency pursuant to a legal requirement that the
information be published. The official journal shall not charge the agency for printing this
statement of cost.
NOTE: §81.1 as amended and redesignated from R.S. 49:1301 by Acts 2025, No. 374, eff.
July 1, 2027.
§81.1. Commissioner of administration; duties; sunset review of boards and commissions
A. The commissioner of administration shall post the information designated in R.S.
43:82 on the Official Journal of the State.
B.(1) If the commissioner of administration determines that a board or commission
has failed to submit the information required pursuant to R.S. 43:84 in the manner required
by this Chapter, the commissioner shall send the board or commission a notice of
noncompliance by certified mail, return receipt requested.
(2)(a)(i) If the board or commission fails to submit the information required
pursuant to R.S. 43:84 in the manner required by this Chapter within the response period,
the commissioner shall send notice detailing the failure to comply to the board or
commission and to the chief administrative officer of the department of which the board or
commission is a part, if applicable.
(ii) The commissioner shall also send notice detailing the failure to comply to the
Senate Committee on Senate and Governmental Affairs, the House Committee on House and
Governmental Affairs, and the oversight committees for the board or commission.
(b)(i) Each oversight committee that receives a notice pursuant to Item (a)(ii) of this
Paragraph may within sixty days of receiving the notice evaluate the board or commission
and determine whether the board or commission should be continued, modified, or
terminated. The committee may direct the board or commission to begin to terminate its
operations and to prepare for the orderly transfer or termination of its powers, duties,
responsibilities, and functions, as appropriate.
(ii) No later than thirty days prior to the beginning of a regular session, each
oversight committee that received a notice pursuant to Item (a)(ii) of this Paragraph during
the year prior to the year in which the session is to be held may submit a report to the
legislature and the governor. The report shall contain a summary of all action taken by the
committee with respect to each such notice. The report shall also contain the committee's
determination as to whether each board or commission that was the subject of such a notice
should be continued, modified, or terminated and any legislation concerning the board or
commission that the committee will propose to the legislature.
(c)(i) For purposes of this Paragraph, "response period" means the period of time
beginning with the day the notice of noncompliance sent pursuant to Paragraph (1) of this
Subsection is received by the board or commission and ending ninety days later.
(ii) For purposes of this Paragraph, "oversight committees" means the standing
committees of the two houses of the legislature which have usual jurisdiction over the affairs
of the board or commission.
C. The provisions of Subsection B of this Section shall not apply to any board which
is responsible for the administration of any statewide retirement fund held in trust for the
benefit of its participants and which retirement fund is not the direct financial responsibility
of the state.
NOTE: See Acts 2009, No. 12, §2.

Legislative History

Acts 2009, No. 12, §1, eff. March 1, 2010; Acts 2013, No. 184, §16; Acts 2025, No. 374, §§2, 3, 4(A), eff. July 1, 2027; Redesignated from R.S. 49:1301.