§ 43:89 — Internet publication of certain information concerning permits and licenses;

NOTE: §89 eff. until July 1, 2027. See Acts 2025, No. 374.
§89. Cancellation of contract for non-performance; letting of contract for unexpired term;
publication of notices or advertisements continued
A. Should the state printer of the official journal of the state fail to comply with the
provisions of the contract under the terms of which it or he was designated as state printer
and the contract is cancelled for such failure or noncompliance, after two days' notice in
writing to such state printer and his failure to immediately resume his duties and obligations
under such contract, the division of administration shall give notice of the letting of the
contract for the unexpired portion of the two-year term thereof by having an invitation for
bids inserted in three or more of the leading newspapers published in the state for three
weeks prior thereto, and all printing as provided for in this Chapter for the unexpired term
shall be let in one contract; provided that if there is no other newspaper published in the city
of Baton Rouge, except one with the same principal ownership, which meets the
qualifications required by R.S. 43:81(A), the contract for the unexpired term shall be made
with a newspaper published in the city of New Orleans possessing all the other qualifications
required by R.S. 43:81(A) except that of domicile.
B. As soon as practicable after any such default in or cancellation of the contract of
the state printer, as hereinabove described, the division of administration shall negotiate with
any other qualified newspaper published in the city of Baton Rouge, other than one under the
same principal ownership of the newspaper which is in default, or if there be no other such
qualified newspaper published in the city of Baton Rouge then to negotiate with one
published in the city of New Orleans for the publication under the best possible terms of all
printing required to be published in the official journal of the state until such time as a new
contract can be let for the unexpired portion of the two-year term.
C. Should any of the matter required to be printed under R.S. 43:81(A) have been
published in the official journal of the state prior to the state printer's default under any
contract under which it or he was designated as such state printer, the publishing of the same
matter by the newspaper employed as state printer until such time as a new contract can be
let for the unexpired portion of the two-year term, as provided in this Section, for the
remaining number of times prescribed by law shall serve as a complete publication, without
the necessity of republishing such matter for the number of times theretofore published by
the state printer who has defaulted under any such contract. Should any of the matter
required to be printed under R.S. 43:81(A) have been published in the newspaper employed
as state printer until such time as a new contract can be let for the unexpired portion of the
two-year term, as provided in this Section, the publishing of the same matter by the
newspaper awarded the contract for the unexpired portion of the two-year term for the
remaining number of times prescribed by law shall serve as a complete publication, without
the necessity of republishing such matter for the number of times theretofore published by
the newspaper employed as state printer, as aforesaid.
NOTE: §89 as amended and redesignated from R.S. 49:1308 by Acts 2025, No. 374, eff.
July 1, 2027.
§89. Internet publication of certain information concerning permits and licenses;
information required to be published; manner of publication
A. Each state entity that issues a permit or license shall submit the information
required by Subsection B of this Section for inclusion in the Official Journal of the State.
B. All of the following information shall be included:
(1) A brief description of each permit or license that the state entity issues. For each
such permit or license, links to the following shall be included:
(a) The full text of the current application.
(b) A checklist of all information required to be submitted to complete the
application process.
(c) The name and contact information of the person within the state entity
responsible for responding to inquiries about the status of an application.
(d) The anticipated timeline for review of a completed application.
(2) A copy of the annual report submitted to the legislative oversight committees or
subcommittees by the state entity pursuant to Subsection C of this Section.
C. Each state entity shall annually submit to its legislative oversight committee or
subcommittee a report containing the number of permit or license applications received, the
number of permits or licenses issued, and timelines for approval of an application.
D. For the purposes of this Section, "state entity" means any department, office,
division, commission, council, board, bureau, or other regulatory agency of state
government.

Legislative History

Acts 2022, No. 590, §1; Acts 2025, No. 374, §§2, 3, 4(A), eff. July 1, 2027; Redesignated from R.S. 49:1308.