§ 49:965 — Filing; taking effect of rules

Louisiana § 49:965

• Jurisdiction: Louisiana
• Title 49: State Administration

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§965. Filing; taking effect of rules
A. No rule adopted is valid unless adopted in substantial compliance with this
Chapter. Each rulemaking agency shall file a certified copy of its rules with the office of the
state register. No rule shall be effective, nor may it be enforced, unless it has been properly
filed with the office of the state register. No rule adopted shall be effective, nor may it be
enforced, unless prior to its adoption a report relative to the proposed rule change is
submitted to the appropriate standing committee of the legislature or to the presiding officers
of the respective houses as provided in R.S. 49:966. No rule shall be effective, nor may it
be enforced, unless the approved economic and fiscal impact statements, as provided in R.S.
49:961, have been filed with the office of the state register and published in the Louisiana
Register. The inadvertent failure to mail notice and statements to persons making request
for such mail notice, as provided in R.S. 49:961, shall not invalidate any rule adopted
hereunder. A proceeding under R.S. 49:968 to contest any rule on the grounds of
noncompliance with the procedures for adoption, as given in this Chapter, must be
commenced within two years from the date upon which the rule became effective.
B.(1) Each rule hereafter adopted shall be effective upon its publication in the
Louisiana Register, said publication to be subsequent to the act of adoption, except that if a
later date is required by statute or specified in the rule, the later day is the effective date.
(2) An emergency rule shall be considered effective pursuant to the provisions of
R.S. 49:962.
NOTE: Former R.S. 49:965 redesignated as R.S. 49:979 by Acts 2022, No. 663, §1.

Legislative History

Acts 1966, No. 382, §4, eff. July 1, 1967. Amended by Acts 1968, No. 474, §1; Acts 1974, No. 284, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1975; Acts 1975, No. 730, §1; Acts 1978, No. 252, §1; Acts 1980, No. 392, §1; Acts 1990, No. 248, §1; Acts 1990, No. 1085, §1, eff. July 31, 1990; Acts 2013, No. 220, §23, eff. June 11, 2013; Acts 2014, No. 791, §18; Acts 2021, No. 211, §11; Acts 2022, No. 663, §1; Redesignated from R.S. 49:954.