§ 49:977.1 — Rehearings

Louisiana § 49:977.1

• Jurisdiction: Louisiana
• Title 49: State Administration

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§977.1. Rehearings
A. A decision or order in a case of adjudication shall be subject to rehearing,
reopening, or reconsideration by the agency, within ten days from the date of its entry. The
grounds for action shall be one of the following:
(1) The decision or order is clearly contrary to the law and the evidence.
(2) The party has discovered since the hearing evidence important to the issues which
he could not have with due diligence obtained before or during the hearing.
(3) There is a showing that issues not previously considered ought to be examined
in order to properly dispose of the matter.
(4) There is other good ground for further consideration of the issues and the
evidence in the public interest.
B. The petition of a party for rehearing, reconsideration, or review, and the order of
the agency granting it, shall set forth the grounds which justify such action. Nothing in this
Section shall prevent rehearing, reopening or reconsideration of a matter by any agency in
accordance with other statutory provisions applicable to such agency, or, at any time, on the
ground of fraud practiced by the prevailing party or of procurement of the order by perjured
testimony or fictitious evidence. On reconsideration, reopening, or rehearing, the matter may
be heard by the agency, or it may be referred to a subordinate deciding officer. The hearing
shall be confined to those grounds upon which the reconsideration, reopening, or rehearing
was ordered. If an application for rehearing shall be timely filed, the period within which
judicial review, under the applicable statute, must be sought, shall run from the final
disposition of such application.

Legislative History

Acts 1966, No. 382, §9, eff. July 1, 1967; Acts 2022, No. 663, §1; Redesignated from R.S. 49:959.