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Regular Session, 2010
HOUSE BILL NO. 302
BY REPRESENTATIVE SMILEY
BOARDS/COMMISSIONS: Provides relative to disclosure of information concerning
certain boards and commissions
AN ACT1
To amend and reenact R.S. 49:1303(A) and (B) and 1304(B) and to enact R.S.2
49:1305(A)(3), relative to boards, commissions, and like entities; to provide relative3
to disclosure of certain information concerning certain boards, commissions, and like4
entities; to provide for the publication of such information on the Internet; to provide5
for the powers and duties of the commissioner of administration relative thereto; and6
to provide for related matters.7
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:8
Section 1. R.S. 49:1303(A) and (B) and 1304(B) are hereby amended and reenacted9
and R.S. 49:1305(A)(3) is hereby enacted to read as follows:10
§1303. Submission of notices and minutes; posting11
A.(1) Each board, commission, or like entity covered by this Chapter shall12
submit each notice required to be included on the website pursuant to R.S.13
49:1302(A) to the commissioner of administration in a manner which allows the14
commissioner enough time to post the notice on the website prior to the deadline15
applicable to the board, commission, or like entity for giving notice pursuant to R.S.16
42:7.17
(2) The commissioner of administration shall ensure that each notice is18
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B.(1) Each board, commission, or like entity covered by this Chapter shall1
submit minutes required to be included on the website pursuant to R.S. 49:1302(B)2
to the commissioner of administration within ten days after the minutes are adopted3
by the board, commission, or like entity.4
(2) The commissioner of administration shall ensure that minutes are posted5
on the website no later than ten business days after receiving them.6
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§1304. Submission of other information; posting8
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B.(1) Except as provided in R.S. 49:1303, each board, commission, or like10
entity covered by this Chapter shall submit to the commissioner of administration all11
information required to be included on the website pursuant to R.S. 49:1302,12
including any change in information previously submitted, no later than thirty days13
after the information becomes available to the board, commission, or like entity.14
(2) The commissioner of administration shall ensure that the information15
described in Paragraph (1) of this Subsection is posted on the website no later than16
ten business days after receiving it.17
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§1305. Applicability19
A. This Chapter shall apply to the following boards, commissions, and like20
entities:21
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(3) Each board and commission whose members are required to file annual23
financial disclosure statements pursuant to R.S. 42:1124.2.1.24
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Section 2.(A) Prior to the effective date of this Act, the commissioner of26
administration shall take all reasonable and necessary actions, including contacting boards,27
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website will be complete as required by this Act and Chapter 20 of Title 49 of the Louisiana1
Revised Statutes of 1950 on the effective date of this Act.2
(B) Prior to the effective date of this Act, each board, commission, or like entity3
covered by this Act shall fully cooperate with the commissioner of administration in4
implementing and complying with the requirements of this Section. Prior to the effective5
date of this Act, each board, commission, and like entity covered by this Act shall provide6
the information required by this Act and Chapter 20 of Title 49 of the Louisiana Revised7
Statutes of 1950 to the commissioner of administration as soon as possible to allow for the8
inclusion of the information on the website on the effective date of this Act.9
Section 3. This Act shall become effective on January 1, 2011.10
DIGEST
The digest printed below was prepared by House Legislative Services. It constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument. The keyword, one-liner, abstract, and digest do not constitute
part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)]
Smiley HB No. 302
Abstract: Requires that certain additional boards and commissions provide information for
posting on a website maintained by the commissioner of administration; provides
relative to posting such information.
Present law (effective March 1, 2010) requires the commissioner of administration to
establish and maintain a website to post certain specified information concerning certain
boards and commissions, including notices and minutes, statutory citations, contact
information, membership information, employee information, information concerning the
budget and finances of the board or commission, and rules and regulations of the board or
commission. Provides deadlines for submitting such information to the commissioner of
administration. Further provides that all submissions of required information be made
electronically in a format designated by the commissioner of administration.
Present law applies to any board, commission, or like entity that is a licensing agency
pursuant to present law (Licensing Agency Budget Act–R.S. 39:1332) and to the La. Board
of Cosmetology (R.S. 37:571). Provides further that present law applies to any committee,
subcommittee, or panel of any such licensing agency or of the La. Board of Cosmetology.
Proposed law retains present law. Requires the commissioner of administration to ensure
that each notice received from a board, commission, or like entity is posted on the website
as soon as possible after receipt and that other information must be posted on the website no
later than ten business days after receiving it. Expands the number of boards and
commissions required to submit information by including each board and commission whose
members are required to file annual financial disclosure statements pursuant to present law
(Code of Governmental Ethics–R.S. 42:1124.2; present law requires that the following file
financial disclosure statements:
(1)Each member and any designee of a member of a board or commission that has the
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(2)Each member of the State Civil Service Commission.
(3)Each member of the Board of Commissioners of the La. Stadium and Exposition
District.
Effective Jan. 1, 2011.
(Amends R.S. 49:1303(A) and (B) and 1304(B); Adds R.S. 49:1305(A)(3))