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Regular Session, 2010
SENATE BILL NO. 327
BY SENATOR HEBERT
FEES/LICENSES/PERMITS. Requires an agency to provide an opportunity for public
comment, questions and answers at certain permit hearings. (8/15/10)
AN ACT1
To enact R.S. 49:200.2, relative to state agencies; to provide for certain hearings on an2
application for a permit; to allow for public comment, questions and answers at the3
permit hearings; to require attendance at the permit hearings by certain individuals;4
to provide procedures, terms, and conditions; and to provide for related matters.5
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:6
Section 1. R.S. 49:200.2 is hereby enacted to read as follows: 7
ยง200.2. State agencies; public hearings on permits8
A. In addition to other requirements, in any public hearing on an9
application for a permit sought from an agency: (1) the permit applicant or a10
duly authorized representative shall attend the hearing; and (2) in addition to11
public comment, the agency shall provide an opportunity during the hearing for12
public questions to be directed to the agency and applicant or his representative,13
and for their response thereto at the same time. If the applicant appears14
through a duly authorized representative, such representative shall be15
knowledgeable in the subject matter for which the permit is sought and capable16
of discussing the reasons, need for, and effects of granting the permit.17 SB NO. 327
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B. For the purpose of this Section, an "agency" is defined as any board,1
commission, department, division, agency, office, or other entity within the2
executive branch of state government.3
The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument, were prepared by J. W. Wiley.
DIGEST
Proposed law provides that in addition to other requirements, in any public hearing on an
application for a permit sought from an agency: (1) the permit applicant or a duly authorized
representative must attend the hearing; and (2) in addition to public comment, the agency
must provide an opportunity during the hearing for public questions to be directed to the
agency and applicant or his representative, and for their response thereto at the same time.
Proposed law provides that if the applicant appears through a duly authorized representative,
such representative must be knowledgeable in the subject matter for which the permit is
sought and capable of discussing the reasons, need for, and effects of granting the permit.
Proposed law defines an "agency" as any board, commission, department, division, agency,
office, or other entity within the executive branch of state government.
Effective August 15, 2010.
(Adds R.S. 49:200.2)