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SENATE BILL NO. 807 (Substitute of Senate Bill No. 657 by Senator Hebert)
BY SENATOR HEBERT
AN ACT1
To amend and reenact R.S. 39:1308 and 1310 and to enact R.S. 39:1309(E), relative to local2
government budgets; to require certain budgetary information to be published on the3
official Internet website or portal of the district attorney for the Sixteenth Judicial4
District; to provide for an effective date; and to provide for related matters.5
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:6
Section 1. R.S. 39:1308 is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows: 7
§1308. Inspection of the proposed budget 8
A. The proposed budget of a political subdivision shall be available for public9
inspection at the following locations: 10
(1) Municipalities: at the office of the mayor or municipal governing11
authority.12
(2) School boards: at the school board office.13
(3) Special districts: at the office of the governing authority of the special14
district.15
(4) All other political subdivisions: at the office of the individual political16
subdivision.17
(5) In cases where the political subdivision is located within the boundaries18
of more than one parish, the proposed budget shall be available at the office of the19
parish governing authority of each parish.20
B. The district attorney for the Sixteenth Judicial District shall also post21
the proposed budget of his office on the official Internet website or portal of the22
district attorney of the Sixteenth Judicial District.23
§1309. Adoption24
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E. Upon adoption, the district attorney for the Sixteenth Judicial District26
shall also post the adopted budget of his office on the official Internet website27
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or portal of the district attorney of the Sixteenth Judicial District at the time the1
budget is adopted.2
§1310. Amending the budget3
A. When the governing authority has received notification pursuant to R.S.4
39:1311, or there has been a change in operations upon which the original adopted5
budget was developed, the governing authority shall adopt a budget amendment in6
an open meeting to reflect such change. When an independently elected parish7
official has received notification pursuant to R.S. 39:1311(A), or when there has8
been a change in operations upon which the original adopted budget was developed,9
the independently elected official shall adopt a budget amendment and publish such10
amendment in the official journal as described by R.S. 39:1307(B). In no event shall11
a budget amendment be adopted proposing expenditures which exceed the total of12
estimated funds available for the fiscal year.13
B. The district attorney for the Sixteenth Judicial District shall also post14
the amended budget of his office on the official Internet website or portal of the15
district attorney of the Sixteenth Judicial District at the time it is amended.16
Section 2. This Act shall become effective on July 1, 2010; if vetoed by the governor17
and subsequently approved by the legislature, this Act shall become effective on July 1,18
2010, or on the day following such approval by the legislature, whichever is later.19
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED: