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ACT No. 744
Regular Session, 2012
HOUSE BILL NO. 529
BY REPRESENTATIVE BARROW
AN ACT1
To amend and reenact R.S. 49:968(B)(24), relative to administrative procedure; to require2
agencies to send certain notifications and reports to legislators regarding certain3
proposed rule or fee changes; and to provide for related matters.4
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:5
Section 1. R.S. 49:968(B)(24) is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows:6
ยง968. Review of agency rules; fees7
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B. Prior to the adoption, amendment, or repeal of any rule or the adoption,9
increasing, or decreasing of any fee, the agency shall submit a report relative to such10
proposed rule change or fee adoption, increase, or decrease to the appropriate11
standing committees of the legislature and the presiding officers of the respective12
houses as provided in this Section. The report shall be so submitted on the same day13
the notice of the intended action is submitted to the Louisiana Register for14
publication in accordance with R.S. 49:953(A)(1). The report shall be submitted to15
each standing committee at the committee's office in the state capitol by certified16
mail with return receipt requested or by messenger who shall provide a receipt for17
signature. The return receipt or the messenger's receipt shall be proof of receipt of18
the report by the committee.19
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(24)(a) In addition to the submission of a report relative to a proposed rule21
change or fee adoption, increase, or decrease by an agency to the appropriate22
standing committee as specified in Paragraphs (1) through (23) of this Subsection,23
whenever the fiscal impact of the rule or fee adoption, increase, or decrease, as24
indicated by the statement of fiscal impact required by R.S. 49:968 Paragraph (C)(5)25 ENROLLEDHB NO. 529
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of this Section, exceeds one million dollars, the report on the proposed rule change1
or fee adoption, increase, or decrease shall also be submitted to the Senate2
Committee on Finance and the House Committee on Appropriations and shall be3
subject to review by those committees in the same manner and to the same extent as4
the review of the standing committees provided for in Paragraphs (1) through (23)5
of this Subsection.6
(b) Whenever the fiscal impact or economic impact of the proposed rule7
change or fee adoption, increase, or decrease is five hundred thousand dollars or8
more as indicated by the statement of fiscal impact or the statement of economic9
impact required by Subsection C of this Section, the agency shall transmit the report10
provided for in Subsection C of this Section to each member of the legislature via11
electronic mail on the same day the notice of the intended action is submitted to the12
Louisiana Register for publication in accordance with R.S. 49:953.13
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Section 2. This Act shall become effective upon signature by the governor or, if not15
signed by the governor, upon expiration of the time for bills to become law without signature16
by the governor, as provided by Article III, Section 18 of the Constitution of Louisiana. If17
vetoed by the governor and subsequently approved by the legislature, this Act shall become18
effective on the day following such approval.19
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATI VES
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED: