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Regular Session, 2014
SENATE BILL NO. 134
BY SENATOR AMEDEE
ETHICS. Provides relative to the Board of Ethics and Ethics Adjudicatory Board
enforcement authority. (8/1/14)
AN ACT1
To amend and reenact R.S. 42:1124.4(A)(1) and 1141.5(C) and to enact R.S.2
42:1157(A)(4)(f), relative to the Board of Ethics and Ethics Adjudicatory Board3
enforcement authority; to provide for notice of delinquency delivery methods; to4
clarify the duty of the Ethics Adjudicatory Board; to provide for penalties; and to5
provide for related matters.6
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:7
Section 1. R.S. 42:1124.4(A)(1) and 1141.5(C) are hereby amended and reenacted8
and R.S. 42:1157(A)(4)(f) is hereby enacted to read as follows: 9
§1124.4. Penalties10
A.(1) If a person fails to timely file a financial statement as required by R.S.11
18:1495.7 or by R.S. 42:1124, 1124.2, 1124.2.1, or 1124.3, or a person omits any12
information required to be included in the statement, or the board has reason to13
believe information included in the statement is inaccurate, the board shall notify the14
person of such failure, omission, or inaccuracy by sending him by certified mail or15
private process server a notice of delinquency immediately upon discovery of the16
failure, omission, or inaccuracy.17 SB NO. 134
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§1141.5. Adjudicatory hearings2
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C. If the public hearing of the adjudicatory panel fails to disclose clear and4
convincing evidence to support the charges, the adjudicatory panel shall make an5
official determination of its findings and shall issue a final decision. The person6
charged and the complainant shall be notified in writing via certified mail within ten7
days of the adjudicatory panel's rendition of a final decision. The person charged8
may require the adjudicatory panel to make an official determination of the validity9
of the charges against him.10
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§1157. Late filing fees12
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(4) Any late filing fees assessed by the Board of Ethics or its staff, for any14
failure to timely file any report or statement due, shall not exceed the following:15
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(f) If the fee is five hundred dollars per day, the maximum shall be17
twelve thousand five hundred dollars.18
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The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument, were prepared by Ashley Menou.
DIGEST
Amedee (SB 134)
Present law provides that the Board of Ethics use certified mail to send notices of
delinquency.
Proposed law allows the Board of Ethics to use a private process server to send notices of
delinquency.
Present law provides that notices of hearings and orders issued by the Ethics Adjudicatory
Board are to be sent in writing.
Proposed law provides that notices of hearings and orders issued by the Ethics Adjudicatory
Board are to be sent via certified mail.
Present law provides no maximum fee for late filing of financial disclosure reports, (Tier 1). SB NO. 134
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Proposed law sets the maximum fee for late filing personal financial disclosure reports with
a $500 a day fee at $12,500.
Effective August 1, 2014.
(Amends R.S. 42:1124.4(A)(1) and 1141.5(C); adds R.S. 42:1157(A)(4)(f))