HLS 16RS-16 ENGROSSED
2016 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 144
BY REPRESENTATIVE GREGORY MILLER
ETHICS/FINANCIAL DISCLOS: Removes requirement of an affidavit and instead
requires a certification to accompany Tier 1 and Tier 2 personal financial disclosure
statements
1 AN ACT
2To amend and reenact R.S. 42:1124(E) and 1124.2(E), relative to personal financial
3 disclosure; to remove provisions requiring an affidavit; to provide for a certification;
4 and to provide for related matters.
5Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
6 Section 1. R.S. 42:1124(E) and 1124.2(E) are hereby amended and reenacted to read
7as follows:
8 §1124. Financial disclosure; statewide elected officials; certain public servants
9 * * *
10 E. The financial statement shall be filed with the Board of Ethics and shall
11 be accompanied by the affidavit certification of the individual filing it certifying that
12 the information contained in the financial statement is true and correct to the best of
13 his knowledge, information, and belief. The financial statement shall be a public
14 record, subject to the provisions of Chapter 1 of Title 44 of the Louisiana Revised
15 Statutes of 1950.
16 * * *
17 §1124.2. Financial disclosure; certain elected officials; members of certain boards
18 and commissions; ethics administrator
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HB NO. 144
1 E. The financial statement shall be filed with the Board of Ethics and shall
2 be accompanied by the affidavit certification of the individual filing it certifying that
3 the information contained in the financial statement is true and correct to the best of
4 his knowledge, information, and belief. The financial statement shall be a public
5 record, subject to the provisions of Chapter 1 of Title 44 of the Louisiana Revised
6 Statutes of 1950.
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8 Section 2. This Act shall become effective on January 1, 2017.
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)]
HB 144 Engrossed 2016 Regular Session Gregory Miller
Abstract: Changes the requirement of an affidavit for Tier 1 and Tier 2 personal financial
disclosure statements to a certification in order to facilitate the electronic filing of
personal financial disclosure statements.
Present law (ethics code--R.S. 42:1124, 1124.2, 1124.2.1, and 1124.3-Tiers 1, 2, 2.1, and 3)
requires all elected officials and certain other specified officials and board and commission
members to file a financial disclosure statement by May 15
th
of each year during which the
person holds public office or position and by May 15
th
of the year following the termination
of the holding of such office. Present law provides some exceptions. Present law (Election
Code/Campaign Finance Disclosure Act–R.S. 18:1495.7) further requires any person who
becomes a candidate for an office for which the holder of the office is required to file
financial disclosure statements pursuant to present law (Code of Governmental Ethics–R.S.
42:1124, 1124.2, or 1124.3) to file a financial disclosure statement as required by present
law for the office for which he is a candidate. Present law requires each such statement to
include certain specified information for the entire preceding calendar year, with a limited
exception.
Present law, relative to Tier 1 and Tier 2 personal financial disclosure statements, requires
the statement to be filed with the Board of Ethics and to be accompanied by the affidavit of
the individual filing it certifying that the information contained in the financial statement is
true and correct to the best of his knowledge, information, and belief.
Proposed law changes the requirement of an affidavit to a certification and otherwise retains
present law.
Effective January 1, 2017.
(Amends R.S. 42:1124(E) and 1124.2(E))
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