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SENATE BILL NO. 114
BY SENATOR LAFLEUR
1 AN ACT
2 To enact R.S. 36:254(L), relative to the powers and duties of the secretary; to provide for
3 approval for salary adjustments or cost of living adjustments; to provide for covered
4 management boards; to provide for covered human services districts; to provide for
5 an effective date; and to provide for related matters.
6 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
7 Section 1. R.S. 36:254(L) is hereby enacted to read as follows:
8 ยง254. Powers and duties of the secretary of the Department of Health and Hospitals
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10 L. Any salary adjustment or cost of living adjustment for any employee
11 or board member of a board, entity, agency, or commission transferred to the
12 Department of Health and Hospitals and enumerated in R.S. 36:259 or any
13 employee of a human services district established and enumerated in R.S.
14 28:912 shall not be granted in any year after a deficit is declared without
15 express written approval of two-thirds of the members of the respective
16 governing board. The express written approval shall be submitted to the
17 secretary in accordance with the reporting provided for in R.S. 36:803.
18 Section 2. This Act shall become effective upon signature by the governor or, if not
19 signed by the governor, upon expiration of the time for bills to become law without signature
20 by the governor, as provided by Article III, Section 18 of the Constitution of Louisiana. If
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1 vetoed by the governor and subsequently approved by the legislature, this Act shall become
2 effective on the day following such approval.
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED:
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