HLS 20RS-166 ORIGINAL
2020 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 48
BY REPRESENTATIVE GREGORY MILLER
BOARDS/COMMISSIONS: Repeals certain reporting and notice requirements applicable
to certain licensing boards and commissions
1 AN ACT
2To repeal R.S. 37:23.2, relative to licensing boards and commissions; to remove the
3 reporting and notice requirements regarding complaints about actions and procedures
4 applicable to certain licensing boards and commissions.
5Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
6 Section 1. R.S. 37:23.2 is hereby repealed in its entirety.
7 Section 2. This Act shall become effective upon signature by the governor or, if not
8signed by the governor, upon expiration of the time for bills to become law without signature
9by the governor, as provided by Article III, Section 18 of the Constitution of Louisiana. If
10vetoed by the governor and subsequently approved by the legislature, this Act shall become
11effective on the day following such approval.
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 48 Original 2020 Regular Session Gregory Miller
Abstract: Removes provisions requiring Title 37 licensing boards and commissions to give
notice that complaints about actions or procedures of the board or commission may
be submitted to the board or commission or to the House and Senate governmental
affairs committees and to submit quarterly reports regarding those types of
complaints to specified legislative committees.
Present law requires boards or commissions authorized to issue a license, permit, or
certificate pursuant to present law provisions in Title 37 of the La. Revised Statutes of 1950
to notify licensees and applicants for licenses that complaints about actions or procedures
of the board or commission may be submitted to the board or commission or to the House
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and Senate governmental affairs committees. Present law further requires each such board
or commission to submit quarterly reports to the House and Senate governmental affairs
committees and to the appropriate legislative oversight committees containing specified
information regarding complaints. Present law additionally requires legislative committees,
members, and employees having access to confidential, personally identifiable, or otherwise
sensitive information in those reports to protect the information from unauthorized use and
disclosure.
Proposed law repeals present law.
Effective upon signature of governor or lapse of time for gubernatorial action.
(Repeals R.S. 37:23.2)
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