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2024 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 106
BY REPRESENTATIVE JACKSON
LOBBYING: Provides relative to the assessment of penalties on lobbyists for failure to
timely file required reports
1 AN ACT
2To amend and reenact R.S. 24:58(D)(2), R.S. 33:9668(D)(2), R.S. 42:1157(A)(4)(c), and
3 R.S. 49:78(D)(2) and to enact R.S. 24:58(D)(6), R.S. 33:9668(D)(6), and R.S.
4 49:78(D)(6), relative to penalties imposed by the Board of Ethics; to provide for the
5 enforcement of registration and reporting requirements of legislative, executive
6 branch, and local lobbyists; to provide for the assessment of late fees and civil
7 penalties for failure to timely file; to provide for the computation of days; and to
8 provide for related matters.
9Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
10 Section 1. R.S. 24:58(D)(2) is hereby amended and reenacted and R.S. 24:58(D)(6)
11is hereby enacted to read as follows:
12 §58. Enforcement
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14 D. In addition to any other applicable penalties:
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16 (2) Any person whose registration or report is filed eleven or more days after
17 the day on which it was due may be assessed, in addition to any late fees pursuant
18 to this Section, after a hearing by the board, a civil penalty not to exceed ten one
19 thousand dollars.
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1 (6) The computation of days provided for in this Subsection shall not include
2 Saturdays, Sundays, or other legal holidays.
3 Section 2. R.S. 33:9668(D)(2) is hereby amended and reenacted and R.S.
433:9668(D)(6) is hereby enacted to read as follows:
5 §9668. Enforcement
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7 D. In addition to any other applicable penalties:
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9 (2) Any person whose registration or report is filed eleven or more days after
10 the day on which it was due shall be assessed, in addition to any late fees pursuant
11 to this Section, after a hearing by the ethics board, a civil penalty not to exceed ten
12 one thousand dollars.
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14 (6) The computation of days provided for in this Subsection shall not include
15 Saturdays, Sundays, or other legal holidays.
16 Section 3. R.S. 42:1157(A)(4)(c) is hereby amended and reenacted to read as
17follows:
18 §1157. Late filing fees
19 A.
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21 (4) Any late filing fees assessed by the Board of Ethics or its staff, for any
22 failure to timely file any report or statement due, shall not exceed the following:
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24 (c) If the fee is fifty dollars per day, the maximum shall be one thousand five
25 hundred dollars, except that the maximum shall be five hundred dollars for fees
26 assessed pursuant to Paragraph (2) of this Subsection. The computation of days
27 provided for in this Subparagraph shall not include Saturdays, Sundays, or other
28 legal holidays.
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1 Section 4. R.S. 49:78(D)(2) is hereby amended and reenacted and R.S. 49:78(D)(6)
2is hereby enacted to read as follows:
3 §78. Enforcement
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5 D. In addition to any other applicable penalties:
6 * * *
7 (2) Any person whose registration or report is filed eleven or more days after
8 the day on which it was due may be assessed, in addition to any late fees pursuant
9 to this Section, after a hearing by the board, a civil penalty not to exceed ten one
10 thousand dollars.
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12 (6) The computation of days provided for in this Subsection shall not include
13 Saturdays, Sundays, or other legal holidays.
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 106 Reengrossed 2024 Regular Session Jackson
Abstract: Reduces the maximum amount of late fees and the maximum civil penalty
imposed by the Bd. of Ethics on lobbyists for failure to timely file required reports
and excludes weekends and holidays from the calculation of days for purposes of
assessing fees and imposing penalties on lobbyists.
Present law requires legislative, executive branch, and local lobbyists to register with the Bd.
of Ethics (the "board") as soon as possible after employment as a lobbyist or after the first
action requiring his registration as a lobbyist, whichever occurs first, and in any event no
later than five days after employment or first action as a lobbyist.
Present law provides that any person required to register and who fails to timely register and
any person who fails to timely file any required report, including a combined report for
legislative and executive branch lobbying, shall be assessed a late fee of $50 per day.
Present law requires legislative and executive branch lobbyists to file with the board monthly
expenditure reports containing specific information.
Present law provides that any person who fails to file a required expenditure report
containing all required information shall be assessed a late fee of $50 per day.
Present law establishes maximums for late filing fees assessed by the board; such maximums
are based on the amount of the per day fee. If the per day late filing fee is $50, present law
provides that the maximum fee is $1,500.
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Proposed law reduces the maximum fee as applicable to legislative, executive branch, and
local lobbyists to $500. Otherwise retains present law.
Present law provides that any lobbyist whose registration or report is filed 11 or more days
after the day on which it was due may be assessed, in addition to late fees, after a hearing
by the board, a civil penalty not to exceed $10,000. Proposed law lowers the maximum civil
penalty to $1,000.
Proposed law provides the computation of days for purposes of calculating fees assessed and
penalties imposed on lobbyists shall not include Saturdays, Sundays, or holidays.
(Amends R.S. 24:58(D)(2), R.S. 33:9668(D)(2), R.S. 42:(A)(4)(c), and R.S.49:78(D)(2);
Adds R.S. 2458(D)(6), R.S. 33:9668(D)(6), and R.S. 49:78(D)(6))
Summary of Amendments Adopted by House
The House Floor Amendments to the engrossed bill:
1. Provide that the computation of days for purposes of calculating fees assessed
and penalties imposed on lobbyists shall not include Saturdays, Sundays, or
holidays.
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