HLS 24RS-59 ORIGINAL
2024 Regular Session
HOUSE CONCURRENT STUDY REQUEST NO. 1
BY REPRESENTATIVE JACKSON
LEGISLATIVE OVERSIGHT: Requests the House Committee on House and
Governmental Affairs and the Senate Committee on Senate and Governmental
Affairs to meet and function as a joint committee to study and make
recommendations regarding ethics and campaign finance disclosure laws
1 A CONCURRENT STUDY REQUEST
2To the House Committee on House and Governmental Affairs and the Senate Committee on
3 Senate and Governmental Affairs to meet and to function as a joint committee to
4 study and make recommendations regarding ethics and campaign finance disclosure
5 laws and to report the findings of the joint committee to the legislature no later than
6 March 31, 2025.
7 WHEREAS, Article III, Section 9 of the Constitution of Louisiana requires the
8legislature to enact a code of ethics prohibiting conflict between public duty and private
9interests of members of the legislature, and Article X, Section 21 of the Constitution of
10Louisiana requires the legislature to enact a code of ethics for all officials and employees of
11the state and its political subdivisions; and
12 WHEREAS, the Code of Governmental Ethics (R.S. 42:1101 et seq.), provides that
13"it is essential to the proper operation of democratic government that elected officials and
14public employees be independent and impartial; that governmental decisions and policy be
15made in the proper channel of the governmental structure; that public office and employment
16not be used for private gain other than the remuneration provided by law; and that there be
17public confidence in the integrity of government"; and
18 WHEREAS, the Campaign Finance Disclosure Act (R.S. 18:1481 et seq.) provides
19that "the legislature recognizes that the effectiveness of representative government is
20dependent upon a knowledgeable electorate and the confidence of the electorate in their
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1elected public officials" and that the purpose of campaign finance laws is "to provide public
2disclosure of the financing of election campaigns and to regulate certain campaign
3practices"; and
4 WHEREAS, due to the complex nature and broad application of ethics and campaign
5finance laws, it is appropriate that issues related thereto be comprehensively and thoroughly
6analyzed and studied; and
7 WHEREAS, the joint committee should seek input from interested stakeholders,
8including but not limited to the Louisiana Municipal Association, the Louisiana School
9Boards Association, the Police Jury Association of Louisiana, the Public Affairs Research
10Council, and the Council for a Better Louisiana, in conducting this study.
11 THEREFORE, the Legislature of Louisiana requests the House Committee on House
12and Governmental Affairs and the Senate Committee on Senate and Governmental Affairs
13to meet and to function as a joint committee to study and make recommendations regarding
14ethics and campaign finance disclosure laws and to report the findings of the joint committee
15to the legislature no later than March 31, 2025.
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)]
HCSR 1 Original 2024 Regular Session Jackson
Requests that the House Committee on House and Governmental Affairs and the Senate
Committee on Senate and Governmental Affairs meet and function as a joint committee to
study and make recommendations regarding ethics and campaign finance disclosure laws
and report findings to the legislature no later than March 31, 2025.
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