Legislature and Laws
La. Laws div. RS, tit. 24
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section24:1. Cessation of civil suits against members during sessionssection24:2. Investigations by legislature; authority to compel attendance of persons and production of paperssection24:3. Compensation of witnessessection24:4. Contempt of the legislature; penaltiessection24:5. Certification of facts of contempt; prosecutionsection24:6. Contempt prosecution; venuesection24:7. Committee meetings between sessions; video conferencingsection24:7.1. Participation in certain meetings by teleconferencing or other electronic means for legislative bodiessection24:8. Authority to attend meetings of state boards, commissions, agencies and committeessection24:9. Rules of proceduresection24:10. Vetoed bills; return by the governor; veto sessionsection24:11. Extraordinary session; petition of legislature; call; limitationssection24:12. Technical assistance by public higher educational institutionssection24:13. Technical corrections in legislative instrumentssection24:14. Senate confirmationssection24:15. Transmission of documentssection24:16. Maximum payment for meals or incidental expenses for the legislative branchsection24:30. REPEALED BY ACTS 1993, NO. 248, §2.section24:31. Compensation of members; per diem electionsection24:31.1. Salary for members; expense allowance; mileage allowancesection24:31.2. Expenses of clerk of House and secretary of Senatesection24:31.3. Members-elect; reimbursement; orientation; establishment of district office; legislative assistantssection24:31.4. Members' office allowancesection24:31.5. Legislative assistants for memberssection24:31.6. Legislative district offices; furnishing and equipment allowancesection24:31.7. Allowances; declaration as non-emolumentssection24:31.8. Suspension of payments due to imprisonment after conviction of a crimesection24:31.9. Identification pins for legislatorssection24:32. Resignation of memberssection24:33. Secretary of Senate and clerk of House; holding over until successors qualifiedsection24:34. Repealed by Acts 1988, No. 58, §5.section24:35. Membership of the Senatesection24:35.1. Membership of the Senatesection24:35.2. Membership of the House of Representativessection24:35.3. Membership of the House of Representativessection24:35.4. Repealed by Acts 2001, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 3, §3, eff. Jan. 12, 2004.section24:35.5. Repealed by Acts 2011, 1 st Ex. Sess., No. 1, §2, eff. at 10:00 a.m., Jan. 9, 2012.section24:36. Additional benefits payable to legislators; certain legislative personnel; governor; lieutenant governor; political subdivision service credit; credit for service previously rendered; additional contributions; computation of benefits payable; membershipsection24:36.1. Computation of benefits; widows presently drawing benefitssection24:36.2. Retirement benefits for certain public officialssection24:37. Regaining membership in actuarially funded retirement systemsection24:38. Legislative Budgetary Control Council; budgetary controls; legislature; legislative agencies; legislative committees; budget unit statements; fiscal notessection24:39. Legislative Capitol Technology Enhancement Fundsection24:50. Purposesection24:51. Definitionssection24:52. Persons to whom applicable; exceptionssection24:53. Registration of lobbyists with the board; compilation of informationsection24:53.1. Foreign adversaries; disclosuresection24:53.2. Designated foreign corporations; disclosuresection24:54. Reports and statements under oathsection24:55. Lobbyist expenditure reportssection24:56. Prohibited conductsection24:56.1. Fundraising functionssection24:57. Administrationsection24:58. Enforcementsection24:58.1. Additional remedies; contract defeat or voidabilitysection24:59. Repealed by Acts 1996, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 64, §9, eff. July 1, 1996. (Acts 1996, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 66, §4, repealed §59(B) eff. Jan. 1, 1997).section24:61. Short titlesection24:62. Declaration of policysection24:63. Definitionssection24:64. Designation of emergency interim successors to legislatorssection24:65. Status, qualifications and term of emergency interim successorssection24:66. Contingent method of designating emergency interim successorssection24:67. Recordingsection24:68. Repealed by Acts 1968, No. 472, §2section24:69. Duty of emergency interim successorssection24:70. Place of legislative sessionsection24:71. Convening of legislature in event of attacksection24:72. Assumption of powers and duties of legislator by emergency interim successorsection24:73. Privileges, immunities and compensation of emergency interim successorssection24:74. Quorum and vote requirementssection24:75. Termination of operation of provisions of this Partsection24:77.1. Temporary successor; selection; definitionssection24:77.2. Assumption of powers and duties of legislator by temporary successor; requirementssection24:77.3. Privileges, immunities, and compensation of temporary successors; compensation of legislatorsection24:77.4. Temporary successors; prohibition on seeking legislative officesection24:81. Louisiana Commission on Uniform State Laws; creation; appointment of members; compensationsection24:82. Duties of commissionsection24:83. Record of transactions; report to legislaturesection24:101. Purpose and findingssection24:102. Definitionssection24:103. Streamlining Government Commission; establishedsection24:104. Proceduresection24:105. Staff supportsection24:106. Agency cooperation and assistancesection24:107. Financessection24:108. Effect on other lawsection24:109. Termination of Partsection24:111. Purpose and Findingssection24:112. Work Out Now: WON Louisiana Legislative Commission; established; membership; dutiessection24:113. Staff support; agency cooperation and assistancesection24:114. Termination of Partsection24:121. Dairy Stabilization Study Commission; creation; purpose; membership; duties; reporting; terminationsection24:122. Repealed by Acts 1995, No. 1262, §1.section24:123. Repealed by Acts 1995, No. 1262, §1.section24:124. Repealed by Acts 1995, No. 1262, §1.section24:125. Repealed by Acts 1995, No. 1262, §1.section24:131. §§131 to 136 Repealed by Acts 1988, No. 57, §1.section24:141. Repealed by Acts 1999, No. 1164, §4.section24:142. §§142, 143 Repealed by Acts 1975, No. 323, §1section24:151. Enrolled bills; typewritten with indelible inksection24:152. Suits against state or political subdivision; omnibus bill or resolution; form; legal proof of authoritysection24:153. Digests of proposed constitutional amendments; preparation; distribution to newspaperssection24:171. Repeal of law; effect on penalty, forfeiture or liabilitysection24:172. Proposed constitutional amendments; printing and publicationsection24:173. Repealed by Acts 2015, No. 383, §4, eff. July 1, 2015.section24:173.1. Distribution of Acts and journalssection24:174. Distribution of R.S.1950 to members of legislaturesection24:175. Severabilitysection24:176. Repealsection24:177. Legislative intent; text, history, and other indices of intentsection24:191. Repugnance between codessection24:201. Creation and functionssection24:202. Council; membership; terms; vacancies; meetingssection24:203. Plans of membership; compensation of members of councilsection24:204. General purpose; dutiessection24:205. Reports; advisory capacity; printing and distribution of reportssection24:206. Distribution of constitutional studies and notessection24:207. Method of distributionsection24:208. Disposition of remaining setssection24:251. Continuous revision under supervision of Louisiana State Law Institutesection24:252. New legislation; incorporation in Revised Statutes; resolution of conflicting actssection24:253. Incorporation of current legislation; proceduresection24:253.1. Alphabetical or numerical sequence of lawssection24:253.2. Submitting copy to the secretary of the Senate and clerk of the House of Representativessection24:254. Filing of copy with Secretary of State; certificate of correctness; printingsection24:255. Amendment of sections prepared by the Institutesection24:256. Printing and publication of revised statutes; proof of certified editionsection24:401. §§401 to 411 Repealed by Acts 1988, No. 58, §5.section24:501. Speaker of the House of Representatives; speaker pro temporesection24:502. Speaker of the House of Representatives; salary; expensessection24:503. Expensessection24:504. Speaker pro tempore; assumption of duties of speaker; salarysection24:505. President of the Senate; president pro temporesection24:506. President of the Senate; salary; expensessection24:507. President pro tempore; assumption of duties of president; salarysection24:511. Qualification; term; oath; bond; vacancies; authority to administer oaths and take testimonysection24:511.1. Special Recommendation Commissionsection24:512. Salary and expensessection24:513. Powers and duties of legislative auditor; audit reports as public records; assistance and opinions of attorney general; frequency of audits; subpoena powersection24:513.1. Audit of accounts of Department of Revenue; confidentiality of information; unauthorized disclosure; criminal history informationsection24:513.2. Information system on boards, commissions, and like entitiessection24:513.3. Audit reports; gaming regulator audits; review of gaming facilitiessection24:513.4. Not-for-profit disaster relief or recovery organizations; audit authoritysection24:513.5. Political subdivisions; reports of outstanding judgmentssection24:514. Sworn annual financial statements; actuarial valuations; examinationssection24:515. Accounts of offices, boards, commissions, agencies, and departments; records of general fixed assetssection24:515.1. Uniform audit reportingsection24:515.2. Uniform audit reporting for court costs, fines, and feessection24:516. Reportssection24:516.1. Annual reports filed with the Joint Legislative Committee on the Budgetsection24:517. Repealed by Acts 1991, No. 610, §2, eff. Dec. 31, 1991.section24:517.1. Reimbursement for local auditssection24:517.2. REPEALED BY ACTS 1991, NO. 610, §2, EFF. DEC. 31, 1991.section24:517.3. Reimbursement for state auditssection24:518. Penaltiessection24:519. Report of remedial actionssection24:520. Audit of accounts of legislative auditorsection24:521. Actuarial notessection24:522. Louisiana Performance Audit Programsection24:522.1. Performance audit progress reportssection24:523. Notification of the legislative auditor and district attorneysection24:523.1. Notices to be postedsection24:524. Restitution of audit costssection24:525. State child ombudsman; dutiessection24:551. Legislative Audit Advisory Council; membership; officers; vacanciessection24:552. Advise auditorsection24:553. Dutiessection24:554. Powerssection24:555. Contempt of council; authority to conduct proceedingssection24:556. Punishment for contemptsection24:557. Compensationsection24:558. Technical and clerical personnel; legislative auditorsection24:559. Professional personnelsection24:571. Definitionssection24:572. Auditor; policies; functionality, content, accessibility, and reporting of the websitesection24:573. Website; requirements of agenciessection24:574. Expenditure databasesection24:575. Budget databasesection24:576. Contracts databasesection24:577. Payroll databasesection24:578. Reports databasesection24:579. Boards and commission databasesection24:580. State debt databasesection24:581. Incentives databasesection24:582. Dedicated funds databasesection24:583. Performance databasesection24:584. Audit requirementssection24:585. Local auditee databasesection24:586. Repealed by Acts 2024, No. 723, §7, eff. July 1, 2024.section24:601. Legislative fiscal office; creation; purposesection24:602. Legislative fiscal officer; office created; compensationsection24:603. Duties and functionssection24:603.1. Mandated health insurance benefits; impact reportssection24:604. Powerssection24:604.1. Budget requests; executive budget; submission to fiscal officesection24:604.2. General Appropriation Bill; reports of enhancements, reductions, and means of finance substitutions; availability of such reportssection24:605. Employees; salaries; warrantssection24:606. Assistance and cooperation of other agencies; boards; use of facilitiessection24:607. Domicile; agency officessection24:608. Responsibility to legislature; operating fundssection24:651. Committee created; membership and compositionsection24:652. Budget requests; executive budget; submission to committeesection24:653. Duties and functionssection24:654. State agencies, political subdivisions; assistance to committeesection24:655. Powerssection24:656. Staff assistancesection24:661. Committee created; membership and compositionsection24:662. Capital outlay requests; capital outlay budget; submission to committeesection24:663. Duties and functionssection24:664. State agencies, political subdivisions; assistance to committeesection24:665. Powerssection24:666. Expenses; staff assistancesection24:671. Committee created; membership and compositionsection24:672. Duties and functionssection24:673. Budget requests and expenditure requests; technology funds, fees, and donations; reviewsection24:674. State agencies, political subdivisions; assistance to committeesection24:675. Powerssection24:676. Staff assistancesection24:677. Repealed by Acts 2021, No. 404, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 2023.section24:681. Capitol security director; qualifications; compensationsection24:682. Duties and functionssection24:683. Employees; salariessection24:684. Domicilesection24:685. Responsibility to legislature; lead investigative officer; supplemental operating fundssection24:691. Capitol Security Council; membership; officers; vacanciessection24:692. Powers and dutiessection24:693. Contempt of council; authority to conduct proceedingssection24:694. Capitol security; joint rulesection24:711. Repealed by Acts 1995, No. 1262, §1.section24:751. Repealed by Acts 1995, No. 1262, §1.section24:752. Repealed by Acts 1995, No. 1262, §1.section24:753. Repealed by Acts 1995, No. 1262, §1.section24:754. Repealed by Acts 1995, No. 1262, §1.section24:755. Repealed by Acts 1995, No. 1262, §1.section24:756. Repealed by Acts 1995, No. 1262, §1.section24:761. Legislative librariessection24:771. Definitionssection24:772. Distribution of reportssection24:775. Commissioner of insurance; reports to legislaturesection24:781. Repealed by Acts 1995, No. 1262, §1.section24:782. Repealed by Acts 1995, No. 1262, §1.section24:783. Repealed by Acts 1995, No. 1262, §1.section24:784. Repealed by Acts 1995, No. 1262, §1.section24:785. Repealed by Acts 1995, No. 1262, §1.section24:786. Repealed by Acts 1995, No. 1262, §1.section24:787. Repealed by Acts 1995, No. 1262, §1.section24:801. Findings; purposesection24:802. Creation; compositionsection24:803. Functions and dutiessection24:804. Meetings; hearings; committeessection24:805. Staffsection24:806. Financessection24:851. Repealed by Acts 1995, No. 1262, §1.section24:852. Repealed by Acts 1995, No. 1262, §1.section24:853. Repealed by Acts 1995, No. 1262, §1.section24:901. Repealed by Acts 1995, No. 1262, §1.section24:902. Repealed by Acts 1995, No. 1262, §1.section24:903. Repealed by Acts 1995, No. 1262, §1.section24:904. Repealed by Acts 1995, No. 1262, §1.section24:905. Repealed by Acts 1995, No. 1262, §1.section24:906. Repealed by Acts 1995, No. 1262, §1.section24:907. Repealed by Acts 1995, No. 1262, §1.section24:908. Repealed by Acts 1995, No. 1262, §1.section24:909. Repealed by Acts 1995, No. 1262, §1.section24:910. Repealed by Acts 1995, No. 1262, §1.section24:931. Findings; purposesection24:932. Definitionssection24:933. Interagency Council on the Prevention of Sex Offenses created; membership; officers; quorumsection24:934. Meetings; hearing; committeessection24:935. Council responsibilitiessection24:936. Registrysection24:937. Staffsection24:938. Agency cooperationsection24:939. Financessection24:940. Exceptionssection24:971. Louisiana Commission on Civic Education; creation; purposesection24:972. Membership; meetings; compensation; staffsection24:973. Powers and functionssection24:973.1. Legislative Youth Advisory Council; purpose, membership, duties, administration, report, and student privacysection24:974. Fundingsection24:981. Authority; general purpose; dutiessection24:982. Fundingsection24:991. Statewide redistricting public hearingssection24:992. Redistricting website
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