Louisiana · statute · La. Rev. Stat. tit. 24 · 239 active provisions
All civil proceedings pending against members of the legislature shall be stayed during their attendance at the sessions of their respective houses and during the time required in going to and returning from the same.
Either house may send for persons and papers, and compel their attendance or production whenever necessary in the investigation of any matter before them. The chairman or acting chairman of any committee of the senate or house of representatives, or of any joint committee composed of members from both, may administer t…
Witnesses summoned to testify before the senate or the house of representatives, or before any of the several committees thereof, shall receive two dollars per day while in attendance, and ten cents per mile travelled in going to and returning from the place of appearance.
A. Whenever the legislature or either house of the legislature, or whenever any committee of either house or any joint committee of both houses or any sub-committee of any such committee, which committee, joint committee or sub-committee has been specifically and expressly granted the subpoena power, has summoned any p…
Whenever a statement of facts alleged to constitute contempt under R.S. 24:4 is reported to either house of the legislature while the legislature is in session, or whenever, while the legislature is not in session, such statement is reported to and filed with the president of the senate or the speaker of the house of r…
Any other provisions of law to the contrary notwithstanding, any offense defined by the provisions of R.S. 24:4(A) shall be deemed to have been committed (1) in the parish where the subpoena issued, (2) in the parish where the offender was served with the subpoena or (3) in the parish where the subpoena ordered the off…
A legislative committee meeting that is held between sessions of the legislature and during which no vote on any matter having the effect of law is to be taken may be conducted by video conference. Each house of the legislature may adopt rules of procedure to provide for and accommodate committee meetings by video conf…
A. During a gubernatorially declared state of emergency pursuant to R.S. 29:724 et seq., or a gubernatorially declared state of public health emergency pursuant to R.S. 29:766 et seq., and as necessary to provide for the continuity of government and legislative operations during such an emergency, a member shall be cou…
The members of the legislature shall be eligible and are hereby authorized to attend any meeting of any state board, commission, agency or committee and such attendance shall be permitted at both public meetings and those held in private or executive session.
Each house shall determine the rules of its procedure, not inconsistent with the provisions of the constitution. The said rules of procedure in effect for the 1972 regular session, as amended or changed, shall henceforth be effective and shall govern each successive house and its committees between and during all sessi…
A. A bill, except a joint resolution, shall become law if the governor signs it or if he fails to sign or veto it within ten days after delivery to him if the legislature is in session, or within twenty days if the legislature is adjourned. B. If the governor does not approve a bill, he may veto it. When he vetoes a bi…
A. The legislature shall be convened in extraordinary session by the presiding officers of both houses upon written petition of a majority of the elected members of each house. B. The petition of members of the legislature to the presiding officers to call the legislature into extraordinary session shall specify the ob…
A.(1) The Board of Trustees for State Colleges and Universities, the Board of Supervisors of Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College, and the Board of Supervisors of Southern University and Agricultural and Mechanical College are authorized to require that each higher educational institution…
In printing and distributing legislative instruments which have been ordered engrossed or reengrossed by their respective houses and in having enrolled legislative instruments originating in their respective houses that have passed both houses or resolutions adopted by their respective houses, the clerk of the House of…
A. Whenever an appointment to public office, whether to a board, commission, committee, or district, or to an executive or other office in the executive branch of state government or in a local governmental entity, and whether to fill an initial or succeeding full term of office or the unexpired portion of a term of of…
A. Whenever the clerk of the House of Representatives is required to send a ballot, petition, or other documentation to the members of the House of Representatives by mail, either by law or pursuant to the rules of procedure of the House of Representatives, and the clerk determines that it is feasible and desirable to…
Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, no agency or entity in the legislative branch shall reimburse more for meals or incidental expenses for any officer or employee than the maximum daily rates established by the United States General Services Administration for such expenses. Nothing in this Sec…
NOTE: Subsection A eff. until noon Jan. 10, 2028. See Acts 2026, No. 954, §1. A. The compensation of the members of the legislature shall be equal to the rate allowable for per diem deduction under 26 U.S.C. 162(h)(1)(B)(ii) for the location of the state capital during their attendance on that body. NOTE: Subsection A…
A. In addition to the per diem and all other allowances provided by law for members of the Legislature of Louisiana, each member of the legislature, except the president and the president pro tempore of the Senate and the speaker and the speaker pro tempore of the House of Representatives, shall be paid a salary in the…
A. The clerk of the House of Representatives shall be paid an expense allowance of five hundred dollars per month for expenses in connection with the operation of his office and for attending to the business thereof between sessions. The expense allowance shall be withdrawn from the treasury on the warrant of the clerk…
A. The presiding officers of both houses shall, upon the taking of office by a member elected between sessions by the legislature at a special election called to fill a vacancy in the office of senator or representative, pay to said member the regular legislative salary provided for in R.S. 24:31.1. Said sum shall be p…
A. In addition to the salary, per diem, and all other allowances provided by law for members of the legislature, each member of the legislature shall be paid a monthly expense allowance in the amount of one thousand dollars per month, or so much thereof as may be necessary, for payment of rent for office space in a par…
A.(1) Each member of the legislature may employ one or more legislative assistants, who shall be employed as unclassified state employees. (2) The Legislative Budgetary Control Council shall establish and provide for the implementation of a salary schedule for legislative assistants. The Legislative Budgetary Control C…
A. Each member of the legislature shall be entitled to an allowance for the purpose of purchasing office furniture and equipment to be utilized in the conduct of his office. Each legislator shall be entitled to a maximum allowance of two thousand dollars while serving his first term in the legislature, this allowance n…
The allowance provided in Sections 31.4, 31.5 and 31.6 are hereby declared not to constitute emoluments of office of the members of the legislature, and shall not be used for the purpose of determining the amount upon which any employee or employer contributions are to be paid to any publicly supported retirement syste…