Louisiana § RS 43:147 - Compensation for printing
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§ RS 43:147. Compensation for printing
A. The parish and municipal governing authorities and school boards of this state may have their official proceedings and public notices published by contract, compensation for which shall not exceed the amounts provided by this Section unless agreed by both parties in writing. Payment may be made monthly or quarterly at the option of the governing authority or school board.
B. When publication is not done by contract, the cost of advertisement in all parishes which do not contain a city of over one hundred thousand population shall not exceed the rate of six dollars per square of one hundred words or a fraction thereof. When the insertion contains material to be set in tabular form, the tabulated matter shall be computed on the basis of the number of words of straight matter which would occupy identical space.
C. The agate line shall be the unit of basis of measurement and charges for all official proceedings published in parishes containing a city of more than one hundred thousand, but less than three hundred thousand population. When the publication of the proceedings is not done by contract providing for a lesser amount, the printing shall be let at not over thirty-three cents per agate line of space occupied by each insertion.
D. The agate line shall be the unit or basis of measurement and charge for all official proceedings published in parishes containing a city of more than three hundred thousand population. When the publication of the proceedings is not done by contract providing for a lesser amount, the printing shall be let at not over thirty-seven cents per agate line of space occupied by each insertion.
NOTE: §147 as repealed by Acts 2023, No. 178, eff. July 1, 2027.
§147. Repealed by Acts 2023, No. 178, §2, eff. July 1, 2027.
Amended by Acts 1962, No. 138, §1; Acts 1972, No. 89, §1; Acts 1976, No. 485, §1; Acts 1980, No. 317, §1, eff. June 1, 1981; Acts 1999, No. 501, §2, eff. June 28, 1999; Acts 2023, No. 178, §1; Acts 2023, No. 178, §2, eff. July 1, 2027.
Source: official Louisiana text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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