Louisiana Code — 49
Browse 511 sections in division 49 of the Louisiana code. Each section page includes the full statutory text, official source links, and citation guidance.
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- § RS 49:1. Gulfward boundary
- § RS 49:2. Sovereignty over waters within boundaries
- § RS 49:3. Ownership of waters within boundaries
- § RS 49:3.1. Legislative intent and purpose
- § RS 49:4. Water boundary between Louisiana and Mississippi
- § RS 49:5. Penalty for interference with marks or buoys
- § RS 49:6. Gulfward boundary of coastal parishes
- § RS 49:21. Suits to prevent encroachment on state's rights
- § RS 49:22. Selection of special counsel
- § RS 49:23. Compensation of special counsel
- § RS 49:24. Jurisdiction of certain international organizations
- § RS 49:47. Council of State Governments
- § RS 49:49. Division of local affairs or its successor; purpose, establishment, duties of director, submission of data, functions of division, administration of programs affecting community affairs and development, coordinating community developments, authorization for appropriations and state grants, report
- § RS 49:61. Body of agreement
- § RS 49:71. Purpose
- § RS 49:72. Definitions
- § RS 49:73. Persons to whom applicable; exceptions
- § RS 49:74. Registration of lobbyists with the ethics board; compilation of information
- § RS 49:75. Reports and statements under oath
- § RS 49:76. Lobbyist expenditure reports
- § RS 49:77. Administration
- § RS 49:78. Enforcement
- § RS 49:78.1. Prohibited conduct; additional remedies; contract defeat or voidability
- § RS 49:111. Claims by persons indebted to state
- § RS 49:112. Claims against state prescribe in ten years
- § RS 49:113. Salaries and wages of employees illegally separated; off-set of wages earned in outside employment
- § RS 49:121. Name of board, department, or subdivisions; marking on boat or vehicle; Louisiana public license plates; exemptions
- § RS 49:122. Abbreviations
- § RS 49:123. Penalties
- § RS 49:124. Vehicles exempt
- § RS 49:125. Sale of surplus movable property at auction
- § RS 49:125.1. Electronic device; transfer
- § RS 49:126. Promotional stickers on public vehicles
- § RS 49:131. Board created; members
- § RS 49:132. Meetings; quorum
- § RS 49:133. Duties of board
- § RS 49:134. City of Baton Rouge, approval of board necessary for erection of state buildings
- § RS 49:135. State Capitol Complex; approval of construction
- § RS 49:136. Plaques and memorials
- § RS 49:141. Division of State Buildings; superintendent; duties
- § RS 49:145. Use of public buildings; discrimination
- § RS 49:146. Facilities to which public invited; discrimination
- § RS 49:148. Construction and design of state-owned buildings; persons with disabilities
- § RS 49:148.1. Specifications for grounds, buildings and facilities
- § RS 49:148.2. Enforcement of Subpart
- § RS 49:148.3. Construction by political subdivisions, private enterprise
- § RS 49:148.4.1. State-owned buildings; suitable accommodation for breastfeeding and lactation
- § RS 49:149.21. Governor Sam Houston Jones Building, New Orleans
- § RS 49:149.22. William J. "Bill" Dodd Building, Baton Rouge
- § RS 49:149.23. Executive offices of the Department of Children and Family Services
- § RS 49:149.24. Justice Albert Tate, Jr. Building
- § RS 49:149.25. Judge Fred J. Cassibry Square, New Orleans
- § RS 49:149.25.1. Chief Justice Pascal F. Calogero, Jr., Courthouse
- § RS 49:149.26. Pike Hall, Jr., Courthouse, Shreveport
- § RS 49:149.27. Bobby Fletcher Agricultural Center, Covington
- § RS 49:149.28. State buildings; approval
- § RS 49:149.29. J.C. Willie Building
- § RS 49:149.30. Reverend Avery C. Alexander Academic Research Hospital
- § RS 49:149.31. Senator Chris Ullo Building
- § RS 49:149.32. Edgar G. "Sonny" Mouton, Jr. Sports and Entertainment Plaza
- § RS 49:149.33. Willie F. Hawkins Emergency Care Center
- § RS 49:149.34. Carl W. Aron Building
- § RS 49:149.35. J. Burton Angelle Building
- § RS 49:149.36. Governor P.B.S. Pinchback Building
- § RS 49:149.61. Rev. Avery C. Alexander Plaza
- § RS 49:149.62. A. Z. Young Park
- § RS 49:149.63. Michael C. Voisin Hatchery
- § RS 49:149.64. Reverend Dr. T.J. Jemison Memorial Statue, Baton Rouge
- § RS 49:149.65. Oscar James Dunn Memorial
- § RS 49:150.1. State capitol complex; allocation of space; maintenance; law enforcement officer and firefighter memorial; Gold Star Families monument; African-American military service members monument
- § RS 49:150.2. Use of unlicensed motor vehicles within the state capitol complex
- § RS 49:151. State seal
- § RS 49:152. United States flag to be displayed
- § RS 49:153. State flag; when to be displayed
- § RS 49:153.1. POW/MIA flag; display over state capitol
- § RS 49:153.2. Flags flown at the state capitol
- § RS 49:153.3. Display of the flag of the Republic of Vietnam
- § RS 49:154. State flower
- § RS 49:154.1. State wildflower
- § RS 49:155. State song
- § RS 49:155.1. State march song
- § RS 49:155.2. State environmental song
- § RS 49:155.3. State musical instrument
- § RS 49:155.4. State judicial poem
- § RS 49:155.5. State Senate poem
- § RS 49:155.6. State cultural poem
- § RS 49:156. State emblem of military service; display over the state capitol
- § RS 49:157. State artist laureate
- § RS 49:158. Louisiana Day
- § RS 49:158.1. Native American Week
- § RS 49:158.2. Childhood Cancer Awareness Month
- § RS 49:159. State bird
- § RS 49:160. State tree
- § RS 49:160.1. State fruit tree
- § RS 49:160.2. State steam locomotive
- § RS 49:161. State colors
- § RS 49:161.1. State mammal
- § RS 49:162. State fossil
- § RS 49:163. State gemstone
- § RS 49:163.1. State mineral
- § RS 49:164. State insect
- § RS 49:164.1. State butterfly
- § RS 49:165. State dog
- § RS 49:166. State fruit
- § RS 49:167. State pledge of allegiance
- § RS 49:168. State crustacean
- § RS 49:169. State reptile
- § RS 49:169.1. State amphibian
- § RS 49:170. State drink
- § RS 49:170.1. Garden Week
- § RS 49:170.2. Official state "Christmas in the Country"
- § RS 49:170.3. Cajun and creole heritage
- § RS 49:170.4. State freshwater fish
- § RS 49:170.5. State painting
- § RS 49:170.6. State tartan
- § RS 49:170.7. State saltwater fish
- § RS 49:170.8. State jellies
- § RS 49:170.9. State meat pie
- § RS 49:170.10. Official state "Uncle Earl's Hog Dog Trials"
- § RS 49:170.11. State vegetable plant; state vegetable
- § RS 49:170.12. State cuisine
- § RS 49:170.13. Gateway to the Atchafalaya Basin; St. Mary Parish
- § RS 49:170.14. State song for the Hurricane Katrina and Hurricane Rita recovery effort; official state troubadour
- § RS 49:170.15. Gateway to Louisiana and America; Plaquemines Parish
- § RS 49:170.16. State symbol
- § RS 49:170.17. State boat
- § RS 49:170.18. Irish-American Heritage Month
- § RS 49:170.19. Folklife heritage
- § RS 49:170.20. Equine Capital of Louisiana; St. Landry Parish
- § RS 49:170.21. Thoroughbred Breeding Capital of Louisiana; St. Tammany Parish
- § RS 49:170.22. State nut
- § RS 49:170.23. Native Plant Month
- § RS 49:170.24. Louisiana Vietnam Veterans Memorial
- § RS 49:170.25. State children's Christmas book
- § RS 49:171. Poet laureate; creation
- § RS 49:172. Selection
- § RS 49:173. Term; duties; nomination; appointment
- § RS 49:181. State examinations; interpreters for the deaf and hard of hearing
- § RS 49:185. Governmental restriction of choice prohibited
- § RS 49:190. Definitions
- § RS 49:190.1. Termination dates of statutory entities
- § RS 49:191. Termination of legislative authority for existence of statutory entities; phase-out period for statutory entities; table of dates
- § RS 49:191.1. Termination of unfunded programs and Acts
- § RS 49:192. Re-creation of terminated entity; compliance
- § RS 49:193. Re-creation of terminated entity; procedure
- § RS 49:193.1. Selective review and evaluation for statutory entities
- § RS 49:194. Review and evaluation of statutory entities
- § RS 49:195. Termination date required to create or re-create a statutory entity
- § RS 49:196. Claims against or in favor of terminated entities
- § RS 49:197. Legislature may legislate otherwise
- § RS 49:198. Inapplicability to retirement systems
- § RS 49:199. Special provisions for entities with bonds outstanding
- § RS 49:200. State agency; stationery; definition
- § RS 49:200.1. State agencies; requests
- § RS 49:200.51. Public funding for abortion providers; prohibition
- § RS 49:201.1. Salary of acting governor
- § RS 49:201.2. Prohibition of salary increases
- § RS 49:202.1. Lieutenant governor; expenses
- § RS 49:203. Executive counsel to governor
- § RS 49:204. Secretary to the governor
- § RS 49:206. Temporary absence of governor and lieutenant governor, order of those who shall act as governor
- § RS 49:208. Governor's mansion; use; vacation for governor-elect
- § RS 49:209. Appropriation for governor-elect; accounting
- § RS 49:210. Executive staff of governor; appearance on his behalf
- § RS 49:210.2. Office of the coordinator of faith-based programs
- § RS 49:211. Commissions; formalities
- § RS 49:212. Authority of governor to obtain reports and information
- § RS 49:213. Authority of governor to establish office of civil rights
- § RS 49:214.1. Purpose and intent
- § RS 49:214.2. Definitions
- § RS 49:214.3.1. Governor's Executive Assistant for Coastal Activities
- § RS 49:214.4.1. Governor's Advisory Commission on Coastal Protection, Restoration and Conservation
- § RS 49:214.4.2. America's WETLAND Trail
- § RS 49:214.5.1. Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority Board
- § RS 49:214.5.2. Functions and responsibilities; Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority Board
- § RS 49:214.5.3. Coastal protection annual plans; development; priorities
- § RS 49:214.5.4. Funding and resource allocation
- § RS 49:214.5.5. Private property and public rights
- § RS 49:214.5.6. Measure of compensation; property taken for public purposes; venue
- § RS 49:214.5.7. Legal representation of the board; attorney general
- § RS 49:214.5.8. Certain activities on dunes prohibited; penalties; speed limits on beaches
- § RS 49:214.6.1. Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority
- § RS 49:214.6.2. Functions and responsibilities; coastal activities
- § RS 49:214.6.3. Functions and responsibilities; hurricane protection and flood control
- § RS 49:214.6.4. Functions and responsibilities; continuation of certain flood control projects
- § RS 49:214.6.5. Hurricane protection and flood control activities; levees or levee drainage purposes; taking of property; compensation
- § RS 49:214.6.6. Infrastructure priority program; applications; evaluations
- § RS 49:214.6.7. Barrier islands, shoreline stabilization, and preservation
- § RS 49:214.6.8. Coastal Louisiana Levee Consortium; establishment; purposes
- § RS 49:214.6.9. Authority for integrated coastal protection surveying
- § RS 49:214.6.10. Hold harmless and cooperative landowner immunity
- § RS 49:214.7. Outcome-based performance contracts
- § RS 49:214.8.1. Purpose
- § RS 49:214.8.2. Definitions
- § RS 49:214.8.3. Creation of program
- § RS 49:214.8.4. Powers and duties
- § RS 49:214.8.5. Capital improvement program
- § RS 49:214.8.6. Annual basin plan
- § RS 49:214.8.7. Repealed by Acts 2023, No. 345, §4, see Act.
- § RS 49:214.21. Short title
- § RS 49:214.22. Declaration of public policy
- § RS 49:214.23. Definitions
- § RS 49:214.24. Coastal zone boundary
- § RS 49:214.25. Types of uses
- § RS 49:214.26. Coastal management program; administration
- § RS 49:214.27. Coastal management programs; development; guidelines
- § RS 49:214.28. Local coastal management programs
- § RS 49:214.29. Special areas, projects, and programs
- § RS 49:214.30. Coastal use permits
- § RS 49:214.31. Existing authority of certain state departments and local governments retained
- § RS 49:214.32. Intergovernmental coordination and consistency
- § RS 49:214.33. Coordinated coastal permitting process
- § RS 49:214.34. Activities not requiring a coastal use permit
- § RS 49:214.35. Reconsiderations, judicial review
- § RS 49:214.36. Enforcement; injunction; penalties and fines
- § RS 49:214.37. Approval of rules, regulations, or guidelines
- § RS 49:214.38. Effect on titles
- § RS 49:214.39. Effective date
- § RS 49:214.40. Coastal Resources Trust Dedicated Fund Account
- § RS 49:214.41. Mitigation of coastal wetlands losses
- § RS 49:214.42. Coastal Mitigation Account
- § RS 49:214.61. Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority; acquisition of property prior to judgment; definitions
- § RS 49:214.62. Vesting of mineral rights
- § RS 49:214.63. Contents of petition; place of filing
- § RS 49:214.64. Prayer of the petition; ex parte order of taking
- § RS 49:214.65. Vesting of title
- § RS 49:214.66. Notice to defendant
- § RS 49:214.67. Contesting validity of taking; waiver of defenses
- § RS 49:214.68. Defendant's answer; requirements; delay for filing
- § RS 49:214.69. Effect of appellate proceedings
- § RS 49:214.70. Grant as additional authority
- § RS 49:215. Executive orders; procedures; limitations
- § RS 49:216. Interstate compact for border security; deterence of unlawful entry into this state; procedures; assistance; approval; purposes; legislative findings
- § RS 49:219.1. Policy and purpose
- § RS 49:219.2. Drug Policy Board; establishment; membership; selection; terms; compensation; organization; domicile; procedure
- § RS 49:219.3. Powers, duties, and functions; staffing; funding
- § RS 49:219.4. Assistance and cooperation of other agencies; boards; use of facilities
- § RS 49:219.5. Advisory Council on Heroin and Opioid Prevention and Education
- § RS 49:220.8. Emergency rental assistance
- § RS 49:220.10. Claims of certain Road Home Program applicants
- § RS 49:220.21. Office of the state inspector general; policy and purpose
- § RS 49:220.22. Office of the state inspector general; creation; domicile; funding
- § RS 49:220.23. State inspector general; appointment; term; vacancy; compensation; removal
- § RS 49:220.24. Authority; duties; powers; standards; functions
- § RS 49:220.25. Confidentiality of certain records
- § RS 49:220.26. Reserve investigators
- § RS 49:220.31. Purpose
- § RS 49:220.32. Rural Water Infrastructure Committee; creation and organization
- § RS 49:220.33. Functions; recommendations
- § RS 49:220.41. Chief resilience officer; purpose; definition
- § RS 49:220.42. Functions and duties
- § RS 49:220.43. Statewide resilience report
- § RS 49:220.44. State agency resilience officers
- § RS 49:220.45. Interagency Resilience Coordination Team
- § RS 49:220.46. Louisiana Resilience Task Force
- § RS 49:220.51. Office of Louisiana Highway Construction; creation
- § RS 49:220.52. Powers, duties, and responsibilities
- § RS 49:220.53. Executive director; duties and responsibilities
- § RS 49:221.1. Designees; powers
- § RS 49:222. Fees chargeable by secretary of state
- § RS 49:223. No extra compensation for copying laws passed by legislature
- § RS 49:224. Authority to administer oaths
- § RS 49:225. Service upon secretary of state; fee; exception
- § RS 49:226. Overpayment of fees
- § RS 49:227. Office of the Uniform Commercial Code
- § RS 49:228. Direct computer access to certain public records; fee
- § RS 49:229. Office of GeauxBiz
- § RS 49:251. Opinions
- § RS 49:251.1. Justice of the peace training course
- § RS 49:251.2. Authority to designate representative
- § RS 49:251.3. Contractual attorney's fees; affidavit
- § RS 49:251.4. Attorney General's Arrest Warrants Course for Justices of the Peace
- § RS 49:252. Biennial report
- § RS 49:253. Attendance at sessions of legislature
- § RS 49:254. Records
- § RS 49:255. Suits involving title to land of the state or its agencies; federal actions against any registrar of voters or of his assistants or employees
- § RS 49:256. Attorney general
- § RS 49:257. Legal representation of certain state agencies
- § RS 49:258. Procurement of private contractual legal services for state agencies
- § RS 49:259. Department of Justice Legal Support Fund
- § RS 49:260. Department of Justice Occupational Licensing Review Program
- § RS 49:261. Department of Justice Fugitive Apprehension Unit
- § RS 49:301. Commission and oath
- § RS 49:303. Seal
- § RS 49:304. Residence
- § RS 49:305. Bond
- § RS 49:306. Authority to administer oaths
- § RS 49:307. Duties in general
- § RS 49:307.1. Attendance at meetings; representation
- § RS 49:308. State funds; deposit in state treasury; exceptions; lock box services; reports
- § RS 49:308.1. Comprehensive Capital Outlay Budget Acts Interest Earnings Account
- § RS 49:308.3. Special funds; accounts; dedication of money
- § RS 49:308.4. Use of funds on deposit; repayment to special funds
- § RS 49:308.5. Legislative review and recommendation on special funds and dedication of money
- § RS 49:308.6. State government fees for services and activities; cost recovery
- § RS 49:309. Endorsement of warrants
- § RS 49:310. Payments
- § RS 49:311. Access to books of other state offices
- § RS 49:312. Assistant treasurer; duties, oath and bond
- § RS 49:313. Assistant treasurer; salary