Louisiana § RS 42:290 - Filing of information on employees; exceptions; penalties

§ RS 42:290. Filing of information on employees; exceptions; penalties

A.  The appointing authority of each agency, board, commission, department, or other entity in the executive branch of state government shall file with the Department of State Civil Service the name, address, position, date of employment, place of employment, hours of work, and salary or per diem of each unclassified employee under its jurisdiction.  Thereafter, within thirty days of employment, termination, or change in any of the elements of employment herein enumerated, the appointing authority shall report such employment, termination, or change in status to the Department of State Civil Service.  Each such appointing authority shall report with respect to all classified employees under the jurisdiction of the entity as required by and in accordance with the rules of the State Civil Service Commission.  All such information shall be open to public inspection and, except to the extent otherwise provided herein, shall be subject to the provisions of R.S. 44:1 through R.S. 44:41.

B.  For purposes of R.S. 42:289 through 291, the term "state government" shall not include district courts, including the civil and criminal courts of Orleans Parish, district attorneys, sheriffs, clerks of court, registrars of voters, assessors, coroners, election officials and workers, parishes, municipalities, and any other unit of local government, including school boards and special districts, authorized by law to perform governmental functions.

C.  Any person who willfully violates any provision of R.S. 42:289 or R.S. 42:290 shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall, upon conviction, be punished by a fine of not less than one hundred dollars nor more than one thousand dollars, or by imprisonment for a term of not less than ten days nor more than six months, or by both fine and imprisonment.

Acts 1964, No. 38, §§2-4.  Amended by Acts 1972, No. 328, §2; Acts 1986, No. 898, §1; Acts 1987, No. 843, §1; Acts 1992, No. 949, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 1993.