Louisiana § RS 49:956 - Public information; adoption of rules; availability of rules and orders
Full text of Louisiana Louisiana Civil Code § RS 49:956 — Public information; adoption of rules; availability of rules and orders, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ RS 49:956. Public information; adoption of rules; availability of rules and orders
Each agency which engages in rulemaking shall:
(1) File with the Office of the State Register a description of its organization, stating the general course and method of its operations and the methods whereby the public may obtain information or make submissions or requests.
(2) Adopt rules of practice setting forth the nature and requirements of all formal and informal procedures available.
(3) Make available for public inspection all rules, preambles, responses to comments, and submissions and all other written statements of policy or interpretations formulated, adopted, or used by the agency in the discharge of its functions and publish an index of such rules, preambles, responses to comments, submissions, statements, and interpretations on a regular basis.
(4) Make available for public inspection all final orders, decisions, and opinions.
Acts 1966, No. 382, §2, eff. July 1, 1967. Amended by Acts 1978, No. 252, §1; Acts 1979, No. 578, §1, eff. July 18, 1979; Acts 1990, No. 1085, §1, eff. July 31, 1990; Acts 1993, No. 386, §1; Acts 2013, No. 220, §23, eff. June 11, 2013; Acts 2022, No. 663, §1; Redesignated from R.S. 49:952.
NOTE: Former R.S. 49:956 redesignated as R.S. 49:975.1 by Acts 2022, No. 663, §1.
Source: official Louisiana text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section RS 49:956 ("Public information; adoption of rules; availability of rules and orders") is part of the Louisiana Civil Code, the codified statutory law of Louisiana. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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