2011 Louisiana Laws
Revised Statutes
TITLE 42 — Public officers and employees
RS 42:1124.3 — Financial disclosure; certain elected officials, voting districts of under five thousand

§1124.3. Financial disclosure; certain elected officials, voting districts of under five thousand

A. Each person holding a public office who represents a voting district having a population of fewer than five thousand and each member of the governing authority or management board of a charter school created pursuant to Chapter 42 of Title 17 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, except any person who is required to file a financial statement by R.S. 42:1124, 1124.2, or 1124.2.1 shall annually file a financial statement as provided in this Section.

B. The financial statement required by this Section shall be filed by May fifteenth of each year during which the person holds an office included in Subsection A of this Section and by May fifteenth of the year following the termination of the holding of such office.

C. The financial statement required by this Section shall be filed on a form prescribed by the Board of Ethics and shall include the following information for the preceding calendar year:

(1) Any and all income exceeding two hundred fifty dollars received during the immediately preceding calendar year by the individual who is required to file, the spouse of such individual, or any business in which such individual or his spouse, individually or collectively, owns at least ten percent, which is received from any of the following:

(a) The state or any political subdivision as defined in Article VI of the Constitution of Louisiana.

(b) Services performed for or in connection with a gaming interest as defined in R.S. 18:1505.2(L)(3)(a).

(2) A certification that such individual has filed his federal and state income tax return, or has filed for an extension of time for filing such tax return.

D. For purposes of this Section, the following words shall have the following meanings:

(1) "Business" and "income" shall have the same meanings as provided in R.S. 42:1124.

(2) "Public office" shall have the same meaning as provided in R.S. 18:1483.

Acts 2008, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 1, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 2010; Acts 2008, No. 162, §3, eff. Jan. 1, 2010; Acts 2008, No. 472, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 2010; Acts 2010, No. 786, §1.

NOTE: See Acts 2008, No. 472, §4, regarding effectiveness of provisions of Acts 2008, No. 162.