2014 Louisiana Laws
Revised Statutes
TITLE 39 - Public Finance
RS 39:6 - Duties of commissioner
§6. Duties of commissioner
A. The commissioner of administration shall render all required staff services in connection with the functions of his office and shall advise and assist the governor and the committees of the legislature in their consideration of budget matters.
B. From the time of transmission of the executive budget to the legislature until the appropriation bills have been finally acted upon, the commissioner of administration shall stand ready to assist the legislature and the House Committee on Appropriations and the Senate Committee on Finance and shall assign one or more employees familiar with the contents of the executive budget, as may be required, to the work of each committee.
C.(1) The commissioner of administration shall establish and maintain a website to post reports of state spending. The reports shall include the nature and amount of appropriations for the executive branch of state government contained in the General Appropriation Act and other acts for each budget unit, annual salaries and total compensation of statewide elected officials and cabinet-level positions in the executive branch of state government, and the total number in the table of organization for each budget unit. The commissioner shall maintain on the website a monthly report of spending by each such budget unit. The commissioner of administration shall consult with the Joint Legislative Committee on the Budget in the development of specifications of the database used for the website.
(2) The website shall include the following information regarding state contracts:
(a) Contract amount.
(b) A brief description of the purpose of the contract.
(c) The beginning and ending dates of the contract.
(d) The name of the contracting agency.
(e) The name of the contractor.
(f) The city and state of the contractor.
Amended by Acts 1952, No. 58, §6; Acts 1956, No. 42, §1; Acts 1989, No. 836, §1, eff. July 1, 1989; Acts 2008, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 20, §1, eff. March 10, 2008; Acts 2010, No. 310, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2011.
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