2018 Louisiana Laws
Revised Statutes
TITLE 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements
RS 38:3080 - Administrative procedure
§3080. Administrative procedure
A. Except as it may be inconsistent with the express provisions of this part, the board formed hereunder shall be governed by the Administrative Procedure Law.
B. At hearings conducted by the board, it shall be proper for members of the board or members of its staff to testify and present exhibits or other evidence.
C. Notice of hearings by the board must be given by publication in the official journal, or by publication in a journal of general circulation in the parish or parishes to be affected. Notice of hearings by the board must be given by publication in a journal of general circulation in the parishes included in the district. The board may designate one of its members to conduct public hearings in its behalf.
D. The chairman of the board may subpoena witnesses and require their attendance and the giving of testimony before the board. He may require the production of any books, papers, or records material to the questions lawfully before him. Subpoenas shall be served by any agent of the board, by the sheriff, or by any other officer authorized by law to serve process in this state. No person shall be excused from attending and testifying or producing books, papers, or records, or from obeying the subpoena of the board or of a court of record on the ground that the testimony or evidence required by him may tend to incriminate him or subject him to penalty or forfeiture. Nothing in this section shall be construed as requiring any person to produce books, papers, or records, or to testify in response to any inquiry not pertinent to some question lawfully before the board or a court for determination. No natural person shall be subject to criminal prosecution or to any penalty or forfeiture on account of anything concerning which he may be required to testify or produce as evidence before the board or a court. However, no person testifying shall be exempt from prosecution and punishment for perjury.
E. In the case of failure or refusal of a person to comply with a subpoena issued by the chairman of the board, or in the case of the refusal of a witness to testify or answer as to a matter regarding which he may be lawfully interrogated, any district court on the application of the board may, in term time or in vacation, issue an attachment for the person to compel him to comply with the subpoena and to attend before the board with the desired documents and to give testimony upon whatever matters are lawfully required. The court may punish for contempt those disobeying its orders as in the case of disobedience of a subpoena issued by the court or refusal to testify therein.
F. The board shall make a record of all hearings which shall be available for public inspection at the office of the board during reasonable office hours. In the event of a suit contesting any rule, regulation, or order of the board, as hereinafter provided, the board shall cause a transcript of the record to be made at its cost. In the event the party contesting any rule, regulation, or order in any such suit is ordered to pay costs, he shall be required also to reimburse the board for the cost of making the transcript of the hearing in question.
Added by Acts 1974, No. 678, §1.
