2020 Louisiana Laws
Revised Statutes
Title 30 - Minerals, Oil, and Gas and Environmental Quality
§605. Administrative powers of commissioner; rules, regulations, and orders
RS 605 - Administrative powers of commissioner; rules, regulations, and orders
The commissioner shall have power to perform any and all acts, and to prescribe, issue, make, amend and rescind such orders, rules and regulations as he may find necessary or appropriate to carry out the provisions of this Part. Among other things, such rules and regulations may define accounting, technical, and trade terms used in this Part; and may prescribe the form or forms of all statements, declarations, applications, and reports to be filed with the commissioner, the information which they shall contain, and the time within which they shall be filed. Unless a different date is specified therein, rules and regulations of the commissioner shall be effective thirty days after publication in the manner which the commissioner shall prescribe. Orders of the commissioner shall be effective on the date and in the manner which the commissioner shall prescribe. For the purposes of its rules and regulations, the commissioner may classify persons and matters within his jurisdiction and prescribe different requirements for different classes of persons or matters. All rules and regulations of the commissioner shall be filed at the office of the commissioner and shall be kept open in convenient form for public inspection and examination during reasonable business hours.
Added by Acts 1973, Ex.Sess., No. 16, §1, emerg. eff. Dec. 8, 1973, at 9:55 A.M.
