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Louisiana Administrative Law

Louisiana Administrative Procedure Act

§992. Applicability; exemptions

A.

(1) Prior to October 1, 1996, the provisions of the Administrative Procedure Act shall apply to all adjudications as defined by that Act.

(2) On and after October 1, 1996, the division shall commence and handle all adjudications in the manner required by the Administrative Procedure Act provided that the provisions of that Act are not inconsistent with the provisions of this Chapter.

B.

(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of the law to the contrary except as provided by R.S. 49:967 and the provisions of this Section, all adjudications shall be resolved exclusively as required by the provision of this Chapter and the Administrative Procedure Act.

(2) In an adjudication commenced by the division, the administrative law judge shall issue the final decision or order, whether or not on rehearing, and the agency shall have no authority to override such decision or order.

(3) Nothing in this Section shall affect the right to or manner of judicial appeal in any adjudication, irrespective of whether or not such adjudication is commenced by the division or by an agency. However, no agency or official thereof, or other person acting on behalf of an agency or official thereof, shall be entitled to judicial review of a decision made pursuant to this Chapter.

C. The positions appointed by the director pursuant to this Chapter shall be in the classified service.

D.

(1) Except as provided in Paragraphs (2) through (8) of this Subsection, the provisions of this Chapter shall apply to any board, commission, department, or agency of the executive branch of state government.

(2) Any board, commission, department, or agency which is required, pursuant to a federal mandate and as a condition of federal funding, to conduct or to render a final order in an adjudication proceeding shall be exempt from the provisions of this Chapter to the extent of the federal mandate.

(3) The office of workers' compensation administration in the Department of Labor shall be exempt from the provisions of this Chapter.

(4) The office of regulatory services in the Department of Labor shall be exempt from this Chapter.

(5) State professional and occupational licensing boards shall be exempt from the provisions of this Chapter.

(6) The Department of Agriculture shall be exempt from the provisions of this Chapter.

(7) All adjudications by the assistant secretary of the office of conservation pursuant to Chapter 1 and 7 of Subtitle 1 of Title 30 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes, except determinations of violations of laws, rules, regulations and orders, and determinations of penalties for such violations, shall be exempt from the provisions of this Chapter.

(8) The Public Service Commission and any entity which by law has its adjudications handled by the Public Service Commission shall be exempt from the provisions of this Chapter.

E. In the event that a person files a civil action to require that a state department, division, office, agency, board, commission, or other entity of state government conduct an adjudication as required by this Chapter and judgment is rendered in his favor, he shall be entitled to an award of reasonable attorney fees to be taxed as costs in the matter.

F. The provisions of this Chapter shall apply to all adjudications as defined in the Administrative Procedure Act pursuant to the Procurement Code.

G. Any board or commission authorized by law to conduct hearings may continue to hold such hearings.

Acts 1995, No. 739,§ 2, eff. Oct. 1, 1996; Acts 1997, No. 1172,§ 9, eff. June 30, 1997; Acts 1997, No. 1484,§ 1, eff. July 16, 1997; Acts 1999, No. 1332,§ 1, eff. July 12, 1999; Acts 2001, No. 527,§ 1.

NOTE: SEE ACTS 1995, NO. 947,§ 8 AND NO. 739,§ §3, 4.

NOTE: See Acts 1999, No. 1332,§ 2 relative to the remedial nature of Act.


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