Louisiana Administrative Procedure Act
§999.21. Suspension and ultimate revocation of
license or permit; felony conviction
A. As used in this Part, the following terms shall have the following
definitions:
(1) "Enforcing authority" means any of the following who have authority
to enforce the provisions of this Part:
(a) The issuing agency which issued the license or permit.
(b) The attorney general.
(2) "Holder of a license or permit" means the natural person or other
entity in whose name a license or permit is issued and who holds such license or
permit.
(3) "Issuing agency" means a state agency, board, commission, department,
or other entity of the state which issues a license or permit.
(4) "License or permit" means any license or permit issued to any person or
other entity by a state agency, except for any license or permit issued pursuant
to any provisions of the law in Title 37 or Title 3 of the Louisiana Revised
Statutes of 1950.
B. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, and in
addition to any other sanction or penalty which may be imposed, any license or
permit issued by any issuing agency may be suspended and ultimately revoked in
accordance with the procedures provided for in this Part if the natural person
who is the holder of such permit or license, the natural person who owns in
excess of fifty percent of an entity which holds the license or permit, or the
natural person who is the chief executive officer of an entity which holds the
license or permit has been convicted of, or has entered a plea of guilty or nolo
contendere to, any crime which is a felony under state or federal law related to
obtaining or keeping the license or permit.
C. The license or permit may be suspended and its revocation shall be
recommended to the courts by the issuing agency which has issued the license or
permit upon its determination in the manner provided for in this Part that a
person provided for in this Section has been convicted of, or has entered a plea
of guilty or nolo contendere to, a felony under state or federal law related to
obtaining or keeping the license or permit.
D. Such license or permit shall be revoked upon a final judgment by a court
that the action of the issuing agency in suspending the license was in accord
with the facts and law.
Acts 1997, No. 1162,§ 1, eff. July 1, 1998.
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