Louisiana 2008 Transparency Legislation

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In 2007 Governor Elect Bobby Jindal set as a major project for his term in office to overall the transparency and accountability in Louisiana. In January of 2008 he passed his first two executive orders towards this project and since then has worked with the legislature to develop new legislation and programs to further this cause.

Contents 1 Executive Orders 2 Legislations 2.1 House Bills 2.2 Senate Bills 2.3 House Resolutions 3 External Links 4 References

Executive Orders

Governor Bobby Jindal passed two important Executive orders on transparency, accountability and generl ethics at the start of his term. Executive Orders apply only to those employees in the executive branch of state legislature.

• Louisiana Executive Order BJ 2008-1 was passed on January 15th 2008 and focuses on Financial disclosures for Cabinet members and ethics training for all members of the executive branch.

• Louisiana Executive Order BJ 2008-2 was passed on January 15th 2008 and focuses on improving government transparency through increasing public access to government records.

Legislations

The following Bills were passed during the special legislative session held from Febraury 10th to Febraury 26th on ethics reform.

House Bills

• Louisiana House Bill 1 (2008): Personal Financial Disclosures concentrates on expanding which government officials need to publish financial disclosures.

• Louisiana House Bill 6 (2008) : Ethics Training concentrates on how often government officials have to take ethics training and financial disclosure training.

• Louisiana House Bill 8 (2008): Whistleblower protection expands the law protecting public employees who report acts of impropriety.

• Louisiana House Bill 29 (2008): Ethics Board Qualifications

• Louisiana House Bill 41 (2008): Ethics Board Separation, Adjudication Board Responsibilities

• Louisiana House Bill 56 (2008): Office of Inspector General
• Louisiana House Bill 73 (2008): Electronic Filing of Persons or Political Committees
• Louisiana House Bill 80 (2008): Local Inspector Generals and Ethics Entities

Senate Bills

• Louisiana Senate Bill 1 (2008): Government Contracts
• Louisiana Senate Bill 3 (2008): Sport and Cultural Tickets
• Louisiana Senate Bill 5 (2008): Conflict of Interests
• Louisiana Senate Bill 8 (2008): Food and Beverage Limitiations
• Louisiana Senate Bill 11 (2008): Transparency in Lobbyist Activities
• Louisiana Senate Bill 14 (2008): Transparency of Third Party Political Ads
• Louisiana Senate Bill 29 (2008): Financial Disclosures of 527 Groups
• Louisiana Senate Bill 37 (2008): Online Reporting of State Spending

House Resolutions

• House Resolution 1 (2008): Broadcast of House Meetings
• House Resolution 2 (2008): Transparency of Non-Government Entities Receiving State Funds
• House Resolution 3 (2008): Restrictions on Vote Changing

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External Links

• "Bobby Jindall 2008 Executive Order #1
• "Bobby Jindall 2008 Executive Order #2
• "Louisiana Law Searchable Database"

References

1. ↑ Bayou Buzz News 2/26/08, Louisiana
2. ↑ Louisiana Ethics Reform Accomplishments