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A.  As a public service, each state department and agency that publishes a periodical of an informational nature that has as its intent public distribution rather than solely internal or interagency distribution is authorized to have published in each issue of such periodical the picture and name of one or more Louisiana children believed to be missing, or children from other states believed to be missing in Louisiana.  The periodical also may include the toll-free telephone number provided by the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children for the purpose of receiving information related to a missing child or children.  

B.(1)  Each state department and agency shall identify and provide to the Division of Administration a list of their periodicals that have public distribution and such other department or agency publications that have wide enough circulation to be useful for the purpose of disseminating information about such missing children.  

(2)  The Division of Administration and the office of state police shall develop such policies, rules, and regulations as shall be necessary to implement this Section, including, but not limited to, policies, rules, and regulations concerning the nature and number of department or agency publications that shall be used for this purpose, the number of such missing child identities that may be published in each periodical, and the provision of any other information deemed pertinent to this purpose.  

(3)  The Division of Administration is hereby authorized to consult and coordinate with the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, any other public, quasi-public, or private organization, or agency, the purpose of which is to provide information and assistance related to missing children, and local law enforcement agencies in order to implement the provisions of this Section.  

Acts 1985, No. 892, §1, eff. July 23, 1985.