Louisiana Revised Statutes 24:771 – Definitions
Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 24:771
- Agency: means an office, department, board, bureau, commission, committee, council, institution, college or university, division, officer, or other person or group within the executive, judicial, or legislative branches of state government or any political subdivision of the state that is authorized to exercise or that exercises any of the functions of government within the state of Louisiana. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 24:771
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- Joint committee: Committees including membership from both houses of teh legislature. Joint committees are usually established with narrow jurisdictions and normally lack authority to report legislation.
- person: includes a body of persons, whether incorporated or not. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 1:10
- Report: means any report which is a public record and is requested by the legislature or is required by law or resolution to be submitted to the legislature or to either house or to any committee or joint committee thereof, other than reports of standing committees of the House of Representatives and Senate. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 24:771
- Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
As used in this Part, the following terms shall have the following meanings:
(1) “Agency” means an office, department, board, bureau, commission, committee, council, institution, college or university, division, officer, or other person or group within the executive, judicial, or legislative branches of state government or any political subdivision of the state that is authorized to exercise or that exercises any of the functions of government within the state of Louisiana.
(2) “David R. Poynter Legislative Research Library” means the research library provided for in La. Rev. Stat. 24:761(B).
(3) “Report” means any report which is a public record and is requested by the legislature or is required by law or resolution to be submitted to the legislature or to either house or to any committee or joint committee thereof, other than reports of standing committees of the House of Representatives and Senate. “Report” shall also include those reports of special committees, commissions, and task forces on which a member or members of the legislature serve, reports prepared for the legislature by any agency, or reports prepared for the legislature by a private individual or organization whether under contract or not and issued in print, including all forms of duplicating. “Report” shall not include those reports submitted to any legislative agency created by statute or any report required to be submitted by an agency to a legislative committee pursuant to the Administrative Procedure Act.
Acts 1985, No. 905, §1; Acts 1990, No. 9, §1; Acts 2005, No. 276, §1.