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Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 42:1166

  • Board: means the Board of Ethics. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 42:1102
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Public employee: means anyone, whether compensated or not, who is:

                (i) An administrative officer or official of a governmental entity who is not filling an elective office. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 42:1102

Any final determination that a tenured public employee of a public higher education institution in this state has violated any provision of law within the jurisdiction of the board, except as otherwise exempted therefrom, may be grounds for disciplining or dismissing the tenured public employee by the appropriate higher education management board, or by the appointing authority by order of the  board or panel in accordance with applicable tenure law, rule, or policy.

Acts 1979, No. 443, §1, eff. April 1, 1980; Acts 1996, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 64, §6, eff. Jan. 1, 1997.