Louisiana Revised Statutes 23:1669 – Representation in court; civil and criminal actions
Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 23:1669
- Administrator: means the secretary of the Louisiana Workforce Commission. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 23:1472
- Contributions: means the money payments to the state unemployment compensation fund, required by this Chapter. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 23:1472
- Employer: means :
(a) Any employing unit which in any calendar quarter in either the current or preceding calendar year paid for services in employment wages of one thousand five hundred dollars or more for some portion of a day in each of twenty different calendar weeks, whether or not such weeks were consecutive, in either the current or the preceding calendar year, had in employment at least one individual regardless of whether the same individual was in employment each day. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 23:1472
A. In any civil action involving the administration of this Chapter, the administrator may be represented by any qualified attorney at law who is a regular salaried employee of the administrator and is designated by him for this purpose, or at the administrator’s request, by the attorney general.
B. All criminal actions for violations of any provisions of this Chapter, or of any rules or regulations issued pursuant thereto, shall be prosecuted by the prosecuting attorney of any parish in which the employer has a place of business or the violator resides or by the attorney general, or under his direction and control, at the request of the administrator.
C. In furthering the collections of delinquent contributions, the administrator may procure the assistance of qualified attorneys at law on a contingent fee basis, taking into consideration the circumstances of the case, but in no instance shall the contingent fee for the successful collection of delinquent contributions exceed the amount of penalty collected as provided by this Chapter or ten percent of the total dollars collected, whichever is smaller. In addition to the above, the administrator shall pay to qualified attorneys at law procured to collect delinquent contributions a sum of money not to exceed fifty dollars as reasonable compensation for the preparation and filing of lawsuits for collection of said delinquent taxes.
Amended by Acts 1950, No. 498, §13; Acts 1972, No. 336, §4; Acts 1979, No. 738, §1, eff. July 20, 1979; Acts 1986, No. 188, §1; Acts 2003, No. 461, §1, eff. June 20, 2003.