Louisiana Revised Statutes 24:104 – A. Reports submitted by the Streamlining Government Commission pursuant to this Section may include any of or any combination of the following:
Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 24:104
- Activity: means a distinct subset of functions or services within a program. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 24:102
- Agency: means and includes any office, department, board, commission, institution, division, office, instrumentality, or functional group, heretofore existing or hereafter created, that is authorized to exercise, or that does exercise, any functions in the executive branch of state government. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 24:102
- Commission: means the Streamlining Government Commission. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 24:102
- Functions: means duties, jurisdiction, powers, rights, and obligations, conferred or imposed upon, or vested in, any agency by law, or exercised, performed, or discharged by any agency without contravention of any provision of law. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 24:102
- 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.
- Program: means a grouping of activities directed toward the accomplishment of a clearly defined objective or set of objectives. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 24:102
- Quality: means degree or grade of excellence. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 24:102
A. Reports submitted by the Streamlining Government Commission pursuant to this Section may include any of or any combination of the following:
(1) Recommendations to eliminate, streamline, consolidate, privatize, or outsource constitutional and statutory agency activities, functions, programs, services, powers, duties, and responsibilities to provide the same or greater type and quality of activity, function, program, or service that will result in cost reduction or greater efficiency or effectiveness.
(2) Recommendations to ensure that agency activities, functions, programs, and services are not duplicative and are necessary, meeting or exceeding performance standards, and meeting the needs of Louisiana citizens.
(3) Recommendations for the elimination, consolidation, privatization, or outsourcing of an agency to provide a more cost efficient or more effective manner of providing an activity, function, program, or service.
(4) Recommendations providing for the use of alternative resources for the operation of agencies, activities, functions, programs, and services to provide them in a more cost-effective manner without impacting the quality or availability of needed services.
(5) Recommendations for standards, processes, and guidelines for agencies to use in order to review and evaluate government activities, functions, programs, and services to eliminate, streamline, consolidate, privatize, or outsource.
B.(1) The commission shall submit an initial report of its recommendations, including recommendations requiring legislation or administrative action, to the governor, the president of the Senate, the speaker of the House of Representatives, the Senate and Governmental Affairs Committee, the House and Governmental Affairs Committee, and the commissioner of administration no later than December 15, 2020.
(2) The commission shall prepare the recommendations in the report as a reorganization plan and submit the plan to the Senate and Governmental Affairs Committee and the House and Governmental Affairs Committee for consideration by January 4, 2021, and the committees, meeting as a joint committee, shall review the plan by February 1, 2021.
(3) Executive and legislative action necessary to implement the reorganization plan as approved or modified by the two committees meeting jointly shall be taken as soon as possible.
C. The commission shall submit a report annually before January first consisting of the status and implementation of the reorganization plan approved by the Senate and Governmental Affairs Committee and the House and Governmental Affairs Committee to the governor, the president of the Senate, the speaker of the House of Representatives, the Senate and Governmental Affairs Committee, the House and Governmental Affairs Committee, and the commissioner of administration.
Acts 2009, No. 491, §1, eff. July 10, 2009; Acts 2020, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 24, §1, eff. July 13, 2020.
NOTE: See La. Rev. Stat. 24:108 and 109 relative to effect and effectiveness of Part.