Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 42:1135

  • Board: means the Board of Ethics. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 42:1102
  • Injunction: An order of the court prohibiting (or compelling) the performance of a specific act to prevent irreparable damage or injury.
  • 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.

            The Board of Ethics shall have the right to enforce any valid regulation, final decision, or final order of the Board of Ethics or the Ethics Adjudicatory Board in any court of competent jurisdiction in this state by a mandamus or injunction suit brought for that purpose. Any court of competent jurisdiction in this state shall have authority to convert a valid final decision or final order into a court order, upon receipt from the Board of Ethics of a rule to show cause for that purpose.

            Acts 1979, No. 443, §1, eff. April 1, 1980; Acts 1987, No. 730, §1; Acts 1996, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 64, §6, eff. Jan. 1, 1997; Acts 2012, No. 608, §1, eff. June 7, 2012; Acts 2018, No. 418, §1.