Louisiana Revised Statutes 42:354 – A. The commissioner of administration shall prepare a notice to be furnished to each agency head in the executive branch of state government for annual dissemination to each public s
Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 42:354
- Agency: means a department, office, division, agency, commission, board, committee, or other organizational unit of state government. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 42:352
- Agency head: means the chief executive, administrative officer of an agency, or the chairman of a board or commission. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 42:352
- 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.
- person: includes a body of persons, whether incorporated or not. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 1:10
- Public servant: means a public employee or an elected official. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 42:352
- Sexual harassment: means unwelcome sexual advances, requests for sexual favors, and other verbal, physical, or inappropriate conduct of a sexual nature which explicitly or implicitly affects an individual's employment or the holding of office, unreasonably interferes with an individual's work performance, or creates an intimidating, hostile, or offensive work environment, by a public servant of the state. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 42:352
- State government: means the legislative branch, executive branch, and judicial branch of state government, but shall not include any parish, municipality, or any other unit of local government, including a school board special district, mayor's court, justice of the peace court, district attorney, sheriff, clerk of court, coroner, tax assessor, registrar of voters, or any other elected parochial or municipal official. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 42:352
A. The commissioner of administration shall prepare a notice to be furnished to each agency head in the executive branch of state government for annual dissemination to each public servant in the executive branch of state government advising them of their potential liability if they are determined by the appropriate person in accordance with the public servant’s agency policy or by a court of competent jurisdiction to have committed sexual harassment. Notice shall also be disseminated to any newly elected, appointed, or employed public servant in the executive branch of state government.
B. The Legislative Budgetary Control Council shall prepare a notice to be furnished to each agency head in the legislative branch of state government for annual dissemination to each public servant in the legislative branch of state government advising them of their potential liability if they are determined by the appropriate person in accordance with the public servant’s agency’s policy or by a court of competent jurisdiction to have committed sexual harassment. Notice shall also be disseminated to any newly elected, appointed, or employed public servant in the legislative branch of state government.
C. The chief justice of the supreme court shall prepare a notice to be furnished to each agency head in the judicial branch of state government for annual dissemination to each public servant in the judicial branch of state government advising them of their potential liability if they are determined by an agency head or a court of competent jurisdiction to have committed sexual harassment. Notice shall also be disseminated to any newly elected, appointed, or employed public servant in the judicial branch of state government.
Acts 2019, No. 413, §2, eff. June 20, 2019.