Louisiana Revised Statutes 49:975.2 – An application for an order compelling discovery to a member or former member of the legislature in his capacity as a state lawmaker, or a legislative employee in his official capaci
Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 49:975.2
- Agency: means each state board, commission, department, agency, officer, or other entity which makes rules, regulations, or policy, or formulates, or issues decisions or orders pursuant to, or as directed by, or in implementation of the constitution or laws of the United States or the constitution and statutes of Louisiana, except the legislature or any branch, committee, or officer thereof, any political subdivision, as defined in La. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 49:951
- Discovery: Lawyers' examination, before trial, of facts and documents in possession of the opponents to help the lawyers prepare for trial.
- order: means the whole or any part of the final disposition (whether affirmative, negative, injunctive, or declaratory in form) of any agency, in any matter other than rulemaking, required by constitution or statute to be determined on the record after notice and opportunity for an agency hearing, and including non-revenue licensing, when the grant, denial, or renewal of a license is required by constitution or statute to be preceded by notice and opportunity for hearing. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 49:951
- Party: means each person or agency named or admitted as a party, or properly seeking and entitled as of right to be admitted as a party. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 49:951
An application for an order compelling discovery to a member or former member of the legislature in his capacity as a state lawmaker, or a legislative employee in his official capacity, when the legislature or either body thereof is not a party to the proceeding may be made to the agency in which the action is pending, but no order compelling discovery shall issue except in strict conformity with the provisions of La. Rev. Stat. 13:3667.3(D). For the purposes of this Section “legislative employee” shall mean the clerk of the House of Representatives, the secretary of the Senate, or an employee of the House of Representatives, the Senate, or the Legislative Bureau.
Acts 2006, No. 690, §4, eff. June 29, 2006; Acts 2008, No. 374, §4, eff. June 21, 2008; Acts 2012, No. 519, §4; Acts 2022, No. 663, §1; Redesignated from La. Rev. Stat. 49:956.1.