§33. Agency budget request; time of submission; standing committees
A.(1) The head of each budget unit or the Board of Regents as provided by law, on
a date specified by the commissioner of administration which date shall not be later than the
fifteenth day of November in each year, shall submit its budget request to the governor on
the forms and in the manner prescribed and accompanied by such other data as may be
required, together with such additional information as the governor may request.
NOTE: Paragraph (2) eff. until one or more of the 20 depts. of the executive
branch is abolished or if a const. amend. is adopted authorizing the creation
of an additional dept. See Acts 2013, No. 384, §§4 and 9(B).
(2) Except as limited, restricted, or otherwise prohibited by the Constitution of
Louisiana, simultaneously with budget units submitting their budget requests to the governor,
Louisiana Economic Development, the Department of Public Safety and Corrections, the
Department of Children and Family Services, the Louisiana Workforce Commission, the
Louisiana Department of Health, the Department of Education, the State Board of
Elementary and Secondary Education, the Board of Regents, and in the office of the
governor, the Department of Veterans Affairs and the Offices of Lifelong Learning,
Workforce Development, Elderly Affairs, and Women's Services shall submit a copy of their
workforce budget requests to the Louisiana Workforce Investment Council, as created in R.S.
23:2042, for the commission's review, modification, and approval of funding to be
incorporated into the executive budget.
NOTE: Paragraph (2) as amended by Acts 2013, No. 384, §§4, 9(B),
effective if one or more of the 20 depts. of the executive branch is abolished
or if a const. amend. is adopted authorizing the creation of an additional dept.
(2) Except as limited, restricted, or otherwise prohibited by the Constitution of
Louisiana, simultaneously with budget units submitting their budget requests to the
governor, Louisiana Economic Development, the Department of Elderly Affairs, the
Department of Public Safety and Corrections, the Department of Children and Family
Services, the Louisiana Workforce Commission, the Louisiana Department of Health, the
Department of Education, the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education, the
Board of Regents, and in the office of the governor, the Department of Veterans Affairs and
the Offices of Lifelong Learning, Workforce Development, and Women's Services shall
submit a copy of their workforce budget requests to the Louisiana Workforce Investment
Council, as created in R.S. 23:2042, for the commission's review, modification, and approval
of funding to be incorporated into the executive budget.
(3) If any entity specified in Paragraph (2) of this Subsection refuses to submit its
budget request to the commission based on a constitutional limitation, restriction, or
prohibition, notice of that exception shall be submitted to the Louisiana Workforce
Investment Council, together with an explanation of the specific constitutional provision.
(4) Except as provided in Paragraph (2) of this Subsection, if any entity specified in
Paragraph (2) of this Subsection fails to submit its budget request to the commission, it shall
be considered delinquent as provided in Subsection B of this Section.
B. If any budget unit fails to submit its budget request as provided in Subsection A
of this Section, the commissioner of administration shall prepare a budget statement for the
delinquent budget unit and in no instance shall the budget recommended in such a budget
statement prepared by the commissioner of administration and included in the executive
budget exceed the amount of the appropriation of that budget unit for the current year.
Acts 1989, No. 836, §1, eff. July 1, 1989; Acts 1993, No. 533, §1, eff. July 1, 1993;
Acts 1997, No. 1, §4, eff. April 30, 1997; Acts 1997, No. 1403, §2, eff. July 1, 1997; Acts
1998, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 49, §1, eff. July 1, 1998; Acts 1999, No. 1102, §1, eff. July 9, 1999;
Acts 2005, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 3, §1, eff. Nov. 18, 2005; Acts 2008, No. 743, §7, eff. July 1,
2008; Acts 2013, No. 384, §§4, 9(B), eff. if one of the 20 depts. is abolished or an additional
dept. is authorized by the electorate.