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La. Rev. Stat. § 42:1135 (2026)

Enforcement of regulation, decision, or order of the Board of Ethics

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§1135. Enforcement of regulation, decision, or order of the Board of Ethics

           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, eff. August 1, 2018.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3 cases, 1992–2007 · leading case: Louisiana State Bd. of Ethics v. Garrett, 929 So. 2d 176 (La. Ct. App. 2006).
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Louisiana State Bd. of Ethics v. Garrett, 929 So. 2d 176 (La. Ct. App. 2006). “On December 14 2004, the Board filed a Petition for Rule to Show Cause in the Nineteenth Judicial District Court pursuant to LSA — R.S. 42:1135, seeking to convert the Board's order into a judgment of the district court.”
Bagert v. Bd. of Ethics for Elected Off., 594 So. 2d 922 (La. Ct. App. 1992). “R.S. 42:1135 provides as follows: Any valid regulation, decision, or order of an ethics body shall be enforceable in any court of competent jurisdiction in this state by a mandamus or injunction suit brought for that purpose.”
Louisiana State Bd. of Ethics v. Aidoo, 961 So. 2d 401 (2007). · cites it 2× “R.S. 42:1135. On August 11, 2005, the Board found Bobby D.”
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