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La. Rev. Stat. § 49:956 (2026)

Public information; adoption of rules; availability of rules and orders

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§956. Public information; adoption of rules; availability of rules and orders

            Each agency which engages in rulemaking shall:

            (1) File with the Office of the State Register a description of its organization, stating the general course and method of its operations and the methods whereby the public may obtain information or make submissions or requests.

            (2) Adopt rules of practice setting forth the nature and requirements of all formal and informal procedures available.

            (3) Make available for public inspection all rules, preambles, responses to comments, and submissions and all other written statements of policy or interpretations formulated, adopted, or used by the agency in the discharge of its functions and publish an index of such rules, preambles, responses to comments, submissions, statements, and interpretations on a regular basis.

            (4) Make available for public inspection all final orders, decisions, and opinions.

            Acts 1966, No. 382, §2, eff. July 1, 1967. Amended by Acts 1978, No. 252, §1; Acts 1979, No. 578, §1, eff. July 18, 1979; Acts 1990, No. 1085, §1, eff. July 31, 1990; Acts 1993, No. 386, §1; Acts 2013, No. 220, §23, eff. June 11, 2013; Acts 2022, No. 663, §1; Redesignated from R.S. 49:952.

            NOTE: Former R.S. 49:956 redesignated as R.S. 49:975.1 by Acts 2022, No. 663, §1.


Notes of Decisions
Cited in 46 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1970–2021 · leading case: DMK Acquisitions & Props., L.L.C. v. City of New Orleans, 124 So. 3d 1157 (La. Ct. App. 2013).
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DMK Acquisitions & Props., L.L.C. v. City of New Orleans, 124 So. 3d 1157 (La. Ct. App. 2013). · cites it 4× “R.S. 49:956. The City further points out that the APA grants a hearing officer the power to conduct depositions and administer oaths and affirmations; however, it does not state that sworn testimony is the only type of verbal evidence that may be presented at an administrative…”
Reaux v. Louisiana Bd. of Med. Examiners, 850 So. 2d 723 (La. Ct. App. 2003). · cites it 2× “We further note that R.S. 49:956(3) specifically provides that "the agency's experience, technical competence, and specialized knowledge may be utilized in the evaluation of the evidence".”
Bd. of Ethics in the Matter of Jordan Monsour & Walter Monsour, 249 So. 3d 808 (La. 2018). · cites it 2× “R.S. 49:956(1) of the Administrative Procedures Act, which provides: In adjudication proceedings: (1) Agencies may admit and give probative effect to evidence which possesses probative value commonly accepted by reasonably prudent men in the conduct of their affairs.”
Armstrong v. La. State Bd. of Med. Exam., 868 So. 2d 830 (La. Ct. App. 2004). · cites it 2× “Moreover, the APA provides that "[t]he agency's experience, technical competence, and specialized knowledge may be utilized in the evaluation of the evidence.”
Louisiana State Bd. of Nursing v. Gautreaux, 39 So. 3d 806 (La. Ct. App. 2010). · cites it 2× “37:918 and LSA-R.S. 49:956, and seeking a writ of attachment or injunctive relief compelling production of the records sought, as well as a declaratory judgment that LSA-R.”
Clark v. Louisiana State Racing Comm'n, 104 So. 3d 820 (La. Ct. App. 2012). · cites it 2× “R.S. 49:956(3). [4,5] A reviewing court should not set aside an administrative agency’s decision to impose a particular sanction unless that decision can be characterized as arbitrary, capricious, or an abuse of discretion.”
Louisiana Bd. of Ethics In re Great S. Dredging, Inc., 195 So. 3d 631 (La. Ct. App. 2016). · cites it 2× “R.S. 49:956, The EAB may exclude incompetent, irrelevant, immaterial, and unduly repetitious evidence.”
Hall v. Louisiana State Racing Com'n, 505 So. 2d 744 (La. Ct. App. 1987). · cites it 2× “any evidence or law on the issues raised by appellant herein." The Commission argues that its in globo introduction into evidence of its entire file was proper and sufficient to substantiate its holding.”
New Orleans Pub. Serv., Inc. v. Masaracchia, 464 So. 2d 866 (La. Ct. App. 1985). · cites it 3× “One answer to that question is provided by the administrative procedure act, in the evidentiary rule of R.S. 49:956(1). The administrative procedure act is not applicable to the office of employment security, R.”
Carpenter v. State, Dep. of Health & Hos., 944 So. 2d 604 (La. Ct. App. 2006). “While the statute requires that "due regard" be given to credibility determinations based on an administrative agency or tribunal's first-hand observation, the general principles of evidence law extend to administrative proceedings.”
Spreadbury v. State, Dept. of Pub. Saf., 745 So. 2d 1204 (La. Ct. App. 1999). · cites it 2× “, LSA-R.S. 49:956, provide for a relaxed evidentiary standard.”
Brouillette v. State, Dept. of Pub. Saf., 589 So. 2d 529 (La. Ct. App. 1991). · cites it 2× “R.S. 49:956: In adjudication proceedings (2) All evidence, including records and documents in the possession of the agency of which it desires to avail itself, shall be offered and made a part of the record, and all such documentary evidence may be received in the form of copies…”
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La. Rev. Stat. § 49:956(1): 10 cases
Bd. of Ethics in the Matter of Jordan Monsour & Walter Monsour, 249 So. 3d 808 (La. 2018). “R.S. 49:956(1) of the Administrative Procedures Act, which provides: In adjudication proceedings: (1) Agencies may admit and give probative effect to evidence which possesses probative value commonly accepted by reasonably prudent men in the conduct of their affairs.”
New Orleans Pub. Serv., Inc. v. Masaracchia, 464 So. 2d 866 (La. Ct. App. 1985). “One answer to that question is provided by the administrative procedure act, in the evidentiary rule of R.S. 49:956(1). The administrative procedure act is not applicable to the office of employment security, R.”
DMK Acquisitions & Props., L.L.C. v. City of New Orleans, 124 So. 3d 1157 (La. Ct. App. 2013). “R.S. 49:956. The City further points out that the APA grants a hearing officer the power to conduct depositions and administer oaths and affirmations; however, it does not state that sworn testimony is the only type of verbal evidence that may be presented at an administrative…”
Robinson v. Stalder, 734 So. 2d 810 (La. Ct. App. 1999).
Spreadbury v. State, Dept. of Pub. Saf., 745 So. 2d 1204 (La. Ct. App. 1999). “, LSA-R.S. 49:956, provide for a relaxed evidentiary standard.”
La. Rev. Stat. § 49:956(2): 3 cases
Hall v. Louisiana State Racing Com'n, 505 So. 2d 744 (La. Ct. App. 1987). “any evidence or law on the issues raised by appellant herein." The Commission argues that its in globo introduction into evidence of its entire file was proper and sufficient to substantiate its holding.”
Laborde v. Louisiana State Racing Com'n, 506 So. 2d 634 (La. Ct. App. 1987).
Dep't of Child. & Fam. Servs. in the Matter of J. M. (La. Ct. App. 2021).
La. Rev. Stat. § 49:956(3): 12 cases
Reaux v. Louisiana Bd. of Med. Examiners, 850 So. 2d 723 (La. Ct. App. 2003). “We further note that R.S. 49:956(3) specifically provides that "the agency's experience, technical competence, and specialized knowledge may be utilized in the evaluation of the evidence".”
Clark v. Louisiana State Racing Comm'n, 104 So. 3d 820 (La. Ct. App. 2012). “R.S. 49:956(3). [4,5] A reviewing court should not set aside an administrative agency’s decision to impose a particular sanction unless that decision can be characterized as arbitrary, capricious, or an abuse of discretion.”
DMK Acquisitions & Props., L.L.C. v. City of New Orleans, 124 So. 3d 1157 (La. Ct. App. 2013). “R.S. 49:956. The City further points out that the APA grants a hearing officer the power to conduct depositions and administer oaths and affirmations; however, it does not state that sworn testimony is the only type of verbal evidence that may be presented at an administrative…”
Hebert v. Louisiana State Racing Com'n, 476 So. 2d 823 (La. Ct. App. 1985).
Laborde v. Louisiana State Racing Com'n, 506 So. 2d 634 (La. Ct. App. 1987).
La. Rev. Stat. § 49:956(4): 1 case
Armstrong v. La. State Bd. of Med. Exam., 868 So. 2d 830 (La. Ct. App. 2004). “Moreover, the APA provides that "[t]he agency's experience, technical competence, and specialized knowledge may be utilized in the evaluation of the evidence.”
La. Rev. Stat. § 49:956(5): 6 cases
Armstrong v. La. State Bd. of Med. Exam., 868 So. 2d 830 (La. Ct. App. 2004). “Moreover, the APA provides that "[t]he agency's experience, technical competence, and specialized knowledge may be utilized in the evaluation of the evidence.”
Clark v. Louisiana State Racing Comm'n, 104 So. 3d 820 (La. Ct. App. 2012). “R.S. 49:956(3). [4,5] A reviewing court should not set aside an administrative agency’s decision to impose a particular sanction unless that decision can be characterized as arbitrary, capricious, or an abuse of discretion.”
Hopping v. Louisiana Horticulture Com'n, 509 So. 2d 751 (La. Ct. App. 1987).
Lawhead v. La. State Bd. of Practical Nurse Examiners, 995 So. 2d 664 (La. Ct. App. 2008).
Louisiana State Bd. of Embalmers & Funeral Directors v. Caskets Direct, Inc., 716 So. 2d 943 (La. Ct. App. 1998).
La. Rev. Stat. § 49:956(5)(c): 2 cases
Ross v. Highlands Ins. Co., 590 So. 2d 1177 (La. 1991).
State ex rel. Louisiana Off. of Conservation v. Ball, 99 So. 3d 100 (La. Ct. App. 2012).
La. Rev. Stat. § 49:956(6): 1 case
George v. Christus Health Sw. Louisiana, 203 So. 3d 541 (La. Ct. App. 2016).
La. Rev. Stat. § 49:956(7): 1 case
Hopping v. Louisiana Horticulture Com'n, 509 So. 2d 751 (La. Ct. App. 1987).
La. Rev. Stat. § 49:956(8): 1 case
Save Our Selves v. La. Envir. Control Com'n, 430 So. 2d 1114 (La. Ct. App. 1983).
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