La. Admin. Code tit. 1 § III-801
Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 11, November 20, 2024
Section III-801 - Selection of Board Members and PanelsA. Public Meeting. The selection of the Ethics Adjudicatory Board will take place during a public meeting of the Louisiana Board of Ethics.B. Random Selection Process 1. The director of the Division of Administrative Law, or his designee, shall place into a container, the names of all probationary and permanent Division of Administrative Law administrative law judges who meet the statutory qualifications. They must have: a. not less than two years experience as an administrative law judge; orb. not less than 10 years experience in the practice of law.2. The director or his designee shall blindly select seven names from the container, one at a time. Each name shall be recorded and assigned a number, according to the order of its selection.C. Term of Board. These seven administrative law judges shall constitute the Ethics Adjudicatory Board. The Ethics Adjudicatory Board members shall be selected in December of the year preceding the year on which the terms are to begin on January 1.D. Three Judge Panels. The judges shall sit in three judge panels. The first three names selected shall be a three judge panel designated "A." The next three names selected shall be a three judge panel, "B." When a new case is docketed, it will be allotted alternately between the two panels. A case docketed and assigned to panel A or B shall remain with that designated panel letter until final decision.E. Alternate Judge. The seventh name selected shall be an alternate administrative law judge to be substituted for administrative law judges who are unavailable due to recusal, end of employment with the Division of Administrative Law, or for other good cause.F. A vacancy on the Ethics Adjudicatory Board shall be filled for the unexpired term at the next public meeting of the Board of Ethics and in the same manner as for the original selection. The last selected judge shall serve as the alternate.La. Admin. Code tit. 1, § III-801
Promulgated by the Department of Civil Service, Division of Administrative Law, LR 34:1346 (July 2008), amended LR 38:2949 (November 2012).AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 49:991 et seq., and R.S. 42:1141.2.