La. Admin. Code tit. 43 § XV-503

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 11, November 20, 2024

Section XV-503 - Responsibility

A. The commissioner shall:

1. provide advice, assistance and guidance to all state employees required to file statements pursuant to §507;

2. promptly review the statement of employment and financial interests and supplements, if any, filed by each employee, to determine if the employee has correctly identified those listed employment and financial interests which constitute a direct or indirect financial interest in any surface coal mining operation or underground mining operation;

3. resolve prohibited financial interest situations by ordering or initiating remedial action or by reporting the violations to the director who is responsible for initiating action to impose the penalties of the Federal Act;

4. certify on each statement that review has been made, that prohibited financial interests, if any, have been resolved and that no other prohibited interests have been identified from the statement;

5. submit to the director such statistics and information as he or she may request to enable preparation of the required annual report to Congress;

6. submit to the director the initial listing and the subsequent annual listings of positions as required by 30 CFR 705.11(b), (c) and (d);

7. furnish a blank statement 45 days in advance of the filing date established by §509. A to each state employee required to file a statement; and

8. inform annually each state employee required to file a statement with the commissioner of the name, address and telephone number of the person whom they may contact for advice and counseling.

B. Office employees performing any duties or functions under the Act shall:

1. have no direct or indirect financial interest in coal mining operations;

2. file a fully completed statement of employment and financial interest 120 days after these regulations become effective or upon entrance to duty and annually thereafter on the specified filing date; and

3. comply with directives issued by persons responsible for approving each statement and comply with directives issued by those persons responsible for ordering remedial action.

La. Admin. Code tit. 43, § XV-503

Promulgated by the Department of Natural Resources, Office of Conservation, LR 5:395 (December 1979), amended LR 6:177 (May 1980), LR 14:441 (July 1988), LR 20:447 (April 1994).

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 30:901-932.