Louisiana Revised Statutes Tit. 39, § 1338. Adjustments to submitted budget

A. The committee shall be provided prior written notification, including detailed justification, of any planned transfer of funds from one category of expenditure as specified in the submitted budget to another category if the transfer of funds will constitute, individually or as an aggregate when considered together with all prior transfers from or to such category in the same fiscal year, ten percent of the total dollars in the category from which the transfer is to be made or a ten percent increase in the total dollars in the category to which the transfer is made.

B. The committee shall be provided with prior written notification, including detailed justification, of any planned increase or decrease in the submitted budget if the change will constitute, individually or as an aggregate when considered together with all prior increases or decreases in the same fiscal year, five percent of the total dollars in the budget as submitted.

C. The committee shall be authorized to conduct hearings on any proposed transfer, increase or decrease in the submitted budget not later than forty days after receiving notification of the proposed change.