Louisiana Revised Statutes Tit. 39, § 33. Agency budget request; time of submission; standing committees

A. (1) The head of each budget unit or the Board of Regents as provided by law, on a date specified by the commissioner of administration which date shall not be later than the fifteenth day of November in each year, shall submit its budget request to the governor on the forms and in the manner prescribed and accompanied by such other data as may be required, together with such additional information as the governor may request.

(2) Except as limited, restricted, or otherwise prohibited by the Constitution of Louisiana, simultaneously with budget units submitting their budget requests to the governor, Louisiana Economic Development, the Department of Public Safety and Corrections, the Department of Children and Family Services, Louisiana Works, the Louisiana Department of Health, the Department of Education, the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education, the Board of Regents, and in the office of the governor, the Department of Veterans Affairs and the Offices of Lifelong Learning, Workforce Development, Elderly Affairs, and Women's Services shall submit a copy of their workforce budget requests to the Louisiana Workforce Investment Council, as created in R.S. 23:2042, for the department's review, modification, and approval of funding to be incorporated into the executive budget.

(2) Except as limited, restricted, or otherwise prohibited by the Constitution of Louisiana, simultaneously with budget units submitting their budget requests to the governor, Louisiana Economic Development, the Department of Elderly Affairs, the Department of Public Safety and Corrections, the Department of Children and Family Services, Louisiana Works, the Louisiana Department of Health, the Department of Education, the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education, the Board of Regents, and in the office of the governor, the Department of Veterans Affairs and the Offices of Lifelong Learning, Workforce Development, and Women's Services shall submit a copy of their workforce budget requests to the Louisiana Workforce Investment Council, as created in R.S. 23:2042, for the department's review, modification, and approval of funding to be incorporated into the executive budget.

(3) If any entity specified in Paragraph (2) of this Subsection refuses to submit its budget request to the department based on a constitutional limitation, restriction, or prohibition, notice of that exception shall be submitted to the Louisiana Workforce Investment Council, together with an explanation of the specific constitutional provision.

(4) Except as provided in Paragraph (2) of this Subsection, if any entity specified in Paragraph (2) of this Subsection fails to submit its budget request to the department, it shall be considered delinquent as provided in Subsection B of this Section.