Louisiana: Legislative financial disclosure ranking

Louisiana

Rank: 1 | Points: 94.5 | Grade: A

Question	Answer	Points	Notes
Requires financial disclosure filing?	Yes	1
Requires complete financial disclosure filing (no update)?	Yes	1
Requires financial disclosure filing annually?	Yes	1
Requires complete financial disclosure filing for candidates?	Yes	1	Change from 2006: Candidates now required to complete financial disclosure form.
Employment information required?	Yes	5
Employment information not narrowly defined?	Yes	5	Change from 2006: Filers now required to report all full-time and part-time positions.
Employer/business name required?	Yes	5
Employment job title required?	Yes	2	Change from 2006: Filers now required to report job titles.
Employer description required?	No	0
Value range/income amount required?	Yes	5
Spouse employment information required and clear?	Yes	5
Officer/director information required?	Yes	4	Change from 2006: Filers now required to disclose all officer and director positions.
Officer/director information not narrowly defined?	Yes	4
Officer/director entity name required?	Yes	4
Officer/director entity description required?	Yes	2
Spouse officer/director information required and clear?	Yes	4
Investment information required?	Yes	3
Investment information not narrowly defined?	Yes	3	Change from 2006: Filers now required to report all investments exceeding $5,000.
Investment entity name required?	Yes	3
Investment entity description required?	Yes	1	Change from 2006: Half point awarded because a business description is required for Schedule B, but not for Schedule I.
Investment value range/holding amount required?	Yes	1.5	Change from 2006: Half points awarded because filers not required to provide value or amount of investment securities.
Spouse investment information required and clear?	Yes	3	Change from 2006: Filers now required to report real-property information.
Client information required?	Yes	2	Change from 2006: Filers now required to report income from businesses and a description of services rendered.
Client name required?	Yes	2
Client value range/income amount required?	Yes	2
Spouse client information required and clear?	Yes	2
Real-property information required?	Yes	2	Change from 2006: Filers now required to report real-property information.
Real-property information not narrowly defined?	Yes	2
Real-property value range/amount required?	Yes	2
Spouse real-property information required and clear?	Yes	2
Spouse name required?	Yes	2	Change from 2006: Filers now required to disclose names of spouses.
Dependent name required?	No	0
Financial disclosure filings in central office?	Yes	1
Lawmakers not forwarded reviewer information?	Yes	1
In-person appearance not required to obtain filings?	Yes	1
Copy fees less than 50 cents per page?	Yes	1
Blank disclosure form available on Web?	Yes	1	Change from 2006: Blank disclosure form now available on the Web.
Disclosure filings available electronically or on the Web in any format?	Yes	3	Filings available online.
Late-filing penalties on the books?	Yes	1
Misfiling penalties on the books?	Yes	1
State has auditing authority?	Yes	1
State routinely reviews filings for accuracy and completeness either through formal audit process or informal review process?	Yes	1
State published list of delinquent filers on Web or in printed document?	Yes	1	Change from 2006: List of delinquent filers available on the Web.

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