FOR THE RECORD
 LSUS
Archives and Special Collections monitors all
business occurring in the state legislature and governor’s office
related to archives or public records.
R.S. 44:5 – 2009 Regular Session (ACT 495)
PUBLIC RECORDS: Provides for the application of laws relative to public records.
Passed 08/15/2009
Effective retroactive to 01/01/2009
Section 5. Records of the governor.
This Chapter shall not apply to any records having been used, being in use, possessed,
or retained for use by the governor in the usual course of the duties and business of his office
relating to the deliberative process of the governor, intra-office communications of the governor
and his internal staff, the governor’s security and schedule, or communications with or the security
and schedule of the governor’s spouse or children. (1) Except as otherwise provided in this Subsection, the provisions of this Section shall
not apply to any agency, office, or department transferred or placed within the office of the governor.
(2) Notwithstanding Paragraph (1) of this Subsection, a record limited to pre-decisional advice and
recommendations to the governor concerning budgeting in the custody of any agency or department headed
by an unclassified gubernatorial appointee shall be privileged for six months from the date such
record is prepared.
Summary: Shields governor’s records from public access.
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