GOHSEP Elected_Officials_Manual_2015

LSA-R.S. 29:721 – 739 Page 11
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Acts 1993, No. 800, § 1, eff. June 22, 1993. Amended by Acts 2003, No. 40, § 2, eff. May 23,
2003; Acts 2006, 1st Ex.Sess., No. 35, § 1, eff. March 1, 2006; Acts 2006, No. 442, § 1, eff. June
15, 2006; Acts 2008, No. 122, § 1.
§ 725.1. Legal representative of office; state attorney general
The attorney general shall be the legal advisor to the Governor's Office of Homeland Security and
Emergency Preparedness and, except as otherwise provided by law, shall counsel and advise the
office and shall represent it in any and all matters when called upon to do so.
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Added by Acts 2006, No. 442, § 1, eff. June 15, 2006.
§ 725.2. Confidentiality of certain records
A. (1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, records in the custody of the
Governor's Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness containing certain security
sensitive information which shall be the same type of information as described in R.S. 44:3.1 and
3.2 shall be deemed confidential.
(2) Such nondisclosure shall not apply to necessary use by duly authorized officers or employees
of state, federal, or local government in carrying out their responsibilities as provided by applicable
state law or applicable federal law.
B. The provisions of this Section shall not prevent any person from examining and copying any
books, records, papers, accounts, or other documents of the Governor's Office of Homeland Security
and Emergency Preparedness, except as provided in Subsection A of this Section. Such
records shall not be subject to the provisions of R.S. 44:5.
C. If a public record is applied for during an imminent threat of a disaster or emergency or during
a disaster or emergency, the office shall immediately notify the requestor as to the reasons why
such record shall not be immediately available.
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Added by Acts 2006, No. 442, § 1, eff. June 15, 2006
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