NOTE: §572 eff. if and when a deposit is made into the Louisiana Transparency Fund. See Acts 2023, No. 446.

§572. Auditor; policies; functionality, content, accessibility, and reporting of the website

            A. The auditor may establish policies subject to the approval of the Legislative Audit Advisory Council as are necessary for the implementation of this Part.

            B. The auditor shall ensure that the Louisiana Transparency Portal presents information in a manner that is intuitive to members of the general public and provides for the following functionality:

            (1) Access to all related databases and features of the website at no cost to the public and without the requirement of user registration.

            (2) Search, aggregate, and query data.

            (3) Download, export, and print reports, graphs, charts, tables, or information yielded by a search of the database.

            (4) Provide for graphical presentation and manipulation.

            (5) Access to all related databases and features of the website with optimization for desktop and mobile platforms.

            (6) Allow for the ability to share information on social media.

            C. The auditor shall ensure that the public-facing database shall not include the following content:

            (1) The addresses or telephone numbers of payees.

            (2) Tax payment or refund data that includes confidential taxpayer information, such as the social security number or federal tax identification number of any individual or business.

            (3) Payments of state assistance to individual recipients.

            (4) Protected health information as the term is defined under the federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996.

            (5) Information subject to attorney-client privilege.

            (6) Secure information that would reveal undercover or intelligence operations by law enforcement.

            (7) Any information that is confidential under state or federal law, rule, or regulation.

            D. The auditor shall ensure that the website contains the following information relative to its databases as applicable:

            (1) All relevant data points that are collected in each state agency information system.

            (2) All data points that are relevant to the purposes of this Chapter in each state agency information system.

            E. For purposes of this Part, the datasets provided to the auditor pursuant to R.S. 39:16.2 meet the information requirements for the website for the state agencies that are included in the LaGov statewide enterprise resource planning system; however, the legislative auditor, with the approval of the Legislative Audit Advisory Council, may require the production of additional information.

            Acts 2023, No. 446, §1, see Act.