§1358.2. Adoption of budget amendments to address emergencies

            A. Within seven days after receipt of the initial report, the governing authority of the political subdivision shall adopt in an open meeting the comprehensive budget, or amendments to the original comprehensive budget of the political subdivision, as proposed in the report of the limited jurisdiction fiscal administrator, which are necessary to address the emergency during the remainder of the current fiscal year and the following fiscal year.

            B. If the governing authority of the political subdivision fails to adopt the budget or budget amendments, or if the revisions made by the governing authority of the political subdivision are not approved by the limited jurisdiction fiscal administrator, then the attorney general shall file a rule to show cause in the manner provided in R.S. 39:1351, why the court should not order the adoption and implementation of the budget without the unapproved revisions. The court shall order the adoption and implementation of the budget proposed by the limited jurisdiction fiscal administrator which includes the revisions by the governing authority of the political subdivision, except the revisions which the court finds with reasonable certainty that the political subdivision will not have sufficient funds to address the emergency.

            Acts 2025, No. 96, §1.