Louisiana Administrative Code
Title 46 - PROFESSIONAL AND OCCUPATIONAL STANDARDS
Part LXXXIX - Water Well Contractors (Drillers)
Chapter 11 - Revocation; Hearings; Appeals
Section LXXXIX-1107 - Falsification of Documents
Universal Citation: LA Admin Code LXXXIX-1107
Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 9, September 20, 2024
A. Falsification of documents to evade regulations, as well as penalties for said falsifications, appear in R.S. 38:3095, as follows.
1. No person shall, for the purpose of
evading this Part or any rules, regulations or order made thereunder:
a. make or cause to be made any false entry
or statement of fact in any report required to be made by this Part or by any
rule, regulation or order made hereunder; or
b. make or cause to be made any false entry
in any account, record, or memorandum kept by any person in connection with the
provisions of this Part or of any rules, regulation or order made thereunder;
or
c. remove out of the
jurisdiction of the state, or destroy or mutilate, alter, or by any other
means, falsify any book, record or other paper, pertaining to the matters
regulated by this Part or by any rule, regulation or order made
thereunder.
2. Whoever
violates this Part shall be fined not more than $5,000 or imprisoned not more
than six months, or both.
3. The
penalty provision for falsification of documents required under the provisions
of this Part are therefore criminal in nature and must be enforced through the
district attorney having jurisdiction where said violation occurs.
4. It should also be noted that utilization
of the United States Mail in the falsification of documents constitutes a
violation of Title 18 of the United States Code (Mail Fraud) and such
violations will be referred to the appropriate United States
attorney.
AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 38:3098.7 and R.S. 38:3098.2.
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