La. Admin. Code tit. 46 § III-703

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024

Section III-703 - Authorities

A. The board is authorized and shall do the following:

1. adopt and enforce rules and regulations, bylaws and rules of professional conduct as the board may deem necessary and proper to regulate auctions under its jurisdiction in the state of Louisiana, to provide for the efficient operation of the board, and otherwise to discharge its duties and powers under the statute and rules;

2. prescribe and adopt regulations, standards, procedures and policies governing the manner and conditions under which credit shall be given by the board for participation in a program of continuing education, as the board may consider necessary and appropriate to maintain the highest standards of proficiency as an auctioneer in the state of Louisiana;

3. authorize any member of the board to make any affidavit necessary to the issuance of any injunction or other legal process authorized under the statute or rules of the board;

4. authorize and issue subpoenas to require attendance and testimony and the production of documents for the purpose of enforcing the laws relative to auctions and securing evidence of violations thereof;

5. maintain a current list of licensed auctioneers;

6. select its officers annually.

B. The board is authorized and may do the following:

1. appoint a qualified executive secretary;

2. employ clerical assistance necessary to carry out the administrative work of the board;

3. employ legal counsel to carry out the provisions of the statute and rules, provided that the fees of such counsel and the costs of all proceedings, except criminal prosecutions, are paid by the board from its own funds;

4. incur all necessary and proper expenses.

C. The chairman and executive secretary of the board, or in their absence, any other member of the board, may administer oaths in the taking of testimony upon any matter appertaining to the duties and powers of the board.

La. Admin. Code tit. 46, § III-703

Promulgated by the Department of Commerce, Auctioneer Licensing Board, LR 11:336 (April 1985), amended by the Department of Economic Development, Auctioneers Licensing Board, LR 14:783 (November 1988).

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 37:3112.