La. Admin. Code tit. 46 § LXXXIX-1107

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 9, September 20, 2024

Section LXXXIX-1107 - Falsification of Documents

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.

La. Admin. Code tit. 46, § LXXXIX-1107

Promulgated by the Department of Transportation and Development, Office of Public Works, Water Resources Section, LR 11:968 (October 1985).

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 38:3098.7 and R.S. 38:3098.2.