La. Stat. tit. 23 § 1624.1
When any state board, commission, department, agency, or other employing authority of the state, including but not limited to school boards and police juries, receives the notice specified by R.S. 23:1624 of a claimant's eligibility for benefits or other notice that application for benefits has been made, the head of that board, commission, department, agency, or other employing authority shall examine the notice against the claimant's record and shall reply to the notice. The reply shall either protest or indicate no known cause to protest a decision granting eligibility or otherwise shall inform the department of any known facts bearing on a determination that benefits shall be granted. It shall be filed with the administrator within the time specified in the notice.
La. R.S. § 23:1624.1