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Agency Expertise, Alj Independence, And Administrative Courts: The Recent Changes In Louisiana's Administrative Procedure Act, Jay S. Bybee
Agency Expertise, Alj Independence, And Administrative Courts: The Recent Changes In Louisiana's Administrative Procedure Act, Jay S. Bybee
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In the past two years, the Louisiana Legislature has adopted several structural changes in Louisiana's Administrative Procedure Act (“LAPA”). Most notably, Louisiana adopted what is known as a central panel or unified corps of administrative law judges (“ALJs”). The central panel system, which has been adopted in nearly half of the states and has been proposed for the federal system, has a central agency or office that hires and assigns all ALJs; the central agency rotates ALJs among agencies to ensure the ALJs' independence. Louisiana created the Division of Administrative Law, effective October 1, 1996, within the Department of State …