Board of Professional Geoscientists
| Name | Board of Professional Geoscientists |
| Contact Person | Brenda Macon - Executive Secretary |
| Mailing Address |
9643 Brookline Avenue Suite 101 Baton Rouge, LA 70809 |
| Phone Number | 225-505-3766 |
| Fax Number | 000-000-0000 |
| Board Email | apply@lbopg.org |
| Website | www.lbopg.org |
| Legal Authority | Act 974, 2010 Regular Session(R.S. 37:711 et seq.) |
| Year Created | 2011 |
| Organizational Placement | Governor's Office |
| Purpose/Function | To contribute in the protection of the health, safety, and general welfare of all those persons engaged in the practice of geoscience, and the affording of such persons of an effective and practical protection against the incompetent, inexperienced, unlawful, and fraudulent acts of geoscientists with whom they contract. |
| Number of Entity Members: |
Number Authorized: 9
Number Currently Serving: 9 |
| Number of Entity Meetings: |
Actual number in prior year: 6
Estimated number in current year: 6 |
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The Entity is: Active Inactive Not fully organized Disbanded Never fully organized |
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Do members receive per diem, salaries, and/or travel expense reimbursements? Yes No |
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Excluding member per diem, salaries, and travel expense reimbursements, does the entity receive or expend funds? Yes No |
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Entity Member Per Diem: Amount Authorized: $100 per meeting per meeting day per day spent on board business None |
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Total entity member per diem: Prior year actual: $0.00 Current year budgeted: $0.00 |
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Entity Member Salaries: Prior year actual: $0.00 Current year budgeted: $0.00 |
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Entity Member Travel Expense Reimbursement: Prior year actual: $0.00 Current year budgeted: $0.00 |
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Number and Type of Authorized Employee Positions: Classified: 0 Unclassified: 1 Part-time: 3 |
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Entity Fiscal Year End: 4/30 7/31 10/31 Other (identify date) 6/30 9/30 12/31 None |
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Participation in State Employee Benefit Programs: Employees: participate in state retirement system(s) and/or state group insurance program(s) do not participate in state benefit programs Members: participate in state retirement system(s) and/or state group insurance program(s) do not participate in state benefit programs |
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A state agency provides: (Check all that apply and identify the state agency)
Per Diem Payments State Agency: Travel Reimbursements State Agency: Other (explain) State Agency: |
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Is this entity a budget unit or included within a budget unit of the State of Louisiana as defined by LSA-R.S. 39:2? Yes No If yes, identify the budget unit and the budget schedule number below: Budget Unit Name: Budget Schedule Number: |
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| Notes | Final Rules submitted to Louisiana Register for publication November 20, 2015. Rules regarding seal/stamp use were published in the Louisiana Register in October 2019. More than 1400 professional geoscientists have been licensed as of September 2023. |