LAC 67:III.307. Time Limits for Requesting a Fair Hearing

A.1. When a decision is made on a case, the client is notified and is allowed the following number of days from the date of the notice to request a fair hearing: a. FITAP30 days; b. STEP Program30 days; c. KCSP30 days; d. SNAP90 days. 2. The client may appeal at any time during a certification period for a dispute of the current level of benefits. B. An appeal is timely requested if the appeal request: 1. is delivered on or before the due date; or 2. received via fax or mailed on or before the due date. If the appeal request is received by mail on the first working day following the due date, there shall be a rebuttable presumption that the appeal was timely filed. In all cases where the presumption does not apply, the timeliness of the mailing shall be shown only by an official United States postmark or by official receipt or certificate from the United States Postal Service made at the time of mailing which indicates the date thereof. For purposes of this Section, “by mail” applies only to the United States Postal Service.