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Regular Session, 2010
HOUSE BILL NO. 366
BY REPRESENTATIVE FANNIN
APPROPRIATIONS/JUDGMENT: Appropriates funds for payment of judgment in the
matter of "Lawrence Willis, et al. v. State of Louisiana, et al."
AN ACT1
To appropriate funds out of the General Fund of the state of Louisiana for Fiscal Year 2010-2
2011 to be used to pay the consent judgment in the suit entitled "Lawrence Willis,3
individually and on behalf of the minor children, Lacey Elizabeth Willis and Laura4
Elizabeth Willis v. State of Louisiana Department of Transportation and5
Development"; and to provide for related matters.6
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:7
Section 1. The sum of Thirty Thousand Seven Hundred Fifty and No/1008
($30,750.00) Dollars in favor of plaintiffs, Lawrence Willis, individually and on behalf of9
the minor children, Lacey Elizabeth Willis and Laura Elizabeth Willis; and Nine Thousand10
Six Hundred Twenty-Five and 54/100 ($9,625.54) Dollars in favor of defendant/plaintiff in11
cross-claim, Louisiana Farm Bureau Casualty Insurance; both amounts to be apportioned and12
paid as follows: Seven Hundred Fifty and No/100 ($750.00) Dollars to Lawrence Willis and13
his attorney, William Rick Warren; Thirty Thousand and No/100 ($30,000.00) Dollars to14
Lacey Willis and her attorney, William Rick Warren; and Nine Thousand Six Hundred15
Twenty-Five and 54/100 ($9,625.54) Dollars to Louisiana Farm Bureau Casualty Insurance16
Company and its attorney, Payne Williams; is hereby appropriated out of the General Fund17
of the state of Louisiana for Fiscal Year 2010-2011 to be used to pay the consent judgment18
in the suit entitled "Lawrence Willis, individually and on behalf of the minor children, Lacey19
Elizabeth Willis and Laura Elizabeth Willis v. State of Louisiana Department of20 HLS 10RS-1219 ORIGINAL
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Transportation and Development", bearing Number 37,565-02 on the docket of the Eighth1
Judicial District Court, parish of Winn, state of Louisiana.2
Section 2. This Act shall become effective on July 1, 2010; if vetoed by the governor3
and subsequently approved by the legislature, this Act shall become effective on July 1,4
2010, or on the day following such approval by the legislature, whichever is later. 5
DIGEST
The digest printed below was prepared by House Legislative Services. It constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument. The keyword, one-liner, abstract, and digest do not constitute
part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)]
Fannin HB No. 366
Appropriates from the state general fund for FY 2010-2011 the sum of $30,750 in favor of
plaintiffs, Lawrence Willis, individually and on behalf of the minor children, Lacey
Elizabeth Willis and Laura Elizabeth Willis; and $9,625.54 in favor of La. Farm Bureau
Casualty Insurance Co.; bearing No. 37,565-02 on the docket of the 8
th
JDC, parish of Winn.
Effective July 1, 2010.