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Regular Session, 2010
SENATE BILL NO. 749
BY SENATOR MURRAY
LEGISLATIVE AGENCIES. Requires review by the Litigation Subcommittee of the Joint
Legislative Committee on the Budget of certain negotiations, compromises and settlements.
(7/1/10)
AN ACT1
To amend and reenact R.S. 24:653(H)(2), relative to the Joint Legislative Committee on the2
Budget; to provide for the review of certain negotiations, compromises or3
settlements by the Litigation Subcommittee of the Joint Legislative Committee on4
the Budget; to provide for an effective date; and to provide for related matters.5
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:6
Section 1. R.S. 24:653(H)(2) is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows:7
ยง653. Duties and functions8
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(2) No person on behalf of the state or any of its departments or agencies11
or employees nor any attorney representing the state or any of its departments or12
agencies or any of its employees entitled to indemnification under R.S. 13:5108.1 or13
R.S. 13:5108.2, shall sign any negotiation, agreement, compromise or settlement14
which obligates the state to pay more than one million dollars without prior15
consultation with the attorney general and the members of the litigation16
subcommittee of the Joint Legislative Committee on the Budget.17 SB NO. 749
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Section 2. This Act shall become effective on July 1, 2010; if vetoed by the governor2
and subsequently approved by the legislature, this Act shall become effective on July 1,3
2010, or on the day following such approval by the legislature, whichever is later.4
The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument, were prepared by Martha S. Hess.
DIGEST
Murray (SB 749)
Present law provides for that the Joint Legislative Committee on the Budget shall have a
litigation subcommittee and further provides that no attorney representing the state or any
of its departments or agencies or any of its employees entitled to indemnification under R.S.
13:5108.1 or R.S. 13:5108.2 shall sign any compromise or settlement which obligates the
state to pay more than $1,000,000 without prior consultation with the attorney general and
the members of the litigation subcommittee.
Proposed law retains present law and further prohibits any person on behalf of the state or
any of its departments or agencies or employees from signing any negotiation, agreement,
compromise or settlement which obligates payment by the state without prior consultation
with the attorney general and the members of the litigation subcommittee.
Effective July 1, 2010.
(Amends R.S. 24:653(H)(2))
Summary of Amendments Adopted by Senate
Committee Amendments Proposed by Senate Committee on Finance to the original
bill.
1. Restores the $1,000,000 limit to matters to be brought before the
subcommittee.