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Regular Session, 2010
SENATE BILL NO. 784
BY SENATOR QUINN
APPROPRIATIONS. Provides for payment of certain judgments against the state. (gov sig)
AN ACT1
To enact R.S. 13:5106(F), relative to the payment of judgments against the state, state2
agencies or political subdivisions of the state; to provide with respect to the payment3
of certain judgments for which an appropriation has been made; to provide for an4
effective date; and to provide for related matters.5
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:6
Section 1. R.S. 13:5106(F) is hereby enacted to read as follows: 7
ยง5106. Limitations8
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F. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, in any10
suit for personal injury against the state, its departments, commissions, boards,11
state agencies, or any of its political subdivisions, when the court renders a final12
judgment in favor of the plaintiff for damages and the legislature appropriates13
funds to pay any or all amounts set forth in the judgment, the state treasurer14
shall pay the amount appropriated pursuant to the judgment upon presentment15
of a certified copy of the act appropriating the funds to pay any or all of the16
judgment. The payment of the judgment by the state treasurer shall be17 SB NO. 784
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considered a ministerial function.1
Section 2. This Act shall become effective upon signature by the governor or, if not2
signed by the governor, upon expiration of the time for bills to become law without signature3
by the governor, as provided by Article III, Section 18 of the Constitution of Louisiana. If4
vetoed by the governor and subsequently approved by the legislature, this Act shall become5
effective on the day following such approval.6
The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument, were prepared by Thomas F. Wade.
DIGEST
Proposed law provides that in any suit for personal injury against the state, its agencies, or
any of its political subdivisions, when the court renders a final judgment in favor of the
plaintiff for damages and the legislature makes an appropriation to pay any or all amounts
set forth in the judgment, the state treasurer shall pay the amount appropriated pursuant to
the judgment upon presentment of a certified copy of the act appropriating the funds to pay
any or all of the judgment. The payment of the judgment by the state treasurer shall be
considered a ministerial function.
Effective upon signature of the governor or lapse of time for gubernatorial action.
(Adds R.S. 13:5106(F))