HLS 12RS-495 ORIGINAL
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Regular Session, 2012
HOUSE BILL NO. 189
BY REPRESENTATIVE CHANEY
APPROPRIATIONS/JUDGMENT: Appropriates funds for payment of judgment against
DOTD in the matter of "Katherine Ernst v. Steven Tucker Jefferson, et al"
AN ACT1
To appropriate funds out of the General Fund of the state of Louisiana for Fiscal Year 2012-2
2013 to be used to pay the consent judgment against the Department of3
Transportation and Development in the suit entitled "Katherine Ernst v. Steven4
Tucker Jefferson, et al"; and to provide for related matters.5
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:6
Section 1. The sum of Ten Thousand and No/100 ($10,000.00) Dollars, is hereby7
appropriated out of the General Fund of the state of Louisiana for Fiscal Year 2012-2013 to8
be used to pay the consent judgment against the Department of Transportation and9
Development in the suit entitled "Katherine Ernst v. Steven Tucker Jefferson, et al", bearing10
Number 2006-000349 on the docket of the Sixth Judicial District Court, parish of Madison,11
state of Louisiana.12
Section 2. This Act shall become effective on July 1, 2012; if vetoed by the governor13
and subsequently approved by the legislature, this Act shall become effective on July 1,14
2012, or on the day following such approval by the legislature, whichever is later. 15 HLS 12RS-495 ORIGINAL
HB NO. 189
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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)]
Chaney HB No. 189
Appropriates from the state general fund for FY 2012-2013 the sum of $10,000, to pay the
consent judgment against DOTD in "Katherine Ernst v. Steven Tucker Jefferson", bearing
No. 2006-000349 on the docket of the 6th JDC, parish of Madison.
Effective July 1, 2012.