HLS 12RS-853 ORIGINAL
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Regular Session, 2012
HOUSE BILL NO. 200
BY REPRESENTATIVE STUART BISHOP
APPROPRIATIONS/JUDGMENT: Appropriates funds for payment of judgment against
DOTD in the matter of "Sheryl A. Broussard and Ronald P. Broussard v. Chatra
Carter, Allstate Insurance Company and Lafayette Consolidated Government"
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 "Sheryl A. Broussard and4
Ronald P. Broussard v. Chatra Carter, Allstate Insurance Company and Lafayette5
Consolidated Government"; and to provide for related matters.6
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:7
Section 1.A. The sum of Four Hundred Ninety Thousand and No/100 ($490,000.00)8
Dollars in favor of Sheryl A. Broussard; the sum of One Thousand Three Hundred Fourteen9
and No/100 ($1,314.00) Dollars in favor of Betty Broussard, Sheryl A. Broussard, Gary B.10
Broussard and Christopher Broussard, the Heirs of Ronald P. Broussard, is hereby11
appropriated out of the General Fund of the state of Louisiana for Fiscal Year 2012-2013 to12
be used to pay the consent judgment against the Department of Transportation and13
Development in the suit entitled "Sheryl A. Broussard and Ronald P. Broussard v. Chatra14
Carter, Allstate Insurance Company and Lafayette Consolidated Government", bearing15
Number 87,481 on the docket of the Fifteenth Judicial District Court, parish of Vermilion,16
state of Louisiana.17
B. Monies awarded in this judgment to Sheryl A. Broussard in the amount One18
Hundred Forty Thousand and No/100 ($140,000.00) Dollars for future medical expenses19
shall be payable from the Future Medical Care Fund pursuant to R.S. 39:1533.2.20 HLS 12RS-853 ORIGINAL
HB NO. 200
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Section 2. This Act shall become effective on July 1, 2012; if vetoed by the governor1
and subsequently approved by the legislature, this Act shall become effective on July 1,2
2012, or on the day following such approval by the legislature, whichever is later. 3
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)]
Stuart Bishop HB No. 200
Appropriates from the state general fund for FY 2012-2013 the sum of $491,314 to pay the
consent judgment against DOTD in "Sheryl A. Broussard, et al v. Chatra Carter, et al",
bearing No. 87,481 on the docket of the 15th JDC, parish of Lafayette. Monies awarded for
future medical expenses shall be paid from the Future Medical Care Fund.
Effective July 1, 2012.