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Regular Session, 2012
HOUSE BILL NO. 628
BY REPRESENTATIVE DIXON
APPROPRIATIONS/JUDGMENT: Appropriates funds for payment of judgment in the
matter of "Rickey Johnson v. State of La."
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 judgment for additional benefits for wrongful3
incarceration in the suit entitled "Rickey Johnson v. State of Louisiana"; and to4
provide for related matters.5
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:6
Section 1. The sum of Sixty-Five Thousand and No/100 ($65,000.00) Dollars is7
hereby appropriated out of the General Fund of the state of Louisiana for Fiscal Year 2012-8
2013 to be used to pay the judgment for additional benefits for wrongful incarceration in the9
suit entitled "Rickey Johnson v. State of Louisiana", bearing Number 60,648 on the docket10
of the Eleventh Judicial District Court, parish of Sabine, state of Louisiana.11
Section 2. This Act shall become effective on July 1, 2012; if vetoed by the governor12
and subsequently approved by the legislature, this Act shall become effective on July 1,13
2012, or on the day following such approval by the legislature, whichever is later. 14
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)]
Dixon HB No. 628
Appropriates from the state general fund for FY 2012-2013 the sum of $65,000 to pay the
judgment in "Rickey Johnson v. St. of La.", bearing No. 60,648 on the docket of the 11th
JDC, parish of Sabine.
Effective July 1, 2012.