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ACT No. 598
Regular Session, 2012
HOUSE BILL NO. 831
BY REPRESENTATIVE HAZEL
AN ACT1
To amend and reenact R.S. 38:2227(A), relative to bidders on public contracts; to revise2
provisions prohibiting certain contractors from bidding on public contracts; and to3
provide for related matters.4
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:5
Section 1. R.S. 38:2227(A) is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows: 6
ยง2227. Exclusion of certain contractors from bidding7
A. Each public entity advertising and letting for bid a public works contract8
shall require each the lowest bidder, in addition to the provisions of R.S.9
38:2212(A)(3)(c)(ii), after the opening of bids, if a sole proprietor, to attest that he10
has not been convicted of, or has not entered a plea of guilty or nolo contendere to11
any of the crimes or equivalent federal crimes listed in Subsection B of this Section.12
Each The lowest bidding entity shall submit an attestation that no individual partner,13
incorporator, director, manager, officer, organizer, or member, who has a minimum14
of a ten percent ownership in the bidding entity, has been convicted of, or has15
entered a plea of guilty or nolo contendere to any of the crimes or equivalent federal16
crimes listed in Subsection B of this Section.17
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SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATI VES
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED: