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Regular Session, 2014
HOUSE BILL NO. 1070
BY REPRESENTATIVE BROSSETT
PUBLIC CONTRACT/BID S: Provides relative to contracts for public works in certain
parishes
AN ACT1
To enact R.S. 38:2225.1(B)(3), relative to public work contracts let by certain parish2
governing authorities; to provide for hiring preferences; to provide for an effective3
date; and to provide for related matters.4
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:5
Section 1. R.S. 38:2225.1(B)(3) is hereby enacted to read as follows:6
ยง2225.1. Contracts in which the state or political subdivision are participants;7
preferences; assistance; exclusions8
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B.10
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(3) In addition, upon a finding that there is substantial need to counteract12
grave economic and social ills, the governing authority of a parish with a population13
of not less than three hundred thousand and not more than four hundred thousand14
persons, according to the most recent federal decennial census, may require, as a15
condition of a contract for public works which is to be paid for solely with parish16
funds, that not less than fifty percent of the persons employed in fulfilling that17
contract be residents of the parish granting the contract. Notwithstanding the18
provisions of this Paragraph, management personnel and persons whose skills are19
unavailable for performing the work may be excluded from the requirements of this20 HLS 14RS-1679 ORIGINAL
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Paragraph, as the governing authority may determine and provide for in the bid1
specifications.2
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Section 2. This Act shall become effective upon signature by the governor or, if not4
signed by the governor, upon expiration of the time for bills to become law without signature5
by the governor, as provided by Article III, Section 18 of the Constitution of Louisiana. If6
vetoed by the governor and subsequently approved by the legislature, this Act shall become7
effective on the day following such approval.8
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)]
Brossett HB No. 1070
Abstract: Authorizes the governing authority of parishes with populations of at least
300,000 but not more than 400,000 persons to establish a local hiring preference in
the granting of public work contracts.
Present law establishes a local hiring preference for certain state agencies, political
subdivisions, or parish governing authorities in public work contracts.
Proposed law authorizes the governing authority of parishes with populations of at least
300,000 but not more than 400,000 persons, upon a finding that there is substantial need to
counteract grave economic and social ills, to require, as a condition of letting contracts for
public works to be paid for solely with parish funds, that not less than 50% of the persons
employed in fulfilling that contract be residents of the parish granting the contract.
Proposed law excludes from this requirement management personnel and persons whose
skills are unavailable from performing the work.
Effective upon signature of governor or lapse of time for gubernatorial action.
(Adds R.S. 38:2225.1(B)(3))