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Regular Session, 2014
HOUSE BILL NO. 177
BY REPRESENTATIVE CHAMPAGNE
PUBLIC CONTRACTS: Requires reporting certain information on contracts awarded
without competitive bid or negotiation
AN ACT1
To amend and reenact R.S. 39:1489, relative to professional, personal, consulting, and social2
services procurement; to require the director of contractual review to report certain3
information regarding contracts awarded without the necessity of public bidding or4
competitive negotiation; and to provide for related matters.5
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:6
Section 1. R.S. 39:1489 is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows: 7
ยง1489. Reporting requirements; annual report; noncompetitive awards8
A. The director shall prepare such reports as he finds necessary for the9
proper conduct of his duties, to include an annual report of all professional, personal,10
consulting, social services, and other contracts over which the office of contractual11
review has power and authority under the provisions of this Chapter or through12
administrative rules and regulations. The annual report shall be compiled on a fiscal13
year basis and consist, at a minimum, of summary descriptive and statistical data14
regarding the number and amounts of such contracts by type of service. The annual15
report shall be submitted to the president of the Senate and speaker of the House of16
Representatives not later than January first of the year following the end of the fiscal17
year for which the report is prepared.18
B.(1) The director shall prepare an annual report of all professional,19
personal, consulting, and social services contracts awarded without the necessity of20 HLS 14RS-312 ENGROSSED
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competitive bidding or competitive negotiation under the provisions of this Chapter.1
The annual report shall be compiled on a fiscal year basis by using agency and2
consist, at a minimum, of the following information for each contract:3
(a) The name of the contractor.4
(b) The type of contract awarded.5
(c) A descriptive summary of the contract.6
(d) The amount of the contract.7
(e) The start and end dates of the contract.8
(2) The annual report shall be submitted to the Joint Legislative Committee9
on the Budget not later than January first of the year following the end of the fiscal10
year for which the report is prepared.11
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)]
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Abstract: Requires the state director of contractual review to prepare an annual report for
the Joint Legislative Committee on the Budget of all professional, personal,
consulting, and social services contracts awarded without the necessity of
competitive bidding or competitive negotiation.
Present law provides that professional services, personal services, consulting services under
$50,000, and certain social service contracts may be awarded without competitive bidding
or competitive negotiation.
Proposed law retains present law and requires the director of contractual review to prepare
an annual report of all professional, personal, consulting, and social services contracts
awarded without the necessity of competitive bidding or competitive negotiation. The
annual report shall be compiled on a fiscal year basis and consist, at a minimum, and by
using agency, of the following:
(1)The name of the contractor.
(2)The type of contract awarded.
(3)A descriptive summary of the contract.
(4)The amount of the contract.
(5)The start and end dates of the contract. HLS 14RS-312 ENGROSSED
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Proposed law requires that the annual report shall be submitted to the Joint Legislative
Committee on the Budget not later than January first of the year following the end of the
fiscal year for which the report is prepared.
(Amends R.S. 39:1489)