Champagne (HB 177) Act No. 33
Existing 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.
New law 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 by using agency, and include, at a minimum, the name of the
contractor, the type of contract awarded, a descriptive summary of the contract, the amount
of the contract, and the start and end dates of the contract.
New law requires that the annual report shall be submitted to the Joint Legislative Committee
on the Budget not later than Jan. 1
st
of the year following the end of the fiscal year for which
the report is prepared.
Effective Aug. 1, 2014.
(Amends R.S. 39:1489)