The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part of the
legislative instrument, were prepared by Jerry J. Guillot.
DIGEST
Broome SR No. 161
Requests public entities to require a private employer who bids on or contracts with the public
entity for the performance of services, the purchase of materials and supplies, or public works
attest in a sworn affidavit that:
(1) The private employer's pay practices conform with the pay practices in the
Louisiana Equal Pay for Women Act for state employees.
(2) The private employer shall continue, during the term of the contract, to comply
with such pay practices.
(3) The private employer have all subcontractors to submit to the employer a sworn
affidavit verifying that they are also in compliance with (1) and (2) above.
(4) The private employer will maintain and make available to the public entity its
records reflecting the name, address, and position of each employee, and all wages
paid to each employee upon reasonable notice and during normal working hours
and that these records will be preserved for not less than three years from the
completion of the contract.
Provides the following definitions:
(1) "Private employer" means a person, association, legal or commercial entity, receiving
services from an employee and in return, giving compensation of any kind to an
employee, who employs 20 or more employees within this state for each working day in
each of twenty or more calendar weeks in the current or preceding calendar year.
(2)"Public entity" means and includes the state, or any agency, board, commission,
department, or public corporation of the state, created by the constitution or statute or
pursuant thereto, or any political subdivision of the state, local governmental subdivision,
or municipality as defined in Article VI Section 44 of the state constitution, any public
housing authority, public school board, or any public officer whether or not an officer of a
public corporation or political subdivision, and any public body or officer where the
particular transaction of the public body or officer is governed by the provisions of the
model procurement code.