HLS 15RS-1168 ORIGINAL
2015 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 409
BY REPRESENTATIVE WHITNEY
APPROPRIATIONS/JUDGMENT: Appropriates funds for payment of judgment in the
matter of "Emile Collins v. City of Thibodaux, Lafourche Parish Government, and
State of Louisiana"
1 AN ACT
2To appropriate funds out of the General Fund of the state of Louisiana for Fiscal Year 2015-
3 2016 to be used to pay the consent judgment in the suit entitled "Emile Collins v.
4 City of Thibodaux, Lafourche Parish Government, and State of Louisiana"; and to
5 provide for related matters.
6Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
7 Section 1. The sum of Sixty-Five Thousand and No/100 ($65,000.00) Dollars is
8hereby appropriated out of the General Fund of the state of Louisiana for Fiscal Year 2015-
92016 to be used to pay the consent judgment in the suit entitled "Emile Collins v. City of
10Thibodaux, Lafourche Parish Government, and State of Louisiana", bearing Number 119-
11807, Division "B" on the docket of the Seventeenth Judicial District Court, parish of
12Lafourche, state of Louisiana.
13 Section 2. This Act shall become effective on July 1, 2015; if vetoed by the governor
14and subsequently approved by the legislature, this Act shall become effective on July 1,
152015, or on the day following such approval by the legislature, whichever is later.
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)]
HB 409 Original 2015 Regular Session Whitney
Appropriates from the state general fund for FY15-16 the sum of $65,000 to pay the consent
judgment in "Emile Collins v. City of Thibodaux, Lafourche Parish Government, and St. of
La.", bearing No. 119-807, Div. "B", on the docket of the 17
th
JDC, parish of Lafourche.
Effective July 1, 2015.
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