HLS 16RS-784 ORIGINAL
2016 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 857
BY REPRESENTATIVE HUVAL
TRANSPORTATION DEPT: Requires employees or representatives of the Dept. of
Transportation and Development to comply with a contractor's safety and
environmental plan on department projects
1 AN ACT
2To enact R.S. 48:251(E), relative to contracts let by the Department of Transportation and
3 Development; to require that the Department of Transportation and Development
4 employees abide by a contractor's safety and environmental plan; to provide that a
5 contractor shall not be liable for injuries sustained by a Department of Transportation
6 and Development employee who fails to abide by a contractor's safety and
7 environmental plan; and to provide for related matters.
8Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
9 Section 1. R.S. 48:251(E) is hereby enacted to read as follows:
10 ยง251. Contracts for projects
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12 E. Every contract of the department shall provide that all employees of the
13 department shall abide by the safety and environmental plan of a contractor while on
14 a job site. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, every contract of
15 the department shall provide that the contractor shall not be liable for injuries
16 sustained by any department employee while on a job site due to the employee's
17 failure to abide by the safety and environmental plan of a contractor.
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CODING: Words in struck through type are deletions from existing law; words underscored
are additions. HLS 16RS-784 ORIGINAL
HB NO. 857
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 857 Original 2016 Regular Session Huval
Abstract: Provides that every contract of the Dept. of Transportation and Development
shall require employees of the department to abide by the safety and environmental
plan of a contractor while on a job site.
Proposed law requires every contract of the Dept. of Transportation and Development to
provide that employees of the department shall abide by the safety and environmental plan
of a contractor while on a job site.
Proposed law provides that, notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, every
contract of the Dept. of Transportation and Development shall provide that the contractor
shall not be liable for injuries sustained by department employees while on a job site due to
the employee's failure to abide by the safety and environmental plan of a contractor.
(Adds R.S. 48:251(E))
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CODING: Words in struck through type are deletions from existing law; words underscored
are additions.