HLS 20RS-119 ORIGINAL
2020 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 234
BY REPRESENTATIVE WHEAT
APPROPRIATIONS/JUDGMENT: Appropriates funds for payment of the judgment
against the State of Louisiana, DOTD, in "Jean Boudreaux and the Victims of the
Flood on April 6, 1983 on the Tangipahoa River v. The State of Louisiana,
Department of Transportation, et al"
1 AN ACT
2To appropriate funds out of the General Fund of the state of Louisiana for Fiscal Year 2020-
3 2021 to be used to pay the final judgment in the suit entitled "Jean Boudreaux and
4 the Victims of the Flood on April 6, 1983 on the Tangipahoa River v. The State of
Louisiana, Department of Transportation, et al5 "; to provide for interest; to provide
6 for court costs; and to provide for related matters.
7Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
8 Section 1.The sum of Ninety-One Million Eight Hundred Twenty-Four Thousand
9Seven Hundred Twenty and 79/100 ($91,824,720.79) Dollars, plus legal interest from April
106, 1984, until paid, is hereby appropriated out of the General Fund of the state of Louisiana
11for Fiscal Year 2020-2021, which shall be payable to plaintiffs through Hancock Bank, as
12escrow agent, into escrow account number 1097000229 for payment of the judgment
13rendered in the class action suit entitled "Jean Boudreaux and the Victims of the Flood on
14April 6, 1983 on the Tangipahoa River v. The State of Louisiana, Department of
Transportation, et al15 ", bearing Number 2004-0985 on the docket of the Louisiana Court of
16Appeal, First Circuit, which appropriation is to be made only after there is a signed
17agreement of judgment between the class and the state.
18 Section 2. The judgment provided for in Section 1 hereof shall be deemed to have
19been paid on the effective date of this Act and legal interest shall cease to run as of that date.
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HB NO. 234
1 Section 3. This Act shall become effective on July 1, 2020; if vetoed by the governor
2and subsequently approved by the legislature, this Act shall become effective on July 1,
32020, 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 234 Original 2020 Regular Session Wheat
Appropriates from the state general fund for FY 2020-2021 the sum of $91,824,720.79, plus
interest from April 6, 1984, until paid, payable to Hancock Bank as escrow agent, into
escrow account number 1097000229, as payment of the judgment rendered in the class
action suit entitled "Jean Boudreaux and the Victims of the Flood on April 6, 1983 on the
Tangipahoa River v. The State of Louisiana, Department of Transportation, et al", bearing
No. 2004-0985 on the docket of the Louisiana Court of Appeal, First Circuit.
Effective July 1, 2020.
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