HLS 21RS-443 ORIGINAL
2021 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 107
BY REPRESENTATIVE ROBBY CARTER
APPROPRIATIONS/JUDGMENT: Appropriates funds for payment of consent judgment
against the state in the suit entitled "Glen Callies versus State of Louisiana through
the Department of Transportation and Development"
1 AN ACT
2To appropriate monies out of the state general fund for Fiscal Year 2021-2022 to be used to
3 pay the January 28, 2020, consent judgment between Glen Callies and the state of
4 Louisiana, through the Department of Transportation and Development in the suit
5 entitled "Glen Callies versus State of Louisiana through the Department of
6 Transportation and Development"; to provide for an effective date; and to provide
7 for related matters.
8Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
9 Section 1. The sum of One Hundred Eighty Thousand and No/100 ($180,000)
10Dollars is hereby payable out of the State General Fund (Direct) for Fiscal Year 2021-2022
11for payment of the January 28, 2020, consent judgment between Glen Callies and the state
12of Louisiana, through the Department of Transportation and Development in the suit entitled
13"Glen Callies versus State of Louisiana through the Department of Transportation and
14Development", bearing Number 33,844 Division "A" on the docket of the Twentieth Judicial
15District Court, parish of East Feliciana, state of Louisiana.
16 Section 2. A judgment may only be paid from this appropriation if it is final and
17shall be paid as to principal, interest, court costs, and expert witness fees as awarded in the
18judgment. If the provisions of the judgment conflict with the provisions of this Act, the
19provisions of the judgment shall be controlling. Any other provision of this Act not in
20conflict with the provisions of a judgment shall control. Payment shall be made only after
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1presentation to the state treasurer of documentation required by the state treasurer. Further,
2the judgment shall be deemed to have been paid on the effective date of this Act, and interest
3shall cease to run as of that date.
4 Section 3. This Act shall become effective on July 1, 2021; if vetoed by the governor
5and subsequently approved by the legislature, this Act shall become effective on July 1,
62021, 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 107 Original 2021 Regular Session Robby Carter
Appropriates $180,000 out of the State General Fund (Direct) for FY 2021-2022 for payment
of the consent judgment in the suit entitled "Glen Callies v. State of La. through DOTD",
bearing No. 33,844 Div. "A" on the docket of the 20th JDC, parish of East Feliciana.
Proposed law provides requirements for payment from the state treasury. Provides
contingencies in case of conflict between judgment and proposed law. Prohibits accrual of
interest on the judgment as of the effective date of proposed law.
Effective July 1, 2021.
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