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2021 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 174
BY REPRESENTATIVE HUVAL
Prefiled pursuant to Article III, Section 2(A)(4)(b)(i) of the Constitution of Louisiana.
PUBLIC CONTRACT/BIDS: Provides relative to the Louisiana Municipal Natural Gas
Purchasing and Distribution Authority
1 AN ACT
2To amend and reenact R.S. 33:4546.21, relative to the Louisiana Municipal Natural Gas
3 Purchasing and Distribution Authority; to provide for the authority to require
4 contractors and subcontractors to be prequalified as part of the public bidding
5 process for pipeline facilities; and to provide for related matters.
6Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
7 Section 1. R.S. 33:4546.21 is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows:
8 ยง4546.21. Construction contracts
9 A. The authority may contract for the planning, acquisition, construction,
10 reconstruction, operation, maintenance, repair, extension, and improvement of a
11 project or may contract with one or more political subdivisions to perform these
12 functions.
13 B. Whenever such a project includes a pipeline facility that is publicly bid,
14 the authority or the participating political subdivision in which the project will be
15 completed may require, as part of the bidding process, the prequalification of
16 contractors and subcontractors to ensure compliance with the certification
17 requirements of 49 CFR Part 192.801 et seq., as mandated by the United States
18 Department of Transportation Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety
19 Administration or the Louisiana Department of Natural Resources. Any such project
20 subject to prequalification shall otherwise comply with the provisions of R.S.
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HB NO. 174
1 38:2211 et seq. and any other applicable provisions regarding public procurement or
2 public bidding.
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 174 Engrossed 2021 Regular Session Huval
Abstract: Grants the Louisiana Municipal Natural Gas Purchasing and Distribution
Authority or participating political subdivision the power to require contractors and
subcontractors to be prequalified as part of the public bid process for projects
including a pipeline facility.
Present law allows the authority to contract for the planning, acquisition, construction,
reconstruction, operation, maintenance, repair, extension, and improvement of a project or
to contract with one or more political subdivisions to perform these functions.
Proposed law retains present law and grants the authority or participating political
subdivision in which the project will be completed the power to require contractors and
subcontractors to be prequalified as part of the public bid process, whenever such project
includes a pipeline facility, to ensure compliance with federal certification requirements.
(Amends R.S. 33:4546.21)
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