ENROLLED
ACT No. 200
2021 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 323
BY REPRESENTATIVE GADBERRY
1 AN ACT
2 To amend and reenact R.S. 38:2318.1(A) and (C), relative to architectural and engineering
3 professional services; to require the selection of architectural and engineering
4 professional services based on competence and qualifications; to prohibit the
5 selection of architectural and engineering professional services based on price; to
6 provide for public records; to provide for applicability; and to provide for related
7 matters.
8 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
9 Section 1. R.S. 38:2318.1(A) and (C) are hereby amended and reenacted to read as
10 follows:
11 PART VII-A. LOUISIANA "NO BIDDING OF DESIGN
12 ARCHITECTURAL AND ENGINEERING
13 PROFESSIONAL SERVICES" POLICY
14 ยง2318.1. Louisiana "No Bidding of Design Architectural and Engineering
15 Professional Services" policy
16 A. It is the policy of the state of Louisiana, its political subdivisions, and
17 agencies to select providers of design architectural and engineering professional
18 services on the basis of competence and qualifications for a fair and reasonable price.
19 Neither the state nor any of its political subdivisions or agencies may select providers
20 of design services architects, engineers, landscape architects, and land surveyors
21 wherein price or price-related information is a factor in the selection.
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1 C. It is the policy of the state of Louisiana that all records, as defined in R.S.
2 44:1(A)(2)(a), involved or dealing with the selection of design architectural and
3 engineering professional services shall be open to the public in accord with the intent
4 of Louisiana Constitution Article XII, Section 3, and R.S. 44:31.
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED:
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