HLS 21RS-697 ORIGINAL
2021 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 407
BY REPRESENTATIVE DAVIS
APPROPRIATIONS/JUDGMENT: Appropriates funds for the payment of consent
judgment against the Department of Transportation and Development in the suit
entitled Daisy Horton Holmes, et al. v. Lloyd Harris, et al.
1 AN ACT
2To appropriate monies out of the state general fund for Fiscal Year 2020-2021 to be used to
3 pay the consent judgment dated February 21, 2020, between the State of Louisiana,
4 through the Department of Transportation and Development and Nellie Horton
5 Bakare, Mose Horton, Jr., Dwight Horton, Kerri Horton, and Orelee Horton in the
6 suit entitled "Daisy Horton Holmes, et al versus Lloyd Harris, State Farm Mutual
7 Automobile Insurance Company, AAA Insurance Company and State of Louisiana -
8 Dept. of Transportation"; to provide for an effective date; and to provide for related
9 matters.
10Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
11 Section 1. The sum of Seventy-Five Thousand and No/100 ($75,000) dollars is
12hereby payable out of the State General Fund (Direct) for Fiscal Year 2020-2021 for
13payment of the consent judgment dated February 21, 2020, between the State of Louisiana,
14through the Department of Transportation and Development and Nellie Horton Bakare,
15Mose Horton, Jr., Dwight Horton, Kerri Horton, and Orelee Horton in the suit entitled
16"Daisy Horton Holmes, et al versus Lloyd Harris, State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance
17Company, AAA Insurance Company and State of Louisiana - Dept. of Transportation",
18bearing Number 41,149; Section "B" on the docket of the Twentieth Judicial District Court,
19parish of East Feliciana, state of Louisiana.
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1 Section 2. A judgment may only be paid from this appropriation if it is final and
2shall be paid as to principal, interest, court costs, and expert witness fees as awarded in the
3judgment. If the provisions of the judgment conflict with the provisions of this Act, the
4provisions of the judgment shall be controlling. Any other provision of this Act not in
5conflict with the provisions of a judgment shall control. Payment shall be made only after
6presentation to the state treasurer of documentation required by the state treasurer. Further,
7the judgment shall be deemed to have been paid on the effective date of this Act, and interest
8shall cease to run as of that date.
9 Section 3. This Act shall become effective upon signature by the governor or, if not
10signed by the governor, upon expiration of the time for bills to become law without signature
11by the governor, as provided by Article III, Section 18 of the Constitution of Louisiana. If
12vetoed by the governor and subsequently approved by the legislature, this Act shall become
13effective on the day following such approval.
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 407 Original 2021 Regular Session Davis
Appropriates $75,000 out of the State General Fund (Direct) for FY 2020-2021 for payment
of the Feb. 21, 2020 consent judgment between the State of La., through the Dept. of
Transportation and Development and Nellie Horton Bakare, Mose Horton, Jr., Dwight
Horton, Kerri Horton, and Orelee Horton in the suit entitled "Daisy Horton Holmes, et al
versus Lloyd Harris, State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company, AAA Insurance
Company and State of Louisiana - Dept. of Transportation", bearing Number 41,149; Section
"B" on the docket of the Twentieth Judicial District Court, 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 upon signature of governor or lapse of time for gubernatorial action.
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