HLS 21RS-1073 ORIGINAL
2021 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 668
BY REPRESENTATIVE GARY CARTER
APPROPRIATIONS/JUDGMENT: Appropriates funds for payment of the consent
judgment against the state in the suit entitled Don Fontenelle v. Dash Building
Material Center, Inc. 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 captioned "Don Fontenelle versus Dash Building Material
4 Center, Inc., et al." between the state of Louisiana, through the Board of Supervisors
5 for the University of Louisiana System through the University of New Orleans, and
6 Carla Fontenelle, Alan Fontenelle, and Jason Fontenelle; to provide for certain
7 requirements and limitations; and to provide for related matters.
8Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
9 Section 1. The sum of Two Hundred Forty-Eight Thousand and no/100 ($248,000)
10Dollars is hereby payable out of the State General Fund (Direct) for Fiscal Year 2020-2021
11for payment of the consent judgment captioned "Don Fontenelle versus Dash Building
12Material Center, Inc., et al.", signed on January 19, 2021, between the state of Louisiana,
13through the Board of Supervisors for the University of Louisiana System through the
14University of New Orleans, and Carla Fontenelle, Alan Fontenelle, and Jason Fontenelle
15bearing Number 2018-04573, Division B-5, on the docket of the Civil District Court for the
16Parish of Orleans, state of Louisiana.
17 Section 2. The judgment may only be paid from this appropriation if it is final and
18shall be paid as to principal, interest, court costs, and expert witness fees as awarded in the
19judgment. If the provisions of the judgment conflict with the provisions of this Act, the
20provisions of the judgment shall be controlling. Any other provision of this Act not in
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1conflict with the provisions of the judgment shall control. Payment shall be made only after
2presentation to the state treasurer of documentation required by the state treasurer. Further,
3the judgment shall be deemed to have been paid on the effective date of this Act, and interest
4shall cease to run as of that date.
5 Section 3. This Act shall become effective upon signature by the governor or, if not
6signed by the governor, upon expiration of the time for bills to become law without signature
7by the governor, as provided by Article III, Section 18 of the Constitution of Louisiana. If
8vetoed by the governor and subsequently approved by the legislature, this Act shall become
9effective 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 668 Original 2021 Regular Session Gary Carter
Appropriates $248,000 out of the State General Fund (Direct) for FY 2020-2021 for payment
of the consent judgment captioned "Don Fontenelle versus Dash Building Material Center,
Inc., et al.", bearing Number 2018-04573, Division B-5, on the docket of the Civil District
Court for the Parish of Orleans.
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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