HLS 22RS-550 ORIGINAL
2022 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 77
BY REPRESENTATIVE MIKE JOHNSON
APPROPRIATIONS/JUDGMENT: Appropriates funds for payment of the consent
judgment against the state in the suit entitled Jason Schwab and Brantley Grundmann
v Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development, et al.
1 AN ACT
2To appropriate monies out of the state general fund for Fiscal Year 2021-2022 to be used to
3 pay the consent judgment captioned "Jason Schwab and Brantley Grundmann versus
4 Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development, Board of Commissioners
5 of the Port of New Orleans, and Board of Levee Commissioners of the Orleans
6 Levee District" between the state of Louisiana, through the Department of
7 Transportation and Development, and State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance
8 Company; to provide for an effective date; and to provide for related matters.
9Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
10 Section 1. The sum of One Thousand Four Hundred Eighteen and No/100 ($1,418)
11Dollars is hereby payable out of the State General Fund (Direct) for Fiscal Year 2021-2022
12for payment of the consent judgment captioned "Jason Schwab and Brantley Grundmann
13versus Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development, Board of Commissioners
14of the Port of New Orleans, and Board of Levee Commissioners of the Orleans Levee
15District", signed on April 8, 2019, between the state of Louisiana, through the Department
16of Transportation and Development, and State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company
17as subrogee of Blue Water Shipping Company, Inc., bearing Number 2011-6709, Division
18J, Section 5, on the docket of the Civil District Court for the Parish of Orleans, state of
19Louisiana.
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1 Section 2. The 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 the 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 77 Original 2022 Regular Session Mike Johnson
Appropriates $1,418 out of the State General Fund (Direct) for FY 2021-2022 for payment
of the consent judgment entitled Jason Schwab and Brantley Grundmann versus Louisiana
Department of Transportation and Development, Board of Commissioners of the Port of
New Orleans, and Board of Levee Commissioners of the Orleans Levee District, bearing No.
2011-6709, Division J, Section 5, on the docket of the Civil District Court for the Parish of
Orleans.
Proposed law provides relative to payment. Provides for conflict between the 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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