HLS 22RS-425 ORIGINAL
2022 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 97
BY REPRESENTATIVE MAGEE
LEVEES: Removes the termination date applicable to levee restoration or rehabilitation
work not publicly bid
1 AN ACT
2To amend and reenact R.S. 38:2212(C)(3), relative to the termination date applicable to
3 provisions governing certain work not publicly bid; to remove the termination date
4 for the restoration or rehabilitation of a levee not maintained with federal funds and
5 not publicly bid; and to provide for related matters.
6Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
7 Section 1. R.S. 38:2212(C)(3) is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows:
8 §2212. Advertisement and letting to lowest responsible and responsive bidder;
9 public work; electronic bidding; participation in mentor-protégé program;
10 exemptions; subpoena
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12 C.
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14 (3)(a) The annual limit by a public entity for any work to restore or
15 rehabilitate a levee that is not maintained with federal funds, including mitigation on
16 public lands owned by the state or a political subdivision, shall not exceed the sum
17 of one million dollars, including labor, materials, and equipment, which is not
18 publicly bid, as per the rates in the latest edition of the Associated Equipment
19 Distributors Rental Rate Book, and administrative overhead not to exceed fifteen
20 percent; provided that the work is undertaken by the public entity with its own
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HB NO. 97
1 resources and employees, or with the resources and employees of another public
2 entity through a cooperative endeavor or other agreement with such entity.
3 (b) The provisions of this Paragraph shall remain effective until December
4 31, 2022.
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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 97 Original 2022 Regular Session Magee
Abstract: Removes the termination date for provisions governing the restoration or
rehabilitation of a levee not maintained with federal funds and not publicly bid.
Present law (R.S. 38:2212(C)(3)(a)) grants a public entity the ability to restore or rehabilitate
a levee not maintained with federal funds.
Proposed law maintains present law.
Present law specifies that the provisions contained in R.S. 38:2212(C)(3)(a) are effective
until Dec. 31, 2022.
Proposed law repeals present law.
(Amends R.S. 38:2212(C)(3))
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