HLS 23RS-1161 ORIGINAL
2023 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 613
BY REPRESENTATIVE GREGORY MILLER
APPROPRIATIONS/JUDGMENT: Appropriates funds for payment of the consent
judgment against the state in the matter entitled Stephen C. Poche' v. Jeremy Holmes
et al.
1 AN ACT
2To appropriate monies out of the state general fund for Fiscal Year 2022-2023 to be used to
3 pay the consent judgment captioned "Stephen C. Poche' versus Jeremy Holmes,
4 Pigott Oil Company, American International Group Company, Nationwide
5 Agribusiness Insurance Company A/K/A Farmland Insurance Company and the State
6 of Louisiana, through the Department of Transportation and Development" between
7 the state of Louisiana, through the Department of Transportation and Development,
8 and Stephen C. Poche'; 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 Twenty-Five Thousand and No/100 ($25,000) Dollars is
12hereby payable out of the State General Fund (Direct) for Fiscal Year 2022-2023 for
13payment of the consent judgment captioned "Stephen C. Poche' versus Jeremy Holmes,
14Pigott Oil Company, American International Group Company, Nationwide Agribusiness
15Insurance Company A/K/A Farmland Insurance Company and the State of Louisiana,
16through the Department of Transportation and Development", signed on December 18, 2015,
17between the state of Louisiana, through the Department of Transportation and Development,
18and Stephen C. Poche', bearing Number 2005-000387, Division D, on the docket of the
19Twenty-First Judicial District, parish of Tangipahoa, state of Louisiana.
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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 613 Original 2023 Regular Session Gregory Miller
Appropriates $25,000 out of the State General Fund (Direct) for FY 2022-2023 for payment
of the consent judgment against the state in the suit entitled Stephen C. Poche' v. Jeremy
Holmes et al., bearing No. 2005-000387, Section D, on the docket of the 21
st
Judicial
District, parish of Tangipahoa.
Proposed law provides relative to payment. Provides relative to conflicts 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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