DIGEST
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or proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)]
HB 623 Original 2023 Regular Session Freeman
Appropriates $35,000 out of the State General Fund (Direct) for FY 2022-2023 for payment of the
consent judgment against the state in the suit entitled Shameather Bridgewater et al. v. St. John the
Baptist Parish et al., bearing No. 56394, Division C, on the docket of the 40
th
Judicial District, parish
of St. John the Baptist.
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.