DIGEST
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HB 243 Original 2024 Regular Session Dewitt
Appropriates $375,000 out of the State General Fund (Direct) for FY 2023-2024 for payment of the
following consent judgments against the state:
(1)$100,000 for payment of the consent judgment captioned "Donnie and Wendy Hardman
versus Louisiana through the Department of Transportation and Development, et al
consolidated with Shane Swiger versus Louisiana through the Department of Transportation
and Development, et al", signed on February 11, 2022, between the state of Louisiana,
through the Department of Transportation and Development, and Shane Swiger, bearing
Number 134102 B, on the docket of the Sixteenth Judicial District, parish of Iberia, state of
Louisiana.
(2)$275,000 for payment of the consent judgment captioned "Donnie and Wendy Hardman
versus Louisiana through the Department of Transportation and Development, et al
consolidated with Shane Swiger versus Louisiana through the Department of Transportation
and Development, et al", signed on February 11, 2022, between the state of Louisiana,
through the Department of Transportation and Development, and Donnie Hardman and
Wendy Hardman, bearing Number 133917 A, on the docket of the Sixteenth Judicial District,
parish of Iberia, state of Louisiana.
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.