HLS 25RS-405 ORIGINAL
2025 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 46
BY REPRESENTATIVE VILLIO
APPROPRIATIONS/JUDGMENT: Appropriates funds for payment of the consent
judgment against the state in the suit entitled Singleton v. State Farm Fire & Casualty
Ins. Co. et al.
1 AN ACT
2Relative to the appropriation of monies out of the state general fund to be used to pay the
3 consent judgment captioned "Troy Singleton versus State Farm Fire & Casualty
4 Insurance Company and Terrill Talamo Agency, L.L.C." between the state of
5 Louisiana, through the Department of Transportation and Development, and Troy
6 Singleton; to provide for an effective date; and to provide for related matters.
7Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
8 Section 1. The sum of Twenty-Five Thousand and No/100 ($25,000) Dollars is
9hereby payable out of the State General Fund (Direct) for Fiscal Year 2024-2025 for
10payment of the consent judgment captioned "Troy Singleton versus State Farm Fire &
11Casualty Insurance Company and Terrill Talamo Agency, L.L.C.", signed on January 17,
122024, between the state of Louisiana, through the Department of Transportation and
13Development, and Troy Singleton, bearing Number 2018-13505, Division B, on the docket
14of the Twenty-Second Judicial District, parish of St. Tammany, state of Louisiana.
15 Section 2. The judgment may only be paid from this appropriation if it is final and
16shall be paid as to principal, interest, court costs, and expert witness fees as awarded in the
17judgment. If the provisions of the judgment conflict with the provisions of this Act, the
18provisions of the judgment shall be controlling. Any other provision of this Act not in
19conflict with the provisions of the judgment shall control. Payment shall be made only after
20presentation to the state treasurer of documentation required by the state treasurer. Further,
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1the judgment shall be deemed to have been paid on the effective date of this Act, and interest
2shall cease to run as of that date.
3 Section 3. This Act shall become effective upon signature by the governor or, if not
4signed by the governor, upon expiration of the time for bills to become law without signature
5by the governor, as provided by Article III, Section 18 of the Constitution of Louisiana. If
6vetoed by the governor and subsequently approved by the legislature, this Act shall become
7effective 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 46 Original 2025 Regular Session Villio
Appropriates $25,000 out of the State General Fund (Direct) for FY 2024-2025 for payment
of the consent judgment against the state in the suit entitled Troy Singleton v. State Farm
Fire & Casualty Ins. Co. et al., bearing No. 2018-13505, Division B, on the docket of the
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Judicial District, parish of St. Tammany.
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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