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2025 Regular Session
SENATE BILL NO. 167
BY SENATOR FOIL
Prefiled pursuant to Article III, Section 2(A)(4)(b)(i) of the Constitution of Louisiana.
PUBLIC CONTRACTS. Provides for work performed by certain public entities to restore
or rehabilitate certain levees. (8/1/25)
1 AN ACT
2 To amend and reenact R.S. 38:2212(C)(3)(a), relative to public contracts; to provide for an
3 increase to the annual limit on work performed by a public entity to restore or
4 rehabilitate a levee which is not maintained with federal funds, including mitigation
5 on public lands owned by the state or a political subdivision; and to provide for
6 related matters.
7 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
8 Section 1. R.S. 38:2212(C)(3)(a) is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows:
9 §2212. Advertisement and letting to lowest responsible and responsive bidder;
10 public work; electronic bidding; participation in mentor-protégé
11 program; exemptions; subpoena
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13 C. * * *
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 five hundred thousand dollars, including labor, materials, and
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1 equipment, which is not publicly bid, as per the rates in the latest edition of the
2 Associated Equipment Distributors Rental Rate Book, and administrative overhead
3 not to exceed fifteen percent; provided that the work is undertaken by the public
4 entity with its own resources and employees, or with the resources and employees
5 of another public entity through a cooperative endeavor or other agreement with such
6 entity.
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The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument, were prepared by Archana D. Cadge.
DIGEST
SB 167 Original 2025 Regular Session Foil
Present law provides that the contract limit for any contract by a public entity to restore or
rehabilitate a levee which is not maintained with federal funds or to perform mitigation on
public lands owned by the state or a political subdivision shall be equal to the sum of
$1,000,000, including labor, materials, and equipment, which is not publicly bid, as per the
rates in the latest edition of the Associated Equipment Distributors Rental Rate Book.
Present law further provides administrative overhead cannot exceed fifteen percent; provided
that the work is undertaken by the public entity with its own resources and employees, or
with the resources and employees of another public entity through a cooperative endeavor
or other agreement with another entity.
Proposed law retains present law and increases the annual limit not to exceed $1,500,000.
Effective August 1, 2025.
(Amends R.S. 38:2212(C)(3)(a))
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