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LA HB104

Bill

Status

Introduced

3/24/2025

Primary Sponsor

Jack McFarland

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Origin

House of Representatives

2025 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Appropriates $45,000 from the State General Fund for Fiscal Year 2024-2025 to pay a consent judgment in "Sharon Wilkerson versus State of Louisiana, the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development and the City of Baton Rouge/Parish of East Baton Rouge"

  • The consent judgment was signed on January 4, 2024, in the 19th Judicial District Court, East Baton Rouge Parish (Case No. C-685,939, Section 21/D)

  • Payment covers principal, interest, court costs, and expert witness fees as awarded in the judgment

  • Interest on the judgment ceases to accrue on the effective date of the Act, and the judgment is deemed paid as of that date

  • Becomes effective upon the governor's signature or upon expiration of the time for gubernatorial action

Legislative Description

Appropriates funds for payment of the consent judgment against the state in the suit entitled Wilkerson v. State of La. et al.

APPROPRIATIONS/JUDGMENT

Last Action

Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Appropriations.

4/14/2025

Committee Referrals

Appropriations3/24/2025

Full Bill Text

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