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LA Rev Stat § 38:2312 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§2312. Notice and application

RS 2312 - Notice and application  A. Each agency intending to contract for professional services shall notify the Division of Administration of such intention and shall provide the Division of Administration with all necessary information concerning the proposed project. The Division of Administration shall then evaluate the proposed project for purposes of determining the professional service to be required in order to refer the project to the proper board. The Division of Administration shall then advise the chairmen of the boards as to which selection board the proposed project has been referred.  If the chairman of any of the three professional selection boards objects to a referral made by the Division of Administration, said objection shall be submitted to the Division of Administration, whereupon the Division of Administration shall submit the information concerning the proposed project to a committee composed of the chairman of the Louisiana Architects Selection Board, the chairman of the Louisiana Engineers Selection Board, the chairman of the Louisiana Landscape Architects Selection Board, the head, or representative named by the head, of the user agency whose project is under consideration, and the head of the Division of Administration or his appointed representative. The members of the committee, by majority vote, shall designate which selection board shall have the authority and responsibility for selecting the prime professional for the project. The committee shall notify the Division of Administration of its decision. The Division of Administration shall notify the board which has been designated the responsibility of selecting the prime professional for the project.  The designated board shall then advertise one time in the official state journal the following information: (a) the professional service required; (b) the name, location, and user agency for which the professional service is required; (c) time and instructions for applicants to submit applications for employment to the appropriate board; (d) general description of the project, and the availability of details upon request; (e) time frame in which the professional services must be completed; (f) the project budget; and (g) the fee, which shall be determined by the Division of Administration.  B. Any person who desires to be considered for a project may submit data to the appropriate selection board concerning his experience, previous projects undertaken, present state projects now being performed by him or his firm for an agency, scope and amount of work on hand, the names of key personnel who will be assigned to the project, and any other information that may be appropriate in selecting the person for the particular project under consideration. The boards may develop standard forms to be used for submitting such data.  Added by Acts 1975, No. 721, §1. Amended by Acts 1976, No. 525, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 38:2314.1 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§2314.1. Arbitration

RS 2314.1 - Arbitration  Any contract for professional design services entered into by the state shall require that all claims, disputes, and other matters arising from that contract shall, at the option of the state, be decided by arbitration. To the extent possible, such arbitration proceedings shall be conducted in accordance with the Construction Industry Association rules of the American Arbitration Association. Any such arbitration proceeding shall, at the option of the state, be consolidated with or joined to other arbitration proceedings between the state and other persons or entities under contract with the state for the construction, repair, or alteration of the project in question. This Section shall not be limited by R.S. 38:2316.  Added by Acts 1982, No. 599, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 38:2315 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§2315. Equal opportunity

RS 2315 - Equal opportunity  Every person shall be guaranteed equal employment opportunities in the selection of persons for professional services and such selection of persons for professional services and such selection shall not discriminate against any person because of race, religion, national ancestry, age, sex, or physical condition. If any person or persons violates the provisions of this section, they shall be subject to the same penalties as provided in R.S. 38:2314(A).  Added by Acts 1975, No. 721, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 38:2316 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§2316. Applicability

RS 2316 - Applicability Except as provided in R.S. 38:2311(C), the provisions of this Part shall not apply to professional service contracts in which the estimated project budget cost is five hundred thousand dollars or less. Added by Acts 1975, No. 721, §1. Amended by Acts 1982, No. 618, §1; Acts 1999, No. 921, §1, eff. July 7, 1999; Acts 1999, No. 1013, §1, eff. July 9, 1999.
LA Rev Stat § 38:2317 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§2317. Ownership of documents

RS 2317 - Ownership of documents  A. Any and all plans, designs, specifications, or other construction documents resulting from professional services paid for by any public entity shall remain the property of the public entity whether the project for which they were prepared was constructed or not. Except as otherwise provided herein, such documents may be used by the public entity to construct another like project without the approval of, or additional compensation to, the design professional.  B. The designer shall not be liable for injury or damage resulting from any re-use of plans, designs, specifications, or other construction documents by a public entity, if the designer is not also involved in the re-use project.  C. The designer may re-use his design documents however he so desires.  D. The right of ownership provided for in this Section shall not be transferable.  E. Prior to the re-use of construction documents for a project in which the designer is not also involved, the public entity shall remove and obliterate from the construction documents all identification of the original designer, including name, address, and professional seal or stamp.  Acts 1982, No. 693, §1; Acts 1991, No. 177, §1, eff. July 2, 1991.
LA Rev Stat § 38:2318 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§2318. Prescription

RS 2318 - Prescription A. Any action by the state or an agency against any person or other entity concerning a professional services contract for public works construction entered into by such person or other entity with the state or an agency shall prescribe five years from the acceptance of the project to which the services performed under the contract are related. B. Any action against the state or an agency by any person or entity concerning services he has performed pursuant to a professional services contract for public works construction he has entered into with the state or an agency shall prescribe five years from the acceptance of the project to which the services performed under the contract are related. C. This Section shall not be limited by R.S. 38:2316. Acts 1999, No. 743, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 38:2318.1 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§2318.1. Louisiana "No Bidding of Architectural and Engineering Professional Services" policy

RS 2318.1 - Louisiana "No Bidding of Architectural and Engineering Professional Services" policy  A. It is the policy of the state of Louisiana, its political subdivisions, and agencies to select architectural and engineering professional services on the basis of competence and qualifications for a fair and reasonable price. Neither the state nor any of its political subdivisions or agencies may select architects, engineers, landscape architects, and land surveyors wherein price or price-related information is a factor in the selection.  B. However, the provisions of this Section shall have no effect on and shall not supersede any contract permitted pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 1 of Title 48 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950 relating to the authority for the Department of Transportation and Development to enter into design-build contracts or public-private partnership contracts, and the authority of the Louisiana Transportation Authority to enter into public-private partnership contracts, R.S. 38:85, 2225.2.1, or 2225.2.2 relating to the authority for certain political subdivisions to enter into design-build contracts, or R.S. 34:3523, relating to any port project that a notice of intent is advertised for in accordance with R.S. 34:3523, prior to December 31, 2020.  C. It is the policy of the state of Louisiana that all records, as defined in R.S. 44:1(A)(2)(a), involved or dealing with the selection of architectural and engineering professional services shall be open to the public in accord with the intent of Article XII, Section 3 of the Constitution of Louisiana and R.S. 44:31.  Acts 2006, No. 407, §1, eff. July 1, 2006; Acts 2007, No. 373, §1, eff. July 10, 2007; Acts 2008, No. 391, §1; Acts 2012, No. 755, §2, eff. June 12, 2012; Acts 2016, No. 519, §1, eff. June 13, 2016; Acts 2021, No. 200, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 38:2319 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§2319. Short title

RS 2319 - Short title  This Part shall be known as the Local Government Equipment-Lease-Purchase Act.  Acts 1985, No. 758, §1, eff. July 17, 1985.  {{NOTE: SEE ACTS 1985, NO. 758, §§5 AND 6.}}
LA Rev Stat § 38:2319.1 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§2319.1. Legislative findings and intent

RS 2319.1 - Legislative findings and intent  The intent of the legislature in enacting this Part is to provide a cost effective means of acquiring essential equipment for the operation of local governmental entities. Commercial leases or renting agreements as well as lump sum purchases of equipment have created a burden on the finances of the various local governmental entities in the state, and it has been determined that, pursuant to this Part, essential equipment may be obtained using an equipment-lease-purchase contract in conjunction with tax-exempt financing and earnings on investments by nonprofit lessors resulting in lower net equipment costs to local government.  Acts 1985, No. 758, §1, eff. July 17, 1985.  {{NOTE: SEE ACTS 1985, NO. 758, §§5 AND 6.}}
LA Rev Stat § 38:2319.2 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§2319.2. Definitions

RS 2319.2 - Definitions  As used in this Part, the words defined in this Section shall have the meanings set forth below, unless the context in which they are used clearly requires a different meaning or a different definition is prescribed for a particular provision:  (1) "Annual appropriation dependency requirement" means a provision which shall be included in the contract and the documents relating to each equipment-lease-purchase contract which provides that, after a diligent and good faith effort by the local governmental entity to appropriate funds for the payment of sums due under such lease for the next ensuing fiscal year, if such funds are not appropriated for such fiscal year, such lease shall terminate in accordance with the terms of the lease at the end of the current fiscal year and the local governmental entity shall not be liable for the payment of further rental payments not already incurred on such lease past the then current fiscal year, provided the equipment is returned to the nonprofit lessor or his agent, as provided in the equipment-lease-purchase contract.  (2) "Equipment-lease-purchase contract" means the lease-purchase contract in the form approved by the State Bond Commission between the local governmental entity and a nonprofit lessor providing for an obligation to lease equipment approved by the governmental entity pursuant to this Part and the lease of selected equipment designated by a local governmental entity.  (3) "Lessee" means the local governmental entity which is designated as lessee under an equipment-lease-purchase contract.  (4) "Local governmental entity" means municipalities, parishes, school boards, clerks of court, levee districts, law enforcement districts, all special service districts, port commissions, and other political subdivisions of the state of Louisiana.  (5) "Nonprofit lessor" or "lessor" means a public corporation or public trust organized pursuant to state law having for its beneficiary the state, organized as a not-for-profit entity, no portion of the net earnings or other assets of which inure to the benefit of any private shareholder or individual, and which shall be authorized under state law to issue obligations for equipment acquisition the interest on which is exempt from calculation of gross income for federal income tax purposes.  (6) "Selected equipment" means the equipment, as determined by the local governmental entity, which shall be the subject of a lease-purchase contract under the provisions of this Part.  (7) "Selected vendor" means a supplier, manufacturer, retailer, wholesaler, dealer, or other source for selected equipment which has been selected by the local government entity pursuant to state law.  Acts 1985, No. 758, §1, eff. July 17, 1985. Acts 1987, No. 134, §1.  {{NOTE: SEE ACTS 1985, NO. 758, §§5 AND 6.}}
LA Rev Stat § 38:2319.3 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§2319.3. Equipment-lease-purchase contracts with nonprofit lessors authorized; term

RS 2319.3 - Equipment-lease-purchase contracts with nonprofit lessors authorized; term  Local governmental entities may enter into equipment-lease-purchase contracts directly with nonprofit lessors, as provided in this Part, for a term not to exceed ten years or the reasonably expected economic life of the equipment, whichever is less, notwithstanding any other law to the contrary. Acts 1985, No. 758, §1, eff. July 17, 1985.  {{NOTE: SEE ACTS 1985, NO. 758, §§5 AND 6.}}
LA Rev Stat § 38:2319.5 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§2319.5. Selection of nonprofit lessor; award of lease

RS 2319.5 - Selection of nonprofit lessor; award of lease  A lease-purchase contract with a nonprofit lessor for one or more pieces of selected equipment may be executed between the local governmental entity and a nonprofit lessor through competitive negotiation, provided that a notice stating the estimated principal amount of any proposed lease, the equipment to be leased, the interest rate factor to be computed in the lease payments, and the date, time, and place of the execution of the proposed lease shall be published in the official journal of the local governmental entity at least twice within a fifteen-day period before such execution date with the last publication at least seven days prior to the proposed execution date. Any nonprofit lessor may submit a proposal to be lessor under the lease. The nonprofit lessor submitting the proposal most advantageous to the local governmental entity shall be selected as lessor under the equipment-lease-purchase contract. Publication of the notice shall be the responsibility of the local governmental entity.  Acts 1985, No. 758, §1, eff. July 17, 1985.  {{NOTE: SEE ACTS 1985, NO. 758, §§5 AND 6.}}
LA Rev Stat § 38:2319.6 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§2319.6. Appropriation dependency

RS 2319.6 - Appropriation dependency  All equipment-lease-purchase contracts entered into pursuant to this Part shall contain an annual appropriation dependency requirement to the effect that the renewal and continuation of such contract is contingent upon the appropriation of funds to fulfill the requirements of the contract and if the local governmental entity, after a diligent and good faith effort, fails to appropriate sufficient monies to provide for payments under the contract, the obligation to make payment under the contract shall terminate in accordance with the terms of the contract on the last day of the last fiscal year for which funds were appropriated, provided the equipment is returned to the nonprofit lessor or his agent, as provided in the equipment-lease-purchase contract, and such contract shall not be a long-term debt of the local governmental entity. In addition, in such equipment-lease-purchase contracts, the nonprofit lessor shall covenant and agree to indemnify and hold the lessee harmless against any loss, damage, liability, cost, penalty, or expense, including attorney's fees, which is not otherwise agreed to by the lessee in the equipment-lease-purchase contract and which is incurred and arises upon a failure of the local governmental entity to appropriate funds in the manner described above for a continuation of the contract or the exercise of the option to purchase the selected equipment.  Acts 1985, No. 758, §1, eff. July 17, 1985.  {{NOTE: SEE ACTS 1985, NO. 758, §§5 AND 6.}}
LA Rev Stat § 38:2319.7 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§2319.7. Purchase option

RS 2319.7 - Purchase option  All equipment-lease-purchase contracts shall provide that the lessee shall have the right to purchase any piece of selected equipment at the termination of payments for such piece of equipment as set forth in the lease-purchase contract for a sum not to exceed one dollar.  Acts 1985, No. 758, §1, eff. July 17, 1985.  {{NOTE: SEE ACTS 1985, NO. 758, §§5 AND 6.}}
LA Rev Stat § 38:2319.8 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§2319.8. Lease status

RS 2319.8 - Lease status  Any equipment-lease-purchase contract entered into pursuant to this Part shall be treated as a lease for all legal purposes without regard to the rights and obligations of the lessee at lease termination or to any interest payment factor, and without necessity of filing a chattel mortgage. The nonprofit lessor shall be deemed owner of the selected equipment during the term of the lease. In addition, the selected equipment shall be deemed to be movable property for all purposes and shall not become a component part of any immovable property notwithstanding any provisions of law to the contrary, including but not limited to Civil Code Articles 465, 466, 467, 493.1, or 495.  Acts 1985, No. 758, §1, eff. July 17, 1985.  {{NOTE: SEE ACTS 1985, NO. 758, §§5 AND 6.}}
LA Rev Stat § 38:2319.9 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§2319.9. Equipment warranty; pursuit of actions

RS 2319.9 - Equipment warranty; pursuit of actions  All equipment-lease-purchase contracts shall provide that whatever interests, claims and rights including warranties of the selected equipment which the nonprofit lessor may have against the selected vendor of the selected equipment which is the subject of such equipment-lease-purchase contract, shall be assigned to the lessee, and the lessee shall have full right to pursue any and all remedies available to the nonprofit lessor for breach of any warranty against the selected vendor. In addition, all equipment-lease-purchase contracts shall provide that the nonprofit lessor shall join the lessee as a party plaintiff in any cause if required under state law for a successful pursuit of such action. Upon termination of the lease-purchase contract, unless the option to purchase is exercised, all such interests, claims, and rights assigned to the lessee under this Section shall revert to the lessor. In addition, any lease-purchase contract shall provide that the lessee has no right to alienate or encumber the selected equipment during the term of the lease.  Acts 1985, No. 758, §1, eff. July 17, 1985.  {{NOTE: SEE ACTS 1985, NO. 758, §§5 AND 6.}}
LA Rev Stat § 38:2319.10 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§2319.10. Approval by State Bond Commission

RS 2319.10 - Approval by State Bond Commission  No equipment-lease-purchase contract may be effected under the provisions of this Part unless the prior written approval of the form of the lease is obtained from the State Bond Commission.  Acts 1985, No. 758, §1, eff. July 17, 1985.  {{NOTE: SEE ACTS 1985, NO. 758, §§5 AND 6.}}
LA Rev Stat § 38:2319.21 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§2319.21. Surplus property; donation or exchange

RS 2319.21 - Surplus property; donation or exchange Nothing contained in this Part or in any other provision of law shall prohibit the donation or exchange of movable surplus property between or among political subdivisions whose functions include public safety. Acts 1999, No. 856, §1, eff. Nov. 25, 1999.
LA Rev Stat § 38:2320 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§2320. Disposal of surplus computer equipment by political subdivisions

RS 2320 - Disposal of surplus computer equipment by political subdivisions Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law to the contrary, political subdivisions in the state shall establish procedures to give first priority for the acquisition of their surplus computer equipment to public elementary and secondary schools in the state and community and technical colleges under the management and control of the Board of Supervisors of Louisiana Community and Technical Colleges. Acts 2005, No. 152, §1, eff. June 28, 2005.
LA Rev Stat § 38:2321 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§2321. Creation

RS 2321 - Creation  All the territory in the parishes of DeSoto, Sabine, Vernon, Beauregard, Calcasieu and Cameron, lying within the watershed of the Sabine River and its tributary streams, shall be embraced in the limits of and shall constitute a conservation and reclamation district to be known and styled "Sabine River Authority, State of Louisiana".  Added by Acts 1950, No. 261, §1.