DIGEST
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or proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)]
HB 407 Original 2021 Regular Session Davis
Appropriates $75,000 out of the State General Fund (Direct) for FY 2020-2021 for payment of the
Feb. 21, 2020 consent judgment between the State of La., through the Dept. of Transportation and
Development and Nellie Horton Bakare, Mose Horton, Jr., Dwight Horton, Kerri Horton, and Orelee
Horton in the suit entitled "Daisy Horton Holmes, et al versus Lloyd Harris, State Farm Mutual
Automobile Insurance Company, AAA Insurance Company and State of Louisiana - Dept. of
Transportation", bearing Number 41,149; Section "B" on the docket of the Twentieth Judicial
District Court, parish of East Feliciana.
Proposed law provides requirements for payment from the state treasury. Provides contingencies
in case of conflict between 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.