NOTE: This provision of law was included in the Unconstitutional Statutes
Biennial Report to the Legislature, dated March 14, 2016.
§1965. Noncompliance; penalty
If a person, firm, corporation, or business does not substantially comply
with a contract required under this Chapter, the state may withhold payment,
debar as defined by R.S. 39:1556(8), suspend, or terminate the contract, and
subject the contractor to civil penalties of ten percent of the amount of the
contract or five thousand dollars, whichever is less. Willful repeated
violations exceeding a single violation may disqualify the contractor from
further participation in state contracts for a period of one year.
Acts 1984, No. 653, §1, eff. July 1, 1984; Acts 1992, No. 797, §2, eff.
July 1, 1992.