§1672.3. Action on contract claims

            This Section applies to a claim by or controversy between the state and a contractor arising out of a contract for professional, personal, consulting, or social services. If such a claim or controversy is not resolved by mutual agreement, the commissioner of administration, or his designee, shall promptly issue a decision in writing. A copy of that decision shall be mailed or otherwise furnished to the contractor, shall state the reasons for the action taken, and shall inform the contractor of his right to judicial relief as provided in this Subpart. The decision shall be final and conclusive unless fraudulent, or unless the contractor appeals the decision pursuant to this Subpart. If the commissioner of administration, or his designee, does not issue a written decision within one hundred twenty days after written request for a final decision, or within such longer period as may be established in writing by the parties to the contract, then the contractor may proceed as if an adverse decision had been received. A final decision of the commissioner may be made executory by the Nineteenth Judicial District Court in accordance with Code of Civil Procedure Article 2782.

            Added by Acts 1978, No. 772, §1; Acts 1985, No. 673, §1; Acts 2014, No. 684, §3, eff. Jan. 1, 2015; Acts 2014, No. 864, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 2015; Acts 2025, No. 5, §1, eff. June 11, 2025.