Louisiana Revised Statutes 38:2222 – A. Each change order to a public works contract or to a contract for materials and supplies which adds an amount of ten percent or more of the original contract amount and which addi
Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 38:2222
- Change order: means any contract modification that includes an alteration, deviation, addition, or omission as to a preexisting public work contract, which authorizes an adjustment in the contract price, contract time, or an addition, deletion, or revision of work. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 38:2211
- contract: means any contract awarded by any public entity for the making of any public works or for the purchase of any materials or supplies. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 38:2211
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- Public entity: means and includes the state of Louisiana, or any agency, board, commission, department, or public corporation of the state, created by the constitution or statute or pursuant thereto, or any political subdivision of the state, including but not limited to any political subdivision as defined in Article VI Section 44 of the Constitution of Louisiana, and any public housing authority, public school board, or any public officer whether or not an officer of a public corporation or political subdivision. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 38:2211
- Public work: means the erection, construction, alteration, improvement, or repair of any public facility or immovable property owned, used, or leased by a public entity. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 38:2211
A. Each change order to a public works contract or to a contract for materials and supplies which adds an amount of ten percent or more of the original contract amount and which additional amount is at least ten thousand dollars or all change orders to a contract aggregating to an amount of twenty percent or more of the original contract amount and which additional amount is at least ten thousand dollars shall be recorded by the public entity which entered into the contract in the office of the recorder of mortgages in the parish where the work is to be done or, if not a public work, where the entity is domiciled not later than thirty days after the date of the change order which requires that the recordation take place. In addition, the original contract shall be recorded together with the change orders if not previously recorded. The provisions of this Section shall not apply to the office of facility planning and control, and the office of state procurement.
B. Change orders shall be processed and issued by the public entity no later than forty days following final execution of the change order.
Acts 2011, No. 343, §2; Acts 2014, No. 864, §§4 and 5; Acts 2021, No. 205, §1.