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Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 39:1604.2

  • Agency: as used in this Chapter shall have the same meaning ascribed to it as provided in Louisiana Revised Statutes 39:1556
  • Business: means any corporation, partnership, individual, sole proprietorship, joint stock company, joint venture, or any other legal entity through which business is conducted. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 39:1556
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Contract: means all types of state agreements, regardless of what they may be called, including orders and documents purporting to represent grants, which are for the purchase or disposal of supplies, services, major repairs, or any other item. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 39:1556
  • Contractor: means any person having a contract with a governmental body. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 39:1556
  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.

A.(1)  In the letting of contracts for public work by any public entity, except contracts financed in whole or in part by contributions or loans from any agency of the United States government:

(a)  Preference shall be given to contractors domiciled in the state of Louisiana over contractors domiciled in a state that provides for a preference in favor of contractors domiciled in that state over contractors domiciled in the state of Louisiana for the same type of work.

(b)  Contractors domiciled in the state of Louisiana are to be granted the same preference over contractors domiciled in such state favoring contractors domiciled therein with a preference over contractors domiciled in the state of Louisiana in the same manner and on the same basis and to the same extent that such preference may be granted in letting contracts for the same type of work by such other state to contractors domiciled therein over contractors domiciled in the state of Louisiana.

(2)  If one party to a joint venture is qualified under this Section as a contractor domiciled in Louisiana, this qualification shall extend to all parties to the joint venture.

(3)  For the purpose of this Section, a foreign corporation that has qualified to do business in the state of Louisiana in the manner required by law more than six months prior to the advertising for bids on a contract for public work shall be considered to be a contractor domiciled in the state of Louisiana for the purpose of letting the contract.

B.  The provisions and requirements of this Section shall not be waived by any public entity.

Added by Acts 1983, No. 43, §2, eff. June 17, 1983; Acts 2014, No. 864, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 2015.