Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 45:844.44

  • Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity.
  • Local government: means any parish, municipality, or other political subdivision of the state and any utility authority, board, branch, department or other unit thereof. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 45:844.43

A.  Subject to the provisions of Subsection B, when a local government is offering or providing a covered service, any immunity from antitrust law afforded to political subdivisions of the state does not apply to the local government’s actions associated with the provision of those services.

B.  A local government that provides a covered service is subject to applicable antitrust liabilities, if any, only to the extent permitted under the federal Local Government Antitrust Act of 1984, 15 USC 34-36.

Acts 2004, No. 736, §1, eff. July 6, 2004.