A. Whenever the department enters into a contract for the construction, maintenance, alteration, or repair of any public works, in accordance with the provisions of this Subpart, the undersecretary or his duly appointed designee of the department shall have recorded in the office of the recorder of mortgages, in the parish where the work has been done, a final acceptance of the work or a partial acceptance of any specified area thereof upon completion of all of the work. The final acceptance shall be executed by the secretary or his duly appointed designee within thirty days of completion of all of the work on the project. The recordation of a final acceptance in accordance with the provisions of this Section shall be effective for all purposes under this Chapter.

            B. “Partial acceptance” as used in this Section means the determination by the department made after final inspection of a portion of the project that the contractor has satisfactorily completed that portion of the project and that such portion may be used advantageously by traffic or for other use.

            Acts 1997, No. 1112, §1, eff. July 14, 1997; Acts 1999, No. 605, §1, eff. June 30, 1999; Acts 2016, No. 207, §1, eff. May 26, 2016.