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  "urn": "urn:us-la:rs:39:1697",
  "title_number": "39",
  "section_number": "1697",
  "citation": "R.S. 39:1697",
  "heading": "Disputed claims",
  "text": "A. In cases where a state agency states that payment is late due to reasonable cause, and said claim is disputed by the business owed payment, upon the request of a representative of the business the Joint Legislative Committee on the Budget shall determine whether or not the circumstances constitute \"reasonable cause\" as used in R.S. 39:1695.\n\nB. No state agency shall be required to pay a penalty if it has submitted a warrant to the state treasurer at least thirty days prior to the due date prescribed by the contract.",
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      "number": "39",
      "name": "PUBLIC FINANCE"
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      "number": "III",
      "name": "GENERAL LAWS ON STATE DEBT"
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      "number": "17",
      "name": "LOUISIANA PROCUREMENT CODE"
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      "number": "VI",
      "name": "LEGAL AND CONTRACTUAL REMEDIES"
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      "level": "subpart",
      "number": "G",
      "name": "DELINQUENT PAYMENT PENALTIES"
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      "act_year": 2014,
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  "acts_citations_raw": "Added by Acts 1982, No. 709, §1; Acts 2014, No. 864, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 2015.",
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