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  "heading": "Noncompliance; penalty",
  "text": "If a person, firm, corporation, or business does not substantially comply with a contract required under this Chapter, the state may withhold payment, debar as defined by R.S. 39:1556(8), suspend, or terminate the contract, and subject the contractor to civil penalties of ten percent of the amount of the contract or five thousand dollars, whichever is less. Willful repeated violations exceeding a single violation may disqualify the contractor from further participation in state contracts for a period of one year.",
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      "name": "LOUISIANA MINORITY AND WOMEN'S BUSINESS ENTERPRISE ACT"
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