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urn: urn:us-la:rs:39:1965
citation: "R.S. 39:1965"
status: active
breadcrumb: "Title 39 › Subtitle III › Chapter 19 › Part I"
acts_citations:
  - { year: 1984, number: 653, section: 1, effective_date: 1984-07-01, role: enactment }
  - { year: 1992, number: 797, section: 2, effective_date: 1992-07-01, role: amendment }
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# Noncompliance; penalty

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.