Louisiana § RS 15:1098.1 - Construction of Subpart; controlling law
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§ RS 15:1098.1. Construction of Subpart; controlling law
A. To the extent that the provisions of this Subpart are inconsistent with any other statutory law, the provisions of this Subpart shall be considered controlling, except that all provisions of the Children's Code relative to the placement of juveniles in shelter care facilities and detention centers shall be considered controlling.
B. This Subpart does and shall be construed to provide a complete, additional, and alternative method for the doing of the things authorized hereby and shall be regarded as supplemental and additional to powers conferred by other laws. No notice to, consent, or approval by any governmental body or public officer shall be required as a prerequisite to the entering into of any lease or lease-purchase contract which contains an annual appropriation dependency clause, nor to the issuance of any participation certificates with respect thereto, or to the exercise of any other public function or corporate power of a governing authority except as is provided in this Subpart.
Acts 1989, No. 19, §1, eff. June 13, 1989; Acts 2021, No. 158, §3.
Source: official Louisiana text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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