Louisiana Revised Statutes 30:2032 – Cooperative agreements
Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 30:2032
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- Person: means any individual, municipality, public or private corporation, partnership, firm, the United States Government, and any agent or subdivision thereof or any other juridical person, which shall include, but not be limited to, trusts, joint stock companies, associations, the state of Louisiana, political subdivisions of the state of Louisiana, commissions, and interstate bodies. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 30:2004
- Secretary: means the secretary of the Department of Environmental Quality. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 30:2004
The secretary may enter into a cooperative agreement and may disburse monies from the funds provided by La. Rev. Stat. 30:2034 and La. Rev. Stat. 30:2205 to a person, private trust, association, committee, or other entity for the purpose of evaluation, investigation, testing, containment, cleanup, or abatement of specific abandoned hazardous waste sites without a formal declaration and with waiver of recovery from parties to the agreement if deemed in the public interest. Any party to such an agreement must be licensed according to law before negotiating or entering into such a contract. Cooperative agreements shall require reasonable contributions in cash or services in kind from private parties to the agreement and shall provide for reasonable supervision by the secretary. Cooperative agreements shall be negotiated informally by the secretary and shall not be subject to any other requirements of law for entering into contracts. Prior to the execution of such an agreement, it shall be reviewed by the commissioner of the Division of Administration.
Added by Acts 1983, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 45, §1, eff. Jan. 19, 1983. Acts 1983, No. 97, §1, eff. Feb. 1, 1984; Acts 1986, No. 319, §1.