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Code · Louisiana · Title 38 — Public Contracts, Works and Improvements

RS 38:1596.13

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RS 38:1596.13
§1596.13. Employment and duties of engineer and attorney
A. The district may engage the services of an engineer and provide for his payment. The engineer shall prepare all plans and specification for the work and improvements herein authorized and the governing authority shall approve such plans and specifications by resolution. The engineer so employed shall inspect the work as let in accordance with contracts hereunder and shall issue to the contractor his estimates thereon from time to time as the work progresses, which estimates may be paid by the drainage district either in full or by the retention of ten percent thereof as retained percentage.
The engineer shall inspect the work as it progresses and shall be responsible for the performance and completion thereof in accordance with the plans and specifications. Upon completion of the work, the engineer shall submit a certified report to the governing authority of the drainage district as to the satisfactory completion of the work. In addition, the engineer shall perform any and all engineering duties required of him in this Part.
B. The district may employ an attorney to handle all legal work in connection with such improvements herein authorized and provide for the payment of his fee. In addition to his other duties, the attorney shall prepare a complete transcript of the record of the proceedings for each project completed hereunder and shall file the same with the clerk or secretary of the drainage district. This filed transcript shall constitute a permanent record thereof.
Acts 1985, No. 979, §1.
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