A. Prior to an award of a contract exceeding Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000.00) for construction or repair of a public or private building, structure, or improvement on public real property, the person that receives the award shall:
1. Furnish a bond with good and sufficient sureties payable to the state in a sum not less than the total sum of the contract; or
2. Cause an irrevocable letter of credit, containing terms the Office of Management and Enterprise Services prescribes, to be issued for the benefit of the state by a financial institution insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation in a sum not less than the total sum of the contract.
B. The bond or irrevocable letter of credit shall ensure the proper and prompt completion of the work in accordance with the contract and shall ensure that the contractor shall pay all indebtedness the contractor incurs for the contractor’s subcontractors and all suppliers of labor, material, rental of machinery or equipment, and repair of and parts for equipment the contract requires the contractor to furnish.
C. For a contract not exceeding Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000.00), in lieu of a bond or irrevocable letter of credit, the contractor shall submit an affidavit of the payment of all indebtedness incurred by the contractor, the contractor’s subcontractors, and all suppliers of labor, material, rented machinery or equipment, and repair of and parts for equipment used or consumed in the performance of the contract. The execution of the affidavit with knowledge that any of the contents of the affidavit are false, upon conviction, shall constitute perjury, punishable as provided for by law.
R.L.1910, § 3881. Amended by Laws 1951, p. 168, § 1, emerg. eff. May 1, 1951; Laws 1955, p. 335, § 1, emerg. eff. June 6, 1955; Laws 1961, p. 459, § 1 emerg. eff. May 15, 1961; Laws 1965, c. 518, § 1, emerg. eff. July 22, 1965; Laws 1968, c. 77, § 1, emerg. eff. March 25, 1968; Laws 1980, c. 76, § 1, eff. July 1, 1980; Laws 1983, c. 125, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 1983; Laws 1986, c. 110, § 1, emerg. eff. April 9, 1986; Laws 1989, c. 286, § 5, operative July 1, 1989; Laws 1992, c. 239, § 1, emerg. eff. May 19, 1992; Laws 2000, c. 363, § 1, emerg. eff. June 6, 2000; Laws 2006, c. 271, § 1, eff. July 1, 2006; Laws 2012, c. 241, § 1, eff. July 1, 2012; Laws 2012, c. 304, § 302.
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