Louisiana Revised Statutes Tit. 39, § 72.1. Compliance with audit requirements

A. (1) Notwithstanding any contrary provision of law, no funds appropriated directly or indirectly in the general appropriations act, the capital outlay act, or other appropriation act, or awarded from the Louisiana Department of Health Drinking Water Revolving Loan Fund, the Department of Environmental Quality Clean Water State Revolving Fund, or from the office of community development programs for Community Development Block Grants, local government assistance program, disaster recovery grants, the Community Water Enrichment and Other Improvements Fund, or similar programs, shall be released or provided to any recipient of an appropriation if, when, and for as long as the recipient fails or refuses to comply with the provisions of R.S. 24:513 or R.S. 39:112(E)(4).

(2) No public entity that has failed or refused to comply with the provisions of R.S. 24:513 shall let any contract, including a public contract, that utilizes any state funds, whether received through direct appropriation, through transfer or grant from another public entity, or whose funding relies upon the full faith and credit of the state. For the purposes of this Paragraph, the terms “public entity” and “public contract” shall be defined as in R.S. 38:2211(A), and the term “state funds” shall also include any federal funds, including grants, that pass through the state. For the purposes of this Section, the term “public entity” shall include a local auditee as defined in R.S. 24:513.