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Title 34 - GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS, PROCUREMENT AND PROPERTY CONTROLPart V - Procurement
Chapter 31 - Protests and Appeals, Bidder Responsibility, Suspension and Debarment of Bidders, and Contract Controversies for Boards and Institutions of Higher Education
Section V-3119 - Procedure upon Judicial Review [Formerly LAC 34:I.3119]

La. Admin. Code tit. 34 § V-3119

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Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 9, September 20, 2024
Section V-3119 - Procedure upon Judicial Review [Formerly LAC 34:I.3119]
A. An appeal to the Nineteenth Judicial District Court for review of a decision of the commissioner shall be instituted within the time delays established in the preceding Section entitled "Judicial Appeal from Administrative Decisions" by the filing of a petition. An appeal to the decision of a hearing officer in a hearing involving the responsibility of a bidder or proposer shall likewise be filed within the delay provided in the preceding Section and shall be instituted by the filing of a petition.
B.
1. The filing of the petition does not stay enforcement of a decision in proceedings involving responsibility of a bidder or proposer, suspension or debarment, or controversies between the state and a contractor. The commissioner may grant, or the Nineteenth Judicial District Court may order, a stay upon appropriate terms.
2. The filing of a petition shall stay progress of a solicitation or award of a contract unless the chief procurement officer makes a written determination that the awarding of the contract is necessary without delay to protect the substantial interests of the state. Upon such determination, no court shall enjoin progress under the award except after notice and hearing.
C. Review. The review shall be conducted by the Nineteenth Judicial District Court without a jury and shall be confined to the record. In case of alleged irregularities in procedure before the agency, not shown in the record, proof thereon may be taken in the court. The court, upon request, shall hear oral argument and receive written briefs. There shall be no right of review by a trial de novo.
D. Judgment on Review. The court may affirm the decision of the commissioner or chief procurement officer, as the case may be, or remand the case for further proceedings. The court may reverse or modify the decision if substantial rights of the appellant have been prejudiced because the administrative findings, inferences, conclusions, or decisions are:
1. in violation of constitutional or statutory provisions;
2. in excess of the statutory authority of the agency;
3. made upon lawful procedure;
4. affected by other error of law;
5. arbitrary or capricious or characterized by abuse of discretion or clearly unwarranted exercise of discretion; or
6. Not supported and sustainable by a preponderance of evidence as determined by the reviewing court. In the application of this rule, the court shall make its own determination and conclusions of fact by a preponderance of evidence based upon its own evaluation of the record reviewed in its entirety upon judicial review. In the application of the rule, where the agency has the opportunity to judge the credibility of witnesses by first-hand observation of demeanor on the witness stand and the reviewing court does not, due regard shall be given to the agency's determination of credibility issues.

La. Admin. Code tit. 34, § V-3119

Promulgated by the Office of the Governor, Division of Administration, Office of State Purchasing, LR 9:213 (April 1983), repromulgated LR 40:1369 (July 2014), Amended by the Office of the Governor, Division of Administration, Office of State Procurement, LR 44770 (4/1/2018).
AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 39:1581.