RS 17:3713 Repealed by acts 2010, no. 500, §1.
PART III. SUITS FOR DAMAGES
§3713. Damage suits; attorney general
A. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary and in furtherance of the purpose stated in Subsection A of Section 3701 of this Chapter, the attorney general upon the request of any city or parish school board shall:
(1) Provide assistance in evaluating whether the school board has sufficient grounds to initiate a civil suit for damages against a manufacturer, supplier, or installer of asbestos materials that have been used in any public school as a result of damage suffered by the school board because of the existence of asbestos materials in such school and whether such a suit, if brought, has a reasonable chance of concluding in a favorable result for the school board.
(2) Initiate and conduct any civil suit for damages as described in Paragraph (1) of this Subsection on behalf of the school board which the attorney general has advised has a reasonable chance of succeeding.
B. Whenever any civil suit initiated and conducted pursuant to Subsection A of this Section results in the collection by the school board of monetary damages, the school board shall reimburse the attorney general, upon his request, for any vouchered expenses and costs incurred in the conduct of the lawsuit not to exceed forty percent of the amount of the collected monetary damages.
Acts 1984, No. 601, §1.