RS 38:2319.5

§2319.5. Selection of nonprofit lessor; award of lease A lease-purchase contract with a nonprofit lessor for one or more pieces of selected equipment may be executed between the local governmental entity and a nonprofit lessor through competitive negotiation, provided that a notice stating the estimated principal amount of any proposed lease, the equipment to be leased, the interest rate factor to be computed in the lease payments, and the date, time, and place of the execution of the proposed lease shall be published in the official journal of the local governmental entity at least twice within a fifteen-day period before such execution date with the last publication at least seven days prior to the proposed execution date. Any nonprofit lessor may submit a proposal to be lessor under the lease. The nonprofit lessor submitting the proposal most advantageous to the local governmental entity shall be selected as lessor under the equipment-lease-purchase contract. Publication of the notice shall be the responsibility of the local governmental entity. Acts 1985, No. 758, §1, eff. July 17, 1985. {{NOTE: SEE ACTS 1985, NO. 758, §§5 AND 6.}}