This section lets the attorney general or district attorney sue on assessors’ bonds, limits sureties’ liability to the bond penalty, and requires recovered money to be deposited with the state treasurer for distribution.
§1905. Suits on bonds A. In all parishes, the bonds of assessors given and furnished as provided in R.S. 47:1904 may be put in suit against the assessor and his sureties by the attorney general in the name of the governor for the use and benefit of the state and its political subdivisions, officers, boards, and commissions, as it or their interest may appear, or in the name of the state through the governor, for its own use and benefit and that of its political subdivisions, officers, boards, and commissions, as it or their interests may appear, without the necessity of obtaining the consent of the governor or of any such political subdivision, officer, board, or commission, but solely on the initiative of the attorney general or district attorney; and in all other cases, in the name, for the use, and at the request of the party injured. B. The bond shall not become void by a first or any other recovery, but may be put in suit and recoveries had as often as any breach of the conditions thereof shall happen, provided the sureties shall not be liable for more than the penalty on the bond. C. In all cases where the state or any political subdivision, board, or commission or any public officer is interested in any amount recovered under such bond, the amount of such recovery shall be deposited with the state treasurer and shall be distributed by him to those entitled thereto in accordance with a distribution computation prepared by the director of the department of finance and furnished by him to the state treasurer. D. The provisions of this Section shall not be considered as affecting any of the powers, rights, and privileges afforded by existing laws to the various district attorneys of the state, to file and prosecute suits on assessor's bonds. Acts 2006, No. 622, §8, eff. Dec. 11, 2006.