RS 39:1604.3: Preference in awarding contracts for certain services

In the awarding of contracts by any public entity, for services to organize or administer rodeos and livestock shows, where state-owned facilities will be used to house or contain such activities, and where both in-state and out-of-state vendors are bidding, in-state vendors shall be given preference, provided such services are equal in quality and do not exceed in cost by more than ten percent those services available from outside the state.