RS 39:1767: Appropriation dependency

All lease-purchase contracts entered into pursuant to this Chapter shall contain an annual appropriation dependency requirement to the effect that renewal and continuation of such contract is contingent upon the appropriation of funds to fulfill the requirements of the contract and if the legislature, after a diligent and good faith effort, fails to appropriate sufficient monies to provide for the continuation of a contract, or if such appropriation can not be effected, the contract shall terminate in accordance with the terms of the lease on the last day of the last fiscal year for which funds were appropriated, provided the equipment is returned to the nonprofit lessor or his agent, as provided in the equipment-lease-purchase contract and such contract shall not be a long-term debt of the state or the applicable purchasing agency. In addition, in such equipment-lease-purchase contracts, the nonprofit lessor shall covenant and agree to indemnify and hold the lessee harmless against any loss, damage, liability, cost, penalty, or expense, including attorney fees, which is not otherwise agreed to by the lessee in the equipment-lease-purchase contract and which is incurred and arises upon a failure of the legislature to appropriate funds in the manner described above for a continuation of the contract or the exercise of the option to purchase the selected equipment.