SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT BETWEEN 

					THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

							AND

				EVANGELINE PARISH POLICE JURY, LOUISIANA

			  DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE COMPLAINT NUMBER 204-33-47



	This matter was initiated by a complaint filed under title II of the 
Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA), 42 U.S.C. §§ 12131-12134, with 
the United States Departmentof Justice  ("Department") against Evangeline Parish 
Police Jury.  The complaint was received by the Civil Rights Division of the 
Department of Justice, under the authority of  28 C.F.R. Part 35, Subpart F.  
The complainant alleges that Evangeline Parish Police Jury has not completed 
either a self-evaluation or a transition plan, in violation of section 35.105 of 
the Department’s title II regulation.  28  C.F.R.  §35.105.

	The Department is authorized under 28 C.F.R. Part 35, Subpart F, to 
investigate fully the allegations of the complainant in this matter to determine 
the compliance of Evangeline Parish Police Jury with title II of the ADA and the 
Department’s implementing title II regulation, to issue findings, and, where 
appropriate, to negotiate and secure voluntary compliance agreements.  
Furthermore, the Attorney General is authorized, under 42 U.S.C. § 12133, to 
bring a civil action enforcing title II of the ADA should the Department fail to 
secure voluntary compliance pursuant to Subpart F.  In consideration of the 
terms of this Agreement as set forth below, the Attorney General agrees to 
refrain from undertaking further investigation or from filing civil suit in this 
matter.

	The parties to this Agreement are the United States of America and 
Evangeline Parish Police Jury.  In order to avoid the burdens and expenses of an 
investigation and possible litigation, the parties hereby agree as follows:

1. 	Evangeline Parish Police Jury is a public entity as defined in the 
	Department of Justice’s regulation implementing title II of the ADA.  28 
	C.F.R. § 35.104.

2. 	Title II of the ADA prohibits discrimination against qualified individuals 
	with disabilities on the basis of disability, in the services, programs, 
	or activities of a public entity such as Evangeline Parish Police Jury.

3.	Under the ADA, the services, programs, or activities provided by 
	Evangeline Parish Police Jury, when viewed in their entirety, must be 
	readily accessible to and usable by persons with disabilities. 

4.	The subject of this Agreement is the completion of the self-evaluation and 
	transition plan for Evangeline Parish Police Jury.

5.	Within thirty (30) days of the effective date of this agreement, 
	Evangeline Parish Police Jury will complete the self-evaluation and 
	transition plan. 

6.	Evangeline Parish Police Jury will submit a report on its implementation 
	of the matters set forth in paragraph 5  within FORTY (40) days of the 
	effective date of this Agreement. This report will include self-evaluation 
	and transition plan. 

7.	If at any time Evangeline Parish Police Jury desires to modify any portion 
	of this Agreement because of changed conditions making performance 
	impossible or impractical or for any other reason, it shall promptly 
	notify the Department in writing, setting forth the facts and 
	circumstances thought to justify modification and the substance of the 
	proposed modification.  Until there is written Agreement by the Department 
	to the proposed modification, the proposed modification shall not take 
	effect.

8.	The Department may review compliance with this Agreement at any time.  If 
	it determines that this Agreement or any requirement thereof has been 
	violated, it may institute a civil action seeking specific performance of 
	the provisions of this Agreement in an appropriate Federal court.

11.	Failure by the Department to enforce this entire Agreement or any 
	provision thereof with regard to any deadline or any other provision 
	herein shall not be construed as a waiver of the Department’s right to 
	enforce other deadlines and provisions of this Agreement. 

12.	In the event that Evangline Parish Police Jury fails to comply in a timely 
	manner with any requirement of this Agreement without obtaining sufficient 
	advance written agreement with the Department as a temporary modification 
	of the relevant terms of this Agreement, all terms of this Agreement shall 
	become enforceable in an appropriate Federal court.

13.	This Agreement is a public document.  A copy of this document or any 
	information contained in it may be made available to any person by 
	Evangeline Parish Police Jury or the Department on request. 

14.	The effective date of this Agreement is the date of the last signature 
	below.

15.	This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between the parties on the 
	matters raised herein, and no other statement, promise, or agreement, 
	either written or oral, made by either party or agents of either party, 
	that is not contained in this written Agreement, shall be enforceable.  
	This Agreement does not purport to remedy any other potential violations of 
	the ADA or any other Federal law.  This Agreement does not affect Evangeline 
	Parish Police Jury’s continuing responsibility to comply with all aspects of the ADA.



For Evangeline Police Parish Jury:			For the United States:
							
							BILL LANN LEE
           /S/                      	   		Acting Assistant Attorney General 
							for Civil Rights
							By:           /S/			                       
							JOHN WODATCH, Chief
							ALLISON NICHOL, Deputy Chief
							SUSAN B. REILLY, ATTORNEY
							Disability Rights Section 
							Civil Rights Division 
							U.S. Department of Justice
							P.O. Box 66118
							Washington, D.C.  20035-6118

Date  Feb. 22, 1999           			Date       3/24/99