Louisiana's Justice of the Peace: 2001

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ACT No. 289 AN ACT To amend and reenact Civil Code Article 2713, relative to leases; to provide for a uniform delay between notice or rendition of a judgment of eviction and the execution of that judgment; and to provide for related matters.

Approved by the Governor, June 6, 2001.

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ACT No. 512 AN ACT To amend and reenact Code of Civil Procedure Articles 1263, 1314, 1701(B), 1702(A), 1913, 2004, 3612, 4905, and 4922, relative to the continuous revision of the Code of Civil Procedure; to provide for service of process on a partnership in commendam; to provide for service of pleadings by the sheriff; to provide for notice of judgments; to provide for the award of attorney fees in certain cases; to provide for the furnishing of a bond in certain appeals; to provide for exceptions; and to provide for related matters.

Approved by the Governor, June 21, 2001.

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ACT No. 713 AN ACT To amend and reenact Code of Civil Procedure Art. 4912, relative to trial courts of limited jurisdiction; to provide with respect to justice of the peace courts; to provide with respect to possession or ownership of movable property; to increase the jurisdictional amounts in certain instances; and to provide for related matters.

Approved by the Governor, June 25, 2001.

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ACT No. 744 AN ACT To amend and reenact R.S. 34:25(D) and to enact R.S. 13:2571.1, relative to administrative adjudication of parking violations; to authorize the Board of Commissioners of the Port of New Orleans to prescribe civil fines for violation of ordinances under certain conditions; to authorize the commissioners to establish an administrative adjudication hearing procedure; and to provide for related matters.

Approved by the Governor, June 25, 2001.

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ACT No. 749 AN ACT To enact R.S. 13:2590.2 and R.S. 42:66(0), relative to public officials; to provide relative to the clerk of court of Jefferson Parish; to provide that the clerk shall also serve as the ex officio clerk of court for a consolidated Justice of the Peace Litter Court of Jefferson Parish; to provide for exemptions from dual office holding; and to provide for related matters.

Approved by the Governor, June 25, 2001.

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ACT No. 1103 AN ACT To amend and reenact R.S. 9:203(C), relative to persons who are authorized to perform marriages; to provide for the authority of retired justices of the peace to perform marriages; and to provide for related matters.

Approved by the Governor, June 28, 2001.

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ACT No. 1135 AN ACT To amend and reenact R.S. 34:25(D) and to enact R.S. 34:25(E) and (F), relative to navigation and shipping; to provide with respect to ports and harbors; to provide for the force and effect of ordinances of New Orleans passed by the Board of Commissioners of the Port of New Orleans; to limit the jurisdiction of certain courts over the trial and punishment of certain violations of ordinances passed by the board; and to provide for related matters.

Approved by the Governor, June 28, 2001.