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ACT No. 106 AN ACT To amend and reenact Sections 2886 and 2887 of the Louisiana Code of Civil Procedure relative to the probate of nuncupative testaments by private act, mystic testaments, and statutory wills; to provide that if the notary and all witnesses are incapacitated, such testaments may be probated by witnesses who recognize the signature of one of the witnesses to the will or of the testator or notary; and otherwise to provide with respect thereto.
Approved by the Governor: June 23, 1980.
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ACT No. 137 AN ACT To amend and reenact Subsection A of Section 304 of Title 47 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, to amend Section 301 of said Title by adding thereto a new Paragraph, to be designated as Paragraph (17) thereof, and to amend Section 303 of said Title by adding thereto a new Subsection, to be designated Subsection E thereof, all relative to the imposition and collection of sales taxes on off-road vehicles, to define the term "off-road vehicle"; to prohibit the issuance of a vehicle title until proof of the payment of applicable sales taxes has been submitted; to provide for the collection of the sales tax by the dealer selling the off-road vehicle, and otherwise to provide with respect thereto.
Approved by the Governor: July 1, 1980.
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ACT No. 224 AN ACT To amend Section 191 of Title 35 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950 by adding thereto a new Subsection, to be designated Subsection G thereof, relative to the appointment of notaries public, to authorize any person appointed as a notary public in any of the parishes of Bienville, Caldwell, Franklin, Lincoln, Morehouse, Ouachita, Jackson, Richland, or Union to exercise the functions of a notary public in any of these parishes.
Approved by the Governor: July 12, 1980.
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ACT 240 AN ACT To amend and reenact Section 9 of Title 35 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950 relative to notaries public, to provide with respect to foreign notaries public, the execution of authentic acts and otherwise to provide with respect thereto.
Approved by the Governor: July 12, 1980.
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ACT No. 245 AN ACT To amend Section 191 of Title 35 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950 by adding thereto a new Subsection, to be designated Subsection G thereof, relative to the appointment of notaries public, to authorize any person appointed as a notary public in either the parishes of Caddo or Bossier to exercise the functions of a notary public in any of these parishes.
Approved by the Governor: July 12, 1980.
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ACT No. 284 AN ACT To authorize the state of Louisiana, through the office of the governor, to donate certain property in the parish of St. Tammany to the city of Slidell, and otherwise to provide with respect thereto.
Approved by the Governor: July 14, 1980.
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ACT No. 302 AN ACT To amend and reenact Subsection B of Section 2476 of Title 33 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, to provide with respect to the ineligibility of persons for appointment or service as a member of the Municipal Fire and Police Civil Service Board of the city of Houma, by authorizing such a person to hold a position of public employment, and otherwise to provide with respect thereto.
Approved by the Governor: July 13, 1980.
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ACT No. 320 AN ACT To amend and reenact Section 5 of Title 35 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950 relative to foreign notaries public, to provide for the effect to be given oaths, acts, and acknowledgements of said foreign notaries in this state and otherwise to provide with respect thereto.
Approved by the Governor: July 15, 1980.
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ACT No. 328 AN ACT To authorize and empower the Department of Health and Human Resources to sell or transfer title to certain described property, together with all buildings and improvements thereon, located in the city of New Orleans and to provide that funds received from such sale or transfer shall be placed in a special fund with the office of the state treasurer and shall be available to defray the construction costs of an office building in St. Bernard Parish.
Approved by the Governor: July 15, 1980.
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ACT No. 443 AN ACT To amend Part V of Chapter 4 of Title 13 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950 by adding thereto a new Section, to be designated as Section 980 thereof, relative to court reporters, to provide for the appointment of court reporters in the Thirty-Fourth Judicial District Court; to provide for their oath of office and furnishing of bond, their duties and responsibilities, their fees, the furnishing of office space and equipment and expenses, their salaries and collection of fees to be deposited in the Judicial Court Reporter's Fund, the appointment of assistant reporters, and otherwise to provide with respect thereto.
Approved by the Governor: July 21, 1980.
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ACT No. 565 AN ACT To amend and reenact Articles 2329, 2339, 2342, and 1242 of the Louisiana Civil Code of 1870; to repeal Subsection B of Section 11 of Title 35 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950; to repeal Article 1664 of the Louisiana Civil Code of 1870; all amendments or repeals relative to the revision of matrimonial regimes law; to clarify the spouses' right to subject themselves to the legal regime without court approval; to provide relative to the characterization as community property of minerals produced from or . ..
Approved by the Governor: July 23, 1980.
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ACT No. 569 AN ACT To amend and reenact Sections 131 and 137 of Title 44 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, relative to the duties of the clerks of court of the various parishes, except Orleans, to preserve records and notarial acts, to authorize the use of photographic methods of recording; to provide for appropriate storage of photographic records; and to amend the Louisiana Civil Code by adding thereto a new Article, to be designated Article 3385.1, to provide an alternative method of erasure, cancellation, or partial release of mortgages, privileges, or liens by recordation of authentic acts referenced to the proofs of cancellation or release; to authorize a clerk of court to require use of the alternative method, and to provide with respect to related matters.
Approved by the Governor: July 23, 1980.
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ACT No. 573 AN ACT To amend Part V of Chapter 4 of Title 13 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950 by adding thereto a new Section, to be designated as Section 980 thereof, relative to court reporters, to provide for the appointment of court reporters in the Thirty-Fourth Judicial District Court; to provide for their oath of office and furnishing of bond, their duties and responsibilities, their fees, the furnishing of office space and equipment and expenses, their salaries and collection of fees to be deposited in the Judicial Court Reporter's Fund, the appointment of assistant reporters, and otherwise to provide with respect thereto.
Approved by the Governor: July 23, 1980.
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ACT No. 694 AN ACT To amend and reenact Sections 3512, 3514, Subsection E of Section 3515, Sub-subparagraph (v) of Subparagraph (b) of Paragraph (3), and Paragraphs (7), (10), (11), (13), (20), (22), and (27) of Section 3516, Subsection E of Section 3519, Section 3521, 3522, Subsections A and C of Section 3525, Subsections A and C of Section 3542, Section 3548, and Subsections A and D of Section 3564 of Title 9 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950; to further amend said Title 9 by adding thereto a new Section, to be designated as Section 3550 thereof; and to repeal Sections 3532 and 3537 of said Title 9, all relative to a consumer credit transaction, to expand the credit law to allow parties to a transaction other than a consumer credit transaction to contract with one another, so that such transaction shall be subject to the provisions of this law, to provide that in such event the transaction shall be a consumer credit transaction, notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, to provide that certain definitions are expanded to incorporate these provisions, to provide for increases in minimum loan finance charges and maximum delinquency charges, to provide with respect to insurance premium financing, and to provide otherwise with respect thereto.
Approved by the Governor: July 24, 1980.
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ACT No. 744 AN ACT To amend and reenact Sections 2442 and 2443 of Title 9 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950 relative to the statutory will; to amend Title 9 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950 by adding thereto Sections 2444 and 2445; to provide the requirements for the execution of a statutory will; to provide the means by which persons with certain inabilities may execute a statutory will; to provide for the qualifications of witnesses; to provide that a statutory will, executed prior to the effective date of this Act, and valid when executed, is not invalidated by the passage of this Act; and otherwise to provide with respect thereto.
Approved by the Governor: July 31, 1980.
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ACT No. 786 AN ACT To amend and reenact Subsection A of Section 463, Paragraph (1) of Subsection A of Section 470, and Subsection B of Section 1461 of Title 18 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950 and Chapter 11 of said Title 18, to be comprised of R.S. 18:1481 through R.S. 18:1511.11, and to amend said Title 18 by adding thereto three new Sections, to be designated as Section 470.1, Section 1468 . . .
Approved by the Governor: July 31, 1980.
