Louisiana's Notary Public and Notarial Acts: 2008

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ACT No. 57  AN ACT To amend and reenact R.S. 6:969.18(A), relative to the Motor Vehicle Sales Finance Act; to provide for documentation and compliance fees; and to provide for related matters.

Approved by the Governor, June 5, 2008.

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ACT No. 120   AN ACT To amend and reenact R.S. 35:407, relative to ex officio notaries for municipal police departments; to authorize under certain circumstances a mayor to designate persons as ex officio notaries; to provide terms and conditions; to provide for an effective date; and to provide for related matters.

This bill having been submitted to the Governor and no action having been taken within the time provided by the Constitution, said bill becomes law without his approval.

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ACT No. 136  AN ACT To amend and reenact R.S. 18:18(A) (8) (b), 51(C), 108(B), 110(B) (2) (b), 115(A) (3), 154(C), 171, 172, 193(E) and (F), 196(D), 425(B)(4), 443.2(7), 503, 532(B)(5), 532.1(B) (2) (b) and (D), 535(B), 563(C)(2), 564(A), 566.2(B) and (G), 571, 1259(A) and (B)(1), (2) (introductory paragraph), and (5), 1275.14(B), 1284(F)(1), 1299.1(A), 1306(B)(2), 1307(C), 1309(B), 1313(D), 1402(A) (introductory paragraph) and (B) (1) (introductory paragraph), and 1903, to enact R.S. 18:2(12), 552(A) (4), 1300.7(C), (D), and (E), 1306(B)(3), 1309(J), and 1332(C), and to repeal R.S. 18:532.1 (G) and (H), relative to the Louisiana Election Code . . .

Approved by the Governor, June 6, 2008.

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ACT No. 203  AN ACT To amend and reenact R.S. 37:77(H), 83(A), (B), and (C). and 86(C) and to enact R.S. 37:73(18), relative to the Louisiana Accountancy Act: to provide for a definition: to provide for changes to the acceptance of peer reviews by the board: to provide that peer reviews are privileged; to provide for changes to unlawful acts by certified public accountants: and to provide for related matters.

Approved by the Governor, June 13, 2008.

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ACT No. 220  AN ACT To amend and reenact R.S. 6:103(B)(14), (E)(1)(e), and (I), R.S. 9:2798.5(A), R.S. 10:9-526(a) (2) as amended by Act No. 319 of the 2007 Regular Session of the Legislature . . .

This bill having been submitted to the Governor and no action having been taken within the time provided by the Constitution, said bill becomes law without his approval.

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ACT No. 278 AN ACT To amend and reenact R.S. 30:905 (B) (2) and (14), 905.1, 905.3 (A) and (D), and 905.4(A) (1) (a) and (c) and (2), (B), (C), (D), (E) (2), (F), (G), (H), and (J) (2) and to repeal R.S. 30:905.2 and 905.4(K), relative to abandoned mine reclamation . . .

This bill having been submitted to the Governor and no action having been taken within the time provided by the Constitution, said bill becomes law without his approval.

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ACT No. 300  AN ACT To amend and reenact R.S. 32:295(1) and to enact R.S. 32:414(T), relative to child restraint systems; to provide for fines for failure to properly restrain a child; to provide for suspensions of licenses under certain circumstances; and to provide for related matters.

Approved by the Governor, June 17, 2008.

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ACT No. 304  AN ACT To amend and reenact R.S. 18:1306(E) (2), relative to voting; to provide relative to procedures for absentee by mail and early voting; to provide relative to materials for absentee by mail and early voting; to provide relative to certificates on absentee by mail and early voting ballot envelopes; and to provide for related matters.

Approved by the Governor, June 17, 2008.

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ACT No. 325 AN ACT  To amend and reenact the heading of Part X of Chapter 1 of Code Title II of Code Book III of Title 9 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950 and to enact R.S. 9:2242, relative to trusts; to provide for service of process; to provide for the appointment of a registered agent; to provide for the resignation of a registered agent; to provide for successor agents; and to provide for related matters.

This bill having been submitted to the Governor and no action having been taken within the time provided by the Constitution, said bill becomes law without his approval.

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ACT No. 351 AN ACT To amend and reenact the heading of Chapter 4 of Title VII of Book I of the Civil Code and Civil Code Article 214, Code of Civil Procedure Article . . .

Approved by the Governor, June 21, 2008.

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ACT No. 506  AN ACT To amend and reenact R.S. 44:4.1(B) (29) and R.S. 47:2106, relative to the postponement of the payment of ad valorem taxes; to provide for an exception to the laws relative to public records . . .

Approved by the Governor, June 25, 2008.

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ACT No. 533  AN ACT To amend and reenact R.S. 9:406 and to enact R.S. 9:399.1, relative to paternity; to provide for formal notice of revocation of acknowledgments; to provide for nullification of an acknowledgment to provide time periods for bringing a petition to vacate judgments establishing paternity; to provide time periods for nullification of a judgment of paternity; and to provide for related matters.

Approved by the Governor, June 30, 2008.

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ACT No. 583  AN ACT To amend and reenact Children's Code Articles 1122 (F) (introductory paragraph) and (G) (introductory paragraph), 1123(B) and (C), 1124, 1125, 1126, 1127, 1127.1, 1137(D), 1172, 1173(A)(2), 1185, 1186(A) and (B), 1188, . . .

Approved by the Governor, June 30, 2008.

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ACT No. 594  AN ACT To amend and reenact R.S. 32:410(A)(3)(a)(ii) and 707(B) and to enact R.S. 32:707.4 and 47:501(C), relative to requirements for driver's licenses, motor vehicle . . .

Approved by the Governor, June 30, 2008.

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ACT No. 677 AN ACT To amend and reenact R.S. 35:199(A) (2) and to repeal R.S. 44:184.2, relative to notaries; to provide for the registration, recordation, and filing of notarial instruments in Orleans Parish; and to provide for related matters.

Approved by the Governor, July 1, 2008.

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ACT No. 633 AN ACT To enact R.S. 14:67.26, relative to the theft of a motor vehicle; to create the crime of theft of a motor vehicle; to provide for the procedure for reporting a theft of a motor vehicle; to provide for penalties; and to provide for related matters.

Approved by the Governor, July 1, 2008.

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ACT No. 786 AN ACT To amend and reenact Chapter 2 of Title VIII of Book I of the Civil Code, to be comprised of Articles 365 through 371, Civil Code Article 2318, and Title V of Book VII of the Code of Civil Procedure, to be comprised of Articles 3991 through 3998, relative to the emancipation of minors . . .

Approved by the Governor, July 7, 2008.

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ACT No. 791 AN ACT To amend and reenact R.S. 33:4720.56(19), 4720.59 (A),(B) (1),(C),(D), and (E) (1),(4),(5), and (6), and 4720.60.1 and to enact R.S. 33:4720.56(20) and R.S. 33:4720.59(E) (7), relative to the New Orleans Redevelopment Authority . . .

Approved by the Governor, July 7, 2008.

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ACT No. 819 AN ACT To enact a new Chapter 5 of Subtitle III of Title 47 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, formerly comprised . . .

Approved by the Governor, July 8, 2008.

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ACT No. 824  AN ACT To amend and reenact Code of Civil Procedure Articles 927, 1005, 1354, 1355, 1471, 1551(A), 1561(A), 1916, and 2592 and to repeal Code of Civil Procedure Article 1913 (E), relative to the continuous revision of the Code of Civil Procedure . . .

Approved by the Governor, July 8, 2008.

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ACT No. 856  AN ACT To amend and reenact R.S. 35:1, 191(A) (1) and (2), (C) and (E), 199 (A) (2) (b), and 201(A) (1) and (B) and to enact R.S. 35:2(C), 191.3 (A) and (B), and 201(C), and to repeal R.S. 44:184.2, relative to notaries public and issuance of notary public commissions; to provide relative to qualifications, administration and procedures; to provide terms and conditions; to provide for recordation of acts affecting immovable property in the parish of Orleans; to provide for an effective date; and to provide for related matters.

Approved by the Governor, July 8, 2008.

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ACT No. 868 AN ACT To amend and reenact R.S. 13:841.3 and 983(L), RIS. 44:183(F), and Section 8(A)(1) as enacted by Act No. 621 of the 2006 Regular Session of the Legislature, relative to district courts; to provide for the handling of funds by the clerk of the Forty-First Judicial District Court; to provide relative to the fixing and collection of certain costs and charges; to provide for the depositing of certain collected fees or sums into a specific account; to define "clerk"; to provide for purposes for which the fund shall be used; and to provide for related matters.

This bill having been submitted to the Governor and no action having been taken within the time provided by the Constitution, said bill becomes law without his approval.

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ACT No. 891 AN ACT To amend and reenact R.S. 33:4720.151(B) (6), (E), (G) (5), (9), and (12), (H)(4)(b), ()(2), (J)(1), (K), (L)(1), (3), and (4), (O)(introductory paragraph), (1), and (4), and (Q) (6), and R.S. 44:4.1(B) (18), to enact . . .

Approved by the Governor, July 9, 2008.

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ACT No. 904  AN ACT To amend and reenact RS. 35:191(P) (1) and 407(B) and to enact Chapter 9 of Title 35 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, to be comprised of R.S. 35:601 through 604, relative to notaries public; to provide relative to the unlawful exercise of notarial powers; to provide for certain prohibitions; to provide for penalties; to provide for the filing of complaints; to provide for notice; to provide relative to evidence; to provide for the development of forms; to provide for applicability to attorneys licensed to practice law in this state; to provide for the authority of certain municipal ex officio notaries public; and to provide for related matters.

Approved by the Governor, July 10, 2008.

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ACT No. 912 AN ACT To amend and reenact R.S. 44:4.1 (B) (18) and to enact Chapter 13-J of Title 33 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, to be comprised of R.S. 33:4720.161 and 4720.171, relative to local redevelopment . . .

This bill having been submitted to the Governor and no action having been taken within the time provided by the Constitution, said bill becomes law without his approval.

first extra session

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ACT No. 15  AN ACT To enact R.S. 42:1117.1, relative to the Code of Governmental Ethics; to prohibit the use of certain actions or methods to circumvent the provisions of the Code of Governmental Ethics; to provide exceptions; to provide for penalties; and to provide for related matters.

Approved by the Governor, March 7, 2008.