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Regular Session, 2010
HOUSE BILL NO. 722
BY REPRESENTATIVE GREENE
PUBLIC PRINTING: Relative to distribution of the Acts of the legislature by the secretary
of state
AN ACT1
To amend and reenact R.S. 24:173(A) and R.S. 25:125(A), relative to the distribution of2
Acts of the legislature by the secretary of state; to remove certain entities from the3
distribution list; to modify the number of copies distributed; and to provide for4
related matters.5
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:6
Section 1. R.S. 24:173(A) is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows: 7
§173. Distribution of current acts and journals 8
A. In addition to the distribution authorized in R.S. 25:125, the secretary of9
state shall make the following distribution of the current acts Acts and journals of the10
legislature: 11
(1) To each member of the legislature, upon request submitted in writing to12
the secretary of state not later than September 1 first of each year, not more than two13
copies of the journals of each house, and not more than two copies of the acts Acts14
passed each session of the legislature while he is a member;. 15
(2) To each department of the state government and to each state agency so16
designated by law, for the use thereof, as many copies of the acts as may be needed17
and are certified as necessary by the head of the department or agency; one copy of18
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(3) To each district attorney and sheriff of the various parishes of the state1
and to each clerk of the civil and criminal district courts throughout the state, one2
copy of the acts Acts for the use of their offices and courts, respectively; to the clerk3
of each city or municipal court and of each juvenile court throughout the state, one4
copy of the current acts Acts and journals for the use of their offices and courts,5
respectively; and to the clerk or secretary of the police jury or governing authority6
of each parish, one copy of the acts Acts for the use of the police jury or other7
governing authority of the parish. 8
(4) To the recorder of mortgages and to the register of conveyances in and9
for the parish of Orleans, one copy each of the acts for their use of their respective10
offices;11
(5) To the clerk of each of the courts of appeal of the state, three copies of the12
acts Acts for the use of those courts;. 13
(6) (5) To the clerk of the supreme court of Louisiana, seven copies of the14
acts Acts and seven copies of the journals for the use of the court;. 15
(7) (6) To the clerk of each of the circuit courts of appeal and district courts16
of the United States in and for the state of Louisiana, one copy of the acts, Acts for17
the use of those courts;. 18
(8) (7) To each senator and to each representative elected from the State state19
of Louisiana to the congress of the United States, one copy of the acts; Acts.20
(9) (8) To the State Library of Louisiana and to the Huey P. Long Memorial21
Library, three copies each of the acts Acts and journals, for the use of those libraries;22
and to the Law Library of Louisiana at New Orleans, seventy twenty-five copies of23
the acts Acts to be used by it for library purposes and exchange purposes with state24
libraries of other states or other departments or agencies thereof;. 25
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Section 2. R.S. 25:125(A) is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows:1
§125. Documents to be supplied to law library of state university; exchanges 2
A. The secretary of state shall deliver to the law library of Louisiana State3
University and Agricultural and Mechanical College the following public documents,4
not later than ninety days after they are printed from time to time: twenty-five ten5
copies of the acts Acts of the legislature, five copies of the journals of each house of6
the legislature, and five copies of the proceedings of any constitutional convention.7
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DIGEST
The digest printed below was prepared by House Legislative Services. It constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument. The keyword, one-liner, abstract, and digest do not constitute
part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)]
Greene HB No. 722
Abstract: Provides relative to the distribution of bound copies of Acts of the legislature by
the secretary of state
Present law (R.S. 24:173) provides that the secretary of state's office shall annually distribute
bound copies of the Acts and journals of the legislature to certain entities set forth in present
law.
Proposed law retains present law but modifies the distribution list as follows:
(1)Changes the number of copies distributed to each agency and department of state
government from as many copies as requested to one copy.
(2)Removes the recorder of mortgages for Orleans Parish from the list.
(3)Changes the number of copies distributed to the Law Library of Louisiana at New
Orleans from 70 to 25.
Present law (R.S. 25:125) further requires the secretary of state to distribute 25 copies of the
Acts to the LSU Law library. Proposed law retains present law but changes this number
from 25 to 10.
(Amends R.S. 24:173(A) and R.S. 25:125(A))