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Regular Session, 2010
SENATE BILL NO. 781
BY SENATOR N. GAUTREAUX
HORSE RACING. Provides venue for judicial review of final decision or order of Louisiana
State Racing Commission. (8/15/10)
AN ACT1
To enact R.S. 4:145.2, relative to Louisiana State Racing Commission; to provide for2
judicial review of a final decision or order of adjudication; to provide for venue; and3
to provide for related matters.4
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:5
Section 1. R.S. 4:145.2 is hereby enacted to read as follows: 6
ยง 145.2. Exclusive venue for judicial review of adjudication7
Notwithstanding the provisions of R.S. 49:964(B), proceedings for8
judicial review of a final decision or order in an adjudication proceeding by the9
commission may be instituted by filing a petition in the district court in the10
parishes of Bossier, Calcasieu, Orleans or St. Landry, depending upon where11
the matter arose that was the subject of the final decision or order, within thirty12
days after mailing notice of the final decision by the commission or, if a13
rehearing is requested, within thirty days after the decision thereon. Copies of14
the petition shall be served upon the commission and all parties of record.15 SB NO. 781
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The original instrument was prepared by Michelle Ducharme. The following
digest, which does not constitute a part of the legislative instrument, was
prepared by Jerry G. Jones.
DIGEST
N. Gautreaux (SB 781)
Proposed law provides that proceedings for judicial review of a final decision or order in an
adjudication proceeding by the Louisiana State Racing Commission ("commission") may
be instituted by filing a petition in the district court in the parishes of Bossier, Calcasieu,
Orleans or St. Landry, depending upon where the matter arose that was the subject of the
final decision or order, within thirty days after mailing notice of the final decision by the
commission or, if a rehearing is requested, within thirty days after the decision thereon.
Copies of the petition shall be served upon the commission and all parties of record.
Effective August 15, 2010.
(Adds R.S. 4:145.2)
Summary of Amendments Adopted by Senate
Committee Amendments Proposed by Senate Committee on Judiciary A to the
original bill.
1. Added "depending upon where the matter arose that was the subject of the
final decision or order".