HLS 12RS-366 ORIGINAL
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CODING: Words in struck through type are deletions from existing law; words underscored
are additions.
Regular Session, 2012
HOUSE BILL NO. 443
BY REPRESENTATIVE ABRAMSON
INSURANCE/PROPERTY: Prohibits penalties against the La. Citizens Property Insurance
Corporation in class action lawsuits
AN ACT1
To enact R.S. 22:2318, relative to the Louisiana Citizens Property Insurance Corporation;2
to prohibit the recovery of penalties in class actions against the Louisiana Citizens3
Property Insurance Corporation; and to provide for related matters.4
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:5
Section 1. R.S. 22:2318 is hereby enacted to read as follows: 6
ยง2318. Recovery of penalties; class action7
Any action to recover a penalty or minimum measure of recovery against the8
Louisiana Citizens Property Insurance Corporation that is created or imposed by9
statute shall not be maintained as a class action.10
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)]
Abramson HB No. 443
Abstract: Prohibits the recovery of penalties in class action suits against the La. Citizens
Property Insurance Corporation.
Proposed law prohibits a class action lawsuit against the La. Citizens Property Insurance
Corporation to recover a penalty or minimum measure of recovery that is created or imposed
by statute.
(Adds R.S. 22:2318)