HLS 12RS-333 ORIGINAL
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Regular Session, 2012
HOUSE BILL NO. 472
BY REPRESENTATIVE ABRAMSON
CIVIL/APPEALS: Exempts La. Citizens Property Insurance Corporation from posting
bonds
AN ACT1
To amend and reenact R.S. 13:4581, relative to bonds; to provide an exemption for2
Louisiana Citizens Property Insurance Corporation from posting bond; and to3
provide for related matters.4
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:5
Section 1. R.S. 13:4581 is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows: 6
ยง4581. State, state agencies, political subdivisions, and public boards and7
commissions not required to furnish bond8
The state, state agencies, political subdivisions, parish, and municipal boards9
or commissions exercising public power and functions, sheriffs, sheriffs'10
departments, and law enforcement districts, the Louisiana Insurance Guaranty11
Association, the Louisiana Citizens Property Insurance Corporation, and the Patient's12
Compensation Fund, or any officer or employee thereof, shall not be required to13
furnish any appeal bond or any other bond whatsoever in any judicial proceedings14
instituted by or brought against them, that arise from activities within the scope and15
course of their duties and employment.16 HLS 12RS-333 ORIGINAL
HB NO. 472
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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)]
Abramson HB No. 472
Abstract: Exempts La. Citizens Property Insurance Corp. from posting bonds.
Present law provides that the state, state agencies, political subdivisions, parishes, certain
municipal boards or commissions, sheriffs, sheriffs' departments, and law enforcement
districts, the La. Insurance Guaranty Association, and the Patient's Compensation Fund are
not required to furnish any bond in any judicial proceedings arising from activities within
the scope and course of their duties and employment.
Proposed law retains present law and adds La. Citizens Property Insurance Corp. to the
exemption.
(Amends R.S. 13:4581)