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Regular Session, 2012
SENATE BILL NO. 595
BY SENATOR CROWE
PUBLIC RECORDS. Creates the "Business Identity Theft Prevention Act". (gov sig)
AN ACT1
To enact R.S. 12:2.1 and R.S. 44:4(45) and 4.1(B)(37), relative to access of certain public2
records; to provide for the "Business Identity Theft Prevention Act"; to make3
confidential certain electronic mail addresses; to provide relative to the duties of the4
secretary of state; and to provide for related matters.5
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:6
Section 1. R.S. 12:2.1 is hereby enacted to read as follows: 7
§2.1. Business identity theft prevention8
A. In order to protect a business from identity theft, any electronic mail9
addresses given to, or captured by, the secretary of state pursuant to electronic10
filings made by businesses as provided for in R.S. 12:2 shall be confidential.11
B. This Section shall be known as the "Business Identity Theft12
Prevention Act".13
Section 2. R.S. 44:4(45) and 4.1(B)(37) are hereby enacted to read as follows:14
§4. Applicability15
This Chapter shall not apply:16
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(45) To electronic mail addresses given to, or captured by, the secretary1
of state in conjunction with filings made pursuant to R.S. 12:2 and declared to2
be confidential in R.S. 12:2.1.3
§4.1. Exceptions4
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B. The legislature further recognizes that there exist exceptions, exemptions,6
and limitations to the laws pertaining to public records throughout the revised7
statutes and codes of this state. Therefore, the following exceptions, exemptions, and8
limitations are hereby continued in effect by incorporation into this Chapter by9
citation:10
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(37) R.S. 12:2.112
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Section 3. This Act shall become effective upon signature by the governor14
or, if not signed by the governor, upon expiration of the time for bills to become law15
without signature by the governor, as provided by Article III, Section 18 of the16
Constitution of Louisiana. If vetoed by the governor and subsequently approved by17
the legislature, this Act shall become effective on the day following such approval.18
The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument, were prepared by Carla S. Roberts.
DIGEST
Present law provides that the secretary of state may accept any filing for corporations,
limited liability companies, partnership agreements, and other documentation by electronic
or facsimile transmission.
Proposed law retains present law but in order to protect a business from identity theft, any
electronic mail addresses given to, or captured by, the secretary of state pursuant to
electronic filings made by businesses are to be kept confidential.
Proposed law provides that proposed law shall be known as the "Business Identity Theft
Prevention Act".
Effective upon signature of the governor or lapse of time for gubernatorial action.
(Adds R.S. 12:2.1 and R.S. 44:4(45) and 4.1(B)(37))