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SENATE BILL NO. 595
BY SENATOR CROWE AND REPRESENTATI VE STUART BISHOP
AN ACT1
To enact R.S. 12:2.1 and 2.2 and R.S. 44:4.1(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 and short message service numbers;4
to provide for notifications; to provide relative to the duties of the secretary of state;5
and to provide for related matters.6
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:7
Section 1. This Act shall be known and may be cited as "The Business Identity Theft8
Prevention Act".9
Section 2. R.S. 12:2.1 and 2.2 are hereby enacted to read as follows: 10
§2.1. Electronic mail addresses and short message service numbers;11
confidentiality12
Any electronic mail address or short message service number submitted13
to or captured by the secretary of state pursuant to the provisions of this Title14
shall be confidential and shall not be disclosed by the secretary of state or any15
employee or official of the Department of State.16
§2.2. Electronic notification of status changes17
The secretary of state shall notify any person who subscribes to the18
secretary of state's electronic mail or short message notification service and who19
is an officer of a corporation, member or manager of a limited liability20
company, or partner in a partnership, or any agent thereof, when a filing has21
occurred that may have removed that person's name from documents and22
records of that entity held by the secretary of state.23
Section 3. R.S. 44:4.1(B)(37) is hereby enacted to read as follows:24
§4.1. Exceptions25
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B. The legislature further recognizes that there exist exceptions, exemptions,1
and limitations to the laws pertaining to public records throughout the revised2
statutes and codes of this state. Therefore, the following exceptions, exemptions, and3
limitations are hereby continued in effect by incorporation into this Chapter by4
citation:5
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(37) R.S. 12:2.17
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Section 4. This Act shall become effective on January 1, 2013.9
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED: