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Regular Session, 2014
SENATE BILL NO. 180
BY SENATOR GALLOT
LEGISLATION. Provides for the recommending by the Louisiana State Law Institute of
repeal, removal or revision of law that has been declared unconstitutional by final and
definitive court judgment. (gov sig)
AN ACT1
To enact R.S. 24:204(A)(10), relative to the Louisiana State Law Institute; to provide2
relative to the general purpose, duties and procedures of the Louisiana State Law3
Institute; to provide relative to recommendations concerning legislation; to include4
recommendations for the repeal, removal or revision of law declared5
unconstitutional; and to provide for related matters.6
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:7
Section 1. R.S. 24:204(A)(10) is hereby enacted to read as follows:8
ยง204. General purpose; duties9
A. The general purposes for which the Louisiana State Law Institute is10
formed are to promote and encourage the clarification and simplification of the law11
of Louisiana and its better adaptation to present social needs; to secure the better12
administration of justice and to carry on scholarly legal research and scientific legal13
work. To that end it shall be the duty of the Louisiana State Law Institute:14
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(10) To make recommendations to the legislature for the repeal, removal16
or revision of provisions of law that have been declared unconstitutional by final17 SB NO. 180
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and definitive court judgment.1
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Section 2. This Act shall become effective upon signature by the governor or, if not3
signed by the governor, upon expiration of the time for bills to become law without signature4
by the governor, as provided by Article III, Section 18 of the Constitution of Louisiana. If5
vetoed by the governor and subsequently approved by the legislature, this Act shall become6
effective on the day following such approval.7
The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument, were prepared by Jerry G. Jones.
DIGEST
Gallot (SB 180)
Present law provides duties of the Louisiana State Law Institute:
(1) To consider needed improvements in both substantive and adjective law and to make
recommendations concerning the same to the legislature.
(2) To examine and study the civil law of Louisiana and the Louisiana jurisprudence and
statutes of the state with a view of discovering defects and inequities and of
recommending needed reforms.
(3) To cooperate with the American Law Institute, the Commissioners for the Promotion
of Uniformity of Legislation in the United States, bar associations and other learned
societies and bodies by receiving, considering, and making reports on proposed
changes in the law recommended by any such body.
(4) To receive and consider suggestions from judges, justices, public officials, lawyers,
and the public generally as to defects and anachronisms in the law.
(5) To recommend from time to time such changes in the law as it deems necessary to
modify or eliminate antiquated and inequitable rules of law, and to bring the law of
the state, both civil and criminal, into harmony with modern conditions.
(6) To render biennial reports to the legislature, and if it deems advisable to accompany
its reports with proposed bills to carry out any of its recommendations.
(7) To make available translations of civil law materials and commentaries and to
provide by studies and other doctrinal writings, materials for the better understanding
of the civil law of Louisiana and the philosophy upon which it is based.
(8) To recommend the repeal of obsolete articles in the Civil Code and Code of Civil
Procedure and to suggest needed amendments, additions, and repeals.
(9) To organize and conduct an annual meeting within the state for scholarly discussions
of current problems in Louisiana law, bringing together representatives of the
legislature, practicing attorneys, members of the bench and bar, and representatives
of the law teaching profession.
Proposed law retains present law and adds to make recommendations to the legislature for SB NO. 180
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the repeal, removal or revision of provisions of law that have been declared unconstitutional
by final and definitive court judgment.
Effective upon signature of governor or lapse of time for gubernatorial action.
(Adds R.S. 24:204(A)(10))