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Regular Session, 2014
SENATE BILL NO. 228
BY SENATORS APPEL, MARTINY AND PETERSON AND REPRESENTATIVES
BILLIOT, LORUSSO, WILLMOTT AND LEOPOLD
COURTS. Provides for environmental court procedures in Jefferson and Orleans parishes.
(gov sig)
AN ACT1
To amend and reenact R.S. 33:1373(G)(1) and (2), relative to enforcement of health, safety,2
and welfare ordinances in Jefferson and Orleans parishes; to provide relative to3
mailing or service of the notice of judgment; and to provide for related matters.4
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:5
Section 1. R.S. 33:1373(G)(1) and (2) are hereby amended and reenacted to read as6
follows:7
ยง1373. Enforcement of health, safety, and welfare ordinances in Jefferson Parish and8
Orleans Parish9
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G.(1) An appeal from a final judgment rendered pursuant to this Section may11
be taken only within ten days from the date of the judgment or from the day after12
the clerk has mailed, or the sheriff has served, the service of notice of judgment13
when such notice is necessary. However, a judgment shall not be suspended during14
the pendency of an appeal unless the court, in its discretion, orders a suspension.15
(2) The delay for applying for a new trial shall be three days commencing16
from the date of the judgment or from the day after the clerk has mailed, or the17 SB NO. 228
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sheriff has served, the service of notice of judgment when such notice is necessary.1
When an application for new trial is timely filed, the delay for appeal commences on2
the day after the motion is denied, or from service of the day after the clerk has3
mailed, or the sheriff has served, the notice of the order denying a new trial, when4
such notice is necessary.5
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Section 2. This Act shall become effective upon signature by the governor or, if not7
signed by the governor, upon expiration of the time for bills to become law without signature8
by the governor, as provided by Article III, Section 18 of the Constitution of Louisiana. If9
vetoed by the governor and subsequently approved by the legislature, this Act shall become10
effective on the day following such approval.11
The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument, were prepared by Cathy Wells.
DIGEST
Appel (SB 228)
Present law provides for the procedure to enforce health, safety, and welfare statutes and
ordinances or to eliminate blighted property, housing violations, and public nuisances in
Orleans and Jefferson parishes.
Present law provides procedures and time limitations for applying for new trial and appeals
from final judgments. Provides that a judgment shall not be suspended during the pendency
of appeal unless the court determines otherwise.
Proposed law provides that the delay for a new trial commences after the judgment or after
the notice of judgment is either mailed by the clerk or served by the sheriff, when such
notice is required.
Effective upon signature of the governor or lapse of time for gubernatorial action.
(Amends R.S. 33:1373(G)(1) and (2))