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Regular Session, 2014 ENROLLED
SENATE BILL NO. 544
BY SENATOR HEITMEIER
AN ACT1
To amend and reenact R.S. 13:2151.4(D) and (E) and the introductory paragraph of R.S.2
40.39.1(A) and 39.1(A)(1), (B)(1), (C), and (D), and to enact R.S. 13:2151.4(F),3
relative to city courts; to provide for the jurisdiction of the office of clerk; to4
authorize the clerk to issue certain vital records; and to provide for related matters.5
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:6
Section 1. R.S. 13:2151.4(D) and (E) are hereby amended and reenacted and R.S.7
13:2151.4(F) is hereby enacted to read as follows:8
§2151.4. Second city court City Court; judge; clerk; constable; jurisdiction9
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D. The civil jurisdiction is concurrent with the district court in cases where11
the amount in dispute, as defined in Code of Civil Procedure Article 4841(B), or the12
value of the property involved, does not exceed twenty -five thousand dollars.13
E. The second city court Second City Court shall have jurisdiction over14
appeals by any person aggrieved by a decision of the traffic court concerning a traffic15
violation enforced by the city of New Orleans' automated traffic enforcement system.16
Appeals from the traffic court shall be on the law and shall be tried upon the records17
made and the evidence offered in court by the judge to whom the appeal shall be18
allotted. Any aggrieved person shall file such appeal within thirty days of such19
decision. The second city court Second City Court shall adopt rules regulating the20
manner of taking, hearing, and deciding such appeals.21
F. The office of the clerk of the Second City Court may issue certain vital22
records as provided for in R.S. 40:39.1.23
Section 2. The introductory paragraph of R.S. 40.39.1(A) and 39.1(A)(1), (B)(1),24
(C), and (D) are hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows:25
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§39.1. Certified copies of birth certificates and death certificates; clerks of district1
courts and the Second City Court of the city of New Orleans; Vital2
Records Conversion Fund3
A. The state registrar of vital records shall promulgate rules to implement the4
issuance of certified copies of birth certificates and death certificates through the5
office of the clerk of district court in each parish and the office of clerk of the6
Second City Court of the city of New Orleans. Such rules shall apply only to7
issuance of those birth and death records that are available for electronic issuance8
from the Vital Records Registry birth and death databases and shall include access9
to the following items:10
(1) Automated access, retrieval, and production of short-form birth11
certificates, long-form birth certificates, and death certificates by the clerks of district12
courts and the clerk of the Second City Court of the city of New Orleans using13
the data network available to the secretary of state.14
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B.(1) The clerk of district court in each parish and the clerk of the Second16
City Court of the city of New Orleans may issue certified copies of short-form17
birth certificate cards and long-form birth certificates and death certificates in18
accordance with rules promulgated pursuant to Subsection A of this Section. In19
addition to fees collected for issuance of a birth record or death certificate as20
provided in R.S. 40:40, the clerk of court shall collect a fee of five dollars for a short-21
form birth certificate and nine dollars for a long-form birth certificate or a death22
certificate.23
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C. The clerks of district courts, the clerk of the Second City Court of the25
city of New Orleans, and the secretary of state shall be subject to provisions of this26
Chapter governing confidentiality of vital records information in the same manner27
provided for the state registrar and provisions governing to whom a certified copy28
of a birth certificate or death certificate may be issued. Any birth certificate or death29
certificate issued by the clerk of a district court and the clerk of the Second City30 SB NO. 544 ENROLLED
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Court of the city of New Orleans shall be accepted as an original record.1
D. The state registrar shall promulgate the rules necessary for the2
implementation of the provisions of this Section on or before January 1, 2000 2015.3
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED: