ENROLLED
2015 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 772
BY REPRESENTATIVE TIM BURNS
1 AN ACT
2 To amend and reenact R.S. 23:1634(A), relative to unemployment compensation; to provide
3 for the determination of claims; to provide for appeals; to provide for the judicial
4 review of a board of review decision; and to provide for related matters.
5 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
6 Section 1. R.S. 23:1634(A) is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows:
7 ยง1634. Judicial review; procedure
8 A. Within the time specified in R.S. 23:1630, the administrator, or any party
9 to the proceedings before the board of review, may obtain judicial review thereof by
10 filing in the district court of the domicile of the claimant a petition for review of the
11 decision, and in such proceeding any other party to the proceeding before the board
12 of review shall be made a party defendant. If the claimant is not domiciled in
13 Louisiana at the time for filing a petition for review, the petition or request for
14 review may be filed in the district court of the parish in which the claimant was
15 domiciled at the time the claim was filed or in the parish in which the Louisiana
16 Workforce Commission is domiciled. The petition for review need not be verified
17 but shall state the grounds upon which such review is sought. The administrator
18 shall be deemed to be a party to any such proceeding. If the administrator is a party
19 defendant, a certified copy of the petition shall be served upon him by leaving with
20 him, or such representative as he may have designated for that purpose, as many
21 copies of the petition as there are defendants. With his answer or petition, the
22 administrator shall certify and file with the court, within sixty days of service of
23 process, a certified copy of the record of the case, including all documents and
24 papers and a transcript of all testimony taken in the matter, together with the board
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1 of review's findings, conclusions, and decision. If the administrator fails to file the
2 record with the court within the time provided herein, the court, upon hearing
3 sufficient evidence, may issue a judgment directing payment of benefits to the
4 claimant based on the evidence.
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SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED:
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