HLS 16RS-1266 ORIGINAL
2016 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 775
BY REPRESENTATIVE ABRAMSON
REVENUE DEPARTMENT: Provides relative to the authority of the secretary of the
Department of Revenue to authenticate certain records
1 AN ACT
2To amend and reenact R.S. 47:1507(A), relative to the Department of Revenue; to provide
3 for the authority of the secretary of the department to authenticate certain records;
4 to provide for revisions; and to provide for related matters.
5Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
6 Section 1. R.S. 47:1507(A) is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows:
7 ยง1507. Authentication of secretary's records; fees for searching for documents
8 A. Authentication. Copies of any rule, decision, or order of the secretary,
9 and of any paper or report filed in any office maintained by him the office of the
10 secretary in the administration of this Subtitle, may be authenticated under his the
11 secretary's signature, and when so authenticated, shall be evidence in all state courts
12 of this state, with the same force and weight as the originals thereof original
13 document. For authenticating any such a copy, the secretary may charge a fee not
14 to exceed twenty-five dollars.
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are additions. HLS 16RS-1266 ORIGINAL
HB NO. 775
DIGEST
The digest printed below was prepared by House Legislative Services. It constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument. The keyword, one-liner, abstract, and digest do not constitute
part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)]
HB 775 Original 2016 Regular Session Abramson
Abstract: Authorizes the secretary of the Dept. of Revenue to authenticate copies of rules,
decisions, or orders filed in the secretary's office under the secretary's signature.
Present law authorizes the secretary of the Dept. of Revenue to authenticate copies of rules,
decisions, or orders filed in the secretary's office in the administration of present law under
the secretary's signature. Further authorizes the secretary to charge a fee not to exceed $25
for authenticating records.
Proposed law makes technical revisions to present law.
(Amends R.S. 47:1507(A))
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