HLS 16RS-7 ORIGINAL
2016 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 779
BY REPRESENTATIVE ABRAMSON
CIVIL/LAW: Provides relative to the domicile of certain juridical persons
1 AN ACT
2To amend and reenact Civil Code Article 3548, relative to persons; to provide for the
3 domicile of certain juridical persons; and to provide for related matters.
4Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
5 Section 1. Civil Code Article 3548 is hereby amended and reenacted to read as
6follows:
7 Art. 3548. Domicile of juridical persons
8 For the purposes of this Title, and provided it is appropriate under the
9 principles of Article 3542, Notwithstanding Articles 3518 and 3542, a juridical
10 person that is domiciled outside this state, but which transacts business in this state
11 and incurs a delictual or quasi-delictual obligation arising from activity within this
12 state, shall be treated as a domiciliary of this state.
DIGEST
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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 779 Original 2016 Regular Session Abramson
Abstract: Provides relative to the domicile of certain juridical persons.
Present law (C.C. Art. 3542) provides that as a general rule, issues of torts are governed by
the law of the state whose policies would be most seriously impaired if its laws were not
applied to that issue.
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Present law (C.C. Art. 3518) provides that a juridical person may be treated as a domiciliary
of either its state of formation or the state which is its principal place of business.
Present law provides that a juridical person domiciled outside of Louisiana who transacts
business in Louisiana, and incurs a delictual or quasi-delictual obligation (tort) arising from
activity in Louisiana, shall be treated as a domiciliary of Louisiana provided that the
principles of present law (C.C. Art. 3542) are considered.
Proposed law removes the requirement that present law must be considered and further
provides that despite present law, a juridical person domiciled outside of Louisiana which
transacts business in Louisiana and incurs a delictual or quasi-delictual obligation arising
from activity within Louisiana, shall be treated as domiciled in Louisiana.
(Amends C.C. Art. 3548)
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