2016 Regular Session ENROLLED
SENATE CONCURRENT RESOL UTION NO. 62
BY SENATOR PEACOCK
A CONCURRENT RESOL UTION
To urge and request the Louisiana State Law Institute to study and make recommendations
regarding the feasibility of revisions to the law of wills and testaments and trusts.
WHEREAS, other states permit an enforceable mediation or arbitration provision to
be in included in a testament or trust.
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Legislature of Louisiana does hereby
urge and request the Louisiana State Law Institute to study and make recommendations
regarding the feasibility of whether revisions to present laws of the state are necessary in
light of other states' laws that expressly permit an enforceable mediation or arbitration
provision to be in included in a testament or trust.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Louisiana State Law Institute shall submit
a written report of its findings, together with any recommendations in the form of proposed
legislation, to the Legislature of Louisiana no later than February 1, 2017.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to the
Director of the Louisiana State Law Institute.
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
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