SLS 16RS-1462 ORIGINAL
2016 Regular Session
SENATE CONCURRENT RESOL UTION NO. 63
BY SENATOR PEACOCK
WILLS/TESTAMENTS. Requests the Louisiana State Law Institute to study and make
recommendations regarding feasibility of revisions to the law of wills and testaments.
1 A CONCURRENT RESOL UTION
2 To urge and request the Louisiana State Law Institute to study and make recommendations
3 regarding the feasibility of revisions to the law of wills and testaments.
4 WHEREAS, other states allow a testator, in his testament, to refer to a written
5 statement or list in order to dispose of certain items of corporeal movable property not
6 otherwise specifically disposed of by the will; and
7 WHEREAS, those states allow such written statement or list to be admissible as
8 evidence of the intended disposition if certain requirements are met.
9 THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Legislature of Louisiana does hereby
10 urge and request the Louisiana State Law Institute to study and make recommendations
11 regarding the feasibility of whether revisions to present laws of the state are necessary in
12 light of other states' laws that expressly authorize a testator to refer, in his testament, to a
13 written statement or list in order to dispose of certain items of corporeal movable property.
14 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Louisiana State Law Institute shall submit
15 a written report of its findings, together with any recommendations in the form of proposed
16 legislation, to the Legislature of Louisiana no later than February 1, 2017.
17 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to the
18 Director of the Louisiana State Law Institute.
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SLS 16RS-1462 ORIGINAL
The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument, were prepared by Ben Huxen.
DIGEST
SCR 63 Original 2016 Regular Session Peacock
Requests the La. State Law Institute to study the feasibility of whether revisions to present
laws of the state are necessary in light of other states' laws that expressly authorize a testator
to refer, in his testament, to a written statement or list in order to dispose of certain items of
corporeal movable property.
Requests a report of its finding and recommendations to the legislature no later than
February 1, 2017.
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