2016 Regular Session ENROLLED
SENATE CONCURRENT RESOL UTION NO. 63
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.
WHEREAS, other states allow a testator, in his testament, to refer to a written
statement or list in order to dispose of certain items of corporeal movable property not
otherwise specifically disposed of by the will; and
WHEREAS, those states allow such written statement or list to be admissible as
evidence of the intended disposition if certain requirements are met.
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 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.
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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