ENROLLED
ACT No. 59
2017 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 317
BY REPRESENTATIVE BAGLEY
1 AN ACT
2 To amend and reenact Children's Code Article 1117(B), relative to the surrender of children
3 for adoption; to provide relative to the agencies who may accept the surrender of
4 children for adoption; and to provide for related matters.
5 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
6 Section 1. Children's Code Article 1117(B) is hereby amended and reenacted to read
7 as follows:
8 Art. 1117. Domiciliary requirements; acceptance of surrender by agency on behalf
9 of resident adoptive parent
10 * * *
11 B. In order for a surrender to an agency to be effective, the agency accepting
12 the surrender shall either be the Department of Children and Family Services or have
13 been issued a child-placing or adoption license by the Department of Children and
14 Family Services department.
15 Section 2. This Act shall become effective upon signature by the governor or, if not
16 signed by the governor, upon expiration of the time for bills to become law without signature
17 by the governor, as provided by Article III, Section 18 of the Constitution of Louisiana. If
18 vetoed by the governor and subsequently approved by the legislature, this Act shall become
19 effective on the day following such approval.
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED:
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