RÉSUMÉ DIGEST
ACT 242 (SB 385) 2018 Regular Session Chabert
Prior law required that in suits in which title to lands or water bottoms under the jurisdiction
of the Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is or may be at issue, and in all possessory
actions, boundary disputes, trespass actions, actions involving alleged acquisitive
prescription of immovable property, declaratory judgments, injunctions and concursus
proceedings involving these lands or water bottoms, citation and service of all pleadings shall
be made on the secretary of DNR.
New law requires that citation and service of all pleadings on these suits involving lands or
water bottoms under the jurisdiction of the state land office be made on the register of the
state land office. Provides that in all suits in which property rights, mineral rights, or
authorities under the jurisdiction of the State Mineral and Energy Board may also be at issue,
citation and service of all pleadings shall also be made on the secretary of the Department
of Natural Resources.
Prior law contained several references to agencies, such as the office of forestry and the Dept.
of Public Works, that have changed names or have been consolidated with other agencies
with regard to the state land office.
New law corrects statutory references that remained after the transfer of the state land office
from the DNR to the division of administration.
New law changes references of DNR to state land office, Dept. of Public Works to DOTD,
and office of forestry to Dept. of Ag. and Forestry, office of forestry.
Effective August 1, 2018.
(Amends R.S. 13:5107(C), R.S. 41:14, 51(intro para), 51(1), 1001-1006, 1008, 1009, 1042,
1044, 1082, 1084, 1132, 1133, 1213, 1701, 1703, 1706(B), 1713(A) and R.S. 50:171(A))