HLS 19RS-464 ENGROSSED
2019 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 124
BY REPRESENTATIVE JONES AND SENATOR ALLAIN
Prefiled pursuant to Article III, Section 2(A)(4)(b)(i) of the Constitution of Louisiana.
CIVIL/LAW: Requires the return of certain abandoned funds to the town of Berwick
1 AN ACT
2To amend and reenact R.S. 9:154.1(A), relative to abandoned funds; to provide for the
3 period of abandonment; to provide for the disposition of abandoned funds; and to
4 provide for related matters.
5Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
6 Section 1. R.S. 9:154.1(A) is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows:
7 ยง154.1. Compensation for expropriation; ownership; town of Berwick
8 A. Notwithstanding the provisions of R.S. 9:154, monetary funds paid by the
9 town of Berwick into the registry of the court for the expropriation of property and
10 which monetary funds would otherwise be deemed abandoned pursuant to R.S.
11 9:154, and which monetary funds have not been claimed by any person for a period
12 in excess of twelve five years, shall revert to being funds of the town of Berwick, and
13 any such monetary funds held by the administrator or the court shall be returned to
14 the town of Berwick.
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HB NO. 124
DIGEST
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part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)]
HB 124 Engrossed 2019 Regular Session Jones
Abstract: Requires the return of certain abandoned funds to the town of Berwick.
Present law provides that monetary funds paid by the town of Berwick into the registry of
the court for the expropriation of property which would otherwise be deemed abandoned
pursuant to R.S. 9:154, and which monetary funds have not been claimed for at least 12
years, shall revert to being funds of the town of Berwick.
Proposed law retains present law and changes the period of abandonment from 12 years to
5 years, and applies to funds held by either the administrator or the court.
(Amends R.S. 9:154.1(A))
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