ENROLLED
ACT No. 8
2019 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 124
BY REPRESENTATIVE JONES AND SENATOR ALLAIN
1 AN ACT
2 To 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.
5 Be 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.
15 * * *
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED:
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