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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))