HLS 201ES-22 ORIGINAL
2020 First Extraordinary Session
HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOL UTION NO. 7
BY REPRESENTATIVE IVEY
LEGISLATIVE AGCY/LAW INST: Directs the Louisiana State Law Institute to study the
Constitution of Louisiana and make recommendations to the legislature regarding
transitional and outdated language that can be removed or changed without affecting
the effect of the constitutional provisions
1 A CONCURRENT RESOL UTION
2To authorize and direct the Louisiana State Law Institute to study and make
3 recommendations to the Legislature of Louisiana regarding language in the
4 Constitution of Louisiana that is outdated or transitional in nature and which can be
5 removed or updated without affecting the effect of the constitutional provisions.
6 WHEREAS, it has been more than forty-five years since the Constitution of
7Louisiana became effective at midnight on December 31, 1974, and during these years the
8document which constitutes the state's basic law has been amended some one hundred
9ninety-seven times; and
10 WHEREAS, the language of the Constitution of Louisiana has not been studied
11broadly since it became effective and the legislature recognizes the importance for legal
12scholars to review the language to determine if there are updates or modifications to the
13language that should be made without changing the meaning and effect of the law.
14 THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Legislature of Louisiana does hereby
15authorize and direct the Louisiana State Law Institute to study and make recommendations
16to the Legislature of Louisiana regarding language in the Constitution of Louisiana that is
17outdated or transitional in nature and which can be removed or updated without affecting the
18effect of the constitutional provisions.
19 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Louisiana State Law Institute should further
20identify language in the constitution that is legally unnecessary, redundant, or obsolete;
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1language that from an organizational or structural perspective should either be placed
2elsewhere in the constitution or should be reworded; and language that either from a best
3practice or comparative perspective is unusual or most commonly located in statute.
4 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Louisiana State Law Institute shall submit
5its findings and recommendations to each member of the legislature no later than February
61, 2022.
7 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to the
8director of the Louisiana State Law Institute.
DIGEST
The digest printed below was prepared by House Legislative Services. It constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument. The keyword, one-liner, abstract, and digest do not constitute
part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)]
HCR 7 Original 2020 First Extraordinary Session Ivey
Directs the La. State Law Institute to study and make recommendations to the legislature
regarding language in the Constitution of La. that is outdated or transitional in nature and
which can be removed or updated without affecting the effect of the constitutional provisions
as well as making other recommendations and to report to the legislature no later than Feb.
1, 2022.
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