HLS 20RS-519 ENGROSSED
2020 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 288
BY REPRESENTATIVE MINCEY
CLERKS OF COURT: Provides relative to the purchase of an automobile by the Livingston
Parish Clerk of Court
1 AN ACT
2To amend and reenact R.S. 13:783(D)(1)(a)(iii) and to repeal R.S. 13:783(D)(5), relative to
3 the clerk of court of Livingston Parish; to exempt the clerk of court of Livingston
4 Parish from obtaining consent from the governing authority to purchase an
5 automobile; to remove the limitation on the amount the clerk may use to purchase
6 the automobile; and to provide for related matters.
7 Notice of intention to introduce this Act has been published
8 as provided by Article III, Section 13 of the Constitution of
9 Louisiana.
10Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
11 Section 1. R.S. 13:783(D)(1)(a)(iii) is hereby amended and reenacted to read as
12follows:
13 ยง783. Expenses of clerk's office
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15 D.(1)(a)
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17 (iii) The clerks of the district courts in East Feliciana Parish, West Feliciana
18 Parish, Livingston Parish, and St. Landry Parish shall be exempt from obtaining
19 consent from the governing authority to purchase an automobile for office use.
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CODING: Words in struck through type are deletions from existing law; words underscored
are additions. HLS 20RS-519 ENGROSSED
HB NO. 288
1 Section 2. R.S. 13:783(D)(5) is hereby repealed in its entirety.
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)]
HB 288 Engrossed 2020 Regular Session Mincey
Abstract: Adds the clerk of court of Livingston Parish to the list of parishes exempt from
having to obtain consent to purchase an automobile for office use and removes the
limitation on the amount the clerk may use to purchase the automobile.
Present law provides that the clerks of district court are authorized to purchase an automobile
for office use after obtaining the consent of the governing authority of the parish.
Present law provides that the clerks of the district courts in East Feliciana Parish, West
Feliciana Parish, and St. Landry Parish shall be exempt from obtaining consent from the
governing authority to purchase an automobile for office use.
Proposed law retains present law and adds Livingston Parish to the list of clerks of the
district courts who are exempt from having to obtain consent from the governing authority
to purchase an automobile for office use.
Present law provides that the clerk of court of Livingston Parish may purchase, out of any
surplus in his salary fund, in an amount not to exceed $19,500, an additional automobile for
office use. Such automobile and insurance therefor shall also be purchased in accordance
with the provisions set forth in present law.
Proposed law repeals the present law provision that limits the amount a clerk may use to
purchase an additional automobile for office use.
(Amends R.S. 13:783(D)(1)(a)(iii); Repeals R.S. 13:783(D)(5))
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CODING: Words in struck through type are deletions from existing law; words underscored
are additions.