RÉSUMÉ DIGEST
ACT 26 (HB 288) 2020 Regular Session Mincey
Existing law provides that clerks of the district courts are authorized to purchase an
automobile for office use after obtaining the consent of the governing authority of the parish.
Existing 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.
New law 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.
Prior law authorized the clerk of court of Livingston Parish to purchase, out of any surplus
in his salary fund, in an amount not to exceed $19,500, an additional automobile for office
use. Required the automobile and insurance to be purchased in accordance with the
provisions set forth in existing law.
New law repeals prior law.
Effective Aug. 1, 2020.
(Amends R.S. 13:783(D)(1)(a)(iii); Repeals R.S. 13:783(D)(5))