2020 Regular Session ENROLLED
SENATE BILL NO. 156
BY SENATOR LUNEAU
1 AN ACT
2 To amend and reenact R.S. 22:868(A) and to enact R.S. 22:868(D), relative to insurers; to
3 provide relative to insurance contracts; to provide relative to limiting of actions; to
4 provide certain prohibitions; to provide relative to jurisdiction and venue; and to
5 provide for related matters.
6 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
7 Section 1. R.S. 22:868(A) is hereby amended and reenacted and R.S. 22:868(D) is
8 hereby enacted to read as follows:
9 ยง868. Limiting actions; jurisdiction; venue
10 A. No insurance contract delivered or issued for delivery in this state and
11 covering subjects located, resident, or to be performed in this state, or any group
12 health and accident policy insuring a resident of this state regardless of where made
13 or delivered, shall contain any condition, stipulation, or agreement either:
14 (1) Requiring it to be construed according to the laws of any other state or
15 country except as necessary to meet the requirements of the motor vehicle financial
16 responsibility laws of such other state or country.
17 (2) Depriving the courts of this state of the jurisdiction or venue of action
18 against the insurer.
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1 D. The provisions of Subsection A of this Section shall not prohibit a
2 forum or venue selection clause in a policy form that is not subject to approval
3 by the Department of Insurance.
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED:
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