The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part of the
legislative instrument, were prepared by Angela L. De Jean.
DIGEST
SB 381 Original 2020 Regular Session Reese
Present law provides that the clerks of court of the several parishes and the register of conveyances
of the parish of Orleans shall maintain a special book to be provided by the parish in which they shall
record and alphabetically index, upon request, the birth certificate of a child born outside the
continental United States to any member of the armed forces of the United States of America whose
parents were residents of Louisiana at the time the child was born. The fee for recording shall not
exceed one dollar. It shall not be necessary to retain the original certificate tendered for registration
in the archives of the office.
Proposed law retains present law, but removes the fee for the cost for recording the certificates
pursuant to present law.
Proposed law provides that the clerks of court shall remit birth certificates filed pursuant to this
present law to the Louisiana Bureau of Vital Records and Statistics.
Present law provides that a certified copy of the original birth record issued by proper registration
authority in the city or country of birth, containing the name of the parents, name of child, race, place
and date of birth and sex, shall be accepted in order to effect registry.
Proposed law retains present law.
Effective August 1, 2020.
(Amends R.S. 29:291)