HLS 22RS-657 ENGROSSED
2022 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 549
BY REPRESENTATIVES BOYD, AMEDEE, BROWN, ROBBY CARTER, WILFORD
CARTER, GAROFALO, JEFFERSON, NELSON, AND SEABAUGH
HOUSING: Provides relative to certain deed restrictions
1 AN ACT
2To amend and reenact R.S. 9:1141.8 and to enact R.S. 9:1122.103(C), 1131.5(C), and 2734,
3 relative to immovable property; to provide relative to restrictions on immovable
4 property; to prohibit restrictions based on race or religion; to provide relative to
5 condominium associations, timeshare associations, and homeowners associations;
6 to provide relative to community documents; and to provide for related matters.
7Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
8 Section 1. R.S. 9:1141.8 is hereby amended and reenacted and R.S. 9:1122.103(C),
91131.5(C), and 2734 are hereby enacted to read as follows:
10 §1122.103. Construction and validity of declaration and bylaws
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12 C. Notwithstanding any law or agreement to the contrary, provisions in the
13 declaration and bylaws restricting conveyance based on race or religion shall be void
14 as provided by R.S. 9:2734.
15 * * *
16 §1131.5. Construction and validity of declaration
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1 C. Notwithstanding any law or agreement to the contrary, provisions in the
2 plan restricting conveyance based on race or religion shall be void as provided by
3 R.S. 9:2734.
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5 §1141.8. Community documents; force of law
6 A. The community documents of residential planned communities shall have
7 the force of law between the homeowners association and the individual lot owners
8 and as between individual lot owners. The remedies for breach of any obligation
9 imposed on lot owners or the association shall include damages, injunctions, or such
10 other remedies as are provided by law.
11 B. Notwithstanding any law or agreement to the contrary, provisions in the
12 community documents restricting conveyance based on race or religion shall be void
13 as provided by R.S. 9:2734.
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15 §2734. Prohibited private restrictive covenants
16 Any promise, covenant, or restriction in a contract, mortgage, lease, deed, or
17 conveyance or in any other agreement affecting immovable property that limits,
18 restrains, prohibits, or otherwise provides against the sale, grant, gift, transfer,
19 assignment, conveyance, ownership, lease, rental, use, or occupancy of immovable
20 property to or by any person based on race or religion shall be void, against public
21 policy, and wholly unenforceable and shall not constitute a defense in any action,
22 suit, or proceeding.
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 549 Engrossed 2022 Regular Session Boyd
Abstract: Prohibits restrictive covenants based on race or religion from enforceability.
Proposed law (R.S. 9:2734) prohibits the enforceability of immovable property covenants
that are restrictive on race or religion by providing that such provisions are void.
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Present law (R.S. 9:1122.103) provides for the declaration and bylaws of condominium
associations.
Proposed law retains present law and provides that no provision in the declaration or bylaws
may restrict conveyance based on race or religion and provides that such provisions are void.
Present law (R.S. 9:1131.5) provides for timeshare plans.
Proposed law retains present law but provides that no provision in the plan may restrict
conveyance based on race or religion and provides that such provisions are void.
Present law (R.S. 9:1141.8) provides for community documents of homeowners associations.
Proposed law retains present law but provides that no provision in the community documents
may restrict conveyance based on race or religion and provides that such provisions are void.
Proposed law provides a general prohibition against any restrictive covenant based on race
or religion in any conveyance of immovable property and provides that such provisions are
void.
(Amends R.S. 9:1141.8; Adds R.S. 9:1122.103(C), 1131.5(C), and 2734)
Summary of Amendments Adopted by House
The Committee Amendments Proposed by House Committee on Civil Law and
Procedure to the original bill:
1. Remove requirements that restrictions that are void be "declared" as void.
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