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HB 985 Original 2022 Regular Session Wright
Abstract: Changes the definition of "currency" to include "virtual currency".
Present law defines currency as the coin and paper money of the United States or another country
that is designated as legal tender and circulates and is customarily used and accepted as a medium
of exchange in the country of issuance.
Proposed law retains present law and adds "virtual currency" to the definition, thus making virtually
currency a form of legal tender in the state.
(Amends R.S. 6:1032(6) and 1382(20)(a))