SLS 22RS-106 ORIGINAL
2022 Regular Session
SENATE BILL NO. 130
BY SENATOR CONNICK
PRESCRIPTION. Provides for liberative prescription. (gov sig)
1 AN ACT
2 To enact Civil Code Art. 3493.11, relative to liberative prescription; to provide for delictual
3 actions resulting from motor vehicle accidents; to provide for two-year prescription;
4 and to provide for related matters.
5 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
6 Section 1. Civil Code Art. 3493.11 is hereby enacted to read as follows:
7 Art. 3493.11. Delictual actions; two-year prescription; motor vehicle accidents
8 Delictual actions which arise due to damages sustained as a result of a
9 motor vehicle accident are subject to a liberative prescription of two years. This
10 prescription commences to run from the day injury or damage is sustained.
11 Section 2. The provisions of this act shall have prospective application only and shall
12 apply only to a cause of action arising on or after the effective date of this Act.
13 Section 3. This Act shall become effective upon signature by the governor or, if not
14 signed by the governor, upon expiration of the time for bills to become law without signature
15 by the governor, as provided by Article III, Section 18 of the Constitution of Louisiana. If
16 vetoed by the governor and subsequently approved by the legislature, this Act shall become
17 effective on the day following such approval.
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Coding: Words which are struck through are deletions from existing law;
words in boldface type and underscored are additions. SB NO. 130
SLS 22RS-106 ORIGINAL
The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument, were prepared by Lebra R. Bias.
DIGEST
SB 130 Original 2022 Regular Session Connick
Proposed law provides that delictual actions arising from damages resulting from motor
vehicle accidents are subject to a liberative prescription of two years, commencing to run
from the day injury or damage is sustained.
Effective upon signature of the governor or lapse of time for gubernatorial action.
(Adds C.C. Art. 3493.11)
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Coding: Words which are struck through are deletions from existing law;
words in boldface type and underscored are additions.