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2022 Regular Session
SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 27
BY SENATOR MORRIS
CLERKS OF COURT. Extends the reporting and termination deadlines of the Task Force
on Statewide Standards for Clerks of Court Electronic Filing and Records Retention.
1 A RESOLUTION
2 To extend the term of the Task Force on Statewide Standards for Clerks of Court Electronic
3 Filing and Records Retention that was created to determine the feasibility and
4 propriety of clerks of court creating electronic records of original paper documents
5 and the maintenance, preservation, and disposition of original paper documents once
6 converted to electronic record, and propose recommendations, together with specific
7 proposals for legislation.
8 WHEREAS, pursuant to Senate Resolution No. 202 of the 2021 Regular Session of
9 the Louisiana Legislature, the legislature created the Task Force on Statewide Standards for
10 Clerks of Court Electronic Filing and Records Retention; and
11 WHEREAS, the Task Force on Statewide Standards for Clerks of Court Electronic
12 Filing and Records Retention was created to develop statewide standardized electronic filing
13 and records retention procedures, including studying the costs and benefits of such
14 standardized procedures, and studying existing procedures for the management and disposal
15 of paper records, documents, and filings; and
16 WHEREAS, Senate Resolution No. 202 of the 2021 Regular Session of the Louisiana
17 Legislature sets forth that the task force is to study the feasibility and propriety of the
18 electronic filing of legal documents, the electronic filing of documents in the conveyance
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1 and mortgage records, the retention, maintenance, preservation, and disposition of original
2 paper documents once converted to electronic record, public access to all public records,
3 including ease of functionality and viewing, and maintaining the integrity of public records,
4 including original documents, and to propose recommendations, together with specific
5 proposals for legislation, by written report to the legislature no later than February 15, 2022;
6 and
7 WHEREAS, the task force determined that additional time is required to fully study
8 all of the issues related to electronic filing and records retention procedures, the costs and
9 benefits of such standardized procedures, and studying existing procedures for the
10 management and disposal of paper records, documents, and filings, and to prepare and
11 submit its report to the legislature.
12 THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Senate of the Legislature of Louisiana
13 does hereby extend the Task Force on Statewide Standards for Clerks of Court Electronic
14 Filing and Records Retention created by Senate Resolution No. 202 of the 2021 Regular
15 Session of the Louisiana Legislature.
16 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the task force shall perform the same functions
17 and shall consist of the membership as set forth in Senate Resolution No. 202 of the 2021
18 Regular Session of the Louisiana Legislature.
19 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Senate of the Legislature of Louisiana does
20 hereby extend the deadline by which the task force is to submit its report to the legislature
21 not later than October 31, 2022.
22 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the task force shall terminate on October 31,
23 2022.
The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument, were prepared by Lebra R. Bias.
DIGEST
SR 27 Original 2022 Regular Session Morris
Extends the reporting and termination deadlines of the Task Force on Statewide Standards
for Clerks of Court Electronic Filing and Records Retention created by SR 202 of 2021 RS
to develop statewide standardized electronic filing and records retention procedures,
including studying the costs and benefits of such standardized procedures, and studying
existing procedures for the management and disposal of paper records, documents, and
filings.
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Provides that the task force membership and functions set forth in SR 202 will be extended.
Provides that the reporting deadline of the task force will be October 31, 2022, and the task
force will cease to exist on October 31, 2022.
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