2022 Regular Session ENROLLED
SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 27
BY SENATOR MORRIS
A RESOLUTION
To extend the term of the Task Force on Statewide Standards for Clerks of Court Electronic
Filing and Records Retention that was created to determine the feasibility and
propriety of clerks of court creating electronic records of original paper documents
and the maintenance, preservation, and disposition of original paper documents once
converted to electronic record, and propose recommendations, together with specific
proposals for legislation.
WHEREAS, pursuant to Senate Resolution No. 202 of the 2021 Regular Session of
the Louisiana Legislature, the legislature created the Task Force on Statewide Standards for
Clerks of Court Electronic Filing and Records Retention; and
WHEREAS, the Task Force on Statewide Standards for Clerks of Court Electronic
Filing and Records Retention was created 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; and
WHEREAS, Senate Resolution No. 202 of the 2021 Regular Session of the Louisiana
Legislature sets forth that the task force is to study the feasibility and propriety of the
electronic filing of legal documents, the electronic filing of documents in the conveyance
and mortgage records, the retention, maintenance, preservation, and disposition of original
paper documents once converted to electronic record, public access to all public records,
including ease of functionality and viewing, and maintaining the integrity of public records,
including original documents, and to propose recommendations, together with specific
proposals for legislation, by written report to the legislature no later than February 15, 2022;
and
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WHEREAS, the task force determined that additional time is required to fully study
all of the issues related to electronic filing and records retention procedures, the costs and
benefits of such standardized procedures, and studying existing procedures for the
management and disposal of paper records, documents, and filings, and to prepare and
submit its report to the legislature.
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Senate of the Legislature of Louisiana
does hereby extend the Task Force on Statewide Standards for Clerks of Court Electronic
Filing and Records Retention created by Senate Resolution No. 202 of the 2021 Regular
Session of the Louisiana Legislature.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the task force shall perform the same functions
and shall consist of the membership as set forth in Senate Resolution No. 202 of the 2021
Regular Session of the Louisiana Legislature.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Senate of the Legislature of Louisiana does
hereby extend the deadline by which the task force is to submit its report to the legislature
not later than October 31, 2022.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the task force shall terminate on October 31,
2022.
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
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