HLS 23RS-648 ORIGINAL
2023 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 329
BY REPRESENTATIVE THOMPSON
Prefiled pursuant to Article III, Section 2(A)(4)(b)(i) of the Constitution of Louisiana.
CORONERS: Provides relative to the payment of fees for coroner's services
1 AN ACT
2To enact R.S. 13:5706(I) and 5715(A)(3), relative to coroner's services; to provide relative
3 to payment of coroner's fees; to provide definitions; to provide relative to expenses
4 for disposition of paupers in certain circumstances; and to provide for related
5 matters.
6Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
7 Section 1. R.S. 13:5706(I) and 5715(A)(3) are hereby enacted to read as follows:
8 §5706. Fees for coroner's services
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10 I. For purposes of this Section, "municipality" shall not include municipal
11 corporations having one thousand or fewer inhabitants.
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13 §5715. Delivery of body; disposition of paupers; anatomical gifts; kidney or eye
14 removal; limitation of liability
15 A.
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17 (3) When a decedent's domicile or where the death occurred is a municipal
18 corporation having one thousand or fewer inhabitants, disposition of paupers'
19 expenses shall be paid by the parish.
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are additions. HLS 23RS-648 ORIGINAL
HB NO. 329
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part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)]
HB 329 Original 2023 Regular Session Thompson
Abstract: Defines "municipality" for the purposes of payment for coroner's services and
provides for the payment of expenses incurred in the disposition of paupers arranged
by the coroners.
Present law provides that certain fees for coroner's services shall be paid by the governing
authority of the parish or municipality.
Proposed law retains present law and adds a definition for municipality, which excludes
present law from applying to municipal corporations of 1,000 or fewer inhabitants.
Present law provides that disposition expenses for paupers shall be paid by the parish or
municipality of the decedent's domicile if located in La., or if the decedent's domicile is not
in La., the parish or municipality where the death occurred.
Proposed law retains present law and requires that disposition expenses for paupers be paid
by the parish if the decedent's domicile or where the death occurred is a municipal
corporation having one thousand or fewer inhabitants.
(Adds R.S. 13:5706(I) and 5715(A)(3))
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