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2023 Regular Session
HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 204
BY REPRESENTATIVE MAGEE
CLERKS OF COURT: Requests the Louisiana Clerks' Remote Access Authority to provide
information regarding integrated e-filing and case management
1 A RESOLUTION
2To urge and request the Louisiana Clerks' Remote Access Authority to compile information
3 regarding integrated electronic filing and case management capabilities and to
4 submit a report containing such information to the legislature no later than January
5 1, 2024.
6 WHEREAS, the Louisiana Clerks' Remote Access Authority (LCRAA) has been
7tasked by the legislature as the entity responsible for designing, constructing, administering,
8and maintaining a statewide portal of records maintained by parish clerks of court; and
9 WHEREAS, since 2014, LCRAA has made significant progress in developing the
10statewide portal and providing assistance to parishes to implement electronic filing and case
11management systems; and
12 WHEREAS, to fully modernize Louisiana's judicial system, the state requires a
13statewide integrated electronic filing system that allows for electronic document filing, case
14management, and document and image management; and
15 WHEREAS, many surrounding states, including Georgia, Texas, Florida, and
16Alabama have implemented statewide integrated electronic filing systems; and
17 WHEREAS, integrated electronic filing provides litigants, courts, and the public with
18instant access to court documents allowing for greater transparency and efficiency in our
19judicial system; and
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1 WHEREAS, integrated electronic filing improves access to court systems by
2providing litigants with twenty-four hour access and a secure and standard means by which
3to file and review pleadings; and
4 WHEREAS, recognizing the costs associated with statewide integrated electronic
5filing in Louisiana, in order to make decisions regarding future legislation and funding
6necessary for implementation, the legislature desires more information about the current
7status of all systems of the clerks of court across the state.
8 THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the House of Representatives of the
9Legislature of Louisiana does hereby urge and request LCRAA to compile the following
10information regarding integrated electronic filing and case management capabilities and to
11submit a report containing such information to the legislature no later than January 1, 2024:
12 (1) The status of implementation of an electronic filing system by each parish clerk
13of court.
14 (2) The status of implementation of an electronic case management system by each
15parish clerk of court.
16 (3) The status of implementation of a document and image management system by
17each parish clerk of court.
18 (4) The case management system or docket system software and software vendor
19used by each parish clerk of court.
20 (5) The number and percentage of remote electronic filings and physical filings of
21pleadings converted to electronic image by each parish clerk of court.
22 (6) The capability of the case management system or docket system of each parish
23clerk of court to accept electronic signatures by judges and the extent of the use of electronic
24signature systems by judges of each court.
25 (7) The costs charged by each clerk of court to persons for electronic filing of civil
26and criminal pleadings and the amounts charged to access, view, and download images of
27pleadings via an electronic case management system or docket system.
28 (8) The costs charged by each clerk of court for electronic recording of documents
29effecting land titles.
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1 (9) The cost charged by each clerk of court to access, view, or obtain copies of
2electronic images or paper copies of electronic images of documents in the land title
3database.
4 (10) The amount of funding necessary to complete an integrated electronic filing
5system for each parish clerk of court.
6 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to the
7executive director of LCRAA.
8 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Louisiana Clerks' Remote Access Authority
9shall submit one print copy and one electronic copy of any report produced pursuant to this
10Resolution to the David R. Poynter Legislative Research Library as required by R.S. 24:772.
DIGEST
The digest printed below was prepared by House Legislative Services. It constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument. The keyword, one-liner, abstract, and digest do not constitute
part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)]
HR 204 Original 2023 Regular Session Magee
Requests LCRAA to compile information regarding integrated electronic filing and case
management capabilities and to submit a report containing such information to the
legislature no later than Jan. 1, 2024.
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