GREEN SHEET REDIGEST
HB 803 2024 Regular Session Muscarello
CIVIL/PROCEDURE: Provides relative to interruption of prescription and venue.
DIGEST
Present law (C.C. Art. 3462) provides that prescription is interrupted when an action is
commenced in a court of competent jurisdiction and venue.
Proposed law retains present law but removes the requirement of proper venue.
Present law (C.C.P. Art. 863(F)) provides for the imposition of sanctions.
Proposed law retains present law but provides that sanctions shall not be imposed with
respect to an original petition that is filed within 60 days of an applicable prescriptive date
and then transferred to a court of proper venue.
Proposed law provides that the provisions of proposed law shall not become effective in the
event that House Bill No. 315 of the 2024 Regular Session of the Legislature is enacted and
becomes law.
(Amends C.C. Art. 3462 and C.C.P. Art. 863(F))
Summary of Amendments Adopted by Senate
Committee Amendments Proposed by Senate Committee on Judiciary A to the
engrossed bill
1. Adds an effective date.
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Prepared by Hanna Gettys.