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LA Rev Stat § 12:1821 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 12 - Corporations and Associations|§1821. Standard of conduct for directors

RS 1821 - Standard of conduct for directors A. In discharging the duties of their respective positions and in considering the best interests of the benefit corporation, the board of directors, committees of the board, and individual directors of a benefit corporation: (1) Shall consider the effects of any action or inaction upon all of the following: (a) The shareholders of the benefit corporation. (b) The employees and work force of the benefit corporation, its subsidiaries, and its suppliers. (c) The interests of customers as beneficiaries of the general public benefit or specific public benefit purposes of the benefit corporation. (d) Community and societal factors, including those of each community in which offices or facilities of the benefit corporation, its subsidiaries, or its suppliers are located. (e) The local and global environment. (f) The short-term and long-term interests of the benefit corporation, including benefits that may accrue to the benefit corporation from its long-term plans and the possibility that these interests may be best served by the continued independence of the benefit corporation. (g) The ability of the benefit corporation to accomplish its general public benefit purpose and any specific public benefit purpose. (2) May consider other pertinent factors or the interests of any other group that they deem appropriate. (3) Shall not be required to give priority to the interests of a particular person or group referred to in Paragraph (1) or (2) of this Subsection over the interests of any other person or group unless the benefit corporation has stated in its articles the intention to give priority to certain interests related to the accomplishment of its general public benefit purpose or of a specific public benefit purpose identified in the articles. B. The consideration of interests and factors in the manner required by Subsection A of this Section shall not constitute a violation of R.S. 12:91. C. A director shall not be personally liable for monetary damages for any of the following: (1) Any act or omission covered by a provision in the articles of incorporation that eliminates or limits the liability of the director as authorized in R.S. 12:24(C)(4). (2) Any act or omission as a director if the director performed the duties of office pursuant to R.S. 12:91. (3) Failure of the benefit corporation to pursue or create a general public benefit or specific public benefit. D. A director shall not have a duty to a person that is a beneficiary of the general public benefit purpose or a specific public benefit purpose of a benefit corporation arising from the status of the person as a beneficiary. Acts 2012, No. 442, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 12:1822 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 12 - Corporations and Associations|§1822. Benefit director

RS 1822 - Benefit director A. The board of directors of a benefit corporation shall include a director who shall be designated the benefit director and who shall have, in addition to the powers, duties, rights, and immunities of the other directors of the benefit corporation, the powers, duties, rights, and immunities provided for in this Part. B. The benefit director shall be elected, and may be removed, pursuant to R.S. 12:81, and shall be an individual who is independent. The benefit director may serve as the benefit officer at the same time as serving as the benefit director. The articles or bylaws of a benefit corporation may prescribe additional qualifications or duties of the benefit director not inconsistent with this Subsection. C. The benefit director shall be responsible for the preparation of an annual benefit report submitted to shareholders as required by R.S. 12:1831. The benefit director may retain an independent third party to audit the annual benefit report or conduct any other assessment of the corporation's pursuit of its general public benefit purpose and any specific public benefit purpose. The annual benefit report shall include a statement of the benefit director, in the opinion of the benefit director, on all of the following: (1) Whether the benefit corporation acted in accordance with its general public benefit purpose and any specific public benefit purpose in all material respects during the period covered by the report. (2) Whether the directors and officers complied with R.S. 12:1821(A) and 1823(A), respectively. (3) If, in the opinion of the benefit director, the benefit corporation or its directors or officers failed to comply with R.S. 12:1821(A) and 1823(A), a description of the ways in which the benefit corporation or its directors or officers failed to comply. D. The act or inaction of an individual in the capacity of a benefit director shall constitute for all purposes an act or inaction of that individual in the capacity of a director of the benefit corporation. E. Regardless of whether the bylaws of a benefit corporation include a provision eliminating or limiting the personal liability of directors authorized by R.S. 12:24(C)(4), a benefit director shall not be personally liable for an act or omission in the capacity of a benefit director unless the act or omission constitutes self-dealing, willful misconduct, or a knowing violation of law. F. The benefit director of a professional corporation shall not be required to be independent. Acts 2012, No. 442, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 12:1823 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 12 - Corporations and Associations|§1823. Standard of conduct for officers

RS 1823 - Standard of conduct for officers A. Each officer of a benefit corporation shall consider the interests and factors described in R.S. 12:1821 in the manner provided in that Section if all of the following applies: (1) The officer has discretion to act with respect to the matter. (2) It reasonably appears to the officer that the matter may have a material effect on the creation by the benefit corporation of a general public benefit or a specific public benefit identified in the articles of the benefit corporation. B. The consideration of interests and factors pursuant to Subsection A of this Section shall not constitute a violation of R.S. 12:91. C. An officer shall not be personally liable for monetary damages for either of the following: (1) An action or omission as an officer if the officer performed the duties of the position pursuant to R.S. 12:91. (2) Failure of the benefit corporation to pursue or create general public benefit or specific public benefit. D. An officer shall not have a duty to a person that is a beneficiary of the general public benefit purpose or a specific public benefit purpose of a benefit corporation arising from the status of the person as a beneficiary. Acts 2012, No. 442, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 12:1824 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 12 - Corporations and Associations|§1824. Benefit officer

RS 1824 - Benefit officer A. A benefit corporation may have an officer designated as the benefit officer. B. A benefit officer shall have all of the following: (1) The powers and duties relating to the purpose of the corporation to create a general public benefit or specific public benefit provided by the bylaws or, absent controlling provisions in the bylaws, by resolutions or orders of the board of directors. (2) The duty to prepare the benefit report required by R.S. 12:1831. C. An officer shall not be personally liable for monetary damages for any of the following: (1) Any act or omission covered by a provision in the articles of incorporation that eliminates or limits the liability of the officer as authorized in R.S. 12:24(C)(4). (2) Any act or omission as an officer if the officer performed the duties of office pursuant to R.S. 12:91. (3) Failure of the benefit corporation to pursue or create general public benefit or a specific public benefit. Acts 2012, No. 442, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 12:1825 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 12 - Corporations and Associations|§1825. Right of action

RS 1825 - Right of action A. The duties of directors and officers under this Chapter and the general public benefit purpose and any specific public benefit purpose of a benefit corporation may be enforced only in accordance with this Section in a benefit enforcement proceeding, and no person shall bring an action or assert a claim against a benefit corporation. B. A benefit enforcement proceeding shall be commenced or maintained only directly by the benefit corporation or derivatively by one of the following parties: (1) A shareholder. (2) A benefit director. (3) Other persons as specified in the articles or bylaws of the benefit corporation. Acts 2012, No. 442, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 12:1832 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 12 - Corporations and Associations|§1832. Stock certificates

RS 1832 - Stock certificates All certificates representing shares in a benefit corporation shall contain, in addition to any other statements required by the Business Corporation Law, the following conspicuous language on the face of the certificate: "This corporation is a benefit corporation subject to the Benefit Corporations Law, R.S. 12:1801 et seq." Acts 2012, No. 442, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 13:1 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 13 - Courts and Judicial Procedure|§1. Duties of the minute clerks of courts of Orleans Parish

RS 1 - Duties of the minute clerks of courts of Orleans Parish The minute clerks of the court of appeals and of the civil and criminal district courts of the parish of Orleans shall attend the sessions of the court for which they are appointed, and shall, under the supervision of the judge or judges of the courts, keep the minutes of the court, issue all notices, copies of rules and orders entered on the minutes, which are required to be issued, and make due entries on the dockets of the causes and of the proceedings therein, and shall perform such other duties as the judges may direct. Acts 2006, No. 621, §2, eff. Jan 1, 2009; Acts 2008, No. 873, §1, eff. July 9, 2008; Acts 2012, No. 474, §5(A).
LA Rev Stat § 13:2 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 13 - Courts and Judicial Procedure|§2. Fines for non-attendance of any witness or juror imposed by any court of justice

RS 2 - Fines for non-attendance of any witness or juror imposed by any court of justice  When a fine is imposed by any court of justice for the non-attendance of any witness or juror, or for any other cause, it is the duty of the clerk to issue, within two judicial days, a writ of fieri facias at the suit of the state, against the person on whom the fine is imposed; fines shall not be imposed without a rule on the party to show cause, unless the circumstances of the case should, in the discretion of the court, require no delay.
LA Rev Stat § 13:3 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 13 - Courts and Judicial Procedure|§3. Seals for clerks of Supreme Court and Orleans parish courts; Orleans Parish Juvenile Court

RS 3 - Seals for clerks of Supreme Court and Orleans parish courts; Orleans Parish Juvenile Court  The clerks of the Supreme Court and the several courts in the parish of Orleans each shall have a seal containing the vignette of the state seal and designating the court for which the seal is to be used, with which all documents requiring a seal issued from these courts shall be sealed, provided that the Orleans Parish Juvenile Court may prepare and use its own special seal, which shall contain thereon at its top the name "Orleans Parish Juvenile Court" with the words "State of Louisiana" across its middle, and at the bottom the court's motto, "Justice through Understanding." Embossed under the court's name shall be the scales of justice supported by the Louisiana Pelican with its young (now contained in the vignette of the present state seal) and enclosed within a crescent symbolical of New Orleans the year "1908" commemorating the court's creation. The clerk of the Orleans Parish Juvenile Court shall be the keeper of such seal and shall affix this official court seal to all official acts and documents necessitating a seal. Amended by Acts 1962, No. 117, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 13:4 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 13 - Courts and Judicial Procedure|§4. Affixing seal of clerk complies with requirement of affixing seal of court

RS 4 - Affixing seal of clerk complies with requirement of affixing seal of court  When any code or statutory provision requires the affixing of the seal of a court to a judgment, order, mandate, writ, process, certified copy, or document issued by the court or its clerk, and the court has no official seal, the affixing of the seal of the clerk of the court is a compliance with the code or statutory requirement.  Added by Acts 1960, No. 32, §6, eff. Jan. 1, 1961.
LA Rev Stat § 13:5 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 13 - Courts and Judicial Procedure|§5. Ancillary office of each of the clerks of court; recorder of mortgages and register of conveyances and office of notarial archives for the parish of Orleans, periods of declared state of emergency or disaster

RS 5 - Ancillary office of each of the clerks of court; recorder of mortgages and register of conveyances and office of notarial archives for the parish of Orleans, periods of declared state of emergency or disaster During the period in which the governor has declared a state of emergency or disaster by executive order or proclamation pursuant to the provisions of the Louisiana Homeland Security and Emergency Assistance and Disaster Act, each clerk of court and the recorder of mortgages, register of conveyances and office of notarial archives for the parish of Orleans that is affected by the disaster or emergency and is unable to function at its existing location and no other location is readily available within its parish or territorial jurisdiction is authorized to establish an ancillary office in any parish in the state. The affected offices shall retain all necessary powers, duties, and functions to maintain their effective operation and shall be limited to all matters and proceedings that were properly exercised in their original location. Acts 2005, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 14, §1, eff. Nov. 29, 2005.
LA Rev Stat § 13:10 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 13 - Courts and Judicial Procedure|§10. Judicial administrator; emoluments and benefits; retirement

RS 10 - Judicial administrator; emoluments and benefits; retirement  The supreme court may fix the salary of the judicial administrator by rule.  The judicial administrator shall be entitled to all emoluments and benefits applicable by law to district judges and shall be subject to the same retirement provisions.  Added by Acts 1975, No. 136, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 13:10.1 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 13 - Courts and Judicial Procedure|§10.1. Completion of term to which elected; certain judges reaching mandatory retirement age within twelve months of election

RS 10.1 - Completion of term to which elected; certain judges reaching mandatory retirement age within twelve months of election  Any judge who was in office on December 31, 1974, and who reaches his mandatory retirement age within twelve months prior to the primary election at which his successor is to be elected, may serve through the end of the term to which he was elected.  Added by Acts 1978, No. 483, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 13:10.2 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 13 - Courts and Judicial Procedure|§10.2. Official court reporters; oath of office; bond

RS 10.2 - Official court reporters; oath of office; bond  A.(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, each court reporter appointed as an official court reporter by any judge of any court shall be required to take an oath of office and to furnish bond for the faithful performance of the duties of the office.  (2) The bond shall be in the sum of ten thousand dollars and shall be approved by the judge making the appointment.  (3) The bond shall be in favor of the judge making the appointment and any party litigant for the purpose of protecting litigants against any acts of incompetence or neglect of duty on the part of the reporter.  (4) It shall be recorded and filed in the clerk's office in each court for which such appointment is made.  B. Any party litigant may sue on said bond for any damages sustained by said party litigant by a wrongful act or neglect of duty committed or omitted by the official court reporter in the performance of the duties of official court reporters.  Acts 1984, No. 538, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 13:10.4 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 13 - Courts and Judicial Procedure|§10.4. Court costs; witness protection

RS 10.4 - Court costs; witness protection A. In every state district court having criminal jurisdiction in the state of Louisiana, there shall be assessed as an additional cost against every defendant who is convicted after trial, or who pleads guilty, or forfeits bond, a sum not to exceed one dollar. This cost shall be in addition to all other fines, costs, or forfeitures lawfully imposed and shall be collected by the sheriff or appropriate court official. The sheriff or appropriate court official shall place all sums collected or received pursuant to this Section and remit the sums monthly into an account to be designated as the "Witness Protection Services Program". The monies in this account shall be used by the district attorney's office of each parish solely and exclusively for the witness protection program, as provided for in R.S. 15:262, and as may be further provided by law. B. The court shall cause to be conducted annually an audit of the account and the books and accounts relating thereto and shall file the audit with the office of the legislative auditor where it shall be available for public inspection. Acts 2009, No. 267, §1. NOTE: See Acts 2009, No. 267, §2, and the La. Register, 8/20/09, Vol. 35, No. 08, pg. 1828. The Judicial Council did not approve the cost provided for in this Section.
LA Rev Stat § 13:3383 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 13 - Courts and Judicial Procedure|§3383. Costs

RS 3383 - Costs  A defendant shall not be required to prepay costs to file an answer to a claim for defamation of character, libel, slander, or damage to reputation referenced in R.S. 13:3381.  Acts 2018, No. 359, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 13:32 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 13 - Courts and Judicial Procedure|§32. Judiciary Commission

RS 32 - Judiciary Commission As used in this Chapter, "commission" means the Judiciary Commission provided for by Article V, Section 25 of the Constitution of Louisiana. Added by Acts 1968, No. 152, §1; Acts 2012, No. 811, §3, eff. July 1, 2012.
LA Rev Stat § 13:33 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 13 - Courts and Judicial Procedure|§33. Chairman; other officers

RS 33 - Chairman; other officers  The commission shall select from its members a chairman and such other officers as it deems necessary.  Added by Acts 1968, No. 152, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 13:34 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 13 - Courts and Judicial Procedure|§34. Commission members; compensation prohibited; expenses

RS 34 - Commission members; compensation prohibited; expenses  No member of the commission shall receive any compensation for his services, but shall be paid his expenses necessarily incurred in the performance of his duties as a member of the commission.  Added by Acts 1968, No. 152, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 13:35 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 13 - Courts and Judicial Procedure|§35. Employment of attorneys, staff personnel, etc.; expenditures

RS 35 - Employment of attorneys, staff personnel, etc.; expenditures  The commission may employ and fix the duties and compensation of such attorneys, staff personnel, and other employees, and may make such expenditures, including the payment of the fees of witnesses, as it finds necessary to accomplish its functions.  Added by Acts 1968, No. 152, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 13:36 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 13 - Courts and Judicial Procedure|§36. Powers of commission

RS 36 - Powers of commission  In the course of any investigation or hearing held by the commission, it may administer oaths or affirmations, subpoena witnesses, compel their attendance, examine them under oath or affirmation, and require the production of books, records, documents, or other evidence deemed relevant or material to the investigation or hearing.  Added by Acts 1968, No. 152, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 13:42 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 13 - Courts and Judicial Procedure|§42. Judicial Compensation Commission; creation; membership

RS 42 - Judicial Compensation Commission; creation; membership A. There is hereby created a commission known as the "Judicial Compensation Commission", hereinafter referred to as the "commission". The commission shall consist of fifteen members, subject to Senate confirmation: one shall be appointed by the governor; four by the president of the Senate; four by the speaker of the House of Representatives; two by the chief justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court; one by the Conference of the Courts of Appeal; one by the Louisiana District Judges Association; one by the Louisiana City Judges Association; and one by the Louisiana State Bar Association. B. Two of the members appointed by the president of the Senate, two of the members appointed by the speaker of the House of Representatives, and one of the members appointed by the chief justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court shall be representative of the general public and shall not be attorneys nor members of the legislature. Acts 1995, No. 1077, §1; Acts 2001, No. 225, §1, eff. June 1, 2001.
LA Rev Stat § 13:43 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 13 - Courts and Judicial Procedure|§43. Member qualifications; terms of office; chairman

RS 43 - Member qualifications; terms of office; chairman Members of the commission shall be residents and qualified voters of the state of Louisiana. Members shall serve four-year terms and vacancies shall be filled in the same manner as the original appointment. The commission shall elect one of its members chairman. Acts 1995, No. 1077, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 13:44 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 13 - Courts and Judicial Procedure|§44. Commission members; compensation prohibited; expenses

RS 44 - Commission members; compensation prohibited; expenses Members of the commission shall not receive compensation for their services, but shall be paid actual expenses necessarily incurred in the performance of their duties as members of the commission. Acts 1995, No. 1077, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 13:45 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 13 - Courts and Judicial Procedure|§45. Domicile; meetings; staff

RS 45 - Domicile; meetings; staff The commission shall be domiciled in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. It shall meet at least biennially. Necessary support staff shall be provided by appropriate committee staff of the legislature. Acts 1995, No. 1077, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 13:46 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 13 - Courts and Judicial Procedure|§46. Duties and functions

RS 46 - Duties and functions A. The commission shall make a study of the salaries payable to judges. B. The commission shall submit its recommendations concerning judges' salaries to the legislature sixty days prior to the commencement of any regular session of the legislature in an even-numbered year. Thereafter, a report may be submitted every two years at any regular session of the legislature in an even-numbered year. The report shall be submitted to the offices of the speaker of the House of Representatives and the president of the Senate, who shall distribute copies to each member of their respective house of the legislature. C. All departments and agencies of the state shall cooperate in furnishing to the commission such information as the commission may deem necessary to discharge its duties. Acts 1995, No. 1077, §1.