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LA Rev Stat § 11:3864 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement|§3864. Computation and proof of length of service

RS 3864 - Computation and proof of length of service  A. Before any retirement allowance may be paid to any elective official, a certificate or certificates attesting to the periods of service claimed by the elective official must be filed with the city treasurer. Such certificate must be sworn to before a notary of record and witnessed by two responsible persons. Said certificates must give full information as to service, title of office held and amount of annual salary received during tenure of office.  B. Service of an elective official (except military service as provided in the paragraph next succeeding) rendered prior to the establishment of this plan shall not be creditable or considered in the computation of time served for participation in the benefits of this plan unless such elective official is, on the date of establishment of this plan, serving as an elective official of the municipality.  C. In the event that any elective official while in office shall be drafted or volunteer into the armed services of the United States said elective official, upon his return, will be credited with the time so served at the salary he was earning on being inducted and such time shall be considered creditable service hereunder. The provisions of the preceding paragraph notwithstanding, time so served prior to July 30, 1958 will likewise be credited him, provided that the elective official departed for such service while serving in a position qualifying under this Part and returned to such position directly upon release from such service.  Acts 1958, No. 65, §5; Redesignated from R.S. 33:1794 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.
LA Rev Stat § 11:3865 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement|§3865. Computation of retirement allowance

RS 3865 - Computation of retirement allowance  Elective officials who are eligible to receive retirement benefits in accordance with the provisions hereinabove stated shall receive and be paid a monthly retirement allowance as follows:  (1) Those who have completed at least twenty years but less than thirty years of creditable service shall receive and be paid a monthly allowance equal to fifty percent of one-twelfth of the annual salary received by him during the twelve month period immediately preceding the date of his retirement.  (2) Those who have completed thirty or more years of creditable service shall receive and be paid a monthly allowance equal to sixty-five percent of one-twelfth of the annual salary being received by him at the time of his application for retirement.  Added by Acts 1958, No. 65, §6. Amended by Acts 1966, No. 342, §2; Acts 1968, No. 32, §1; Redesignated from R.S. 33:1795 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.
LA Rev Stat § 11:3866 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement|§3866. Death benefits

RS 3866 - Death benefits  In the event of death of an elective official, drawing or eligible to draw benefits hereunder, one half of his retirement allowance shall be paid to his surviving spouse as long as she shall remain unmarried; provided the spouse was married to him prior to his retirement and was living with him at the time of his death.  Acts 1958, No. 65, §7; Redesignated from R.S. 33:1796 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.
LA Rev Stat § 11:3867 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement|§3867. Reduction by other benefits

RS 3867 - Reduction by other benefits  A. Provided, however, if an elected official, beneficiary hereunder, is a member of and belongs to and/or contributes to, any municipal, parish or state employees retirement fund or system at the time of his retirement, to which the employee contributes, any benefits payable hereunder to any such beneficiary hereunder shall be reduced in that proportionate amount of the benefits paid (excluding social security) under such municipal or parish, or the state employees retirement fund or system as the contribution made by the respective municipality or parish, or the state, of which such beneficiary is an elected official, bears to the total contributions being made by the respective municipality or parish, or the state and the employee, together, into the retirement fund or system, as of the date of such beneficiary's retirement.  B. Provided, also that the official may not evade this Section by withdrawing his contributions and membership in such employees retirement system prior to receiving benefits under this act. In case such withdrawal occurs the benefits hereinabove provided shall be reduced in the same manner as though he had continued membership in the aforementioned employee's retirement system and received benefits therefrom.  Acts 1958, No. 65, §8. Amended by Acts 1960, No. 214, §1; Redesignated from R.S. 33:1797 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.
LA Rev Stat § 11:3868 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement|§3868. Method of payment of retirement allowance

RS 3868 - Method of payment of retirement allowance  An elective official after having filed with the city treasurer full information relative to his service with a record of the salary received, as provided in this Part, and a formal declaration of retirement, shall be paid by the city treasurer a monthly allowance computed as provided in this Part. Such checks shall be drawn against the retirement allowance fund and shall bear such signatures or counter-signatures as are required for the payment of other valid obligations of the city.  Acts 1958, No. 65, §9; Redesignated from R.S. 33:1798 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.
LA Rev Stat § 11:3869 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement|§3869. Retirement allowance fund

RS 3869 - Retirement allowance fund  A. The governing body of the municipality shall anticipate and provide in the annual budget a sufficient appropriation to the retirement fund herein established, a sum sufficient to meet the obligations herein established.  B. When a formal application for retirement benefits is filed by an eligible person, the treasurer of the municipality affected is hereby directed to compute the amount of retirement allowance to be paid and thereafter draw proper warrant for the same.  C. In the event of death of a retired elective official, the unpaid amount of his retirement allowance in the retirement allowance fund shall be used to reduce subsequent withdrawals from the general fund of the city after a sufficient amount has been reserved for the payments due the surviving spouse to the end of that fiscal year.  D. In the event of death of the surviving spouse, the amount unpaid in that fiscal year shall be used to reduce future withdrawals, as set forth in Subsection B of this Section.  Acts 1958, No. 65, §10; Redesignated from R.S. 33:1799 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.
LA Rev Stat § 11:3870 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement|§3870. Officers of city court

RS 3870 - Officers of city court  The provisions of this Part shall include and be extended to any officer of any city court of any city of over twenty-five thousand population, whose salary is paid by such city and who is not a member of any other retirement system.  Acts 1958, No. 65, §11; Redesignated from R.S. 33:1800 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.
LA Rev Stat § 12:1 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 12 - Corporations and Associations|§1. Repealed by Acts 2014, No. 328, §5, eff. Jan. 1, 2015.

RS 1 - Repealed by Acts 2014, No. 328, §5, eff. Jan. 1, 2015. Acts 1968, No. 105, §1. Acts 1984, No. 841, §1, eff. July 13, 1984; Acts 2014, No. 328, §5, eff. Jan. 1, 2015.
LA Rev Stat § 12:1-101 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 12 - Corporations and Associations|§1-101. Short title

RS 1-101 - Short title This Chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "Business Corporation Act". References in this Chapter and elsewhere in the Revised Statutes to the Business Corporation Act or the Business Corporation Law shall be deemed to be references to this Chapter. Acts 2014, No. 328, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2015.
LA Rev Stat § 12:1-102 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 12 - Corporations and Associations|§1-102. Reservation of power to amend or repeal

RS 1-102 - Reservation of power to amend or repeal The legislature has power to amend or repeal all or part of this Chapter at any time and all domestic and foreign corporations subject to this Chapter are governed by the amendment or repeal. Acts 2014, No. 328, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2015.
LA Rev Stat § 12:1-121 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 12 - Corporations and Associations|§1-121. Forms

RS 1-121 - Forms  A.(1) The secretary of state may prescribe and furnish on request forms for any of the following:  (a) An application for a certificate of existence and standing.  (b) A foreign corporation's application for a certificate of authority to do business in this state.  (c) A foreign corporation's application for a certificate of withdrawal.  (d) The annual report.  (2) If the secretary of state so requires, use of these forms is mandatory.  B. The secretary of state may prescribe and furnish forms for other documents required or permitted to be filed by this Chapter.  Acts 2014, No. 328, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2015; Acts 2019, No. 19, §2, eff. May 28, 2019.
LA Rev Stat § 12:1-122 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 12 - Corporations and Associations|§1-122. Filing, service, and copying fees

RS 1-122 - Filing, service, and copying fees The secretary of state shall collect the fee authorized in R.S. 49:222 when a document described in this Chapter is delivered to the secretary of state for filing. Acts 2014, No. 328, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2015.
LA Rev Stat § 12:1-123 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 12 - Corporations and Associations|§1-123. Effective time and date of document

RS 1-123 - Effective time and date of document A. Except as provided in Subsections B and C of this Section and in R.S. 12:1-124(C), a document accepted for filing is effective at one of the following: (1) The date and time of its receipt for filing, as evidenced by such means as the secretary of state may use for the purpose of recording the date and time of receipt. (2) A later time, on the date of receipt, specified in the document as its effective time. B. Except as provided in Subsection C of this Section, a corporation's original articles of incorporation become effective when signed as provided in R.S. 12:1-120 if all of the following conditions are met: (1) The articles are received for filing by the secretary of state within five days, exclusive of legal holidays, after the date that the articles are signed. (2) The articles are accepted for filing. C. A document may specify a delayed effective time and date, and if it does so the document becomes effective at the time and date specified. If a delayed effective date but no time is specified, the document is effective at the close of business on that date. A delayed effective date for a document may not be earlier than the first date and time that the document otherwise would have become effective under this Section or later than the ninetieth day after the date the document is received for filing by the secretary of state. D. A document is accepted for filing when the secretary of state files the document as provided in R.S. 12:1-125(B). Acts 2014, No. 328, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2015.
LA Rev Stat § 12:1-124 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 12 - Corporations and Associations|§1-124. Correcting filed document

RS 1-124 - Correcting filed document  A. A domestic or foreign corporation may correct a document filed with the secretary of state if any of the following apply:  (1) The document contains an inaccuracy.  (2) The document was defectively signed, attested, sealed, verified, or acknowledged.  (3) The electronic transmission was defective.  B. A document is corrected by delivering to the secretary of state for filing articles of correction. The articles of correction shall do all of the following:  (1) Describe the document, including its filing date, or attach a copy of it to the articles.  (2) Specify the inaccuracy or defect to be corrected.  (3) Correct the inaccuracy or defect.  C. Articles of correction are effective on the effective date of the document they correct except as to persons relying on the uncorrected document and adversely affected by the correction. As to those persons, articles of correction are effective when filed.  Acts 2014, No. 328, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2015; Acts 2016, No. 442, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 12:1-125 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 12 - Corporations and Associations|§1-125. Filing duty of secretary of state

RS 1-125 - Filing duty of secretary of state  A. If a document delivered to the office of the secretary of state for filing satisfies the requirements of R.S. 12:1-120, the secretary of state shall file it.  B. The secretary of state files a document by recording it as filed on the date and time of receipt. After filing a document, except as provided in R.S. 12:1-503, the secretary of state shall deliver to the domestic or foreign corporation or its representative a copy of the document with an acknowledgment of the date of filing.  C. If the secretary of state refuses to file a document, it shall be returned to the domestic or foreign corporation or its representative within five days after the document was delivered, together with a brief, written explanation of the reason for the refusal.  D. The secretary of state's duty to file documents under this Section is ministerial. The secretary's filing or refusing to file a document does not do any of the following:  (1) Affect the validity or invalidity of the document in whole or part.  (2) Relate to the correctness or incorrectness of information contained in the document.  (3) Create a presumption that the document is valid or invalid or that information contained in the document is correct or incorrect.  Acts 2014, No. 328, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2015.
LA Rev Stat § 12:1-126 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 12 - Corporations and Associations|§1-126. Appeal from secretary of state's refusal to file document

RS 1-126 - Appeal from secretary of state's refusal to file document [Reserved.] Acts 2014, No. 328, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2015.
LA Rev Stat § 12:1-127 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 12 - Corporations and Associations|§1-127. Evidentiary effect of copy of filed document

RS 1-127 - Evidentiary effect of copy of filed document [Reserved.] Acts 2014, No. 328, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2015.
LA Rev Stat § 12:1-128 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 12 - Corporations and Associations|§1-128. Certificate of existence and standing

RS 1-128 - Certificate of existence and standing  A. Anyone may apply to the secretary of state to furnish a certificate of existence and standing for a domestic corporation or a certificate of authorization and standing for a foreign corporation.  B. A certificate of existence, or authorization, and standing shall state all of the following:  (1) The domestic corporation's corporate name or the foreign corporation's corporate name used in this state.  (2) One of the following:  (a) That the domestic corporation is duly incorporated under the law of this state, along with the date of its incorporation and the period of its duration if less than perpetual.  (b) That the foreign corporation is authorized to do business in this state.  (3) [Reserved.]  (4) That its most recent annual report required by R.S. 12:1-1621 or R.S. 12:309 has been filed with the secretary of state and that the corporation is in good standing, or that its most recent annual report has not been filed as required by law.  (5) That the corporation is not dissolved or terminated.  C. Subject to any qualification stated in the certificate, a certificate of existence, or authorization, and standing issued by the secretary of state may be relied upon as conclusive evidence that the domestic corporation is in existence or the foreign corporation is authorized to transact business in this state, and, if the certificate so states, that the corporation is in good standing.  Acts 2014, No. 328, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2015; Acts 2016, No. 442, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 12:1-129 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 12 - Corporations and Associations|§1-129. Penalty for signing false document

RS 1-129 - Penalty for signing false document [Reserved.] Acts 2014, No. 328, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2015.
LA Rev Stat § 12:1-130 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 12 - Corporations and Associations|§1-130. Powers

RS 1-130 - Powers [Reserved.] Acts 2014, No. 328, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2015.
LA Rev Stat § 12:1-142 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 12 - Corporations and Associations|§1-142. Number of shareholders

RS 1-142 - Number of shareholders A. For purposes of this Chapter, the following identified as a shareholder in a corporation's current record of shareholders constitutes one shareholder: (1) Co-owners. (2) A corporation, partnership or other entity. (3) A trust or estate or the trustees, guardians, custodians, succession representatives, or other fiduciaries of a single trust, estate, succession, or account. B. For purposes of this Chapter, shareholdings registered in substantially similar names constitute one shareholder if it is reasonable to believe that the names represent the same person. Acts 2014, No. 328, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2015.
LA Rev Stat § 12:1-144 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 12 - Corporations and Associations|§1-144. Householding

RS 1-144 - Householding A. A corporation has delivered written notice or any other report or statement under this Chapter, the articles of incorporation, or the bylaws to all shareholders who share a common address if all of the following conditions are met: (1) The corporation delivers one copy of the notice, report, or statement to the common address. (2) The corporation addresses the notice, report, or statement to those shareholders either as a group or to each of those shareholders individually or to the shareholders in a form to which each of those shareholders has consented. (3) Each of those shareholders consents to delivery of a single copy of such notice, report or statement to the shareholders' common address. Any such consent shall be revocable by any of the shareholders who deliver written notice of revocation to the corporation. If the written notice of revocation is delivered, the corporation shall begin providing individual notices, reports, or other statements to the revoking shareholder no later than thirty days after delivery of the written notice of revocation. B. Any shareholder who fails to object by written notice to the corporation, within sixty days of written notice by the corporation of its intention to send single copies of notices, reports or statements to shareholders who share a common address as permitted by Subsection A of this Section, shall be deemed to have consented to receiving such single copy at the common address. Acts 2014, No. 328, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2015.
LA Rev Stat § 12:1-201 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 12 - Corporations and Associations|§1-201. Incorporators

RS 1-201 - Incorporators One or more persons capable of contracting may act as the incorporator or incorporators of a corporation by delivering to the secretary of state for filing articles of incorporation and the written consent of the registered agent required by R.S. 12:1-202(E). Acts 2014, No. 328, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2015.
LA Rev Stat § 12:1-203 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 12 - Corporations and Associations|§1-203. Incorporation

RS 1-203 - Incorporation A. Except as provided in Subsection C of this Section, the corporate existence begins, and the corporation is duly incorporated, when the articles of incorporation become effective under R.S. 12:1-123. B. The secretary of state's filing of the articles of incorporation is conclusive proof that the incorporators satisfied all conditions precedent to incorporation and that the corporation is duly incorporated, except in a proceeding by the state to cancel or revoke the incorporation or involuntarily dissolve the corporation. C. When immovable property is acquired by one or more persons acting in any capacity for and in the name of any corporation that is not duly incorporated, and the corporation is subsequently duly incorporated, the corporate existence shall be retroactive to the date of acquisition of an interest in the immovable property, but such retroactive existence shall be without prejudice to rights validly acquired by third persons in the interim between the date of acquisition and the date that the corporation is duly incorporated. Acts 2014, No. 328, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2015.
LA Rev Stat § 12:1-204 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 12 - Corporations and Associations|§1-204. Liability for preincorporation transactions

RS 1-204 - Liability for preincorporation transactions [Reserved.] Acts 2014, No. 328, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2015.
LA Rev Stat § 12:1-205 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 12 - Corporations and Associations|§1-205. Organization of corporation

RS 1-205 - Organization of corporation A. After incorporation, the following shall apply: (1) If initial directors are named in the articles of incorporation, the initial directors shall hold an organizational meeting, at the call of a majority of the directors, to complete the organization of the corporation by appointing officers and carrying on any other business brought before the meeting. (2) If initial directors are not named in the articles, the incorporator or incorporators shall hold an organizational meeting at the call of a majority of the incorporators to elect a board of directors who shall complete the organization of the corporation. B. The election by the incorporators of a board of directors may be conducted without a meeting by means of one or more written consents signed by each incorporator. C. An organizational meeting may be held in or out of this state. Acts 2014, No. 328, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2015.
LA Rev Stat § 12:1-206 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 12 - Corporations and Associations|§1-206. Bylaws

RS 1-206 - Bylaws A. The board of directors of a corporation may adopt bylaws for the corporation. B. The bylaws of a corporation may contain any provision for managing the business and regulating the affairs of the corporation that is not inconsistent with law or the articles of incorporation. C. The bylaws may contain one or both of the following provisions: (1) A requirement that if the corporation solicits proxies or consents with respect to an election of directors, the corporation include in its proxy statement and any form of its proxy or consent, to the extent and subject to such procedures or conditions as are provided in the bylaws, one or more individuals nominated by a shareholder in addition to individuals nominated by the board of directors. (2) A requirement that the corporation reimburse the expenses incurred by a shareholder in soliciting proxies or consents in connection with an election of directors, to the extent and subject to such procedures or conditions as are provided in the bylaws, provided that no bylaw so adopted shall apply to elections for which any record date precedes its adoption. D. Notwithstanding R.S. 12:1-1020(B)(2), the shareholders in amending, repealing, or adopting a bylaw described in Subsection C of this Section may not limit the authority of the board of directors to amend or repeal any condition or procedure set forth in or to add any procedure or condition to such a bylaw in order to provide for a reasonable, practicable, and orderly process. Acts 2014, No. 328, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2015.