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LA Rev Stat § 19:374 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 19 - Expropriation|§374. Contents of petition for expropriation; place of filing

RS 374 - Contents of petition for expropriation; place of filing  The authority to expropriate granted by this Part shall be exercised in the following manner:  (1) The governing authority shall file a petition in the Nineteenth Judicial District Court.  (2) The petition shall contain a statement of the purpose for which the property is to be expropriated, a description of the property to be expropriated, a description of any improvements, the reason the governing authority could not amicably acquire clear title, and the name of each owner shown on the conveyance records for East Baton Rouge Parish.  (3) The petition shall have annexed thereto the following:  (a) A certified copy of a resolution of the governing authority authorizing the expropriation and declaring the public purpose authorized by this Part.  (b) A certificate signed by the city engineer declaring the proposed maintenance or improvement is in the interest of the safety and protection of citizens of the city of Central.  (c) A certificate signed by the director of public works declaring whether any buildings or improvements are located wholly or partially upon the property described in the petition.  (d) An itemized statement of the amount of the estimate of the loss for the expropriation or the damage, or both, the methodology used in the estimate and all information required by this Part relative to the estimate, signed by the estimator, showing the capacity in which they acted, and the date on which the estimate was made.  (4) The petition shall conclude with a prayer that the property be transferred to the governing authority for drainage maintenance or improvements.  Acts 2020, No. 229, §1, eff. June 11, 2020.
LA Rev Stat § 19:375 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 19 - Expropriation|§375. Ex parte order for deposit; vesting of title

RS 375 - Ex parte order for deposit; vesting of title  A. Upon presentation of the petition, the court shall issue an order directing the amount of the estimate be deposited in the registry of the court and declaring the property described in the petition transferred to the governing authority for drainage maintenance or improvements at the time of deposit. Upon the deposit of the estimate in the registry of the court for the benefit of the property owners, the clerk of court shall issue a receipt showing the amount deposited, the date of the deposit, suit caption, and the description of the property described in the petition.  B.(1) Upon the governing authority depositing the amount ordered by the court, title to the property specified in the petition shall vest in the governing authority, and the right to just and adequate compensation therefor shall vest in the property owners. Upon vesting of title, the governing authority may enter upon and take possession of the property if there are no inhabited improvements located upon the expropriated property.  (2) If any inhabited improvement is located wholly or partially upon the property expropriated, the court may postpone the right of entry for up to thirty calendar days from the date on which the last defendant was served with the notice; however, the governing authority may request the court to order possession surrendered after a longer delay upon the court fixing a reasonable rental to be paid to the governing authority by a defendant in possession of the property for each day the defendant remains in possession after the withdrawal of any part of the deposited funds.  Acts 2020, No. 229, §1, eff. June 11, 2020.
LA Rev Stat § 19:376 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 19 - Expropriation|§376. Notice to property owners

RS 376 - Notice to property owners  Upon receipt of the deposit, certified copies of the petition, judgment, and the receipt for the deposit shall be served upon each property owner.  Acts 2020, No. 229, §1, eff. June 11, 2020.
LA Rev Stat § 19:377 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 19 - Expropriation|§377. Withdrawal of deposit

RS 377 - Withdrawal of deposit  Upon the application of any property owner, and upon due notice to the governing authority and all other property owners and lienholders, the court may order the money deposited, or any part thereof, be paid forthwith to the person entitled thereto for or on account of the just and adequate compensation to be awarded in the proceedings. The court shall order the payments of taxes, encumbrances, and other charges out of the deposit.  Acts 2020, No. 229, §1, eff. June 11, 2020.
LA Rev Stat § 19:378 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 19 - Expropriation|§378. Contesting validity of taking; waiver of defenses

RS 378 - Contesting validity of taking; waiver of defenses  A. Any defendant may contest the validity of an expropriation on the grounds the property was not expropriated for an authorized purpose or the petition and attached exhibits do not comply with this Part by filing a motion to dismiss the petition within twenty days after the date of service on the defendant. The motion to dismiss shall be tried contradictorily by the assigned judge, with preference to other civil proceedings, and shall be decided prior to fixing the case for trial.  B. Failure to file a motion to dismiss within the time provided or to serve a copy thereof on the governing authority constitutes a waiver of all defenses to the expropriation except claims for compensation.  Acts 2020, No. 229, §1, eff. June 11, 2020.
LA Rev Stat § 19:379 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 19 - Expropriation|§379. Answer; delay for filing

RS 379 - Answer; delay for filing  A. Where an entire lot, block, or tract of land is expropriated, any defendant may apply for a trial to determine the measure of compensation by filing an answer within ninety days from the date of service of the petition setting forth the amount claimed, including all of the following:  (1) The value of each parcel expropriated and the amount of damages to the remainder of the property, if any.  (2) A reasonable itemization of the damages claimed, if any.  B. Where a portion of a lot, block, or tract of land is expropriated, any defendant may apply for a trial to determine the measure of compensation by filing an answer within one year from the date of service of the petition setting forth the amount claimed, including all of the following:  (1) The value of each parcel expropriated and the amount claimed as damages to the remainder of his property, if any.  (2) A reasonable itemization of the damages claimed, if any.  Acts 2020, No. 229, §1, eff. June 11, 2020.
LA Rev Stat § 19:380 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 19 - Expropriation|§380. Fixing for trial; notice

RS 380 - Fixing for trial; notice  After answer is filed, if no motion to dismiss is filed pursuant to this Part, either party may, upon ex parte motion, request that the matter be set for trial. The court shall fix the time for the trial not more than sixty days after the filing of the motion to dismiss. The trial shall be conducted with preference to other civil proceedings, and shall be decided expeditiously. Notice of trial shall be served on all parties at least thirty days before the time fixed for the trial.  Acts 2020, No. 229, §1, eff. June 11, 2020.
LA Rev Stat § 19:381 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 19 - Expropriation|§381. Grant as additional authority

RS 381 - Grant as additional authority  The right to take possession and title in advance of final judgment, provided herein, is in addition to any right or authority conferred by the laws of this state under which expropriation proceedings may be conducted by municipalities, and shall not be construed as abrogating, eliminating, or modifying any such right or authority.  Acts 2020, No. 229, §1, eff. June 11, 2020.
LA Rev Stat § 20:31 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 20 - Homesteads and Exemptions|§31. School property exempt from seizure

RS 31 - School property exempt from seizure  Property dedicated to the use of and belonging to public schools or employed by municipal corporations for that purpose, is exempt from seizure.
LA Rev Stat § 20:32 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 20 - Homesteads and Exemptions|§32. Garnishment of exempt wages by certain lenders prohibited; penalty

RS 32 - Garnishment of exempt wages by certain lenders prohibited; penalty  No person engaged in lending money at more than ten per cent per year, nor any member, officer, agent, or employee of any such person, shall employ garnishment process against any legally exempt salary or wages of a debtor in an attempt to enforce payment of a debt.  Whoever violates this Section shall be imprisoned not less than sixty days nor more than ninety days.
LA Rev Stat § 20:33 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 20 - Homesteads and Exemptions|§33. Pension, annuity, and gratuity payment by employers

RS 33 - Pension, annuity, and gratuity payment by employers The following shall be exempt from all liability for any debt except alimony and child support: (1) All pensions, tax-deferred arrangements, and annuity contracts, as defined and to the same extent prescribed in R.S. 13:3881. (2) All gratuitous payments made by employers to their employees or former employees, or to the widow, or heirs, or beneficiaries of their employees or former employees, whether such payments are made in consideration of the length of service rendered by the employee, his age, death, or otherwise. Acts 1952, No. 117, §1. Amended by Acts 1968, No. 577, §1; Acts 1983, No. 362, §1; Acts 1999, No. 63, §2.
LA Rev Stat § 20:34 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 20 - Homesteads and Exemptions|§34. Payments, grants, and loans made by the United States, any state, or any federal or state agency resulting from the occurrence of an extraordinary emergency event

RS 34 - Payments, grants, and loans made by the United States, any state, or any federal or state agency resulting from the occurrence of an extraordinary emergency event  A. It is the public policy of the state of Louisiana that all payments, grants, or loans made by the United States, any state, or any federal or state agency as a result of a national or statewide extraordinary emergency event shall be used by the payee, grantee, or borrower for the purposes intended by the governmental authority which pays, grants, or lends the funds.  B. An "extraordinary emergency event" as used in this Section, means a presidentially or gubernatorially declared natural disaster, state of emergency, or public health emergency affecting Louisiana.  C. Any governmental payments, grants, or loans received as a result of an extraordinary emergency event by any natural or juridical person who is a citizen of the United States and domiciled in this state:  (1) After receipt by the person, are exempt from seizure, sale, attachment, or restraint under any writ, mandate, or order, except for the payment of alimony and child support as may be otherwise allowed by law and except to the extent of the balance due on debt secured by a security interest granted in such governmental grants, payments, or loans that the person granted after the extraordinary emergency event.  (2) Prior to the extraordinary emergency event may not be assigned by such person designating such payments, grants, or loans as security for the payment of any debt existing prior to the extraordinary emergency event for which the governmental payment, grant, or loan was made.  D.(1) After receipt by the person, all governmental grant funds, payments, or loan proceeds shall continue to be exempt from seizure and shall retain their exempt status as provided in Subsection C of this Section, provided that the grant funds, payments, or loan proceeds are held separately in an account used exclusively for this purpose and expressly identified as an account opened under this Section.  (2) The person asserting the exemption created by this Section bears the burden of preventing or limiting a financial institution's compliance with or response to a seizure, sale, attachment, garnishment, or restraint subject to this Section by seeking an appropriate remedy, including a restraining order, injunction, protective order, or other remedy, to prevent or suspend the financial institution's response to a claim against the person.  E. The provisions of this Section are subject to and shall not supercede laws, regulations, rules, government-issued guidance or interpretations, or other specific provisions, governing a particular payment, grant, or loan program and pursuant to which the natural or juridical person received funds.  Acts 2020, No. 44, §2, eff. June 4, 2020.
LA Rev Stat § 21:1 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 21 - Hotels and Lodging Houses|§1. Bed linens; duty as to

RS 1 - Bed linens; duty as to   A. Every hotel, motel, or innkeeper shall furnish clean and fresh bed linens, unused by any other person since the last laundering thereof, on all beds assigned to the use of any guest or patron of such inn, motel, or hotel.  B. Whoever fails or refuses to comply with the provisions and requirements of this Section shall be fined not less than one hundred and fifty dollars nor more than five hundred dollars, or be imprisoned for not more than ten days, or both.   C. The provisions of this Section shall be enforced by the state health officer and the office of health services and environmental quality of the Louisiana Department of Health as provided for in R.S. 40:5, at the request of the parish health officer in the parish where the hotel, motel, or inn is located.   Amended by Acts 1982, No. 32, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 21:2 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 21 - Hotels and Lodging Houses|§2. Screens

RS 2 - Screens  Every hotel or innkeeper shall properly screen with wire cloth or gauze, mesh not to be less than sixteen to the inch, the doors and windows of the kitchen and dining-room, and all openings therein, of such inn or hotel.  Whoever fails or refuses to comply with the provisions and requirements of this Section shall be fined not less than five dollars nor more than twenty-five dollars.
LA Rev Stat § 21:3 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 21 - Hotels and Lodging Houses|§3. Bathrooms and toilet facilities; duty as to

RS 3 - Bathrooms and toilet facilities; duty as to   A. Every keeper, manager, or person in charge of the conduct of any hotel, motel, or inn shall keep the closets, bathrooms, and toilet facilities provided for the use of its guests and patrons cleaned and maintained in a sanitary condition.   B. Whoever fails or refuses to comply with the provisions and requirements of this Section shall be fined not less than one hundred and fifty dollars nor more than five hundred dollars, or be imprisoned for not more than ten days, or both.   C. The provisions of this Section shall be enforced by the state health officer and the office of health services and environmental quality of the Louisiana Department of Health as provided for in R.S. 40:5, at the request of the parish health officer in the parish where the hotel, motel, or inn is located.   Amended by Acts 1982, No. 32, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 21:4 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 21 - Hotels and Lodging Houses|§4. Governing bodies' authority to prohibit hourly rentals

RS 4 - Governing bodies' authority to prohibit hourly rentals Any municipality or city or parish governing authority may prohibit any hotel, motel, or inn or bed and breakfast from charging for a room for less than a twenty-four-hour period. No such entity shall charge an hourly rate. Acts 2001, No. 920, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 21:5 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 21 - Hotels and Lodging Houses|§5. Boarding houses, provisions inapplicable

RS 5 - Boarding houses, provisions inapplicable  This Chapter does not apply to private boarding houses.
LA Rev Stat § 21:21 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 21 - Hotels and Lodging Houses|§21. Fraud in obtaining accommodations; worthless checks and other fraudulent acts

RS 21 - Fraud in obtaining accommodations; worthless checks and other fraudulent acts  A. No person shall:  (1) Obtain accommodations at any hotel, inn, boarding house or restaurant or procure food without paying therefor, with intent to defraud, except when credit is given by express agreement.  (2) Obtain credit with intent to defraud at any hotel, inn, boarding house or restaurant for food or accommodations by a false showing of baggage or effects.  (3) Remove or cause to be removed any baggage or effects from any hotel, inn, boarding house or restaurant without the consent of the owner or manager before having paid the proper charges due for food or accommodations.  (4) Draw, endorse, utter, or deliver to any hotel, inn, boarding house or restaurant any check, draft, or order for the payment of money upon any bank or other depository, in payment of the proper charges due for food, lodging, beverages or anything of value, knowing at the time that there is not sufficient credit with the drawee bank or other depository for the payment in full of the instrument upon its presentation.  (5) Obtain accommodations, food, property or services by the use of a credit card, knowing or having reasonable cause to believe that such card has been revoked, or was obtained, is retained, or is being used fraudulently. (6) Obtain accommodations, food, property or services by other than the use of a credit card from any hotel, inn, boarding house or restaurant by the use of deception knowing he is without sufficient means to pay for them.  (7) Sell or offer to sell accommodations at any hotel during the weekend of the National Football League Superbowl game, Bayou Classic game, Sugar Bowl game, and during the period of the National Collegiate Athletic Association Final Four Tournament, in excess of thirty percent more than the highest advertised rack rate charged by the hotel, inn, or boarding house.  B. Whoever violates any provision of this Section shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars, or imprisoned, with or without hard labor, for not more than two years, or both.  Amended by Acts 1958, No. 420, §1; Acts 1968, No. 539, §1; Acts 1977, No. 168, §1; Acts 1990, No. 941, §1, eff. July 25, 1990.
LA Rev Stat § 21:22 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 21 - Hotels and Lodging Houses|§22. Prima facie evidence of intent to defraud

RS 22 - Prima facie evidence of intent to defraud  The failure of any person to pay the proper charges due for any food, lodging, beverages, or anything of value due to any hotel, inn, boarding house or restaurant before departing from the premises, without first personally appearing before the room clerk or other agent of the establishment before departing and protesting the amount alleged to be due, or without working out satisfactory credit arrangements for the payment thereof, is prima facie evidence of intent to defraud, within the meaning of R.S. 21:21; and the failure of the person drawing, endorsing, uttering or delivering any check, draft or order to any hotel, inn, boarding house or restaurant in payment of food, lodging, beverages or anything of value, to honor the same within five days after the receipt of written notice of its nonpayment upon presentation, is prima facie evidence of intent to defraud, within the meaning of R.S. 21:21.  Amended by Acts 1958, No. 420, §1; Acts 1968, No. 539, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 21:23 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 21 - Hotels and Lodging Houses|§23. Credit with bank or depositary, meaning of

RS 23 - Credit with bank or depositary, meaning of  The words "credit with the drawee bank or other depositary", as used in R.S. 21:21 shall be construed to mean an arrangement or understanding with the bank or other depositary for the payment of the check, draft or order.
LA Rev Stat § 21:24 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 21 - Hotels and Lodging Houses|§24. Restitution; continuation of prosecution

RS 24 - Restitution; continuation of prosecution  Whenever the owner or the agent, servant, officer or employee of the owner of any hotel, inn, boarding house or restaurant signs a complaint against any person, charging that person with a violation of R.S. 21:21, the payment by the person charged of the amount claimed to be due the hotel, inn, boarding house or restaurant shall not be grounds for dismissal of the complaint so filed and the owner or the agent, servant, officer or employee of the owner of such hotel, inn, boarding house or restaurant shall continue to prosecute such charge or charges and cooperate fully with the prosecuting authorities in the prosecution of such charge or charges.  Added by Acts 1968, No. 539, §2.
LA Rev Stat § 21:25 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 21 - Hotels and Lodging Houses|§25. Extradition of violators; payment of expenses

RS 25 - Extradition of violators; payment of expenses  Whenever the owner, or the agent, servant, officer or employee of the owner of any hotel, inn, boarding house or restaurant signs a complaint against any person, charging that person with a violation of R.S. 21:21, and such person is found outside the state of Louisiana, the owner of the hotel, inn, boarding house or restaurant filing the complaint may, if called upon so to do, pay the necessary and reasonable expenses of extraditing the person charged and bringing him back to the parish in which the charge is filed, such payment to be made to the prosecuting authorities seeking to enforce the complaint.  Added by Acts 1968, No. 539, §2.
LA Rev Stat § 21:51 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 21 - Hotels and Lodging Houses|§51. Pet animals; prohibitions relative to hotels and motels; penalty; exemptions

RS 51 - Pet animals; prohibitions relative to hotels and motels; penalty; exemptions  A. No person shall take, and no owner, manager, or person in charge of any hotel or motel shall permit any person to take any dog, cat, or pet animal into any hotel room or into the sleeping quarters or bedrooms of any hotel or motel where there is posted in a conspicuous place a sign to the effect that dogs, cats, and pet animals are prohibited therein.  B. Whoever violates this Section shall be fined not more than twenty-five dollars or be imprisoned for not more than thirty days, or both.  C. This Section shall not apply to guide dogs or service dogs used by blind persons, visually impaired persons, persons who are deaf or hard of hearing, and other persons with physical disabilities who have been taught to use such dogs at a qualified dog guide or service school.  Amended by Acts 1962, No. 33, §1; Acts 1993, No. 763, §1; Acts 2014, No. 811, §10, eff. June 23, 2014; Acts 2017, No. 146, §4.