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This Act shall be known as the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950 and shall be cited as R.S. followed by the number of the Title and the number of the Section in the Title, separated by a colon. Example: Section 1 of Title 20 shall be cited as R.S. 20:1.
No Section of the Revised Statutes is retroactive unless it is expressly so stated.
Words and phrases shall be read with their context and shall be construed according to the common and approved usage of the language. Technical words and phrases, and such others as may have acquired a peculiar and appropriate meaning in the law, shall be construed and understood according to such peculiar and appropri…
When the wording of a Section is clear and free of ambiguity, the letter of it shall not be disregarded under the pretext of pursuing its spirit.
Clerical and typographical errors in the Revised Statutes shall be disregarded when the meaning of the legislature is clear.
Whenever there is a conflict between a number expressed both by figures and written words, the latter shall prevail unless such words obviously are contrary to the legislative intent.
Words used in the singular number include the plural and the plural includes the singular.
A. Words used in reference to one sex apply also to the other sex, except as otherwise clearly indicated by the context. B. "Sex" means an individual's biological sex, either male or female, as observed or clinically certified at birth. "Gender identity" and other subjective terms shall not be used as synonyms or subst…
Unless it is otherwise clearly indicated by the context, whenever the term "or" is used in the Revised Statutes, it is used in the disjunctive and does not mean "and/or".
Unless it is otherwise clearly indicated, the word "person" includes a body of persons, whether incorporated or not.
A. Except as otherwise provided, the number of inhabitants of a political subdivision is that shown by the latest regular or special federal census. B. To provide for orderly transition in the implementation of any law applicable to a class of political subdivisions identified by a population category, a particular fed…
All incorporated municipalities in the State of Louisiana are hereby authorized and empowered to take a special census when ordered by the governing authority of the municipality, all costs to be paid for by the municipality; provided, however, that upon the taking of one special census, another special census shall no…
The classification and organization of the sections of the Revised Statutes is made for the purpose of convenience, reference, and orderly arrangement, and no implication or presumption of a legislative construction shall be drawn therefrom.
A. Headings to sections, source notes, and cross references are given for the purpose of convenient reference and do not constitute part of the law. B. The keyword, one-liner, summary and adjoining information, abstract, digest, and other words and phrases not contained in the section or sections of the bill following…
Unless otherwise indicated in the context, references in the Revised Statutes to Titles, Sub-titles, Chapters, Parts, Subparts, or Sections shall mean Titles, Subtitles, Chapters, Parts, Sub-parts, or Sections of the Revised Statutes. Whenever any reference is made to any portion of the Revised Statutes or to any other…
The repeal of a repealing law shall not revive the first law.
The Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950 shall be construed as continuations of and as substitutes for the laws or parts of laws which are revised and consolidated herein. The adoption of these Revised Statutes shall not affect the continued existence and operation, subject to the provisions hereof, of any department, ag…
Wherever in the Revised Statutes a reference is made to any department, agency or office, or officer thereof, the functions of which department, agency, office or officer have been legally transferred to another department, agency, office or officer, the provision of law wherein the reference is made shall be applicabl…
A. It is the intention of the Legislature of Louisiana to prohibit and restrict abortion and to thereby preserve the life of each unborn child to the fullest extent permitted by law. B.(1) All laws or parts of laws prohibiting or restricting abortion shall not be negated or superseded by the laws regulating outpatient…
If the United States Congress amends 15 U.S.C. 260(a) to authorize states to observe daylight saving time year-round, the state shall adopt daylight saving time as the year-round standard time of the entire state and all of its political subdivisions.
Any act or contract made or executed in the French language is as legal and binding upon the parties as if it had been made or executed in the English language.
It is sufficient in all the parishes of the state to publish advertisements, judicial or otherwise, notices, and publications required by law, in the English language only.
The money accounts of this state shall be expressed in dollars or units, cents or hundredths, and mills or thousandths; and all accounts in banks and public offices, and all proceedings in the courts of this state, shall be kept in conformity herewith.
Residence once acquired shall not be forfeited by absence on business of the state or of the United States. Voluntary absence from the state of two years, or the acquisition of residence elsewhere, shall forfeit a residence within this state.
A. The following shall be days of public rest and legal holidays and half-holidays: (1) The following shall be days of public rest and legal holidays: Sundays; January 1, New Year's Day; January 8, Battle of New Orleans; the third Monday in January, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Birthday; the third Monday in February,…