RS 27:97 — Declaratory judgments
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§97. Declaratory judgments
A. The division or the commission may obtain a judicial determination of any question of construction or validity of a provision of this Chapter or any rule or regulation of the division or commission by bringing an action for a declaratory judgment in the Nineteenth Judicial District Court in accordance with the provisions of the Louisiana Code of Civil Procedure.
B. When an appeal is brought by a person other than the division, the division shall be made a party to the action.
C. Statutes and rules and regulations reviewed pursuant to this Section must be construed in a manner consistent with the declared policy of the state.
D. The filing of a petition for judicial determination under this Section shall not stay enforcement of any division or commission action. The division or the commission may grant a stay upon appropriate terms.
E. The district court shall give priority over other civil actions to an action brought pursuant to this Section.
Acts 1991, No. 753, §1, eff. July 18, 1991. Redesignated from R.S. 4:556 by Acts 1996, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 7, §3, eff. May 1, 1996.