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§338.  Annual budget; submission to enumerated entities

NOTE:  Repealed by Acts 2006, No. 621, §20(A), eff. Jan. 1, 2009.

A.  The custodian of notarial records shall prepare a detailed annual budget at the end of his fiscal year and submit a copy of that budget to both the legislative auditor pursuant to R.S. 24:513 et seq. and the Joint Legislative Committee on the Budget, and shall publish a copy in the official journal of the parish of Orleans, at his own expense, commencing January 1, 1989.

B.  The custodian shall include in the annual budget adequate provisions to ensure that there is systematic rebinding, page repair, and microfilming of notarial records created before July 29, 1970.  The custodian shall be empowered to and shall make such reasonable rules and regulations relative to the use and preservation of documents and volumes in the New Orleans Notarial Archives as he judges necessary, except that nothing in this Section shall be construed to mean that the public shall not have free access to either original records or facsimiles thereof during all regular office hours, not including extended office hours.

Acts 1988, No. 650, §1, eff. July 15, 1988; Acts 1997, No. 1102, §1; Acts 2006, No. 621, §20(A), eff. Jan. 1, 2009.