2018 Louisiana Laws
Revised Statutes
TITLE 9 - Civil Code-Ancillaries
RS 9:3137.2 - Legislative intent
§3137.2. Legislative intent
A. It is the intent of the legislature to encourage and promote businesses to offer sellers the ability to sell their receivables to qualified buyers over electronic and other types of exchanges located in this state, thereby availing themselves of Louisiana civil law principles not found in common law jurisdictions, and further availing themselves of the true sale provisions of this Part and R.S. 10:9-109(e).
B. The legislature declares the following actions to be the public policy of this state.
(1) All sales of receivables over exchanges located in Louisiana shall be subject to Louisiana law, and specifically subject to this Part and to R.S. 10:9-109(e).
(2) Such sales shall result in true sales for all purposes and not be limited to a bankruptcy context.
(3) Such sales shall not be subject to recharacterization as a simulated sale or as a loan, extension of credit, or other credit accommodation by the buyer to the seller, notwithstanding that the seller may be obligated to repurchase the receivable, or the buyer may have other recourse against the seller, if the receivable is not timely paid, and further notwithstanding that the seller may be entitled to receive a portion of the collection proceeds.
C. This Part and R.S. 10:9-109(e) specifically reject common law legal theories under which recourse sales of receivables have been recharacterized as loans or credit accommodations, as being contrary to Louisiana civil law principles that apply to sales of receivables over exchanges located in this state.
Acts 2010, No. 958, §1, eff. July 6, 2010.
