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urn: urn:us-la:rs:9:5826
citation: "R.S. 9:5826"
status: active
breadcrumb: "Title 9 › Code Preliminary Title › Code Book III › Code Title XXIV › Chapter 1 › Part V"
acts_citations:
  - { year: 2017, number: 186, section: 1, effective_date: 2017-06-12, role: enactment }
---

# Purpose

In response to the widespread flooding and power outages that occurred in August of 2016, the governor of this state issued Executive Orders JBE 2016-53, 57, and 66, which, among other things, purport to suspend or extend certain prescriptive periods and peremptive periods. The legislature finds that it is necessary to provide for a clear termination of any suspension or extension of prescriptive periods and peremptive periods created by these executive orders in order to preserve a fair and consistent application of the laws of prescription and peremption.