Louisiana Revised Statutes Tit. 44, § 182.11. Annual budget; submission to enumerated entities

A. The clerk of court as the parish recorder shall prepare a detailed annual budget of the office of the clerk of court at the end of its fiscal year and submit a copy of that budget to the legislative auditor pursuant to R.S. 24:513 et seq., and to the Joint Legislative Committee on the Budget and shall publish a copy, at his own expense, in the official journal of the parish of Orleans, commencing January 1, 2009.

B. The clerk of court shall include in the annual budget adequate provisions to ensure that there is systematic rebinding, page repair, and microfilming of those notarial records created before July 29, 1970, and that the office can provide professional supervision of the use of all volumes created before the year 1900. The clerk of court shall allocate sufficient funds for the stabilization, preservation, and repair of plat plans, surveys, architectural drawings, and other visual materials housed at the office, whether presently attached to notarial acts or housed separately from notarial volumes.