Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 47:1972

  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.

The president, vice-president, cashier or assistant-cashier of any bank, banking company, firm, association or corporation engaged in the banking business shall furnish to the assessor, on or before the fifteenth day of February of each and every year, a complete sworn list of those who are carried on its books as shareholders.

Any president, vice-president, cashier, or assistant-cashier of any bank, banking company, firm, association or corporation engaged in the banking business who fails or refuses to comply with any of the above provisions shall be fined not less than fifty dollars nor more than five hundred dollars or imprisoned for not less than thirty days, nor more than one year.

H.C.R. No. 88, 1993 R.S., eff. May 30, 1993; H.C.R. No. 1, 1994 R.S., eff. May 11, 1994.