On September 6, 2021, Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards issued an amendment to his previous emergency proclamation regarding Hurricane Ida. Of interest to the legal community, the amended proclamation suspended legal deadlines until September 24, 201. A link to the original and amended proclamations are provided below.
https://gov.louisiana.gov/assets/Proclamations/2021/166JBE2021StateofEmergency.pdf https://gov.louisiana.gov/assets/docs/HurricaneIda/170JBE2021StateofEmergencyAmendment.pdf
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