[An. Code 1957, art. 26, § 70; 1973, 1st Sp. Sess., ch. 2, § 1; 1974, ch. 691, § 8; 1975, ch. 554, §§ 1, 3; 1995, ch. 11; 1997, ch. 532; 1999, ch. 619; 2001, ch. 415, § 6; 2002, ch. 396.]