[An. Code 1957, art. 77, § 131; 1978, ch. 22, § 2; 1984, ch. 85, § 1; 1985, ch. 10, § 3; 1986, ch. 484; 1996, ch. 10, § 16; 2001, ch. 29, § 6; 2002, ch. 288, § 1; 2003, ch. 21, § 7.]