(a)Pre-effective-date filing effective. The filing of a financing statement before the Act takes effect is effective to perfect a security interest to the extent the filing would satisfy the applicable requirements for perfection under Chapter 9 as amended by the Act.
(b)When pre-effective-date filing becomes ineffective. The Act does not render ineffective an effective financing statement that, before the Act takes effect, is filed, and satisfies the applicable requirements for perfection under the law of the jurisdiction governing perfection as provided in Chapter 9 as it existed before amendment by the Act; however, except as otherwise provided in Subsections (c) and (d) of this Section and R.S. 10:9-806, the financing statement ceases to be effective:
(1)if the financing statement i
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(a) Pre-effective-date filing effective. The filing of a financing statement before the Act takes effect is effective to perfect a security interest to the extent the filing would satisfy the applicable requirements for perfection under Chapter 9 as amended by the Act.
(b) When pre-effective-date filing becomes ineffective. The Act does not render ineffective an effective financing statement that, before the Act takes effect, is filed, and satisfies the applicable requirements for perfection under the law of the jurisdiction governing perfection as provided in Chapter 9 as it existed before amendment by the Act; however, except as otherwise provided in Subsections (c) and (d) of this Section and R.S. 10:9-806, the financing statement ceases to be effective:
(1) if the financing statement is filed in this state, at the time the financing statement would have ceased to be effective had the Act not taken effect; or
(2) if the financing statement is filed in another jurisdiction, at the earlier of:
(A) the time the financing statement would have ceased to be effective under the law of that jurisdiction; or
(B) June 30, 2018.
(c) Continuation statement. The filing of a continuation statement after the Act takes effect does not continue the effectiveness of a financing statement filed before the Act takes effect; however, upon the timely filing of a continuation statement after the Act takes effect and in accordance with the law of the jurisdiction governing perfection as provided in Chapter 9 as amended by the Act, the effectiveness of a financing statement filed in the same office in that jurisdiction before the Act takes effect continues for the period provided by the law of that jurisdiction.
(d) Application of Subparagraph (b)(2)(B) of this Section to transmitting utility financing statement. Subparagraph (b)(2)(B) of this Section applies to a financing statement that, before the Act takes effect, is filed against a transmitting utility and satisfies the applicable requirements for perfection under the law of the jurisdiction governing perfection as provided in Chapter 9 as it existed before amendment by the Act, only to the extent that Chapter 9 as amended by the Act provides that the law of a jurisdiction other than the jurisdiction in which the financing statement is filed governs perfection of a security interest in collateral covered by the financing statement.
(e) Application of Part 5. A financing statement that includes a financing statement filed before the Act takes effect and a continuation statement filed after the Act takes effect is effective only to the extent that it satisfies the requirements of Part 5 as amended by the Act for an initial financing statement. A financing statement that indicates that the debtor is a decedent's estate indicates that the collateral is being administered by a personal representative within the meaning of R.S. 10:9-503(a)(2) as amended by the Act. A financing statement that indicates that the debtor is a trust or is a trustee acting with respect to property held in trust indicates that the collateral is held in a trust within the meaning of R.S. 10:9-503(a)(3) as amended by the Act.