A. Notwithstanding the provisions of R.S. 9:154, monetary funds paid by the town of Berwick into the registry of the court for the expropriation of property and which monetary funds would otherwise be deemed abandoned pursuant to R.S. 9:154, and which monetary funds have not been claimed by any person for a period in excess of five years, shall revert to being funds of the town of Berwick, and any such monetary funds held by the administrator or the court shall be returned to the town of Berwick.
B. The administrator who returns the funds to the town of Berwick shall be relieved of all liability which may arise with respect to the funds which have been returned to the town of Berwick.