RS 18:1903 Precincts; boundary changes - Louisiana Statutes

§1903.  Precincts; boundary changes

A.  No election precinct shall be created, divided, abolished, or merged, or the boundaries thereof otherwise changed between January first of any year of which the last digit is nine and December thirty-first of any year of which the last digit is three unless ordered by a court of competent jurisdiction.

B.  If a change in the boundaries of a precinct is made as specified in Subsection A of this Section, during the time specified therein, the affected governing body shall, within fifteen days after the entry of the court order and, if any, ordinance changing the precinct boundaries pursuant to the court order, send to the secretary of the Senate and the clerk of the House of Representatives a certified copy of the order or ordinance and a copy of a map showing the new boundaries together with a corrected word description of such boundaries.  The secretary and the clerk shall likewise be notified of appeals filed or other actions that pertain to any such order or ordinance.

Added by Acts 1976, No. 626, §1, eff. Aug. 4, 1976.  Amended by Acts 1982, No. 559, §1, eff. July 22, 1982; Acts 1985, No. 670, §1, eff. July 16, 1985; Acts 1997, No. 1420, §2, eff. July 1, 1997; Acts 1999, No. 254, §2, eff. July 1, 1999; Acts 2004, No. 526, §2, eff. June 25, 2004; Acts 2008, No. 136, §1, eff. June 6, 2008.