HLS 10RS-1479 ORIGINAL
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Regular Session, 2010
HOUSE BILL NO. 671
BY REPRESENTATIVE LAFONTA
ELECTIONS/CANDIDATES: Provides relative to persons who are seeking elective office
and who have been temporarily displaced by an emergency
AN ACT1
To amend and reenact R.S. 18:451.3, relative to qualifying for elective office; to limit the2
exception to residency requirements for persons displaced by gubernatorially3
declared emergencies; and to provide for related matters.4
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:5
Section 1. R.S. 18:451.3 is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows:6
ยง451.3. Displaced persons seeking to qualify; domicile, residence7
In the event If the qualifications for an office include a residency or domicile8
domiciliary requirement, any person who is seeking election to such office and who9
has been involuntarily displaced from his place of residence or domicile by the10
effects of a gubernatorially declared state of emergency shall not be considered to11
have vacated his domicile or residence for purposes of qualifying for or and12
subsequently holding office, unless he has either any of the following is true:13
(1) He has established a new domicile. 14
(2) or He has changed his registration to an address outside the voting15
district in which he seeks election.16
(3) One year has passed since the end of the declared state of emergency.17 HLS 10RS-1479 ORIGINAL
HB NO. 671
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DIGEST
The digest printed below was prepared by House Legislative Services. It constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument. The keyword, one-liner, abstract, and digest do not constitute
part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)]
LaFonta HB No. 671
Abstract: Provides that if it has been more than one year since the emergency, the exception
to residency requirements for those seeking elective office, which exception is
applicable to persons displaced by a declared emergency, is not applicable.
Present law provides that a person who has been involuntarily displaced from his residence
or domicile by a gubernatorially declared emergency shall still be considered a resident at
his permanent residence for purposes of seeking election to a public office which has a
residency or domiciliary requirement; however, present law does not apply to a person who
has established a new domicile or changed his registration. Proposed law provides that
present law does not apply if it has been more than one year since the emergency.
(Amends R.S. 18:451.3)