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Regular Session, 2010
SENATE BILL NO. 102
BY SENATORS B. GAUTREAUX, ADLEY, CHABERT, DUPLESSIS, N.
GAUTREAUX, LAFLEUR AND QUINN AND REPRESENTATIVES
CHANDLER, ELLINGTON, GISCLAIR, ST. GERMAIN AND
THIBAUT
LEGIS POWERS/FUNCTIONS. Constitutional Amendment to provide with respect to the
election of the presiding officers of the Senate and the House of Representatives. (2/3-
CA13s1(A))
A JOINT RESOLUTION1
Proposing to amend Article III, Section 7(C), relative to the election of officers of the Senate2
and the House of Representatives; to provide for the election of the president and3
president pro tempore of the Senate and the speaker and speaker pro tempore of the4
House of Representatives; and to specify an election for submission of the5
proposition to electors and provide a ballot proposition.6
Section 1. Be it resolved by the Legislature of Louisiana, two-thirds of the members7
elected to each house concurring, that there shall be submitted to the electors of the state, for8
their approval or rejection in the manner provided by law, a proposal to amend Article III,9
Section 7(C) of the Constitution of Louisiana, to read as follows:10
ARTICLE III. LEGISLATIVE BRANCH 11
ยง7. Judging Qualifications and Elections; Procedural Rules; Discipline; Expulsion;12
Subpoenas; Contempt; Officers 13
Section 7.(A) * * *14
(C) Officers. Each house shall choose its officers, including a permanent15
presiding officer selected from its membership, in accordance with the rules16
adopted by each house and the Joint Rules of the Senate and House of17 SB NO. 102
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Representatives. The presiding officers shall be the president of the Senate and the1
speaker of the House of Representatives. The selection of the president and2
president pro tempore of the Senate and the speaker and speaker pro tempore3
of the House of Representatives shall be by confidential ballot. The clerical4
officers shall be the clerk of the House of Representatives and the secretary of the5
Senate, each of whom may administer oaths. 6
Section 2. Be it further resolved that this proposed amendment shall be submitted7
to the electors of the state of Louisiana at the statewide election to be held on November 2,8
2010.9
Section 3. Be it further resolved that on the official ballot to be used at said election10
there shall be printed a proposition, upon which the electors of the state shall be permitted11
to vote FOR or AGAINST, to amend the Constitution of Louisiana, which proposition shall12
read as follows:13
To provide for the election of the president and president pro tempore of the14
Senate and the speaker and speaker pro tempore of the House of15
Representatives by confidential ballot. (Amends Article III, Section 7(C))16
The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument, were prepared by Alden A. Clement, Jr.
DIGEST
Present constitution provides that each house of the legislature is to choose its officers,
including a permanent presiding officer selected from its membership.
Proposed constitutional amendment retains present constitution, and specifies that each
house of the legislature is to choose its officers, including a permanent presiding officer
selected from its membership in accordance with the rules adopted by each house.
Proposed constitutional amendment further provides that the selection of the president and
president pro tempore of the Senate and the speaker and speaker pro tempore of the House
of Representatives is to be made by confidential ballot.
Specifies submission of the amendment to the voters at the statewide election to be held on
November 2, 2010.
(Amends Const. Art. III, Sec. 7(C))