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Regular Session, 2010 ENROLLED
SENATE BILL NO. 156
BY SENATOR MURRAY
AN ACT1
To enact R.S. 13:2152.3, relative to qualifications of certain judges; to provide with respect2
to the qualifications for judges of the First and Second City Court of the city of New3
Orleans; to provide for an effective date; and to provide for related matters.4
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:5
Section 1. R.S. 13:2152.3 is hereby enacted to read as follows: 6
ยง2152.3. First City Court; Second City Court; qualifications of judges 7
Judges of the First and Second City Court of the city of New Orleans8
shall have been admitted to the practice of law in the state of Louisiana for at9
least eight years prior to their election, and shall have been qualified resident10
electors of the territorial jurisdiction of the court for at least one year prior to11
their election.12
Section 2. This Act shall become effective upon signature by the governor or, if not13
signed by the governor, upon expiration of the time for bills to become law without signature14
by the governor, as provided by Article III, Section 18 of the Constitution of Louisiana. If15
vetoed by the governor and subsequently approved by the legislature, this Act shall become16
effective on the day following such approval.17
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED: