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Regular Session, 2010 ENROLLED
SENATE BILL NO. 420
BY SENATOR MARIONNEAUX
AN ACT1
To enact R.S. 17:63, relative to the Iberville Parish School Board; to provide relative to the2
size of the board; to provide relative to the adoption of an apportionment plan for3
member districts and approval of such plan; and to provide for related matters.4
Notice of intention to introduce this Act has been published.5
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:6
Section 1. R.S. 17:63 is hereby enacted to read as follows:7
ยง63. Iberville Parish School Board; number of members; districts8
A. The Iberville Parish School Board shall consist of nine members.9
Eight members shall be elected from single-member districts and one member10
shall be elected at-large. The single-member districts shall be designated as11
School Board District A, School Board District B, School Board District C,12
School Board District D, School Board District E, School Board District F,13
School Board District G, and School Board District H. The district for the14
member elected at-large shall be designated as School Board District I.15
B.(1) No later than the deadline contained in R.S. 17:71.5, the Iberville16
Parish School Board shall develop a plan to provide for the eight single-member17
districts. Each single-member district shall contain as equal population as18
possible utilizing population figures from the latest federal decennial census.19
The at-large district shall contain the entirety of the Iberville Parish school20
district.21
(2) Prior to the final adoption of the plan required by this Subsection,22
the Iberville Parish School Board shall have a public hearing on the proposed23
plan. The Iberville Parish School Board shall cause the following to be24
published in the official journal for the parish at least twenty days prior to the25
hearing:26
(a) The date, time, and place of the hearing.27
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(b) A general summary and map of the proposed plan.1
(c) The times and places where copies of the proposed plan are available2
for public inspection.3
C. The provisions of this Section shall apply to redistricting of the4
Iberville Parish School Board following the 2010 federal decennial census for5
the regular elections for the school board in 2014 and thereafter.6
Section 2. Nothing in this Act shall affect the term of office of the members of the7
Iberville Parish School Board elected at the regularly scheduled elections in 2010.8
Section 3. This Act shall become effective upon signature by the governor or, if not9
signed by the governor, upon expiration of the time for bills to become law without signature10
by the governor, as provided by Article III, Section 18 of the Constitution of Louisiana. If11
vetoed by the governor and subsequently approved by the legislature, this Act shall become12
effective on the day following such approval.13
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED: