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First Extraordinary Session, 2011
HOUSE BILL NO. 6
BY REPRESENTATIVES PONTI, HENRY BURNS, CARMODY, CARTER, FOIL,
HOWARD, LAMBERT, MORRIS, POPE, RICHARDSON, SEABAUGH,
SMILEY, JANE SMITH, ST. GERMAIN, AND WHITE
AN ACT1
To enact R.S. 18:1276.1 and to repeal R.S. 18:1276, relative to congressional districts; to2
provide for the redistricting of Louisiana's congressional districts; to provide with3
respect to positions and offices, other than congressional, which are based upon4
congressional districts; to provide for the effectiveness; and to provide for related5
matters.6
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:7
Section 1. R.S. 18:1276.1 is hereby enacted to read as follows: 8
ยง1276.1. Congressional districts9
Louisiana shall be divided into six congressional districts, and the qualified10
electors of each district shall elect one representative to the United States House of11
Representatives. The districts shall be composed as follows:12
(1) District 1 is composed of Precincts 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14,13
15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37,14
38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65,15
66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88,16
89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 105, 106, 117, 118, 119,17
120, 121, 122, 123, 124, 125, 126, 127, 128, 129, 130, 132, 134, 136, 192, 198, 199,18
246, 247, 248, 1-GI, 1-H, 2-H, 3-H, 4-H, 5-H, 6-H, 7-H, 8-H, 9-H, 1-K, 2-K, 3-K,19
4-K, 5-K, 6-K, 7-K, 8-K, 9-K, 10-K, 11-K, 12-K, 13-KA, 14-K, 16-K, 17-K, 18-K,20
19-K, 20-K, 25-K, 27-K, 28-K, 34-K, 35-K and 1-L of Jefferson Parish; Precincts21
3-2, 3-3, 3-6, 4-1, 4-2, 4-3, 4-4, 4-5, 4-6, 8-1, 9-1, 9-2, 10-1, 10-2, 10-3, 10-4, 10-5,22
10-6, 10-7, 10-8, 10-9, 10-10, 10-11, 10-12, 10-13, 10-14, 10-15, 10-16, 11-1 and23
11-2 of Lafourche Parish; Precincts 3-20, 4-7, 4-8, 4-9, 4-11, 4-14, 4-15, 4-17,24 ENROLLEDHB NO. 6
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4-17A, 4-18, 4-20, 4-21, 4-22, 4-23, 5-15, 5-16, 5-17, 5-18, 7-41, 7-42, 14-2, 14-3,1
14-4, 14-5, 14-6, 14-7, 14-8, 14-9, 14-10, 14-11, 14-12, 14-13A, 14-14, 14-15,2
14-16, 14-18A, 14-19, 14-21, 16-2, 16-3, 17-1, 17-17, 17-18, 17-18A, 17-19 and3
17-20 of Orleans Parish; Plaquemines Parish; St. Bernard Parish; St. Tammany4
Parish; Precincts 40, 40A, 41, 42, 42A, 43, 44, 45, 45A, 46, 47, 48, 49, 70, 70A, 71,5
72, 72A, 73, 74, 119, 121B, 122, 122A, 123, 124, 127, 127A, 129, 129A, 133, 133A,6
137, 137A, 137B, 137C, 137D, 139, 141, 141A, 143, 145, 149, 149A and 151 of7
Tangipahoa Parish and Precincts 15, 20, 21, 23, 24, 25, 28, 29, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36,8
38, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63,9
69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 78, 80, 83, 84, 85, 88, 89 and 90 of Terrebonne Parish.10
(2) District 2 is composed of Precincts 30, 36, 37, 39, 42, 44, 45, 47, 48, 49,11
50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57 and 60 of Ascension Parish; Precincts 1-1, 1-2, 2-2, 6-1,12
6-2 and 7-1 of Assumption Parish; Precincts 1-2, 1-3, 1-4, 1-5, 1-6, 1-10, 1-13, 1-14,13
1-15, 1-16, 1-17, 1-18, 1-19, 1-21, 1-22, 1-23, 1-24, 1-25, 1-26, 1-27, 1-28, 1-29,14
1-30, 1-31, 1-32, 1-36, 1-45, 1-50, 1-51, 1-58, 1-61, 1-62, 1-63, 1-67, 1-77, 1-84,15
1-85, 1-86, 1-91, 1-92, 1-93, 1-94, 1-95, 1-100, 1-101, 1-104, 2-1, 2-9, 2-11, 2-13,16
2-16, 2-20, 2-22, 2-23, 2-24 and 2-30 of East Baton Rouge Parish; Precincts 1, 2, 3,17
6, 7, 8, 10, 11, 12, 13A, 13B, 13C, 14, 14A, 14B, 15, 15A, 16, 17, 17A, 18, 19, 19A,18
20, 21, 22 and 23 of Iberville Parish; Precincts 57, 104, 107, 108, 115, 116, 131, 133,19
138, 150, 151, 152, 153, 154, 155, 156, 157A, 157B, 170, 171, 172, 173, 174, 175,20
176, 177, 178, 179A, 179B, 180, 181, 182, 183, 184, 185A, 185B, 187, 188, 189,21
190, 191, 193, 194A, 194B, 195, 196, 197A, 197B, 197C, 200, 201, 202, 203, 204,22
205, 210, 211, 212A, 212B, 213A, 213B, 213C, 214A, 214B, 215, 216A, 216B, 217,23
225, 226, 227, 228, 229, 230, 231, 232A, 232B, 234, 235, 236, 237, 238, 1-G, 2-G,24
3-G, 4-G, 5-G, 6-G, 7-G, 8-G, 9-G, 10-G, 11-G, 12-G, 13-G, 13-KB, 15-K, 21-K,25
22-K, 23-K, 24-K, 26-K, 29-K, 30-K, 31-K, 33-K, 1-W, 2-W, 3-W, 4-W, 5-W, 6-W26
and 7-W of Jefferson Parish; Precincts 1-1, 1-2, 1-5, 1-6, 2-1, 2-2, 2-3, 2-4, 2-6,27
2-6A, 2-7, 3-1, 3-3, 3-5, 3-8, 3-9, 3-12, 3-14, 3-15, 3-18, 3-19, 4-2, 4-3, 4-4, 4-5, 4-6,28
5-1, 5-2, 5-3, 5-4, 5-5, 5-7, 5-8, 5-9, 5-10, 5-11, 5-12, 5-13, 6-1, 6-2, 6-4, 6-6, 6-7,29
6-8, 6-9, 7-1, 7-2, 7-4, 7-5, 7-6, 7-7, 7-8, 7-9A, 7-10, 7-11, 7-12, 7-13, 7-14, 7-15,30 ENROLLEDHB NO. 6
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7-16, 7-17, 7-18, 7-19, 7-20, 7-21, 7-23, 7-24, 7-25, 7-25A, 7-26, 7-27, 7-27B, 7-28,1
7-28A, 7-29, 7-30, 7-32, 7-33, 7-34, 7-35, 7-37, 7-37A, 7-40, 8-1, 8-2, 8-4, 8-6, 8-7,2
8-8, 8-9, 8-12, 8-13, 8-14, 8-15, 8-19, 8-20, 8-21, 8-22, 8-23, 8-24, 8-25, 8-26, 8-27,3
8-28, 8-30, 9-1, 9-3, 9-3A, 9-4, 9-5, 9-5A, 9-6B, 9-6C, 9-6D, 9-6E, 9-6F, 9-7, 9-8,4
9-8A, 9-9, 9-10, 9-11, 9-12, 9-13, 9-14, 9-15, 9-16, 9-17, 9-19, 9-21, 9-23, 9-25,5
9-26, 9-28, 9-28C, 9-28E, 9-29, 9-30, 9-30A, 9-31, 9-31A, 9-31B, 9-31D, 9-32, 9-33,6
9-34A, 9-35, 9-35A, 9-36, 9-36B, 9-37, 9-38, 9-38A, 9-39, 9-39B, 9-40, 9-40A,7
9-40C, 9-41, 9-41A, 9-41B, 9-41C, 9-41D, 9-42, 9-42C, 9-43A, 9-43B, 9-43C,8
9-43E, 9-43F, 9-43G, 9-43H, 9-43I, 9-43J, 9-43K, 9-43L, 9-43M, 9-43N, 9-44,9
9-44A, 9-44B, 9-44D, 9-44E, 9-44F, 9-44G, 9-44I, 9-44J, 9-44L, 9-44M, 9-44N,10
9-44O, 9-44P, 9-44Q, 9-45, 9-45A, 10-3, 10-6, 10-7, 10-8, 10-9, 10-11, 10-12,11
10-13, 10-14, 11-2, 11-3, 11-4, 11-5, 11-8, 11-9, 11-10, 11-11, 11-12, 11-13, 11-14,12
11-17, 12-1, 12-2, 12-3, 12-4, 12-5, 12-6, 12-7, 12-8, 12-9, 12-10, 12-11, 12-12,13
12-13, 12-14, 12-16, 12-17, 12-19, 13-1, 13-2, 13-3, 13-4, 13-5, 13-6, 13-7, 13-8,14
13-9, 13-10, 13-11, 13-12, 13-13, 13-14, 13-15, 13-16, 14-1, 14-17, 14-20, 14-23,15
14-24A, 14-25, 14-26, 15-1, 15-2, 15-3, 15-5, 15-6, 15-8, 15-9, 15-10, 15-11, 15-12,16
15-12A, 15-13, 15-13A, 15-13B, 15-14, 15-14A, 15-14B, 15-14C, 15-14D, 15-14E,17
15-14F, 15-14G, 15-15, 15-15A, 15-15B, 15-16, 15-17, 15-17A, 15-17B, 15-18,18
15-18A, 15-18B, 15-18C, 15-18D, 15-18E, 15-18F, 15-19, 15-19A, 15-19B, 15-19C,19
16-1, 16-1A, 16-4, 16-5, 16-6, 16-7, 16-8, 16-9, 17-2, 17-3, 17-4, 17-5, 17-6, 17-7,20
17-8, 17-9, 17-10, 17-11, 17-12, 17-13, 17-13A, 17-14, 17-15 and 17-16 of Orleans21
Parish; Precincts 1-1, 1-2, 1-3, 1-5, 2-1, 2-2, 2-3, 2-4, 2-5, 3-5, 4-1, 4-2, 4-3, 4-4, 5-1,22
5-4, 6-6, 6-7, 6-8, 7-1, 7-2, 7-3 and 7-4 of St. Charles Parish; St. James Parish;23
Precincts 1-1, 1-2, 1-3, 1-4, 1-5, 2-1, 2-2, 2-3, 2-4, 3-1, 3-2, 3-3, 3-4, 4-1, 4-2, 4-3,24
4-4, 4-9, 5-1, 5-2, 5-5, 6-1, 6-3, 6-4 and 7-7 of St. John the Baptist Parish and25
Precincts 1-1, 3-1A, 3-2, 4-2, 4-3A, 4-4, 4-5 and 5-1 of West Baton Rouge Parish.26
(3) District 3 is composed of Acadia Parish; Calcasieu Parish; Cameron27
Parish; Iberia Parish; Jefferson Davis Parish; Lafayette Parish; Precincts 2-2, 2-6, 2-828
and 3-3 of St. Landry Parish; St. Martin Parish; St. Mary Parish and Vermilion29
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(4) District 4 is composed of Allen Parish; Beauregard Parish; Bienville1
Parish; Bossier Parish; Caddo Parish; Claiborne Parish; De Soto Parish; Evangeline2
Parish; Natchitoches Parish; Red River Parish; Sabine Parish; Precincts 1-2, 1-2A,3
1-3, 1-3A, 1-5, 1-14, 1-19, 1-23, 1-24, 2-1, 2-3, 2-4, 2-5, 2-7, 2-9, 3-2, 4-8, 5-1, 5-2,4
5-3, 5-4, 5-5, 5-6, 5-8, 6-1, 6-2, 6-3, 6-4, 6-5, 6-6, 6-7, 6-8, 6-9, 6-10, 6-11, 6-11A,5
6-13, 6-14, 6-15, 6-16 and 6-16A of St. Landry Parish; Union Parish; Vernon Parish6
and Webster Parish.7
(5) District 5 is composed of Avoyelles Parish; Caldwell Parish; Catahoula8
Parish; Concordia Parish; East Carroll Parish; Precincts 1-2B, 3-1A, 3-1B, 3-1C,9
3-2A, 3-2B, 4-1A, 4-1B, 4-2, 5-1, 5-3, 7-1, 8-1A and 8-1B of East Feliciana Parish;10
Franklin Parish; Grant Parish; Jackson Parish; La Salle Parish; Lincoln Parish;11
Madison Parish; Morehouse Parish; Ouachita Parish; Rapides Parish; Richland12
Parish; Precincts 1-1 and 6-1 of St. Helena Parish; Precincts 1-1, 1-4, 1-4A, 1-6, 1-7,13
1-8, 1-9, 1-10, 1-11, 1-12, 1-13, 1-15, 1-15A, 1-16, 1-17, 1-18, 1-20, 1-21, 1-22,14
1-25, 1-26, 1-26A, 1-28, 1-28A, 1-29, 3-1, 3-4, 3-5, 3-6, 4-2, 4-3, 4-4, 4-5, 4-6, 4-7,15
4-9, 4-10, 4-11, 4-12, 4-12A and 4-13 of St. Landry Parish; Precincts 1, 2, 6, 11, 15,16
16, 17, 18, 26, 27, 27A, 28, 28A, 33, 101, 102, 103, 104, 104A, 105, 106, 106A,17
106B, 107, 108, 109, 109A, 110, 111, 111A, 112, 114, 115B, 116, 117, 118, 120,18
120A, 120B, 121, 121A and 125 of Tangipahoa Parish; Tensas Parish; Washington19
Parish; West Carroll Parish; West Feliciana Parish and Winn Parish.20
(6) District 6 is composed of Precincts 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13,21
14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 40, 41, 43,22
58 and 61 of Ascension Parish; Precincts 2-1, 2-3, 3-1, 3-2, 4-1, 4-2, 5-1, 5-2, 5-3,23
5-4, 7-2, 8-1 and 9-1 of Assumption Parish; Precincts 1-1, 1-7, 1-8, 1-9, 1-12, 1-33,24
1-34, 1-35, 1-37, 1-38, 1-39, 1-40, 1-41, 1-42, 1-43, 1-44, 1-46, 1-47, 1-48, 1-49,25
1-52, 1-53, 1-54, 1-55, 1-56, 1-57, 1-59, 1-60, 1-64, 1-65, 1-66, 1-68, 1-69, 1-70,26
1-71, 1-72, 1-73, 1-74, 1-75, 1-78, 1-80, 1-81, 1-82, 1-83, 1-87, 1-88, 1-89, 1-90,27
1-97, 1-98, 1-99, 1-102, 1-103, 1-105, 1-107, 2-2, 2-3, 2-4, 2-5, 2-6, 2-7, 2-8, 2-10,28
2-12, 2-14, 2-15, 2-17, 2-18, 2-19, 2-21, 2-25, 2-26, 2-27, 2-28, 2-29, 2-31, 2-32, 3-1,29
3-2, 3-3, 3-4, 3-5, 3-6, 3-7, 3-8, 3-9, 3-10, 3-11, 3-12, 3-13, 3-14, 3-15, 3-16, 3-17,30 ENROLLEDHB NO. 6
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3-18, 3-19, 3-20, 3-21, 3-22, 3-23, 3-24, 3-25, 3-26, 3-27, 3-28, 3-29, 3-30, 3-31,1
3-32, 3-33, 3-34, 3-35, 3-36, 3-37, 3-38, 3-39, 3-40, 3-41, 3-42, 3-43, 3-44, 3-45,2
3-46, 3-47, 3-48, 3-49, 3-50, 3-51, 3-52, 3-53, 3-54 and 3-55 of East Baton Rouge3
Parish; Precincts 1-1, 1-2A, 1-3, 2-1A, 2-1B, 2-1C, 5-2 and 6-1 of East Feliciana4
Parish; Precincts 4, 5, 6A, 13, 15B, 24, 25, 25A, 25B, 26, 26A, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31 and5
32 of Iberville Parish; Precincts 1-1, 1-2, 1-3, 1-4, 2-1, 2-1A, 2-2, 2-3, 2-3A, 2-4,6
2-4A, 2-5, 2-6, 2-7, 2-8, 2-9, 2-10, 2-11, 2-12, 2-13, 2-14, 3-1, 3-4, 3-5, 5-1, 5-1A,7
5-1B, 5-2, 6-1, 6-2, 6-3, 6-4, 7-1, 7-2, 7-3, 7-4, 11-3 and 11-4 of Lafourche Parish;8
Livingston Parish; Pointe Coupee Parish; Precincts 1-6, 3-1, 3-2, 3-3, 3-4, 3-6, 5-2,9
5-3, 5-5, 6-1, 6-2, 6-3, 6-4 and 6-5 of St. Charles Parish; Precincts 1-2, 2-1, 2-2, 3-1,10
3-2, 3-3, 4-1, 4-2, 5-1, 5-2 and 6-2 of St. Helena Parish; Precincts 4-8, 5-3, 5-4, 5-6,11
5-7, 7-2, 7-3, 7-4 and 7-5 of St. John the Baptist Parish; Precincts 1, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10,12
11, 12, 13, 14, 17, 18, 19, 27, 51, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 74, 76, 81, 82, 86 and 87 of13
Terrebonne Parish and Precincts 2-1A, 2-1B, 2-2, 2-3, 3-1B, 4-1, 4-3B, 6-1, 6-2, 7-1,14
7-2, 7-3 and 7-4 of West Baton Rouge Parish.15
Section 2.(A) The precincts referenced in this Act are those Voting Districts (VTDs)16
contained in the 2010 Census Redistricting TIGER/Line Shapefiles for the State of17
Louisiana.18
(B) When a precinct referenced in this Act has been subdivided by action of the19
parish governing authority on a nongeographic basis or subdivided by action of the parish20
governing authority on a geographic basis in accordance with the provisions of R.S.21
18:532.1, the enumeration in this Act of the general precinct designation shall include all22
nongeographic and all geographic subdivisions thereof, however such subdivisions may be23
designated. The territorial limits of the districts as provided in this Act shall continue in24
effect without change regardless of any changes made to the precincts by the parish25
governing authority.26
Section 3. The provisions of this Act shall not reduce the term of office of any27
person holding any position or office on the effective date of this Section, for which the28
appointment or election is based upon a congressional district as composed pursuant to R.S.29
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election is based on a congressional district shall be appointed or elected from a district as1
it is described in this Act.2
Section 4. R.S. 18:1276 is hereby repealed in its entirety.3
Section 5.(A) The provisions of Section 1 of this Act shall become effective solely4
for the purposes of the election of representatives to the United States Congress at the next5
regularly scheduled election for representatives to the congress in 2012, commencing on the6
date and at the time that the qualifying period opens for such offices. The effectiveness of7
Section 1 of this Act for such purposes shall not reduce the term of office of any member of8
the congress elected at the 2010 congressional election or elected to fill a vacancy for the9
remainder of a term which began on January 3, 2011, or change the district which any10
member of congress represents pursuant to R.S. 18:1276. For subsequent elections of11
representatives to the United States Congress and for all other purposes, the provisions of12
Section 1 of this Act shall become effective at noon on the third day of January in 2013.13
(B) The provisions of Section 4 of this Act shall become effective at noon on the14
third day of January in 2013.15
(C) The provisions of this Section and Sections 2 and 3 of this Act shall become16
effective upon signature of this Act by the governor or, if not signed by the governor, upon17
expiration of the time for bills to become law without signature by the governor, as provided18
in Article III, Section 18 of the Constitution of Louisiana. If this Act is vetoed by the19
governor and subsequently approved by the legislature, the provisions of this Section and20
Sections 2 and 3 of this Act shall become effective on the day following such approval.21
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATI VES
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED: