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First Extraordinary Session, 2011
SENATE BILL NO. 14
BY SENATOR CLAITOR
CENSUS. Provides relative to provisions in Title 42 which are limited in applicability to
political subdivisions or local areas meeting specified population characteristics.
AN ACT1
To amend and reenact R.S. 42:15(B), 66(J), and 261(C), relative to the provisions of Title2
42 (Public Officers and Employees) of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950,3
which are limited in applicability to certain political subdivisions or local areas based4
upon population classifications; to specify applicability to one or more political5
subdivisions or local areas; and to provide for related matters.6
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:7
Section 1. R.S. 42:15(B), 66(J), and 261(C) are hereby amended and reenacted to8
read as follows:9
§15. School board meetings; public comment10
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B. A school board in a parish containing a municipality with a population of12
four hundred thousand or more according to the latest federal decennial census The13
Orleans Parish School Board, at any meeting of the school board, shall provide an14
opportunity for public comment subject to reasonable rules, regulations, and15
restrictions as adopted by the school board.16
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§66. Exemptions1
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J. Nothing in this Part shall be construed to prohibit an elected school board3
member from holding employment as a juvenile probation officer in a district court,4
as a parish prison warden, or as a deputy sheriff provided that such person, on5
September 7, 1979, held elective office as a school board member and at the same6
time held elective or appointive office in juvenile services of the district court, or7
held elective office as a school board member and at the same time held employment8
as a parish prison warden or as a deputy sheriff and has continued to so serve as a9
school board member and in juvenile services of the district court, or as a school10
board member and as a parish prison warden or a deputy sheriff. The provisions of11
this Subsection relative to parish prison wardens and deputy sheriffs shall not be12
applicable in any parish over 400,000 in population Orleans Parish, Jefferson13
Parish, or East Baton Rouge Parish.14
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§261. District attorneys; counsel for boards and commissions16
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C. Notwithstanding the provisions of Subsections A and B of this section18
Section or of any other law, the governing authority of any parish listed in the 197019
decennial federal census as having a total population of between 70,000 and 80,00020
Terrebonne Parish may retain, select and/or or employ, on a full or part time full21
or part-time basis or on retainer, an attorney to serve as its regular or special22
attorney and in such case may fix and pay the salary or compensation of said23
attorney. The employment of an attorney under this authorization relieves the24
district attorney of responsibility.25
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The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument, were prepared by Tim Prather.
DIGEST
Claitor (SB 14)
Proposed law, contained in Title 42 (Public Officers and Employees) of the Louisiana
Revised Statutes of 1950, legislates with regard to classifications of parishes, municipalities,
or other political subdivisions or local areas according to population by limiting the
application of laws based upon specific classifications to one or more parishes,
municipalities, or other political subdivisions or local areas, as follows:
CITATION/
TOPIC
EXISTING LAW AFFECTED
LOCATIONS
PROPOSED
LAW
R.S. 42:15(B) - Public
comment at school
board meetings
School board in a parish
containing a municipality
with a population of
400,000+
Orleans
(2000 census)
Orleans
Parish School
Board
R.S. 42:66(J) -
Exemptions from dual
officeholding and dual
employment provisions
Not applicable in a
parish with a population
of 400,000+
Orleans and
Jefferson
(1990 and
2000 census);
East Baton
Rouge
(2000 census)
Not
applicable in
Orleans,
Jefferson, or
East Baton
Rouge
parishes
R.S. 42:261(C) -
Retention of attorney
for governing authority
of a parish
A parish with a
population of 70,000 -
80,000 according to the
1970 decennial census
Terrebonne
(1970 census)
Terrebonne
(Amends R.S. 42:15(B), 66(J), and 261(C))